Invoking Urania

Title: The Trailhead at the Base of the Falls
Fandom: Dragaera
Rating: PG
Genre: Romance/Drama
Words: 988
Notes/Warnings: Written for stagesoflove, using the 'Five Stages of Life' prompt set (this is 'death'). Set post-Sethra Lavode, with all the spoilers that entails.
Summary: Concerning the many paths of the dead. For what is death but the next great adventure?
Disclaimer: Dragaera copyright Steven Brust and this derivative work was created without permission.

( Aerich found the loss of consciousness not particularly frightening. )

Title: Five Stages of Life: The Duties of Adults
Fandom: Dragaera
Rating: G
Genre: Drama
Words: 869
Notes/Warnings: Written for stagesoflove, using the 'Five Stages of Life' prompt set (this is 'adulthood'). Set shortly post The Phoenix Guards.
Summary: In which Tazendra discovers duty isn't always fun and violence.
Disclaimer: Dragaera copyright Steven Brust and this derivative work was created without permission.

( It was, perhaps, a bit more complicated than Aerich imagined to restore Tazendra's titles, but not much.  )

Title: Five Stages of Life: A Chance Childhood Encounter
Fandom: Dragaera
Rating: G
Genre: Drama
Words: 653
Notes/Warnings: Written for stagesoflove, using the 'Five Stages of Life' prompt set (this is 'childhood'). Set some 60 years before The Phoenix Guards, making assumptions about aging.
Summary: Tazendra remembers her first meeting with Aerich at a game of chance on the road; Aerich remembers something earlier.
Disclaimer: Dragaera copyright Steven Brust and this derivative work was created without permission.

( It had been the custom when Temma's father was Duke to call the barons and counts that looked to him to Arylle for the New Year. )