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Occasional Mdangs by vass

Fandoms: Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard
21 Apr 2026
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- No Archive Warnings Apply
- The Mdang Family
Summary

There is a Mdang for every occasion, but not all of them occur in canon.

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- Part 3 of Unspecified Number of Shells
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5

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25

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Charting A Course by vass for Crackfoxx

Fandoms: Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard
17 Feb 2026
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From the private notes of Cliopher Mdang on his fanoa's dating prospects.

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2,478

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3/3

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32

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66

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4

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A Night at the Opera by vass for mage-pie (looselipssinksubs)

Fandoms: Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard
17 Dec 2025
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Vinyë and Eidora have an entirely normal holiday.

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6,165

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25

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52

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6

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none of it symmetrical by vass

Fandoms: Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard
06 Nov 2025
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vass's Nine Worlds drabbles and snippets.

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561

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3/3

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19

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42

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Peer Review by vass

Fandoms: Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard
02 Nov 2025
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Pali has some essays to mark.

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7,169

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47

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79

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Penric's Paladin by NaomiK for Orichalcum

Fandoms: Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold, World of the Five Gods - Lois McMaster Bujold, The Saint of Steel - T. Kingfisher
15 Dec 2025
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Two strangers arrive in Vilnoc after being rescued from pirates: a Learned Divine of the Bastard who is neither male nor female, and a God-touched soldier who has lost his God.

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Bookmarked by vass

09 Jun 2026
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Empress by Ostentenacity

Fandoms: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
24 Nov 2024
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Just as Maia and Csethiro were finally settling into married life as students at the University of Cetho, the Wisdom of Choharo came crashing down upon their newfound happiness. The viper's nest of the Untheleneise Court beckons - but Csethiro has no intention of backing down from this, or any, fight.
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(A love letter to the absolutely ridiculously fantastic archduchess by wizardcake.)

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524

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Bookmarked by vass

27 Apr 2026
Public Bookmark 31
Marked by thefourthvine

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
04 Jan 2017
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There's always paperwork to do.

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28 Mar 2026
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Iterative User Testing by Ostentenacity

Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
29 Jul 2022
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Murderbot's buffer is becoming a problem.

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17 Mar 2026
Public Bookmark 39
ZUNIDH MOURNS by wrishwrosh

Fandoms: Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard
30 Mar 2023
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Special Edition of the Csiven Flyer, Dedicated to the Memory of Cliopher Lord Mdang, Viceroy of Zunidh, Lord Chancellor, Personal Secretary to His Majesty Lord Artorin Damara I, Head of the Imperial Service, Proud Son of the Vangavaye-ve!

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27

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39

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Bookmarked by vass

08 Mar 2026