Instrument of Surrender
Introduction
These are my collected stories about the Freljord. They were intended to be read in sequence, so I thought I'd compile them.
The pairings are Ashe x Sejuani and Ashe x Quinn. The point-of-view switches between Sejuani and Ashe. I wouldn't call this a love triangle. It's a different flavour of drama. Let's just say my version of Ashe travels widely, and affects many people.
The content warnings vary from section to section, so I'll post the roughest, even if they're not representative of the whole. There are instances of dubious consent, knifeplay, self-harm, gender confusion, role reversal, dominance/submission, and there's angst over childbirth and parenthood. As this is sword and sorcery, expect people to be hitting each other with weapons and spilling blood.
There are explicit sex scenes, but this collection is four parts angst and five parts drama for every one part erotica. As implied by the pairings this is femslash/yuri, so most of it is about women-loving-women. However, there are hetero flights of fancy, and some characters exhibit trans-masc/nonbinary tendencies, so few characters are all-woman, all of the time.
With all that in hand, this is Rated MA.
Most of this was written before the Warmother update, so it's a loose application of the older, spottier lore. There are dream sections where an alternative universe comes into play. Faithfulness was never a priority.
For those who haven't quite bolted, I've tried to make this cathartic rather than cruel. The series covers dark ground, but with as much sympathy as I can muster. Whether I've conveyed that is not for me to judge. For most of my life, I'd never considered myself a 'dark writer' but, evidently, I have my moments.
If you're still with me, then I hope you enjoy what follows.