#ariane x haurchefant

[anneapocalypse]

"You were a sister to Haurchefant. Will you be a sister to me as well?"

I could have headcanoned over this line but it's so much funnier to imagine that Artoirel, and only Artoirel, was so caught up in his own business for the last couple months that he legitimately did not realize the Warrior of Light was sleeping with his half brother, and when Edmont said that Ariane was like the daughter he never had, Artoirel took that as, "She's like our sister!" and acted accordingly.

So he says this, and somewhere in the background Emmanellain (who was very aware that the Warrior of Light was sleeping with his half brother) coughs loudly, and Ariane turns rather red and says, "My lord, I accept this sentiment in the spirit in which it is given, and with gratitude, but I assure you I was not a sister to your brother."

Artoirel, still not getting it, says, "I'm afraid I don't understand," and from behind him Emmanellain goes, "Really, old boy?"

And it's very awkward and they're both very embarrassed for about ten minutes and then they get over themselves and actually do become very good friends.

[arianeoftheglade]

You came to us a fugitive seeking asylum… and now you bear the hopes of our nation upon your shoulders. He would not have told you, but when Haurchefant begged me to accept you into our household, he described you as "hope incarnate." At the time, I assumed that he was waxing lyrical, as was his wont. But I have come to see that he simply spoke the truth. You are hope--a shining beacon that shall guide the people of Ishgard through the raging snowstorm. …A memento. Were my son here, he would have wished to fight at your side in the battle to come. Take care, my friend, and return to us! I can do no more than see you off with prayers for your safety and success. Yet know that wheresoever you may go, my son's spirit goes with you.

[myreia]

Myreia's Fanfic Masterlist

Fics are listed in chronological order where possible. Any fics that are not FFXIV are only available on AO3. All fics are finished unless otherwise noted. Fics with mature themes/language and/or violence are labelled Mature, fics depicting sexual scenarios are labelled as Explicit.

✦ FFXIV

A Realm Reborn

Far From Happenstance | Aureia x Thancred (pre-relationship) | 3,786 words

Uncertainty | Aureia x Thancred (pre-relationship) | 1,179 words

Castaway | Aureia x Thancred (pre-relationship), Minfilia, Yda

✦ Chapter One: Meditations | 1,516 words ✦ Chapter Two: Snap Punch | 3,307 words ✦ Chapter Three: Form Shift | 2,356 words

To Ash and Ember | Aureia x Thancred (pre-relationship), Lahabrea | 2,057 words

Sand and Stone | Aureia x Thancred (pre-relationship) | 1,915 words

Heavensward

Bitter Frost | Aureia, Alphinaud, Haurchefant | 2,216 words

Divergence of the Heart | Aureia x Thancred (pre-relationship), Aureia x Aymeric, Thancred x Hilda

✦ Chapter 1: In the Cold | 2,787 words ✦ Chapter 2: The Nature of the Beast | 4,788 words ✦ Chapter 3: Coerthan Wisdom | 2,176 words ✦ Chapter 4: Transpositions | 2,078 words ✦ Chapter 5: Those of Noble Stock | 7,127 words ✦ Chapter 6: Promises Kept, Promises Made |  7,625 words ✦ Chapter 7: Rough Divide |  5,446 words [mature] ✦ Chapter 8: Carpe Diem | 6,093 words [explicit] ✦ Chapter 9: Nascency | 6,520 words [explicit] ✦ Chapter 10: Heart of Light | 6,640 words [mature] ✦ Chapter 11: Heart of Stone | 2,851 words

For All the Truths Left Unspoken | Aureia x Thancred (pre-relationship), background Aureia x Aymeric & Thancred x Hilda | 1,520 words

A Question of Desire | Aureia x Aymeric

✦ Chapter 1: A Question of Desire | 1,791 words ✦ Chapter 2: A Question of Home | 2,143 words [explicit]

Shadowbringers

Bound by Faith | Aureia x Thancred, Urianger, Ryne, Scions

✦ Chapter 1: Philia | 5,393 words ✦ Chapter 2: Philautia | 8,787 words ✦ Chapter 3: Pragma | 4,701 words ✦ Chapter 4: Eros | 6,063 words [explicit] ✦ Chapter 5: Storge | 3,538 words

Endwalker

As We Move Forwards | Aureia x Thancred

✦ Chapter 1: You are the Beginning | 3,437 words ✦ Chapter 2: You are the End | 4,712 words [mature]

Other

The Long Way Home | Aureia x Thancred, Aureia x Aymeric, Aureia x Sidurgu, Aureia x Fordola | 7,870 words | mature | gpose + ficlet series (tumblr version here)

✦ Dragon Age

Rhea Tabris (Dragon Age: Origins)

City of Thieves | Rhea x Daveth | 14,206 words | multipart | abandoned

The Break | Rhea x Daveth | 4,210 words [explicit]

Resistance | Rhea x Daveth | 25,370 words | multipart [explicit]

Over a Pint of Dwarven Ale | Rhea/Alistair | 2,383 words

Moonlight | Rhea x Alistair | 6,914 words [explicit]

Venara Lavellan (Dragon Age: Inquisition)

Main Canon

Like a Whisper Upon the Cold, Harsh Air | Solas, Venara | 2,271 words

Frozen in Ice, Revived by Fire | Venara x Solas | 2,464 words

In Storm and Shadow | Venara + many characters | 13,404 words | multipart

The Portrait | Venara, Josephine, rude Orlesians | 3,760 words

A Dance for You and Me | Venara x Solas | 1,716 words

Farewell to the Lioness | Venara x Solas | 2,452 words

Serenity | Venara x Solas | 2,727 words

At Last | Venara x Solas | 2,313 words

Home | Venara x Solas | 748 words

A Gift and a Promise | Venara x Solas | 2,282 words

Snowfall in the Imperium | Venara, Sera, Varric, Dorian | 2,056 words

And So the Seasons Turn | Venara, Sera, Josephine | 5,653 words

The Wolf's Daughter

The Witch's Offer | Venara, Morrigan | 2,147 words

The Wolf's Daughter | Venara, Alia, Solas | 2,224 words

Birdsong | Venara, Alia | 1,733 words

Vidomeda Adaar (Dragon Age: Inquistion)

Alchemy | Vidomeda, Mira Lavellan | 732 words

The Inquisitor and the Diplomat | Vidomeda x Josephine | 4,069 words | multipart [explicit]

Rapture | Vidomeda x Josephine | 3,866 words [explicit]

Ariane Hawke (Dragon Age 2)

Spark | Ariane x Sebastian | 1,622 words

Sorrow | Ariane x Sebastian | 2,695 words

Lorenna Hawke (Dragon Age 2)

Blood and Wine | Lorenna x Fenris | 3,969 words | multipart

Never Say Never | Lorenna x Fenris | 2,672 words

Wine Night | Lorenna x Fenris | 1,022 words

Arrow of Carnations (Dragon Age: Inquisition)

Josephine x Solas series.

The Voice of Reason | Josephine x Solas | 1291 words

Unraveled | Josephine x Solas | 5,438 words [explicit]

Entangled | Josephine x Solas | 5,230 words

For the Best | Josephine x Solas | 1257 words

Crystal Grace | Josephine x Solas | 1,434 words [explicit]

A Test of Patience | Josephine x Solas | 1927 words

Distractions | Josephine x Solas | 3,573 words [explicit]

Divine | Josephine x Solas | 3,549 words [explicit]

Such Sweet Sorrow | Josephine x Solas | 2,090 words

Not by Fate's Design (Dragon Age 2/Dragon Age: Inquisition)

Varric x Bianca series.

Stolen Kiss | Varric x Bianca | 1,832 words

Playing With Fire | Varric x Bianca | 4,207 words [explicit]

Not This Time | Bianca, Bogdan | 732 words

A Crack in the Glass | Bianca, Celene | 4,025 words

The Paths That Never Cross | Varric x Bianca | 1,593 words

Other

Leave Me At the Shore of the Heart | Bethany x Anders | 9,333 words | multipart

Called | Alistair x Anora | 3,786 words

Candlelight | Iwyn Lavellan x Solas | 1,998 words [explicit] | gift for @thevikingwoman

The Inquisitor's Warden | Rhea Tabris x Mahanon Lavellan | 4,063 words [explicit] | gift for kagetsukai

✦ Horizon: Zero Dawn

A Girl and Her Strider | Aloy | 2,500 words

A Way to an End | Aloy, Nil | 1,541 words

Stardust | Aloy x Talanah | 3,254 words

Last Updated: 2024-06-05

[anneapocalypse]

junelezen day 10: shrine

[anneapocalypse]

🫂 for the headcanon asks!

🫂how do they feel about friends with benefits?

Ariane has had exactly one friend with benefits... and that was Hildibrand Manderville, toward the end of the ARR patch quests. She was feeling increasingly alienated from the Scions and lonely and emotionally isolated, she had a crush on Minfilia and was moping about how Minfilia would never feel the same way about her (not that she ever took her shot there), and she met Hildy, and... for as absurd as that whole adventure was, he was just so earnest and had a good heart, and she didn't want a relationship but it was fun and a halfway decent distraction.

Then she watched Briardien fall in love with Ellie, and promise to be there for her when she got out of prison if she'd have him... and she knew deep down that that's what she really wanted. Hildy was a good pal but he just wasn't it. So she broke it off with him, and of course he was disappointed, but they stayed friends. (Also she was starting to think Nashu had a real thing for him and would rather give that a chance to happen if it might.)

At the end of the day, Ariane is just more of a committed relationship person. She doesn't think that sex has to be about love, she's just figured out from experience that that's what she prefers. She doesn't regret that experience; she learned some things about herself from it.

[This is a part of her story I've actually reworked a bit! I finished the ARR Hildy quests a bit late, while I was already well into Heavensward, and at the time I headcanoned Ariane breaking things off when she realized she had feelings for Haurchefant. But in hindsight that just doesn't work real well with her story in Heavensward, and so I put the timeline back where it is canonically.]

Sinday Headcanons ask meme

[arianeoftheglade]

I will never forget you, my love.

[arianeoftheglade]

And I rode alongside And I rode alongside you then And I rode alongside 'Til you lost me there in the open road 🎵

[arianeoftheglade]

Haurchefant: What were you thinking, Ariane!? Wagering your very being on a dubious theory which might allow you to enter Iceheart's lair--knowing full well that she could have sufficient forewarning to complete her ritual to summon Shiva anyway…?

Aw, he was so worried. 💙

[arianeoftheglade]

Wheresoever you go, his spirit goes with you.

[anneapocalypse]

I stay up all night Tell myself I'm alright Baby you're just harder to see than most I put the record on Wait 'til I hear our song Every night I'm dancing with your ghost [x]

[arianeoftheglade]

Ariane's Ishgard Apartment

No glitches, no mods, all cozy. Ariane is a healer and botanist who loves books, plants, and the stars, and her Ingleside retreat has lots of all of those. A blend of Eastern and Western elements, some dark academia inspiration, lots of indoor foliage, and warm lighting transform imposing Ishgardian stone walls into a place to call home.

Ariane's cozy bed nook has heavy curtains that can be drawn to keep the heat in on extra cold Coerthan nights, a starry night phasmascape above, and a portrait of someone special. Her study space features a botanist's workbench and a cozy reading corner, which she's going to get a lot of use out of if she's ever going to get through all these books. A big stone fireplace serves for cooking and heating, with a couch to curl up on and an extra chair for company. Her kitchen is small but features a large multi-use sink--don't look at the piled-up dishes she's been too busy adventuring to wash--and an elegant Hingan table and chairs and sideboard make up her dining area.

I had a blast designing and crafting and decorating this apartment. Big thanks to my dear friend and omnicrafter @farfromdaylight for helping me finish out my wish list and bring this space to completion. ❤

I have made a few more additions since, which I will post another time, but this is the point at which I called it finished!

[arianeoftheglade]

When you just moved in and the only furniture you have is a bookshelf and a futon covered in plushies.

After Haurchefant's death, Ariane stays in Ishgard for a few months, throwing herself into the restoration efforts, trying to stay busy, trying find reasons to keep going. Though Count Edmont tells her she is always welcome at House Fortemps, she begins to want a place of her own in the city, not just a roof over her head but a retreat from the world, somewhere she might begin to find peace.

[arianeoftheglade]

Meeting Haurchefant

[arianeoftheglade]

Warrior… Light. Beloved… ...Hydaelyn. All made… Darkness… like to none… known… Hark… receive… blessing… more… Now you return to me? Now, when he is gone? If this is the cost of your blessing, I don't want it! I don't want to be chosen! I just want him back!

[anneapocalypse]

The Ariane Shipping Wall!

Ships I have for my FFXIV Warrior of Light, Ariane Clairière. Includes some that are serious and long-term, some that are casual, some that are unrequited or don't go anywhere, and some that may happen in the future! Ariane is a Wildwood Elezen, a healer main, and a bisexual woman. She's currently in the middle of Stormblood; updates will be made as she progresses!

Pre-Game. Ariane had a pretty isolated childhood for various reasons especially in her teen years, and as such her romantic explorations in her youth were limited. There were a couple of teenage entanglements, which were very passionate in her young heart but none of which lasted into adulthood. At 22 when the Calamity struck, Ariane was 22 and single, still living with her parents, with most of her attentions focused on soothing her increasingly anxious and paranoid mother.

Minfilia. Her kindness and earnestness quickly stole Ariane's heart, and Ariane was smitten with her from pretty early on. While she hung on Minfilia's every word, she never voiced her feelings, out of fear of ruining their friendship or making their working relationship awkward or any number of other excuses she told herself. Whether Minfilia ever returned Ariane's feelings, or ever would have, she may never know, as her dear friend insisted that Ariane go on without her after the disastrous banquet. Only Minfilia's absolute certainty persuaded Ariane to leave her, and not without profound guilt and regret. Learning what had become of her was deeply painful, and exacerbated a lot of Ariane's growing doubts and resentments of Hydaelyn and her gifts.

Hildibrand. Ariane always greatly enjoyed her wacky adventures with the gentleman inspector, and they became great friends. While they were never seriously involved, Ariane had a casual friends-with-benefits situation going with Hildy in the wake of Minfilia and the other Scions' disappearance--not least in an attempt to bury her feelings as she began to search for answers in Ishgard. They had fun together, but Ariane ultimately broke things off when she realized she had real feelings for someone else. Hildy was disappointed, but ever a gentleman. They remain good friends.

Haurchefant. As Haurchefant grew from friend to protector, cheerleader, and confidant for Ariane, so her feelings for him grew as well. On the trek into Dravania with Ysayle and Estinien and Alphinaud, she found herself constantly wishing that he was there, and by the time they returned, she had made up her mind: this time, she had to be brave and say something. She broke off her casual thing with Hildibrand and flew out to Camp Dragonhead. Haurchefant's response was extremely enthusiastic. They had a whirlwind romance, enjoying as much of one another's company as they possibly could as they sought an end to the Dragonsong War.

Then he died, and it absolutely crushed Ariane. In a last desperate attempt to save him, she tried to cast raise when her magical reserves were nearly expended, nearly killing herself in the process, and had to be carried back to Fortemps Manor unconscious. The days that followed were a particularly dark period of her life, as she was overwhelmed by grief and anger and bitterness. There was a lot of private screaming at Hydaelyn that if this was the price of the blessing of Light--to keep losing everyone she loved--then she didn't want it. It was mainly for Alphinaud's sake that she struggled on, throwing her energies into the restoration efforts in Ishgard, keeping busy with her hands, while she looked for a reason to keep living. It would be a long time before she could think of falling in love again.

Aymeric. After the war's end, Ariane could not help noticing Aymeric being particularly sweet toward her, especially when he invited her over for dinner. Sensing he might have developed feelings for her, she gently but firmly shut it down. Had things been different--were Haurchefant still alive, and the two of them amenable to it, she could easily have loved them both. But as it was, her heart was too broken to give to someone else. Aymeric bowed out gracefully and promised never to raise the subject again. They remain good friends. (Later, he gets together with Estinien, and Ariane's very happy for them both.)

Urianger. With where Ariane currently is in MSQ, this one is a strong future maybe! They didn't really become close until after the end of the Dragonsong War, when the Scions could move freely in Eorzea once again. Having heard about the loss of Lord Haurchefant from Alphinaud, Urianger offered his condolences, and Ariane realized at once that he out of anyone understood her grief, as he was very much still grieving Moenbryda, his own first love. They shared a drink and some reminiscences one night in the Waking Sands, which turned into a bit of a moment, and it was Urianger who sort of pulled back on it. He was completely right that neither of them were ready for anything to happen, but also unbeknownst to Ariane at the time, he was in the midst of his involvement with the Warriors of Darkness. It was because of that night that Ariane had a brief glimpse of his eyes when he adjusted his goggles, and for that she recognized him among the Warriors of Darkness. She said nothing, believing that he must have a reason. When all was revealed, Urianger expected Ariane's anger, especially as he was aware of her feelings for Minfilia. He was surprised when Ariane offered him forgiveness, and insisted he did not deserve it.

In the present, as Ariane travels the far east seeking the liberation of Doma and Ala Mhigo, she teleports back to Thanalan when she can, and drops in at the Waking Sands. She suspects Urianger really may not be okay after everything that happened, and she won't push him to talk about it, but she checks in, sometimes bringing a gift of a book of Far Eastern poetry or a tea for them to share before she departs again.

If anything romantic happens between them it'll be a long slow burn, but we'll see where they go from here. :)

Bhratbylda. In Ariane's Adventurer!verse (where she's not the Warrior of Light but just another adventurer) she's in a relationship with a Roegadyn Sea Wolf named Bhratbylda Askbaensyn (Mr. Apocalypse's character). Bhratbylda is a man of few words and a big axe, who left behind a life at sea for adventuring after mutinying and killing his cruel bastard of a captain--his own father, Askbaen. Ariane met him in Sastasha, where she (who had never seen the sea before arriving in Limsa) was utterly dazzled, while Bhratbylda was nonplussed, and amused by her reactions. They grew friendly, and found that they made a great healer/tank team.

[arianeoftheglade]

I forgot she appeared before the Boyfriend like this. 😂🍀