#the Return of Fitzroy Angursell

[dedeuteros]

[myriad-rainbows]

Cliopher sayo Mdang:

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[taryo88]

Meeting once again...

[wrishwrosh]

fitzroy angursell, poet laureate of zunidh

[paradises-library]

It was true that I had become friends with Kip after he and I had had several conversations in which we told each other true things about our emotions, even if both of us retreated quickly thereafter to easier topics, like world governance and the eradication of poverty.

The Return of Fitzroy Angursell, Victoria Goddard

[lindsayraindrops]

Love. Fealty. Bureaucracy. A secret wish for adventure.

In the sequel to THE HANDS OF THE EMPEROR, his Radiancy is away on his quest, and Cliopher is discovering there's more to life than work. SNEAK PEEK: read Chapter One now! Links below!

The long-awaited sequel to The Hands of the Emperor coming November 21st, preorder now!

At the Feet of the Sun is less than a month away !!! *-* SO MUCH new story!

Preorder now directly from the author to receive it on November 21st: https://www.victoriagoddard.ca/products/at-the-feet-of-the-sun

Read a sneak peek in the form of Chapter One: https://www.victoriagoddard.ca/blogs/news/at-the-feet-of-the-sun-preorder-update-and-chapter-one

And because it is glorious, let me just add the back cover text directly from the author’s blog:

AT THE FEET OF THE SUN (Lays of the Hearth-Fire #2)

Cliopher Mdang has been appointed Viceroy of Zunidh by his beloved Radiancy, the Last Emperor, who has now left him behind in the Palace to safeguard the world during his absence on a quest to find an appropriately magical heir. When he returns, he will abdicate, and Cliopher will at last retire, satisfied with having achieved most of his life's political goals--even if his long-suppressed personal dreams are starting to bubble up. (Surely he used to have hobbies besides running the government?) All he has to do is wait patiently for his lord's return... until adventure quite literally hits him from behind, and what was once safely hypothetical becomes intensely real. Cliopher has always followed the stars of his chosen course: the epic oral histories of his people, the poetry of the rebel poet Fitzroy Angursell, decades of devotion and service to his Radiancy... They were enough to change the world. But are they enough to guide Cliopher home?

Link to the tweets: https://twitter.com/_vgoddard/status/1583828559876919297?s=20&t=gVkpTwk1I9FM7CqETYbqWQ

[nimblermortal]

Point of view: You are out at night with a thieves’ lantern, nowhere near the River Inn.

[sleepyfey]

Fitzroy and snow ❄️

[captainsupernoodle]

Cliopher, finally getting half an hour to himself and immediately working out HR's secret name: were we ever really friends?? Was everything a lie?!

Meanwhile, HR, ping-ponging across three worlds in a week: boy I'm glad my good friend Kip managed to get things together so I could go on an adventure! I'm gonna light things on fire hope Kip won't have a heart attack lol. I wonder what Kip is doing right now, Oh hey Kip would get a kick out of this, oh this reminds me of my good friend KIP have I mentioned that I miss KIP recently HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT MY FAVORITE DUDE IN THE WORLD, KIP, MY GREAT BUDDY KIP, THE BEST GUY KIP, HAVE I MENTIONED HIM TODAY

[bookcoversonly]

Title: The Return of Fitzroy Angursell | Author: Victoria Goddard | Publisher: Underhill Books (2022)

[evenaturtleduck]

It was, I take pride in stating, a spectacular fall. I rather specialize in them.

Fitzroy Angursell on bicycles and empires

[itsjustadiversion]

not to post about the nine worlds again, but also that scene in “the return of fitzroy angursell” where tor is talking to—i forget if it was the shepherdess or Jullanar—and one of them suggests just talking to his friends about his feelings. and tor considers for a moment and is just like. hmm. kip doesn’t do that. still not sure if my bff has ever actually talked to his family about his job. but maybe it’s worth a try.

and like. poor kip is out here running the government, keeping the emperor sane, writing to each of his 59 cousins and various other relatives on a regular basis, trying to refurbish a house that’s halfway across the world from him… the guy can’t do it all. he’s a model for many things, but clearly not for talking to his loved ones about his feelings before they reach a boiling point

[piyo13sdoodles]

[wheezes] and this isn’t even all of them.... part 2 of my hote/rofa art dump, brought to you by me reading the discord backlog and everyone in there being shining stars of brilliant inspiration~ part 1 can be found here, also since i realize that the captions are only visible on desktop here they are transcribed below the cut:

1) fitzroy angursell look-alike contest part 1 2) fitzroy angursell look-alike contest part 2, in which the professional impersonator is pretty good at his job

3) prince rufus giving a speech, as he is wont to do 4) rhodin bought this disguise from ysthar 5) [ennio morricone playing in the background] 6) capitulation, also, rhodin is totally innocent

7) i forget why kip entered his slut era?? but ludvic is there to save him

8) when discussing possible connotations of ATFOTS summary, it became clear that kip would have to schedule his kidnapping 9) possible ending #1, in which it’s actually kidnappers 10) possible ending #2, in which it’s “kidnappers”

[hydraxx]

i would commit an actual murder to see the oblivion in cliopher mdang's eyes as he gets the reports of all the shit artorin stirred up within like 72 hours of leaving the palace

[s-leary]

This is the best chapter title. All others are inferior.

[paradises-library]

‘Fitzroy,’ he said slowly and seriously, ‘have you ever told someone what you were truly thinking?’

I could had said something flippant, one of those truths that no one ever believed - I could have told them about those truths that no one ever believed - but I was tired, and spoke a hard truth, instead. ‘Masseo, people have committed suicide because I told them what I actually thought.’

- The Return of Fitzroy Angursell, Victoria Goddard