TITLE Chain of Command
AUTHOR annarti
DISCLAIMER Zakaariss is drazzi's, the rest, including the world, are mine.
ABOUT Holy crap it's not a character 100-ish =0 Because I requested two of these three in Sallie's meme without having ever written Bazhan before myself, I sort of roped myself into having to write him a bit before she could. So! Here we have Zakaariss, Bazhan and Rezzi, three of Shizaaqa's Commanding Circle, discussing tactics and developing character a little bit. YAY! Man it's been so long since I wrote anything and I choose to break the drought with tactics and politics. What is wrong with me D:



They met in Commander Zakaariss’ office. Somehow they always met in Commander Zakaariss’ office, almost as though he were the general already. It was a severe, empty room for all its grand space, with the large hanging of the commander’s sage and lavender Family Colours the only concession to aesthetics. Commander Bazhan sat in one chair, Commanderis Rezzi in another, Zakaariss himself in the last behind his desk. Beyond that there was just the bookcase half-full of war histories.

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This year's not-a-NaNo is to create the characters who haven't yet been created. Not properly, anyway.

( Character 06: Prince Dahkir )

Title~ Meanwhile in Assiraz
Author~ Annarti
Disclaimer~ Zakaariss is Sallie's, the rest including Kazin is all mine.
Warnings~ Spoilers~
Notes~ Part of my 'finish off the WIPs' phase, this one's been sitting half-done for more than a year. Basically figuring out what's going on in Assiraz at the time of chapter 12-ish of Tarnish. As such there are spoilers, I guess, but no really huge revelations that the Raykinians haven't already figured out themselves.

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Title~ Apple
Author~ Annarti
Disclaimer~ All mine
Notes~ Talechasing mini-challenge, the word being 'apple'. As you may have guessed from the map of Assiraz the other day, I'm doing a bit more planning with the place. As such, here's part one of that. Introducing an upper-middle-class family who you'll see more of to characterise Assiraz. There'll also be a much poorer family coming along at some point. For now, welcome to Assiraz!

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Title~ 25 Moods ~ Empress Shizaaqa
Author~ Annarti
Disclaimer~ All characters and places are mine~ as are the snippets
Notes~ These are the same 25 moods I wrote with Nol a few months ago. In working on Shizaaqa's character, I thought it might be a nice idea to do them for her, too. It was... a challenge, to say the least, but well worth it. I definitely have a much better handle on how the Kazinian Empress operates now, as well as her empire.

Admittedly, some of them are a little flimsy and most degenerate into anger, but it feels to me like a more natural progression. I've tried to show every current aspect of her life and the people she interacts with: each of her four children, her partner, random politicians both Kazinian and foreign and her palace staff. All taken from the very recent past, no more than five years ago, except for Despondent.

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Title~ What's in a Name
Author~ Annarti
Disclaimer~ Still mine
Notes~ Genesis 119. This is more a prelude to something else I want to write, and will probbly do so right now X3 Also, for the curious, there's the map so you can get your bearings.

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Title~ Flannel Flower
Author~ Annarti
Disclaimer~ All~ mine
Notes~ Genesis 120. Still working on the lesser-developped but still important charries. This is Empress Shizaaqa of Kazin, but the damn letter took up so much word count that I didn't get to write as much of her as I'd have liked. Meh, she'll get more fics.

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Title~ Temptress
Author~ Annarti
Disclaimer~ Still mine
Notes~ Genesis 031. Because I really need to get around to characterising Shizaaqa a bit more. I've got a basic idea of her, but with how much she comes into SH I'm going to need more than a basic idea, so here she is. Empress of Kazin, roaming free in her natural habitat X3

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