A Sharp, Reliable, Easy-to-use Sword

A sharp, reliable, easy-to-use sword

Arslan Senki : : Zandeh, Gurgin

Zandeh cares

for @innerchorus

"Listen, magician… Is it true that you worship Zahhak?"

Gurgin slowly turns his head, as if he have just seen Zandeh standing here.

"Why are you so interested, son of Kharan?"

"Because it's very dangerous! It's Zahhak!"

"Zahhak, Arslan's army, Turan, Lusitanians - there are a lot of things around that are dangerous."

"You do not understand!" Zandeh gets excited, infuriated by his indifference. "Yes, there are Turan and Arslan, but Zahhak is completely different!"

Instead of answering, the magician raises an eyebrow - so what?

Zandeh strains his brain, trying to formulate an elusive tought. It is difficult to explain the idea that is already obvious to him, but for the sake of the wizard, Zandeh is ready to try.

"Here!" He proclaims triumphantly. "Turan and Lusitania are enemies, but they ane ones only when we are at war with them. And when we are not at war with them, we can, well, deal with them. So… I mean, when they are our enemies, they are evil, and when they are not enemies, they are good. Understand? And Zahhak is not good for anyone! He's nobody's friend. He is evil for everyone!"

He reads a sudden understanding in Gurgin's eyes and considers it as a convince of his own rightness.

"That's it!" Zandeh nods to indicate the conversation is over. "So come on, stop with it now!"

Gurgin's answer sounds completely different from whatever he expected.

"Tell me, Zandeh… Imagine you've found a good sword on the battlefield, beautiful and sharp one, and it is just right for your hand, and you think: "I can protect my friends with this weapon!" So tell me, would you care about who owned this sword before?"

"Well… I don't know." Zandeh feels confused a bit. "If he was a good man and if he is alive, I will probably try to return the sword to him."

"What if he was a bad person? If he was a villain and you know it?"

"Then hell no!"

For a moment Gurgin is silent. Zandeh wants him to continue, curious what's next about the sword - but the wizard's answer is unexpected again.

"I grew up in the Temple of Mithras."

If Zandeh knew how carefully Gurgin keeps in secret all the details of his life, he would be flattered by this revellation. But he didn't. The Priests of Mithra are real sorcerers, and now Zandeh understand why Gurgin is so smart.

"Great! They say it's so hard to get there!"

"I left it."

If Zandeh expected a fairy tale about the life in Mithras' Temple, there will be not.

"I hadn't find what I wanted there. Wisdom. Magic. Power. And then I swore I would find a place I could get all of that."

The wizard raises his head, and Zandeh meets his piercing (wolfish, someone would say. But not Zandeh) look.

"Do you understand me? Have you ever feel the same, son of Karan? And now when I have gained the power to protect those who are dear to me - does it matter, Zandeh, does it matter where I got it from?"

Zandeh draws from his words the only one conclusion: this idiot is not going to break up with Zahhak. Then another idea come to his mind: he's a clever devil, the magician, maybe he can slip away even from the Serpent King? at least for now, and then Zandeh will chat him up or come up with something else. And Zandeh resigns himself - for now.

"Then just… take care of yourself, magician. And be careful there."

Gurgin snorts. Maybe this strange sound means laughter.

"I can definitely promise you that, son of Kharan."

POV: The space void is stealing your sandwich with his blackhole of a stomach ✨⭐

And in case any homophobic bigots missed my last 2 pride posts: you see this cat? He's gay. That sandwich? Also gay. The plate? Extremely homosexual. The table? It's made of vashwood.

Working on Farangis' sheet now!! :D Had to make a lot of adjustments because the proportions kept getting outta wack but hopefully it looks presentable... For now though have this!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/48496429/chapters/122328199

Chapters: 1/?

Rating:

Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warnings:

Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Fandom:

Arslan Senki | Heroic Legend of Arslan

Relationships:

Shapur (Heroic Legend of Arslan)/Original Character(s), Esfan & Shapur (Heroic Legend of Arslan), Arslan & Shapur (Heroic Legend of Arslan), Esfan (Heroic Legend of Arslan) & Original Character(s), Arslan (Heroic Legend of Arslan) & Original Character(s), Shapur & Gieve (Heroic Legend of Arslan), Gieve (Heroic Legend of Arslan) & Original Character(s), Gieve & Arslan (Heroic Legend of Arslan), Esfan & Arslan (Heroic Legend of Arslan), More tags to be added - Relationship

Characters:

Shapur (Heroic Legend of Arslan), Esfan (Heroic Legend of Arslan), Arslan (Heroic Legend of Arslan), Original Characters, Gieve (Heroic Legend of Arslan), more tags to be added - Character

Additional Tags:

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Worldbuilding, Grief/Mourning, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, non-canonical parentage for Arslan, Shapur raises Arslan, Protective Esfan, Shapur is a good parent, eventual redemption for Hilmes

Summary:

“When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.” When Shapur rides up the mountains on a wintry day to rescue his little brother, he meets someone he was not expecting to— And it changes the trajectory of his fate. Shapur, a young lord still green to the world, raises two boys as his own.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAND IT IS UP, FELLAS! HOO! Sure took an ordeal and a half to upload.

I habe never done requests before……I must say I am a slow writer 😂

Very very slow……so I have no idea if i can help with that.

As I say I have never done requests before…..but yeah maybe I can give it a try??

maybe it also depends on the context whether I dare to do it and also the time component. Would you have to talk about it.

but currently I don't even really have time for my own ideas, which are floating around in my head........so yes, quick results cannot be expected.

Hi there. Do you know any writer who can write Arslan Senki fanfic?

I mean, there's a bunch of us who've released our writing into the tags so ???

But if you're seeking to request something, I'm pretty sure all of us are operating on a brainrot-of-our-own-AUs basis with an elusive motivation and limited energy so while I'm not sure any of us can help you out with that, I shall tag the folks in case they might be interested in what you have to ask of them:

@concernedbrownbread @marchdancer @innerchorus

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