“Happy Sovvan 2025” Artwork by Enderfeather (DA)**
Wrap Up for the Sovvan Night Halloween Challenge 2025!
There were 19 fics submitted this year (one of which included an original piece of artwork!), and I am thrilled with the incredible work everyone put in on this year's event!
So without further ado, here are this year's Amazing works!!
Character(s)- Herald Danya (OC), Shadow-Lover (Death)
Summary- Herald Danya quite literally has a date with the Shadow Lover
Character(s)- Skif, Vanyel Ashkevron, Bard Stefen, Yfandes, Bard Breda, Bard Medren
Prompt(s)- Reincarnation, Ghost Meeting, Weird Woods, Fog, Black Cat
Summary- Skif's idle thoughts upon leaving the Forest of Sorrows becomes a reality, and Vanyel and Stefen are about to get some company.
Title- After Sovvan Night
Character(s)- Tylendel Frelennye, Shadow-Lover (Death)
Prompt(s)- Date with Death, the Shadow-lover, Remembrance
Summary- After jumping off the bell tower, Tylendel has some things to come to terms with and a choice to make. How much would you risk for the person you loved most in the world?
Character(s)- Shadow the Cat, OCs
Prompt(s)- Black Cat, Fog, Full Moon, Candles, Remembrance
Summary- Mr. Shadow decides on the perfect place to nap, but the maids disagree.
Title- I Will Not Go Down
Character(s)- Vanyel Ashkevron, Bard Stefen, Tylendel Frelennye
Prompt(s)- First Frost, Ghost Meeting, Weird Woods, Possession
Summary- Tylendel will do anything to get back to Vanyel.
Character(s)- Talia, Dirk, Jemmie
Summary- Jemmie asks his parents why they're sad. Talia and Dirk tell their son a story.
Title- A Dream Dies, A Dream Is Born
Character(s)- Cora (OC), Jon (OC), Isadore (Companion OC)
Prompt- Sovvan Night, Ghost Meeting, Remembrance
Summary- Cora is Chosen to be a Herald of Valdemar. But she's the sole caregiver for her special needs brother, so she refuses to accept Companion's Choice. A solution must be found...
Character(s)- Talia, Dirk, Jemmie, Selenay, OC
Summary- A tiny black kitten shows up and adopts Talia and Dirk.
Character(s)- Tantras, Dalian, Vanyel Ashkevron
Prompt(s)- Ghost Meeting, Remembrance
Summary- Tantras sits, mostly forgotten, in a suite that's in a quiet offshoot of the Herald’s Wing when an old friend stops by to catch up over a game of Hounds and Hinds.
Character(s)- Shadow the Cat, Vanyel Ashkevron, Yfandes, Bard Stefen
Summary- If a cat's person doesn't return from their grand adventure, then a cat must go on their own adventure to find them.
Character(s)- Yfandes, Vanyel Ashkevron
Prompt(s)- Date With Death, Vengeful Ghosts
Rating- Mature- Character Death, Suicide
Summary- On the day Vanyel gained a Companion, he also lost a Lifebonded. Yfandes isn't sure that's something he can survive in the state he's in. So she waits- and she prays that the gods will be kind to the other half of her heart.
Character(s)- Vanyel Ashkevron, Bard Stefen
Prompt(s)- Ghost Meeting, The Shadow-Lover
Rating- Mature- Character Death, Referenced Suicide, Referenced SA
Summary- Five times Vanyel was the last man standing- and one time someone else was.
Title- Shadow's Sovvan Adventure
Character(s)- Bard Stefen, Shadow the Cat, Bard Medren
Prompt(s)- Black Cat, Ghost Meeting, Harvest Feasts
Summary- While Vanyel is away being an ambassador in Rethwellen, Stefen (unwillingly) takes Shadow to a Sovvan festival outside Haven. Shadow typical shenanigans occur and Stefen may be a bit stressed.
Title- The Ghost in the Tower
Character(s)- Tylendel Frelennye, Vanyel Ashkevron
Summary- On Sovvan night, the ghost walks the tower.
Character(s)- Companion Tantris, Vanyel Ashkevron
Summary- Tantris always liked Sorrows.
Character(s)- Bard Stefen, OCs
Rating- Mature- Character Death, Violence, Past SA, Attempted SA
Summary- Trauma gives rise to echoes from the past.
Character(s)- OC, Shadow-Lover (Death)
Prompt(s)- Date With Death, The Shadow-Lover, Black Cat
Summary- Margaret, the Palace Housekeeper, unknowingly has tea with Death every Sovvan.
Title- Darkness and Light
Character- Vanyel Ashkevron
Rating- Explicit- Ritual Sex, Dub-Con
Summary- Vanyel finds a demon on the Karsite Border that he cannot fight alone, so he calls on outside Power to help him. The ritual does not go as he expected.
Character(s)- Savil Ashkevron, Vanyel Ashkevron, Bard Stefen, Shadow the Cat
Rating- Mature- Violence, Harm to Animal Character
Summary- Shadow saves Savil. (set around Chapter 15 of Magic's Price)
