by A_Morningstar
The late Duke Alexios de Vaillant left behind more than grief. He left behind secrets. In a world where day and night depend on a cosmic Pendulum's swing, one dinner party unravels everything House de Vaillant thought it knew. A conspiracy threading through dragon cults, vampire lords, and religious revolution, and an unsettling truth: the man they mourned may never have been the man they believed him to be. Now his widow must hold the family together, his sons must reckon with a faith built on incomplete foundations, and his adopted daughter must decide what loyalty means when blood was never the thing that bound her. Together, they'll face down immortals, institutions, and the growing suspicion that every alliance comes at a price nobody's read yet. Discworld-inspired fantasy adapted from an actual tabletop RPG campaign. Ensemble cast, found family, cosmic horror with a sense of humour, and the kind of plans that work brilliantly until they absolutely don't.The Light Fanatics is a trilogy spanning the books The Pale Hours, A Court of Many Lights, and Twilight of the Gods. The complete story is available to read. Some of the subplots approach topics around autonomy, power dynamics, parental neglect, and religious institutional coercion. These elements are treated with weight and inform character development rather than serving as spectacle. At no point are they glorified.
