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Runaan has returned from his hellish prison of two years, But the memories won't let him go, won't let him live. He closes himself in more and more...until his walls come tumbling down.
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Ethari knew he was one of Runaan’s sole comforts in life, so he always tried to hold himself together for him, no matter how much he felt like he was drowning.
What happens when he can no longer keep his head above the water?
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What About the Ghost Thing? by TheEscarletPrincesss
Fandoms: The Dragon Prince (Cartoon)
15 Aug 2025
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Amidst tears and emotions, Runnan's reunion with Ethari reveals the truth about the consequences of the mission in Katolis: Ethari banished Rayla along with the other elves and has endured much suffering and regret over the past few years.
Now it's up to Runnan to guide Ethari to reunite with Rayla so they can both reverse her banishment as a Ghost.
A new take on the events of ep04 S07, based on the comic What About the Ghost Thing? by @tilde.arts on Instagram!
The story and image posting are being transcribed with permission from @tilde.arts! Visit Instagram or TikTok for more art! The works are amazing! It will also be updated alongside the comics updates and pace.
The story will also be bilingual, with the Brazilian Portuguese and English versions posted separately here on AO3.
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Shortly after Runaan, Rayla and the assassins sent to kill Harrow and Ezran leave, Ethari is kidnapped by humans that Viren hired to steal things from Xadia for dark magic.
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Ethari sees Runaan's lotus is floating
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Ethari comes to terms with Runaan's death
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Ethari loses his heart
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Ethari sobs
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Runaan wasn't there
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Runaan comes home, but he’s not the same.
Ethari is glad that Runaan’s home, but things didn’t stay the same.
Runaan has to adjust to his new old life, while embracing changes he never expected.
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He looked like a mess.
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Ethari paints over his markings by himself for the first time in years... or at least he tries to.
(This takes place after the events of S3 ep3 :] )
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A wronged selkie.
A troubled assassin.
Their children become entangled in a war that’s been going on for centuries. One extends peace, the other wields a weapon.
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After Runaan's return, Ethari's life had regained all its colors and he struggles less with sleep.
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'Of all the ways that Runaan had imagined his first night back with Ethari, his knees buckling under him while his body shook with sobs, was not one of them, “I’m so sorry.” He choked, blindly reaching for his partner. It was all too much, the guilt, the anger. How could Ethari forgive him for doing this to them? For ripping them apart and then coming home like he’d never left in the first place?'
Or: Runaan and Ethari have their first night together after reuniting. It's both beautiful and heartbreaking.
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After a successful solo mission Runaan returns home to his husband, but ends up attacked and hurt on his way. Although still alive, he is in a coma that he may never wake up from. Ethari has to deal with this new situation, but the more days pass, the more furious he becomes, and soon he decides that there's only one solution to his problem: a revenge.
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Runaan struggles with processing the changes in Xadia, as well as fearing for the future, while Ethari discovers a few unprocessed grievances himself.
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On their way back home with the prison of Aaravos, Rayla decides she can't trust herself to not lose focus and entrusts that what is dearest to her to a trusted friend. However, a childhood wound is cruelly torn open and Soren goes missing. But while he is missing, he goes on several little fun quests and adventures. Including but not limited to; fighting an archdragon, visiting his surrogate grandpa in purgatory, irritating the kingslayer, shouting at a village, teaching basic math, leading the rescue mission for the dragon queen, and all the while, processing his past trauma.
Meanwhile, the three elves freed from the coins through means unknown, struggle to find their way in the world that moved on in the two years they were trapped in limbo. Or rather, trying not to. After all, Rayla wasn't there to resolve anything before they were dragged back to the land of the living.
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- Part 2 of The cycle of love and hate
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It's always been part of Ethari's routine, when Runaan is on missions, to check his flower in the moon pool each night. It's a reassurance that he's still alive and going to come back to Ethari. When Runaan falls on that fateful mission, at least he still has Rayla's flower floating on to assure him of her safety.
Or: Ethari checks in on his family in the only way he can.
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Expect the Unexpected, but No One Could've Expected This by EmpressGeek
Fandoms: The Dragon Prince (Cartoon)
30 Jul 2024
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"Honestly, the youth never cease to amaze me," Raina said to herself, "The both of you can calm yourselves down. This is perfectly normal."
"Normal!" Runaan shouted, moving form Ethari's side to stand in front of the healer "My husband is lying in bed gasping for breath, and writhing in pain! He is clearly unwell! This is not normal."
"Runaan calm yourself," Raina said, the old elf not putting up with Runaan's outburst, "The pain is expected for Ethari given his condition."
"Condition?" Runaan said.
"You're husband is not ill, Runaan. Ethari is merely in labor."
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- Part 1 of A very confusing AU
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Runaan, Lain and Tiadrin are finally freed from their coin prison and Runaan goes straight home to his husband. Meanwhile Ethari finds Runaan’s lotus has come back to the surface. The two finally reunite after almost three years apart
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I couldn't find a fic that scratched the itch so I wrote it myself. I watched the entirety of the show in just over a week and I'm obsessed. -
the moon is yours to slice in half by orphan_account
Fandoms: The Dragon Prince (Cartoon)
24 Jan 2024
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Runaan is out of the coin.
Ethari is beyond devastated— for the lost assassins, the lost arm, their lost time, and for his actions. But he will still care for his husband.
All the blacksmith wants is to be a family again. To bring a smile to his daughter and husband’s faces, to coexist with their fatal mistakes. To come back from everything.
Ethari and Runaan find acceptance and accountability throughout themselves and their daughter, at last.
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Ruthari Week 2023 Day 6 - First Inklings by roxan1930
Fandoms: The Dragon Prince (Cartoon)
22 Sep 2023
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Ever since Runaan died Ethari's been having strange dreams every now and then and when one nightm after having another of those dreams and going out for a walk something unusual catches his eye
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- Part 6 of Ruthari Week 2023