Bespoke Minutiae

Everyone remembers the first time they met Marshal Trahearne and Commander Feorylle. They had a way of making you feel like you could do anything—you could slay an elder dragon or two, or you could bring a god to heel. At the same time, they also made everything personal. I can't imagine how many people they met in the course of a single day but every soldier I've spoken to said that it felt like they cared about you personally, and their actions certainly speak to that. Commander Feorylle especially took great care in working to rebuild the communities ravaged by the monsters she had to slay. The Orders of Tyria reported a threefold increase in new members in the years following Zhaitan's defeat, because so many young people wanted to follow in the footsteps of giants, to be like the Pact Marshal and the Pact Commander.

It's for this same reason that there is so much internal controversy in the Durmand Priory about this volume's publication. Is it right of us to publish something that could tear down their statues, so to speak? Is it right of us to publish their personal correspondence, reveal their struggles and their insecurities? My answer has always been yes. Now, in the wake of their deaths, as their memory becomes more and more sensationalized, Steward Gixx has finally agreed to open the archives and publish the most intimate records we have of Tyria's most beloved heroes.

I first met Trahearne and Feorylle at the Priory, before either had any notoriety. They were young, fresh-faced, eager, hungry for knowledge, and completely unaware of the laurels or the burdens that would be placed on their shoulders. This volume, the culmination of decades of the most dangerous and painstaking archival work I've ever done, is for those two kids.

Scholar Kneezha

Living Legends is an epistolary novel of letters between Trahearne and my Commander-character, Feorylle. It’s meant to add dimension and depth to the canon Guild Wars 2 story by building on canon relationships and characters.

Updates weekly on Thursdays

Content warnings: canon-typical referenced violence, detailed depiction of mental illness/stress/trauma, character death

Ao3 mirror here (updates much less frequently)