Dynasty
Co-authored: with Rebecca Thomson (aka Zekkers). However, unlike with Runaway, our individual parts have been blended together so you can't see who wrote what.
Summary: Hit in the leg by a stormtrooper's blaster bolt, Luke falls in the Death Star hanger bay and is unable to escape on the Falcon along with Han and Leia. During the subsequent interrogation, his true heritage is revealed and Vader instantly takes him to Coruscant, determined to reclaim the son the Jedi stole from him. But the glory of the Imperial capital belies its true nature, where politics and power are everything and anything is fair game in the never ending game to reach the top. Not lying, not betrayal, assassination, sabotage, blackmail, nor seduction.
As he commences his Sith training, Luke must also learn the rules and etiquette of the Imperial Court if he is to survive as most of his enemies fight their battles with words and political maneuverings rather than military force. Yet, even as he struggles to gain his place within the Empire, Luke learns that his best friend has joined the Alliance...
Updating Schedule: This story is extremely long, over 600 pgs in Word! Therefore I have decided to break it into chunks of about 12 pages to make it easier to load and more manageable in general. This does not mean, however, that this fic should be regarded as a chaptered story as it is not. It was written as one, really long, fic and was not broken down into chapters. I have attempted to find good parts to break the story up while still trying to keep each section at about 12 pages but this wasn't always possible. So there will be a few cliffhangers and shorter segments. It is my intention to post a new chunk every week but this may at times be impossible due to outside factors. I will, however, do my utmost best to stick to this planned updating schedule but I apologize in advance for any lapses.
Timeline: This story starts about halfway through A New Hope and deviates from there (remember this is an AU). This fic was also written before Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith came out and thus not all of the details match (i.e.: we have Owen be Obi-Wan's brother, we have Padmé die in a different way than she did in the movies...) but the differences are not enough to warrant it to solely be placed in the Special Fan Fiction category as they are minor details in the overall story. Just know that this is why there are differences.
Pairings: This fic has numerous pairings, most of which can't be mentioned here without giving away parts of the story in advance. The pairing that can be mentioned upfront is the obvious Anakin/Padmé one though it is more of a remembrance and flashbacks than a true romantic pairing (the story is about Vader after all). Other than that, all I'm willing to divulge up front is that there will be other important pairings as well as a complicated, and dangerous, love... triangle/trapezoid (you'll see what I mean!).
Illustrations: A few artists have kindly done drawings and concept art for this story and they will be added to Art Gallery and listed below when the part of the fic they illustrate appears online. I have also created a cover and several banners for this fic.
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