Ghost Valley: Word of Honor & Faraway Wanderers

FIC: Ghost Valley (NC17 SLASH) by Tarlan - Word of Honor

2025-12-21T15:25:36Z

Posted by: tarlanx

Title: Ghost Valley
Author: Tarlan (tarlanx)
Fandom: Word of Honor (TV 2021)
MAIN Pairing/Characters: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu, Ye Baiyi
MINOR Pairing/Characters: Gu Xiang/Cao Weining, Zhang Chengling, Jing Beiyuan, Wu Xi, Luo Fumeng
Rating/Category: NC17 SLASH
Word Count: 19180
Summary: Finally putting the ghosts of the past to rest had freed Wen Kexing in a manner he had never truly expected. For the first time he looked out across Ghost Valley and no longer saw a pitiful realm of criminals and monsters in human guises but real people who had no place else to go.

Content Notes: Written for IetjeSiobhan for ficinabox 2025.

On AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/72633681

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FIC: Gut Instinct (WoH Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu and Gu Xiang) [Teen]

2025-11-08T16:40:01Z

Posted by: tarlanx

Title: Gut Instinct
Author: Tarlan (tarlanx)
Fandom: Word of Honor (TV 2021)
Pairing/Characters: Gu Xiang & Wen Kexing, Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu
Rating/Category: PG13 GEN
Word Count: 993
Summary: He relied upon his gut instinct to keep him and the ones he loved alive.

On AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/71230266

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Word of Honor Icons

2025-11-03T18:36:01Z

Posted by: tarlanx

For a Challenge I drew Eight of Pentacles tarot card which has the meaning: Apprenticeship, teaching, mastering skills.

Mastering a skill takes time and perseverance. Be patient. Every day that you work on developing your craft, you move closer to achieving mastery.

Instantly I thought of Word of Honor and three young disciples in particular.

10 ICONS HERE

Zhang Chengling, disciple of the Four Seasons Sect, who started his training very late and has to work hard to master the skills of not just Four Seasons Sect but of the destroyed Mirror Lake Sect and the mechanics of the Longyuan Cabinet too.
Cao Weining, disciple of the Gentle Wind Sword Sect
Gu Xiang, adopted sister/daughter of Ghost Master Wen Kexing from Ghost Valley

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FIC: Distant Worlds (WoH Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu) [Teen]

2025-11-03T18:32:30Z

Posted by: tarlanx

Just realized I forgot to post this here!

Title: Distant Worlds
Author: Tarlan (tarlanx)
Fandom: Word of Honor (TV)
Pairing/Characters: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu
Rating/Category: PG13 SLASH
Word Count: 1947
Summary: What if the story of Zhou Zishu and Wen Kexing took place amongst distant stars.

Content Notes: Written for lands_of_magic R14 CH11: GENRE SWAP - In this case I've turned a Ancient China Wuxia into Science Fiction, very loosely inspired by Star Wars!

On AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/61811653

I previously posted some wallpapers HERE on ghost_valley to go with this story.

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FIC: forgetting any other tie but this (Word of Honor: Liu Qianqiao/Luo Fumeng) [M]

2025-11-03T16:39:46Z

Posted by: trobadora

forgetting any other tie but this (5410 words)
Fandom: 山河令 | Word of Honor (TV 2021)
Rating: Mature
Relationship: Liu Qianqiao/Luo Fumeng
Content Tags: Backstory, Canon Compliant, Getting Together, Ghost Valley, Ghost Valley Politics, Department of the Unfaithful, Worldbuilding, cameos by Wen Kexing and Gu Xiang, and several original Ghost characters

Summary: Something was wrong with Xi Sang Gui, and Liu Qianqiao couldn't simply sit and wait.

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Graphics - Icons mostly

2025-09-30T13:11:05Z

Posted by: tarlanx

I thought I ought to share the graphics I have created over the last few months:

ICONS

OTHER

The challenge was to create an image from one fandom with a quote from another.

IMAGE Fandom: Word of Honor (TV 2021)
QUOTE Fandom: Eureka
QUOTE:
Stark: Wow, that didn't even leave a bad taste in my mouth.
Carter: Wait for it.
Stark: Oh... there it is!

Two Bookmarks - one plain, one with text - click for 300x800 size:

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Post-it fanart

2025-06-05T19:18:24Z

Posted by: mekare

here on Tumblr by supertaliart

Very cute ZZS and WKX each on their own post-it.

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Graphics: Word of Honor (TV)

2025-01-30T12:26:13Z

Posted by: tarlanx

mekare thought I should share here all the graphics I have created for Word of Honor:

Click on larger graphics for full size.

Moodboards/Tumblr style

Wallpapers

(1920x1080) Most for a GENRE-TWIST challenge in which I chose Science Fiction:

ICONS

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ICONS: Various Characters

2025-01-29T14:17:21Z

Posted by: tarlanx

For a challenge I created a set of 26 A-Z icons but also included the 'no text' versions:

Teasers:

ABC Challenge Icons

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FIC: Play and Fallen (WoH: Luohan/Du Pusa, Fumeng/Qianqia, Wenzhou) [Teen]

2025-01-29T11:55:16Z

Posted by: tarlanx

Thought I'd share this link here:

Title: Play and Fallen
Author: Tarlan (tarlanx)
Fandom: Word of Honor (TV 2021)
Pairing/Characters: Qiao Luohan/Du Pusa, Luo Fumeng/Liu Qianqiao, Xie Wang, Zhou Zishu/Wen Kexing
Rating/Category: PG SLASH
Word Count: 800
Summary: Two drabble series: 1. 'Play', Du Pusa wants to play with Luohan. 2. 'Fallen', the fall of Ghost Valley and a new start.

Content Notes: Written for seasonsofdrabbles FALL Round 2024 for Gavilan

On AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/60370684

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FIC: Why Should You Linger (Faraway Wanderers: Wen Kexing & Gu Xiang, Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu) [Teen]

2025-01-19T19:02:17Z

Posted by: trobadora

Title: Why Should You Linger
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Word count: 3450 words
Fandom: 天涯客 | Faraway Wanderers - priest
Relationships: Gu Xiang & Wen Kexing, Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu
Characters: Wen Kexing, Gu Xiang, Zhou Zishu, cameos by Cao Weining and Chengling and Gao Xiaolian
Content Tags: Canon Divergence, chapter 67, just before Wen Kexing leaves for Ghost Valley, Fix-It

Summary: Gu Xiang's lip wobbled. "You said it yourself. A girl who's been married off is like water thrown out of the door. So I just can't marry, and that's that. You're still my master, and I'm not letting you get out of that!"

Why Should You Linger

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FIC: Idly in Moonlight (Faraway Wanderers: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu) [Teen]

2025-01-01T21:07:24Z

Posted by: trobadora

Title: Idly in Moonlight
Rating: Teen And Up
Word count: 7,527
Fandom: 天涯客 | Faraway Wanderers - priest
Relationship: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu
Characters: Wen Kexing, Zhou Zishu, Zhang Chengling
Content Tags: Puppet Manor Arc, Canon Divergence, Domesticity (WenZhou-style), Flirting, Developing Relationship, Wen Kexing's Plans, Fix-It, Questionable use of poetry

Summary: All his life, whenever creatures - human or otherwise - had snarled or hissed or snapped at him, literally or figuratively, Zhou Zishu had felt superior in his self-control, his calm calculation. It had never once occurred to him before that he might snarl back.

Idly in Moonlight

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Notes on the novel

2024-11-20T15:46:49Z

Posted by: mekare

I‘m reading the novel for the first time and am having a lot of fun!

Here are some thoughts and quotes in my journal.

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Icons: mostly Wenzhou

2024-02-04T04:37:26Z

Posted by: aurumcalendula

Preview:

( 14 icons under the cut )

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Icons: Ghost Valley Ladies

2024-01-27T05:14:43Z

Posted by: aurumcalendula

Preview:

( 21 icons under the cut )

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Wen Kexing fanart

2023-11-27T14:17:56Z

Posted by: mekare

Lookie here at this gorgeous pencil portrait:

Wen Kexing and his deadly fan

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Fanart rec: Du Pusa (G)

2023-09-03T17:42:32Z

Posted by: mekare

Look at this excellent Du Pusa sketch by wawa-evg. She has just the right facial expression.

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Rec: Valley Master appreciation

2023-08-25T07:18:18Z

Posted by: mekare

I just saw this beautiful gifset/edit of Wen Kexing in his red robes on Tumblr:

Stylish Lethal Unhinged Thirsty (see what they did there?) by sandushengshou.

Give the creator some love if you have a Tumblr account.

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[FIC] qi ye (murderbros) + word of honor (gen)

2023-05-20T18:52:13Z

Posted by: peachpai

Two of my recent zine fics! These are both pretty nasty and violent, so please mind the warnings.

Title: The Body Without Organs
Fandom: Qi Ye
Characters & Relationships: Jing Beiyuan/Zhou Zishu, Song Ping'an
Rating & Warnings: Mature; horror, graphic gore, graphic descriptions of corpses, flaying, psychological trauma, murder, nightmare
Word Count: 3524
Notes: First life AU. Illustrated by Zazrichor (included in the fic). This was my piece for the Trapped zine, which you can download for free here, and check out our social media to browse other contributors pieces - Twitter and Tumblr. Check the AO3 collection here.

Jing Beiyuan wakes from a dream in which he passes through a forest populated by gnarled fruit trees, a stinking mass of unharvested fruits beneath them. Wasps and flies churn over the rot, wafting a pungent odor to Jing Beiyuan’s nose. Leaves whisper in the forest, and the carriage driver nervously reveals he heard rumors about the restless dead along that road.

On AO3

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Title: A Game Designed for Fools
Fandom: Word of Honor
Characters & Relationships: Happy Ghost, Ghost Valley OCs
Rating & Warnings: Explicit; self-mutilation, scarification, corpse desecration, referenced torture, child murder, forced alcohol enema
Word Count: 747
Notes: Pre-canon. Listen to the "official" Serpent's Tail playlist on Spotify. This one was for Tales From Mt Qingya.

Happy Ghost finally wins.

On AO3

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Fanartist rec: solacestea

2023-05-19T17:40:53Z

Posted by: mekare

Here are three of their wonderful digital art pieces, all untitled, so I did my best to provide some kind of descriptive link title:

Gu Xiang and Cao Weining wedding (Happy Ever After canon divergence)

Gu Xiang in pain (yeah, it‘s canon-compliant art from the wedding episode)

Wen Kexing sketches and icons, lovely portraits in soft colours

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Resource: Layout of Siji Manor

2023-05-06T17:25:44Z

Posted by: mekare

Someone on Tumblr has done an in depth research project on the sets that were used (and partly changed). Read it here: https://pastelcheckereddreams.tumblr.com/post/716339720058257408/four-seasons-manor-set-layout

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Trapped Fanzine

2023-04-26T17:30:04Z

Posted by: mekare

I don't know of you‘ve heard of this: a Word of Honor/Qi Ye/Shan He Ling fanzine has been published here:i

Googledoc Link in the official Tumblr post

Warning: It‘s a horrorzine and I‘m not currently in the right mood to check it out, but I looked at some of the art which is amazing.

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Vid: In The Bullpen (Gu Xiang)

2023-03-27T23:39:53Z

Posted by: aurumcalendula

Title: In The Bullpen
Fandom: 山河令 | Word of Honor
Music: The Bullpen by Dessa
Summary: 'forget the bull in the china shop'
Notes: Premiered at Revelcon 33!
Warnings: physical triggers (quick cuts, framerate weirdness from the source)

AO3 | DW | tumblr | twitter | youtube

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A silly Wenzhou poll

2023-02-05T18:37:14Z

Posted by: mekare

View Poll: Wenzhou flavours

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Art: Zhang Chengling

2023-01-21T14:23:15Z

Posted by: mekare

For this year‘s snowflake challenge (create a fanwork on day 10):

Clicky thumbnail:

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