Best Cardan Greenbriar Fae & Fair Folk Fanfics
The best fae & fair folk fanfiction featuring Cardan Greenbriar (The Cruel Prince) on AO3, curated by popularity. Faerie stories run on consequence and clever wording, giving readers romance and danger braided together so tightly that every gift might be a trap.
Top Cardan Greenbriar Fae & Fair Folk Fic Recs
3 fae & fair folk fics featuring Cardan Greenbriar, followed by other top-rated stories.
Queen in Exile
Fae & Fair Folkby destinies · Jurdan
Jude Duarte is the High Queen of Faerie, but few people know that. Married in secret then banished to the mortal realm, Jude has to find her footing again. She knows what she wants. She wants retribution. She wants what is rightfully hers. She wants a few other things she shouldn't want.More than an
A Revolutionary Walks into a Fairy Court…
Fae & Fair Folkby FoamyYourLordAndMaster · Jurdan
Fyodor Edinstvo, a ruthless former Soviet NKVD deputy and self-proclaimed purveyor of suffering, is executed in 1952. But instead of finding oblivion, he awakens in the twisted, beautiful world of Elfhame—a realm ruled by capricious faeries, ancient politics, and glamours more dangerous than bullets
Unsuited for Splendor
Fae & Fair Folkby For_the_Fun880 · Jurdan
Selene is only human. But Faerie does not forgive mortals for curiosity. Elfhame is not kind to mortals. And the more she tries to avoid the court, the more it seems determined to notice her. The courts believe they understand mortals. If Faerie is determined to keep that opinion, she intends to tes
homeland
by scarletaire · Jurdan
| Complete. |Cardan’s eyes flash open. “Why?” he repeats, and Jude feels the power shift between them. “Don’t you remember, wife?” he croons. “It was the Undersea that stole you away from me.” And Jude has only enough time to think, danger, before he lunges at her. or: Cardan and Jude work on remov
devil's finery
by scarletaire · Jurdan
| Complete. |Her husband, Jude swiftly realizes, has a thing for mortal clothes. Specifically: her in mortal clothes.
covenant mine
by scarletaire · Jurdan
A year into their marriage, Jude presents Cardan with a wedding ring of his own.
132 Hours
by destinies · Jurdan
When a car accident claims the lives of her parents, Jude Duarte and her twin sister Taryn—both omegas—are swept away by their half-sister's father and raised among the alpha upper crust of society. It sounds like something out of a fairytale. It is a nightmare.Years later, after graduating at the t
Between Enemy Lines
by TheIndomitableSmartass · Jurdan
This is a collection of scenes from the trilogy - some that happened off page, some that I wish had happened. And Cardan's POV of the entire third book. This is super self indulgent. Excerpt:A faint brush against my palm. The gentleness of that touch frightens me, and I dare to break eye contact, gl
get me to the altar
by goodmourning · Jurdan
“Tell me,” she all but sneered, “how did I torment your sleep?”set two years after jude’s return from exile. (posted originally on tumblr @amandlas)
How Am I Going to Tell Him?
by ironicallyanemic · Jurdan
Jude has been feeling sick for a few days. The flu? Poison? It takes Taryn only a minute to realize the cause: The High Queen is pregnant. Note: Chapter 7 on features a very pregnant Jude getting into trouble and other late pregnancy adventures.
True Love's Kiss
by samann357 · Jurdan
Jude is poisoned. The cure is true love's kiss. You do the math.
Say My Name
by nightfellforever · Jurdan
Jude meets Cardan in a bar.
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Cardan Greenbriar in Fae & Fair Folk Fanfiction
Cardan Greenbriar — The wicked youngest prince of Elfhame with a tail, a drinking problem, and a cruelty that masks how much he hates his own crown. His poisonous obsession with the mortal Jude curdles into the series' defining romance.
Fae & Fair Folk — The fair folk in all their beauty and menace: bargains with hidden costs, true names guarded like weapons, and courts where politeness is a survival skill. Fae fic draws on folklore rules — no thanking, no eating their food, no promises made lightly.
Faerie stories run on consequence and clever wording, giving readers romance and danger braided together so tightly that every gift might be a trap. Cardan Greenbriar's (also known as High King of Elfhame) role in The Cruel Prince makes them a natural fit for fae & fair folk storylines, which is why this combination is one of the most popular in The Cruel Prince fanfiction.
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