That's a lot of work for a fanfic, even if it is spread out over (goes to check 'Wounded Rose') nine years... Nine years? It doesn't seem like its been that long.

“They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well; and answers very well; until it gets broken; and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong, I tied a knot; and went on.”
-- Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington