My main canon-divergence AU where I discuss my idea of the show's ending and the future for Viren.
It features his resurrection post S6, the trials and his life at the castle afterwards.
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--Viren's Resurrection--
After Aaravos is freed, he keeps Viren's body in stasis until he and Claudia can gather enough ingredients (and collect Claudia's blood over time) to revive him again. They do that and also go forward with Aaravos' plan of vengeance. At some point, however, he realises that he's basically going against Leola's wishes and that if she were alive, she would be heartbroken over all the pain he had caused. He also realises how much pain he's actually caused Claudia. After all, it was him who killed her father and pushed her further down a dark path.
They finally revive Viren and they surrender. The heroes were really prepping for a big battle and are surprised that it ends so easily. Viren is not happy at first about being brought back. He still feels guilty over everything that he's done but he's ready to face his punishment.
--The Trials--
They're tried in both Lux Aurea and Katolis. The Lux Aurean trials go quite smoothly. Aaravos is trying to take all the blame for the destruction of the city and the corruption of the sunforge for himself, but Claudia refuses to take the "I was manipulated" plea and so does Viren, even though Janai understands that that was pretty much the case.
Karim still refuses to acknowledge having done anything wrong as he still believes he was doing everything for the good of Lux Aurea xD he's angry at Aaravos for stealing his dragon and Aaravos loves teasing him about it.
They all get varying duration of community service dedicated to rebuilding the city and helping the people in need, Aaravos being specifically tasked to heal those afflicted by the corruption.
The Katolian trial is next. Between the trial sessions, Viren confesses to Claudia and Aaravos that he feels guilty for killing king Florian and queen Fareeda and injuring king Ahling. Aaravos warns him that he should keep his mouth shut because this would not end well. However, Viren is a stubborn man and he makes his confession. Everyone is shocked, many are angered, Claudia is on the verge of tears and Soren is very anxious.
Despite the complicated feelings he has for his father, he doesn’t want to lose him again. And while Ezran is still angry with Viren, he doesn't want to carry out a death penalty which he knows the other kingdoms will most likely demand.
They reschedule the trial and have the rulers of the other kingdom present. Viren retells everything as it happened and Aaravos notices that he mostly takes the blame for everything himself, barely mentioning Aaravos at all.
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Young Viren