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Sometime after the events of the game, Ashni (tiefling sorcerer) and Gale are married and settled in Waterdeep. Pregnant with their first child, Ashni experiences some anxiety over their child given the mistreatment she endured growing up. Soft Gale to the rescue.
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- Part 4 of For Love of Bright Eyes and Sharp Edges
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Sometimes the urge is all consuming. But Gortash has a way of calling Nym back to herself.
A small moment of intimacy between Gortash and Nym before she is taken by the nautaloid.
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Elminster visits the party to deliver the news of Mystra's request to Gale. Ashni does not take it well and tries to knock some sense into Gale and ends up helping him process some of his emotions. Commence mutual pining and idiots in love who can't quite say it yet.
*Under revision because I've had thoughts.*
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- Part 3 of For Love of Bright Eyes and Sharp Edges
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Just a little bonding moment between Shadowheart and Ashni.
Growing up as a tiefling among humans, Ashni endured more than her fair share of abuse. Consequently, after years of having her hair and horns pulled, she really doesn't like anyone touching her head. But after a long day and a tangled mess of hair, she finds herself needing help.
*now includes art*
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- Part 2 of For Love of Bright Eyes and Sharp Edges
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Neith isn't the most trusting individual. But she's taken a liking to Emmrich. After his help in aiding Claudus, the former Tevinter slave, Neith makes sure to thank him.
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- Part 1 of Hand in Hand, Eternally
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For Love of Bright Eyes and Sharp Edges by CaffeinatedMermaid
Fandom Baldur's Gate (Video Games), baldurs gate 3 - Fandom
01 Dec 2025
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Some snippets around the growing relationship between Ashni and Gale (and a few friends).
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Hand in Hand, Eternally by CaffeinatedMermaid
Fandom Dragon Age, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
02 Jun 2025
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A collection of moments between Emmrich and Neith.
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As Mountains Yet Unseen by The_Capricious_One
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age (Video Games)
13 Feb 2026
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For an openly practicing necromancer, Professor Volkarin was a man whose existence seemed devoted to making you forget what blood magic he used on corpses.
Isolde trailed him silently, watching him with as much attention as she gave to scanning the woods for dangers. When Rook had ordered Isolde onto this mission, Isolde hadn’t needed their purposeful, pointed look to know that her assignment wasn’t simply to guide and guard Professor Volkarin through the Arlathan wilderness. The malfunctioning artifact summoning demons too close to Strife’s camp, less than a week after Professor Volkarin had joined their party, was as much an opportunity as it was an obligation. Rook was shrewd; they always had more than one reason for doing anything they did.
Watch him.
A dangerous man, witnessed only by a lowly guard, might well give himself away.
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A Veil Jumper guard, scarred by a hard life, develops an unexpected relationship with Emmrich during the events of Veilguard. Features mutual pining, slow burn, and a whole lot of touch starvation.
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09 Feb 2026
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In any timeline, Violet Hawke would always come to the Free Marches, settle in, and make the best of things as Hawke does—running around with the likes of Varric, listening to Aveline berate her life choices, and somehow getting tangled into the unique brand of mess that can only be described as the chaos of Kirkwall. It is inevitable as Hawke is pulled by fate, destiny, and the need to save her friends by any means necessary—even from themselves. So what is she to do as she rises in political power and influence in the city when she sees her fellow mages are suffering? And what more when the only way she can think of to save Anders is through the false pretenses of a fake marriage?
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02 Feb 2026
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Tav's murderous Urges are no secret, but the root causes of it are. As she struggles to find answers and come to terms with her condition, Gale is struggling to deal with the price of his own condition...and his ambitions. They dedicate themselves to finding solutions together, but while some answers draw them closer, others threaten to tear them apart.
As Tav's sordid history with Gortash comes to light, she faces not only scrutiny from her allies, but suspicion...perhaps even betrayal. It will be a long fight to win that trust back, but with the threat of Bhaal's influence looming ever nearer, how long does she really have left?
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Expansion on canon events from Act II and on, as well as addition of non-canon events. Based around a Tav/Durge who is a Drow Rogue.Series
- Part 3 of The Urge and the Orb
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02 Feb 2026
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Anamnesis Red by Sayl
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Forgotten Realms (Roleplaying Game)
07 Feb 2026
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After the fall of the Absolute, Gale and Tavrin Dekarios try to adjust to a new life of normalcy in Waterdeep. However, rumors of Tav's heritage as a Bhaalspawn set a mysterious and powerful force after her blood for unknown ends, and it wants her alive. Gale is determined to protect her, but with so many potential enemies from both the recent past and that which she has forgotten, this proves a monumental task.
When her past comes back to haunt her, that's just the beginning of their troubles...Because the threat of relapse is nipping at Tav's heels. And there's one body they never had the chance to destroy.
Enver Gortash.
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The Dark Urge is named Tavrin, a Drow Rogue.
Lots of Forgotten Realms lore incorporated, but altered as needed to fill gaps, work around inconsistencies, or make for better storytelling.Durgetash is a past relationship, so those scenes are flashbacks starting in chapter 9.
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- Part 2 of The Urge and the Orb
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02 Feb 2026
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Three years ago, Rhiannon made a choice that damned the world—and damned her soul. She helped Astarion Ancunín complete the Rite of Profane Ascension, transforming him from spawn to Vampire Ascendant. Then she vanished without a word. Unable to face what she'd enabled, she retreated to a remote Selûnite temple to atone for her sins.
But Astarion never stopped searching.
Now, he's found her. And this time, he won't let her slip away.
Trapped in his opulent palace, cut off from Selûne's light, Rhiannon is caught between the man she once knew and the powerful, obsessive creature he's become.
And he has all the time in the world to wait.
As days turn to nights in gilded captivity, Rhiannon fights a losing battle against her own traitorous heart. Because the most terrifying thing isn't his power or his manipulation—it's the growing realization that some dark, buried part of her has been waiting for him too.
He spent three years planning how to make her his.
She's beginning to forget why she ever ran.Bookmarked by CaffeinatedMermaid
02 Feb 2026