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  1. Public Bookmark 5

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    The battle for Baldur's Gate may be over, but there is work yet to be done for the former spawn of Bhaal. With a goddess to slay, her love has departed for the Astral Plane. With an oath to keep, the daughter of murder cannot follow. Now, she descends into Hell to find salvation for a dying friend. But how much further can she carry on? How much more can she sacrifice? Will the light of her spirit burn out before she reaches the end of her journey?

    How many times can one woman defy her blood-soaked fate?

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    29 Nov 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 31

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    No matter what she does to wash the blood from her hands, the stains remain.

    After leaving Baldur's Gate, Sharrans seek out Shadowheart to exact revenge for what happened in the Cloister of Sombre Embrace. Assassins hound her and Asheera along the Trade Way. They fight against the darkness side by side, the darkness within and the darkness without, and hopefully find the comfort they yearn for after all this time.

    Or: Shadowheart and Asheera's fraught journey from Baldur's Gate to their happily-ever-after.

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    29 Nov 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 44

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    The half-elf is staring at you, chin on her upturned hands, from across the campfire that was made against your better judgment. She is supposed to be keeping watch, but appears to instead be watching you so intently that you feel as though you're being studied. The Githyanki will be furious - or she would be, if she was awake to see this dereliction of duty.

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    29 Nov 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 32

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    "Nil turns to a new page with a new illustration and leaves her hand beneath Shadowheart’s – the half-elf shifts and lowers her hand so it is half on, half off Nil’s. Her palm is warm.
    “Alright,” Shadowheart speaks, strained, “I can be ready when you need it.”
    “Does any of this resonate with you?” Nil asks. “Does worship of the Maiden of Pain resemble that of the Lady of Loss?”
    “There’s overlap.” Shadowheart is the one who shivers now."

    Or, how the road ahead is dark and treacherous, but you'll walk it. And walk it. And walk it. And walk it.

    Title from Fire Flies by Gorillaz.

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    17 Mar 2024

  5. Public Bookmark *

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    The lanceboard of the gods is set; the pieces laid out. The world will be toppled; the cult of the Absolute will win.

    Or it would win, if a discarded piece had not been returned to the board...

    Years after fleeing demons in the underdark, a very dead paladin has woken up with a tadpole in her eye, a gaggle of party members who don't realise they shouldn't listen to her yet, and several unanswered questions in her head.

    And Shadowheart wonders why nobody else seems to realise that their new leader can't go five minutes without lying.

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    29 Dec 2023