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An Account of the Research Expedition into the Ruins of the Floating City of Aeor Undertaken by Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast by elisekc
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
24 Feb 2026
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But, forgive me, I have gone off on a tangent: this account is for retelling the events of our expedition, not for musing upon personal matters. It will not happen again.
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Essek attempts to keep a professional journal of the progress made on his and Caleb's Aeor field trip, but as the days go by, he finds himself writing a lot more about his colleague (and his feelings for said colleague) than their work.
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26 Feb 2026
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Well, perhaps it is worth the risk. I have never been one to pass up opportunities due to the danger of failing, and it would be nice to hold on to at least one part of my identity in this time when it has become so fractured. My last gamble did not exactly end well, but this would be less of one: from my experience of life so far - limited by my standards, but longer than Caleb’s entire lifespan - I would go so far as to posit that, if I am capable of seeing it through with anyone, I could see it through with him. I have never met someone so much like me, and yet different enough not to chafe, or amplify each other’s worst traits: he brings enough that I lack into my life to draw me out of my comfort zone, but his way of thinking is so comfortably familiar that I feel entirely at home with him. He has all my rosiest traits without their thorns: he is as studious as me but more playful, as ambitious as me but more humble, as introverted as me but has broken the habit of isolation. He is good-hearted without being holier-than-thou, intelligent enough to be my equal, and most importantly, he is almost as fucked up from his past as I am: he is just imperfect enough to make him entirely perfect.
好吧，也许值得冒这个险。我从来不是那种因为担心失败而放弃机会的人，在这个身份已经变得如此支离破碎的时刻，能够至少保持一部分自我，也是件好事。我最后一次赌博的结果并不太好，但这次就更不用说了：根据我迄今为止的人生经历——虽然受到我标准的限制，但比凯莱布的整个生命周期都要长——我甚至可以断言，如果我能和任何人一起坚持到底，我也能和他一起坚持到底。我从未遇到过如此像我的人，却又如此不同，以至于不会让我生气，也不会放大彼此最糟糕的特质：他给我带来了足够多我生活中缺失的东西，将我拉出了舒适区，但他的思维方式如此熟悉，让我感到舒适自在，仿佛在他身边完全自在。他拥有我所有最美好的特质，却没有那些带刺的特质：他和我一样勤奋，但更爱玩耍;和我一样有野心，但更谦逊;和我一样内向，但打破了孤立的习惯。他心地善良，但并不比你更神圣;足够聪明，可以与我平起平坐;最重要的是，他几乎和我一样被过去搞得一团糟：他的不完美恰恰足以让他变得完美。
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The most promising artist of the new generation - Jester Lavorre - presents her first ever international art exhibition. “Nine nights of Love”, coming this winter to every major city in Tal’Dorei, Xhorhas and Wildemount!
A truly astonishing venture into a completely new medium - Talish Coneth, Director of Nicodranas’ Gallery of Art
A play on senses and audience’s heartstrings. You’ll never see anything like this again - Scanlan Shorthalt, bard of Vox Machina
Whatever you’re expecting to see, you’re wrong - The Ruby of the Sea, renown singer and performer
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Essek threw the rest of the cigarette on the pavement and ground it with his heel. “I hate art exhibitions.”
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21 Feb 2026
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Time yields to no one (except for you and me) by Chiakery
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
20 Mar 2023
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No matter what people say, Essek isn’t a god. As far as the proper classification goes, he’s not even a lesser idol. But he is a deity and the powers he possesses make people whisper his name like a prayer and seek his guidance in matters that transcend knowledge of mortal arcanists.
But, in the end, it's always the same: they cower in fear before him as soon as they realise the size of destruction he’s capable of. There’s no reason to believe that Caleb Widogast would be any different.
EDIT: Now with my version of Exandrian myth of creation with Luxon as the main star!
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20 Feb 2026
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A love story written in late-night shopping at the gas station, discussing cat treats and applying a PhD in mechanical engineering to find a perfect design for a cat wall.
(Just two nerds in love with their cats. And maybe with each other too)
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19 Feb 2026
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Backdraft by stoated
Fandoms: The Mighty Nein (Cartoon), Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
28 Feb 2026
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Bren has been starving for new magic for over a decade. Ikithon is offering him a chance to create something new - but returning to the Volstrucker comes with a cost he's not sure he can bear.
With a single promise to take up arms to protect Caleb, Nott's wound herself deeper into the heart of the Assembly than she understands.
Protecting and saving the two former captives from their master and themselves may be more than Astrid and Eadwulf can handle. Even if they can do it, love certainly won't be enough.
A new source of air can make a near-dead fire explode once more - but it causes damage to anything nearby.
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- Part 4 of Revive the Fire
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17 Feb 2026