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Astarion should have died that night. In the story we know he did exactly that. Here, things went a little differently and he is very much alive.
However, healing magic has its limitations, and the Astarion who survived is markedly different from the one that fell to the Gur's clubs.
A month into recovery, he's still coming to terms with his loss of independence. Bedbound, partially mute, and being cared for by the same person who saved him in the first place: his mother. Apparently her adventuring days didn't fully end, even after decades of playing at being a proper Upper City wife.
Even worse, soon his beloved father decides caring for Astarion is a waste of time and resources, and tries to convince his mother to send him to... somewhere, anywhere, else.
It's amazing, what you start to notice when you're forced to stop and pay attention to people not named Astarion. So many aspects of his world and family, he now sees all too clearly. Out of the one eye that still works, anyway.
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Orin’s victim is Halsin and the party has not rescued him in a timely fashion. What might bloom between a Bhaalspawn and a bear?
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Alfira shows up at party’s camp, insisting she wants to travel with them. As always.
She is savagely attacked during the night. Events proceeding normally.
A vampire spawn arrives on the scene in the middle of the assault. A bit of a change.
The vampire spawn saves her life. Now that’s a big change!
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To ‘I Do’, or Not to ‘I Do’ by Gally for rainbowBarnacle
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
31 Dec 2025
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Astarion and Karlach discuss their views on marriage. Briefly. Very briefly.
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- Part 5 of Post-Canon BG3 - Astarion Adventures
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Never Have I Ever Regretted Going to Avernus by Gally, rainbowBarnacle for AlwaysMauria
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
30 Dec 2025
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Karlach, Wyll, and Astarion are in Avernus, trying to survive. Everyday is a battle, but that doesn’t mean they can’t have some fun now and then, such as a nice game of ‘Never Have I Ever’ around what counts as a campfire in Avernus.
Oh, and another adventuring party has a bad time first. It’s Avernus, baby!
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What if the person who helped make Astarion into an at least semi-functional person was just suddenly... gone? What would he do then?
A post-canon exploration of just that!
Astarion and Karlach were the hot camp couple, complete with so much public displays of affection people were like here we have pooled our money to get you your own room.
Then she decided to burn up on the end of the pier instead of going to Avernus!Shit.
What will Astarion (and I guess the other less important people) left behind do now?
previously called: Whoops, she burnt up! Sad Vampire is Sad (But not alone! and getting better!)
but the story is a bit beyond that sooo changed lol- Words:
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TL;DR - hey lets look at the BG3 story and expand out how Karlach and Astarion mighta become a couple.
Astarion and Karlach, at first glance these two companions couldn't be more different.
She's so open and loud and friendly and eager to do good. He's nothing like any of that.
But turns out, they have way more in common than either would have suspected.
Maybe a slight, sullen, suspicious vampire could use somebody who understands, but is nothing like him.
Even better if it turns out maybe she is a little bit like him.
(fics in chronological order, not order written)
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The old lady struggles to keep her eyes open. Her bleary gaze slides over towards Halsin and in the next moment her bloodless lips stretch in a wide smile of recognition.
Astarion takes a step forward. That gets the lady's attention; her eyes widen just a little as she lets go of Halsin's hand and stretches out hers towards Astarion.
"Jimmy… you came…"
"Of course I came, my beautiful love. Of course I came," Astarion says softly. He reaches for her, his own hand radiating barely visible black rays. Halsin's eyes are glued to his fingers, following their every move. Astarion gives him a quick sideways glance. Halsin knows to resist the allure of the black aura. Still, Astarion checks, just to be sure.
Something ends, something begins.
In a world defined by forces most people aren't even aware of, Halsin and Astarion navigate their work for a mysterious Agency, coping with the consequences of their interference with mortal lives, and making their relationship work despite their differences.
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Bookmarked by Gally
08 May 2026
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AU astarion and halsin uh.... psychopomps xfiles?????
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When Morena Dekarios offers Tabitha Cauldart a place to stay following the death of her mother, Tabitha is not expecting to be housed in the abandoned tower of Morena's dead son.
Nor does she expect to come face to face with a very alive Gale Dekarios through a seemingly enchanted mirror.
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Astarion has been running for centuries. Surviving in a world that wants him, and others like him dead. The modern, radicalized Gur kill monsters on site, displaying their corpses as examples.When he finds himself in the isolated, wooded town of Moonwood Valley, starvation and desperation drive him to a decision that may change the course of his life, for better or worse.
A foreboding forest that ensnares the unwary. A folkloric "Beast" the locals speak about in fearful whispers. And a strange recluse that is far more than meets the eye.
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The thing about not being noticed or picked out as a singular pariah in the Upper City of Baldur's Gate was to blend in. That is to say, no one bats an eye at a family man with a child that vaguely resembles his spouse.
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Cazador plays happy family with an unwilling Astarion and a dhampir child until the illithid ship abduction.- Language:
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- 31,166
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- 16/?
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Bookmarked by Gally
29 Apr 2026
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astarion dampir baby joins him on the bg3 journey
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Csaloka has been smitten since the moment she rescued the Sharran cleric Shadowheart from the wrecked Nautiloid ship. Soon after, an invitation suggests the cleric could feel the same way.
It’s a date.
Csaloka will come to realize she wants to give Shadowheart everything. But the cleric has other ambitions, and she serves a jealous goddess.
What might be lost along the way?
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Bookmarked by Gally
20 Apr 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
SH/drow tav
cute karlach/&astarion background stuff