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Astarion wants the sun. He wants to bask in the light of dawn, unafraid and unharmed; let it kiss him and not burn; let its light be his private joy, not his fear. How exhausting it is, to be afraid of something he loves so desperately.
It turns out the feeling is mutual.
Astarion's quest to see the sun again triggers multiple religious (and romantic) crises.
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Note on romantic content (setting expectations): Bloodweave takes center-stage in terms of screen time, and the Astarion/Lathander relationship tag is the stage the boys are struggling to survive on. Shadowheart often mediates everyone's experience with love and the gods, for better or worse.
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- Part 1 of The Dawn Cataclysm
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Szarr's Lessons on Hunger by HermeticPrinciples for RedcloakLynx
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
29 Mar 2026
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Cazador bestows upon Astarion's body lessons in hunger.
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Gale started hearing voices after the orb entered his body. Once the affliction was stabilized, he began having visions, too. At night, he inhabits another world, another life, as someone else who in his final moments commits deicide.
There is a bit of that someone left in the orb lodged in Gale's chest.
With Gale's help, that someone will come crawling back out into the world.
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- Part 1 of Crimes of Passion
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Selûne asks Shadowheart if she might be part of the change in her life that comes after Shar.
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- Part 4 of A Baldurian Prayer Book
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Mephistopheles summons the Vampire Ascendant for a visit to discuss the fine print of the contract he completed.
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By Gale's doing, Karsus has returned, once again wearing his crown.
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Prayer and poetry about and for the gods of Faerûn. Features gods and characters that appear in BG3. All poem-fics within the series stand alone.
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The Last Alchemist of House Oblodra by TopoftheLighthouse
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
17 Nov 2025
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"In the now the salt finally dissolved in the lukewarm water. Araj moved swiftly between the barrels, vats and jars that now filled her basement, letting her fingers dance over the cool glass and smooth wood. By silk, she was happy. This project, this research - every moment felt right, like she was finally doing what she was supposed to, like this was her destiny."
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Araj Oblodra continues her experiments with Formula Gruna and Tav's blood.
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07 May 2026
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A collection of Astarion's original poetry, in the canon of my long fic "Hunting Creatures" (https://archiveofourown.org/works/57819268).
I/Astarion wrote a poem for Chapter 20 of Hunting Creatures a while ago. We were subsequently inspired to continue adding to his oeuvre, presented here; one poem per chapter. They can be read as a companion to Hunting Creatures, or enjoyed on their own.
Primarily freeform, but Astarion might play around with more formal structure at some point (I do enjoy writing sonnets). We'll see. Many, if not most of these poems will be romantic, but not all of them. The fourth one is about a dead rat. A few are a little erotic (not the rat one, don't worry), hence the M rating for the work as a whole. I will indicate which individual poems those are in the initial notes.
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On Xan’s second birthday, Lae’zel is sent on a sabbatical to the Orphic Temple in Baldur’s Gate, where Ardak and Shadowheart have built out a crèche, hidden in plain sight. Things have changed since she was last in the city, and during the happy celebration, she isn’t sure if she has a place in Xan’s life at all.
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- Part 5 of Starchildren
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05 May 2026
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Ramazith had been haunting his lonely tower for decades before having to suffer the presence of the new arrival, Lorroakan… only for the fool to die in the tower a mere decade later and join Ramazith as a ghost. Now, both trapped there with the new arrivals, Ramazith is forced to reflect on the similarities in their lives and their deaths.
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- Part 3 of The Not-So-Petrified Drow
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01 May 2026
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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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01 May 2026