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1. Public Bookmark 1

   The Ten Prayers of Gale Dekarios by HermeticPrinciples

   Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Other
   • Complete Work

   22 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gale (Baldur's Gate) & Mystra (Dungeons & Dragons)
   • Gale (Baldur's Gate)
   • Mystra (Dungeons & Dragons)
   • Prayer
   • Five Stages of Grief
   • Post-Break Up
   • but with your goddess so it's fraught and weird
   • Despair
   • Gale Typical Self-Loathing
   • Drabble Sequence
   • 10x100
   • Short One Shot
   • Stand Alone

   Summary

   Ten prayers Gale makes to Mystra after he is struck by the orb. None of them are answered.

   He answers them for himself.

   Series

   • Part 3 of A Baldurian Prayer Book

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,000

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Collections:

   1

   Comments:

   6

   Kudos:

   9

   Bookmarks:

   1

   Hits:

   53

   Bookmarked by Chip (dramatic_chipmunk)

   22 Jan 2026

   Bookmarker's Tags:

   • Favorite

   Bookmarker's Notes

   Sad Gale. Angry Gale. Accepting Gale.

   Incredible character study. Makes you sob and scream

2. Public Bookmark 7

   Rhapsody by spacesunderstairs

   Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   13 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Astarion & Wyll (Baldur's Gate)
   • Astarion (Baldur's Gate)
   • Wyll (Baldur's Gate)
   • Original Characters
   • Post-Canon
   • Celebrations
   • Party
   • POV Astarion (Baldur's Gate)
   • Ascended Astarion
   • Astarion's Past Abuse (Baldur's Gate)
   • Character Study
   • Past Relationship(s)
   • Tav Isn't There But Haunts the Narrative
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Descent into Madness
   • Tragedy
   • Suicide
   • Angst
   • Sad Ending

   Summary

   Ten years after the defeat of the Absolute and a decade post-Ascension, the mighty Lord Ancunin throws himself a lavish ball to celebrate his rise in Baldur's Gate. All goes well until the arrival of an old friend and a mysterious letter threaten to send him spiraling into madness.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   8,102

   Chapters:

   3/4

   Collections:

   1

   Comments:

   27

   Kudos:

   19

   Bookmarks:

   7

   Hits:

   204

   Bookmarked by Chip (dramatic_chipmunk)

   20 Jan 2026

   Bookmarker's Tags:

   • Favorite

   Bookmarker's Notes

   Incredible A!A going mad character study.