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    “Miss Nomani, was it?” he asked, peering at her down the length of his nose. “Neve Nomani?”

    He knew her name? “I—yes, sir,” Neve stammered. “I mean—yes, my lord.”

    His lip curled upward again at her obvious nerves. “And do you know who I am, Miss Nomani?”

    Should she know him? Did he have the same feeling when he looked at her?

    She was beginning to feel rather ill caught in that slitted gaze of his. Half of her was desperate to be out of the room, and yet the other half was transfixed. Not by his beauty—not only by his beauty—but with an inexplicable kind of sinking feeling. It went beyond simple fear; there was a sadness to it, as well. Like the sight of him was wrong, somehow. The longer she stared at him, the more it felt like someone had reached inside her chest to squeeze her heart in an icy grip.

    And she couldn’t look away.
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    Summoned to make a delivery to the Crimson Palace by a mysterious note, a Neve who never left Baldur’s Gate finds herself haunted in the aftermath of her meeting with the inexplicably familiar Lord Ancunín.

    A Mercurial World AU.

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    When Nepenthe Lavellan steps through an eluvian, she expects it to take her to the Crossroads. It doesn't. Instead she finds herself trapped in a crumbling ruin with a mysterious guardian and more questions than answers. Not all is as it seems.
    Or: A gothic horror tale at the Temple of Mythal.

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    15 Mar 2024

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    After the end of it all, ages after, Galadriel is called to Aman where a prisoner dwells in the shadows. A prisoner whose trial is at last approaching. And he will talk to one alone: Galadriel.

    Galadriel must devise three trials to put Sauron through to prove he is worthy of redemption - and failure is not an option. After the first two trials were less than a success, Galadriel has to pull out all the stops for the third and she does not like it, at all. For the third trial will not only test Sauron but her as well. Because for this most crucial one, she will have to live through a time where when Sauron asks her to join him, she tells him yes.

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    29 Dec 2022

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    It is not unusual - nor unexpected - for deep rooted rivalries to break out in a Covert that is made up of such strong and fearsome warriors that the Mandalorians are. It is especially not surprising when such rivalries break out between the two ade who, not by their own volition, share the place as the most highly regarded ade of their generation.

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    @sotherans: it's that time of year again so here is your annual reminder that if you stumble across a creepy book abandoned in a dusty cabinet it is almost certainly a poor idea to open it

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