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After seven years of being unable to communicate at all, Wyll has a voice again. He's ecstatic and overwhelmed in equal measures, and he delights in being able to finally talk to people.
But his friends seem to think the person who saved him, Astarion, might make a devil's deal of his own, by sacrificing his siblings to the Hells for power.
Of course Astarion isn't going to do that. There's no way he would.
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- Part 2 of price of devotion
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02 Apr 2026
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The Whipping Boy by thecheeseburgercat for not_whelmed_yet
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
01 Apr 2026
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Eight year old Wyll Ravengard has everything he could ever want—save a friend. And then he meets a saddened but sweet elven boy in the park, and gains far, far more than he bargained for.
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Wyll now sees a scratchy tangle of rope, ebony black with nine tails of knotted smaller ropes descending from a central coil. A cat o' nine tails, his mind helpfully supplies as his stomach drops.
"Father," he whispers, feeling all of a sudden lightheaded with fright. "Please..."
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02 Apr 2026
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Astarion did not have much in him to appreciate Cazador’s death when it happened.
For one thing, reality had dissolved a while back, and the day Cazador died, it had only dissolved further. Those tadpole-infected weirdos showed up again. Astarion had been chased out of camp after, well, the blood drinking gone wrong incident. And from there, it had been a short trip to getting caught by that Gur. From there, to death. And from death, back to Cazador.
Except, Cazador was now dead.
A zombified Astarion survives and is re-recruited by the party.
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20 Mar 2026
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Gale detonates the orb during the final fight. Astarion is left to pick up the pieces—and then to pick up Mystra's call for the Crown of Karsus in exchange for a Wish spell.
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13 Mar 2026
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According to her, one of these should appeal to him above all others. It should call to him so clearly that its owner was sure to be compatible with him on a biological level — compatible enough that simply existing near them could begin to purge the rot still pulsing into his body from the wellspring in his carotid artery. Passive recovery, they called it.
Astarion has been mated to a monster for 20 years, a nightmare with no way out. When he finds himself faced with the prospect of freedom, the possibility is overwhelming. How could he get by on his own when just getting through the day is a battle? Fortunately, there's a lifeline, a voluntary program that matches people who have suffered a great trauma with a volunteer whom they are scent-compatible with. By simply sharing a home with this person, healing comes faster than it ever could alone. Astarion is paired with Wyll Ravengard, a young man who has done more for the program than almost anyone else.
It's a simple arrangement - move in, get better, and move on without giving a new alpha any chance to harm him. After all they've suffered, who would expect feelings to complicate matters?
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07 Mar 2026