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From Ashes We Rise by LottaVilja
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
13 Oct 2025
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“You’re full of surprises, aren’t you,” I murmur, mesmerized by the simple touch of the metal.
“Aren’t we all?” he replies in a low voice.
The shift in his tone makes me look at him, and I’m surprised by the way his face has changed within seconds. It’s softer, more relaxed. And his eyes have a mildness I’ve never seen in them before. And now that I look at him, I realize that his lips are kind of pretty—very pretty.
His hand still hovers close to my ear, and from the corner of my eye, I see it moving even closer, until I feel a frigid touch at the crook of my neck.
I shiver and flinch to the side because this inhuman coldness freaks me out.When Tav and her companions rescue Halsin from the worg pens in the goblin camp, they’re forced to make a quick escape. Through a crack in the wall, they stumble into a tunnel that leads them even deeper into the Underdark. Soon, the group splits, leaving Tav and Astarion alone to find their way back to the surface.
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Unwound by TangledMermaid
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Forgotten Realms (Roleplaying Game), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
07 Sep 2025
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Failure. Unbearable failure.
The heartbreak is worse than your wounds, worse than the angry teeth in your flesh, worse than knowing you are moments from death.
You will die having failed. Your vow broken.
The vision is already fading, but you haven’t seen enough yet. You force your Sight to remain open, to at least capture more of the eyes that seem to be the source of your torment.
They belong to a man, a beautiful one, with silver hair and pointed ears. An elf. A spawn.
The vision snaps closed.
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Sequel to Unraveling! Astarion has finally reached Tav, but things only get more complicated from there.Series
- Part 2 of Wheel Of Fates
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"A full moon will still cast shadows."
After a crash-landing escape from a mind flayer ship, Shadowheart awakens infected, disoriented—and freed from her pod by a Selûnite paladin with a haunted past and irritatingly kind eyes. As the group of mismatched survivors bands together in search of a cure, Shadowheart is forced into a long march across a war-torn world alongside her ideological opposite.
What begins as reluctant cooperation becomes something far more dangerous. Each step drags her deeper into a conflict not just of gods and parasites—but of love, selfhood, and the parts of her past she was never meant to remember.
Told from Shadowheart's point of view, this story retells the events of Baldur’s Gate 3 with added depth, introspection, and a slow-burn romance. As the tadpoles and loyalties grow stronger, Shadowheart must choose who she really is—and what she's willing to risk to become free.
The path of a Sharran beckons, but so does something else.
Something brighter.
Canon-divergent. Spoilers through Act 3. Contains religious conflict, emotional intimacy, party dynamics, and a woman in crisis learning how to want something for herself.
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Astarion arrives at a tavern seeking work and shelter, convinced seduction is all he’s good for. Tav sees more in him than just another broken thing to pity.
“You’re worth everything,” Tav says.
Learning to believe it is harder than surviving Cazador ever was. -
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Shortly before their arrival to Baldur’s Gate, Nyaxath and Karlach slip away from the others to have some alone time.
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How to Save the World (one companion at a time) by RyuuSiren13 (RyuuLusca13)
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
28 Jul 2025
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He doesn’t remember his past, where he came from, or who he is. Hells, he doesn’t even remember his own name. "The Dark Urge?" That’s… not him. Not anymore, at least. Yet, he has this feeling that these strangers are important. That they are worth… everything.
And that he’d kill anything and anyone that stood in their way, gods and devils alike.
If only they could remember why.
*cross posted to Royal Roads under RyuuLusca13
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- Part 1 of Tavernus and the Tadfools
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Jen wants nothing more than to propose to Tav, but her plans go awry with the sudden re-emergence of her ex, Shar- leading to a massive confrontation.
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- Part 6 of Minor Fall, Major Lift
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During his final patrol for the day, Halsin finds a lost little girl in the woods surrounding the village, abandoned by her own flesh and blood. Quickly taking her back home to check up on her, he and Tav will need to find out what happened to her and where her parents are. Thankfully, they have a lot of friends willing to help with that.
The girl's parents better watch out before they get the hero of Baldur's Gate and a furious papa bear after them...
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Of Magic and Confessions by Purplecracker
Fandoms: Hogwarts Legacy (Video Game), Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
11 May 2025
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"I just took a toy from a child. One of the last items from her home world that brought her such joy." He thought in despair as he rubbed his chest. "And still she trusts me enough to not ask why I need to consume these items..."
Tav is starting to rethink her open trust policy because this is the third secret that has interrupted her morning flying session. In short: Gale finally tells Tav about his condition.
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- Part 3 of Tav the Hufflepuff
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Excerpt from Ch. 4:
The group's excited chattering about besieging Cazador's palace died down to a murmur when Tav guided Astarion toward Their tent with a hand on the small of his back. Most had assumed for weeks now that he and Tav had a sexual relationship of the wicked-vampire-seduces-naive-monk variety, but here was deliciously public confirmation of their suspicions.
"Stay with me tonight," Tav said under Their breath. Astarion made sure to tilt his head so it looked like Tav whispering sweet nothings to him. "I think you should keep out of any direct line of sight while there might be more hired thugs lurking about. And if we're in the same tent, I can protect you."
"I'd love to, darling."
"Do you need anything from your tent?"
"Not a thing. I've been dying to wear one of those sets of cozy pajamas you're always wandering around the camp in."
Tav smiled brilliantly. "What's mine is yours."
"Oh, I hope so."
Astarion hustled ahead and lifted the flap of Tav's tent with a gracious flourish to let the monk enter. Then he made deliberate eye contact with each of the judgmental glares aimed at him from across the campfire before stepping inside with a sassy roll of his hips. -
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Someone is killing vampires. Astarion's master asks him to go out and deal with the problem, but when he gets there, he finds himself in strangely friendly company despite his vampirism. The friendly nature of his target, however, comes with a rather dangerous caveat, one that has Astarion both intrigued and alarmed. Realizing the two are actually similar in a number of ways, they decide to stick together and help each other out. Despite both agreeing to this partnership, neither expect their relationship to end up where it does.
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After a long day adventuring, Bright Song suggests that Karlach have a "brain break." But that plan quickly goes to shit when they arrive back at camp to find that Clive, Karlach's beloved teddy bear, has mysteriously disappeared!!
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- Part 3 of Regressuary 2025
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The Curious Case of their Odd Companion by SassyAngel
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
04 Apr 2025
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Meeting Aydren was an odd experience, almost as odd as being hijacked by a floating alien spaceship and eyefucked by an ugly little worm that somehow became a permanent resident. Despite the situation the young human found himself in, he wore simple yet expensive clothing. The only weaponry he had was an enflamed sword and a dingy bow, both having been pilfered in the Nautiloid. He was wholly unprepared for whatever adventure he had set out on, yet he didn’t so much as blink when Astarion put a knife to his throat. The smaller human instead looked straight into Astarion’s eyes with a mix of boredom and superiority.
When it was revealed that they were both simply screwed over by Mindflayers of all things, he didn’t seem to care either way. He told Astarion “do what you want” when the vampire suggested teaming up.
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Or in which everyone is pretty much done with Aydren (Tav)'s shit.
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Astarion being a book nerd cause why not? by MeowsGirlWriting
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
15 Jan 2025
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Second Chances by Quillful (QuillfulWriter) for cryogenia
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
28 Dec 2024
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Wyll expected a lot different from Astarion after he drained Tav. But he was wrong. And since the fighter leading their party couldn't see it, Wyll returned the favor Tav did for him with Karlach. They were a team. Everyone was in this together.
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Astarion drained Tav, and he thought for certain the fighter would be furious. And he was. But not how the vampire spawn expected.
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Princess Roslyn of Nysa was technically not a princess, not anymore. She hadn’t been in a long time. The only thing that was holding her to her kingdom was an oath as a Paladin, forced upon her for a tragedy she had desperately tried to fix. But since Nysa fell in a blaze of destruction, Roslyn abandoned any sense of responsibility, getting lost in the cacophony of people in Baldur’s Gate. That was, until she was plucked from the street and had a damn tadpole forced into her brain. Now she has to figure out how the hells to get it out, if she can learn to trust again, and just how far she is willing to push her oath to get what she needs. Oh, and not fall for the ruby-eyed vampire who was meant to only be a distraction from the looming doom.
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Act 1: 1-11
Act 2: 12-17
Act 3: 18-34Smutty chapters: 7, 11, 12, 23, 25, and 28
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It doesn’t take a vast imagination to guess what the incubus wants in exchange, but you step closer anyway, tilting your head quizzically as you question him in the most innocent voice you can gather: “What’s the game?”
“It’s a surprise! And please forgive me; while you truly are beautiful, I’m afraid I must make another demand.” The word demand causes you to bristle. You understand what’s at stake here: do what he wants or fight for your life. Haarlep raises his hand and points behind you.
“I want him.”
__Astarion slips easily into old methods of survival when confronted with Haarlep.
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Memories of a young Karlach's first days in Zariel's army.
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- Part 15 of BG3 One-Shots - Hector Carlisle
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Gale and Tav receive the unexpected visit of a guest. Tav is not inclined to let them in.
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The hinges whined as the door slowly opened, followed by a surprised shout and a subsequent violent slam.
“Is everything ok?” Gale inquired, tensing up and ready to run to his spouse’s side.
“Hum… Yes.” She replied, a subtle hesitation in her voice.
“Who was it?”
“Nobody!”
The bell chimed anew. Gale frowned and hurried downstairs to investigate. Tav was standing in front of the door. Tip toeing, she was peering through the peephole and grumbling disapprovingly.
“My love, please talk to me.”
With a resigned sigh, Tav moved away and, her hand on the doorknob, turned the handle and swung it open.