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• The Choices We Make (always seem to lead straight back to Hell…) by Hulk_Stanner

  Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)  

  • Explicit
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  07 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Rape/Non-Con
  • Gale/Haarlep (Baldur's Gate)
  • Gale & Karlach Friendship
  • Past Gale/Astarion
  • Past Gale/Halsin
  • Haarlep/Raphael (Baldur's Gate)
  • Halsin/Original Male Devil Character
  • Gale (Baldur's Gate)
  • Karlach (Baldur's Gate)
  • Raphael (Baldur's Gate)
  • Haarlep (Baldur's Gate)
  • Original Male Devil Character.
  • Rolan (Baldur's Gate)
  • Hope (Baldur's Gate)
  • Halsin (Baldur's Gate)
  • Wyll (Baldur's Gate)
  • Astarion (Baldur's Gate)
  • Angst
  • Graphic Depictions of Torture
  • Torture
  • Blood and Gore
  • Dubious Consent
  • (It's Haarlep. Obviously.) Everything about Haarlep is dubious lbh
  • Major character death - Freeform
  • (But he's a soul and aware of stuff...?)
  • Death is really fuckin handwavy in this universe lol
  • Raphael is His Own Warning
  • Anal Sex
  • Sex with an Incubus as a coping mechanism
  • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Everyone makes bad life choices
  • Depression
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • (Technically he's already dead? But wishing for true death counts... I think
  • Coercion
  • Mental Coercion
  • Sexual Coercion
  • (It's Haarlep again. Obviously)
  • sex as a coping mechanism
  • Slavery to a Devil
  • Karlach is the best friend in the universe
  • Will add more tags as I go along cuz I'm sure I've missed something
  • Do Not Copy To Another Site!!!
  • Archdevil Raphael
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • One night stand with Mizora is mentioned
  • poor gale
  • He's not having fun...
  • Manipulation
  • Emotional Manipulation
  • Psychological Torture
  • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
  • Humiliation
  • Verbal Humiliation
  • Degradation
  • Self-Worth Issues
  • Light Masochism
  • Vivisection
  • Torture of a minor aged somewhere between 16 and 18
  • it's only one (or 2) specific chapters though and I put warnings
  • Gaslighting
  • Sensory Deprivation
  • (As a means of torture)
  • Haarlep's True Form
  • Whipping
  • Substance Abuse
  • (It's Haarlep's venom but I figure it basically counts as a drug soo...)
  • I probably should have added Drugged Sex ages ago actually but oh well lol
  • Barbed Penis
  • Haarlep's shapeshifting for sex is it's own warning lol
  • Now with Bear Sex
  • Threesome - M/M/M
  • Knotting
  • (Y'all know it's Haarlep again lol)

  Summary

  Gale was all set to take the Crown of Karsus for himself and become a God, deal with the Devil and Mystra be damned. But then Karlach was suddenly dying right in front of him and all of his plans went right out the window and straight into Avernus with her instead…

  (Full Summary In Notes.)

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