14 Works in Caleb Widogast Has Self-Esteem Issues
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Caleb was a sentimental idiot to stay with the Nein as long as he has, and it's time for him to go—it's the only way to keep them (and himself) safe from those forever chasing him. He needs to vanish into being nothing once more.
But Trent Ikithon is a determined figure, and without the Nein at his back, Caleb is no match.
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- Part 6 of 2025 Event Fics
- Part 125 of Q's Rarest Rarepairs
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Don't give it a hand, offer it a soul by ATrashMammal
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
31 Jul 2024
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He could almost smell the ozone in the air around him as his palms itched and crackled with a held potential. He could do it he thought, he would do it, if it meant that Nott might be happy, after all she had done for him he could do this for her if only to see her smile once more. It might break him, would break him, of that he was sure, but it would be worth it if it only meant she could be herself as she was always meant to be.
What was a little more broken to a man who hadn’t yet pulled all the pieces of himself back together again? One more nail in the coffin of someone already doomed would be worth it for the life he might be able to give.
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In which Caleb makes a deal with Isharnai
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Caleb and Nott got themselves hired as staff for a masquerade ball held by a local nobleman, in order to get the opportunity to help themselves to his valuables. Caleb was surprised when a person in an absolutely stunning outfit walked in, but never thought he’d actually get the chance to meet this mysterious Lord Tealeaf… or that he might have ulterior motives of his own.
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For some inexplicable reason, Mollymauk seems to be interested in Caleb. After one too many compliments, Caleb decides to confront him.
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The mighty Nein have managed to do the impossible. They've stopped a war, they annihilated a cult and managed to prevent a calamity, the end of the world.
They also managed to cut out the malignant tumor back home. Well, at least in part.
So in the aftermath of the trial, why is it so hard for Caleb to be happy? Perhaps because he doesn't know what normal life means for him anymore. Perhaps because he doesn't know what to do next, and shadows of the past keep haunting him. This is a story about the aftermath, and building a life from ashes. It's a story about building a home.
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Ch1-Caleb is still dealing with the mental damage of Dinner with the Devil. as the trial concludes, Beau decides to do something about it.
Ch2,3- After talking with Beau, Caleb goes to confront Astrid and Eadwulf about his conclusions. -
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When he’s done he looks like a new man, like a different person entirely to Caleb Widogast, dirty wizard hobo. He looks expensive, looks captivating.
Looks like a nice, pretty morsel for a rich letch.
OR: To save Jester, Caleb offers up something he's long since stopped valuing: his body.
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It's just a few little lacerations to his palm. He can manage that. There's nothing to be troubled with. The others don't need to know. It'll end soon, and Caleb will forget all about it.
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Caleb is hit with a spell that causes the affected individual an overwhelming urge to inflict pain, and the only individuals around are his family and himself.
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cinnamon and sugar, sprinkles and smoke by Ford_Ye_Fiji
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
20 Oct 2020
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Jester has some drawing frustrations.
Caleb is unaware that he is the source of them.
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!!ON HIATUS!! Sorry :(
Some nights, Caleb Widogast can look in the mirror and he does not see a monster. Some nights Caleb Widogast looks in the mirror and punches it until his knuckles bleed, until the mirror shatters, until everything is stained red, red, red with blood that won’t wash any of the sins he’s committed clean. Some nights Caleb Widogast cannot look in the mirror.
Jester wore her cheery over-excitable nature like armor, wielding it when she thought people she cared about needed to be made happier or using it as a shield for herself to cover up her own worry. Jester Lavorre worried a lot.
Caduceus had fathomless pink eyes that seemed to x-ray everything about anyone Cad ever met, knowing what they needed and he always seemed so eager to provide it. Beau had told Caleb once that she was worried his demeanor was a shield, that he was “kind of more of a mess than he lets on, y’know?” Caleb agreed with her.
Did we need another Mighty Nein coffee shop AU? No. Did I write another Mighty Nein coffee shop AU? Yes. It fuels me.
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let me walk to the top of the big night sky by desolateskies
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
08 Jul 2020
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Caleb knew, in that way he always did, that it was very late at night. The Xhorhasian sky outside his bedroom window offered little comfort, dotted in constellations so different from the ones he’d spent years looking up at. Not even Essek’s most recent loan of books on magic theory could distract him from that sudden, aching loneliness that came from solitude after weeks of close quarters.
He missed the closeness of the Nein, of offering to take watches with Jester or Caduceus only to hear Beau's sleepy “you better keep our asses safe instead of making out for the next two hours” during shift changes.
[prompt two: dressed up]
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- Part 2 of widojest week 2020
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Essek Thelyss has taken an interest in the visiting Empire wizard and is doing his best to court him, but Caleb doesn't even seem to realize he's being courted.
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- Part 5 of Caleb's Copendium of Kisses
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your body is where my peace begins by orphan_account
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
20 Apr 2019
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TM9 are relaxing in a tavern after their latest exploits, and Caleb propositions Caduceus before his drunk mind can catch up with him. Caduceus, for all the vacuity he's known for, puts his insight to good use.
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Christmas isn’t always easy. A few snapshots of the rough Christmas’s of the Mighty Nien before they become the Mighty Nien.
Set the Christmas before the events of Beware, Beware.
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- Part 2 of From the Bell Jar
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In the aftermath of a fight, Caleb finds the set of pens Mollymauk had bought him and a soaked note. The discovery is warped, as always, by how he sees himself.
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