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In another world, when the Tombtakers fall, Lucien takes a replacement from the Mighty Nein.
At Cognouza, he turns Essek against them. At Cognouza, Caleb watches Essek defy him totally-and finally.
And after, they try to pick up the pieces.
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The chasm of the night and a matter of time by SkyScribbles
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
09 May 2021
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Essek loops the silver cord around his own wrist, like half of a handfast. ‘What I mean to express,’ he says softly, ‘is that this spell requires a degree of trust.’
Ah, Caleb thinks. Yes, that is always the issue, between the two of them.
(In which Lucien takes Caleb's mind, and in the aftermath, two wizards confront questions of trust and time.)
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Essek’s head tilts. ‘Later?’
‘Later, if we survive,’ Caleb says. ‘We will have time.’
And he can see in Essek’s face that the binding spell isn’t necessary, this time, for Essek to know Caleb’s thoughts. Later, there will be time to talk about trust, and to let it grow. To acknowledge this fragile thing between them. To follow that little spark of possibility and see what it becomes.
He waits for Essek to say that there will be no later. That they are, in all likelihood, going to die here when Lucien comes for them. That even if they survive, there will be Scourgers waiting, an Assembly that wants them both dead. That they are wizards, they are them, and all the time in the world would not be enough to fix that.
But Essek looks down, closes his eyes, and smiles. Nods, just a little.
‘Yes,’ he says. ‘I would like that.’
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“Essek, please.”
Caleb’s voice is ragged and thick with despair, a trickle of blood running over his chin. His mumbled plea smears his bottom lip red, stark against his ashen skin.
Pretty, Essek thinks absently as he tightens his hand into a fist.
_What if Caleb failed to dispel Gaudius's charm on Essek?
And then also what if Yasha gave Kima Skingorger instead of the Magician's Judge?Alternatively: Essek gets his 'Light them up, pretty'-moment, angst ensues.
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“Caleb, I killed you.” Essek says, his voice breaking halfway through Caleb’s name, insistent tears finally forcing their way out.
“I know.” Caleb states dryly, leaning in. “I was there.”
“I killed you.” Essek repeats desperately. He feels like he is pleading for something, though he doesn’t know what.
“Hmm. And I survived.” Caleb whispers. His breath is hot on Essek’s skin. His eyes fixed solidly on Essek’s mouth.
“You were dead.” Essek sobs, losing all composure as a second hand comes up to cradle his face. Broad thumbs swiping at his cheeks. “I killed you.”
“Didn’t you listen?” Caleb breathes against his lips. “I forgive you.”
Essek wants to tell him he can’t, tell him he shouldn’t, but Caleb kisses him, chasing the plea out of his mouth.
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let's make this moment worth the while by KmacKatie (kmackatie)
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
26 Jan 2021
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Lucien leaned back in his chair at the comment and gave it a beat before he cocked his head towards Essek with a leering smile on his face. He folded his arms, keeping his eyes resting on Caleb while directing his next comment to his right.
“He’s attractive when he’s condescending.”
He was rewarded by an immediate stiffening of Essek next to him and a flush across Caleb’s face as he coughed and turned away. The tension up the back of Essek’s neck was clear, and his long ears twitched back slightly. Smiling more widely, Lucien turned to look at Essek, who resolutely didn’t meet his gaze.
“Feisty as well, isn’t he? Hungry for knowledge. Always about books and learning. He said as much himself. Is that how he wound you in?”
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Lucien picks up on the unspoken tension between Essek and Caleb and uses it to his advantage. Set shortly after E122 Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained.
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Three part short from the POV of Caleb, Fjord, and Molly.
Caleb is given to the Mighty Nein pack.
Edit: Now more than 3 parts!
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- Part 1 of War Dogs AU
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((Yeah sooo this is my love of Lucien and Mollymauk coming out. Not sorry... They are my joint favourite characters now))
((I may well continue this as the campaign goes on. But I had an idea for the beginning so threw it out here!))
(((ALSO THIS WAS WRITTEN BEFORE THE FINAL EPISODE CAME OUT- THIS IS ***NOT*** A RE-WRITE OF CANNON, THIS WAS A GUESS FOR FUN. I STAN KINGSLEY AND WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY ERASURE OF HIS CHARACTER.)))
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.I am Lucien. I am victorious. I have succeeded.
A lavender tiefling is awoken.
He knows Cree.
But she is hiding something from him.They are going somewhere...
To finish something...Nestled in one half of the tieflings heart is another voice.
The voice he listens to whenever memories not his own flood his mind.Something is very very wrong...
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A few accidents involving Dunamancy and Wild Magic in Aeor lead to the Mighty Nein obtaining Lucien and Kingsley from alternate realities in addition to their recently resurrected Molly.
The resulting chaos involves forced redemption arcs and Molly deciding he's quite intrigued by the notion of having brothers, even if one of them is Lucien.
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doppelganger's song
A few accidents involving Dunamancy and Wild Magic in Aeor lead to the Mighty Nein obtaining Lucien and Kingsley from alternate realities in addition to their recently resurrected Molly.
The resulting chaos involves forced redemption arcs and Molly deciding he's quite intrigued by the notion of having brothers, even if one of them is Lucien.
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It is in the nature of light to cast shadows, and without it, there are none
The Aeor arc, from Essek's pov.
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“Fuck, is this what it feels like playing for the sanctimonious team all the time? This is bollocks.” A year after the destruction of the Eyes of Nine, Caleb finds himself forced to reckon directly with the Nein's failure to kill Lucien in the Astral Sea. Instead of a vengeful enemy, he discovers a man whose painful history echoes much of Caleb's own. The fact that the sex is incredible doesn't hurt, either.
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Whumptober 2025 by Hyaluronic
Fandom: Critical Role: Aramán (Web Series), Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), The Legend of Vox Machina (Cartoon)
17 Oct 2025
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Essek uses more high-level dunamancy in battle, and Caleb tries to reverse-engineer it when he can't sleep.
AKA What if we were both wizards and I cast Tether Essence on us to save your life? -
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Caleb invites the Tomb Takers into Widogast's Nascent Nein-Sided Tower and wants to show Lucien something special.
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Cree Deeproots saves Molly on the Glory Run Road and changes everything for the Mighty Nein, and, in return, the Mighty Nein changes everything for her.
A very, very AU and canon divergent retelling of Campaign Two with both new plots and twists on old ones.
(NOT CANON COMPLIANT WITH THE NINE EYES OF LUCIEN or anything released after November 2022.)
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blood had broken and I wanted you more by lakrisrot (enheduane)
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
26 May 2023
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Essek is crying, and he can’t remember why. He should probably be concerned about that, but he is caught in the heaving relief of sobs, shaking in his ribs as he curls in tighter, pressing his forehead against his knees. His grief drips silently down onto his lap, disappearing into black, ice-encrusted fabric. Did someone die? Did he do something terrible?
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The Mighty Nein come together for a new mission- hunt down a renegade dunamancer who’s been kidnapping children in the Dynasty.
As with most things they do, it doesn’t go as planned.
(Or “How the Mighty Nein Saved The Dynasty Again On Sheer Accident While Being Level 16 Amnesiac Teenagers Who Have No Idea What They’re Doing.”)
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turning wine back into water by grayintogreen
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Lucien plans to open a door but first he needs a conduit of his will, something to shield him from those that oppose his purpose.
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- Part 9 of Whumptober 2025
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Essek gives more than Caleb is prepared to take.
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"This plan is insane, unsafe, ill-advised, and - in case I haven’t already made it abundantly clear - I’m begging for the chance to join you.” Sea piracy, highway robbery, grand larceny, assassination, espionage, and a coup. Who needs bad guys with good guys this bad? Molly, Caleb, Essek and the Nein all rotate in and out of frame in this sprawling, thoroughly upsetting and utterly ridiculous sojourn through the criminal underworld of Wildemount.
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Bk 4 Ch 6
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Cree Deeproots will do absolutely anything to get her friend back, even if it means traveling with a bunch of fools.
Mollymauk Tealeaf has gotten a second chance at life he didn’t expect and all the hassles that come with it.
And the Mighty Nein are determined to protect their friend and maybe change the heart and mind of a certain fickle tabaxi.
(AKA The "Creedemption" Fic.)
[not canon compliant with the The Nine Eyes of Lucien]
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- Part 1 of life in the margins of redemption
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Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time by Wizardchester91
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
09 Jun 2021
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Lucien sometimes wants a little distraction when he's in a good mood. Mostly he just want to be an insufferable shit to the Ginger wizard who keeps seeing through his bullshit. And if he can get a little release at the same tome, so be it.