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Astarion is absolutely drunk on her blood, the exquisiteness of feeding on her the closest thing he has ever had to a religious experience. It is, in no uncertain terms, the most divine thing he has ever tasted.
He knows he's using her. She should mean nothing to him – just one more in a sea of largely nameless, faceless sacrifices – and yet… she’s different, somehow. She’s the only one who’s cared, the only one who’s shown genuine interest in him beyond the pleasures his body can bring her.
And if she ever found out the truth, everything would come crashing down.
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Garden of Eden by khywren
Word Count: 41,328
Completed: 2024-04-29
Work/Series ID: 50170888Relationship Tags:
• Astarion (Baldur's Gate)/Original Female Character(s)
• Astarion/Tav (Baldur's Gate)
• Astarion (Baldur's Gate)/Reader
• Astarion (Baldur's Gate)/Original Character(s)Work Summary:
Astarion is absolutely drunk on her blood, the exquisiteness of feeding on her the closest thing he has ever had to a religious experience. It is, in no uncertain terms, the most divine thing he has ever tasted.
He knows he's using her. She should mean nothing to him – just one more in a sea of largely nameless, faceless sacrifices – and yet… she’s different, somehow. She’s the only one who’s cared, the only one who’s shown genuine interest in him beyond the pleasures his body can bring her.
And if she ever found out the truth, everything would come crashing down.
Read up to Chapter 11
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Karlach's daring escape from Avernus lands her smack in the middle of the wilderness of the Sword Coast with a whole new treasure trove of problems and some budding friendships she'd never have expected to find. Her engine has shifted into overdrive though, and it's more of a hindrance than a help, at least until she can find someone to give it a tune-up.
This fic explores some questions around Karlach's wellbeing in act 1. Mostly how she tends to accidentally set things on fire, including her general sleeping area, other people's hair, and most importantly, the first tastes of real food she's gotten to have since being kidnapped by the Hells ten years ago. Rated T for language.
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Really really good interpretation of infernal engine biology
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One Hundred and Forty-Seven Days by CordycepsCat
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Baldur's Gate, baldur's gate 3 - Fandom
10 May 2025
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14 months ago, Peregrin ‘Pippin’ Murphy had a psychotic break with reality.
She remembers herself ripped from reality by a tentacled vessel, then being infected with a squirming tadpole by a squid-faced abomination. She remembers going on a grand adventure in a fantasy world where she served justice, made friends and fell in love. She remembers entire months of this, but was only gone for weeks. Whatever Pippin was really up to during the weeks she was missing is a mystery, what she does remember she now knows to be false.
A year since Pippins’ return to her own mind and she’s getting better. The authorities found her on the side of a highway, far from the city where she lived, the victim of a hit-and-run. The blow to her head seems to have actually helped her; she knows what reality is now. Pippin is determined to make the most of her return to the real world. She dutifully takes her medication, attends group and private sessions. She follows her doctor's orders.
This weekend, she has been granted an overnight pass. Her first since the break. Her father is coming to collect her and bring her home for a visit.
Or is he?
Someone has come to collect her, anyway.
It’s time Pippin went home.
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Unable to communicate with his many soulmates because of Cazador's rules, how will Astarion reach when he finally meets them?
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faith, hope, and love by bluebeholder
Fandom: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game), The Legend of Drizzt Series - R. A. Salvatore
10 Mar 2025
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Grimoire of the Grove: A Baldur's Gate Romantasy by riancstone
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
09 Oct 2025
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Fiodhan, a druid living in Baldur's Gate, is summoned to an oil spill in the harbor and finds himself at the center of an alien invasion. Follow his journey through the events of the game as he forms lifelong bonds with the cast of BG3. Enjoy nights by the campfire, sharing laughs and tears, as the group of unlikely friends attempts to save Faerûn—and themselves.
This re-telling of BG3 will feature the same faces and places you know, with creative expansions on things I'd like to have seen, like relationships (romantic and platonic) that are as nuanced and messy as real life, more in-depth interactions between the people of Faerûn, and more grounded/realistic reactions to their environments and events. I'll be weaving in expanded lore from DND and will be incorporating images from photo mode. This Fic features romance and genuine love shared between friends, adding to the foundation built by Larian.
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Tavran Gregory woke up on the nautiloid with scars he doesn't remember, an urge to kill boiling in his veins, his fingers twitching to destroy, and the ability to hear magic. And a helluva headache. Or, a collection of stand-alone works featuring bard!Durge, tomfoolery, party dynamics, and flangst (fluffy angst).
These works are missing scenes that fit into the canon of the game without re-telling it. Includes works another series: see "Requiems and Recitatives" for Angst and Hurt/Comfort longer fic, typically with an ensemble cast with a focus on Astarion/Durge).
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The stories about my dark urge, the dragonborn spore druid/battlemaster fighter Kuhir. Here's the handsome lad: https://imgur.com/a/RDZDLSW
Feat. My questionable taste in music.
The more fics I plan for this, the more I realise it's just me dealing about my own trauma and problems through a 50 year old serial killer and his emotionally broken boyfriend.
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"There was no regret nor fear in his heart, and for that he was thankful. In the name of balance he would give his life, and for Wren he would give even more."
Halsin and Wren, along with their companions, have defeated the illithid invasion. Now, it's time for them to forge their own path and find happiness. Settling into domestic bliss in New Reithwin won't be simple, but it's a future worth fighting for.
Named Tav (Wren) - Rogue/Urchin/Half Elf (with mysterious parentage!)
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Arrogance, religious zeal and a dash of bigotry lead to Lae’zel making a brash decision when she spots Shadowheart handling a mysterious artefact covered in githyanki script. Their duel is an inconclusive one, ending when the two fall down a well and find themselves waylaid by phase spiders. One finds herself rescued by goblins, and the other falls further into the Underdark, found by minotaurs. They are not kept apart for long, although they are unlikely to ever return to the rest of their party.
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- Part 244 of Nitey's Commissions
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(Make Sure) The First Bite is the Last Bite by spellmage
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
15 Oct 2023
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The wizard thinks he has the favour of a God, let us show him what a God’s love really feels like.
A rewrite of the 'Dark Urge wants to bite someone' scene where they actually talk about what All Of This means.
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so very lovely
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Various stories exploring the slowly deepening relationship between Dhamari and Gale Dekarios.
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Astarion finds himself frequently annoyed and intrigued by Andromeda, the melancholy bard that is leading their little band of misfits on their Illithid adventure. He thinks her weak and an easy target for manipulation, however, as he gets to know her, he realizes just how wrong he is and also that he might actually be developing feelings for her.
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- Part 1 of A Ballad of Blood and Roses
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The Blood That Sings In Your Veins (Astarion/Tav) by shockdowndefiance, spruce56, ThePaladinProse (shockdowndefiance)
Fandom: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
20 Sep 2025
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The last thing a high half-elf paladin expected to do was befriend a vampire spawn, let alone find herself falling for him. And yet over days and hostilities, she senses something deeper beyond his casual flirting and feels herself reciprocating, much to the disquiet of some of their fellow adventurers.
Whether these are adventures told at the beginning of their journey, many years past, or alternative takes they will be present here for all to see
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Jenrila/Astarion, well-written, slow updates
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Sunrise on the Eastern Chionthar by teddy_likes_matcha
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
28 Sep 2025
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Hope is resiliency and conviction, and Iris tries to choose hope every day.
Iris was bound for Waterdeep before the Nautiloid swept her off the docks in Grey Harbor. Now, she's calling a remote patch of forest home alongside new friends and old. Every day she's fighting for her life and wielding magic fueled by faith and hope. Waterdeep had once held the promise of of freedom, sanctuary, and a new beginning... perhaps she can build a new life from this unexpected detour? She wasn't expecting to care so deeply for the misfit band of heroes she'd gathered, especially the handsome wizard she'd pulled from a stone.
Hope and New Beginnings are kind of Iris's thing. So she'll rise to this challenge, break some curses, and find a cure for her companions if it's the last thing she does.
This is a retelling of Baldur's Gate 3, centered around my first & favorite Tav; a Lathanderian Cleric. My other Tavs make appearances, introducing new plot and new relationships to the story. Just here for the romance and fluff? You can skip to the chapters with asterisks (*).
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Meant to Be: Redemption Equals Life by SetsunaNoroi
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
07 Sep 2025
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When Lavare and Evelyn end up on the nautiloid, kidnapped and inserted with tadpoles that will turn them into monsters, the pair of sisters go on a quest along with a ragtag party to try and save themselves from the grim fate. Everyone is a little weird, but they all need to work together to get through this mess. Between a wizard that might blow up, an elf who might eat the party, the cleric and fighter snipping at each other, a monster hunter and a woman who didn't end up a monster after all, things are not off to a great start. On top of all of that, a seemingly half-crazed tiefling who can't even remember her own name, do they have the odds to even make it through this journey?
Lavare is enthusiastic enough to believe they can make it, but her older and more experienced sister doesn't feel the need to hand out trust to anyone just yet. Still, it's safer in a group than it is alone. It's going to be dangerous enough just getting to Baldur's Gate, when they actually reach it then it's really going to get messy.
And the amnesiac Dark Urge, helped along by Karlach when it seems like no one else can believe in her, is terrified of her own place in the world and what it means when she starts to learn it.
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Goosetarion was just a goose on a midday waddle in Baldur's Gate, until mind flayers dropped him in the middle of the Sword Coast. Left to his own devices, he's found the perfect bodyguards to help him find the perfect sandwich, including the fabled Blade of Frontiers. However, when his new companions fall into mortal peril, it's up to Goosetarion to save the day.
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As Goosetarion revelled in delight, a chorus of crust sang in his ears as meat and cheese danced on his tongue.
“Gods, this is delicious,” he murmured mid-bite, eyes rolling back into his head. “I should find out where she got this beef. Cazador would never let me have anything this exquisite!”
With each peck into his well-deserved prize, scraps of vegetables strewed the ground. Lettuce was improper of a classy goose like him, and tomato too. Despite his best efforts, treasured morsels of Arabellan cheddar eluded him. Crushed, he watched them sink into the mud.
When he dove to rescue them, an angry voice cut his culinary reverie short.
“What the fuck are you doing?”
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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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Early in his and Tav's relationship, Astarion wakes from another of his many nightmares. Perhaps keeping Tav closer may serve as an added layer of safety.
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It had been the final nail in the coffin, in the worst manner of speaking– for his nice, simple plan. You were an incredible force to be reckoned with and a master at the games he knew so well. A beautiful, clever, cunning, complex mix of odd contradictions with an uncanny ability to lead. When you spoke, people listened. When he threw you banter, you threw it back. And yet despite your resolve and that steely exterior, he had seen an entirely different side of you during your nights together. Gentle…Observant. Patient. He had found himself met at the same level or surpassed by the very thing that had protected him for so many years. It was both thrilling and– if he were honest with himself– a little bit intimidating.-
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