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so bright you burn my eyes by inkietd
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), The Mighty Nein (Cartoon)
18 Feb 2026
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Our timetable has shifted. I will notify you when we are to proceed.
Essek paused his pacing, feet clumsily connecting with the floor. Even through the anxious, angry rush of blood in his ears, the words of Ludinus Da'leth rang clear in his mind.
The Archmage of Civil Influence: Deposed. The Martinet: Missing in action. Shadowhand Essek Thelyss stands at a precipice, poised to lose everything he has desired for the last century, and prepared to give up anything to prevent this golden opportunity from slipping his grasp.
(or, what if Essek didn’t steal the beacon before the Nein finished their adventures?)
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06 Jan 2026
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Empire Now by cancaincan
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), The Mighty Nein (Cartoon)
15 Feb 2026
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Essek thought he knew the meaning of devotion, but watching Caleb he has now come to understand it. He sees it in the way Caleb operates, in every decision he makes. A clear devotion to his goals and his people and his passions.
When did Essek begin to feel it himself?
For decades Essek has danced with false devotion. False devotion to the Queen, to the Luxon, to his country. Yet, he is beginning to feel that the King of the Empire, Caleb Widogast, is a man he could dedicate a devout devotion to.
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06 Jan 2026
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and lifted its whisper to my thirsty lips by Bagheera
Fandoms: The Mighty Nein (Cartoon), Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
19 Feb 2026
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Caleb's amulet breaks before he ever meets Nott and he runs to the one part of Exandria where Volstruckers might not follow. Meanwhile, Essek Thelyss is still considering how best to commit treason and heresy.
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06 Jan 2026
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The Ruination of Caleb Widogast by LessAttitudeMoreAltitude
Fandoms: The Mighty Nein (Cartoon), Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
02 Jan 2026
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Essek was surveying the tower, looking through the window to plan the angle of attack. He could see the beacon... and he can also see Master Trent Ikithon, but strangely, his attention seemed elsewhere. Essek carefully glided to the side to see what the man was up to.
He was speaking to someone. He had a slight smile on his lips, an expression Essek had never seen him use with another person. He stepped closer to the person - a human man - and put a hand on his shoulder.
This was someone important to Ikithon, it would seem.
Essek could not help but smile. Not only was he about to reclaim the beacon for himself... this was an opportunity to gain leverage against Ikithon.
i.e. Essek kidnaps Caleb and decides to take out some of his frustrations
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01 Jan 2026
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Essek Thelyss comes to Soltryce to deliver guest lectures and, on the side, cultivate the brand new Archmage of Domestic Protections. He’s hoping that Caleb Widogast will oblige him by picking up his predecessor’s interest in conspiring to steal Luxon beacons, after so rudely murdering Da’leth mere weeks before the culmination of their schemes.
Essek is prepared for espionage. He is not prepared to find a love that will change the course of his life.
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