9 Bookmarks by Narmora
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A View of the Lake by arquennial
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
08 Jul 2025
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"Emmrich Volkarin," says the man, extending a hand to shake. She takes it. His rings are cool against her skin, and his hair does not stir in the spring breeze that shivers the ash leaves ringing the field. “A pleasure.”
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Rook takes a break from the pressures of graduate school to attend her brother’s soccer match, and finds unlikely temptation in a parent she meets on the sidelines.
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09 Jul 2025
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Ode to the Bitch Queen’s Raiment by arquennial
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
11 Jan 2025
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Gale’s fingers brush against something amidst the cloaks and robes; it is cold and sinuous, like the scales of a steel-clad snake. His eyes narrow as he withdraws the mysterious garment, holding it up to the flickering light of the lanterns.
“You didn’t,” he says, turning to Aoife.
“I did,” she says, and she smiles.—
When Gale and Aoife are summoned to face a monstrous foe in the frigid wastes of Frozenfar, the long-disused Wavemother’s robe bestows critical benefits in the battle - as well as a few unanticipated benefits that Gale discovers in the aftermath.
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- Part 2 of Oh, what a tangled Weave we web
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11 Jan 2025
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His agenda has always been clear: to be a different kind of god—a god among people, a god who responds to the ephemeral beings of Faerûn and their needs. And with the help of his friends and trusted advisors, he’s accomplishing exactly that. He has everything, can do anything, and nothing is missing except that which he will soon take.
Or: sometimes, the God of Ambition walks around Baldur’s Gate in a semblance of his human form. On one such walk, he begins to learn that he is very, very wrong about something very, very important.
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[A very long one-shot directly spurred and heavily inspired by giveon’s beautiful fic “glory to the god of mercy”]
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06 Nov 2024
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Aoife stares up at the cat in the tree, then back down at the owlishly handsome stranger.
“The fire department is a municipal resource, and a precious one,” she says. “We have critical calls to attend to, you know.”The stranger looks chagrined, but she sees the spark of something in those deep brown eyes.
“Well, then, what are you doing standing around explaining that to me?”
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Gale is a research librarian dealing with an unfulfilling job and a wretched break-up. One day his charmingly feral cat Tara gets stuck up a tree, and in a moment of panic he calls the local fire department - much to the annoyance of Aoife, the firefighter on call.
But like two celestial bodies in orbit, Gale and Aoife find themselves indescribably drawn to one another. And when there is a fire in Gale’s library and Aoife comes to his rescue, the spark of interest catches to become a brighter flame.
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05 Oct 2024
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“A few minutes more, my love. You’re being so good for me. You’re taking it so well,” Gale cooed as he licked her again, sighing against Bal’s dewy skin.
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04 Oct 2024
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They had not gotten along, at least at first.
Bal had acquaintances along the Sword Coast but none were wizards. A few fellow sorcerers but most definitely no wizards. By the nine hells did she find them arrogant and, consequently, difficult to get along with.
In her opinion, Gale embodied all the worst traits of wizardkind. The man was pompous, hubristic, and by the gods he never shut up.
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Bal hid away from the world for three years in Baldur's Gate to deal with her grief, unfortunately, that didn't save her from being snatched up by the nautiloid. Begrudgingly saddled with the title of leader, she tentatively begins to make friends again, opening her heart to her fellow tadpals, and carving out a special place for Mystra's former Chosen.
But the weight of the Sword Coast's fate rests heavily on her shoulders, and love is not always easy. When further loss and expectations take their toll, she flees from the one she cherishes most, unable to handle that he will pass long before she does.
Time and soul-searching will heal Bal's wounds, but only if she can face her fears and doubts.
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- English
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30 May 2024
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Alyria goes back to the Arcane Tower with Gale - just in case he spots something they missed earlier, it's definitely not a date.
Corva has opinions.
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- Part 1 of The Raven, Her Ranger, and Their Wizard
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- English
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- 2,103
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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30 Dec 2023
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“What will it cost me?”
She narrowed her eyes at him.
“You know how pacts work, don’t you? You like to make deals. I will make you a deal. You give me the gloves, and I will give you whatever you like,” he said. The side of her mouth twitched. She did like when he begged. Almost as much as she liked the unnecessary firmness of his hand on hers as he prevented her from completing her task. Her jaw clenched at that thought, and she wrenched her hand away from him.
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In which a cruel and embittered warlock's tale of vengeance is disrupted by tadpoles and distracted by a charming wizard. After initially extorting him with magical items to assist her in a sidequest involving various hags and fey, she learns that she may also have a more efficient way to help with his orb problem. Unfortunately, this grows more complicated by the day, and Gale realizes that the warlock is not as cruel as she would like to be. (Or, Gale likes cats, and I decided to give him one.)
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- Part 1 of Quiet Rituals
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- English
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- 42/?
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27 Dec 2023
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Echo has lived her life tucked away in the forests of Tethir, learning magic through the pulse of nature and the songs of creation. She's good with magic, but not people, which isn't really a problem until she's scooped up by mind flayers and has to get along with six strangers lest they all share a tentacle-y doom. And she manages to get along with most of them -- but then there's Gale of Waterdeep. Despite a terrible first impression, she finds he is actually much kinder than all the mansplaining would suggest.
This is a series of relationship scenes about my weird little mushroom hermit, a wizard who shows compassion and arrogance really can coexist, and how academic rivalry is like first base for wizards.
Spoilers for the entire main plot and Gale's romance
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- English
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- 163,840
- Chapters:
- 30/?
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27 Dec 2023