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bring my soul to deliverance by inkietd
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), Critical Role: Campaign 2 - The Mighty Nein (Web Series)
09 Aug 2026
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Essek has known for some time that this was inevitable — him watching Caleb die. He had it in his mind it would not be for some decades.
or, caleb dies in the funball, the aftermath
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10 Aug 2026
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A problem shaped like seven unexpected mercenaries carrying one of the priceless artifacts he stole arrives on Essek's doorstep, but he can handle it. Is handling it. Will be able to handle it, at some point, if he can figure out how to avoid them killing him first.
(Or: time looping your way into a new alignment, one catastrophic failure at a time.)
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08 Aug 2026
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“Beauregard – you said she is outside?” Essek half-turns in the direction of the front door. “Should we invite her in?”
It feels like there is something stuck in his throat. “In a moment. She is, ah – giving us some space.”
Essek turns back to stare at him. Repeats quietly, dangerously, “Space.”
Caleb forces himself to swallow. “Yes.”
Essek’s attention is a palpable thing now, sharp like a knife’s edge against his cheek. “Explain.”
One moment makes all the difference during the battle at Blumenthal. In the aftermath, the Nein grapple with what comes next.
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01 Aug 2026
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"A small shiver runs down your spine, Vex: a feeling you haven't felt before. A feeling of sudden and immediate sourceless dread, and in that instant you know that there is almost no time." (c1ep25, Crimson Diplomacy)
Vex isn’t usually aware, not every day, not every hour, how easy it would be to lose Vax. It isn’t something that she thinks about.
Lying awake tonight, she can do nothing but.
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14 Apr 2026
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"Velora is four years old when she finds out she has a brother and sister.
She finds the painting by accident while playing hide-and-seek. She sees her father, stern with hands folded behind his back. Beside him are two young elves she doesn’t know. Their ears are small, but they look a bit like her, and a lot like each other. They aren’t smiling."
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Velora Vessar and her siblings, through the years.Series
- Part 1 of Do not go far from me
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29 Mar 2026
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“What’s the hurry Stubby?” He stumbles, legs still weak and weary from the battle.
Vex smiles at him, “Aren’t you excited to meet your nieces and nephews?”
“Nieces and nephews?”
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The Matron gives Vax one night.(Can be read as a stand alone)
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- Part 2 of Do not go far from me
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29 Mar 2026
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A shared interest in the arcane and a few throwaway fucks was one thing, had mutual benefit, but the sort of secondhand suffering that curled around Essek’s ribcage and currently crippled his ability to speak was the symptom of something else entirely.
Caleb tilted his head to the side, lifting his chin just enough to glance sideways at the drow. The low flame of the torch sconces dispersed just enough dull light through the room to play cruelly over ghost-pale skin and scabbed-over gashes like claw marks so deep that multicolor bruises radiated around them. Divine healing magic only did so much when there wasn’t enough to go around.
During the Mighty Nein’s future in Rosohna, it takes one too many close calls for Essek to separate the political from the personal, and to realize just how personal his relationship with the party’s wizard had become.Bookmarked by Sparkle_Fiend
05 Mar 2026
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Post-Episode 92.
The morning after the Mighty Nein's visit to the Lionette Estate, Caleb and Beau drink some tea, and he helps her to a realisation.Bookmarked by Sparkle_Fiend
18 Feb 2026
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Nott was crouched at Caleb’s head, patting his cheek carefully so as not to catch him with her nails. He was in a limp heap, bloodied and far too still for Beau’s liking. She was numb for a moment, breath stuck, vision spinning, tunneling inward towards her human compatriot, and then her breath left her all at once in a piercing cry of, “CALEB!”
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17 Feb 2026
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Beau reflects on family, communication, and how much the Empire sucks.
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11 Feb 2026
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Anything You Can Do (I Can Sorta Do, Too) by Schistosity
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
10 Dec 2019
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Team Human Week - Day 1 - Similarities.
Beau discovers another odd thing she and Caleb have in common.
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11 Feb 2026
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Caleb is silent on the walk. The others clearly don’t expect him to talk, which is lucky, because he can barely put one foot in front of the other at the moment, let alone formulate a coherent thought.
Or, Caleb has a breakdown, and then another, smaller breakdown. It's been a long day.
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09 Feb 2026
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It's the rainy season when the quiet visitor comes alone to the Blooming Grove, carrying an old faded parasol and an even older leather-bound journal.
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17 Jan 2026
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Nine ways the Mighty Nein did not meet Caleb and Nott.
1. In the Stocks – Molly encounters a man in a pillory.
2. In a Goblin Hoard – While clearing out a goblin den, Yasha finds a human captive being defended by an unexpected protector.
3. In a Bookshop – Caduceus finds a very nice bookshop owned by an even nicer former-wizard.
4. In Another Party – Working with another party of adventurers gives Fjord the sense of an opportunity missed.
5. In Uniform – In a world where he never broke, Warmage Widogast apprehends a criminal Beau.
6. In the Circus – Six months before reaching Trostenwald, Molly finds two starving travelers on the side of the road.
7. In the Lavish Chateau – Nott says they need work and sanctuary; the Ruby misunderstands.
8. At Sea – On a ship taken by Captain Tusktooth, Nott is discovered as a stowaway, and Caleb bargains for her safety.
9. On the Streets – Caduceus is rescued by two disabled con artists; naturally, he decides to keep them.- Language:
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15 Jan 2026
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There is something wrong with Caleb's daemon, and it freaks Beau the fuck out.
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Snapshots of Beau and Caleb's journey to understanding and acceptance, set in a Daemon - AU
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08 Jan 2026
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Ways to wound your wizard based on damage types & conditions.
1. Acid – Nott doesn’t mark her chemicals well, and Caleb drinks a vial of acid thinking it’s a healing potion.
2. Piercing – Caleb’s ears are pierced when he’s taken captive.
3. Fear – After a traumatizing healing session, Caleb develops an aversion to Caduceus’s hands.
4. Necrotic – To save his friends, Caleb must crawl through a passage of bursting necrotic pustules.
5. Charmed – Molly charms Caleb to lighten him up during a night out.
6. Slashing – When an evisceration is healed in great haste, it leaves gristly scar tissue which reduces Caleb’s mobility.
7. Force - The Traveler gets a little overzealous keeping one of Jester’s followers out of harm’s way.
8. Madness - The Mighty Nein encounter someone who knew Caleb in Vergesson Sanitorium.- Language:
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06 Jan 2026
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Dark and Bramble by tazlwyrm
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), The Mighty Nein (Cartoon)
03 Jan 2026
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"Caleb heard Frumpkin yowling as he was banished, an undercurrent of regret and sorrow. Instead of being jarringly thrust back into his own body as he expected, his vision filled with a disorienting, stomach-churning swirl of purple. It came with the white-hot agony of what felt like twin daggers thrusting into his chest, piercing both his lungs. Breath stolen, he couldn't scream."
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The Mighty Nein take on a job ridding a budding mining operation of a horrific scourge, an unknown creature that was uncovered in the digging process. One whose gaze carries a deadly curse. Nothing goes according to plan, as usual, and Caleb's life is left hanging in the balance.
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05 Jan 2026
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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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25 Dec 2025
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“Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone” -Mitch Albom
Centuries after the adventures of the Mighty Nein a pair of old friends meet, remember, and contemplate.
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23 Dec 2025
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It has been so long since Essek has heard from the Mighty Nein that he is starting to wonder if they have forgotten about him. It's fine, he tells himself, he doesn't need the company.
Until Jester messages him, however, and Essek finds out just how much he is needed.
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20 Dec 2025