ThingsThatBreak
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After overhearing Dairon tell Beauregard not to form emotional attachments, Caleb tries to convey to her that there are some worrying parallels linking Trent Ikithon's teachings with the Cobalt Soul's. It doesn't go well.
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Yours is the light by which my spirit's born by steelneena
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
28 Jul 2020
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He'd only ever known one life. That of servitude. Admittedly, it hadn't been that long. Maybe a few weeks? A month? But it was still all he knew. They pulled him from the ground they said. What was a little firewood in exchange for a life? (Was this life?) And then, when he'd finished his chores and slunk away from the hags who were cackling around their cauldron, he heard the scream of a little girl and something within him changed.
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- Part 25 of CR 2 Oneshots and Short Series
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10 Dec 2025
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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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10 Dec 2025
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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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09 Dec 2025
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An inside look at the growing friendship between Beau and Caleb, featuring The Mighty Nein. Lots of found family feels and empire siblings. Each chapter is a continuation of sorts, either mid or post episode, and can be read separately.
Ch 21: 2x123 - Fair-Weather Faith
After a narrow escape from their midnight battle with the Tombtakers, Caleb and Beau take stock and seek comfort.
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