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  1. Public Bookmark 15

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    Since that fateful day on the mountain Jaskier has suffered. Hunted down by people looking for Geralt, tortured by Rience, he is desperately looking for a safe place. Remembering the stories Geralt had told him Jaskier makes his way up to Kaer Morhen, where he meets Eskel. Unsure if he would be taken in as himself Jaskier, who is part fae, disguises himself as a cat and is taken in by the Witchers.

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    11 Nov 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 29

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    "The missive reaches Jaskier two weeks after it was dated. Two weeks after the ink had dried, the fated, dreaded words stark against white paper, haunting in its contents. 

    Two weeks after King Consort Eist had apparently passed, with Queen Calanthe not too far from following."

     

    Or, following a deadly plague in Cintra that claims the lives of the reigning monarchs, Jaskier is tasked with taking care of the young Cintran princess, at least until it is safe for her to return home to claim her throne.

    Will he be able to successfully raise the young girl, despite his misgivings about his ability to do such a thing? Or will his doubts win out, especially once they meet up with a certain reticent witcher, who not so long ago wished him dead and then abandoned him without a word in the middle of the night? Only time, he supposes, will tell.

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    27 Oct 2025

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    The Leshy had been the final fucking straw.
    For decades, Eskel had found himself increasingly sick of walking the Path and living the life of monsters and money.
    He had spent most of his life being hated for something he had no choice in: becoming a mutant.
    It was thankless work, people didn’t want to pay even when he’d bested their monster, and everyone was afraid of him.
    But winter came yet again as Eskel made his way up to Kaer Morhen, badly injured by a fucking Leshy, of all things,
    And by the time Eskel was deemed free of the Leshy and able to rest, everyone else in the Keep was wrapped around the fingers of Geralt’s daughter, Ciri.
    So when the pass was clear enough for travel in the spring, Eskel had made up his mind: he was done with doing what was expected of him.
    Eskel wanted to retire.
    In years bygone, Eskel had spent some time in Oxenfurt, sitting in on whatever classes at the University that allowed mutants, and he’d thoroughly enjoyed that pursuit of knowledge, though he could never afford the tuition to attend as a student.
    And that is how Eskel found himself sneaking silently into a lecture on music theory given by “Professor Julian Pankratz”.

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    28 Sep 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 25

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    Commander Arthur Pendragon leads the mission to Jupiter to establish a nascent colony in orbit around the gas giant. But once they arrive, a series of inexplicable accidents lead to EVA Specialist Merlin Emrys' death, and Arthur spirals into grief and guilt, jeopardizing the whole mission.

    Merlin, however, is not dead, but rather abducted by the draconic derkesthai aliens, who force him into changes both physical and mental. They want to send a message to humanity, and Merlin is to be the messenger. Unless he refuses to obey...

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    21 Sep 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 5

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    Arthur reacts badly to Merlin’s revelation and quickly regrets it. But not quickly enough. How does one find an all-powerful warlock who believes he doesn’t deserve to be found?

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    30 Jun 2025