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Essek Thelyss, lonely and ambitious prodigy, comes to Nicodranas to make a risky gamble with the Assembly. At the water’s edge, he finds himself swept up in another dangerous entanglement he can't seem to escape — and as time goes on, he's less and less sure he wants to. Will his treasonous alliance or the sea itself devour him first?
(Or, the one where Caleb is a merman.)
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- Part 1 of till human voices wake us
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Cat's Paw by mllekurtz (TheKnittingJedi)
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series), Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski
21 May 2022
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For better or worse, Caleb Widogast was a witcher. He didn’t know if his affinity for magic would have made him a sorcerer in another life; he only had this one. His former masters had taught him to channel his gifts towards one thing and one thing only, and he had spent the better part of his life trying to unlearn that lesson, trying to be a protector instead of a murderer—and sometimes being a protector only meant he got to choose who would live and who would die.
Sometimes it was a hard choice. Other times, however, it was very easy.🟍
Or: a Shadowgast Witcher AU in three parts, with art by @Kurocyou.
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- Part 1 of shadowgast witcher au
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- English
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- 20,628
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- 3/3
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- 1
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- 156
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22 May 2022
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A double gift, words and artwork!
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Baz Pitch is an overworked uni student who -- between his heavy course load and his shifts at his aunt's bookstore -- is stressed all the time. There are expectations on him to follow the family footsteps, and he doesn't want to deal with that right now. His aunt Fiona's bookstore is his one oasis in this (except for on poetry slam nights) and he's glad to have her -- even if she does come with her own brand of crazy.
But when Simon Snow, a lit student with a short temper who's trying to distance himself from his bad history, starts working at the bookstore, Baz's life gets infinitely more stressful. Amidst bad poetry slams, author signings, getting locked in storerooms and gaining a (unwanted) roommate, Baz comes to realise that Simon Snow is so much more than he's prepared to take on.
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- Part 1 of Take On Me
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- English
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- 49,589
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- 10/10
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17 Mar 2022
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network connectivity problems by BasicBathsheba for great_merlins_beard
Fandoms: Carry On Series - Rainbow Rowell
12 Jan 2019
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[UNKNOWN NUMBER]: (10:45): i mean like, how should I fix this
BAZ PITCH: (10:46): Why would I know?
[UNKNOWN NUMBER]: (10:46): you’re tech support?
BAZ PITCH: (10:47): I most definitely am not.
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- 35,268
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- 13/13
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17 Mar 2022
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23 Feb 2022
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It used to be if you don't like it you could leave by thought
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
19 Oct 2021
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In which the humans do a politics, the Xhorhasians learn about potato's, and everyone decides five hundred years of living in disguise and on the run isn't actually a great life plan, Essek.
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- 24,252
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- 1/1
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12 Feb 2022
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Something is very wrong with Essek. He has far too many limbs, is sporting claws and sharp teeth, hisses and growls, and can probably fit inside Caleb’s component pouch. But Caleb is certain he can reverse this strange Aeorian magic. Really, what kind of wizard would he be if he couldn't? It just takes some elbow grease and hard work.
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09 Jan 2022
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play with fire by mllekurtz (TheKnittingJedi) for saturdaysky
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
31 Dec 2021
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Essek hates parties, especially state dinners with Empire delegates. It doesn't help that the liaison for the Cerberus Assembly is cunning, smart and annoyingly handsome. But Essek is sure he has this Bren Ermendrud under control... until he isn't anymore.
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- Part 1 of birds of prey
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01 Jan 2022
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Footsteps pad down the hall and past the stairs. Actual footsteps. Verin can’t remember the last time he saw Essek walk on his own two feet. He feels a twisted knot form beneath his sternum; something isn’t right.
Thinking only of justice and restoring his family's honor after Essek's betrayal, Verin Thelyss finds something he never expected, an Essek he never expected. A mission for justice turns into a race against time and a family finds their world upended.
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- Part 1 of Lay Your Bones
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- English
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- 53,587
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- 7/7
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29 Dec 2021
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relativity, noun. 1) In physics: the degree to which a phenomenon’s perception differs between observers based on their independent reference frames; 2) In philosophy: the belief that there is no absolute morality existing beyond the conditioning of the individual.
The return to Aeor is a crucible of sorts- all that they have this time is each other, which is both electrifying and terrible in near-equal quantities. Two wizards in one place is trouble, but when they're Caleb and Essek it's a match to acetylene.
(Or: how it falls apart and comes back together.)
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- Part 1 of cascading phenomena
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Caleb has a plethora of uses for polymorph outside of combat. Sometimes he uses it to avoid things he can’t face; sometimes he uses it to face things he can’t avoid; and sometimes, just sometimes, he uses it to go a little apeshit.
Or, five times Caleb used polymorph to get around his problems, and one time he used it to solve them.
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14 Nov 2021
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It starts like this: Essek, in a fit of lonely idiocy, agrees to partake in a honeypot scheme with the Mighty Nein. It goes about as smoothly as he should have expected.
It evolves to this: by decree of Deirta Thelyss, Verin is tasked with protecting his brother and his brother’s friends(??) as they parlay with the Children of Malice over the diplomatic incident they caused. Verin remembers his brother being much more of an aloof douche and much less of a floating disaster.
Or: In a reality where the Mighty Nein do a stop in Xhorhas prior to meeting up with DeRogna, Essek agrees to help with one side quest and ends up with a lover, a brother, and a fight with a god.
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- 9/9
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01 Nov 2021
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These are the facts. Essek Thelyss is a traitor to the Dynasty. He has collaborated with the Cerberus Assembly on dunamantic research. His loyalties are an entirely unknown quantity, and likely nonexistent. He is, above all else, a liar.
Also, he all but lives in the neighborhood now, and it’s very uncomfortable.
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09 Oct 2021
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As you orbit, gravity throws me to the ground by SkyScribbles
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
04 Sep 2020
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Caleb has a mind that counts things.
He counts coin. The passing hours. His remaining stocks of spell components. And, right now, the number of seconds since Essek Thelyss met his eyes and died.
(In which Caleb makes use of his transmuter's stone.)
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10 Sep 2021
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A thousand fingerprints on the surfaces of who I am by SkyScribbles
Fandom Critical Role (Web Series)
02 Oct 2020
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'Changing is hard. For most of us, it happens little by little in in the smallest moments and we don’t notice it, we don’t choose it. But looking yourself in the face and deciding to be different – that is hard. You are unpicking threads of who you are that were put in place more than a century ago.'
(A collection of Essek-centric oneshots, following a hypothetical redemption journey post-Episode 97. Features Shadowgast and Essek's platonic relationships with the Nein. The fics are arranged in rough chronological order and are loosely interconnected, but they can all be read individually. This series was written during the 2020 hiatus, so is not canon compliant beyond episode 100.)
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08 Sep 2021
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like coloured indigo inscribed with my name by KmacKatie (kmackatie) for TheKnittingJedi
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
27 May 2021
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Essek discovers that Jester either texts in all capitals, or completely ignores them. There’s no inbetween. He also discovers that there are 238 notifications in the Mighty Nein group chat that he had recently been added to in much pomp and circumstance that he still didn’t really understand. A final discovery is that the celebration of birthdays is a sacred tradition for the Mighty Nein and one he is going to be pulled in on regardless of his opinion on the fact.
An exploration of tradition, culture, what is worth sacrificing in finding yourself and family.
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- Part 1 of like coloured indigo
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- 30,648
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- 9/9
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- 1,660
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24 Aug 2021
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Caleb has a habit of slipping back into Zemnian when his guard is down.
Or: Five times Essek didn’t understand, and one time he absolutely did, the little shit.
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- English
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- 1,956
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- 1/1
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22 Aug 2021
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This is a great honor, Essek reminds himself, trying not to recoil as fingers run through his hair, working through the tangles. A braid is made of three strands, symbolizing the inextricable bond between the soul, the den, and the Luxon. A recognition of an achievement by the drow who bears it. With each braid, the soul is bound ever closer to its den and to the Luxon.
It is a lesson Essek learned long ago, but one he is never permitted to forget.
[Or: the story of why the Shadowhand wears his hair cropped short.]
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- English
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- 20,605
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- 4/4
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07 Aug 2021