16 Works by madeoflightning
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Despite her claims of amnesia, when she reinstates her alliance with him, Enver’s not certain she’s truly forgotten everything. Though he eventually comes to realise the Bhaalspawn he knew is, in fact, lost.
Luckily, he might know an alchemist who can help restore her memories. There’s just the trifling matter of the brain and her troupe of vagabonds to handle first.
A tale of The Dark Urge’s past, told via dinners laced with noblestalk.
(Mostly undescribed Durge, using she/her pronouns. She’s called ‘Tav’ but she’s also not. It’s a whole thing.)
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After Professor Dekarios misses yet another promised date night in Baldur’s Gate, you opt to work late in the High Hall to keep yourself busy and avoid wallowing in self-pity.
Archduke Gortash has never let an opportunity slip past him thus far.
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The Bhaalist interrupts the Banite while he’s utilising the laboratory.
Unnamed, undescribed Dark Urge using she/her pronouns. Not a lot of porn, not a lot of plot, but somehow a lot of words.
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The Devil On Your Shoulder by madeoflightning
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
06 Nov 2024
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Rook fears she’s stepping on Neve’s toes. Lucanis fears what could happen if he loses control.
Spite just wants to talk to Rook— well, among other things.
Mild Act 1 & Act 2 spoilers. Undescribed Rook using she/her pronouns.
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Years after the Battle of the Brain, with both Bhaal and Cazador long behind you, you and Astarion set out on what should be a standard monster hunt for your duo.
Though it quickly turns sour, and you find yourselves deceiving your way into an unusual kind of church in search of aid.
A sprinkle of plot with a bit of confessional booth porn; but the majority of this fic is my attempt to set up a canon-compliant caricature of Catholicism so that Astarion has to dress up as a Catholic priest, for personal reasons.
She/her pronouns for reader, and woman/girl terms used (mostly in a derogatory manner)
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As Enver is flexing the Black Hand and subduing a misguided Banite that had hoped to usurp him, he's interrupted by the Bhaalist who barges into Bane’s temple with a highly unusual request.
(Unnamed Dark Urge, uses she/her pronouns.)
Kinktober prompt: Breeding
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While Gortash whips up a couple of celebratory drinks after a long night spent securing the Bhaalist torture racks from the Hall of Wonders, you swipe a healing potion from his shelf of various elixirs.
Though it tastes a lot more sulphuric than you were expecting.
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If the Archduke is too busy to come to you, then you'll go to him.
Set in an alternate ending of an evil run where the Brain is subdued, the plan proceeds, and Gortash lives to become a busy man. Though it's almost entirely smut and pretty much none of that matters.
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“Priceless. Absolutely priceless,” Gortash chuckles as he steps into your line of sight, shrugging out of his own translucent cloak of magics. “You storm in here with naught but an invisibility spell and a dagger? As if your oldest, simplest tricks could possibly still work on me.”
“Evard’s tentacles? Really?” you bark up at him with a pitiful attempt to wriggle your shoulders, emphasising your point.
“Enver’s, my dear,” he sneers as he drops to his haunches before you. “A little spin on an otherwise terribly violent spell. But of course, I’d never want to hurt you. We’re allies after all — no?”
You break into Wyrm's Rock after the coronation, desperate to discover more information on your past with the Archduke. You learn a lot more than you bargained for.
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“I can scarcely imagine what your followers would say if they saw you now. Their fearless leader: murder incarnate herself. Helpless, shaking, aching — simply begging for my touch,” he drawls, crouching briefly to grab the blade among his forgotten tools, slicing through the remaining fabric that covers you with swift precision.
“I have never begged you for anything, Gortash,” you snap, trying your utmost to defy him despite the precarious position he has you held in.
He looks up at you with a curious stare, his eyebrow raised as he considers your words for a moment. “You know what? You’re right — or at least, not in so many words. Perhaps we can rectify that.”
You interrupt Gortash as he works on a Steel Watcher prototype, just in time for you to help with testing the construct's capabilities.
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As the final stages of the plan to enslave an Elder Brain loom ever closer, the boundaries of your alliance with the Banite start to blur beyond recognition.
You fight the unusual urges your co-conspirator stirs in you, out of fear of your Father Bhaal's divine intervention. But that doesn't mean you can't toy with the Lord, just a little.
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With Gale's encouragement, Reader!Tav decides to remain by Astarion's side as a mortal.
The Vampire Ascendant has other ideas.
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When her past relationship with Gortash and the part she played in the Absolute plot is revealed, Reader!Dark Urge is unpopular within the camp.
With only Astarion seeming somewhat understanding, she helps him ascend after besting his former master.
Though she quickly comes to regret making the decision to become his spawn, and can think of only one person who may lend her an ear — or a throat.
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Everything I've Been Missing, You've Been Serving Up In Your Kitchen by madeoflightning
Fandoms: Dead by Daylight (Video Game)
09 Oct 2023
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Around the halfway mark on your walk, the heavens open and you are in no way dressed for the downpour. As you approach your home, you come to terms with the fact that you have been unmistakably alone on this walk, once again stalker-less. You know by all rights that you should be relieved, but you mostly really, really regret not driving.
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After an eventful night with Ghost Face, Reader has to work on a somewhat personal story with the Golden Boy of the Gazette; Jed Olsen.
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You Might Be The Answer To The Sinner In Me by madeoflightning
Fandoms: Dead by Daylight (Video Game)
03 Oct 2023
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"There’s no fun in killing someone who wants to be killed. Though, maybe you’re all talk. Maybe a near-death experience would jump start your engine, give you that spark back.”
“Only a near-death experience? The Ghost Face that I’ve been reading about would be offended at the mere suggestion.” You scoff, your eyes darting around the dimly-lit room once more.
“Well then let’s make it interesting, I’ll even give you a head start. Go find a hiding spot and when I find you — which I will — if you still feel like dying, I’ll leave. But if your adrenaline kicks in, your potential final moments playing out before you makes you start to panic, start to feel alive again — then I’ll see if your insides are as pretty as the rest of you.” The voice modulator crackles again as the caller growls into the phone, you feel your skin prickle at his words. Though you’re not certain it’s entirely fear that’s coursing through you.
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Reader works for The Roseville Gazette and is Not Doing Okay. Ghost Face makes a wellness check, of sorts.
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“Don’t ignore me,” his tone grows firmer, ringing in your ears, “I don’t function at my peak when I’m bored darling. If you won’t entertain me, I’ll have to resort to finding my own fun.”
You continue to ignore him, pulling some silverware out to barter with. You feel him growing bolder as your curiosity stirs and you keep the connection active while you rummage in the seemingly unending bag. What on earth would Astarion’s version of fun even look like?
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OR; You spend too long sorting your wares at traders, and Astarion tries to speed up the process.