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1. Tooth of Zehir by witches_chant

   Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   31 Oct 2022

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast
   • Essek Thelyss
   • Caleb Widogast
   • Bren Aldric Ermendrud
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Caleb Widogast Needs a Hug
   • Touch-Starved Essek Thelyss
   • Lonely Essek Thelyss
   • Caleb never broke but will break now
   • Illness
   • Wounds
   • Psychological Trauma
   • Eventual Comfort
   • Whumptober 2022
   • Whump
   • Old Gothic Castle
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • The Mighty Nein never met

   Summary

   Essek Thelyss made sure to isolate himself in his far-off castle after the war between the Dynasty and the Empire, intending to stay out of sight, out of mind from the few survivors. He has lived there alone for over a century, until one stormy night, when a hungry and quite dangerous creature breaks in. What begins as a fight for life and death between the two, soon develops into a tentative stalemate, and Essek finds himself wondering if this peculiar intruder possibly might be his last hope for connection.

   This story is canon divergent in the way that Bren didn't break and the Mighty Nein never met.

   The chapters are named and themed after the whumptober 2022 prompts.

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   English

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