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A Life Worth Living by moniqueb
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
07 Sep 2025
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Summary
Two years after the events of Baldur's Gate, a fateful encounter in a graveyard leads Tav and Astarion down a path of separation, contemplation, and reparation. The Seldarine and the Spawn find themselves navigating their relationship in the context of families they never knew as they grapple with the ghosts of their pasts that haunt them, and the future of hope that taunts them.
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Footsteps approached Tav and she looked up from her contemplative state to meet the face of Mortarch Gracie Scyre. The elderly woman smiled welcomingly at her.
“It’s strange to see two separate individuals come to visit the same site in a day,” she commented, looking down at Astarion’s grave with curiosity. “This grave has been here for over 200 years according to our records, and I don’t believe in the time I’ve been here I’ve seen one person come to visit.”
“Two people? There was someone before me?” Tav questioned. Had Astarion somehow come under the cover of darkness without alerting her? That didn’t seem like him.
“Oh, yes. A young elven woman with very pale white hair. Asked if I could show her the grave of Astarion Ancunin.” Tav’s stomach somersaulted and she felt her chest tighten with anxiety.