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1. no-one lives forever (and the devil never sleeps alone) by rnelody

   Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   24 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Ludinus Da'leth & Essek Thelyss
   • Ludinus Da'leth
   • Essek Thelyss
   • Feeblemind Spell (Dungeons & Dragons)
   • Caretaking
   • (evil edition)
   • One-Sided Attraction
   • (EXTRA evil edition)
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • las vegas sphere levels of projection
   • Neglect
   • Abuse
   • no beta we die like Molly
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • well theres some comfort but again its comfort: evil edition
   • Non-Consensual Touching
   • Non-Consensual Cuddling
   • Angst with a Happy Ending

   Summary

   After Feebleminding Essek and reducing him to a mindless companion, Ludinus Da'leth decides to undertake his second most ambitious project yet: ascending to lichdom. However, the closeness required to care for Essek, paired with trying to figure out what Essek would have said if he were mentally present, quickly causes their relationship to spiral into something... much worse.
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   Part 2 of a series, but can be read separately. Formerly titled "safe from pain, and truth, and choice"

   Series

   • Part 2 of the mind electric

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   9,200

   Chapters:

   6/6

   Comments:

   29

   Kudos:

   60

   Bookmarks:

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