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1. the freedom of choice by onceazzie

   Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/F
   • Work in Progress

   09 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Lae'zel/Shadowheart (Baldur's Gate)
   • Lae'zel (Baldur's Gate)
   • Shadowheart (Baldur's Gate)
   • everyone else is there too - Character
   • Lae'zel-centric (Baldur's Gate)
   • Lae'zel is Bad at Feelings (Baldur's Gate)
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • Spoilers for Act 3 (Baldur's Gate 3)
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Character Study
   • it's like half lae character study and half her being deeply in love with sh without realising it
   • Soft Shadowheart (Baldur's Gate)

   Summary

   A githyanki chooses only for the good of the collective, but she was branded hshar'lak. Hunted by her own people. Lae'zel was barely a true githyanki anymore, not any more than the so-called Blade of Frontiers with his idealist do-gooding, or Karlach and her metal heart. Lae'zel had nothing to choose for.

   (In which; Lae’zel learns that freedom looks different to everyone. To some, it is the way a silver sword rests in their hands. To others, it is the way a half-elf smiles across the room.)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,096

   Chapters:

   1/3

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