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Ulder Ravengard wants Wyll to enjoy more of the pleasures of youth, and Cazador Szarr has a solution: an enticing present for the young lord's birthday, in the form of an irresistible pale elf. To Astarion's surprise, Wyll is more interested in companionship than carnal pleasure. Their budding friendship sends ripples through the Gate's elite. But as that friendship begins to blossom into something more, the Grand Duke is called away to Elturel...
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- Part 1 of Nothing Like the Sun
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23 May 2026
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A Mutually Beneficial Arrangement by SilverSeptember
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
29 Apr 2026
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“Well, you just became far more interesting, Gale of Waterdeep,” Astarion purred, an almost unsettling grin spreading across his face. “And, thanks to my certain set of skills, I might be able to help you for the foreseeable future. But…”
“...But?”
“You’ll have to help me in return.”
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17 May 2026
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Astarion ascends, Tav takes control of the brain and enslaves them all, and Gale sacrifices himself to save everyone from being under Tav's control. But things can't end like that, can they?
Gale blinks and finds himself back at square one with an overwhelming amount of knowledge, a hungry Netherese blight in his chest, and friends who no longer remember him.
Or... Gale is like basically a fortune-teller.I suppose this is a slow burn. I sort of modeled it off of the game's pacing, so that's why.
Guess who has a sequel!!
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- Part 1 of Lost Light
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- 39/39
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13 May 2026
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Gale is torn between his desperation for touch and the need to make sure Astarion's needs are met. Unable to accept Astarion's offer to meet halfway, he loses himself further and further into mind-consuming depression.
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13 Apr 2026
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your blood for my heart (my love you already have it) by what_on_io
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
09 Jul 2024
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"There's a ritual, you see. Not the kind you're thinking, don't worry. But it does require the, ah, blood of a mage to complete."
Gale's stomach twists painfully. "Oh. I see. Well, It’s not like I wasn’t prepared to sacrifice myself once, right? For you, Astarion, anything."
Astarion turns slowly to face him, blanket still hitched up to his chin. “You think… you think I want to sacrifice you?”
Astarion figures out a way to walk in the sun again, and heads to Waterdeep to enlist Gale's help. They, obviously, fall in love along the way.
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06 Apr 2026
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These Flowers Sprout From My Lungs (Like Grave Dirt) by dorkpatroller
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
22 May 2024
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They say your soulmate will save your life. Astarion wanted that. He wanted it badly enough to make a deal to try and find it, but the trouble with deals is that you've got to hold up your end of the bargain. How was he supposed to know a deal he made before he was turned could come back to haunt him now? He's already got more than enough on his plate without adding curses to it too.
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- Part 1 of Serenade of Sea Foam and Salvation
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04 Apr 2026
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Please, Don't Mind the Mess (Do You Still Want Me?) by SilverSeptember
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
25 Feb 2026
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Newly engaged, Gale and Astarion are eagerly looking forward to moving into the wizard’s tower together. However, Gale first has to confront the shadows of his past. Thankfully, Astarion is there to help.
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- Part 1 of Wash My Pain Away
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30 Mar 2026
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“Why are you so kind to me, Gale?”
The movement at his temples faltered but didn’t stop. That foreign look that the human refused to explain took control of his face, this time accompanied by a soft smile.
“Is it truly so unbelievable for me to think you deserve kindness?”
Astarion reached up and circled his fingers around the wizard’s wrist, halting him. Something ignited at the contact. Something that alarmed the vampire. He found Gale’s startled eyes with his own and simply stared up at him. The warm pulse he could feel in the vein beneath his fingers quickened. Was he afraid? No. Of all the odd things that swam about in the other’s gaze, fear was not one of them. This feeling…was similar to what he remembered his victims experiencing in brothels and dark alleyways moments before he seduced them towards their untimely demise. This was…a desire. A want. A need to be near someone. Had he…somehow unintentionally seduced this man? Something undesirable twisted in his gut, and it wasn’t due to his injuries.
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26 Mar 2026
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The Obligatory Body Swap Episode: Tadpole Edition by OztheDM
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
16 Sep 2024
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The party attempts to stave off ceremorphosis. This has the unintended side effect of jumbling everyone's minds and bodies. If that wasn't enough, they still have their normal problems to deal with.
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19 Mar 2026
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Essek Thelyss comes to Soltryce to deliver guest lectures and, on the side, cultivate the brand new Archmage of Domestic Protections. He’s hoping that Caleb Widogast will oblige him by picking up his predecessor’s interest in conspiring to steal Luxon beacons, after so rudely murdering Da’leth mere weeks before the culmination of their schemes.
Essek is prepared for espionage. He is not prepared to find a love that will change the course of his life.
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06 Mar 2026
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A collection of Bloodweave scenes that fit into my Wyll origin run.
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Gale's lips quirk up into a small smile, like he's trying not to laugh. “How terrible,” he teases. “Our resident hero has taken it upon himself to protect his friends without compensation. Such a shocking turn of events.”
Astarion pouts a little, just for show. Gale enjoys the back and forth as much as he does. “Well, he could at least pretend to be moved by my beauty.”
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27 Feb 2026
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If the Cross on the Door Doesn't Scare You by Aylwyyn228
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
14 Jul 2024
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There was a problem with Astarion.
Well, in all likelihood, there were quite a few problems with Astarion.
He was abrasive and flippant and self-serving, and Gale was in no doubt that his quick fingers were skimming at least a little out of whatever chests Tav had him picking.
Oh, and there was the fact that he was a vampire. Yes, there was that little detail.
Or, Astarion getting outed by the shadow-cursed lands.
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- Part 1 of Holes in your Coffin
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- English
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- 5/5
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04 Feb 2026
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"There's more writing on the bottom of the bowl," Shadowheart said. She was crouched down and pointing to markings on the underside of the creepy, bloodstained altar.
"Is there? What does it say?" Gale asked, shuffling on his knees to get closer to where she was pointing.
"He's going to crawl around like this and then complain about his knees all the way back to camp," Astarion muttered, sounding half amused and half exasperated. Karlach chuckled just a little, because he was right. Talk about being your own worst enemy: Gale versus his knees and back.
"It says 'within each self a monster'," Shadowheart read off of the underside of the bowl.
"Oh, this is very interesting," Gale said. "The blood spilled in the bowl will touch the other phrases, but not this one. I think that marks it as optional. I've heard of something like this before. Azuth set out trials for young mages where one could mark certain incantations with chalk and leave others blank, indicating how difficult a challenge one was willing to face."
"This would make the trial harder?" Shadowheart asked, straightening. "A more difficult test?"
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04 Feb 2026
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Essek has a moment to consider that gravity-based trust exercises have never worked for him, and then the spell hits. He leans back into it, falls, falls.
(In which Essek is resurrected by the Mighty Nein and framed for innocence.)
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- 10/10
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30 Jan 2026
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The things lost along the way (The things gained at the end) by ThatKorka
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
13 Oct 2023
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I can smell what’s under those bandages, Wizard, You’re all rot and ruin!
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- 3/3
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30 Jan 2026
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Astarion's Eccentric Clothes in Waterdeep: A Complete Guide by SallieeCinnamon
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
05 Mar 2025
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In the side quest "A Twist of Fate" in Baldur's Gate 4, your investigation leads you to a clothing store in Waterdeep called "Astarion's Eccentric Clothes", where you'll encounter Astarion - an old friend if you've previously played Baldur's Gate 3. Engaging in a successful conversation with him will move the quest forward.
The conversation with Astarion could be tricky and some players may end up with an undesirable outcome. The outcome also varies depending on whether Shadowheart is in your party when you visit. This guide is to help you navigate this part of the quest and ensure the best results.
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04 Jan 2026
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So, when this loose behaviour I throw off by ehtala
Fandoms: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney
02 Aug 2020
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An internationally-renowned prosecutor walks into a borscht bar. An intensely high-stakes game of poker ensues.
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- 4/4
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03 Jan 2026
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This was not how Essek wanted his friends to find out he had a younger brother. Also this was not how Verin thought he was going to meet his brother's friends
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- Part 3 of Hey, Brother
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- 75,154
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- 16/16
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02 Jan 2026
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Grudges are powerful things. In the right circumstances, they can shatter relationships, or they can mend them back together. In certain cases, they can even transcend the separation between the world of the living and the land of the dead.
Dahlia Hawthorne has carried a grudge against the two lawyers who ruined her life for five long, long years.
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- Part 5 of The Hawthorne AU
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23 Oct 2025
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“Do you know how hard it is to smile at someone you should despise?”
And there were the words he had tried so hard to bottle up for months, finally out, strewn between them like shattered glass. He didn’t need to see his reflection to understand how red his face must be, how sharp his glare. He already knew he was broken beyond repair, and the terror-filled eyes staring back at him all but confirmed that one fact:
The Gavin brothers were both monsters.Months after Kristoph's incarceration, Klavier grapples with his new broken reality. Navigating new relationships becomes difficult as fact and fiction become blurred, but will he be able to sort everything out before he loses the last thing he loves?
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23 Oct 2025