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While Dame Aylin, Shield of Selune, has been trapped in the Shadowfell, her Sword battles the hells. That is, until he is nabbed by a passing nautiloid, gets a tadpole in his brain, and ends up saving the world with a mismatched group of strangers, only to be plucked from one realm and immediately sent to another by the Moonmaiden herself. Now the unlikely companions of Selune's second-pick paladin must navigate the mystery of where in the nine hells is their friend Tav?
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While this can be read independently, I recommend starting with the Astarion POV series pieces before it.
Huge thanks to silverkleptofox for the updated summary!
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- Part 7 of A Guide to VERY HUMANOID, for Dunces
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Intent on unlocking the mysteries of an ancient labyrinth in the Underdark, an unprepared band of adventurers, eyes full of hope and naivete, stumble directly into a Mind Flayer colony where they are captured and made thralls. Their wizard, an intelligent and talented man, is determined to be perfect for transformation into a Mind Flayer and is implanted with a tadpole. Yet, this is no ordinary tadpole and the wizard's transformation is no ordinary one. Reborn an Ulitharid, a Mind Flayer of great power and purpose, the wizard dies and Zeldrin is born, a noble among his race, independent of the Elder Brain's influence. Yet, a hint of the wizard remains, a lingering memory. Not enough to take control, but enough to influence a newborn, alien mind more than the Elder Brain might wish.
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Silly Love Songs by sentinel28II
Fandoms: Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game), BattleTech: MechWarrior, Classic Battletech (Tabletop RPG), Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Cyberpunk & Cyberpunk 2020 (Roleplaying Games), Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Marvel (Comics), Alpha Flight (Marvel Comics), RWBY
16 Jul 2025
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An anthology of smutty silliness, fluffy romance, and tragic star-crossed lovers spanning the multiverse. From a mindflayer "experiment," to first times in the midst of war, to kitchen craziness, to forbidden love between enemies, to lonely vampires and immortal elves, journey through many sexy stories. It's starring people you've never heard of, but some things are universal...nd you're probably not here for the characterization anyway.
So if you want to have a good laugh, maybe a decent cry, or just want to see what kind of weird situations arise, from the medieval worlds of D&D, to the neon-soaked Night City of Cyberpunk, and the war-torn expanses of Battletech's Inner Sphere, this anthology might just be for you.
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Trapped in the soul cage within the Mind flayer colony, Dame Aylin plots her escape and following retribution. As she is doing so the chosen of Bhaal happens to notice her and takes murderous interest on the true source of Ketheric's immortality.
For March 14th Full Moon Offering - Blood Moon
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- Part 1 of Full Moon Offerings
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The White Wolf and the Pale Elf by meowgrrr
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski, Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
15 Jul 2025
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Ciri discovers Mind Flayers and goes on an adventure with her dad, Geralt, and mom, Yennefer, to save the Northern Realms. Along with some of their friends (like Dandelion and Regis), they end up in another realm called Faerûn, and make an acquaintance with a vampire spawn named Astarion in a Gwent tournament hosted by Nine Fingers Keene.
Warning, it might take a few chapters to get to Faerûn and meet BG3 characters, including Astarion. I've tagged him because he's in the title.
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Stranded far from home, Lae'zel has no choice but to rely on her idiot kin, a warrior from the Astral Plane more interested in books than survival.
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She ran a light finger along one of its tentacles. It was surprisingly warm, microscopic suckers dragging pleasantly across her skin.
“A normal illithid wouldn’t have taken such good care of me. But you’re extraordinary, aren’t you?”
The Emperor’s tentacles flushed dark pink and began to writhe.
The Emperor just wants some positive feedback. When Tav realizes it can’t manipulate her, she’s happy to oblige.
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- Part 2 of Tav Danger, Monsterfucker
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Thank You, Portal by Crystal_Grace
Fandoms: Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game), Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
06 Jul 2025
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[Newest updated chapter: #6 AND new chapter up!]
[I'm slowly fixing early chapters while I try to finish the story. Sorry about the wait, this story isn't on hiatus, I just have a lot going on right now!][This is a rollercoaster of emotions with break-ups, misunderstandings, and reconnections. The romance tags are all active at the end. No matter how surprising some developments were, it is still a happy ending for everyone!]
Anne was in the middle of a trip when she was thrown through a portal leading to Faerûn.
With no powers, barely any skills, and only her mind and faint knowledge of the world to help her navigate the perils of the Forgotten Realms, she will have quite the challenge in her hands.[This starts way before the events of Baldur's Gate 3, but we'll get there.]
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Larian, I'll never tire of thanking you for this game 💜Series
- Part 5 of I'm in Love, not a Thrall
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Paths of Wind and Shadow by Touch_of_larkin
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series), The Legend of Vox Machina (Cartoon), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
04 Jul 2025
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Clarota emerges from the underdark to find and test newly awoken powers only to stumble on an elf. Vex learns and grows in the forests outside of Syngorn, alone but for one companion and wanting more. Keyleth governs and struggles with something missing, new and old dangers emerge.
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Not Everyone's Nature is Golden and Green by oursusanellen
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
30 Jun 2025
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Kara's carved out a niche in Faerûn; her herbalist skills untapped, her wit sharp and emotional entanglements strictly off-limits.
Her moments of peace are now a fleeting dream - shattered the moment a mind flayer parasite burrows its way into her brain.
Battles against grotesque monsters and depraved cultists are expected. However, her sanity is about to be tested by the internal war against the parasite, sharing stale, dried boar rations with questionable companions and her ridiculously inconvenient crush on a ridiculously attractive wizard. Her restraint may be about to snap.
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This is the tale of my Druid Tav through the main events of the game (with some extra lore thrown in); not to mention her descent into madness, navigating the treacherous friendships she builds and, of course, her romance with a certain Waterdhavian wizard.
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Death Warmed Up by Tavylia_Sin for MeraakiSpaceUndead
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
29 Jun 2025
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Ferangis is an illithilich - an artisan, in his own estimations. An undead, and a cunning artificer. The undead do not often come to face the God of Death - even the retired one - yet that is exactly where Ferangis ends up: face to face with "Withers", the eternal scribe, the elder god with the appearance of a lich.
What does Withers want from the illithilich, and why does this room seem so...intimate?
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The Road to Baldur’s Gate by EmmyChr246, HayleyJyneBelle
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
29 Jun 2025
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“She’d thought it would be different now. That the fear haunting her would fade along with her humanity. That hunger would bring clarity. Power. Certainty.
And yet, here she was. Still hiding.
Always hiding.”
A few months. That was all it took to turn from saviour to fugitive, hero to villain. Tav is trapped between two worlds—no longer fully human, but not yet the illithid she was meant to become.
Not that it matters. The city she died for now speaks her name in fear, hunting what’s left of the illithid with Tav as the grand prize.
Defeat seems certain. Surrender, inevitable.
…That is, until a former ally finds her—and, against all odds, chooses mercy.
In that moment, Tav sees the truth she hadn’t been prepared to admit: survival won’t come from goodness or secrecy. It will take help. Rolan’s help.
If he’s even willing to give it.
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Cerebral Act 2: The Weight Of Daylight by LazyLizard25
Fandoms: Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
17 Jun 2025
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A few weeks after leaving Ryndyn's home in the Underdark, Omenalis and the illithid arrive on the surface. Now Ryn is struggling to adapt and Omen has to step up to ensure he can make it.
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- Part 2 of Cerebral
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Cerebral Act 1: Into The Underdark by LazyLizard25
Fandoms: Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
17 Jun 2025
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After delving into the Underdark on the hunt for an orc settlement that is rumored to have nestled into the darkness, Omenalis finds himself at the mercy of a vastly alien creature. Act 1 of the Cerebral series.
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- Part 1 of Cerebral
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Haidrik Noktavarin is a less than stellar wizard and, in many ways, an abject coward. But when finding himself captured and tadpoled by Illithid invaders, he has one thing going for him - a way to escape his body. Now hopping between an enchanted gemstone and whichever dead body available, he's finding himself needing to rely upon a Githyanki warrior woman who just might scare him even more than the dangers of a mindflayer cult.
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- Part 1 of A Rainbow Like You
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The Eye Watches by black_cape
Fandoms: Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game), Planescape (Roleplaying Game), Planescape: Torment
04 Jun 2025
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'The mind is numb and the mouth is silent, but the eye sees all.'
An extra chapter set in the Fourth Ring: Memories and Arrangements.
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- Part 5 of The Unity of Rings extras
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Our spawns tries to find their place in a society not meant for them. Elias knows he’s a monster. He knows he’ll see his friends walk towards a lighter future, one with no shadows for him and Astarion to hide in.
While Elias and Astarion tries to find a life, a normal, for themselves, their friends grow more and more suspicious of them. Especially over the bounties they accept and the remains they turn in… with teeth marks…
(This is a part of Healing Heroes, divided into smaller chunks to make it a less daunting read.)
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- Part 3 of Healing Heroes - divided
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Sabrae experiences a PTSD-induced night terror and Halsin comforts her.
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- Part 2 of The Flame Holds Dominion over the Void