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What kind of illithid colony chose not to cull an illithid as outrageously aberrant as the Emperor? How did it relearn the secret to building nautiloids, long-lost technology from the age of illithid dominion? Who was the Absolute, before it was the Absolute?
Tav remembers. They are one of the last thralls of the original colony, from before the madness seized the brain. Soon, they will be reborn as another nameless illithid, another cog in a senseless machine, no past, no present, no future. But then the voice of the Absolute falls silent. The nautiloid crashes. And Tav remembers what was lost.
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Tobel has an excellent life (for a slave). He belongs to the headmaster of the only imperially sanctioned school for dreamweavers, and his biggest worry is planning the upcoming graduation ceremony—that is, until someone goes and murders his master, shattering their psychic link. Now he has three days left to live, but imminent death and a covert murder investigation are no excuse for slacking off. After all, that graduation isn't going to plan itself.
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After her stroke, Duke Stelmane begins to receive a mysterious visitor in private. They are always cloaked, hooded, intimidating. As far as her attendants can tell, they have been up to nothing more nefarious than playing common games to pass the time. Why, then, the secrecy?
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Nine-year-old Harry accidentally apprentices himself to a necromancer. Things go downhill from there.
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Deaf since that fateful night in Godric’s Hollow, Harry arrives at Hogwarts determined to master magic, only to find that spells depend heavily on the spoken word. His search for equivalent alternatives is met with frustration at every turn, until a chance encounter with a boy in a diary changes everything he thinks he knows - not only about magic, but about his very identity.
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Imagine the horror Dumbledore felt when the first year check in on Harry resulted in the Dursley’s telling him they had no idea what he was talking about, as they never had the young Potter as their ward.
A toddler laughs joyfully, wobbling towards the woman who had crazier hair than him. “Come here itty-bitty-baby!” Bellatrix cackled, her eyes shining.
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16 Jul 2024
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Lies and Deceit Again, My Dear? by PortentProxy
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
02 Dec 2024
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Politics and schmoozing. Kronnis thought he was going to have a little adventure, as a treat. Turns out he’s just living a slightly different version of the past 5 years he spent as the Hero of Baldur’s Gate, rubbing elbows with dukes and lords. At least the Emperor is having a great time, and the Forbidden Forest has giant spiders to fry.
Buckle up, because our boys are going to cause quite a stir in the magical community. Takes place approx. 5 years after the events of Baldur's Gate 3. Expect social manipulation, gotta use that 20 charisma score for something. Boyfriends who manipulate together stay together.
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- Part 1 of Lies and Deceit Again, My Dear?
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15 Jul 2024
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In one world, Hyuga Neji would die to protect the Main House, proving ultimately that fate was immutable. His destiny, from birth, was always set in stone.
In another, the Zodiac Formation King, Zi Wuji, cursing at his ill-fated cultivation talent, would meet his demise only to awaken in a world not quite his own.Alas, when before an Immortal Cultivator --
Fate was just a whiny little bitch.
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08 Jun 2024
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Ghost Lights Down the Chionthar by SnowKiter
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
19 Jun 2024
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After the defeat of the Absolute, Tav and the Emperor navigate a situationship.
Contains nebulous magnetism, comical circling, gentle bickering, and certainly no development of any feelings whatsoever, as that would be ridiculous.Post-canon, complete. Spoilers through the end of the game and naturally for the Wyrmway questline.
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22 May 2024
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Ulythomar: a city on the edge of the dying illithid empire. In its golden minarets, illithid nobles sip cerebrospinal fluid and plot intrigue against their fellows. In its mountainous outskirts, villagers till the soil and fear the creatures that sneak past the gates at night to take thralls and flay the minds of unsuspecting victims. All the while, the gith slaughter their way across planes and galaxies, killing their former masters in scores. Revolution is on the wind.
Short stories about illithids and thralls set during the last days of the illithid empire.
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21 May 2024