"Feral Soul": The call of the heart is wild and fierce but to Theran his heart is uncontrollable. His magic unpredictable, his inner wild Druid magic deadly to all who surround him be they friend or foe, and all he yearns for is to be free of the chains that bind him body, heart and soul.
The Mind Flayers may have pulled him from that pit of death, but it remains an ever constant presence, his control one crack from shattering and letting loose tortured death on the world.
Can Theran find the end of the storm with his newfound friends and dare it be said romance with the enigmatic vampire Astarion or will he be lost to the wild tortured magics that burn his soul and heart?
Inspired by the lovely and amazing story "Naturae Ferox" by Dr_Acula121
"Bloody Soul Shadow Moons": Set after the events of Baldur's Gate 3, we pick up with Shadow roaming the world. A redeemed yet haunted Bhaalspawn, the fight with Orin and the Netherbrain having healed the wound that Orin dealt that buried his memories.
His soul fragmented, cracked, and tearing apart as the edges of madness claw at his mind, the Urge a jagged whisper in the dark. Will Shadow find his peace or will he succumb to the madness that claws so hungrily at his mind?
Lost within, Shadow fights not just himself. The world sees only the darkness.
Shadow fled Baldur's Gate and his beloved Astarion's arms, fearing he would only bring him pain, yet the fates draw him back into the storm.
"Foggy Dusk" (Pt 1 of Foggy Dusk and Shadows series): Telra's redemption story during the Absolute Crisis.
"Foggy Shadows" (Pt 2 of Foggy Dusk and Shadows series): Starting seven years after the fall of the Netherbrain, this story begins with Telra an Elven Rogue with no memory past waking up trapped. She doesn't remember friend or foe, her memory a foggy shadow. Yet forces of darkness await to devour her, but will she survive or succumb to the madness?
"Storms, Black Velvet, and Bloodied Lace": Nerinysa or Neri as she preferred had always been used to being unwanted. Yet when she had been kidnapped by a Mind Flayer, she had met Astarion. A Rogue who charmed and flirted yet their adventures had brought his mask down. Yet Neri had kept hers on, after all who would love the real her?
A dark tale weaving through danger, intrigue, political games, poisonous ambitions and caught in the middle is Neri.
"Weeping Shadows to Bloody Wings": Ash, the Dark Urge Bhaalspawn, has lost to her sibling Orin and achieved victory against the Netherbrain, but has since disappeared from Baldur's Gate. Only word of her deeds reach Baldur's Gate which is presented with its own challenges in rebuilding especially with Orin still skulking in the dark fulfilling Bhaal's mad plan of world destruction. Will Ash return or is her story at an end?
Broken Melody of Twisted Darkness (Pt 1 of Lullaby of Twisted Darkness and Blood): Twins torn apart by fate and their hidden dark heritage, Kai and Tali are thrust into their soon to be shattered paths. Yet as Kai's path weaves into shattered and bloody darkness, he clings to hope even as the many hands that wish to pull him deeper away from it.
Choir of Twisted Blood (Pt 2 of Lullaby of Twisted Darkness and Blood): Twins torn apart by fate and their hidden dark heritage, Kai and Tali are thrust into their soon to be shattered paths. Yet as grief tears Tali apart, he finds a new family amidst fire and blood, but is it truly a family or a twisted slaughterhouse of lies and death?
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Hells or the Fiery Detour to Friends, Romance and Tadpole Curing: Bad luck to no luck, Mavrius aka Mav has managed to scrape by living, but being a fugitive in the Hells certainly makes things interesting. Even more so when he's snatched by a nautiloid and ends up crash landed with a ragtag lot of weirdos including a Ranger named Torsyra aka Tor.
Least the female Tiefling is cute.
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