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The Darkened Wheel

...is a Minthara-centric epilogue to BG3 in which she and Tav (F!Drow) return to Menzoberranzan for the purpose of conquest and vengeance. Across decades they navigate a deadly world and its precarious trappings of politics, war, legacy, and religion. As the power of their new House grows, Minthara is targeted by the ultimate authority of drow fate: Lolth herself. An inscrutable surfeit of evil temptations, powers, and omen-dreams shadow her, demanding that she return to the Spider Queen's fold or face an eternity of torment. The harder Minthara resists Lolth, the harder it becomes to free herself of her influence. For the horrifying nature of the spider in possession of prey is to not let go.

Rated M Length: 200k+ words (WIP)

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Darkness befell the world, then from a sinister pale light unspooled a magnificent form in the shape of drow perdition. This specter of Lolth perched upon the discarnate paling of doom and creation. “My fascinating little Baenre,” she hummed, her voice an atrocity. “You come to submit to me. As would any seeking the key to my domain. Embrace me now, and your reign will surpass a millennium if you wrest control from your kin. I would make a majestic thing of you.”  Fear rattled Minthara’s chest. She defied its grip to reply solemn and tremulous, “And if I do not submit to you?”  “Then your reign may last a century. And when I return to this city in meteoric might and calamity, my blessèd apostles will deliver you to me, flayed and bereaved of all that you ever loved.”

TEALLACH

“Fire-place, hearth” (Gaeilge)

Summary: During the 1996 holiday season, Dani visits family and friends with Jamie in tow, to be introduced as her spouse. Jamie is understandably nervous. Not only does she fear their reception; she’s finding it difficult to shake free of old traumas that condemn the concept of family to her nightmares. While navigating the idiosyncrasies of Dani’s relatives, Jamie realizes that not all families are destined for ruin. 

Rated T Length: (estimated 20k words)

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  Teallach will be posted in weekly installments (every Friday) throughout December 2022. The posting schedule follows:

Teallach

Announcing Teallach, the elusive Damie Christmas fic that was originally planned to release last holiday season. Well, it’s finally in production and on schedule to be published next month, in weekly installments. This also will be my final fic for the Damie fandom. It’s bittersweet to announce the end of this chapter of my fandom participation, so I am determined to construct this story in a way that reflects the quality of my other Damie works. 

Teallach is the Gaeilge word for hearth, or fireplace. This word was chosen for its close phonetic relationship with the word for family, teaghlach.

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Chapter release schedule:

December 2, 2022 - Chapter 1

December 9, 2022 - Chapter 2

December 16, 2022 - Chapter 3

December 23, 2022 - Chapter 4

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Additional announcements:

During January of 2023, I plan to start a final round of micro-edits to Afterglow to achieve its final, definitive version. These edits will probably be imperceptible to anyone except for myself, however. 

In February/March 2023, I plan to finish The Evergreen Letters if reasonable interest is shown in Teallach next month. After that, I will be officially retiring from writing Damie works and likely pivot my focus to other stories that I hope you’ll enjoy.

Rated M / 8.1k words

It has begun!! The first chapter of GBTQ is finalized, although it did not change significantly from the original 2.0 Chapter 1. I just added a few more details for set-up purposes. Thanks for reading! This is going to be a long-term project, so I immensely appreciate all the support and encouragement given to me after announcing that I was going to return to it.

* Bonus Content *

The GBTQ Lore Companion is located at: https://gbtq.neocities.org/

Afterglow

...is a long-form expansion of S1:E9, constructing, in detail, Dani and Jamie’s thirteen years together after Bly. The story, composed of chronologically-ordered vignettes, follows them through numerous milestones, challenges, and consummate acts of love and devotion.


Rated M Length: 87k words (complete)

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Toward the back, where a line of trees rebel to wildness against neatly-plotted rows, the grass grows taller, fuller, tickling Dani’s calves as she laughs and chases Jamie through a daze of warm yellow sunlight and flittering insects stirred into the air by their disruption. When they tire, they lie abreast on the ground. Dani twines stalks of grass together. Beside her, Jamie uncaps a water bottle and wets the earth. She sinks her fingers into yielding soil and upturns it, dark and loamy and fertile.