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the bird, the egg, the cage by rnelody
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), Critical Role: Campaign 2 - The Mighty Nein (Web Series)
11 Jun 2026
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Ever since you were very little, Dad has told you stories. Stories of heroism, of adventure and friendship and love. Stories of the Mighty Nein.
You know they’re not real, because only you and Dad are real. It’s you, and Dad, in Room, and that’s all there is.(It starts like this: Essek Thelyss meets Ludinus Da’leth when he is 81 years old, desperately lonely, and convinced down to his core that he is too clever to be taken advantage of.)
(It starts like this: Ludinus Da’leth has never truly let go of anything.)
Bookmarked by Edda_Azulia
31 May 2026
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You Don't Have to Kneel by Dancer612
Fandoms: Critical Role: Campaign 2 - The Mighty Nein (Web Series), Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
04 May 2026
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Caleb Widogast is escorted into the Kryn Dynasty by Trent Ikithon with no explanation and no orders beyond obedience.
He expects a mission. Instead, he is presented to the Bright Queen as an offering.
Bound by treaty, Caleb is placed under the authority of Essek Thelyss—not as a prisoner, but not as anything resembling free. Political asset. Arcane liability. Weapon, repurposed.
Husband.
Essek is meant to control him.
The problem is, Caleb only knows how to follow orders—and Essek refuses to give them.
Bookmarked by Edda_Azulia
20 May 2026
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Essek came to the shelter simply hoping to be able to breathe again. He doesn't dream at being healed or reintroduced to society as if nothing happened. He just wants to be able to get through a whole day without worrying about a panic attack or nightmares plaguing his sleep, without recoiling from closeness and feigning arrogance instead of being open.
He can't even begin to imagine what must be going through Bren's mind, coming here for the third time in the last ten years. Why is he back if he's already been living on the outside for years now? Does anyone ever truly get their lives back? Or is it just people like Bren that fail to do so- people like Essek?
Bookmarked by Edda_Azulia
10 May 2026
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and lifted its whisper to my thirsty lips by Bagheera
Fandoms: The Mighty Nein (Cartoon), Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
09 Jun 2026
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Caleb's amulet breaks before he ever meets Nott and he runs to the one part of Exandria where Volstruckers might not follow. Meanwhile, Essek Thelyss is still considering how best to commit treason and heresy.
COMPLETE as of 9/6/26
Bookmarked by Edda_Azulia
07 May 2026
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Caleb can’t sleep.
Not with the scars. Not with the itch. Not with the memories.
Not with Trent Ikithon still living somewhere in his head.
One night, he finds a Twitch stream.
The man behind the screen name ‘LogicalGhost’ is calm, brilliant, and impossible to look away from—playing horror games like they’re puzzles and speaking with a quiet certainty that makes the world feel less overwhelming.
Caleb tells himself it’s just a distraction.
But he keeps coming back.
Bookmarked by Edda_Azulia
17 Apr 2026
