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Choices we make by Flowsthroughwind
Fandom Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DCU
21 Jun 2026
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23 Jun 2026
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Drow live for hundreds of years so they take skincare very seriously. Essek is appalled when he learns the Mighty Nein barely wash their faces everyday. What's a drow to do except give them a crash course? There's one wizard in particular who could use some one-on-one help...
Here are 5 times Essek buys some Xhorhasian skincare and one time he doesn't have to.
Consider this a... romantic comedy?
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11 Jun 2026
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AU where Essek and Caleb are spies on opposite sides of the war.
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It’s almost comical how many times Caleb and Essek encounter each other on the wastes of Xhorhas.“We have to stop meeting like this,” Caleb calls out. He is staring down the hazy shape of Essek through his wall of fire, a pit of phosphorus clutched tightly in his hand.
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30 May 2026
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The Empire and the Dynasty have finally reached a truce, so the Dynasty hosts a party to mend old and begin new relations with the Empire. Essek is expected to attend as essentially right-hand of the Bright Queen. There, he meets a most interesting figure, a professor from the Empire, and sparks fly.
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21 May 2026
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Otherwise known as The Kryn Courting Fic — essek and caleb pretend to not be in a relationship to the torture of the rest of the Nein
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16 May 2026
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but i didn’t do it right, can i try again, and again? by queenbeetle
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
08 Aug 2022
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“In the Dynasty, There are many, ah... stages. Things are drawn out and it’s generally a terribly public affair. It is why I am not very well practiced in being, what is the word in common— Being the primary— the one to initiate and court the secondary. I am, unfortunately, very well aware of all its stages, however.” An eye roll piques Caleb’s attention.
"Herr Thelyss, were you well sought after in the Dynasty, then?”
or, a continuation of "and i know i've kissed you before"— during a vacation to Nicodranas with the Mighty Nein, Essek and Caleb play out Dynasty Courting rituals at the expense of everyone else. So, nothing out of the normal for them, just more scandalous hand touching
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- Part 2 of pink in the night
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- English
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- 8/8
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16 May 2026
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The destruction of the T-Dock had unforeseen repercussions, the sudden loss of so much dunamantic potential throwing the world off balance. Caleb and Essek find themselves yanked into a parallel reality, face to face with who they could have been, had things been a little different.
In order to find a way home they decide to enlist the help of those who could have been the Mighty Nein, though it quickly becomes apparent that in this universe, the world has not been kind to the people they call friends, and they are not the people they know.
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13 May 2026
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Musician Dorian Storm needs to get away from the media circus and the pressure of his manager father after announcing his decision to go solo. He finds respite in the quiet mountain town of Zephrah and inspiration for his new music and perhaps even something more in local widower Orym and his daughter. The quirky residents of the town hatch matchmaking schemes, cliche holiday romance movie tropes abound - will these two be able to find their happily ever after under the mistletoe?
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01 May 2026
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Cradle Robbing by TheLordOfLaMancha for meanttobeclever
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
23 Jul 2023
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The room is silent. Neither wizard moves. A seagull calls in the Quay outside the tower.
Yussa takes a step forward and Caleb drops the spell, lurching forward to catch the glass figurine in its freefall.
The older wizard approaches the chalkboard and slows its spin, picking up a piece of chalk from where it had clattered to the floor. Carefully, he draws bold boxes around the parts of Caleb’s theorem where gravitational magic had played a key role.
When Yussa turns to face the other wizard, Caleb looks younger than ever, standing awkwardly, clutching the figurine to his chest.
“Who has been teaching you dunamancy, Master Widogast?”
Yussa catches Caleb using dunamancy and wants to meet Essek. But after being introduced, Yussa has some concerns about Caleb and Essek's relationship. Misunderstandings abound.
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03 Apr 2026
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With the help of several close shaves with death, and a non-trivial amount of alchohol, Caleb and Essek finally get together. The morning after, they have to figure out where they go from here...
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02 Apr 2026
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OPERATION: HOT BOI LIBERATION (or: How I Spent My Spring Break in Rexxentrum, by Verin of Den Thelyss) by CatgirlTheCrazy
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
17 Apr 2022
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The more Verin dug into it, the more convinced he became. Essek had spent an inordinate amount of time with the Mighty Nein when they came to Rosohna. Done all sorts of strange favors for them. Ferried them all over Wildemount. Arranged visits with prisoners in the Dungeon of Penance. Let them dig up his yard. Descended into Aeor with them, unaccompanied. Accepted invitations to dinner. Let one of them hug him. In public. More than once.
Mind control. It had to be.
Verin gets it into his head that Essek has been kidnapped by the Mighty Nein (specifically Caleb), and sets out on a solo rescue mission to Rexxentrum.
Hijinks ensue.
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31 Mar 2026
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When Essek's plan to double-cross the Cerberus Assembly fails, he finds himself a prisoner of the Scourgers.
He also finds Bren.
They make a deal - Essek's mind for Bren's body - and Essek realizes that maybe he has always been a little selfish, a little disloyal.
Maybe he can teach Bren to be the same.
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24 Mar 2026
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The Shadowhand has taken a liking to a human.
That’s what the gossip at Vurmas Outpost says, anyway. Entertainment is hard to find when opening a window is a safety hazard and ‘seeing some fresh faces’ is only possible in the context of unearthing yet another adventuring party that has recently perished while trying to brave the Eiselcross wilds without a guide. Endless white mountainscapes dull the mind, fray it thin, and turn it to the only possible alternative source of discovery inside bleak walls—interpersonal drama.
Caleb Widogast has a charm about him, some would agree. What is most curious, however, is the fact that this charm seems to work on Essek of Den Thelyss. This is nigh on incomprehensible, even when the evidence is right there before their very eyes.Bookmarked by princessnake
23 Mar 2026
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You Don't Have to Cast the Amber Light by InkDippedFeathers
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
22 May 2024
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'"It’s not a bad job for a person who likes to think. Each day presents new challenges. Each client is a new puzzle to solve," said Caleb
“Do you intend to solve me?”
The man fixed him with a look of such sharp intelligence that Essek was skewered by it.
“I’d like to.”
Essek felt his cheeks darken and his breath catch. He had come into this with no expectations of anything beyond putting up with things until he could make his excuses and then never letting Verin talk him into anything ever again. Now though, he had to know. This man was a fascinating enigma, his own little puzzle.
“Show me.”'
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Essek gets talked into a night out with Verin and his soldier friends. Little did he know they were going to a brothel.- Language:
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20 Mar 2026
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007 AU that nobody asked for.
The Mighty Nein are agents working for the Dynasty, and Essek is their handler and very much not in love with the agent who keeps bringing him unasked for gifts from every mission.
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18 Mar 2026
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In which Beau realizes Essek is courting Caleb before Caleb even realizes he's being courted.
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- Part 1 of Courting of the Caleb
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28 Feb 2026
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Kingsley learns that Caleb and Essek are well-versed in swordplay.
He is not disappointed.
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- Part 12 of CritFics
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28 Feb 2026
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“Exactly!” Caleb snapped and pointed to Essek. "Now, I am more than happy to tell them–I’m fine with it being tonight, even–but how do you feel,” Caleb paused there, the performative bastard, “about a little game before we do?”
With crossed arms and a tilt of his chin, he regarded his companion. “What,” he asked in a whisper of a challenge, “do you have in mind, Caleb Widogast?”
His mischievous smile turned smug, like he’d already won. “Perhaps the reason our friends haven't noticed our relationship yet, is because we have been too discreet. I propose we give them a chance to catch on.”
Interest more than piqued, Essek felt a smirk pulling at his own mouth. He raised his eyebrows, encouraging Caleb to continue.
“For the remainder of the evening, what if we were less… conservative with our affection. Putting everything right out in the open is a bit too easy, but maybe around the corner, beneath the table, just out of sight…”
Essek leaned his hip against the counter, shifting his weight enough to trace one of his slippered feet against Caleb’s ankle. “Like this?”
“Ja,” Caleb spared him another, heavier look, “just like that.”
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17 Feb 2026
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Essek Thelyss comes to Soltryce to deliver guest lectures and, on the side, cultivate the brand new Archmage of Domestic Protections. He’s hoping that Caleb Widogast will oblige him by picking up his predecessor’s interest in conspiring to steal Luxon beacons, after so rudely murdering Da’leth mere weeks before the culmination of their schemes.
Essek is prepared for espionage. He is not prepared to find a love that will change the course of his life.
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15 Feb 2026
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Perfectly Imperfect (As You've Become) by Luuuna03
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
14 Apr 2025
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“What should I call you? What is the name of the boy I have decided to spare for tonight?”
The boy paused - just long enough for him to know that whatever was about to come out of his mouth was a lie
“Caleb” was what he decided on “Caleb Widogast”Essek has been living in Rexxentrum for thirty years, and is beyond bored. It is hardly a city built for creatures of the night, after all
Bren is the prodigy of the Academy, learning night and day to hunt vampires. And yet he couldn't help but feel that his teachers weren't telling him everything. Perhaps the vampire he had heard lived nearby might be able to provide some answers…?
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03 Feb 2026