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1. Patient Zero by Moonsp1r1t

   Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Major Character Death
   • M/M, Other
   • Complete Work

   13 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Major Character Death
   • Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast
   • The Mighty Nein & Essek Thelyss
   • Jester Lavorre & Essek Thelyss
   • Essek Thelyss
   • Jester Lavorre
   • Caleb Widogast
   • Biological Warfare
   • Vomiting
   • Starvation
   • Bloodletting
   • Hallucinations
   • Non-Consensual Drug Use
   • Kidnapping
   • hand trauma
   • Temporary Character Death
   • Terminal Illnesses
   • Anti-Drow Racism (Dungeons & Dragons)
   • Angst
   • Torture
   • Aftermath of Torture
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • JESTIES
   • Essek typical fatalism
   • Intrusive Thoughts
   • Touch-Starved Essek Thelyss
   • Demisexual Musings

   Summary

   After the Mighty Nein are done adventuring, they get ready to move onto their lives. However, when a note arrives from a stranger explaining that they are willing to trade the life of Essek in exchange for research stolen from them by the Cobalt Soul, the group needs to act.

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   Originally inspired by "That Carnivorous Dark" by Cers, I started writing this around the time C3 was started and then abandoned it and I've suddenly been feeling feral and decided to approach it again. Deals with the quest in EGTW by the same name

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