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1. Turning The Key by IndieSnake

   Fandoms: Darkest Dungeon (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • No category
   • Complete Work

   23 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Abomination & Plague Doctor (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Abomination & Himself (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Abomination (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Plague Doctor (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Flagellant (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Occultist (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Heir (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Jester (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Antiquarian (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Hellion (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Heroes (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Body Horror
   • Arena Combat
   • Canon Hero Names
   • Canon Compliant
   • Assorted Hapless Heroes
   • The Hamlet is a bit of a shithole
   • Everyone Has Issues
   • Self-Hatred
   • Self-Reflection
   • Self-Harm
   • Damian is in this fic so its expected
   • Experimentation
   • wait is that a sex tag. you never know on here
   • It’s based around the beast
   • Bigby’s other half to be clear
   • not the shambler breathing down Alhazred’s neck
   • Abomination-centric
   • begrudging friendship
   • Blood and Gore
   • Injury
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • POV Abomination
   • Mature bcuz of body horror+gore
   • And general scaries

   Summary

   If Alhazred’s aberrant magics can seal the beast when Bigby loses control, who else can find a method to subdue the chemical terror?

   Only one way to find out. After some convincing from Paracelsus, he agrees to let the beast out for some combat-focused-tests, to see who can beat it into submission.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   12,350

   Chapters:

   4/4

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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