Icarus to Your Certainty
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Last published Thu, Jun 5, 2025
"Tav and the light that she has brought into his dark and tortured existence. Tav, who looked at him like he was more than just something broken, something used. She is the sunlight he has craved for centuries."
TW: Implied Non Con, Dub Con, Abuse, Torture
What would have happened if Astarion had never been abducted, never been aboard the Nautiloid? How would things be different if he met Tav after she saved the city?
Still bound to his master's will, Astarion prowls the shadows of a fractured Baldur's Gate, surviving through manipulation and servitude. But when his plan to lure a tiefling hero into a trap goes awry, Tav-known as the "Brain Breaker"-spares him.
Now tethered by fragile trust and necessity, Astarion must navigate Tav's strange band of allies and confront the humanity he's long buried. But with Cazador's wrath looming and his past clawing at his heels, freedom may demand more than he can give. Astarion must choose what kind of monster he wants to be-and whether redemption is more than a dream.
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