He has nothing. Not even his body. Sometimes Cazador prefers his metaphors a bit more literal- though Astarion is sure it hadn't been intended for this particular punishment to persist as long as it has. It marked him as property even hundreds of miles away, and ostensibly free.
He'd intended to deal with it quickly and quietly.
He should have known better than to hope he could preserve his pride.
Tara flew to his shoulder and gazed down with him, taking in the scene.“Do you see it?” he whispered. “What…”“I see it.” She rubbed her cheek against his, her tail curling around his hunched shoulders.“What does it mean?”“It means hope, Gale. It means something real.”
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Gale is a divination wizard, but a mere shadow of his former glory.
Aoife is an Oath of the Ancients paladin, haunted by the grief of her past.
After a fateful meeting a year ago Aoife's path crosses the Wizard of Waterdeep's once more. But as they are drawn together Gale's misfortune with the orb and Aoife's long-held sorrow aren't the only dark shadows cast upon them by the past. And soon their fates become as entangled as the threads of the Weave.
This is a retelling of the main game narrative along with a *lot* of new plot. Now revised and extended!
Both hungered for freedom, revenge, power, and unexpectedly, love. But when she rejected her father, Bhaal, and aided Astarion's ascension, his offer of eternity was met with her firm refusal; she refused to be bound to another master.
A decade later, a mysterious letter lured her back to Baldur's Gate, tempting her with the allure of power. Returning to the city, she prepared to face the shadows of her past, unsure of what awaited her as she braced herself for the consequences of her past choices.
