angst and tragedy

(The original Adam Redemption/Adam Agenda fic) After the last extermination, Adam survives but is cast out of Heaven and sent to Hell. Charlie encounters him and learns there's more to the story she was told growing up. Adam wasn't always the villain he was portrayed as and her parents weren't the heroes she believed them to be. This is the story of Hell told by the man who used to have everything. And his tragic downfall where he lost paradise not only once, but twice.

Gordon handed him a case file; he opened it. Underneath the beige cover was a face more than familiar to him. He kept his poker face, lips still. “Bruce Wayne. I take it you know who he is?” “From the papers, yes.” Feigning ignorance, even though he knew the answer by heart. “He’s missing. ” The Batcave had its own little prison Dick had built for his mentor: bulletproof glass from all sides, all digitally locked chains on Bruce’s limbs. It wasn’t the easiest task to take over Bruce’s life. To navigate the mystery that Bruce had made of the man he’d been, Dick had to give up his life as Nightwing permanently, even convincing his friends and former teammates of his fabricated death story. It was worth it, for this.

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.