Ruins and Romance

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• Ruins and Romance by CookiePirate51

  Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M, F/M
  • Complete Work

  19 Oct 2021

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast
  • Eadwulf Grieve/ Verin Thelyss (Critical Role)
  • Keyleth/Vax'ildan (Critical Role)
  • Caleb Widogast
  • Essek Thelyss
  • Beauregard Lionett
  • Yasha (Critical Role)
  • Jester Lavorre
  • Verin Thelyss
  • Caduceus Clay
  • Frumpkin (Critical Role)
  • Astrid Beck
  • Eadwulf Grieve
  • Vax'ildan (Critical Role)
  • The Raven Queen (Critical Role)
  • Deirta Thelyss
  • Fjord (Critical Role)
  • Nott | Veth Brenatto
  • Luc Brenatto
  • Marion Lavorre | Ruby of the Sea
  • The Gentleman | Babenon Dosal
  • Kingsley Tealeaf
  • Yussa Errenis
  • Ludinus Da'leth
  • Una Ermendrud
  • Leofric Ermendrud
  • Canon Compliant
  • Aeor (Critical Role)
  • Wizards
  • Sexual Tension
  • Minor Canonical Character(s)
  • Minor Original Character(s)
  • Other Mighty Nein Members
  • Peril
  • Major Character Injury
  • Curses
  • Not Canon Compliant
  • Implied/Referenced Abuse
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Violence
  • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
  • Blood and Injury
  • Blood Kink
  • Fire
  • Declarations Of Love
  • Self-Loathing Caleb Widogast
  • Self-Worth Issues
  • Shame
  • Passion
  • Intense
  • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
  • Rough Sex
  • Creative License
  • Explicit Language
  • secretly a dragon
  • ding dong the bitch is dead
  • Karma catches up on you
  • Angry Caleb Widogast
  • POV Eadwulf Grieve
  • POV Multiple
  • POV Essek Thelyss
  • POV Caleb Widogast
  • POV Verin Thelyss
  • POV Vax'ildan (Critical Role)
  • Raven Queen (Critical Role) - Freeform
  • Trent Ikithon Being an Asshole
  • Flashback relationship origins
  • Magical manipulation
  • Destiny is complicated
  • I Made Myself Cry
  • Anxiety Attacks
  • Panic Attacks
  • Social Anxiety

  Summary

  More than hearts are on the line in Aeor, as Caleb Widogast and Essek Thelyss search for answers, and discover that there's more to the ruined city than they ever knew.. and more to themselves, as well. The arrival of Verin further complicates things, but the chaos has only just gotten started with Exandria once more in peril, and without the Mighty Nein together to stop it. Can two broken wizards and some unlikely allies do the trick?

  Series

  • Part 1 of Ruins and Romance

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  339,926

  Chapters:

  190/190

  Collections:

  2

  Comments:

  2,118

  Kudos:

  663

  Bookmarks:

  110

  Hits:

  40,924

• The Road Back by CookiePirate51

  Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/F, F/M, M/M
  • Complete Work

  26 Oct 2024

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III/Vex'ahlia
  • Fjord/Jester Lavorre
  • Scanlan Shorthalt/Pike Trickfoot
  • Keyleth/Vax'ildan (Critical Role)
  • Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast
  • Beauregard Lionett/Yasha
  • Eadwulf Grieve/Verin Thelyss
  • Eadwulf Grieve/ Verin Thelyss/ AU Eadwulf Grieve
  • Bren Aldric Ermendrud/ Kingsley Tealeaf
  • Vox Machina
  • Keyleth (Critical Role)
  • Grog Strongjaw
  • Vex'ahlia (Critical Role)
  • Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III
  • Scanlan Shorthalt
  • Pike Trickfoot
  • Shaun Gilmore
  • Allura Vysoren
  • Kima (Critical Role)
  • The Mighty Nein
  • Fjord (Critical Role)
  • Jester Lavorre
  • Beauregard Lionett
  • Yasha (Critical Role)
  • Kingsley Tealeaf
  • Caduceus Clay
  • Nott | Veth Brenatto
  • Caleb Widogast
  • Essek Thelyss
  • Kynan Leore
  • Percival Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo IV
  • Cassandra de Rolo
  • Original Percival "Percy" de Rolo III/Vex'ahlia Child(ren)
  • Velora Vessar
  • Vesper Elaina de Rolo
  • Deirta Thelyss
  • Lolth the Spider Queen (Critical Role)
  • The Raven Queen (Critical Role)
  • Original Characters
  • Eadwulf "Eddy" Grieve
  • Bren Aldric Ermendrud
  • Crossover
  • No time to retire
  • let's save the world again
  • Reunions
  • Resurrection
  • Lost Love
  • fate touched
  • God Touched Souls
  • Dragons
  • Aasimar Shadows
  • You may want to read part 1 first
  • Post-Canon
  • Trauma
  • Vengeance is served
  • Widogast's Nascent Nein-Sided Tower
  • Cursed
  • Alternative Timelines
  • Volstrucker Bren
  • Myriad Wulf
  • Time manipulation has consequences
  • Warrior Essek Thelyss
  • Self-Hatred
  • Guilt

  Summary

  Two decades have passed since Vecna's rise to Godhood, and Vox Machina's answering punch in the teeth. Life has returned to normal. More or less. There's a new generation to look after, now, but Tal'Dorei may just need a little more help from some of its greatest protectors, even if most of them ARE retired, relatively speaking.. because there's trouble brewing in Exandria, and the Mighty Nein cannot handle it, alone!

  Series

  • Part 2 of Ruins and Romance

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  572,175

  Chapters:

  300/300

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  1,379

  Kudos:

  342

  Bookmarks:

  53

  Hits:

  35,003

• Tales of Exandria: Dance with Me by CookiePirate51

  Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  29 Oct 2024

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Eadwulf Grieve/Verin Thelyss
  • Eadwulf Grieve
  • Verin Thelyss
  • Caleb Widogast

  Summary

  A little morsel from Caleb and Essek's wedding that didn't make it into the larger fic's finale featuring Wulf and his Verin. Enjoy!

  Series

  • Part 3 of Ruins and Romance

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,482

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  10

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  150

• Tales of Exandria: Effigies and Kittens by CookiePirate51

  Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)  

  • Not Rated
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  12 Dec 2024

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast

  Summary

  This is set a few years after the events in the Ruins& Romance/ The Road Back saga, so for those of you familiar with it, this will all make sense.. and for new readers, perhaps you'll care to find out what some of the references that are unfamiliar to you are all about by checking out the larger work!

  Enjoy!

  Series

  • Part 4 of Ruins and Romance

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,404

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  10

  Kudos:

  11

  Hits:

  114

• Tales of Exandria: Afternoon at the Beach by CookiePirate51

  Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)  

  • Not Rated
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  10 Dec 2024

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Eadwulf Grieve/Verin Thelyss
  • Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III/Vex'ahlia
  • Keyleth/Vax'ildan (Critical Role)
  • Gwendolyn Zahra Melanie Von Musel de Rolo
  • Eadwulf Grieve
  • Verin Thelyss
  • Vex'ahlia (Critical Role)
  • Short & Sweet
  • Five Years Later

  Summary

  For those of you who have read the Ruins & Romance saga, this will pick up about five years later, during a family trip to visit Keyleth's home.

  This might seem completely wild to any of you gentle readers who haven't yet read R&R, but suffice it is to say.. lots of stuff went down, haha. Vax is back for his happily ever after.. and while you never really get to know Eadwulf or Verin much in the canon show, believe me when I say they've certainly earned a happily ever after, too. Together.

  Enjoy!

  Series

  • Part 5 of Ruins and Romance

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,388

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  10

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  125

• Tales of Exandria: The Wrong Ship by CookiePirate51

  Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M, Multi
  • Complete Work

  14 Dec 2024

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Kingsley Tealeaf/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast
  • Three/Trouble/King
  • Essek Thelyss
  • Kingsley Tealeaf
  • Trouble - Character
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Multiverse versions of familiar characters
  • Pirates

  Summary

  Hello, dear readers! This is a quick little epilogue of our favorite alternate-Exandria versions of Essek, Caleb and our very own Kingsley Tealeaf, straight from the Exandria we are familiar with. Essek "Three" Thelyss is, from that other world, a ranger, not a wizard like our dearest Hot Boi, and Caleb's alternate goes by "Trouble" instead of Bren, and he's well.. he's INTERESTING and not exactly human.. but if you've read Ruins & Romance/ Road Back you already know all about his quirks, don't you?

  Enjoy!

  Series

  • Part 6 of Ruins and Romance

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,536

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  7

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  62

• Tales of Exandria: The Perfect Bait by CookiePirate51

  Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)  

  • Not Rated
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  15 Dec 2024

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Artagan/ The Luxon
  • Artagan (Critical Role)
  • The Luxon (Critical Role)

  Summary

  Hello, dear readers! Here's another short little epilogue for those of you wondering what The Luxon has been up to since the end of The Road Back (Ruins & Romance).. and an explanation for why he sort of became less like Essek and more like someone else by the end of that saga.. *grin*

  Enjoy!

  Series

  • Part 7 of Ruins and Romance

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,726

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

  Kudos:

  8

  Hits:

  47

• Tales of Exandria: Home is Where the Heart Is by CookiePirate51

  Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  15 Dec 2024

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Eadwulf Grieve/Caleb Widogast
  • Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast
  • Eadwulf Grieve/Verin Thelyss
  • Caleb Widogast
  • Essek Thelyss
  • Eadwulf Grieve
  • Verin Thelyss
  • Epilogue
  • healing from past trauma
  • Blumenthal (Critical Role)

  Summary

  Happy Winter's Crest, Critters!

  Here's another post-Ruins & Romance entry, closing up some old wounds for our favorite wizards and their favorite purple boys. 💜

  Series

  • Part 8 of Ruins and Romance

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,185

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

  Kudos:

  13

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  167

• Tales of Exandria: Loose Ends by CookiePirate51

  Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M, Multi
  • Complete Work

  20 Jan 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Vax'ildan (Critical Role)
  • Keyleth (Critical Role)
  • Eadwulf Grieve
  • Verin Thelyss
  • The Raven Queen | Matron of Ravens (Critical Role)
  • Iolas/Grieve
  • raven's crest
  • Finally going home
  • Loose ends wrapped up
  • Promises kept.
  • Wulf is a grumpy bastard with a romantic soul
  • blushes and dimples
  • Verin is as irreverent as always

  Summary

  Vax escorts Wulf to Raven's Crest.. something he's been holding off on visiting for some time.. and he doesn't expect what he finds when he gets there.

  Series

  • Part 9 of Ruins and Romance

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,434

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  4

  Kudos:

  9

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  95

• Tales of Exandria: A Night to Remember by CookiePirate51

  Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)  

  • Not Rated
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  27 Jan 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast
  • Eadwulf Grieve/Verin Thelyss
  • Caleb Widogast
  • Verin Thelyss
  • Essek Thelyss
  • Eadwulf Grieve
  • Alternative Eadwulf Grieve
  • Alternative Verin Thelyss

  Summary

  Set chronologically just a few weeks after "Loose Ends"

  Series

  • Part 10 of Ruins and Romance

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,562

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

  Kudos:

  8

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  133

• Tales of Exandria: A Magic-y Morning by CookiePirate51

  Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  08 Jul 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Essek Thelyss & Verin Thelyss
  • Eadwulf Grieve/Verin Thelyss
  • Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast
  • Beauregard Lionett/Yasha Nydoorin
  • Eadwulf Grieve
  • Verin Thelyss
  • Jester Lavorre
  • Beauregard Lionett
  • Yasha Nydoorin
  • Essek Thelyss
  • Caleb Widogast
  • They finally get married
  • It's about time!
  • Wulf was never going to be okay with a traditional wedding
  • shy Violets gonna shy
  • The Verin of it all
  • Himbos gotta himbo
  • Wulf really is a romantic bastard

  Summary

  For those of you, my dearest readers, who have been waiting for that wedding I promised ages ago at the end of Ruins & Romance/ The Road Back, well.. it's finally here!

  Series

  • Part 11 of Ruins and Romance

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,231

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  5

  Hits:

  79