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There are certain things Tav can count on to never change. Some of those things were simple. The world would keep on spinning. The sun would rise and fall and without fail rise again. Some of them not so much. His mother would never see him as a fully fledged adult, only that same five year old boy she’d pinch and demand respect from. He would bury his friends, find new ones, and likely bury them as well.
Tav knew, right then, with a sense that wasn’t quite foreboding but couldn’t be described as anticipation, that this encounter could change everything.
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Tav is keeping the party journal to practice common. The companions check his work.
NOTE: Not necessary to read the rest of the series to enjoy the shenanigans.
Warning - Tav's journal entries are a disaster by intention. He will improve, but I understand if this is not for you :)
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- Part 8 of A Guide to VERY HUMANOID, for Dunces
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Two years of shared mornings, quiet evenings, and a love Astarion thought was unshakeable, gone in an instant. When he and Tavitha are ripped from their modern life and thrust into the world of mind flayers and medieval horrors, he remembers nothing of the life they've built together.
As familiar strangers navigate an unfamiliar world, Tav must help the man she loves survive experiences neither of them was ever meant to live through. And while Astarion struggles to reconcile fragments of an impossible past with the nightmare he now inhabits, Tav deals with revelations of a past completely foreign to her.
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Sequel to I Wanna Be YoursSeries
- Part 4 of Wanna Be Yours
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Tav has had enough of her party's miserable disposition and decides something must be done about that! She had no idea how until Shadowheart reveals she doesn't remember playing school yard games when they find evidence drawn on the village ground as they take a short rest. Teaching Shadowheart how to play hopscotch is priority number 1—rescuing Halsin and finding the cure to their mindflayer tadpole affliction second. Shadowheart is less than enthused at the prospect of delaying their mission, but Tav knows she can help the amnesiac half-elf make some new memories. If they were going to die, after all, Tav needed one of Shadowheart's last moments to be this.
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Raphael was, by all definitions, a devil of a man. Some would even call you mistaken to refer to him as just a man. Throughout the city of Baldur's Gate, and most of Faerun, his name inspired envy, fear, and intrigue; the kind of mystique that was equally dangerous and alluring. To most, he was Raphael Cania, investment banker, owner of the most illustrious estate in Baldur's Gate; polished and charming to a fault, his extravagant parties and galas were the events of the year. His father had chosen him to be the heir to Mephisto Financial, though there wasn't much Raphael didn't already control. He had a way with words that lured more poor souls into his debt than even the gods could count.
But to many, he was known simply as "The Devil": the man that gave just to take back what was his, and so much more.
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When Tav and her companions learn that Karlach is indepted to none other than "The Devil," Tav does everything in her power to free her from his claws for good. Little does she know that she's in for much more than she bargained for...
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Quietly Wish We Had Never Met by black_lodge for lyriumandbiotics
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
27 Jul 2025
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Captain Tav Valnorin wakes in the middle of the night from a strange, somewhat prophetic dream. She finds herself alone on the docks of Broken Mast Bay, drowning her sorrows.
The one and only Captain Astarion sees this and joins her in her solitude, for better or for worse.“I’ll see you on the sea. May our swords never cross again,” Tav held herself back as much as she could, keeping her breath still in her lungs. She could feel Astarion’s presence behind her, unmoving. Waiting for something.
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- Part 3 of Unsinkable
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Tav has the weight of the world on her shoulders, she needs all the help she can get. So when she comes across a certain sun-kissed man with a contract for an artifact and the knowledge of the whereabouts of a druid healer, she becomes adamant to get him to join her group.
Let the drama commence!!
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Blair was born into a Muggle family. She never expected to turn out to be a wizard. She and her friend Karlach joined Hogwarts. However, they didn't realise that snakes could bite so hard. And the son of the current Minister of Magic is also a terrible bully.
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This is an alternative version of the HP universe in which Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter do not exist. There are other villains, and the teaching staff has changed.
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Tav and Co. have finally made it to the city of Baldur's Gate in one piece - a miracle, really, after five long months of peril. But something's been bothering Tav since they left the Shadow-Cursed Lands, and that something is her partner(?), Astarion. He hasn't asked to feed from her since leaving Reithwin Town. She misses the closeness they shared in those moment and wants it back, and wants to prove to him that she wants him for him, not just his skills in bed. Maybe she can strengthen their bond, if her loose tongue doesn't absolutely blow it first...
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A fanfic of Tav and Halsin's journey after the events of Baldur's Gate 3.
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Tav Takes a Day Off by Purplecracker
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Hogwarts Legacy (Video Game)
03 Jun 2025
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“So…” Astarion began, when no one else did. “Gale and Karlach filled us in on the whole…age thing. And the more we thought about it, the more we realized something wildly obvious… you’re fifteen.”
The group tries to do the responsible thing and give Tav a day off. Unfortunately, that means one of them will have to be the adult for once.
Part 4 of the Hufflepuff series
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- Part 4 of Tav the Hufflepuff
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Cedric doesn't consider himself a man of complex tastes. He likes his tea hot with honey, his bread with butter and jam, and his beer cold and foamy. When Gale throws a fit, he finds his tastes complicate significantly, just not in a way he expects.
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Takes place in Act 3, just after Halsin's confession.
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Based on the song From Eden by Hozier.
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- Part 4 of strength lies in the love we hold
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How Much Longer Till The Show Goes South? by WilliamSandison
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
20 Feb 2025
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There were steps to this process. First, make sure Astarion was out. It would be unwise to do this while his husband was in the apartment with him, wouldn’t it? No, no matter how bad it got or how distraught he felt, Viktor would always wait for Astarion to leave their house.
The second step was to lock the doors. Usually, he did this in the bathroom, since the clean-up was easier and there was no chance of getting anything stained. Viktor stood before the mirror, his hands pressed tightly against the counter. He felt the cool marble under his touch, his whole body shaking.
The third step, don’t hesitate. Viktor knew himself, he knew the moment he hesitated he’d convince himself to stop.
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- Part 1 of Astarion and Tav's Adventures
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My cute little Fox is actually a Devil by zephyrins
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
24 Jul 2024
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Tav wouldn’t say everything went as she planned, but her idea was hilariously brilliant — to temporarily turn Raphael into a fox.
But it cannot be permanent, right?
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- Part 2 of kiss the Devil
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"To whom it may concern.
My name is Gustav of Candlekeep.
And I am most likely dead.
You see, it all started three days ago. When a Mind Flayer ship appeared over Baldur's Gate."Gustav of Candlekeep. The most boring tax officer in Baldur's Gate. Abducted by a Nautiloid ship and thrust into an extremely dangerous, strange, and confusing adventure.
Forced to fight alongside vampires, wizards and devils. To topple gods and tyrants from their thrones.
But all he wants is to go back home, sit down, and finish his taxes. -
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“Lots of people deserve to die,” said the dust-wife finally. “Not everybody deserves to be a killer.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nettle & BoneThe day before the final attack on the Grove, Astarion gets another chance to endear himself to Tav.
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- Part 3 of Love You Like I've Never Been Afraid
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Gale was so preoccupied that he didn’t think to ask why Astarion had stopped using her thigh, her neck.
Not that he couldn’t lead Tav into temptation by the arm.
Astarion shifted on the bed and laced his fingers through hers from below, bending her hand back until the veins in her wrist stood out, stark and green-blue. His thumb brushed absently over her palm as he lowered his head to that thin and sensitive skin, lined his fangs up deliberately with the existing puncture scars.
Like he wanted his mark on her, too.
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- Part 2 of punch, drunk
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“Well. I am a creative type,” Tav continued, confidence clearly bolstered. “I guess it makes sense that I’m gifted with more than just musical talents.”
Astarion cringed internally, but he kept it off his face with decades of practice. ’Gifted’ was an awfully strong word, after all, considering the abomination he was trying not to look at.
In which bard!Durge discovers he should really stick to music, and Karlach is a great wingwoman. Or, two different versions of how "Tav draws Astarion so he can see what he looks like, but badly" could go. (Stand-alone missing scene from Act 2).
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- Part 5 of Blood and Music (Tavran Gregory, Bard)
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At least it happened here, a day’s travel from the Gate, and not before. The tieflings are almost safe. Almost home. There was more he wanted to do for them, especially the kids—but at least they’ll live.
He can feel Astarion’s presence in the corner of the tent, motionless but agitated. Tav doesn’t want him here for the question he needs to ask next, but he can hardly ask him to leave.
“Am I going to die?”
On the eve of their arrival in Baldur’s Gate, Tav’s forced to unbury his secrets and Astarion grapples with his lover’s mortality. Set between Act 2 and Act 3. Astarion x m!Tav.
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- Part 27 of a crooked touch (Astarion x m!Tav)
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Set after the events of the game, Tav and Astarion are still traveling together, looking for something that would allow him to walk in the sun once again. While their relationship continues, they find Cazador had a bigger impact on Astarion’s sexuality than either of them realized.