Darling,

If you can deign to find time for me in your busy schedule, we can finish your coronation portrait after the next trip to Moonrise. We'll make you the lightbringer this city deserves.

K

A note found with a half-finished portrait of the missing Archduke Enver Gortash, both discovered in storage at his lordship's estate in the aftermath of the illithid attack. The artist - who signed their work with the initials 'K.B.' - is currently unknown to art historians, and with the Archduke's disappearance, we may never learn their identity

Keep Telling Me To Breathe

A Durgetash chapter fic

In 1482DR, Bhaal’s triumphant resurrection comes at the cost of the life of his daughter. For Enver Gortash, aspirational Banite caught in her orbit, that cost is unacceptable - and the bargain he makes to undo her death will have repercussions across the years and across the planes

In 1492DR, the Absolute Crisis teeters between chaos and collapse, undone by the workings of the courageous and charismatic paladin Carmela Tavares. Amongst her ragtag group of unlikely heroes is a woman without a past, and a voracious hunger for blood and death. To save the people of Baldur’s Gate, and protect the Sword Coast from ruin, she must uncover her history with the city and the man who rules it, before Tavares calls for both of their deaths

Chapter Fifteen - An ending, of sorts, and how love grows over time

Read Chapter Fifteen here or start with Chapter One here

And the monster is done - the epilogue awaits you all. Thank you so much to everyone who came along with me for this story

Keep Telling Me To Breathe

A Durgetash chapter fic

In 1482DR, Bhaal's triumphant resurrection comes at the cost of the life of his daughter. For Enver Gortash, aspirational Banite caught in her orbit, that cost is unacceptable - and the bargain he makes to undo her death will have repercussions across the years and across the planes

In 1492DR, the Absolute Crisis teeters between chaos and collapse, undone by the workings of the courageous and charismatic paladin Carmela Tavares. Amongst her ragtag group of unlikely heroes is a woman without a past, and a voracious hunger for blood and death. To save the people of Baldur's Gate, and protect the Sword Coast from ruin, she must uncover her history with the city and the man who rules it, before Tavares calls for both of their deaths

Chapter Three - In the past, Enver tries to reconcile with the fact that Kassara has a great deal of secrets she's hiding from him, while she plays cat and mouse with a determined detective. In an effort to woo her, he suggests a heist. In the present, Kassara awakens in the prison beneath Wyrm's Rock, stunned that Enver didn't kill her outright. A mysterious voice suggests an alliance, and Carmela assumes the worst of her yet again.

Read Chapter Three here

Keep Telling Me To Breathe

A Durgetash chapter fic

In 1482DR, Bhaal's triumphant resurrection comes at the cost of the life of his daughter. For Enver Gortash, aspirational Banite caught in her orbit, that cost is unacceptable - and the bargain he makes to undo her death will have repercussions across the years and across the planes

In 1492DR, the Absolute Crisis teeters between chaos and collapse, undone by the workings of the courageous and charismatic paladin Carmela Tavares. Amongst her ragtag group of unlikely heroes is a woman without a past, and a voracious hunger for blood and death. To save the people of Baldur's Gate, and protect the Sword Coast from ruin, she must uncover her history with the city and the man who rules it, before Tavares calls for both of their deaths

Two people, ostensibly villains, drawn together across the years and despite the forces aligned against them. They'll fight gods and their own sense of self preservation for each other, but will that be enough?

Read Chapter One here