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A Cleric's Guide to Reclaiming Your Soul by dukestrychnine
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
08 Feb 2026
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She rose from the dead as a product of a hellish contract, in the grasp of a deranged man who was no longer her father. What chance did she have to claim back her soul from his wicked bindings?
Unless she summoned her own devil to help her - because annuling one devil's deal with another's was chapter 1 of the cleric handbook.
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When exploring an abandoned mansion goes wrong, Aylin never thought her near-death experience would change both a life, and a death, for the better.
A Halloween Special
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She had thought it most unusual for Lady Isobel to fear thunder - in fact, she'd known at once that something was afoot, yet how rude to deny a lady’s plea?
What she thought would be an ordinary night would soon become a cherished memory
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Isobel watches her dome of moonlight fall, and there is nothing she can do about it. Her last thoughts are of Aylin, and the futility of duty.
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When Isobel is forced to marry a stranger by her father, she chooses instead to flee with the one she wants - a knight whom she had been meeting in secret.
Together, they hope to build a life where they are both free.
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My contributions to the Aylin/Isobel Week in Jan 2025! Many thanks to Oathkeeper-of-tarth for organising this.
The prompts are here: https://www.tumblr.com/aylinisobel-weekDays I've done:
Day 1: Moonrise over Reithwin
Day 3: Tides
Day 5: What could have been/In another life
Day 6: The task of steadfast faith- Words:
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"Ever since I returned, there's been a filth in me. I feel it in my very lungs. I cannot get it out - it will never out, this death that reeks within me."
Everything featuring Undead Isobel and/or Autopsy Scar Isobel (and just generally Brought Back Wrong Isobel)
Works are independent from each other and therefore in no specific order
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Aylin is so strong, and so very, very scared about the future.
Isobel will do all she can to reassure her.
The situation resolves itself first violently, then in bliss.
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- Part 1 of Immortal Isobel
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- English
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- Collections:
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- Comments:
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- Kudos:
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- Bookmarks:
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29 Apr 2025
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Since leaving the timeless shade of the Shadowlands, it seems the hours run out as quickly as they come. Isobel is reluctant to let this one pass.
Written for Day Four of Aylin/Isobel Week.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 496
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- 1/1
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
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- Kudos:
- 48
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- 5
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30 Jan 2025
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She has seen many lovely works of art crafted by the stonemasons of Reithwin, carved with utmost care and mastery by skilled hands - but none as beautiful as Isobel Thorm.
Yearning, romance, and some classic knight/lady trappings for our moonlit couple in the earliest days of their acquaintance.
Written for day 1 of Aylin/Isobel Week 2025 and the prompts: Moonrise over Reithwin | mundane, formal, ritual, promise.- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,697
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 11
- Kudos:
- 72
- Bookmarks:
- 11
- Hits:
- 348
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27 Jan 2025
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Later, she will seek out the boy’s name, keep him in mind until the world is saved and she can make good on her promise. For now, someone else requires her attention.
Or: the first Selunite ritual at the newly-won Moonrise Towers. Written for day one of the Aylin/Isobel Challenge
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,619
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 16
- Kudos:
- 27
- Bookmarks:
- 7
- Hits:
- 142
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27 Jan 2025
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Dame Aylin has been in a multitude of battles throughout her long life. And yet her wedding day is the only thing that truly terrifies her.
For Aylin/Isobel Week 2025, Day One. Prompts: Ritual, Formal
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,073
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 9
- Kudos:
- 30
- Bookmarks:
- 6
- Hits:
- 189
Bookmarked by dukestrychnine
27 Jan 2025