springawake
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not all roads lead to faerie by springawake for rightpastnowhere
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), Critical Role: Aramán (Web Series)
29 Jul 2026
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When a longshot attempt to travel back to Faerie sends Thimble far beyond the realm of Aramán, it's pretty lucky she lands in the lap of such a seasoned adventurer. But what does she do now?
A very last minute addition to CR Summer Wildflowers 2026!
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the tempest and her savior blade at a wedding (haven't we seen this before?) by springawake
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
13 Oct 2025
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It's not the first time Keyleth attends a wedding without her beloved by her side, but this time it hurts a little less. At least someone from home is here—the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Now with a title! Originally the untitled piece on pg. 23 of the fanzine.
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He stopped several paces back and, incongruously, bowed. “Frau Ermendrud,” he said, speaking quietly. “It is my great pleasure to meet you.” She could not place his accent. Coastal, maybe? “I am Bren’s partner.”
In which Ludinus wants the Nein extra distracted for the solstice, and does something about it.
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08 Aug 2026
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“There are possibilities for you. For—” his tongue stumbled over ‘redemption.’ It was true, but probably also meaningless to Bren. “Revenge,” he settled on.
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22 Jul 2026
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A problem shaped like seven unexpected mercenaries carrying one of the priceless artifacts he stole arrives on Essek's doorstep, but he can handle it. Is handling it. Will be able to handle it, at some point, if he can figure out how to avoid them killing him first.
(Or: time looping your way into a new alignment, one catastrophic failure at a time.)
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01 Jul 2026
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Caleb moves closer into his space and holds his shivering arms tightly, and rubs some warmth into his shoulders. “Essek, you can feel it, can’t you?”
Caleb noticed it as he left the cottage, once he consciously felt for the sensation. Or rather, a lack thereof. Typically, magic rushes around him like the wind itself, or an ambient scent, or music. It appeals to a different and entirely unnamable sense though, of course. He can feel it, touch it, and manipulate it. It is so constant that it becomes subconscious and beyond notice.
“You can feel it, Essek. It is gone.”Peace is a precious thing, and a fragile thing too. When the unexpected finally strikes Essek's delicate new life, he and Caleb are left adrift and alone and very, very, vulnerable. What are two wizards without magic to do?
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07 Feb 2026
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‘Home is the place where, when you have to go there,
They have to take you in.’‘I should have called it
Something you somehow haven’t to deserve.’—"The Death of a Hired Man," Robert Frost
When running stops working, the Blooming Grove is where Caleb runs to.
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- Part 2 of waystations
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31 Jan 2026