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pokimoko · 6 months ago

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On Waxen Wings We Soar, In Spite of Inevitable Ends - A Baldur's Gate Fic

Written by pokimoko

Chapters: 1/1

Word Count: ~15.5K

Fandom: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: Astarion & Karlach (Baldur's Gate), Astarion/Karlach (Baldur's Gate), (it's fairly ambigious; is it romantic? queerplatonic? platonic? yes), (the love and devotion is there regardless)

Characters: Karlach (Baldur's Gate), Astarion (Baldur's Gate)

Tags: Post-Canon, Post-Game: Baldur's Gate 3, Spoilers for Act 3 (Baldur's Gate 3), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, (in which a certain scene on a certain dock doesn't happen right at that very moment), POV Karlach (Baldur's Gate), Astarion as Player Character (Baldur's Gate), Vampire Spawn Astarion (Baldur's Gate), Astarion & Karlach Friendship (Baldur's Gate), Ambiguous Relationships, Queerplatonic Relationships, Non-Sexual Intimacy, No Smut, Location: Faerûn (Dungeons & Dragons), Dungeons & Dragons Game Mechanics, Road Trips, (minus the car), Canon-Typical Bag Packing Physics, (how are they fitting all that food and a whole tent into one bag? don't ask me), Polymorph Spell (Dungeons & Dragons), Animal Transformation, Corvid Token (Baldur's Gate), Birds, oh? my wisdom check engine light is on? well i'm sure it's nothing to worry about, (and yes i know that joke doesn't actually work in terms of d&d mechanics. shhh), Quest: Our Fiery Friend | Karlach's Companion Quest (Baldur's Gate), Karlach Needs a Hug (Baldur's Gate), Astarion Needs a Hug (Baldur's Gate), Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Humor, Karlach-centric (Baldur's Gate), Astarion-centric (Baldur's Gate), Protective Karlach (Baldur's Gate), Protective Astarion (Baldur's Gate), Karlach Has Chronic Pain (Baldur's Gate), Dying Karlach (Baldur's Gate), Ambiguous/Open Ending, Bittersweet Ending, Character Study

Summary: With her engine breaking down, and little time left to live before she burns up completely, Karlach takes one last journey across Faerûn. And thanks to a little bit of magic, it's a journey she won't have to take alone.

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 fanfiction #bg3 fic #bg3 fanfic #baldur's gate fanfiction #fanfic #my fanfic #my fic #ao3 fanfic #fanfiction #karlach #karlach cliffgate #astarion #astarion ancunin #hellspawn #astarion x karlach #karlach x astarion #well it's not exactly 'x' between them. nor really an '&' either. it is a bit more ambigious than those can define ('tis the aroace in me)#so it's up to you if you want to read it as romantic. pre-slash. platonic or queerplatonic :3 #putting my two favourite bg3 characters on a bucket list road trip together because i can. self-indulgence is a wonderful thing #to those who know my writing: not a ghost or radio in sight. guys i think i might finally be *gasp* branching out #me who's been wanting to write an animal transformation fic in years upon discovering the corvid token: 'finally. my time has come'#(with a dose of *seeing the lack of karlach and astarion as a duo fics* 'fine. i'll do it myself')#you've heard of goostarion. now get ready for asta-raven....no? fine we'll workshop it.#(though i feel i should clarify the banner is misleading; he is not a cool funky white raven. just a normal black raven. well. dire raven)#hey y'know that 'the love was there. it didn't change anything. but it still matters that love was there' post. yeah...yeah #i suppose the best way to put this fic is--to use that good old bit of trite wisdom--it's not the destination. it's the journey

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