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Prompt Spotlight: Jolly, Lolth, and Vox Machina

As we get a little further into the fest, it seems like a great time to start highlighting some of the prompts eligible for treats! These were chosen at random from the list of 156 offers, so there's more where these came from. Reminder:

Anyone can create a treat

Treats should be at least 150 words or a 'rough sketch' phase for art

Treats can be added to the main collection. They should be marked with "Summer Wildflowers Treat" in the additional tag section.

Click Readmore to check them out!

Request 1: Jester Lavorre/Mollymauk Tealeaf Requester: typhros Fic or Art: Fic Rating: Teen, Mature, Explicit Dear Critter Letter Summary:

I LOVE these two and wish we'd gotten more of a chance to see their relationship evolve! Possible prompts: A tarot reading gone silly; A tarot reading gone... oh, you know ;); Girls' night!; Discussions of faith and outlook on life, A wild night on the town! See Dear Critter letter for more! DNW: Cis or transmasc Mollymauk (I absolutely respect your personal headcanon but as this is a gift for me I request Molly be transfemme/genderfluid as he is in canon. He/any pronouns ideal!). If explicit, please no ageplay, scat, vomit, or piss.

Request 2: Lolth the Spider Queen & Opal (Critical Role); Leylas Kryn | The Bright Queen & Opal (Critical Role) Requester: Operafloozy Fic or Art: Either Rating: Any Rating Dear Critter Letter Summary:

Leylas and Opal both hate Llolth with an intense passion and are a little less stable these days. Seems like they'd be a great team! I'm sure that nothing bad would happen if they worked together. Couple this with Matt saying that Lolth would have a lot of fun as a mortal in Exandria - she would definitely enjoy messing with Opal and the Bright Queen.

Request 2:Vox Machina & Vox Machina (Critical Role), Taryon Darrington & Vex'ahlia, Scanlan Shorthalt/Pike Trickfoot, Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III & Keyleth, Taryon Darrington & Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski Requester: CitizenMocha Fic or Art: Fic Rating: General, Teen Dear Critter Letter Summary:

Percy plans to annually “do something irresponsible” with Vex and the rest of Vox Machina. Maybe the team’s first adventure after “Dalen’s Closet?” Maybe something much more recent? Anything that gets the whole team (the whole team, the specific relationships are optional but if you leave out Tary I will be so sad) together and fighting some dragons or crawling some dungeons. The other tagged ships are dynamics I particularly like, if you need a couple of characters to focus on (I elaborate more on those in my letter), but I would love something with the whole team. DNW: AUs that aren’t canon-divergent, ABO, age-play/age regression, characters using pronouns they don’t in canon, incest, major character death, (unrequested) non-canonical pairings, PWP, scat, second-person POV

None of these appealing to you? Search more prompts here Have more questions?Check out the rules here or the FAQ here!

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Fun with Nominations Data!

So, I went through the nominations data for fun, and:

213 of the nominated relationships have at least one character who show up in campaign 3, as opposed to 202 for campaign 2 and 113 in campaign one.

BUT there are only 34 relationships that have at least one character who showed up Only in Campaign One, as opposed to 79 in Campaign Two and 46 in Campaign Three

7 relationships have a combination of ships that have showed up in all three campaigns - four of those involve Artagan

6 Relationships feature characters that only show up in non-main campaigns - Three from the Re-Slayers take, One from Darrington, One from EXU, and one from Wildemount Wildlings.

60 Characters show up only once. Any guesses to who they are?

More platonic relationships (210) were nominated than romantic (197)!

77 of the relationships feature more than two people

The top most nominated characters are Essek Thelyss (at 40), Ashton Greymoore (at 39), and Vex'ahlia (at 33). Caleb is right behind them with 31.

Astrid and Eadwulf are tied with 24 relationships each.

Is this piquing your interest? Well, you can go through the nominations data yourself! I've got it in a google sheet with slicers here - or, if you're on mobile, I put all of the information in an airtable here.

And hey - if any of these sound interesting, signups are open until the 23rd!

Sign up here! Join the Discord (if you want, no pressure) Check out the rules for signups! Main signup post!

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Featuring Essek's Parents: A Shadowgast Rec List

This week, we have Essek's parents! Check under the cut for seven fics that feature Deirta, Essek's father or both! Don't forget to comment and kudos if you like them!

No One By That Name Lives Here Anymore by Operafloozy (13138, General) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes

A few years after faking his own death, Essek runs into someone he used to know by chance in Uthodurn - A certain someone who had supposedly died his last death in Bazzoxan a few decades before.

Reccer says: This is a really interesting look at what consecution might actually imply in terms of family. It's really bittersweet and invites you to try to empathize with both sides of the central conflict instead of painting them in black and white. One might imagine that the beacons are grey for a reason. (Plus I REALLY love outsider POV!)

destructive interference by atlasarcana (141219, Mature) Reccer's Content Notes: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Essek is haunted by a monster in Aeor that makes him suffer flashbacks of his worst actions; Caleb helps him forgive himself and take accountability.

Reccer says: Essek's family (Deirta, his father, and Verin) play a prominent role in the character study of how Essek is the way he is.

The Joys of Parenthood by Queen_of_Thornes (3945, General) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes

Four vignettes of Deirta Thelyss's exhausting life as mother of two precocious future leaders.

Reccer says: I'm not one for kidfic but this is just so dead-on to life with toddlers, insane and baffling little gremlins that they are, that I couldn't help but love it. It reminded me of my younger siblings when they were that age with the "How did you even think to do that" shenanigans they'd get up to so it's pretty nostalgic for me. Readers with children or who helped raise siblings will find a lot to relate to here.

spare just a day for the weeping by essektheylyss (divinationwizard) (3619, Mature) Reccer's Content Notes: Major Character Death

Criminal punishment among the upper echelon of the Dynasty is determined by the court, but implemented by the umavi of the den of the convicted.

Reccer says: Features a wonderfully complicated Deirta, and incredible character dynamics all around

until it doesn't hurt by breitweisergallery (3800, General) Reccer's Content Notes: None

5+1 times Deirta spoke to Essek via sending.

Reccer says: The fic delves into a more loving Deirta who is distant from Essek but still loves him all the same.

looking for the meaning of life by quinn-of-aebradore (15281, Teen) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes

Centuries later, Essek has settled into another new life. Little does he know so has Deirta.

Reccer says: A year is a long time all on its own and this fic is packed with impressions of lived history and emotion built over the course of centuries. If Deirta was once a distant parent, how might she try to bridge past gaps when a new life gives her extra perspective? If Essek has loved and lost and loved again, how might he understand his mother anew? A fascinating exploration of how time can change people and how people can change over time.

The following fic received two recs!

Starburst Hearts by kaeda (4805, Teen) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes

A wonderfully tender fic in which Deirta catches up with Essek a few years after c2 and finds that her son is a man remade.

Reccer 1 says: Outsider POV my beloved! It turns a camera's eye onto the man Essek becomes through the Mighty Nein and gaining Caleb as a lover, and onto the love that the Nein have for him, shown through a soft lens. Reccer 2 says: A wonderful fic from Deirta's perspective of Essek's interactions with the M9 and all of the complicated family feelings that come along with it.

This is one of our weekly communally-generated shadowgast rec lists. Every week we announce a new theme and allow anyone to submit a fic recommendation. 

And hey, anyone includes you!

Next week, we'll be featuring xenobiology! This includes all sorts of unusual and non-human biology

Any fics coming to mind? Well, then use this form to submit!

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When those April showers melt unliked snow and Campaign Three hot takes grow cold and old When fandom winds blow folks back to CritRole and works in progress have their half-course run then do folk long for … a not-quite- rarepair exchange?

Hey all, it's just about time for Summer Wildflowers again.

What is CR Summer Wildflowers? It's a fanworks exchange featuring relationships (platonic and romantic) where: a) have all of the characters originate from the Exandria Campaign setting and b) have fewer than 500 works on Archive of Our Own.

Our schedule this year is: Nominations Open: April 25 Nominations Close: May 8 (11:55 EST) Sign ups Open: May 9 (9AM EST) Sign ups Close: May 23 (11:55 EST) Assignments Go Out: No Later than May 26 (11:55 EST) No Penalty Default Deadline: June 23 (11:55 EST) Assignments Due: July 7 Works Revealed: July 14 Creators Revealed: July 21

That means that nominations open next week.

Have some questions? Check out the rules and the FAQ! Still have questions? Feel free to drop us an ask here on tumblr, leave a message for us on dreamwidth, or email us at CR.Summer.Wildflowers [at] proton[dot]me. (the discord will be ready by next week)

Here's hoping to see you there!

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For anyone going to the Critrole show tonight or c2e2 tomorrow:

If you spot someone wearing the below and purple hair, that's me, you can say hi (I'm also up for messaging for more planned encounters)

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New Organizers Intro and Questions

Hi All!

I thought I'd do an official communication of sorts. I'm @operafloozy - and I'll be taking over wildflowers for the next year. @mapleandgingeroatmeal and @anubisisms are going to be helping me out - Orbit is going to be helping with some of the communication and clarification, and Anubis is taking care of the graphic design and is another point of contact.

I love this event, and have participated in every year since the beginning. I'm not planning on changing anything major (it'll be an exchange, the 500 work threshold on AO3, the general cadence, ect). The timeline will be as follows:

April 25th - May 8th: Nominations Open May 9 - May 23: Signups Open May 26: Assignments go out July 7: Assignments Due July 14: Works are visible to the public July 21: Creators are revealed

Now - I do want some community input on some things that I'm thinking about - mostly on tumblr polls. But also - what has confused you about the fest when you first signed up? What questions did you have? Feel free to drop an ask in the wildflowers - I'm planning on looking through the FAQ and rules to see if I can clear anything up. Okay, first poll - I am not a member of the Haven Discord, but I know it's been used as sort of a home base in previous years. I don't want to be the year-round moderator of a discord, but I'm willing to spin one up for use during the exchange if it's useful for folks - for questions, cheerleading, sprints, a list of betas, ect. Would that be of interest?

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Critmas Wishing Tree Fics

Okay, this is .... a full month late. January was busy, February was admittedly less busy but also soul crushing (and there was a convention in there), and it felt like there was always something more pressing when I sat down to the computer.

But no more!

Fics I wrote:

Sandstorm (1024,Mature) Pairing/Characters: Yasha Nydoorin, Earthbreaker Groon

In another world, Yasha fights Earthbreaker Groon

Fun fact: I had this one like 3/4 of the way done, but noticed that I had the chance to make this the 10,000th fic if I acted fast and got off my butt and got it done.

Last Night I Dreamed that You Were A Child (1116,Teen) Pairing/Characters: Imogen Temult & Relvin Temult Warnings: Major Character Death

After Predathos, Orym gives Relvin the news.

Schrodinger's Date (1347,Teen) Pairing/Characters: Ashton Greymoore/Marwa Endalia

Ashton finally gets around to asking Marwa on a date. Or do they?

Fun fact: I figured the best way to make Marquet have a little bit more Filipino influence was to give it a fantasy Jolibee knockoff.

Fics people wrote for me!

(I find it funny/kind of random that I did half of my prompts with my name attached, half anon, and most of my anon prompts were taken but none of my non-anon prompts were. I'm choosing not to read into that very much)

Dog Eat Dog by @gauzemer (3210,General) Pairing/Characters: Laudna & Imogen, Ashton & Laudna, Cassandra & Percy De Rolo, Cassandra & Laudna

Warnings:

After coming back from the dead for a second time, Laudna meets with one of the women who helped to kill her.

moral lessons for a fey boy by @justlikeswitchblades-blog (1864,General)

Pairing/Characters: Artagan & Jester Lavorre

Warnings:

Jester doesn't get to celebrate the holidays as openly as she would like in Nicodranas, so Artie shares the holiday traditions he's adopted instead. When he goes a step too far, he promises to make up for his mishap.

Old Friends and New by @astoriacolumnstaircase (4133,General) Pairing/Characters: Laudna & Bella

Laudna was having a ball. She had won the last five hands at Imogen’s guidance, and a stack of chips was beginning to obscure her even better than the shadows. It was delicious, playing the lady. It seemed that with a certain but undefinable measure of wealth, she could cross from being dangerously different and into delightfully eccentric. She schooled her hungry smile into a fox’s grin and bade the dealer to begin another game. She should have known it would attract the wrong sort of attention. Laudna and Bella catch up 20 some odd years later after a chance encounter at a casino in Kymal.

Anyway, i still need to read all of the 29 works, but you should definitely check the rest out! It's a great time, especially if you like Liam O'Brian characters. I'm definitely planning on running it again in another eight months.

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I keep on being plagued with a specific thought on the consequences for the end of Campaign 3.

What will parents do when it's a real possibility that their child might be an evil deity?

I know, from living in the world we live in, that there are parents who think their children are irredeemable and evil now - and I know what kind of traits those children often have. And I know, historically, what people did to children they thought were changelings - and what traits they were thought to have. And - from the tal'dorei sourcebook - I know that there are places in Exandria that already practiced infanticide to get rid of ruidisborn children. This is horrifying, but also - I don't think I'm comfortable with any argument that this wouldn't happen (at least not at first). Because there's already so much erasure of parents who simply do not have their children's best interests at heart, and in some ways, a fictional denial still feels like a denial. I can only hope that some sort of organization can be propped up to intervene, somehow.

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Oh god Silver saying that he's unburdened by what has come before. The idea that being separated from family, from history, from tradition, from heritage as a boon, that exposure to different people and different ways of life and points of view is corrupting. The amount of erasure and horror involved in that one turn of phrase, kindly said.

(And the way that's how empires and hegemony work - how America works. Residential Schools and and Ford's classes for workers and one of the horrors of chattel slavery being the separation of families and punishment for traditional beliefs)

Above his paygrade, he doesn't have to think about it.

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Okay but also if Opal and Dorian go through with their baby killing plan. Like, they won't be the only ones - and how will they know for sure that they're killing the right god baby? I'm sure the followers of the Betrayers are going to get in on it and try to stop the primes before they can get powerful, too.

As if being a parent isn't hard enough.

I love thinking about the absolutely crazy parenting culture that's gonna develop on Exandria for the nearest generation, because if mortals get informed what happened to the gods, people are just gonna end up doing insane things, like babymaxxing to try and get a god baby, or naming their kids after gods hoping it helps, or just being reeeally suspicious of their babies anytime they do something slightly unusual. Lots of potential for fun non-god characters, like people who's parents were convinced they were a god and either put crazy expectations on them or disowned them, depending on their god preferences.

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The Archheart was talking about running vs. staying and fighting Predathos. Nobody else wanted to run. (The Matron also didn't want to run, she seems like she wants to die, more than anything).

At no point did they say 'The gods will kill all of you to keep the secret of Predathos safe', and nobody in Bells Hells talked about it as if that was an option (which, considering how compelling of an argument it is - you'd think they'd have mentioned it), so it's kind of a stretch to think that's what they were talking about. You can believe it, but it's not well explained by the text.

But - even if that's what they meant. Well, the divine gate is still intact if Predathos is sealed. The Matron and the Archheart don't want to kill everyone, at least, and I'd think that would be a more difficult argument than fighting Predathos outright (I can't see Erathis going for it, considering her whole deal and her refusal to help with Aeor).

And if we've learned anything from Ludinus, it's that nobody needs to be a god to do untold amounts of damage. Asmodeus's whole thing is seduction into horrible decisions, and we've seen how effective it is. And how do you stop him? How are you even sure it's him? Even the gods couldn't tell. Seems like a great way to start a new Calamity.

Not to mention Vecna, wizards who want to become lesser idols, demons and devils trying to fill the power vacuum...

It seems like a pretty huge risk to not even interrogate.

I do think that people's opinions on the ethics of the gods as mortals plan vs. the gods behind the Divine Gate depends a lot on whether the focus on the gods' actions are prevention or punishment.

(I'm saying this while realizing that leaving the gods behind the divine gate and letting them sort it out amongst each other was impossible after BH let Predathos out)

What happened in Aeor specifically and the Calamity in general was horrible. And if you think the gods should pay for what they did, taking away their power or driving them out makes sense - it's punishment. But it does nothing to prevent future Calamities from happening, and in truth, letting Asmodeus out as a level 20 'mortal' who can come out of mortality at any time once Predathos is gone seems like it's going to cause more humanoid death. Not to mention power vacuums, Vecna, the gods getting Typhros, and other possible issues...

If you're thinking about it from a punishment perspective, it seems unjust that the prime deities got to choose their own consequences by going behind the Divine Gate. But the thing is - it was extremely effective from a prevention perspective! People still did things in the gods' names, but people are going to be horrible anyway. The gods didn't step on any ants for 800 years. Keeping Predathos sealed worked for literal ages longer (I've been envisioning it as 50-100k years but we don't know how long the earlier ages lasted)

So, is the focus more on keeping future people from being harmed, or is it on making sure that the gods pay for what they did?

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I think the jump is to believe that the prime deities - who we know regretted what they did in Aeor - will immediately kill everyone on Exandria. They could have killed everyone on Exandria during the Solstice to stop the ritual. They could have killed Ludinus at any time. They chose to stay behind the Divine Gate and work through people who chose to follow them instead (to great risk to them all).

I realize there's a Doylist reason why - it'd kind of suck to have a literal deus ex machina. But, I don't know, their commitment to noninterference has to count for something, in my opinion.

Not to mention - do we think that the Archheart wants everyone dead? If he thought that the Primes would murder everyone if they didn't release Predathos at that point, wouldn't he mention it?

And if the issue is that the gods might kill everyone - I mean. They still can. Imogen is in a pretty fragile body, and can die at any point. The safest thing to do for them would be to seal Imogen away, pump her full of magic to make sure that she doesn't age or move or experience time, and then kill everyone else. Pretty monstrous, but if they're willing to commit a genocide anyway, why not commit a genocide minus one?

There's a tradeoff here: who do we trust more - the Prime Deities behind the Divine Gate at full power who have showed their commitment, over and over? Or the Betrayers on Exandria at extremely powerful but not godly (yet), who we know can and will want to hurt Exandrians?

They also, if they were worried about this - asked the gods for assurances before releasing Predathos. They had a phone a friend mask. But they chose not to.

I do think that people's opinions on the ethics of the gods as mortals plan vs. the gods behind the Divine Gate depends a lot on whether the focus on the gods' actions are prevention or punishment.

(I'm saying this while realizing that leaving the gods behind the divine gate and letting them sort it out amongst each other was impossible after BH let Predathos out)

What happened in Aeor specifically and the Calamity in general was horrible. And if you think the gods should pay for what they did, taking away their power or driving them out makes sense - it's punishment. But it does nothing to prevent future Calamities from happening, and in truth, letting Asmodeus out as a level 20 'mortal' who can come out of mortality at any time once Predathos is gone seems like it's going to cause more humanoid death. Not to mention power vacuums, Vecna, the gods getting Typhros, and other possible issues...

If you're thinking about it from a punishment perspective, it seems unjust that the prime deities got to choose their own consequences by going behind the Divine Gate. But the thing is - it was extremely effective from a prevention perspective! People still did things in the gods' names, but people are going to be horrible anyway. The gods didn't step on any ants for 800 years. Keeping Predathos sealed worked for literal ages longer (I've been envisioning it as 50-100k years but we don't know how long the earlier ages lasted)

So, is the focus more on keeping future people from being harmed, or is it on making sure that the gods pay for what they did?

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I do think that people's opinions on the ethics of the gods as mortals plan vs. the gods behind the Divine Gate depends a lot on whether the focus on the gods' actions are prevention or punishment.

(I'm saying this while realizing that leaving the gods behind the divine gate and letting them sort it out amongst each other was impossible after BH let Predathos out)

What happened in Aeor specifically and the Calamity in general was horrible. And if you think the gods should pay for what they did, taking away their power or driving them out makes sense - it's punishment. But it does nothing to prevent future Calamities from happening, and in truth, letting Asmodeus out as a level 20 'mortal' who can come out of mortality at any time once Predathos is gone seems like it's going to cause more humanoid death. Not to mention power vacuums, Vecna, the gods getting Typhros, and other possible issues...

If you're thinking about it from a punishment perspective, it seems unjust that the prime deities got to choose their own consequences by going behind the Divine Gate. But the thing is - it was extremely effective from a prevention perspective! People still did things in the gods' names, but people are going to be horrible anyway. The gods didn't step on any ants for 800 years. Keeping Predathos sealed worked for literal ages longer (I've been envisioning it as 50-100k years but we don't know how long the earlier ages lasted)

So, is the focus more on keeping future people from being harmed, or is it on making sure that the gods pay for what they did?

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Fandom: Critical Role (Web Series) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Artagan & Jester Lavorre Characters: Jester Lavorre, Artagan (Critical Role), Marion Lavorre | Ruby of the Sea, Vex'ahlia (Critical Role) Additional Tags: Winter’s Crest (Critical Role), Pre-Canon, Mischief, Fluff, Book: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn Summary:

Jester doesn’t get to celebrate the holidays as openly as she would like in Nicodranas, so Artie shares the holiday traditions he’s adopted instead. When he goes a step too far, he promises to make up for his mishap.

This is part of the Critmas Wishing Tree Prompt Meme

Submit your own prompts here!

Fulfill other people’s prompts here!

Any questions, check out the FAQ!

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Two more weeks!

Do you, perchance, have a New Years Resolution to try to draw or write more? Want something easy to start with? Check out our prompts!

You've got two more weeks to submit prompts, claim anything that calls to you, and post! On January 16th, the collection will close and the authors and artists will be revealed!

Go here to add your own prompt! Go here to claim any prompt!

Fills

Fascinating Configurations | Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast, Astrid Beck & Caleb Widogast, Astrid Beck & Essek Thelyss | 2,269 words Sandstorm | Yasha & Earthbreaker Groon | 1,024 words Dog Eat Dog | Laudna & Cassandra De Rolo | 3,210 words Doing Time | Vax & Slitch | Comic Old Friends and New | Laudna & Bella, Laudna/Imogen | 4,133 words Spirit of My Silence | Vax'ildan & Will | 2,757 words Corps-a-Corps | Essek & Eadwulf | 2,016 words The Kissing Bough | Vaxleth | 1,436 words This is a Love Story | Vaxleth | 3,662 words

Prompts

Italicized means that there's a claim on it already * Means there's a fill (You can claim a prompt that has already been claimed, or even filled, but consider if there's an unclaimed prompt first)

Candela Obscura

Jackie/Evelyn getting into trouble

Campaign Crossovers:

Kingsley during the Solstice

Bells Hells meets the Darrington Brigade

Hey we saw you from across the campaign, Imogen/Laudna/Yasha/Beau

Chetney and the Tombtakers

Any combo of Essek, Caleb, Ashton, Dorian, and/or Orym + size shenanigan smut

Vilya and Keyleth at Winters Crest

Kash & Zahra | CR3

The Mighty Nein | The M9 as a Candela Circle

Keyleth and Vilya or Korrin talk about Vax

Outsider POV M9 + Ring of Brass

Shadowgast and Dorym

Cassandra and Laudna - Talk about Delilah*

Vax + Slitch workplace comedy*

Vax’ildan/Will of the Air Ashari: Will meeting the Champion at his death*

Yasha versus Earthbreaker Groon*

Campaign One

Vax at his job and things going well for a change ft the Matron

Keyleth/Vax, happy ending

Percy/Vax’ildan: kissing (and more?)

Grog and Scanlan whump

Anna Ripley/Cassandra de Rolo

Vax/Grog Smut

Vaxleth Slay the Princess AU*

Keyleth/Vax, mistletoe*

Campaign Two

Dairon and Essek have an awkward conversation

Cree/Lucien | Backstory fic

Caleb leaves the Mighty Nein after the Iron Shepherds

Caleb/Neo-Somnovem Lucien + Caleb has a smutty dream of the Neo-Somnovem

Artagan/literally any male PC or NPC: your choice smut

Shadowgast Sex Club Fun

Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast: Shadowgast in-world romance novel smut

Essek/Eadwulf snowed in

Essek Kryn Winterscrest

Jester and Artagan Celebrate

Shadowgast -- Caleb verbally demolishes someone at a presentation and Essek is into it

Astrid/Wulf/Caleb Soft and Sweet

Drow Rapier Proficiency

Shadowgast -- Simulated Exhibitionism via Illusion

Shadowgast - Overeating (can be kinky or h/c)

Caleb Widogast/Essek Thelyss cozy, adoring smut

Astrid & Wulf | Disagreements

The Tombtakers | Caperfic

Astrid and Essek*

Essek/Eadwulf Duel*

Campaign Three

Will lives!

Marwa - what's she up to?

Fearne, Therapist to the gods

FRIDA/FCG - FRIDA finds out that FCG is dead

Ashton/Marwa | Awkward date

Relvin Temult's POV

Dorian Storm/Orym: clothing

Orym/Dorian Storm lazy day

Lieve'tel/Cerkonos

Essek and Verin in Vasselheim

Veth deserves a minotaur for Critmzs

Laudna and Bella - Reunion or Rememberance*

Go here to add your own prompt! Go here to claim any prompt

Thanks to all participants so far, and you've been thinking about it - you've got time to start now!

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ao3 wrapped [writers edition]

How many words have you written this year?

How many works did you publish this year?

What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?

What work of yours has the most hits?

What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?

Favorite title you used

If you use song lyrics, which artist’s songs did you pull from the most?

Pairing you wrote the most for this year?

Favorite pairing you wrote for this year?

What work was the quickest to write?

What work took you the longest to write?

How many WIP’s do you have in your docs for next year?

What’s your longest work of the year?

What’s your shortest work of the year?

What WIP are you taking into next year with you?

What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag?

Your favorite character to write this year?

The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?

What’s one pairing you want to explore next year?

Which work of yours have you reread the most?

How many kudos in total did you get this year?

Which work has the most comments?

Did you do any collaborative works this year?

Did you write any gifts this year?

Did you receive any gifts this year?

What’s your most common category?

What do you listen to while writing?

Favorite work you wrote this year?

Favorite line/passage you wrote this year?

Biggest surprise while writing this year?

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We're at the halfway mark on this fest! One month to go to put up prompts, fill prompts, and read through and comment on the fun works people have made (okay, on this last one, you can read and comment at any time). I think it would be a good time to go through and see what we've gotten so far.

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Fills

Fascinating Configurations | Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast, Astrid Beck & Caleb Widogast, Astrid Beck & Essek Thelyss,| 2,269 words Sandstorm | Yasha & Earthbreaker Groon | 1,024 words Dog Eat Dog | Laudna & Cassandra De Rolo | 3,210 words

Prompts

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Campaign Crossovers:

Vax + Slitch workplace comedy

Hey we saw you from across the campaign, Imogen/Laudna/Yasha/Beau

Chetney and the Tombtakers

Vax’ildan/Will of the Air Ashari: Will meeting the Champion at his death

Any combo of Essek, Caleb, Ashton, Dorian, and/or Orym + size shenanigan smut

Vilya and Keyleth at Winters Crest

Yasha versus Earthbreaker Groon*

Kash & Zahra | CR3

The Mighty Nein | The M9 as a Candela Circle

Keyleth and Vilya or Korrin talk about Vax

Outsider POV M9 + Ring of Brass

Cassandra and Laudna - Talk about Delilah*

Campaign One

Vaxleth Slay the Princess AU

Vax at his job and things going well for a change ft the Matron

Keyleth/Vax, mistletoe

Keyleth/Vax, happy ending

Vax/Grog Smut

Percy/Vax’ildan: kissing (and more?)

Grog and Scanlan whump

Campaign Two

Drow Rapier Proficiency

Dairon and Essek have an awkward conversation

Shadowgast -- Caleb verbally demolishes someone at a presentation and Essek is into it

Shadowgast -- Simulated Exhibitionism via Illusion

Shadowgast - Overeating (can be kinky or h/c)

Cree/Lucien | Backstory fic

The Tombtakers | Caperfic

Caleb leaves the Mighty Nein after the Iron Shepherds

Astrid and Essek*

Essek/Eadwulf Duel

Essek/Eadwulf snowed in

Essek Kryn Winterscrest

Caleb/Neo-Somnovem Lucien + Caleb has a smutty dream of the Neo-Somnovem

Artagan/literally any male PC or NPC: your choice smut

Caleb Widogast/Essek Thelyss cozy, adoring smut

Astrid & Wulf | Disagreements

Shadowgast Sex Club Fun

Astrid/Wulf/Caleb Soft and Sweet

Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast: Shadowgast in-world romance novel smut

Campaign Three

Lieve'tel/Cerkonos

Essek and Verin in Vasselheim

Veth deserves a minotaur for Critmzs

Marwa - what's she up to?

FRIDA/FCG - FRIDA finds out that FCG is dead

Ashton/Marwa | Awkward date

Relvin Temult's POV

Dorian Storm/Orym: clothing

Laudna and Bella - Reunion or Rememberance

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