15 Works in The Dark Urge & Halsin (Baldur's Gate)
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On an entirely unrelated mission, Astarion and Octavian stumble upon what appears to be Astarion’s childhood home.
What begins as a quest to reclaim the past soon becomes a journey to reclaim himself.
But as buried memories resurface, another long-awaited moment arrives—Aodhán has done it. The sunlight potion is ready.
Yet hope is a fragile thing. Will it work? Or will his last chance to step into the light slip through his fingers, swallowed once more by the darkness?
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- Part 21 of Symphonies
- Part 11 of BloodWing
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Two wrongs don't make a right, but what happens when two broken souls are forced into an adventure fraught with peril, disaster and a veritable pantheon of gods to piss off? Astarion is running from his past as you (The Dark Urge) run towards the mystery of yours fate aligning your paths along the way. There's so much more to you than anybody could know but with the help of this stubborn vampire and your motley crew of companions hopefully you'll all come out the other side with no tentacles to show for it.
Basically, I just finished my first Durge playthrough and this character is so fascinating and heart breaking. I really wanted to explore the difficulties of their life, especially when going down the resist path, not to mention the similarities with a certain vampire spawn who lives in my mind rent free. One of those, looks like I'll have to do it myself moments.
Warning: Contains spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3 dialogue and in-game spoilers as well as spoilers for The Dark Urge story/lore.
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How to Save the World (one companion at a time) by RyuuSiren13 (RyuuLusca13)
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
28 Jul 2025
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He doesn’t remember his past, where he came from, or who he is. Hells, he doesn’t even remember his own name. "The Dark Urge?" That’s… not him. Not anymore, at least. Yet, he has this feeling that these strangers are important. That they are worth… everything.
And that he’d kill anything and anyone that stood in their way, gods and devils alike.
If only they could remember why.
*cross posted to Royal Roads under RyuuLusca13
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- Part 1 of Tavernus and the Tadfools
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Senna saw her family.
She saw Sarevok and Helena and Orin and the whole sorry lot of them. And Bhaal—always, always Bhaal. Her father. Her father, her shared flesh, and in any other world the sheer injustice of it would have rendered them all to dust. It should have. The world should never have allowed it. She should never have existed at all.
But such was the world's way: Bhaal was a god and his spawn were doomed to murder and madness. Thus was the truth of it. Senna was a story mothers told their children to scare them to bed. The world did not care; it moved on. Children listened, and they slept, and they dreamed, and meanwhile Helena Anchev wrapped her hand around her daughter's throat.
Still reeling from her newfound freedom, Senna is haunted by the writings of Sarevok, the fate of Helena, and the ever-looming threat of Bhaal's influence.
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- Part 4 of bark like a god
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Haunted by strange thoughts and impossible memories, Ozymandias sets out to learn what happened to him, as violently as possible.
Note: there is an Age of Empires reference :)
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- Part 3 of Ozymandias
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Too Busy Saving Everybody Else (To Save Yourself) by TheDisasterTypist
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
08 Dec 2024
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Lethe has saved the day, saved their friends, and saved themselves from Bhaal. You know what they say about all good things...
"“Are you well, my friend? You seem... distracted.” He huffed a laugh. “Though after the day we've had, that's more than understandable.”
Lethe almost laughed as they considered how to answer. “Mmm, I-” They had started to speak when there was a sharp movement to their left. Time seemed to stick as they went to cover Halsin’s unguarded flank.
It was just two dogs, playing with a tentacle in an odd game of tug. Unfortunately, by the time they registered what was happening they were already tripping over their tired feet. Lethe tried to catch themselves to no avail. Their right hand landed poorly first, then their head met the pavement. Hard."
OR: A Bhaalspawn's past catches up with them. And so does copious amounts of brain damage. A look at remembering things once lost, and dealing with losing the control we once had.
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death cannot harm me more than you, my beloved life by edelgarfield
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
24 Nov 2024
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If there’s one thing Halsin knows about you, it’s that there’s no situation dire enough that you won’t laugh about it.
“Thank Astarion,” you snort inelegantly. “I was too busy being dead.”
A long-suffering sigh escapes Wyll’s nose. You turn to him with a shrug. “What? It’s true.”
“This isn’t a laughing matter,” Wyll says severely.
You roll your eyes. “As the person who died, I think I get to decide that.”
The group rests and recoups as their time in the Shadow-Cursed Lands draws to a close. Shadowheart and Gale consider the divine trials bestowed upon them. Halsin and Jaheira harvest the fruit of plans decades in the making. Astarion and the Dark Urge learn how to move forward, one step at a time.
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- Part 7 of cardinal, sunrise, morning star
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All of it is wrong. So, so wrong.
It had been his and Octavian's turn to host, usually Octavian would do the cooking in this case but this time Astarion had volunteered. He'd found a recipe he liked in an old cookbook that was lying around the Waning Moon.
Unfortunately though, he had completely forgotten who the owner was previously to them. Thisobald Thorm had been most famous for all kinds of toxic concoctions but Astarion believes he has taken all of them out of the recipe before preparing the food for today.
It had smelled nice enough and Octavian as well as Aodhán and Halsin have eaten it all with gusto so it couldn't have been all that bad.
But now that their monthly family dinner had advanced a little further Astarion realizes that he must've gotten something wrong with the food.
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- Part 14 of Symphonies
- Part 9 of BloodWing
- Part 2 of OakHeart
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Like Real People Do. Kinda. by RyuuSiren13 (RyuuLusca13)
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
22 Aug 2024
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University life was so damn weird sometimes, but Durge wouldn’t change it for the world. Not this part of it, at least.
The part where all of their friends had some kind of tragic backstories that led to their ever-growing Kill List could be changed, though. Durge wouldn’t mind that half so much.
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You were made to be a weapon—a perfect blade meant to sever the spine of the world. You lost your old life, but you're still the same blade wielded by a different hand.
An arrogant older brother forces you to confront the ruins you left behind. But with every glimpse into your past you lose more and more of yourself. Astarion desperately tries to keep you together as you self-destruct.
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- Part 6 of cardinal, sunrise, morning star
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how much of you is there, when all you can think about is hurting others?
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Dirge /dərj/
Definition:
1. A lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite.
2. A mournful song, piece of music, or poem.
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- Part 1 of Song of a Slayer (Fae's Dirge Story)
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» Kill Me Like A Lover « {Durgetash 02} by XindiChick
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
10 Apr 2024
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I failed to resist. I fell in love with the trash man. Here's the result.
"BuT wHY woULd sHe PUt HaLSin anD gORtaSh toGeTHer?" - Read and find out! (It makes sense, I promise.)
» “You’re back,” he whispers, and an almost maniacal glow radiates from him. “And something in you is drawn to me, I can see it. It makes me hopeful.” He tilts his head to the side and brushes hair away from my neck. “Did you really not expect me to use every resource at my disposal to convince you to stay?”
I gulp. Gods, I should never have gone to see him. Some things are best left buried, some fires best left extinguished. But I poked a bibberbang and now my world is ablaze. «Closely following my first Durgetash fic - I Don't Like You. Some more love and attention for my beloved bear on the side of Durgetash madness.
I want to write them into a polycule, but it's gonna be hard work. I dropped a hint here, not really going into detail of what was going on between them while Durge was out. Halsin might not approve of him, but he can see what Durge likes about him.Series
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i believe in forgiveness (but i don't know if people can change) by pinefather
Fandoms: Baldur's
21 Feb 2024
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A man like the finest sussur blossom, a treasure native to his first home. A man that could not bloom in the light.
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What started out as a blurb when I was bouncing ideas off a friend of mine turned into me hurting my own feelings. Hope you like!
This is my retelling of my durge, Meliona defeating Orin and rejecting Bhaal, with her lover, Halsin witnessing the whole thing.