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Part 2 of The Chaos Bringer
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Published:
2024-11-01
Completed:
2025-05-24
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Act II (When Darkness Strikes)

Summary:

Welcome to the Shadowcursed Lands. We have evil monsters, tormented souls and plain pure bad luck. When things take a dark turn and your demons come out to play, don't blame us. You had your fair warning.
Sorry, no. No, you can't put them back. In fact, we'd like to join them and feast on your fears too.
But do tell us, though. What are you going to do about it?

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Nyx shifted her focus away from the curse. Shadowheart was negotiating with Astarion for Lathander's mace.
He was being purposefully difficult, "And why should I?"
"Because I asked nicely. Besides you can't use it properly."
"Hah! I'm sure I just need to swing it in the direction of the monsters."
"That being the problem. I can do a lot more with it and I don't even need to swing it."
"True as that may be, darling. I still haven't heard what's in it for me."
Shadowheart rolled her eyes, "Other than your odds of survival increasing dramatically?"
He tilted his head considering, "I can think of a few ways to achieve that without handing over anything."
Shadowheart glanced pointedly at Nyx, making a face.
Nyx snorted, What? Just because we 'snogged' doesn't mean I get to tell him what to do.

Notes:

Series Title: The Chaos Bringer
Parts: Act I (Where Darkness Hides), Act II (When Darkness Strikes), Act III (What Darkness Reveals)
Current Act: Act II

Major characters: Original Female Character (Nyx), Female Tav, Astarion, GOAT Clive, Karlach, Gale, Shadowheart, Wyll, Lae'zel, Halsin, Scratch, Owlbear Cub, Jaheira
Romances: Nyx/Astarion (Major), Tav/Gale (Minor)
PoV: Third person. Nyx (Major), Astarion (Mid) and Tav (Minor)
Updates: Once a week on a Friday or Saturday (when all goes well). Usually ~ 15:00 UTC.

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Chapter 1: About Act II & Index

Chapter Text

The Chaos Bringer BG3 Fan Fiction Act 2

 

Hello my fellow beautiful people, and Astarioniestas! Nyx, Astarion, Tav and the gang are back!

For those of you who are new readers: Welcome! I would highly recommend starting with Act I. You can safely read Chapter 2 and 3 to get a feel for the writing, but more than that runs the risk of Spoilers for Act I.

Per usual, this section discusses what you can expect for Act II as well as providing the 'interactive Index.'

Numero Uno, the break was great. I had a rest and recharge as well as revisiting and revising my plans - glorious plans! 😈

 

On that note, I think I'll blanket warn on triggers for Past Abuse, Trauma and general Dark Topics. Act II is 'proportionally' going to have more 'dark' chapters than Act I, but I'm going to navigate the stormy waters as best I can so that you, me and the gang have a nice balance between the dark/gut-punch-to-the-feels and the light/feel-goods. Including some chapters that are going to have us all grinning like idiots 🤭
This means me trying to be brave by both 'broaching' and well as 'emphasizing' dark topics (again without it becoming a Telenovela or Stephen King Horror 🤣)... More towards suspense and thriller-ish vibes. Some of these will be gradual (because of their sensitivity), whereas others will smack you as hard as they do the characters. Because as a writer, I strongly feel it is my job to do so, not only to challenge my own writing, but to do right by the story and its characters. However, per usual, I am dealing with the topics of trauma and abuse respectfully (i.e., not kink).

 

Anyway, another thing... the characters are starting to take on a life of their own, which means that I'm going to deviate from in-game dialogue and 'interpersonal' scenes a lot more - but remain true to the characters and the plot, no doubts about that. However, because I've made significant changes to the environment and the monsters, both the characters and their relationships are going to reflect that. I've ditched many of the chapter tags, because almost everything will have either a character development and/or relationship tag from here on forward. Thus, I only have location, battle and/or adventuring tags.

 

I have my initial road map, but I am flexible and I'll let some things evolve naturally as the story progresses and characters develop... There are a few key scenes with Nyx and Astarion that I'm heavily reconsidering on moving away from the in-game ones (i.e., 'the Tav ones') and opt for fresh ones that are more inline with their relationship. So, let's see.

 

I'm going to end of with the following, more as a reminder to myself and then we can get started! Whoo! Wiggly arms dance...

 

Main focus:

  • Real People
  • Real Problems
  • Real Stories

 

Emphasis on:

  • Great characters
  • Strong dialogue
  • Immersive stories

 

Writing ingredients:

  • Interpersonal relationships
  • Inner conflict
  • Monsters
  • Battles
  • Banter
  • Symbolism

 

👍 Let's go go go!

 

 

Interactive Table of Contents

 

1. About Act II & Index (2024-11-01)

  • What to expect, my crazy ideas and organization of chapters

 

2. Between a Shadow and a Cursed Place (2024-11-01)

  • Introduction, No Man's Land, Adventuring, Major Battle

 

3. Hidden in Plain Sight (2024-11-02)

  • Camp, Night, Relationship things

 

4. In Light and Shadow (2024-11-08)

  • Ruined Battlefield, Minor Battle, Last Light Inn

 

5. Bad Ideas All Round (2024-11-15)

  • Last Light Inn, Sunken Ruin, Minor Battle

 

6. Choose Your Poison (2024-11-22)

  • Last Light Inn

 

7. All That Glitters (2024-11-29)

  • Ruined Battlefield, Tollhouse, Minor Battle

 

8. Souls for Gold (2024-12-06)

  • Tollhouse, Major Battle, Moonrise Towers

 

9. The Great Escape (Part 1) (2024-12-13)

  • Moonrise Towers, Goofing Around

 

10. The Great Escape (Part 2) (2024-12-20)

  • Moonrise Towers, Goofing Around

 

11. Pay Your Devils Their Due (2024-12-21)

  • Last Light Inn, Sexy times

 

12. When The Light Goes Out (2024-12-27)

  • Ruined Battlefield, The Elder Tree, Major Battle

 

13. Shadows Come To Play (2025-01-03)

  • Ruined Battlefield, Last Light Inn

 

14. Hunting Season (2025-01-10)

  • Ruined Battlefield, Mental Landscape, Minor & Major Battle

 

15. Shadows Remain (2025-01-17)

  • Shadowlands, Mental Landscape, Reithwin Town, Midi Battle

 

16. A Kingdom Reclaimed (2025-01-24)

  • Reithwin Town, Mental Landscape, Midi Battle

 

17. Merely Drunk Or Simply Damned (2025-01-31)

  • Reithwin Town, The Waning Moon, Goofing Around?

 

18. New Family, Old Memories (2025-02-07)

  • Reithwin Town, House of Healing, Major Battle

 

19. Old Friends, New Beginnings (2025-02-14)

  • Reithwin Town, House of Healing, Adventuring

 

20. Stalemates & Checkmates (2025-02-21)

  • Reithwin Town, Thorm Mausoleum, Adventuring

 

21. Lost and Found (2025-02-28)

  • Gauntlet of Shar, Adventuring

 

22. Trial by Shadow (2025-03-07)

  • Gauntlet of Shar, First trial, Adventuring, Minor battle

 

23. Trial by Fire (2025-03-14)

  • Gauntlet of Shar, Second trial, Adventuring, Major battle

 

24. Trial by Night (Part 1) (2025-03-21)

  • Gauntlet of Shar, Adventuring, Midi battle

 

25. Trail by Night (Part 2) (2025-03-28)

  • Gauntlet of Shar, Third trial, Midi battle

 

26. Trial by Moonlight (2025-04-04)

  • Gauntlet of Shar, Shadowfell, Adventuring

 

27. Siege by Moonlight (2025-04-11)

  • Moonrise Towers, Minor and Midi battles

 

28. Act 2 Interlude (2025-04-12)

  • Author thoughts and chat

 

29. Belly of the Beast (2025-04-18)

  • Mindflayer colony, Common Rooms & Preparation Chamber 1, Adventuring

 

30. Caged & Broken (2025-04-25)

  • Mindflayer colony, Adventuring, Preparation Chamber 2 & Brain Chamber, Midi battle

 

31. Final Descent (2025-05-02)

  • Mindflayer colony, Adventuring, The Pools & Transformation Chamber, Midi battle

 

32. Seat of the Throne (2025-05-09)

  • Mindflayer colony, Undercavern, Major battle

 

33. Death Defeated (2025-05-16)

  • Mindflayer colony, Undercavern, Major battle

 

34. Poor Fuckers (2025-05-23)

  • Moonrise Towers, Road to Baldur's Gate, Adventuring

 

35. Author Thoughts & Prospects (Spoiler Free) (2025-05-24)

 

 

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