Cover of the fanfic Broken Mirrors: It shows Astarion and Rolim hugging in front of a broken mirror that I photoshopped in.
Chapter 31 of #BrokenMirrors is now up!
Please mind the CWs, there's some heavy stuff in it this time.
Especially in the first italicized section.
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VP of Wyll crouching on a rock, he's bathed in red light, covered in blood and looks distressed.
Sneak Peek for #BrokenMirrors Chapter 31, which I just finished and sent to my b3ta β€οΈ
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Escape I want to escape. Take me away. Far, far away. Out of my forsaken flesh. Away from this abject anguish. I don't want to be here. I don't want to feel this way. Sensations. Overwhelming. Mind. Breaking. Soul. Prying itself apart. Take me away. Far, far away. I don't want to be here. I don't want to feel this way.
Yet, I know. I know. Escape is an illusion. A brief deceitful deferment. Yet, I need it. I need it. To hold onto the last remaining pieces of me. 19th Kythorn 1492DR
It occurred to me that I haven't written poetry from #RolimOC 's POV in a hot minute.
Mind your spoons, it's dealing with dark themes.
CW: implied SA and dissociation, disconnection of body and mind
#BrokenMirrors #DoraWrites #OriginalPoetry #OriginalPoem #DarkPoetry #DarkPoem
#TavQOTD
So you reminded me that I should be writing this with #VincentOC and her for #BrokenMirrors.
So I did!
Have fun!
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The cover for the fanfic Broken Mirrors, showing Astarion and Rolim hugging.
Chapter 30 of #BrokenMirrors is up now!
Thank you to @redroomroaving.bsky.social for allowing me to borrow their version of unchanged Haarlep β€οΈ
Initially, there was supposed to be #OakWeave smut, but Gale needs to think about ... things.
#RolimOC #DoraWrites
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"You will regret this, you insolent fool!" he barks at me. "There you go," I smirk. "Throwing a tantrum and proving my point," I close my eye, shaking my head. "Begone. The adults have business to attend to." He bares his teeth before finally vanishing in a cloud of stinking sulfur. I wave my hand in front of my nose to dispel the stink before turning back to the others. "Now, where were we?" I ask.
And Rolim Cordwainer delivers another crit hit to #Raphael 's ego!!!!
#RolimOC #BrokenMirrors #DoraWrites
Camping in the Gauntlet. Rolim takes the first shift of the watch.
It's happening...
Teaser for Chapter 30 of #BrokenMirrors
#RolimOC #BG3FanFic #BG3FanFiction #DoraWrites #Act2 #GauntletOfShar
Banner of the Fanfic Broken Mirrors, Astarion and Rolim hugging.
#BrokenMirrors Chapter 29 is out!
#Gale meets #Mystra on the fugue plane and #RolimOC #VincentOC #Astarion and #Shadowheart stumble upon Arabella!
Fun times in the Shadow Cursed Lands!
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Making my friend retreat into a bit of a writing retreat always pays off.
Wrote two chapters today, one for #BrokenMirrors and the last one of #TheFallOfHouseErbil.
Tomorrow, I'll work on #MelethNestadui and #TheSzarrTrials!
"We're ready then?" I ask, waiting for everyone to nod before entering. I try to walk as silently as possible, but with Vincent right behind me, I may as well forego the effort; he clings and clangs enough to be mistaken for an entire armory. And it's that noise that ultimately makes the person standing by the wall turn around, their movements jerky and mechanical, like a broken doll. "H-ere to see-see the doc-tor? He is rea-lly, very bu-sy, the physician, al-ways so bu-sy-bu-sy." Even her words are choppy, and her voice sounds distorted and just plain wrong, like a creature merely imitating human speech to lure its prey, making gooseflesh creep up my spine. Still, why not try a peaceful route first? "I'm actually wondering if you've recently admitted two patients," I answer. "Friends of mine, you see?" "Ah," she nodsβwell, more like jerking her head up and down. "Foul-blood-bloods, de-vils?" "They are tieflings," I answer her again. But instead of talking to me again, she suddenly comes at me, dropping on all fours and crawling toward me with a speed that I wouldn't have attributed to her; she reminds me more of a cockroach than a human being. Behind me, Vincent braces his longsword, and Shadowheart already has a spell on her lips while Astarion draws back his bowstring, ready to shoot her if she goes through with the attack. But she doesn't.
Once she's right in front of me, she twists her body upright again, standing face to face with me. "You your-self-self are aw-fully pale-pale," she says. "Are you s-ick-ick?" "I'm really just looking for my friends," I try again. "They are sl-eeping, you cannot s-ee them right n-ow." "I just want to check in with them, I'm babysitting their daughter, you see?" I smile. "F-ine," she pushes her arms into her hips, her elbow bending the wrong way. I bite back a flinch. "Foll-ow-ow me."
Can you tell that I really, really love the creepy nurses in Act 2?
#BrokenMirrors #DoraWrites
I think #BrokenMirrors is finally going to see some wholesome smut...
#Gale and #Halsin seem ready after that fright with Oliver's necrotic dome.
#OakWeave
Virtual Photography of the inside of a Sharran sanctuary. Shadowheart is praying at the feet of a statue of Shar while Astarion, Vincent and Rolim stand off to the side.
A new chapter of #BrokenMirrors is up now!
Finally! After a month-long break! I'm very sorry, but Uni kept me busy, and then I was sick and busy with Valentine's day stuff...
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#Astarion #RolimOC #VincentOC #Gale #Halsin
#TavQOTD
In my #Prophetverse, that's actually #RolimOC and #VincentOC 's stepmother Belladonna.
Naturally, that means they destroyed whatever was in that glass. (ingame I stole it and didn't give it back, triggering the Balthy fight)
In my fanfic #BrokenMirrors that'll all happen a bit differently.
"Can you help him?" Karlach asks, kneeling beside me and placing Gale's head in her lap. "I-I'm trying," I stutter, but my love's eyes are already growing hazy, unfocused. The sickly veins are spreading up his face and painting his sclera black. And his heartbeatβ The heart of my heartβ It's slowing down. And then it stops.
Gale's resurrection protocol initiated!
Oops...
#DoraWrites #BrokenMirrors
#TavQOTD CW: vomiting
#VincentOC has no problem at all being brutal.
He's a fighter first and a paladin second, with a hot temper and quick to resort to violence instead of talking.
Snippet of an upcoming chapter of #BrokenMirrors
#TavQOTD
While #RolimOC usually picks the path of least violence, he, too, can be brutal.
Especially when his loved ones are on the line.
Snip from chapter 20 of my fanfic #BrokenMirrors
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9) "I love him. And that's why I..." he hesitates, "nevermind," he closes up, smiling lightly, a sadness in his eye that seems absolute, final.
(Minthara is dead in his canon #BrokenMirrors and he hasn't recruited Jaheira or Minsc yet, so no thoughts on them for now)
Broken Mirrors ShandoraTheExplorer Summary: When Rolim wakes up after the crash of the Nautiloid, he can hardly believe the reality he finds himself in. The compulsions once forced upon him by Cazador are goneβand somehow, the sun no longer burns his skin. But freedom comes with a price: an illithid tadpole now burrows through his grey matter and with it, a creeping loss of his vampiric strength and instincts. He soon finds himself among a ragtag group of survivors, all infected, all searching for a cure. One of them stands out more than the rest: Astarion. Handsome, sharp, andβunlike mostβgenuinely respectful of Rolim's boundaries. While Shadowheart hides her own secrets and Lae'zel simply doesn't care to ask, Astarion sees Rolim's need for space... and honors it. As their journey twists deeper into uncertainty, a question begins to take shape: What will become of them all when the fate they seek to change refuses to be rewritten? AU where Astarion is a 239 year old mortal elf and magistrate and Tav is the one under Cazador's thumb! Have fun!
#BrokenMirrors
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Sooo... I thought about this andβ
#DominoOC #BrokenMirrors #RolimOC
#TavQOTD #RolimOC
Just... dropping this here then.
Not enough space for the flashback, you can find that in the chapter of #BrokenMirrors
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#TavQOTD
#VincentOC
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No context because it's a spoiler for the fic #BrokenMirrors
It's well known though... Happens in Chapter 19
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#TavQOTD
#RolimOC knew he had feelings for #Astarion at the mountain pass. But he took his time to make sure he really, truly knew what he wanted because Astarion deserved that!
He confessed after the gang rescued #VincentOC in the SCL.
#BrokenMirrors Ch. 25
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#TavQOTD
Yes, in #Prophetverse, Wyll gets out of his contract. He does that himself though, making the first decision at Moonrise, and again in the city.
I'm not sure yet how all of that will play out, as I haven't reached this part of #BrokenMirrors yet.
#TavQOTD
I think I have many character foils in #BrokenMirrors as I love contrasting differences in characters overall.
At his core #RolimOC himself is a foil to contrast how the same trauma can manifest quite differently between two people (in his case, canon #Astarion)
The cover of the fanfic Broken Mirrors
New chapter of #BrokenMirrors is up now!
First day of #VincentOC joining the party. Let's see how everyone gets along, shall we?
We're also checking up on Wyll... it's not pretty.
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#TavQOTD
#RolimOC is very versatile; he can support and heal from the back, but he can also get up close and personal and deal massive damage.
It's a point in my fanfic #BrokenMirrors that whenever the party splits up, he acts according to the composition.
A screenshot of Shadowheart praying by a statue of Shar while Astarion, Vincent and Rolim stand off to the side, forced to wait for the cleric before they can continue.
Sneak Peek for a future Chapter of #BrokenMirrors
#TavQOTD
#RolimOC
Basically as I've written in #BrokenMirrors
The PC finds him gone from his tent at the party and can go look for him. Upon finding him, he'll ask for help in tending to a wound. (This is where the PC sees the infernal scars for the first time.)
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Welcome to the Carnival Where the ugliest things Wear the prettiest smiles
Welcome, welcome, wear your grin Paint it red from deep within Masks don't judge and mirrors break Come now, how much can you take? Dance, my darling, spin and scream
Welcome, welcome, play your part Tear your conscience limb from heart Rules are rumors, shames passΓ© Here, we all just rot in play Smile wider, scream with flair Strip your soul, we'll dye your hair No one leaves, and none are sane
Act 1 Rolim
I just found a new song that perfectly fits #RolimOC during those many balls #Cazador used to hold.π
The second one hits especially hard because of his fanfic title #BrokenMirrors and the fact that he had to dance to entertain the guests, too!
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