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The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth by Paratale
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
03 Jun 2021
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Trent Ikithon tries to scare Essek into keeping quiet. It backfires rather spectacularly.
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03 Apr 2026
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“Caleb,” he whispers, voice breaking. “I have been caught. I am so sorry.” He swallows hard around the lump in his throat. The blade at his back is almost superfluous; he’s losing blood too fast to survive anyway, and he can feel his mind fogging over. “If you find my body, take me to the Blooming Grove. Please.” Essek closes his eyes. “I love you.”
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02 Apr 2026
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Essek is shaking once he’s sat there for twenty minutes. He’s thirsty. He wants to walk over to the jug of cold water on the table by the door. He needs to get up. He can’t.
He won't cry. It’s stupid to cry over this.
Verin gurgles.
“I hate you.” Essek curls his fingers around his elbows. “I hate you. I hate you.”For as long as Essek can remember, he has been cursed to obey. He has managed, in his own way, to mitigate the consequences of the curse while pursuing his academic and personal desires. It is only after being commanded to act as a guide for the Mighty Nein that it becomes a true complication.
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02 Apr 2026
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"Unfortunately, our progress has stalled out somewhat," Ikithon says, slowly circling the beacon on its stand. Under any other circumstances, that would be the thing that drew Essek's eye.
Instead, his gaze is fixed on the man sitting in a chair at the circle's center. A picture of misery, he is bound hand and foot to the chair with thick iron cuffs. His face is mottled with bruising, his rust colored hair hangs in limp, tangled clumps, and his clothes are torn and burnt. Wide, frightened eyes the color of daylight sky whip frantically back and forth between them.
Essek knows that face. He knows it all too well. Not two months ago, that face kissed him on the forehead and told him that he was still capable of good.
The bottom drops out of Essek's stomach. Please not him.
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After the peace talks at sea, Ikithon approaches Essek with an offer he can't refuse... But dearly wishes he could.
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31 Mar 2026
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Essek has a moment to consider that gravity-based trust exercises have never worked for him, and then the spell hits. He leans back into it, falls, falls.
(In which Essek is resurrected by the Mighty Nein and framed for innocence.)
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29 Mar 2026