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Serials Archive

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3. Arcalian ,
4. Arietta ,
5. TheBeastlordJohnny ,
6. Bibbi ,
7. Bjorn ,
8. The Blue Sorceress ,
9. Cel ,
10. celestine ,
11. Chantrys ,
12. CHuK'chSS'raGKH ,
13. Coutelier ,
14. Dadri ,
15. Dark-Mage ,
16. Deathmage ,
17. Dorotea ,
18. Edgar ,
19. Fantysm ,
20. Futurist ,
21. H'kira the Wolf ,
22. IriaZenn ,
23. IronDragon ,
24. JustinThyme ,
25. kevtg ,
26. Laufey ,
27. Maidros ,
28. No One of Consequence ,
29. Oryx ,
30. Rand Al'Tor ,
31. Raven ,
32. Rene ,
33. Rose of Jericho ,
34. Rusalka ,
35. Shadowhunter ,
36. Silrana ,
37. Silver ,
38. Slide ,
39. Theodur ,
40. Tenebrous ,
41. UncleN00blarWants*You*! ,
42. Userunfriendly ,
43. VigaHrolf ,
44. WC_Sumpton ,
45. Weyoun ,
46. Yunami_Silverblade ,
47. Winter_Bloom ,
48. Keldan

Archives

1. Quiz Archives ,
2. Short Stories ,
3. Old Projects

History of the Attic. Archived quizzes.

Water Cooler

A place to chat on subjects not directly related to writing.

Neverwinter Nights: The Attic Module

Anything related to the NWN Attic module.

Infinity Mods

Mods for the Infinity engine, the games of Baldur's Gate I and II, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale I & II, etc.

The Backyard

Roleplaying!

Hell's Kitchen

Tired of being hassled by The Mod Squad? Want to share your thoughts – political or otherwise, express your opinion and tell off the world (or at least some of your fellow posters)? Reanimate topics that have been beaten to death? Scream, rage, vent, have personal arguments? Open the door and step into Hell’s Kitchen!

Short Stories and Poetry

1. Poetry ,
2. Stories by Ryan ,
3. Stories by Silrana

Short stories and poetry by the members of The Attic community.

Novellas

1. Novellas by Arelius ,
2. Novellas by Silrana and Arelius ,
3. Novellas by Requiem ,
4. Novellas by Anaviel

Longer stories by the members of The Attic community.

Novels

Online novels by the members of The Attic community. They are on their own websites, with the links provided here.

History of the Attic

1. Silvermoon's Attic ,
2. Attic of D'Jinni ,
3. The Attic Democracy

Reader's Digest

Talk here about your favorite books, or leave your feedback on the stories from the Cellar.

The Journals of Arelius

The Stories of Nastramas

Here, you'll find the tales of Nastramas, an evil assassin who enjoys his freelancing jobs.

Comedy by Arelius

Here are some stories of a comedic nature.

Non-Baldur's Gate Stories

Here, you'll find stories discovered by Mark in the various corners of the archives which speak of other realms outside of the Sword Coast.

Viconia & Karis Stories

'My first few stories on the attic. Stories about the Half-elven fighter/mage Karis and his lover Viconia.

Little Vierna's Excellent Adventure!

These stories will be all about Viconia and Karis' daughter Vierna, taking place a couple of years after the Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal.

A Strange World

A series born out of Strange_Girl's quiz. About FR races, characters and NPCS living in our world.

Short Sillyness

Stories and on-topic tales, and stuff that generally fits nowhere else.

Neverwinter Nights: A'mael Mellonamin

My Neverwinter Night's story, following the blossoming relationship between Aribeth and Alris Leafwalker, and the turmoils they have to endure.

Growing Up

A novella starring Vierna DeVir as an experienced adventurer.

Twilight

The sequel to Growing Up, where Vierna and the gang will be adventuring in an around Calimsham and it's capital Calimport.

Alone in the Night

Vierna's third big adventure.

Tanara

About the Baldur's Gate hero's mother.

Kaleidoscopes

Thayvian Tales

Here you will find plenty of background on some of the characters inhabiting my 'In The Cards' universe, more specifically on the young Edwin Odesseiron, and his enigmatic teacher Dekaras.

Secret Diary Of Petronella Pious

The private musings of an Evil Sorceress, and her daily, mundane activities of murder and mayhem.

Concerned Moms

The blooming Internet friendship between two very similar and headstrong ladies, one Drow cleric and one Thayvian wizardess.

A Horse And His Knight

An epic tale of paladins, armor polish, smiting, a very Evil little Demon Lord, and a very unusual horse.

Darkness & Light

Renai is a half-elven archer and rogue trying to balance being a woman with being a Child of Bhaal.

Memento Mori

This is the tale of the Vampire Hunter, a mysterious servant of Kelemvor who has come to Athkatla at the summons of the Shadow Thieves. The Hunter is not a Child of Bhaal.

Familiar Faces

This is a little piece of insanity written for the "Visiting Another World" quiz. Ladies and Gents: This is Strange in the BG-universe ... ;)

Shelter from the Storm

In this series Gorion, who is trying to convince Tethtoril and Ulraunt that they should let him stay at Candlekeep, tells the story of how he came to care for a child that isn't his.

Arcanum: Recording the Past

A story loosely based on the events in the game Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magic Obscura.

Order of Righteous Tusk

The first knightly order for tusked folks proudly presents Tazok the ogre, Emilia the half-orc and Sarevok the Sarevok.

Under the Wing of Ilmater

Joneleth, before known as Irenicus, has an asylum in Bytopia with the Crying God Ilmater.

Trials by Fire

Wherein a newborn love is baptized by fire.

Brotherly Love

Sibling rivalry comes to a head for Dallan in Spellhold.

Tales of the Silver Wolf

The adventures of H'kira the Wolf, lycanthropic wizard-slayer and Child of Bhaal, and the rest of her makeshift "pack".

The Littlest Bhaalspawn

Stories about Karnat, a kobold Bhaalspawn, as he travels through Amn, eats cookies, and reveals the horrific evils of toast.

A demon n' a druid

The story of Blight Shadow-elven and the most important things in his life, Jaheira and his animal companion, the sarcastic wolf-demon Kir'Jaeden.

The Legends of Robert the Red

These are the stories through the eyes of those who have traveled with Robert Chu the Red as they make their journey through the Sword Coast lending a helping hand.

Eye of the Hunter

This sequel to Legends of Robert the Red takes place around the timeline of the game, Baldur's Gate.

Heir to Death

Journey to the North

Im Suular

Between Dreams - An Elven Love Story.

What Makes a Monster?

A tale of a Bhaalspawn who had a completely different upbringing from that in the game. Set in the slums of Athkatla…this is Kane's story.

A Wizard and A Warrior

The tale of an unusual relationship between the egotistic Red Wizard, Edwin Odesseiron, and the evil Bhaalspawn, Kane Theaza.

Corruption of Keldorn

Dialogs for a hypothetic, and rather unusual, Keldorn romance, for the game of Baldur's Gate II.

An Enjoyable Partnership

A story of an unfortunate magical accident involving Nalia and Edwin.

Harper 007: License to Smite

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: follow a new adventure of the party and a suave swashbuckler. This message will self-destruct in 10 seconds.

Baldur's Gate/Off

The twins Onyx & Jade grew up together under Gorion and alongside Imoen. When they set out from Candlekeep, it's like they say - every story has two sides.

Throne Wars I: The Coin of Bhaal

Victorious heroes take much-need vacations and honeymoons, but a mysterious madman has his own plans.

Throne Wars II: Demonheart

When victory and prosperity tip the scales toward good, champions of balance join the cause of evil, but there may still be only one recourse: fight good with good.

Throne Wars III: The Circus of Chaos

A trio of mad bards sow mayhem across the land with a strange circus, and an old foe rebuilds the struggling Zhentarim.

Throne Wars IV: The New World

When a venomous shaman decides the only way to preserve the True World is tyranny, an epic voyage to Maztica must be made. Meanwhile, evil stirs in the Old World, and our heroes wonder why we can't all just get along.

For Better Or Worse

Adventuring for Dummies

A party of six mismatched adventurers find themselves drawn into the sinister problems that trouble Icewind Dale.

Aulava and Tiiro

Follow the rocky story of these two Amnian teenagers as enemies, friends, and finally as lovers.

Bhaalspawn and Co.

Adventures of rangers, strangers and other lovers.

Malice and Zaknafein

Life before Drizzt.

By Tooth and Claw

There are darker things in Amn than Shadows.

Song of the Rosemaiden

Wherein we dance in blood and flame with the Lady of Roses.

Whisper Stories

These are my earliest Attic stories. They are tales of Whisper, the elven assassin, and her complicated romance with a very angsty Anomen.

Dragon Trilogy

A short trilogy concerning a Sorceress, her Knight, and most of all her mischievous Fairy Dragon.

Violet Stories

Short stories revolving around Violet, the Dwarven Wild Mage Bhaalspawn. Insanity, a ratty familiar, and really bad singing may be found here.

Miscellaneous

A few odds and ends that didn’t fit anywhere else.

Journeys of the Heart

This tale follows the adventures of a young sorcerer, Soris as he struggles with his destiny as a child of Bhaal.

Elerin Stories

Sword of Torm. Tales of her Journeys throughout the Sword Coast.

Arrabon Stories

Paladin of Torm. The truth be hind the myth of the Bhaalspawn.

Other Stories by Chelle

Miscellaneous stories.

Snippets

A Bhaalspawn's adventure of everyday life.

For The Fallen

An alternative novella of Shadows of Amn in which Khalid, and not Jaheira, survived Irenicus' dungeon. What kind of implications will this have for a female PC?

Suicide Notes, an Unlikely Bard's Tale

Imagine a bard that people cross the street to avoid, one they would rather run out of town than listen to. Imagine a half-drow bard trying to make her way through the events of BG1.

Miles to Go Before I Sleep

After the defeat of Sarevok, a disturbing message from Arvandor leaves Kivan believing that he has nothing to live for, or to die for. Only his friends can help him change his mind, for it is the happiness of not one, but two souls that hangs in the balance.

Hello, Cthulhu!

Ancient Lovecraftian Gods of Insanity, Animated Terminally Cute Talking Kittens and Fluffy Pink Vorpal Bunnies...Hello, Cthulhu!!!

Unwilling to Acquiesce

The saga of Adamant the Inquisitor, the Bhaalspawn paladin.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic General Discussion

Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide General Discussion

Neverwinter Nights General Discussion

Neverwinter Nights Module Discussion and Reviews

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn/Throne of Bhaal General Discussion

Planescape: Torment Strategy Discussion

Icewind Dale/Icewind Dale II General Discussion

Baldur's Gate and Tales of The Sword Coast General Discussion

Rush Of Blood To The Head

A Child of Bhaal in relationship of forbidden and obsessive love - witness the hardships that Jaheira and Theodur, the half-elven archer, are forced to face.

All That Glitters...

Scholar. Philosopher. Writer and musician and...paladin? Follows the adventures of a highly unconventional paladin and his companions through Shadows of Amn, and beyond.

Shadows of Amn

Blue Twins

Thicker Than Water

Tybalt is a young man caught in his father's dark desires, struggling to free himself of madness and death. But even with the help of his companions, will he survive intact?

Dreams and Sacrifices

BG2 Redux

The familiar journey through Amn and beyond, but with a twist.

On Common Ground

Parents just don't understand. Or do they?

Death and Taxes

Athkatla's premier detective agency takes on a shocking new case.

Back To His Senses

Female Bhaalspawn finds love with handsome brooding ranger in this Valygar romance.

Interludes in Suldenessellar

A look at what actually happened as Viga and his companions rested in Suldenessellar after defeating Irenicus.

A Space Odyssey

Capt. Bran and the crew of the Gorion's adventures aboard the Helios, a derelict, abandoned starship drifting in deep space.

A Meeting of Like Minds

The tales of the heroic team of the Bhaalspawn knight Aleria and the sword Carsomyr and their quest to rescue Imoen and defeat evil.

The Angst and The Analyst

First in a series featuring Dr. MorningGlory Gaeston with Anomen Delryn's (her patient) search for personal redemption.

Mind Games

Join Dr. MorningGlory and others in solving the mystery of the Illithid's latest plot to take over Toril.

Black Rock at Bad Day

A Paris Chambers Adventure.

Cat's Play, Snake's Haunt

Here lie Laufey Green and Ophidia Snaketongue's strange and often disturbing collaborative efforts. Tread carefully, and always watch your back.

Ripples in an Ocean

Man in the Iron Mask

Never Look Back

Running the Shadows

BG-based sci-fi: The tale of a young Alliance soldier named Annika.

The Raven's Tale

The adventures of the Bhaalspawn Elshana of Candlekeep. This goes through SoA and eventually ToB.

Shadows and Twilight

Based on Knights of the Old Republic, this is the story of Ciryon Andure.

Battle Reports From Medusa V

The Reports of Shas'el Fal'shia Nai'sha (Based on the Warhammer 40 000 game).

When Khalid Met Jaheira

A romantic look at the first meeting, whirlwind courtship, and wedding of one of Baldur's Gate's most misunderstood couples.

On the Crumbling Road

Hunter or the Hunted

Convergence

Sacrifice

The story of an elven Bhaalspawn making her way through Amn, Tethyr, and beyond with the help of her closest friends and a certain love interest.

The Diary of Clarisse Vorak

A half-orc lady's account of her life and her adventures in the world of Terra Arcanum.

The Farthest Dawn

The Good, The Bad, and The Hamster

Alyonna's Story

A journey through BG1. Xan and his lover, Kivan and Eldoth, Edwin and Viconia, Cyric and Tamoko - everybody has their own agenda, centered on a certain Bhaalspawn.

Xan Romance

Dialogues for the game of Baldur's Gate.

Right Place, Wrong Bhaalspawn

The story of a dwelf who gets mixed up with the Candlekeep Bhaalspawn.

About Blood

The beginnings of Talek Gorionson, the impulsive and hot-tempered Bhaalspawn.

Cowled Ones

The story of Tas Savin, a cowled enforcer dealing with rogue wizards, difficult assignements, and a Bhaalspawn bard.

Saga of Daie d'Malkin

Pathways

Baldur's Gate Heroes

Comic book inspired AU, set in the 21st(ish) century. One year after the death of her sister, Imoen sets out on her own to discover who she is.

Siblings

Irene, Gorion's Ward, is dead, and now Imoen and Sarevok play at survival in the shadows of Amn.