Pariah's Adventures
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A Deadly Fire by CyrusJ
Fandoms: Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game), Descent Into Avernus - Fandom, Forgotten Realms
09 Oct 2020
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A deadly fire breaks out in a home, leading to both a tragedy and a miracle.
The following story was inspired by a writing prompt. It is part of the continuity of my longfic, Pariah's Descent Into Avernus. This is an incident from Farima's childhood. She is 12 years old in this story.
I've listed this first in the collection because it's the first chronologically, but it wasn't actually written until Chapter 24 of my Avernus fic. It might be worth reading a few chapters of Avernus to get a feel for Farima's character before coming back to this glimpse of her past. Then again, the story stands on its own so either way is fine.
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- Part 1 of Pariah's Adventures
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Pariah's Descent Into Avernus by CyrusJ
Fandoms: Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game), Descent Into Avernus - Fandom, Forgotten Realms
11 Nov 2022
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In the grim and shadowy streets of Baldur's Gate, four strangers come together to seek vengeance on a predatory priest. Little do they realize that this act will trigger a series of events that will take them into the Nine Hells, where they must navigate the front lines of the Blood War and the cruel machinations of the archdevils in an effort to save thousands of souls, including their own.
This fic is based on the D&D 5e adventure, "Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus". There will, of course, be lots of spoilers about the module. It also mixes in "The Alexandrian Remix", "Avernus as a Sandbox", and several third-party encounters from DMsGuild.
Even if you aren't familiar with D&D, this fic should be approachable as a general fantasy story.
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- Part 2 of Pariah's Adventures
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Elturel Epilogue by CyrusJ
Fandoms: Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game), Forgotten Realms, Descent Into Avernus - Fandom
11 Nov 2022
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A scholar attempts to make sense of events that occurred when the holy city of Elturel was taken from the Material Plane, only to reappear several weeks later. The work discusses theories about what happened, and the fallout from the city's disappearance and return.
This is a follow up to "Pariah's Descent Into Avernus".
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- Part 3 of Pariah's Adventures
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Pariah's Rime of the Frostmaiden by CyrusJ
Fandoms: Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game), Forgotten Realms, Rime of the Frostmaiden - Fandom, Icewind Dale
12 Jun 2026
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For two years, Icewind Dale has been trapped in an endless arctic night by Auril the Frostmaiden, the goddess of winter's fury. Surrounded by dark and cold, trapped in a land of yetis and crag cats and ice druid cultists, the people of Ten-Towns are starting to lose hope. Pariah, a tiefling from Baldur's Gate, finds herself drawn north by fate and prophecy, once again a tool of the gods.
"Fucking immortals," she sighs to herself.
This fic is a sequel to "Pariah's Descent Into Avernus", through it's readable as a standalone work. The story is based on the Wizards of the Coast adventure, Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden. I've incorporated some of the suggestions from the third-party supplement, Rime of the Frostmaiden Companion by Wyatt Trull, plus other sources. I've made a few of my own changes to fit the characters and the story I want to tell.
Even if you aren't familiar with D&D, this fic should be approachable as a general fantasy story.
New chapters posted every Friday morning.
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- Part 4 of Pariah's Adventures
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The Devastation of Caer-Konig (Behind the Scenes) by CyrusJ
Fandoms: Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game), Forgotten Realms (Roleplaying Game)
08 Oct 2020
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I run my D&D stories like games, with character sheets on D&D Beyond and battles run through Roll20. This one-shot is an example of how I turned a bunch of die rolls into a narrative fight scene. I'm using one of the battles from my "Rime of the Frostmaiden" story as an example. I show my personal notes as I ran the encounter, and then the scene I wrote as a result of the fight.
NOTE: This story was originally published on May 8, 2026. A couple of weeks after that, I backdated it to October 8, 2020 so it will appear lower on my list of works. I track weekly stats and this doesn't get enough traffic to bother.
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- Part 5 of Pariah's Adventures
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