You know. Of all your stories this is the one least liked, and the one you focus the most on. And I can't for the life of me see why. I can't understand how you can enjoy writing this.

Hello Karmic Acumen, nice to see you again!
Though I hope that, despite your first line, you didn't need a spark of Bhaalspawn soul to come back too ;-)
I really liked the way Torrin pulled a "Sherlock Holmes" on Cyrus deducing nearly everything about his upbringing from the way he speaks Dwarven. I would have never imagined that one could infer so much just by the way a person speaks a certain language, it was amazing.
I just love the wolf-son's attitude, he has barely eight hours of sentient life and he's already a smartass. Cyrus now knows what it meant for his daddy to deal with such a son, hehe.
Oh Gods above, they bumped into Coran of all people...I pity them, that Elf is a pain in the backside and a scoundrel of the worst kind, I hope they will get rid of him soon, for their sanity if nothing else.
Nice chapter and I'm curious to see which name will be given to the wolf-son :-)

hello Karmic Akumen! I didn't know that the wizards have to burn a part of their soul as fuel for their spells and it surprises me that this fact doesn't scare off any potential magic-user, apart from the lunatics of course. I like that Cyrus is willing to give up so much for Gorion, it's very sweet of him. And the wolf calling Cyrus "father" was so touching! Heh, I'm sure the Little Prince has never thought that one day he would become a father himself for someone. Pity that the wolf wants a new name, Arawn sounded nice enough to me. Nice work! :-)

Great as always.
Also Arawn is like a more furry clone of Cyrus:D

hello Karmic Acumen! Ilmater's mercy, it seems Cyrus will always put the poor Bentley through a lot of embarassment. The "Mirroshade Masterwork Meal Manifold" made my mouth water, it really sounds delicious! Imoen is her usual amazing self, her fantasy truly is too wild for her own good sometimes. And I felt so sad for Torrin, with that revelation falling down on him like a boulder... One thing makes me curious: why does Cyrus count as a pleasant experience the fact of having "wrestled a naked Thearabho into submission"? Does our favourite dwarf Bhaalspawn like men maybe? Nice chapter!

Hello Karmic Acumen, nice to see a new chapter! The way everyone (well, apart from that stuffy windbag Ulraunt) welcomed Cyrus back was very touching and Reevor crying like a child at the return of the Little Prince was both hilarious and adorable. I wonder, the priestess of Tempus is actually Branwen? I couldn't help but think of her when I saw Tempus' name there. I liked the part about the cursed items, especially their names: they made me laugh out loud, particularly the Impaler od Impotence! xD Poor Therabo, I felt for him, really, though I love the way Cyrus just says things so admantly, like it was the most natural thing in the world. Nice work! :-)

Ah! Good evolution of character and probably a better candidate for the wandering Dwarf-shaped entity in your other stories than Raonar. Love your take on the gods of magic deleting memories from their followers. Enforced stagnation sucks. Yep, Neutrality is a dead-end in D&D compared to Good. I much prefer Balance in systems between Light and Dark such as Dominic Deegan: Oracle For Hire.

Well he is not going to update I'm pretty sure

Dear Author,.. you're the first author i've ever left my enclave of HP ff for, to venture to other worlds when I don't know any of the other classic-lit worlds other than David Eddings and JKR,.. but i've never wanted to venture to DE ff because i find their writers not as inspired as HP ff writers like yourself.

I started on this chapter, and I will also read the first chapters of your other stories out of gratitude for writing and completing the other HP ff that i've left regular comments on. Just curious if you can do a post-epilogue for that or tidy it up somewhat coz i still felt unsettled at the epilogue, dangling and i'm not sure why. (I'm not an author)...

So for this Baldur's Gate story, living in 2017, would you recommend that I buy and play this game?

It's a great chapter, as always! You know, I find it funny that Entar labelled Cyrus as an "arrogant, aggravating, uppity menace", because, except for the "menace" part, the description, in my opinion, fits more Entar than our Little Prince. And I loved how Eddard managed to stand up to his father: it seems like the recent events made him grow up a lot. And the pun about the Time of Troubles not being so troublesome was a very nice touch! I hope you will keep on writing this story, I really love it! :-)

Great chapter and the banter between Cyrus, Bentley and Jaheira is absolutely brilliant! I think I may have been "infected" too, like Bentley, because I love Cyrus too. The part about the illusion is beautifully written, I could nearly see the crypts and tombstones while reading it. Oh and Jaheira in the "provocative" attire was quite amusing! I'm surprised she didn't make Bentley pay for that :-) Nice work!

Great.

Far better than the last chapter, and interesting in the virtue of great storytelling and introspection.

I loved how you expressed the suspense of Gorion's death.

And I love how you described Cyrus' reaction, even though it was really unnexpected.

Some questions: what is 'bullrushing'?

And where did Cyrus climb? On a mountain or an obelisk?

Uh, what?

Sorty, the battle was terrible. So much distruction and it eventually came to a draw.

On a meta level, I think perhaps your style of detailed description didn't help me understand the battle, simply because I had too much to follow.

I don't believe your writing is bad, just didn't fit with such a battle.

But don't feel let down, I only gave my honest opinion which is entirely subjective.

By Bhaal, this was a good chapter!

Ok, I don't get the title(what compromise?) and it was a bit difficult to follow, at the beginning but it was good!

Okay, you have a talent for fun/funny situations: the summoning enchantments(I felt it was kinda funny) plus Imoen and latter that spell that (isn't or is it?) useless. I don't know if it's a born talent or you have good inspiration, but you're very good at comical situations.

And description, and lots of thinking. But the battle was kinda slow paced and weird.

Also, I see you tend to have controlling Main Characters. Raonar was a born leader, Cyrus has the Bhaal taint thay gives him ability to see essence and that gives him authority on human relations because he can understand them well.
While this common trait is not bad, keeps focus on the Hero, it also gets boring pretty quickly.

Try to write about somebody who is almost never in control of his actions(not insane please) and see how that goes. Try GTA fandom, it's full of degenerates that try (and often fail) to change their life for the better. Tell me a good, different story.

Ahem...back on track, I also noticed you tend to give your protagonist(s) the random (or not) part in which they appear to be(or not) gay.
I mean the response to Khelben.
While this is not really bad either, your characters can be whatever , I don't mind(really) it is kinda odd. If it's on purpose it is useleas(maybe as a joke, but I don't find some subtle-nonstatement funny)and if it's an accident you should scrap it.
Doesn't tell us any thing about the characters or the story.
Right, and if there's a chance that by 'physical intercourse' you didn't mean sex and in fact it was about something like ...arm wrestling, then my comment might be rendered useless.

Moving on, I guess I liked that this chapter was shorter, or at least I read it at a pleasant , quick pace.

And that was it, if I forgot anything I'm sorry. It's late and Im sleepy.

Oh, explanation , please! Other than something I can't remember, non-sequitur meant a line, something said, that makes no...connection...to previous statements?

So, still not so sure what's going on with Cyrus, I'm just along for the ride.

And have to say, the ride is awesome.

I always wondered playing BG why they introduced Neb into the story and made him what he was. I mean, I got that he was needed for the jail break, but to put such an extreme evil character into the game as just an aside, a plot device, was really strange. With no follow up, you cannot do anything about Neb in BG, (as far as I know) you just have to walk away which was such an unexpected turn of events after "heroing" your way through game.
And I think one of the most satisfying episodes of BG2 is killing him and releasing the spirits of the children. So glad the developers remembered and built on that.

But Cyrus got to him first, well done Cyrus, couldn't think of a better use for your talents.
Great fight, visceral and immediate and oh so satisfying.