Time for some Shadowheart Recs! The woman with no memory, who has gods fighting over her soul... the recommended fics below explore so many aspects of the Daughter of Darkness.
a name without a body to match by amorficzna (9988, Mature)
Content Notes: None
Pairings: Shadowheart/Gale, Shadowheart & Astarion
Shadowheart-focused soulmate AU
Reccer says: I love the unique twist the author put on the soulmate au, and I adore all the character work and interactions in this
nightlight by rowanisawriter (2481, General)
Content Notes: None
Pairings: Shadowheart/Gale
Shadowheart, in the shadows of Gale’s nightlights. Character study.
Reccer says: Fantastic Shadowheart character study all wrapped into a big extended metaphor of lights and shadows. Lovely prose and beautiful imagery
home by rowanisawriter (2855, General)
Content Notes: Identity issues
Pairings: Gale/Shadowheart
Shadowheart has no home or a memory of home. Trying to make space for herself in Waterdeep, a place already so filled with Gale's presence , is difficult and upsetting.
Reccer says: I think about this fic periodically when I am trying to find something in the kitchen cabinets. It haunts my narrative a bit now, the way absence haunts hers. Very precise and sweet fic.
Reaching For You by eldritchelf (11490, General)
Content Notes:
Pairings: Shadowheart/Tav
The Sharran church in Baldur's Gate is to be declared a terrorist organisation and a bounty placed on the head of Mother Superior Shadowheart. Florwyn cannot turn down one last, very final chance, to try and bring her old friend back to the light.
Reccer says: A delectable DJ Shart redemption that will rip your heart out and put it back to together again in ways you didn't know were still possible!
Leap of Faith by lemonwood (113387, Explicit)
Content Notes: VERY Slow Burn
Pairings: Halsin/Shadowheart
A story about forging new paths, breaking old patterns, and choosing love when the odds are stacked against you. A Shadowheart POV slowburn longfic about being mad at the stupidly kind and emotionally constipated druid.
Reccer says: A whole longfic from the Shadowheart POV and a slow burn! Where she goes from fighting herself to fighting what her past self left behind. And she gets mad at Halsin a lot, which is funny and real.
Cool Me Down, Grease Me Up by CallMeLyrus (35065, Explicit)
Content Notes: None
Pairings: Shadowheart/Tav
After the AC in Tav's car stops working for the umpteenth time, the head mechanic takes on the task personally in the privacy of an empty garage.
Reccer says: Mechanic shadowheart is everything I didn't know I needed and the whole thing is so fun, surprisingly sweet, and hot!!!
Last Glimpse of the Topsail by positivejam (8800, Explicit)
Content Notes: Mind Play BDSM, Femdom
Pairings: Gale/Shadowheart
Zone of Truth, cast by one lovesick cleric upon one terribly lovesick wizard. Gale and Shadowheart, good endings but rougher around the edges.
Reccer says: Shadowheart takes charge and is the POV character and she is so sweet and besotted and silly and I love her. Also it is hot. :3
The Fey-Cursed Sea by BardicWantings (81447, Teen)
Content Notes: Canon-Typical Violence
Pairings: Shadowheart/Lae'zel, Gale/Astarion
It's a post-canon adventure fic where the main companions (sans Karlach) go on a quest to solve the mystery of poisonous magic crabs. Each of them gets an act that continues their in-game storyline, including Shadowheart who's generally a sort of main character here
Reccer says: The author is so good at writing an adventure story and setting up a mystery. The pacing is perfect, the characterisation as well and the fight scenes are always a delight
From Darkness Into Light by Haint_Blue_Moon (13400, Explicit)
Content Notes: Serious BDSM--Mind every tag
Pairings: Halsin/Shadowheart
In the heart of Shar’s temple, Halsin’s simmering disdain for Shadowheart’s faith collides with a desire he can no longer suppress, leading to a brutal, carnal reckoning that leaves both characters unmoored from their beliefs.
Reccer says: It's hot, in short. Also a very fun look at a dom/sub dynamic that can be cooked between these two. The themes are powerful as well as the smut.
A pet by syrupwit (51900, Explicit)
Content Notes: Past Abuse, Identity Crisis
Pairings: Astarion/Shadowheart
Astarion turns briefly into a bat and Shadowheart takes care of him in his new ittybitty form. This event triggers her capacity for warmth and care and it changes the course of her relationship with faith, devotion, the shadows, and Shar.
Reccer says: This is a Shadowheart fic where Astarion is fluttering around in the corners like the tiny little bat he (briefly) is and such care is taken with her character it makes my heart swell. I LOVE THIS FIC. RAAGH.
Marks by syrupwit (1743, Teen)
Content Notes: Drinking, Mutual Pining
Pairings: Astarion/Shadowheart
Shadowheart and Astarion have a sincere and silly moment tipsy in the Gate where she insists she's not that mysterious if you're paying attention.
Reccer says: It's wickedly cute and sincere without giving up a single edge these two characters have in canon.
a little discourse by syrupwit (2000, Explicit)
Content Notes: Cunnilingus, Masochism, Service Top
Pairings: Gale/Shadowheart
A Galeheart cunnilingus special where Gale provides for god's favorite princess.
Reccer says: It's both hot and very funny and the character voices are so good.
Honey by Carnivaley (10247, Explicit)
Content Notes: Mildly dubious consent
Pairings: Shadowheart/Enver Gortash
Pre-events of the game, the Sharrans send Shadowheart to investigate the up and coming Enver Gortash.
Shar's Entropy by sometimes angelo (35258, Explicit)
Content Notes: Slow Burn, Shar-typical terrors
Pairings: Shadowheart/Tav
Csaloka will come to realize she wants to give Shadowheart everything. But the cleric has other ambitions, and she serves a jealous goddess. What might be lost along the way?
Reccer says: An extremely rich and textured look at Shadowheart's journey with loss, her goddess, and the nature of love.
