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i dont think its fair to call wyll naive when he has the whole, "the only thing the gods have given me is a cold shoulder" line.

he knows the world isnt fair, he lived it. the gods didnt intervene to save baldur's gate from the cult of tiamat, a devil did. and she demanded a terrible price that wyll has to keep paying.

he knows the world isnt fair, but that doesnt mean hes going to just accept it.

#wyll ravengard #wyll bg3 #wyll beloved

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Dearest Self,

Each morn, the sun climbs above the Sword Coast's horizon, its brilliance a cruel mockery against the encroaching shadows in my study. I, Gale of Waterdeep, a wizard of once considerable note, find myself adrift, tethered to this tower like a bird with a clipped wing.

My world has dwindled to waiting on Tara's return, my heart a fist pounding against my ribs each time she departs. Will this artifact be the one, or merely another false promise that delays the inevitable? The dread coils like a serpent at the base of my spine, a bitter companion to this infernal orb's hunger. How I loathe to inconvenience dear Tara thus...

Yet even my feeble attempts to accept her platitudes have become hollow. "Patience," she tells me yet I do not believe a word, "all will work out in the end. You'll see." Such trite assurances belie the growing desperation within. Her gentle meows, filled with love and concern, pierce my spirit more sharply than any enemy's blade. I don’t deserve her at my side and yet she remains.

A ghost haunts this tower – the memory of a man who reveled in discovery. Expeditions into forgotten ruins, debates amidst the great minds of Waterdeep, the simple thrill of untangling a vexing spell's secrets... These were my joys, the rhythms by which my life thrummed. The flame has dimmed, Gale, and all I see now is a yawning void should this Netherese curse remain unchecked.

Where once stood a thirst for knowledge, now only a wretched emptiness gnaws at my soul. Is this it? Is this to be the sorry end of a life so boldly begun? Forgive me, Mystra, for my doubts linger even in your shadowed embrace.

Rest now, troubled spirit. Perhaps tomorrow Tara will return with a glimmer of hope.

Your weary vessel,

Gale

#gale bg3 #prince in the tower #gale beloved #bg3 fanfic

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They fixed it? You don't have to consider the Orb at all if your character wouldn't do that? Oh, I'm thrilled!

expecting to have to convince him again to Not Die but my bro gale finally wants to live so hard you gotta roll a 25 dice to convince him of using the orb... the grow...

#gale bg3 #durge bg3 #hurrah!!! #no making my boy worried about what I'd make him do #because I never ever would

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Forever dauntless ... :]

#wyll bg3 #wyll! wyll! wyll! #bg3 fanart

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Oh my god, you're right. It's them.

Like I’m a wyllstarion shipper but I have so much appreciation for bladeweave. I feel like years down the line they’d be the sweetest old couple. Idk why but my brain supplies me with Bow’s dads from she ra

#bladeweave

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okay FINE I’ll write a post about the emperor, if tumblr’s going to give me thirst posts either way I might as well. huge endgame spoilers for bg3

the emperor is a goddamn masterpiece of game design, because he’s YOUR powerful, abusive manipulator. Wyll has Mizora, Shadowheart has Shar, Lae’zel has Vlaakith, etc— and Tav has the emperor.

They position him as your guardian. They let you design him a face so he’s trustworthy to you. MOST of his advice is… technically true. You CAN get power from the tadpoles, the githyanki ARE dangerous, you CAN beat the elder brain without Orpheus.

But it’s all a misdirect. He doesn’t care about you. If you do his “romance” scene, he’s pulling a nastier version of Astarion’s “I slept with you so you’d protect me” stunt. He needs you to obey him, to trust him, to see him as an equal.

You learn the fates of his last two “equal partners”— Ansur, whose death the emperor tries to keep you from discovering by claiming he never existed at all, and Stelmane, who the emperor claims was his friend and business partner right up until you mouth off too much, when he admits she was his thrall, and you aren’t because you’re more useful with your wits about you.

Can you really trust his “ethical” brain harvesting claims, given the other lies and half truths? Whether you think eating criminals is a lesser evil or not, there are cages in his quarters. He had thralls. His “shared memory” where he shows himself as a mindflayer in a cloak doesn’t account for the record of a glamor in his quarters that kept kitchen staff from noticing human brain meat until leftovers were removed from the room. He was manipulating people’s senses when they were around him.

But he CAN help you. He IS on your side. As long as you’re on his side, of course. His own self preservation comes first, and that’s not inherently terrible, but he will twist whatever he needs to to get you to help him, no matter how much harm it does.

He’s an incredible character. He fascinates and horrifies me. He’s perfect for his role and I love how they used mind flayers, how he’s setting you up before you even start the game.

TL;DR: long live Prince Orpheus, asshole

#the emperor bg3 #bg3 spoilers #I already know too much #bg3 analysis

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I think game studios should just release their character creators online. For the times when I don’t wanna play the whole game, just the lil dress up part

#if I can't be ismene then let me see her

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Gales line with the owlbear cub is adorable (and a little sad) "the hand that feeds is the hand that's loved, it'll never leave your side now"

Gale why are you camp cook? Gale?

#gale bg3 #gale beloved #ismene would have loved him no matter what #but the food is a definite bonus

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[Image ID: Astarion Ancunín as a boy of 13, with violet eyes, in shiny short pants and matching waistcoat over long poufy sleeves with a simple cravat. He sits reading a large book. He is smiling, imagining a golden crown, and has tiny hearts next to his head. /End ID]

"Wyll's the sort of prince-type I would have once dreamed of marrying. When I was about thirteen."

#bg3 described #astarion bg3 #bg3 fanart #young astarion

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[Image ID: Profile of Gale Dekarios from the collar up. His hair is half up and wavy, his Orb marks are visible, and he is smiling. /End ID.]

i love Gale BG3 and i love how this turned out but i'm never drawing hair again.

#gale bg3 #bg3 fanart #beautiful beautiful man

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Late night talks: Sivvus and Wyll

Wyll: "Ah well now, come on. It wasn't so bad. You make it sound so devastating, but really, I've never regretted the decision once in my life."

Sivvus: "Does not regretting your choices make the situation less devastating? I was not aware regret was required for accurate measurement of how unfortunate something is."

Wyll: "I mean, I do so much Good. I saved my people, I Defend The Coast. Arguably I can do more now than I ever could have, staying in Baldurs Gate. "

Sivvus: "So the benefits you provide to others offset the tragedy of being fundamentally rejected by the only blood kin you'd ever known or admired?"

Wyll: "Sivvus, you are a *dour* man. But yes. I think it does. I am happy, genuinely. This life suits me! I help others, defeat evil. It's a good thing."

Sivvus: "Funnily enough, I never argued the points that you make. I simply fail to see why you insist on putting up a partition of heroics between yourself and your circumstances.

You willingly riding the winds of change does not stop the wind from existing. It must, in fact, be present in order to ride it."

Wyll: "I do not deny my past, if that is what you are saying."

Sivvus: "No? Oh, of course not. You simply hide form it, avoid it, re-name yourself to escape it, and bring it up only when it is revealed by outside sources. When questioned, you do not /deny/ anything, so much as stack what you have done in your life against what was done to you in an attempt to.... what? I see no balancing of scales here, Wyll, but plenty of Burying under mountains of Worthy Deeds. "

Wyll: ".... maybe. You might have a point. What about you, though? Or is it only my fate to be grilled over the hot coals of your observations?"

Sivvus: "I do the grilling. You.... sizzle."

Wyll: "Well, consider me cooked, roasted, charred, and ready to get off this pyre. Good night, Sivvus."

Sivvus: "...... good night, 'Blade of Frontiers'."

#daaaaamn #wyll bg3 #tavs tavs and more tavs #sivvus

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As always don't forget about eSims

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he has standards

#joke's on you star #wyll is totally down for that #wyllstarion #wyll bg3 #astarion bg3 #text post meme

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#thank you for the id! #tara bg3 #gale bg3 #bg3 fanart #favorite post #lookit her!

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Okay enough of you asked for a follow up on the last comic so here’s top ten worse confession scenes number one

#tavs tavs and more tavs #dotty mcclain #gale bg3 #feat #wyll bg3 #[waves] hi wyll! kind and clever and resolute wyll! #bg3 fan comic #bg3 fanart

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huzzah

#wyll bg3 #zevlor bg3 #bg3 fanart

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BALDUR'S GATE III: THE MAIN 6 COMPANIONS.

text on each image:

astarion - blank canvasses / lent against gallery walls / flowing towards sculptures of anything goes / on the marble stairs ("sculptures of anything goes," arctic monkeys)

gale - you feel it coming right through you / it's on the other side / it doesn't have to be this way / the color of your mind ("lemon glow," beach house)

karlach - just because i'm losing / doesn't mean i'm lost / doesn't mean i will stop / doesn't mean i'm across ("lost!," coldplay)

lae'zel - it's just that i fell in love with a war / nobody told me it ended / and it left a pearl in my head ("pearl," mitski)

shadowheart - don't let this darkness fool you / all lights turned off can be turned on ("call your mom," noah kahan)

wyll - 'cause i need somebody to remember my name / after i all that i can do for them is done / just how many stars will i need to hang / to finally call it heaven? ("remember my name," mitski)

#holy FUCK the moment I read the script and recognized Wyll's song #after all that I can do for them is done 😭 #wyll beloved #tadfools #astarion bg3 #gale bg3 #karlach bg3 #lae'zel bg3 #shadowheart bg3 #wyll bg3