#Anya Drakencoat

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Get To Know Your Tav

I found this from @piipaw blog and I wanted to do it too for Anya (and maybe Orion and Calax).

Anya Drakencoat | High-Half Elf | College of Lore Bard | She/Her | Age: Mid to Late-Twenties

What is your Tav’s…

Favorite Weapon: Sorrow - It is a weapon she can use with long reach and also sorrowful lash is a go to bonus action because Shadowheart heals.

Style of Combat: Anya tends to stay back and use ranged spells like scorching ray and also a good amount of buffing.

Most Prized Possession: Her 'Cloak of Many Pockets' - it is like a safety blanket she always has on when adventuring and it carries all of her poems !

Deepest Desire: Friends who aren't going to leave her.

Guilty Pleasure: Anya has found, after the encounter with Abdirak in the Goblin Camp, she is a masochistic. So pain, apparently.

Best-Kept Secret: Anya doesn't actually have any friends. She has co-workers, she had friends, but she has no friends at the start of the game. She is trying to fix that though!... doesn't stay fixed for long it feels though.

Greatest Strength: Very friendly to basically everyone and is always willing to help those in need!

Fatal Flaw: You can do anything to this girl and she will just accept it and forgive you. She will get extremely angry if you are mean to someone else but transfer that behavior to her and she becomes a doormat.

Favorite Smell: The Sea Breeze, not only is it the scent of Baldur's Gate and Home, it is also what her uncle uses to scent himself.

Favorite Spell or Cantrip: Scorching Ray - Pewpewpewpewpewpew Speak with Animals - Anya has found speaking with animals is a great way to get information and always makes sure to greet the day by casting it Enhance Ability - Who wants like +20 to persuasion with advantage? Anya does. Enhance ability makes it happen. (Guidance can be included in this)

Pet Peeve: Anya will fist fight you if you are rude to wait staff at a restaurant. (also lip smacking well eating gets on her nerves a bit)

Bad Habit: Biggest bad habit? Putting others before herself. Minor bad habits? Biting her nails most certainly is one of them.

Hidden Talent: Anya has a deep knowledge of the arcane, she could even rival some wizards with the knowledge she has horded up there.

Leisure Activity: Poetry, it is also how she gets her spells but she just really enjoys doing it.

Favorite Drink: Hot drinks: Coffee. Cold drinks: Apple Juice

Comfort Food: Strawberry Shortcake - there is a bakery in the upper city and the owner, a nice old halfling lady, is rather fond of Anya so every time Anya gets back from a job, she will get a free slice!

Favorite Person: Gale! From the moment he popped out of the portal Anya got excited because she had heard of the Wizard of Waterdeep and oh gods, he is right here! She has so many questions for him and wants to get to know more about him. And when she does well... he certainly isn't what she expected in the best ways. Shadowheart is someone who accidentally gets saddled with Anya because she was nice to her, keeps her from not dying and now has a golden retriever as a human following her around. Anya wants to get to know her but does stay her hand because she doesn't want to be too annoying or pushy.

Favored Display of Affection (platonic and/or romantic): Platonically be warned, Anya is a hugger. She will open her arms and offer a hug quite often when things are getting distressing and will 100% cuddle with Karlach after she gets her heart fixed. Romantically - hugging, kissing, cuddling, most physical affection like that. However she also writes poem and will just slide them over.

Fondest Childhood Memory: Playing and sharing food with her old friend in Bloomburg Park. Anya would like to see him again.

@bg3-stole-my-soul Now you gotta do it.

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Informal Introductions Part One

Part Two

“My, what beautiful fur… and that collar…. Is that Tara, Gale?” excitement twinged Anya’s voice as she spotted the winged cat. Her eyes glinted a little bit as she walked along the bright orange shingles. 

“You are right! It is Tara!” Gale exclaimed as they approached  the pigeon’s nest that was still a fair bit away. His eyes were now set on seeing if it was indeed his furred and feathered companion. 

With confirmation that this was indeed Tara the Treyssem, Anya took a moment to straighten out her hair and adjust her cloak as she walked, she strutted to make her shoulders higher and a bit more postured.  “Shadowheart, do I have any dirt on my face?” Anya whispered.

Shadowheart held a hand over Anya, a light of soft magic washed over her body, cleaning the dirt and grime. Predisation did wonders. 

“Thank you,” Anya whispered as they finally made it to the nest.

Tara immediately recognized the Wizard of Waterdeep, of course she did. After all he was the sweetest, and most expensive pet in all of the realm.

“Mr. Dekarios! Good heavens, fancy seeing you here!” Tara greeted, yellow eyes trained on his face.  Well they were focused there on the ground there was a ring and an open letter. 

“Tara! That can’t be you, can it?” Gale held his arms out to gesture at her, alive and very content in terms of food it would seem. Shadowheart and Halsin stood to the side an extra few steps, giving Anya, Gale and Tara a bit of space.

After all, it was the first time Anya was meeting the family. 

“I suppose you will not be terribly shocked to find your old friend Tara amongst the pigeons. They have always been a personal favourite,” he tail twitched with a hint of delight at the thought of savoring more pigeons. 

“My, is that a ring?  For us? You shouldn’t have,” Gale said as he bent down and picked up the ring, studying it in his fingers for a moment. “Now enjoy yourself, Tara, it seems you have a nice set up here,” he said as he closed his hand on the ring.

Tara seemed… a little  startled by the fact he was not absorbing the artifact right away. 

Anya took in a breath as she tried to keep herself postured.

“Hello, um, Miss Tara. I am Anya Drakencoat,” Anya said as she bent down to be at eye level with Tara, offering her a hand to sniff. Tara hummed as she let her nose take in the scent.

“My, what a polite girl! Have you been traveling with Mr. Dekarios? I certainly hope he has not caused you too much trouble,” Tara said as she bumped her head against Anya’s hand. Anya grinned as she scratched behind Tara’s ears, a purr bellowing from the creature.

“Oh none at all, he has been lovely company and a great ally, he has spoken highly about you,” Anya said as she began to stroke the soft fur along Tara’s back, being careful not to touch her wings.  “What are you doing all the way out here?”

“I am enjoying myself quite a feast as you can see, pigeons are a wonderful snack you see,” Tara used a wing to gestured to the pile of pigeon bones that she had picked clean. 

“I see….” a flicker of concern.  “Um…. we kind of need those pigeons alive though, could you please stop, Miss Tara?” Anya asked. 

Gale looked at the two of them and a fond smile found itself on his lips. He knew they would get on of course, but to see Tara accepting her so quickly was quite a treat. A twinge of worry did cross his mind however, Tara had never liked Mystra as Gale’s lover, a protective instinct. A warranted one, Gale realized that only now. And one she was surely not going to have with someone as sweet as Anya. 

But it did not stop him from remembering the scowl that crossed his companion’s face when he had told her the news of Mystra and his romantic explorations. 

“Well how can I say no to such a polite request? Of course, Mrs. Dekarios,” Tara said, her tail flicking into the air. “However I do expect to see you come when this is all over. Perhaps for dinner? Maybe forever?” 

Anya and Gale both shared an expression. Wide eyes, mouth slightly agape and burning bright red. 

“Tara that is rather forward of you,” Gale managed to get out.

“Of course. You do realize she smells just like you, don’t you, Mr. Dekarios?” Tara asked, there was a twinge of mischief in her voice as her tail swished. “Frankly I am disappointed she had to introduce herself to me. I thought I taught you better than that.”

A hand covered Gale’s mouth as his cheeks turned bright red. “Well… I suppose I wanted to wait until I could bring her home,” Gale mumbled. 

Tara narrowed her eyes a little bit as she shifted how she stood on her paws, her wings expanding a little bit. “No excuse, you know how long I have waited for you to find a good lady.”

Gale gave a sigh as he let his head fall. “I am sorry Tara, I should have introduced you to Anya sooner.”

“Good, do not make the same mistake with your mother,” Tara said. “And Mrs. Dekarios dear, please make sure to keep Mr. Dekarios safe and out of trouble for me, won’t you?. I am sure you have noticed he is foolhardy at times and is always making me and his mother worry,” Tara’s ears drooped a little bit with the confession.

“Don’t worry, no matter what I am not going to let anything happen to Gale,” Anya promised with a smile. “I have done well to keep him out of trouble, but that is a story for later.”

Tara stepped back and her tail flicked with delight. “Wonderful, I do look forward to hearing what you two have gotten up to together. I may stay in the area if you would like to come and talk, perhaps over some of Mr. Dekarios’ cooking?”

“I think that would be wonderful, if you would be willing to cook of course, Gale,” Anya turned to face the wizard of Waterdeep.

“Why, nothing would bring me greater pleasure,” Gale said as he put a hand on Anya’s shoulder and pulled her a little closer, giving her a kiss on the forehead.

“Wonderful, I eagerly await them,” Tara said as she bowed her head for a moment before Tara took off, leaving the two of them behind.

“Well, I am certainly glad Tara likes me,” Anya said with a smile. “I was a little nervous.” 

“ It is as I said, my love, Tara was always going to love you. Hmm, now then what should I cook? If she stops by camp I best be prepared,” Gale said.

“Hmmmm, do you think she would like pheasant?” 

“A wonderful idea, not that I should be surprised. You are full of them.” 

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