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janearts · 7 months

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Roisia Lydgate: Character Overview

This is really more of a background introduction to her character, but I'm trying to put as much information in one place for future reference or for anyone who wants to get a better idea of her character. Details underneath the cut!

Meta-Knowledge

Roisia is my Source Hunter from Divinity: Original Sin, but I recreated her in Baldur’s Gate 3 as a way to continue her story albeit in a completely different universe. The story and events of DOS have since become part of her backstory, and tweaked to fit the world of Faerûn.

Name Pronunciation

I’m honestly none too fussed about pronunciation. Her name is an 11th century mediaeval name that would later become “Rose” in Middle English. Roisia is probably meant to be pronounced something like /ɹɔɪːsiːɑ/ (Roy-see-ah) based on other name variants found around the same time. Her nicknames, as given to her by her parents, include: Rose, Rosie, petal, pet, rosebud, bud, so on and so forth.

Personality

Roisia is charming, adventurous, with a voracious curiosity, and a deeply analytical mind. She believes that taking care of the dead and providing a voice for the dead is her life’s calling. She was formerly raised to be a Cleric of Kelemvor, but believes that her god has disowned her since she reanimated her father. She now believes herself to be deemed among the Faithless. She’s compassionate to those in need and is willing to break rules (and the law) to help others. While she is generally a law-abiding citizen, she is dogged in pursuing the whims of her curiosity and will likewise do whatever it takes to solve a puzzle, a mystery, or a murder… or simply answer a question that has occurred to her. She is sociable, prefers when everyone gets along, and will try to talk her way into and out of most situations. This includes charming, reasoning, intimidating, and/or deceiving others to get her desired outcome. Ultimately, she finds solace and comfort in the company of animals, the dead, and books. Her favourite animal is the noble spider, and she breeds and raises some species in her spare time.

Spells and Such

I tried as best I could to replicate Roisia’s DOS character. In DOS, she was classed as a Witch. Witchcraft spells in DOS are a mixture of Necromancy spells and Enchantment spells, and I chose my spells in BG3 to imitate the ones that you get in DOS. As a witch in DOS, Roisia also had the ability to talk to animals and summon a spider. (I cheesed this in BG3 with the Find Familiar spell—technically a Conjuration spell—and having her drink a potion after every long rest.) To be more in keeping with her backstory, I gave her a Guild Artisan background and invested skill points in skills like Medicine.

Backstory

Roisia grew up in Eastway of Baldur’s Gate. Her father worked in the Gray Harbor shipyard as a shipwright and her mother was a Mortarch, running the Eastway Cemetery & Lydgate Funeral Service. She was raised to follow in her mother’s footsteps as a Cleric of Kelemvor, and specifically as a Mortarch, from an early age. She assisted her mother in managing the burial customs and rites for the Lower City’s diverse community (from embalming to ritualistic cannibalism to poisonings), comforting grieving family members of the deceased, and tending to the dead buried in the cemetery.

Her life took an unexpected turn when her father drowned during a sea trial. Grieving for her father, Roisia made her first attempt at Necromancy. She unwittingly used a wish spell in the process and reanimated him as a skeleton. Because it was the wish spell, not her first attempt at a necromantic ritual, that bound the soul of her father to his bones, Roisia is determined to master the School of Necromancy and truly resurrect her father.

She is interrupted in her early studies by the appearance of Eustace, who recruited her into the Source Hunters, an organisation dedicated to eradicating dangerous magic users (like… Necromancers). “We need you,” he said. “… and you need us.” Roisia & Eustace (or Roy & Stacey as they became known to each other) investigated the mysterious murder of a town counsellor and uncovered a Necromantic cult in the process. As they adventured together, Roisia began to develop feelings for Eustace, but as their adventure concluded and they returned to the Source Hunter Academy, Eustace did not return those feelings. Dejected, Roisia left the Source Hunters and returned to her home in Baldur’s Gate.

To “cure” herself of her heartbreak, Roisia drew up a list of lifelong goals for herself. They are:

1. A cemetery or plot of land of her own to oversee. 2. “Tenants”/”Residents” (aka The Deceased) to house and tend to on this land. 3. To master Necromancy such that she can extend indefinitely her own life and the lives of her loved ones. 4. One (1) Spouse (*not of the squeamish variety) 5. Children (*ideally 3-5)

Refocused aggressively on her list, Roisia returned to her duties during the day and her studies during the night. She was abducted by the nautiloid one night while she was off to dig up a new test subject.

Playlist

#BG3 Roisia #Roisia #taggin #tatterings #here you go!#rosecanons #roisiacanons #Spotify

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alexiethymia · 1 year

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If I could gif, I would probably gif three scenes. The ‘what rope’ scene where Vash calls Meryl and Roberto his friends so that the townspeople of Jeonora Rock don’t lynch them, and then the scene where Vash says Meryl and Roberto aren’t his friends to Wolfwood when they separate on the Sand Steamer and Wolfwood calls him cold, and finally the scene where Luida definitively calls Meryl, Roberto, and Wolfwood his friends when he first wakes up.

It’s such a nice progression of his bonds in such a few number of episodes. For all that Vash is a nice guy, and has people he helps, and even family in the form of the people in Home, it’s possible Meryl, Roberto, and Wolfwood are his first friends. It’s only when the three stick by him even after Monev and finding out that he’s a Plant, that it really dawns on him that huh in his hundred years alive, he may have finally found his first friends.

Vash isn’t naive. He knows the capacity of people to betray his trust. He’s resigned to it in a way. But he still extends that trust to people. The plan to stop the Sand Steamer wouldn’t have worked without Meryl. But Vash still leaves the task to her without any assurance that she would do her part. At the same time, I get the feeling that he wouldn’t have blamed her if she did decide to run away, same as Roberto was telling her. And it’s such a wonderful thing that through the friendships he formed with Meryl, Wolfwood, and Roberto, the trust that he freely gives is finally reciprocated. (And of course he would always have faith, what with his experiences with Rem, Luida, Brad and the people in Home).

In the same way, Vash saves what was precious to Wolfwood which was the orphanage, Wolfwood eventually gets to return the favor in saving Meryl. Even though it was out of order, you can also look at it as Meryl saving Vash, who saved Wolfwood at the Sand Steamer, who eventually ends up saving Meryl. Even Roberto, cynical as he is, does end up advising Vash on occasion.

People get hurt. People die. It’s a dangerous world they live in. But it’s nice that Vash who always asks if people ‘need a hand’ eventually meets ordinary people who also ask him if he ‘needs a hand’ sometimes too.

#trigun #trigun stampede #taggin #vashmeryl #because fave always #but really it’s the friendship that gets me #vash eventually comes to trust the three of them #not because of their words but because of their actions #and I guess that’s why I like vashmeryl so much #because of the friendship and trust #I really loved the dynamic of the four of them #rip roberto gone too soon #I really liked the touches of ordinary heroism #like how rosa was trying to help meryl even though the bombs were attaching themselves to her too #or that one julai soldier who made sure he was far away from the others when he was about to blow up #like nebraska jr. too #or how heartbroken that one julai soldier who shot vash was because of his friend #which makes it heartbreaking when they turn away from vash because these are good and decent folk #but survival forces them to be cruel #nicholas wolfwood #roberto de niro

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imsilay · 7 months

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hey, hi. i'm writing here, because it's easier than in the comments. (also, i don't want to distract from your fic with meta discussions) when you have doubts about anything concerning (english-speaking, mostly) fandom, fanlore is an invaluable resource. here's the pages for noncon and dubcon. this should give you something to chew on. just remember than noncon and dubcon are not bad words. they are useful indicators of what your works contain and, just like any other tag, serve the double purpose of helping you find your audience (and your audience you) and helping those who are not into what you offer in your fic stay away from it. hope this helps.

it really helped ily<3 im posting it cus i think it could help others too!! the site is very useful tysm :’)

#taggin #how to tag #helping

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streetcompany · 2 years

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Porto - PT

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sorryiliketoscreenshot · 2 years

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Tagged by sweet @drunkchasind a looong time ago to list 9 of my favorite movies (Thank u <3). They’re not in any specific order.

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping - [My favorite comfort movie];

High School Musical 3 - [The movie that marks my childhood/adolescence];

Inside Out - [Favorite Pixar movie, love how they talk about emotions];

Inception - [The first movie that made my mind blow];

Twilight - [The whole trilogy marked my adolescence];

Forrest Gump - [Such a great classic];

The Lake House - [Cried the whole movie, became one of my comforts ones];

Cidade de Deus - [As a Brazilian, I couldn’t let this classic out];

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - [Cried the whole movie as well, this one is perfect].

Since it’s an old trend, everyone has probably done these, buuuut I’m tagging u guys to make sure (sorry if you’ve already done it). @sammysilverdyne @neon-pink-witch @halkvonn @jaymber No pressure, of course!

#taggin #So hard to pick those #made me think a lot

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southerndscomfort · 4 months

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#graffiti #taggin #art is not a crime #street art #art #arte #urban art #markin #graffiti art

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vamosgk · 9 months

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parte2✌🏻

✨ #Bamos

✨ #gipsykings

Spray and cap:

montana cans 150ml

con transfer cap.

Acabado sucio

salpicaduras

y chorreones,tipo

squeezer pero

en spray

…bien👍🏻

#hanem #vamos

#graffiti #tags

#montanacans

#ncformula

#letters

#graffiticaps

#needlecap

#transfercap

#slowlife

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#graffiti #vamos #bamos #hanem #letters #gipsykings #lettering #tag #taggin #writing #montanacans #needlecap #transfercap #drips #squeezer

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ofwondersandhares · 1 year

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#notmine #But very much Shay's POV #urg I hate you right now #all in my shipper feels #scuse me #needed on my dash #c:Shay #ttc #reflections #taggin #notquiteahitman #for reasons

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cupcakeslushie · 3 months

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i love the donnie and timothy content 🥺 but now it’s getting me to wonder about the love language between leo and usagi and how they show affection toward each other

They show affection by basically being ride or die for each other lol. Their love language is…battle. Their first kiss was after a exhausting fight with the Foot, where they kicked absolute ass. They watch each other’s backs no matter what.

#rottmnt #rottmnt fanart #tmnt #tmnt fanart #rise leo #rise usagi #leosagi #miyamoto usagi #katanashipping #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt separated au #separated au #ask slushie #my art #post Leo shredder arc #gonna start taggin for that #tw panic attack

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patchworkpoison · 6 months

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#i have once again forgot to post on tumblr #uhhhhhh i rly like prowls earthspark design :)))))#surely pharma will make it in at this rate (the voices)#my art #earthspark #tfe #transformers #transformers earthspark #earthspark spoilers #idk if that counts rly but im taggin just in case #prowl #maccadam #tf prowl

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davidemusitano · 1 year

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New poster Painting, Digital on Paper Size: 50 W x 70 H

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friendlyengie · 9 months

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And now we have the unfinished, uncolored eternal-WIP variety hour! 🎉! This months picks are “various gay people” and “random ‘put a character in situation’” ideas. The designs of the mercs as kids are partially brought to you by @illuteridae everyone say thank you to roger for his genius brain

#tf2 #tf2 fanart #heavymedic #short fuse #boots n bombs #I don’t know why I’m only tagging the ships but! So it is.#not taggin all those dam characters #that last pic was meant to be a dtiys entry…! But I didn’t like how. Lithe? Soldier looked and couldn’t really fix it #my art!!#Long post #oh yea baby

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nightthinker-08 · 5 months

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