#v. bg3

[xbadnews]

" thank you for not asking questions. " || @weaverots

percy sits by the fire edge, basking in the heat that radiates off of it. he kept his gaze trained on the flames, as they licked at the logs he had been adding as the night passed. it was grounding to see them burn, to turn into dust & ash.

he would have likely done so all night in silence if the other had not settled across from him, equally exhausted. percy had difficulty sleeping on the best of nights. his mind would dream up horrors beyond his already wicked imagination… he wonders if it's a sentiment shared by the other.

He was used to sitting alone, tracking the moon as it inched across a star-filled sky. his only companions were his brother's flask & whatever terrible thoughts that lingered in his mind. he would wait for the sun to greet him on the horizon, thankful for the way it ended every too-long night. it makes percy ill to think of telling his truth, of sharing the horrors his mind could come up with. so he won't expect gale's truth either. this doesn't make percy any less thankful for his company.

" if you wanted to tell me, you would. " percy muses simply, raising his gaze for the first time all night. there was a familiarity, an isolated comfort in being alone at night. it wasn't good for him. it felt safe, though. green eyes reflect only in the night, catching whatever light met them & rejecting it ( it was a side effect of his pact with orthax. a reminder of what he had lost. it was something he didn't like to share & thankfully, he didn't have to. ) so he lets out a sigh, offering his flask for whatever comfort it may bring, " your truth is yours to endure. "

#weaverots #comment cards ( answered. ) #v. bg3 #kicks my feet abt them

[oathfcrged]

@oathwilled : “  you’ve  been  mostly-dead  all  day.  ” 

" How dead? Are you casting speak with dead and I am not aware of it? " It's a bad joke, a terrible one in fact and he knows it's not really at all funny. They weren't far from the city now and he'd felt uneasy about returning, the more he thought about it the more the lump in his throat grew and the pit in his stomach nagged at him. He'd not woken in the best of moods and it hadn't got any better as the day had gone on. Their travels had always led them towards Baldur's gate but now it was close his whole demeaner had changed - despite attempts to keep a level head for all of them.

Usually he sat out around the fire before they all rested, but he'd excused himself and returned to his tent instead that night. He knows he's been short, impossible to cheer up and it's even worse when he knows he's been no different to Paerin. That's why it had been easier to tuck himself away in silence having stolen one of Gale's books out from under his nose so he could make some small attempt to teach himself and make use of his time. It had been the half - elf's voice that had pulled him from it and he'd made the bad joke as a result.

" That was a bad joke, sorry. " He moved a little to make room for Paerin if he chose to sit - not a night had gone by where they hadn't shared a tent, but he'd been a little intolerable, there was a chance. " I have just -... " Aksel shrugged his shoulders. " - been in my head. Bad day. " No less fighting, no less blood shed and there had been injuries but they were small and they were fine for the most part. " They would all make for far better company than me tonight you know. I promise I will not be offended - I've been an arse. "

#oathwilled #v. bg3 #this was easy to slot into either verse #SO EASY #but they need a new baldurs thread

[cottonbelles]

【💣】— ❝Oh saer, please, THE Dark Urge was my FATHER; just call me D'urgie!❞

#cb starter #v. crack #v. bg3 #idk is this crack? #is it? really?

[galedekarios]

while i did a gifset to showcase an armour set, i was also intrigued by just how different the animation is for the wizard class vs gale's unique animation:

wizard class animation

gale's unique animation

it's amazing to see not only just how quickly gale performs the somatic component of the spell, but also his efficiency of movement compared to the standard wizard animation.

there's a world of difference here, the difference between a wizard vs a prodigy, an archwizard and chosen.

#gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #ch: gale dekarios #vg: baldur's gate 3 #series: baldur's gate #meta: mybg3 #i saw someone say in the tags once that faerun can be happy that gale is kind and good-hearted and not v much like the typical(tm) wizard #in dnd #and yeah.................................

[hattersarts]

isobel & aylin commissions for @mxjinn !

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #aylin x isobel #isobel thorm #dame aylin #if ur wondering why you havent seen me draw more of them under my own steam its bc they're happy and canon #and besties u know i v rarely draw fanart of that #i loooovveee consuming it but i have nothing to add #bg3 spoilers

[dmbakura]

the dark urge and astarion trying to out edgelord each other

#astarion #dark urge #bg3 durge #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #ravennart #yes my durge is basically V devil may cry

[venusmage]

🩸first blood 🩸

#dark urge #sceleritas fel #dnd #bg3 #dungeons and dragons #dragonborn #bhaal #my art #evie #today’s warmup #felt good. i #m already v attached to her #do u ever thinj abt how dark urge went through a bunch of foster families :( i do

[voltaical-art]

creepy crawlies 🕷️

also

#tav #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #wyll ravengard #comic #voltaical ocs #bishop #arachnophobia tw #spider tw #this is me projecting a bit and also abt how much i hate the spider fights 😭😭 #these expressions were v fun to do :) #the trauma of having a druid prodigy as a sister

[oathkeeper-of-tarth]

Turns out it's not just the romanceable companions who got shiny new kiss animations in the update.

#dame aylin #isobel thorm #baldur's gate 3 #aylin x isobel #patch 6 #bg3 #kissing #bg3 spoilers #i guess? #thanks for the food larian #not super sure about all of the new camera angles in the reunion scene but #the kiss looks v. sweet love it

[lazylittledragon]

it’s being normal about dad gale hours again

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #dadkarios #galemance #your honour they are So tired #i think gale is a very ‘10pm is a late one’ kind of person so he’s not thriving #esp because cyra was Very unwell for a while so he was looking after a brand new mabel by himself #do you think he ever thought a tiny redhead pulling him out of a portal would lead to a morgue being installed in his house #it's v on brand for cyra to be literally about to have a baby and still hacking up corpses #i love that she isn't even my durge she is just like this #tw blood #cw pregnancy

[xbadnews]

oh, i'm nobody. nobody at all. just pretend you never saw me. || @countercharmd

Today was meant to go a thousand other ways. Percy wished he could say that waking up on a beach, sand in his pockets, was the last place he'd expected to be this week. But that would be a lie. His mind was still reeling from everything he'd experienced on the ship that was now in pieces, burning & scattered around him. He wanted to be thankful that he was free, but the wriggling in his skull begged to differ.

It was all disorienting, really. Percy almost didn't recognize that the shape he was moving towards was a person. he must have lost his glasses in the crash - oh this was going to be a blast.

"I don't think so, "Percy cuts back, trying not to betray his irritation. The day had gone any way but planned & his head was still reeling. Or was that the tadpole, squirming for reign in his skull? It makes his skin crawl, not knowing what it could do to him. it's easier to see the stranger now that they're a bit closer.

the intensity of his desperation must have left him vulnerable, or maybe it threw itself at the stranger's mind to try & understand. Percy's fear & frustration throw themselves against the edges of the retreating stranger's mind & he's stunned. he wants to dig deeper, wondering if this is a result of the tadpole - did the stranger have one too? did he know something that Percy did now? he didn't like the thought; that the information could be there, barely out of reach.

He sets his jaw stubbornly, stepping after the other as he tries to leave, " what was that? "

#answered. #countercharmd #v. bg3 #shakes them around in a jar

[oathfcrged]

@shiilelagh : [Kisses the other on the cheek]

It caught him off guard - evident by the slight tint of pink that filled in his cheeks, despite his attempt not to blush he had failed, his expression gave him away more often than it didn't. Aksel considered it a weakness most of the time, perhaps not on this occasion.

The paladin looked to Eleva, his brow raising, lips pursed tightly together, again failing to hide the smile that started to appear on his lips. " What did I do to deserve that? " Nothing sprang to mind, but it was no less appreciated, it'd just caught him off guard. " Or is it just my lucky day? "

#shiilelagh #v. bg3 #got him BLUSHIN #;-; #this is cute

[arinmoss]

Shadowheart :^)

#wanted to paint her before i go to bed hehe #i think this took maybe 2-3 hours idk so thats why its tsill v messy #so i mighttt clean it up later but idk might finish up my Wyll first #shadowheart #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #fanart #personally like it when she looks princely so if i draw her again shes gonna look like prince charming #tbh i hate how most of the dresses look in bg3 they look suctioncupped to the body and super weird lol #baldurs gate 3 fanart #baldurs gate fanart #baldur's gate 3 #shadowheart fanart #shadowheart baldurs gate 3 #shadow heart #art #painting

[fandom-geek]

i think the thing that really gets me about pre-canon durge is their absolute sense of duty, and their utter isolation outside of the cult of bhaal.

most of the cultists seem eager to see durge upon their return, and one even says they were the first to feed him flesh. gortash tells them of an exhibition of a bhaalspawn's corpse and another bhaalspawn's creations and durge immediately plans to attack the hall of wonder to recover them. they then apparently entrust said bhaalspawn's corpse to sceleritas fel to "restore" through taxidermy. they deride orin for her artistry with corpses explicitly because "bhaal will never care" and because orin "[does] not understand lord bhaal".

even their infamous prayer for forgiveness is framed around their absolute submission to bhaal's plans, and the crime that requires forgiveness? admiring his rival's chosen. that's one line, and the next three paragraphs are swearing to carry out his plan exactly as they've been told to, all for his forgiveness.

hell, even their room reinforces this. orin has barely touched the place aside from installing her mother's corpse and her manifesto - and that is some of the only decoration. what was it before orin, an empty room with skulls, a bed, a desk, some chests and a wardrobe?

the durge didn't have any semblance of a life outside of bhaal, aside from gortash. and is it any surprise? the only other hint they ever had a life outside of the cult is the flashback of kid durge murdering their adopted family, all thanks to their father's urging.

bhaal even tries to force them back into isolation after they've been tadpoled by forcing them to kill alfira, and then trying to force a durge who resists him to kill their lover. if they continue resisting, bhaal kills them. bhaal will not allow them to have a life outside of him and, if it weren't for jergal, he would've succeeded.

#bg3 spoilers #the dark urge #honestly writing this all out it's weird that bhaal doesn't try to kill your party when you're at the temple #it'd be perfectly in line with everything else he'd done to durge up until that moment #also just makes me think of how sceleritas will tell an evil durge that the worst thing they've ever done #is giving a beggar a coin without asking for anything in return #ymmv and everyone has their own headcanons but pre canon durge was not a happy or enthusiastic participant as far as canon shows #which is reinforced by gortash saying you've always been better at controlling your urges than orin! #why would durge bother to do that when 'all father wants is death in droves death in numbers'! #honestly i think it's v reasonable to think that durge could've been tempted into bane worship given what little we know of them pre canon #anyway haven't played evil durge myself so very curious abt any insights from that route #baldur's gate

[socialprawn]

Vengeance Paladin Philomena ❤️‍🔥

#bg3 #bg3 tav #the dark urge #baldur's gate 3 #art tag! #philomena #colours are off (i think) cos im drawing non-commissions on PC now #and i find it pointless to edit the colours or an already whacked screen :V

[westruun]

Let's do it your way then. As long as it's with you.

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #astarion x gale #bloodweave #bg3edit #bg3 spoilers #*mine: gifs #am i about to gif this entire scene? #it's possible #seeing astarion smile so much is something #imagining that he is still trying to play the game here #but v obviously failing not to fall a little bit in love #astarion deserves a man who can summon a king sized canopy bed with the power of his mind #*mine: bw gifs #gale dekarios #astarion ancunin