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Dark Urge & Orin Ask Game

I was complaining about the lack of Orin in Dark Urge ask games before realising, hey, I have a lot to say about Orin, why don't I make one myself? So here we are.

When did your Durge and Orin meet? What was their relationship like initially? Did their feelings towards each other change over time?

What was their relationship with Orin like immediately before the tadpole lobotomy? Was Orin sure in her decision, or did she regret what she was going to do?

How did Orin go about taking your Durge down? Did she need to trick them? Was Durge blindsided, or did they see her betrayal coming?

How does your Durge feel about Orin in game? Do they remember her at all?

Does your Durge regret Orin’s death? Would they have saved her, if it were possible? Did they find a way to do so anyway?

Does your Durge consider Orin a sibling? Do they think of her as family at all?

Did your Durge have any siblings in their foster family? Did they always want a sibling before meeting Orin? How does Orin compare to the foster siblings they may or may not have killed?

How did Orin feel when your Durge was introduced into the cult as Bhal’s favourite child? Or if your Durge was already there before Orin’s birth, how did they react to the new baby?

How does your Durge feel about Sarevok and Helena? Are there any other Bhaalspawn they consider family?

What did your Durge really feel about Orin’s art?

What was Orin and your Durge’s biggest point of contention before the tadpole lobotomy?

What’s something Orin and your Durge always agreed on?

Tell me about a time your Durge and Orin genuinely enjoyed each other’s company

Was there anything Orin and your Durge really admired about each other?

What did Orin and your Durge dislike the most about each other?

How does your Durge feel about Helena’s attack on Orin as a child, and Orin’s murder of her? 

Did your Durge know Sarevok hoped they’d have children with Orin? How do they feel about that whole situation?

Did their relationship with Orin change, when Durge started pursuing the Crown of Karsus? Did their dynamic with Gortash and/or Ketheric change anything?

Does your Durge remember anything of Orin between waking up on the nautiloid and meeting her in Act 3? Do they recognise her in Moonrise?

Who got the Slayer form? Is there any jealousy or fear from the loser?

How does your Durge feel about the revelations over Sarevok’s abuse of Orin and Helena? Did they know already? Do their opinions change post-amnesia?

Does your Durge resist or embrace Bhaal? How does that affect their relationship with Orin? How does she feel about them breaking away, or trying to get their position back?

How does Durge react to Orin kidnapping their companion? Do they agree to her demands to kill Gortash, or go after her first instead? Why?

How does your Durge feel when they learn that Orin betrayed them and was responsible for their brain damage and tadpoling? Do they consider it a betrayal at all?

How does your Durge remember Orin, after everything is over?

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I love that Shadowheart/Durge are just the fucked up verison of Isobel and Aylin and it’s like extra obvious if both Shadowheart and Durge are trying to redeem themselves

I’m just imagining Shadowheart with her hair freshly dyed to look like Isobel’s like “I am also dating the child of a god 😌” and Durge just over there like

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roll up to the “seduce astarion” competition but my opponent is wyll so i drop out so i don’t embarrass myself

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shadowzel unfriendly hater mv

you can share via youtube here!

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farm/cottage-life ending for these two please!! farmerzel and wolfheart are just very precious to me lately...

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Night Orchid 💜

NSFW on Patreon!

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HALSIN GET YOUR PAWS OFF MY FATHER!!!

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30 Questions for Your Tav! [ Ask Meme ]

[ Send in a number for a question to be answered! What is your Tav like? Who are they as a person? ]

Your Tav as a Companion

1. What would your Tav’s greetings be (at different levels of approval)? 2. Describe their tent setup! What’s on the outside? The inside? 3. What would their character quest be titled? Why? 4. What would your Tav’s romance scenes look like? How many would they have? 5. Describe their idle animations! 6. How would the player go about meeting them in Act 1? What is their introduction? 7. Describe their arc. How would a player help resolve it? What choices can be made? Can your Tav be turned down a dark path, or pulled to a lighter one? 8. After Act 3, what does their life look like? What are they talking about at the reunion party?

Back to Basics

9. What’s the significance behind your Tav’s name? 10. Does your Tav have a last name? Is there a meaning behind it? 11. What is your Tav’s go-to comfort food? 12. Does your Tav have any tattoos or scars? Why? 13. What is your Tav’s main color palette? Why do they choose those colors? 14. Where are they from? What was home like? 15. Is your Tav more likely to fight/flight/freeze/fawn? 16. What do they do for fun, when not adventuring? What are their hobbies? 17. Do they have any enemies outside of the main plot? Any friends? 18. Where/with whom do they feel safest? 19. What is their MBTI Type?

Deep Dives

20. What is their relationship to touch? Do they shy away from it? Do they need it to feel present? 21. Describe a defining moment from their past, which makes them who they are today! 22. How is your Tav’s relationship with their family? Their parents? 23. How does your Tav act in situations of stress? In moments of peace? 24. What does your Tav consider to be their own biggest character flaw? 25. What is something they would die on a hill over? 26. Give us one of your Tav’s secrets! 27. What is the worst thing they’ve ever done/said to someone they love? 28. Describe a smell that reminds your Tav of childhood. 29. What fears keep them up at night? 30. What does your Tav want more than anything?

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Thank you for asking! No, I’m still not over Orin is a “toxic bitch” who can’t be redeemed vs. Gortash is a normal redeemable human. Check again later.

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Daughter of Darkness 🌑 "Dark Lady, guide me to your victory. Your will shall be done. As sure as night will fall."

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time for the two of us 💞

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XVIII - THE MOON

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THIS MF EVERY DAY–

(Yes I let him.)

Sorry I finished working and drew this to relax maybe I shoudn't have it's 3 am here

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Shar's favourite princess

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do you ever think about how karlach was probably a "bad guy" (massive oversimplification of a complex character) before we met her? the people who knew her As A Person seemed to really like her As A Person, but when she was on the clock? she was gortash's bodyguard, and she liked it. shes angry looking back on it, but thats because she was busting heads for gortash, not because she was busting heads. which she was. its naive to assume she was an innocent bystander who knew nothing about any of his shady shit. she wasnt standing by the door holding bouquets of lilies while gortash negotiated rescuing cats from trees. gortash didnt think shed be a good fit for the job of zariel's killing machine because he saw her open a jar of pickles. karlach. did. bad. shit. and she liked it up until the leopard ate her face

do you ever think about how she wasnt able to literally afford her morals before we met her? she grew up poor and no doubt faced tons of hiring discrimination as a tiefling in baldur's gate. remember what she said about how she once thought gortash respected her, and what a huge deal that was? we dont know if she wouldve chosen a different job if she had options, but we do know she didnt have options. when we meet her however? she has options. she just miraculously escaped avernus right after having disobeyed zariel. she had her hands (metaphorically) chained to her battle axe for 10 years, but suddenly she can make meaningful moral choices. spoilers for her origin run, but its implied she knows shes terminal long before dammon says so. she doesnt always know what the right thing is, but she knows shes running out of time, and she knows she wants to dedicate what life she has left to live in the service of being everything she never got to be

do you ever think about how she wants to be remembered as better than she was? because i think about that a lot. i think that, in order to truly appreciate who karlach is by the time she wets her axe on gortash, you cant ignore who she once was. you only see her true strength once you know zariel's living weapon had to fight to be soft