astarionazrael - Tumblr blog

[astarionazrael]

[astarionazrael]

The A.S.T.A.R.I.O.N. System

credit to u/AlmostAGame & u/VampireDuckling8 on reddit for the acronym!

[astarionazrael]

There's a new restaurant in my town.😂😂😂

[astarionazrael]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[astarionazrael]

Astarion obviously loves having a partner he feels "safe and seen" with, but I think what he'd find more shockingly wonderful is when he finally believes the fact that he makes them feel safe and seen too. That's one of my favorite facets of his: he doesn't want a savior; he explicitly says he wants to be an equal partner and a support for them in his own right.

But think how much that goes against his history. He's spent 200 years as the monster set to prey on others and has been preoccupied the whole time with saving himself. He would find it so hard to believe that someone would really look to him for comfort. In a relationship, I think it would sneak up on him in small moment after small moment until his partner says something offhand about home being with him, and it's a quietly seismic event in his world, shifting his perspective of himself in a way he never thought was possible.

[astarionazrael]

I think I am finally satisfied with how Azraél design has come out. So enjoy a little character reference sheet I made for him. He is just so pretty.

[astarionazrael]

Azraél Asmodeí Backstory

Azrael is one of Asmodeus’ only living children, besides his brother Magnus Bane. After the horrific death of his mother, Nephelia, Azrael lived with his father, or his master as Azrael came to call him. Asmodeus was a cruel, morbid, nasty man. Azrael remained alive after Asmodeus slaughtered all of his other kids, besides Magnus and Azrael. Asmodeus killed his kids in order to use their immortality to fuel his powers and his realm, Edom. 

Instead of facing the same death sentence as his siblings, Azrael was spared. Asmodeus bonded Azrael to him using the arcane symbols that he burned and scarred into Azreal’s skin. His face, neck, shoulders, and chest are covered in hundreds of these arcane symbols. These symbols bonded him to the will of his master. 

Asmodeus is the embodiment of Lust, and this is ultimately the sole factor that saved Azrael’s life. As the demon of Lust, Asmodeus manipulates the sexual desires of all creatures. He saw his son as a work of beauty that caused Lust in creatures, and he could not justify killing him. Instead, Azrael was bonded to Asmodeus, so he could never turn against his master’s will. 

Azrael used his inhumane beauty to bring virgin’s to Asmodeus. After 2 decades of this Asmodeus needed more. He used blood magic and bastardized rituals to create the ultimate creature of Lust, the Vampire. In turn by creating vampires, Asmodeus can use their victims to fuel his powers, and ultimately his realm.

After the creation of Vampires, Asmodeus had no real need for Azrael. Instead of killing him, Asmodeus said Azrael’s Lust was a new form of drug, and he was too addicted to it to let his favorite toy die. 

A few decades of torture later (89 to be exact), Azrael FINALLY had enough. He made a deal with Raphel, the master of the House of Hope. Raphael is Azrael’s cousin, and the grandson of Asmodeus. Azrael was finally granted freedom, and he used that freedom to kill his god-awful father. 

“There is always a price to pay with my family.” - Azrael 

Raphel undid the bonds that tied Azrael to Asmodeus, but this came at a cost… The price for Azrael’s freedom was Edom. Azrael said yes, without any hesitastion. Once that bond was lifted, Azrael was finally able to kill his father. After gathering enough supporters Azrael stormed his father’s palace, and after a long,  grueling battle, Azreal beheaded his abusive father. 

Banished from Edom due to his actions, Azrael set out to Faerun, Balder’s Gate to be exact. He settled in and tried enjoying his new found freedom. After killing his father, Azael gained his patron….none other than Asmodeus himself. A patron usually bestows gifts of power and knowledge to their warlocks, but this relationship is different. There are no favors, instead Azrael made another deal with Raphel to gain Asmodeus’ power and knowledge.

Family helps you, right? He helped me once, and it only cost me something I didn't care about. 

Raphael used the same arcane magic that Asmodeus used to bond Azrael to him. Raphel bonded Asmodeus to the will of his son, making his knowledge and power accessible to Azrael. In exchange for this, Raphael asked Azrael to redeem Asmodeus. Raphael said that Azreal could do this by redeeming his fathers followers and creatures. This redemption could be brought by killing, or saving the creature… It was what Raphel didn’t tell Azrael that was the worrisome part of the deal, but that’s a classic devil move, never give all the details. Raphael simply needed a task that would keep Azrael busy, while his real plan took effect. Those arcane symbols on Asmodeus didn't just bond him to Azrael, they also did something for Raphel. The creatures that were killed, their powers were absorbed and stored for a ritual.

FAST FORWARD TEN YEARS 

Before Azrael was abducted by the mindflayer ship he was hunting down the Vampire Master known as Cazador, a vampire master, and his 7 spawn “children”. Upon the crash of the mind flayer ship, Azrael suffered some traumatic memory loss. That was until he met Astarion, who is also infected with the mind flayer tadpole, and sensed what Astarion was, who his master was, Cazador, and his deal he made with the devil. 

[astarionazrael]

[astarionazrael]

Gods, you're beautiful

[astarionazrael]

[astarionazrael]

Astarion 15/?

[astarionazrael]

Astarion disapproves.

[astarionazrael]

Just a little more

[astarionazrael]

brain very much empty, only Astarion in it...

[astarionazrael]

Decided to draw my BG3 character. Meet Azraél Asmodeí. He is a High Half Elf Warlock, and the son of Asmodeus.

[astarionazrael]

This will mostly be used as a place for me to shitpost my OC and Astarion. So enjoy.

[astarionazrael]