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It begins

It’s so funny Jack is a misogynist but his party is going to be full of women 💀

Minthara (evil)

Lae’zel (evil)

Shadowheart (his eye candy)

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Halsin

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sigh.... mok swagger... lowkey kinda like hims...

yes i came back from not posting just to say this; i'm immediately changing my icon/banner to him. idk who still likes rock and rule but hmu if you do

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More silly ideas for my cringe happy-go-lucky AU for the Chosen:

Lore time!!!!!

Dark Urge (Pandora) = Bright Wish.

Why, it's the Joybringer's draconic fey child! Born into quite literally the perfect happy life, Pandora has a lot to give to the world and then some, just like mom! Similiar to Dame Aylin, she acts as a sword for Lliira to defend her loved ones and worshippers in her mother's favour.

Orin = not a usurper, not a shapeshifter either! But half-fey humanoid instead. She's a very enthusiastic follower of Lliira, dary I say even jealous of the Goddess' own daughter because obviously Lliira will smile upon her beloved child more than one of her many worshippers. Personality-wise you can expect the same annoying-unhinged chaos, except instead of being fixated on assassinations, she's fixated on songs & preparing celebrations (think Pinkie Pie but a touch more deranged). She's all too eager to resort to violence during a fit of mania, but Pandora has a soft spot for one of her mother's most devoted so she keeps an eye out for her to keep calm.

Ketheric Thorm = after Melodia's passing, he does not pursue Shar for long (despite the temptation of wanting to forget), instead, he eventually turns to Ilmater. He grows bitter of Selûne because of Isobel & Aylin of course, but here, he sees and values his daughter's happiness. Later down the line he becomes Ilmater's Chosen since he for once feels truly seen and mirrored by a God (in this scenario). He's willing to suffer, bear his own pain and that of others, if it means he can still see Isobel happy.

Enver Gortash Flymm = you'd be surprised at how many paths in life can be opened for you once you catch the eye of a goddess' child, quite literally- since Pandora is not only half-a-god but also a fey and can teleport and turn invisible, creating a little metal trinket as a distraction and robbing the nearest wealthy lot of chumps was child's play. (Think Mol mixed with Powder from Arcane) Enver's first ever transaction that would start off his 'experience' in dealings to get his own business going as an inventor begun with the very debtors that his parents owed money to, and with a God's offspring at his side; he spent less time at the home where neither parents would bother to give him the time of day, fearmongering 'world-ending debts' he'd already dealt with himself; instead sneaking out to follow the fey-friend and get up to no good together (getting killed is optional /j)

It's no surprise that in time Enver learnt to mix magic and metal together the more time he spent fucking around with the Bright Wish, and while magic is not his forte, he picked up a few things. He grows up to be an artificier, an inventor on the rise (albeit a bit of a morally-questionable one) with great ambitions. He's more his own self-serving man than being any God's Chosen, although I'd be lying if I said he hasn't poked his curious little head into the gods of invention & knowledge... Oghma, Gond, Bane... but alas, none seem to be quite fit to be his equal, in terms of goals. He prefers himself. And Pandora.

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Devastating news: I'm making a chaotic good-aligned Alternate Universe for my durge & gortash

Instead of being sent to hell and suffer until adulthood, young Enver would come in contact with a fey-blooded dragonborn, Pandora, that would turn out to be the first-born child of the Goddess of Joy, Lliira! Whom decided to shine her new, bright glance towards her very first act of bringing joy to a mortal's life, the Joybringer child's rite of passage, so to speak.

From that point on, Pandora would become Enver's protector, his helper, his friend, and later down the line- his lover.

Enver Gortash does not exist in this alternate universe. There is only Enver Flymm, a charming, albeit a touch too ambitious, alchemist artificer. He's a bit too eager to get into trouble and more often than not he needs his beloved protector to come to his aid after getting himself in hot waters to the point where not even his honeyed words can get him out.

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absolute weapon of a woman

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More spoilers that make me want to cry

There might be some who will disagree with me on this and I completely respect everyone's own assumption of the following dialogue, but I will share what I believe personally:

I don't think Enver was monster back then. I think he was just a child being a child.

Mischievous? Snarky? Petty? Ambitious & self-serving? That's not necessarily an evil trait. Do you think Mol is evil for being the way she is? Because that's the perfect example of what I imagine Enver was like as a child.

She percieves him being whiny and demanding and 'being a racket' as some form of personal attack, like he was doing it on purpose just to make them miserable.

She only says he was a whiny, demanding child. Yeah, children usually demand attention in their own way when they don't feel seen or heard, OR even just because they might be very vocal and social and 'annoying', because they're children.

HOWEVER. I do not think this is some Uno-reverse card that makes Sally & Dravo the 'real' monsters. Are they bad, neglectful parents that shouldn't have had a kid if they didn't know how to deal with the 'whining', percieving it as some sort of attack? Absolutely. But I don't think they're utterly evil either, just not good parents.

As for their decision to give Gortash away... do keep in mind that if the one that came to them with the deal was Raphael himself (or someone working under his wing), devils can be extremely cunning, Raphael in particular as we see throughout the game. It's very likely the parents didn't know the kind of Hell (literally) they were agreeing to leave their son into.

It was an act of desperation and fear. I don't believe it was the right choice to make, it surprises me that even uears later Sally doesn't take a pinch of responsibility that her son became this monster, but I can sympathize with the situation that it was either this or get killed by those who you owe money to.

BALDUR'S GATE 3 SPOILERS BELOW

The entire family tree of Gortash makes me feel awful for all of them

Do you think this is how Gortash might've felt under Raphael's roof?

I can't begin to imagine the myriad of things Enver must've felt from his childhood up until adulthood that ended up shaping his path into that it is in the game. This is horrible and I feel for the parents too believe it or not because if they were in debt to dangerous people (I'm picturing Nine-Fingers, the Zentharym or someone in connection with them), it was either accept the deal or all 3 of them died, murdered likely (including a child at the time, mind you)

Everyone in this family is a tragedy, I feel.

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BALDUR'S GATE 3 SPOILERS BELOW

The entire family tree of Gortash makes me feel awful for all of them

Do you think this is how Gortash might've felt under Raphael's roof?

I can't begin to imagine the myriad of things Enver must've felt from his childhood up until adulthood that ended up shaping his path into what it is in the game. This is horrible and I feel for the parents too believe it or not because if they were in debt to dangerous people (I'm picturing Nine-Fingers, the Zentharym or someone in connection with them), it was either accept the deal or all 3 of them died, murdered likely (including a child at the time, mind you)

Everyone in this family is a tragedy, I feel.

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Being free to enjoy Baldur's Gate 3 means realizing I'm attracted to the Steel Watch

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Kisses for his favorite assassin 😌💖

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by Shade of Stars‬

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A man and his monster 🤍

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I just... want them to go to a masked ball...

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durgetash is my roman empire 😌

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"The greatest thing you ever saved me from was myself."

Like the companions, Thyneron was also "saved" by infection with an illithid tadpole. However, instead of a master or explosive orb, he was rescued from a life of mediocrity and depressive stagnation. Thyneron is a dreamer, but has always been much too afraid to act--at least until he was forced to. Growth is growth, right?

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I'd like to propose a new Gortash theory.