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[eclipsedevune]

What Expression of Love Do You Most Represent?

For Rowan!

Watching somebody brush their teeth

it’s intimacy in unusual places. seeing their bare shoulder as they step out of the shower and ask you to pass them a towel. kissing with morning breath. they see you when you ugly cry, and get cut off in traffic, and take out your anger on a text book. you see them with the flu, talking in their sleep, exhausted from a day of work. you go to buy the groceries together: orange juice, eggs, a loaf of bread. none of it is mundane, not when you’re with them. you buy toothbrushes together in complementary colours and they sit together in your bathroom, perfect beside each other. you catch their eye in the mirror and for the first time, everything feels alright.

Pretty accurate for her! Here’s a cute Rowan drawing:

Tagged by: @imperitvs

Tagging: @naturesaarrow (Geraldus)

[eclipsedevune]

What was the first element of your OC that you remember considering (name, appearance, backstory, etc.)? (For Evune)

13. How far past the canon events that take place in their world have you extended their story, if at all? (For Rowan)

1. Yippee Yippee! Yap time!

So for those who don’t know Evune was created as my Gorions Ward for my first playthrough of Baldurs Gate 1, I had no idea she would become my precious baby and she’s changed since then but that’s the context. The first thing I decided about her was her being a Ranger! An archer specifically though I picture her as a stealth archer. The next was her appearance which came from me scrolling though the various portrait options for your character and I picked this one:

There she is, the birth of my child. At the time I did not know that this portrait is shared with another character (Clara), I just thought it was cute. You’ll notice a lot of features stuck around: long Black-Blue hued hair, freckles on her nose, collared shirt, round eyes, etc. I could have sworn her eyes were green which is why Evune has them but I think I just made that up.

As for her name: I wanted her to be named something that meant moon. I believe moon in forgotten realms Elvish is Teu however when I made Evune I looked up something along the lines of “moon in elvish” and excluded Tolkien and what popped up was a tumblr post saying that the word for moon was ‘Evune’ and I thought “oh like Selune! That makes sense!” So I named her that and didn’t think much about it again. Finding that post again later on because I got confused at the word for moon very much not being Evune apparently it was actually for Dragon Age, which goes to show what happens when you just look at the snippet that appears on a google search lol so now I just say that her name is a old word used for moonflowers in Jaheira’s old Druidic circle.

2. Slightly less but still yap time!!!

What Rowan does after bg3 depends on if she embraced bhaal or not, though the Bhaal route follows canon so I’ll not talk about that. For a successful resist Rowan, she fully embraces her Druidic nature and strives to balance out all the horrible things she did before losing her memory. She travels the land to help promote growth in places where there is famine or barren soil, she probably returns to the ex-shadowlands to help for a while, fighting people who destroy nature, the works. She isn’t a Harper but jaheira keeps her in the loop for things that appeal to her interests, such as telling her where there’s trouble with farming. She’d join a Harper mission if asked to help out though. She also would be willing to go down to Avernus with Wyll and Karlach when they’re trying to get the blue prints for her heart to allow her to live outside Avernus.

Additionally, Rowan can’t communicate with Evune anymore because when bhaal removed her bhaal essence he removed Evune’s so she’s on her own in her head for once :D Internally, a goal she really wants to achieve, but knows it’s likely impossible, is find a way to give Evune some of her life back as thanks for all she did to try to make sure Rowan didn’t say “fuck it, we bhaal” She would prefer she be able to do this before Jaheira or Khalid die, but again, she knows it’s a fantasy at best.

[eclipsedevune]

Bad at Magic

For those whom it does not come naturally to

"I can cast it! Just give me a minute!"

"Why can't I do this? Why can't I do this?!"

"It shouldn't be this hard! Everyone else seems to find it easy enough..."

"All I wanted was to be a wizard, and now..?"

"Maybe I'm not cut out for magic."

"Everyone's blasting off spells left and right and I can barely cast fireball."

"Every movement is perfect, why isn't it working!"

"The Gods hate me."

"All that study, all that time... for nothing."

"Ow! Goddamnit! I burnt my fingertips again."

"Don't backfire please don't backfire please..."

"I've got this, I can do this, it's not going to hurt this time -"

"Am I getting the evocation wrong? Am I saying it badly?"

"I just don't know why it doesn't work."

"Every single time I do this it blows up in my face."

"Indocrinus - wait no that's not right -"

"I can feel the power coursing through me, then it just... fizzles out."

"The magic feels... wrong. To me."

"There are easier ways I could do this, but I want to do it right."

"I feel the pull of the dark magics. The ones that are... easy."

"Why is it so bad to use the shadows? They want me to use them."

"Magic won't obey me. I cannot force it to. Yet there is another..."

"Dark magic this, evil magic that. Its all magic, isn't it?"

"After all, why shouldn't I?"

"You can tell me it's bad all day but it's magic I can do!"

"I know I can control it, I know I can..."

"Just... help me. Please? I want to be good at this."

"I want to learn magic to help people! To do good!"

[eclipsedevune]

Questions About Creating Your OCs

‘Cause sometimes the stories of how OCs come to be are just as interesting as the OCs, themselves. Tell me how your virtual kids came into the world.

What was the first element of your OC that you remember considering (name, appearance, backstory, etc.)? 

Did you design them with any other characters/OCs from their universe in mind? 

How did you choose their name? 

In developing their backstory, what elements of the world they live in played the most influential parts? 

Is there any significance behind their hair color? 

Is there any significance behind their eye color? 

Is there any significance behind their height? 

What (if anything) do you relate to within their character/story? 

Are they based off of you, in some way? 

If they have an LI, how much of their character is tailored to be compatible to that person? 

Did you know what the OC’s sexuality would be at the time of their creation? 

What have you found to be most difficult about creating art for your OC (any form of art: writing, drawing, edits, etc.)? 

How far past the canon events that take place in their world have you extended their story, if at all? 

If you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be? 

What is something about your OC can make you laugh? 

What is something about your OC can make you cry? 

Is there some element you regret adding to your OC or their story? 

What is the most recent thing you’ve discovered about your OC? 

What is your favorite fact about your OC?

[eclipsedevune]

What Are You The Patron Saint Of?

For Evune

patron saint of martyrs

the patron saint of those who died to be like you. maybe you died to be like them too: but at the end of it, you weren't like them. patron saint of tragedy. saint of saints. it's you who holds the hands of the holy dead, and you who has to answer: what do they do if they regretted it?

That is disturbingly accurate O-O Illmater watch out Evie might be taking your job xD

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No Pressure Tagging: @yeehawitsjakee (your choice) and @imperitvs

[eclipsedevune]

“Thank you, and I am being responsible.” Rowan said as she turned around to be, from some points of view, irresponsible. She approached Arron who looked less than pleased with her and handed him the four coins Tirana had given her, some coin from her own pocket and five candles she had picked up despite only being worth one gold. He sighed and handed her the Druid’s quarterstaff she so desired.

Sure, did they have some quarter staffs they looted? Yes. But were they druids quarter staffs? No. Therefore here she was. She may have only become a Druid two days ago but she was positive using a proper Druidic quarterstaff would make her more useful in battle. Perhaps something to do with the wood, maybe the same wood as the… what was Silvanus called? The… Birch father…. No, she was combining him with Umberlee,

Apologies lord Silvanus, I am new and have brain damage. She silently appealed. The… The Oak Father! That’s it, thank Silvanus! Maybe this staff was special because it was made of oak.

“Is this made of oak wood?” She asked Arron because she did not know how to tell if it was actually made of oak.

He nodded, and remarked that unfortunately he didn’t have any made of rowan wood at the moment. It took her a second to understand the joke, oh yeah, that was her name now.

“Oak is good. Strong. Like the Oak Father.” She nodded, Arron just nodded politely with a slight cringe that Rowan did not notice. She walked back to her companions with her new staff “I am ready, now.”

💰 Rowan for Ti

Prompt from - RELATIONSHIP BUILDING - @eclipsedevune

Money. It was always money. Because apparently no one in this sorry group knew how to save their gold for important things. It was a good thing she did, or else they'd all be hunting out in the forests for food, or begging for scraps in the streets.

"You need to be more responsible with your gold. I don't have an endless source of it." Tirana sighed as she handed Rowan four gold pieces. She would always help, no matter what she said, she was far too generous for her own good, and perhaps that was why they always came to her. But she could always tell the difference between someone who genuinely needed her help and someone just trying to take advantage of her kindness — gods knows she turned Astarion away enough times to know. Besides, it was always nice to have a favour that she would never use.

[eclipsedevune]

Shout out to my arrow ace aroace

[eclipsedevune]

Evune slowly emerged from her tent with a yawn. Shockingly, one night of full sleep didn’t undo the past three days of little sleep. She got to her feet and stretched, joints audibly popping as she did. She was going to check if there was any water boiling on the fire, but her plans were interrupted when she heard her parents’ voices. Was Khalid telling Jaheira about their conversation last night, about her nightmares, and about how she’d kept it all to herself? She wasn’t sure if he told Jaheira last night or if she had already gone to sleep by the time he got back to their tent.

She knew Jaheira wasn’t going to be pleased with her, and by the tone of her voice, she wasn’t. Which coming from the most emotionally constipated woman possibly ever was funny but whatever.

She found her way over to the fire and the pot had enough water for her, but not enough for anyone else who may come after. It would be rude of her not to fill it… And if she just so happened to get closer to where they were talking while she was getting water, well, that was just a coincidence.

She seemed to have arrived at the tail end of the conversation as she emptied a clean water canister into the pot, Khalid seemed to be trying to ease her like he said he would. A few more words were exchanged, she couldn’t quite make out what they were on account of the tent but she thought she may have heard Jaheira say something along the lines of ‘irritating girl’ so that wasn’t entirely promising. Then there was shuffling in the tent so she made sure to put the empty canister in the refill pile as naturally as possible as Khalid left the tent.

“Good morning,” She expected Jaheira to follow soon after him but she didn’t. There wasn’t even shuffling. That probably wasn’t good either.

“So,” she said as she picked up the water pot and started carrying back to the fire, “have you, uh, talked to her yet?”

@eclipsedevune sent 'Send 👂 to overhear my muse talking about yours. / (Evune)'

cont. from here

Khalid had always been one to worry, it was one of his most defining traits. He was always anxious about something, especially when it came to his loved ones. Say Jaheira were to step one inch too close to a ledge, and Khalid would be checking over every scenario in his head to prevent her from falling — no matter how safe she may actually be. His latest point of worry was Evune, and the conversation they had last night. Her nightmares were concerning, and she clearly wasn't the news of her heritage well. He did his best to contain himself last night, but his worry was eating away at him.

He had told Evune he would tell Jaheira, and Evune not wanting him to tell her certainly wouldn't sway his decision to. She would find out sooner or later, they both knew that, and he'd rather her know sooner.

Jaheira had been understandably upset. She wasn't happy Evune had kept this from them, and she wasn't happy she'd been loosing sleep when they could have easily helped her. But ultimately, her worry was clear. Khalid, as usual, did his best to mitigate her frustration and calm her down, and left her with a gentle kiss and time to think over everything he'd just told her.

It wasn't until he'd turned and left that he had noticed Evune.

"Oh- Evune—" He glanced behind himself awkwardly, looking at the now closed flap that led into his and Jaheira's tent. Oh… he hoped she'd only just got there…

"G-g-good morning." He smiled nervously.

[eclipsedevune]

Evune scars (bg2)

She’s got a Y shaped scar and some defensive scars that aren’t as prominent on her arms and hands

The scar on her chest is from when Irenicus yoinked her soul, I’m not happy with it because I want it to have a more mystical look because it isn’t a regular scar, but for now it looks like a burn scar because I couldn’t get it to look right lol

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“Khalid...” She repeated as she took a sip of her drink, trying to commit his name to her fluid memory. “I hope you won’t mind if I forget your name occasionally: memory issues. I’ll get it down eventually.” People got strangely upset when she didn’t remember their names so she had started telling people up front, she met so many people these days she didn’t know how they expected her to remember even if she didn’t have brain damage.

“And there’s no need to apologize, I understand the need to make sure this place stays secure,” a bit of sawdust fell onto the counter causing her to look up at the hole in the ceiling, “…well, relatively secure. Don’t know how much information Marcus leaked; luckily, he won’t be able to report back about my group,” she turned back to him,

“I’m Rowan, but you probably already know that, and I assume you have some questions you want to ask me… though,” she made direct eye contact with him, “I hope this time there will be less Klauthgrass, I’m not eager to get my drink spiked.” She had grabbed an unopened bottle and poured the wine herself, she insisted on it, so it was unlikely anything was slipped into it but she didn’t want him getting any ideas. If she claimed she was unbothered by what jaheira pulled it would be a lie, all she could say is it was lucky she hadn’t realized what had happened until after the interrogation or it would have gone much more poorly. Something about something being slipped into her drink, even if not harmful, made her skin crawl and want to let her urge slip out for a moment. She wasn’t sure why, something about being unable to fight back as she-

Her train of thought stopped. She? Who was she?

She tried to hold onto the faint memory but it slipped through her fingers again.

Who was she remembering…?

She realized she had completely zoned out from the conversation,

“Oh, sorry. I got lost in thought for a minute. What did you want to ask?”

The first time Rowan and Khalid met /eclipsedevune

prompt from ✨ First Times ✨ - @eclipsedevune

A few stolen glances, that was all Khalid could afford to give their mysterious new allies. He hadn't been there at the bridge, nor when Jaheira had sent them up to visit Isobel — and well, he certainly didn't have time to talk to them during the fight that broke out. Even now, he was too busy tending to the wounded and counting the casualties to go introduce himself. But then. Why did he feel so compelled to? Why did he get such a strong sense that he needed to speak to them— no. Not even all of them, just the one.

He finally caught a glance of her, and just his luck, she was just leaving. Hopefully, just out to the courtyard, and not on any mission Jaheira had sent them on. He gestured to one of the Harpers, having them take over the bandaging of one of the injured, and hurriedly grabbed two glasses from the bar before catching up with the druid before she left.

But when he finally reached her, got her attention, there was a familiarity that made him stop dead in his tracks. He stared for a concerningly long time, his brows tightly knit together as he tried to comprehend why he was feeling this way. He did his best to shake it off, holding out a glass to the woman in front of him.

"S-Spare a—a-a moment?" He suggested, glancing back at the bar as if to gesture to it. He had no idea where he was going with this, but his instincts were telling him that he needed to talk to her.

[eclipsedevune]

What kind of catharsis do you need? (For Rowan)

tears

You've been holding it all in for so long, haven't you? It seems like there's no time, no space to fall apart. But you don't have to pretend to not be hurting. The tide of pain in you is cresting. Let it out. There's no judgement here.

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Tagging @yeehawitsjakee for either Dayvd or Bethan

[eclipsedevune]

— OC ACTION TAG

cross out what your oc hasn't done yet

Killed Someone Under Orders | Had Someone Killed On Their Orders | Killed Someone In Self Defence | Spared Someone’s Life | Invented Something | Been Hungover | Kissed Someone | Slow-Danced | Been In A Long-Term Relationship | Had Sex | Had Sex And Regretted It | Had A One-Night Stand | Had A Threesome | Experimented With Their Sexuality | Had A Kid | Adopted A Kid | Wanted To Have A Family With Someone | Done Something On Impulse They Regretted | Gone Traveling | Had A Bounty Put On Them | Eaten An Insect | Been Groped By A Stranger | Been Groped By Someone They Know | Been Dumped | Dumped Someone | Smoked | Gotten High | Flirted With Someone To Get Free Drinks | Put Someone In A Headlock | Won a Bet | Lost a Bet | Forgiven Someone Who Wronged Them | Indulged In Petty Revenge | Hallucinated | Has A Noticeable Physical Defect | Gotten A Noticeable Scar | Been Permanently Disfigured Through Injury | Kneed Someone In The Groin | Had An Unattainable Crush| Laughed Themself To The Point Of Tears | Been Kidnapped | Been Sexually Assaulted | Been Brainwashed/Hypnotised | Had A Recurring Nightmare | Been Bullied | Bullied Someone | Experienced Survivor’s Guilt | Been Tied/Chained Up | Given Someone A Massage | Received A Massage | Been Backed Up Against A Wall | Shot Someone | Stabbed Someone | Saved Someone’s Life | Cheated On Someone | Been Cheated On | Been In An Open Relationship | Had A Friendship With Benefits | Been In A Queerplatonic Relationship | Had A Stalker | Been Betrayed | Been A Traitor | Been Possessed | Been In A Bar Fight | Been Thrown Out Of A Bar | Been Arrested | Broken Out Of Jail | Been To A Funeral | Been To A Brothel | Had Surgery | Broken Someone’s Trust | Broken Someone’s Heart | Had Their Heart Broken | Broken/Damaged Something Out Of Anger | Broken/Damaged Something Out Of Spite | Gotten A Piercing | Gotten A Tattoo | Used A Fake Name | Been Beaten Up | Been Tortured/Tortured Others | Been Abused | Been Blackmailed | Gotten Away With A Crime | Framed Someone Else For A Crime They Committed | Shared A Bed Platonically | Been In Love | Suffered From Sleep Paralysis | Been Forced To Flee Their Home | Learned A New Language | Joined A Rebellion | Fought On The Losing Side Of A War | Fought On The Winning Side Of A War | Become A Godparent | Become An Aunt/ Uncle

Tagging @sunrae08 @dreamingofthewild @helynedekarios @doe-eyes-dekarios @gale-force-storm and anybody who wants to try

[eclipsedevune]

Made two new tags!

[☽ Evune Lore ☾] and [✿ Rowan Lore ✿]

Basically these are just headcanons/the characters lore, it makes things easier to search for

[eclipsedevune]

" If you can't run away from your problems, you're not running fast enough. " (for Rowan)

“Now, my friend, you are speaking my language.” Rowan nodded,

“However I’m surprised that you are the one saying it considering how you came here to the shadowlands of your own free will to investigate the cult. Seems like the opposite of running away from your problems, but I suppose sending us into moonrise tower to investigate for you is a way of pawning off your problems. Smart.” She said flatly.

She let a few moments of awkward silence pass,

“I’m joking, just so you know.” She clarified.

[eclipsedevune]

" I went to the silly goose convention and they all knew you. " (for Evune)

“I am not silly! I am very serious!” She insisted, “Serious with a touch of good-natured humor! There’s a difference.”

She could hear some of their companions snickering, they saw her as a child just because she was younger and with her parents… them calling her “child” and “cub” probably didn’t help either. But she’d show them that she was just as capable as the rest of them! Maybe even more!

“And they would only know me through you, you’re the one at the convention.”

As they walked they passed by a farm that had flocks of chickens, ducks and geese, the last of which honked at them,

“Hey, there’s some geese!” Evune said as she beckoned one of the white geese over. The goose waddled over and let her pet it,

“Aw, it likes me-“ she started before she caught her fathers eye,

“This proves nothing.” She said but she couldn’t suppress a smile.

[eclipsedevune]

Did a draw your oc at the beginning and end of their story thing

[eclipsedevune]

if you're still doing durge and orin asks, 14 and 15

I am! I am always happy to yap about my characters so asks are always open :D

For ease of understanding I’m going to refer to Rowan as Rowan even though she only named herself Rowan after the druids grove

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

Rowan was a hollow shell of a person pieced together from various unfortunate souls, she was created to be the chosen of Bhaal. She was to have no wants, no passion, no personality. From Rowan’s perspective, Orin’s expressing her wants, passion, and Orin-ness was admirable. Literally “yeah she’s crazy but she’s free” which isn’t entirely accurate but that’s how Rowan viewed it at the time

Orin HATED Rowan, I won’t fully go into detail as to all the whys bc it’s better suited for different questions, but one thing Orin could begrudgingly respect was Rowan’s ability to get stuff done, such as coordinating with Gortash and Kethric to steal the crown and the whole plan. Whether or not she fully grasped the importance of it is unclear.

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

Rowan disliked when Orin would be aggressive towards her or just mess with her with her shapeshifting. To Rowan, Orin could be a nuisance sometimes. She didn’t mind so much when Orin wanted to be involved or insert herself into a plan, it was more about if Orin would derail the plan in some way whether it be starting an argument or something else.

Orin has a LIST but she hated most how she was usurped as Bhaal’s chosen by this person who seems to have no passion for their work or for bhaal. Not like Orin did, Rowan didn’t understand Bhaal like she did. There was no art to her work, no acts of worship side from the killing that was done in the most efficient way possible. Rowan was Bhaal’s chosen and it didn’t even seem like she cared or was appreciative of it, and that was unforgivable.