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Just resharing this because I added all my links/platforms in case if you were interested to follow/support me somewhere else ☝🏻🤓

𝔖𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔲𝔦𝔰 𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔫𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔞𝔯 𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔰𝔭𝔥𝔢𝔪𝔦𝔞𝔢.

Source for the text: Laurence, the First Vicar - Bloodborne (music producer's text), correct Latin translation by Antonius Tertius.

English: ''All be warned / The blood is the nectar of blasphemy / You would do well to fear the blood / Though that is all we can rely on / We believe."

I've never really talk about my Durge's backstory over here, but the puppet master / puppet imagery is very suiting for Maeth (my durge) and Bhaal's dynamic.

Attempt to summarize his backstory:

Maeth was created by Bhaal, but did not grew up at the temple, he was taken in by wizards who raised him, took care of him until the day his urges manifested for the first time and he ended up killing them without understanding why he did so, as he was still a child. During his childhood and teenage years, Maeth had to live on his own in the streets of Baldur's Gate as a petty thief. Some strangers were kind enough to offer him shelter from time to time but they'd all know the same inevitable bloody fate. Maeth felt helpless towards his urges, he grew terrified of them, of loss, of harming others. Thus he ended up isolating himself, despite the fact that all he ever wished for was to belong somewhere, to feel wanted and loved. Agonizing in his own solitude.

The thing is that, it was Bhaal who actively took everything away from him through his urges, only to break him, in order to turn him into a malleable puppet for Him to use to enact His will through. Which worked disgustingly well, as when Maeth finaly found his way to the Bhaal temple as a young adult, his mind completely broken, having nothing and no one. Maeth felt like he had finaly found his purpose, found the place where he belonged to. That's why he ended up dedicating most of his life to Bhaal, his faith blinding him entirely and this false love he was receiving from Bhaal being the poison which had intoxicated his whole heart and mind for so long. He was desperately clinging onto it, for it was the only thing he ever had, the only form of love that was granted to him. And the only one he knew his urge could never take away from him.

Click here for or more lore and infos (Maeth reference sheet and lore)

So basically, Maeth had no luck in his life doomed to become the puppet of a vile God, being deeply anchored in that God's scheme who orchestrated his whole miserable life, ending up absolutely indoctrinated because his mind had been shaterred by the very God he will be adoring for most of his life.

Not yippying

Writings about Maeth:

• Maeth overall lore summary childhood to bg3 act III

• Maeth's experience with gender identity (post bg3 events)

My links if you which to follow and support me elsewhere 🫶🏻:

• My Insta where I am most active

• My Patreon where I post all my artworks + exclusive content + nsfw art for paid members

• My Ko-Fi where I open monthly art commissions

• My Bluesky

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They're bestfriends 🫶🏻 (Karlach and Shadowheart being the kind of ''bestfriends'' who kiss each other, you know 💅🏻✨)

I never drew the three of them together despite the fact that Maeth and Shadowheart ended up being very close friends, and Karlach is obviously a sunshine and a friend to all, so Maeth really loves her too by the end of their journey and what comes next ☝🏻🙄

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Orin the Red

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Here have a painted portrait of my lovely cleric of death, Aldred 🫶🏻 he's there to show off his beautiful white eyelashes lmao

I'm having fun doing and experimenting with digital painting those last few days soooo

Anyway, here are some of the mains ideas about my new Tav; his name is Aldred (or Al" for short), he's a cleric of death domain, whose deity is (initially) Mykurl. Aldred's is born from the union of a human necromancer from Thay, and a tiefling cleric of death domain devoted to Mykurl, he also has a sister. As a child and through his life, Al" was surrounded by death and undeath, and was raised into worshipping and serving Mykurl as his mother did.

I kind of want to try to conect him to Ketheric at some point in his life, but that's still a work in progress for now 🫡

Also he's romancing Gale hehe

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Fallen Bhaalspawn 🖤

I haven't done any lineless painting in a looooong time, but I got completely absorbed painting this yesterday, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out 🫶🏻

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Here is the lovely art collab I did with @indimiart once again hehe 🫶🏻🩵

I did all the sketch and lineart, and they did all the coloring and rendering (which btw look at it??? Incredible job bye)

We're both so brainrotted about these sillies aughhh

(Astarion is the one taking the picture, he's admiring his lovers under the warmth of the sun ☝🏻)

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more mergay🩵 this time with betta Astarion and guppy Nievan :>

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happy mergay from Halsin and Hyacinth, resident reef dwellers and merflower farmers 🩵 these two are so sweet my teeth are rotting

(I ended up never figuring out what type of fish Hya would be, so their tail is just inspired by what felt the most correct 🫶🏼)

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Pin-Up Maeth, because @indimiart sent me a pin-up pic saying it would suit Maeth, and it sure does, look at my beautiful child 🙏🏻🖤

Maeth being Bhaal's twinkiest son or hottest daughter, idk lmaooo

(Reminder that Maeth is genderfluid, he/him for masc presenting, she/her for fem presenting)

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We shall never be victims of their voices again 🖤

I've started my Honour mode run few days ago, and decided to play it as transfem Maeth and that I'd be romancing Minthara this time, so these two are going to take over a chunk of my brain sorry, Durge/Minthy might go wild 🙄🙏🏻

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Little scar reference update because I've realized that I've never gave Maeth scars from getting the Loviatar Blessing despite the fact that getting hit by an axe would surely leave scars lmao

Maeth - Dark Urge

I've realized that I've never shared the reference sheet and lore summary I made for my durge Maeth here, excuse the old art, it dates back from april 2024 🫶🏻

Anyway, here have a proper introduction to my gremlin:

If you're motivated and want to read a more detailed version of his lore here's a google doc retracing his childhood, pre-nautiloid, act I, act II, act III

Yes from his stats he's all yap and stab, no strength nor wise lmao

**Notes/Update: Maeth is 1m83 tall, he's more than 100 yo, he has an extended lifespan given his nature | Maeth is genderfluid (realizes it few years after bg3's events) and can morph his already existing body into a more feminine one (mostly through some kind of magical fat redistribution + can magically change the length of his hair), Maeth uses he/him when presenting masc, she/her when presenting fem.**

Fic about Maeth's experience with gender identity

Lore summary:

Thank for reading if you did, hope you've liked it 🫶🏻

Also side note: i'm not a native english speaker

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Tainted devotion 🩸

I initially wanted to make the fabric looks like it was made of flesh but it just ended up looking like regular red fabric but oh well lmaooo

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Draw me like one of your Baldurian girls ☝🏻🙄

This artwork only exists because Nievan (@indimiart 's character) becomes a painter later on, and we did joked about that one scene in Titanic being them lmaooo Did I ever thought i'd draw something based on a Titanic scene someday? No, absolutely not

Enjoy these sillies for I adore them with my entire heart and soul 🙏🏻🩵

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Here is an joyful collab we did with @indimiart as it has been a bit more than a year since we started the Nievaethstarion ship AAAA 🫶🏻🩵 So what is better to mark that day than a sweet artwork of these three on their wedding day, being full of love and happiness 🫶🏻🩵

I will never cease to love these 3, the brainworms are too strong fr

Indimi's parts: sketch and line

My parts: coloring, rendering, frame

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Transfem Maeth just because I can, and because trans people deserve all the love and respect 🫶🏻🏳️‍⚧️🩵 (+ We slay✨)

She said she'll go take care of transphobs for you, don't worry she got your back ☝🏻🩵

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They're so soft i'm gonna die 🫶🏻🩵

new baby brother is here (one of the few moments of peace and quiet they’ll get in the next several months) ☀️

just a soft self indulgent piece between comms work 🥹🫶🏼 (Maeth is @nesvann ‘s as always 🫶🏼)

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It's all coming up Astarion.