#So I have a Durge Drow Cleric of Eilistraee that I’ve romanced Gale with (on the third run with him) and it’s incredible

[elspethdekarios]

For the Tav Ask (if you wanna do it)

Elspeth - 13 and 30

Sable - 11 and 14

Phaer'na - 15 and 18

Eeee yay thanks!!! 💜

Left to right: Elspeth, Sable, Phaer'na

Elspeth

(high half-elf, cleric)

13. What are their thoughts on killing? Is it a necessary evil or do they enjoy it?

She definitely doesn’t enjoy it. Even when the party came upon the mindflayer at the crash site, she couldn’t bring herself to kill it, and instead left it to die. The first few days of adventuring and having to kill enemies was rough for her. Eventually she realizes it’s a necessary evil.

30. What’s your favorite thing about your tav?

This is hard! I love so many things about Elspeth. If I had to narrow it down to one word, it’s her duality. She’s proper and noble and kind, but she’s also fierce and intimidating when she needs to be. I love that she almost always has resting bitch face, but once you get to know her, you realize she truly has a heart of gold and wants to help anyone who needs it. She’s selfless, often taking a smaller portion at dinner so the other companions can have more, or giving Gale the only magical item she had at the time–the amulet of lost voices–when he revealed his condition to her. Even though it would have been incredibly useful, she didn’t hesitate to hand it over if it meant easing his suffering. I just love her so much.

Sable (resist Durge)

(wood half-elf, circle of the land druid, gloomstalker ranger)

I’ve only briefly mentioned Sable a couple times, so here’s a short backstory:

Sable is a Bhaalspawn and was adopted by half-elf parents when she was a baby. When she was a child–probably around 8 or 9–she was traveling with her family when the carriage was destroyed by a freak accident. They were on a dirt road with no one else around, and Sable crawled out of the wreckage screaming for help, only to realize her mother, father, and the horseman of the carriage were dead. She mourned, she grieved, she ran her hands through their blood and felt something awaken in her. She shook it off, unshackled the horse from its bearings, and retreated to the woods, where she lived, alone but with many animal companions, until her Urge took over and she mindlessly wandered to Baldur’s Gate, driven only by insatiable bloodlust and whatever thing had control over her.

11. Weapon of choice?

Sable is a bow and arrow girl for sure. When she was Bhaal’s chosen before the events of the game, I’m sure she enjoyed watching someone squirm under the sharp edge of a dagger, but resist!Durge Sable prefers to strike from the shadows.

14. What hobbies does your tav have?

Pre-Bhaal activating her Urge, Sable spent most of her time foraging in nature, tending to the animals, and mixing up tinctures and potions from the ingredients she found. She also enjoyed cooking and target practice.

Post-game, I think Sable has to figure out what her new hobbies are. She still finds cooking enjoyable, but feels selfish when she cooks only for herself and not Astarion. He’ll taste it, of course, but he takes no pleasure out of food, and has no need to actually eat. She still loves nature and animals, and spends as much time as she can in the forest. With Astarion unable to go out in the sun, they’ve started taking walks through the forest at night, and she has a good time seeing her familiar surroundings in the dark, noticing the nocturnal life that she normally doesn’t get to see.

Phaer’na

(seldarine drow, college of swords bard)

Phaer’na is my newest tav and I don’t know a lot about her yet! She’s a Seldarine Drow (worships Eilistraee), a bard, loves to dance, and she’s romancing Wyll.

15. What NPCs do they like? Which ones do they dislike?

Phaer’na is my only tav who likes Volo. Elspeth finds him annoying and Sable finds him just absolutely insufferable. I, personally, fall somewhere in between the two of them. But Phaer’na freaking loves Volo. She knew exactly who he was and was so excited when he joined them at camp.

18. What would your tav be doing if they weren’t kidnapped on the Nautiloid?

So I haven’t figured out yet where Phaer’na is from or how she got kidnapped, but she worked as a tailor/seamstress/fashion designer in her mother’s clothing shop before the events of the game. She enjoys it, but she’s always wanted to branch out and be an adventurer, so she would probably be either still working or on an adventure of her own.