#They’re in a polycule with astarion halsin & my friends orc OC

[avocado-writing]

throwing in some Tav art so I have a ref for them on here.

Tavern “Tav” Stone

human college of valour bard

they grew up in the circus of last days, found as a baby and raised by boney & stoney

went to faerûn at about 17 to seek their fortune

got manipulated into working for the Zhentarim because they were so naive, and when they realised the truth about the criminal acts they were committing it was too late to get out of

went along with what they were told to do reasonably unwillingly under threat of blackmail

tried to save for top surgery until one day one of their Zhent contacts told them about a doctor who’d do it for free if Tav smuggled something big

foolishly they agreed

their surgery was done - not to a high standard - but their blood was used as part of a spell component to put an arcane circle in their chest.

much like a bag of holding it was meant to connect to a harmless demiplane, except the ritual went wrong and it connected to a very occupied demiplane

something that’s now linked to Tav burst out its tentacles from their chest and tried to attack everything in reach

Tav was left abandoned in an alley when the attack was over - likely would have bled to death if the Nautiloid hadn’t picked them up