#bg3 drow

[nythscribble]

who are you calling a weirdo..

[shadydruid]

✨️Commission ✨️ Another Baldur's Gate Tav portrait- Pearl. Seldarine Drow Paladin of Eilistraee. Kind, straightforward, honest, and brave.

[steamclouds]

Big shoutout to @titan-wolfdog for sending me this and saying I should redraw them with Voradras and Noodle. Your brain.

[anikorsmthnidk]

just having fun with my durge lady Archvelle

All my drows have a soft spot for that disaster

[she-dwells-within-the-forest]

| Xandre | Seldarine sword dancer of Eilistraee.

I remade Xandre because by act 3 the durge background really didn't fit with playing a cleric (in my opinion). Plus I really wanted to romance her with Lae'zel rather than Astarion.

I spent so much time on her hair to get the right colour. So much so that I now understand the larian character creation stats of like 1000 years or something.

[lucklessrat]

Ass O’Ryan and his pet Moon Druid

[ladiemars]

do you guys think nym and sorn are actually twins or is it just a weird roleplay thing

[justanotherignot]

devnote: Horny.

[milton-chamberlain]

I'm currently playing a relatively good character. Meet the priest of Selune, a drow named Sherrill. He has a very young face, but in fact he is almost the same age as Halsin. He is kind and very empathetic, but at the same time there is a little of the stereotypical drow in him: he can be cunning and deceitful if he needs to. He had been on a pilgrimage to the shrines of Selune in Faerûn for over 10 years when he was kidnapped by the illithids. In general, he has a lot to boast about in terms of adventures; I think he’s even been to some other astral planes.

He has some problems communicating with Shadowheart, for obvious reasons!!! But in reality he doesn't dislike her at all. In fact, he perceives most of his companions as foolish children, ESPECIALLY SHADOWHEART, YES

One last fun fact: Gale isn't his type at all in terms of looks, but he's the kind of guy who is drawn to charisma. Although I think that in the end he would have left Gale to continue the pilgrimage but with SHADOWHEART AS HIS STUDENT, LOL

[adactaaries]

Drow girl for @threeofeight

[astarionposting]

The Underdark.

Also, this song was so nice to listen to while taking these

[ylieke]

A commission with TAV and Shadowheart) Where TAV persuades her to kill the Nightsong.

I genuinely liked customer's sketch :

[chainedanchor]

Love sinking my teeth into new obsessions that kills my artblock with its bare hands

Dont question the first one its based on another post lmao

[lunastrophe]

BG3 Drow Lore 🕷️ Minthara's alurlssrin

Alurlssrin is a drow term Minthara uses to describe the bond she shares with Tav - but what does it precisely mean?

🕷️ Alurlssrin In BG3 - alurlssrin appears in some specific Minthara’s lines, when the player character romances her. According to Narrator, it is …a word used rarely, describing the deepest bonds of trust and love.

When asked about it, Minthara says simply that alurlssrin means “love” and confesses that she never really expected to use it. In another line, she seems to be convinced that alurlssrin is the kind of bond that can be life-lasting.

When Tav tries to reciprocate, saying: I alurlssrin you too, Minthara – with a hint of amusement – explains that alurlssrin is a noun.

The alurl- part may suggest that this word means “the best” kind of an emotional bond, or something close to it (alurl – “best, foremost” in Drowic).

🕷️ Alurlssrin And Ssinssrigg - in R. A. Salvatore’s The Legacy, it is stated that …there is no word in the drow language for love. The closest word (...) is ssinssrigg, but that is a term better equated with physical lust or selfish greed.

Ssinssrigg is another term that appears in one of Minthara’s lines, when the player character romances her, but does not have her high approval. She says then: What we share is no more than ssinssrigg, a passion that burns fierce, but has no foundation.

But... since according to drow lore, there is no word for “true” love in Drowic – and the closest term is ssinssrigg - where did alurlssrin come from?

🕷️ Drow Words For Love - alurlssrin was first mentioned by Ed Greenwood in his post (TheEdVerse, Twitter, Jan. 2023) about Eilistraee and drow words for love:

Eilistraee knows all the drow words for love, and the elvish ones, too. The Drow words are: alurlssrin = unselfish, deep love, raggath = act of love (lovemaking), lurraggath = act of love (sacrificial or noble deed), ssinssrigg = passion, lust, greed, longing, love.

(Among elvish words for love, apparently also known to Eilistraee, there is nor = love, essence of passion. It also appears in one of Minthara's lines, when she calls her lover ust-nor - thank you to @vspin for messaging me about this!)

It seems, then, that alurlssrin is a drow word that is known to Eilistraee and most likely to her followers...

...but Lolth-sworn drow – or at least Menzoberranyr drow – do not know / use it. 🤔 So how is it possible that Minthara, a (former) paladin of Lolth from Menzoberranzan, is familiar with it?

🕷️ Alurlssrin In Minthara's Vocabulary

I have a feeling that alurlssrin appears in Minthara’s lines simply because a drow word for deep, true love was needed for the dialogue. Still, I tried to come up with some more lore-adequate explanations:

🕷️ Some Very Old Word – perhaps in Menzoberranzan, alurlssrin is a half-forgotten archaism that is no longer regularly used, but an educated (or bookwormish) drow can still stumble across it in centuries-old books and figure out its meaning.

🕷️ Language Of Heretics – as a paladin of Lolth, it is possible that Minthara came to contact with Eilistraeans – or with their culture – at some point. She might be even trained to recognize this particular kind of “heresy”, learning symbols and words popularly used among the followers of Eilistraee... alurlssrin included.

🕷️ Not So Unknown Anymore – language tends to change over time, and between the quote from The Legacy and the events of Baldur’s Gate 3, there is a gap of over 130 years. Maybe during this time, alurlssrin term became less unknown in Menzoberranzan? Although considering its connection to Eilistraee and her cult, this may be the least likely explanation.

Regardless of everything, the fact that Minthara calls the bond between her and Tav alurlssrin is certainly meaningful. Typically, many drow like her might not be exactly (or at all) familiar with a sheer concept of deep, unselfish, lasting love...

For more of my drow lore ramblings, feel free to check my pinned post 🕷️

[skatik]

There's more to do, if we can only live

[missamethysa]

Girlboss Gaslight Grove Kill ⛓️❤️

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