#tavtash tag game

[crystal-overdrive]

TavTash Tag Game

@bearhugsandshrugs post about the very small TavTash community inspired me to make this: I want to learn more about you and your Tavs!

Tell us a bit about your Tav! 

What alignment is your Tav? How does that align or clash with Gortash? Do they agree with him morally?

What God does your Tav follow? Is Gortash's position as Bane's chosen an issue? 

What did your Tav think of Gortash when they first met? Did they take his offer of an alliance? 

How did Gortash and your Tav get together? What do they see in each other? 

What does the future hold for your Tav and Gortash? Are they in a relationship, a one time thing, are they going to rule the sword coast together or kill each other in a tragic showdown?

I tag @bearhugsandshrugs, @avani-telvanni and @nyda-the-tav, plus any Tavtashers who see this!

[niaranda]

TavTash Tag Game made by @crystal-overdrive and inspired by @bearhugsandshrugs

I got tagged by @avani-telvanni and @yhmwatfhu I hope you will find it interesting!

I will accompany the article with my drawings, the full image of which you can find on my blog. 1. Tell us a bit about your Tav!  Niaranda – chaotic neutral forest elf, rogue ranger. She is convinced not to use illithid abilities from the word. A self-willed adventurer. A girl with a very pragmatic mindset, likes to make cause-and-effect relationships and find logical explanations for something, is quite perceptive. In words, she is straightforward, honest and outspoken. Instead of lying outright (she hates lying), she will start to conceal and evade the answer. She likes to discuss various topics, often topics with deep meaning. This helps her to be filled with her new knowledge.

She lives for her own pleasure, an individualist. She is diligent, and easily does work with something small. She help those in need, if it does not bother her and does not contradict for plans. She is often motivated. There is always a choice, it is impossible to stay away as an observer. Niaranda is stubborn in her decisions and does not tolerate the indecision of others. She is not afraid to challenge. In rational thinking, fear is an interfering factors that prevent analysis. But she's not fearless. She still has that feeling, even though she's trying to control it.

2. What alignment is your Tav? How does that align or clash with Gortash? Do they agree with him morally? Niaranda is of the opinion that tyranny will always exist. The overthrow of one tyrant does not mean the arrival of another tyrant. There is no ideal world in which it would always be safe. But it is quite possible to stand on the strong side. In this case, Gortash turned out to be a strong point, and not the squad with whom she traveled.

Niaranda can tell Gortash that his plan is bullshit if she really thinks so, and she will believe it until he provides her with weighty arguments in opposition. It may happen that at some point she will resist the actions of the Chosen Bane's, and a conflict may arise against this background. However, Gortash is one of those who can control her.

3. What God does your Tav follow? Is Gortash's position as Bane's chosen an issue?  Niaranda does not believe in any god directly. Faith often puts in certain frames, but a girl does not like to put herself in any kind of framework until she finds them useful for herself. Nevertheless, she observed the clergy and the dogmas of various gods a lot. Everyone has some kind of foothold that she can rely on in case of something. But Lathander turned out to be the most interesting in his desire to forget the defeats of the past and focus on the victories of the future. This also includes meeting problems face to face and rebirth as a metaphor. A new path, a fire that gives strength.

She does not consider the path of the Bainite, it is enough for her to be near them. Niaranda will always have time to swear allegiance to any of the gods. Rather, it is a matter of principle to remain with faith in oneself, to seek support within oneself. Of course, the power that the gods can give is a weighty argument to believe, but it also has consequences.

Niaranda finds it very curious that in places Enver is symbolized with the sun (for example, posters "Gortash to the Archdukes!" or the oath of union at the inauguration mentioning the roaring sun, symbols of the sun on Steel Watchers, and so on), but at the same time he is Bane's Chosen One. Without a direct belief in Lathander, Niaranda jokingly compares herself to a small ray of sunlight in pitch darkness. Two opposites. Sometimes it seems to her that there is a small ray of sunshine in the Gortash itself.

4. What did your Tav think of Gortash when they first met? Did they take his offer of an alliance?  Throughout her journey, Niaranda had heard enough about Gortash and his atrocities. However, she did not expect him to offer her an alliance. She agreed rather forcibly, as his Steel Guards looked menacing and terrifying. At the same time, Niaranda admired how well Enver had built his power.

The clever insidious eyes, shaggy hairstyle and unflappable V-neck on the chest, which impressed the girl at the inauguration, were just the beginning of the girl looking at some things with a new look.

Later, she did not regret the alliance agreement, even when her companions wanted to thwart Gortash's plans, Niaranda convinced them not to do so. It seemed to her that she was playing a double game, not telling the squad anything about her decisions.

5. How did Gortash and your Tav get together? What do they see in each other? 

The Illithid Colony What Niaranda sees: "A suspicious dangerous guy playing with his allies, he's clearly up to something bad, we need to stop him." Meeting at the inauguration What Niaranda sees: BREASTS "He is polite and courteous, but at the same time he looks so insidious and confident. He is an Archduke, although he achieved this dishonestly, a strong and prudent, natural leader. Damn it, he's good! I'll go after him." What Gortash sees: "She is quite stubborn and reasonable, she can turn out to be a strong ally. How far is she willing to go? I'll check it out." They both see that they need each other to cover the needs of their plans as well as their inner needs. And they can give it to each other.

6. What does the future hold for your Tav and Gortash? Are they in a relationship, a one time thing, are they going to rule the sword coast together or kill each other in a tragic showdown?

Situation #1: Tragic defeat. Gortash dies from a psionic shot to the head, Niaranda continues his work, but soon the same fate awaits her (yes, I know that the screenshot shows the scene with the transformation into an illithid, but just imagine that these black areas near the eyes are the result of the identical death of Gortash.).

Situation #2: The power of the Archduke. Niaranda has difficulty persuading the Emperor to ensure Gortash's survival at the brain. Gortash and the Emperor (a forced unwanted alliance), along with Niaranda and her squad, defeat the brain. Gortash kills the Emperor and takes the stones for himself, and Niaranda betrays her squad, becoming the right hand in ruling with Enver. He does not subordinate her, he will always have time to do this if his leash of influence on the girl suddenly breaks. Soon he realizes that the larva is useless without abilities, and removes it, making sure that the girl is faithful to him and their common cause. (THIS should be the canonical ending of Gortash, I think)

Situation #3: Revenge. Gortash is dying at the brain. Niaranda blames Bane for not helping Gortash in any way at the right moment. Six months have passed since the victory over the brain. Gale comes to the camp meeting in the form of the god of ambition and offers his beloved to become the goddess of any free domain (at the time of the plot of bg3, he does not know anything about her affair with Gortash). Niaranda chooses the domain of revenge, retribution, justice and becomes not a god equal to Gale, or Mystra, or Bane, but a demigod (at the time of writing the story, I learned that in stories, unfortunately, there already exists such a demigod named Hoar). Niaranda travels through Faerun, undermining Bane's churches, thereby weakening his power, in order to later visit Bane's outer plane, free Gortash from eternal torment. The girl returns all his equipment to Gortash and together they defeat Bane. Lord Enver Gortash becomes the new god of tyranny and discord. The oath made by the two of them at the inauguration is finally being fulfilled.

(it all looks so epic in my head, but I tried to briefly describe it)

Thank you for your attention, it was interesting for me to describe it!

[bakuliwrites]

WIP Word Game

Thank you so so much for the tag @elinorbard! Sorry it's taken me so very long to get to this.

The word you gave me was dark. So here's a few excerpts from Dark Star: Sea Foam, the next installment of my Gortash x Tav fic series (that I am writing completely out of order).

D: Days of separation, because a note exchanged between the two of them was discovered, and they were no longer allowed to be alone with one another. Notes that contained plans of escape. Plans for a life lived beyond the confines of the House of Hope.

A: All anger, all frustration evaporates with his caress. Orlando leans into his cupped hand, pressing a soft kiss to his palm. “Enver, I-” she breathes, next words silenced when the Archduke seizes her wrist, pulling her swiftly into him and hungrily capturing her lips.

R: Rather, I should be commending you for a job well done; though your actions have certainly thrown a bit of a wrench into my plans (I say this with affection). No matter. Wrenches have use.

K: “Kinspeople, Baldurians- and dearest Duke Ravengard,” he begins, “Thank you for joining me on this exceptional day.” There is light applause, some whispers of excitement, and a general sense of reverence coursing through the hall. Chest puffed out in triumph, Enver opens his mouth to continue, but his words shrivel in his throat. His pride falters for a moment when a loud bang resonates through the room.

Tagging @kalmiaphlox, @inkymoonbunny, and anyone else who would like to play (apologies if you have been tagged in this already and have answered already! I'm still catching up on what I've missed over the last few weeks on Tumblr haha). Your word is star.

[nyda-the-tav]

BG3 Picrew Kiss Game

Rules: Show me your Tav/Durge and their BG3 romance, then give me their song. Tag some friends to share too!

Picrew is here

Thanks for the tag @strawberrypinky 💕

Here's Raina x Gortash ✨

Not me trying to cover up his lack of stubble and scars by putting the hand there 👀

And their song:

Tagging @randomfanner @faundlydreaming @kurenai633 @memyselfandianobodyfromnowhere anyone out there who has an OC x BG3 character they wanna try this with! Tag me back if you do it so I can see your sweethearts 💕

[nusaran]

WIP Wednesday

Rules: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you feel like).

Tagged by @murmel-malt <3 thank you!

For "Of Lighthouses and Sunken Ships", an unpublished chapter in the story's second act.

“It seems like you need some distraction from the patriar’s life,” Alfira winked. “Given your disguise, I thought you’d like some things to do in your covert escapades. By pure coincidence, I have a spare harp at home. I just need to know if you want to do this and when and where.” It didn’t take long to settle on a regular time and place. By the time Ilyana left the tavern, her steps held a new spring in them as she returned to her tower humming a melody she had once danced to with Enver.

Tagging: @bearhugsandshrugs, @canon-in-too-deep, @oappleofmyeye, @nyda-the-tav

[nyda-the-tav]

Thanks for tagging me 💕 I love all your lil guys! They're adorable.

Here's my lil guy Raina 💖

Sometimes she has a crow friend but it's usually her mage hand. Haven't found any picrew that lets her have a hand friend lol.

And here's her Gort

He looks so young!

As a bonus for all the torment she's gunna go through in this fic, Karlach ❤️

Tagging @luniidae @avani-telvanni @bearhugsandshrugs

BG3 Lil guy picrew game

Rules: Reblog with pictures of your lil guys so I can see their adorable faces 👀 and tag a friend

I just think they’re cute, okay

These images were created with “ElenaA's Little Guy Maker“!!

Here are mine as payment

Halsin 😭✨

Raphael 👀✨

Marya, before all this mess (so…Haarlep)

Don’t worry about it

Marya now 🙃

Astarion, the bastard🩸🗡️

Gortash 👀

No need to worry about who that is either…

Anyway 👀

@nyda-the-tav @autistichalsin

[randomfanner]

I got tagged by @nyda-the-tav

TavTash Tag Game

@bearhugsandshrugs post about the very small TavTash community inspired me to make this: I want to learn more about you and your Tavs!

Tell us a bit about your Tav!  Anya is a half elf, college of lore bard (though she wanted to be a wizard) who worked at the Golden Eye Tavern for several years under her 'father' Otus(who is actually a devil named Plutus in disguise, running the tavern to attract souls and debtors). She worked as a porter and server Here is a picture, she only has art because she is chubby and I don't have BG3 on PC and her look in game isn't CLOSE (Enver made her cloak)

What alignment is your Tav? How does that align or clash with Gortash? Do they agree with him morally? She is Neutral Good and they argue a l o t. Gortash thinks he can sway her from good at first though and he is proven very, very, very, wrong

What God does your Tav follow? Is Gortash's position as Bane's chosen an issue?  Anya was raised by Ace, a aasimar son of Zeus with so many daddy issues and general dislike for the gods, and that kind of rubbed off on her(this adventure is proving that more and more). BUT, she hopes that Selune will take her soul for you know, saving her kid, killing Ketheric a traitor and saving Shadowheart. So it doesn't really come up. Anya is vaguely curious for more info but the more she learns the more she thinks she is justified in not- Granted Gortash being the chosen of Bane causes a lot of troubles for HIM and having feelings.

What did your Tav think of Gortash when they first met? Did they take his offer of an alliance?  Depends on what instance they first meet, because when they were children Anya was quite excited to bother him when he was working on inventions, and bringing him food. When they are adults she isn't exactly the most trusting of him, but does accept an altered version of the alliance, she will get the nether stone from Orin and then, after they know the Netherbrain won't be an issue, they can kill each other.

How did Gortash and your Tav get together? What do they see in each other?  Gortash was lonely, he would never call it that but he really, really missed my Durge: Calax. He figured that he just needed to make a new alliance with someone who had recently proven themselves of being capable. Perhaps needed to be... persuaded to see the right way of things, he knew she was still quite naive to the world, but perhaps was opening her eyes. So he made a deal with Anya that he would give her one thing of her choosing(to which she asked him to make Karlach a new heart) in exchange for her keeping him company. Eventually, after learning Enver was her childhood friend(because he did not look the same age as her, even if he is a human), she figured she would give a shot of actually being his friend. She also had to admire his intelligence, inventions and earnestly enjoyed his company. For Gortash, meanwhile, he cannot figure out WHY he likes her at all, and it is because she cares about him and can read him. Which he does hate sooooo much.

What does the future hold for your Tav and Gortash? Are they in a relationship, a one time thing, are they going to rule the sword coast together or kill each other in a tragic showdown? ... Ok so realistically, kill each other in a tragic showdown but the Author is a slut for happy endings even when they aren't deserved. So Gortash accidentally kills Anya before the fight, has to deal with a boat load of emotions... only to realize Anya was brought back from the dead later. And that is when he realizes that he isn't going to be able to go through with killing her intentionally- which he fucking hates for every single reason he would hate that... so he reluctantly steps down, Anya wins a bet to get Bane to let Enver free, and he gets sentenced to be the city's maintenance guy until he dies. Which he isn't happy about, vocally so- but he does eventually come to find some satstifcation in it. They also end up having three kids, Callie, Dante(Adopted) and Prometheus.

@bg3-stole-my-soul now you have to talk about Kieran

[chocolatecatcupcakecheese]

WIP Name Game

Kiss kiss to @sybaritick for tagging me! 😘😘

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! Tag as many people as you have WIPs.

I have a lot of BG3 WIPs, but here we go!

4MF

Can’t drown my demons

does this unit have a soul - durgetash

Durgetash Politician Blackmail AU

End of all things

Galetash Pirate AU

gort arranged marriage

Gortash Regency Era AU

Gortash 神様始めましたパロ

iugulare mortuos

High aka iugulare mortuos

Himawari no Tane - hamtash

kissie kissie - orintash

Lightning rod - durgetash

Little Princess - tavtash

Nectar - Karstarion

Sumn sumn russian exchange student

Sunglasses Emoji 😎 MCIF

there are many benefits to being a marine biologist

Wile Magic - Fae Tav

怪盗 - night watch

オメガパロ gort tables turned

I am tagging the lovely @visceralcoma @thereallonelyagain @unkledeath @secondsundering @dandelion-bride @rjshepherd @bearhugsandshrugs @plethomacademia @spockandthings @baneschosen @sadponyguerrillagirl @thechaoscryptid @dabs-into-oblivion @spellmage @boghags

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh and anyone else I missed who wants to share!!!! I am surprised I managed to come up with this many writer mutuals who haven't yet done this..... If you're interested give it a try!!!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 And if I've double pinged you have an apology cookie!! 🍪

[dandelion-bride]

here be dragons, but wondrous tales also

tav: Zefira Shadebrook, halfling trickery cleric of Tymora Brandobaris dark urge: the Dirge of the Living World >> Fennec Dirj, half-elven storm sorcerer and Reject Dark Urge

fanfiction:

"it's a hells of a feeling though": pre-canon though early post-canon AU (Gortash Lives / Lathanderan Gortash) series. Tavtash, Durgetash, and Tavstarion main pairings. please mind the tags but reread the title.

"The Inexplicably Barovian Themed Adventure" (3/??): post-game Spawn Astarion and Tav. Horror, humor, adventure, load-bearing smut.

socials:

I haunt Baldur's Taint. fair warning that we expect people to be adults, but if one can handle the responsibility, the rewards are well worth it.

[crystal-overdrive]

TavTash Tag Game

Tagged in my own game! Thanks @bearhugsandshrugs 🥰

Tell us a bit about your Tav!  This is Tavarina Ammakyl, 30, a Waterdelvian noble, now Grand Duke of Baldur's Gate. Before the Nautaloid she was a researcher and lecturer with the Watchful Order, and had powers granted to her by a mysterious patron that was unlike any other warlock patron she'd heard of. Academia and her patron were Tav's way out of the pressure she was under to marry well as her parent's 'spare' second-daughter.

What alignment is your Tav? How does that align or clash with Gortash? Do they agree with him morally? Lawful Neutral. Within three months of meeting Gortash she becomes Lawful Evil. She values efficiently, order and rules, and believes those who can lead should step up to do so. She's done some dark things in the name of those values, and Gortash corrupts her into viewing those acts in a positive light. Her clashes with Gortash are less about morals and more about optics; he's just entered a phase of his plan where he can be openly violent (murdered patriars etc) and she thinks he needs to pull back and continue to build his image.

What God does your Tav follow? Is Gortash's position as Bane's chosen an issue?  With where we're at in the fic right now, Tav has just learned that the 'warlock patron' she's worked with for the past decade is, in fact, Bane. Prior to that she'd had blessings from Loviatar but held no real religious convictions. She's been on a similar corruption journey with Bane, at first calling him evil and dismissing Enver's offer to raise a black keep, then realising she has respect for the church's tenets and models them in her own behaviour, before attempting a Banite ritual herself. Gortash's position as his chosen and therefore his position above Tav in the Banite hierarchy is magically enforced, which gives Tav little choice at times.

What did your Tav think of Gortash when they first met? Did they take his offer of an alliance?  She took the alliance immediately, but negotiated him down to killing the brain and using her hero status to further his grasp on the city: being the one to 'save the city' was always his plan, after all. She threw fixing Karlach's engine into the deal too, to get the party off her back. As someone who had been a reluctant leader, only doing it because no one else was willing or capable, Tav saw this as the most logical and efficient way to end things. On a personal level, she was attracted to him and admired his wit and intelligence but didn't trust him at all. Her 'patron' however, seemed to draw her towards him.

How did Gortash and your Tav get together? What do they see in each other?  My friend said they were practically married from the moment they met and yeah, that vibe is there, but it took them quite a long time to actually get together. Tav didn't trust that he wasn't attempting to seduce her into supporting policies she didn't agree with, and when she realised she held more than just attraction to him, she was concerned about how it would look to the patriars. Tav eventually threw caution to the wind after learning the truth about Bane and almost being kidnapped by Wyll. I think they are quite similar people in their drives towards efficiency, their thirst for knowledge and their complicated relationships with the trappings of luxury. Tav explicitly says multiple times that she's attracted to his intelligence and wit, and honestly he just loves it when she's doing evil shit.

What does the future hold for your Tav and Gortash? Are they in a relationship, a one time thing, are they going to rule the sword coast together or kill each other in a tragic showdown? That would be spoilers...and require me to know the answer to that question! I'm relatively certain that their alliance will hold, but what form that ultimately takes is still up for debate. And whether they'll rule the sword coast? That depends on Wyll and the Harpers...

I've run out of people to tag in this but please feel free to join in - we want to meet all the Tavtashers! 🖤

[bakuliwrites]

Snippet Sunday

Thank you to the talented @elinorbard for tagging me!!!!! Tagging @kalmiaphlox, @inkymoonbunny, and anyone else who would like to share something!

I’m back to working on my post-coronation Gortash x Tav fic :) I’ve posted a bunch of snippets (like this one here) over the last month. I’m hoping to finish this one soon because I’m really enjoying working on it :D Here’s a very short sneak peek of it.

She plucks his shirt from the ground and brings it to her face, inhaling deeply. Orlando’s eyes flutter shut in content, lights dancing along the twisting spirals of her horns, tail swaying slow and serene.

“I’m assuming you either have another or a way of obtaining another?” she inquires, though it seems a rather rhetorical question, given that she doesn’t wait for Enver’s response before slinging his shirt over her shoulder.

[nyda-the-tav]

OC Insight: What kind of love are you?

Take this uquiz as your OC and post the result!

Thanks @bearhugsandshrugs for the tag 💖

❤️✨❤️✨❤️✨❤️✨❤️✨❤️

Here is my girl Raina!

Raina's results:

Love as a Force of Nature 🍃

Your love is like whiplash –– it comes in with the rain, it blows the doors wide open. When you fall in love, it is sudden and hard and immense. It is powerful. It is earth-shaking and world-ending. Nature is a force, and that force can be destructive if you're not careful.

See how the world is doused in gasoline and set on fire –– your love consumes, your love takes, your love burns. You're hot and cold all at once, a hurricane and a wildfire bound together in skin, and when you're in love, it can feel like it's eating you alive from the inside out.

When you love, it is with everything you have because it is everything you have. Be careful, darling, because not everyone survives the storm.

Thoughts: This does hit pretty accurately, but it's only part of her journey. Girl is holding back all that love and affection waiting for someone she might never meet, guarding her heart and afraid of being unlovable.

So when she finally DOES fall for someone, it hits hard and almost ruins everything she's built. She doesn't even realize how selfish she's been and that realization sends her spiraling. It is her own trial by fire and she comes out hurt, but a better person for it.

No pressure tag ❤️: @strawberrypinky @eldathsgrove @elinorbard @kurenai633 @randomfanner @masterangst

[crystal-overdrive]

Wip Wednesday

Thanks for the tag @fangbangerghoul! I am finally working on towards tyranny again after all the uni madness.

‘He is a wretch who finds himself at a loose end now that the Absolute is no more. We have no use for him; continuing to use that bathhouse after being publicly associated with the Bhaalists and Murkulites would be foolish. Agitating you was his last gamble for political support.’ Enver’s eyes turned dark as a grim smile graced his face. ‘And he has lost that bet.’

Tav relaxed a little, uncrossed her arms and chuckled darkly. ‘Oh, is this the part where you threaten to kill a man for undermining my authority?’

Enver laughed. ‘Sedition was the official charge.’ He reached across the carriage and took one of Tav’s hands in his own, raised it to pull her forward slightly. ‘And only if it’s the part where you’ll let me.’

‘Let you?’ she raised her eyebrows. ‘I thought I was supposed to know my place.’

He brought her hand to his face and lightly brushed her knuckles with his lips. With eyes closed he looked almost reverent, devoted. Dread ice shivered and grew from where he kissed her, snaked up her arm and into her head: a circlet of cold tyranny.

Enver’s eyes fluttered open, and he looked up at her with a half-lidded gaze. ‘I think you know your place exactly, Tavarina.’

Her crown of ice grew and that cold determination shot through her mind, her thoughts embraced by hard certainty. A cruel smile began to grace her features.

‘Do it,’ she said. ‘I want Vanthampur’s head.’

Enver grinned, let out a small chuckle that melted the icy atmosphere. He squeezed her hand in his.

‘Then you shall have it, my dear.’

[bakuliwrites]

WIP Word Train

Thank you so so much for the tag @khywren!!!!!

The word you gave me was SMILE. Pulling from a few of my fics, so here we go :)

Rules: you get a word and you look through your current WIPs to find a sentence/paragraph starting with each letter of that word.

S- So much for going back to sleep. Orlando cracks an eye open, greeted by shadows and the faint glow of the last of the firewood. The hairs on the back of her neck stand on end. She senses something’s gaze falling on her, or perhaps it’s been on her for a while as she’s soundly slept. Blindly, she slides a hand across the mattress and is met with the chilly, smooth sensation of scales under her fingertips. Her eyes fly wide open as she remembers everything that happened last night.

M- “Making friends?” Orlando’s voice sounded from above. She was leaning out of the window, a proud beam on her round face. The kitten was brought inside, fed, bathed, and fast asleep on Astarion’s chest in under an hour. He didn't have the heart to put her down in the basket he and Orlando had carefully crafted for her, so she remained sleeping in the bed beside them all night long. The next morning, Astarion coined the little creature, “Bellatrix,” and she has been a permanent resident ever since.

I-"I am not a reliquary, my darling," Enver hushes, pressing himself close and pausing for a moment. He looks her in the eye, holding her glimmering, anxious gaze, "And though you are holy progeny, you do not belong cloistered in temples or holed away in some stuffy shrine. You deserve to be venerated in the open air. Free as the sea you were birthed from," and he presses featherlight kisses to her eyelids.

L- Like an apparition, he’ll materialize in the silver surface before him, wavering into existence, and memories of a time before blood will come flooding back to him. Suddenly, Astarion will be able to gaze upon the sharp angles of his cheeks, the straight slope of his nose, the pink of his lips. The crimson of his eyes will fade and they’ll be- well, they’ll be- What color were they again? 

E- Enver braces himself for Raphael’s return, fists clenching around the dirty rags in his hands. What he wouldn’t give to stuff them down the cambion’s throat. His loathsome scowl remains when Raphael emerges from a flurry of hellfire and smoke. The cambion wears a proud smile, beating his leathery wings to dust off the ash from his journey.

Tagging @elinorbard, @inkymoonbunny, @kalmiaphlox, and anyone else who would like to play! Your word is MAGIC.

[bakuliwrites]

OC Tag Game

Thank you so much @kalmiaphlox for the tag! Love your OC Hircine and can't wait to read more about her :)

Here is my BG3 Tav!

Name: Orlando Moonwater

Alias: Lady Moonwater, Siren of the Abyss, Tav (sorta, I guess)

Gender: Female

Age: Whatever age Gortash is. They grew up together and she's perhaps a year younger than him, at most.

Spoken Language(s): Common/Undercommon/Infernal/Elvish, smatterings of other languages

Sexual Orientation: She doesn't like to label it

Occupation...

Pre-Game: Lexicographer. Orlando researches language, particularly in the context of spell-craft and magic. She has always been fascinated by the way language plays into building a spell. She is working on compiling a comprehensive text on various spells and the etymology behind them. Before this, however, Orlando put herself through school by acting as an herbalist and translator for sailors.

Post-Game: Lifelong student and writer. She continues her research, but eventually turns to her more creative pursuits: writing. She publishes several volumes of poetry (and her textbook!) :)

Favorite...

Color: Pale lavender or periwinkle

Entertainment: Reading, people-watching at taverns, the symphony

Pastime: Exploring the ocean (both the surface and what lurks underneath), practicing her magic, writing poetry, reading under the sheltering branches of a willow with Astarion lying next to her, helping Gortash tinker with machinery, cooking

Food: Scallops! Especially fresh caught

Drink: Spiced rum or a peaty whiskey

Have they...

Passed University: Yes! Orlando put herself through school after escaping the House of Hope.

Had Sex: Yes, but not with very many partners.

Had Sex in Public: Perhaps...

Gotten Tattoos: Yes!

Gotten Piercings: Yes, her ears and her nose!

Gotten Scarred: She has a scar that crosses her face from a ritual gone wrong in her youth. And she has permanent scars from Astarion's fangs (scars that delight her endlessly).

Are they...

A Cuddler: Yes! But only with people she really trusts.

Scared Easily: Not particularly. She's grown up around eldritch beasts and all sorts of creatures, so she's not easily frightened.

Jealous Easily: Nope!

Trustworthy: Yes! She always tries to keep her word.

Family...

Siblings: Orlando has a twin brother named Cían! She and her brother have been searching for one another ever since they were separated as children.

Parents: Orlando and her father are estranged at the beginning of the game. They have a confrontation once she reaches Baldur's Gate. Her mother has been missing since she was young, which has devastated her terribly.

Children: Yes! She and Astarion will eventually have a little boy, Elessar. And in an AU I'm plotting, she and Gortash have three little ones (Mirak, Nikhil, and Diya).

Tagging @elinorbard, @khywren, @bardic-inspo, and anyone else who would like to share! (Also, my bad if you did this already, I've been off and on tumblr over the last several months; but if you have more OCs you want to share or you just want to reblog the one you made, I'd love to see!)

[bakuliwrites]

Snippet Sunday

Thank you to the talented @khywren for tagging me this Sunday!!!!! Finally putting all of my Gortash x Tav stuff together into one fic (except for their youth, that's in this fic here that I need to get back to writing eventually). Working on putting out the first chapter (possibly tonight?) .You can look forward to plenty of angst and spice in this one! But for now, here's a little sneak peek of a future chapter.

O, a voice hushes on the edges of her thoughts, a voice that sends tendrils of excitement coursing through Orlando’s body. So, he did see her at Moonrise; or at least, sense her. Orlando exhales, a yearning ache blooming in her lungs, climbing up her throat and resting sweetly on her tongue. Her thumb slides underneath the flap of the envelope, breaking the seal and sending a gentle waft of rosewood and vanilla into the air. Shivers of anticipation prickle along Orlando’s skin. Enver, she whispers back. She is met with a thrill of elation rattling against her mind like the frenetic tail of a viper. He is near, somewhere close; and this letter is his, no doubt. She brings it to her nose and inhales, before sliding the parchment out of the envelope. As the letter unfolds, a smaller piece of parchment falls from its center: some sort of formal missive, perhaps. Upon closer inspection, Orlando realizes it is an admission pass for a coronation. An Archducal coronation, much to her shock. She sets it to the side, hoping for some sort of explanation in the letter that it arrived with.

Tagging @elinorbard, @kalmiaphlox, @inkymoonbunny, and anyone else who would like to share something!