#wood elf durge

[whitegoldtower]

Making my official intro post for my Durge: A wood-elf, Circle of Spores Druid-Barbarian named Ungolhir (Goldie for short).

My ideas for him came from playing through Act II with another character (if you know about Thaniel and Oliver, you'll see where I'm going with this). Basically, Ungolhir is the Oliver to Halsin's Thaniel. Halsin is a hawthorn tree, and Ungolhir is a blackthorn tree. Halsin wears light colours, Ungolhir wears dark. Together, they're representative of the balance druids strive for, and just as Ungolhir helps Halsin with his problems, Halsin helps him with his urges. Halsin represents the order of nature and 'life', whereas Ungolhir represents the chaos of nature and 'death', or more accurately 'decay'.

His name is in reference to his wildshape, which is a giant spider. (Ungol coming from Tolkien's Quenya for 'spiderweb'). I wanted to werewolf-build him a little bit, wherein when his urges strike, he loses control over his wildshape (a bit like Halsin, again, only in the other direction - Halsin loses control during a romance scene, whereas Ungolhir loses control when he kills), so the last thing Alfira sees is probably a massive, salivating spider (which then proceeds to partially eat her).

He's on his redemption arc, though. He started off with extremely poor control over his urges (I was basically making him give in to nearly all of them), but Alfira's death is the turning point at which he basically says 'yeah no, fuck this' and starts fighting it.

... And now Astarion has TWO big strong druids to keep him safe and warm.

Also I think it's kind of poetic for Astarion (as a vampire spawn) to be sandwiched between representations of Life and Death (who are also holding hands).

[orphanedsource]

another doodle dump. having a laugh having fun. my rat girl likes gale now that he's embraced his ambitions.

But since I've learned durge's canon ORIGINAL BESTIE 4 LIFE RIDE OR DIE YOU DONT GET A CHOICE I need to draw something funny with them together

[coyoats]

More of they

[lucklessrat]

my tav and my durge

I have a lot more bg3 crap i wanna post but theyre all unrelated or unfinished so im waiting until I have enough to make a decent sketch dump lol

Hayselra is he/they

Lethean is he/him

[y-rhywbeth2]

While replaying BG2, I had sudden moment of inspiration regarding a headcanon on how my Durge could be elven while tying it back to the first games (could also apply to half-elven). Throwing ideas around: Back in BG2 Irenicus tried to join the Seldarine by draining/fusing himself with the Tree of Life, an avatar of Rillifane Rallathil, claiming his divinity for himself and becoming a god... The act of draining the tree also had the side effect of killing and draining the life out of every elf in the city of Suldanesselar, but hey.

The second time he did this he had the stolen soul of a Bhaalspawn, which means that for a time the essence of Bhaal, the essence of an elven god, and the divine essence of Corellon/Elven-ness were all intermingled in an act of mass murder. Titans can be created entirely by accident; it could be possible for some of the divine essence of the Seldarine/Rilifane to be carried back to Bhaal, or even for Durge to have been born as a consequence of Irenicus' attack on the Tree.

There were these things, parasites formed from dark magic that the elves didn't recognise that Irenicus used to drain the essence from the tree (they were also kind of cute, imo, but that's beside the point): if those were, in some roundabout fashion, the "flesh" of Bhaal, slain, then reanimated and shaped into elven form by the stolen divine essence of one of the Seldarine... it would put Durge's birth in 1369, probably sometime in Kythorn (June-ish).

... It also sort of makes Durge part tree and maybe gives them two or three parents (Bhaal and Rillifane, and maybe Irenicus if you want to be cruel).

Also might make Queen Ellesime their half-sister or something (I'm not entirely clear on how she's related to the Leaflord, just that she's descended from him).

The Seldarine probably wouldn't be terribly comfortable with such a child existing (Sehanine might make an attempt at kindness as she does with Eilistraee and Shevarash, but when things don't fit into their ideal, things get very uncomfortable in this family). The elves wouldn't be keen on them either once/if they worked out what the infant was, what with them being both a reminder of a horrific and traumatic crime against them, and also a Bhaalspawn. They don't like those: "None of the elven forest folk want to be near me." - Charname, after being ushered out of Suldanesselar and out into a world where Bhaalspawn are being subjected to witch hunts, shortly after saving said elves and their city. Even if they are an elf.

[moonslittlestar]

Little bit obsessed with them.

[waterdhaviancheesecake]

the nonbinary transmascs are smoking elf weed‼️

ft. @danse--macabre 's durge Ch'lakhou :]

details under the cut because it's a huge canvas and it might not load well

[onlyfangz]

ragnar (they/them) x astarion

when you find out your partner has been using their hands to apply their totally ferocious war paint

[queenofcarrotflowers-s]

"here's my little treat with their cheeks all flushed" || sorcha agaric & astarion ancunín

help i'm obsessed with my resisting!durge and astarion's relationship. my sweet bloodthirsty idiots

I thought I saw a post a few weeks back with an astarion version of @trianglart's "you should see the other guy" vampire comic so that was the inspiration for the additions in the second picture. I unfortunately cannot find the astarion comic post to tag whoever made it, but if you know who did, please lmk and I'll add an update!

[billybabyy]

after 5 months i finally finished my first baldur’s gate 3 play through this weekend 🥹 astrid and her star boy are making happy memories and enjoying all the peace faerûn has to offer (pic of halsin included because his hug looks so cozy and i want one, will be romancing that big hunk of an elf next play through)

[mt07131]

BG3 round 2: dark urge edition. Meet miss Solanine and her mysterious dream guardian

[owlart18]

Mermay 2024 speedpaint

[the-marshmallow]

[whitegoldtower]

I have a new BG3 OC!

Planned out my first proper Dark Urge. He’s a big strong wood elf, a druid… essentially, the Anti-Halsin.

And he has a Jekyll and Hyde situation going on with his wildshape, which is a giant spider. (Wildshape + Enlarge = horrifying)

His name is Ungolhir and he’s on the path to redemption, attempting to resist the durge.

But poor Alfira. Coming to the camp, then halfway through the night hearing Ungolhir beginning to grind his teeth in his sleep, not knowing what that sound means. She falls asleep, only to be awoken by the feeling of something wet on her face. She opens her eyes, and the last thing she sees is the salivating mandibles of a gargantuan spider.

Ungolhir comes to, horrified, and too-full. He wonders why his stomach is so full, why he can’t move, until he throws up around a litre’s worth of liquefied innard pre-digested goop.

After that, it’s common to find him pretty much straitjacketed into his bedroll. He physically cannot wildshape if there’s not enough room to transform, and everybody is equipped with ye olde equivalent of smelling salts to wake the poor fucker up the second he starts grinding his teeth.

It will be untamed, murderous vigorous, and… well… large.

[doctorweebmd]

coming out of my baldurs gate 3 delirium (aka i am working a night shift and can't physically play it. at work.) to say that horikoshi. horikoshi when i GET YOU. you are NOT leaving izuku with no quirk and no arms. i am in your walls

[nightmarist]

Finally sitting down to properly play Durge while I’m sick

There’s so many new options. Durge’s clicking and walking lines are wild. Astarion called me dagger happy. I could just leave Gale to die in between realms??? Loving it so far.