#Korgan Bloodaxe

[thunderboltfire]

The complete base BG2 party roster in Darkest Dungeon style!

Some of them were used in this scene

I thought that the stylisation is way too fun to limit it to my in-game party (and besides, I sometimes switch party members anyway).

The models (sans my Charname, and including background with Athkatla sewers and Othyugh) are downloadable and usable under CC BY-NC-SA.

download via st.ash and via google disk (maybe I'll find a way to host in somewhere else later). Enjoy!

[raeb33s-art]

Yay almost done

[angdrelve]

OUTTA MY WAY ELFBOY IM BOUTTA UNLEASH MY POWERS AS A BHAALSPAWN

...

MY SOUL HAS BEEN STOLEN

[incorrect-bhaalspawn-quotes]

Aerie, to Irenicus: We’re going to defeat you with the power of friendship.

Korgan: We’re not friends.

Aerie, pulling out Crom Faeyr: We’re going to defeat you with the power of incredible violence.

[coutelier]

Fanart of the whole cast of Baldur's Gate 2, plus a bonus (but minus the companion who joins in Throne of Bhaal, and as yet none of the Beamdog additions - just the OG characters). Took me a while, and in the future maybe I'll recreate some from BG3 as well.

[baldursgatecommunitychallenge]

Fic-Focused Prompt list

Feel free to use the prompt dialogue directly, or just use it to inspire you. I used RNG to suggest 2 companion characters–feel free to use one, both, or neither (they aren’t necessary, but just there to get you thinking!). You can also absolutely use this for fanart as well!

You do not have to use the aforementioned characters! I just listed them if you wanted an additional challenge.

1 “Is this a joke?”

Minsc and Haer'dalis

2 “Some ice cream will make you feel better.”

Korgan Bloodaxe and Neera

3 “Would you just shut up please?”

Valygar and Garrick

4 “Why would you even care?”

Skie and Tiax

5 - “So, what’s the plan?”

Skie and Anomen

6 - “It will never be truly over.”

Coran and Dynaheir

7- “You seem to be mistaken.”

Valygar and Garrick

8- “Let the game begin!”

Garrick and Rasaad

9- “Truly, a flawless plan.”

Yeslick and Shar-Teel

10- “And I’m not a wizard.”

Minsc and Yoshimo

11- “There will be an extra fee included.”

Minsc and Keldorn

12- “Can’t believe you thought this was real.”

Safana and Tiax

13- “You live to annoy me, don’t you?”

Kagain and Xan

14- “Smells suspicious.”

Jaheira and Nalia

15- “Please, just hear me out.”

Nalia and Coran

16- “We’re safe here.”

Cernd and Jan Jansen

17- “Why did you go there?”

Xan and Shar-Teel

18- “It meant nothing.”

Dorn and Ajantis

19- “That was the wrong thing to say.”

Garrick and Eldoth

20- “What do you need me for?”

Safana and Valygar

21- “Your handwriting is atrocious.”

Haer'dalis and Eldoth

22- “You’re going to be my next project.”

Khalid and Jaheira

23- “I’m not who you think I am.”

Kagain and Nalia

24- “Good job, buddy.”

Coran and Branwen

25- “My life is amazing, it really is.”

Viconia and Mazzy

26- “You are a true party pooper.”

Haer'dalis and Kivan

27- “This is stupid. And kind of fun.”

Quayle and Safana

28- “I will definitely bullshit my way through this.”

Quayle and Coran

29- “This could do some damage.”

Imoen and Skie

30- “We were never prepared for this.”

Eldoth and Valygar

31- “Nothing can touch me.”

Kivan and Xan

[orth-plays]

Orth Plays Baldur's Gate II Shadows of Amn Part Twenty-One: The Life and Death of Korgan Bloodaxe

We learn that in Baldur's Gate II, a vampyre is a vampire who can't spell.

[jeinu]

"Ye know, bag of tricks: ye and I are nay so different. Ye fetch awe with eye of newt and tongue of salamander, I with battle-axe and blood-lust."

Patreon commission of Korgan Bloodaxe of Baldur’s Gate 2!

[fuckyeahbaldursgate]

Baldur's Gate 2 - Korgan Bloodaxe by s0ulafein

[avandra]

Chapters: 12/? Fandom: Baldur's Gate Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con Relationships: Charname/Dorn Il-Khan Characters: Female Charname, Dorn Il-Khan, Viconia DeVir, Hexxat (Baldur's Gate), Korgan Bloodaxe, Edwin Odesseiron, Jon Irenicus, Imoen (Baldur's Gate) Additional Tags: Torture, Gore, Past child abuse in the first chapter, Exorcism in the first chapter, Mentions of rape in the second chapter, Slavery in some chapters because Athkatla is the shittiest place on Faerûn apparently, Canon Divergence, Drug Use, Fantasy Racism, Alcohol Abuse, Explicit Sexual Content Series: Part 3 of Strangeness and Charm Summary:

After being tortured and experimented on by Jon Irenicus, Cat is left alone in a strange land, surrounded by enemies disguised as allies. She will need allies, as well as all of her guile and willpower to overcome the obstacles in her pace, both external and internal, in order to defeat Irenicus and save Imoen... and herself.

[shaydh]

Korgan Bloodaxe wants none of this drow nonsense.

[thunderboltfire]

One thing that I think is really overlooked (and that probably has permanently altered the way I think about fantasy character design in general) is that BG2 portraits went ham with piercings.

Elf, dwarf, dude, lady, it doesn't matter. If they had visible ears it was a very good probability they will have earrings (sometimes multiple) and apart from that, a stray brow or nose ring. It isn't class motivated either, and seems to span multiple cultures.

Anomen, human aspiring paladin? Earrings.

Korgan Bloodaxe, dwarven warrior? Multiple earrings.

Minsc? Earrings.

Haer'Dalis, tiefling bard? Dude has long, pointed ears and makes the best of it.

Yoshimo, human rogue? An earring, plus a brow piercing.

Edwin, human red wizard of Thay? Nose ring, eyebrow piercing and implied ear piercing too.

Jaheira? yep, earrings.

Aerie? Not much of her ears are visible, but under her left earlobe that's an earring for sure.

And then we get to BG3 and apparently the fashion has changed, because you don't expect a random member of the thieves' guild to have multiple piercings.

My point? It's highly probable the BG3 party members who are over 100 years old have piercing scars, even if they don't use them anymore. Jaheira has some for sure, Halsin and Minthara very well could have them, in case of Astarion it depends whether or not piercing was as popular among the non-martially oriented people at the time.

Also, there's a good possibility that if you meet an elf who wears 3+ pairs of earrings paired with a nose or brow piercing, you deal with someone who's at least 100 years old, probably more.

[allronix]

The meta reason is that, if you play as a complete asshole, you’ll probably need a companion or two who is going to approve of the “behave like a jackass” options. Korgan Bloodaxe and Vicona from KOTOR’s predecessor Baldur’s Gate come to mind. So does Black Whirlwind from Jade Empire, who plays like a cross of Canderous and HK-47 as far as “wow, I don’t want to know how many times that crosses the line...”, but with far less of an intelligence stat. The other thing Bioware does really well is taking the whole Planet of Hats idea and breaking it into itty bitty pieces; something they had a lot of fun with in Mass Effect. Oh, here’s culture. Here’s stereotype. Here’s WHY that stereotype is in place. Oh, here’s a justification as to what’s backing up the “why,” and here’s about five subversions so you forget all about the stereotype.  

Mandalorians have been a part of Star Wars lore since Boba Fett showed up in the Holiday Special, and were the Sith’s attack dogs in the Tales of the Jedi comics covering the era right before KOTOR, but there wasn’t a lot of lore about them at the time to go on other than “warrior culture the Sith like to use as cannon fodder.” So, of course, given the signature style of Classic Bioware, they had a golden opportunity land in their laps. And for even MORE meta fun? Canderous becomes known as Mandalore the Preserver, the guy who picks up the pieces of their culture and becomes the paragon their culture emulates for generations to come...

one of the most iconic things kotor did was build up the mandalorian wars and set up this whole idea of mandalorians = bad and then immediately give you a mandalorian companion. you hate these guys? here have one for free! no take backs!

[imsopopfly]

[incorrect-bhaalspawn-quotes]

Grateful Townsperson: Here. For saving our lives.

Keldorn: I can’t take your money.

Korgan, taking the money: Yeah, he can’t take your money.

[coutelier]

More random Baldur's Gate scenes. At one point I was considering making a fancomic that would have involved Aerie going off on another journey to catch up with or pay respects to old characters, helping people and getting into a few misadventures along the way. I doubt I will have time for that, so just some snippets of what might have happened.