#Saoirse BG3

[eluvianarts]

Art titled: "Fuzzy Camp Cuddles"

(Boo the mighty miniature giant space hamster included!)

[eurydia]

art of Zevlor and my Tav (Saoirse) by the amazing @cinnasalmon 🫶!

thank you so much for doing this art trade with me, this is so beautiful and perfect 😭💜 I’m over the moon!

you’re wonderful, kind and so inspiring. I love your Zevlor art! I can’t thank you enough for this gorgeous work.

[chiiinglebells]

(2023) waiting for mod support for the evil sad wet raccoon :D

[peoneys]

You guys know me, I can not not draw my characters with their babies aaa

[harcove]

I WANT the angst of a post epilogue Tav and Astarion who broke up for whatever reason at the party 6 months later- seeing one another- and Astarion is happy - he is free, enjoying life - being the *good* guy-

But Tav is so different. Something is lost in them. Everyone is happy. Everyone is moving forward, finding the things they wanted... But Tav is stuck. Stuck in a past that was only 6 months or so before when he still loved them- but they were happy together. Maybe you didn't want him to ascend and it broke something; or maybe he convinced himself that all your time together? It was nothing. All it had been was a transaction that he no longer felt was worth it anymore. Or he's convinced himself of this

And Tav, with dark circles under their eyes and fake smiles and laughs and jokes- has to pretend it doesn't hurt them still. He seems so happy- and yet they're still left standing in their head in the moment it ended.

Tav who just looks so different, it's a bit of a shock really.

That's not the same Tav anymore.

But it's okay. As long as he finally feels happy and free; they don't mind. One day, it will stop hurting (gods they hope it does.)

Now; smile and laugh with him and make something up about how things are going great. That your heart is not in a million pieces and that you aren't lost in life. That you aren't filled with guilt and regrets.

[regrettablemeasure]

“Mushrooms and tea leaves can tell you quite a lot, actually.”

For decades, the Reaching Woods were overrun by goblins and gnolls. The creatures accosted locals and travelers alike, taking their victims hostage if they had been unfortunate enough to avoid a quick death. The witch of the woods was one of few spared. She slowly found her way in the good graces of the packs, using her kind words and magical trickery to shepherd abductees back to the edge of the forest. Word of her good deeds would spread throughout the Sword Coast after she assisted a captured Volothamp Geddarm, and the legend of the good witch was born.

[mamuralade]

I just finished a second full run of BG3…. I have 2 other unfinished ones where my tavs just reached act 3….. but what if… I started another one… haha…. unless…?

[voloslobotomyservice]

thank you @necroticyuzu for the tag! 💫 and thank you everyone who participated in my poll! I love talking about my little Tavs and I can’t stop making them so I’m always down to be tagged in these sorta things!

no pressure tags: @beesht @grandmother-goblin @auspex-author (yk I’m always down for Shior lore)

Name: Saoirse Nic’Phaid

Gender: female

Pronouns: she/her

Sexuality: mostly straight (but she’s working on defining it)

OTHER

Family: A complicated conversation. Older human father who’s unable to work, younger wood elf mother who abandons the family often, and an older brother Arthur who was tragically murdered five years before the events of BG3 took place.

Birthplace: Lower City of Baldur’s Gate.

Job: Criminal, I suppose? She doesn’t really have a traditional job. Instead, she’s spent most of her life stealing and then selling items to make a living. It even brought in more money than Arthur was making when he was alive and working.

Phobia: Thalassaphobia. She never learned how to swim.

Guilty Pleasure: Hooking up with problematic men. They oh-so-bad but oh-so-good in bed. Her own ex-boyfriend was a member of the Zhentarim, after all.

MORALS

Alignment: Neutral Evil - rather selfish in her actions, yet will help others who are similar her.

Sins: Theft. Lots of it. Jealousy, coveting what others may have knowing she could never have it. Will usually say whatever pops in her head without thinking it through first, which gets her in trouble. Can be very self-centered in different situations (ex. she refused to take poison from Nettie at the Grove after she didn’t help the party cure their tadpole)

Virtues: Loyal to those she loves, almost to a fault. When able to, very much a “steal from the rich to give to the poor” type. Believes honesty is the best policy (unless your life is at risk, then lying to save yourself is acceptable). Family is also very important to her, especially her father, and she tried to make sure he had well over a years worth of gold before going on the run.

THIS OR THAT

Introvert/Extrovert/Ambivert - Likes to be social but also enjoys time to herself. Tries to keep a healthy balance of both.

Organized/Disorganized - in some aspects of her life, at least. When it comes to her money, she’s very organized.

Close Minded/Open Minded - No defining reason. She just is.

Calm/Anxious/Restless - Being on the run for a crime she may (or may not) have committed, she is constantly looking over her shoulder to make sure she and her companions are safe (but mostly her).

Disagreeable/Agreeable - That is, if you see eye to eye with her.

Cautious/Reckless/In Between - After the loss of her brother, she was very reckless in her crimes and overall behavior, but she has calmed down a bit. She will still do risky things for the fun of it, though.

Patient/Impatient/In Between - Do not test her.

Outspoken/Reserved - Almost too outspoken for her own good.

Leader/Follower/Flexible - Because she’s very headstrong, she easily fell into the leader position of the party.

Empathetic/Unemphathetic - To those that are like her: who’ve struggled, who understand how hard life can be. Won’t listen to the sob story of some upper class elitist.

Optimistic/Pessimistic/Realist

Traditional/Modern/In Between

Hardworking/Lazy - But hardworking in the way that she’s taking from others… yeah I don’t like to think about the logistics of it too much.

RELATIONSHIPS

OTP: Don’t hate me. But. Saoirse is absolutely crushing on Aradin, despite how much of an ass he is. She thinks she can fix him. Maybe she can.

Other Ships: Hooks up with Rugan after rescuing him from the gnolls, which leads to an interesting throuple dynamic when they’re all in Baldur’s Gate.

BroTP: Surprisingly, she and Lae’zel get along swimmingly. Maybe it’s because they have similar personalities. She and Astarion also gossip about the drama between their camp companions, as well as tease each other over their romantic pursuits. Also apparently she and Shadowheart get along very well!

NoTP: Gale annoys her, but she also sees him as a powerful ally and a good companion. Thoroughly rejects any of his advances.

[twilitakesscreenshots]

"Tell me you love me in private/I do not care if you're lying"

[eluvianarts]

A little Dirty Dancing reference for a little StarLight romance ❤️ Some "hungry eyes", if you will.

[eurydia]

Are you alright? Thank you to @dark-and-kawaii for inspiring me to finally draw this scene! It has been in my head for a while. Details below 💜

Kiwi brought up how Zevlor's nickname for Tav could be "my light" and I absolutely love that. I love the stars and sunlight motif for them a lot. I like the idea that he sees Tav as his savior and salvation, particularly for someone like Zev, who is accustomed to being the one saving people- never the other way around. I picture Saoirse and Zev's first meeting possibly going like this: Aradin punches Zevlor, she punches Aradin right after, and goes to check on Zevlor. He looks up and sees this almost angelic view of her. He isn't used to a kind touch or gaze - especially from a non-Tief - so the memory sticks with him. I'd like to think it might've even helped him regain control of his mind while he was in the pod.

[space-cops]

I made.... another bg3 blorbo... and she is so pretty I love her v much. her name is Saoirse ; w ; draconic bloodline sorcerer

[peoneys]

‘what have you done to me ?!’

getting back awareness after decades of being under compulsion might not feel too good

[harcove]

babies are both angry together

[thesawisfamily]

Pt 2 of my tav Saoirse's screenshots! warnings for Act 3 spoilers below

If you missed pt 1 it's here

my pfp, bc this scene was so so beautiful.

It's from Shadowheart's romance scene

also featuring this one from my header

these robes.... so glad I chose a non melee class to wear all the clothes in this game without worrying about missing out on AC.

bonus Lae'zel looking at Saoirse in the background

little photoshoot on the way to murk cazadork

and little dialogue spoiler warning for post Caz fight

no clue where her hat went here but it's fine. I have no obsession to my tav being covered in blood <- lying

+ bonus little shart kiss from the most recent patch. I had been waiting for new kisses for so long since shadowheart didn't have any special ones until the patch, and for some reason half of it was always off screen.

and lastly an epilogue photo

and that's all I got for Saoirse. So far this is the only playthrough I've actually completed, for my first playthrough it will always be near and dear to my heart, total runtime of 133hrs and I spent a good chunk of it locking myself out of interactions, restarting fights (I hate you House of Hope and House of Grief) getting lost, learning the combat system, learning more about dnd, sobbing at the story (act 2 finale you know what you did) and absolutely falling in love with this game.

I'll be sharing more of my tavs later but in the meantime, feel free to ask about my tavs/ocs in the comments or my asks! I'll answer all I can.

[voloslobotomyservice]

Saoirse NicPhaid

[SAYR-sha] (she/her)

Class: Ranger - Bounty Hunter

Race: Wood Half-Elf

Age: 25 years

Background: Criminal

Game Progression: Act One

Don’t let her appearance fool you, she’s deadlier than you think.

Born to an older human father and a wood elf mother with a habit of adventuring and leaving her family behind, Saoirse had to do whatever it took for her and her older brother, Arthur, to survive. She started stealing when she was around eight or nine years old, mainly just from food stalls in the streets of Baldur’s Gate. These eventually escalated to breaking into peoples homes and stealing their valuables, up to trying to rob the Counting House in her late teens (which she didn’t get too far by herself tbh).

With their father was too old to work, Arthur quit school once he was in his teenage years and started working to further provide for the family. He tried to urge Saoirse to not steal from others, but when so much gold was rolling in that he didn’t even need to go to work anymore, he stopped trying.

When Saoirse was twenty, Arthur was found murdered in Bloomridge Park. To avenge his death, she became a bounty hunter to find his killer. She’d been on the hunt for nearly five years before the in-game events took place.

The last five years did not treat hee me kindly, though. Overcome by grief, she would abuse alcohol and other substances, and overall hung out with the “wrong crowd.” She also began stealing more often, but was caught a few times due to carelessness. Because of her “clean record” (how she was never caught before), all she got was a slap on the wrist, but was told that the Flaming Fists would be keeping an eye on her.

Right before in-game events, Saoirse went on the run from the Fists for being a suspect in the double murder of her boyfriend, and his… other girlfriend. Rumor has it that she caught him cheating with a much younger elf (who was only sixteen… the scandal!). The Zhentarim are on her ass too, because her ex was a member (she will definitely have a Rugan interaction). She swore up and down that she saw them together and left right after, but she didn’t kill them, she swears! Sadly, neither the Fists or the Zhents believe her story. Thank goodness the Nautiloid saved her, right?

Click for more fun facts here! 🤠

Oh, funny story: her ex boyfriend (who she’s a suspect in the murder of) is her dream guardian.

Saoirse has always loved animals, which was what led her to want to be a ranger. She was also quite skilled with a bow and arrow, as Arthur had taught her how to be an archer. She has a dire raven as a familiar, named Corvus, who she found early on in her days of crime and has been by her side ever since.

She’s had a lot of brain trauma. She also has a crush on Aradin. Coincidence? Maybe. Maybe not.