#Talith Alvassun

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In which Talith is starting to realize she might be Feeling Things about Astarion. She's usually "not my circus not my monkeys" but felt really protective in the Gur hunter situation.

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Here's Talith Alvassun, sharp tongued bard extraordinaire!

Dramatic infodump below the cut:

- her surname comes from her father's clan (he was a Seldarine drow) and it means "moon" or "silvery light"

- Her father Alaun grew up on the surface and had never been to the Underdark. He was a traveling merchant but had a really great singing voice and would often get extra coin in taverns on his travels by playing his lute and singing.

- He was murdered by thieves in a Baldur's Gate alleyway when Talith was seven years old. She found his body when he didn't come home on time. She grew up on her own from there (her mother had died the previous year). Urchin background! (I apparently can't make an OC without parental trauma)

- Talith spent years homeless, scraping by and stealing what she could until she was picked up by a band of traveling minstrels/con artists. They came upon her fighting a couple of older kids over breaking her father's lute and she blasted them backwards with magic by accident. They were kind enough to her but made it clear that Talith would be of use to them or they'd turn her out. She got the best musical training from them as well as some less savory training

• Talith's mother Zebyre was a weaker drow, 3rd or 4th daughter and was constantly beaten down for acts of mercy towards animals. She was just as cold as other Lolth sworn drow but if she'd grown up in a better place she would have been a softer person. Secretly wanted to worship Eilistraee and longed to be free of her House.

- Zebyre's whole family was murdered in a coup from another House and she managed to escape although horribly injured. She crawled through the Underdark for days until a cave-in revealed a tiny sliver of light leading to the surface. She clawed her way out and nearly died from being exposed to the sun.

- Alaun found her by the side of the road on his travels. When he tried to help Zebyre, she tried to kill him (had no chance because she was ridiculously weakened) and then imperiously order him around in short order. He laughed at her and then tended her wounds, took her home, and over a very long time they fell in love and she left the ways of Lolth behind.

• Zebyre was kind of cold because of how she was raised but she did her best. She was always weak from the sun after spending her whole life in the underdark and got sick often. She never fully recovered from her injuries sustained in her escape and died when Talith was six.

- Her last delirious words to Talith were "You've got a silver tongue, my little moon. You sing like Eilistraee herself." (Talith's Dream Guardian is going to be her mom because I'm diabolical)

• Talith loves candlelit taverns at night. Her favorites are actually the seedy ones down by the docks because she loves sea shanties but they usually relegate her to playing the fiddle, lute, or hand drum. She'll take a fancy tavern in the upper city because theyre more likely to let her sing although it's not as much fun. It's hard to get work as a Drow sometimes but she's managed to build a small reputation over the years

• Her fighting style is NO U

• She learned early on that she wasn't very strong, pretty quick but others are quicker. So always make sure there's someone else to take the hits and make the strikes, she'll be there to lend magical support but works hard to not let herself be touched.

• This is selfishly why Talith stays with the party at first. She'd never admit it and is full of flattery for the others, but they're her human shields. She has an instinct to protect herself first because she hasn't been around anyone truly kind for a very long time.

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Finally got that Bard drip. Need to decide if I like this dye or the original green better.

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"Who are you and why do you look like my dead mom?"

This encounter was a lot more jarring to Talith than she'd ever admit. She hasn't seen her mother since she was six years old.

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This one shows Talith's neck tattoo a little bit, all the armor covers it up so I almost forgot about it 😅

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Skeptical Girls Club™ (+ Astarion)

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I really loved giving Talith freckles. Really shows that she grew up on the surface!

She doesn't love the sun but she's used to it. Would definitely prefer to be indoors though

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I love being a bard so I can dye Talith's outfits in the most obnoxious colors possible 💅🎻✨️

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*smirk* No, officer, of course that kid didn't steal anything!