#Volo x Elminster

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* Elminster/Volo

* Allusions to a relationship between these two are scattered throughout the game text. It’s interesting, and there’s in world fanfic about their bedroom activities 👀 I would love to see this expanded upon. They are Mystra’s chosen, two Very different wizards.

* NSFW

* Rivals to rivals with benefits and stern criticisms, also definitely some monster fucking…that one is actually canon, letters and sendings for long distance communication

* No bathroom play

* Looong 👀 preferably

* Serious/comedy? Both; they are literally both, and share aspects of both

* I mean…if I were doing this, it’d be a series. The first work would be about however they met. The next would be exchanged letters sharing their adventures and all else, broken up by intense meetings of numerous flavors. They’re both interesting highly intelligent men; there’s practically endless material. There’d be a focus on Mystra’s (arguably largely negative) impact on their lives, and their very different approaches to those lives. The last would be however their story ends 🤷‍♀️ maybe throw in one covering the games events, but that could easily still be mostly letters (maybe they also show up for an after party with Withers)

* Expand away 👀 🤷‍♀️ there’s literally nothing for these two on AO3, and I can’t write this myself; I’m already doing that, and the research for this one would be Extensive. This is a bunny for a true sage of DnD lore

* A conversation in @tavyliasin’s discord about the lore between them

As payment, my favorite piece of Elminster fanart

Please someone adopt my bunny, and claim this rare pair 🙏✨

A Rare and Magical Bunny! Volo x Elminster

This bunny is already well developed and has plenty of ideas to play with - how might you wish to take it further? Rare pairs are often a lot of fun - and you're filling a niche that nobody has yet managed to create! While the popular pairings are delicious, these unwritten ideas can be a delicacy that your readers didn't know they wanted - and you will be the first one to make it happen!

It is surprising nobody has yet written of Mystra's chosen, especially given the long and strange history between them. There's a lot of lore to really dig into, and pull on every last bit of that history to create something deep and engaging, with levity and seriousness, smut and heart. Will anyone take on the challenge of an unwritten pairing?

[meezer]

sheepboy just casually pocketing the horny fanfiction books. for his collection

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gale, waterdeep & coinage

just musings on gale's means as well as waterdeep lore bc i love waterdeep:

Gale: Believe it or not, but I witnessed a similar standoff back at the Yawning Portal. Of course, an establishment like that invites all sorts of outlandish entertainments. Player: What's the Yawning Portal Gale: An inn in Waterdeep. Never a dull moment there. Adventurers come from all over Faerûn to try their luck down the well: Leads into the Undermountain, you see - full of death, danger, and vast amounts of treasure. Hard to resist. Player: What was the standoff about? Gale: Oh, a drow, a dragonborn, and a cleric of Cyric walk into a bar. Your standard fare. Maybe someone was cheating at cards, maybe it was some weird lovers' quarrel. In any case, out came the crossbow, and a hush fell over the entire room.devnote Player: What happened next? Gale: I stood up and yelled: 'Shadowdark ale for everyone!' The crowd cheered, the tension drained into five dozen tankards, and soon all was well again. Gale: In a place like the Yawning Portal, the most powerful magic is calling for a round of drinks. Gale: Mind you, all I did was call for ale, but you went and stood in front of that crossbow. I'd drink to that.

i will definitely take a look at the yawning portal itself at a later date (as well as other points of interest within the city) bc it's very interesting as a focal point in waterdhavian history and society.

while we can only speculate about what gale's background in terms of means, wealth and standing looked like since things like tutors and even maids were not uncommon in waterdhavian society, it is interesting to note that he - whatever his personal means at the time this event took place - felt the need to defuse the brewing fight with 'five dozen tankards'.

we do actually know how much one such tankard costs at the yawning portal:

[source]

17cp x 60 = 1020cp

this was interesting to me in terms of this meant in actual terms of coinage and wealth and money spent.

here's an overview of waterdeep's various coins:

source: volo's waterdeep enchiridion

gale spent over a 1000 nibs/copper pieces that evening (or more than one sun/platinum coin) to de-escalate a potentially lethal fight.

to put that into perspective, i'm adding this reference of prices here:

source: volo's waterdeep enchiridion

gale also attended blackstaff academy, with elminster as his mentor. the academy had costs attached with it:

Acceptance to the Academy was predicated on either demonstrating extraordinary magical aptitude (those who could not cast arcane spells were very rarely admitted) or having a particularly compelling personal history. Joining the Academy was free, however monthly dues were required to continue attendance. These fees started at 10 gp per month and increased as a student gained seniority and required more advanced tutelage. In addition, it was a requirement that any new spell that was discovered or researched by an apprentice had to be added to Blackstaff Tower's library. [source]

ten gold pieces per month as fees, although with gale being elminster's mentee, he may have chosen to assist gale and morena partially or fully with any costs that blackstaff academy may have charged.

it does sound, however his childhood may have looked like with a presumably absent father and a mother with her hands full with a young genius, able to conjure rabbits as a babe, summoning a tressym, a magma mephit who set a room on fire, as well as casting a level 3 spell (fireball) at age 8 or younger, that gale at least during the height of his career as a wizard, lived comfortably.

ending this with more food for thought and a banter between gale and karlach:

Gale: They say wealth offers a form of magic. Alas, it's one I've rarely dabbled in. Karlach: Nor I. Never had more than a few coppers in the city, and any soul coins in Avernus went straight to Zariel. Gale: Make no mistake. Souls are sold for coins up here as well. All too cheaply, in most cases.

[basedandlovepilled]

who in baldur's gate is writing elminster x volo smut. they're my people