#asharak

[dark-and-kawaii]

You know who else I found super attractive in the start of bg3? It wasn’t just Zevlor, oh no, it was also Asharak.

I remember seeing Zevlor for the first time being like “Who’s that!?!?! Oh my gosh he loves kid and is worried about them!!!! Eeeee I love him already…. AND THOSE HORNS!!!! whoa! He yelled at this asshat -Aradin- for me *blushes* what a handsome and sweet man!!! ꒰⸝⸝> ̫ <⸝⸝꒱”

But then I went further inside the grove and met Asharak… I remember being in total awe like “Awh!!! I love him!!! He’s so good with the kids (இ﹏இ`｡) and he’s attractive omg!!! I like his hair :3!!! Why are these men so attractive!?! Can I romance him and the other one -Zevlor-?!”

…. I missed Rolan completely (ᵕ—ᴗ—) sooooo I never knew about him until mid playthrough when I saw people geeking about him…. Then I discovered he totally died because I never interacted and that crushed my very soul hahahaa!!!!

[russica]

Random NPCs!

[lolliputian]

I think you are the most qualified person to ask this question since you write the tieflings so well: what Olympic sport would the tiefs complete in?

High praise indeed, Anon! Thank you so much!

Going through the list of events, I'm going to go through the adult Tieflings we see in the Grove. I'm also sticking to the summer events.

Zevlor is, of course, Equestrian, and more specifically eventing (which, I discovered, is basically a triathlon). Tilses would also take place in Equestrian, but she'd be focused on jumping. If the Hellriders aren't taking place in the equestrian events, it's a crime. Nuff said.

Rolan would be a swimmer. I think he'd would find swimming for exercise cathartic--the water resistance, the controlled breathing, engaging all your muscle groups to move through the water.

Lia would be a rower for a similar reason, engaging all the upper body muscles. I think she would do really well with a team, as well, and find a lot of fulfillment in it. Cal, in perhaps a surprising choice, would take part in gymnastics. His high strength score lends itself to strength based events. Imagine Cal taking on the pommel horse or the rings, holy shit.

Dammon, surprising absolutely no one, would take part in the hammer throw. But, before I remembered that existed, I also figured he would do well with shot put. Short bursts of power suit him.

Along a similar vein, Alfira would really excel at rhythm gymnastics as a form of artistic expression. Lakrissa, on the other hand, is a natural for archery, and in a modern AU would absolutely be that person doing trick shots on TikTok.

In canon, we know Bex is a great runner and that she was able to outrun the cultists. Thus, I can see her taking part in the sprinting events. Danis, meanwhile, I think would get the most enjoyment out of golf out of any of the events available. Outside of competition, I think he'd like the social aspect of it.

Komira is absolutely a Taekwondo girl--she was ready to throw down with the druids and strikes me as the type who wouldn't hesitate to fight for what she believes in. Locke's temperament, in contrast, reminds me more of a distance runner. He's much calmer than his wife.

So I debated between Asharak and Guex whom I thought would be a better fit for fencing--we see Asharak training the kids in fighting, and Guex using Main Hand Attack against Makeshift Training Dummy. Ultimately, I felt Asharak's temperament was a lot better for it and, frankly, that he would do well enough to compete on an Olympic level. Guex's event? Javelin Throw. We see him use potentially any weapon you sell Dammon against the Training Dummy if you defeat the druids (off the top of my head, I can't think of anyone who uses a javelin canonically otherwise minus maybe Cal). But I also think he'd like the challenge and feeling powerful without having to get into close quarters.

If we've talked Tiefling headcanon, you'll know I carry a headcanon that Okta is/was a monk and actively adventured until her pregnancy. Thus, she's a natural fit for Judo. Ikaron, too, does a physical event that requires a lot of control and precision: Boxing. Like Rolan with swimming, I think he'd find it cathartic.

Cerys would take part in the modern pentathlon. We don't know much about her backstory from the game besides her being a scout and the third leader option if both Zevlor and Asharak are killed in Act 1. Thus, IMO, she has to be extremely impressive in her own right. The pentathlon presently includes fencing, swimming, equestrian jumping, laser pistol shooting, and distance running.

Zorru and Yul are other canonical scouts. We know Zorru was able to make it Baldur's Gate presumably by himself, which means not only is he a good runner, but he has to be skilled at dodging obstacles, too. He's a natural choice for hurdles. Yul, we don't know enough about, but for the endurance required for scouting, let's slot him into cycling.

Kaldani and Rikka get to be our beach volleyball pair! I really wanted a duo that's seen a lot together in game, and they seem to get along well. I can see them working amazingly well at a team and being unafraid to work hard to win.

Damays and Nymessa were a little hard for me--I very much wanted Nymessa to be in breakdancing just to make Damays's head explode (at least the way I characterize them). But, in the end, I thought pole vault would be a good fit for her. Damays seems a fit for discus throwing.

Kanon strikes me as someone who would be really good at diving. We know he was a tailor in Elturel, and I think he'd appreciate the precision and artistry. Arka and Memnos? They get to be our tennis duos team. I think they'd balance each other well in the sport.

Pandirna absolutely has to be in weightlifting, all things considered. Let's hope she doesn't get in trouble for doping with Ethel's potions... Toron I think would be wrestling because wrestling cattle or something. Nadira would be sport climbing, because that seems to fit in well with her sneaking around devils and the like. (I can't remember at the moment how much of that is canon and how much of it was headcanon we came up with on the camp server.)

Eramis and Elegis I slotted into long jump and high jump respectively. At the time of writing this, this is based off vibes from each of them rather than anything in game that lent itself to this. Finally, Xeph, Rechel, and Amek get to be our synchronized swimmers, because we gotta have synchronized swimmers, and also I don't know where else to put them.

Hope you enjoyed the post!

[aviatorasharak]

No, I don't, you can carry me

Please

[koyunsoncizeri]

"look at them beaming, you did that."

[arctophyllax]

I’ll forever hate Larian that they didn’t give me a chance to save Asharak

[birdseyeart]

As I had written on the post at the original artblog: "Just a rough study of Asharak from Baldur's Gate III. With his hair unbraided and down, for science."

[beesoo13]

I think about Asharak all the time. Spoilers for Act 2 below~

Seeing how kind he was to the tiefling kids when he was teaching them how to fight and hearing what happened to him when you talk to Alfira at Last Light is just really heartbreaking. He’s lovely and I wish more of the tieflings had made it safely through the shadowlands 😭

[naughtybg3confessions]

Dearest Asharak, please braid my hair like yours, but add a leash and yank on it as you take me from behind and tell me I'm good

[zoneofsmites]

Asharak: A few words for the kids? Spare a story or two? Sylas: Soak the battlefield with blood. Do not resist death, but embrace it! Tiefling kids: ....

Sooooo guess kids aren't typically into blood and death. Noted.

[nazgul-golomb]

Asharak

[dark-and-kawaii]

Asharak makes me sad because he dies... mans didn't deserve that.

Feels babes (╥﹏╥)!!!!

When I got to act two and found out what happened to him my mouth dropped so fast and hard .·°՞(¯□¯)՞°·. That man did not deserve that!!!!

He died trying to protect the little ones though and that is a MAN!!! Ugh and the fact he would’ve taken over if something happened to Zevlor, that tells you what kind of guy he is. If you were his s/o that man -just like Zevlor- would do anything to keep you safe and alive, not to mention he’d be such a great daddy…. In more ways than one *wink* ദ്ദി(｡•̀ ,<)~✩!!!!

[grolim-geiger-bradley-septiana]

Asharak

[lolliputian]

Chapters: 9/9 Fandom: Baldur's Gate (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Tiefling Refugees (Baldur's Gate), Asharak (Baldur's Gate), Cerys (Baldur's Gate), Chell (Baldur's Gate), Gerson the Bent (Baldur's Gate), Nerela (Baldur's Gate), Kavil (Baldur's Gate), Kivak (Baldur's Gate), Rhy (Baldur's Gate), Vatas (Baldur's Gate), Zae (Baldur's Gate), Alfira (Baldur's Gate), Lakrissa (Baldur's Gate), Guex (Baldur's Gate), Nym (Baldur's Gate), Klarrvox (Baldur's Gate), Arron (Baldur's Gate), Brian the Dwarf (Baldur's Gate), Klagga (Baldur's Gate), Krolla (Baldur's Gate), Auntie Ethel (Baldur's Gate) Additional Tags: Collaboration, Anthology, Slice of Life, POV Third Person, POV First Person, Humor, Angst, Feelings, Character Study

Many souls had been exiled from Elturel with the banishment of the Tieflings. Some of their names are known far and wide--but others are yet unknown. These are their stories.

A fanfic collaboration by members of the Elturel Tiefling Camp server.

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So this is a project friends and I have been working on for the past month! @aviatorasharak has been working hard to document all the Tiefling NPC dialogue but worked especially hard researching and compiling information and video on the failsafe Tieflings. What better way than to commemorate them in fanfic?

Thanks to @aviatorasharak, @theycallmeratt, @queen-of-cats, Britt, and Myrmidon for joining the project!

[aviatorasharak]

I took several Photoshop classes on company dime.

Money well spent, I say.

[aviatorasharak]

Oh my gods, yes!

Hear me out

That ship dynamic meme but poly

Edit : was told to put this ID to make it more accessible so here :)

[ID: Three sets of sleepwear. First, a bleary-looking person holding a candle and wearing a simple blue sleeping gown with a nightcap. Next, elaborate and fluffy pink sleeping robes, and finally, heart-patterned boxers. End ID]