#baeloth barrityl

[ratscrap]

baeloth moment. everyone welcome him to rattigans evil aligned polycule

[cleric-of-ilmater]

So I've reblogged and commented on a post, before, about how there's no male romance-able evil companions other than Astarion. So I picked three evil male characters from the previous games to make this poll. There were a lot more options, but I wanted to keep it short. Listed from left to right

Baldur's Gate Wiki Character Articles under poll. I also recommend looking up their voice lines on YouTube.

[xebsart]

2nd set of portraits i've redrawn! these are honestly so fun to do as a way to practice drawing different kinda faces!

[incorrect-bhaalspawn-quotes]

Baeloth, about to break into his pit fighting recruitment spiel: Neera, I was wondering if I could have a word?

Neera: Anthropomorphic. All yours, big guy.

[popsartattic]

alternate portraits for Baeloth. eventual goal is to put together a full bg1 portrait pack. First is based on his official portrait and the second is based on Mark Meer's cosplay of him.

[daisymeade]

This entire interaction with my party of evil companions (and me, the chaotic neutral) was fantastic. I love them.

Transcript:

Flegethon: "Do I have to start worrying about you, Dorn?" Dorn: "You can rely on me as long as your leadership remains strong and true." Flegethon: "Who would betray me? I'm adorable." Dorn: "Since you ask..." Baeloth: "To be honest, Dorn...You might be on to something." Dorn: "And yet, it is you that I fear treachery from the least." Viconia: "You surface-dwellers never trust my people." Dorn: "The drow serves only her dark goddess." Kagain: "I don't care what you say." Dorn: "The dwarf loves only gold. Anyone can buy him." Dorn: "So you see, even those you hold close cannot be trusted." Flegethon: "You were suspicious of everyone even before Simmeon, weren't you?" Dorn: "I was not suspicious enough of Simmeon's gang. They masked their hatred for my half-orc heritage, fooling me into thinking they were my friends." Dorn: "Never again will I delude myself in such a manner." Flegethon: "I am your friend." Dorn: "Hrmm. While that may one day prove true, I will not be fooled again."

[lawful-evil-novelist]

It also occurs to me: Nalfein in most of my AUs knows Baeloth, like, Nalfein's like the protege of one of Baeloth's greatest rivals, they've met.

Do you think Baeloth like, thinks about who he gets for these pit fights or like, do you think he asks Najim to do it and Najim saw Nalfein and chose violence.

Baeloth would not have finished this sentence if the actual Do'Urdens were in the room he'd be like "Stand and salute your new- Why do I here boss music?"

Meanwhile the Do'Urdens are slowly standing up with their scavenged weapons like "You kidnapped the wrong fucking drow"

[cultofthewyrm]

MTG: Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer by Joshua Raphael

[ervona]

we have a Balune, daughter of Baeloth Barrityl and some other merchant class drow, who may have looked for kid Lu or not as she was spirited away to her apprenticeship, and we have (name pending) daughter of Cara Doon and her dwarf beloved. the family is happy but you can't help but feel an unfavourite in this extended family

[wanderingcotabussurgetank]

MTG: Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer by Joshua Raphael

[theultimatepielord]

Alright time to figure out what the stories are (bg2 spoilers, also other Minsc/Bhallspawn spoilers). After a quick check of the wiki Minsc doesn't appear to have really messed with the Drow since Delina un-petrified him (even if he did, he's only been un-petrified for a decade at most, since his return occurred after Abdel/CHARNAME's death in 1482 DR, and bg3 happens in 1492 DR near as I can tell, ergo no legends), so we're talking adventures within BG's 1 and 2. There are only 3 drow in BG1, fellow ranger Drizzt Do'Urden (not spreading word to his people), Sharran exile Viconia De'Vir (also not), and absolute lunatic Baeloth Barrityl (does not appear to have ever shown his face again after being defeated by M'Khiin). So we're talking BG2.

In Shadows of Amn, there's an extensive Underdark portion centering around a drow city. However, Minsc rarely conflicts with drow as the party is disguised as drow (Minsc is told to refrain from speaking) in order to infiltrate the city and steal the eggs of the silver dragon Adalon, whose eggs had been stolen from the drow. Only Matron Ardulace Despana and her daughter Phaere ever learn the party's true identities, being helpfully informed by Imoen shortly before both of their souls are consumed by a demon lord who was quite displeased at being offered fake dragon eggs. TL;DR, no stories of Minsc.

That leaves Throne of Bhaal, where the party must cut their way through a drow enclave to face the Bhaalspawn Sendai, a member of the deadly Bhaalspawn Alliance known as The Five. What makes this hilarious is some of the details of Sendai's enclave: like one of her main allies being an Ulitharid (an illithid not directly tied to an elder brain, but still evil and usually either serving the local elder brain, working to become an elder brain, or both), or the fact that she was as much Bhaal's progeny as Orin or the Durge, being his biological daughter. But even funnier is this: Sendai is ultimately one of the less interesting or powerful of the 5. Illasera sucks, but Yaga-Shura is an invincible Fire Giant who slaughtered most of the Bhaalspawn in one fell swoop when he sacked the city of Saradush, Abazigal was a Blue Dragon, Balthazar was the strongest and posed the greatest challenge to Abdel and co., both as a combatant and from his rule of Amkethran, and The Five's non-Bhaalspawn leader, High Priestess (of Bhaal) Amelyssan the Blackhearted, nearly ascended to godhood before the party stopped her. TL;DR, the stories of Minsc and Boo that terrify drow children throughout the Underdark are a mere footnote in their most glorious story, and also reveal Drow complicity with two of the main villains of bg3.

Really makes me wonder how Minthara would react to the full version. (Also, do the Githyanki tell stories of Saemon Havarian, the only man to steal a silver sword and live to tell the tale?)

I think it's really funny that apparently the drow tell their children scary stories about both Minsc AND BOO. Like "beware of the large bellowing man, and that thang."

[ratscrap]

my annoying jester i hate

[dinindourden]

Drow characters in MTG: Battle for Baldur's Gate & Adventures in the Forgotten Realms

[svartalfhild]

I love how when you meet Baeloth, Neera immediately thinks he's the funniest bitch ever because of his alliterative affectation, and she provides running commentary throughout his tale of woe as if she's watching with popcorn.

But what really sends me is that eventually Rasaad joins in and you realize that if Neera had popcorn to offer, he'd be taking it.

[incorrect-bhaalspawn-quotes]

Charname: Come on, Ajantis! Baeloth hasn’t done anything evil in weeks!

Baeloth: Days.

Charname: Days!

[isolationstreet]

Baeloth Barrityl my Beloved