#because after spending too much time reading tiefling lore I also decided I don't know and I don't care

[antiqua-lugar]

I am definitely not replaying Caradoc any time soon (definitely) but also today I gave up and made his parents in the character creator.

[simpforjesus]

The Wizard’s beloved Bard

Rolan x my Tav

Please forgive any grammar or spelling mistakes, the brain rot is demanding I get this out now! Lol

I really want Rolan to be romanceable eventually, he has so much potential for an awesome romance story!! It’s probably not going to happen, unfortunately, but I still want to share the character I’d use. Hopefully, I’ll motivate myself to write a full story about these two, I love them so much!

This is Ella, short for Eleanor, she is a Tiefling bard who is very kind and VERY dramatic and lover of fairy tales, like the classic knight saves the princess stories. She is always thinking of new ballads to write in the style of those fairy tales. There are times where she’ll get a bit too caught up in the story and do or things that in the moment would make for a good story, but later she sometimes regrets because, well real life doesn't work like fairy tales. She really is very kind and wants to help as many people as she can though, she's been working on saving that dramatic side of her for performances.

Her parents are human Nobles in Baldur’s Gate, two of the few humans who don't care at all that their daughter is a tiefling, she's their daughter and they love her very much. When she discovered her love for music and storytelling and expressed her desire to be a bard, her parents fully supported her! Yay! She went to the College of Lore.

Just before the events of the game, she had just finished her bard education and decided to start traveling the world looking for adventure. She was just saying goodbye to her parents when the Mindflayer ship attacked.

I'd imagine when she first meets Rolan she immediately wants to get to know him and his siblings. (She’s really good at reading people, so she can tell he’s a nice person underneath that grumpy face )

She’d greatly admire his intelligence, ambitions, and fierce love for his family.

When they meet at the Last Light Inn, she feels guilty for Cal and Lia getting taken to moonrise and promises to get them back but of course Rolan is ticked and having none of it, he does his angry rant on how it’s Ella’s fault for getting Cal and Lia to play hero. How she is a noble, who got everything handed to her on a golden plate so how could she possibly understand their suffering and how to help them and he will be the one saving his siblings! Ella of course is hurt by this but goes to save Cal and Lia anyway.

I imagine Rolan being a bit jealous of Ella’s childhood, not only does she have human parents that love her despite being a tiefling, but she was also born a noble. Meanwhile, him possibly abandoned by his human parents(my favorite headcanon). Then Him, Cal, and Lia have to deal with the struggles of being lower-class Tieflings in Elturel(personal headcanon) the descent and the aftermath. Ya, I can totally see him being jealous.

Anyway, after she saves Cal and Lia, he actually begins to think of her as a possible friend but he really starts liking her when she gives Him and his siblings a letter that will not only get them into the city super quickly(she knows how the city will treat refugees) but is also her asking her parents if they can stay at their manor for awhile if needed. Rolan is shocked by this! A noble using her power to help common folk and not for her own gain?!😦

Not only does it work when they get to Baldur’s Gate but Ella’s Parents work behind the scenes to get the rest of the refugees in the city and offer jobs to any that can't find any!

While he’s “studying” under Lorroakan, he finds he can't stop thinking about her, or what it would be like to kiss her. Wait what?!

When they meet again at Sorcerous Sundries, they are delighted to see each other (Rolan secretly so) but Ella’s smile falls as soon as she sees the bruises on his face. Screw political consequences! Grab Dame Aylin, Lorroakan is dying tonight!! After Rolan becomes the Master of the tower, Ella makes sure to stop by often just to spend time with Rolan(and Cal and Lia but mostly Rolan), Rolan looks forward to her visits and he finally starts to fall in love with her.

When the battle against the elder brain draws near, Rolan confesses his feelings for her, which she reciprocates, and begs her to promise to come back to him alive! Ella, promises to come back to him, but only if he promises to save their first kiss for after the battle, because the story always ends with true love's kiss. Rolan, both annoyed and amused, agrees.

So when she walks through the doors of Sorcerous Sundries, supporting poor Astarion, Rolan gives her a happily ever after by running toward her, picking her up, spinning her around and finally the two share their first kiss! They say soon after everyone in Baldur’s Gate heard the tale of how Lady Eleanor found her Prince Charming, her one true love, Rolan!

And Cal and Lia won a bet against her companions on how long it would take for them to get together!! XD

[the-videodame]

so for yvette, what does she do after the absolute crisis and what's the situation with gale?

ooOOHH this is a good question cause it can have multiple answers LMAO

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Let's assume this is the branch of her possible endings where she's w/ Gale only, rather than other AUs where Zevlor is included (or where she joins Raphael)

[[spoilers for Gale's possible endings, just for anyone who is reading and doesn't want to be spoiled LMAO]]

Ending 1: Adventurer [the most likely canon ending]

This one is pretty self explanatory, but her and Gale continue to adventure together around Toril. I honestly don't see Yv'ette settling down just yet, as she's still in her prime and is itching to be productive and active. Not to mention she still has that pesky curse on her that she needs to break - and what better person to help her out than the child of magic himself, Gale Dekarios?

The two likely join back up with her pirate crew (perhaps with a few friends from their quests?) and set sail! After a few more years adventuring, partying, and hopefully fixing her curse, then the two likely settle down in Waterdeep and maybe have a kid, and Gale of course becomes a professor at Blackstaff, with the occasional guest visit from Yv'ette and their kid.

I'm debating on if I want them to get married before or after her curse is broken, cause honestly the idea of Hyde - her grandfather and her mothers patron devil, the one who placed the curse on her in the first place - crashing the wedding and stating how he's offended that he, her grandfather, was not invited? Oohohohoggoh I'm such a sucker for "other worldly villain crashes a gathering of sorts to remind the protags of their impending demise" UGH

Ending 2: Straight to Waterdeep

Basically the two decide not to adventure and instead settle down right away in Gale's tower (after Yv'ette informs her crew that shes safe, but won't be returning ofc). While Gale takes on his role as professor, Yv'ette likely has to find a hobby, or attempt to get back into the theatre career.

I haven't thought too much on this one, likely because it's def not in Yv'ette's nature to just sit around the house all day as a housewife LMAO - but also because there's still the issue of her curse, which is a very very pressing matter to her. Maybe she spends that free time researching and planning on how to break it. Maybe she and Gale eventually do retrieve the Crown of Karsus from the river and attempt to use it to free her / kill Hyde? Maybe Yv'ette and her brother Vekyll team up to fight him? Maybe Eilistrae finally hears her pleas and helps her out? Who knows! (not me)

Ending 3: Divinity

So I learned that Ascending with Gale is actually a possibility and not just a "fix it" fanon ending like I thought it was, so OF COURSE I can't resist thinking up an ending where she gets to be divine with Gale.

I think the act of Ascending itself would likely sever the curse she has - either that or the magic both she and Gale will have will be enough to cure it. Thus, I like to think the marks from her curse become either a faded scar-like color, OR they turn silver-ish purple to reflect her storm sorcery heritage (which is why i hope people dont think im copying god Gale's design with his lightning markings being literally on the same side of his face LMAO...)

As for what she'd represent or what her title would be, that's the biggest issue because there's ALWAYS something in lore that already has a deity for it, and theres no like... easy cheat sheet with all the gods and what their titles are and I really don't wanna scour the wiki of EVERY god so heres the big things she'd likely represent:

Storms (specifically lightning)

Sea

Theatre

Burdens

Jealousy/Envy (though this i lean more into if she sides w/ Raphael)

Those who are ostracized (tbh I think it would be pretty sick if tieflings had a "good" deity to worship specifically for themselves)

Acceptance

Persistence / Determination / Victory

I really really wanna associate her with storms cause I can already picture her design having her hair morph or move into something more cloud-like, or becoming iridescent GUH

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theres also the "gale ascends w/o her" or "gale chooses mystra over her" angst type endings but yknow 😇