#char: karlach

[commanderogerss]

@usergif new year, new fonts

day 04 - THREE TYPEFACES

The small half-orc grew up in the wilds, she learned to fend for herself. She spoke rabidly like the pack of wolves she grew around, they often would fight for her, until she got older and grew up from killing mice to killing rabbits. At the age of 6, Senosh was kidnapped up by a group of Orcs. She was branded with the name 'Gimond'. He was an Orc who smiled a toothy smile, but Senosh knew it wasn't a good smile. She picked up that he smiled when he was inflicting pain on another person. They lived in a camp and used as slaves. Senosh gained a lot of skills, even learned common from the humans and orcish from the orcs. She grew in the ranks but was still 100% a slave. Senosh became friendly with one of the friendlier slavers. The Orc told her that he'll help in any way possible. At the age of 17, Senosh made an army, and turned against all the Orcs. She smiled the same toothy smile that Gimond always gave when she hacked and slashed at his body. She didn't want to kill him but weakening him to show that you do not own anyone. Leaving the camp behind, she traveled the back road, avoiding general life, she takes the odd jobs that no one wants and completes them with no fail.

fonts used: chatime (dafont) / sunny spells basic (fontspace) / cocogoose letterpress (dafont) / gabriola / black scream (dafontfree) / avalors (dafont) / beatherlove (dafont) / the billion butterfly personal (fontspace)

[blackjackkent]

A couple things I have enjoyed noting in the dialogue devnotes:

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"Ignot" is not a Faerun or Avernus word, it's Karlach-specific, her own personal word for an idiot.

NodeContext: IG-not, a Karlach-specific word for 'foolish person'.

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Zhak vo'n'ash duj is not, as I initially assumed, a traditional githyanki phrase for a lover, but is specifically Lae'zel's pet name for you in a romance.

NodeContext: A little softer in attitude. She is calling the player that just rejected them by the pet name she secretly gave them.

[waffelteufel]

What did Karlach look like datamined?

She used to have a hooked nose and a heavily scarred warrior face. Her face shape is now much rounder and they made her look way younger - the textures overall look very generic now. As an enjoyer of rough lookin older women, which are very scarce in videogames as it is, I am sad lmao. I will definitely install a mod that restores her old face the moment someone releases one 🥲

[zazikels]

Ketheric was going to be recruitable???

Yep. He was intended to be a companion, here's the article: https://www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-director-reveals-one-surprising-villain-that-used-to-be-playable

Ngl I'm just beyond disappointed that anyone in that dev team thought cutting this was a good idea. Especially when we know they went out of their way to add in a someone who wasn't put in this game as a companion and wasn't intended to be one initially, while Ketheric was, even more so because of how half baked it was. I'm baffled and gutted that this was worth keeping to them, while Ketheric, who is far more plot significant, was not.

You can still play up to getting to persuade him which was where he was meant to join you and idk why the fuck they left that in then.

I honestly wish they would stop fucking talking about what they cut now that they've abandoned the game.

[polygraphish-art]

i can finally reenter society now that this is done!! 24 characters and 22h of work for a playing mat comm for a friend!!

[tacticalgrandma]

Oh I had not heard this vicious mockery towards Karlach before.

[caniisfeliidae]

Good lord Karlach is horny

[p-inkbrush]

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[novalin]

I need someone to mod the Astarion/Karlach kiss with the player character and Gortash so bad TAT

It's just so perfect for Gortash.

I mean this:

[halsinningiswinning]

I need Larian to add the dialog option that basically tells NPC's that they're only alive rn because of the grace of my companions. They are my moral compass. So many more people would have died if not for the likes of Karlach and Wyll being decent people.

[blackjackkent]

Man, I really need to do some origin runs.

[volzaannir]

leave it to baldurs gate 3 to reignite my hyperfixation on TES. absolutely wild

[maybe-the-madman]

[miscriont]

BG3 has something for everyone and people will express themselves in gameplay in fun little ways.

For example, my partner is playing a brickhouse half elf paladin and when an NPC is an ass to him in conversation he will throw Song Of The Bitch Queen at them once he's done talking.

I just think it's charming.

[grey-wardens]

i do still really want to write the grey warden wyll AU (thinking having karlach as his fellow warden works the best for the story i'm envisioning) but the last time i played a dragon age game was... 2017? so i very desperately need to refresh myself on the lore