#do it Gort

[bakuliwrites]

Archduke of Baldur's Gate? Oh, you mean my big tiddy goth girlfriend? My Final Fantasy villain reject? My 40 year old gamer who subsists off of mountain dew and doritos? My skrunkly little tyrant? My struggling actor in an early 2000's hair product commercial? My ride-or-die Durge simp? The man that proposed to me with a Taco Bell hot sauce packet? My precious Gorty? My wife? My-

[potato-lord-but-not]

Arthur n Parker (✨in color✨) and some ep 45 doodles WUGH

[meziniart]

gortmit :}

[notjustdrwhoboards]

BG3 moodboard: Enver Gortash

[anonymouscreampuff]

scribble page :)

[daemon-in-my-head]

As much as some of the stuff in Realms lore is messed up or has some very clear very outdated views on shit, the way they wrote evil cults and their motivations is actually pretty nice nd I'll give em that.

Like we've got Shar, lady of loss, who appeals to all those people who experienced something unimaginable and want to forget that experience.

Bane, a self made guy, who appeals to all those who came to resent the status quo nd were made to feel powerless, who's cult establishes the idea that everyone can become the game master and rise as long as they're dedicated enough but also gives excuses to the already powerful for abusing their power.

Myrkul who appeals to people in a similar way Shar does, but he has and grants the ability to reverse the loss. Reunite with those you lost before you arrive in the afterlife yourself. Don't fear death because your life will continue the same way it was before even if you die. Basically my guy offers a solution to the whole being afraid of death bit

But the most fucked up one is arguably Bhaal, who targets a very spefic group of people that deem life to be hopeless and death to be the better choice, and introduces them to the idea that this warped mindset is a fact and by killing someone you show them mercy and you can become their hero.

Like these are definitely not the healthiest claims those cults make, and any 'normal' individual would look at u like u have issues if you presented these ideas to them. Still, for a (not very) small group of people, these thoughts validate them in their feelings and struggles and offer a twisted understanding. And that is why recruitment works, and these definitely not-so-nice cults manage to survive and thrive at times. Because they very purposefully target individuals that could be easily manipulated if offered nothing more than some sort of understanding or recognition, and then they built on that. Very much like real life cults did and do in order to establish themselves and gain following.

Like very much fucked up but I can see very well why these cults work, why people join them and how they manage to manipulate their followers into blind loyalty and going above and beyond. The gods they serve and their lil libraries nd stuff may be dorky at times but the cults themselves are nothing besides absolutely terrifying. 11/10 no notes.

[sankttealeaf]

how about a halloween gort event... gortoween... lets play dress up with him... put him in a silly costume... trick or treat.... hmmmmmm

[flymmsy]

When all this is over, will you stay with me? For good?

[vialae]

Usually when I imagine durgetash being soft and cuddling, it’s usually w durge resting on gortash. However if it was the other way around, idk if gortash would be able to deal with it.

The little tyrant has forced himself to be in control for years. He is the one that held others with a false smile and promise. In his climb to the top, Gortash quickly learned that there is not a single scrap of sincerity in the Upper-City. They are all pieces that can be played off one another for his own gain. All it takes is an evening or two, just smiling and holding another.

He is good at making people believe he is genuine. He’s done it for a long time.

So much so that he perhaps forgot what proper affection was actually like.

But when Durge comes along, it’s all so different.

He finally gets solid arms wrapped around him, a warm chest to rest his tired face on. And for once, it feels genuine. No payment or deal is expected afterwards. Gortash doesn’t know how to relax into it, though. A part of him definitely wants to, but it’s a part that has been easily ignored for so long. The drive to succeed far outweighs any base human desire.

His eyes remain wide open as he is just taking in the feeling of being held by someone he genuinely cares for. They are currently looking after him; Gortash has someone he can properly rely on.

The thought probably scares him briefly. With arms dealing and politics, you probably get burnt a lot when genuinely trusting people. With a childhood like his, there was nobody for him to even try to trust.

To be held genuinely feels so foreign, and Gortash isn’t sure if he likes it. He is always anticipating something to happen.

But with the warmth and security which comes from it, he falls asleep faster than he ever has before.

[kawareo]

Do you have any headcanons about how things would go down with Strike and Gort in the 3rd Act?

Oh baby not only do I have headcanons but do I have half a fic drafted out already, so i won't get fully into spoilers for how things resolve, because I know I'll lose interest in actually writing it once it's revealed

But! Gortash is way more delusional than he is canonically, and he has a reason for it - Strike lost his memory and then named himself the name Gortash gave him, not Durge, or The Dark Urge. So Gort is way more convinced that Strike is still himself and that they can go back to normal, as soon as they deal with the Brain

Tbh ideally, Gort would plan on finishing the job with the Brain, and then taking all the time he'd need to get Strike to come back to the way he was, eventually killing off his new 'friends' or enslaving them, if he'd feel merciful. Of course, that is if Strike can kill Orin and get the Netherstone, but Gort isn't doubting that that will happen. Essentially, the guy's convinced that this is proof that they're meant for eachother and that Strike came back to him, he returned because of the Absolute, because of Gortash, not because of Bhaal, and to Gort, that is basically confirmation that soulmates exist.

Meanwhile Strike is dealing with a lot, emotionally, Karlach is standing right behind him and suddenly the thought of killing the tyrant is making his hands shake. It's such a familiar feeling, even if he doesn't remember.

[inky-toons]

Did an art trade with @budlikeyou ‼️ (two versions under the cut, one with my grain filter one without.)

[pixie-in-a-moonlantern]

Gortash can easily be pansexual, too. Why not? I can headcanon everyone in bloody Faerûn pan and you can't stop me.

[daemon-in-my-head]

Crazy that durgetash has been rotting my brain for well over a year now. So to celebrate, lemme show you the concept I put down for them over a year ago and what it’s become.

This was me playing around with my durges concept (and brushes don't come for me) a year ago and my desire to give Gortash a big ass hammer manifesting.

Vs how my ‘im sorry I gotta break canon’ creature ended up looking (pre-lobotomy anyway). I kind of wanted to preserve the OG Bhaalists vestments, aka purple robes and red sash (yk, the one DnD lore uses, not the BG3 lore version), but with a bit of a twist, since this fucker was not fully on board with Bhaals bullshit even back then.

Anyway, I wanted to include a piece featuring your dearest tyrant and him originally, but the precise idea I’ve had in mind isn’t done yet and it’s his post bg3 fit anyway. Soooooo, I’ll post it once it’s actually done on its own cuz if it works out how I want it to it deserves it.

[loderlied]

another awful gort hc. talking about his slavery. besides just being a ‘regular’ slaver i think he also has like. almost a fucked up village of sorts of only slaves he molds and shapes as he sees fit. the people’s children there are automatically born into slavery and their children as well. if they’re not up to ‘standards’ he kills them. y’know absolute horror of a guy who is not really a guy but the machine.

[sanasanakun]

What if I wrote a fic about a redeemed!Durge who saved Baldurs Gate/hero stuff but is unable to celebrate that night cause he’s still uneasy about his past AND the fact that he (personally) killed his previous life’s closest friend/lover???? (Gort). So, the companions are like “bruh get down here stop moping,” but he’s just chillin on Elfsong tavern’s roof or w/e. And then he realizes..that since the Netherbrain is dead that means all the tadpoled people got un-poled👀👀 including the Flymms👀 and he gets so irrationally angry despite not even understanding why cause he shouldn’t care anymore. But he can’t help himself and he goes back to Flymm’s cobblers under the cover of night and he delivers his own form of brutal (almost unnecessarily violent) justice himself (I mean, he is still The Dark Urge after all. Jergal removed the absolute need to murder, but he didn’t take the batshit crazy part lmaooo). Anyway I’m not gonna write it cause I have an 80 page thesis to do but what if, huh?

[beecreeper]

That conversation with Abdirak hits Molli HARD (pun not intended but appreciated)

Full res frames under the cut