#evil!durge

[the-marshmallow]

A Bhaalspawn, a Dark Justiciar, a Vampire and a Drow walk into a circus. None of them is a vicious murderer of course.

[marshmallow-bg3]

I was enjoying Minthara's updated endgame kiss. Ascended Astarion... was not.

[d4isywhims]

it's SO hard choosing the "evil" dialogues bc i always like to be the good guy 😭

[nim-arts]

Inspired by this post by @trupowieszcz

[arianiziolek]

I hope they will wake up Bhaal on time and The Dark Urge won't be all alone on his big day. Polish jump scare: Spoiler: Wdziałam nowe endingi no i Bhaal chyba zapił jak skurwysyn, bo sie nie pojawił. Ale z drugiej strony to dobrze oddaje jakim Bhaal jest wiecznie niezadowolonym tatuśkiem, może się łaskawie pojawi jak Durge zabije każdego szczura i insekta.

[artist-rat]

Guys do not ask how this group is still together.. I'm too afraid to ask (the answer is magic of friendship and ✨Delusion✨)

[namespara]

Astarion thought he was the biggest monster at camp.

I believe in dark urge/astarion supremacy. They can make each other better. They can make each other worse. They're assholes. They love so deeply. In this essay i will-

[sinizade]

"Forgive me, Father, for i cannot help but admire the Chosen of your sworn foe"

Gortash is kinda... hmmm

[fandom-geek]

i think the thing that really gets me about pre-canon durge is their absolute sense of duty, and their utter isolation outside of the cult of bhaal.

most of the cultists seem eager to see durge upon their return, and one even says they were the first to feed him flesh. gortash tells them of an exhibition of a bhaalspawn's corpse and another bhaalspawn's creations and durge immediately plans to attack the hall of wonder to recover them. they then apparently entrust said bhaalspawn's corpse to sceleritas fel to "restore" through taxidermy. they deride orin for her artistry with corpses explicitly because "bhaal will never care" and because orin "[does] not understand lord bhaal".

even their infamous prayer for forgiveness is framed around their absolute submission to bhaal's plans, and the crime that requires forgiveness? admiring his rival's chosen. that's one line, and the next three paragraphs are swearing to carry out his plan exactly as they've been told to, all for his forgiveness.

hell, even their room reinforces this. orin has barely touched the place aside from installing her mother's corpse and her manifesto - and that is some of the only decoration. what was it before orin, an empty room with skulls, a bed, a desk, some chests and a wardrobe?

the durge didn't have any semblance of a life outside of bhaal, aside from gortash. and is it any surprise? the only other hint they ever had a life outside of the cult is the flashback of kid durge murdering their adopted family, all thanks to their father's urging.

bhaal even tries to force them back into isolation after they've been tadpoled by forcing them to kill alfira, and then trying to force a durge who resists him to kill their lover. if they continue resisting, bhaal kills them. bhaal will not allow them to have a life outside of him and, if it weren't for jergal, he would've succeeded.

[a2zillustration]

That's it that's the game

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[the-marshmallow]

A Bhaalspawn, a Sharran and a Vampire first camp together.

[marshmallow-bg3]

[cats-obsessions]

Banite-Bhaalian cultural exchange: Gortash attends a ritual sacrifice, Durge gets dressed up and goes to a ball. Gortash helps assassinate someone, Durge commits tax fraud. Gortash dissects a living person, Durge learns about bureaucracy.

[maegalkarven]

I've just played through Gortash's coronation with and without Karlach in the party and the difference-

Like when Karlach is in the party Gortash puts on a mask of composure and authority. Durge is still favorite assassin and all, but 'Lord Gortash' needs to maintain presence.

And then it's just Durge in the party and Gortash is a fucking smiling giggly mess. I can't express how freaking giggly he looks at EVERY second of the convo. Literally "blushing, giggling, twirling hair" kind of a vibe.

And WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK is that? How I'm supposed to NOT align with him??? How my Durge is supposed to not be immediately compelled to destroy the world just so this man kept looking at them like that?

[saremina]

early durgestarion is hilarious because Astarion is accidentally really good at seducing bhaalspawn

threaten them with a knife

respond positively to them ripping off someone's hand instead of helping them

have a detailed discussion on how you'd kill them (bonus points for going 'lol I'd like to see you try' when Durge asks how he'd like to be killed because who doesn't like a challenge)

straight up bite them (bonus points for almost killing them)

ask them which of their friends they'd most like to bite themself (and responds positively for the answer being him)

agree that 'they were annoying' is a valid reason to murder someone

generally be supportive of murder urges