#gates of the dead

[lilystargazerwhite]

A phantom based around New Orleans. Specifically, their gates of the dead. Many old cemeteries in New Orleans will have 3 gates instead of 1– one big one and 2 often locked ones on the side. This results from a superstition that arose to popularity around their yellow fever outbreaks, where the dead would be brought en más through the large gate. People would refuse to enter or follow the coffin through, believing passing through the large gate was an invitation to be followed by vengeful and wandering spirits. So the side gates were built for the living, 2 on each side, but some could have up to 5 gates total on a single side.

Nowadays, the superstition has waned but you will still see these gates, now locked— all except for 2 days. All Saints’ Day and all souls day.

The names on the gate are of 2 mass graves/hospitals in New Orleans, now both abandoned. Charity was for unclaimed or unidentified dead, but during the yellow fever epidemic, poor people would go and Unclaim their dead so they could be buried. The charity cemetery is now a burial place for unclaimed yellow fever victims, those donated to science, and 100 unidentified Katrina victims left in a warehouse until 2015.

Mercy is a name of both a hospital and cemetery, in this case being in reference to “Gates of mercy cemetery” the first Jewish cemetery in the city and one of the oldest still standing. Mercy hospital was a hospice center closed after Katrina, where clean up crews found over 40 bodies wrapped laying in their beds, having been euthanized during rescue efforts.

New Orleans is a very interesting city both in history and mythology and I really hope to visit again!! Loved it!

[hekuuu]

a little self-indulgent comic :>

[kirain]

My favourite bit of BG3 lore is that Withers is legitimately responsible for the Dead Three, but he's probably too embarrassed to tell you, so every time you ask him to elaborate he just gives you a very stern, "Noooo."

I also love that the reason he's responsible for their uprising is because he got bored. He literally got bored of his position as Lord of the Dead and wanted to retire, so when these three morally questionable humans came looking for godhood he was like, "Hmmm. Yes, okay. Here. Take my portfolios. Fight over them. I don't care. I quit."

So after bowling with skulls in a friendly competition to decide who would get what portfolio, they took up his powers and wreaked havoc on the world. Only at that moment did Jergal, AKA Withers, AKA our precious Bone Daddy think, "I'm just now, internally, asking myself, in quite a worried way, whether I might've made an error."

So he joins your merry band and watches your escapades, calmly twiddling his fingers while you clean up his mess. He's happy to lend his aid, even to the point that he'll bring Durge back to life if they reject Bhaal, even though he technically shouldn't. But he's Withers. The rules don't apply to him. If Ao doesn't like it, he can descend from the Heavens and say it to his rotting face.

And the reason he saves Durge isn't necessarily because he likes them or because he's a morally good entity (though one certainly could make that argument), but because he wants to add insult to injury. He steals Bhaal's child with a big smile on his face, dubs them his Chosen, and praises them for rejecting all the power they were promised. But of course, he still doesn't tell them who he is—or rather who he was.

Then, when all is said and done, he throws Tav and their companions a cute little party. No one knows it's probably half a thank you party and half a "Withers is bored again" party. And if anyone misbehaves, he'll get irritated and whisk them away. Because how dare they? He put a lot of work into that.

And at the end of it all, he walks up to a mural of the Dead Three and basically goes, "Lmao. Thou didst fuck around, and thou didst find out." Just savagely roasting them.

And then poof!

He waves them into non-existence.

[gvalesdraws]

scribble from my playthrough. there is definitely a statue of astarion somewhere in baldurs gate because we wouldn't survive without him

[crispyliza]

Fanfiction in the late 2000s-early 2010s was wild bc you'd find a beautifully written story with the most compelling heart-wrenching plot you've ever seen and the author's note would be like:

Author with a username like ~SasukesWaifuxD~ : Ohayo gozaimasu! ↖(^▽^)↗, I'm sowwy it took me so long to update (๑•́_•̀๑)

tsundere twink from their fic : It was about damn time you idiot (눈‸눈)

~SasukesWaifuxD~ : Hey now! It's not my fault the plot bunnies kept wunning away fwom me (╥﹏╥)

tsundere twink: W-watever, it's not like I missed you or anything (💢,,>﹏<,,) b-baka!

[keperaz]

game of the year !

[kawareo]

Death by Snu Snu, Ketheric Thorm foresaw

Happy New Years!!

spent way too much time on this lmao but oh well it looks pretty and my boy looks even prettier

[lanafofana]

*pre act 1, somewhere in the outerplanes or whatever* gods: what the hells are the dead 3 doing now?? what is that?? a netherbrain?? ugh right then, what are we gonna do about it shar: i have a plan SO EVIL AND PERFECT and a chosen locked and loaded she's already on her way to retrieve that stupid githyanki prince and then im going to fucking destroy that asshole ketheric

mystra: bitch please the only one around here with a shiny red fix it button is me. when i tell you my former chosen is obsessed with me. no way will he deny me, all i gotta do is ask and he'll detonate the problem in one go. ace in the hole.

Jergal [a big fan of the avengers]: i have a plan to bring together a group of of remarkable people to see if they could become something more. To see if they could work together when we need them to, to fight the battles that we never could.

gods: ugh shut the hell up jergal this is basically your fault

Jergal: im stealing all your feral chosen and you can't stop me

silvanus: would you like a bear in this trying time?

[lordtako103]

Dead three or smthn

[crocodiller]

when teasing backfires

[gaurdibuja]

THE DEAD THREE

Had a blast with Baldurs Gate 3, so I definitely had to draw this 3 awesome characters, so well written.

If you hadn't played it yet you should definitely give it a try!

[klaineka]

You think durge ever got stuck with babysitting the feral sister?

(Oh yeah durge cape outfit design is from @galgant pre-avernus comics)

[starkspi]

[nim-arts]

✨☠️🩸✋ See, Hear, Speak ✋🩸☠️✨

Thank you Larian I can’t believe it’s already been 1 whole year. Forever grateful and will love the experience that was playing Baldur’s Gate 3 on release.

[ramen-flavored]

[mlarty]

For the glory of Bhaal 💀🎶

Bones bones, roses roses...