#halsin x durge x astarion

[astarionsbeloved]

My heart broke.

[azzys-bg3-blog]

Halsin drawing practice, ft Astarion and Tarlin(my durge)

[mahiiimahiiii]

Trancing 💫

Fem durge (named) x astarion x halsin

A/N: angst and fluff this time. My durge was heartbroken when their sibling kidnapped their boyfriend #2. Silly elf stuff, some angst as durge isn't really an elf, plus she's still considered a young elf. (100-300 yrs old)

Also according to forgotten realms lore, drow like to sleep more than trance. Unfortunately this bhaalspawn isn't getting much sleep.

Your eyes kept watch, scrutinizing every noise in the dark. Taught grip on your great sword, vision blurring in and out.

Your mouth tastes like bile, the pressure behind your eyes red-hot.

You received word from orin that halsin remained unharmed. A quill dipped in a followers blood held scribbles of the poor snoozing bear held in her grasp. You held a certain fondness for her art deep down.

poor sister...always fond of those softer than she.

Those souls not worthy to stand in her light

And how protective she was of you... To an extent.

"the tyrant means to tear us apart, you know I care for you sister." Her voice had echoed in the back of her head

You rubbed your eyes, focusing again on the blaze, ears twitching again. You hadn't noticed the quilt that shrouded your shoulders; or the hair soughing out of the bun you tied it back in.

Maybe just for a second. Perhaps...

Your visioned blurred to that of another.

Clambering out the guts of a sphinx, mouth tangy with the taste of copper. You licked your fingers clean, your belly full. Hair coated with thick chunky gore, skin stained maroon and ruby. Your skin was marred by bites and slightly pockmarked by acid. Delicious... Delicious.

You shook your heads sending the impending trance away. Feeling an exhaustion sink into your bones, you rubbed at your temples again. You jumped at the feeling of cool hands on the side of you shoulders, the warm presence of your lover knelt in front of you.

A look of something quizzical held in his eyes.

Have you slept?

The words shook in your head, his touch in your mind whisper quiet and soft. He withdrew, tracing the dark circles under your eyes. He tucked a strand of silvery hair behind your long ear.

"little knight, one cannot defend those whom they love without a little rest... Let me take care of you."

He had taken to several names, his knight, huntress, assassin, dearest moonshine, sweet spawn, and bhaal babe.

He cradles the cusp of your chin in his warm pale palm, his skin glittered like stars under the light of the moon.

Somewhere in the floor someone snored.

"come" he kissed the bridge of your nose lifting you to your heavy feet with just a word.

You settled in a bed away from gale. The beds near the window were often empty, as aylin and Isobel did their work under the light of the moon. He found yours, the same bear with little fangs and roughed up button eyes, made of soft red corderoy, tucked into your covers.

He pulled the thick quilt off of your shoulders, patting the bed for you to sit down.

"thank you." He hummed, "now let me take care of you..."

His fingers worked nimbly at your boot strings, and pulled them off quickly. He worked at the latches of your corset, you let out a deep sigh, oxygen sinking into your bones. He scurried off leaving you to sit and stare blankly at the wall. Astarion returned with a large night shirt and a brush. He helped you out of the rest of your clothes, kissing your shoulder blades.

He tugged it over your head, kissing at the tips of your ears. You settled at the edge of your bed again, as he uncorked a bottle, dabbing it into his hands and heating the oil between them. He pressed them to your lids, the oil itself smelt minty and flowery. He dragged his thumbs down, rubbing off the leftover khol on your lashes. His hands sparkled with the remnants of rouge and mica, he wiped them off on a face cloth. He dipped the other end in cool water, dabbing them at your cheeks. Your lovers tongue poked in between his lips in focus, wiping away the excess oils. He applied another oil onto his hands, the scent warm and nutty. The spawn rose combing his fingers throughout your silvery hair, applying the conditioner generously. He took the boar's hair brush and untangled the knots, settling his stance in between your legs.

You practically purred at his touch, one that he returned happily. Astarion felt a swell of pride that you would ever consider his presence as a safe or happy one. He tilted your chin tucking the loose strands of hair behind your ear. Finally, he kissed your nose, your cheekbones, and your eyelids, a satisfied sigh falling from the spawns lips.

"wait for me here, little love. I'll go grab some things from my bunk, and be with you in a moment." He slipped away to grab his softer night clothes and set his boots by his bunk.

You crawled back into the stark tight sheets of your made bed, you shivered, it hadn't been warmed for a while. You dragged the pillow to the edge facing the wall, curling up around the bear. Astarion returned, his cotton night shirt discarded as he crawled under the covers. He fluffed up his pillow settling into it with a 'whump'.

He exhaled, lashes lowered. His hands weaved around you, slotting in place like puzzle pieces. He stroked your lower sternum absentmindedly. "I wish I knew what ails you my love..."

"I'm just worried mostly. What orin did was a huge betrayal.to think I had fondness for her at some point is a bit sickening."

He hummed in acknowledgement "isn't that in bhaals nature?"

"yes" you sigh darkly "I should've known, if I stayed vigilant - if I was faster-if I was smarter I would've-" tears broke the surface of your eyes,the heaves of your sobs shook the small bed.

He squeezed you tight, gently shushing you. He rubbed circles into your back, nose pressed to the flush of your neck. "I'm sorry my love-"

The tears fell silently now as they wet your pillow in puddles.

Astarion pauses turning you over to look at him, he holds your head in your hands. "I think you are so brave. You are so bloody brilliant. I am so lucky... To have you... To hold you... Now until you depart- I am thankful as well, that won't be for a while... God's willing." He grins toothily at that last part. He kissed your tear stained cheeks, the tip of his tongue flitting out to catch the drops. "And he would've thought you were brave too..."

You sigh, pulling him into a tight embrace, "I know-" you whisper "I'm just worried."

"you have a lot on your plate- let's talk about something nice for once. Halsin mentioned something- I'm already too old for this ceremony- but you my love- are a ripe and young 150 years."

You rolled your eyes, "don't remind me- I'm a baby blah blah blah..."

"far from it!" He looks sympathetic, "what I'm saying is, you have the chance I don't have- an adult name"

"what's wrong with, the dark urge"

"everything, my sweet."

You frown at his giggles, before giving into his mirth. "I had another name in mind, it's simple and I like it's meaning."

"let's hear it then!" He props his head up.

"Wynne."

He raised his brow "that's it?"

"Lady Wynne of house Myzzirim. Has a ring- no?"

"I keep forgetting you're nobility- you are so... Uncouth."

"hmm... I wonder why, possibly- and hear me out- I could've grown up in a cult for most of my life? With no influence of drow culture? I mean I just found out most of my house is into merchantry."

"that slightly explains your shopping savy. It's amazing though, how drow culture finds a way."

"to be fair to you my love, most men are subservient to women within the bhaal cult. A lot of women are chosen or bhaalspawn."

"that is a fair point." His features were soft and languid. "Have you began... Seeing your memories?"

"little by little... I know their mine, but I'm not willing to accept that... They don't seem, like me. And I see this face- the archduke in a lot of them. And I should feels sick, I should feel horrible! Yet my heart is so light- it flowers under his gaze."

"and your past lives?"

"astarion- I don't think I have any. I am made of bhaals flesh. My memories are his, I am not eternal,I am doomed to damnation."

His eyes creased with concern "don't say that..."

"it's true - my flesh will be rendered and blood returned to his." Your eyes fill with deep despair squeezing them shut to avoid his gaze

"I don't believe that, and will refuse to- you'll return to me- time after time." He cradles your face again kissing your nose "you've bested the odds.. time after time- surely- the gods are willing to forgive your previous life... And we should consider it that! The dark urge died a gruesome death- and Wynne was reborn in their stead."

"will you call me that...?"

"Wynne?"

You nodded

"Wynne." He confirmed, "wynne-! My gorgeous moonbeam, my savior, my Wynne." Your new name sounded like a prayer on his lips, astarion beamed, cup filled with your love. "Now- as much as I know hope much you enjoy hearing me- especially now- I would love to shout your name from rafter to rooftop. You need your beauty sleep. I'll watch over you, we can come up with some sort of plan in the morning after you eat-"

"I'm craving humanoid meat again" you complain quietly

"that can be arranged then..." He pressed a sweet kiss to your lips. "You're allowed to tell me anything - no thoughts too small."

And for once he was right.

Your sleep as you often opted to do, remained deep and dreamless, the shifting of the comings and goings of the early morning risers eminent from the smell of coffee and cream sent by the dumbweighter.

What a joyous feeling being loved is.

[gothicspork]

Three dads wishing their daughter good luck at her Catholic school final exams.

[kiivg]

.”I want more than to fight at your side, or sit around the campfire with you.”.

[kawareo]

Play stupid games, get bullied by the clerics

Based off of this post by @naughtybg3confessions !

Loved the idea of lovemaking under the sun but also neither of these idiots remembers that sun isn't bad for only vampire reasons

[wetsocksinbed]

one of the funniest things in BG3 is how the horny and overly pornographic sex god that is Astarion really just wants to be loved and cuddled, and the calm, serious, stoic, no-nonsense Halsin is totally down for a orgy

[roughlytwentytwofrogs]

There is an issue in this community with misstagged fics on AO3, specifically in the FxF tags. I don't know if it's going to reach the actual people or not but I'm still going to put this here:

A lot of MxM and FxM are tagging FxF ships in the main relationship category despite the ship itself only being written in the background.

Which is a problem because when you go into your ship tag to find fics of your ship, a ridiculous amount of them are off topic. And while yes you can lower that amount significantly by filtering and tag exclusion, AO3 has a built in feature that is made to avoid this.

I am going to use the Shadowzel tag for that because it's the most popular FxF ship on there and it's also one of the most misstagged rn. As of right now, there is 607 fics in the Shadowzel tag without filter. If you restrict the search to only include FxF, you are down to 397 fics. That is more than a third gone!

And it gets rid of some shadowzel content as well, so it's either you filter that out or you have to scroll through a tag where 1 out of 3 fics are about Astarion, Gale, Halsin, etc instead of the ship you looked up.

If your fic, let's take for example a Tav x Astarion, has either consistent mention of Shadowheart x Lae'zel, the most popular wlw ship, or has them in the background as support characters, or even just mentions them as a funny little wink and you want to make sure your readers know they are in here, you do not use the relationship tag! You go down to the additional tags and add "Minor Lae'zel/Shadowheart (Baldur's Gate)".

Unless the pairing you are tagging is the main focus or have a significant role and spotlight on them, you should not use the relationship tag! It clogs the feed for no reason, AO3 is not a website where you have to advertise your posts to the most tags possible.

Adding a visual for clarity:

[bladesandbhaalspawn]

Adventure Time in Baldur's Gate

by nyachooh on X/Twitter!

[inkyquince]

Okay so maybe in just brain rotted... And I am BUT.

Love interests fucking GRABBING the dark urge for a kissy after the meeting with gortash. Man's turning up the rizz and flexing his stubble and eye bags and his anti-anxiety robe and his voice is low and seductive as he calls the durge an old *friend*.

Like, Karlach wouldn't even wait to be out of the room. Not even take a few steps away. Fully turn to you, grab you by the shoulders and fucking LIFT you up to plant a big smooch on you. Much to Gortash's bemusement and horror tbf. And the rest of the court's.

Gale would be more subtle, stepping close as you head towards the stairs and quickly press a kiss to your cheek with a soft smile. No way anyone would think it's a platonic look of adoration, even if his stomach is still twisting with the revelation that it was YOUR actions that led to this.

Astarion? Yeah, your conversation wouldn't have even ended before he's doing his slutty lil lean against you, resting his chin on your shoulder, still seemingly fully absorbed into the conversation. After it ends, he presses a kiss to your neck and idly follows after you, bemused by his own spark of annoyance at Gortash and his reaction to it. Mostly just exasperated by it though.

Wyll is filled with outrage for his father, for karlach and now for you. The implications seeped in Gortash's words and yet when you had joined up with the group, you had been left in the trash heaped, bloodied and stricken with amnesia. He's disgusted. So on the way out, he takes another look at his father and then slips his hands into yours. Raises it and gently kisses your knuckles on the way out. Even some of the court coo at the cute, gentlemanly gesture. Gortash looks mildly grossed out and Wyll takes that win, even with the prospect of meeting back up with Mizora in a few seconds.

Lae'zel would bare her teeth at him, smack his down and break his face in, if.... Well, if everything else wasn't going on right now, and it would upset the tin soldiers. So she settles for the next best thing, as resentment and possessiveness curl her tongue. Just gripping your waist and pulling you closer should do it. But she must add in a quick, harsh bite to your lower lip. Yknow, just in case.

Shadowheart? Gods, to make it clear, she's dying to press you against the wall and slide a thigh against your crotch, but yknow. Polite company. So instead she just slips her arm around yours, pulls you closer and whisper into your ear. Looks more salacious than it is, as she whispers that your past isn't who you are now and then drops a kiss to your earlobe. But it should to the trick.

Halsin isn't an envious creature. He really isn't. This man wouldn't care about your current other partners, so why should he care about past ones? Potential past parents, nonetheless. But, he'd never turn down the chance to pull his love close, especially in front of the man that caused all this trouble to begin with. Pull you close and tuck you into his side, maybe even kiss your temple.

Gortash? Gortash has missed his favourite assassin. He's waited for you, even with Orin hissing about your demise, and he never truly believed that such a piece of subpar, inbred Bhaalspawn could compare to you. The one who stole the Crown, the one who helped mastermind, the one who your father had chosen first. So what in the world was your little fan thinking? After a sweet, pleasant conversation, to start to paw at you? A fool no doubt. They might have gotten a few lovely weeks with you, but he had been with you for far longer, and he was finished waiting. No, he didn't see them being a problem.

[steelsartcorner]

BG3 Comic: Thay's Temptation

Be forewarned: mild horror images (such as would be associated with the Creepy Book, Thay's Necromancy: skulls, creepy teeth, that kind of thing), Cazador mention, mild spoilers for the Act 1 Thay's Necromancy Questline

Click "read more" to see the full comic.

End

I wondered what kind of images passed through his mind when opening that creepy-ass book with all the spirits trying to drive you mad and telling you to kill the only decent people in your life.

[lynnlovesthestars]

Could I request headcanons for Harleep, Astarion, Gale, Wyll, Halsin, Dammon, Rolan, and Zevlor with kind and patient gn s/o? This is quite self-indulgent of me because I have been told I'm too nice & so patient so I'm curious how they would react XD

first of all sorry for being so late, but my small brain has to process things multiple times to make sense, so i wrote this like... 5 times? So it takes me a while, but i hope that waiting was worth it.

Also i saw you sent a second ask to see if i recieved this one, so ill put dammon and rolan there cause this is starting to get a bit long:3<3 thank you so much for your patience!:3

Taglist: @sessils @spacebarbarianweird

Headcanon: BG3 men with kind and patient s/o. (pt. 1)

Zevlor:

Zevlor is emotionally a wreck already, he considers kindness a virtue and it definitely makes him swoon when he notices you put extra care in making sure he's treated with kindness. At the end of the day, he basically got bullied on all fronts when all he really wants is to prove himself worthy of the title he carried for so long.

Zevlor has a short temper too, and he appreciates so much your effort and patience in dealing with his outbursts, whether they are of rage- not towards you of course- or of sadness, you offer always a shoulder for him and he cherishes it so much.

He is lowkey jealous when he notices that your kindness is not mostly exclusive to him, he has learned that people can abuse one's patience and care, and 1. he doesn't want you to get hurt, 2. he wishes your kindness was maybe reserved to him. Call him selfish, but after being deprived of it for so long, he is hesitant to let go of it.

Astarion:

Initially he would be very wary, in his experience being nice always lead to him getting hurt, so why would he trust someone who's default reply is kindness? At the end of the day the last time someone was '''''kind''''' to him, he was turned in a vampire spawn, so he takes it extra slow, he has just regained control over himself, he won't blindly accept kindness. He's lowkey afraid you are just part of a bigger scheme that will bite him in the ass and leave him shackled and caged again.

Once he gets accustomed to your kindness and finally accepts it, he revels in the kindness you offer and your patience, especially the smallest gestures like opening a door for him. He will literally melt for it, he's already smitten, your kindness leaves him like mush in your hands.

Nevetheless every good side, comes with a negative one. He is dead afraid your kindness will bring you to get hurt. He often reminds you to be weary and keep all your kindness for people you trust (HIM), rather than going around and helping every lost soul that asks for help. He will fight you on this a few times- especially if you do get hurt or it is obvious you are about to- he will not bite his tongue and keep it for himself, and that's one of the moments when he's glad you are patient.

You understand where it comes from and you try your best to find a solution that would make both happy. Your patience of course doesn't stop there, he knows he's an handful: he carries an heavy trauma baggage and he has a feisty personality, yet you always show him you don't mind, that you are there for him and that he can take all the time of the universe to sort his problems out.

Wyll:

Wyll would find it so endearing, how you are ready to go to someone's aid, you stop on your tracks to support someone in need, and he would love seeing you being kind to everyone. It's probably one of the reasons why he falls in love with you. Unlike Astarion he encourages you to be kind to everyone, cause he considers it a virtue, he incourages you to be the best version of yourself, and he reminds you that if you do get hurt, he will be there to pick up the pieces.

As far as patience goes, he's grateful to the moon and back, he knows he is an handful, especially if he doesn't break his pact with Mizora and has to leave more times than ever. He makes sure once he's back though that he makes up for lost time, whether it is with gifts or by taking care of you.

Haarlep:

Harleep is so used to Raphael that honestly he's taken aback at first, living in the hells means that kindness is hard to come by and around Raphael? It's either a trick or a miracle, so he brushes it off, not repelled like Astarion would, but definitely not eager like Wyll either.. he would be probably the one that takes it as it is, just.. that. But when he gets used to it? He becomes unsufferable. So unsufferable that he goes around demanding Raphael to be treated with kindness and patience! He purrs whenever you are nice even the smallest, thanking you and praising you like a goddess. He even tries to be nice himself- to you only- and despite it has to be and effort, since he has never been exposed to much kindness, he does become a little more mindful, even asking before taking your form or just with small acts of services.

One time Rapahel makes sure to send a message to you through him. "Tav, Raphael asked you stop being nice to me, cause if i demand it from him as well, he's going to turn me into fertilizer", message delivered with a pout that begs exactly the opposite.

Harleep is another that is deeply afraid of your kindness. Let's be real, you can defend yourself as much as you want, but people tend to use people and your kindness is one of those characteristics evil people would pry on- he knows well since its literally part of what he does, and a facet of what Raphael does as well. He probably scolds you a lot for this reason, he does it in a sweet way- don't get me wrong- he sugarcoats the shit out of it, but he will let you know when you are about to get in peril or you are too careless with your kindness.

Gale:

Gale is touched by your kindness, already from the first days after meeting him.

You had helped him out of his blotched portal, you fed him artifacts, you didn't question his secrets or push him to reveal anything, and he doesn't give that for granted. Once he's closer to you, and he learns that you are unconditionally kind to everyone, he's scared.

He starts warning you to be a little less nice, to use your judgement before you blindly trust a stranger, but he doesn't push it past a warning. As much as he wants to protect you, he doesn't want to take away your chance to grow from your errors.

In matter of your patience he's so grateful, he spends days thanking you when he's still afflicted with the orb condition, he cooks as a form of apology or thanks depending what he did, he gets baths started for you, he's treating you as a queen/ king. He alread would do it, but with you? He's even more protective, he almost feels like he has to match your kindness and patience with as much attentions he can muster.

Halsin:

Halsin is a fair man you think he wishes everyone was kind, but he actually wants you to be fair, he wants you to be mindful of who you give kindness to, he wants you to be a reasonable judge rather than unconditionally nice cause it is the way of the nature as well. Nature is not only nurturing and lush, it's also the poisonous vipers and herbs.

Does he appreciate when you are kind? Absolutely, he thinks it's the best gift Silvanus has ever bestowed him, but it doesn't take away the fact that he wants you to be treated kindly as well, so the moment someone crosses the line and starts abusing your kindness or becomes rude, he's definitely stepping in to s h a m e the other person. "You are lucky you have met Tav, cause they are kind, but nature wouldn't be so understanding and patient" He says it with a rage you rarely see in his eyes.

He will do his best to remind you to surely practice kindness but also to be mindful who you help and who you are kind to, cause there's always rotten that can harm you, and lowkey if you get hurt he will invite you to take back what you gave.

Despite this Halsin considers kindness the bare minimum a person should be, and what stops him from encouraging you to be kinder, its just the knowledge that you might get hurt.

[thechaoticdruid]

Petition for someone to make a mod where it shows you and your romanced companion snuggling during the long rest sleeping animation.

[yennefer-of-vengerbergs]

Astarion, Syanna & Halsin (because I have ideas and HCs about all 3 of them getting together at some point, and it differs quite a bit from what's in game)

[marduksstuff]

MEOOOOOOW😼

I believe in nwn2 hero tav supremacy

[kelandrin]

Tav Question

What is your Tav's ship name with their partner? (Ex: bloodweave is AstarionxGale). Can be non companion characters as well.