#its the durge!

[buggleboos]

Do you want to know who you were before?

[bittersweet-mojo]

if orin's skin can move why cant mine huh

[frickerdoodle]

Mild act 2 Durge spoilies

My Dark Urge has been vehemently denying any thoughts of bloodlust to their companions and has hiddentheir evil deeds whenever possible (threw a certain body in the river and played dumb about where they went, for example) so imagine my shock when everyone knew about his deep dark secret after the most harrowing night of his life.

[nikomedes]

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this is durgestarion 2 me (original post)

[oriixxc]

I trust you won't kill me.

and if you do, then I've gotten sloppy and probably have it coming.

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[daemon-in-my-head]

Idk exactly how you trigger it anymore, but Gortash has that one line where he's essentially like "idc what happens, you're already a god, we just need to get the world to see it" to Durge. And. Boy.

By the grace of having a godly parent, all Bhaalspawn, strictly speaking, are quasi deities. The only difference between 'normal' Bhaalspawn and Durge is that the others are Demigods while Durge is a titan. Yet all Bhaalspawn have a divine spark and are technically deities. But nobody ever really pays any attention to it nor mentions it.

Except for fucking Gortash. Who's determined to make sure Durge is seen as the deity they are. It's common knowledge what Bhaalspawn are. They are feared by everyone. Even Minthara knows of them and she spend the last centuries below ground. And yet Gortash is the only one who really, fully acknowledges what Durge is and wants the world to see it too.

Only the one person who really shouldn't do that as the chosen of tyranny.

[bellandeano]

so like. how many gentle touches do you think they've actually felt in their lives haha

[kawareo]

Durge gives Gortash homework before they roleplay

Scel-free version on Bluesky!

[lunian]

...wait

what a man he is, this Gale Dekarios

[feniksido]

The Giant Demigods with loud semi formal speech have cornered the Goth market

[buggleboos]

explorations of a weird jester

[thedomesticanthropologist]

Astarion: lean into it! Don't resist your urges! Just be yourself!

The Dark Urge: *Eats a Dwarf*

Astarion: oh shit you're crazy-crazy.... know what, I can work with this, it's fine

The Dark Urge: *tries to kill Astarion specifically in the night*

Astarion: H E Y NOW.... no, you know what. I can still work with this.

This man hasn't had a single thing to call his own besides his clothing in 200 years, his Person may be absolutely fucked but he's not returning them for a refund, he's gonna keep em.

[cephydeluxe]

imagine being orin (already terrible) and passionately orchestrating your kills to worship your father and god with your art and being constantly shit on for it cause “bhaal only cares about quantity” but then hearing your stupid bloodkin flirt with a stupid banite using poetic violence and shit like “oh gortash when you and i are the last living souls we will wed upon my father’s alter and be forever bonded in bloody death” and still be the favorite child like fuck off i’d be so pissed 😭😭😭

[moron-rights]

Me, wishing there was more egg related content (with my durge)

[maleficore]

I've seen a lot of people talk about how the game doesn't give you any leeway when you play The Dark Urge, how it makes it very clear that Durge was A Bad Person, but I haven't seen it pointed out that Sceleritas seems VERY well versed in gaslighting the hell out of them and steering Durge away from any doubt or guilt in regards to their actions. Makes me think that they've probably had those types of conversations before because Durge actually always had a soft spot, only it got smaller and smaller in time. I have not had the opportunity to see the Heal cutscene yet, but I've got the butler in my camp now and he had some interesting things to say, like

[Durge: Can you tell me the worst thing I ever did?

Sceleritas Fel: There was one time you gave a beggar some coin while we were en route to the Devil's Fee.

Sceleritas Fel: You didn't kick him or spot on him or anything! I was so shocked I almost fainted!

Sceleritas Fel: I still have nightmares about it to this day. But I'm sure you only did so to lower the suspicions of the Flaming Fist. Surely?]

and it struck me because tossing a coin to a beggar is a bit of a thoughtless act isn't it? You don't put much thought into it, you just see someone in need and you do it. Out of empathy, generosity, something The Murder Incarnate should not be capable of. Sceleritas' uncertainty of Durge's reasoning for it totally convinces me it was NOT intentional. A simple act of kindness that slipped out.

ALSO

[Sceleritas Fel: The only way for a Butler to die is if we are not of use to our Master. But you have always needed abundant assistance.]

They always needed abundant assistance. Why? Because they kept slipping out of Bhaal's grasp? We know they did at least once, with Gortash. Maybe it was not the first time, maybe there are more "Letters of Forgiveness" tucked away somewhere.

To me pre-tadpole Durge is just terribly mindbroken and indoctrinated person hooked onto the sense of safety, purpose and acceptance of their dark side that the cultists and their father give them. Yeah they enjoy murder, gore and all that. That's the curse of their blood, but I don't think they were ever entirely consumed by it. Morality, guilt and empathy have always been there on the edge of their mind. Losing their memories (depending on player choices I know, but bear with me) was what they needed for them to be finally brought forward.

[chipchopclipclop]

the undead groom of the necromancer <- their ya romance novel title