#kith'rak voss tag

[des-no9]

my high quality and very niche contribution to valentines day!!! hope y'all enjoy :3

I shall be writing these cards to myself and vanquish from voss :) happy valentines to me and vanquish!!!!!

[des-no9]

such an eyebag winner i love him so much

fuck the tits or ass debate, i find eyebags sooo attractive. your exhausted, sleep-deprived, mildly haunted aura has bewitched me body and soul

[akalanthis]

please consider: orpheus and voss growing up as slave children together

[deadhornedgod]

Today is Des's birthday and her wonderful men congratulate her along with her friends and comrades~

[alifelongpassed]

Let him rest. just Voss things

[des-no9]

Sorry no way was this all fitting in a reply LOL

Anyway, my old man Qy'rin githie has some feels about this....

Yeah. Yeah this makes me kinda sad that they didn't implement voss being able to talk to a gith tav like he does Lae'zel. I think Orpheus acknowledges a gith tav at the end with sister/brother in freedom or im imagining it. There's a brother in freedom voice line of his. I need to look this up. I've only had his ending with Vanquish so no clue.

ANYWAY. My old man githie, Qy'rin, is devastated at being ignored by Voss. He's a sensitive soul, honestly. He's old. He grew up in a creche, heavy under the Vlaakith reigime. Brutal, bloodied, scarred and all the rest. But age hasn't hardened him, it's softened him. Changed him. He sheaths the blade more. Songs of hope, pleasure, over songs of battle, brutal.

And he's been rejected by so many of his kin because of it, and because he idolises Orpheus from drinking Voss' secret Orpheus kool aid and reading his pamphlets and now he knows that it has been Voss' doing all along he now idolises Voss too and wants to be acknowledge and accepted by the man who has kept Orpheus alive all these years, never letting his hope wane.

But he's just kinda watching all this happen in-front of him like he's the fucking wallpaper and Lae'zel is the second coming. Qy'rin desperately wants to be part of the revolution, whatever that means. He's starry eyed. Maybe a little naive, now. But he wont be pushed aside anymore, and I need a scene with him telling Voss as such.

However, It does satisfy me that in the camp kneeling scene after free camming the hell out of that shit last night Voss DOES kneel directly before your Tav and address/look at your Tav more than Lae'zel so a win for me especially.

I'm curious about how other githyanki Tav/Durge players rationalise Voss almost completely ignoring the PC in favour of Lae'zel when he visits camp. It's so funny to me, but also comes with a huge amount of characterisation/backstory potential?? Almost everything else in Act 1 is SUPER reactive to a githyanki PC (a lot of the crèche dialogue is different, right down to the most minor one-line NPCs), which makes it stand out even more. Even this conversation is quite reactive, with plenty of origin-specific lines - almost all of which Voss passes over to continue focusing on Lae'zel.

Sticking the rest of this behind a readmore because it's longer/mostly just me yakking about headcanons re: my own PC and Voss (+ some images):

Live reaction shot of Vin'ath after Voss names Lae'zel "Sister in Freedom" and says the two of them - just the two of them! - will be their people's light:

♫ hello darkness my old friend ♫

Voss’ dismissal of Vin actually fits right in with the backstory I gave them - they fell out of the crèche system as a teenager after their capture + rescue by a fellow outsider from a society deemed "evil" by DnD rules + accidental partial cult deprogramming. That means they're 1. already on board the "fuck Vlaakith" train (though they'd never have dared to so much as fantasise about taking the fight to her - their childhood trauma is the one exception to their "run after it and whack it as hard as you can" approach to problems) and 2. in a complicated insider-outsider position with regards to githyanki society. Voss seems to see Lae'zel as a protégée - I think she reminds him of himself when he was young, and also of other highly talented/dedicated warriors who've served under him. Compared to her, Vin's just a bunch of confusing mixed social signals and ??? motives.

Vin'ath pretends they couldn't care less about this - Lae'zel's the one who can't stop talking about silver swords and red dragons! They let go of that desperate craving for a superior officer's approval a long time ago! - but they are

I think they (unwisely) end up confronting him about what he thinks of them at some point in Baldur's Gate. Voss gives them a devastating "I don't think about you at all" kind of response, but he is ALSO

because given what he wants to do, I think he'd be unwillingly intrigued by a very-young-from-his-perspective githyanki who's already thrown off the shackles of Vlaakith's rule/the crèche system (to some degree - more on that later!) The fact that they did it by accident, moreover, has to be borderline infuriating.

This is the point where I admit I haven't had enough uninterrupted playtime to get far with Act 3 yet (I have spoiled myself extensively via youtube videos, though), so I don't know how the scene where Voss gifts the silver sword goes for a githyanki Tav. If it's similar to the non-githyanki scene and Voss passes over them AGAIN to give the sword to Lae'zel, I'm going to howl with laughter. And Vin's going to have that long-awaited breakdown not react at ALL and be FINE because they DON'T CARE. They DON'T CARE AT ALL that this celebrated hero of their people they grew up hearing stories about is standing right there not recognising their efforts. Kith'rak WHO???? He's not even that cool in person and they are DEFINITELY not flashing back to the starry-eyed adolescent crush they had on him. Shuuuut uuuuup.

[airenfolio]

Just finished this comm for the lovely @des-no9 !

[wuhuha]

Some gith, but chib.

[edda-grenade]

wolf in a world of hounds

Qudenos rumbles. His tongue darts out along his teeth. “I’m curious to see what the wyrmling can do.” Voss is as well, albeit more concerned with the distinct possibility that his Prince will lose his savior today. It would not be a crippling blow to the rebellion, but— —it would grieve Orpheus. If Voss has to open himself up to ridicule by protecting an istik in order to spare his Prince that pain, he will. — During a meeting for the Prince’s rebellion, Tav gets herself into a duel. Voss has very normal feelings about it.

on AO3

5k, baldur's gate 3, tav/voss #coping with your feelings the way only githyanki can (badly), choking via tails, gentleness, frottage

[des-no9]

hehe them :3 thank you so much for tagging me love !!!! I tried to make a Van/Voss one and a Tuj/Azzichka one.......bebes

tried me best,,,uuaghh

Also I get too anxious tagging people but if you wanna join in, plz do <3

got tagged by the lovely @godwoken to have some fun with this cute little piccrew!

Sadly enough I don't have much energy or time atm buuuuuuut I couldn't help myself and tried to re-create the current brainrot ship 🥰😳

It's the slug (aka Vlassk) and @sumi-sprite's OC Larik as half-elves (in their pre-tadpole era) and in a somewhat modern setting <3

Might come back to this later and try out some other funky stuff

I'm also tagging @sumi-sprite @unaarista @corvitine and @tea-and-magic as well as ayone else who wants to have some fun and sees this!

[4th-make-quail]

[fic] Rust

Title: Rust Fandom: Baldur's Gate 3 Ship: Orpheus/Voss Tags: Explicit, Post-Game, Power Dynamics, Mentions of Voss/Tav Summary: If Voss was present in the Prism at the freeing of Orpheus, and how it might go afterwards. a/n: written for my friend @des-no9 in rarepair exchange 2024!

[des-no9]

deciding to make up more lore and expanding on the Living Gate shit with githyanki silver swords and Van's connection to Elder Evils and the Far Realms twirls hair hehe

[traceofexistence]

I read somewhere in the tags that there is data mined dialogue between Voss and Orpheus saying "I love you" or "my love" or something romantic. and I can't stop thinking how Voss was probably the Lancelot type to prince Orpheus

hear me out

what if, Voss saw everything that Vlaakith did, and all that mattered to him was to some how save his prince, his love, and then conspire against Vlaakith later. and that's why he agreed for Orpheus to be trapped in the prism, tell all gith that he was a traitor and he killed him, so the deal was "don't kill him and I'll keep your secret" to Vlaakith.

but then Vlaakith became a lich and started eating other kith'raks, and thousands of years passed, and Voss lost hope that he could ever free his love, and liberate his people.

when the prism was stolen, hope returned in his heart, and when Lae'zel showed vigor, and tried to defy her queen, he knew he had encountered the right type of ally.

Voss/Orpheus is the mlm story I didn't know I needed.

Voss to Orpheus:

it's been 84.000 years

[des-no9]

Omg you make my heart so full with this 🥹💜😭 I'm just so happy you enjoy Vanquish and Voss together so much! They mean like everything to me 😭💜💜💜

The little interactions Jez has in Vanquish's room and small comments about their relationship and Vanquish, Voss and Orpheus were so wonderful honestly. I think Vanquish would really like Jez and get on with her a lot 💜 Vanquish has a very silly side and she can be very fun.

Random Jez'rathki Thoughts

I was thinking about my gifs and memes when Jez'rathki kisses Voss before he rides Qudenos, and some of the implications around events from the Githmap.

I like imagining that in her story, Jez'rathki overthinks in the presence of authority and acts mechanically, afraid of leaving the wrong impression. She ends up acting erratic, sometimes being way too rude or way too submissive due to the stress. So she tried to be Voss's partner until he gave up (Which was for the better, so Draazvir has a chance with Jez).

And even when I think about Jez's story I can't deny that Vanquish and Voss are the canon (@des-no9 's writing about them is so good that I love the idea of Voss and Vanquish together).

I was laughing because I remembered Jez'rathki and Vanquish's meeting on the Githmap, on how Jez'rathki implies that she has never seen Voss smile (maybe Jez is a bit jealous of Vanquish being able to make Voss smile😂) and I find this amazing hehe.

[gothyanki]

@ardentkurashk tagged me in this meme forever ago (thank you!! <3) Now it is time. Lots of yelling about Vin'ath inbound.

Name: Vin'ath

Age: 31

Race: Githyanki

Class: Paladin (Oath of Vengeance).

Alignment: Trying their hardest to be a Lawful Good True Storybook Knight while also following vengeance oath tenets to the letter. This… does not always work out well.

Deity: Having been raised in a cult, Vin is deeply and understandably suspicious of all gods. They’ve dedicated their life to their oath instead, which is totally different.

Favourite spells: Shield of Faith for practicality; Colour Spray for aesthetics. They also love smiting. Divine Smite is their fave, although they couldn’t tell you why it’s the most satisfying.

Armour (Act 1): Scale Mail of Vengeance.

Armour (Act 2): Adamantine Splint Armour.

Armour (Act 3): Still Adamantine Splint Armour! High paladin fashion.

Favourite dye: Baby blue and gold. They flat-out refused to dye their gear at all until they got to Rivington, where they grudgingly agreed to try it out. The description points to a much more militaristic meaning, but to Vin those colours have come to symbolise the sun and sky over the world they love.

(I have a LOT of feelings about the default vengeance paladin colour scheme in light of “I see only blood-red and death-black”. Vin hasn’t drifted as far from their upbringing as they’d like to think.)

Weapon (Act 1): Monster Slayer Glaive (+ anything else they could grab that looked useful).

Weapon (Act 2): Soulbreaker Greatsword.

Weapon (Act 3): Silver Sword of the Astral Plane. Sorry, Lae'zel - it's just too perfect for a githyanki paladin. (In my headcanon, Lae does end up getting it after some token face-saving resistance from Vin. They’re not comfortable with the idea of wielding a silver sword and don't really want to give up the Soulbreaker - they've still got a lot of complicated feelings about the way they won it and they feel responsible for all those whispering souls.)

Buffs: Ooh, it’s been a while - I’d have to load up the game to see what they’ve got on. Githborn Psionic Weapon? Wielding the Soulbreaker Greatsword feels so right to them (ditto for Voss' silver sword, in the very brief space of time they had it); they’ve thoroughly compartmentalised that feeling so they don’t have to think about Why.

Main love interest: Karlach. It was a bit of a rough road to get there (the touch issue might have been the least of their problems), but now they’re an unstoppable team. To hell first, then onward to the stars!

Favourite NPC(s): Vin’s got a huge soft spot for the tiefling kids, especially Mol. (They’re very protective of children in general, for reasons they won’t admit have anything to do with their own upbringing.) Meeting Varrl and Varsh Ko’kuu gave them some hope in a difficult time, even though the circumstances were painful. They also greatly admire Dame Aylin and Isobel… and kind of see them as #relationshipgoals.

…and then there’s Kith'rak Voss. Yeah, that’s a complicated one.

Favourite enemy: Kith'rak Therezzyn and Inquisitor W'wargasm W'wargaz. There was a LOT of emotional fallout after the adrenaline crash, but for a while there they were riding the high of having faced down two terrifying childhood authority figures and lived (not to mention the staring contest with Vlaakith herself…)

Favourite battle: Gortash. That one was very personal - vengeance paladin mode on full display. (The conversation after it was… significantly harder for them to deal with.) Rescuing Halsin from Orin & co. was a close second - they were just so relieved they’d got there in time.

Favourite dialogue: Is “every single dialogue involving Karlach” cheating? Not just the overtly flirty/romantic ones - Vin would happily listen to her read the Faerûnian phonebook.

Aside from that, they got so much vicarious joy out of hearing Lae'zel reject Vlaakith - they don’t tend to show much emotion, but they may have done a little fist pump at “she has sinned against me!” Also, the conversation where Wyll opened up about the circumstances of his exile - Vin felt very honoured that he trusted them enough to let them see beyond the Blade of Frontiers persona, and it led them to drop their Perfect Paladin walls a little in return.

Decision about the Absolute: Red laser destroy destroy destroy + the Crown returns to Mystra. Unlike Lykos, Vin'ath isn’t tentacle-curious.

I tag anyone who hasn’t already done this (see: forever ago) and wants to!

[sharess-festhall]

Confessions by Characters

Companions

Astarion

Gale

Halsin

Jaheira

Karlach

Lae'zel

Minsc

Minthara

Shadowheart

Wyll

Tieflings

Cal

Dammon

Ikaron

Lia

Rolan

Zevlor

Enemies

Cazador

The Emperor

Enver Gortash

Haarlep

Kagha

Kar'niss

Ketheric Thorm

Lorroakan

Mizora

Myrkul

Nere

Orin

Raphael

Yurgir

Githyanki

Kith'rak Voss

Orpheus

Varsh Ko'kuu

Assorted NPCs

Abdirak

Aelis Siryasius

Aradin

Aylin

Barcus Wroot

Geraldus

Isobel Thorm

Mohan the Trader

Mystic Carrion

Nettie

Nine Fingers Keene

Nym Orlith

Petrified Drow

Ogres

Rath

Sorn Orlith

Stonemason Kith

Toadbreath

Valeria

Withers

Wulbren Bongle

Zhents

Bellar

Brem

Rugan

Salazon

Zarys

Dragonborns

Durge

Quil Grootslang

Other

Asmodeus

Mephistopheles

General

More tags will be added as more confessions comes in!