#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!

[bitchesgate3]

Voss was sexier when he was an entitled prick you could humble.

[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

[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!

[akalanthis]

average githyanki workday

[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.

[librivore42]

Bruised and scarred I rise

A little ficlet for @des-no9 for the fantastic work they're doing on their Githyanki world-and-language building! I hope to read so much more amazing Githyanki 'knowledge' in the next year.

This was primarily inspired by their fantastic comic Sha Va Zai so I decided to take the idea of 'how Githyanki think about love' and run with it. No lore has been consulted. I have followed my heart.

Ao3 link below, and full text provided under the cut!

Bruised and scarred I rise (504 words) by Librivore42 Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Baldur's Gate (Video Games) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Orpheus/Kith'rak Voss (Baldur's Gate) Characters: Kith'rak Voss (Baldur's Gate), Orpheus (Baldur's Gate) Additional Tags: Orpheus is only mentioned he's central enough that I think he's important to tag, POV First Person, Githyanki (Dungeons & Dragons), clumsy use of the Githyanki language Summary: Kith'rak Voss remembers. He may be one of the few who does. But he will not abandon his Prince, no matter how high the cost.

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You will come awake to a strange people, familiar and yet not, harsher and colder than you ever left us.

I am much changed. Perhaps you will not know me, the new scars on my face drawing lines you do not remember and may not wish to recognise. But it does not matter, for I know you still.

I know your fears better than you know yourself, as do you for mine. It is our way, not look our fears in the eye, to not acknowledge them enough to let them weaken us. Only one who is close enough to feel our breath may see that shameful, hidden core of us that we refuse to see for ourselves.

Zhak vo'n'ash duj

Source of my bruises.

Keeper of my fear.

You have kept mine close for centuries, and I have kept yours. I will not allow it to be centuries again before we are allowed to keep new ones.

I am sure, I am sure. And yet I am not always sure.

The day will come that I will fall to my knees and lay the whole inglorious weight of my doubts at your feet.

Flickers, slivers.

Will I ever find you? Will I ever free you? Shall it ever be enough?

You will gesture but once, imperious, all encompassing, fit to sweep all the stars from the Astral Sea; the past will shatter until there is only the present, and I will be shame and fury for my own doubts, my own fears. I will be reforged in the fire of your power, in my own disdain for my weakness.

Silver swords, red dragons, comets and queens and dual skies. Our history is full of symbols that shape our lives. Prince of the Comet, you are such a one, feared and adored.

The more you are a symbol in their eyes, the more you are the story of our struggle and the shadow of our history, the less they see you as a person, real and alive. Statue, mural, painting, slate, static and unchanging.

Cold. Past. Passive object of worship. But to me, to me, you are living, breathing flesh. Let me bruise you, warm and present, let me remind you that you live, that you must go on living. Remember it. I am your sword, seeking your hand

Zhak vo'n'ash duj.

Istik find it a strange and savage phrase. But what greater connection is there than allowing someone near enough to hurt you? To wear their bruises over your own markings like a strange kind of armour?

Your markings are the constellation of my sky, the way home.

By fire and sword and old symbols and stars, I pledge my life and every wound I sustain to finding you. Each scar and bruise a new shoring up of our old identities, lest I forgot who I am in the long, long doing of it all. Each one, from first to last, has been yours. Is, has been, will be.

Mha stil'na forjun inyeri.