#my tav has a little intro in the start notes

[gorgongorgeous]

EXPLICIT / ~6.3k words

If Basquiat’s expression flickers, Astarion does not notice. In fact, he doesn’t seem to notice any change in them at all. He laughs bright and smooth, as though he had not shifted their conversation in the first place. “I am,” he says. “It’s hard not to with you.” A little of the predator has left the elf’s eye, and now his look is almost fond. As though there’s genuine care lurking underneath the whole facade. The threat of honesty would be insulting if it wasn’t so fucking tempting.

Or: Basquiat catches on quicker than they should have, but resigns to play the game a little longer.

(aka i'm going to post the most self-indulgent filth i have ever written and sprint in the other direction)

[bharv]

So in Early Access and on my old blog I did a Tav asks but I never really did an intro to my current (and I think from how much I'm enjoying her, potentially main and only) Tav origin character. So here we go.

Glimmergris | Bard, College of Lore | Deep Gnome | Charlatan

Glimmergris, or Glimra Silvervein Gilbie, is a Deep Gnome from Neverwinter. She is the daughter of noted gem hunter Tilsedie Silvervein Gilbie, who worked across Silverymoon, Neverwinter, the Underdark, and the north in adventuring crews seeking treasure, as well as operating as a merchant for fine enchanted jewels. Tilsedie was well into her hundreds when she unexpectedly had her daughter - she was already a grandmother, and had been divorced from her last husband for some time. She doted on her daughter, but did not care to share who her father might be.

Glimra loved the adventures she was taken on, loved jewels and craft and home, and loved music, stories, and poetry, quickly learning all she could from the adventurers who travelled with her mother and gaining skill as a bard. She was christened Glimmergris by an associate of her mother's, as he said she needed something a little more unique, something that could be remembered on its own, much like his own name, Volo.

At the time of the abduction, she is 46 years old, and working across the recovering Neverwinter as a musician and occasional adventurer for hire, though almost all of her money goes home to Silverymoon (sparing a few small pieces of gold she spends on a good book, or a particularly fine pair of earrings.) Her mother's health has faded, and she needs almost constant care, which usually falls to her older brothers and particularly their wives, which causes some resentment.

She generally wants to do what is right, but sometimes struggles with the mantle of leadership, feeling the urge towards safety that many Deep Gnomes crave. If there is a way to talk her way out of something, she will do it, and is in turn full of charm and full of bite. It creates a tension in her between her love for music and gregarious desire to bring joy, and a need to go unseen and keep people away to stay safe. As she journeys through the frontiers, it challenges her to become a true leader and to open up to real growth and real stakes, something which is only heightened by unfortunately falling in love with the former chosen of a Goddess, and to start to live for herself, and not always for her family.

[the-silly-urge]

The Dark Urge -

"As you venture on, you find yourself inescapably drawn towards unimaginable cruelties. Where do these thoughts come from?"

Hello! My name is Addison, and this is my Baldur's Gate 3 sideblog (my main is @psystirene!) I use He/Him pronouns (and Neos), I am a lesbian and over 18‼

I started playing BG3 in September and have been obsessed with it since; that has included thinking way too much about it and doodling my characters a bunch, which I intend to post here!

My favorite characters (= I think about them a lot) are Minthara, Shadowheart, Astarion and Lae'zel- Though I do love all the companions- as well as pretty much any Dark Urge. Gortash and Orin fan by proxy, and I also love Alfira (<3)

Note I queue most posts, and if I don't leave any comments in tags it's usually because I'm too excited about the post to articulate it 😭 I will sometimes ramble in reblogs/tags, sorry if it's annoying- But you're free to do the same to any of my posts! I appreciate it I'll read it <3

If you have a toyhou.se, you can visit my OCs' pages through there- Most are visible only to users who are logged in.

Blog navigation + OC info below!

I will inadvertently post spoilers from time to time: Act 1 spoilers will not be tagged, past that it'll be #act 2 spoilers, and #act 3 spoilers. As I'm writing this I haven't finished Act 3.

My characters currently include: Edelzyne - Face of this account atm- fucked up drow Dark Urge Sylphin - Half-elf cleric Tav, child of divorce, loser, etc Siraye - Mother of the child of divorce. Can be a Tav in funny AUs Cordyle - AU of a Skyrim OC, Hells-obsessed High Elf wizlock, in a party with Afar. Eyes from Afar - AU of a Skyrim OC, Sharran Rogue Tabaxi, in a party with Cordyle. (Note her tag will be #oc: afar) Nandryn - Multiplayer Tav, Seldarine Drow Ranger Lochor - Multiplayer Tav, played alongside a good Durge, asshole Dragonborn Druid Fish - Redeemed Dark Urge, pathetic little Tiefling cleric Qa'leith - Most recent playthrough, Githyanki Monk Tav You can look them up with the the tag oc: (name), like oc: edelzyne, and all content of/about them will show up. When/if I make intro posts for them I will link those here as well <3

Other tags! #my art - Any art I've made #my writing - I don't write a whole lot, but it'll be there if I do #screenshots - My screenshots. #gif - Will include gifsets, but also any gifs. I don't make gifsets, myself #rambles - Just random stuff I say, will have other tags if I deem it worthy #memes - Any memes I reblog or make. #resources - Stuff I reblog/make that's meant to be helpful to me or other people. Might include builds and such I want to replicate later. Characters will be tagged with just their names, etc etc. That should be all, otherwise I'll try and update this post!

My warnings will always use #tw (text) (i.e #tw blood), I will not use CWs because I feel like it overcomplicates things. Ask me to tag things if I don't already and I'll try and remember to. But you can expect most common triggers to be tagged already.