#oc as a companion wiki

[hiddenbeks]

anyway i guess i should finally finish dai. lmao

[rivilu]

Ooo...

[nerdanel01]

loving this bit of Nevarran lore from the wiki:

all the other companions on the road, travelling, hunting down blighted elven gods, looking on with a bizarre mix of revulsion, fascination, and perplexion as my mourn watch oc and Emmrich Volkarin peel skins off citrus fruit and laid them down in elegant little salad beds, exquisitely staging each of their meals: why are you doing that

emmrich and agnes: because we are not animals??? do you not also eat with your eyes as well as your stomach where you come from?

[rui-drawsbox]

Okay obligatory DnD person as per the Dungon Meshi post(dnd/fantasy au + our life is amazing and I love it) but also I just wanted to say that there is a subclass of elves in dnd called aquatic elves that are kind of a happy mix between a mermaid and a, well, normal elf. I stick more towards spooky rather than nautical campaigns myself, so I’m not too familiar, but if I remember correctly they’re amphibious but with two legs rather than full mermaid.

Also obviously please ignore if you have different ideas but based off of what people have written about battle roles I could absolutely see some subclasses for the four!

Derek I could absolutely see as a Paladin(subclass possibly being oath of devotion or glory) basically the more defensive tank guys bound by an oath they make to themselves or someone important to them, which gives them a little spellcasting as well as actual auras that buff their allies later on.

Baxter I could see being a Bard (College of Swords), or what I kind of think of as a sort of battledancer. It would be a little less of a full spellcaster, but you can do special flourishes when fighting with a rapier which I always imagine as pseudo-dancing, plus he’d still get all the flashy bard spells. And to top it off, Bards actually use their charm(charisma stat) to cast spells which just screams Baxter to me.

Cove is a little harder but if you were going with him having a fish/animal companion while still being a melee fighter a Ranger(Beastmaster or Swarmkeeper) would be a good fit IMO, obviously with the Cove Creater he’s harder to pin than Baxter or Derek, but Ranger is pretty flexible. You basically get to choose a companion that’s from the land, air, or sea; and they can help you out in battle and follow you around, or as Swarmkeeper he could have his swarm be a school of fish.

Ruri is obviously a bit harder because you know your OC best, but if you really wanted to lean into more into the familiar/animal buddy route. Druid(circle of the shepherd) is always a fun choice! It’s kind of like the more spellcaster version of rangers’ Swarmkeeper where you can summon a lot of critters while still having some super strong elemental spells.

But anyway! I hope this wasn’t too long, I saw some (kinda) DnD our life content and I couldn’t resist! But thank you again for the adorable art of the main boys(and your lovely OC!) in a fantasy setting!

Second ask from dnd anon:

Oh! DnD anon part two!

But basically the theoretical party composition would look like:

Derek = Tank/Damage

Cove = Weapon Damage/Companion(s)

Baxter = Spells/Weapon Damage

and Ruri = Healing/Spells.

Also one last note about Druid is while druids have a lot of elemental spells (create water, spike growth, etc.), they also have the ability to do something called wildshape, where they can shapeshift into an animal for either out of battle(wildshape into a mouse to get under the crack in a door, then returning to normal and unlocking it) or battle (at later levels imagine fighting a spellcasting bear or even dragon) but also has more silly implications like wild shaping into a songbird to sing with Baxter, or a cat or sloth to ride on Cove’s shoulder.

got these asks a few days ago but i let them marinate in my brain hope you dont mind anon KJDSAUH

anyways AQUATIC ELF THATS PERFECT i tried to stick to what i knew about dumenshi rules in that post but for my first fantasy AU ideas i was going to do Cove a half mermaid (Cliff human x mermaid Kyra or elf Kyra [shes just so pretty its insane] x mermaid Cliff) that lived in a house right on the beach lmao, im happy that actually makes sense somewhere in dnd

i tried to look at the aquatic elves wiki from the forgotten realms fandom and omg so much text in the main page

also paladin Derek canon‼‼ imagine he does his oath to his brothers right after something dangerous happens to them when they were kids (im not saying his parents should die but im not saying they shouldnt--)

and bam!! tragic backstory 10x worse than his canon that is already bad enough :DD (try to make him feel less responsable now i wanna see that)

baxter turn rn. DO YOU THINK HE WOULD PLAY VIOLIN? I WANNA SEE THAT (<-this person didnt thought about drawing him with an instrument until it was time to write her thoughts) anyway it would def be a fancy instrument, daddy and mommy wanted to keep appearances i bet

one his spells makes his sword and moves shine and when hes under the sun his enemies become fucking blind

everything about him screams I HAVE MONEY but everytime people try to rob him he just rolls a nat20 in persuasion and they end up giving him money

and omg just imagine Cove's school of fish are all his pet fishes from the game JGASDFJK

im also. not discussing roles when the most i know about dnd is bg3 and i just finished 2 playthroughs. if you say ruri is a druid she's a druid, she makes super artsy flower fields and decorates every tree she sees with organical paint or smth jkfhds

Ruri's forest has a tree that connects with the ocean and they both just hangout sometimes (as if theyre not together 60% of the time already)

DRUID RURI THAT LIKES TO BRAID COVE'S HAIR WITH LITTLE POPPIES‼‼‼

MERMAID COVE THAT LETS RURI (otter form!!) RIDE HIS BACK WHILE HE SWIMS‼‼‼‼

mermaid cove humming a song and ruri falling to the river in trance/j

anyways anon i agree with everything tbh, there's so many ways to do a fantasy AU and i adore the dnd version (id kill for a dnd group or smth in my city)

i also have another fantasy au more vanilla but not-really. basically isekai baxter LMAO mostly an excuse to make ruri and baxter being domestic but before baxter developed any real domestic skill JHASFD

[kermit-ydafrog]

So if you guys look at the poll almost everyone wants me to write the Hazbin Hotel x Teenager Y/N

Ofcourse this will be platonic since everyone in the Hazbin Hotel series is older than Reader since Reader in the story is just 16 alongside with Y/N's companions in the said series

So uh...

Here are some heads up to what are canon in my Series which is there Age and Sexuality(All of this is based from "Hazbin Hotel Wiki" some of it is made by me because not all of there Age and Sexuality is in the Wiki so if there Age or Sexuaity has this in it Cross Line it means it's more of my own canon Age and Sexuality)

And before I forget ✨SHIPS✨

(Disclaimer: If you don't like the ships in this category then don't hesitate to not read the story but if you do like some of it then just...read or not, It's your choice and it's up to you 🥰)

Anyways

So let's start...

🪫Age🔋

🏨Hazbin Hotel Staff���:

Charlie = 20

Vaggie = 20

Husk = 60

Niffty = 22

Angel Dust = 30

Sir Pentious = 22

Cherri Bomb = 20

✨Extra Characters✨:

Molly = 20

Arackniss = 23

Baxter = 23

Loona = 23

Blitzo = 26

Moxxie = 27

Millie = 28

Sally Mae = 26

Fizzarolli = 26

Odette = 24

Clara = 24

✨💕Oc's💕✨:

Max = 23

Nathan/Nate = 24

Henry = 24

Falisha = 21

👹7 Deadly Sins👹:

Lucifer(Pride) = Immortal

Asmodeus(Lust) = Immortal

Beelzebub(Gluttony) = Immortal

Mammon(Greed) = Immortal

Satan(Wrath) = Immortal

Leviathan(Envy) = Immortal

Belphegor(Sloth) = Immortal

😇Angels😇:

Adam = Immortal

Lute = 28

Sera = Immortal

Emily = Immortal

🔥Overlords🔥:

Stolas = Immortal

Carmilla = 37

Zestiel = 38

Alastor = 30

Rosie = 32

Vox = 30

Valentino = 33

Velvette = 32

Skull Head = 39

Frederick = 33

Bethesda = 33

Zeezi = 30

Stolas = Immortal

🏳️‍🌈Sexualities🏳️‍🌈:

🏨Hazbin Hotel Staff🏨:

Charlie = Bisexual

Vaggie = Lesbian

Husk = Pansexual

Niffty = Straight-Ally

Angel Dust = Gay

Sir Pentious = Bisexual

Cherri Bomb = Bisexual

✨Extra Characters✨:

Molly = Lesbian

Arackniss = Bisexual

Baxter = Heterosexual

Loona = Straight-Ally

Blitzo = Bisexual

Moxxie = Bisexual

Millie = Pansexual

Fizzarolli = Gay

Odette = Bisexual

Clara = Lesbian

✨💕Oc's💕✨:

Max = Gay/Non-Binary(He/She/They)

Nathan/Nate = Straight-Ally/Non-Binary(They/Them)

Henry = Straight-Ally

Falisha = Bisexual

👹7 Deadly Sins👹:

Lucifer(Pride) = Straight-Ally

Asmodeus(Lust) = Pansexual

Beelzebub(Gluttony) = Straight-Ally

Mammon(Greed) = Straight-Ally

Satan(Wrath) = Bisexual

Leviathan(Envy) = Pansexual

Belphegor(Sloth) = Asexual

😇Angel😇:

Adam = Bisexual

Lute = Straight-Ally

Sera = Heterosexual

Emily = Pansexual

🔥Overlords🔥:

Carmilla = Straight-Ally

Zestiel = Straight-Ally

Alastor = Aromantic/Asexual

Rosie = Straight-Ally

Vox = Bisexual

Valentino = Pansexual

Velvette = Bisexual

Skull Head = Straight-Ally

Frederick = Heterosexual

Bethesda = Pansexual

Zeezi = Pansexual

Stolas = Gay

💕Ships💕:

1.) Charlie x Vaggie = Chaggie

2.) Husk x None = ???

3.) Niffty x Baster = Biffty

4.) Angel Dust x Alastor = Radiodust

5.) Sir Pentious x Arackniss = Pentniss

6.) Cherri Bomb x Molly = Cherlly

7.) Loona x None = ???

8.) Blitzo x Stolas = Imp Bird

9.) Moxxie x Millie = Mixxie

10.) Lucifer(Pride) x Sally Mae = Salifer

11.) Asmodeus(Lust) x Fizzarolli = Fire Clown

12.) Beelzebub(Gluttony) x Vortex = Bee Fox

13.) Mammon(Greed) x Falisha = Green Angel

14.) Satan(Wrath) x None = ???

15.) Leviathan(Envy) x None = ???

16.) Belphegor(Sloth) x None = ???

17.) Carmilla x Zestiel = Angel Webs

18.) Rosie x Henry = TV Rose

19.) Vox x Emily = StaticHalo

20.) Valentino x None = ???

21.) Velvette x Nathan/Nate = Vate

22.) Skull Head x Lute = Golden Skull

23.) Frederick x Bethesda = Married Couple

24.) Zeezi x None = ???

[pseudogirlie]

I made this originally for personal use for fun but I thought I’d make a blank version to share:

This is my best attempt to do a mock wiki format for BG3. Feel free to use, edit, make changes to for your own ocs ^__^ to use just copy a version to your drive! This is 100% inspired by the Inquisitor as a companion from a thousand years ago. I also have a dragon age mock document if people are interested.

If you want to make it “official” looking, I’d just save and insert pictures of items or icons from the official bg3 wiki.

There’s some weirdness with the pages causing unwanted breaks. Which I don’t care to fix but if you know how to feel free haha, I also have not made the banter/romance page yet… I may make more updates to this in the future too.

This does not work as a pageless document due to the tables and images. Unfortunately. If you are on mobile you will need to use print preview to make sense of it lol.

[slocumjoe]

⚠️Request rules⚠️

1; Be specific and unique

For example, the prompt "Sole dies". All characters would be sad, or angry. But the prompt, "Companions travel through a haunted forest and lose each other" has a lot of ways it can go. Vague prompts can be difficult for me to write, as there's often not much to write. Or if there is, it ends up feeling samey, or too short. There's only so much I can write about Sole dying.

Some prompts are answered in canon, and don't need to be answered. For example, Companions react to Sole speaking like the Silver Shroud. You can easily go on a wiki or find a compilation video on YouTube.

Also, I prefer to write about the companions, not Sole. So, requests about the Sole Survivor are likely to sit in the inbox for a while.

2; Be mindful of dark subject matter

Guys. You know miscarriage is a real thing, right? A horrible, traumatic thing that fucks up entire families? And same with rape, or abuse, or anything like that. Use your best judgement asking about heavier topics. These things aren't scenarios to generate angst. They're traumatic events. That real people go through.

I'll never forget following a react blog who was asked to write about miscarriage, only for them to apologize and refuse, as they had suffered multiple miscarriages themselves.

Rule 3; No fetishes or second-hand embarrassment prompts

So, I said be specific and weird...not with your own fetishs, please.

For non fetish stuff, I really do not care for toilet humor. Or anything meant to evoke second-hand embarrassment. This is another 'use best judgement'. I'm very easily grossed out by body fluids/excrement and there's no prompt that I'm willing to do with it.

Rule 4; I don't do Fallout 3 or New Vegas content

Masterlist

Newest first

Reacts V

Freaky Friday Episode

Sole vanishes, oh nooooo

Beach Episode

Companion at the zoo

The Oberland Alien

Sole gets their name tattooed

Sole finds a baby and wants it

Companions play Minecraft

Gage only; Come to the Galactic Zone if you want an asskicking

Companions and a magpie of a person

Sole with bad motor skills

Companions react to a synth of themselves

Companions as Roommates

Modern!Companions and Halloween

Sole just kisses them already

Sole sick but refusing to rest

Sole who cries when yelled at

Sole gets hurt saving their life

Touchy Sole

Overhearing Sole realize they love them

Sole breaks down crying in their arms

Companions work at a grocery store

Companions react to the Scorched Plague

Companions on Social Media

Headcanon posts V

Religion and stuff

Grab bag 4

Drinking habits

Coming out

Who they'd end up with

Losing their virginity

Modern au

Sexuality and ideal partners

Dreams and nightmares part 1

Companions' tells that they love someone

Companions' fursonas

What they'd eat in general

NSFW grab bag 3

Companions and stress

Companions spend time at a settlement

Gage fluffy-shippy-sad headcanons

Interior design

Companion Headcanon Grab‐bag

Gage Catchup Lightning Round

Favorite songs on the radio

NSFW Gage Headcanons

NSFW; Libido/sex drive

NSFW; Intensity in bed

Variety NSFW headcanons 2

Variety NSFW headcanons

Comfort food

How often they bathe

What they do/wear on days off

Danse headcanons

Laughing headcanons

X6-88 Headcanons

Physique headcanons

2 headcanons per companion

1 headcanon per companion

Meta stuff V

Synths as trans allegory for pride month

Polyamory and infidelity in games

Curie's quest is pretty dumb

A bunch of mini-essays on all the companions

Danse and autism

Oc appearance meme

Isadora ramblings and lore drops

Cait breakdown and critique

Minutemen Questline Rehaul

Florence, Isadora, and Gage

Wasteland creatures i want

Gage Name Meaning

The Gage Essay I wrote while baked on leftover lasagna

Thoughts on Piper, Strong, and Codsworth

Strong Character Bingo/Rant

My thoughts on Porter Gage before playing Nuka World

Peer-Reviewing "The Synthetic Truth"

Piper rant 2

I swear I am normal about Piper

Things I love about the companions

Biggest complaints about each companion's writing

Meme stuff V

How id compliment them

Sole gets a pet-claw

Getting Hulk smashed by a baby (game clip)

...hi (game clip)

Bad timing, dude (game clip)

Who smokes weed

War-shta-sure

Cat X6-88

Four frenchspeakers screamingn in a room

Danse's favorite shirt

Egg

muppets

dickless nickolas

mall cop

Memes 2

Memes 1

What the companions get canceled for

AITA For trying to blow up my crush's blimp?

[the-videodame]

oh BOY anon ur in for a treat cause i just recently finished writing her backstory (tho its always subject to change lmao) and i've been meaning to make a tl;dr bullet list of notes for it too SO...

also, sorry this took so long, i kept getting distracted and was also just never in the right headspace to write lmao BUT here we are!

and just fyi, im not at all an expert on DnD or Forgotten Realms lore, everything i know is from BG3 and whatever wiki deep dives i go on

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Yv'ette is my Baldur's Gate 3 MC/Tav! Although at this point, shes kinda becoming her own DnD character herself with all the other BG3-inspired ocs I have, and I've basically made up my own group of 'companions' alongside her for their own quest(s)

Here's a sheet with all her basics and such as an overview before I lay on an insane wall of text and pics for the rest of it:

And now, her backstory, in paragraph form:

~~ Valmeia Dyrr made a pact with her devil patron one day, while still in the first trimester of her pregnancy, that stated: in return for the power he can give to her, she is to choose one of her twin children’s souls to give to him.Pleading with the fiend to take some sort of mercy on her, on the twins, the devil Hyde gives her only one grace: “If you fret over which to choose, know this: one shall be a sinner, the other a saint,” he informs her. “You have until their 25th birthday to decide which you will choose. Fear not, for I will not take their soul right away. But slowly. Each time you draw upon my power after their 25th year, the infernal influence I have over them will creep ever further on their soul. Soon, I will have full control over them.” It was a steep price, but to wield incredible spells to aid her cause, and to be resurrected should she die from unnatural causes? It was a price worth paying. ~~

Yv’ette Dyrr, Captain of the Stormbringer

Born as half tiefling, half drow, Yv’ette grew up as an outcast to her peers - dusky purple skin, blackened sclera with flaming purple irises, and a furry tail tip instead of the typical half-arrowhead. Unlike her twin, who had a fairly normal shade of black hair, Yv’ette inherited her fathers stark white hair, which is an unusual trait for tieflings in Faerun. This made her a target for bullying by other kids, and even other tieflings, as they would tell her how ‘weird’ and ‘creepy’ or ‘evil’ her mix of traits made her. While the comments from those kids would sting, there were plenty of other kids that would befriend her, many of which were also victims of the same bullies. 

There was one kid in particular, a tiefling boy who lived at the local orphanage in the nearby town, that Yv’ette had wished to befriend sooner. Although he carried the common traits of a tiefling, he was abused the most by local kids, likely due to his meek and generally uncaring attitude towards it all. One day, at age 15, after running around town with Vekyll, Yv’ette would notice this same boy talking to a group of known troublemakers as she was called home by Valmeia. There was this feeling in her gut, almost like an instinct to go and defend this boy from whatever those kids were going to do, and it only grew worse as she watched them lead the boy away towards the river near town. However, the demands of her mother to hurry home eventually won over her, and Yv’ette headed the opposite way. 

That next morning, the body of the tiefling boy would be found in that very river, caught against a bridge's support beams. Throughout her life, Yv’ette would constantly regret not following her gut feeling and telling those kids to leave him alone. While his name faded from her memory over time, that very situation didn’t, and she often finds herself begging that tiefling boy for forgiveness during her lowest moments. She only hopes his soul is being treated better in the afterlife than it was on the material plane.

At age 17, while her twin brother was busy with knight training, Yv’ette decided to attempt to pursue her dream of becoming an actress. She auditioned for small community plays, performed skits with other kids for spare change, and eventually managed to land a permanent spot within a traveling theatre troupe by age 18. However, she was told that if she wanted lead protagonist or love interest roles, she would have to magically disguise herself as a human. “To fit the type casting,” the director would tell her each time. “Your acting skills are immaculate, but the role calls for a human or elf, I’m afraid.” The thing is, if she was ever cast as the antagonist or some other ‘evil’ role, she was never given the directions to disguise herself. For about a year or so, Yv’ette held her tongue about this fact - the pay was decent, her fellow actors were friendly with her, and this was her dream, after all. She only needed to keep this job until she felt like she had enough experience under her belt to join higher-ranking theatre troupes, as well as train her singing voice better so that she could expand her talent range into musicals and operas (spoiler: her singing voice remains terrible and she's very insecure about it).

One performance haunts her particularly, one that she has nightmares of constantly. The theatre troupe decided to put on a charity show for an orphanage, a play that wasn’t too intense for children, but still held a solid story and was engaging enough for all ages. It featured a hero, played by a dashing wood elf with his rag-tag team - and the villain, a greedy pirate captain played by Yv’ette, with her crew of bloodthirsty misfits. While she had the opportunity to take the love interest’s role, it required her to be able to sing, thus she gladly passed the role off to another. The moment she received the script, she knew it would not end well. The performance itself went just fine, up until the climactic battle between the hero and Yv’ette, both poised with their swords at the other, when suddenly the audience of children began to yell and cheer … but not for both actors on stage. 

“Get her! Kill the pirate!” was the first of many outbursts to come, and it wasn’t so bad. Children have called out during performances before, and it was pretty typical for them to root for the hero rather than the villain. “Kill the tiefling!” was what made her freeze, and the other actor too, the two staring at each other with their swords crossed as they listened to the hateful calls. Cries of “Foul-blood!” and “Kill her, before she takes your soul!” were a few of the jeers that she could make out before the orphanage’s caretakers decided to step in and quiet the children, likely realizing the horrid things they were saying. 

That was the point that she decided to demand the director, the troupe leader, to let her perform as her true self for ALL her roles. In response, the director decided to give her a choice: either she could willingly let him use her body as he pleased in return for better roles - or she gets kicked from the troupe. Without pause, Yv’ette tore her contract in two and stormed out of the directors office, immediately packing up her things and saying goodbye to her fellow actors. When asked why she was leaving, she simply stated something had come up back home, and she needed to return to her family. She didn’t have the heart to tell them the truth.

With her brother preparing to move to Elturel for higher training as a knight, and the possibility to become a Hellrider, Yv’ette refused to move back home in fear of disappointing her parents and becoming a burden when she should be a successful adult at that point. Instead, she used what money she had left from her actress pay to go from inn to inn in various towns and cities, trying to find a solid paying job that either didn’t under pay her - or blatantly told her they didn’t hire foul-bloods. On her last leg, Yv’ette meets a elven woman named Tilly one night at a tavern, and after drunkenly telling the bubbly woman about her situation, Tilly tells her a bit of info that will eventually change her life: Tilly’s uncle had left her a merchant ship to her in his will. She had no plans on using it and was debating on just selling it, but Yv’ette could have it, so long as Tilly was allowed to come with her on her travels.

“We could go treasure hunting or do some mercenary jobs and make money that way!” Tilly had said, excited as ever. “We could find more people down on their luck, and make a crew for ourselves!”

And that’s exactly what they did. Gathering folks from various parts of Faerun, and even further out on Toril, Yv’ette managed to become the captain of her own crew by the age of 22. Drow, dragonborn, harpies, half-orcs, githyanki, kobalds - she has at least one crewmate of every outcast race out there. She wouldn’t really call them pirates, but sometimes it was just easier - plus it intimidated people more.

The night before her 25th birthday, Yv’ette had the most vivid dream she’s ever experienced. In that dream, she stood nude in the middle of a body of water - an ocean? A lake? River? She wasn’t sure, as it was dark and foggy, barely enough moonlight shining through the dark storm clouds above her. In the waking world, it was less than a minute to midnight, and the ocean waves felt restless as they began to crash against the ship. In her dream, Yv’ette felt the urge to raise her hand towards the ever-darkening sky. Despite being soaked from the water she stood in, and though the air felt chill even within her own mind, she reached her left arm upwards to extend her fingers towards the electrically charged clouds. 

The clock strikes midnight, and in a flash - quite literally - lightning erupts from the clouds above her to strike her index finger. A burning pain shoots up through her arm and to her chest, even reaching up to her eye, as she bolts awake in her bed. Clutching her arm and squeezing her eyes shut from the phantom pains, Yv’ette lets the now-calm waves rock her back to sleep once the pain resided. 

In the morning, her crew would ask her why her left eye was a different color. She would have no answer.

In a tenday, her crew would ask her why there were black markings beginning to form around that eye and at the tips of her fingers. She would have no answer.

In a month, she would ask herself why she couldn’t use magic anymore - why could she not call upon the Weave? Her, the successor to a long line of storm sorcerers? She would have no answer. 

In fact, no one would have an answer. Not only could she not feel the Weave, the Weave couldn’t affect her, either. No wizard, sorcerer, cleric, warlock, or druid would be able to identify the cause of her issue. The only answer anyone could think of was: a curse. A powerful one, too. Whoever cursed her made it so that magic was ineffective on her, and vice versa, likely to ensure that no one could figure out how to cure it. So Yv’ette decided to leave it be, though eventually the growing markings were becoming a concern, and so was not being able to heal or be healed by anything other than potions. 

Thus, her crew had a new mission: find a way to break her curse. Or at least, find someone who knows how to.

It's a shame that a rogue nautiloid happened to snatch her off her own ship before they could.

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And here's a TL;DR bullet point list of notes on her:

As a kid, loved to run around the city with her brother Vekyll with other kids, namely ones who didn’t have a home or were bullied

With white hair being very rare on tieflings, Yv’ette was often verbally bullied and made fun of by other kids, even other tieflings

Growing up, she loved to participate in theatrical showcases whenever the opportunity arises, and eventually joined a traveling theatre troupe when she was old enough

Unfortunately, her childhood bullying didn’t end there, it seemed. Though she was talented, she was told she didn’t “look the part” of many of the protagonist or love interest roles, and was required to cast disguise spells on herself during performances to that of a human or elf

The only time she wasn’t required to disguise herself was when she played the role of a villain, or other antagonistic/evil caricatures 

Eventually it whittled down her self-esteem and image of herself as both a tiefling and drow - not fitting to typical tiefling beauty standards, and not being “drow enough” to be welcomed by most drow either ---

While growing up, she was fascinated by paintings of women draped in fabrics, joined by equally beautiful men or women, all painted with such a divine elegance 

The thing is, all those paintings were usually of humans or elves or assimar, perhaps the occasional satyr. If she were lucky, there might have been a drow, although those paintings would have more haunting tones, but were still beautiful

However, none of those paintings featured a tiefling in the role of the divine maiden or the handsome knight. They were always the devious villain with ill-intents, depicted trying to tempt or harm others in the scene

As a result, she's incredibly insecure about her appearance and how others perceive her visually ---

Both her parents are worshipers of Eilistraee, and thus she grew up as a worshiper as well. However, over the years she began to loose faith in almost every 'god' out there, since none have protected her from the traumas and misfortune, and figured they favored her brother more, just like their mother did

Time to time she'll pray to a god specific to a situation, such as Umberlee and Talos during her pirate days

During her journey to Baldur's Gate, once she reads the texts of Illmater within the Open Hand Church, she begins to feel something toward his teachings, especially after having to deal with her companions' burdens

I do plan on her eventually coming back around to worship Eilistraee again, maybe once she's cured of her curse, or something of the like ---

For romance, I legitimately can't choose between Gale or Zevlor, so i said - fuck it! Throuple. I feel as though Gale and Zev would really understand each other, what its like to be 'abandoned' or 'betrayed' by the god you devoted yourself to

Yes I know Gale is very monogamous, and I respect that. I, however, think he deserves TWO loving partners who dote on him wholeheartedly

The ship name for her and Gale is "Shockweave" and for all three of them its "Hell Raisers"

In a more non-canonical storyline/AU for her (despite her already being not canon, but y'know), she ends up siding with Raphael and eventually falling for him, fully knowing he can't 'love' back (but i beg to differ, imo, but i wont get into that here lmao)

In the timeline where she sides with Raph, I'm leaning toward her becoming a devil herself as a method of defeating Hyde and ridding herself of her curse / her mothers' contract

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Some misc things about her:

Before her magic was suppressed by Hyde, she was exceptional at Lightning magic - thus I gave her a lightning motif/theme. Her brother has a Thunder motif, together making them the "Storm Siblings"!

Proficient with finesse weapons (namely a rapier) and also flintlock pistols! Also crossbows, namely hand crossbows

Her rapier is enchanted to absorb lightning, both natural and magical, and fling it back at her opponents in either a strong single line, or a swooping range attack, depending on how she swings the rapier. She calls it The Lightning Rod, and her pistol is Shockwave

Tried to sing once as a kid, since Eilistraee's teachings encourage it, but embarrassed herself pretty badly and refused to sing again afterward, especially after her brother did much better than her. Even though she might be better now as an adult, she still refuses to sing around anyone, and rarely ever sings even when shes alone. She still loves to dance, though. I can also see her taking up piano or flute as a hobby

If it weren't for laws, she'd be fine with going topless often

She and her brother have fluffy tail tips! Though, shes a bit insecure about it, as in the past kids would make fun of it and call it a 'cows tail'

Wears a sharp, slightly curved blade at the end of her tail to aid her both in battle, and to hold onto the ship posts when she uses her tail to keep balance when climbing/walking them (and to also hide her tail tip)

Enchanted compass tattoo on her right arm, which unfortunately stops working when her curse begins

Full-spine tattoo of a sea serpent that wraps a but around the base of her tail, to commemorate her crews first victory over one

In the AU where she becomes a devil, I like to think her 'ascended' form is sea-serpent-like, and her hair morphs into a storm cloud

Alcoholic; she lessens up on it during the events of BG3, but dives right back into it after finding out about her mothers contract

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of course she's still being work shopped and such, i mean fuck just between writing this up i changed a bunch of things about her from beforehand LMAO

id love to know your (or anyones) opinons and by all means PLEASE ask me more about her or my other DnD/BG3 ocs

[redg-blogstuff]

I have decided to create a Garten of Banban OC in hopes of him receiving bootleg plushies and being used in those weird content farms

So without further ado, meet Silly Sy, and his (not so) handy companion, Brad!

I even made a page for him in the banban fanon wiki check it out :)

[xalygatorx]

Preface Notes for Unbound

Just a post to store some info, disclaimers, and expecation-setting for Unbound and its relationship to BG3 and D&D.

Unbound is an ongoing generally SFW medium-burn (keeps pace with the canon) romance based in the world of Baldur's Gate 3 between Astarion and a female OC. Any NSFW chapters (if there end up being any) will be marked in the Warnings section. I primarily deal in angst, fluff, and happy endings and this will likely be no different.

Expect

Fluff, angst, and explorations of trauma. I will try to note specific triggers in the Warnings for each chapter.

Spice for sure, as a large part of Astarion's arc is tied to his relationship with his body and sex. If anything NSFW happens, I will mark it in the Warnings section above the chapter fold.

Graphic descriptions of fantasy violence of a similar level to what we'd see in the game.

A heavier focus on character interactions than plot unless a plot point is headcanon or changed from the game's canon.

Some light adjustment to dialogue and specific scenes, particularly when those scenes happen. Dialogue will be very close when it mirrors actual lines but not exact as I've yet to find a script online to reference.

As the group grows, there will be companions who stay behind at camp or are temporarily absent from whatever scene is occurring, but I won't be limiting the traveling party to four when it doesn't make narrative sense to do so. They're all traveling together, so if five characters make more sense than four for a scene, that's what I'll do. Again, excited to focus on character interactions.

Minor typos. I edit as I go on these projects, but I don't go back and read through the whole chapter after writing it because I don't want to possibly talk myself out of posting it. 😅

Don't Expect (Disclaimers)

A regimented posting schedule. This is my for-fun project right now. 🥰

Me to stick to any D&D rules for this. BG3 is my full extent of D&D experience. D&D is of course a huge inspiration source and I'm already checking wikis, but if combining two types of magic that would never be combined in D&D makes a scene cool, I'm going to do it. :') Specifically with Aine as her backstory comes more to the forefront, I can't imagine her magic would be 5e-legal, so I'm not even going to sweat it.

An unhappy ending. x We don't do those in this house.

I'll continue to update this as we go with anything else that comes up. :)

Unbound begins here.

[riddlerosehearts]

Okay now EYE must ask you - how are you liking BG3??? How far are you?? Tell me about your Tav!!!! (Please and thank you <3)

hi!! 💖 i only started the game a few days ago and it was an impulse decision i made after having previously told a friend of mine that i definitely wanted to play it but that it'd probably take me a while to get around to it (and, because i thought i wouldn't play anytime soon i hadn't really been trying to avoid spoilers). but, i have the PC version and while it generally runs just fine, my computer is kind of slow and the game is so big that it took hours to download and install. so i kind of went ahead and started to come up with a whole character idea during that time LOL. sorry if my explanations of things get a bit too rambly/disorganized. i'm actually not very far in the game at all yet, i've been spending a ton of time doing stuff in the druids grove and i'm supposed to go find halsin but i haven't even gotten karlach in my party yet! i've recruited all the main companions except for her but i am excited to meet her. gonna put the rest of this under a cut for length.

my only background with DND is that i listened to the first campaign of the adventure zone and i've watched the legends of vox machina show. i also have a friend who's super into her own DND campaign and another friend who's told me a lot about dimension 20, specifically fantasy high--and i've considered trying it out for her but haven't gotten around to it yet! i think she actually told me the same thing about the episode lengths making it easier to get into than critical role, because i had tried critical role and it was just so long that i couldn't stick with it. but, yeah, i've also looked at the forgotten realms wiki a bit but i've never actually played DND. i have played skyrim and final fantasy 14 and some other similar RPGs with customizable blank-slate protagonists, and in those types of games i always have to make OCs to roleplay as--usually i'll think up a basic idea to start with and then flesh the character out as i get into the game. they're never really self-inserts but i do often project onto them a little.

so, in games like these my first character is usually an elf that specializes in elemental/destructive magic. idk why, that's just what i've always liked. in ff14 i started out as a black mage without knowing it was the hardest class to play LMAO. soooo i went into this planning to create a high elf sorcerer, but as i started writing out ideas and thinking about what to do, i ended up creating a half-high elf bard. they're transmasc/nonbinary and in my head they use he/they pronouns, but i picked the nb option in the character creator and that causes npcs to actually use they/them in dialogue which i think is so cool. i love that the character creator is so inclusive in regards to gender.

anyway, i named them elenion, which is something i took from the lord of the rings universe because i'm a huge nerd. in LOTR it's an elvish word that basically means "of the stars". here's a couple screenshots i took when i first started. let's just ignore the fact that this hairstyle clips into elf ears (and also that the face preset is from a mod i downloaded).

i didn't really give him a tragic backstory or even the most interesting story haha--i'm wanting to do something bigger and angstier with another character on a second playthrough when i'm more familiar with the lore and world of the game. and i'll probably also end up changing or expanding on some things about this character later, but for now i just kind of made a normal guy with normal problems. i had this idea that his father, a human who attracted the attention of a beautiful elf woman, was also a bard and was a very successful musician in his youth. so elenion has always shared his father's passion and dreamed of being like him, being able to effortlessly tell incredible tales and inspire crowds of people through song, but no matter how much he studies and practices he never feels good enough. if he seems confident it's usually just because he's gotten really good at faking it. he's also pretty reserved and often avoids having to talk about himself by asking a lot of questions. see, i kind of wanted to specifically find a way to not roleplay the usual sort of loud, flirty, goofy bard, lol. not that i dislike those kinds of characters or anything though!

however, bards are meant to be super charismatic, witty, and persuasive and of course the game strongly encourages that with the dialogue options and skill bonuses you get. so my way of explaining this is to have elenion be a bit like raine from the owl house, in that they may be shy, but they're very firm in their ideals and are no pushover when it comes to protecting themself or their allies. they're clever and have a snarky side to them, and they're genuinely friendly and caring in a way that gives them a sense of quiet charisma. which reminds me that one of the spells i gave them at the start was sleep, and it's made me imagine that when they were a kid they tried calming a crying baby by playing a lullaby on their lute and accidentally ended up casting their first spell.

oh, and, i also wasn't really sure at first where in the world i wanted elenion to come from but i decided on something pretty quickly after getting multiple of those dialogue options suggesting that the protagonist is baldurian! i pictured them growing up in a somewhat small town with their family but moving to baldur's gate as an adult, hoping that if they left the comfort of their home and started to journey out into the world a little they'd eventually find their spark and become the bard they wanted to be. unfortunately they've had little luck so far because even after all this time they can't see that maybe their whole fixation on trying to be just like their father and achieve the exact same kind of success that he had is holding them back. the fact that their father died the year after they moved away hasn't helped either. and now, in the middle of traveling to a historical site that they'd wanted to see in person and use as inspiration for a song, they've been abducted by mindflayers and are struggling with the massive upheaval that this has brought into their relatively mundane life.

so. yeah. my tav for this first playthrough may not be the most unique or exciting character but i like him! i like figuring out what kind of choices he'll make and thinking up new ideas for what he likes and how he sees the world. also, i find it funny how in your reply to my ask you said you thought you'd be into gale but then you fell for astarion--because i thought that i'd be all over the edgy, brooding, snarky vampire man, but it turns out gale is so charming and funny that i'm probably going to romance him first. i'm also pretty intrigued by shadowheart and wyll but i'm so early in the game that i can't even say who i think my overall favorite companion will be because they all seem so interesting!! even karlach despite the fact that i haven't actually met her yet, i've seen a bunch of cool gifsets of her and my brother told me he's been romancing her on his playthrough. i really need to go find her soon.

i'm sure you can tell from everything i wrote here that i am definitely enjoying the game LOL. i can already tell that there's just so many different things to do and see, that i will both need and want to do a lot of different playthroughs and that it's going to be something that sticks with me. nothing wrong with using guides and walkthroughs btw! i do it too because i'm worried about missing too many things and have the world's worst sense of direction even with a minimap. honestly i probably need to look up some guides for certain mechanics that i don't feel like i've really figured out yet. there's a sarcophagus trap in the ruins early in the game that got me SO stuck and got my whole party wiped and then i looked up a video and found out you could turn off the whole trap system by pushing a switch... i felt so stupid askjdfgf.

anyway, i think this got to be way too long of a reply so i will stop here! but if you ever wanna tell me more about your tav or anything definitely feel free to and i hope you're having an awesome day!

[vocalsynthbdays]

im sorry for posting this so late, but happy late birthday to cyber songman(vocaloid 4), Bones(alter/ego), Magpie Batty(utau), and XELTA(utau) !!!!!! [oct 31]

cyman

bones

magpie

xelta (jp design)

cyber songman (aka cyan or cyman) is an english synth developed by yamaha, and released in 2016. his vp has not been revealed, and seemingly neither has the photographer nor model of his image. cyman's v5 released on 12 jul 2018, ands called "Cyber Songman II". hes available on the mobile vocaloid editor and vocaloid neo.

Bones is an english and japanese synth, developed and voiced by Tora-Ouji/ NEUTROGIC, and released in 2016. bones is illustrated by Sleppu. bones is the second default bank for the alterego engine, replacing daisy who was the original default bank. his companion creature is called Diggard.

Magpie Batty is japanese synth created by and voiced by MAGPIE, and released in 2019. magpies imagines were also done by MAGPIE. she has 5vbs (i think).

XELTA is a english japanese synth created and voiced by Dav-P, and introduced on 10 nov 2021. xelta is illustrated by Mirek. xelta is an adult trans man. he is homosexual and demiromantic. he is 167.64cm tall. his character birthday is 31 oct. xelta is south korean. he is also a zombie. he has ptsd (post-traumatic stress disorder)

tw for discussion of bigotry, transphobia, and grooming(?) for the next part.

i was also going to post about Kei Mochizuki(utau) and Dr. Hai(utau) but i decided not to. according to the utau fandom wiki kei is referred to with a transphobic slur in her character profile. however i do not know japanese and i cannot confirm nor deny this. as such, if anyone knows more about kei or just knows japanese and would be able to clarify this i would appreciate it !! either way, as a trans person i did not want to uncritically draw attention to her because of this. if any other trans people want to have a look at her and give their thoughts on kei i would appreciate that also ! im not posting about hai because his character profile describes him as being bigoted, and i felt its a bit weird and uncomfortable to post about an oc someone decided to make bigoted. less canonical, but, on his utau wiki 2.0 page there is a poor mspaint-like drawing of hai by Lasaillax. from what ive seen there is some cross-over/ collaboration between Lasaillax and Dav-P(creator of hai) so i wanted to mention it. on this drawing is text reading "Also this person clearly knew that the victim was virtually a preteen and literally didn't know what they were doing but yet again proceeded to have sexual talks and roleplays with them as if that is socially acceptable we don't stan we we do not". hai has been alive for around 7000 years according to his character profile but looks 27yo. so again, i did not want to post about an adult character who is said to have sexual relation with minors. if this is a misunderstanding or if anyone can tell me if i am misinterpreting this or smthing i would greatly appreciate it !! also, hai was released over 6 years ago, and kei over 11 years ago, so i am not trying to cancel or call out any of the people involved. i just wanted to explain why im not posting them and ask for some further information or explanation if i can !

cyman full image

bones logo

original art by tora

magpie red and honey

magpie brain and death

magpie natural

xelta eng

[sigilbean]

Are the Uzuk, Yen, and Moon your OCs, or was it a redraw of a moment in gameplay? If they're OCs, could you share more on them?

They're OCs! Urzuk and Moon originated from skins while Yenyasha was a character made on purpose.

Petrichor, Terse, and Bluenelle respectively. Petrichor and Bluenelle are friends and Terse is their silent guardian.

Rebus is said to be the only Urzuk on Sonaria, but Terse is living on the Orb in secret; only Blue and Petrichor know he's there. He is an Urzuk composed of the 3 Wardens Novus, Verdant, and Boreal. He rarely speaks, but sits in silent observation. He keeps Blue and Petrichor comfortable, understanding their emotions while not showing or having any himself. His staring might be intimidating but he's very docile unless provoked, in which he cares more about defending his companions rather than fighting. Even when alone, it's easy to back him into a corner because he's reluctant on conflict.

Petrichor is your standard crybaby Yenyasha who runs at the slightest bit of danger. He's paranoid and distrusting to outsiders, especially higher tiers like 4 and 5.

Bluenelle is a little more extroverted, wandering around Sonaria through his burrows, looking for creatures who need his healing aid. Though because of this, he has died several times to aggressive creatures.

You can read more about Terse here

I have other CoS OCs but these are the first three. If you look around the Sonaria Wiki, you might recognize these guys!

[noelle666]

Pathologic fanfic - A Little Mouse. Part 2

Part 1 is here

Brainrot is still stong with this one. I even bought Pathologic 2 artbook.

Again, some warnings and what you will expect from this writing:

Daniil Dankovsky x fem OC Events soon after Pathologic Bunch of other OCs (because we need scientists) Definitely will be some OOC because I don't really remember Daniil's personality and events of the game related to "Thanatica" but I read the article on Pathologic wiki so... Hope it helps.

Daniil never liked to be a debtor, he started to think how to repay Martha for her hospitality (even though she said she helped him with no selfish intentions, out of pure desire to help a "good person"). Candies? No, too simple, too... vulgar even, and not his style. Theater? You need to know tastes of other person and have at least some knowledge in art otherwise you can fail a lot. Museum? Hm... It can work, a pretty neutral option. But which one? Art? Historical? Natural science? Bachelor overheard somewhere, probably from collegues, a new exposition was opened in the zoological museum recently. Children and adults have and admiration towards animals, birds, insects, even if they are not alive and, well, have no meat and fur on them. "Yes, that'll do", - Bachelor thought to himself. By the end of the working day he met Martha and shared his idea: as expected, the young woman started to humbly reminding him she wants nothing as gratitude but deep inside she wanted to go (she liked museums, who doesn't, but lacked free time to actually go and see different exhibitions), so in the end she said "yes".

At the museum the young woman was studying almost every showpiece with barely concealed childish delight: she looked calm, but sparkles in her eyes and slightly opened lips were sure signs of positive reaction. Dankovsky noticed that, somewhere deep inside his mind he was pleased his plan actually worked. They spent couple hours looking an countless stuffed animals and skeletons, bugs and buterflies pinned to canvas. "I used to collect these as a child. Left the collection with my father", - noted Daniil when Martha were gazing at beetles, elytra of which shined with many different colors. By the end of a little tour, two of them decided to go for a walk through the Capita's streets, and theyr feet somehow led them to Martha's house.

"Would you like a cup of tea? We can also have a little dinner, I have chicken cutlets and rice".

"Seems like we are going to stuck into an eternal loop", - Bachelor faintly chickled.

Martha sighed.

"You don't trust people? Don't believe in altruism?"

"I do believe people can do something to each other simply because they want or like it, but, let's say, I am used to playing it safe, to live in balance with others".

"Then... next time you can bring a cake or biscuits".

"Next time? - Daniil smiled with the corner of his mouth and raised his eyebrow, - Martha, I believe your kindness is pure, but it is not rational to trust people so easily".

The girl lowered her gaze as if thinking very carefully in her next step, then replied:

"You are right. I am sorry. Thank you for spending this day with me, it was a pleasure".

She was ready to turn around and go home when Bachelor made a step closer to her, he looked straight at Martha, a look of dark amber eyes was serious but somewhat warm, no condemnation and accusation.

"No, you must forgive me, I may be brusque sometimes. I promise to bring biscuits next time".

Martha blushed, then she smiled softly and nodded. The two of them went up to the apartment and spend couple more hours together having humble dinner and talking. About five o'clock Daniil said goodbuy to his companion and left home. "I hoped to have no new adventures in the nearest future, but it seems I became a magnet for such things. Can't say her presence bothers me much, even though she definitely have a lot of energy covered in modesty and upbringing, she doesn't throw herself at me, even though I can see she has some interest... Oh well, let's see where it will lead me".

Dankovsky was aware he has some degree of attractiveness, he was concidered handsome by the opposite sex, and sometimes they tried to get aquainted with him as close as possible. He had women in his life but none of them ignited a desire for something long-lasting, and mostly they were the initiators of a break up. Bachelor can't say those break ups were painful, he also can't say he even experienced true heart break due to he's never felt what he could call "love": a chemical reaction, a hormone release, a sexual desire, a pair formation, an affection, stability and duration of relationships. Many factors, each of them has its specific level of importance. Some people can be bonded only sexually, some look for building family, some may see each other from time to time and then got separated for a long period of time. Daniil didn't really have a formula for his "ideal" relationships mostly because he had never thought about it, he never felt he wanted to be "bonded" with a woman, at least with those he had before. If he meets the one who he feels comfortable and wants to be with - so be it, if not - so be it too. In any case, he decided to listen to his mind and body's reaction, analyze them and make conclusions based on these data. Right now his being doesn't reject this young blue-eyed woman, but there are no signes of affection either. Will they appear? We'll see. He did kept his promise though, the next week he brought her soft curd biscuits.

Two months have past pretty fast, Daniil and Martha had several meetings: they've been walking at a nearby park, visited bookstore, Bachelor accompanied the young woman to her house. Not all of these meeting ended up again in Martha's apartment (even though Daniil wasn't against being her guest, the girl rethinked her approach). And Dankovsky was listening, listening to his reactions, feelings, thoughts. He for sure got used being next to Martha, still no rejection, some slight positive notes in his mood appeared; sometimes he even caught himself recalling the interior of his companion's apartment. But nothing strong has yet appeared. Maybe it won't appear at all. It is not necessary to have an affair with a person you find yourself comfortable with, you may just be together as friends.

Bachelor was walking through the Thanatika's corridor when he heard familiar voices, he noticed the door of Grachov's cabinet was slightly opened and saw Maxim sitting on the edge of his table and smiling, looking at Martha standing right next to him. Daniil laid low and started listening. Why? He couldn't say, there were no rational reasons for that, but he did it anyway.

"We are going to have a little party this weekend: me, Martynov, some of our friends. Would you like to join us?"

"Thank you, I am not fond of big companies, to be honest..."

"Ah, that's a shame! Bur there is still time, so if you change your decision, please, feel free to tell me, I am always happy to see you here".

Martha left the room. Dankovsky knew very well Grachov was, is and, for sure, will be a huge womanizer, he usually didn't care about it since it always was none of his business and tried to avoid conversations about another "achievement" since they had zero useful information, but... What is it, there, inside Bachelor's chest? A little sting? A sting of what? Something's burning, like a furnace, a wound on heart, but what caused it to hurt? Is it... No, it can't be. Or... The next moment rationalism slipped away from Bachelor, leaving naked emotions in charge; such change of "mode" had happened only several times in his life, mostly in Daniil's youth due to lack of experience, knowledge and uncontrolable swings of mood in a teenager's body.

"Ah, it's you!"

"What are you doing?"

"As usual: analysis of Andrei's data, tons of them. Hm, wait, why are you looking at me like that?"

Dankovsky was piercing Grachov with a gaze so cold it could've turned him into an ice statue.

"Oh, the girl? Well, it's not my fault some of Thanatica's workers are young and pretty. You know me. Besides, there is no rule "no love affair at work".

Daniil crossed his arms on chest, trying to "turn on" his rational part of mind. Or, to be more specific, to "turn on" his whole mind.

"Wait... - Maxim squinted, he came closer to Bachelor and pointed at him, then, after a silent pause, he bursted out laughing, - Oh god, no, no way! I've never thought I would be a witness of something like this. I heard something, some rumors... No way. Our Danechka fell in love!"

Grachov almost sang the last words and continued:

"You look funny: no, of course, I am not going to intervene in this case, I have some standards. Just curious how long will it last, hm? I give three, no, two months recalling what had happened with your latest two sweethearts, if I can call them that way. Sveta, was it? I don't remember her well, she looked like a typical bookworm anyway. And Katerina, oh yes, I introduced you two. Poor thing, I remember her complaining how boring you were with her, especially in bed. Had to fix the situation..."

Daniil didn't let his collegue finish his phrase, he grabbed him but a collar and pressed against the wall almost lifting him above the floor.

"You. Are. A vermin", - Dankovsky hissed like a snake.

"Oh, what a passion! You are not a souless statue, not a golem after all! Ha! Alright, I get it now, jealous man, release me. You are not going to beat me, are you? We all know people of our status are not doing such things. At least, not within these "sacred" walls".

Oh, how much he wanted to punch this smug smiling face, to give Grachov a "break" from conquest of another "skirt". Yes, Daniil remembered Svetlana and Katerina very well. Svetlana, the "bookworm" was an intelligent interlocutor, she knew a lot but had a complex of some sort of a teacher who always corrects others. It was impossible to confront her (not because Bachelor lacked knowledge but because of a pressure she used). In time Svetlana's company turned into a sufficating knot, and they separated. Katerina was a friend of Maxim, they got aquainted soon after founding of Thanatica, a very passionate woman who prefered very decadent, hedonistic even lifestyle. She wasn't really interested in Daniil's personality, instead she merely wanted him: back then he was in a search of a companion who he could've talk with, instead Katerina was barely listening to him and participating in conversations and was more interested in drinking wine, visiting poetry salons (which was a cover of people who did drugs) and having sex (nothing wrong about physical contact, of course, but a person sometimes may want more that satisfaction of animal instincts). They stopped their meeting after less than a month when Katerina's passion almost drained Dankovsky dry, he simply got tired of shallowness.

Bachelor closed his eyes, took a deep breath and released Grachov.

"You are not worthy to make my hands dirty", - Daniil turned around.

"Pf, what a prick", - Maxim said barely audible and the moment after his lungs released a sharp exhalation when a heavy as hammer punch got to his side: he almost folded in half, sparkles were dancing in his eyes. The last thing he could hear was Bachelor's steps heading towards the door.

"You are a mad man!" - Grachov yelled to him.

"A mad man... Yes. What am I doing anyway?"

Dankovsky returned to his cabined, he sat on a couch and covered his face with hands. A fight, here? Well, yes, he didn't like Maxim - he admired his knowledge and talants, but it doesn't mean you have to be friends. Job is job. But he never actually wanted to bring his plan to life (only if the case would be crucial). Why now? Why the view of him and Martha made Bachelor angry? Martha... No, it can't be, there was no strong responce in his mind and feelings recently on her presence. Or... was THAT a responce? Jealousy? Primal desire for possessiveness? "She is not yours, Daniil". Or a fear of loss something he's concidering precious and dear somewhere deep inside he didn't even know himself? He needed to be sure, to add all variables and output the result, to squeeze emotions and feelings into frames of thoughts and data. Bachelor made a decision: if he meets Martha this evening he would ask to accompany her home. If not, if she by the time is already left to home then... next time. Yes. Chaos was still filling the young man's mind but he believed the girl's company could've calm him and make think clearer.

In the evening, she was still in the cabinet, alone, writing something in a notebook. She was happy to see Dankovsky and gladly agreed to walk with him; standing on a porch of the apartment building she hesitated at first, remembering not to be pushy towards Bachelor, but then recalled the last time he was her guest was pretty long time ago, so she invited him, and he agreed. During the walk she already noticed her friend lookes puzzled, he was too quiet as if some heavy thoughts are torturing him, but questions must wait - first, the guest needs to be fed, rested and only after he (if he desires) can be asked about what is bothering him.

They had a simple supper: tea and open sandwiches with cheese and ham; apples and peaches in vase looked tempting too, but food barely went down Daniil's throat. When Martha left to a kitchen, he started looking around, thinking, analyzing, listening to his body's reactions. No rejection whatsoever, a feeling of acceptance, comfort, coziness... and longing when he is not here. The conversation was not going well this evening, Daniil felt lost and guilty, no conclusion appeared in his head, emotions were still at charge. He apologized and informed Martha he would like to go to sleep earlier today. When he was about to close the bedroom door, he heard Martha's voice behind his back.

"Daniil, forgive me since it is none of my business, but I see something's bothering you. Is something wrong? Maybe I can help somehow?"

Dankovsky turned around, he smiled faintly to, as he thought, calm Martha down at least a little bit, but then saw her concerned gaze. "Either I am going to be honest with myself right now, or... no, no "or". Bachelor took her hands in his, looked at them, felt their trembling, he then raised his eyes and looked at Martha's face - her cheeks turned pink, she was looking at him uncomprehendingly and excitedly.

"Martha, - he said calmly, - I am fond of you".

The young woman's eyes widened. A pause hung in the air.

"I... I am so sorry, I... - Martha smiled nervously, - No one even told me something like this, and I... I don't know how I should reply or what to do..."

"No one ever loved you, little mouse?" - Daniil thought to himself, and then replied outloud:

"Tell me what do you feel. Tell me if my affection is mutual. If not, I..."

"I... want you to come here more often. Please".

Martha was so nervous, poor girl was shaking and was almost ready to cry. Daniil came closer and embraced her, he was holding her gently in his arms waiting until her heartbeat camls down.

"I will", - he replied.

The young woman looked at him, still blushing, she smiled and nodded. Not the most romantic confession, but they understood each other, that was the most important thing. They agreed to spend weekends together: to walk in the city, to visit museums and markets, to learn more about each other, to merely enjoy each other's company. Dankovsky felt a big relief, a giant stone fell from his soul, and also he felt... happiness? Hm, yes, it seems happiness feels like that, when you found someone you want to be with.

Another month passed very quickly, another evening in Martha's apartment; she allowed herself a little more than before - a kiss to Daniil's cheek before he went to bed. They were standing in the same doorway in which they told each other about feelings. He also allowed himself a bit more and met no protest - his lips touched hers, and again, and again. Funny enough, they could barely stop cuddling, only a "ding" of clocks on a wall reminded them the hour was late.

Yet another two months passed almost unnoticed, all predictions of Grachov did not come true. As any living being, Martha and Daniil's relationships were evolving, slowly and confidently, step by step. The young woman has never been with a man before, but realised she trusted Bachelor and wanted to become close with him, intimately. They discussed this "stage of closeness", they even made a plan of what they need and how exactly they need to "do" this. Martha felt a bit awkward: she could be called a "modern girl" and she had knowledge on a matter of intimate relationships, still theory and practice are different things and it is always scary to encounter something for the first time; she trusted Bachelor's logics and cold calculation, even though all what he said on the matter made the young woman feel as if he will be executing surgery on her and not an intercourse. But the moment they actually were lying in the same bed, when Martha heard Daniil's calm and gentle voice telling her what to do, asking her to relax, when she felt his touch on her skin, she was not scared and in her head there was no association with lying in a hospital bed in front of a doctor. No, they were lovers bathing in each other's gentleness and passion.

Some more time passed. In a middle of a Saturday night Dankovsky was lying in bed, holding his beloved in his embrace, breathing in a scent of her hair. If someone ever told him years ago he would find someone who will make his heart feel warmth and happiness, he would've just chuckle since he had the one and only desire - to beat death, nothing else matters, nothing will ever change. A state of mind of a fatalist. But life goes on and everything changes, even people. Bachelor touched Martha's cheek and kissed her, even in silence they felt comfort as if they were talking about some matters, unknown to common people, using their minds.

"Martha, what do you think on relationships between people? How do you see yourself with someone?"

A question definitely was not expected to be asked in such intimate moment, but the young woman knew her beloved and was not surprised.

"Honestly, I've never carefully thought about it. But... to me it would be enough merely to exist together, to share time together, to help and take care of each other".

"So, no marriage?"

"Not necessary. If we both agree to marry, so be it. If we both decide to live together without anything official, so be it too. I know people nowadays don't like such relationships, calling women names, but... it is none of their business. If you want to be with someone, be with them, let it be a partnership, a union if you cannot call it marriage and need any lable".

"Hm, a partnership, a union, - Daniil smiled, - I agree".

Martha looked at the young man not really understanding what exactly he agreed with.

"I agree to be in a union with you".

Martha's gaze became warmer and happier, she snuggled closer to Daniil.

His little mouse with dollish face and big blue eyes... Human's soul and mind are tricky things indeed.

[ervona]

I still can't play wotr..... so I'm going to list what I think of our companions so far. just the regular ones on the wiki let's see

Arueshalae - CUTE I like her :) romance contender and I prioritized the other ladies over her though I want to get to her on another run

Camellia - my edgelady, my queen, my header of sexual... she's so funny and one of the characters I was originally most interested in

Daeran - I'm a bit biased against him because he seems to be the most popular but maybe it's for good reason? we will see in game

Ember - 🥺🥺🥺 reminds me of Aerie from bg2. I will protect her

Greybor - cool dwarf alert he looks so smooth... I read somewhere that he's not romanceable because he's married so good for him :)

Lann - he looks cool! you can take either him or Wenduag? so </3 maybe in another run we'll be dearly beloved. until then stay cool

Nenio - umm I read her spoilers and I'm so excited to meet her... reminds me of one of my favourite literary characters right away

Regill - I LOVE GNOMES... he seems interesting, I've seen some of his dialogue with Camellia and it's great, I can't wait for this guy too

Seelah - I read her backstory since apparently she's an established character in the universe and 🥺🥺🥺 love her and I hope she can tolerate the chaotic and evil leaning party I'm building in my mind...

Sosiel - very good impressions of him from my dashboard, I will protect him. I love that he's an artist, I want to make an artist oc

Wenduag - my choice of beloved if it goes according to plan... I love her design and whole vibe, the other evil woman that enchanted me

Woljif - not the most interesting design compared to the legends here but as a character he seems really endearing and I definitely want him in my party because he might get along with my Thistle

apparently there's another gnome in a dlc which I don't have so !!!

[kitkatt0430]

Talk Shop Tuesday: How did your Eobard vs Eobard series first come about?

Eobard vs Eobard (AKA the Herobard series ^_^ ) came in part from curiosity about what the future Eobard was trying to get back to in S1 was like now that he'd altered the timeline so much. Would Eobard's own life even have played out the same way he remembered or would it be different? And if it was different, could the Eobard of this timeline even be considered the same person as the Eobard of the OG timeline?

It also came in part because Eobard has a habit of getting in his own way over the course of the series and wouldn't it be funny if it was even more literal? Eobard isn't getting what he wants because a literal second Eobard is busy getting it all first - his own worst enemy is himself and he doesn't even realize it.

From there I looked back over the DC wikis to refresh my memory on the various comics Eobard backstories to decide how I wanted the new timeline Eobard's life to diverge from old timeline Eobard's. And I quickly decided that of course new Eobard was going to love his brother a lot - in fact part of his identity he built while recovering from his parents abuse would revolve around being a good big brother. Comics Eobard erased Robern from existence, something that EoWells will have done in his timeline, so it was important that new Eobard not only didn't erase Robern but was incredibly close with him.

Gideon was also someone I wanted new Eobard to have with him. EoWells has a Gideon so I wanted to keep that parallel. I wanted this Gideon to have a different origin point, so instead of coming from the Flash Museum via theft she became an AI companion Eobard's parents gave him in an attempt to fix his social development - it both helped with defining the kind of abuse Eobard primarily suffered from his parents - neglect and verbal abuse - but also meant that Gideon had been Eobard's closest companion from a very young age. About nine or ten, not too long before Robern was born, probably given by Eobard's parents as an attempt to 'fix' him before the baby arrived.

With Eo and Gideon - and I think that was about where I started calling him Eo because that became Gideon's nickname for him - established as having been together for so long, it made sense that she was more of a sibling to him than a friend. And Eobard was probably a little bit co-dependent with her and vice versa - Gideon was wary of risking Eobard's life to become a speedster, but at the same time she definitely wanted that because speedsters live longer than regular humans and she wants to keep him as long as she can - so he has a tendency to put his relationship with her first, though Robern is a close second as adults.

Meloni came about because Eobard and Robern needed an adult in their lives after their parents died. I wanted Eobard to still be young enough to need a legal guardian when that happened so it would make sense why he didn't get custody of Robern himself. But also old enough that he was believably college aged (early) and thus wasn't around enough to really see how his parents were treating Robern so the realization Robern wasn't actually the much loved child his parents pretended he was would hit harder after they died.

I picked Meloni to name the character based off the comics character, but while she's got a lot in common with that comics character... she's really much more of an OC with the same name. She looks a lot like Iris due to being a direct descendant of Iris and Eddie's - it took a while to decide on her having a much more direct relation to Eobard and Robern too since Eddie & Iris' descendants would be distant enough relatives that she wouldn't really have a legal claim if she weren't also more closely related to them too. By then, despite being descended of two branches of the same family, Meloni's parents would have been distantly related enough that it wouldn't be a problem of incest/inbreeding for them to have married. This worked since I had already decided pretty early that Eobard & Robern would not be Eddie's descendants, but Malcolm Thawne's (either a brother or a cousin at this point) - with Eddie saving the life of one of Malcolm's kids being the real reason why Eddie's survival is necessary to Eobard's existence and why Edward became a family name for the Keystone branch of the family.

Once I had these four characters built up in my head, I finally started writing the first fic of the series. Eobard and Gideon in the past (to them, present for the main action of the series) about to learn about the Reverse Flash - not included in the new Timeline's Flash Museum - the hard way. That was also when I decided that of course new Eobard would have a very different code name and color scheme, but that the color scheme would be a reaction to not wanting to have anything in common with someone who'd hurt the Flash.

Even when he doesn't realize he's doing it, this Eobard is constantly rejecting the path that would lead to the Reverse Flash existing in the new timeline.