#oc: az'zael

[ligmabhaals]

you alone can make my song take flight.

commissioned baldur's gate 3 / phantom of the opera crossover by @infernaldaydreams, absolute legend. i couldn't get this out of my head and she spun it into reality so stunningly.

there's something about the dynamic of the dark urge turning away from their history, away from the path of the absolute with gortash, and towards the path of redemption and humanity with gale that lights up all the sensors in my brain. something about the parallels of ambition, and the choices in front of us. something about the way that this game doesn't just permit you agency, but is about agency, running through every warp and weft. it's just so special to me.

+ bonus gale frame!:

my grumpy wet wifeguy, bless u for this one, lex. i like to think az'zael and gortash forgot about him for a minute while they were fighting lol. just left him there, like, hang on, we got some shit to duke out real quick. he's so cranky. i love him. this whole commission prompt may or may not have sprang from me just wanting to see him disheveled and soaking wet, i'll never tell.