#oc: rylzyne

[lewvithur]

well that's one way to tell your boyfriend you're a bhaalspawn

obviously based on the red flags frames. the really popular ones

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my partner and i saw you from across the bar and we were wondering what the fuck is wrong with you

meme

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oh no they made me into a tiny horse

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the angel of small death and the codeine scene

hi, have my bhaalspawn bombshell 🖤 their name is rylzyne and they're doing their best

also here's a playlist for them which is the reason i did this art in the first place

[lewvithur]

got to thinking about rylzyne and their body shape progression

before the tadpoling, they spent their time in the bhaal temple where no food satisfied them. nothing like the taste of flesh, right? not to mention, rylzyne's skills lay in being an assassin, which required them to be quick, sneaky, and hard to detect. having a smaller body made it easier to hide within the shadows and strike when the time is right. their main concern was being bhaal's deadliest little servant, and almost everything about them was designed so that they could slake their thirst for blood faster than they sate their hunger for food.

by the time rylzyne reaches baldur's gate after the nautiloid crash, they've rounded out some, thanks to friends like wyll espousing a healthy diet and gale cooking enough that it's hard for someone who has gone without to resist. it took a while for them to look after themselves, but when astarion started insisting their blood tastes better after they eat, they're committed to satisfying him. and they must admit, a warm campfire and a full belly is something they never would have appreciated in the bhaal temple, but now it makes them think of the people that love them. great stuff.

ten years down the line, rylzyne settles down after decades of bloodshed. they had no objections to growing sideways before, so they'll relax and let it happen. and now that they're not running around chopping off heads and mangling bodies to please their father, they don't need to maintain their skeletal form from before. this is what their body looks like when they have full autonomy, they aren't under the thumb of bhaal, and they're allowed to be free to live and love their live and their partner and their friends.

(also idk if you can tell because they're blocking him but astarion is getting softer too for similar reasons. meanwhile rylzyne is taking it as a sign that him walking in the sun is not an impossible prospect, for if he is gaining weight on his dead body, they may be able to bring him into daylight with some more research. shh don't tell me if this doesn't fit with the lore i just need to fatten this vampire okay)

[lewvithur]

OC: Rylzyne Auvryndar

well i did this for Brynnrae a few months back, and since this is December 8th, it has been a full year now since i brainstormed this Bhaalspawn babe who has won my heart. so let's talk about them and how they came to be.

meet Rylzyne!

(i was working on some art i meant to have ready for this post, but my tablet pen kept fucking up so you just get this)

now here's how it goes. i was wondering to myself what should i do for a Dark Urge run of Baldur's Gate 3. at the time, i was doing a run with a tiefling sorcerer named Zenith, but i was thinking about other things. then one night, while i was driving, a song happened to start playing, and that was Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene by Hozier. and that's when the idea snapped into place. this Durge would be the epitome of sex and death whose very presence is akin to a high one becomes dependent on. who loves to slit throats at any form of climax. who draws people into their crazy little world and then end them just as fast. the lyrics that stuck out to me was "straw blonde hair" and "tongue so mean". that was what i was working with.

the next day, i fucked around in the character creator to give myself ideas. i chose a short feathered bob, and then the idea came to me. i want this character to have Roxie Hart vibes. someone who could easily be seduced into evil by the fame that is promised by being a killer. this may have eventually melted away, but the conceit is there. someone who isn't good aligned. someone who is selfish. someone who likes killing. and in fact, someone who is not above manipulation and deception to get what they want, which is the finer things in life.

i also decided to make them non-binary, because frankly i will make any character non-binary if i wish. and that is why their name is Rylzyne by the way. i found a table for drow names, picked the first half from the male section and the second half from the female section. already, this makes them an anomaly among drow, as if the pale skin is not enough. these were fun little hints i put in to suggest that as a Bhaalspawn, they have no real connection to drow heritage. otherwise they'd most likely be fucking slaughtered for refusing to play into their matriarchal society by just straight up not having a gender.

a bunch of other things started to creep in. by making them a dual wielding fighter/rogue, they became an assassin, bhaal’s favourite little killer. everything about them is geared towards making them a streamlined perfect murderer. they’re light on their feet, barely eating, a waif that clings to the shadows and catches victims unaware. however, their favourite method is what they call the little death that starts the big death. they love to kill their victims during sex. that’s what that means.

in order to create perfect scenarios for themselves to kill without getting caught, they’ve developed a talent at reading people. their penchant for insight grants them opportunities, including one Enver Gortash. that said, their charisma could do with some work. while they do try to play the role of in-over-their-head ditz who is secretly a silver-tongued bastard who holds all the cards, the truth is they’re not a silver-tongued bastard. so when that mystique is destroyed, they reveal just how much of a brat they really are.

there is also a gamine aspect to their character, an impish boyish charm. they also aren’t good hearted, despite ultimately resisting the Urge. they only care to do good if it benefits them, and they dream of a life surrounded by jewels and gold and more people than they know what to do with. they want their name to go throughout Faerûn. Rylzyne, the most beloved killer. they’ll steal your heart. maybe literally. they love the image of a killer. the mystique it brings. the certain je ne sais quoi. all of that and more.

but even with all of this, there is one thing they crave more than anything else in existence. they crave control. and the Urge is a threat to this very control. there is poetry in a kill. it is an art form. and the Urge wants them to paint a canvas with nothing but splatters of blood. they want to be present within the moment. they don’t want to close their eyes and find a corpse mangled beyond recognition. and the moment they start holding people close to them, the last corpse they want to see is their loved ones. so their game is a tightrope act, balancing from embracing to resisting and then ultimately disposing of Orin and being reborn into their Urge-free self.

the way i imagine Rylzyne going from act to act is. act 1, they're tetchy and grumpy because of this headache and these urges, and since bloodlust is soothing them, they might as well indulge. that said, they think the tieflings aren't a satisfying enough kill, so they're hunting goblins instead. turns out they can do the good thing, if not for completely fucked up reasons. Alfira is an example of what a bad kill feels like. they do not know yet that the reason they didn’t like seeing Alfira dead is because it was out of their control. they just assume that it’s because this kill was too much. this is an outright gore fest that feels motivated by a deep primal hunger that they are trying to fill with a single slice. but hey, at least they aren’t making themselves sick by holding back. so they’ll gore it up. for now.

act 2 is when they realise that these orders from the butler are more structured. but Rylzyne doesn't like being told who to kill. they decide it for themselves. so they do what they can to not kill Isobel by hoping that spilling blood in the shadow cursed lands will make up for it. it doesn't, and now they're forced to put a hand on Astarion's neck. at least until they fight back. it is then when it hits them that they can't soothe the wound of murderlust with more murder. they want their body back. they want control. and they can't mindlessly kill their way to this control.

act 3 is finally when they turn over a new leaf, knowing that they are a Bhaalspawn and this is their birthright. now they know who to aim the knife at. Orin. they'll shed a tear for her because they see themselves in her. but in the end, they are still quite selfish, and if they have to spill Orin's blood to be rid of these urges, so be it.

post game, they'd realise their love of luxury is really mostly a fascination with jewels. the artistry and precision of cutting jewels is a skill they can practice quite well. they’d probably end the game running a jewel shop with all of their finest works for sale. at least, by day. by night, they’d play hero for a bit, killing for hire. maybe Astarion can join them too, if he’s up for it. but the important thing is they’re killing by choice, no longer to sate a hunger that has haunted their mind for too long.

that’s their story, but i did come up with some other bits of information.

one thing i developed is their thoughts surrounding food. as a Bhaalspawn, their concerns were keeping light, not concerning themselves with eating as that could weigh them down, and only ever feed the hole in their stomach with raw meat when they felt like feasting. it wouldn't really be until Astarion sits them down and offers them food that they realise "yeah if it helps him have tastier blood I'll do it, it’s all part of the transaction". and then they become more aware of the yawning ache within them, and they find whatever helps to ground them, whether it be a good meal, love, or indulgences they denied themselves because it wasn't murder.

there is also their view on sex. in some ways, it strengthen Astarion's views, in that they see him as part of a transaction. because of their emotional intelligence, they figure out quite quickly what he's doing, but they're willing to play along because it will motivate him to fight. and hey, he's the only person they've slept with that they haven't had the urge to kill because he's already dead! there's also the fact that he's the only one who is willing to let them indulge. so when he admits his feelings and admits he's been seeing this as a transaction, they assume that he knew that they knew this already, which is why it confuses them. but now that he’s putting his heart on the line, they will do the same. and they will hug. and it’s great.

so uhhhh that’s them!

on another note, i have to give many thanks to @abysskeeper for breathing life into this character through their commissions. after seeing these fun little conflicts with them and Astarion i've been given new angles i've seen this character through. it's added another dimension to them and i love it. stormy has taken a basic description and turned it into vignettes that speak to my vision. again, thank you so much. and check out their stuff! it is very good <3

[lewvithur]

i started drawing this in may and i didn't get it finished until the end of pride month i am so cool

anyway here's all my ocs! brynnrae's a trans lesbian, rylzyne is nonbinary and pan, zenith is bisexual and demiromantic, and denxral is bisexual and genderqueer

happy pride month ever follower!

[lewvithur]

sneaky little rogue who likes jewels? i think i've seen this before

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bunny girls 3 (there is only one girl in this picture)

[lewvithur]

sup bee! unlike last time i dmed you pvp is turned _off_. questions for your oc; 1, 16, 17, 30, 39, 48

since you didn't specify which one, i'm gonna go with rylzyne this time because they've been on my mind for the last 3 months

also since this is my dark urge character there will be spoilers for uhhhh pretty much the whole run. this is mainly my interpretations of said character yknow

1. what is their name? and how does this fit their character?

well uh their name is rylzyne. in drow language, it means 'foretold hunter'. and because of spoilers it is very fitting indeed. (said spoilers are the fact that they are a bhaalspawn masquerading as a drow and so their name is basically a hint of the legacy they inherit)

16. person they would bring down whilst dying

orin. means they don't get to cry over it

17. person they would kill if they had the chance

let's just say they had the chance. many times. and took it

30. what tropes do they fall into?

outside of the typical durgey tropes i guess,,,,, i guess if blonde bombshell was a trope, or murderers that serve cunt,, idk i don't know tropes much

39. are they a romantic?

hah no. they've only ever fallen for one person and that is it. and it's not like they're giving him bouquets of roses and chocolates. they do like it, though.

48. can they swim?

they probably could? just not well, i don't think.

thank you so much lofty!!

fifty ways to get to know your characters (and how to write them)

[lewvithur]

here's all the minis i've made of rylzyne btw

i've been spending all night making my ocs in heroforge and i wanna buy the miniatures So Bad

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came up with the concept of the fucker oc. it's a character you have that ends up getting defined by having a lot of sex and that's it.