#oc: valddrin draa iltral

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a little pile of sleeping, white-haired elves

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ummm. yeah !! my son !

under the cut is some extra information about him that i was worried the sheet didnt fully convey or otherwise didnt make it in !!

first and foremost, i dont think i made it clear enough that his younger brother is nere (though the full name i crafted for him is neeralin'llar and nere is just his nickname like how vals fullname is valddrin'draa) and that he was just a baby when house iltral fell. whilst otherwise pretty cold, his love for his bother was pure and it absolutely wrecked him when he died.

he was a devout follower of lolth and served as a tracker and assassin of deserters and threats to lolths reign. for prayer purposes, he always carried a lolths candle but he shattered the only one he had on him in a rage when nere died - signifying his revolt against his god that forsook his brother. he now carries the iltral signet ring that he had given to nere in its place.

less important to lore reasons, i also just wanted to mention the swords that he carries are the one that the drider drops and the one from the shrine of eilistraee.

speaking of eilistraee, val seeks her patronage and protection post-game as lolth had already began punishing his abandonment - his scars on his lips being the beginning of his transformation into a drider, though the process has been slowed by the various other **** he has going on.

on to the companions, he is really only close with astarion and shadowheart though he has mostly positive relationships with the others as well.

he fell for astarion during their time in the underdark and specifically when astarion, despite his previous complaining, parleys with nere in vals stead after val took a mortal blow during the prior fight. astarion was slower to fall but vals attitude change and loyalty from this moment onwards eventually ensnared him as well, their only serious disagreement from that point on was the fate of the cult - astarion wanting to rule it but val wanting to destroy it (as it had led to the death of his brother).

his relationship with shadowheart is much more familial, their struggles with their religion mirroring the others. their bond solidified for val when shadowheart helped perform the funerary rites for his brother during the gauntlet of shar. he occasionally slips into his doting-older-brother mode with her and overall does his best to guide and protect her like he failed to do with nere. shadowheart grows quite dependent on him and they share most of their free time together.

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happy valentines day <333

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