#she's an artisan glassblower

[gottaarc]

I wanted to conceptualize phobio's mom and this is the rough I made

[dutifullylazybread]

Tav Character Worksheet: Tav of The Dock Ward

Thank you @faerunsbest and @commander-krios for this tag! It took me a minute (and a century), but I am catching up now!

No pressure tags: @voloslobotomyservice @kimberbohwrites @savriea

Name: Tav of the Dock Ward (in-game, I named her Cassandra, but it's just easier to refer to her as Tav when talking about her online).

Age: I leave it fairly vague, but I'd say late twenties to early thirties.

Gender: Cis!woman

Sexuality: Bisexual

Pronouns: she/her

Tav voice: voice 4

Family: Both of her parents are deceased. Her father was originally from Icewind Dale, and her mother was from Baldur's Gate. She hasn't met her paternal grandparents, and she is unsure if they are alive. She supposedly has several cousins in the Dale, but she hasn't met any of them. Her maternal grandparents lived in Baldur's Gate but passed away during an epidemic. She had an aunt who was an adventurer, but that aunt hasn't been heard from in several decades.

Birthplace: Born and raised in her family's home in the dock ward.

Job(s): While attending Blackstaff, she worked as an (underpaid) research assistant and she was also responsible for maintaining several academy herb gardens. When she left the academy, she worked as a glassblower and a stained glass-artist for the artisans' guild in Baldur's Gate.

Phobia(s): Abandonment, for sure.

Guilty Pleasures: She loves reading smut novels.

Hobbies: She loves reading poetry, cooking, and gardening. She used to press flowers while at Blackstaff--she actually gave her flower presses to Halsin as a thank-you gift at one point. Had she the resources more readily available, she would create more stained glass art pieces for her personal enjoyment.

alignment: Neutral good

sins: Hmm. This is a tough one. She most definitely got into a fistfight with one of the other artisans who worked at the artisan's guild (both of them had to pay fines for damaging guild property). The artisan in question was responsible for balancing the guild's books and had skimmed money off of more than one of Tav's commissions. She tried to report it to the owners of the guild and was ignored.

virtues: She does believe in simply helping people because "isn't that just what you do when someone is struggling?" She grew up in a tightly-knit community that pitched in to help where they could, so being a 'do-gooder' adventurer comes naturally because it is what she has always known. However, when she got to Blackstaff and realized how competitive and underhanded academia could be, she became a bit more hesitant to accept the help of others.

This or That? This?

Introverted or extraverted? Introverted

Organized or disorganized? Chaotically organized. She will know where everything she needs is, but if someone tries to find something with her organization system, they're going to struggle.

Closed or open-minded? Open-minded

Calm, anxious, or restless? She likes to think she is calm, and occasionally, she is. Otherwise, she is a very anxious person.

Disagreeable or agreeable? Agreeable, but sometimes too agreeable.

Cautious or reckless? It depends. While conducting research, she is usually cautious and will expect things to go wrong. But if she feels as if she has been thrown into a corner, she can be very, very reckless.

Patient or impatient? Patient to a point.

Outspoken or reserved? Reserved on most things, but if she thinks someone is wrong, she's gonna let them know.

Leader or follower? The type of leader who is elected to be one and says, "Wait, what? Since when? I just made a suggestion and everyone was fine with it. That's not leading."

Empathetic or apathetic? Empathetic

Optimist, pessimist, or realist? She is an optimist when it comes to everyone else--she wants to assume that people have the best intentions, even if she struggles to ask for their help. She is a pessimist when it involves anything she is doing--the self-doubt is agonizing.

Traditional or modern? I'd say she leans more towards modernity when I consider her character. She wanted to build out the Artisan's Guild to also offer artificing services, which felt like a move away from how the guild had been run for decades at that point.

Hardworking or lazy? It depends. She takes a lot of pride in her work, and she will happily toil into the late hours of the night, scrap designs over and over again. But if she thinks something should be easy or unimportant (laundry comes to mind), she's lazy. She'll wash her clothes, but she is slow to fold and put away, for example.

OTP: Rolan x Tav

BROTP: Karlach and her were best friends. Their dynamic was, "That is a horrible idea. It's going to go terribly wrong. We're gonna do it, right?"

This isn't to say that she didn't have other close friendships with her companions, however.

NOTP: Probably the Emperor. He really fucked with her "assume everyone has the best of intentions" mindset when she found out about Orpheus and Ansur. That isn't to say she still isn't conflicted about him, however.

[the-world-annealing]

The Fairy Godmother's Gift

"...good heavens! Only your foot, of all the kingdom's, fits this glass slipper! Do you know what this means?"

"...yes my prince, it's me. The woman you dan-"

"Yeah, yeah, we'll get to that, what I want to know is how you made this slipper."

"Huh?"

"I mean, obviously I had my scholars take a look at this thing the moment I found it on my doorstep, and they all told me that it was utterly beyond modern glassblowing techniques. It fits only your foot, out of millions! Even the greatest artisans can't make anything to that degree of precision! And yet you carelessly left it behind as you ran away."

"I guessed the fairy godmother could always make new ones, if I really needed them."

"Wait, a fairy godmother? You have the favor of the fairies? Why are you living in squalor?"

"All her spells wears off at midnight. It's a literal party trick, nothing more."

"I'm quite literally still holding this slipper."

"That's weird, the rest of my outfit changed back. So it doesn't automatically transform back at midnight... and she can't just unconditionally reverse all her enchantments either... Which means the midnight thing was a lie, and she has to actively focus on an item to turn it back?"

"It would explain why the sole thing to retain its new shape was the one both of you misplaced. But the particulars don't matter, the fact that her creations can stick around permanently does."

"...and that means..."

"Our struggling kingdom is saved! We'll be the microengineering capital of the region, the empire, the world! Glassblowing, goldsmithing, gemcutting... and who knows, perhaps some future technology will greatly benefit from the ability to arrange gold thread with nanometer-level precision."

"Hold on, how are you getting the fairy godmother to play along with all that? She just wants to help her charges move up in the world. Me, my mother, my grandmother..."

"..."

"Oh."

"Ella... will you marry me?"

[ilikelookingatthings]

We got to do art stuff today.

In my city we have a event where all the artisans and crafts people open there homes and workshops. People go by car and visit them like a craft scavenger hunt where we can chat and buy stuff directly from them. Today we saw a glassblowing make a ornament which was neat. He had giant glass cheers and apples and pumpkins and hand sized globes, cups and bowls. We got to see a clay studio where they gave us hot chocolate and snacks with beautiful pieces with actual gold on them and various pots. With our third destination being a glass artisan who does things such as glass windows.

She let us practice cutting pieces of glass with various types of cutters which scores a groove as you push it away from you. Then you take these wide pliers with a Red line in the middle, line it up and just press down on the begining of your score which will(if you've done it properly) snap the glass cleanly along the line. Where you then shape it a little more using a sander thing with a sponge(the name escapes me).

Then you line each piece with this copper tape, brush the copper with this chemical then take a sauntering iron and a metal wire to drip and line the lines and attach all the pieces together. It was lots of fun.

My sister made this one.

And I made these two.

Guess what they are down below. Two of them are probably easy to guess. The third might be a bit more difficult.

She gave ys goulash to eat which honestly looks like pasta with meat. It was warm and delicious.

We also learned my mom used to do stained glass. And that my grandma Abu and titi made the stained glass lamp shade that struggles to fit on light bulbs. We knew she'd liked stained glass...just not that she MADE IT. Thank you Salmon, Idaho for thise classes. My third sister knew though.

[musicarenagh]

Megan Thee Stallion - "Cobra" Review Strap in, y'all, because Megan Thee Stallion's single "Cobra" is a sinewy serpentine bop that slithers through the underbrush of heavy hip-hop beats with rap verses sharp enough to cut glass. It's a track pulsating with emotional rawness and transparent introspection - an unguarded confession booth where vulnerability meets ferocity. Megan's lyrical dexterity shines as she navigates personal tribulations amid the blinding spotlight of fame. The juxtaposition between her powerful public persona and private despair is woven intricately into every verse; it’s as if you’re reading pages torn from her diary set to 808s. With a flow crisper than autumn leaves underfoot, she underscores how loneliness can persist even when it feels like the whole world's gawking at your every move. Production on "Cobra" grips you like cold fingers around your neck—it’s dark, brooding yet absolutely sleek. You get these booming bass hits punctuating moments of stark clarity throughout her narrative—each thump acting almost like a defibrillator jolt for your attention span. This isn’t background noise; this track demands to be front and center. The claustrophobic mix complements Megan’s confessional: contorted synth lines tangle around hard-hitting hi-hats creating a cinematic atmosphere so tense Hitchcock would applaud from his grave. Vocally? Please—she spits fire with the finesse of an artisan glassblower and brings heat strong enough to have Lucifer sweating! And let us not glance over that chorus – tongue-in-cheek wordplay dances cheekily with metaphorical depth illustrating both sexual autonomy and mental health struggles without missing a beat or breaking stride in rhythm delivery. Now sure, we could compare Meg to other greats—but frankly, “Cobra” cements her unique space within hip-hop history akin more closely perhaps to storytelling mastery reminiscent of old-school Tupac mixed with Missy Elliot's innovation if they had access to today’s production tech toys. "Cobra" sees Megan Thee Stallion metamorphosing once again—the hustle never stops but neither does the hurt—and she ain’t trying for stoic perfection here! She uses music as reckoning—it’s healing draped in Dolce & Gabbana rhymes dripping hot sauce wrapped boldness on display wrinkles-and-all style—an anthem for anyone who ever felt gloriously broken but determinedly unbowed by life’s bite. https://open.spotify.com/track/3Kh8X9lHztqVBTgw30HbXn?si=fa2814b6e4ea406b

[talldarkandroguesome]

20th of First Seed, Morndas

Having the girls on top of everything has left me bereft of idle hours. When last did I even crack open the cover of this journal? At least a week, I fear.

So much has come to pass. I shall have to summarize in brief.

I found a glass blower who would be able to make the glass portions of the armonica, but she could not do the carpentry. A carpenter I found,  but he could not do the metalworking. A blacksmith I found, but she could not assemble the mechanics correctly. None of these artisans felt comfortable to be the one to assemble all the parts. In fact, other than the glassblower herself, none even dared to handle the glass portions. It took most of the week to find artisans willing and capable of producing each of the individual parts, but none would do the assemblage. 

Sadly, it meant backing out of the commissions. I dare not trust myself and seeing how even those who spend their lives with such specialties dare not get involved, it makes me hesitate all the more to do so myself.

And so, a plan was formulated. I was able to learn from a Redguard merchant, that there is a Breton who has produced a glass armonica that plays. Apparently he learned from a former musical historian from the Isles and does good work.

The issue is, he is currently in Craglorn. There is no way for me to get out there, let alone to track him down. But then I realized, his teacher is in the Isles. So I pressed for information about this music historian and learned that she takes her residence in Lilandril from Firsthand until Last Seed.

Now, there is of course the issue of returning from the Isles once I have arrived there, but as before, the course forward was clear. I had to go.

To make a complicated situation ever more so, the morrow is Azura’s Summoning Day and the family is traveling to the Mabrigash for the celebration. 

Additionally, Masser goes dark tomorrow, so it is also the day I am supposed to lead the rites of my Nest. Why must everything, once again, happen all at once? Not even a day to spare!

To my favor, the holiday rites at conducted mostly from dusk until dawn. Now, I typically perform rites for the Nest under the cover of a darkened night, but I have every reason to test the way my Spiderlings perform during the day. So as long as I can return to the tribe before dusk, everything should go smoothly.

I am counting on Zethith to do me a great number of services in all of this. Perhaps I shall make a backup plan.

No, I will make one. There are too many moving parts and too great a chance of failure. As it is, I have to commission the bloody instrument.

I will come up with something. I can do this. There are ways.

[imjustthedog]

also my gfs mom constantly guilts us about spending too much on food but like BITCH!!! i havent had real food let alone like fresh fruit and stuff for YEAAAARS dont pretend me enjoying a bar of chocolate or eating a mango means IM the goddamn reason you have financial worries??? i wish she’d lay off, we’re trying our hardest to get jobs and move out making me feel guilty for existing doesnt help motivate me at all

[panlight]

What do you think the Vulturi do in their spare time? Aro clearly daydreams about having his best bud Carslile back, and having Alice and Eddie being his minions, but what about the other couple hours of his days? What about the other members, do any of the vampires have hobbies?

I mean, I hope so?

I still can’t wrap my head around this idea of SM’s that the Volturi (and Romanians) just sat still for millennia which caused them to “petrify” because . . . dust settled into the venom on/in their skin? Or something? I mean even if they have food “delivered” they still have to get up and bite the person themselves, right? Weren’t they still having sex with their mates? Or were they literally just sitting in one place for years upon years upon years? I would love more clarification from her on this because I Don’t Get It. 

The coven specifically are referred to “nighttime patrons of the arts,” so I think some or them have to be interested in art and music to some degree.  I’ve always kind of imagined Sulpicia playing the harp, for example. Maybe Marcus paints, or sculpts. With Caius’ love of flamethrowers, maybe he’s into glassblowing or welding or something–use that love of fire in a creative way! 

I’ve also always had it in my head that Aro and Sulpicia are like one of those political marriages--like the Clintons, or Frank and Claire on House of Cards. They might have their affairs but they are also devoted to each other in their own way, and rely on each other for advice and counsel (part of the reason he keeps her in the tower and under Corin’s influence is that he is always 5% worried she’s plotting to overthrow him--I loved that in Life and Death she did!). They refer to each other as like “dear husband” and “sweet wife” all the time as they do their weird but effective Machiavellian power couple dance.  Aro dabbles in everything. He picks up new hobbies and interests in human minds and throws himself whole-heartedly into one for like six months and then completely drops it. Everything from Sudoku to stargazing to artisanal baking to those rainbow loom bracelets every tween had like 7 years ago. Demetri obviously is into fashion (there needs to be a Project Runway: Vampire Edition with him and Alice and idk who else competing) and probably has a very artsy instagram with faceless ‘selfies.” Felix loves all kinds of games, from active sports-y games to computer/video games to board games and strategy games. Caius and him get into epic Risk games. Sulpicia and Athenodora also get really invested invested. Alec introduced everyone to D&D and Jane gets really into it in the moment and then pretends it never happened later. 

Jane also makes these really detailed and elaborate dollhouses–not to play with, but more as like a meditation, or an interest in architecture.  She and Esme should talk!

[icefang111]

hnnnng I have so much work to do and have done none of it and instead made homebrew for a warlock patron cause I know how to prioritise

anyway IDK how to balance anything ‘cause I��m a noob and this is the first thing I’ve ever tried to homebrew, and I don’t trust reddit to look over my stuff and be not a dick about it, but I trust tumblr marginally more. So if anyone would be down to do that lemme know, I’d greatly appreciate it :)

first draft is below the cut! (again sorry if it’s kind weird/very not balanced, idk what I’m doing my dude)

Aver'Bayzella is an ancient being, hidden away in her timeless realm. Is she fey, fiend, great old one, or a mix of them all? No one truly knows, and it matters not. For all that matters now is beauty, and adding that beauty to Aver'Bayzella's ever expanding collection.

*edited to include balance Crit from other places

Aver'Bayzella - The Collector of Beautiful Things - NE

Aver'Bayzella can't stand the dirty and disgusting material plain, but loves the few, rare, truly beautiful things that exist in it. Your job is to seek out and bring those beautiful things to her. Whether they are objects, buildings, plants, songs, creatures, people, places, etc if she wants it you will provide. Remember that beauty is the goal, not necessarily wealth. Though these things often coincide, they are not one in the same.

Upon your death or should you fail her one too many times, what's left of your body and spirit will also be added to her collection.

Expanded Spell List

1 level - Tensers Floating  Disk, Identify

2 level - Locate  Object, Gift of Gab

3 level - Clairvoyance,  Blink, Incite Greed

4 level - Dominate  Beast , Stone Shape

5 level - Creation,  Dominate Person

 Level 1 - Beautiful Servant

Upon taking this pact you become Aver'Bayzella's property, and all things Aver'Bayzella owns must be beautiful. She has mercifully and graciously scrubbed all of your physical flaws away, making you the most perfect version of yourself and granted you a connection to her realm.

Your new beauty is captivating and eternal. You may gain advantage on persuasion, deception, and performance checks, as well as any checks that would be bolstered by your physically beautiful being 3 times per long rest.

Your physical form is ageless through your connection to Aver'Bayzella's timeless realm. You are stuck at the age she set for you upon making your pact. Though you are still mortal in every other way, you cannot die of old age.

 Level 6 - Creator of Beauty

Having proven your eye for the beautiful, Aver'Bayzella has decided to expand the ways you can serve her by training you to making beautiful things for her.

You are taught two artisans tool proficiencies from the following list: Calligraphy, Carpentry, Cobbler, Cook, Glassblower, Jeweler, Mason, Painter, Potter, Smith, Weaver, and Woodcarver.

With an action you are able to summon any of the tools from the list above that you are proficient in. These tools appear in a spectral form and will disappear when not in use.

As well, 2 times per long rest, you can instantly manifest a temporary object that you could make with your tool proficiencies from the list above. This item may be no larger than 5 ft in any dimension. The object lasts for 2d20 hours as rolled at creation. It is solid/real, non-magical but appear obviously magical in nature, and cannot be used as a spell component.

If the character has or attains additional tool proficiencies from the list above through other means, they can use these abilities with them as well.

Level 10 - Beautiful Veil

As property of Aver'Bayzella, you are a valued and beautiful creature. Those who would seek to harm beauty must be punished. A protective veil now shrouds you, which you may call upon 1 time per short or long rest.

When you are hit with and attack from an attacker, you may use your reaction to call upon the veil for protection, negating all damage from the attack. You may pick one form of retribution from the following:

Behold Beauty- Your attacker and all those in a 10ft cube centered on you must make a constitution saving throw against your spell save DC, or is blinded for a maximum of 1 minute with consecutive con saves each round.

Worship Beauty- Charm Person is cast on your attacker.

Poisonous Beauty - Starting on their turn, your attacker must make a con save against your warlock spell save DC at the start of each of their turns or takes half your warlock level (rounded down) in poison damage, and half of that on a successful save. After 3 successful saves the poison subsides.

 Level 14 - Judgement of Beauty

Aver'Bayzella now trusts your eye for beauty enough to help her bring judgement to the beautiful and the ugly. Once per long rest you can use your action to send one creature of your choice to Aver'Bayzella realm to be judged by her. She will reveal her judgement to you on your next turn. Her judgement is decided by the DM.

Beautiful - Those she deems beautiful she will keep in her domain.

Normal - Those she rejects will be sent back to their previous position or the nearest unoccupied square and take 10d10 psychic damage from the encounter.

Disgusting - Those she deems disgusting she will yeet back with particularly nasty force, and they will instead take 10d20 force damage.

[ikementally-deficient]

Head-Canon: Warlords react to an MC who has a degree in Engineering

Requested by a lovely anon who wanted to know what quality of life improvements could be made in the Sengoku era with a little know-how.

Rating: Jalapeno (see masterlist for ratings description)

Apparently I can’t ever write anything without it turning into a research project. Also, my husband is a carpenter with a background in engineering, so we talked about stuff he thought he’d reasonably be able to build without access to power tools. Aggravatingly, most of the information on technology available to the casual internet researcher focuses on medieval China, not Japan. For the sake of my sanity I decided to assume Japan would be at roughly the same level of tech development. Things that I can imagine an engineering MC building in the Sengoku era:

Showers

Pitcher Pump + bamboo piping to run water to baths and kitchens

A foot-treadle sewing machine

Solar Oven

Theatrical sets (scenic carpentry is actually an entire niche trade, and an engineer with modern sensibilities could definitely add some drama to a production through clever use of pulleys and cantilevering).

Telescope

Spirit level

Kerosene Lantern

Water Barometer

Alcohol thermometer

Hourglass

Those last six require a knowledge of glass-blowing. Glass-blowing didn’t really show up in East Asia until the 1800s, apparently, but I get the impression that was because ceramics were already so developed that the niche wasn’t really there, rather than a lack of the appropriate technology base, so I believe a technologically-minded MC who’s aware of the core concepts could work with existing artisans and smiths to get it going on a small scale.

Things I was surprised (but shouldn’t have been) to find out already existed:

Pretty much all the siege weaponry I could think of. Which is fine. Despite it being the obvious draw for the warlords, Mai the all-loving MC would probably not be okay with giving them more efficient ways to kill people.

Continue behind the cut for the Warlords!

Oda Forces

Nobunaga is fascinated. Yeah, glass is cool and all, but fragile. Indoor plumbing on the other hand -- It takes all of MC’s powers of persuasion (and the weight of Hideyoshi’s disapproval) to keep him from having it run to the tenshu so he can start running war councils from a bathtub. 

Hideyoshi watches all of these antics with suspicion, and ends up having to task MC with preventing Mitsunari reading until dawn and Nobunaga turning himself into a decadent prune. He isn’t really impressed until she brings the castle’s seamstresses a simple foot-treadle sewing machine, making their lives much easier (and meaning he gets his kimonos much faster). 

Mitsunari is, in many ways, immune to the draw of an MC who isn’t interested in building better war machines, but he is thrilled to have his very own hurricane lantern. Now he can study into the night without fear of a sudden gust of wind leaving him in the dark (or starting a fire in the library). 

Mitsuhide is taken with the possibilities of Mitsunari’s lantern, and between him and MC they come up with a variation on a smuggler’s lantern, to assist the kitsune with his late night shady dealings. He’s openly disdainful of the rest of it, but can be found sliding into a late night bath when he sneaks back in, enjoying the fact that he doesn’t have to wake maids or carry his own buckets of water after having been sleeping rough for days.

Masamune isn’t really disappointed by MC’s refusal to improve Mitsunari’s siege weapons; he enjoys up-close combat too much. He doesn’t think too much about it when she asks him to escort her to his vassals’ camp, and assumes the package she’s carrying is more provisions, of the same type he makes for them. Imagine his delight when she unpacks a primitive solar oven for his men! Granting his men the ability to have hot, fresh food without worrying about smoke from fires revealing their position makes Masamune love her all the more.

Ieyasu is the first person to be really interested in the practical applications of glassblowing. Syringes and bottles that can be easily cleaned! An hourglass (or minute glass) to help him time the mixing and preparation of his salves and tinctures makes every batch more consistent! He grumbles, constantly, because of course he does, but suddenly every time MC looks at the shelves in her room there’s a new little jar of something delightful smelling.

Uesugi-Takeda Forces

Kenshin actually is legitimately uninterested in all of MC’s quality of life improvements, until the day he finds out she’s been talking to a Noh theatre troupe down in the castle town. Kabuki is still thirty years in the future, but MC’s knowledge of modern theatre tropes and early Kabuki theatre (TIL: Kabuki troupes used to perform swordfights with live blades!) means the next performance at Kasugayama has Kenshin riveted.

Shingen enjoys the added beauty of the practice glasswork pieces that start appearing around Kasugayama, but he doesn’t really get interested in things until MC presents him with his very own spirit level. Up to now making sure his corners are joined squarely has been a painstaking process, but the level speeds things up considerably. He immediately attempts to flatter and/or flatter her into examining the rest of his carpentry tools to see what she can improve.

Sasuke is not surprised that MC manages to start her own cottage industrial revolution, and adds his expertise as an astrophysicist to help with optical logistics. The first telescope they create is a masterwork. 

Yukimura is now absolutely convinced MC is a witch, and nothing will ever change his mind.

Yoshimoto is awed by the delicate beauty of glassblowing. He’s used to the small, dense decorative beads that are common in Asia at the time, but he’s never seen anything as ethereal as a hollow glass sphere, and spends countless hours playing with different minerals to see the final colours they lend to the glass.

Wildcards

Kennyo doesn’t much care about indoor plumbing, glasswork, or anything else (suffering is good for the soul and just what he deserves), but MC surprises him with a zen water sculpture/fountain/garden and he’s actually moved to tears. It becomes his favourite place to meditate.

Ranmaru, like Yoshi, thinks blown glass is the most amazing thing he’s ever seen. But what draws him most is not the colours or the delicate beauty of hollow glass, but the phenomenon of Prince Rupert’s drops. The idea of something that can withstand battering forces at one end, but shatter instantly at the slightest stress on the other feels uncomfortably, morbidly appropriate to him.

Motonari makes a lot of assumptions about what this woman is capable of, and has them all blown out of the water (heh), when she starts improving his ship’s rigging. The next time they’re on dry land, she sketches out designs for a simple alcohol thermometer and water barometer, both invaluable devices to a pirate at the mercy of the weather. Motonari’s almost convinced to make peace with everyone just to give her enough time to train a glassblower for him.

[dutifullylazybread]

Thank you so much for the tag @darkurgetrash. This was so much fun!

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(Tav, during the events of BG3 (minus the armor)

NAME: Tav of the Dock Ward

NICKNAME: Soldier (Karlach), Love (Gale), Cub (Jaheira), Dear (Rolan)

GENDER: Cis!female (she/her)

STAR SIGN: I am trying to remember the birthday I gave Tav! I either wrote that she was born on the winter or the summer solstice. I'm also having a hard time finding D&D zodiacs. So probably a Cancer?

HEIGHT: Hmm... I always want to make my characters my height, but I don't think Tav is as short as I am. Hrm. 5 ft (she's an inch taller! :D)

ORIENTATION: Bisexual

NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Illuskan Human from Faerûn

FAVOURITE FRUIT: strawberries

FAVOURITE SEASON: Autumn

FAVOURITE FLOWER: Sunflowers

FAVOURITE SCENT/S: Rosemary, lavender, cypress, cloves, old paper, river water

COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Tea all the way. She definitely took advantage of Waterdeep's trade connections and tried teas from all over

AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: Prior to game events, if she was deep in a commission, she might get anywhere from 4-6 hours a night. During the events of BG3, she likely got about four hours a night. After the events, she starts by getting about 4 hours and gradually worked her way to 8.

DOGS OR CATS: Dogs. Scratch was her baby. And then the Owlbear Cub (who she named Widdershins) made her realize how much she loved owlbears. Though she would have adopted Myshka in a heartbeat (and, like, there might be a fluff one-shot where she does, because why not?).

DREAM TRIP: She'd love to visit the Sea of Fallen Stars (both the one aboveground and in the Underdark). There is something very appealing about it being where The Pirate Wars took place.

NUMBER OF BLANKETS: How many can she reasonably fit on the bed? Add ten.

RANDOM FACT/S: She worked as a glassblower and a stained glass-artist for the artisans' guild in Baldur's Gate, and while she worked there, she wanted to expand the guild's focus out to enchanting/artificing items. She had no luck in this pursuit.

NO PRESSURE TAGS:

@drizztdohurtin, @voloslobotomyservice

[magical-agatha]

acnh is good for art. this is one if my OCs, Melty Glitter Glowteny (a portmanteau of glow, gluttony, and neoteny), not pictured here, her ribcage and arm bones and spine floating in her goo, and her magical girl dress. she's a slime girl warlock. her patron is an ancient god of chaos and consumption from when existence was very young, so massive as to dwarf galaxies, endlessly roaming empty space consuming anything in her wake. she makes melty eat gross things.

the skull is blown glass in her story, shes a jeweller and a glassblower and worked as a guild artisan until she started having visions of her patron, portrayed as a huge endless glowing light and pretending to be a celestial to trick melty into joining a pact with her. melty is now cursed with a violent fear if the dark and a desire to consume sparkly magic things and light and sometimes gross stuff like dead people.

at one point in the campaign her patron tried to make her eat a severed goblin arm and melty rolled a 0 bc she has -1 to wisdom.

shes like. my favourite character ive ever made but somehow this is the first time ive ever drawn her lol.

[snakemoltsiren]

Never-Ending Survey: Severine Sauvageot

Tagged by: @eorzean-capitalist

Tagging: @otolin-xiv ; @geimhleag​

BASICS.

FULL NAME: Severine Sauvageot

NICKNAME: Sev, Saint, Saint Savage

AGE:  Young Adult

BIRTHDAY:  8th Sun of the 4th Astra Moon

ETHNIC GROUP: Duskwight Elezen

NATIONALITY: Gridanian

LANGUAGE/S: Common, Old Elezen

SEXUAL ORIENTATION : Pansexual

ROMANTIC ORIENTATION : Aromantic/Gray romantic

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single

HOME TOWN / AREA: South Shroud near Amdapoor Keep

CURRENT HOME:  Ul’dah

PROFESSION: Grifter, glassblower

PHYSICAL.

HAIR: Dark blue, past shoulder length in a mullet-style haircut with short shaved sides and undercut.

EYES: One light grey, one dark grey

FACE: Narrow, sharp chin and jaw

LIPS: Dark and plump

COMPLEXION: Grey blue, lighter than her hair

BLEMISHES: Beauty mark beneath her right eye and one beneath the left corner of her mouth.

SCARS: Incredibly light, faded burn scars on her arms and hands. 

TATTOOS: None

HEIGHT: 5’ 8”

WEIGHT: 120 ponzes

BUILD: Almost willowy with sharp shoulders and almost surprisingly toned upper arms and thighs. And dat ass.

FEATURES: Prominent nose, highly expressive eyebrows

ALLERGIES: None. (Sunlight)

USUAL HAIR STYLE:  Slicked back mullet

USUAL FACE LOOK :  Sly or coy expression with a smile close by. 

USUAL CLOTHING: Generous wardrobe but favors shorts, thigh boots and sleeveless shirts. Hardly ever seen without a pair of pince-nez style glasses on. 

PSYCHOLOGY.

FEAR/S: Possession, mind control, black mages

ASPIRATION/S: To live better than she deserves

POSITIVE TRAITS: Insightful, kind, humorous, supportive, artistic, clever

NEGATIVE TRAITS:  Manipulative, secretive, paranoid

TEMPERAMENT:  A woman of many faces, Severine can make herself fit any facet of any situation. Typically she is laid back, warm and convivial and she’s giving and caring with those she’s closest to.

SOUL TYPE/S:  Artisan (Crafter)

ANIMALS: Fox

VICE HABIT/S: Drinking

FAITH: None

GHOSTS?: Yes

AFTERLIFE?: No

REINCARNATION?: No

POLITICAL ALIGNMENT: None 

EDUCATION LEVEL: Self-taught

FAMILY.

FATHER : Cyrille (Birth)

MOTHER : Elodie (Birth)

SIBLINGS : Numerous

EXTENDED FAMILY: Massive

NAME MEANING/S: ‘Stern’ and ‘Savage’ (for a person considered unmannerly or coarse)  

HISTORICAL CONNECTION?: No

FAVORITES.

BOOK: The Five Ages

DEITY: Nymeia 

HOLIDAY: All Saint’s Wake

MONTH: April (Second Umbral Moon)

SEASON: Autumn

PLACE:  The Wood

WEATHER:  Overcast and cool

SOUND / S: Lapping or flowing water. Wind through leaves.

SCENT / S: Woodsmoke, clean skin.

TASTE / S: Tart, butter

FEEL / S: Always watching, soft cotton, raw silk, broken in shoes

ANIMAL / S: Owls, dragonflies

NUMBER: Seven

COLORS: Grey, purple, dusty rose

EXTRA.

TALENTS: Singing, calligraphy, sketching and painting.

BAD AT: Being honest

TURN ONS: Wry humor, unexpected intelligence, quiet jokes, thoughtful gifts and actions, independence.

TURN OFFS: Abrasiveness, over the top assertiveness, cruelty, neediness, demands of her time.

HOBBIES: Studying history, practicing calligraphy.

TROPES: Badass Crew, Functional Addict, Guile Hero, In the Blood, Badass in a Nice Suit, Seamless Spontaneous Lie, Personal Horror/Dark and Troubled Past, Photographic Memory

QUOTES: “You don’t have to ask me twice.”

MUN QUESTIONS.

Q1 : If you could write your character your way in their own movie,  what would it be called,  what style would it be filmed in, and what would it be about?      

A1 :  Either a heist movie where a past comes back to haunt a main character, or a fantasy-like origin story with a solid horror background.

Q2 :  What would their soundtrack/score sound like?          

A2 : Her spotify playlist is kind of all over the place. Lots of minimalist female-voiced semi-electronic music.

Q3 :  Why did you start writing this character?        

A3 : I moved over to FFXIV after a very long time of playing WoW almost exclusively and I needed a reboot. I had a very vague character concept in mind when I started through the MSQ and by the time I was through ARR I had a much more solid grasp on the character.

Q4 :  What first attracted you to this character?        

A4 : Her initial concept was much more shallow and I liked the idea of some grifter who could change herself to fit almost any situation.  

Q5 :  Describe the biggest thing you dislike about your muse.

A5 :  She tries a little too hard to get people to like her.

Q6 :  What do you have in common with your muse?          

A6 :  Wanting people to feel good about themselves.

Q7 : How does your muse feel about you?        

A7 : 'Is it so hard to just take a break every now and then?’ 

Q8 :  What characters does your muse have interesting interactions with?          A8 :  Anyone with their own secret pasts or criminal backgrounds, quiet people who need a boost of reassurance.

Q9 :  What gives you inspiration to write your muse?    

A9 :  Music. Interesting in character interactions.

Q10 : How long did this take you to complete?  

A10 : I did the top part in an hour or two and then forgot about it for a few days.

[frikinik]

Fellas, is it bad luck to draw a picture of your backup D&D character before your other one has died?

This is an As yet unnamed Half-elf Divination Wizard, Guild artisan glassblower who casts her spells through the mangled blob of her first failed project. She’s very tired.

[suteshiro]

ALL for crown.

I LOVE YOU

If your character wasn’t an adventurer, what livelihood would they lead?

Wouldn’t you want to know

Who in the party would your character trust the most with their life?

For now I can’t say for sure? From the ones he currently knows it’s hard to tell bc he trusts Love in a Personal Way but is lowkey convinced he’d sell him to Satan for a corn chip. And Gank seems p trustworthy in that regard but they have only briefly met each other

What are your character’s core moral beliefs?

No one gets to control or take away someone else’s autonomy

What relationship does your character have with their parents and siblings?

Parents? Hate ‘em. Siblings? H

Does your character have any biases for or against certain races?

Eeh, I don’t think so

What is your character’s opinion on nobility? On authority?

Take a wild guess ksvjfnskjv 

He doesn’t think someone having authority is inherently bad but he hates every person in authority he’s ever known of so his opinion has been formed based on that

Describe your character’s current appearance: clothes, armor, scars they’ve picked up along the journey, etc.

I’m lazy. You know what she looks like

What location encountered in the campaign has your character felt the most “at home” in, or just generally liked the most?

Campaign hasn’t started yet so I can’t say anything about which locations visited she’s liked! She feels very comfortable at the spot we’re starting at tho

What deity, if any, does your character worship? What’s their opinion on other people’s worship?

Caenrys babey. She’s a bit weirded out by people who dedicate themselves to organized religion but in general she doesn’t stick her nose in others’ religious business

If your character had time to pick up any artisan’s tools, game set, instrument, etc., what would it be?

Artisan’s tools: I think he’d like glassblowing! Woodworking is cool too

Game set: playing cards probably

I don’t think he’s rlly interested in music as something he himself might perform vkjfnfksjn

Learning how to use a poisoner’s kit could be fun

Describe your character’s current relationship with the player character sitting to your right.

I’m not sitting next to anyone so I rolled for it and got Gank (@prophe-seer​‘s character)

Crown likes Gank a lot! They only met like, once but they rlly got along. She feels a bit bad for them bc they seemed to think she was rlly nice and instead of considering she Might genuinely be nice she jumped to “oh shit the bar is fucking underground for this guy” skvjfnksjfvn. So she’s surprisingly attached. She wants them to have an actual friend bc it seems like they need it

What is your character’s current goal, summed up in one sentence?

I’m headed straight for the castle

Does your character ever want to “settle down” with a spouse, children, house, etc.?

Currently, no. She has a lot of dangerous shit to do and is too caught up on being A Free Spirit That Actually Gets To See The World to like,, consider settling down. And she hasn’t given any thought to what life she’ll have after her goals have been fulfilled.

But I’ve actually given some thought to this and I think she wants to make a family one day. Idk if it’ll include children (probably adopting older “problem” children tbh) or a spouse but she definitely wants to settle down with at least one pet

Has your character ever been in love?

H,

What battle in the campaign has been most memorable to your character?

Haven’t played yet!

If your character wasn’t whatever class they are, what would they be instead?

Probably a fighter skjvfnskjfvn or a paladin

What is your character’s favorite season?

Autumn! Lovs the cronch. Loves to get to cool down after summer

What would your character’s Zodiac sign be, following stereotypical astrology?

I actually already made this decision ksjfnkvsjn she’s an Aries. I remember liveblogging my decision making to a friend regarding this but i cant remember what it was and im lazy

Where in the world does your character most want to visit?

Oh you know

What is the biggest mistake your character has ever made?

Oh you know,

Does your character have any noticeable scars? If so, what are their stories?

Probably not!

What animal best represents your character?

Wolf,

If your character could go back in time and change one thing about their life, what would it be?

Oh you know,,,,

Which other player character does your character find themselves having the most in common with?

Not sure yet!

Does your character regret any particular choice the party has made?

idk yet ksvfsjfv

What would your character say their best trait would be?

uuuh i dont think he thinks of himself in positive terms a lot skvnksjfvn

he’d probably name his strength or smth like that

What is your character’s greatest fear? Deep, irrational?

Oh, you know!

What is currently motivating your character to stay with the party?

I don’t know cause we don’t have the plot hook yet

What are your character’s hobbies and interests outside of their class?

he likes collecting small trinkets and going to festivals and thats. about it

What would most people think when they first see your character?

“Oh shit sexy”

What stereotypical group role does your character play in the party? (The Mom, the Mess, the Comic Relief, etc. Optionally: What role would your character play in the “Five Man Band” structure?)

Surprisingly, I think it’s The Mom skjvfnksnvksjnvf he seems to be really going in the “What The Fuck. Are You Okay. I Must Protect You”

But also he’s absolutely the mess

 In a five man band he’s the leader, lancer and big guy all at once. Probably the lancer tho

What is your character the most insecure about?

He’s completely unable to see himself as a kind person worthy of tenderness

What person does your character admire most?

Gaylia!!! He thinks she’s so strong and cool

What does your character admire and dislike the most about the player character sitting to your left?

Going for Love since I talked about Gank already. He bedrudgingly admires how cunning and People Smart Love can be. Absolutely hates how much of a Bastard he is and how hot he is

Why is your character’s lowest stat their lowest (the in-character reason, not “because there’s no reason for a wizard to have 16 strength, duh”)?

Both int and wis are at a -2!

Wisdom: he wasn’t uh. raised in a way where he rlly got to learn the ways of people’s minds, or do anything but repress his own feelings. and once he was out on his own he was so focused on being a reckless fool he never even tried to change that

Intelligence: He has big adhd and always had a hard time learning. Instead of being supported he was yelled at and punished for stupidity. He retaliated by refusing to keep trying. So now he’s dumb 

What would be your character’s theme song/favorite band/favorite genre of music?

I have an entire playlist for him please look at it I worked so hard on it-

I think most  relevant are Castle by Halsey and Emperor’s new clothes by p!atd. I think he would also associate those songs with himself and really like them. Royals by Lorde is also up there for sure. And Rise from League of Legends

What stereotypical role would your character play in a high school AU/if they attended a normal high school? (Nerd, jock, bully, goth, etc.)

Goth jock.

What treasure/item/artifact that your character has collected during the adventure is the most important to them?

Not particularly precious to him and not in the adventure since we haven’t played yet but he has Love’s broken antler skvjfnksjfv

Is there any particular weapon, item, etc. that your character longs to find?

Oh you know

Where does your character feel the most at home?

Gaylia’s place probably,

Does your character care about how they’re perceived by others? How do they change themselves to fit in with other people?

She’s built her entire identity around refusing to give a fuck, however in truth she probably actively tries to be seen as rebellious and maybe intimidating

What does your character think is the true meaning of life?

Bold of you to imply she thinks that much

What is your character’s scent? (Bonus points for a description that sounds like it could be from a bad [or awesome] fanfic.)

Roses, lilies and musk ( have no clue if those go well together)

Does your character think more with their heart or their brain?

Heart, absolutely

What is your character’s most recent or frequent nightmare?

haha,,,, ha,,,,,,, h

What opinion does your character have on [CERTAIN ESTABLISHED GROUPS/AUTHORITIES IN THE GAME WORLD]? (Dragonmarked Houses, royal crown, etc.)

Wouldn’t you like to know

How did your character spend their childhood? Where did they grow up/who were their childhood friends?

What aspect of your character’s future are they most curious about? (If they could know one thing about the future, what would it be?)

I will keep that to myself!

What colors are associated with your character?

Who in the party would your character prioritize rescuing, in dire circumstances?

Love,,

Is your character the most swayed by ethos, pathos, or logos?

Pathos

If your character was granted a single use of Wish, what would they use it for?

I will keep that to myself!

What is your character’s favorite spell? If they don’t use spells: what is their favorite personal weapon/combat maneuver/skill/etc.?

She has spells and enjoys using them (probably mostly eldritch blast) but nothing beats her good trusty zweihander

How does your character feel about keeping secrets from the rest of the party?

She has no qualms with it ksvjfnskfjv

What type of creature in the world is your character the most intrigued by?

Love I dunno, snakes? Snakes are weird

When they were a child, what did your character want to be, or think they were going to be, when they grew up?

I don’t think Crown thought she was gonna make it to her 20s

The player character to your left admits that they’re passionately in love with your character. How would your character respond?

I rolled and got Gank skfvnksjvfn

I think he’d be flustered and flattered and be like “oh! we can. certainly try dating! but I can’t say I return your feelings right now. uh. sorry,,,”

If somebody (an NPC, someone from their backstory, etc.) your character trusts/loves asked your character to do something against the party’s best interest, who would they side with?

Ah,,,

That’s a very complicated question that depends on many factors I’m afraid 

Does your character value their own best interest more than the party’s?

He wants to think he does, at least skvjnskvjf

What decision would the party have to make in order for your character to consider splitting off from the group?

Who knows!

How does your character imagine the way they will die?

Doing something stupid, completely alone

What is your character’s greatest achievement?

Making it to 25 honestly svkjnksfjnv

Is your character willing to risk the well-being of others in order to achieve their goal?

Depends on who those others are

What is your character’s opinion on killing others?

Sure why not let’s do it man

What is your character’s favorite food? Beverage?

Pizza and orange juice?

How generous is your character? Especially to those they don’t know?

Surprisingly generous! Maybe not so much with money but she’s always willing to lend a helping hand

What is your character the most envious about, regarding anyone in the party?

I don’t understand this question svknskjfv

The player character to your left and the player character to your right are both telling your character two different versions of the truth. Who does your character believe?

Again I keep choosing between Gank and Love bc they’re the only ones she knows kjfvnskjfvn I mean. it depends. if it’s on something Important I think she’ll side with Love but in general she’s more likely to believe Gank 

What is your character’s sexuality/relationship with sex?

Big bisexual, first of all!

She actually has a complicated relationship with sex! Being in any kind of Intimate Situation used to be very triggering for her. But she worked through it and now she’s. Horny

What is your character’s biggest pet peeve?

When people leave without paying their part.

Describe how your character feels about the party’s current situation/objective/etc.

Shit man I dunno we have no plan

Who in the party would your character trust the most to keep an important secret?

Love is the only one she’s known long enough to build any meaningful trust with svknskfv

If your character knew that they were going to die in a month, how would they spend the rest of their life?

Probably with his only genuine friend, trying to live life to the fullest kvjfnskfv,

What makes your character feel safe?

Being fully aware of his surroundings with easy access to his sword

If your character had the chance to rename the party/give the party a name, no questions asked, what would it be?

No party yet!

What memory does your character want to forget the most?

H,

If your character had to multiclass into a class they currently aren’t the next time they level up, what would it be and what reason would they have for doing so?

Fukinuh. Paladin? He rlly likes Caenrys and is like “fuck it let’s do another combat charisma-based thing”

What television/book/video game/etc. character would your character be best friends with? (Or: what media character is your character the most influenced by/similar to?

He was heavily influenced by a webcomic character but i will keep Who a secret just in case it makes people figure stuff out skvnskvn

What unusual talents does your character possess?

Really good at doing things without looking, apparently skfjvnsfv

How does your character feel about receiving/giving orders? Are they more of a leader, or a follower?

Giving orders is. Kinda hot

Receiving orders? Die

What does your character’s name represent to them? (Or: why as a player did you choose your character’s name?)

Among other things, Crown’s name represents her proclaiming herself as someone with full authority, if anything, over herself. She’s claiming at every moment a position of power and I think that’s very sexy of her

Is your character more of an introvert, or an extrovert?

Ambivert, probably! Loves people but may get overwhelmed being around them too much

How far is your character willing to go to pursue the “greater good”? Do they believe in a greater good at all?

In theory she doesn’t believe in the greater good but she lies to herself so who knows what she’d do when push comes to shove skjvfnksjfv

What does your character want to be remembered by?

It’s complicated and I’m too lazy to explain it, especially without spoiling anything

What would be your character’s major in college?

He’d shrivel and die in an academic setting pal

Does your character consider themselves a hero, villain, or something else?

It’s complicated,,

Let’s say hero and keep it there

What major arcana tarot card best represents your character?

I’m between The Fool and The Magician. Strength is also fun

Where does your character see themselves in 20 years?

Oh, you know!

What is your character’s relationship with magic? Are they scared of it, wish to know more about it, indifferent to it?

Magic is,,, kinda hot!

Who is your character’s biggest rival?

Love ksjvfnksjfvkjsfv

What is your character’s guiltiest pleasure?

Bold of you to imply he feels guilt over anything pleasurable

What does your character hope for the afterlife?

He doesn’t think about that

Who in the party does your character trust the least?

Just as he trusts Love the most he also trusts him the least. Shady bastard

What is your character’s biggest flaw?

-2 wisdom

How did your character learn the languages that they speak?

Uh. Growing up and being raised?

What is your character’s favorite school of magic/type of weaponry?

GREATSWORD AND EVOCATION BABY

What is most important to your character: health, wealth, or happiness?

Happiness

What advice would your character give to a younger version of themselves?

“There’s power in your anger. Take action before it gets worse”

Are there any social or political issues your character feels strongly about?

It’s hard to explain bc I don’t know Politics Words

What, currently, is your character the most curious about?

;)

[panlight]

Do you ever wonder what the different members of the Volturi do for fun when they're not on duty? I personally like to think at least a few of them enjoy things like playing Risk or D&D. Which ones do you think would have more creative hobbies, and which ones have more active/sporty hobbies?

This whole like “sat on their thrones and didn’t move for centuries” thing makes no sense, for either the Romanians or Volturi. Like, I just don’t even get what SM was going for with this. Which is all to say, they must have hobbies, right??The coven specifically are referred to “nighttime patrons of the arts,” so I think some or them have to be interested in art and music to some degree.  I’ve always kind of imagined Sulpicia playing the harp, for example. Maybe Marcus paints, or sculpts.  With Caius’ love of flamethrowers, maybe he’s into glassblowing or welding or something–use that love of fire in a creative way! Aro dabbles in everything.  He picks up new hobbies and interests in human minds and throws himself whole-heartedly into one for like six months and then completely drops it. Everything from Sudoku to stargazing to artisanal baking to those rainbow loom bracelets every tween had like 5 years ago. Demetri obviously is into fashion (there needs to be a Project Runway: Vampire Edition with him and Alice and idk who else competing) and probably has a very artsy instagram with flaceless ‘selfies.”Felix loves all kinds of games, from active sports-y games to computer/video games to board games and strategy games. Caius and him get into epic Risk games. Sulpicia also gets really invested. Alec introduced everyone to D&D and Jane gets really into it in the moment and then pretends it never happened later. Suddenly had the thought that Jane makes these really detailed and elaborate dollhouses–not to play with, but more as like a meditation, or an interest in architecture.  She and Esme should talk!