#ulitharid AU

[unaarista]

Ulitharid!Omeluum AU again! Boy, do i love AUs. Lemme put my favourite NPCs with barely a few spoken lines in a different world and give them full fledged lives.

Plus a little accompanying story under cut:

…First, they shoved them into the cleaning chamber – a tiny, dark room, with cold water constantly spraying from the ceiling. Then, the culling – an angry looking mind flayer (though to Blurg they all looked angry) made the prisoners line up and passed along the line, occasionally pointing the long clawed finger, and obedient thralls in the same black coveralls pulled people – usually sickly or old – from the line and dragged them away with surprisingly little resistance – seems like Blurg wasn’t the only one who accepted his fate. When Y was taken, Blurg briefly closed his eyes and did a small prayer in his heart, with words half-forgotten, to no one in particular – neither of his people’s gods cared for him, nor he cared for them.

Those who remained were dressed appropriately to their new illithid masters’ tastes – in an unknown rubbery material that wrapped itself over the body as if alive, obeying the mind flayer jailers’ mental commands, flowing like a quicksilver, sticking to the skin like a slime, wet and disgusting. As if the look of anything that is not gray and moist was offensive to their captors’ eyes.

He expected to be placed with those who can do the heavy work and sent to be enthralled, but instead was separated from the group. Many, many narrow and dark passages later, so many that his head was spinning, he felt a distinct foul and salty smell in the air. More passages – and, flanked by two thralls he did not dare to look at, he entered a vast chamber with a dimly glowing lake of pungent smelling liquid – an illithid brine pool, his memory prompted. A creature so tall it towered over its brethren stood near the edge of it. It turned, as if sensing a presence of a mind not yet broken, and approached them, flowing gracefully, its six tentacles snaking in excitement. Oh, so his brain was deemed worthy to become a snack for an ulitharid master of this colony. What an honor.

An inaudible conversation was clearly happening between the ulitharid and his mind flayer escort. Blurg’s internal debate whether having your skull dissolved would feel just painful or debilitatingly painful was interrupted by a mental command to look up. He obeyed – not that he could do otherwise - and creature’s burning gaze pinned him down. A voice, calm and devoid of emotion, yet almost kind in comparison to others, rustled in his head: “I am informed that a group of scientists is present among the new arrivals in our colony today. Fascinating to meet fellow researchers in a place such as this. My name is Omeluum. Let us share in each other’s knowledge”.

Without waiting for an answer, it turned and left through one of the many passages. A painful jab from another thrall pulled Blurg from his stupor and he hurried after.

[tidesfate]

“&– - You are before that which goes far beyond current comprehension. Settle, and let us talk civil... for your sake.” // open False Ulitharid Mora starter

[eyehunger]

Honestly ngl ulitharid has become one of my fave aus (and might basically be my default bg3 / dnd mora au at this point)

[mindfoster]

Omg I love my sweet squid (proceeds to doodle its evil au where its an even worse version of the very thing it hates)

[edda-grenade]

squid au squid au squid au

the illithid!tav model in-game is so. skinny. and small. but ulitharid tadpoles are literally indistinguishable from normal tadpoles so not even canon lore is stopping me from turning saar into a horrific eldritch nightmare even by mindflayer standards :D

[akiartspace]

Ruix tiefthid AU. Artificer/warlock multiclass whose patron is his very own fiendish ancestor(Levistus) and has him extremely overworked, he is so, so tired.

The horns come from the back of the head, from behind his fins/'ears'. #illithid #ulitharid #dnd #dndoc #monster #monsteroc #tiefling

[illithidparasite]

CAN BE TRUSTED AROUND EXPOSED BRAINS!

#ILLITHIDPARASITE, a serious rp blog for @eyehunger's BG3 Ulitharid au

warning: may become giant 10ft squid humanoid when exposed to squid brain

[eldritchborna]

It throughout the timeline of this verse does change its name, deciding Om.eluum no longer fits it and instead changing it to Aphrungolt- meaning loosely "The Barbed Tendril", "The Thorned Tongue", "The Spiked Limb"- any of those or various alts of those fit.

Using a hc I talked about that Absolute born illithids are hybrids between ulitharid and normal illithids, and the ulitharid genes can be triggered under certain conditions, Aphruns condition was eating the brain of a ulitharid that caused its ire. This caused unexpected metamorphosis, and the colony as desperate as it was and just by the nature of having no other head latched consciousness to the newly changed Ome.

It tried to resist but due to coercing and overstimulation its brain eventually shut down, making it more malleable and giving in

It became hateful and resentful, proving to be a cruel leader to the colony.

Initially it is Lawful Evil with an interest in twisting illithid agendas- one major way is its Grand Design being a "peace by force" plan. Though it can later become Chaotic Evil, it's interests purely on its own desires and actions born out of resentment becoming those eliciting sadistic pleasure.

Even after resentment becomes enjoyment most of its victims are other illithids. It also only eats illithid brains

Experimentation and self experimentation are not uncommon, and one resulted in its partial elder brain-ification where it keeps most of its ulitharid body but still has mental and physical properties of an elder brain

It is unstable and by all accounts mad

Also sketch I never finished of it

[haresvoid]

Unfun fact: I've stated my hc that the reason the absolute / bg3 illithids are so weird is cause they actually a cross breed between normal illithids and ulitharids.

Additional hc is that one of these illithids for whatever reason eating a ulitharid brain would trigger the ulitharid genes within them, causing late stage metamorphosis into a ulitharid themselves.

Ome would eat illithid brains, they fit within its moral code. All that being said, if the cards were played wrong this metamorphosis could happen to Ome and it would have no idea what or why it happened.

Ulitharids are the ones that can become Elder Brains- there is a good reason why ome would freak the hell out if this unlikely event ever happened to it (unlikely aka I wanna cook up an au oop)

[unaarista]

a fun little idea

[tidesfate]

“&– - They flee. It is temporary. The mountain is worn away and the tides rise and fall with the same inevitability.” // @redemnation liked for a dialogue starter

[eyehunger]

I'm ngl, if ever there was an au for mora I'd make it's own sideblog it'd be ulitharid mora

[mindfoster]

I know I said I'd wait till I finished the drawing but I wanna talk about evil!ome au before my mind hyperfixates elsewhere:

It throughout the timeline of this verse does change its name, deciding Om.eluum no longer fits it and instead changing it to Aphrungolt- meaning loosely "The Barbed Tendril", "The Thorned Tongue", "The Spiked Limb"- any of those or various alts of those fit.

Using a hc I talked about that Absolute born illithids are hybrids between ulitharid and normal illithids, and the ulitharid genes can be triggered under certain conditions, Aphruns condition was eating the brain of a ulitharid that caused its ire. This caused unexpected metamorphosis, and the colony as desperate as it was and just by the nature of having no other head latched consciousness to the newly changed Ome.

It tried to resist but due to coercing and overstimulation its brain eventually shut down, making it more malleable and giving in

It became hateful and resentful, proving to be a cruel leader to the colony.

Initially it is Lawful Evil with an interest in twisting illithid agendas- one major way is its Grand Design being a "peace by force" plan. Though it can later become Chaotic Evil, it's interests purely on its own desires and actions born out of resentment becoming those eliciting sadistic pleasure.

Even after resentment becomes enjoyment most of its victims are other illithids. It also only eats illithid brains

Experimentation and self experimentation are not uncommon, and one resulted in its partial elder brain-ification where it keeps most of its ulitharid body but still has mental and physical properties of an elder brain

It is unstable and by all accounts mad

In iteration with @illithilit Blurg they are an awful power couple (I can talk more about them in a different post hehe)

....may be pursuing godhood

[tidesfate]

“&– - Your mind must remain intact for you to be of use to fate.” // @mournstar liked for a dialogue starter

[tidesfate]

“&– - Of the mortal species, I find myself... quite favorable of them. However, their goals remain limited and narrow sighted. Guidance is required and the echo-chamber limited.” // RAMBLINGS ON THE WALL

[tidesfate]

Verse starter call- send me a symbol or comment / inbox the name of the verse from the list. This will likely become a permanent starter call that I will reblog and change as verses muse changes or more are added. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO SEND MULTIPLE. Those with plotting preferred I will likely hop into your dms unless I can come up with an idea without such.

TES VERSES

👁 MAIN VERSE- mid muse, plotting heavily preferred

👤 VESSELED VERSE- high muse, plotting encouraged

🦀 VERUM LEVIATHAN AU- mid to high muse, plotting heavily preferred

🪼 DIVINE AU- heavy desire to test this au. Plotting heavily preferred

BG3 VERSES

🔮THE OLD ONE VERSE- mid to high muse, plotting may occur if ideas come to mind but otherwise not required

🦑 FALSE ULITHARID AU- high muse, plotting not required but welcomed

OTHER VERSES

🐙 OUTER GOD OF KNOWLEDGE VERSE- high muse, plotting not required but welcomed

🖥 MODERN VERSE- high muse, plotting not required but welcomed

📖 GRAVITY FALLS AU- high muse, plotting not required but welcomed

🌊 THE SHIFTING TIDE "VERSE"- very high desire for, plotting heavily preferred

ALTERNATIVELY, you can send ❓️ or like this if you are unsure and I'll come into your dms for plotting