#we durge

[sashthesloth]

do NOT bring your boyfriend to the swamp. he will not like it.

[shaykai]

Still thinking about Gortash’s coronation and how smoothly he cuts a Durge off from their companions (and wishing we had a follow up with that)

The first words out of his mouth are that he cares about them- anybody else who remembers Durge has only distain for them, but not him- he’s happy to see them, he missed them, they’re his favorite assassin and he’s only glad to see them alive

And then he takes it a step further by providing insight into their past, something Ketheric refused to do for them- and Gortash isn’t dumb. He knows exactly how Durge’s companions will react, knows that he’s effectively outing Durge when he so easily could have pulled them to the side instead

And when their companions snap at them and refuse to look at them, Gortash is still smiling. Suddenly, he’s the nicest person in the room. Suddenly, everything is unstable and dangerous- but he likes you. He’s sitting there with open arms while the companions are rightfully so mad with Durge, but Gortash is more than happy to resume their alliance

He’s more than happy to be their sole source of comfort again, and isn’t he just so sweet for that?

[hellothisisangle]

Stage 2 • Stage 3

AU where Cae is the Bhaalist boss fight after Orin’s unsuccessful assasination

Notes

Cloak is iridescent, giving a sheen akin to black bird’s feathers

Golden gauntlets are related in design to Gortash’s- they would still be in a close relationship

If you killed Gortash before getting to Cae it’ll make this fight twice as difficult

Cae’s horns are longer here as they were able to grow out

He has a disposition that is calm and unworried, confident this will end like every match before

Playing around with song title- “Melody of the Murderborn”? (might edit later)

Some voice lines: “Sing for me a symphony of suffering.” “I will be your finest mistake.” “My father calls for your blood, so you shall bleed for him.”

The dominant brush used here (especially for the jewelry) is the Organic-Mountain Ash

[lazylittledragon]

so how about that durge

[angiemaniac]

Patch 7 is finally working for me! So, I decided to make a custom Durge run. Here's some Durgetash art

[namespara]

@meanbossart u gave me the go ahead so HERE I HOPE UR HAPPY!!! Been dying to draw this weird mf with my weird mf. Just two drow durges absolutely buttfucking weird. unhinged (unhinged) and unhinged (enraged) with astarion being caught in the crossfire

Bonus:

[flymmsy]

I really love Durge's new default armor.

[nuka-rockit]

something that is so funny to me is the solution to the "why does Durge have amnesia" subplot

no mystical curse, no magic potion, not a spell, no elaborate divine retribution for your failures.

no, Orin just got a really sharp stick, poked a hole in your skull and and got you an improv lobotomy . and put a worm in there

and every character who gets a chance to examine you basically goes WHOA there chief your brain is fucked up. like. thats just straight up brain damage. i cant fix that

[br0ps]

[halichor]

Scourge of the Seas

Just started another save with durge Jehan since I missed that last time, and I'm /still/ not done with Karythos and Vesna's saves aaaaaa 🫠

[shadows-aflame]

Ketheric Thorm being cut as a companion is such a tragedy bc it means we were robbed of him having to third wheel for Durgetash a second time

[forgotten-realm5]

Babygurl has a death cult to run 💅🏻

[lwiann]

you may call me Enver. please.

[wild-magic-oops]

He doesn't like the Slayer form lmao

[rotten-lemonn]

Been having the time of my life making emotes of my friends durges <3

(Feat. @snailcities Parsipan, @meanbossart DU Drow and including @bigbossbigbossbigboss Illiam, too, of course)

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[maleficore]

I've seen a lot of people talk about how the game doesn't give you any leeway when you play The Dark Urge, how it makes it very clear that Durge was A Bad Person, but I haven't seen it pointed out that Sceleritas seems VERY well versed in gaslighting the hell out of them and steering Durge away from any doubt or guilt in regards to their actions. Makes me think that they've probably had those types of conversations before because Durge actually always had a soft spot, only it got smaller and smaller in time. I have not had the opportunity to see the Heal cutscene yet, but I've got the butler in my camp now and he had some interesting things to say, like

[Durge: Can you tell me the worst thing I ever did?

Sceleritas Fel: There was one time you gave a beggar some coin while we were en route to the Devil's Fee.

Sceleritas Fel: You didn't kick him or spot on him or anything! I was so shocked I almost fainted!

Sceleritas Fel: I still have nightmares about it to this day. But I'm sure you only did so to lower the suspicions of the Flaming Fist. Surely?]

and it struck me because tossing a coin to a beggar is a bit of a thoughtless act isn't it? You don't put much thought into it, you just see someone in need and you do it. Out of empathy, generosity, something The Murder Incarnate should not be capable of. Sceleritas' uncertainty of Durge's reasoning for it totally convinces me it was NOT intentional. A simple act of kindness that slipped out.

ALSO

[Sceleritas Fel: The only way for a Butler to die is if we are not of use to our Master. But you have always needed abundant assistance.]

They always needed abundant assistance. Why? Because they kept slipping out of Bhaal's grasp? We know they did at least once, with Gortash. Maybe it was not the first time, maybe there are more "Letters of Forgiveness" tucked away somewhere.

To me pre-tadpole Durge is just terribly mindbroken and indoctrinated person hooked onto the sense of safety, purpose and acceptance of their dark side that the cultists and their father give them. Yeah they enjoy murder, gore and all that. That's the curse of their blood, but I don't think they were ever entirely consumed by it. Morality, guilt and empathy have always been there on the edge of their mind. Losing their memories (depending on player choices I know, but bear with me) was what they needed for them to be finally brought forward.