Bring Back My Girls 🫦
Special thanks to my lovely moots @missfortunetherogue and @perpetualmaladaptivedaydream, for providing a delightful challenge.
While I’m no VP artist, I hope it shows I had a lot of fun tinkering with these.
ʀᴜʟᴇꜱ: ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴄʀᴀᴢʏ, ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ꜱʜᴏᴡ ᴍᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢᴀʟꜱ! ɢɪᴍᴍᴇ ꜱᴀᴜᴄʏ, ɢɪᴍᴍᴇ ꜱᴇᴅᴜᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ, ɢɪᴍᴍᴇ ᴅɪʀᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰɪʟᴛʜʏ ᴀɴᴅ ɢʀɪᴍʏ. ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ɢɪᴍᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ɢᴜʀʟꜱ. ꜱʜᴏᴡ ᴍᴇ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴀᴘᴛᴜʀᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪᴠɪɴᴇ ꜰᴇᴍɪɴɪɴᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴍ.
OP: @thecampjuicebox, see their post here!
My girls:
🌩️Tempest
Yes, she totally kicked Haarlep's scrawny little butt for this (highly flammable, btw) get-up. Besides, I think she wears it better. Hmh.
🌙Francesca
OC + Bonus content: While Francesca is a Larian creation, I like to think my claim to her characterization is pretty dang strong😜
alright I'm new around here because I have come across your absolute hunk of a tiefling from other artists drawing him and those titties and that one eye have me bewitched body and soul.... might you spare some crumbs of his story and or lore?
The amount of love he's gotten this past week or so has blown my mind. Makin my heart feel all warm n fuzzy that he managed to catch someone else's eye too, thanks for leaving a nice comment.
Orryx is my Dark Urge character from a Baldur's Gate 3 run of mine. He is the son of Bhaal, had a family that he killed under the influence of the Urges, spent 20 years in enslavement to Bhaal as his Chosen, and escaped with the events of BG3.
He's a gruff, grumpy old tiefling fighter that toes the line between morally gray and being a good man. He has a rivals-to-lovers plotline with Astarion, and quite a lot of character development along the road to Baldur's Gate.
Most of his art is grayscale sketches because I post quick content of him on tiktok and instagram, though that'll be changing soon. Thanks again for complimenting him and his chest workouts.
How does Orryx deal with Astarion’s abuse? Both in the way Astarion carries himself and hide behind charm and humor, but also when they are being intimate.
They're two sides of the same coin when it comes to the abuse they've endured. When Astarion reveals his past to Orryx, the tiefling is able to recognize that defensive charm/humor for what it really is. He himself had to put up emotional walls to get through the years of abuse he endured, too. Even if that wall was a bit different.
That gruff exterior of his would soften when the two are alone. While Orryx is usually very forward about what he wants, he would let up on that to let Astarion set the pace more often than not. He might respond to Astarion's flirtation with subtle ways of checking the vampire's intentions, rather than boldly flirting back. This is, of course, all AFTER he finds out about Astarion's past.
Orryx desires and craves emotional connection with physical intimacy. He cannot get off if he can tell his lover isn't feeling the same way as him. His arousal is directly tied to that. He had enough meaningless sexual contact when he was used by Bhaal. Once he senses that attraction is there, he wants to love, and be loved back. That means that if he picks up on Astarion being tense toward what's happening, or if Astarion tells him off, backing off would be his natural next move. Seeing Astarion's discomfort would be reliving his own pain, too. Their shared trauma would create a profound, protective (sometimes overbearing) empathy in Orryx that goes beyond his typical dynamics with a relationship.
Still, Orryx isn't perfect. He would struggle a bit. He wants Astarion, physically and emotionally. Instead of pushing when he's shut down, he forces himself to create space for Astarion to fill when he's ready, giving him room without abandoning him.
During moments of rejection, Orryx fucks off to train, or do something else physical to release any pent up tension he has. As time goes on, he would get better at staying to reassure Astarion he's not just a sexual object to him. But earlier on he just removes himself and leaves the ball in Astarion's court.
If Astarion is triggered by anything during sex, Orryx first instinct is to stop. Like I said before, the emotional side of things is huge for him, so he's very sensitive to keeping in tune to that, even when they go at it sloppy style. His entire gruff character is built around becoming the man he needed when he was in the midst of the Bhaalist cult, and that's what he becomes in moments like that with Astarion. He becomes the man he would've needed then, drawing from his own desperate need for safety during his years of captivity. Once again, he's not perfect, but he would try his best to ground Astarion in those moments, reminding him where he is and who he's with.
Talking about those moments would probably be beneficial, but Orryx likely wouldn't bring them up often, after the fact. Once again, it would feel like hashing out his own trauma.
The two of them heal their relationship with sex together as time goes on, but it does start out a bit rocky in terms of how they recover from those moments.
Guess who finally figured out how to make a post on Tumblr? This girl! And of course my first post has to be the original pants less masterpiece by @ztudiolaire! I love this commission so much 💕😭
“Writing Halsin as a ‘pleasure dom’ - that’s so OOC!”
…hold up.
Did I play a different copy of the game?
Did people not see Halsin push Tav against a tree? His grip on their hips? Those nips and kisses on the neck? That (sexy as fuck) scowl as Tav sashays away from him?🫦Hello?
And people really think that man would hold back if the Shadow Curse hadn’t been an issue at the tiefling party? That he wouldn’t walk up, proposition Tav, and if they said yes, throw them over his shoulder and devour them under a full moon, with nature as witness?
Be for real 🪭
Halsin absolutely takes up space: to guide the moment, read his partner, and act with complete confidence. He’s self-aware. He knows what people want when they approach him. But when Tav shows they want him for who he is-beyond his strength, his size, or his lofty title-that’s when he leans in.
You don’t get to be 350+ years old, openly poly, and that in tune with yourself without understanding desire, boundaries, and how far to go.
Also. The Kagha situation? Shadowheart said it best: it’s quite a hand 😏
As long as everyone’s willing, there’s no harm in it-and certainly no reason to deny ourselves.
He is protective by nature. Ergo: the doublet fits 💓
I wanna know!!!!! what is orryx’s opinion of his companions!!
I haven't thought too much about it in all honesty. Which I suppose means now's the time 💪
Expanding on this based on the way he interacts with them in-game so far.
Origin Characters:
Wyll:
Orryx sees a lot of his younger self in Wyll, and admires the fact that he keeps a level head on his shoulder despite his fame. He also respects him as a man for telling off his own patron after it's revealed that Karlach isn't a fiend in his hunt for her.
Orryx's amnesia blocks it out, but when they met, Wyll revealed he and Orryx had known each other before. They had both served in the Flaming Fist, and when Wyll was openly mocked by other Fist for being a horrible soldier, Orryx was one of the few that remained kind to him, or at least, didn't actively ridicule him. Wyll looked up to him for it.
Neither of them know it, but a lot of that was because Wyll's bumbling performance as a Fist made it a lot easier for Orryx to get away with kills in Bhaal's service.
Still, learning this about his history with Wyll, Orryx feels the need to better himself and be the man Wyll saw in him all those years ago. Even helps him manage his horns, after his transformation.
Gale:
Orryx enjoys what seems to be a mostly one-sided friendship with the wizard. He allows the Gale to tell his stories as he trains, sharpens his weapons, etc.... it makes for excellent white noise. However, he doesn't often engage in anything more than shallow conversation with the man. Gale's interests and ambitions in life align with nothing of his own, and while he would listen when Gale told him of them, Gale rarely extends the same courtesy. Orryx finds him to be a powerful ally and decent cook, but exhausting to be around.
Karlach:
From an objective standpoint, Orryx holds a solid respect for Karlach, considering her backstory. He's somewhat offput by her characteristic optimism, but she forces him to have a different perspective on situations he wouldn't have considered otherwise.
Orryx also finds her to be the most capable sparring partner in camp. They have a running tradition of the loser of a spar revealing a war story. She's yet to put two and two together that the amnesiac is making every single one of his up. (He'll make up for it when he gets his memory back.)
Laezel:
Lae'zel is one of the people Orryx is closest to. Her battle prowess and often violent solutions to problems earned his respect quickly. He finds Lae'zel's inability to connect with others comforting. In his past, he's killed everyone he's ever gotten close to, and while his mind may not remember that, his body does. So the gith's aggressive approach to situations and admiration for his battle skills lead to the two taking council from one another often. Conversation rarely gets personal, which both of them prefer. They also sleep together on more than one occasion, knowing they share the same 'no-strings-attached' mentality.
After the events at the gith creche, however, strings did indeed start to show up. Seeing that her entire world and belief system had crumbled around her, Orryx found himself caring about her well-being afterward. Lae'zel may be the first real friend Orryx has had in over 20 years.
Shadowheart:
Orryx finds Shadowheart to be incredibly naive. Her blind faith without thinking critically about the situation irritates him, and combined with her distaste for Lae'zel in the early days, that puts her in pretty low standing with him. Her methods of conversation and taking constant jabs at him makes him see her as immature, and he rarely spoke to her.
As they're currently going through the Shadow-Cursed lands and discovering more about one another, however, he has started to see her in more of an 'annoying little sister' light. Orryx seems annoyed every time she speaks, but he also will not let anything happen to her. Her Sharran worship does not bother him for reasons unknown to him.
Astarion:
At first, Orryx found Astarion's overly flirtatious and generally over-the-top methods of speaking with everyone to be insufferable. Still, as Astarion's silver tongue gained them access to places even the sword wouldn't have granted them, he began to earn Orryx's higher regard. With his backstabbing in battle and selfish acts, Orryx came to realize that despite his way with people, Astarion never got personal. The exact same thing that drew him to Lae'zel drew him to Astarion.
As well as Astarion's beauty. He does not find Astarion's vanity irritating, because he believes it justified.
On more than one occasion he caught himself staring the elf up and down. And on more than one occasion, he caught Astarion staring back.
When Orryx awoke to find Astarion crouched over him, poised to strike, he thought he was there for an entirely different purpose. Until Astarion practically outed himself in trying to explain himself, and Orryx finally put the pieces together that this man was a vampire.
But still, despite his better judgement, he let Astarion feed on him. In truth, the blood of Bhaal in his veins ironically made the idea of said blood being spilled incredibly enticing, and regardless of his years Orryx thought with his dick instead of his brain. Astarion went too far and drained him completely, killing him.
In-game, anyone can revive the player character if this happens. In Orryx's canon though, Astarion revives him himself, claiming he valiantly used the Scroll he was saving in case he himself was killed. A lie, of course. And not a great one. Orryx knew his own is missing from his pack.
Still, the act of reviving him at all saves Astarion from a solid beating, and Orryx gives him one chance to explain himself. His story about slaving away to a higher power, having no autonomy over himself, hit home for the tiefling, again for reasons he didn't know or remember.
This led to Orryx taking a new curiosity to the elf, and the two began engaging in actual conversation. Now paying more attention to him, Astarion's ability to make a joke out of near any issue also tugged at Orryx's heartstrings for reasons he couldn't place. He'd learn eventually that same carefree attitude reminded him of his late wife of over two decades ago.
When Astarion approached him proposing sexual relief, Orryx found that he couldn't turn him down.
The conversation the following morning about Cazador, and learning even more about Astarion, made Orryx sympathize with him even more. All of these party members had some sort of higher power domineering over them, but Astarion had it forced violently upon him. In the same way Bhaal had with Orryx.
With an emotional and now physical connection with Astarion, Orryx found himself wanting to protect the vampire.
So, essentially, falling right into Astarion's trap.
We're in Act 2 with their story now, just before they have the chance to get any deeper with their relationship. We'll see how this goes.
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Thanks for asking about em all, I loved getting to flesh things out a bit more.
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