#baelthi

[baelthi]

Self-care Sunday

Thank you for tagging me in this, @riddlerosehearts @met-in-a-tavern, @lolthwoven, and @wasted-sam.

Rules: You flip through your work (published or WIP, doesn’t matter) and share whatever little section you’re genuinely proud of. Something that makes you smile or swoon or that tugs at your heartstrings just the way you want it to.

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This is astoundingly difficult for me, somehow.. But let's try throwing some VP I loved recently here.

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I did quite a lot with Féline and Ila lately. The poses in this photo are the first I made myself.

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Talking making poses- This happy accident. I was working on this couple pose, which is meant for a way different angle, and then noticed ..well. This angle.

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A self care [any] day is such a sweet idea! Please, everyone, feel free to tag me for this again~ ♥

Self-care tags!

@aoifethephoenixqueen @malicedragoness @met-in-a-tavern @bongbubbles @citruskushh @aerin67 @asorceresswrites @cursed-nyxan @fireflyeyes @gortashsrighthand @jellyfitzjelly @optimisticgrey @saylofwaterdeep @toomanyfamiliars @wasted-sam @ankhegs-in-my-salad @amaidienfishi @fylimar @ladydarkka @shandoratheexplorer @springofstarlight @tavyliasin @alrendriablaze @aristenfromwarsaw @bhaal-battle-beer-bard @burnt-by-marigolds @babydinosaur930 @cinder-rellish181 @dykestelmane @dynamicducks @lolthwoven @lucretiouswept @luna-struck @lutethebodies @missfortunetherogue @obisooth @onlytavs @perpetualmaladaptivedaydream @riddlerosehearts @spillingteanotpermitted @taras-toe-beans

[baelthi-in-the-dark]

Now steady your heart, and do not move. I do not wish to hurt you ...too much.

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So the other day, @ratchsellsfornax tagged me here, asking if I knew this mod already. I did not. And I've been screaming at this photo for ..let's just say, a moment. I'm so very not normal about any of this. Thank you for tagging me!

I could yap for the next two hours about how bothered I am by him going all in with a literal murder weapon at poor Tav's back in the canon encounter they have..

"Let me hear you" - yes, you and your Maiden would hear me running, mister "loving and measured hand". I am insane. Much as he is. Still, it's just wild to me how he (yeah, or Larian) could think this would be the way to go here. Honestly, I'd even frown at him coming up with that whip here after talking for like, ten seconds.

Also because this alcove of his is a bit narrow for stuff like that. But I'm insane and if he could manage, I'll certainly do, too. WHO SAID THAT.

And Tav, maybe not knowing what they're in for, should certainly still get out of reach- because that thing there is no joke, either. But this way it's actually more about enduring this situation, and much less just surviving.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk, that had me finally realize why I did, in fact, not fall for Abdirak until I read @dude-wheres-my-ankheg's fics. (AO3 link)

I hope y'all enjoy! ♥ (The fics, too- if you like my VP here, you'll love them.)

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[baelthi-vp]

Just popping in to say...

Your new profile pic...

SO CUTE! ♡

🖤ヾ(•ω•`)o

Thank you! I completely forgot I did not share a normal sized version!

But~ here's a random Hazel! 🖤 And y'all can see the layers of armor or whatever she's wearing here quite well!

[baelthi]

Hazel

All about your OC ✩°｡⋆

Choose an OC and answer the following questions so we can learn a little more about them. Feel free to include all your OCs if you want.

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OC Name: Hazel

Sometimes I call her my Starry Eyed Nature Girl. Or after I found this song that seems to fit her and Mereth almost too well, she sometimes gets called Sunshine Girl. Not too much of a fan of this whole "Girl" thing, but it kinda just happened.

More about her below the cut. Mereth | Ila | Féline

Does your OC have any nervous ticks or self-soothing habits?

Yes. There are a lot of vocal stims, pacing, and general busying of her hands and legs. If stressed, she is often heard humming the melodies of songbirds or just making random noises. Also she will walk around camp or wherever she currently is and might get even more impatient than she usually is.

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Let's say your OC got kidnapped, what would save them?

She is both extremely charismatic and dexterous. So she might be able to talk herself out of the situation, or break out of restraints and buildings and run off into the shadows.

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If your OC has a partner, are they opposite or rather similar?

Hazel canonically has no partner or love interest. Which I do not plan to change. But this part of her canon is not really fleshed out just yet. I think there is some confusion about this, because of the Regency AU, where she even marries Gale. But this really is just an AU thing. She recently had some opinions on this. Kind of wanting Mereth to be close to her in some way and some other AU. I keep telling both of them no.. But guess who has a ship name and a theme song now. Yeah... The characters I can imagine Hazel in a might-be-more-than-friends relationship tend to be quite different to her. She usually is an chaotic, all chirpy and bouncy high energy ray of sunshine. Meanwhile Mereth, Gale, Shadowheart, are full on black cat energy characters or just more grounded, with a way calmer energy about them. So I'd say a partner character for her would likely be quite the opposite to her.

Hazel's Regency AU

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Is there a story behind making your OC? What inspired you?

There is no story behind making her. I wanted a bard for my third OC-playthrough. And just created a character whose (visual) vibe I liked. Which resulted in the Hazel y'all know now. Her character, as in who she is, is still under construction so to say. By the time I created her, I still had not joined Tumblr or any other BG3 fan space besides Reddit, and it never even occurred to me to create a full on OC with a personality and all back then. But we're getting there. Talking about her sure helps getting to know her. She seems to have some personality after all~

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Thank you for tagging me, @onlytavs, @burnt-by-marigolds, @taras-toe-beans, @mogruith, @wasteful-sam, and @spillingteanotpermitted.

Gentle tags~ I'm late to this. This is my tag list minus the ones who tagged me. If you already did this, please drop a link to your post in the comments or tag me in your post. Or like, yap about another OC and tag me. I'm happy to learn more about y'alls OCs!

@met-in-a-tavern @malicedragoness @aoifethephoenixqueen @bongbubbles @aerin67 @stupidsexywizard @perpetualmaladaptivedaydream @dykestelmane @missfortunetherogue @aristenfromwarsaw @ankhegs-in-my-salad @toomanyfamiliars @lucretiouswept @lutethebodies @babydinosaur930 @cursed-nyxan @jellyfitzjelly @fireflyeyes @saylofwaterdeep @citruskushh @bhaal-battle-beer-bard @riddlerosehearts @optimisticgrey @tavyliasin @shandoratheexplorer @amaidienfishi Yeah, I keep adding them peeps I initially forgot. I'm sorry and trying, okay? ♥

Also check out my other posts for this tag game!

Mereth | Ila | Féline

[baelthi]

Fic spoilers without context

I noticed I never got back to this, @dynamicducks.

Give a spoiler (in any form) about your fic and/or a fic you like but don't provide any context.

Thing is- I feel like my OCs keep telling me stories, but I can't seem to get to actually writing them down. But I won't let that stop me from giving some spoilers for those unwritten stories. I'll give one for each of my Disaster Elves' stories. (One of them is an AU.)

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Sorry, @dynamicducks. ♥

Spoiler tags!

See what I did here?

Remember: The tag game asks for your own or other's fics!

@aoifethephoenixqueen @malicedragoness @met-in-a-tavern @bongbubbles @citruskushh @aerin67 @cursed-nyxan @fireflyeyes @gortashsrighthand @jellyfitzjelly @optimisticgrey @saylofwaterdeep @toomanyfamiliars @wasted-sam @ankhegs-in-my-salad @amaidienfishi @fylimar @ladydarkka @shandoratheexplorer @springofstarlight @tavyliasin @alrendriablaze @aristenfromwarsaw @bhaal-battle-beer-bard @burnt-by-marigolds @babydinosaur930 @cinder-rellish181 @dykestelmane @lolthwoven @lucretiouswept @luna-struck @lutethebodies @missfortunetherogue @obisooth @onlytavs @perpetualmaladaptivedaydream @riddlerosehearts @spillingteanotpermitted @taras-toe-beans

I'm quite sure some of y'all got tagged again now, but I hope it was long enough ago for y'all to have new spoilers for the moots!

[baelthi-in-the-dark]

We've all suffered in these dark times.

It is little wonder you bear scars of pain and anguish.

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[baelthi]

Folklore monster lineage

Take this quiz for your OC~

Thank you, @cursed-nyxan, @lucretiouswept, and @riddlerosehearts for tagging me! Their posts: cursed-nyxan | lucretiouswept | riddlerosehearts

I did this for all of my OCs. The full description texts are below the cut.

Mereth - Siren "But beneath that beauty lies sorrow: the fear of being misunderstood, or worse, being loved for the wrong reasons."

Hazel - Vampire "You don’t just see people — you sense them, and that is your inheritance, your burden, and your silent, red-lit gift."

Féline - Werewolf "Your emotions arrive like a hunt: fast, merciless, and impossible to ignore. Anger is your warning signal, passion your battle cry, and beneath it all lies a bone-deep instinct to protect what is yours [...]."

Ila - Banshee "There is something inside you that hears the end before it comes. [...] You carry the grief of generations in your voice, and when you speak, something ancient listens."

Siren There’s something haunting in you — a softness with sharp edges, a quiet allure born not from vanity but from emotional resonance. Sirens are creatures of longing, and you inherit their ability to draw people in without trying. You feel deeply, speak vividly, and have a voice (literal or metaphorical) that shifts the atmosphere of a room. But beneath that beauty lies sorrow: the fear of being misunderstood, or worse, being loved for the wrong reasons. The siren bloodline makes you magnetic, melancholy, and powerful in ways you rarely acknowledge.

Vampire There is an ancient thirst woven into your ancestry — not just for blood, but for essence, for the parts of people they try to hide. The vampire in your veins carries centuries of watchfulness, of studying faces by candlelight and understanding the tremor beneath a heartbeat. You read power the way others read weather: instinctively, unavoidably. This bloodline gives you a strange, elegant hunger — for devotion, for certainty, for emotional depth that does not flinch or flee. You want bonds sealed in something stronger than words. But such insight comes with its own shadow; once you’ve tasted the truth of someone, you can never pretend you didn’t. You don’t just see people — you sense them, and that is your inheritance, your burden, and your silent, red-lit gift.

Werewolf There is a fire in your lineage that refuses to dim, no matter how tightly you try to cage it. The wolf in your blood is not chaos for its own sake — it is fierce devotion, the kind that scars. Your emotions arrive like a hunt: fast, merciless, and impossible to ignore. Anger is your warning signal, passion your battle cry, and beneath it all lies a bone-deep instinct to protect what is yours, even at the cost of yourself. But this heritage carries a shadow. You fear the moment your strength becomes too much — when your voice becomes a snarl, when your courage turns reckless, when your love becomes something sharp. Loyalty, for you, is a brutal thing: a pact forged through fire, blood, and survival, not soft sentiment. You were never meant to be lukewarm. You were meant to burn, to guard, to challenge, to ache. Your greatest danger and your greatest power are the same — the wild, ungovernable heart beating in your chest.

Banshee There is something inside you that hears the end before it comes. Your instincts ring like a distant wail when something is about to break — relationships, opportunities, trust, illusions. This inner warning system makes you hyper-attuned to shifts in tone, silence, and subtle signals others dismiss. People may call you dramatic or sensitive, but really you are prophetic in ways that unsettle. You sense decline, endings, and emotional death with painful clarity, often long before anyone else does. Though this gift can isolate you, it’s also your greatest protection. You carry the grief of generations in your voice, and when you speak, something ancient listens.

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Gentle tags~ Late again- as usual, drop a link or tag me if you've done this already, I tried to not tag the ones where I know they've done this, but.. yeah. Y'all get it.

@met-in-a-tavern @malicedragoness @aoifethephoenixqueen @bongbubbles @aerin67 @stupidsexywizard @perpetualmaladaptivedaydream @dykestelmane @missfortunetherogue @aristenfromwarsaw @ankhegs-in-my-salad @toomanyfamiliars @wasteful-sam @lutethebodies @babydinosaur930 @burnt-by-marigolds @jellyfitzjelly @fireflyeyes @saylofwaterdeep @citruskushh @bhaal-battle-beer-bard @tavyliasin @shandoratheexplorer @amaidienfishi @luna-struck @obisooth, maybe do this for Kar'niss? ♥

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Read more about the OCs here: Hazel | Mereth | Ila | Féline

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[baelthi-in-the-dark]

"That's all I am."

"He Who Was."

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The quote is by @dude-wheres-my-ankheg, in this short story, where Abdirak (in a different timeline than the stories with Elorin) meets He Who Was in the shadow cursed lands. (Mind the tags. I mean it.)

Yes yes ~ that's what the priest dragged in the other day: our favourite mad and angsty shadar-kai! ₊‧˙⋆˚｡⁺ Straight from the shadow cursed lands into Abdirak's arms and in front of my camera. 🖤 [That's about the only thing being straight here, though.]

But aren't we missing someone? A feathered friend perhaps? ♪(´▽｀)

He's sporting the first tattoo mod I ever made - a combination of two vanilla variants, yet with a per default slightly transparent base, so that the dots that overlap the eye tattoos appear darker. That's the closest I could get to the original with my non-existent skills in one evening. I might get the piercings sorted, too.. but for now, I can handle the inaccuracy with those. (¬_¬")

I am still quite excited to have him here now. Making a mod by and for myself felt like a grand milestone. So grand, I dusted off the IGCS DOF thing for some extra fanciness today. ₊‧˙⋆˚｡⁺⋆ ✩°｡⋆

Thanks, y'all for celebrating this, him, them, all of this, with me. 🖤

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