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🧠 Basil's guiding bolt is somehow far more accurate than Shadowheart's.

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You know what? Agreed.

Here's my theory. Basil has latent sorcerous powers, repressed by the abuse she experienced in childhood. The pressure her parents, tutors, and peers put on her, essentially stuffed any natural ability Basil had into a box and locked the key. Part of the issue is that she did not have the powers they were looking for. Both of her parents are draconic sorcerers, her father being silver and her mother white. Thus, they expected her to manifest: scales, ice magic, lightning magic, etc., and she just had none of that. Add on top of Basil's abysmal self-esteem and you have a girl who, even with some of the best tutoring and training money can buy, expressed absolutely zero magic talent. Like, maybe she learned a few magic cantrips from the wizards and that was it. Nothing that spoke to natural sorcerous power. It's part of the reason her father singled her out as the black sheep of the family and treated her with so much scorn: she was simply a failure in his eyes.

Until, Father Arnica got hold of her, trained her in prayer and healing, and taught her the magic Ilmater offered. Cool! Basil thinks she's using the power of her god. When in reality, I think Basil is something like a Light Weaver Sorcerer capable of controlling and producing radiant magic. (Or according to the origin, necrotic and darkness). She has no idea and considers herself utterly lacking in arcane ability. Her own natural power combines with Ilmater's gifts to produce something that's both and neither. That may even be stronger than the sum of it's parts. It's not until about Act 2 that she starts to guess that something else is going on and maybe even receives some training from Gale to help her own magic along.

So, it makes sense that when Basil throws a guiding bolt it has a little extra oomph to it.

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Their favorite actions during sex—chin-grabbing, hair-pulling, wrists being pinned, etc

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You didn't specify muse, so, I'm going to do both Astarion and Basil. It's my blog and I do what I want.

Basil

Is a biter. She bites. Depending on the partner she may settle for kissing/ sucking on their neck or shoulder; graduate up to scraping her teeth; and if they're into it/ the right kind of person, straight up just biting them. It comes from a desire to mark her partner and to be closer, literally get her teeth into them. It's almost primal for her, probably an amount of oral fixation of some type, instead of any sadism on her part. She's not out to cause pain and because of that, this trait doesn't really come out unless invited/ discussed. Might look like: Basil kissing your knuckles then nibbling on your hand, biting you to muffle herself, or nipping your lip, or jaw, to tease you. She also likes being bit. That is 100% masochism. Basil likes it when it hurts a bit, or a lot.

Astarion

Is... also a biter although it's more specific to his vampirism and an incident of him wanting to drink blood than anything. No, his actual favorite thing to do is to somehow restrain his partner. Pull their hair to tip their head back or control their head, pin their wrists down, push them against a wall, or down onto the ground. Yank their shirt over their head so they can't have liberal use of their arms... Astarion likes to feel in control when he's engaging with someone. It helps him feel safe and certain of himself; and is a reverse from when he'd be expected to submit or bottom, just because of his size or literal inability to assert himself. Pinning down his partner and doing what he wants is absolutely a power trip, and it absolutely turn him on. He really like it, because of this, when his partner is smaller than him. Not that he's against putting down someone bigger though. That's it's own kind of pleasure.

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For the record, there is absolutely no way in hell that Astarion knows how to cook, and frankly, he's above it. Camp Princess, ngl Basil is a great cook and will make the best chicken soup you've ever had. Like +3 temporary hit points chicken soup.

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📏 + Rolan 6’3”

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Perfect height to kiss her forehead in the mornings.

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Basil Verses, a quick rundown:

General DND

For non-BG3, DND verses. Basil is a wandering cleric who assists the suffering, heals the wounded and sick, and sometimes, on rare occasion, fights the evil. Can show up literally anywhere your muse/ party is, at any time. She goes all over. If needed, could remove an appendix.

Dragon Age

Basil is a spirit healer, born and raised in a noble family in Tevinter, from which she fled after being pledged into an arranged marriage. She traveled with her mentor, Father Arnica, a priest of Andraste, for four years, before setting out on her own. Hides that she is an apostate through potions and medicines she creates herself, and not taking lyrium. Timeline dependent on relevant game.

BG3 Companion

For BG3 verses were Basil is not Tav. Basil encountered the Tieflings when they were attacked by Goblins outside the Grove, and offered them aid and healing. When she learned of the parasites and the Cult of the Absolute, she felt honor bound, and spiritually compelled, to involve herself in the matter. Upon encountering the party in The Grove, she offers to join them.

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🧠 Astarion helps Basil classify poisons and mushrooms when they live in the Underdark and whatnot

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Agreed, although I'm not sure how much actual help he is.

Astarion knows he's in deep when he sees a mushroom while out hunting and thinks, "I should bring this back to Basil, she'd love it." Like dude, it's too late. You're beyond salvation. He doesn't have a lot of scientific interest or rigor, but he is interested in the more practical effects of some of these substances. Poisons, paralyzing toxins, sleeping drafts, can all be useful when hunting and fighting. So, when it comes to Basil's actual work of: foraging, observing, testing, drawing, note taking, for ingredients and medicines, he is mostly just slightly curious as she info dumps to him. When it comes to testing the finished products when these ingredients are refined and turned into medicines, antidotes, poisons, etc.? He's quite interested and willing to engage in the 'fuck around and find out' style of testing. But then he's also sometimes collecting mushrooms for Basil while out and about because it makes her his wife happy.

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What if we covered the cleric in blood? What then?

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I’m thinking Father Arnica taught Basil an absolutely deranged method of alchemy and categorizing ingredients that basically can be summarized as: You are your most ethical test subject.

Nibble on that mushroom, note flavor, physical and mental symptoms over the next 24 hours.

Lick a magic crystal and categorize it by how it makes your jaw tingle.

Make a tincture with this random plant, drink it, see what happens.

Brew an antidote, then poison yourself, and then see if your antidote works.

If you don’t know what it is, stick it in your mouth. You’ll definitely learn something.

All hinged on the fact that both himself, and his student, are essentially unkillable Life Domain Clerics. You have nothing to lose if you are a fountain of positive energy that makes utterly lethal doses of poisons mere tummy aches. It’s science as long as you write it down. Basil was 100% in the Underdark having a FIELD TRIP microdosing on toxic mushrooms.