#dragonologist phd

[chasindbae]

Passing through the alleyways of the grand city, you peer upon the wall to see a plethora of advertisements and propaganda. One catches your eye, depicting a beautiful woman with rose-like skin featuring fine earrings. "New Heartpiece Butterfly Earrings at Potema's Prizes". It looks like a new, independent shop which sells various, artisanal made dilldallery and whatnots. The font is tacky despite the exceptionally lovely tiefling depicted. A commission for @dragonologist-phd of pretty, pretty Piper, with sin like roses, eyes like silver stars, and a river of hair like a river of platinum. I had so much fun doing this and got to play with an idea I had for shamelessly making Heartpiece butterflies.

[marquisedeserault]

🏠 for Kalama?

thank you :3c

hc + 🏠 for a home-themed headcanon

She hasn't stepped on Rauataian soil in nearly 15 years. It's not that Kalama didn't want to go back — more that he felt like he couldn't after being discharged from the Navy. That discharge turned him to the Bleak Walkers and the mercenary life, and she's been on the road ever since. Working with the RDC made her wonder if it was time to return home, if her countrymen will have him. He hadn't realised how much he'd missed being around her fellow trenchers.

[dujour13]

2 and 50 for Sia?

Thank you 💕 💕💕

2. Do they wear perfume/cologne? If so what scents do they prefer?

Azatas just smell good naturally, don’t they? 🦋 Fresh cut grass, spring leaves, jasmine and strawberries. When he’s not giving off Elysian effluvia Siavash chooses earthy, woody, incense-y scents like sandalwood.

50. What is your favorite thing about them?

If I have to pick just one thing, it’s his kindness and joy. That’s two things but hey, rules are made to be broken. His all-in Azatahood. The optimism, the openness, the willingness to forgive. He’s kind of a beacon of hope to me. These things don’t always work out for him, but he will never fail to try, and that’s why Desna watches over him. He creates good karma and it just has no choice but to come around eventually. I like that.

[adraveins]

Ooh I wanna know about Blood of Angels!

I have, like, half a fic written about Tuyen and her ancestors (Dispater, Feronia, Ragathiel), and that is the title I grabbed from one of the PF sourcebooks, lol, for the Ragathiel part. Unforts it's just a list of notes I have about it, and I cannot for the life of me find the scene snippets I've written for it, even though I know I have some.

Basically, it's a rewrite of the scene you can get on Angel path where Ragathiel's servants will visit if the Commander favors retribution. Except it's old grandpappy himself in disguise, lightly testing grandbaby and being a little bit of an asshole about it (but it's all good).

[risualto]

I always love how you write the relationships between characters! It’s evident from the way you write them you’re very thoughtful!

Aww, thanks so much! I really try to be.

[marquisedeserault]

🐈 for Arthur and Hissera headcanons?

Thank you! Since I tend to associate the Trevelyans with horses....horse related headcanons it is.

hc + 🐈 for a pet/animal-themed headcanon

— Arthur had a lot of recovery to do after Trespasser, but he was pretty adamant about getting back in the saddle as soon as he got the go-ahead from the healer. It was like learning to ride all over again but it helped a lot with his depression, anxiety and grief to be out there again.

— Hissera's preferred horse is an Asharaash, one of the horses the Qunari use, bred from one of the original Asharaash that were a part of the Inquisition stables (thanks Spoils of the Qunari dlc) since it's one of the only breeds in the family stables that could accommodate her aside from a draft horse. She calls hers Ferrum - choosing to buck the Trevelyan tradition of naming the personal pets/horses after spices in favour of an alchemical substance instead. She missed Ferrum a lot when she was away in Minrathous and then during Veilguard, and is delighted to see he's okay when she returns home.

[undyingembers]

19 for Len?

19. How does their Background choice reflect their character, and how does it play into their build?

Leonosa is of the Noble background, Courtier to be precise. S/he comes from a Mendevian noble family who were scandalized to have birthed a tiefling child. There was not a small amount of discomfort when s/he had to lead the Crusades. S/he's dealt with them before and, from his/her family, knows how they work and Crusader tactics and history, but still has that baggage from how his/her family treated him/her. Unfortunately, him/her being a noble also put a little bit of distance between him/her and other tieflings, like Woljif, who didn't have the fortune of growing up in relative safety and comfort like Len did. An unfortunate and unnecessary disconnect between him/her and his/her community...

Mechanically, Len's background made sense, but ended up being completely useless. The small bump in persuasion didn't amount to much when there was always pretty much another party member whose persuasion is leagues higher than hers (Daeran and/or Sabine). I'm also a little sorry that I never took advantage of having trickery as a class skill. I mainly only took Courtier for RP reasons. Len being the type of noble to go through the court with subtlety was more his/her style than outright leadership or presence.

[undyingembers]

1 and 4 for your Tav?

Tell us about your Tav! Name, class and subclass, race, pronouns. Do you have a headcanon for where they're from? Their family? Are they a Dark Urge? Or did you choose an Origin Character? Was it an easy decision? (1)

My Tav is a Seldarine drow named Wistenra. They use they/them pronouns and they are a warlock with a fiend pact (more on that here). They were born in the drow city of Ust Natha and were a child when my Bhaalspawn Tatjana traveled the Underdark and infiltrated the city. They and their mother had unorthodox views about drow society and had to flee to the surface to escape persecution. Their mother was really the only family they have, but she was murdered by a serial killer that haunted Baldur’s Gate.

Though I toyed around with the idea, Wistenra is not a Dark Urge character. The Dark Urge does exist in Wistenra’s universe. He was the one who killed their mother, and he may or may not make another appearance in Wistenra’s future.

4. Do you remember in which order you recruited your companions? Which companion introduction would have felt the most familiar / like home to your Tav / Character?

Well if we don’t count the Nautiloid, then the order would be Shadowheart, Astarion, Gale, Lae’zel, Wyl, and Karlach. To the second question, probably Astarion. As a fellow charlatan, Wistenra saw right through the vampire’s ruse straight away. They know just how to deal with people like him.