#durge:lilith

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A Huguenot on St Bartholomew's Day by John Everett Millais.

I'm doing lighting practice! I went tooo ham on that sleeve! 🤪

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part 1/2

I was going to full colour this but uh… I'm tired of sitting on unfinished art! so BAM it's finished. part 2 still needs some cleaning up, I'll post it when I can 👀

i really wanted to draw this scene from my story where Orin is torturing Gortash with visions of Lilith, and he can't even murder her about it (I'm convinced this is partly why he's so haggard and underslept by the time we see him in act 2)

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bloodlust has made a poet of you mods: (x) and (x)

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some of my favourite shots from my last (incomplete) playthrough~

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BONUS UNDER CUT <3

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i'm a fountain of blood, in the shape of a girl

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listen I am all on board for the whole durgetash thing where like, they are extremely destructive for each other (in a romantic way) and have super kinky bloody vicious sex. i think it's hot in a way that most ships aren't.

but my hc for my own durge (Lilith) is a little less like that. it's more like their bond is an upside down reflection of the terrible, corrupt, violent people they are. it's bloody and vicious at times, yes, of course--but not in a way where they like it like that. the way they love each other is real in a very basic human way, and in complete contrast to everything else about them. it becomes this sanctuary they create in each other that gives them a respite from everything their lives have made them and a glimpse of what it might've been like had none of it ever happened. they're not even really aware of it for the longest time because they don't have the luxury to ponder such things. but it draws their paths back toward one another over and over again, like a beacon in an unrelenting storm. they understand each other better than anyone else, it makes their bond unbreakable and that's also what makes it so dangerous.

this is why i really need to get some spoons for writing back (NEED. for my soul) because the giant fic i have outlined is basically just a character study justifying that whole dynamic and why they would turn against their gods for each other and more importantly, for themselves. it lives in my head rent free all day every day and i want to share it with the world!!!1

IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR. oTL

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Haven't had a lot of time for personal art lately, but I finally finished Lilith's updated character sheet! I've been slooowly picking away at it since I posted her first character sheet ages ago >_>

See notes below (I promise there is a fanfic-related point to this stupid level of detail):

fig 1. Pre-tadpole. Her hair is naturally pale purple/white, but it becomes stained red with the blood of her victims--a sign of Bhaal's favour. A barn owl skull, which she wears as a sort of pendant, and a bronze spike on the end of her braid which can be used as an improvised weapon. Her pupils reflect pinky-red when she is under the influence of murder, and become more dilated the more she kills, signifying a kind of animalistic blood craze. fig 2. Items she kept on her person pre-tadpole, some of which were recovered from the mind flayer colony, along with most of her old armour. Incense for meditating on the Prayer for Forgiveness whenever she needs to remind herself of her purpose. A small femur from an unknown animal carved into a fountain pen on one end, and a needle sharp shiv on the other. Accompanies a handmade skin and bone-bound journal, the parchment of which is enchanted to hide any ink written on it in Lilith's blood. Only someone with her blood is able to read the hidden ink by spilling a drop of it on to the page. A verdelite ring with the inscription "our freedom", and a sending stone (wonder who has the other? 🤔) fig 3. Weapons and items she normally keeps on hand, including her longbow, Striga. An elixir of viciousness, oil of sharpness and malice. An arrow of arcane interference and an arrow of many targets. She also keeps a bloodstone in a small pouch hidden under her armour at all times. fig 4. Her post-tadpole armour, fashioned by Dammon from the salvaged pieces into something new and sturdier (she's much more vulnerable after losing her status as Chosen). Seen here are also her earrings, the only thing she still has from her childhood. The stone set in them is a type of obsidian called mother's tears. An ornate bronze mortar and pestle, and a little herb pouch with purple datura embroidered on it, gifted to her from Karlach after act 1. It's a little cutesy for her tastes, but Lilith keeps it for sentimental reasons. The threadbare book from the arcane tower, which becomes her new journal.

Feats (Pre-tadpole) These were powers granted to her by Bhaal, lost along with her status as Chosen.

Hot monster chick When channeling the urge, she becomes rabid with bloodlust the more she kills, and her eyes become completely dilated. The slayer form can start to emerge in her, however, it’s only ever partially formed (to her immense self-resentment) so she just gets really big scary eyes/teeth/jaw and talons, massive strength and agility, and the preference to walk on all fours. She also gets weird patchy feathers, and kind of looks like a scrawny undead owlbear--an endless source of torment and entertainment for Orin.

Shadow glimmer This is essentially gaseous form, the deathstalker mantle ability and umbral shroud combined into one feat. A typical pattern of attack would be to take out as many from the darkness as possible with her bow, before charging while invisible and dispatching the remainder with knives, making it look like she's transporting around, as it activates every time she makes a kill and she kills very quickly. It can also be used as an escape maneuver, but is detectable by the naked eye as a thin swirl of shadowy smoke, as well as see invisibility and other similar spells. She can still be physically injured in this state.

And, most importantly...

Theme Song!!!!

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Lilith's slayer form sketch 🦉