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A quick little sketch of Estryd I did for fun

(she's a Durge, specifically this is from a playthrough I did where I headcanoned she had no amnesia)

#bg3 #durge #baldur's gate 3 #dark urge #estryd #estryd 2.0 #evil estryd #i did not feel like drawing her armor so camp clothes it is #my art

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐜?

i was tagged by the incredibly lovely @kingsroad to take this uquiz for my ocs!!! it was so much fun and i had a great little time doing it for my current muses!! i’m tagging @samwilsonns, @impales, @czernyss and anyone who wants to do it!!!

⋅•⋅⊰∙∘☽ the vampire ☾∘∙⊱⋅•⋅ it is the loneliest day of a vampire's life, the first time they look into a mirror and see their reflection missing. drinking blood sucks too, don't get me wrong, but as a vampire you had to learn to hide from the sunlight, from your family, all your friends, because you were unavoidably different now and you didn't know how to explain that to them in a way they would understand. you could get stranger's blood in bursts, but what is life when you can't know someone for longer than the night lasts? you left everything behind because it was easier than trying to tell them. i just hope you know you're not the only vampire out there, and that there exist people who will understand your situation without a word. they'll sit with you in the dark for as long as you'll need them to.

⋅•⋅⊰∙∘☽ the harbinger ☾∘∙⊱⋅•⋅ the harbingers have been through fire. you've got the scars to show for it. some people say harbingers are jaded- scary, even, to people who don't understand that the harbinger has seen the edge of the world and survived it. but being the harbinger means you're cursed to watch younger, brighter eyes fall for the same traps you did. trying to help isn't enough for you; you know what they're getting themselves into, and you want to protect them the way no one ever protected you, so why won't they just listen? it's frustrating. it's terrifying. no one should have to live through what you did, and i hope you know that you can't protect everyone but it's damn noble of you to try. it's not your job to save the world but i hope you know you've already made a difference to everyone who has taken your words to heart.

⋅•⋅⊰∙∘☽ the werewolf ☾∘∙⊱⋅•⋅ there's something inside a werewolf that's sharp, thorns and barbs coiling up in tight knots of vine even on their best days. halfway through a conversation, you'll forget your happiness and the pain comes back in a flash. you never meant to, but the sharpness has done harm on your behalf. it's defensive. it's leftover artillery from a battle you spent so long fighting that it still doesn't feel like it's truly over, does it? you want so badly to be soft. to take the hand that you are offered instead of baring your teeth. and it might be hard to believe, but you are soft. you're the softest one out there. it'll just take a while to untangle those vines enough to know that very little is often life-or-death, and not everything touches to hurt.

⋅•⋅⊰∙∘☽ the one who opened the door ☾∘∙⊱⋅•⋅ you turn the door handle. you call out, "who's there?" and the crowd has the audacity to groan, to get frustrated with you. as if the gift of hindsight was something you had. how the hell were you supposed to know you were born into a horror movie? no one bothered to tell you. say, if instead this was an action film, or a fantasy, would they still be telling you how silly of a mistake it was to press further on your quest? they would've commended you for your bravery. you thought you were going to be saving a princess in a tower, not getting stabbed in the back by a killer in the shadows. how is that fair? it isn't, and none of that was ever your fault. it is not wrong to believe things are good. your trust, your optimism, it shouldn't ever be mistaken for ignorance or stupidity. we need more people who open doors. how else are any of us gonna move forward?

#this was such a cool one #i loved taking it #vaella targaryen #xenia qorgyle #celia belmont #avani #estryd #tag games

I'm posting the hug too because it's cute

#bg3 #durge #durge x shadowheart #shadowheart #estryd

Love their happy ending :')

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Got a shot of Estryd and Orin's duel! I really really love the Dark Urge's story. The good path is very satisfying, even with some of the dialogue bugs.

After the resolution of her personal quest, I had Estryd cut her hair. Rebirth and all that.

And I gave her a scar that I imagine she got from the Orin fight. I refused to use the Slayer form and Orin legit almost killed me. I had 6 health points left at the end I think?

Heres a pic where you can see the scar

I had been using her warlock/bard multiclass as a reflection of how much she was giving in to her urges. Whenever she failed to resist I'd give her a warlock level. I know I said before I was leaning into the warlock patron being unconnected from the Urges, but after playing through most of the game and having basically 0 references to her patron, I decided it was more fun to imagine her warlock powers being the result of Bhaal in some way.

So now that she's been disinherited, she's a full bard! Its been interesting having to basically change my entire playstyle this late in the game (RIP spamming eldritch blast) but I really like it from an RP perspective.

Greek tragedy averted (for now), here's hoping I can get an ending where she and Shadowheart get their peaceful house filled with plants and animals :')

#bg3 #durge #the dark urge #durge spoilers #bg3 spoilers #estryd

Estryd had a deep desire to find some part of her past that wasn't filled with blood and viscera.

But there isn't really any closure on a redemption durge path.

So instead she collects every scrap of anything that hinted at who she was. All the leftover journal entries from her old bedroom, the prayer in the mindflayer colony. Anything.

She keeps Sceleritas Fel's hat. He was awful, and she's glad he's gone, but she also has an inkling he might have raised her. Or at least he was something like family. She keeps one of Orin's daggers too.

The library in the Temple of Bhaal makes her chuckle. There is very little about Estryd's old life that feels like her, but having a library even in this temple filled with corpses? That feels right.

Her devotion to Gortash, her only real friend in this other life, feels familiar. Especially knowing it was in defiance of Bhaal's wishes.

A part of her aches that she can't keep that. The one part of her old life that was almost soft. But she isn't the same Estryd that wanted to rule the world by the Chosen of Bane's side. And she won't be. Never again.

Things are different now. Now she has many friends who will stand by her side and love her. There is no almost soft. There is the way Jaheira laughs and calls her cub, and there is the way Shadowheart eyes crinkle in joy when Estryd asks for a kiss, and there is the way Wyll tells her he's prod of her.

Estryd will never regain her memories of her old life, but in this new life she is loved and she is free.

#bg3 #estryd #durge spoilers #bg3 spoilers #im just having the feels tonight i guess

I am fascinated by durgetash and all the angsty implications but especially because post-amnesia Estryd is confused and repulsed by the idea.

Actually. Act 3 Estryd is. Act 1 Estryd was very impressionable and power hungry and....I honestly don't know how she'd have reacted if Gortash had found her then.

Act 3 Estryd is rooted in this desire to be free of Bhaal, to be allowed to love people and choose peace when she wants. She's also desperate for answers about her past.

She is disgusted by everything Gortash stands for. At what her past relationship with him means to her new family. And yet--he so obviously cares for her, deeply. He's sincere in his offer of a partnership. He knows her.

It's like a dagger in the heart for a redemption durge. To finally meet a piece of your past. To know that you loved this person then but cannot now.

It's an interesting relationship however you play it.