#lizellenya

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“Bards are fun to play because they’re charismatic and horny”

No, bards are fun to play because in Baldur’s gate 3 my bard convinced a demon to kill himself and sent him back to Hell in act 2, and then in act 3 when she broke into hell and stole a bunch of shit from the literal Devil, she rolled a 30 in persuasion and convinced the demon she had kill himself to help kill his own boss and join her side

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feel free to correct me, as someone who has only previously played 5e and hasn’t played any previous games in the series or gotten invested in any of the Forgotten Realms canon—

but as I was playing last night and reading through the flavor tomes in the stormshore tabernacle, I got sort of emo about Tieflings not having any gods or mythology of their own. Not even folk heroes. They just have their infernal bloodlines, and the burdens that come with that.

And I know WHY, lore-wise, but as someone playing as a Tiefling bard… that must suck! Even Dragonborn and gith get to have folk hero-gods! 😞

(Anyway, if they DO have these, I haven’t really encountered them in the BG3 canon, either via flavor text or main game dialogue…. I’d love to be wrong!)

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ppl have rightfully said ‘it’s really harrowing to play as a Tiefling in BG3 and immediately be faced with racism,’ but for me, an unexpected long term effect of helping the Emerald Grove refugees as a Tiefling and re-encountering them throughout the game has lead me to think of them as family :’)

my Tav bard started the game with no living family, but as I approach the endgame, she now has 2 supernaturally powered nieces (Mol, Arabella) and 3 cousins (Damon, Alfira and her gf…she is still sad about Zevlor)

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what emergent OC lore does to a motherfucker

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This is the most OOC Astarion I’ve ever drawn in my life but I just spent all day writing fanfic where he’s being a bitch (affectionate) so I decided to amend the fact I haven’t actually drawn him and Enya together all that much

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Design for my Tav’s toxic dead ex girlfriend, Merris. There’s a lot wrong with her but it’s ok bc Lízellenya went “yeah she’s got a lot of red flags…but red is my favorite color babyyy”

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do you remember those nights, 14 years ago, when you taught me the lyre? I can still hear the soft baritone of your voice as you explained the chords and tones to me. I can still feel your hands on mine, correcting my placement.

Our love did not have seasons— we were too mercurial to be compared to something so inevitable.

But those nights were a quiet moment of reprieve between monsoons.

whenever you sang, the rich timbre of your voice would resonate within my chest. You taught me to harmonize, your strong voice pushing mine forward, blending them into something beautiful.

Alone, my voice feels hollow. It feels weak— thin, like red wine cut with water.

I do not sing, now that you are gone.

I could only ever sing with you.

Maybe one day, I’ll forgive you for taking my songs from me, my love.

I hope when that day comes, wherever you are, you can forgive me for cutting the songs from your throat.

- L.M.

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in my AU where Lízellenya’s dead ex gets resurrected, it takes 2 years for her and Astarion to tolerate each other, ~5 years for them to admit they have anything in common besides loving the same woman, and 20 years to speak of each other with genuine fondness.

Luckily for him, Merris is a drow, so they can be “allergic to the sun besties” for SEVERAL centuries 💜💜