Hello Faerûn, let's welcome my favorite month March to the Sword Coast — because I'm fed up with winter! Enough with the snow, cold, and gray weather! Let nature and the first green buds awaken. Call upon the spiritis of spring with the hope of sun.
🌿💐 Welcome March! 💐🌿
Reblog this post and tell or show what spring means to your Tav. Talk about the vibes of awakening nature in their heart or show us how your Tav feels when winter comes to an end.
You can also post your most beloved nature VP you created, to channel the spirits of spring rushing into our lands sooner!🌱
💚VP of Aristen & Saulus by @aristenfromwarsaw - who I tag of course, as well:
i changed lots of things in her early lore and appearance, and i'm happy with how they turned out! she basically lost the light in her eyes and horns, because her link to Lathander has been weakened (temporarily!!) by the tadpole in her brain. also, i finally decided to modify her body – i always imagined her with a muuuch smaller chest, and now it's done thanks to this mod ♡
It's only been a few days since Gale joined the party and somehow he has grated on almost everybody's patience with his constant talking all except Aoide. Even though she is mostly quiet, you could her actively listening and being amused by Gale's antics even at times having a whole discussion with him.
OH! Was not expecting that to be Tavs past. Nor was I expecting it to be that kind of involvement with Durge. I really like how this story is coming together. I look forward to whatever happens next!
Thank you kindly! I actually have far more to add to her story much later. I just intend to get through a few events later with where I am now.
She wasn't just involved with Durge in the past, but she has her own story I may implement later on!
Forgive me if I've already talked about this, the holidays scrambled my brain.
But there was recently a scene that TOTALLY cemented my Nirvana lore of her being Raphael's daughter, through the process of her mother making a deal with him to have a child.
I let Priestess Gut take me into her chambers and give me the sleep potion. And then, when waking up and given the chance to slip free of the chains, I failed. Nirvana stayed chained in there as Gut came back to try and get her to turn into a Mind flayer. But just as Gut was about to kill Nirvana, a portal opened behind her and Korrilla came through, killing Gut right there.
I love the idea that Raphael is looking out for her. Not in a fatherly, caring way, but you know. It makes sense why he's taken such a keen interest in Nirvana. Why he would help. Why she's still alive. I think that gives even stronger incentive for Nirvana to take his deal in this run.
I never knew this scene existed! And Im so glad it does!
I've been thinking about their dynamic a lot lately, trying to toe the line of how the two would feel once their lives connect, whether they wanted it to or not. And especially part of the reason I feel like, despite never knowing Rapahel, and knowing who he is, Nirvana still would find mercy for him and hold feelings she doesn't want to face. A very Luke Skywalker and Vader type dynamic.
Also, Nirvana Mother Reveal! Her name is Divinity, and she was a Warlock.
And Bloo's biography nobody asks about her, so I'm gonna take the initiative to yap about her as much as I want
Emmeline is a high elf warlock, whose patron is Levistus.
Part of their contract involved Emmeline bearing Levistus’ child, his eventual successor as the Archdevil of Stygia. That is, once Geryon the Usurper has been dealt with and the child accepts its intended purpose to be Levistus’ puppet.
Emmeline, not willing to condemn her baby to a life of evil, hatred and loneliness, entrusts the child to the cambion Raphael.
Raphael makes a deal with Emmeline: her soul for the safekeeping of her child. He casts a powerful charm to disguise the winged, icy-blue cambion infant as a tiefling, and leaves it for a tiefling couple to find and adopt.
The baby is named Bloo as a term of endearment.
Raphael, however, intends to use Bloo as a pawn in his plot to acquire the Crown of Karsus. He also intends to tempt her with the chance to rule Stygia independently from her father. This is another deception, since he would also use her as a puppet once he becomes the Archdevil of the Hells.
Bloo grows. Everything's daisies and sunshine.
Raphael spies on her (to make sure she hasn't died or something) from time to time.
Then, Bloo starts to show signs of magical abilities.
She starts to sprout gnarly wing-like protrusions on her back.
Her adoptive parents notice that she gets physically sick when she eats anything other than meat.
A pervasive burnt smell seems to follow her, as if someone had struck a match and let it burn down.
She was just odd. She made the villagers uneasy, to say the least.
They called her a freak.
She ends up friendless, shunned by her village, and hated by the father she came to know as her own.
The turmoil of her home life makes her magic unstable and at times destructive. Like a beacon, Levistus hones in on his spawn's energy and despair, tracking her down before making himself known. Not yet as her father or liege lord, but as someone she can find solace in (a manipulation tactic). A strange friend, but a friend no less.
Bloo reaches young adulthood more or less unscathed, embittered by her experiences and dreaming of a life somewhere she's wanted.
Finally, she gets accepted into an apprenticeship. Her father is more than happy to send her on her way with a bagful of clothes and as little money as he can spare. On the road, Bloo gets abducted by the Mindflayers and implanted with the tadpole.
She goes on the journey, companions in tow, but being an outcast makes it hard for her to fully connect with everyone. During the journey, Raphael and Levistus fully reveal themselves and their respective involvement in her life. Basically, both devils bid for her loyalty, banking on their past efforts of manipulation and isolation.
Raphael restores Bloo to her true form - gives her back her wings and unties the knot on her infernal talents.
Levistus lends his own strength and abilities to his spawn, allowing her to channel ice- and storm-related powers.
Bloo, in her desperation to be loved and wanted, to feel useful, to feel in control for once in her life, decides that she would get the best of both worlds. She signs Raphael's contract, promising to deliver the Crown of Karsus in exchange for the Orphic Hammer and the Throne of Stygia.
She deposes Geryon and rules in her father's stead. He remains frozen in his icy prison.
Bloo also agrees to become Raphael's consort - cementing their alliance and strengthening Raphael's claim as Archdevil.
