May 26
thinking about my bg3 guy again (vellinae) and i really do think the core of their early relationship with wyll is like. local sisyphus finds other guy pushing similar boulder
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thinking about my bg3 guy again (vellinae) and i really do think the core of their early relationship with wyll is like. local sisyphus finds other guy pushing similar boulder
6. How easily could your OC be convinced to do something that goes against their moral compass?
14. How does your OC want to be seen by other characters?
I'm gonna talk about Vellinae my current bg3 tav... i love them... before i answer the questions you need to look at them...
my beloved,
ANYWAYS!
for 6: not easily at all! They're a paladin (oath of devotion), and they were raised in a drow city in the underdark--for those who don't know a lot of d&d lore the vast majority of drow worship an evil goddess called Lolth and are. like. comically evil and conniving and backstabbing. Anyways Vellinae has a very strong moral compass and pretty much always has and when they were younger they had to act against it a lot of the time for their own safety, bc doing evil shit was the only way they could survive. I have this idea I've been working on in my mind palace where they like. learned about paladin oaths somehow as a child and "took an oath" (that didn't give them any powers or anything) while they were still a kid and that their oath kind of grew & changed with them until they left the underdark and could become a paladin for real, and it went from being something secret and shameful that they had to hide to the thing they valued most about themself (childhood transgenderism metaphor i See you). So to actually answer the question: they could Not be convinced. Ever
14: They want to be an ideal & someone to look up to. They never had any sort of role model, and so they really care about being that for other people. Within the context of the game, they want to be seen as a perfect leader, someone who doesn't doubt themself and makes all the right decisions; they're in a dangerous situation with a bunch of strangers, and since they're the de facto leader, they figure it's their responsibility to be perfect. In Vellinae's mind, they *can* carry everyone else's problems and protect everybody, which means they're morally obligated to do so--they promised to be a protector when they took their oath, and if that means carrying the world on their shoulders then that's what they'll do, because nobody else can. Their oath is what keeps them going and it's what saved their life as a kid, but the idea of it can make them push themself too hard in pursuit of perfection.
look and obviouslyyyyyy someone comes looking for them during the plot. if they were a companion this would be their Plot Thing. who? idk. Why? I think they took something important when they fled the city and now some house is comingto get them. I think one of their sisters managed to sneak into another house post their house falling (siNafay/shi'nayne style) and she comes after them!!!!
and like they’re a liar. that’s so crucial they’re this prime honorable righteous paladin type and they’re a liarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. not even lying on purpose so much as building a shell so thick nobody could ever see through it because they’re not really the person they need to be. guah
the crucial factor of vellinaes as yet unnamed house is the desperation. they’re some fuckass middle tier like #35 house and the mother is willing to do ANYTHING to get ahead. and for what. it’s not gonna change anything but they just keep scraping and fighting and they don’t have the resources to make it easy or pretty. selling your own sons to the pointless cause etc etc.
vellinaeposting again. look here’s what it’s really about it’s about that they have to be the one who’s Okay. because if they’re not then who’s gonna do it? it’s about the fact that vellinae cares about their companions obviously, and they trust them to do the right thing, but they can’t trust that any of these people have the ability to hold the group together. If vellinae wasn’t the one carrying the world it would just fall apart. who’s gonna stop the absolute if they’re gone? they want to believe someone else could step up, but they can’t help but be sure nobody will.
one of the best types of character is ones that are symbolically / allegorically transgender in some way but also literally trans. but the being trans is completely secondary to the main thing.