#yggridel

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Late Act 1 Dell, Act 2 Jack, and Act 3 Wyll have the best outfits in the run tbh.

I included the screenshots only for the colors and had no reason to pose anyone, especially the NPCs, and yet.

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CAST

Alakil

“Maybe I’ll feel differently one day. Maybe you will too. A lot can happen in a life.”

Race: Drow Class: Monk (Way of the Four Elements) Place of Origin: Imberlur Companion Quest Name: Monk of the Masked Lady

A half-drow monk on a pilgrimage to represent his much maligned people to the people of Faerun, in hopes that it will open minds and hearts. He recently entered a new period of his life, and isn’t wholly sure what to do with himself.

Barb Ikkan

“If you believe you’re the one in control then you have gravely misread the situation.”

Race: Red Dragonborn Class: Paladin (Oath of Vengeance) Place of Origin: Baldur’s Gate Companion Quest Name: The Commandant

A battle-scarred sellsword who was once the charismatic leader that a now defunct mercenary company once rallied around. He is an old soldier whose extensive experience keeps the large and often chaotic crew running smoothly. 

Belaufein

“I didn’t join because I wanted to kill elves, alright? I was just trying to live. I’m just trying to live.”

Race: Drow Class: Assassin Place of Origin: Menzoberranzan Companion Quest Name: A Drow of No House

A houseless rogue from the lowest caste of drow society. After being recruited into a house army during Menzoberranzan’s civil war, he is now unable to return home after deserting his unit during a raid gone bad.

Pretty regularly referred to as Rat Boy in the comments.

Grenna

"The rest of the world is big, and loud, and scary. And some of the people you meet... well, most of them are fine, I think. Most of them are really just fine."

Race: Forest Gnome Class: Wild Magic Sorcerer Place of Origin: Yartar Companion Quest Name: The Flower of Yartar

An alchemist who came to possess powerful but unstable magical abilities after a traumatic encounter in the underdark. She left a seemingly idyllic community for the hardship of a coastal city to separate from a family that became overprotective after this incident, but still struggles to see herself as truly capable, and still fears to explore the full extent of the power she was granted.

Jack-Be-Quick

"Now THERE'S a story..."

Race: Lightfoot Halfling Class: Bard (College of Lore) Place of Origin: Baldur’s Gate Companion Quest Name: All For A Song

A bard who seems to be living the dream, apart from a years-long creative slump that has been steadily sucking the fun out of the whole enterprise. More cynical than is initially apparent.

Keep-The-Laws

“COME ON THEN!”

Ten years ago, Laws was involved in a robbery gone wrong that destroyed the life he was trying to build. He was abducted just as the key to finally setting things right seemed within reach, and he’s determined to reach it, even if he has to fight every for step from here to Baldur’s Gate.

Race: Tiefling Class: Storm Sorcerer [later Paladin] Place of Origin: Unnamed Hamlet Companion Quest Name: Blood and Thunder

Yggridel

“I’m glad they exist. Even the horrors. Even the mindflayers. The world would be poorer if they didn’t.”

Race: Gold Dwarf Class: 10 Cleric (Oghma, knowledge domain), 2 Wizard (Dvination) Background: Sage Place of Origin: Candlekeep Companion Quest Name: The Pilgrim From Candlekeep

A dwarven cleric of knowledge with some worrying mad scientist tendencies. Cursed to put their hands on everything, Dell is here to pull levers, solve puzzles, lick spiders, and perform other ill-advised experiments in the name of advancing arcana.

Pronounced Ee-Grid-Dell. Or just Dell, if you don't have much time.

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Ygriddel- mobile library

stacks of books everywhere

if you could see inside the tent its also full of stacks of books, with like a tiny narrow space in the middle for the bedroll, they're on a mission to collect em all

several light sources, mostly lanterns

reading chair parked outside

Idles Include:

move books from one stack to another, seemingly sorting

read in chair

read out of chair

read at podium thing

asleep in chair

bit of dusting

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Day 17: Nature

Dell is a muppet, next prompt.

Lol okay jokes aside, Dell, despite their surface silliness, is someone who could die at literally any point in the journey with zero regrets whatsoever. Dell is curious, and follows that curiosity wherever it leads them.

Doylist explanation is… I needed a character to pull the ill advised levers lol. Sometimes it's kind of a problem, because Dell doesn't always think as far ahead as the possibility of consequences. But like. They know what they're about.

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Dell was one of the last dwarves ever born in Springstone Hold before it collapsed. He was one of those babies that will stare at you, dumbfounded, every single time you pass in the store the entire time you're there.

Super entertaining until they learned to walk, then the curiosity became extremely stressful. Honestly that never stopped lmao. Dell will still just run up and touch stuff, lick spiders etc

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tavqotd about how the crew holds up first thing in the morning