@karlachslove
Children of No One
Meet the OCs of my BG3 AU:
Vex Emberheart, a tiefling sorcerer with dragon’s blood in his veins;
Azriel Duskraen, a drow warlock haunted by a Dark Urge;
Ae’rys, a githyanki monk seeking to prove that cruelty and strength are not one and the same;
Brevele Hightower, an elven druid from Karlach’s past;
Eldryn Silversong, a half-elf ranger cast out from his noble family;
and Nerissa Redthorne, a Baldurian bard with more power than her humanity suggests.
Vex Emberheart
Age
25Species
Mephistopheles TieflingGender
Male (Transgender)Sexuality
Panromantic DemisexualHeight
1.65 m or 5’5”Class
Sorcerer
Draconic Bloodline
(White Dragon Ancestry)Alignment
Lawful GoodSignificant Other(s)
Wyll RavengardBackground
Orphaned at a young age by traffickers seeking to exploit his draconic powers, Vex Emberheart has spent his life protecting others like him. From his childhood in a shelter to life on the streets of Baldur’s Gate, he’s always been a hero at heart - whether he wants to be or not. Even in his adventures far from the city, he could never escape his calling. The famous ‘Emberheart’ is who he is meant to be. But after being taken by the Illithid Empire and having a tadpole forced into his brain, he knows he can’t save Faerûn on his own. Could the Blade of Frontiers be the partner he needs, in battle and in life?
Azriel Duskraen
Age
70Species
Lolth-Sworn Drow
(Bhaalspawn)Gender
MaleSexuality
GayHeight
1.88 m or 6’2”Class
Warlock
The Archfey (Sarath Thar)Alignment
Chaotic Neutral
Chaotic Evil (formerly)Significant Other(s)
Astarion Ancunín
Halsin Silverbough
Enver Gortash (formerly)Background
Azriel Duskraen has no memory of his past. When he wakes up on the nautiloid with a pounding headache and a tadpole in his brain, the only things he knows are his name… and the Urge. Deep within him, something grabs hold with jagged claws, begging for chaos and carnage, demanding he bathe the whole world in blood. But when that world needs saving, Azriel ends up on a very different mission. Unlike Vex, the de facto leader of their infected party, Az is no hero, and he doesn’t pretend to be. As he grows closer to a vampire spawn with morals like his own, though, something inside him begins to change. Can he and Astarion prove that they’re more than what their masters made them to be, or will the Dark Urge consume Azriel first?
Ae’rys
Age
20Species
GithyankiGender
FemaleSexuality
Demiromantic LesbianHeight
1.68 m or 5’6”Class
Monk
Way of the Four ElementsAlignment
Lawful NeutralSignificant Other(s)
Lae’zelBackground
Born and raised in Créche Eche’as, nestled in the Stormhorn Mountains, Ae’rys is a fierce warrior. She’s never been given the choice to be anything else. Amongst the ranks of the gith, there’s no room for the weak. But after watching her créche tear itself apart from within, all seeking Vlaakith’s glory, Ae’rys’ definition of ‘strength’ is quite different from the rest of her kin. Given a special mission by the Jhe’stil Kith’rak himself, Ae’rys has spent a tenday spying on the Inquisition in Faerûn when something unexpected happens: a githyanki by the name of Lae’zel arrives, carrying the Prism their whole species is fighting to find. Even after Ae’rys saves her life, Lae’zel is slow to trust, more cold and exacting than the sternest sa’varsh. Together, though, they might just stand a chance, not only of saving the world, but of freeing their people from Vlaakith’s tyranny - for good.
Brevele Hightower
Age
63Species
High Elf
(Sun-Moon Hybrid)Gender
Non-BinarySexuality
LesbianHeight
1.98 m or 6’6”Class
Druid
Circle of the MoonAlignment
Neutral GoodSignificant Other(s)
Karlach CliffgateBackground
The unwanted child of a flighty moon elf and apathetic sun elf, Brevele Hightower was raised by the druids of the Baldurian Circle from infancy. They were a brilliant ray of sun in the stagnant grove, bringing new life everywhere they went, and little changed as they grew up. Their only flaw - in the eyes of their elders, at least - has always been their desperate need for freedom. Brevele begs to differ. After all, that yearning for liberation is what led them to meet the love of their life, a fearless tiefling named Karlach Cliffgate. When their beloved fiancée disappeared the day after they became engaged, Brevele immediately knew who was responsible. Facing Enver Gortash and his pet Bhaalspawn, though, only left them with a wounded eye and more questions than answers. Now trapped in the Shadow-Cursed Lands after a decade spent searching, the last thing Brevele expects is for Karlach to return to them, much less with a tadpole in her head and the lost Scion of Bhaal at her side. Can Brevele and Karlach make up for lost time? Or will their love be yet another casualty in the fight for the fate of the realms?
Eldryn Silversong
Age
52Species
Half-Elf
(Wood Elf + Human)Gender
MaleSexuality
GayHeight
1.93 m or 6’4”Class
Ranger
Beast MasterAlignment
Chaotic GoodSignificant Other(s)
Gale DekariosBackground
At first glance, no one would ever believe that Eldryn Silversong is the son of a noble. Heir to Earl Thalion and his late wife, Reyna, Eldryn rejected his viscount title long ago, choosing instead to build a future alongside the beasts of the wild. He's a born hunter, deadly with blade and bow, and bound to a lineage of wolves who fight fiercely at his side. It's those very skills that lead Wyll Ravengard and Brevele Hightower to recruit their old friend the moment they reach Baldur's Gate. Thrown back into the whirlwind of backstabbing and corruption that made him leave the city in the first place, Eldryn begins to question if there's even anything worth protecting. But with the help of his companion wolf, Delphi, he soon finds his answer in the form of Gale Dekarios. Gale and Eldryn are an unlikely pair. The Wizard of Waterdeep certainly never dreamed he would discard his goddess for a mere sylvan ranger. Together, though, they may finally be able to find something worth fighting for - and more importantly, worth living for.
Nerissa Redthorne
Age
28Species
HumanGender
Female (Transgender)Sexuality
BisexualHeight
1.78 m or 5’10”Class
Bard
College of ValourAlignment
True NeutralSignificant Other(s)
ShadowheartBackground
Nerissa Redthorne has always lived her life behind a mask. Forced to fend for herself as a freshly-orphaned teen, her charisma has long been her greatest asset. She weaves spells like song lyrics, turns combat maneuvers into the most graceful of dances. What no one has gotten close enough to know, though, is that beneath the façade of the daring storyteller lies a wily spy. Secrets are power among the nobility of Baldur's Gate, and Nerissa wields them just as skillfully as she does her flute. She collects knowledge new and old. With a carefully-placed word, she could topple an entire regime. When the party meets her at a ball turned bloody, they quickly discover how much they need someone like her on their side. Fortunately for them, a silver-haired cleric has already caught Nerissa's eye. Shadowheart's story hits a painfully familiar note. They've both been molded into weapons by forces beyond their control. Can they learn to forge their own futures, together? Or are their fates already written in blood?