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fangsandfeels · 5 months

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I still can't get over the fact of how supportive Jaheira is to Astarion, to the point of calling people who consider vampires merciless and power-hungry ignorant when he chooses not to ascend. It could have been part of the same rewrite Saarevok and Viconia went through, but I know that's not the case since everyone loves to have Jaheira back, which means writers nailed her character and personality.

Why am I so fascinated by it?

Now, I know very little about Baldur's Gate 2, I admit, so feel free to correct me, but there was one vampire companion in the enhanced edition - Hexxat. Unlike Astarion, she was a full vampire. Like, Astarion, she too stated that everything she did was for her own survival and never failed to mention that she was merely a victim of unfortunate circumstances.

According to her dialogue, she never stirred conflicts: she was polite, reserved, respectful, loyal, and didn't mock or belittle any good-aligned characters.

Meanwhile, the said characters hated her guts. To the point that they would either literally attack her (Aerie, Anomen, Mazzy, Keldorn, Valygar) if they walked together for too long or demand the MC to kick her out of the group - just for being an abomination. Jan was the only companion who, among general distrust for vampires, had a very personal reason to hate Hexxat (she lured and killed his niece). But others just hated her for being undead. Among them, Jaheira and Minsc were the least aggressive in regard to her, yet remained on high alert around her.

But then came the resolution of Hexxat's personal quest...

...where it turned out that all that time, she was trying to find a way to stop being a vampire. To go back to her human form. Yes, even if that meant she would literally crumble to dust because her mortal body was going to feel the weight of centuries. And yet, Hexxat still agreed to this - she wanted to die as a human instead of continuing to live as a vampire, despite having a cloak to walk in sunlight and genuinely never revealing how she really felt about her condition (mostly because the kind-hearted characters weren't giving her any reasons to tell them how she feels). Of course, the MC can talk her out of it, but she only agrees if they promise to end her life as soon as she asks them. Which is kinda telling that Hexxat was never enjoying her life as a vampire and only considered delaying her death because she found a company worth living for. She also refuses to make the MC a vampire, claiming she can't give them what they desire and that she is done "using them" - while it's mostly attributed to scrapped content, it can also be the sign that Hexxat could have turned the MC into her spawn, but chose not to out of respect, or that she could have made them a full vampire, but refused to - because she felt like they didn't understand what they asked for and saw vampiric existence as a burden, not a gift.

Now, I know that there were no mentions of Hexxat in BG3 and that she is only a BG2: Enhanced Addition companion, but still, I have that headcanon that Jaheira was affected by her story. She promised Hexxat to overlook her nature (acknowledging that she wasn't turned voluntarily), but still remained pointedly wary of her - only to find out that all that time, the only thing Hexxat worked towards was her own death. Not getting more power, not finding a way to live in luxury while draining every pretty girl she could find, no - just ending her existence.

It probably went against everything she knew about vampires - creatures who clung to their immortality and reveled in spreading misery.

Hexxat wasn't a good person: she put her needs first, she killed a lot of innocent people; she lured in and drank girls because she was attracted to women and chose victims based on her preference - and she never failed to remind that she was the victim here while showing superficial regret for the killings. But, given that she was doomed ever since she was Turned, and the only "help" she could expect from a random paladin was a searing smite, she probably learned that it didn't matter how much regret she would show or how hard she would lament about her fate - she will be treated and murdered as an abomination. So, in the end, she only sought death on her own terms - all while having to hear how much everyone wanted her dead over and over again.

These are some dreadful shoes to put yourself into. And while some might say "If I was Turned, I wouldn't kill anyone! I'd walk into the sun at once and end myself!"...would they really do it, without knowing what's happening to their soul?

It's a big deal in Faerun. IIRC, there is no official statement regarding what happens to vampires after they die and DMs usually get to decide that part. It means you have no clue if you're a Turned vampire without any background knowledge on the matters of sould and spirit.

What if the god you worshipped rejected you for being undead (no matter how much of yourself you managed to preserve somehow), and your soul would go to the Wall? What if you won't even make it to the City of Judgement? Would you take that chance if one of the outcomes would be your soul slowly getting absorbed into the Wall while you feel every moment, all your hard work of serving your deity or just being a decent person gone to waste? What if you go to the Abyss just because your soul got tainted?

In a world where the afterlife is very much real, such uncertainty is terrifying.

Yes, while vampires aren't supposed to have a soul (it's part of the curse), games diverge from the DnD rules in that regard (especially BG3, with the spawns).

I think this, along with general jaded observations, made Jaheira more accepting of many things. No, of course, she would be a menace to Cazador's spawns or any vampires who dare to approach her house - no bloodsucker comes near her cubs and lives. No, she won't automatically cut all the undead some slack. But, sometimes, she watches and observes before she makes a verdict: especially when a particular undead is a part of a group she works with.

Of course, she would sass Astarion (and he'd gleefully sass her back). But she never gives him the same warnings she gave to Hexxat - or admonishes him for his nature. At best, she calls him an immortal, but she'd rather poke fun at his gremlin side, than his undead side.

(Mind that she would have ripped him a new one lest he gave her a reason, and Astarion was smart enough not to do that)

It seems to me, Jaheira really believed that Astarion had it in him to reject the ritual. Some of our companions are surprised that Astarion was able to refuse the allure of power, but Jaheira isn't one of them. She is the one saying that maybe people who think they know everything about vampires are actually fools who don't know shit. It's not possible she isn't speaking from experience.

#jaheira #bg3 jaheira #bg3 astarion #astarion #bg2 hexxat #hexxat #jaheira is great okay #random bg thoughts don't mind me

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shaykai · 4 months

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Nobody told me there’s a very pretty morally dubious vampire lady in BG2

#look I’m doing a (mostly) good guy run and I don’t know how that will interact with a neutral evil character #but if there was ever something that could sway me from the path of good it’s a pretty vampire /hj #anywhozels no idea if she’ll stick around but I have talked to her #doodle #sketch #hexxat #bg2 #Baldur’s gate 2 #baldurs gate 2 #bg2 hexxat

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helpimstuckinafandom · 6 months

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Astarion bg3 (2023, colourized)

#baldur's gate really did it twice #bg3 #bg2 #hexxat #bg2 hexxat #astarion

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blighted-elf · 1 month

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Re-creating my favourite Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 party in BG3 (x)

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swordcoasts · 10 months

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evil video game characters are something i'm so normal about (lying)

#baldur's gate #bg1 #bg2 #viconia devir #dorn il-khan #hexxat #bhaalspawn #oc: arkem #*art #baldur's gate 2

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raeb33s-art · 2 months

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Yay almost done

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varuunsith · 7 months

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yeah yeah astarion the fruity lil vampire kinda evil with traumatic past. do not forget your roots.

#justice for my woman hexxat #THE romance of bg #hexxat #bg2 #baldur's gate 2

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catthattalks · 3 months

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Hexxat: So this is what it comes down to. All the dangers you faced, all the sacrificed you made, all for this. Hexxat: I've enjoyed our time together, Elvrae. More than that - I cherished it. In your arms, I felt I could endure all that I had lost. Hexxat: I am selfish. I admit it. But I'm not so selfish that I would take from you which I fought so hard to attain - a choice. Cast aside mortality and seize your destiny, if that is your wish. If it, I hope the new Lady of Murder will not forget what we once had, and look favorably upon me. Hexxat: But know also that if you choose to continue to walk the Prime, you will have me a your side until the very end. Loyalty and love - these were nothing but abstractions to me... until I met you.

#Oh Hexxat..#there is no way Elvrae would leave you alone at this point #there is so many songs to sing and theaters to watch together #bg2 #hexxat

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sauronpilled · 1 month

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thinking of an encounter between hexxat and wyll when he becomes a ranger... perhaps he heard a rumor of a vampire that lives in the shadow of amn, and since he had a few experience dealing with a group of vampires before, he would be intrigued by those tales, and tried tracing hexxat steps.

#baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #bg2 #baldurs gate 2 #wyll ravengard #hexxat #wyllposting #hexxatposting #i just think the two of them meeting up would be neat

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incorrect-bhaalspawn-quotes · 10 months

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Aerie: You kill people for their blood? How do you sleep at night?

Hexxat: I don’t.

Aerie: How do you look at yourself in the mirro-

Hexxat: Also no.

Aerie: How do you live with yourself?

Hexxat: I’m not sure you get vampires.

#source: twitter #source: tumblr #first half is from twitter second is from tumblr #baldur's gate #incorrect bhaalspawn quotes #bg2 #bgee #aerie #hexxat

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jewishgir · 4 months

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okay so remember that Hexxat is able to wear the Cloak of Dragomir and still be fine because her stats are insane. if Astarion were actually to wear it these would be his stats:

Strength: 2 (-5)

Dexterity: 13 (+1)

Constitution: 14 (+2)

Intelligence: 11 (+0)

Wisdom: 11 (+0)

Charisma: 6 (-2)

#he's so happy walking around in the sun and then he goes to lift a twig or something and just fucking dies #bg3 #bg2 #astarion ancunin #hexxat #shiv.txt

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shatouto · 2 months

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random OC ask: what would your OC's ideal home be like? this can be as specific as inspirational pictures, or as general as the vibes they would like it to give off.

ooohhh cool question cool question

i've admittedly never thought of this bc lorame kinda lives a nomadic life, traveling with ilya to sell their stuff all the time. tho with all his childhood i think his ideal home would be.... cozy, close to nature, endearingly cluttered (rather than orderly but sterile).

it's gotta smell like buttery pastries in the morning and hearty stew in the evening, the kitchen is well stocked with food and well equipped with ceramics of all kinds. (some of them are misshapen 'rejects' from the batches he makes for sale, he calls them runts and he loves them dearly. not all of them are usable but they're cute decorative pieces otherwise)

and ofc it's not ideal home without his bestie ilya but let's not get too deep into that here 🥰

anyway bc i'm still severely brainwormed, i think lorame's idea of an ideal home used to include "lots of sunlight", but post-canon of bg3 he brings home a vampire spawn so that's out of question. he would settle for a rly cozy basement-type place full of soft magical light instead :)

#oc: lorame #he simps for astarion because I simp for astarion. simple as that #but also i simply think they should get astarion the cloak that hexxat wore in bg2 and supplement him with hill giant strength elixir #let my baby walk in the sun again without ascension!!!

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shaykai · 2 months

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Drow-disguised Kaine doodles

#she’s having a bad time not having a soul djdmdmdmmdjdjd #maaaaaaybe count on a comic about that later? I wanna make a little doodle with her and Imoen #and I have a little comic idea between her and Hexxat (taking place after Bodhi’s death)#doodle #sketch #oc #and it’ll be actual half orc Kaine again :>#bg2 #Baldurs gate 2 #Kaine #bg2 spoilers

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1800duckhotline · 3 months

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I really really really wish games like bg3 were fully localized with italian dubs because i so desperately would love to hear the voices everyone gets. Everyone should get a different regional dialect simply because i need the variety or i will actually cry

#Unfortunately this rarely happens anymore #i think the latest game ive heard that did this was. bloodborne?#Im not sure if elden ring has an italian dub #its because i just think itd be fun #say this because i decided while i work im going to watch a bg1 gameplay in italian For my sanity of mind and clarity #the girl im watching said bg2 was fully localized so. I Would Like To See It.#if only because i want to see....Hexxat....

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blighted-elf · 1 year

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