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taygra5shaon · 10 days

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the end of the

SHADOW OF DURGE

so, this is a bonus scene of SHADOW OF DURGE that I had in my head for a while.

this is the end of the shadow of Durge, and his final goodbye to one of the most important person he had in his past.

it took me a bit to do it, but I'm quite happy how it look like^^

tell me what you think!

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hohoblacktea · 2 months

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Durge and shadowheart under different approval ratings

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 durge #bg3 fanart #the dark urge #bg3 shadowheart #fanart #shadowheart #shadowheart x durge #shadowheart/tav #shadowheart x tav #durgeheart #durge #durge x shadowheart #my durge

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farthaz · 2 months

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I was thinking about Shadowheart and the PC's cottage functioning as the central hub and meeting point post-game. Like the all would gather there, at the same time or not, and spend some relaxing days with the family:

Karlach: Once her engine is finally repaired, she visits her friends and stays with them for a long while, just relaxing and enjoying farm life. Until her hunger for exploration leads her to the roads again; but always finds her way back to the family

Wyll: Even if Karlach's engine is repaired already, The Blade of Avernus has many unfinished businesses in the Hells, so he returns to his duties after resting at the cottage, learning to make pastries with Shadowheart and telling them stories from his adventures. Arnell becomes a great fan of the Blade, and always lends him his ears

Lae'zel: Once her people are free and she can take a short vacation from her duties (or what she considers vacation anyway lol) she visits them, probably finding Karlach there too, and puts both Tav/Durge and Shadowheart in shape again. Too much meddling with animals and vegetables and too little maintaining their skills... For her standards lol.

Jaheira: The city eventually overwhelms her again and before tackling any new adventure, she visits the cub and their family. She bonds with Emmeline over plants and garden maintenance, becoming great friends.

Halsin: He can take only a small break from the Towers before the kids miss him too much. Every time he visits, he brings them gifts from nature: seeds, grown plants, exotic fruits, or homemade ham, which he teaches Shadowheart how to make.

Astarion: Rarely shows up, and always at night, pranking them or pretending to be a thief; until Shadowheart very seriously threatens him for scaring the cats. He brings the best vintages stolen from the Upper city and all the juicy gossip from the streets and the political sphere of Baldur's Gate.

Gale: Professor Gale doesn't have that much time available, but makes sure to visit his dear friends during holidays, taking Tara with him (and the best spices in the realms!). Tara isn't very sure about the whole ordeal with so many animals xD but she enjoys her time there, especially in the summer.

Isobel & Aylin: The moon lesbians throttle the realms, helping people and bringing hope to those who need it. Every now and then, they stop by the cottage for a few days. Dame Aylin always gets Tav/Durge and Shadowheart drunk, and it falls to Isobel to help them with hungover.

That would be all I can think about for now. I just want them to be happy and maintain their bond.

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artnijojo · 2 months

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More of my golden boy durge/tav with god's favourite princess 🫶🏻

Made this since I'm trying to not get burnt out with my thesis 💀

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bagelvangr · 7 months

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Act 2 Durge when Shadowheart

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #shadowheart #durge x shadowheart #my durge is a paladin of mielikki because she's trying EXTRA hard to be so good #LET'S GO SHARTIES #hi I'm alive I thought I escaped bg3 when I finished it the first time around but here I am still #Shadowheart has me in a chokehold forever #happy to be here tbh #dark urge x shadowheart

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unstableplague · 4 months

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I will always find it so funny that apparently according to Gortash, Bane approves of the alliance between him and Durge. Like Bhaal is losing his mind over it, whispering murderous thoughts to his chosen, being like “no, you will rule alone, we will betray him in the end, kill him!”

And Bane is just like, “Heheh :) they’re talking :) Gonna smush them together like dolls :)”

(I imagine Bane was just like “AYOOO????”)

Meanwhile Durge is just busy thinking about their girlfriend who just spit in Shar’s face.

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #dark urge #durge x shadowheart #durge #enver gortash #gortash x durge

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y-rhywbeth2 · 6 months

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Yesterday my brain made the conection between Sceleritas telling me that Durge was always "pining" for Bhaal's blessing in the form of the Slayer, and Shadowheart saying that all she's ever wanted was to serve Shar and receive her blessing in the form of becoming a Dark Justiciar. And then I lay awake screaming internally until 2AM thinking about character parallels and similarities and Shar and Bhaal's competition to be the worst parents in Realmspace.

"Shar inflicts constant agony on me but she doesn't kill me in situations where she could, which means she must love me! She must!" meet; "Dad deliberately sending me into cardiac arrest, letting me fear for me life and then resuscitating me with a sensation compared to the lash of a whip is affection!" (And they're both so desperate for their gods' love because said god will never really let them have anyone or anything else.)

Shar wants Shadowheart to kill her parents so that she will have no other attachments but Shar, Bhaal forced Durge to kill their adoptive parents so that they would have nobody else but Bhaal.

Both of these characters have been groomed from a young age/birth to be hollowed out into the vessel of a god, and both had the people that raised them forcibly taken away so that they couldn't interfere. Shadowheart was kidnapped from her family so that she could be taken in by her new "real family". Durge was forced to kill their family before they hit puberty because their "real family" would be coming to get them soon.

Shar and Bhaal both inflict pain on them in order to keep them in line.

She's "Shadowheart", because it's a name that suits Shar. They're "The Dark Urge," because it's a name that refers to Bhaal. Both of these names erasing and overwriting the names their family gave them; Jenevelle and whatever Durge's adoptive parents named them.

Shadowheart never lost herself anywhere close to the extent of Durge as far as I've seen, but neither of them could quite erase their personhood. Even when she was destroying lives and torturing people for Shar, Shadowheart couldn't shake the caring girl who loved animals and flowers. Even the Gate's most prolific serial killer stopped to give coin to a beggar, because buried somewhere in there was a child who experienced poverty and homeless and felt empathy.

Differences in power dynamics mean this one isn't a perfect parallel, but it's still interesting how Shadowheart has Viconia and Durge has Orin - people in their lives who resent them and want to see them fall, because they feel the other has robbed them of their proper place of honour in the eyes of their joint deities.

And, of course, they're both amnesiacs whose amnesia is actually the key to them escaping their abuser.

Anyway, I'm sure there are more dialogue parallels and things to find between them, but the main point to take away is that there should be an option in certain cutscenes to shank Shar and Bhaal.

#baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #the dark urge #durge #shadowheart #durge x shadowheart #shadowheart x dark urge #long post #abuse tw

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lunian · 22 days

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Thats so funny since my friend romanced Halsin while I romanced Shadowheart, then this conversation happened

HALSIN HOLD YOURSELF

#my dragonborn being the only person in this group who prefers to go monogamous asdfsfafd #bg3 #baldur's gate #bg3 durge #shadowheart romance #bg3 screenshots #durge x shadowheart #halsin #mystuff

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lavendarr00 · 2 months

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My honor mode run with my durge, Abel, took a very depressing and dark turn. And I have a lot of thoughts about it. It's a longer read and gets sappy at the end haha but I'm so emotional about this I needed to write it down !! 😭

major TW for death and suicide

Abel lost against Orin (I am SO pissed at myself for losing since I usually get her within 2 rounds on tactician. I was not ready for her legendary action haha) and because of that, Bhaal will cause Abel to go mad as soon as the tadpole is gone. Abel knows this - everyone at camp does. But they don't know yet what he plans to do about it.

Abel is romanced to Shadowheart. They are adorable. Abel has this golden retriever energy about him that has been such a light for SH. They forged a strong bond right away as neither remembers their past so they became each others confidant and advocate even before romantic feelings started to bud up (which didn't take long - it was pretty much love at first sight for Abel). Abel is a resist durge and has been fighting back his urges fiercely since day 1. He has such a soft heart and struggles a lot with carrying the burden of his past atrocities. He never wants to harm an innocent again. But Bhaal will control him, corrupt him, and will turn him back into a killing machine. He cannot let that happen. He cannot see harm come to SH or any of his friends nor could he live with them seeing him at his worst like that. He knows what he needs to do as soon as a the brain falls - he needs to kill himself.

Sleepless night after sleepless night was spent thinking of any way he could evade Bhaal. He even went to Withers who unsurprisingly didn't have anything useful to say. Realizing that this is his only path, he accepts his fate and commits the little time he has left to saving the city and his friends. And commits to being himself as much as he can not letting his plans cast a shadow over the precious little time he has with everyone. Savoring every second with the family he found not even a couple months ago.

The night before the confrontation with the brain, Abel tells Shadowheart of his plans. Shock, anger, despair, then grief for a future they once hoped for that cannot be. Shadowheart pushed back at first asking Abel if there is any other way and frantically racking her mind for alternatives. But she too came to the same realization as Abel. He then tells her everything he needs to: his gratitude to her for supporting him in his fight against the urges, sticking by his side even after that one night in the shadow lands when he tried to kill her, loving him despite his scars and past, and making him the happiest he has been his whole life even if it is was only a short while. He tells her to continue living in the light. To promise him that she will live long and well. And to get that cottage outside of the city she has been pining for.

That night was spent with each other. And when morning came, they steeled themselves for the battle ahead and what follows. Ready because they still have each other. And that's all that matters now.

A year after the defeat of the brain and Shadowheart brings flowers to the memorial the city erected in honor of Abel. And only a 20 minute walk from Shadowheart's cottage which was made possible by Wyll's influence in the city. As she lays the flowers down at the foot of the memorial she smiles and remembers the first time he gave her flowers - her favorite night orchids. Back then when darkness was all she knew, Abel was the spark of life, love, and hope that she had gone without for so long. The spark she needed to dispel herself the dogmatic darkness that plagued her. Her life is her own now and it is full of light, love, and hope. She is fulfilling her promise to him and prays that his spirit may know that and be at peace.

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Okay that's all haha. I'm no writer so thanks for suffering through that if you have read this far. I just needed to write this because I was SO close to just ending my honor mode run then and there after Abel lost because I was so disheartened. I cried haha. Taking the bad outcome of the fight and finding a beautiful yet tragic story in it is what is keeping me going. Might delete later idk.

Now let's see if I even make it to the brain! lmao

EDIT: Not only did I make it to the brain, I defeated it! I beat my first honor mode run! But victory was bitter sweet.

RIP Abel, Laezel, and Karlach 🤍

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the-pale-3lf · 4 months

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as much as I love Durge/Astarion and all of the content we get specific to the two of them, I wish Larian had leaned more into Durge/Shadowheart because their stories work so well in parallel: they both have amnesia, work for/with a dark power, and can choose to either accept that darkness or resist it

I feel like Larian could’ve pushed their relationship, even if not romantic, way more simply because of their shared similarities, but afaik, there isn’t even a mention between Durge and Shart about their respective amnesias, despite that being such a unifying and bonding feature between them, not to mention the pull they both feel towards a darkness that’s hidden by that very same memory loss

I was never interested in Shadowheart until I started a Durge run and found out exactly how similar the two of them are, and it makes for such a compelling story, especially if they either enable each other towards darkness or encourage each other towards lightness

#idk I’m salty about Astarion getting so much love from the devs and every other companion getting left out in the cold #don’t get me wrong I fucking love Astarion #my blog is literally an Astarion fan blog with some extra bits on the side #but there are so many compelling character interactions that Larian just never bothered to explore #despite them being really fucking obvious #anyway if you havent romanced shart as durge yet this is your sign to do it (especially in an evil run but a good runs works just as well)#it’s so good and so rewarding #bg3 #astarion #dark urge #shadowheart #durge x astarion #durge x shadowheart

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feraelancunin · 6 months

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this is for science

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girlpog · 2 months

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I completely understand the appeal of shipping the Durge with Astarion but what about Durge x Shadowheart? Amnesiac baddies

#just something I’m thinking about while playing today #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 durge #shadowheart #bg3 shadowheart #shitpost #textpost #durge x shadowheart

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olgipolgi · 1 month

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𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝔸𝕣𝕖 𝔼𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 🌙

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bhaalbabebardlock · 1 month

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Daisies On My

Nightstand

| AO3 Link | About Ilara |

| Writing Masterpost |

| Daisies Playlist |

Summary:

The story of a Bhaal-Spawn who only ever wanted to be free.

Ilara would do anything for the people she loves, having never been freely allowed to do so before- including killing her past, denouncing her God, and damning 7,000 souls. Can she save herself, let alone anyone else?

The story of my resist durge Ilara, and everything leading up to the netherbrain and after.

Important tags: named dark urge, violent thoughts/urges, death, having no control, murder, smut, dom/sub themes, memory loss, grief, trauma, a terrible past, whipping, knife play, character death, self hatred, ascended astarion, mind control. I promise there's some happy stuff. Sometimes. Please read all tags on AO3!!!

Romance with Gortash, Astarion, Shadowheart. A devil she can't get away from. This story leaves canon behind in the dust.

Because this story is so long now, ongoing, and has daily updates I don't intend to list every chapter on this post like I was doing (which is why I've made a new post!) I will continue to sometimes post teasers of chapters; I stopped doing that a while ago.

Daisies on my Nightstand on AO3

(as I begin uploading them, this post will be edited with links to the teaser chapters)

Chapter 99- Aching

Chapter 105- Sending

Chapter 111- Voided

Chapter 119- Hellfire

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artnijojo · 2 months

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My durge tav. A golden boy with a murderous streak, he's *trying* to do better....after offing the bard....

#art #fan art #digital art #artists on tumblr #character illustration #illustration #baldurs gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 fanart #tav #bg3 tav #shadowheart #tav x shadowheart #bg3 durge #durge x shadowheart #artnijojo

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blahpanblah · 2 months

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I love, LOVE, LOVE Durge and Shadowheart living in a farm home. These two people who were groomed and raised to be worshippers or a vessel of a god that dose not care for them, being together and raising…

35 animals!

I counted, including owlbear, they have 35 pets.

Also I love that Shadowheart loves animals but can you imagine the thought of Durge loving animals. After months of containing themselves from hurting animals from their urges. They can finally pet a fucking puppy?!

These two would have even more pets and you know it. Can you imagine the rest of the party showing up at the farm and they see Shadowheart petting untameable beasts now tamed and the big Dragonborn being piled on by dozens of cats and dogs, loving every second of it.

#baldurs gate #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate iii #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 the dark urge #bg3 durge #bg3 spoilers #shadowheart #baldurs gate shadowheart #bg3 shadowheart #baldurs gate headcanon #headcannons #durge x shadowheart #shadowheart x durge #durge #the dark urge #durge spoilers #my durge

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