#hes also a paladin

[buckmebxrnes]

I don't know who I am, only that I fight for you.

#astarion x durge #durgestarion #bg3 #buldars gate 3 #durge #astarion #ok but real talk i did make my durge based on steve rogers #hes also a paladin #his guardian is based on bucky #ill never actually escape stucky #does anyone else just marvel at their durge or is it just me #idk i just wanted some pretty screenshots of my boys

[megalomari]

Astarion is living his best life, finally free!

The paladin broke his oath.

This ain't about him.

#Baldur's Gate 3 #BG3 #Astarion #Gale #Halsin #Oathbreaker #Oathbreaker Knight #BG3 Tav #Cephas the Tav #tbh i didn't know much about paladins and just chose at random bc i wanted the multiclass achievement #and his paladin oath lasted literally one fight LMAO #first cephas post!! and he's suffering hah #ALSO the oathbreaker knight? SMASH

[voltaical-art]

whadya mean he didnt tell you he loves you??? his eyes literally went soft when he looked ur way...

#bg3 #wyll ravengard #tav #wyll x tav #paladin #baldur's gate 3 #voltaical ocs #bishop #wyllll baby you are my ANGEEEEELLLLL #this scene rips my heart out i replayed it a few times to figure out some dialog #AHHHH i just wanna wrap wyll in a blanket and tell him how much i love him ;_; #also its sooo interesting that you need to persuade him to kiss you. i didnt do that in my original playthrough #cause it felt out of character for bishop #but it rlly plays into the headspace wyll is in like he feels so undeserving of love and affection #that hes not even THINKING of having a romantic moment with you #youre the one who has to bring it up #also im so sorry about my shit handwriting i am too lazy to redownload all my fonts onto my new computer and am enjoying lettering by hand #even if its atrocious

[syn0vial]

my gun-loving, car guy, "i'm the straightest man i know" brother who just finished baldur's gate 3 talking about astarion:

#astarion #baldur's gate 3 #we had a long conversation about the end of the game #mostly about astarion and karlach #he says he took multiple days to decide how to handle karlach's ending :`D #but i was just so amused by his reaction to astarion lol #he's like ''i loved my paladin's bromance with astarion! he's my best friend!' #and i was like ''oh that's nice i never even got out of neutral approval with him when i was playing paladin'' #and he was like ''you can check characters' approval? o.O'' #so while astarion was def his paladin's best friend‚ i'm not so sure his paladin was astarion's best friend if you know what i mean 😂 #he was also unhappy that his character just let astarion run off at the end without trying to follow him and make sure he was okay #and at gale for making a snarky comment about it #he was like ''i should have let him ascend 😭'' #''if this was real life i wouldn't just let my friend run off like that!'' #also: ftr despite my facetious description above let it be known that my brother is the kindest most accepting brother a dyke could ask for #he just also has a lot of stereotypical ''straight guy'' interests

[mesherew]

how ironic to be a paladin when you can't even remember the god you're serving

#my durge is a paladin of vengeance and i find this very funny #also he broke his oath very early on lmao oops #bg3 tav #tav #dark urge #bg3 dark urge #tiefling #dnd tiefling #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #dnd:nadjil #nadjil aran #my art #mesherew #tigernaute #d&d

[heybiji]

dandelion casually dropping traumatic information while insisting that instead of killing the problem wizard they simply burn his tongue

#dungeons and dragons #dnd #dnd character #dnd oc #dnd art #dandelion treehollow #warlock #drow #all he does is talk... and talk... and talk #they did not actually burn the wizard's tongue it's cool #instead dande used his disguise magic to look like a sexy vampire and promised the vampire larper wizard the dark gift if he behaved #love when dande gets to put on a show because he says wild shit like i hate when people beg for their lives it makes me want to act out #dande had a wild episode #start of the episode: gets to pretend to be a sexy domineering vampire #end of episode: screaming and sobbing in pain after the curse-bomb in his head went off because he broke one of the curse-rules #where he can't sneak away from the party because the last time he did that be betrayed them big time #it's complicated... and delicious #also right before that the paladin was telling him he needs to find god LOL because he's worried about dande's soul #and dande blew him off saying he has plenty of time he's not gonna die (again) #only to then be convinced he's being killed by the curse in his head...... #embarrassing.................

[omnipresentlemon]

I am begging Kristen Applebees to go check on her brother Bucky I know there’s a million other things happening but Brennan keeps dropping hints and reminders that something is going on with Bucky and I need Kristen to do something before it’s too late!!!

#Kristen’s parents asking her to check in on Bucky because he’s skipping school? #Buddy offering to look after him if Kristen is too busy? #Bucky reaching for the shards of Cassandra before his dad grabbed his arm? #team we’re so close to paladin of Cassandra Bucky if Kristen can focus her attention on him for like 5 mins #also I’m in no way blaming Ally there’s a lot going on and it’s distracting #and also fingers crossed for paladin of Ankarna Fig with cleric of Ankarna Buddy #give Buddy the Kristen Applebees treatment pls Brennan #fantasy high #dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #kristen applebees #bucky applebees

[sirmanmister]

Tfw gay doesn’t mean cheery and mirthful anymore

#I got this idea and had to draw it EXPEDITIOUSLY #it’s so so stupid but I love it literally to death #Damien summed up #he is a dumb broken nosed old man that doesn’t know current slang and is ALSO a raging homosexual #bisexual technically and he doesn’t know it yet but semantics #ALSO I BETTER NOT GET ANY GAY LINGUISTS ON MY POST OKAY I KNOW GAY STARTED TO REFER TO HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE 40S I JUST DONT CARE #and this was funnier #fallout 4 #fallout #fallout 4 fanart #fallout fanart #paladin danse #Damien tag #gay #blood tw #tw blood #serenade draws #fanart

[stoat-party]

Obviously it has ethical implications but I do love the idea of X6 hanging around post-Institute and dropping Danse’s shutdown code in the middle of conversations. As a power play.

Like, oh that’s an excellent point, sir, but what if instead you went night night for awhile?

#this is a joke of course because there’s not really a way for x6 to find out what it is #i’m assuming the ‘go to sleep now’ code is different from the recall code #also it would kill danse to not be in control of his body #and not in a funny way #but it’s funny as long as you don’t think about it #he doesn’t do it to curie because he would feel bad and he doesn’t like remembering he has a conscience #fallout 4 #fallout #fo4 #x6 88 #x6-88 #x6 #x688 #how do people tag this guy’s name #danse #paladin danse #danse fo4 #danse fallout #danse fallout 4

[orchid-n-petals]

So I've already shared parts of this on a discord server, but I have to scream about Ketheric Thorm on here as well. Obviously spoilers about the character under the cut! It's a long one.

The entirety of act 2 is about him, right? Jaheira, Shadowheart and numerous other NPCs shit on him for his fickle faith. First Selune, then Shar, then, as we meet him, Myrkul. You hear about his changes of faith on a whim, you hear that he's the person responsible for the shadow curse, he is painted as a villain, plain and simple.

You can figure it out pretty early on that Isobel was resurrected and that she is his daughter; the detail as well that he wants Isobel alive is so on the nose, it gives him away completely but there are still a few questions that remain unanswered, mainly about his faith.

And then you get to the mausoleum and the picture assembles; this entire tragedy, the death of hundreds if not thousands and the complete ruination of a landscape was all, ALL because you had this absolutely wrenched, heartbroken father who had lost everything and nobody answered his grief. He was left woefully alone, the Goddess whose daughter his daughter was involved with did nothing to save Isobel.

Imagine outliving your wife and your daughter. Imagine dedicating your life to fight the Lady of Loss, your Lady of Silver's enemy, and then be left so completely alone and in silence with your grief, with your loss. It's so, so poetic how and why he turned from Selune, and it's so understandable as well; he broke. His spirit completely broke. He couldn't deal with that void of having lost the only two important people in his life, seemingly undeservedly so. He was going mad with this and a lot of his ire was likely targeted at Aylin who, in his eye, represented Selune; she's literally her daughter, after all, and it was implied that even before the deaths of his family, he sort of saw Aylin courting Isobel as Selune taking his daughter from him, despite his service. This relationship was clearly not seen by him as a boon of "giving his daughter to the Moon-maiden".

His ways in the past clearly didn't spare him from tragedy and having to cope with it (which he clearly didn't, he snapped under the weight of his grief). He was clearly angry and unable to do anything, furious and helpless, which is a dangerous combination. A good part of his first change of heart must have been fuelled by a sense of revenge.

But then Shar didn't provide any balm to his aching heart either. If you read his letters in Grymforge and in act 2, he is so focused on enacting the will of Shar because he believes that healing lies in oblivion. Everything would be easier if he could just forget, if the damn world could just forget, if nothing was remembered because without Melodia and Isobel, nothing was worth remembering.

Then came Myrkul. Literally the only god who was not only able, but WILLING to give back his daughter to him. Imagine spending your all, EVERYTHING you have to serve two gods who would not give a single shit about the greatest suffering in your life. You were basically nothing, your loyalty didn't matter for shit, everything that was taken from you amounted to no recognition whatsoever: you should simply cope and seethe. Your grief will not simply go unanswered (which is not inherently antagonising) but ignored.

And then comes this supposedly evil entity who can alleviate your pain just like that, snap of a finger and it's a done deal.

I am so serious when I say that I believe Ketheric's main incentive was to extend Aylin's immortality to Isobel as well. You can read in her diary that she feels a taint after having came back, and there are things not even Selune can cleanse, but at this point, Ketheric doesn't care about Selune, vengeance is secondary if not tertiary, he's done that war during his Shar years and what did it give him? Literally nothing.

He doesn't even care about the fact that Isobel is still her cleric. He cares about the single most important fact: Isobel is back. Life is worth living again, there is something for him, and it was not Selune or Shar who gave it to him but Myrkul, and for this singular gift, he would raze the world for the Lord of Bones. Like people can clown on him for being disloyal but the man has the loyalty of a dog bonded to its owner.

He is powerful and is willing to go to insane lengths for crumbs. What is raising a single life for a god? Nothing. It has happened and it will happen again. But Ketheric will go to the ends of the earth to serve the single god who actually listened to him. The one god who didn't ignore him.

He knows that what he does is not the morally upright thing! He is so insanely self-aware that allying with Orin and Gortash and doing this entire plot with them only to then betray them is morally reprehensible at the best of times, he knows that people hate him, etc-etc. He was a Selunite at one point and he's not stupid. He just doesn't care; it could be literal Asmodeus and he wouldn't care as long as he got what he wanted, no matter the price.

He is probably the only one from the three of the chosen who has complete clarity over his situation, he almost sways (if you pass the check during his confrontation), he is not an inherently evil man blinded by power.

But he is inherently loyal to those deserving, and as of the story's standing, completely broken by his grief. In his eyes, at this point, the only one deserving loyalty is the one who actually listened to him. Isobel lives. It doesn't matter that she hates him, that his entire life has fallen apart, that literally nothing else that is good has come of it, because Isobel lives.

I don't think he regrets a single thing. His consciousness might tear at him at the end, but I believe he would do everything over again, exactly as he did, because in the end, his daughter was brought back. Because what would a grieving, broken parent give to bring back their child? Everything. Absolutely everything. And it's such a simply given answer, no second thoughts, no doubts.

Nobody can tell me that this man is fickle. Nobody. This man was willing to burn the world to the ground, create a Boudica destruction layer all by himself for the one single thing he wanted. For any God that would listen.

I don't know, I just have a lot of thoughts about his character.

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #ketheric thorm #and I also have a lot of thoughts of how Aylin foils him #I fully believe that he was in the right in the capacity that he switched around his gods when he was literally ignored despite his life's #work. despite all that he has given. I think it's reasonable to expect in the world of gods who actively meddle in mortal affairs on their #whims and make shit worse that in just one single case they would. idk. NOT expect one of their devotees to remain blindly loyal to them #after their prayers go unanswered. like yes; go and try your luck elsewhere because this devotion of yours is clearly being taken for #granted. you get NOTHING out of your worship. you can't even sleep well because your loved ones are dead and you are expected to just what? #deal with it on your own? and remain loyal? why? #some sense of 'honour'? #I really like this depiction of faith actually. I really like when clerics and paladins are given agency and critical thought that hey! #this is actually giving me nothing despite me dedicating my entire life to it! and I have only one of it so why not take it somewhere where #it's actually valued. you know. as a treat. #I *personally* much more prefer this depiction of a crisis of faith than what we got with Shadowheart or Lae'zel; their stories are very #interesting on their own but I think throwing yourself from one end to the other not because you actually have a goal that it could serve #but because you are desperate for a purpose #is a slightly less potent character narrative than having an actual goal yourself. not by much but by a little. #again #PERSONALLY

[oddthesungod]

Nature Lovers 🌿💖

Halsin and my Tav, Selren an Oath of the Ancients Paladin <3

#baldurs gate 3 #halsin #bg3 tav #bg3 art #honse doodles #hes just........ hes just so big #........... i couldnt resist him.................. #halsin/tav #oc: selren #also yeah its a paladin im a certified paladin stan dont @ me

[spro-o]

my design for Meliodas as a halfling paladin in the D&D NNT AU :3c

once again credit for the ideas goes to @sevendeadlyheadcanons !! this one is a bit boring/tame since the king is already a short icon so there wasn’t too much to change djbdjjfhdj but drawing the armour was actually really fun!! I rarely draw armour and stuff so it was a fun challenge

oh and here’s the traditional sketch I made of this

#decided to also incorporate my demon Mel design into his helmet #honestly he should’ve had more dragon imagery in his og design #so much cool potential #dnd nnt #nnt #nanatsu no taizai #the seven deadly sins #nnt fanart #7ds #meliodas #dnd au #paladin #halfling #dnd character

[slanax]

when you play Unicorn Overlord as a Fire Emblem fan you might be able to pick up on some very subtle and sneaky references

and by subtle I mean she quotes Clarine almost verbatim

#unicorn overlord #this doesn't even mention that your starting party has a Lv20 Paladin or that the main lord couldn't be more Seliph if he tried #(also there is another myrmidon that Aramis is a much closer analogue to but shhh spoilers)

[voltaical-art]

some judge and bishop doodles from a bit ago

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #durge #tav #sceleritas fel #durgetav #voltaical ocs #bishop #judge #just an evil boy and his paladin lover/arch nemesis #started Judge out as a gloomstalker ranger and then multiclassed him into bard again 😭😭 #this time college of swords so at least it makes some sense as bhaals chosen #but still #also gave him tattoos that i think are where his body rips apart when he becomes the slayer

[mikesbasementbeets]

chekhov's spit swear

#this is all over the place but. a paladin's oath... drawing blood... swapping spit... do you understand what i'm saying here...... #btw fun fact the episode of steven univrse in which steven discovers he has healing powers is called 'an indirect kiss' #idk in case you find that interesting for any reason totally unrelated idk why im even bringing it up #also the shot of them. holding hands. behind lucas' back. during the last few minutes of the season when i'm viewing everything #as potential foreshadowing........... probably doesn't mean anything right? #byler #jancy #mikesbasementbeets posts

[vesperosy]

dm, there's a sad and lonely knight in my game

#curse of strahd #godfrey gwilym #vladimir horngaard #dungeons and dragons #sketch page #so sad that my players' pcs will never know in canon that godfrey has a big handsome nose.... </3 #it fell off #also in my campaign he is a paladin of ilmater #hence the cords :]