#his precious little bhaal babe

[alibonbonn]

My drow druid durge, my baby boy. He forgot his name. Astarion wants to fix him so bad.

#his precious little bhaal babe #is bhaal babe a pun? it sounds like darling (baobei) in Mandarin #he wants his family to know that his owlbear form demolishes his sister's slayer so fast it's frankly embarrassing for everyone involved. #circle of the moon druid is so op im not playing it again lol #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #durge #the dark urge #oc #original chatacter #alibonbonn #alidraws #dnd character

[the-marshmallow]

A thief and his thieflings.

#wasd playing #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 mol #bg3 arabella #bg3 silfy #bg3 mattis #the dark urge #roux the murderbard #precious little bhaal-babe #and his babies

[thedeca]

ASTARION CALLS DURGE "PRECIOUS LITTLE BHAAL-BABE" OH MY GOD

#romancing astarion as durge is so insane #he's like. 'remember the SINGLE time you nearly tried to kill me? well i do my precious bhaal babe ^_^ what can i do for you?' #woke: i need to romance every companion as tav #bespoke: i need to romance every companion as durge #it's so funny when astarion calls romanced tav or durge 'little' when youre a dragonborn #origin durge is little in his soul. his nature <3 astarion gets it

[anotherdarkiboi]

List of Astarion's Terms of Endearment

This is for the fanfic writers haha. Tell me if I'm missing any so can add it in!

Darling (his most used)

My love, love

My sweet

“You sweet, generous thing”, “you sweet little thing”

Lover

My dear, a dear, dear

Beautiful

Cheeky little pup

My little treat ("-with their cheeks all flushed")

Sweetie

Pet

You wicked little thing (affectionate)

"You're a sweetheart", "you sweetheart"

Delectable little pet (not directed towards Tav but it easily could be)

My friend (yay, we're his friend)

My favorite traveling companion (not a pet name but it's nice to be his favorite)

My leaking blood-bag (technically you refer to yourself as that first and he calls you his one after, but it counts)

You little scoundrel

Edit: Thank you everyone in the comments for adding the Dark Urge ones!

Bhaal-babe (I'm dead, this silly pun I swear)

My sweet, bloodthirsty friend

My precious little Bhaal-babe

My conflicted villain

My dagger-happy friend

Bonus: Ascended Yandere Astarion

My pet, pet

Little love

Precious thing

My treasure

My consort, My Dark Consort

My favorite spawn

Insolent little- (the Dev's notes say that the full line is "you insolent little brat" which, um...)

Insolent little pup (the line was in EA, although I’m not entirely sure if it’s Ascended Astarion. Full line: “you are an insolent little pup, aren’t you?”)

"You ingrate" (When you try to break up with him. It's not really a pet name, but-)

"Property I cherish, but still my property" (his thoughts)

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #astarion #bg3 astarion #astarion romance #astarion bg3 #baldurs gate astarion #baldur's gate iii #astarion ancunin #bg3 spoilers #astarion x tav #astarion x mc #astarion x reader #astarion x you #dnd #I am so fucking Normal about this man #Props to Neil Newbon and the writers and artists for bg3 making me fall for a character from a game I never played

[papastarion]

Papastarion Headcanons Pt. 3

Uh-oh! She’s at it again! (But you’re here, too, so what does that say about you, hm? 😂) This one feels very long and just as indulgent as all the others, so strap in.

•Their kids as a collective are affectionately known as “the Brood.”

•In my canon, they have four boys and one girl by the time they’re finished having children, on top of their two adopted daughters. So far, I’ve named three of the boys. In order: Nero, Eldritch (“El”), and Apolinary (“Arry”), Their last biological child is their third daughter: Phaedra (“Phae.”) I’ve got one more boy left to name, but I’m being indecisive. :)

•Naming the kids is a group effort. They’ll take input from literally anyone. Astarion even asked Petras once. (Never again.) They didn’t think they’d make it this far, they didn’t discuss baby names or dream them up before there were babies to be named. Thea’s wanted kids her whole life, assumed she would never get the chance, and never once had a single name ready to go just in case. She thought it would come to her when the time came. (Spoilers, babe: it did not.)

•Gale is not allowed participating in any naming discussions after suggesting Telemachus for their first child. He considers this a fair point in hindsight. He gets to keep his uncle privileges, though, and he loves all his honorary nieces and nephews just as much as the other members of their little troupe do.

•Karlach (once her engine’s fixed) thinks they should all be named Karlach. When it seems impossible to agree on a name or come up with one at all, it is very tempting.

•Astarion and Thea didn’t expect it to be possible to have any biological children, but once they adopt the girls, and then when Nero comes along, they both discuss what they would like their family to look like. Astarion strikes me as an only child, and Thea came from a very messed up family dynamic (Bhaal aside), and they mutually agree they wouldn’t mind having a bigger family, if it works out. (“Your eyes? My hair? Our genetics would be lethal, love.”)

•For all the hassle, they always manage to land on the perfect name, in Astarion’s very unhumble opinion. And for all the hassle, too, he wouldn’t trade those nights where Thea can’t sleep because she’s thinking too much or can’t get comfortable where they’ll nestle up together and talk over their options while feeling this poor person they can’t name move around.

•They didn’t want to name their kids after anyone, either. There are precious few people between them who deserve that honor, and they mutually agree it feels right to give their children names unencumbered by any legacy.

•Astarion’s parents are very much alive in my mind. For personal context: his father is a high elf and his mother is a wood elf, bit of a star-crossed thing going on with their backgrounds. His father is a highly-esteemed magistrate named Gildersleeve but he goes by Sly, his mother is a woman named Orianna who loves nothing more than playing high society while the nobility of Baldur’s Gate are scandalized by her. After Astarion’s death, they both became very withdrawn from social activity, though Sly continued his council duties. They never thought they would know what happened to their son after his murder, let alone that he would come home to them again, married, and that they would be grandparents in the not too distant future.

•They dote on their grandchildren, adopted and blood alike. There’s no difference to them. More than once, Sly has walked into a day of legal work with a six month old dhampir on his hips because Thea and Astarion needed a babysitter, and what’s he going to do? Not spend time with one of his grandkids? Not Gildersleeve.

•Astarion has learned how to do hair over the course of his life and unlife. He would do his sisters’ after Cazador’s torment left their hands shaking and unable to properly finesse their braids back into place before entertaining a new guest. He picked up even more styles from Thea and their first adopted daughter along their little tadpole adventure. So, of course, he helps take care of his kiddos hair, too. There are full on (affectionate) fights about who can do it the best.

•Obviously not one for rules or social standards, Astarion is absolutely there for each labor and delivery. He doesn’t like seeing Thea in pain (anymore), but her discomfort outweighs his own. He and Thea are partners, equals in all things. The very least he can do for her is be by her side, if she wants him there (and she absolutely does), and the rest of the world can be damned. It’s a stupid “rule,” in his opinion, anyway.

•He watches all five kids come into this world he had a small hand in saving, and he’s grateful everyday that some trick of fate found him deserving of such an honor. He’ll always have his scars and his nightmares, but every last night spend under Cazador’s thumb is a little more distant any time he holds little Nero, and when he gets to teach El how to read, and when Mina laughs, when Thea asks for his hand so he can feel one kick. They’re all priceless to him, worth every terrible night.

•On a lighter note to end this one: Astarion is the one who patches up any clothes that get torn in the throes of playing (or teething.) He likes to put little inscriptions in hems for the kids to find, because he’s turned into a sentimental and mushy fool, and he doesn’t mind a bit.

#utterly obsessed with my stupid little indulgent family for them #he would be a good dad non-Ascended I don’t make the rules #but I do make the headcanons here #Astarion #Papastarion #my Tav #Thea #the Brood #bg3 spoilers

[tromlui]

Consider:

Gortash deciding to take the dark urge to a family dinner with his tadpole controlled parents just to torture them a little bit more by making them act like this halve feral bhaalspawn is exactly what every parent dreams of when it comes to their child taking their partner to meet the parents.

(And also because gortash craves validation and wants to force his parents to approve of his precious little bhaal babe)

#durgetash #durge is just there because they were promised roasted baby #and cuddles #bg3

[castlesprincess]

Romancing Astarion as dark urge < being his bestie

Never getting over precious little Bhaal-babe

#bg3 #dark urge #astarion

[hippotooth]

Hi! I know you like to boost underappreciated bg3 content, so if you haven't seen it yet, you should check out doraingrid! The lack of notes is criminal.

https://doraingrid.tumblr.com/?source=share

Thank you so much for the recommendation! I reblogged some of their stuff before here and there but hadn’t checked out their page in ages- so much great content with not nearly enough notes!

They do an amazing, and very sexy imo, Gortash

Such a beautiful Astarion

And a wonderfully expressive Tav who I’ve not seen on my dash before and need more of immediately

Wonderful work @doraingrid ! Thank you for all the wonderful content that I will now begin spam reblogging haha 💕

#bg3 fan art #bg3 artist spotlight

[whispering-depths]

astarion and his precious little bhaal babe (juno, they/them) 🩸

I've been practicing anatomy and pose drawing with my baldur's gate ocs recently and I am pretty happy with how this one turned out. I especially like how the markings on juno's skin have evolved as I've drawn them, as well. hope tumblr doesn't smite me for a little nipple.

I have always struggled with making poses and expressions look fluid and natural, but finding good references have been really helpful—I especially like posemuse.com right now. I still need to practice more with facial expressions (and also my speed and perfectionism bc this took me like six years to finish when it was just supposed to be a small sketch lol) but we'll work on that.

#bg3 fanart #my art #my ocs #oc: juno #dark urge #astarion #bg3 oc #baldur's gate 3 #astarion x durge

[truly-sincerely]

Okay let's try this again from the top (Now with AO3 link)

Dark Star Falling 1 - hot and cold

This is gonna be:

reasonably high fidelity to game canon

starting in act 3, at Wyrm's Rock Fortress

a series of vignettes, mostly between canon scenes

an agender/tiefling durge x astarion

mostly about dealing with intense durgetash feelings

Elient 22

“So… Thank you. For being that evil bastard.”

Darling is only half paying attention. Astarion can see the wheels turning in their head–an expression which has, in the past, foretold some of their more elaborate crimes. It was easy to see how the party had made it this far–with Darling doing the battle math and checking for exits as casually as breathing. They aren’t like any bard Astarion has ever met.

Even their aggravating predilection for rescuing every pathetic urchin and bedraggled gnome they come across is only a minor inconvenience in the larger scheme of playing their enemies off each other and picking off whoever’s left. Darling always seems to find a way to make a profit off of even the most pathetic victims.

Karlach has stormed off to the far end of the hall. Darling’s gaze follows her thru the crowd. Wyll is standing nearby waiting impatiently to talk to his father, or what’s left of him.

“Hey, Star? Do me a favor?”

“Whatever you need, precious bhaal-babe,” Astarion says, sliding into Darling’s field of view. Darling snickers in spite of themself and paws his chest, eliciting a self-satisfied smile from the vampire. He’s known about Darling’s heritage for all of ten minutes and he’s already teasing them about it.

The revelation that they’re Bhaalspawn and one of the architects of the Absolute hoax is certainly a shock but the more he thinks about it, the more it makes sense. Darling has always been hot and cold–not one and then the other, but both simultaneously. Playful, dangerous, and insatiable. A creature that acts wounded to lure predators in and then snaps them up. 

“Talk to Ravengard with Wyll, would you?” they ask, looking back in the direction of the Grand Duke as tho not sure he’ll still be there. Ravengard is standing to the side of the throne, looking like little more than one of the many Fists strewn about the hall.

“I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but all that’s beneath that eminently smooth pate is a tadpole.”

“Then talk to the tadpole,” Darling snaps, and then their expression softens into something apologetic. “Maybe Wyll can get thru to him. I dunno. And tell Karlach to go back to camp, please.”

“That’s probably for the best. Wyll had to physically restrain her when Gortash was calling you his ‘nearest and dearest’,” he titters. “I haven’t seen her this angry since she was turning that Paladin of Tyr into paste.”

“If I find out I had something to do with Gortash betraying her I’m going to throw myself into the Chionthar,” Darling says, and they have such a pained look on their face that Astarion is overwhelmed by an alien desire to say something gentle. Fortunately, Darling turns and walks away before he can embarrass himself.

– – –

The Archduke is just standing there, surveying the nobles as they mingle. Darling can hear one of the patriars complaining about cheese. Gortash doesn’t have a tadpole, but Darling thinks he’s wearing the same expression that they’ve seen on their companions when one is making use of their parasites–eyes unfocused, almost but not quite nodding, listening to nothing, generally distant. As they watch him they think they can see him subvocalizing. He’s connected to someone or something telepathically.

Darling reads the Weave around him. He’s protected by multiple enchantments from his equipment and otherwise. Magic that grants him more presence, more authority, more confidence. Too much confidence. He’s drunk on it.

His languid gaze passes over Darling. His eyes meet theirs and his expression changes–his smile changes–it moves up into his eyes. Darling’s breath catches as he holds their gaze.

They catch themself making battle plans and–realizing that their best course of action would be to lay down cover and let Karlach get in his face and chop him to pieces before he can invoke the powers of his god–they let slip the tiniest of smiles on one side of their mouth. His expression shifts again. They see recognition in his look. He’s reading them too.

Darling whispers an almost silent expletive to themself, covering their face with a hand, pretending to brush stray hair out of their eyes. Suddenly he’s standing before them.

“Follow me up to my office,” he commands, and then, seeing their eyes narrow, adds in a softer tone, “We could be good for each other.”

“What will you tell me?” they ask stiffly. He looks down at the creak of leather as Darling’s glove tightens around the grip of their blade. Gortash shifts closer as if to shield Darling’s indiscretion from sight, but who’s sight? They glance over at Astarion and Wyll who are engrossed in whatever Ravengard is saying. Gortash moves his hand over Darling’s, brushing his fingertips across their knuckles. He smells like vanilla. Their voice cracks as they whisper, “I don’t know you.”

“Join me upstairs and we can use that dagger for whatever you like,” he proposes. Darling’s body responds with what feels like the expenditure of every chemical at its disposal. They stumble half a step back, suddenly keenly aware of an oven-like heat between his body and theirs. Gortash wonders pleasantly at their outsized reaction.

“Is this guy bothering you, darling?” Astarion’s voice comes from behind Darling moments before he touches their back gently.

“Yes!,” they respond, loud and shrill. “I mean no. No! Gods...”

Gortash and Astarion take a moment to size each other up while Darling recovers their composure. Astarion is accustomed to Darling’s occasional fits of nausea and twitching, and from observing Gortash’s demeanor in the moment, he is as well. It seems he really does know Darling as well as he claims to.

It doesn’t last long. Darling straightens up and turns their body into Astarion’s and says, “We’re going back to camp.” Astarion links an arm around Darling’s and leads them toward the door. Wyll follows them out, looking back at Gortash and leveling a particularly diabolic stinky eye his way.

Gortash watches the trio of adventurers exit, still wearing that smug smile.

They’re alive and they’re still themself, more or less.

#bg3 spoilers #bg3 fanfic #dark star falling #durgetash #durgestarion #durge #gortash #astarion #I'm leaving the first draft up #it's much looser than this version #I think I've found my voice/style a lot better with this draft #but it's a bit leaner/more serious than the first draft #so I won't be upset if you like the old ones better

[lucrezianoin]

I feel like "Everyone's mad at me but Astarion" kinda describes many parts of the Durge Experience™️ tbh sdfdsdfsfds

Truly he is Ride or Die for his precious little bhaal babe lmao

TRULY!

Everyone is shocked and mad, but for Astarion it is a normal tuesday

[the-marshmallow]

#wasd playing #baldur's gate 3 #the dark urge #orin the red #resist!durge #roux the murderbard #precious little bhaal-babe #roux killed the big brother #and the little niece #and disappointed his dad #so proud of him

[meril-tospen]

Astarion : *always having his precious little Bhaal-babe's back*

#astarion x dark urge #astarion x durge #dark urge x astarion #durge x astarion #baldur's gate 3

[voloslobotomyservice]

his precious little bhaal-babe ❤️

(give her a rest for not directly looking at him, she’s blind)

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #oc: salome #tav: salome #bg3 tav #bg3 ocs #bg3 astarion #patch 6

[littlestarbigfangs]

whe-when he calls u his precious little bhaal babe (っ˃ω˂˶) kickin my feet gigglin

#i think i need it on a tshirt #bg3 #astarion

[edelgarfield]

i think companions should joke abt durge's lineage a bit more. astarion calls you his precious little bhaal-babe. karlach is like "oh you killed an innocent bard? we've all been there." shar says that her evil god is way sexier. gale is like "don't worry, if you try to kill us i will detonate and kill everyone in the city." wyll says that he's never hunted a bhaalspawn before but there's a first time for everything.

i just want the party to take something durge is ashamed of and make it clear it doesn't bother them and rib them the way they rib each other

#bg3 spoilers #durge spoilers