#i always play durges

[lucidpeech]

something wicked this way comes

#bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 fanart #the dark urge #durge #can you tell he's my fav #i always play durges #but canon durge do hit different #dark fairytale #peechy art : bg3

[fandom-geek]

i think the thing that really gets me about pre-canon durge is their absolute sense of duty, and their utter isolation outside of the cult of bhaal.

most of the cultists seem eager to see durge upon their return, and one even says they were the first to feed him flesh. gortash tells them of an exhibition of a bhaalspawn's corpse and another bhaalspawn's creations and durge immediately plans to attack the hall of wonder to recover them. they then apparently entrust said bhaalspawn's corpse to sceleritas fel to "restore" through taxidermy. they deride orin for her artistry with corpses explicitly because "bhaal will never care" and because orin "[does] not understand lord bhaal".

even their infamous prayer for forgiveness is framed around their absolute submission to bhaal's plans, and the crime that requires forgiveness? admiring his rival's chosen. that's one line, and the next three paragraphs are swearing to carry out his plan exactly as they've been told to, all for his forgiveness.

hell, even their room reinforces this. orin has barely touched the place aside from installing her mother's corpse and her manifesto - and that is some of the only decoration. what was it before orin, an empty room with skulls, a bed, a desk, some chests and a wardrobe?

the durge didn't have any semblance of a life outside of bhaal, aside from gortash. and is it any surprise? the only other hint they ever had a life outside of the cult is the flashback of kid durge murdering their adopted family, all thanks to their father's urging.

bhaal even tries to force them back into isolation after they've been tadpoled by forcing them to kill alfira, and then trying to force a durge who resists him to kill their lover. if they continue resisting, bhaal kills them. bhaal will not allow them to have a life outside of him and, if it weren't for jergal, he would've succeeded.

#bg3 spoilers #the dark urge #honestly writing this all out it's weird that bhaal doesn't try to kill your party when you're at the temple #it'd be perfectly in line with everything else he'd done to durge up until that moment #also just makes me think of how sceleritas will tell an evil durge that the worst thing they've ever done #is giving a beggar a coin without asking for anything in return #ymmv and everyone has their own headcanons but pre canon durge was not a happy or enthusiastic participant as far as canon shows #which is reinforced by gortash saying you've always been better at controlling your urges than orin! #why would durge bother to do that when 'all father wants is death in droves death in numbers'! #honestly i think it's v reasonable to think that durge could've been tempted into bane worship given what little we know of them pre canon #anyway haven't played evil durge myself so very curious abt any insights from that route #baldur's gate

[lemongogo]

my tavs :3c

#my art #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #more like tav & durge-ish but not rly bc when faced w/ killing the grove i trembled and shook and fell 2 my knees. #zaihala is the 1 on top..shes my main.amd i love her so much im actually so scared of ending the game bc i dont want 2 leave her behind:sob #she makes me understand the oc mindset.like shes all i want all i need my life is complete ~ #& then rhys is tha other one.he/they.boobs r out. IM DOING A SINGLE SAVE RUN 4 HIM IN SOOO SCARED #not tactician lvl hard but like.eurm..UGHE><>>>im going 2 fuck it all up #but thats y i wanted to do it hehe..itll be so fun 2 play w the consequences of my actions fr #i save scum too much w zaihalas route lmao #but anyways.i love color coding ocs.they r always green (remi & bug.now zaihala) so i went red on rhys. r and r u see #(gooing in circles talking on and on aabt them) #zaihala #rhys #ocs

[veilkeeper]

ive had a sort of wild concept in my head since i saw how mad gale gets when durge's past is revealed at the inauguration so bear with me here.

gale walking into the throne room and having to realize that not only does this Obviously Evil Guy know his lover, but that he knew them well. and from how durge is talking to him, part of them remembers, even if it isn't the conscious part of them.

and what's worse, they don't seem nearly as put off as they should be by everything they're learning. in fact, they're mad at gale for being mad at them! as if he isn't completely justified in being upset, learning that they were one of the orchestrators of all this chaos.

and im imagining once tempers cool, durge pitches the idea of allying with gortash with little stars in their eyes, we can be gods, gale, both of us. and gale just watching them with horror, because how could they possibly be on board with this?

so durge spits an ultimatum. both of us or neither of us. equals, one way or another.

but that makes no sense! they were completely fine with gale taking the crown before! and it's not like he's going to just abandon them once he has the crown, they'll be equals not in power but in affection, which is basically the same thing, right? so he takes a breath to argue his side, to convince them to just go back to the old plan and ignore whatever gortash had offered them (why do they trust him so much, anyway?). he tries to convince them to see sense, but before he can, durge just hears "no" and cuts him off.

fine. we could have shared, you know.

and they leave. worse, they leave him, and they go back to the person offering them a chance to be equals above the rest, accepted wholly as they are, at the cost of the entire world.

#crossdressingdeath is an ENABLER #this would have sat in my drafts for ages otherwise #this whole post is just 'here's how durgetash can still win-' but with galemance drama thrown in #ftr i havent done the god gale ending so idk how it... changes him? how he acts around it #etc etc #but u know as always im speaking recreationally and sometimes that means playing in a space that isnt 100% canon #gale #durge #durgetash #galemance #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #mine

[labotor]

my contribution to the @downbytherivercommunity Mirrors & Memories zine 🩸 check the entire thing out here, lots of lovely art and writing from fellow members and friends <3

#bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 durge #durge #my art #thank you again for hosting it <3 always a pleasure to participate #took the opportunity to draw my beloved durge - whomst I will get to play in like 2025 with my current tempo

[slavicafire]

started a bg3 playthrough as a sorcerer and immediately stopped because magic pisses me off. warlock at least also has armour and weapon proficiency and works better multiclassed. sorcerer makes me feel worse than gale, which is bad

#żmija gada #I have always hated magic in games. I never play as a mage they piss me off. but in bg3 I thought maybe after doing a barbarian run I will #try something with spells #warlock was fun but I can't fully make it work story wise for the durge #the sorcerer suuuucks

[vialae]

ouughhh guardian gortash for durge always....

#did his model always have leg hair? i dont play male human but ouughh #also do u like the gay little earrings i gave him :) #gortash #dark urge #durgetash #durge

[sandwichhut]

BG3 Spoilers for Dark Urge Act 3:

Durge: Thanks Mom

Jaheira: What

Durge: What

#jaheira: do you see me as a mother figure? #durge: no. if anything i see you as a bother figure cos you're always bothering me #halsin: hey! show your mother some respect #bg3 spoilers #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #jaheira #dark urge #durge #i don't know bg1 or bg2 so the durge playthru gives a lot more background on those two games #and also jaheira is an awesome addition in act 3 #sandwich plays bg3

[justabiteofspite]

Sad murder princess face last seen after Astarion's obviously fake "I love you" during the goblin party.

The animation here kills me every time. That is the face of someone who desperately wants what he says to be real while knowing he doesn't mean it.

And with Durge, there's also the question of if you're even worthy of love after all the crimes and atrocities and the murderous urges that live in your head. Maybe a fake "I love you" is the best you're ever going to get. Definitely more than you deserve.

#hi that fake i love you drives me insane every time i think about it #as well as how that plays into durge's self loathing tendencies #and also their yearning to be free from them and have a life bhaal would always deny them #at least in this run as you can see in the background she did save alfira #so...there's some comfort there that she at least tried #even if things still ended bloody with another bard #astarion #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #durge #durgestarion #henri the swords bard #spite plays

[the-marshmallow]

What a mess. Well, at least you've met my family now.

#wasd playing #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #the dark urge #resist!durge #roux the murderbard #precious little bhaal-babe #astarion x durge #parallels #just siblings inviting us to family functions #i've been told it's always like that #you're a loser and I hate you #also see ya at grandma's on saturday

[vvitchering]

Trying to do an Astarion romance run as a card carrying Gale Enjoyer is hard, holy shit,,,,,

#why did he have to be on his knees for this scene #why does he have to hold your hand like he does #we must stay focused brothers we MUST stay focused #I LIKE Astarion and I want to do his romance so I can get more details about him #but this wizard is testing me I s2g #Gale you got a sorcerer and a cleric and a durge #let someone else have a turn 😭 #(I did manage to lock in the astarion romance finally) #(I always forget how challenging he is to get along with at the start) #(also I think it’s funny you get a glimpse of his bits on the first date and I never once saw Gale’s EVER in his romance route) #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #hannah plays bg3

[penisbutterjellytime]

Some BG3 Tav's (+ a Durge) cause I looove fucking with Character Customization in video games

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 tav #bg3 durge #bg3 the dark urge #dz.bg3 #close ups cause tumblr only lets you zoom in only to a certain extent #I've started all of these but Rose is the only one I'm actually far in (LVL 10 and somewhere in act III but I havn't finished the game yet) #I'd love to play all of them (esp Durge) but school starteded + I absolutly HATE being mean in video games :( #also being a bard is gonna suuuuuuuuuuck i always go barbarian so i have the max hp and just beat shit until its dead no techniqe at all #a bard is like the exact opposite of a fuckn barbarian #Durge (Cord) also might be subject to change chara design wise #keep fighting between tiefling or drow #also playing as rose when I go into chara creation with a race that doesnt have a tail im like...wheres your balance your gonna topple over

[queenerdloser]

reading baldur's gate fic is so funny to me sometimes because almost every single tav i've read is like. a nerd. awkward. stuck in a library/commune/forest and doesn't know How To Do People. combat unready. a wee paper slip of a person. self-doubting and uncertain.

whereas i am out here with my bard who dumped all her stats in charisma and perception and therefore is no longer able to fail a persuasion check. and my personal backstory for her is that she's an insanely well known frontman for a rock band in baldur's gate so literally everyone they meet knows who she is. nonstop flirt. clocks manipulation left and right because seeing through performances is like half of her skillset. oh yeah. and she can fucking oneshot you by being mean in your direction.

#all tavs are created equal obvs but if you are not making your tav so op it's funny what is the point #i wrote some quick drabbles bc as always im irked by the way i cant tailor responses in rpg to match my characterization #and like. the funniest scene i have is when they go to the grove and literally EVERYONE there knows who she is. #it's like. if fucking beyonce picked up a rapier and a group of raggedy ass nobodies and said Let's Fucking Go #also making astarion have NO clue who she is was deeply funny to me. that old man doesnt listen to hip young music #he's too busy being traumatized and gay #bg3 #im truly not being mean i love the awkward tavs too #it's just so very far from how i characterize my own i have to laugh #that said i want to do a durge run & HIM i plan to make awkward and uncertain #this rockstar persona all came about bc i want a canon reason to give her purple hair btw #and to dress her in slutty little shirts with tit windows #me playing bg3 as a dress up romance game as god intended #im saving the astarion romance for my durge run but they WILL be best friends. and yes. she falls for gale of all people

[elizabethrobertajones]

why do I not let them hang out more often honestly

#I mean I know why #Lae'zel left about 5 minutes into Act 1 on my Dark Urge run #I knew I was going to replay so I kept going #so actually getting to hang out with her is really fun #I still haven't finished the Durge run I just got distracted by this Gale attempt #mad lad is absolutely speeding through things now I know what to do and how to play #we've rocked up in BG proper to do tourist stuff with Lae'zel that I've never seen #and it's a delight #(and I am happy to leave Karlach behind mostly because as the only tank she's held up her end marvellously for Durge) #(but it does mean she and Shadows are just ALWAYS in the party so I rarely see other interactions) #also realising Durge has missed so much and is over a level behind where I am now even though they've many more hours play #this game is so much easier when you do the content :P #bg3 #bg3 spoilers

[mypunkpansexualtwin]

"That's probably the most unsettling part of things; not the tadpole, not the memory loss, not the outbursts of nigh-insatiable bloodlust... I'm still favored by something, someone, and I have no idea who. The blessings feel strange in my hands; familiar to hold but the balance is all wrong, like swinging a real sword after using training weapons all your life. Or maybe the other way around, like being handed a blunted knife after doing something stupid with the real thing. No fucking idea who I swore my oath to. But I know that oath like my own heartbeat; blood for blood, justice for the weak, and vengeance where justice turned a blind eye. When I feel the divine burning through my hands, it never feels the same twice. A different hand on my shoulder every time, but it's always Death. Death as rebirth, death as rest, death as justice, death as dispassionate inevitability... And death as hunger.

Doing @catbatart's RPG Inktober challenge and knocking out a twofer with Days 1&2 - Dwarf and Paladin. I'm gonna be on and off on this one, this is the first thing I've drawn since mid august last year, so I figure that'll be safer for my wrist and/or sanity. But I'm planning to try and knock out 10-15 out of all 31, which is still pretty ambitious for me.

Folks who've been following me since the olden days of Fallout 4 might recognize Maya Acerbi under the beard and edgelord coat of paint she's gotten as my Dark Urge playthrough character for Baldur's Gate 3. Everyone else has their cool, mysterious, catlike Durge characters, and then there's me with a crusty old dwarf woman who by the end of every day looks like she got dragged backwards through a bush and then rolled in mud and/or blood that might even be hers.

#answers to questions nobody asked #my art #my ocs #maya acerbi #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 durge #if you asked me about the broken sword I could go on about the symbolism regarding a dark urge character essentially being a broken weapon #and how it's reflected in the divine smite channeled through a broken sword and in the broken up silhouette on the moon looming over her #but those are conclusions I came to about 12 hours after I finished the piece and went 'fuck it. good enough' #because the facial scarring got frustrating #the real answers there are. one. 'i'm bad at drawing the moon' #and two. she's absolutely the type to keep swinging a busted sword until even the gods themselves are like 'okay you should probably chill' #and then keep going #inktober #art challenge #if folks have played durge and know what they're looking for hopefully they'll see the couple little hints there #if not then whatever I'm still happy with the textures and that goddamn chainmail #long post #as always folks. likes are alright but reblogs mean i will swear my fealty to you

[vorestarr]

ugh last post but i just! keep thinking about durge and astarion! especially a durge that doesn't really resist the urge until it starts impacting what he wants -- approval from friends, living his life free of someone else's influence, staying with astarion -- and astarion not having to wonder or feel that durge is too good for him. durge is evil and selfish just like astarion but he's making his own choices and astarion can do that now too. they can be evil murdering bastards together.

#i think the real reason i can romance other characters when i'm playing one of the origins #but i keep romancing astarion when i make my own character #is that i always make a durge character and i can't see any of my durges with anyone else but him #ok last post for real im not thinking about this any more today