#shes from house Armgo!! | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

baldursyourgate · 5 months

Text

State of the noble drow houses after the event of "Lolth's Warrior" — a Drizzt novel possibly set very closely before the events of Baldur's Gate 3.

note: the first book stated that it was set in 1490, two years before the events of BG3 (1492), it is not state clearly how long time has passed by the 3rd book (Lolth's Warrior), but I got an ask on here said it's set in 1491. Take it as you will.

Might be helpful if you have a drow noble Tav who's from one of the existing noble houses (and is romancing Minthara, who's from house Baenre, who had amazing insults for house DeVir in game)

To recap: The houses were in a civil war, one side fought against Lolth and her grip on drow (house Baenre and their allies: house Do'Urden/Xorlarrin, house Fey-Branche) and the other, for Lolth (or at least, against the Baenre and in fear of Lolth's wrath) (house Barrison Del'Armgo and their allies: house Melarn, house Mizzrym, house Vandree, house Hunzrin; & loyal Lolthian priestess Sos'Umptu Baenre). The loyal side won, with Sos'Umptu replacing her sister as Matron Mother of house Baenre, 2500-3000 drows left the Underdark including the former Baenre Matron, all part of the deal that placed Sos'Umptu to the throne. Around 3000 drows were dead in the conflict, countless demon banished for 100 years.

House Baenre: Sos'Umptu Baenre is now the Matron Mother. She's a devoted Lolth High Priestess, Mistress of Arach-Tinilith, daughter of Yvonnel the Eternal and sister of former Matron Mother Quenthel Baenre, who's now in exile on the surface. Two of Quenthel's children stays, including her eldest daughter. Half of the drider-turned-drow soldiers stayed. Yvonnel Baenre II is not dead, but currently is banished somewhere unreachable by the Avatar of Lolth.

House Barrison Del'Armgo: Matron Mez'Barris Armgo (and some of her priestesses) is dead at the hands of her mind-controlled grandson — weapon master & Lolth's Warrior — Malagdorl Armgo.

House Melarn: Matron Zhindia Melarn got blown up in their house compound, possible structural damage there. Lolth's Web fell, wounded many including those of house Melarn.

House Xorlarrin/Do'Urden: Matron Zeerith Xorlarrin became Zeerith Do'Urden for the restored house Do'Urden and now reverted to Zeerith Xorlarrin, having embraced Lolth once again and turned her back at Quenthel Baenre and Yvonnel's cause. The Matron's daughter — her heiress left the Underdark with her brother.

House Fey-Branche: Matron Byrtyn Fey is the mother of Minolin Fey and grandmother of Yvonnel Baenre II. She got turned into a drider, implied to be Zhindia Melarn's handiwork. She's alive still and so is her daughters.

House Mizzrym: Miz'ri Mizzrym & allies stormed and seized the compound of house Fey-Branche. Matron Byrtyn Fey was captured during this raid and turned into a drider.

House House Faen Tlabbar: Stayed out of the conflict. Remained intact.

House Vandree: Matron Asha Vandree is alive. Lost a nephew in this conflict.

House Hunzrin: Matron Shakti was held captive at the hands of house Baenre, but is implied that they're to be released when Sos'Umptu take charge of house Baenre instead of Quenthel.

#lore #read: lolth's warrior #ive edited this post too many times i think im just gonna. hit post #minthara #drow

75 notes · View notes

charmedcleric · 5 months

Text

Sharing some screenshots of my drow sorcerer/paladin tav Iris cause she’s cute and I love her very much 🥹

Some facts about iris

- Her full name is Irissa Armgo but she just goes by Iris

- Her natural hair colour is white but she dyes it black

- She’s from House Barrison Del’Armgo

- She’s a Draconic bloodline sorcerer

- Iris is also an Oath of Devotion paladin

- She didn’t have the best childhood and fled to the surface when she could

- Iris felt really alone growing up and wished she had someone to come and save her from her family, this is why she became a paladin so she could be the person she wished she had growing up

- She’s honestly so traumatized but she uses humour to hide it

#bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #baldur’s gate 3 #tav bg3 #tav #bg3 tav #drow #she is so dear to me <3 #when I’ve settled more of her lore I’ll add it here x #oc: irissa

29 notes · View notes

serpentoflolth · 2 months

Text

BG3 Tav Backstory Bash by Kelandrin

This is a challenge to help people flesh out their Tav’s backstory by exploring their past. It is organized into four sections with seven prompts. You can treat this as a monthly challenge or a general project. You can write headcanons, fics, or share art based on the prompts! You can interpret the prompts however you want. If you want to share use the tag #bg3backstorybash

I was tagged by @charmedcleric , thank you so much <3 and sorry for the delay. I had a very busy week.

Tagging (no pressure of course): @devilhishoka , @elspethdekarios , @auspex-author , @voloslobotomyservice , and whoever wanna do it.

Elamszar Barrison Del'Armgo

Baby:

Parents

- Elamszar parents are Uthegentel and Taayrul Armgo. His father serves as House Patron and as House Weapon Master and his mother is High Priestess of Lolth and daughter of Mez'Barris, she's described as strong and beautiful.

Birth

- Elamszar was born into the second house of Menzoberranzan. He is the illegitimate son of Taayrul, as she had a love affair with his mother's patron, who had chosen him to give life to an army of strong and enormous warriors. As soon as he was born, his grandmother wanted to sacrifice him to Lolth, but Taayrul, still weak from childbirth, rose from the bed, snatching him from Mez'Barris' hands. Elamszar is the first child that the High Priestess has managed to have: she has had too many miscarriages with her official husband and she could not let Elamszar go so easily. Furthermore, the woman has showered him with a love so deep that it clashes with the rigid culture of Menzoberranzan, but also with Mez'Barris herself, often described as a fierce warrior. Elamszar's peculiarities are not only his size, inherited from Uthegentel, but his grandmother's big eyes.

First word / Tantrum / When they first walked / First sickness

- Like most children, his first word was "mummy", grabbing her cheeks with his little hands and kissing the tip of her nose, before calling her mummy. He was always fond of his mother, to the point of being ready to sacrifice himself for her and his half-sisters. However, now he addresses Taayrul by her title, only in private he calls her mother.

- He started walking quite quickly: initially, he crawled, then stood up on his little legs when he managed to find a support base or something he could grab to find the balance to be able to lift himself up. In fact, his curious nature pushed him to immediately learn to be able to move freely, using his lower limbs, going so far as to worry his nurses, as well as his mother and his stepfather.

- Elamszar never threw tantrums, often being obedient when his mother. He has always shown a sunny character, as well as being lively. However, if anyone in the house told him to stay still, he would instantly freeze, paying attention to whoever was speaking. Compared to the other children of the house, he showed respect, as well as obedience, to those who were older, especially towards Taayrul, Elherd (his stepfather), but also towards Mez'Barris and his natural father, who saw in him the perfect soldier, loyal to the Barrison Del' Armgo house.

Childhood:

Friends

- His friend is Tristan, who is seven years younger than him, the boy who slashed his face with his rapier. They often wander around Menzoberranzan, especially wandering around the Bazaar, or in the Duthcloim district. Another person he considers his friend (or rather his best friend) is Ilharess, his half-sister and priestess of Lolth, who died at the hands of T'risstree during the night of the extermination of the Qilin house. Losing her, left a huge void in his chest, holding himself responsible for her death.

Siblings

- Elamszar has four half-sisters younger than him: Ilharess, Narcelia, G'eldshalee and Jezsandra and they are all priestesses of Lolth. Indeed, they represent Mez'Barris pride and love, as well as her deep devotion to Lolth, as she sees them all as a blessing from the Spider Queen. Elmaszar loves them with all his heart and doesn't care if they have two different fathers. Differently from him, they have a small appearance, a long-limbed body and toned muscles: they also are good warriors, who fight alongside the strong and valiant warriors of the Barrison Del'Armgo house.

Getting into trouble

- Elamszar doesn't like getting into trouble, especially so as not to stain the name of his house. The only time he really got into trouble was with Tristan, when they were still inexperienced kids: they managed to steal from a stall of the Bazaar before being stopped by some guards patrolling the area. Being noble, they only had a telling-off, as well as bringing the goods back to the owner of the stall. Returning home, Mez'Barris punished him with whippings on his back, as that behavior had particularly offended her.

Birthday

- As a male drow he has no right to celebrate his birthday.

Games / Learning something new

- When he was younger, he played hide and seek or with dolls with his sisters and other young members of the house. His stepfather taught him sava, which is a game similar to chess that, as an adult, Elamszar plays mainly in taverns, challenging some drow or travelers who spend the night there.

Trauma

- His greatest trauma was when Maz'Barris made him realize that he didn't have the same value to her as her other grandchildren or children in general. His grandmother vomited words of hatred at him: "You are the rotten fruit of a filthy love. If your mother hadn't been so attached to you, I would have killed you as soon as you uttered your first cry. I would have sacrificed you to our goddess… But no, your mother had to snatch you from my hands. However, I look forward to seeing you succumb in one of the battles you'll take part in, if not in Melee-Magthere, or walking through Menzoberranzan. We drow have long lives and I will see you perish, Elamszar, and when they bring me your body I will laugh until I am sick, then I will throw you into the abyss of Clawrift. I will also erase your name from our family tree. In fact, I never wrote it down." It was precisely because of Mez'Barris' threats that his mother tattooed those runes on his face, hoping that nothing bad would happen to her son.

Teenager:

First love

- It wasn't real love, it was more of a sexual relationship. She was a girl from his same school, Melee-Magthere. They met mainly in the evening, at the end of training, talking occasionally, but often having sex. Now that he is an adult, he has forgotten her name.

Rebellion / Running away

- Rebelling against Mez'Barriso or Lolth was a suicide in both cases. Since he was a Barrison Del'Armgo, he had to behave as befitted one of his rank, without complaining or disobeying the orders. After all, he was born to be a warrior.

Reckless behavior

- As a result of being mistreated by his grandmother, Elamszar developed an irascible and choleric character, lashing out at everyone. Not only did he fight with the other guys both in the school and in the house, he also spewed words so full of hatred at them that he could have competed with Mez'Barris.

Peer pressure

- It was always he who put pressure on himself to improve and become an excellent warrior, to finally be loved by his grandmother. He would have done everything to shine before her eyes, to make her understand that he was loyal to her and her house, that he would have given his heart to Lolth too, becoming even a paladin if life would lead him towards that path. He would sacrifice his desires and life to please the Matron Mother. However, all his efforts were useless in the end. You cannot make a poisoned and black heart into a polished and shining diamond, completely healed from betrayal.

Taking responsibility

- He has always taken on his responsibilities since he was a kid, taking care of his sisters or training until his muscles hurt. He not only wanted to please his grandmother, but also his parents and his real father.

Adulthood:

Their “first time”

- As I said above, he had his first experience when he was still a teenager. He doesn't remember the young woman's name, but the sexual intercourse was truly fantastic, leaving him completely satisfied and drained. Sure enough, he lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling as she held him, thinking that Elamszar loved her. He was only interested in reaching the maximum pleasure, the rest didn't matter until he met the love of his life, whom he filled with cuddles and kisses, moreover, he feared hurting her with his enormous size.

Serious relationships

- His first true love was Franceska Qilin. He fell in love with her as soon as she entered the parlor, when his grandmother was trying to weave an alliance with this house to overpower the Baenre. In fact, the Matron Mother had proposed him as a patron for T'risstree's youngest daughter and T'risstree had accepted him, suggesting the boy to follow the girl to the balcony. Despite the huge scar on the young woman's face, he thought she was beautiful and loved chatting with her, as well as enjoying her company. In fact, the girl immediately struck his heart, dragging him into a vortex of obsession, as well as passion that immediately consumed him. They met in the evening, in various taverns where he booked a room. Going to each other's house could be seen as an attack, so they had a way of seeing each other that way, making love all night long. He loved kissing her lips, losing himself in the scent and warmth of her body, resting his head on her chest and listening to her heartbeat, while Franceska dipped her hand in his fluffy, wavy hair, telling Elamszar how much she loved him. He couldn't live without her by his side.

Work

- Initially, he served as a guard in the Duthcloim district, patrolling the entire area, making sure no one did any harm inside the Bazaar. It was a choice made by Mez'Barris to denigrate him, as he considered him unfit to protect the house: his mere existence made it filthy. In response, Elamszar accepted the job willingly as it kept him away from the palace and from his grandmother, allowing him to enjoy the city as best he could, together with his colleagues who made the working hours quite carefree. However, Uthegentel did not agree with the choice of Mez'Barris who, convinced by him, called him back to the ranks of her better warriors. After all, he was still a member of the house and could not be a simple guard who made the streets of the districts safe. Thus, he began his work as a sentry on the walls of the house, training repeatedly so that he could better protect his family, as well as also becoming a paladin due to his total devotion to the goddess Lolth, taking the Oath of Vengeance, making his mother extremely proud.

Leaving home

- He never dared to leave his home and his beloved city. The only moment in which he found the courage was years after the extermination of the Qilin house: trapped in an engagement with Tristan's sister and by the needs of his grandmother, he decided to leave the house to go in search of the woman he loved. After all, it was he who had helped Franceska to leave Menzoberranzan unharmed, also aided by the guards who had once been his friends and colleagues. So, now, he intended to get on her trail, hoping to have his forgiveness because he had killed her mother and other members of her family that damned night, when the Baenre, threatening the Barrison Del' Armgo, had to march against this house: a massacre that he has never forgiven himself.

Aging

- He is 155 years old, so how can he think about when he will be old? But will he be able to grow old without first receiving a stab in the back? Just getting to this age to be an illegitimate son is a lot.

Finding your place

- He believed his place was the Barrison Del' Armgo house, the palace in Qu'ellarz'orl district, and Menzoberranzan, the city of Spiders. Now that he has left the Underdark to follow Franceska's steps, he doesn't know exactly where he belongs. He only knows that he must reach her, hoping to be able to have a life with her, to be able to love her as he once did, to be able to have her long-desired forgiveness… he feels so lost and so alone.

Staring a family/found family

- He left his family behind, in the darkness of the Underdark. Now he has nothing but a great hope in his heart: he wants her by his side, in his life and to have that family that he and Franceska had imagined in their long nightly chats. Would he have had this if he had reached her, if she had loved him as she once did? This thought excited him, yet the fear of being hated for what he had done tormented him, making him want to go back. Yet he knew that in Menzoberranzan there was nothing for him except Mez'Barris's resentment and Sybil, the woman he considered stupid and useless.

#dash games #charmedcleric still thank your for the tag #you made me cryyyy! because his story is so saaaaaad!!!!#I love you tho!#this was truly fun and I truly enjoyed it!#the sacred blade of lolth: elamszar headcanon

12 notes · View notes

serpentoflolth · 18 days

Text

Aqua Regia

New chap: Wounded Heart New chap: The Beast

Plot: In Menzoberranzan love seems not to exist, almost as if it were an unknown feeling, or hidden behind the rock walls of the buildings, the veils that adorn the rooms, behind blood-stained screens. There seems to be only obedience to Lolth, the Mother of Destiny, and to her priestesses, to the Matron Mothers who compete for power, ruling from their houses: a war that wears out but amuses the Spider Queen. But what happens if love blossoms between two young drow, belonging to two different houses who have the common goal of overthrowing the Baenre and conquering their power? Unaware of their respective Matron Mother’s thirst for power, the two just want to be together and give in to lust and passion. Yet, something lurks in the shadows, someone who spies on them and holds a grudge, to the point of having the possibility of destroying everything they desire. Will they be able to have a happy ending, there, in that city governed by Lolth? Or will they have to run away? Series: The intrigue of the Spider Chap. 1: Melodious Symphony Chap. 2: The Pale Rose Rating: Mature Ship: Original drow Character & original drow character Characters: Franceska Qilin, Elamszar Barrison Del'Armgo, Tristan Dilyrr (my ocs and others who’ll appear in the next chapters), Mez'Barris Armgo, Uthengentel Armgo, Taayrul Armgo. That’s an original work based on the Dungeons & Dragons universe.

Excerpt:

Could I blame her? She was telling the truth, but it stung when her lips spoke it. It was like ice on a burn, salt on a wound that was bleeding profusely, it was a dense agony that broke all the bones, lowering my defences. I lowered my gaze, staring at the street beneath my feet, avoiding any contact with the people walking through the Narbendellyn district. How distant was our abode? Yet, I couldn't hide there and give vent to what her statement had aroused in me. After all, feelings didn't exist in that city, much less in our homes. Could I sink into sadness? Could I allow myself to cry because my sister had admitted the plain and simple truth? I would have been even more pathetic than I really was. In fact, I would have done anything Mez'Barris said to not make her angry and to not make her hate me further. Could there be a shred of affection in her stony heart?

Read on AO3

5 notes · View notes

serpentoflolth · 1 month

Text

Aqua Regia

New chap: The Pale Rose

Plot: In Menzoberranzan love seems not to exist, almost as if it were an unknown feeling, or hidden behind the rock walls of the buildings, the veils that adorn the rooms, behind blood-stained screens. There seems to be only obedience to Lolth, the Mother of Destiny, and to her priestesses, to the Matron Mothers who compete for power, ruling from their houses: a war that wears out but amuses the Spider Queen. But what happens if love blossoms between two young drow, belonging to two different houses who have the common goal of overthrowing the Baenre and conquering their power? Unaware of their respective Matron Mother's thirst for power, the two just want to be together and give in to lust and passion. Yet, something lurks in the shadows, someone who spies on them and holds a grudge, to the point of having the possibility of destroying everything they desire. Will they be able to have a happy ending, there, in that city governed by Lolth? Or will they have to run away? Series: The intrigue of the Spider Chap. 1: Melodious Symphony Rating: Mature Ship: Original drow Character & original drow character Characters: Franceska Qilin, Elamszar Barrison Del'Armgo, Tristan Dilyrr (my ocs and others who'll appear in the next chapters), Mez'Barris Armgo, Uthengentel Armgo, Taayrul Armgo. That's an original work based on the Dungeons & Dragons universe.

Excerpt:

«I see» Franceska commented. «You summoned these women to forge alliances.» She turned to Mez'Barris. «So, am I of any value to your little boy, or does he also deserve better because of my scar?» How was she not afraid of the beast? Of course, she hadn't grown up with her, she didn't know her character and what she was capable of doing. However, her frankness might have irritated the Matron Mother of Barrison Del'Armgo House, but Mez'Barris surprised me by laughing and patting the young woman on the shoulder. What was happening? What power did Franceska have to make my grandmother react that way? Perhaps, because she was behaving as she was made and Mez'Barris wanted to see this, to taste her essence, to know what a Qilin woman was capable of doing. Not only was she fascinated by the scar and by a part of the story that revolved around it, but she was quite enraptured by her way of behaving and acting. Franceska knew that, as a woman, she had to choose her patron based on her needs, even the carnal ones. Instead, the situation was leading two Matrons to choose whether she was the right one for their children or grandchildren. She was intelligent not only beautiful and this made her extremely desirable.

Read the rest on AO3

6 notes · View notes