arcane hideaway

While the spicy bloodweave art is cooking, I’d share an old sketch (no new stuff, I haven’t drawn in months, dammit!)

I started playing right at release, so I went in totally blind — no spoilers, no guides. In that first run, I ended up with romanced ascended Astarion who dumped me after I refused to become his spawn, and godhood Gale. I was shocked when I found out those are considered their “bad” endings — especially Astarion completely shutting down and refusing to even talk to my Tav anymore. That one broke my heart 💔

I just really wanted happiness for both of them and didn’t think through how chasing their dreams might corrupt them. Honestly, if I were in their shoes, I’d want what they wanted too 😅 That probably says something about me as a person, huh?

The rest of the companions were surprisingly easy to nudge toward the “good” path — especially Shadowheart and Lae'zel. Fanatical faith isn’t really my thing, so I did my best to pull them away from that.