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I hope you guys didn't think I'd forgotten about Gortash Week!

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Inspired by the fact that I’m seeing Gortash Week content on my dash and I immediately had to draw Act Three Ripley in her favorite armor with her most-divorced husband.

A short comic about Ro visiting Gortash's home in the Upper City during Act III.

I'm convinced the only reason we can't access the Upper City in-game is because it was never finished, not because of the Brain.

I also have a headcanon that finding Bhaal's Temple was a lot harder than simply falling into the nearest sewer grate, so Gortash and Ro ended up pooling their resources and efforts. From time to time, they would meet to discuss new leads and exchange information to make the search more effective.

Considering that doppelgangers were a 24/7 threat to Gortash, it was very much in his interest not to sit around and do nothing.

Please I need more your art is gorgeous.

Thank you so much💜

Since we're on the subject here's Gortash's aesthetic board. I made one for Ro a while ago, and I finally got around to making one for the Archduke too x)

Part 2 of 2 Part 1

Yay, I finally finished it🎉

And the answer to the question of whether Ro ever tried to kill Gortash is... no

Having lost people she cared about to the Urge before, Ro mistakenly believed the same thing would eventually happen to Gortash. Because of that, she spent a long time in a constant state of anticipation, waiting for a threat that was never actually there.

I'll explain my interpretation of how the Dark Urge works another time, but the short version is that the Urge only amplifies thoughts and impulses that already exist within Ro -it isn't the one behind the wheel

So Gortash was never actually in any danger.

Happy Gortash Week🥳 DAY 1 - LORD │ STREET RAT (both, i think)

I think Gortash's problems with other people started, well, pretty much at birth. x) As his mother put it, he was too clever for his own good.

Though I think it's more accurate to say that the real barrier was the difference in the way he thought. While everyone else judged things by what was right in front of them, Gortash saw what they could become

That doesn't mean everyone else was stupid. The kids in the comic are objectively right - in front of them is nothing but a pile of scrap. They simply can't see something that doesn't exist yet

Gortash Week DAY 2 - FLESH / MACHINE (both)

Control of the brain is the key. The Netherese tadpole is the perfect tool. Tadpoled, the brain is freed of egocentrism to follow the agenda of Unity. The tadpoled brain is a happy brain. There is no conflict, except against the enemies of Unity.

And the brain is all you need - once freed from its agendas of 'free will', it can also be freed from the frailities of the mortal form. The brain can live forever in a steel body, or even better, control that body from afar.

This is progress. This is the Ultimate State.