#bg3!au

Headcanons

While the family tree for BG!Kamari (an AU version of Aphros!Kamari) is more or less the same, all the characters are entirely separate from their contemporary Vyn/Aphros counterparts. 

The only thing carried over from Aphros is that BG!Kamari is still a shard of a sundered Eos!Azem (of FF14 origins), and thus possesses some power from that ancient and primordial soul (both the good and bad).

For example, Kamari’s body possesses traces of Radiant energy. If she chooses to harness it to augment herself in the field, it would be at the cost of her physical and mental endurance (which can still be trained though nonetheless much more stressful for her). 

In timelines where Eos’ powers become more active, there are a number of additional side effects on Kamari’s mortal form. 

Most visibly, Kamari’s eyes turn permanently from her birth green/blue to the yellow/purple of Eos. This shift at a young age was her parents’ first clue that something was unusual (and likely involved Bhaal)

More unfamiliar voices and figures in her head/dreams/nightmares (various parties vie for control; Eos, Bhaal, to name a couple…), though through her family she is able to cope growing up.

The ability to call out to companions and loved ones in her time of need (though not the ability to summon them to her, like that of Azem or her Warrior of Light incarnation).

Family

Maera, Kamari’s mother and a Druid of the Land, is the Bhaalspawn in the family, having inherited it from her parents (though which parent is unclear, as there was infidelity and her parentage is unclear). 

This means Kamari, her brother and half-siblings all have traces of Bhaal’s power within them. However, Kamari, being the firstborn, has the lion’s share.

Maera has managed to grow up and live her life without giving into her dark nature, largely thanks to serving both Silvanus and Selûne as a druid. Her services as a traveling healer has granted her blessings from both gods, protecting her from Bhaal’s influence.

Jespar is Kamari’s loving father, a former rogue who also moonlit as a tavern bard. He met Maera after getting caught up in a brawl between her, Tharaêl, and some Harpers seeking Maera due to her rumored origins.

Tharaêl is a werewolf, former arena fighter and assassin turned mercenary. He met Maera after becoming severely injured from a job, and she saved his life, after which he remained at her side. He is both Kamari’s godfather and father of her half-siblings (in the timelines where they are born)

The Three Different Origins/Timelines for Kamari:

Tav!Kamari (Druid)

Kamari’s Bhaalspawn nature never awakens, and Eos’ powers never activate. Her eyes remain green and blue from her mother and father respectively, and upon reaching adulthood decides to take up adventuring, eventually finding herself at Baldur’s Gate. While still very much like her father, she preferred the druidic arts like her mother, but as a Druid of the Moon.

DarkUrge!Kamari (Rogue, Bard)

Kamari’s Bhaalspawn nature awakens, and Eos’ power activates to help her maintain control against as much of her urge as possible, though can fail through periods of immense stress, despair, or anger. Any lethal outbursts are mitigated by her family, siblings included.

Maera is never discovered and thus hunted for being a Bhaalspawn, the family survives and flourishes during Kamari’s childhood and youth. Though Kamari eventually goes through a rebellious stage in her teenage years, frustrated at her parents’ constant need to coddle and shelter her and her siblings. She runs away to Baldur’s Gate to get away from them, working for the Guild before falling into the Cult of Bhaal.

Slayer!Kamari (Rogue, Fighter)

Kamari’s Bhaalspawn nature awakens, and Eos’ power activates to help her maintain control against as much of her urge as possible, though can fail through periods of immense stress, despair, or anger.  Any lethal outbursts are mitigated by her parents and godfather.