New prompt list?
For Solistre please -
6. how do they wear their hair? do they care a lot how their hair looks? (We know how she wears it during but does the style differ pre and post story?)
13. what languages do they speak? how fluently?
28. how do they show that they care about someone? how do they express that they don't like someone?
32. do they have any habits that aren't particularly self-destructive, just maybe odd?
33. if applicable, how would your other characters describe them? i mean specifically the people around them. (Moreso how d'you think the other party members would describe her including Minthara if she was around?)
34. how would your character describe themselves? it doesn't have to line up with how they really are.
ooookay i am a month late cos my brain did a wet fart and refused to talk to me so. anyway. thenk for waiting <3 (and for asking of cos!!)
6. how do they wear their hair? do they care a lot how their hair looks? (We know how she wears it during but does the style differ pre and post story?)
Sol keeps her hair long, like most in drow society. She likes her hair, but doesn’t care too much to have elaborate care rituals, wears it simply. Back in ol’ Menzobenzo, it’s always combed neatly and often tied back, with the occasional ornament.
She was a mess when she escaped to the surface, but after being emo for a couple of years, she was like ‘-big sigh- if I’m gonna be here I might as well try a little’. (we know how she looks in bg3 but i love her so we will look at her AGAIN.)
After they kill the big tentacled brain, I like to imagine Sol shaving either one or both sides of her head. It’s been kind of a hassle with all the blood and dirt and sweat you know? Might as well take off some of the weight. And also accompany Shadowheart on her first haircut in memory. She experiments with shorter lengths in the years after, but I think she’d gravitate back to having long hair in the end.
BONUS NO ONE ASKED FOR: AU Sol who crawls back to Lolth post-game loses her last fuck and wears her hair short to embrace her position as Lolth’s pet, part-revered and part-reviled. If she’s gonna be treated like an oddity apart from society, might as well look like one, and wear it as a ‘fuck you’ to everyone who treats her differently.
13. what languages do they speak? how fluently?
Drow (including sign) and Undercommon, with a native speaker’s fluency. She can understand Duergarn, but cannot speak it well (so prefers not to).
The Eilistraeean temple taught her Elvish and Common to live on the surface, and she’s fluent after speaking it for a decade. She’s adopted a common Elvish accent, but her sharper Drow accent will surface when she’s agitated.
Shadowheart knows to run towards her when she starts [speaking Elvish in Drow].
28. how do they show that they care about someone? how do they express that they don't like someone?
Attention and service. She doesn’t like getting attached to people, but when she does, she’ll watch over you. She won’t quite know how to offer her companionship, but if you ask for it, you will receive it. If you need help, she is ready and willing.
I think the silent killer would be her day-to-day attentiveness though. She has a habit of observing and memorising the habits and routines of those around her. Any little deviation would catch her attention quickly. If you’re in a bad way and she cares, she’ll do something to smooth over your shitty day. e.g. Shadowheart unable to do her daily prayers due to injury. A little jar of balm or an extra potion of healing/sleep will inexplicably appear beside her bedroll.
Oh, it’s easy to see when she doesn’t like someone. That good old drow callousness is unfettered by her surface sensibility. She barely acknowledges you. When she has to talk to you, it’s with disdain. You could be bleeding out in front of her and she’d just be ‘Don’t slow us down.’
32. do they have any habits that aren't particularly self-destructive, just maybe odd?
[Context: I hc that D&D elf ears are expressive. Twitches and some angling are common.]
Sol keeps her ears stiffly angled a bit lower than their natural positions out of habit (unconsciously, sort of like tense shoulders or clenched jaws). She was raised and lived under a great deal of scrutiny, and the constant stress and hyperawareness made her lock her ears in place (like standing at attention).
Fun tidbit: Shadowheart’s the first person to notice Sol’s ears twitching briefly when she’s surprised or Feeling Things. Cos it’s part of her Sharran training to watch people and notice their habits. She is only practising her techniques by watching Sol so closely. Yeah.
33. if applicable, how would your other characters describe them? i mean specifically the people around them. (Moreso how d'you think the other party members would describe her including Minthara if she was around?)
Shadowheart: Broody, grouchy, homicidal. A real charmer. In all seriousness - she is decisive, her blades vicious and quick. Though quiet and reticent, she is a steadfast ally, absent of guile. I’m glad to have her watching my back. And I couldn’t ask for a more patient, considerate lover.
Wyll: An elegant and delightful dance partner! Let everyone else sing praises for her skill with the blade. What matters most to me is the woman behind the fighter - and does this woman have a loyal heart, and a beautiful smile.
Gale: Her cold exterior guards a warm heart. She is slow to trust, but quick to the aid of those who have earned it. A worthwhile ally to have, and a cherished friend besides. Now, if she were more diligent in her study of magic… -Sol flashing a knife in the distance- No, nevermind.
Karlach: A softie is what she is. Yeah, she likes to grumble and growl and wave those daggers around, but when she likes you, she likes you. She saved my teddy bear once. That’s all you need to know.
Lae’zel: A worthy warrior, and a sharp strategist. She would make a good commander if she did not cling to the shadows, like a rat scurrying in the dark. But she serves well with blade and wits, and has proven fit to survive.
Astarion: Ugh, a grumpy little downer. She complains about the sun constantly as if it isn’t a privilege to walk under it. Still, she is useful to have in our motley group of weirdos. I wouldn’t want to turn my back on her though…just in case.
Jaheira: Ah, the cub who growls and hisses and scratches at you, then nuzzles her head into your hand when you don’t flinch. Pay no heed when she puffs her chest, but watch her defend those around her. That is a guardian to any who enters her brood.
Minsc: She is smart and slippery, and charges into battle with such boldness that almost rivals Minsc’s! Boo warns of carelessness, but Minsc is ready to catch her before she injures herself in the excitement of glorious battle!
Halsin: A subtle leader. She is discreet at first glance, but observe the group for a time, and you will see its members looking to her for direction. It speaks much of one to be quiet, yet possess a voice that others heed willingly.
Minthara: She is skilled and sharp of mind. But her gifts are wasted as an aimless blade for hire on the surface. She could accomplish much in her life if she applied herself - and heeded the words of those her wiser. She would do well to follow me back to Menzoberranzan and free our city from Lolth’s tyranny- -cue Sol screeching and jumping on her and trying to rip her eyes out-
34. how would your character describe themselves? it doesn't have to line up with how they really are.
“I am drow and an excellent assassin. Now fuck off.”
She has never liked to talk about herself, and quite literally has nothing to talk about after coming to the surface, because she doesn’t want to dig up old pains. So that’s all you’re gonna get, buddy!!!
But to dig a little deeper, she only describes herself by her profession because that’s what her identity was built around in Menzo. She was taught that utility is the most important thing about her. What she can do, not who she is.
