#durgstarion

I drew this meme I saw on tiktok and got carried away and hurt my own feelings lol

I just love him so much, enjoy!

For @ajsemprini ❤️

Bg: @bhaalbaaby

Models: Nyl

TODAY IS THE 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳 Cannot believe I've made it this far, and also cannot believe I'm ONLY this far along lol 🩷 Thank you to everyone still reading and patiently waiting- I love y'all!!! 🩷

Summary: As the group settles into their normal routine, they venture back out into the darkness on a quest to uncover more secrets about the Shadowlands. Their path leads to the House of Healing, rife with treacherous reminders of a past Ofelia would like to forget; so soon after it's been dredged from her memories.

They toil through undead nurses and an ambush party all while Ofelia and Astarion's relationship evolves and blossoms. With their trust building, it seems that not even her risky decisions have the power to crush it- but how about the appearance of a certain devil?

Pairing: Astarion x female!Durge ✧˖ Astarion x Ofelia ✧˖ StarSong

Warnings: 18+. Mentions of past abuse and trauma. Mentions of past self-harm (minor), Canon-typical violence and gore.

Word Count: 12,549

AO3

One silly picture to add to this sadly, as my computer nuked my save before I caught up and I'm not quite there yet- but here's her sweet face covered in blood!!! 🥰

✧˖Tag List: @khywren @pinkberrytea @bby-bel

✧˖Dividers: @/strangergraphics

✧˖Songs:

“ℑ 𝔴𝔦𝔰𝔥 𝔴𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔬 𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔭𝔞𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔶, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔡 𝔞 𝔡𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥 𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯’𝔰 𝔞𝔯𝔪𝔰…”

Merelind, Consort of the Ascendant, Former Chosen of Bhaal, Lady of Blood

However consider this. Astarion doesn’t react because he can’t. After 200 years of being constantly subjected to horrible shit he just doesn’t react to horrible things. In the past reaction would either lead to punishment or just encourage Cazador to push him further. It takes him at least 5 to 7 business days to process traumatic events.

Imagine he doesn’t react much at all and your other companions that were with you and saw what happened are just constantly like “are you ok???” Maybe they're even mad at him accusing him of not caring or not loving them enough. Even durge tries to make sure he’s ok but they know him well enough to not push it or assume he just doesn’t care.

Reading from the poetry book of Saulus from a letter to her friend Aristen at Baldur’s Gate:

Seasons change

Seasons fade

But this undying love is locked in this heart

Once burnt to ashes, now shaped from gold

Aristen one half, the hope in death’s cold darkness

Reaching out what was meant for burying

Pale endless heart of eternality

Once a void of grave soil dust , risen in storm and thunder

Astarion the other half, son of the spawn, shadow of the past

Now walking these graveyard hand in hand as love was found

Living with the unliving

The afterlife that rises the light and love that never fails

As stars are born in the night sky and remember the first flower that does not bow to the last winter storms until the clearest sky shines sapphire blue

Even for those once burning, even for those told dead, once laying for so long in the ground

Seasons change

But hearts will rise, if hands will reach in love

Aristen & Astarion two halves

One soul

Aaaaaaaaaaawwww 😍. There's nothing better than getting such a beautiful surprise from the best Bard in the fandom 😍. Thank you so much Love ❤️ ! This is SO BEAUTIFULL 😍 ! I love how well you understand the relationship between Aristen and Astarion 😍 ! And that reference to the Phoenix - their main symbol 🐦‍🔥 ! This connection to their love for the seasons is also so beautiful 🍂❄️🌷☀️. But can we stop at this verse? "As stars are born in the night sky and remember the first flower that does not bow to the last winter storms until the clearest sky shines sapphire blue." It's so poetic that I'm melting 🫠 , especially when I translate it into my own language, which is great for poetry. Basically, I translated it all because I couldn't resist 😅. Some words are slightly changed to make the poem sound good in Polish - translating word for word doesn't always make sense.

"Pory roku się zmieniają

Pory roku umierają

Lecz ta nieśmiertelna miłość jest zamknięta w sercu

Które kiedyś spalone na popiół, teraz odradza się ze złota

Aristen, jedna połowa, nadzieja w zimnym mroku śmierci

Wyłania to, co przeznaczone do pogrzebania

Blade, nieskończone serce wieczności

Kiedyś pustka grobowego pyłu, wzniesiona w burzy i grzmocie

Astarion, druga połowa, syn pomiotu, cień przeszłości

Teraz kroczy po cmentarzu ręka w rękę, gdzie miłość triumfuje

Żyjąc z nieumarłymi

Życiem minionej duszy, które wschodzi, wraz ze świetlistym miłowaniem, któremu możesz zaufać

Jak gwiazdom które rodzą się na nocnym niebie i pamiętają pierwszy kwiat, który nie kłania się ostatnim zimowym sztormom, dopóki najczystsze niebo nie zabłyśnie szafirowym błękitem

Nawet dla tych, którzy kiedyś płonęli, nawet dla tych, którzy martwi leżeli w ziemi zbyt długo

Pory roku się zmieniają

Ale serca wzniosą się, jeśli tylko dłonie zakosztują miłości

Aristen & Astarion dwie połówki

Jedna dusza "