#minonen

Ooo! Sorry it took me so long to get to this!

Why did Orin tadpole your Durge, rather than killing them? Was that her plan all along, or did she mean for Durge to die?

I think Orin mostly tadpoled Minonen just to mock him. I think her main purpose was to kill him, but with her usual artistry and flair, which in this case involved using the plan that Mino, Gortash, and Ketheric had cooked up together and using it against him.

Did your Durge and Orin ever kill their victims together? How did that go? What did your Durge think of Orin's style of killing?

I think they definitely did kill together, sometimes, especially in Orin's younger years. In my canon, Sarevok gave 8-year-old Orin over to Minonen's care after she killed Helena, having little interest in actually raising a child himself (and possibly a bit afraid of her, ha). Mino wasn't super thrilled to be saddled with the care of a traumatized and also highly dangerous child, but he never liked Sarevok (Mino was created by Bhaal centuries before Sarevok was even born) and was glad to be able to protect Orin from the worst of his tendencies and, of course, to have the chance to shape her in his own image.

Needless to say, he was not very successful. He appreciated Orin's zeal and passion, but looked down on her outlandish methods, treating her with condescension as he tried to teach her his ways and taking every opportunity to remind her of his own superiority, in methods, rank, and blood.

Nevertheless, she officially became his second-in-command at the age of 15, both because of her undeniable skill and their familial connection.

Throughout all that time, both before and after she received some level of official recognition from him, he was very insufferable and emotionally abusive/manipulative towards her, even as he did try to protect and care for her in his own way, so uh... her resentment of him that ultimately culminates in attempted murder is pretty understandable!!

Thank you so much for the ask!! :D

Oh my gosh, thanks so much for the ask! This has probably been here for a while, so sorry for the delay.

So this is my Durge, Minonen:

I play him very much as a resist Durge, so he really hates and pities Orin when he encounters her in-game.

But as for their prior relationship...

Was there anything Orin and your Durge really admired about each other?

I think Minonen was probably somewhat protective of Orin, I think he may well be considerably older as Bhaal made him in the image of a drow. He admired her commitment to murder, her artistry, and the strength of character she possessed from a young age. I think Orin might have looked up to Minonen a little during the early years of their acquaintance, admiring his command over the other Bhaalists and his connection to Bhaal himself, an admiration that would later sour into deep resentment and hatred...

What did Orin and your Durge dislike the most about each other?

Orin came to envy Mino's power, the respect he commanded in the other Bhaalists, and the love that Father seemed to show him. As she honed her own skills, she also came to disagree with him about his insistence merely on 'death in droves', rather than taking a more artistic approach, and she resented the way he talked down to her about it. I think Mino came to view Orin as a nuisance, always trying to steal the spotlight, and taking too much chaotic joy in her killings, rather than approaching them with cold precision like he did. He looked at her very much like an annoying little sister, and his underestimation of her was ultimately his downfall.

Thank you for the question!! :D