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thank you queen! ❤️

3. What's a secret passion of theirs?

Not much secret but more like unspoken - Nat loves fashion! She has a good sense of it and a distinct style. She also has a really good eye for jewelry (for herself. not just for stealing). I always mention that in a modern AU she'd have a pretty popular Instagram account mostly because of her soft-goth/alt adjacent fashion style and her collection of black cats.

Sadly in her canon universe it's not convenient to have too many clothes and drag them around, so she prefers function over style (that changes a bit when she "settles" in new Reithwin's underground).

5. Do they have any collections?

Very cliché for a thief, but I do think she likes to collect coins, seals and things shiny. Not just because she would have access to all these to begin with, but again because it's something that would be small enough to travel around with her.

18. What's their favorite scent?

You'd think someone that lived a good century of her life underground would detest humidity, but she genuinely loves the smell of moss. Nat's also rather fond of petrichor, because the first time she went to the surface, she was greeted by soft rain and associated the smell with the feeling of freedom.

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Ladies first…

Mary Agnes McNue (Godless) | Gloria Burgle (Fargo) | Dr./Capt. Samantha Carter (Stargate SG1)

Armistice (Westworld) | Lawrence/El Lazo (Westworld) | Canderous Ordo (Knights of the Old Republic/Star Wars)

Frank Castle (The Punisher) | RC1309 "Niner" (Republic Commando/Star Wars) | Aragorn, Son of Arathorn (The Lord of the Rings)

... but there were sooooo many others! And I had to separate the "I love the actor/actress" factor from the "this character is my beloved blorbo from my show" factor 🙃 So here you have a few, and some of them even combine the two factors, wooh!

ty queen!

5. Did your Tav have any formal or informal employment? If yes, what was their job? If no, how did they make ends meet? How did they feel about it?

Nat is freelance. She's made a reputation for herself as a thief, specifically someone able to steal arcane artefacts of all sorts to high paying clients - not limited to but mostly in Baldur's Gate. So pretty much instead of just pickpocketing people around, she was hired to access vaults otherwise known as impossible, or to steal from people/places with high security - be it mechanical or magical. So it's not like she's famous, that would entirely defeat the purpose of her job, she just has a handful of patrons who often hire her when they already have most if not all the intel, and need someone reliable to get it for them.

One of Nat's canon clients is the Lucania family, by @baldursghaik! She often acquires infernal items for them.

15. What motivates your Tav to either embrace or resist the tadpole?

Nat has an extreme lack of ambition, as in to say, she truly does not want to amass any sort of power other than what she can achieve through her own effort. Being tadpoled also goes against the very concept of being free, for her, so even what the Emperor proposes doesn't quite have much appeal.

That said, she does accept the astral tadpole at the very end of her journey. Reason being fairly simple: she's hit rock bottom with trusting whether or not they can defeat the Netherbrain, doesn't feel prepared enough, and she sincerely wants her friends and lovers to have a shot at life when they have dreams and goals to achieve yet.

28. How well does your Tav function under pressure?

also answered here!

Very, though by the end of the game events that's truly put to test. Rarely she's the type to let nervousness get hold of her, but sentimentality has always been a weak spot she knew little of - Vidrinath (her displacer beast) was really the only emotional treasure she's had before being tadpoled, so as she develops relationships of various natures with the party and the stakes get higher, she starts fumbling a little bit.

thank you! ❤️~ answering for Nat :3

[ 🪢 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhen was the last time they broke a promise ?

During the final push against the Netherbrain, in Baldur's Gate. Despite promising to multiple people - including herself! - she would not give in to the temptation of using any illithid powers and specially the astral tadpole offered by the Emperor, the final battle nears and this unbearable weight and hopelessness looms over her.

Nathrae has finally found people she cares about, loves even, and in the face of a foe she is unsure they'll be able to beat, decides to accept the astral tadpole to increase her power and their chance at success.

It's an incredibly selfless act despite it all - Nat has no ambitions of grandeur and doesn't crave power, so taking the plunge of very possibly altering herself (the most valuable thing she's ever had) forever to ensure the safety of other people is a big thing for a thief who's done nothing but look after her own survival and interests for the past 150+ years.

[ 🔒 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhat is a secret they’ve sworn never to tell ?

Maybe a bit of a cheap, broad answer, but Nathrae is a thief for high end contracts. This often means she not only sees and knows a lot about her patrons, she also has definitely acquired them artifacts that others should not know about.

Because she has standards, Nat doesn't spill the beans on her clients secrets (at least, not the ones she values in high regard - treat your thief well!).

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so glad you're enjoying seeing more of my girl! ❤️ I feel like I'm constantly tweaking and changing things here and there, more than what I usually do with my OCs, but 40k has a lot of lore and I'm always finding something new I wanna explore with her or change lol

I hope her development continues to be, at least, interesting to witness!