#valos

VALOS DRYAALIS

(last name subject to change)

act 1-2 act 3-epilogue

RACE: Lolth-sworn Drow

CLASS: rogue

AGE: 35

ROMANCING: Astarion, Shadowheart

GENDER IDENTITY: cis male

SEXUALITY: bisexual (no preference)

BRIEF BACKSTORY:

Valos was born into an underdark village, raised by fellow drow-including his mother, father, and his sister (unnamed so far). A personal headcanon that I’ve made up for drow is that in certain villages, priestesses of Lolth will insert spider sacs/spiders into drow children in order to keep them in line (if they betray Lolth, the spiders will kill them from the inside out). Valos, obviously being male, had a hard time in his village-and him being a sensitive child didn’t help. But his sister defended him, denying the gender norms in drow society and teaching him the ways of drow women. Valos admired his sister, congratulating her when she was sent off to war for the first time at 17. However, when his sister ‘came back’ a charred corpse, he spiraled-leading him to eventually leave the underdark when he turned 18. The betrayal of Lolth, as well as his behavior when he arrived to Baldur’s Gate, caused Lolth to disown him-the spider behind his eye injecting it’s poison-hence his blacked-out eye.

Ever since, Valos has been paranoid of Lolth-afraid to indulge in any personal pleasures in the fear that she will unleash her power again, this time with the spiders in his stomach. At the beginning of the game, he’s much more paranoid and secretive. By the end, he’s completely written Lolth out of his mind and he’s more confident in his decisions. His dream visitor took the form of his sister. If he was a companion, his personal quest to rid himself of the spiders and find out what really happened to his sister, would be ‘The Betrayer of Lolth’.

(note-valos dyed his hair black after he was disowned by Lolth, and throughout the events of the game, he lets his natural white hair grow out-in my mind, his hair grows a little bit as well because of this and by the epilogue he has longer cornrows.)

SYLUS

RACE: Tiefling

CLASS: bard

AGE: 27

ROMANCING: literally everybody. he has a thing with everybody-but mainly Karlach, Wyll, and Halsin.

GENDER IDENTITY: trans male/ftm

SEXUALITY: pansexual, polyamorous

BRIEF BACKSTORY:

Sylus is not extremely traumatized like my other ocs. He is an orphan, but he was quickly taken in as a child by his adoptive parents. He was raised in a loving home, encouraged to pursue a career in music and performance, as well as to transition to a man. As he grew up, he became a jester for the local circus in Baldur’s gate-where he performed with his violin and entertained the masses of the city. His dream visitor took the form of his music teacher, the one who had helped him begin to write his own music as well as sing. If he was a companion, he would probably not have a personal quest, as he has no big problem in his life. The only thing he’s concerned about is getting back to the city and jumping around in his little jester uniform again. His appearance does not change throughout the game, as he is already very confident in himself before the events of the game.

(note: his scar on his nose isn’t an indicator of any trauma. he most likely snapped a string of his violin onto himself on accident, somehow.)

CASPIAN PEARLCREST

RACE: Half elf, half merfolk

CLASS: sorcerer

AGE: 29

ROMANCING: Gale, Astarion

GENDER IDENTITY: male with weird and confusing fish anatomy (I know nothing about merfolk pls bare with me)

SEXUALITY: gay (mlm)

BRIEF BACKSTORY:

Caspian grew up in an underwater kingdom near the coast of Baldur’s Gate. His mother was merfolk, and his father elven-taking the uncommon step to move to the underwater city with his now pregnant wife. Caspian is the middle child of an older and younger brother-leaving him to often be ignored by his parents, other than when they are beckoning him to find a woman to marry. Caspian was always different than his uptight family-he’d always do his best to get out of the palace to help the people of the kingdom, unlike his parents.

Even with this, though, Caspian is still sheltered. When the events of the game occur, he has never had a romantic partner-until Astarion and Gale. He’s in a bit of a love triangle (more like a circle..#bloodweave). At the beginning of the game, Caspian is much more selfish and materialistic-but by the end, he grows and manages to become better (no doubt due to his companions having to humble him constantly). His dream visitor took the form of his mother. I think that he also wouldn’t have a personal quest-his biggest problem is overcoming his internalized homophobia and classism, which is nothing compared to the likes of the other companions struggles.