Bioluminescent Shade

With the Kickstarter in the final days, I decided to reimagine my character for bg3 in the legends of adventuris universe

Now, I should probably explain the first version of the character before I tell you what I turned them into for their 2026 rendition.

My DND self insert character is named Kuma Fae. They are a white/faerie dragonborn sage who was raised in the feywild, leading them down the path of a druid of dreams(if I could purchase the thing it's from or modify the game)/the moon(if we're going purely by vanilla bg3). In terms of their "Alignment" in traditional DND, they classify as Neutral Good and display the colors of red, white, and blue most in Magic The Gathering terms; they are literally just me, but draconic. In Baldur's Gate, he falls in love with Halsin and Karlach, eventually accompanying the blue oni to Nessus with Wyll(and maybe having a fling with a certain flayer disguising as an Asmodeus tiefling named Balm)

Another bg3 character I have who may have subconsciously influenced the reimagining of Kuma is Mark. He was originally manifested as a silver dragonborn durge who puts up a cool. nonchalant mask to protect the summer child within who cares about friendship. Also, at some point, he becomes an archfey warlock that manifests after already being a ranger. (Oh, and their dream visitor is a half orc named Octo)

Now that the context is out of the way, here is what I have in mind for my OC in Neon Odyssey using PointyHat's clown fiend video + the Legends of Adventuris Primalist(druid), Oracle(cleric), and Species videos

Imagine, if you will, a Bitling. They are similar to the imaginae of Honkai Star Rail, with the exception of being able to leave their planet with little to no consequence due to a part of them being made up of matter. This Bitling was a Tanuki of...Shukaku/Goemon build and form, but he loved it like that. Not too big, not too small. Anyways, as he got older, he found a deep appreciation for life both wild and sentient, which somehow allowed him to connect with the world soul of Arcadia, becoming a healer type of druid who helped where he could. However, there was a deep annoyance for the state of the world outside Arcadia, which he one day acted on by leaving his realm and joining the struggles made for a better world on different planets.

All of that radicalization turned his annoyance into hate. Hate for systems that exploit people's respect for one another. Systems that prey on people's beliefs for profit. And worst of all, he hated- no, Loathed-no, was disgusted and ashamed of systems that sapped someone's sense of whimsy and passion. All that hate that he rarely expressed out loud and usually mixed with smile became the catalyst for a major shift in his life. A shift in tone, one might say.

The cacophony struck without warning on a planet, manifesting the biggest negative feelings of the current inhabitants there. And he was not spared.

Going through the four types of cacophony, it went through our druid and decided which one he was a good fit for their new subject.

He(the bitling) felt complete and viewed new things as additions to himself, not needed but appreciated, making him incompatible with Varg philosophy. While he is all for making the world better and progressing it to a better thing, part of making it better in his eyes is having the ability to express yourself and suffer with help, making cacophony's progress feel exposed as the fraud it is. Moltlian was close, but the difference between their fun and the Bitling's was that the fools' fun was made as a way to distract from pain, while his fun came from within as little more than enjoyment of the present moment and promise of the future.

In a ironic, or perhaps iconic, twist of fate, it was his very zest for life that made him an unintentional enemy of harmony, the source of life. This changed his passion from this sweet thing that attacks the body, heart, and soul to make it do Extrodinary things and defies rational thinking into a power that can destroy and break as much as it can preserve and create. Now a moth Dathu, our ex-bitling barely managed to escape with his life and those who were at the right place at the right time for him to rescue.

After he figured out what happened to himself, he went into deep contemplation as to what to do next internally and how to handle the external predicament. In a few minutes, A Decision was Made. He would hold on to who he was and use this new self to springboard the continuation of spreading whimsy and love across the galaxy.

Because he was and is Kuichi Hikoichi, fluffy World Speaker from the land of Dreams, just now he's also Kuichi Hikoichi, The Healing Moth, and he wants to be Kuichi Hikoichi, The Harmonious (Plan)Arcadian in the future

(dramatization of The Harmonious Arcadian future)

With all that being expressed, he sent the other survivors to places where there are people to help them if they reference the Hikoichi name and continues his story with new friends(the travel party)

With all this lore, I made them a level 3-5 World Speaker Primalist from Arcadia (so I guess an Arcadian Speaker) who didn't become fiendish and has the unique trait of his wild shape form(s) having moth wings instead of the usual wings when flying

Overall, I think I re-made something incredible. What do you think?

spoilers for v.6.11/the "One of Darkness Absolute" update and Beast Yeast chapters up to that point(before the millennium Advent one with Leavened One Mystic Flour Cookie costume)

Warning: I have not intentionally watched or played anything past the mentioned chapter/update

I discovered today that there are no mention of Dark Enchantress Cookie and Mystic Flour Cookie Yuri(unless they're hiding from me on Wattpad, quote, or fanfiction.com) and I shall not let that stand. So, as the first to post it, I will trailblaze this path and explain this doomed ship

I had this ship since the One of Darkness Absolute Story, specifically with this line

now, this isn't to say that this line was all it took. However, her whole reaction in this basically bonus chapter to Dark Enchantress Cookie as a whole gave me a new perspective. How would someone defying the fate of their body, and hoping to spread that "freedom" to everybody, be a lesson in futility? In fact, wouldn't it be more a lesson of Resolution, the good part of her original light of willpower? It contradicts her supposed nihilistic philosophy.

If she had said "this will be your NEXT step INTO futility" or something along those lines, it would make sense. Dark Enchantress Cookie would lose, and THAT'S when she discovers the lesson. But no, her willingness to keep going even after she may die is the lesson.

I don't know about you, but DE sounds a little Absurdist here, and somehow got a nihilist to turn around. What force could do such a thing that it turns a nihilist into an Absurdist?

The answer here? A love for life. Whether it be one's own life, the life of another, or both, even if it doesn't make sense or matter in the long run. And from a shipping perspective, One could argue Mystic Flour chose the both option

And that could lead to some good "characterization" if you know what I mean. The angst of them realizing that they are loving a new thing again, going opposed to what they preach. Loving something that is desperately trying to cling to life for other cookies/people, just like the Flour of Volition did before she placed herself in the cacoon. Something that she sees as on the path to enlightenment, but going farther in her fight to get there? Think about the potential here!

That's not even factoring in The Leavened One AU. A tug and pull between a freedom that tries to kill divinity and a freedom that reveals divinity, each vying to show the other that their way is the right way to free cookiekind from suffering! The tug of war ship that can be built from that!

Plus, going back to the normal timeline, it can add a compare and contrast dynamic to the just as good ship, Cacaolily. A relentless freedom achiever (White Lily and Dark Enchantress) gains the attraction of a strong willed individual who hide their love very well (Mystic Flour and Dark Cacao).

While Dark Cacao is too busy to confess his feelings due to his duties and is content to staying on the side while doing all he can to protect her, Mystic Flour has already given up her duties, letting her easily try and reach for this newfound desire. From their perspective, they each had a chance for the same goal, but took different directions if you keep it canon complacent.