That Czech Girl

Who are you? Who sent you?

Bhaal: You’ve chosen to redeem your soul for your lover, rather than accept the dark gifts I would offer? You foolish child. Is a vampire worth such a sacrifice?

Durge: Yes—but I didn’t choose the vampire as my lover.

Bhaal: It’s the Sharran? Or the Githyanki? Disappointing, though I can see how sorrow or a thirst for violence would appeal to one born of my flesh.

Durge: It’s neither.

Bhaal: …one of the horned creatures, then? The female warrior, or the cursed male? Their hearts are disgustingly pure, but I suppose visually they have a hellish appeal—

Durge: No.

Bhaal: Then who—

Gale *hands on hips, frowning at a puddle of blood*: The decor in here is rather…vein, wouldn’t you say?

Bhaal: …

Durge *defensively*: He’s an extremely powerful wizard, you know. His best friend is a monster that he himself summoned.

Bhaal: What kind of monster? Describe it.

Durge: …

Durge: … cat with wings.

Note: those were ripped directly from the game files, as they aren't included in the OST. You can also listen to them in this playlist on PinkyJulien's Youtube channel or in this playlist by Slow Walkthroughs.

The START of your story - how fucked up flawed is your premise/character at the start? what do they have to change? why are they HERE?

The END of your story - How do you want your main character/theme/universe to change after your story? Does it get better or worse? THIS SETS UP THE TONE DRASTICALLY.

What you want to happen IN BETWEEN - the MEAT of it. What made you start writing this WIP in the first place. Don't be ashamed to indulge, it's where the BRAIN JUICE comes from. You want a deep dive into worldbuilding and complex systems? Then your start and end should be rooted in some fundamental, unique rule of your universe (what made you obsess over it?). Want to write unabashed ship content? Make sure your start and end are so compelling you'll never run out of smut scenarios to shove in between scenes (what relationship dynamics made you ship it in the first place?).

The ANTE - the GRAVITY of your story. How high are the stakes? Writing a blurb or interaction? start with a small day-in-the-life so you can focus on shorter timelines and hourly minutiae that can easily get overlooked in more complicated epics. Or you can go ham on it and plot out your whole universe's timeline from conception to demise. Remember: the larger the scale, the less attached your story may get. How quickly time flies in your story typically correlates with the ante (not a hard rule, ofc, but most epics span years of time within a few pages, while a romance novel usually charts out the events of a few months over a whole manuscript.)

28 stab w- sorry, wrong fandom

Kids these days.

(this was funnier in my head LOL)

(I did Origins but am limited to ten images…but I see you, Alistair “Swooping is Bad” Theirin and Zevran, defo assassin defo farthest thing from a virgin Antivan Crow disaster bisexual. We also go feral for them.)