Engale
@engaleangel.bsky.social
26, an artist occasionally. currently using this as a dumping ground to ramble about my tavs/durges.
Tavs I'm currently rambling about: #SolTav #EdTav #MercyDU
Tavs I'm currently rambling about: #SolTav #EdTav #MercyDU
#tavqotd #SolTav
Solstice is a typical bard, if he isn't yappin', something's wrong.
He loves to make friends, but pre-tadpole, he isn't very good at keeping them. No fault of his own, he was just unlucky and somehow always managed to befriend people that didn't actually like him. Or he was +
Solstice is a typical bard, if he isn't yappin', something's wrong.
He loves to make friends, but pre-tadpole, he isn't very good at keeping them. No fault of his own, he was just unlucky and somehow always managed to befriend people that didn't actually like him. Or he was +
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
#tavqotd #SolTav
The night he killed his father. Every time he dreams of that night, it's so clear. The animalistic scream he let out as he snapped, the feeling of his blade sinking in, the smell of the blood, the ache in his arms from stabbing again and again and again long after Tharylsaryth +
The night he killed his father. Every time he dreams of that night, it's so clear. The animalistic scream he let out as he snapped, the feeling of his blade sinking in, the smell of the blood, the ache in his arms from stabbing again and again and again long after Tharylsaryth +
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
#tavqotd #SolTav
Solstice is pretty adaptable when it comes to comfort, as growing up, his two sisters needed to be comforted in different ways. Aurora needed distraction so he'd talk, make up stories and play music to comfort her, whereas Nova needed cuddles and soft words. While his mother just +
Solstice is pretty adaptable when it comes to comfort, as growing up, his two sisters needed to be comforted in different ways. Aurora needed distraction so he'd talk, make up stories and play music to comfort her, whereas Nova needed cuddles and soft words. While his mother just +
#tavqotd
What's something your tav/durge does to comfort others when they need it?
Mal might seem prickly. But when someone needs a bit of comforting he's usually there with a hug and an offer to get rid of whatever (or whoever) is upsetting his nearest and dearest.
What's something your tav/durge does to comfort others when they need it?
Mal might seem prickly. But when someone needs a bit of comforting he's usually there with a hug and an offer to get rid of whatever (or whoever) is upsetting his nearest and dearest.
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
#tavqotd #SolTav
Solstice is 37! so pretty young, especially for a drow/elf! He matured pretty quickly, due to his rough childhood and having to take on a parental role for his sisters at just 16. Buuut it's clear he's still really young when talking to someone like Halsin or Minthara.
As for +
Solstice is 37! so pretty young, especially for a drow/elf! He matured pretty quickly, due to his rough childhood and having to take on a parental role for his sisters at just 16. Buuut it's clear he's still really young when talking to someone like Halsin or Minthara.
As for +
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
#tavqotd #SolTav
Solstice's big brother mode kicks in and his hand stills on his lyre.
"Woah hey, you're not disturbing me. Come 'ere, tell me what's wrong? Or we could just sit? Maybe play a little?" he smiles warmly and nods his head towards the spot next to him.
Solstice's big brother mode kicks in and his hand stills on his lyre.
"Woah hey, you're not disturbing me. Come 'ere, tell me what's wrong? Or we could just sit? Maybe play a little?" he smiles warmly and nods his head towards the spot next to him.
#tavqotd Your Tav/Durge is sitting by the river when Orya approaches. She’s looking a bit teary eyed.
“Oh! I’m sorry….I didn’t realize someone was here…”
She starts to walk away. What does your Tav/Durge do?
#baldursgate3 #bg3 #tav #durge
“Oh! I’m sorry….I didn’t realize someone was here…”
She starts to walk away. What does your Tav/Durge do?
#baldursgate3 #bg3 #tav #durge
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
#tavqotd #SolTav
Solstice's bias against elves developed as a result of growing up in a town mostly populated by elves that hated his mother for being a drow, and him and his sisters for being half elf/half drow. Which was then amplified when his elven father's attitude toward him flipped. +
Solstice's bias against elves developed as a result of growing up in a town mostly populated by elves that hated his mother for being a drow, and him and his sisters for being half elf/half drow. Which was then amplified when his elven father's attitude toward him flipped. +
Remember the question you can ask Barcus when/if you free him from the windmill, about deep gnomes coming from the Underdark?
#tavqotd Bias thoughts, where does your tav/durge get their bias thoughts from? A family member, a tutor, a friend?
#tav #tavask #bg3ask #durge #durgeask #darkurge
#tavqotd Bias thoughts, where does your tav/durge get their bias thoughts from? A family member, a tutor, a friend?
#tav #tavask #bg3ask #durge #durgeask #darkurge
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November 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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November 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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November 2, 2025 at 11:31 AM
#tavqotd #SolTav
Solstice was home-schooled by his parents as sending him to an actual school would have been a bad idea in the very anti-drow town they lived in. Teaching the basics such as reading and writing and simple maths was a joint effort between his parents. His mother taught him skills +
Solstice was home-schooled by his parents as sending him to an actual school would have been a bad idea in the very anti-drow town they lived in. Teaching the basics such as reading and writing and simple maths was a joint effort between his parents. His mother taught him skills +
November 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
#tavqotd #SolTav
Solstice knows how to take care of a baby. His youngest sister was only a baby when their father died, so he took on more of a parental role to help out their mother.
Solstice knows how to take care of a baby. His youngest sister was only a baby when their father died, so he took on more of a parental role to help out their mother.
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#tavqotd #SolTav
100%. The last creepy book was given to Astarion and not being able to read it himself drove Solstice mad. And hey, Astarion survived reading the necromancy of thay, so how bad can another potentially cursed book be?
this man's curiosity is gonna be the death of him
100%. The last creepy book was given to Astarion and not being able to read it himself drove Solstice mad. And hey, Astarion survived reading the necromancy of thay, so how bad can another potentially cursed book be?
this man's curiosity is gonna be the death of him
#tavqotd Your Tav/Durge has come across a spell book that seems to have come out of nowhere. It’s covered in stitches and looks overall unsettling. It’s questionable if it’s cursed. Do they take the chance and open it?
#baldursgate3 #bg3 #tav #durge
#baldursgate3 #bg3 #tav #durge
October 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
#tavqotd
listen i got into bg3 because of tumblr and then astarion suddenly popping up on my youtube when my brother got the game and got me properly interested. i KNEW my very first playthrough would be romancing astarion because every single clip i had seen had me laughing.
so Solstice was +
listen i got into bg3 because of tumblr and then astarion suddenly popping up on my youtube when my brother got the game and got me properly interested. i KNEW my very first playthrough would be romancing astarion because every single clip i had seen had me laughing.
so Solstice was +
Reviving an old one:
#TavQOTD
Did you, your Tav/Durge/OC's creator/handler/parent, decide who they would romance? Or did your OC choose themselves?
#TavQOTD
Did you, your Tav/Durge/OC's creator/handler/parent, decide who they would romance? Or did your OC choose themselves?
October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#tavqotd
listen i got into bg3 because of tumblr and then astarion suddenly popping up on my youtube when my brother got the game and got me properly interested. i KNEW my very first playthrough would be romancing astarion because every single clip i had seen had me laughing.
so Solstice was +
listen i got into bg3 because of tumblr and then astarion suddenly popping up on my youtube when my brother got the game and got me properly interested. i KNEW my very first playthrough would be romancing astarion because every single clip i had seen had me laughing.
so Solstice was +
#tavqotd #SolTav
Solstice literally is just voice 1. I cannot imagine him sounding any different.
it's so ingrained in my head the voice 1 is Solstice that it took me ages before i could use that voice for another tav DHJSKDKS
Solstice literally is just voice 1. I cannot imagine him sounding any different.
it's so ingrained in my head the voice 1 is Solstice that it took me ages before i could use that voice for another tav DHJSKDKS
#tavqotd
What does your tavs/durges voice sound like?
What makes it unique? Do they stutter, have a lisp, something else? An accent etc
What does your tavs/durges voice sound like?
What makes it unique? Do they stutter, have a lisp, something else? An accent etc
October 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
#tavqotd #SolTav
Solstice didn't really have any friends pre-tadpole, growing up in a mostly elven town that hated drow and then once his family moved away from there, he was travelling too much to really build any friendships. So Shadowheart and Karlach are his best friends!
Solstice didn't really have any friends pre-tadpole, growing up in a mostly elven town that hated drow and then once his family moved away from there, he was travelling too much to really build any friendships. So Shadowheart and Karlach are his best friends!
October 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
i made myself a little bg3 persona. a tiefling-ified version of the persona ive been using for years
October 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
i made myself a little bg3 persona. a tiefling-ified version of the persona ive been using for years
#tavqotd #SolTav
So far, Solstice is the only one of my tavs to have a surname. His full name is Solstice Drearer. It came about a little while after I first made him. I'm not really sure where it came from, and because im cursed to fixate on my first ideas it just stuck. I like it now though, +
So far, Solstice is the only one of my tavs to have a surname. His full name is Solstice Drearer. It came about a little while after I first made him. I'm not really sure where it came from, and because im cursed to fixate on my first ideas it just stuck. I like it now though, +
A fairly simple #TavQOTD
Does your Tav/Durge have an official last name?
Was it with them at the time of their creation, or did it come later in the design process?
Does your Tav/Durge have an official last name?
Was it with them at the time of their creation, or did it come later in the design process?
October 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
#tavqotd #SolTav
Solstice HATES having people in his mind, so really he's more bothered by the unwanted probing in general than he is about the "reveal" that he has feelings for Astarion so he just shrugs it off. Not like it was a secret anyway, Karlach's been teasing him for months atp and he +
Solstice HATES having people in his mind, so really he's more bothered by the unwanted probing in general than he is about the "reveal" that he has feelings for Astarion so he just shrugs it off. Not like it was a secret anyway, Karlach's been teasing him for months atp and he +
#tavqotd Z’rell just looked into your Tav/Durge’s mind and shared with everyone in the room how strong they feel for their love interest(s). How do they feel or respond?
#baldursgate3 #bg3 #tav #durge
#baldursgate3 #bg3 #tav #durge
October 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
#tavqotd #SolTav
I feel like Araj is a given for most Astarion romancers but yeah, she made Solstice's skin crawl with the way she spoke about Astarion, especially since the confession had JUST happened the day before.
But the first was Gandrel. The second the name "Astarion" left that man's +
I feel like Araj is a given for most Astarion romancers but yeah, she made Solstice's skin crawl with the way she spoke about Astarion, especially since the confession had JUST happened the day before.
But the first was Gandrel. The second the name "Astarion" left that man's +
October 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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October 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Quote with your very first #art of your OCs Vs your latest
Let's see that glow up!
very first sketch of Solstice (sept 2024, about a month after i started bg3!) vs most recent (feb 2025 oof) vs probably the best sketch i have of him i just haven't been able to draw like that since send help
Let's see that glow up!
very first sketch of Solstice (sept 2024, about a month after i started bg3!) vs most recent (feb 2025 oof) vs probably the best sketch i have of him i just haven't been able to draw like that since send help
October 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Quote with your very first #art of your OCs Vs your latest
Let's see that glow up!
very first sketch of Solstice (sept 2024, about a month after i started bg3!) vs most recent (feb 2025 oof) vs probably the best sketch i have of him i just haven't been able to draw like that since send help
Let's see that glow up!
very first sketch of Solstice (sept 2024, about a month after i started bg3!) vs most recent (feb 2025 oof) vs probably the best sketch i have of him i just haven't been able to draw like that since send help
#tavqotd #SolTav
Oh definitely not. If he had his way he'd sleep past noon every day. But alas, tadpoles and travelling don't exactly afford him such luxury.
He can wake up early but he won't enjoy it.
The semi-nocturnal lifestyle he adapts to with Astarion post-netherbrain is very much welcomed
Oh definitely not. If he had his way he'd sleep past noon every day. But alas, tadpoles and travelling don't exactly afford him such luxury.
He can wake up early but he won't enjoy it.
The semi-nocturnal lifestyle he adapts to with Astarion post-netherbrain is very much welcomed
#tavqotd
Is your tav/durge a morning person? Or do they think Morning People should be tied to a tree with a gag?
Mal, chronically sleep deprived as he is, is of the mind that cheerfulness first thing in the morning prior to coffee should be illegal.
Is your tav/durge a morning person? Or do they think Morning People should be tied to a tree with a gag?
Mal, chronically sleep deprived as he is, is of the mind that cheerfulness first thing in the morning prior to coffee should be illegal.
October 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
#tavqotd #SolTav
It honestly depends on what mood Solstice is in before the startle. If he's in a good mood and you're a friend, he'll probably shout in surprise and give whoever made him jump a playful smack on the arm.
If he's in a bad mood and is armed..... you're gonna end up with a sword +
It honestly depends on what mood Solstice is in before the startle. If he's in a good mood and you're a friend, he'll probably shout in surprise and give whoever made him jump a playful smack on the arm.
If he's in a bad mood and is armed..... you're gonna end up with a sword +
October 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
i have so many tavs. i should make a google doc listing them all 'cause at this point it's getting a bit hectic for ME to comprehend, god help anyone else who shows any interest in them
October 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
i have so many tavs. i should make a google doc listing them all 'cause at this point it's getting a bit hectic for ME to comprehend, god help anyone else who shows any interest in them