travelling too much to really keep in touch with the few nice people he met.

(posted two versions of the picture because idk which one i like better)

had taken his last breath, the fear and the tightness of his chest as he heaved and came back to his senses. The sight of his father's lifeless face is what usually wakes him up. This nightmare is the reason Solstice sleeps with a bucket beside his bed; it always leaves him nauseous.

needed his presence.

He picks up on what his companions need in order to be comforted pretty quickly and feels pretty lost whenever something that usually works, doesn't.

(Astarion was NOT pleased and got all huffy at the comment)

Solstice saw on Astarion's gravestone that he was only 39 when he died, and got really sad about it because what the hell, that's only two years older than him

his age difference with Astarion, Astarion's got 194 years on him but most of the time they don't really notice the gap, only really when Astarion mentions something that happened 200 years ago or that time Solstice suddenly realised and pointed out that Astarion's actually older than his mother +

as for bias against lolth-sworn drow, especially female lolth-sworn, was taught to him by his mother, warning him about the realities of life in the Underdark, having experienced it herself before fleeing to the surface.

people.

He is forever learning and he LOVES it.

(so much that at times he can come across as a bit of a know-it-all)

fast learner just in general.

Solstice loves learning, so he's a really attentive student.

Once his father died and his family moved towns, Solstice at some point starts travelling a lot and learns in any way he can, attending lectures and classes, studying in libraries, and just by talking to +

training him how to fight and use different weapons

As for his music, he's entirely self-taught. His parents don't have a clue about music, so Solstice taught himself through watching other musicians, reading books and trial and error. He picks up on musical technique really quickly and is a +

such as cooking, sewing and herbology, particularly in identifying poisonous plants and how to avoid or use them. pretty sure most 6 year olds don't need to know how to make deadly poisons but that's what having a drow mother does to ya DHJSKDKS
His father taught him more physical things like +

the second my favourite artist on tumblr started doing bg3 fanart i knew it was only a matter of time for me DGHSJDKS

because. y'know. the whole Selune and Shar thing hsjdkdsk

and that's how Shadowheart came to have two girlfriends in this party instead of one pfft

also how Charity came into existence, made to take Kinirra's spot in romancing Karlach which honestly fits so much better