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It me! Nerd, larper, lurker. Closer to 30 than 20. She/They. Frequently and mainly posting random things about my OC Val'dran, chiefly through tavqotds. Sometimes reposting other random things. It be like that ✨

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Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · Jul 8

Intro thread ✨

Name: Val'dran (Auvryndar)
Age: 160
Race: Drow (1/4 shadow demon)
Background: Faction Agent (5e)/Criminal (bg3)
Class: Assassin Rogue
Gender/Pronouns: Male, He/Him(/They)
Height: 160 cm/5'3"
Alignment: Neutral
Languages: Drow, drow sign, undercommon, common, elvish, abyssal
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A screenshot of Val'dran looking sceptical, leaning slightly to the side.

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 1h

"Perhaps you ought to add days to your travel so that you may step down and explore, on occasion. Whether Chult or otherwise. A jungle... it seems interesting."

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 1h

"...Practice. Often."

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 1h

"...Train from morn to eve for a decade while surviving your classmates and your teachers, then keep practicing what you've learnt and what you learn through actual combat in the following decades. Does that... answer the question?"

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 2h

"Hm... I suppose. I like the stars."

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 2h

"Hm... something light and moveable. Quiet. Spidersilk is a preference in the Underdark, but not as functional on the surface, what with the lack or faerzress... so light leathers or elven chain, up here."

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 2h

#tavqotd Post your Tav/Durge and answer questions about them in character ✨

Just be warned that Val'dran remains a cagey liar, so you might not always get a truthful answer 😂

"Can I help you?"

A screenshot of Val'dran looking sceptical, giving a side eye and a slightly raised eyebrow.

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 2h

Val'dran: "Hi. ... What is one thing you... find beautiful about the surface?"

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 2h

Val'dran: "...Drawing attention to what one doesn't wish to speak of is... prone to make for curiosity. But instead, perhaps... as an airship captain you must've travelled far. What place do you fancy the most?"

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 3h

Val'dran takes the invitation offered, slinking over to run his fingers gently through Darius' hair. "You should feel the direction your hair wishes to go. Coerce it into shape, not force it."

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 3h

Val'dran: "...Do you actually know what you're doing. Braiding. ...You're going to cause breakage going on like that."

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 6h

Who wouldn't when Darius is around? 😏

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 6h

Smooches!!

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 8h

He can simply philosophise himself into a cuddly nap ✨

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 8h

Maybe I should get to writing more Val'dran in act 3 xD While I write in disjointed pieces put together in a series, they do have *something* of an order 🤔😂

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 9h

That is amazing xD And sensible! My problem once I reach act 3 is always the "oh god there's so much to do and I don't know where to start or what should be done when" 😂

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 9h

So many saveeees 😂❤️

My biggest sad times of console playing isn't even the small number of mods it's *how few save files I can have* 😂

What's your secret to finishing act 3 multiple times 👀

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 9h

The others can have fun, Val'dran is clocking out of the fun times *but* staying for lovely gay cuddles xD

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 9h

Another instance where Val'dran's 'wait and observe' approach had fatal consequences... 😔

None of the gnomes survived Nere's fury, but Nere also didn't survive Val'dran's flat "we're here for your head, kaezlen". His oh so superior self died just as swiftly as the gnomes did.

#tavqotd #tav

A screenshot of Val'dran in Grymforge, sweating and looking downright grumpy.

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 10h

Oh, *so* many times. While I've only *finished* one run, I have had... 4 or 5 that have reached act 3, 3-4 that have reached act 2, and 10+ that have mucked about in act 1 😂

Unsurprisingly perhaps, the only one who has finished is Val'dran. Who has almost finished his 2nd run now.

#tavqotd #tav

A screenshot of Val'dran from his second full playthrough (now with mods! :D)

A screenshot of Lachesis, my durge, who has reached Rivington and stayed there for a while.

An edited screenshot of Geheimnis, who is mucking around in act 1 still.

A screenshot of a new version of Sascha now that there are mods. Their previous iteration reached Rivington and was subsequently deleted there.

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 10h

So soft and sweet...

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 10h

Day 11 of #bg3kinktober is upon us! This one makes me snicker with amusement, and we've gone for pet play. Val'dran really is such a mischievous little kitten, but sometimes that has consequences 😏😂

archiveofourown.org/works/716738...

#tav #bg3oc #kinktober #kinktober2025

A screenshot of Val'dran smiling up at Sorn with cat ears affixed to his hair. Sorn, who we see from the back, is reaching out to caress his cheek, head tilted.

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 1d

He's so gorgeous when he smiles... he's always gorgeous, but *especially* when he smiles 😳❤️

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 1d

So gay 🌈

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no, it's just as Etlyre says, after all... he knows what Val'dran *really* wants >:)

Scout @eternalscout.bsky.social · 1d

Can't hide, and certainly can't flee >:)