Portrait of Maleane
Birthday gift for my friend @mercymaker ! I hope you're having the best day!!
Portrait of Maleane
Birthday gift for my friend @mercymaker ! I hope you're having the best day!!
His skin felt colder than the fresh corpses littering the ground. A group of adventurers, stupid enough to come for them, to accuse them of crimes they hadn't committed, to name them as creatures, monsters, a plague upon this land.
They had signed away their lives the moment a sneaky tiefling loosened an arrow straight into Astarion's stomach.
And now, in the aftermath of a swift slaughter, the vampire spawn found Maleane smiling as she stood there, drenched in blood, the static of lightning still buzzing around her fingertips.
"Did you hear that? Turns out, you're nothing more than my undead servant, enthralled by the vilest magic in all known land."
▬ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥
“Don’t stop talking, please.” It was almost a whimper, how sudden and desperate the sentence sounded as it spilled out between her lips.
And all it did was made the spawn smirk. He knew just how much she loved hearing him spew absolute filth, pulling her into his most depraved fantasies with ease, and what sort of lover would Astarion be if he did not occasionally indulge her?
“My, my, you want me to confess all of my depravities just like that?”
▬ 𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐍
▬ Are you strong enough to stand protecting both your heart and mine?
“My, my, you want me to confess all of my depravities just like that?” As much as Maleane enjoyed hearing the pale elf detail his many fantasies, Astarion loved teasing her just a little bit more. There was something almost intoxicating about taking the drow on a journey, watching how her body responded to his words, the vivid pictures that he’d been painting in thick brushstrokes dripping only sin. “You want me to tell you all the things I’d do to you, hm?” Astarion was deliberate in the slow pace he was setting. He wished to build anticipation, to feed her morsel by morsel, until she was a shaking mess, ready to unravel in front of him... ▬ 𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐍
mal for @mercymaker :)
MALEANE・DROW・OUTLANDER
sometimes they spent hours—in the fields and the forest—collecting herbs and berries and mushrooms. some were for food, others for the medicine to help treat all those seeking halsin's aid. and while practicality gave them enough of a reason to disappear for a while, it was often the sense of respite and tranquility that they were truly chasing...
SHADOWHEART + the Night Orchid Cave.
I love you. I love this. And I want it all.
This artwork of Maleane and Astarion was done by the wonderful @irlplasticlamb. Thank you so so much for bringing my vision to life! I wanted to have these characters that mean the world to me encased in a little piece of my own culture, thus they are wearing traditional Lithuanian costumes.
Also, would you believe me if I told you this was set after Above the Vaulted Sky?
Undertow has come to take me, guided by the blazing sun...
Maleane had only counted twenty-five name-days before the fateful summer night that took her mother and left the young drow utterly alone in this world. With dirt from her parent’s grave still lodged deep under her fingernails, Mal took her first steps in a direction of her choosing. For the first time in her life, there weren’t any instructions, commands, or warnings to steer her one way or another. The world was out there, waiting for her. Waiting to devour her.
I like the way you kiss me, I can tell you miss me.
'𝖲𝗉𝖺𝗐𝗇' 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗇 𝗎𝗀𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽. 𝖨 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝗈 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖿𝖾𝗋 '𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗍'.
So our vamp isn't so heartless after all...