Disclaimer:
To anyone who might read this: I am no professional. I am sure someone will
eventually review my writing that has a good education, and proceed to bash
me to pieces over grammatical, and syntax errors. Do yourselves and me a
favor; apply your fingers elsewhere. This work is being written largely for
me, and at the encouragement of a friend I am sharing it. If one would care
to offer supportive criticism I am all ears, however, as already stated if
you simply seek a target for your frustrations please feel free to pack
your sorry ass on the first available shuttle to hell.
Baldur's Gate and its characters are the property of BioWare, Black Isle Studios, Interplay, and Wizards of the Coast. No copyright infringement is intended. However, Vollintus Bhaal is my design, and as I see language and ideas as a free things throw darts at him if you like, or whatever. Your words, and thoughts, like mine are not original they are simply rearranged. So all you pen wielding megalomaniacs out there who think they are the universe's gift to writing, please seek help! It's amazing what a bit of counseling and drug therapy can do these days. Ideas are much the same however I will spare you the rant.
I do not recommend my writings for younger audiences. Mild profanity will be present in English, and perhaps worse in demi-human tongues. There will be some sexual content later in my story, and I do not personally believe that violence is something to be viewed by the young in any form; if you disagree with this view try going to a country where seven year olds are shooting at you. I think you'll change your tune. Thank you and have a nice day! (
Author's notes: I have never read the BG series. I have only played the games. If you have not played the Baldur's Gate games and happen to read this I am afraid that it will make very little sense to you, and I will not be endeavoring to fill in those gaps.
On Cespenar: This is my spin of Cespenar. He is child like, with super- genius capabilities, however, not unlike most great minds his wisdom is considerably lower then his intellect. His base alignment is chaotic, unlike other imps who tend to be lawful, and his disposition is that of his current master; meaning in this case he is good. One final note I offer my thanks to my God son Steven, who suffers from mild autism, for being himself; for in that I have learned how to speak and write in Cespenarese.
Additional note on Cespenar: One might pick up on the way his speech is never quite the same. I modeled Cespy after my God son. Steven is much like this. He rarely uses a word in the same manner consistently. Example: 'You' might be 'ya' two minutes later. One last thing, believe it or not; a lot of the behavior I have Cespy act out would be things Stevy does, or I can easy envision him doing. The nose pinching incident real happened.LOL (minus the flinging of course).
On Yeslick: My version of Yeslick is like the original BioWare NPC form BG1 with a few twists. I could never understand why he spoke as well as he did in game. His intelligence is a seven which puts him literally one foot ahead of Minsc. Dwarven would be his primary language, and considering how low his intelligence is it is amazing to me that he can even speak common. Therefore, he does not speak it well. It is my intention to have his wisdom shine through. I can only hope that I have accomplished this.
On Kivan: Ah, yes, the brooding stalwart ranger from BG 1. I claim no special credit for his disposition. Neither do I make claim to have done anything particularly new with him in my story in that regard. Instead I offer tribute to Dominique Sotto of Canada; she is a fabulous writer and story teller of BG1 and BG2 mods. Her writings are what inspired me to handle Kivan the way I have. *All hail Domi!*
On Viconia: Due to the shortness of the game I have never felt that Viconia's ending was just. Even with the flirt packs offering alternate endings I have never believed her change in alignment, or the struggles she would face from undergoing such a transformation to be adequately represented. Something that always appeared to be neglected was the fact that Viconia showed a non-drow like interest in marriage throughout the game, and her desires, though somewhat subtlety displayed at times, to have that sort of closeness, family, friends and the like. I will do my best to portray my view of this accompanied by some borrowed themes of what could take place.
Translation: It is too easy to write a drow as a cruel, petty, vindictive, slut, so I won't be doing that.
On Robillard: I have to thank the makers of TDD for introducing me to him. The character seemed to lack real definition, so my hope is to breathe some life into him.
On Keldorn: He is who he is. The old paladin was one of my favorite characters from the BG series, and I do not know how I could write this story without him.
On Sarevok: Sarevok is another character that I have always felt should have been developed more. At the start of my story he is still the epitome of evil, shall this always be so? I do not know. I have to wait with the rest of you to see how this tale will finish telling itself.
On Imoen: I must admit I have been more than a little affected by Lord Mirrabo's work. (Yes! That right! Blame him for your being touched!) Uoo ruoel dood! .LoL. *Smacks gremlin off shoulder*
On Vollintus: ( Vol'-lin-tus) This is just a basic physical description. Human,6'4", 235pd muscular build, brown hair, sharp blue eyes, and a scar on left fore arm near elbow about 2' long. Stats after TOB: Natural rolls, believe it or not,( I nearly had heart failure when they came up .lol.took an hour though) modified through TDD play. Str:18/00 Dex: 10 Con: 18 Int: 17 Wis: 20 Cha: 20
Visiting characters from BG games there will be more: Solar Valgar Bhaal Mayor Lloyd Vince & the kid (don't recall name right now)
Baldur's Gate and its characters are the property of BioWare, Black Isle Studios, Interplay, and Wizards of the Coast. No copyright infringement is intended. However, Vollintus Bhaal is my design, and as I see language and ideas as a free things throw darts at him if you like, or whatever. Your words, and thoughts, like mine are not original they are simply rearranged. So all you pen wielding megalomaniacs out there who think they are the universe's gift to writing, please seek help! It's amazing what a bit of counseling and drug therapy can do these days. Ideas are much the same however I will spare you the rant.
I do not recommend my writings for younger audiences. Mild profanity will be present in English, and perhaps worse in demi-human tongues. There will be some sexual content later in my story, and I do not personally believe that violence is something to be viewed by the young in any form; if you disagree with this view try going to a country where seven year olds are shooting at you. I think you'll change your tune. Thank you and have a nice day! (
Author's notes: I have never read the BG series. I have only played the games. If you have not played the Baldur's Gate games and happen to read this I am afraid that it will make very little sense to you, and I will not be endeavoring to fill in those gaps.
On Cespenar: This is my spin of Cespenar. He is child like, with super- genius capabilities, however, not unlike most great minds his wisdom is considerably lower then his intellect. His base alignment is chaotic, unlike other imps who tend to be lawful, and his disposition is that of his current master; meaning in this case he is good. One final note I offer my thanks to my God son Steven, who suffers from mild autism, for being himself; for in that I have learned how to speak and write in Cespenarese.
Additional note on Cespenar: One might pick up on the way his speech is never quite the same. I modeled Cespy after my God son. Steven is much like this. He rarely uses a word in the same manner consistently. Example: 'You' might be 'ya' two minutes later. One last thing, believe it or not; a lot of the behavior I have Cespy act out would be things Stevy does, or I can easy envision him doing. The nose pinching incident real happened.LOL (minus the flinging of course).
On Yeslick: My version of Yeslick is like the original BioWare NPC form BG1 with a few twists. I could never understand why he spoke as well as he did in game. His intelligence is a seven which puts him literally one foot ahead of Minsc. Dwarven would be his primary language, and considering how low his intelligence is it is amazing to me that he can even speak common. Therefore, he does not speak it well. It is my intention to have his wisdom shine through. I can only hope that I have accomplished this.
On Kivan: Ah, yes, the brooding stalwart ranger from BG 1. I claim no special credit for his disposition. Neither do I make claim to have done anything particularly new with him in my story in that regard. Instead I offer tribute to Dominique Sotto of Canada; she is a fabulous writer and story teller of BG1 and BG2 mods. Her writings are what inspired me to handle Kivan the way I have. *All hail Domi!*
On Viconia: Due to the shortness of the game I have never felt that Viconia's ending was just. Even with the flirt packs offering alternate endings I have never believed her change in alignment, or the struggles she would face from undergoing such a transformation to be adequately represented. Something that always appeared to be neglected was the fact that Viconia showed a non-drow like interest in marriage throughout the game, and her desires, though somewhat subtlety displayed at times, to have that sort of closeness, family, friends and the like. I will do my best to portray my view of this accompanied by some borrowed themes of what could take place.
Translation: It is too easy to write a drow as a cruel, petty, vindictive, slut, so I won't be doing that.
On Robillard: I have to thank the makers of TDD for introducing me to him. The character seemed to lack real definition, so my hope is to breathe some life into him.
On Keldorn: He is who he is. The old paladin was one of my favorite characters from the BG series, and I do not know how I could write this story without him.
On Sarevok: Sarevok is another character that I have always felt should have been developed more. At the start of my story he is still the epitome of evil, shall this always be so? I do not know. I have to wait with the rest of you to see how this tale will finish telling itself.
On Imoen: I must admit I have been more than a little affected by Lord Mirrabo's work. (Yes! That right! Blame him for your being touched!) Uoo ruoel dood! .LoL. *Smacks gremlin off shoulder*
On Vollintus: ( Vol'-lin-tus) This is just a basic physical description. Human,6'4", 235pd muscular build, brown hair, sharp blue eyes, and a scar on left fore arm near elbow about 2' long. Stats after TOB: Natural rolls, believe it or not,( I nearly had heart failure when they came up .lol.took an hour though) modified through TDD play. Str:18/00 Dex: 10 Con: 18 Int: 17 Wis: 20 Cha: 20
Visiting characters from BG games there will be more: Solar Valgar Bhaal Mayor Lloyd Vince & the kid (don't recall name right now)