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#[asks] β„‘ π”₯𝔬𝔭𝔒 𝔦𝔱'𝔰 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔰𝔒𝔑
vigilant-cleric Β· 2 months
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Do all of Helm's loyal hate Drow, or is it just you? (@wovenmidnight)
Not Drows, only Lolth worshippers. They just happen to be mostly Drows meddling in my temple RIGHT NOW.
and you too. the cherry on top.
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vigilant-cleric Β· 2 months
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At least Lolth talks to us, you're literally Helm's cleric and he's radio silent??? like hello??? :U
It is better for a god to remain silent and leave the benefit of the doubt to his followers than for another to speak up and confirm that she is a fool.
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vigilant-cleric Β· 12 days
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ICB you’re yelling at Fungi….. smh smh smh
[THEY DESERVED IT...]
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vigilant-cleric Β· 3 months
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a , e , g , i , s , u! :)
[specs avenging themselves for their Valentine's Day workload by sharing some with me... THANK YOU SPECS dfdfvvdx]
AΒ  Β :Β  Β AFFECTION.how does your muse show affection?
His love languages are definitely acts of service and then quality time. He's a good diplomat but if you ask him to talk about anything too personal or too emotional he will just blank.... love is about the same for him though with time he will learn to express himself.
EΒ  Β :Β  Β EMBRACE.Β  Β does your muse like hugs? what are their hugs like?
He actually loves hugs! But the occasion for him to give or receive any hasn't come up often. His embraces are very hesitant at first but once he's sure that the other person wants it, he'll fully hold them tight into his arms.
GΒ  Β :Β  Β GIFT.Β  Β is your muse good at gift - giving or do they struggle to get it right?
He's awful at it. His idea of gifts are whatever people donate to gods, which are often not great gifts for normal people. If you clearly tell him what gifts you would like to receive though, he'll get better at it. .... Eventually.
IΒ  Β  :Β  Β I LOVE YOU.Β  Β does your muse findΒ β€˜i love you’ easy or hard to say?
Very, very hard. Give him time. He'll come around.
SΒ  Β :Β  Β SWEETHEART.Β  Β did your muse have a childhood sweetheart?
Never more than in-passing. He was pretty isolated by his military training as a child, and he was mostly a teenager lost in an adults' world.
UΒ  Β :Β  Β UNREQUITED.Β  Β has your muse had their heart broken?
One of the cavalrymen of his Hellriders unit was a male dragonborn named Rheighar, whom he had known for many years and served with on the daily. They had a fling, but over time Ashen developed genuine feelings for his comrade-in-arms. He never worked up the courage to tell him about it soon enough; Rheighar was slain in the battle for Elturel and Ashen could not do anything but drag his lifeless body to his final resting place.
It affected him very deeply and he has never told anyone about it. He has yet to work up the courage to go back to Elturel to visit his grave, though he would really like to.
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vigilant-cleric Β· 2 months
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forgive me, father πŸ‘‰πŸ‘ˆ for i am sin.
The cleric, who was sitting in his tent polishing his armour with much effort and was honestly not asking for this, looked up to Astarion with a raised eyebrow. The vampire had to be drunk on blood, or alcohol, or both.
Ashen was full of humour, as Astarion knew; but sometimes, the funniest answer he could give was to pretend being dry and humourless.
"I am a priest of Helm, /my child/. If you are not aware, He is the god of soldiers and sentinels. So unless you have somehow taken up a guard job and ran while on duty, your /sin/ does not concern Helm, /or/ me."
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vigilant-cleric Β· 2 days
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@yourfavoritetiefling
❝ Can we get take-out after shift ? ❞
"Take-out?"
The cleric was so used to there being a certain distance between his novices, other lower-ranked Helmites and himself, that he was genuinely taken aback by the question for a moment. The other priests were keen on leaving him alone, some of them knowing that it was difficult, and unwanted by him, to make him come out of his shell. It seemed Bernard did not get the memo. Still, Ashen entertained the question, if only out of politeness.
"Where would you get take-out from?"
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vigilant-cleric Β· 3 months
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*does the worm in the background while Ashen is having a very, very serious conversation*
[TADPOLE]
GODS DAMN KARLACH YOU CANNOT KEEP DOING THIS WHILE I AM DISCUSSING FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR A FAMILY. QUIT THAT.
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vigilant-cleric Β· 5 days
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How to pray to Helm :(?
"We clerics like to formalise our prayers to a sometimes unnecessary extent, especially if we intend to use them during ceremonies. But that does not mean you need to do the same. Call upon the Watcher sincerely, and He shall hear you wherever you are, and however you word it. He may even prefer a simple but heartfelt prayer rather than one learned by heart from another."
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vigilant-cleric Β· 6 days
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Oh, Doc. I'm down real bad. The only cure is for you to give me your number and a date. Flops dramatically over his desk.
"For the last time, Karlach, though I may be part of the medical corps, I am a chaplain, not a doctor. The only cures I provide are spiritual ones, and we both know you don't care much for these."
The cleric closes the book in front of him, resting both of his hands on its leather-bound cover as he thought of what answer he should provide her. He was interested, they both knew it, but his professional conscience could not possibly let him give his phone number on his work time.
"Why don't you learn Helm's main tenets by heart and recite them to me? I might give you my number then."
Ironically, these tenets included not getting distracted from one's duty.
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vigilant-cleric Β· 6 days
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I have feelings for my one-night stand, but I know it's too soon to have them, help!
Ashen could hardly blame the anonymous enquirer. His own relationship with his late partner had started with a one night stand. Which turned into... several years' stands, he supposed. And he knew how easy it was to feel enamoured with a temporary partner, especially when missing the affection of past years.
"Romantic feelings impose themselves on you, therefore it's never too soon to have them. You may be rather thinking that it's too soon to confess them to your lover, which may be quite right. You've had a one night stand, however. This means there's at least mutual physical attraction. Isn't that good news? Perhaps... Spend more time with them, see how it turns out? They may be feeling the same about you."
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vigilant-cleric Β· 7 days
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What's your favorite thing about your muse? :>
[It's not something I explore in threads very often, solely when Ashen mentions his late lover in passing, but his whole character is built around grief, trauma and survivor's guilt, which to me are fascinating topics. As my friends put it, he's a completely ordinary character, who's only made peculiar by the extraordinary events he's been through. But these events are not uncommon, either for DnD or our world. They are war, the loss of loved ones, the loss of identity, the struggle to find resilience within oneself and a live to will where there is no longer one. In short, He Needs a Hug]
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vigilant-cleric Β· 10 days
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πŸ’ž would you ever bed a devil?
"No."
The answer has never been this straightforward.
Perhaps he would consider a devil turning away from their evil ways, but then... that simply did not exist, did it.
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vigilant-cleric Β· 10 days
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πŸ’ž + What's a fantasy of yours?
The answer could have been quite simple. He liked to pleasure others and to hear them moan in response. Nevertheless, he may have been a cleric, but he was first and foremost a soldier. He knew that was not what was enquired about. The mysterious enquirer likely expected something more exciting, a deep dive into his psyche, or whatever it was that people expected when allowed to ask about a priest's intimacy.
"... I think I would like to be tied up by someone else. Something about letting go of authority and control for once, and be attended to."
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vigilant-cleric Β· 10 days
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πŸ’ž + do you ever compare your partners to your ex?
"As much as I wish not to, the thought crosses my mind. I loved Rheighar like I loved no one else, and this showed even in the purely physical act - there was complicity between us that I find hard to find elsewhere. But I've already spent years abstaining, from grief. As difficult as it is, I must let go. Move on. Accept that he will always be in my thoughts but that life must continue. He would have told me that, I know."
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vigilant-cleric Β· 10 days
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πŸ’ž + how long has it been?
The first hint was that it seemed really complicated for the cleric to recall any proper answer to the question. The second hint was that the look on his face betrayed a certain discontentment with the state of his intimate life.
"... Years. I haven't had the pleasure of laying with anyone since I became a cleric. First, I would not even entertain the thought because my mind was elsewhere. Now, I do miss it, but the only potential partners also happen to be worshippers of the temple, and I like to remain professional, thank you very much."
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vigilant-cleric Β· 21 days
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( Mourndax ) "I've killed those who’ve wronged me and nothing is better. Nothing feels better. Nothing is avenged."
"Vengeance is no means for relief. It does not bring back what you lost. It does not make those who have done wrong feel sorry for it. Even beasts do not know, or entertain, vengeance."
In Avernus, the silhouette of a Hellrider behind flames. The cavalryman had seemingly lost all control of himself; he raged and screamed and barked, mace bludgeoning the corpse below him repeatedly in a ghastly spray of crimson. The cambion was long dead, yet Ashen was mad with bloodthirst, and even his horse dared not witness the psychological descent of his master. In the end, though, Rheighar was still as motionless as his killer, and the loss would weigh on Ashen's mind for the remainder of his life, regardless of his messy kill.
"You have to find peace within yourself. This does not mean forgiveness, if you are not willing to grant it, but a motion towards accepting the past and, most importantly, that it is past. You must make space for new beginnings. Let your pain inspire you in becoming a better person, if you must, but do not let it weigh you down."
The cleric sighed, leaning in towards Mourndax with a softer voice.
"You know, life is too short to spend it feeling miserable. It may end at any point. You should live every day as if it were the last. You should not chase grudges. You should chase the stars. You should go to bed every evening telling yourself that if you were never to wake up, then your last day alive was satisfying to you."
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