Jaheira pumping her fists because she knew he had it in him the whole time
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christening this account with this take from my old account:
Thinking about SoD rn, and how big of an impact it probably had on Khalid. I like to imagine it was such a big step forward for his confidence in being put in a leader position.
Like, he went from 'never wanting to lead ever due to anxiety in a leader role' to 'would probably prefer not to but would be happy to step in if needed'
And I think the 'if needed' would become alot more frequent as time passed.
Too bad he dies in bg2, imagine how he could be in bg3, so much more confident in his abilities, so much more willing to lead alongside Jaheira instead of stepping back at letting her do things.
Khalid’s alive that’s what matters to me lol
Kinda makes me want to do this for my au because it gets wacky after I decided to go down the pure ‘I think this would be cool’ route
I made a loose timeline for my au.
Under the cut because this is looong 😅
No colour is canon
Blue is headcanon
Orange is au
1334dr
Khalid is born.
1337dr
Jaheira is born.
1347dr
Castle Tethyr falls.
1348dr
Iloben (Gorion’s Ward) is born.
Jaheira joins the Druids.
1350dr
Gorion finds Iloben and takes him in.
Khalid joins the Calimport Militia.
1354dr
Jaheira joins the Harpers in Athkatla, sponsored by Dermin Courtierdale.
1355dr
Khalid is found by Harpers and leaves Calimport to join the Harpers in Athkatla.
Khalid is captured and tortured by Zhentarim.
Gorion, Jaheira, and two other Harpers are assigned to rescue him.
1356dr
Khalid and Jaheira start dating.
1358dr
The Time of Troubles.
1360dr
Khalid and Jaheira are married in The Dalelands.
1368dr
Gorion is murdered and Sarevok tries to set Baldur’s Gate and Amn against each other in war in hopes of pleasing Bhaal through all the murder. He is stopped by Iloben, Imoen, Khalid, Jaheira, Dynaheir and Minsc.
1369dr
Iloben tries to join the Harpers but is rejected for being ‘out of balance.’
Caelar Argent starts her crusade and is stopped by Iloben, Imoen, Khalid, Jaheira, Dynaheir and Minsc.
Irenicus captures them all. Iloben and Imoen are tortured and experimented on, Khalid is tortured in front of Imoen as one of the experiments. Jaheira and Minsc are kept captured, but are mostly unharmed. Dynaheir is killed.
They all escape (including Khalid) when Shadow Thieves attack Irenicus’ dungeon.
Khalid lost the abilities of his legs but was (mostly) healed by clerics in the Harper hold in Athkatla. (He stays there for the entirety of bg2 because he is too weak to fight.)
Iloben and Nalia marry for convenience but start dating properly not long after.
Irenicus and Bhodi steal Iloben’s and Imoen’s divine souls but are killed and they are returned.
Amelyssan makes all the Bhaalspawn fight and kill each other in attempt to become the new God of Murder, but is stopped by Iloben, Imoen, Jaheira, Nalia, Minsc, and Aerie.
Iloben gives up his essence of Bhaal and lives with Nalia in De’Arnise keep.
Khalid and Jaheira leave the Harpers to focus on his recovery.
1374dr (not sure if this is canon but it's the only date I could find)
Khalid and Jaheira rejoin the Harpers to fight against Ketheric.
Ketheric is killed, The Shadow Curse starts and Reithwin falls.
1396dr
Khalid and Jaheira have their first and only biological child who they named Elmae.
They (temporarily) take a break from the Harpers to raise her.
1416dr
Khalid and Jaheira rejoin the Harpers
1419dr
Tirana (Tav) is born.
1432dr
Iloben dies of natural causes and Bhaal is reborn.
1451dr
Dayis (The Dark Urge) is made by Bhaal.
1465dr
Jaheira becomes High Harper of Baldur’s Gate
1468dr
Jaheira finds Rion as a baby and takes her in alongside Khalid.
1478dr
Khalid and Jaheira adopt Jord at age 5.
1489dr
Khalid and Jaheira adopt Jhessem at age 8.
Khalid and Jaheira adopt Fig at age 7.
1491dr
Khalid and Jaheira adopt Tate at age 8.
1492dr
The events of Baldur’s Gate 3 take place.
The most powerful character
Boo | Baldur’s Gate 3 - dev. Larian Studios
Well fucks? Get to it!
Now I’m imagining if Khalid was literally Tav in Bg3 and when he rocks up to last light in jaheira is just “??????!!” Idk how this would happen but is kinda funny
i have made the perfect older khalid in baldurs gate 3 and NO ONE CAN TELL ME OTHERWISE
the reason none of us can ever leave tumblr is because we've already evolved to having this be our only suitable habitat. we're the devils hole pupfish of people.
Just dropping in to thank u for ur amazing khalid art!!! I literally bought the first 2 games bc bg3 got me interested in jaheira and I went down a rabbit hole and found khalid and now Ive latched onto him of all people lmao
He’s criminally underrated so thnk you for basically building his entire tumblr feed 💕
thank you! tripped into the hole exactly the same way, friend. couldn’t believe he wasn’t being blorbo-slammed against the walls!!! but that’s on the mend. the khalid feed has dedicated warriors few, yes, but ever growing in enthusiasm. so let’s never give up, khalid simps...
Jaheira and Khalid have given me terminal brainrot for so long and all of a sudden there’s new fics and art??!!
Especially of Khalid?! My guy??!! My Blorbo?!
I’ve been crawling through a desert and I’ve finally found my oasis
also fun fact the footage i got for the last gif in that jaheira & khalid gifset i actually originally recorded for a video edit i never finished. but i did finish this part. so. for your added angsty benefit <3
jaheira getting choked up while talking about khalid. still refers to him as her husband after a century. keeps his letter and his gift in a special little display case hidden in a secret room in her secret hideout in her secret family home. she loved him so much. she loves him still.