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Sooooo, would you like some wine?~ ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

But ahem yes, this is Zalko again! I will draw other things, don’t worry. FOR now I just, want to draw him owo. 

Also, I got more story for him!  

Zalko never met his mother, and had his father in his life just for a few years of his life. His mother died and his father disappeared, it is still unknown if he is alive. So he was mostly raised by his grandmother. She was a strict old Oddling woman, her horns were rather similar to Zalko’s. She was stern and rarely smiled, but Zalko knew that she wasn’t actually angry, and that she has a stern face. Over his younger life, he watched his grandmother sewing, and fell in love with the craft. He began to help her with her work! Learning techniques from her, which he still uses to this day. Zalko did know one thing, his grandmother was terrible with customers, she was often rude and unapproachable. So he also learned what not to do.

He began to use the skills he learned to begin slowly get recognised. In his town, he was very well known! His works were amazing and people were astonished that he made clothes of such high quality from such poor materials! People knew who he was and slowly word began to spread about his work. Eventually reaching into the bigger kingdoms. Where people were sceptic about him. To have an Oddling make works that were described, was just unheard of! So many went to the town to see if the rumours were true. And all were astonished at his works. The young Zalko, used the opportunity to make friends. And he managed to get pretty close with some high income individuals.

Eventually, he moved into a bigger city, where he opened a shop. He was working by himself at first, but he hired a few assistants after the number of orders over went his expectations. There was a struggle though, many believed he was a scammer due to him being an Oddling. His horns brought him a lot of attention and a lot of bashing. He tired to ignore them but some got under his skin. And those that did get under his skin made him work even harder! He never gave up, and usually smirked at those that tried and insult him for being an Oddling. That got him… very far…

So, that is what i have for him, for now of course. (─‿‿─)

I hope you liked this for now! I will draw more of him, and of COURSE other things uwu!

Meet Miss Fortune

Race: High Half-Elf

Gender: Non-binary

Real name: ??? They’ll tell Astarion eventually

Birthday: Elesias 30

Class: Arcane trickster rogue

Background: Entertainer

Alignment: Chaotic neutral

Voice: 6

Scent: Sandalwood, vanilla, and jasmine

Favorite food: strawberries

(Accidental) aesthetic inspiration: When making Miss Fortune in Baldur’s Gate 3, the options limited me from perfectly matching the image in my head so I went for something as close as possible to my idea of a beautiful masculine-leaning person. It wasn’t until I showed my spouse and bff that they both pointed out I’d basically made half-elf Chris Motionless from Motionless in White. Oops? 😅

Backstory: Miss Fortune is one my favorite DnD characters I’ve ever played. They were a smart, sassy, and chaotic spy master who had a hand in every secret, scandal, and plot. They were the life of every party, their melodic laughter filling whatever room they were in. As a drag queen they trampled over gender norms and played a pivotal role in helping me realize that I am also non-binary - so Miss Fortune will always occupy a special place in my heart 💛🤍💜🖤. So of COURSE when I was making my first bg3 character I had to make them!

The Baldur’s Gate 3/fanfic version of Miss Fortune starts out significantly more traumatized. They grew up as a pretty bird in a bird cage with clipped wings until finally leaving their old life behind two moons (months) before getting abducted by mind flayers. “The Embrace of Love and Death” will reveal more specifics about their backstory as they get to know and trust Astarion. The parallels in Miss Fortune and Astarion’s backstories are completely coincidental! I knew nothing about Astarion going into the game, and when I created Miss Fortune I 💯 intended to romance everyone’s favorite muscle mama, Karlach. But Astarion landed a crit sneak attack on Miss Fortune’s (and my) heart and the rest was history.

Follow along with Miss Fortune’s story and healing journey with Astarion on AO3:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64221298?view_full_work=true

HIHI YESSS HELLO

boring backstory bit:

Raine comes from a history of butterfly-related descendants. His first recorded ancestor was a butterfly deity known as Cho who possessed many skills, such as the ability to take flight and the ability to enhance the growth of crops. Raine is canonically the most disappointing member of the family; he's not able to complete either of those tasks well.

other miscellaneous things:

- He can't walk or fly well, despite what he thinks

- He doesn't know when to shut up

- He goes to a highschool where he's popular for all the wrong reasons

- He is very flirtatious despite not being sexually attracted to anyone (he does it for the bit)

- His J's are fake

- Bro got the one two buckle my shoes fr

- All of his friends are girls (he calls them "girlfriend" the same way a white girl refers to her friends)

- fruity as hell

Other students call him a fruitfly for a reason 🌈

ah yes character design is my passion *makes an eyesore of a character* his name is raine dawnsun and if asked i WILL provide more information