[ooc; Karlach is a Native AU and she's a qunari rather than a tiefling. She looks much the same but doesn't have a tail. The infernal engine is still very much a Thing, but it's lyrium-based.]
I. The Free Marches: Bounty
[Running hot. Too hot. (Hot enough to sear a steak,) she tells herself, a half-hysterical giggle in the back of her throat so she doesn't break her back teeth by clenching them so hard. Fuck, she's so hungry she could eat a bear. She hums through her teeth to try to focus on something other than the pain. She's had a lot of practice with that. Unlucky on principle, but comes in handy.
Karlach's last sighting of Red Templars was a half-day ago near what's left of Starkhaven, and that's really not enough of a buffer to sit down and rest.
But she's free. She's outside, unbound, not bidden to kill anything she doesn't choose to. She's in the countryside instead of a sulphur-scented warren of stone.
Unfortunately she is quite loud, what with her humming and loud footfalls, and the red Templars aren't the only ones seeking her out.
Unbeknownst to her, Karlach has a huge bounty on her head. Kirkwall and Riftwatch have received reports of a murderous Vint on the loose: a fairly accurate woodcut of her face and build -- and there aren't many seven-foot-tall women with horns, even if one of them is broken off near her skull.
So, she sings. Low and off-key.]
I've dreamed of the kiss I stole 'neath the arbor. I've dreamed of the promise 'neath the old ash tree. One last stream to cross, one last hill to wander. Until I reach the love I'm longing to see.
III. Wildcard
[Someday, she'll make it to the Gallows! Hopefully with her head intact and un-bounty'd.]
Karlach | Baldur's Gate 3
I. The Free Marches: Bounty
[Running hot. Too hot. (Hot enough to sear a steak,) she tells herself, a half-hysterical giggle in the back of her throat so she doesn't break her back teeth by clenching them so hard. Fuck, she's so hungry she could eat a bear. She hums through her teeth to try to focus on something other than the pain. She's had a lot of practice with that. Unlucky on principle, but comes in handy.
Karlach's last sighting of Red Templars was a half-day ago near what's left of Starkhaven, and that's really not enough of a buffer to sit down and rest.
But she's free. She's outside, unbound, not bidden to kill anything she doesn't choose to. She's in the countryside instead of a sulphur-scented warren of stone.
Unfortunately she is quite loud, what with her humming and loud footfalls, and the red Templars aren't the only ones seeking her out.
Unbeknownst to her, Karlach has a huge bounty on her head. Kirkwall and Riftwatch have received reports of a murderous Vint on the loose: a fairly accurate woodcut of her face and build -- and there aren't many seven-foot-tall women with horns, even if one of them is broken off near her skull.
So, she sings. Low and off-key.]
I've dreamed of the kiss I stole 'neath the arbor.
I've dreamed of the promise 'neath the old ash tree.
One last stream to cross, one last hill to wander.
Until I reach the love I'm longing to see.
III. Wildcard
[Someday, she'll make it to the Gallows! Hopefully with her head intact and un-bounty'd.]