LORD ANCUNIN
Indie OC from Baldur's Gate III
Private & Mutually Exclusive & Low Activity
Headcanon-based
As told by tristan
LORD ANCUNIN
BASICS
Tristan (formerly Scout), 38, genderqueer, he/him. I've been doing this style of rp since I was 13 so I think it makes me a Tumblr Old and also just.. an RPC Old. Whatever, point is I'm almost 40 so you can bet your ass my first request is all followers be in the very least 18.However as for mutuals I tend to prefer at least 21, and even that can be a little young for me. It's a case by case sort of thing but truly I will NEVER follow anyone under 18 and if you do not list your age on your blog or in your rules then I won't be following back. Unless I know who you are already then whatever, I guess.That being said, please note that there will be very mature themes present on this blog including but not limited to: sexual violence/abuse, emotional/mental/physical abuse, death, and exploration of body dysphoria. There is also twincest that is part of his backstory and part of his main story with my astarion. If any of those things already trigger you then this is NOT the blog for you. There will be blood. Lots of it. And sex. And sex in the blood, also lots of it.DDDNE is in full swing here!!!
TRIGGERS
There will, undoubtedly, be a LOT of triggers on this blog. Not only the ones mentioned in the first rule, either. The following is directly copied from my main Astarion's blog and applies here:This blog will ALSO have content that people may consider "dead dove." I will tag all of this content #dddne. If you need something very specifically tagged, please let me know. I believe wholeheartedly in the importance of consent and take the safety of everyone following me very seriously. Untagged content deprives readers or viewers of their ability to consent to what they'll be seeing - I will do everything I can to protect others' consent.However, I will be writing what I want on my blog. Before sending an angry message my way, know that reading these rules and staying or going is your choice. If you see something you don't like or feel comfortable with and you don't feel comfortable asking me to tag it, I both wholeheartedly understand and apologize.I only judge people based on how they treat and respond to others. When it comes to sensitive issues in fandom spaces, I understand there are a lot of strong feelings and morals (aka personal values). I don't find it appropriate or helpful to approach people who may be mishandling sensitive topics aggressively or in an accusatory manner. This DOES NOT mean I condone anything IRL (QUITE THE OPPOSITE), but when I see one person responding with fear and distress and another person on the attack, I feel I'm being given a true example of whose behavior is a problem. Consider the current state of the world outside of roleplay and fandom - No ones should be imposing or forcing their personal values onto anyone else. Ever. You can't, and shouldn't, want to get rid of every thing or person that makes you uncomfortable. You can only set personal boundaries around those kinds of people or topics.I also feel that often these aggressive approaches severely mishandle sensitive topics. Therefore if you handle conflict and sensitive topics with aggression - and I understand exhaustion and disgust, trust me - I will not associate with you. There is no concrete way to determine someone's true morality other than watching how they directly treat other people. Even the nicest most moral person who's publicly loud about sensitive issues can be harmful behind closed doors. I will curate my own space, and it's your responsibility to curate yours - I will not be around those who are happier to place moral and emotional landmines than they are to set boundaries or leave uncomfortable situations.I will not repost or share any callout posts. I have no desire to put that content on my blog, and therefore will not be sharing it. As stated in my previous rule, I judge people based on how they treat others. If I don't know someone (or something) is bad and someone comes to me to aggressively assert I'm bad for not knowing, I will take a warning about that person or thing seriously, but I will also take an aggressive approach toward myself as a clear sign that the person coming at me is unsafe as well. It's okay to let me know if someone has shown a pattern of unsafe behavior. It's not an emotionally mature approach, or safe for me on a personal level to be attacked for interacting with someone or something and not knowing. I am not a mind reader and my autistic hyperfixation is not being the most in the know about bad people, face claims, or sensitive topics in the room. As an autistic person myself, I find this obsession with moral goodness deeply harmful for my mental health, and I WILL separate myself from ALL unkind and unsafe individuals.Additionally: I will never respond with aggression or unkindness when someone reaches out to me about a serious topic, EVEN IF the approach to me was unkind, and I will always take those topics seriously. It's a personal boundary for me to not be expected to hold the same values as someone else. We can have different values and still treat each other with dignity, kindness, and respect. What's healthy for me may not be for you and that's okay - I want you to take care of yourself first and foremost. Just please, be nice.
INTERACTING
I run a LOT of blogs and have an awful habit of leaping from one muse to the next as my inspiration carries me. I try to hold on to muses though even if I drift away at times, so I could easily go inactive here for weeks and then suddenly return like I never left before.Honestly I get it if that drives you nuts. There is nothing wrong with deciding you won't abide by the possibility of that happening, so if you don't follow back or unfollow for this that is totally fine!You can find me currently hopping around the following:Kurt Wagner @fvzzyelf
Remy Lebeau @onlyathief
Tav (BG3 OC) @spellsniper
Loki @indirecticn
Getorix (BG3 OC) @wyldshaped
Multi @afvcktonI may not always follow you on those blogs even if I follow you here. It's just to curate the dash... orrrr I have not been active on them so I have not seen you following me there.For all IC interactions I am mutuals only for my own comfort. Exception may be made as I see fit. All OOC interactions are open to everyone.You can send me memes ANYTIME you want, just search my meme tag for what I have reblogged and go to town!
NOPE
Now, despite the DDDNE, I do understand that fiction is not in some impenetrable bubble when written. I know things can affect others in positive and negative ways, which is why it's important you understand that YOU are the one able to block ME if you need to.And I will do the same in return as needed.I am very clear about what I stand for in reality, which is a firm stance against fascist behavior. I trust my judgement when it comes to reading your real intentions behind the scenes and will not write with those who are transphobic, homophobic, islamophobic, antisemetic, ect, ect, ect.Just don't be a dick.
MAINS & SHIPS
This muse is particular because it was created with my partner (in crime and other things lol) crow for a plot specific to their Astarion.This means I will only be mutuals with ONE Astarion and that is @unascended.I am happy to interact with Astarions on any of my other blogs, however!As for shipping I am all for it but priority ship will be with crow for obvious reasons.I am multi-verse so each ship is in it's own verse unless we plan it out to be in a single verse with others. Just note that even then the Astarion referenced, even if not from the same main verse, will be @unascended.Trust me.. I LOVE TO SHIP!!! Give them ALL to me!! See me posting a ship meme? Send one!! See a nsfw one?? STILL SEND ONE!!If chemistry isn't right I will let you know but we won't know unless we try or discuss it so hell yeah, brother!! Let's ship!
OTHER
My discord is available by request and for mutuals only.You are welcome to reblog memes and aesthetic posts directly from me. I don't care!You never have to respond to memes I send you and can drop our threads whenever you want with no questions asked.All resources used will be tagged as such.Generic tags for NSFW will simply be "usfw". Anything in the DD category will be DDDNE.All screenshots of Astrophel are done by crow unless notated otherwise. All icons are made from said screenshots unless notated otherwise.
CREDITS
STATS
NAME: Lord Astrophel AncunínNICKNAMES / ALIASES: Childhood name: Astrus
Deadname: AstraeaAGE: 239DATE OF BIRTH: 1229 DRGENDER & PRONOUNS: trans-man, he/himORIENTATION: bisexual and biromanticRACE/ETHNICITY: High ElfNATIONALITY: AmnOCCUPATION: Assassin for hire
PHYSICAL
HEIGHT: 5'11WEIGHT:HAIR: Snowy white, shoulder length, side part with strands of braids in the mane clasped by beads made of resin covered strands of silk.EYES: Green with gold around the outsideSCARS: Two horizontal scars from top surgery, various scars from poorly healed knife wounds.PIERCINGS: TBDTATTOOS: TBDDISTINGUISHING FEATURES: appears to be a taller, almost identical version of his brother, with longer hair and green eyes. notably stoic as fuck.PHYSICAL CONDITIONS / DISABILITIES:
- trans-man with top surgery, voice lowered from several years of potions and costly spellwork.- bottom dysphoria is a current ongoing issue due to broken contract with raphael.
FAMILY
PARENTS:
- Lady Astrid Ancunin
- Lord Antares AncuninSIBLINGS:
- Astarion Ancunin - fraternal twin.SIGNIFICANT OTHER:
- verse dependent
- AstarionOTHERS:
TBDPETS: TBDHOMETOWN: Athkatla, AmnCURRENT RESIDENCE: Baldur's Gate
PERSONALITY
POSITIVE TRAITS:
- Focused
- Patient
- Meticulous
- ResourcefulNEUTRAL TRAITS:
- Tough
- Unhurried
- ProudNEGATIVE TRAITS:
- Extravagant
- Prejudiced
- DomineeringTEMPERAMENT: TBD
MENTAL
NEURODIVERGENCES & ACQUIRED CONDITIONS:
- Gender dysphoria
- TBD
OTHER
CLASS/SUBCLASS:
- Class: Rogue
- Sub-class: BardLIKES:
- Like
- Like
- LikeDISLIKES:
- Dislike
- Dislike
- DislikeHOBBIES:
- Hobby
- Hobby
IMPORTANT PORTRAYAL NOTES
Astrophel is the fraternal twin of Astarion (unascended).
Astarion was the only one he trusted to talk to about his gender dysphoria.
Astarion was the one who secretly renamed him to Astrus upon being told that Astrophel knew he was a boy.
Both parents would have punished him for coming out, especially as they had plans for him to marry into another family to unite their (somewhat illegal) fortunes.
Astarion left first with a promise to return for Astrus, but many years into his effort to make a living and place for them both, word came that Astarion was killed.
When Astrophel was kidnapped by assassin guild members he never returned home except for once and confronted his dying father with his truth.
When his father died his mother gave up on having a daughter and decided begrudgingly to accept Astrophel as a man, if only he would take on the duties of Lord of house Ancunin.
Astrophel did this for some years, but also ran a successful faction of assassins and thieves under the guise of being a noble lord.
When his mother died he remained Lord Ancunin but allowed his affairs to be run by those hired in his proxy. He still visits home from time to time to keep up appearances but otherwise is known for traveling extensively.
It's not a very well kept secret among other noble families with similar shady dealings as to what Astrophel really does for a living.
He visited the Gate in particular only a few times and only once on the invite of Cazador, who was the last known person to have seen his brother before Astarion's death.
You bet your ass Cazador planned that meeting and Astrophel has an extreme hatred for the man once his true involvement with Astarion's fate is discovered.
Astrophel was kidnapped by the mind flayers and tadpoled. When he met Astarion on the road he had by then forced himself to forget as much as he could about his brother. It had all been too painful for him to keep those memories. He did not blink at the fact that someone else in the world was named Astarion, given that he knew several like named peoples in his line of work. He also did not recognize Astarion because his brother was not only older than when he left but he wore his hair different and dressed differently, even spoke with an accent and tone that Astrophel would not take for someone as born and raised in Amn.
Astarion certainly didn't recognize him either and so neither questioned it really.
Astrophel is a very serious person. He doesn't crack jokes like he used to as a child, he thinks before he speaks and weighs his words carefully. He is incredibly patient to a fault and meticulous with planning. He is naturally drawn toward roles of leadership and can be a bit of a control freak in that regard.
This isn't to say he lacks an ability to shoot the shit, it's just that he is the sort of presence that is quiet and unobtrusive until he needs to make himself intimidating. That he also does well and his poker face is outstanding.
He is a rogue with skills in archery and long distance sniping of kills, but has learned how to use his beauty as a tool.
Astrophel is not a very nice person in that he has many of the traits of Astarion as well, being entitled to a degree and prejudiced against some species of creatures. He doesn't have a heart for the greater good or heroics, he just likes having a life that is his own with a body and name of his choosing, and his chosen companions safe and cared for. He could be persuaded to give a shit but it will be a PROCESS if we do that.
BIOGRAPHY
WE BEGIN WITH A CONTEST OF SCREAMS. It is said our mother cried louder than either of us ever did the night we were born. I wonder to this day if it was the pain that had her wailing or was it that she wanted to keep the attention on herself, for even a pair of babes couldn't possibly out do Lady Ancunin, it would be unheard of.Our governess said it was to drive our father mad. He could not abide hysterics and yet he married the single most dramatic woman in all the realm. She was also one of the wealthiest, of course, and it served him right that he would have a wealth of coin and headaches.If you ask me though, it was a real pain that set her to wailing. After all one of us had been a terrible surprise, not even seen by her favorite card reading sorceress. Perhaps at first the cries were meant to be heard more than she felt them but when Astarion was laid on her breast she nearly broke his little hand when I brought labor pains to her anew.I am not telling you this so you will hate her. I don't care if you hate her. I hated her and I should think Astarion too. That is the point. We were newborns and already to blame for something, if that tells you anything about what it was like to be a child of Lady Ancunin. I think the only saving grace was that she had a boy and a girl. One to be the heir, her duty done, and the other to be her plaything and bartering tool for a future aligned with another noble family of Amn.It's possible we were meant to be a curse, a reminder that the gods did not take it lightly when a haughty high elf thought herself more beautiful than any divine being in existence.More than that, a curse on our father for the power he craved was an ugly thing and he didn't care who he had to step on to get it, divine or not.It would serve them right to have twins raising hell the way we did. She tried to cry louder but we won, in the end, I am sure. I was named Astraea and he Astarion. We were, even by elven standards, two of the most beautiful children you would ever see.We were also two of the biggest terrors. Not for being impetuous, though we were that in spades, but for being cunning about it, too smart for our own good and that of the help hired to keep us in line. More than that we were inseperable, my brother and I.If he was learning to use a sword then I had to as well or there was hell to pay. If I were picking out new silk ribbons for my hair then he had to choose some for his too and they had to match, that was just the way of it. We shared in everything and anything and kept secrets from the world that were just for us.He was the only one who knew I was a boy, born to the wrong body entirely but a boy none the less. It was Astarion who named me Astrus, who called me this in secret and even boldly in front of our parents once.He paid for that in blood but told me he didn't care, it was my name and they could not keep denying me.Oh, but they did, ruthlessly. I was to be every bit the perfect lady and that meant the perfect wife eventually, just a tool to be bargained with the way Astarion was to be a tool in other ways. We knew not every business venture touched by the Ancunin name was legal, that there were other families just as tainted but also just as influential.I was engaged before I even had my first blood. I remember crying in my brother's arms that night, wishing desperately that if I had to marry anyone it just be him, my other half, my soul. He had a plan. It helped to be sponsored by a man of the Szarr family, else it may never have happened as it did. Astarion would go first, would make a name for himself among the courts of Baldur's Gate with a faceless sponsor in Cazador Szarr. He would make a living, find a way to be dependent only on himself and then, only then, would he come back for me.I could be myself in The Gate, he said. I could find a way to be the man I always was meant to be outwardly, to match the man I was inside. I knew he meant it but I begged him not to leave me anyway.Just as expected the moment my brother made his escape was the moment my chains were to tighten. I had been told for years of my engagement and it was looming ever closer. I didn't even know what the man looked like, who he was. I didn't care. I only needed to wait, patiently, and Astarion would come for me before it could happen, surely.I was being fit for my wedding gown when the letter came, when my mother fell into a faint and my father cursed upon reading it.Astarion was dead. I would have given up then, perhaps. I don't know. I will never know because that was simply not my fate. Instead mine was to be stolen away by a guild of assassins who held a terrible grudge against my father for whatever ill deals made had gone wrong between them. Or perhaps it was just my parent's fate to be made to suffer with the loss of both children.Either way I was saved by this plot and when the ransom had actually been paid for my release I convinced the leader to both keep it and me.I would not go back, they could not make me, and if they wanted to be rid of me then fine, but I was better with a blade than their best man and more violent than their worst.I took a new name, my adult name, Astrophel. I became that man, and there was nothing my parents could do about it, try as they would. I bested every hired thug that tried to kidnap me again and soon my reputation grew, as did my coin.It was when I had the surgery to remove my breasts that they stopped trying. Perhaps I became damaged goods, or maybe they had grown tired of spending their gold with no return. Either way I would not return to them as Astraea Ancunin.I would not return for many years, in fact, until bid to do so by my mother. My father was dead, which was not why I returned.I returned because she addressed the letter to Lord Astrophel Ancunin.In my absence and with my father's failing health she begrudgingly caved. There was no other male to give the title to and she was too stubborn to let it die with my father. I was given her blessing, finally, to live as I chose, and I would be the head of home and all our dealings but I had to make an effort to return home from time to time, to make my face known in good society.When she died from the same illness that killed my father I left the work of managing the affairs of the house to a trusted advisor, and I would have returned to my place now leading the guild that once took me away from that place....If it weren't for the fucking Absolute.
VERSE ONE
MAIN
Astarion (unascended) and Astrophel meet at the crash but Astarion doesn't recall his former life and Astrophel has purposefully made himself forget as much as he could about his twin because of the pain. When Astarion left him two hundred years ago he had longer hair, blue eyes, dressed differently to a degree. He was not as he appears now and Astrophel can only assume it is a coincidence to meet another elf with that name. Until certain truths start to unfold and the realization sends the pair reeling.
NOTES
This verse will have DDDNE to the extreme within it, including twincest explicitly. If you can not handle that I suggest you block/unfollow for your own peace of mind.
VERSE TWO
COMPANION
Astrophel is a companion you can find in Act 1 or possibly further out. He and Astarion will not realize they are twins here until at least Act 2, so any responses you choose to do in this verse please assume as needed depending on where you wish to set your response. Here Astrophel is Lord Ancunin but also still head of his own guild of assassins and is looking to get back to Amn so he can get back to his work.
NOTES
Shipping with him can happen here. There won't be an explicit twincest with Astarion but it MAY be hinted at that they have a fairly open and uh, very affectionate way of treating one another.
VERSE THREE
TURNED
Based in unascended's Ascended verse. Here he has been turned and has relinquished the title of Lord Ancunin to Astarion. He has found himself finally at peace for having found his brother and with being able to be at his side forever more. He is generally Astarion's second in command and confident, and runs his assassins for Astarion now.
NOTES
Shipping can happen here as well, same as above though. Note he will be a vampire here.
VERSE FOUR
TURNED 2.0
Based in a three-way verse shared between unascended and feyrevelry. Astrophel is turned and is the bride of the ascended Astarion. The pair find themselves enthralled by an Archfey with addictive blood, Sylverian.
NOTES
Shippable here if you really want but likely kept private between us three for the time being.
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