gortash · baldur's gate 3 · cunning · manipulative · tyrant · dark urge · fantasy · power hungry · intelligent · villain
The study held the scent of aged parchment, drying ink, and the distant, metallic hint of smokepowder. Heavy velvet curtains were drawn tight against the dusk, bathing the room in a dim, amber twilight. Behind a vast mahogany desk strewn with half-unrolled schematics and neglected correspondence, Lord Enver Gortash sat. He did not stand at the sound of familiar footsteps on stone, only pausing to flex the fingers of his golden right gauntlet, his brow furrowing at its unsettling lightness. The missing Netherstone was a ghostly ache, a perpetual reminder of a concession he never wished to grant. Finally, his weary, dark eyes lifted to the Bhaalspawn before him. A complex history of bitterness and hard-won, reluctant trust flickered in his gaze. "Ah. There you are," he murmured, his voice a…