blacker the dream, darker the sky
― independent, private, selective [ TAV ] VENORE ES'HART from Baldur's Gate 3 / Forgotten Realms as written by Jojo.
PROCEED
. FULL NAME. . Bhinfein Venore Yril'Lys
. ALSO KNOWN AS. . your highness, traitor bhinfein, arsehole elf, unmannered brute .
. D.O.B. + AGE. . 04 / 06 / 1361 DR | 131 .
. ZODIAC. . Sun .
. GENDER. . Male .
. PRONOUNS. . He / Him .
. ORIENTATION. . Demi-romantic / Bisexual .
. CLASS. . Barbarian .
. ORIGIN. . Soldier .
. SPECIES. . Drow .
. BIRTHPLACE. . Menzoberranzan, Underdark .
. CURRENT HOME. . Dragon Coast, Faerûn ( formerly ) / Traveling Abroad .
. LANGUAGE(S). . Elven, Common + Fluent .
. RELIGION. . Lolth - Sworn ( formerly ) / Eilistraee .
. PARENTS. . Unnamed mother & father ( presumably deceased )
. OTHERS. . Rashemi es’hart ( deceased / enslaved escapee ) / Endor Yril’lys ( deceased / eldest brother ) / Sir Konrad ( alive / Leading Recruiter )
. SIG. OTHER. . Says he’s “single.”
biography
BRIEF SUMMARY
Originally a spawn of the destroyed low - ranking Yril'Lys House of Menzoberranzan, Venore is best described as a flippant, smarmy, unconcerned individual lacking in ambition in areas of actually being of help to people, but does so regardless in order to gain trust of others weary of his presence. Venore is used to enduring all kinds of discriminatory slander because of his ancestral lineage, developing traits like becoming cynical, blunt & having an apathetic attitude toward the citizens of Faerûn.
IN DEPTH
Conceived in 1361 DR, Bhinfein was the name bestowed upon him by his House. The House in question, was known as the Yril'Lys within Menzoberranzan, a low - ranking family as opposed to the more prestigiously known & powerful estates in comparison. Since his infancy, he was raised under a Priestess & subjected to become an elite warrior serving under Lolth, taught fealty & obedience, & if he ever questioned her motives or wisdom, it was considered a sin. The Yril'Lys House was destroyed after the Siege of Menzoberranzan — specifically the first Slave Revolt, which took place in 1372 DR. Venore, originally named Bhinfein, was eleven years old during this siege. Because of Yril'Lys weakened power & barely had the ability to fend off endangerment to the uprise, it met its fate.Houses typically kept slaves, & The Yril'Lys had its own fair few of them. Bhinfein was subjected two slaves of his own to accompany his needs. However, he befriended one who had originally came from the surface. Her name was Rashemi, & she used the chaos of the revolt to urge him away from the clutches of the Lolth, and follow under the guidance of the Church of Eilistraee. Bhinfein, young & who no longer had a House to serve, ultimately ended his devotion & to find purpose beyond the Underdark.He was renamed Venore, & his escape from the Underdark was a matter of survival than actual desire ( house fell, low-born who earned the ire of a noble, no longer had purpose, fealty to Lolth would govern him to death ), & he didn't learn about the society he was raised into became the hellscape that it was until he experienced the difference through the shared experiences of Rashemi, who lent her stories & childhood. This would also lengthen when he’s reached the surface thanks to the Church.Because Venore’s origination & pitted strength against weaker drow of his own kind ; his own brother ; in a yearning hunger for strength, it aided him when he was on the verge towards his adulthood. He had managed to embody his rage to empower his hard hitting attacks, excelling when he notices something going awry within his surroundings. He had learnt that the surface of Faerûn had opportunities ; adventure ; sights to see.He subjected himself living in seclusion for a while, in an attempt of adapting to this foreign world, the light, & redemption. Far from the reaches of the Underdark, Venore gradually settled in an a society more accepting of his kind, the Dragon Coast. A lawlessness place with bustling trade routes, & the presence of powerful city-states, thieves' guilds, and pirate bands. It's a place where "everyone has a price" & deals are easily made, but also a hotbed of intrigue & danger. Venore was one of the few who had briefly been recruited into a lesser known thieve’s guild, called Felfists. Having retired of his role as the bruiser when he reached his early adult years ( 97 years old ). He became a rogue barbaric individual as he got older, consuming gold to get a tankard or more.
