Trans Representation in Baldur's Gate 3! (It's Good!)

I remember something not everything it's new and not new at the same time all jumbled up I was younger much younger and initiated The Cloister I was upset about something the others were teasing me mocking my name like I wasn't worthy of it that was another tiefling boy with short horns and purple hair I think he was my friend tried to make me feel better Ronald that's the last part of it I remember that must be his name is he still there in Baldur's Gate see hmm sadder heart I wasn't sure if I'd ever lay eyes on you again it's me Nocturne do you remember you recall the memory Shadow heart recovered by eating the noble stalk this must be the person she remembered I remember you but you're different very different I used to call you something else didn't I you did but that's not who I am now I remember the other initiates used to tease you about your name the one you chose to honor lady Shaw they were attacking who you were I never found it funny but I wasn't quite sure why eventually I realized it was because I wasn't happy with who I was couldn't keep going like that but seeing how you fought on I realized that I didn't have to from then on I was Nocturne it wasn't easy but everything started to make sense I could breathe it's a beautiful name suits you well thank you picked it myself but enough of that I I can't believe you're back I've been trying to return here as long as I can remember which admittedly doesn't amount to much they they whispered it was a suicide mission the search for the artifact he was sent on some even thought it was the mother superior's plan alone and not lady Shaw's intent but now it seems you've turned on both for Mother Superior and Lady char indeed there must be all sorts of things you could tell me there are but with some other Superior gone I don't know if I can stay here to reminisce perhaps there's another Enclave out there for me you don't need Sharp you don't perhaps not everyone is as Brave I'll leave come tomorrow come see me before then I was working as quartermaster I can sell you some things to Aid you and we can catch up greetings you seek to trade our Shadow Hearts friend I'll extend the privilege to you as well be sure to get everything you need come tomorrow I'll be gone I can still scarcely believe it you've returned and the Mother Superior is gone so much can change so quickly well you had a pet mouse for a while it was against the rules of course he used to hide him under your robes and feed him from your rations nibbles I suggested Bree but you were having none of it she caught you with him forced you to get rid of him in front of everyone to make an example you always loved animals but you never let yourself get too close after that I'm sorry not the sort of thing you want to hear I'm sure wow you know that little scar on your elbow I was there when you picked that up it was years ago when we were initiates some of the others were intent on tormenting us until you showed them the error of their ways I think it was six against two and most of them were bigger than us to boot but you saw them off all of them there were some bruised lips and black eyes and the mess hall that night and from then on they left us alone or at least they bothered us less collision between your elbow and the teeth of a girl called buttock she came away from it worse than you she was on the same Mission as you I suppose you won't be coming back in any case the Mother Superior soon broke up the fighting though she didn't punish us in fact I saw her smiling I think she was proud of you just small things silly things the sort you'd scarcely recall even if your memories were left intact you had a little hiding place that you went to when you needed to get away you brought me there sometimes we'd talk play read do each other's hair the plait and Fringe yes on your instructions of course you were very intent on a bold look I think you said I my hands were cramped by the time I finished but you were very pleased I like the new look as well though you always did like a dramatic touch hidden at the back of the storage area luckily enough as quartermaster I was able to keep it hidden back there it should be well if not how you remember it exactly as you left it remains to be seen this place is all I've ever known in time perhaps I'll venture out there see what I've been missing but for now old habits die hard behind those crates it looks like there's nobody do we have a Target my old home strange I don't remember it but comforting to be here let's see what we have here foreign [Music] that little Hideaway that we found in The Cloister it almost felt like I'd found a piece of my childhood a childhood I don't truly remember but remember it or not I felt right at home there surrounded by books and night orchids Maybe or maybe I already liked night or kids and I chose that place because of them the particulars of childhood can grow hazy even if your memories haven't been tampered with but I felt safe there I know that much well can you imagine what it would have been like growing up in that place endless training no privacy facing scorn wherever I looked I can very easily imagine I needed somewhere to escape to if I was to survive not Ken and I must have come here a lot we probably had plenty we wanted to hide from anyway think that little Hideaway helped shape who I am as much as any sermon or training did funny the things that influence you foreign

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Keywords: baldur's gate 3, baldurs gate, shadowheart, rennald, nocturne, shar, a familiar face, bg3, trans, transgender, representation, transfem

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Length: 11min 0sec (660 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 29 2023