Would Karlach's Heart Fare Better Somewhere Else? - Blog Posts

Introducing The Domains of Dread is a super interesting way to continue the story after the events of the game! Lots of cool ways to yes-and existing storylines. Astarion obviously has potential connections to Barovia, but so might Sentry if the theory that Bhaal created Strahd holds true.

Sentry and Gortash seem wonderfully tragic! Such a good concept too.

One thing that needs to be understood about Sentry is that he is never really good aligned. He can be a kind person and very likeable, he can be considered a hero and helpful to his friends, some of whom may be good people, but his heart will always belong mostly to Gortash.

Of course as a polyamorous person, he still has deep feelings for Astarion and Halsin, of course he cares for his children and his friends, but if there is a chance he can elevate or worship Enver in any way, that he can help him or protect him, he is going to.

No one has ever loved him for who he is in the same way Enver has. His Bhaalist family accepted his urges but never his trans-ness, his new partners accept his trans-ness, but there's an expectation to "recover " from his urges. Enver accepts both at face value and beyond and even encourages and marvels at Sentry's brutality and macabre creativity.

Sentry is the first person Sentry allowed to impregnate him and did not get rid of the child immediately. He was the first person Sentry saw any semblance of future with, whether it ended in him devouring Enver's flesh or not.

Following the events of the game, he does retrieve as much of Enver's remains as he can, bury them, and begin the process of resurrecting Enver even at the cost of his own safety and freedom. He does everything and anything to begin to turn Enver into an immortal and powerful lich whom Sentry would willingly serve.

When this comes to fruition, he then sets about freeing Enver from Bane's grasp. He claims to his friends and lovers that this is redemptive, but really Sentry doesn't care if Enver repents or not as long as they are together and in love.

Ultimately, this leads to Sentry's enslavement by either a powerful devil or demon lord and Enver's transformation into a Dark Lord in his own Domain of Dread out if despair for losing Sentry and being unable to share his final rise to power with him.

I am nothing if not deeply obsessed with tragedy and dark romances.