"Sand really isn't a good bed, especially with all the glass shards...."
I slowly stood up from the sand and started patting myself and noticed how there was a big chunk of the shipped stabbed through where my left kidney should be.
"Yikes, I guess not being saved by The Emperor isn't exactly great."
Looking around I spotted Shadowheart unconscioused, I crouched down before slowly shaking her.
"Ugh..."
"Welcome back to the land of the living bud."
I stood up then held my arm out, she grabbed it and with simple pull she was up.
"Well...now what?" Shadowheart asked..
I honestly didn't need to adventure with anyone as I could just rush in and bomboard everyplace with my Inferno and they would easily be taken care of, but what would be the fun in that?
Ever since I took my quote on quote Nap, even without eating I noticed how with how I fought Muzan and tvhe rewards I got from the system. I honestly don't see anyone pushing me over the edge minus a few creatures like dragons, demons, degvil's or anyone stronger than the equivalent of a Level 15.
"Well we haven't done proper introductions, it may not look like it but I'm a Cambion Knight. I was sent here to stop whatever is causing the recent activity of Mindflayers and those related to someone called the Absolute."
"The Absolute?, sounds messy but still I didn't take your type to be a knight and a Cambion too yet you don't look like any of those devilish creatures .. " As Shadowheart looked at me with my current outfit I could understand why I didn't look like a Knight, and since their version of a Cambion was more demonic it was honestly understandable that she was doubtful
"Well technically everyone in my family is a Knight when they reach a certain age..."
What I was saying was bullshit, but I needed an excuse and the best way to do it is using my grandfather's story and over hyping It a long with a few mix of Lore.
"That's oddly peculiar, your family must be associated with a Lord I suppose?" Shadowheart asked still curious.
"Well you could say that..."
Technically my 'father' served Mundys albeit unwillingly.
"And other than that I feel responsible for that Tadpole in your head, if I had arrived sooner you wouldn't have been turned to a ticking time bomb that could turn to a mindflayer."
Hearing my words Shadowheart was quiet but I noticed in the corner my eye she tightly held the artifact behind her.
"Hush now, you saved my life. And since you'll be investigating and putting a stop into what ever the Illithids are planning I can only see another reason to why we should stay together."
'I guess making that excuse was the best choice after all, but now I gotta act all Knightly'
"Well it's a pleasure to be associate's with you Shadowheart." I said as I walked passed her.
"I should be saying that oh great 'Nephilim' Knight."
Gotta love the Sarcasm.
[Dimensions May Die]
Everything won't follow the canon part of the game but everything important will be there, right now I'm only at the start of Act 3 in the game and to be honest the Nephilim mod was the reason I decided the first world would be BG3 lol.
[Dimensions May Die]
"Get this thing off me!"
After awhile Me and Shadowheart started looking around with my excuse of finding other survivors from the crash, what I didn't expect was instead of Astorion trying to trick me he instead tried to choke me and threaten me with his dagger.
But that exactly didn't work when Shadow was slithering around him.
"The only reason why you're alive right now is because as a Knight I believe everyone deserves a second chance, now here's your second chance."
With my control Shadow started to tighten, I could clearly see Astorion panicking.
"Tell me why you tried to kill me."
"Alright alright!, Just let me go!"
With that I dropped Astorion letting him breathe, but still I had my control over Shadow still on him.
"I didn't see you with us on that blasted ship and once I saw you mingling with that one I assumed you knew something, and for the record I wasn't going to kill you!"
I knew he wasn't gonna kill me but it's fun messing with people with his type of attitude.
"Let's just forget about what I did and focus on the matter at hand, making sure I don't turn to a bloody squid!"
Ignoring Astorion we moved pass a Mind flayer that was trying it's best to take control of me only to be met woth a Mirage edge to the face, I took some bombs of him I remember using it to cheese one of the bosses in the goblin camp.
Then as we move pass the path that was riddled in fire That's when we saw it nestled between rocks, pulsing softly with purple light. A strange sigil, etched into the earth and vibrating with energy.
Shadowheart took a cautious step forward. "Another strange sigil just like earlier that door. Don't touch it."
I, of course, touched it.
The sigil responded immediately power flared, and in the blink of an eye, a shimmering portal twisted open. From inside, a hand reached out. Pale and desperate.
"A hand?" a voice called from within it was hopeful.
Without missing a beat, I slapped it. Loud, a Full on high five.
There was a beat of silence. Then the voice spoke again flatter this time: "I should've been more specific… a helping hand?"
That actually got a laugh out of me. First real one since the crash I knew who this was but I just wanted to mess with him. I reached out again, this time gripping the wrist properly, and gave a solid pull.
A man tumbled forward out of the portal, landing on his feet with all the dramatic flair of someone who's been through too much to care about dignity. He straightened his robes and gave a short, grateful breath.
"Thank you," he said first directly to me.
Then his eyes shifted to the others. "You two... I remember you. From the nautiloid. Though we didn't exactly exchange names."
He turned back to me. "But you I didn't see you aboard. But I heard something tearing through the ship like a javalin."
I smiled. "Victor. Cambion Knight."
"Apparently" Shadowheart added with a smirk.
He tilted his head. "Ah. That explains the noise."
"I'm investigating the Mindflayers," I continued. "And whatever's behind them. The thing they call the Absolute."
The man nodded slowly. "Then it seems our paths align. I've... complications of my own. And I'd rather not face them alone. May I travel with you?"
I shrugged. "As long as you don't explode mid-fight or summon anything that bites." Hinting about his current condition, of course to him it seemed like an oddly coincidental joke.
"Noted," he said with a tired half-smile. "Gale. Of Waterdeep."
"Welcome to the party," Shadowheart muttered.
"Welcome to the circus," I corrected.
Gale chuckled. "Well. At least it has flair."
Astorion looked at Gale for a second then at me "Great we have a Wizard now, we're a full blown adventuring party now all we need is a Fighter and we can take on anything!" I could practically hear the sarcasm in his voice.
A few moments later.
We decided to make a small camp to rest, unlike the game where you could just press short rest we actually made a small campfire in the wilderness. The world seems a bit bigger unlike the games, in fact to reach Astorion and gale it took around 10 minutes each and to even reach the clearing where we set up camp it took half an hour.
Now as we took a rest I was thinking if I should even help Lae'zel, I didn't really like her character but she deserved a chance of freedom. So I might as well free her but not invite her to camp.
Before I could think of anything else Gale's voice brought me back from my mind.
"So Victor was it?"
I looked at him with a questioning gaze that said 'Go on' without needing to say anything since dmy mouth was full of boar meat.
"You call yourself a Cambion Knight, yet you're not like any Cambion I've seen."
"Well to answer your question Gale, the person I get my Demon blood from is the son of a High Ranking Demon that could be considered a Devil."
This got a look of shock from everyone, hell I could see Astorion even more intrigued by me while Shadowheart was more worried.
"Alright I'll explain this briefly, my Grandfather Sparda was a Demon Knight that served a Devil named Mundus. Mundus wanted to take over the mortal realm but my Grandfather after falling in love with my Grandmother saw the beauty of the world and decided to put a stop to it."
I looked around seeing if my bullshit was working, and from the looks of it everyone here was actually starting to believe it. Of course technically I wasn't lying os I continued.
"Well after a gruesome battle my Grandfather sealed the part of the Underworld Mundus ruled making it so no Demon could escape, he then created an order of knights called 'The Order Of The Sword' to protect the realm from any of Mundus' and any other devil's."
I paused for a moment before looking at the ground with w look of doubt just look hesitant before continuing.
"He then had twins, the oldest being my Father Vergil. And then my father had me."
I stopped obviously not wanting to continue, not because I couldn't but because I didn't want to reveal all my cards for that sweet role-play shock factor.
"I did not expect such a.....shocking story." Gale was the first one to break the awkward silence.
"You tell me, it sounded almost like a bard's tale. A Demon falling In love with a human then betraying his Master to protect her and a world that wasn't his own!" I could tell the story was resonating with Astorion with his current predicament.
"I've never heard of this Order of the Sword before, I'm guessing their very secretive?"
"You could not be anymore right, serving a Figure of a Demon didn't actually give them a good look from any church so they almost never tell anyone of their origin."
"I'm guessing since you're their Lord's Grandson, you have a few perks?"
"Naturally."
Time passed by as Noon came, we decided to continue on our Journey and on the way we found to Tieflings looking at the figure of Lae'zel in a cage. Shadowheart whoe as beside me shook her head, Lae'zel was probably commanding her to release her after killing the two Tieflings.
"Greetings friends, I am Victor Spards a Cambion Knight. I don't want to alarm you but the Githyanki you've captured is a dangerous prisoner of mine."
"I told you she was Dangerous Damays!"
The woman whose as aiming her crossbow at Lae'zel seemed to tense, I guess saying she dangerous wasn't exactly a great idea.
"Calm down Nymessa!, he could be lying he doesn't even look like a Knight with his clothes and messy hair..."
Alright yeah I need to get some armor, maybe just a chest plate made of my Beskar and kill a dragon or two for their scales for a Cloak.
"I know you have no reason to believe me but if you don't leave this place now she could kill you in any second once she escapes, and I can assure you her kind are quite resilient to crossbow bolts."
With that the two looked at each other and nodded as if coming to an understanding.
"We'll be trusting you friend, if what you say is true and you truly are a Cambion despite your appearance there is a Grove nearby meet us there if you truly are a Knight."
"And why is that?, I see no reason to go there."
"Please, our people needed refuge and the groves current leader wishes to remove us from their Grove by any means necessary..."
Jeez I guess saying I'm a Cambion Knight is just saying, 'Hey Tieflings I may not look like it but I'm a Cambion and a Knight so I'm basically the good guy you should tell me your needs since we're both demons!'
"I will think about it after I take care of this prisoner."
"Safe Travels Sir Knight."
As they both walked away I started to think if my Charisma stats were so High I'm just straight up getting the best outcomes from my bullshit.
"Quick now that their gone release me!"
Sighing at Lae'zels antics I fired a mirage blade at the bottom of her cage and she fell with a soft thud.
"Good, it seems that these vermin aren't affecting your sense of thought."
"Vermin!?, you're the one who looks like they just came from a swamp!"
Astorion said and tried walking up to her but Gale being the ever so clear pacifists was holding him back by holding his arms.
"Now there's no need for violence, you all have tadpoles in your head and it's my duty to make sure we get you a cure." I said
"Tas'ki, I have no need for this, I have a way to cure myself it's your choice to follow me or not."
Before anyone could reply to her I looked at them with a stern gaze.
"Thank you but it'll be better for us to go our separate ways, it's the best for us as our methods would probably not align with yours."
Hearing my words she scoffed before leaving, while Astorion who was quiet now shrugged off Gale and looked at me.
"Are you bloody mad!?, I'm not turning to a squid you better have a good reason on why you let her go despite knowing a possible cure!"
"The cure she believes is nothing but a hoax created by her leader, in reality it just absorbs their memory and kills the person with he tadpole."
Hearing my words you began to calm down, Shadowheart on the other hand came forward.
"It's possible he's speaking the truth, despite the Githyanki's words their kind should not be trusted."
Without any other words we started to make our way towards the direction of what Damays said was the Emerald Groves direction, and In all honesty I was baffled with how far it was.
Unlike the game it wasn't just around the corner, It was well hidden in a forest and it took us nearly two hours to get there.
And instead of the event of fighting a board of goblins and saving some Emerald Grove members and meeting Wyll, we were instead in the process of seeing Wyll killing everyone of the Goblins on his own.
"Open the Gates!"
As if on que and Tiefling was about to reach for the crank as an arrow made it's way towards him, seeing this I couldn't just stay still and do nothing but instead projectted an arm to stop the arrow midflight.
"Thank the gods!"
The Tiefling still in shock still continued one with Opening the gates as Well killed the rest of the Goblins.
[You have saved someone destined to die, You feel yourself being inspired]
"Well I think this is the Grove gang."