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Something I think about is Khalid’s mother

Because in the first game in Khalid’s background she is not mentioned at all, and in siege of dragonspear she is mentioned as ‘not thinking much of him’ but to a lesser extent than his father did who we all agree was a POS

1. What was she like?

like her life probably sucked a lot.

She was an elven concubine in a country that is pretty much devoid of any other elves, and so she was seen as exotic, which is probably why Khalid‘s father had her as a concubine in the first place.

She would always be below his actual wife and I won’t get into all of the horrible things that could’ve happened to her prior or during this time

And then on top of everything, she has a illegitimate kid with the dude!

I doubt Khalid’s father or his wife (mother of Khalid’s half brothers) was particularly interested in raising him, so it was probably all on her.

So now on top of her life already probably sucking, she has this kid in a world that is guaranteed to be hostile towards him because he is considered lower by default.

There’s no way she could protect him from that even if she did try.

Maybe there was a combination of resentment of having another thing on her plate to take care of but also guilt about having this kid that she feels is guaranteed to have a miserable life

2. Was their relationship purely indifference and neglect or was there some love?

Is it possible that she walled herself off from him so that when he was inevitably hurt it didn’t hurt her as much? Like self protection so she only had to feel her own hurt

Were there good moments? Where she would protect him or comfort him in ways she felt she could?

Maybe she held some hope that because his father was of the merchant class Khalid would get further than she could only to have those hopes crushed within her lifetime

3. How does Khalid feel about her?

Maybe he is a bit overly forgiving of her actions because of he knows her circumstances (Which probably annoys Jaheira lol)

Maybe there’s some resentment for not being the mother he needed but he feels guilty about having those feelings

Maybe she just fades into the background of his childhood

There’s so many possibilities because we know nothing about her so we get to fill in the blanks!

We discuss how much Khalid loves his wife but let us not forget how much Jaheira loves her husband!

The necklace she’s wearing is Khalid’s gift according to the forgotten realms wiki, it’s been a bit since I’ve played siege of dragonspear so I dont remember the image of the top of my head, all I know is I love it and I always put it on jaheira as soon as I get it

Also! @githyankidanky has altered my brain chemistry and I now must include Khalid’s ear clip because I love their HC that it’s a common practice in Calimport considering how classist the society is. Like it makes complete sense to me that since the indentured servant class isn’t meant to get out of that class the upper classes would make sure that they could always be identified at a glance even if they were all dressed up or something. Also a good character design element that provokes thinking

A sketch i did a while ago that I never intended to further work on because art block go brrrr

I imagine she’s looking at someone doing something stupid and he’s just like “gods, I love my wife”

I did draw jaheira in the bg3 outfit because she slayed

Jaheira and Khalid have given me terminal brainrot for so long and all of a sudden there’s new fics and art??!!

Especially of Khalid?! My guy??!! My Blorbo?!

I’ve been crawling through a desert and I’ve finally found my oasis

keep me - khalid

singing our favorite songs but the funny this is every time we did you'd always get the words wrong. and i was your biggest fan, you should never forget it. i bet you no man doesn't love you like i did. doesn't love you lioe i did. does he love you like i did? no, no, no.