Introduction
This is my personal take on the Saga of the Bhaalspawn. It is very dark, and follows a Neutral Evil protagonist, Adrian, on the journey from Candlekeep to the Throne of Bhaal, and beyond.
Originally, it was my intention to merely do "snapshots" of Adrian at various points in his career. But the tale grew in the telling, until I was telling his tale day by day, without break or glossing over. Like so many others, I've been sucked into my own Bhaalspawn novel. :)
Make no mistake, Adrian's story is an evil one. Not a ravening murderer like Sarevok, but a cold, calculating selfish tactician. Adrian both is, and is not, what dear old dad Bhaal wanted in a son, and this will infuriate the dark essence within him to no end. I drew inspiration for this story from the "evil" aligned dreams in BG one, most particularly the Nashkel and final ones.
I took his name, Adrian, from the official novelization's character, Abdel Adrian. In Netherese, this means "son of the dark". So I took the second half of the name, Adrian, the dark. Because he is.
Credit where it's due; to Leo for inspiring me to do this in the first place and the splitting-of-the-party idea; Laufey for letting me use Dekaras, Edwin's teacher; Lord E for her inspiring me regarding my version of Sarevok. And many others as well, too numerous to count. Thank you all for helping me and putting up with this. :)
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