#ACCULTANT.

A STUDY IN running from fate, living past your expiration date, how to grieve someone sitting right next to you, an ugly kind of hope, digging your own grave - among other blasphemous deeds.

NAME: Iago Darlington.
AGE: That's impolite to ask a lady.
GENDER: None of your business.
PRONOUNS: They/them/theirs.
ORIENTATION: Biromantic demisexual.
RACE: ??? Bhaalspawn? Arguably undead? An aberration of sorts??
CLASS: Wild Magic Sorcerer.
OCCUPATION: Information broker (formerly), murder cult accountant (formerly), adventurer? (winging it)

HAIR: White hair that drapes down to their lower back. Most often found tucked into a braid, the neatness of which directly correlates to their mental state.
EYES: Large black sclera with fuchsia pupils. Expressive to those who can stand the contact. Known to induce dizzy spells and migraines. Decorated with eyebags and a hefty amount of black liner.
COMPLEXION: Pale, near-grey, with the pallor of a corpse or perhaps a ghoul.
HEIGHT: 5'2
BUILD: Twinkish.
SCARS: Too many to count.
NOTABLE FEATURES: Dark, tendril-like markings from their left eye that slither across their face and down their body. Oddly sharp canines. Unnaturally still and cold to the touch among other cadaver-like qualities. The baffling ability to have a very forgettable face despite all of this- people often find themselves with a headache instead of recollection.ALIGNMENT: True Neutral (working on that).
CHARACTER TRAITS: Manipulative, jaded, paranoid. / Curious, tenacious, patient. / Cringefail.
LIKES: Birdwatching, cursed items, puns, cats, apple slices with honey.
DISLIKES: Meat, surprises, being cold, tangled hair, holy spaces.
FEARS: Being trapped, dying, a faintness around blood.
DESIRES: To live beyond survival, to be free, to see their brother happy again, to feel safe.

OVERVIEW NUNEMAKER'S PARABLE.
A being born to be sacrificed at their prodigal twin’s hands, Iago has weaseled their way out of their own death time and time and time and time again. Raised by a loving family, tragedy and holy puppeteering plagued the Darlington twins until only they were left, driven to the Bhaal Temple to carry out their dual fates. Already too tainted by humanity and impossible love, the two Bhaalspawn have miraculously warded off their destiny. Puck, by losing himself in devoutness and claiming his birthright in every way but killing the one that mattered most. And Iago, surviving by just the skin of their canines, fitting into the temple as a holy administrator holding the cult in their fist rather than a lamb. Drained of sympathy and purpose beyond their long since twisted devotion to their own killer, Iago is unmoored when he goes missing and will stop at nothing to have their brother back. The Dark Urge is haunted by his twin, twisting the truth to remake him again in the image of a loving family they refuse to let go of.FULL BACKSTORY UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!!CHILDHOOD THE LITTLE MYSTIC AND HIS HANDLER.TEENAGE YEARS TO HIM, WHO GREW UP.THE BHAAL TEMPLE THE BUTCHERMAN'S LAMENT.FACADE AND REBIRTH MAYBE, THIS TIME.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!! PREV VERS:HISTORY: Iago is the twin sibling of Puck, Bhaal's rightful chosen. As children, they lived in a loving home. When that home was broken, their brother slaughtering their parents (and almost Iago, as well), they scraped by on the streets and, later, as an informant for the Guild, all while trying to curb their brother's growing dark urges.Try as they might to be anything else, their destiny was always to become the most crucial and damning bit of fodder for the clearly favored spawn. Unfortunately for the Lord of Murder, Iago loves and is loved more than they could ever express, more than Bhaal could've ever expected. Forever by their brother's side, they would follow him to the ends of the earth (or, rather, to the cult they have no place in). An utter failure of a slaughterlamb, Iago routinely coaxes him down from the darkness that consume him and talks their way off of the sacrificial altar time and time and time again.With their only purpose so constantly thwarted by both of the siblings' efforts, Iago keeps their status just barely afloat by making themselves useful; With such a popular fervor for the blood-and-guts side of being a Bhaalist, it's not as if anyone else wanted to jump at managing the cult finances, boarding, maintenance, disposal, brokering, paperwork, paperwork, so much paperwork- It's an unfavorable job for the bloodthirsty, and a perfect bit of security for the unwelcome and embarrassingly squeamish Iago.Those years were spent clinging to survival and watching helplessly as Puck lost his mind. Their inability to save him from his fate haunts them for the rest of their life (however long that may be, with the way things are going...)When Puck goes missing, their lack of loyalty to the Bhaal Temple rears its head and they finally escape, doing everything in their power to never, ever return. It could be a second chance for their own life, as well as the life of their brother, and they are desperate to take advantage of that.

MAIN/BG3 COMPANION WHAT'S A DEAD GIRL TO DO?
Iago can be recruited as a non-tadpoled companion in Act II. To the party, they present themselves as an information broker whose dubious work has led them into the Shadow Curse. And, more importantly, Puck’s family, latching on to the amnesiac with vague answers and dodgy excuses for his Dark Urges. In a desperate attempt to make the most of this second chance, Iago plans to keep their dark history a secret for as long as they can.TADPOLED!IAGO STITCHED MY MIND BACK TO MY BODY.
All the same origin, but without any memory of such. Haunted by Dark Urges and their own nonexistence, Iago is desperate for answers about their past. Unknowingly hypocritical to their main verse, they stop at nothing to understand who they were and the reason for the holes in their heart.POST-BG3 HERETIC PRIDE.
After the events of BG3 and an unfortunate but necessary separation with their brother to heal, Iago gives this whole ‘having a life of their own’ thing a shot. Living above a shop for their collected cursed items and haunted antiques, they become a beloved neighborhood mystery. It’s an odd but quaint little double life they live, witchy shopkeep by day, on a revenge quest to eradicate every last Bhaalist by night.

DRAGON AGE HYPERACTIVE HORNETS IN MY LUNGS
(Inquisitor or DAI companion/advisor) Iago shares their body with a spirit of Chaos, a deal made in desperation when they were a child. They kept this a secret until the circle they had been taken to attempted to make them Tranquil. They attacked the circle and escaped, marking themselves as a highly sought after apostate. Now, they remain on the run and recently in search of their brother, one of the missing Grey Wardens. More about the DA verse here.UNDEVELOPED / UPON REQUESTPRE-BG3 COMFORT OF A LAUGH TRACK.BHAAL TEMPLE ERA FISH INSIDE A BIRDCAGE.BHAAL TEMPLE RUNAWAYS LOST BUT WARM.MODERN 25 HOUR GODDAMN TELETHON.BEAUTY AND THE BEAST PROMISED THEIR LAST BREATH.NO AMNESIA TWIN COMPANIONS VAYCAY AU. NAME PENDING