Uhh So I Had A Hyperfocus Moment And Started An Animatic And This Is The Sketch Of One Of The Frames,

I prefer these long periods of relaxation. Lovely day for it.

Thank you Khalid for being the only person on this team who can relax

I have finished cooking

Here she is! Khalid’s mom + a baby Khalid

I think she turned out really pretty and I like her even if this was a struggle lol

I’m not very good at designing outfits so even though I had the parameters of wanting to be light weight and have light colors to avoid overheating as well as a head piece to protect her face and scalp from the sun I struggled to make brain work. I wanted her to look older than she ultimately ended up looking but she is an elf I suppose… but I still want her to look older

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!

Jaheira doodle

It sucks being more into bg1 and 2 than three rn because finding/googling stuff is a tad hellish

uuuhghdhf i love khalid so much....

Khalid’s alive that’s what matters to me lol

Kinda makes me want to do this for my au because it gets wacky after I decided to go down the pure ‘I think this would be cool’ route

I made a loose timeline for my au.

Under the cut because this is looong 😅

No colour is canon

Blue is headcanon

Orange is au

1334dr 

Khalid is born.

1337dr  

Jaheira is born.

1347dr

Castle Tethyr falls.

1348dr 

Iloben (Gorion’s Ward) is born.

Jaheira joins the Druids.

1350dr

Gorion finds Iloben and takes him in.

Khalid joins the Calimport Militia.

1354dr

Jaheira joins the Harpers in Athkatla, sponsored by Dermin Courtierdale.

1355dr

Khalid is found by Harpers and leaves Calimport to join the Harpers in Athkatla.

Khalid is captured and tortured by Zhentarim.

Gorion, Jaheira, and two other Harpers are assigned to rescue him.

1356dr

Khalid and Jaheira start dating.

1358dr

The Time of Troubles.

1360dr

Khalid and Jaheira are married in The Dalelands.

1368dr

Gorion is murdered and Sarevok tries to set Baldur’s Gate and Amn against each other in war in hopes of pleasing Bhaal through all the murder. He is stopped by Iloben, Imoen, Khalid, Jaheira, Dynaheir and Minsc.

1369dr

Iloben tries to join the Harpers but is rejected for being ‘out of balance.’

Caelar Argent starts her crusade and is stopped by Iloben, Imoen, Khalid, Jaheira, Dynaheir and Minsc.

Irenicus captures them all. Iloben and Imoen are tortured and experimented on, Khalid is tortured in front of Imoen as one of the experiments. Jaheira and Minsc are kept captured, but are mostly unharmed. Dynaheir is killed.

They all escape (including Khalid) when Shadow Thieves attack Irenicus’ dungeon.

Khalid lost the abilities of his legs but was (mostly) healed by clerics in the Harper hold in Athkatla. (He stays there for the entirety of bg2 because he is too weak to fight.)

Iloben and Nalia marry for convenience but start dating properly not long after.

Irenicus and Bhodi steal Iloben’s and Imoen’s divine souls but are killed and they are returned.

Amelyssan makes all the Bhaalspawn fight and kill each other in attempt to become the new God of Murder, but is stopped by Iloben, Imoen, Jaheira, Nalia, Minsc, and Aerie.

Iloben gives up his essence of Bhaal and lives with Nalia in De’Arnise keep.

Khalid and Jaheira leave the Harpers to focus on his recovery.

1374dr (not sure if this is canon but it's the only date I could find)

Khalid and Jaheira rejoin the Harpers to fight against Ketheric.

Ketheric is killed, The Shadow Curse starts and Reithwin falls.

1396dr

Khalid and Jaheira have their first and only biological child who they named Elmae.

They (temporarily) take a break from the Harpers to raise her.

1416dr

Khalid and Jaheira rejoin the Harpers

1419dr

Tirana (Tav) is born.

1432dr

Iloben dies of natural causes and Bhaal is reborn.

1451dr

Dayis (The Dark Urge) is made by Bhaal.

1465dr

Jaheira becomes High Harper of Baldur’s Gate

1468dr

Jaheira finds Rion as a baby and takes her in alongside Khalid.

1478dr

Khalid and Jaheira adopt Jord at age 5.

1489dr

Khalid and Jaheira adopt Jhessem at age 8.

Khalid and Jaheira adopt Fig at age 7.

1491dr

Khalid and Jaheira adopt Tate at age 8.

1492dr

The events of Baldur’s Gate 3 take place.

Angsty and angry jaheira in BG2. Going through it after losing Khalid (and NOT in the way BioWare thought she should SIDEYING THEM FOREVER)

Not that one person in chat when everyone is talking about how cute Khalid is (facts) saying “Irenicus didn’t think he was so cute”

Tracy Wiles reading the My Dearest Wife letter (from this stream) :')

Love them love them love them love them

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