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Baldurs Gate/Forgotten Realms representation of Chaos?

comebackhomecomebackhome Member Posts: 254
edited September 2013 in Archive (General Discussion)
Well met and welcome.

I'm trying to decide on a Baldurs Gate/Forgotten realms tattoo, preferably something representing Chaos (and of course, something that will look good!) My initial thoughts was the symbol of Cyric, however the missus thought that was something that could be used to associate me with a biker gang. Any other thoughts/inputs/recommendations?

< what > and < why > would be much appreciated, thanks.

Cheers :)

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  • SouthpawSouthpaw Member Posts: 2,026
    Try to convince your missus to agree with the Cyric symbol and quote "Tiax rules all!"
    You won't be mistaken for a biker gang member. What about the Bhaal symbol and quote "I will be the last and you will go first" ? I think I already saw a BG tattoo somewhere here and it looked good.
  • comebackhomecomebackhome Member Posts: 254
    Haha, well one can't argue with Tiax.

    Yeah, I saw that :) Some dude had it on his arm which looked pretty cool. I'm trying to stray from the skulls and have something a little more unique. For example, the symbol of Lloth (the compass looking design) but once I mentioned the spider queen to her, she proceeded to tease me.

    Something specifically relating to any of the Chaos domains would be awesome.
  • CorvinoCorvino Member Posts: 2,269
    One symbol used for chaos is a point with arrows leading out in to the 8 major points of the compass. It's commonly used in Games Workshop chaos stuff and originally used by Michael Moorcock.

    It's simple, geometric and lacking in skulls. There's a pic in the wikipedia article:
    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol_of_Chaos
  • comebackhomecomebackhome Member Posts: 254
    Oh nice, thanks. I shall have to keep that in mind. I remember seeing that briefly when I dabbled in a bit of games workshop stuff. Something to think about if I can't think of anything Baldurs Gate/Forgotten realms related :)

    I was also thinking of maybe the symbol of Talos. I'm not sure how that would look in a tattoo design. Also possibly any organizations/groups but I'm not sure if there are any related to the Chaos domain though.
  • FinneousPJFinneousPJ Member Posts: 6,455
    Check here http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Chaos_domain_deities
  • comebackhomecomebackhome Member Posts: 254
    Just what I was looking for :) Do you know if there's a listing per chance of any of the organizations/groups as well?
  • FinneousPJFinneousPJ Member Posts: 6,455
    http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Organizations

    Unfortunately the "organizations by alignment" page is quite unfinished.
  • ForseForse Member Posts: 106
    Does it have to be evil? The Harpers are seen as CG and their symbol is pretty neat. I wouldn't say it really says "chaos" to the uninitiated though.
    http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Harpers
  • DrugarDrugar Member Posts: 1,566
    As far as I know (and on this subject, that's quite a lot) there is no D&D symbol that stands for just Chaos. There is, however, a sect in Planescape who are strictly chaotic. Maybe their symbol is to your liking. It is kind of bikery though; http://mimir.net/psmush/chaosmen.shtml

    Otherwise, go with the Warhammer symbol or pick a warhammer chaos god.
  • alnairalnair Member Posts: 561
    comebackhome said:

    Something to think about if I can't think of anything Baldurs Gate/Forgotten realms related :)

    If you decide to go down that road, some more inputs:
  • MortiannaMortianna Member Posts: 1,356
    edited September 2013
    Tharizdun's symbol immediately comes to mind:

    photo tharizdun.gif

    As the symbol of the creator of the Abyss, not many symbols from FR represent Chaos (well, Chaotic Evil) better than his.
    Post edited by Mortianna on
  • comebackhomecomebackhome Member Posts: 254
    Thanks for all the replies guys, some really good ideas here :) Keep them coming! Evil is preferable, but I will give other alignments consideration.
  • alnairalnair Member Posts: 561
    @Mortianna Spirals FTW ;)
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