Shovel (Baldur's Gate)

Character
Name:	Shovel
Occupation:	Familiar
Relationships:
Fandom:	Baldur's Gate III
Other:	My pride and joy whom I birthed. by hagdraws (2023)
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Shovel is a minor character and NPC from the game Baldur's Gate III. She can be gained as summoned familiar and is a murderous, cantankerous menace who delights in violence.

Canon

Shovel is a Quasit who dreams of becoming a dragon. She was the familiar of Ilyn Toth, a Red Wizard of Thay, and was treated cruelly. The player character can find her and recruit her as a familiar, after which she stays with the party for the rest of the story. She may be renamed to Basket or Fork.

Fandom

Shovel is often overlooked in fandom, with most fans expressing pleasant surprise that she is recruitable. She appears rarely in fanfiction, only tagged in a handful of fics on AO3. Shovel art is somewhat more common.

Notable Fanworks

Fanfiction

• To Dig for Treasure You Need a Shovel by ophelia_bus - The first Shovel-centric fic published on AO3, shipping Shovel with the reader/Tav and Gale.

Fanart

• i made a thing by cassieuncaged - a collage of Shovel screenshots arranged with the "do it for her" meme.
• sleeping arrangements by ruushes - drawing of Shovel sleeping with Gale.
• “SHOVEL IS HERE!” by riense - drawing of Shovel appearing for combat.
• here's a gif version I never posted 👍 by trashootie - an animated gif of shovel breakdancing
• The worst girl Shovel is here by snakewife - a badge with Shovel's face and her motto

External Links

• Shovel on AO3