The world is a blur of searing light and deafening screams. You feel a sickening lurch as the squid-like monstrosity you're trapped in tears through the sky. A strange, alien presence thrums behind your eyes—the parasite. A voice echoes in your mind, but it isn't yours. The tadpole stirs... soon, we will ascend.

(OOC: Welcome to Baldur's Gate. To begin, please describe your character's name, race, and class, and tell me a bit about their background. Your adventure has already begun.)