- He could kill Cazador, in which case he would revert to his elf-self, losing any vampiric powers and keeping the parasite.
from 1 of his lines, i got the impression that killing cazador would leave him as a vampire spawn but with free will (& possibly the continued power from the parasite, depending on how that goes).
Very true. Astarion has a lot of options ahead of him, more than any other companion: true vampire + tadpole, vampire spawn + tadpole, and elf + tadpole, plus all of those things with no tadpole. Which would make him most powerful? That's hard to say. The tadpole currently negates most of the advantages and disadvantages of being a vampire; Astarion has basically become a normal elf who needs to drink blood and avoid creeks. I think his ideal state would be 'true vampire with no tadpole'. Whether he can achieve that, and whether we can persuade him to change his priorities, remains to be seen.
