I mean, he was essentially Cazador's personal "toy" and he was used to entice people, of course he'd need to be beautiful.
Oh yes, he is beautiful because of what he IS, but I meant more in the overall character design sense.
I'm spending more and more time on these drawings purely for fun, and the more time I spend on looking at screenshots, the more I appreciate the sheer amount of creative design that went into the characters. With each character and face I study to draw, I discover something new to appreciate. Having done only the very basics of 3D modelling/animation in art college years ago, graphics and animation have come SUCH a long way now that the quality of design and animation here in BG3 is just jaw-dropping - and an absolute joy to look at!
No wonder people (including me!) are falling all over themselves for Astarion, Halsin, Gale, etc. They're designed to be attractive - and it works.
Edit: Legitimately, I find Astarion and Gale to be the most interesting characters, and not just cause they look good. Of the characters, they seem to have the most layers and even comparing they are strangely complementary. Gale is very human, but underneath there are clear layers of the inhuman. And Astarion is very inhuman but underneath layers of humanity begin to show.
YES, wholeheartedly agree! They are complicated characters and I love them to bits.
