I was more referring to Sosiel, although I have been pleasantly surprised by Daeran. I thought myself tired of the hedonistic evil archetype so often portrayed in media (I don’t outright dislike Astarion but he’s probably my least favorite bg3 companion so far) and yet Daeran straddles the line just perfectly.

Also, yes. Cat cullers must be excommunicated lol. Even evil people need some cats around to stroke while seated in a villainous manner.

“But his mind saw nothing of all this. His mind was engaged in a warfare of the gods. His mind paced outwards over no-man's-land, over the fields of the slain, paced to the rhythm of the blood's red bugles. To be alone and evil! To be a god at bay. What was more absolute?”