He felt slightly bad for those he led to capture for a moment and then immediately was saying death was a better solution for them anyways, and he deserved to ascend, too bad for them. He's not a good person. Plenty of people who have had bad things done to them don't rationalize repeating those things onto others. That's just the kind of person one is. Most people choose to do good despite their poor circumstances. We see this historically, from WW2 prisoners in the camps to slaves to victims of a shipwreck. Despite what William Golding writes in Lord of the Flies about how people behave in crisis, most research shows people cooperating and having solidarity in times of struggle and suffering. The people who cynically take advantage and victimize others in the same situation are the exception, not the rule. Astarion is a selfish person by nature.
Seems by design, they wanted him and Lazael to be selfish, ruthless characters to complement with Minthara for evil playthrough players. Shadowheart was similar in EA, but they softened her up before release because they were getting the criticism that all the women in the roster were hostile and ruthless, and this was probably before they solidified Karlach as an origin good aligned female character.
Last edited by Zenith; 08/09/23 12:44 PM.
