The war is getting bloodier, I see. Marywoods, who registered 3 hours ago and went straight to my thread, not Ametris with improvements, who is much more popular, 3k views. And there's no proof other than the name.
For once I make an exception after years of avoiding any forums to actually get involved in social stuff on the internet and then this happens. >.>
Personally, I'm curious about where he was born and grew up. Was he always from Baldur's Gate, surrounded by humans and human culture, or was he raised among elves and decided to leave for whatever reason?
This would be interesting to learn about!
(...) (he also doesn't give Tav a death threat if they break up with him in the epilogue, lmao, that's such a wild way to interpret that dialogue). Neither choice is right or wrong, it's up to the individual player, but it's been made explicitly clear by both the game itself and the writers that Astarion's number one motivation is fear and not power just for the sake of power itself. We can choose to interpret things differently if we wish, but at the end of the day anything that isn't concretely presented to us in the game is nothing more than headcanon.
I don't believe there is really anything more to discuss on this topic, so I'm out, but thanks everyone for being so civil!
Well, he does tell Tav not to go looking for him and that he will have a lot of hungry mouths to feed. To me it seems like he's insinuating his hand might slip and he'll release his spawns' leash if he sees Tav. But maybe I did interpret it in the most extreme way.
As I said power is his main goal because it gives him what he desires the most - freedom and life without fear. We learn as much from the dryad love test. It's a tool and not the endgame itself.
I agree, there's no right or wrong choice here. It's all up to everyone's preference.
Thanks for your input as well!
