It's like we didn't even play with the same companion or something. Wyll doesn't even mention Mizora by name before she shows up to make his life difficult, and then only when you ask him about his past (after she puts him on the spot), and when she forces herself on the party. Outside of that he barely talks about her or his pact. Or complains in general. Especially not about his father, who he talks solemnly about once, when he talks about his past.
He doesn't have to mention Mizora by name to be complaining about her.
He starts off ranting about how he needs to kill Karlach. Then mention about how something will happen soon after you meet her.
Mizora will show up and he'll complain about his pact. He'll complain about his pact in Act 2 when Mizora shows up again (Regardless of if he was there when she appeared or not) and will keep complaining about her.
He mentions his father after saving Councillor Florrick, he'll mention him again if you read a particular letter in the Mountain Pass, and again after the ending of Act 2.
Meanwhile, he's supposed to be a hero of the people and much of his dialogue is him complaining about his own life (And the entirety of his in-camp prompted dialogue).
Talking to him more, he'll express that he doesn't regret his decision to get the pact because of how it has allowed him to help people. But then spends the rest of the time complaining about his pact and Mizora. His concern lies not in what he can do to help others but more so how evil Mizora is and how it's imperetive that his father be rescued.
That's what grates me about him.
He's supposed to be the Blade of Frontiers, carrying the burden that is his pact and its consequences but making the most of it to help others. Yet what we get is a self pitying loser.
I wanted to see someone trying to do good in the world despite his problems, someone gifted with incredible power using it to help everyone he can. You know, someone like the PC during a Good run.
Astarion is unlikable, but it's understandable as to
why he's unlikable. Centuries of enslavement and torture would probably put a downer on anyone. It also explains why he's so power hungry and willing to embrace the tadpole (That has provided him his free will back and also additional freedoms on top of that such as being unaffected by daylight).
He's pretty much what you'd expect from his character. Which is more than I can say for Wyll. I was expecting more stiff upper lip and stoicness with his vulnerabilities being revealed after getting to know him more and he can rely on you for support.
