I'll give you a brief description of how I see spawn ending: you are his knight protector, and he is your princess. All that defense stuff just proves that you need power to survive in this world. It's very funny to tell Astarion he doesn't need it and then say "I'll protect you". I generally didn't like that he got too soft and naive, as if this isn't dark fantasy but a children's fairy tale with unicorns where robin hood only kills the "bad guys".
I totally agree. It's clearly depicted in an ending where Durge breaks up with him, where as spawn he's fearful and holds a knife behind his back when talking to Durge, while as Ascendant he is perfectly calm and knows he'd immediately destroy them if they tried anything funny.
Originally Posted by t1mekill3r
After patch 5 spawn Astarion seems to be better off without romance. He's having the time of his life doing basically whatever he wants, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't tell us about all the more questionable shit he gets up to.
It certainly looks that way with spawn Astarion. Ascendant actually admits to being lonely so I think he's better off staying with Tav (who completes him as he admits himself).
