This is also based on Dungeons and Dragons. ALL vampires are "evil". 1. Vampire Spawn - Neutral Evil (no matter what, this is due to the magic that "creates" them & they are NEVER given blood to transform, just bitten & drained) 2. True Vampire - Lawful Evil 3. Vampire Ascendant - Not sure which category because it is a NEW kind of monster created by Meph, so it can be Neutral, Chaotic, or Lawful Evil. This is Stephen Rooney's homebrew vampire. 4. Bride/Groom of the Vampire Ascendant - Keeps their own mind, so it depends on the person (This was what they Animated & Astarion gave his "consort" 1 drop of his own blood, which is why I use the term = Bride. It is a gender-neutral title in fact per the Van Richten's Guide to Vampries (2e) which is still CANON lore - https://voltor.narod.ru/vr/vr01_11.htm The statement about canon lore is from Wizards of the Coast who CREATED Dungeons and Dragons). Evil is not a caricature, it depends on the emotions/knowledge/personality/etc of the individual + the magic used to create it. It is FICTION & Fantasy. Blood nor magic makes someone's personality flat/without emotion/one dimensional if you want to do something besides a 3-year-old child's cartoon character. Also, you can look up the Forgotten Realms wiki to find out about all of their alignments, except the Vampire Ascendant or his "bride" due to that is Stephen Rooney's creation, respectfully. He is the creator of Astarion. This does not mean he is writing the changes now because he is working on other Larian projects. The current writer or dev or whoever has changed the story 6 months down the road abruptly, without explanation, doesn't match or connect to the story that we have in the game since LAUNCH. That is what is being discussed. So be respectful of what you say, do not be jumping on an entire forum if there is a bad apple or two in the mix that people ignored. Please keep all things respectful. Thanks.
