Originally Posted by autistichalsin
I would definitely be wary, because back in September there was an entire meme around convincing newcomers that Astarion had once had a wife named Octavia. Some fans enjoy confusing/misleading others, unfortunately. (Not saying your friend necessarily tried to do so/had bad intent but things happen.)

Yes, I haven't looked for information on Halsin myself before, I didn't find anything about his wife and child, yes, but I found curious information that he used to have a deeper and more interesting history. Perhaps this has been written about on the forum before, I don't know, but I found it curious.

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He may have had a different motivation for following Tav in this case, such as wanting to right past wrongs. Too bad for the character, I think he was robbed of such a story for nothing.