But this is what's a huge problem for me. Everyone's a "victim" (emphasis on the quotation marks). And personally I am super-tired of people playing the "victim" card.
Not everyone.
Wyll CHOSE to enter the pact.
Gale CHOSE to be a jackass and ignore Mystra so he could get more power for himself.
Astarion CHOSE to become a Vampire spawn instead of dying.
They only have themselves to blame for the consequences of their choices.
The only people whom have legitimately been wronged by others are:
Karlach was sold by Gortash to Zariel (Leading to her being experimented on with the Infernal Engine heart and forced to be a pawn for Zariel)
Shadowheart was kidnapped and brainwashed by Sharrans (Though, how much of a "Victim" she is when she can be perfectly content continuing as a Sharran...)
Lae'zel is a Gith, brought up with Gith standards which promotes harshness and violence (Though, she's not much of a victim as she has no qualms with continuing with such things)
Besides that, making people out to be "Victims" is a common thing for companions because it gives an easy plotline for a companion story. It's much easier to write about their quest to go and get back at the person who wronged them than to write about someone who is perfectly fine and dandy just doing normal things because nothing bad happened to them (At least for good playthroughs. It's always possible for an evil character to have a personal quest of obtaining power. Like, even if Astarion was always a true vampire he could still have an arc about tracking down Cazador because of his ritual to gain more power)
