Technically The Dark Urge is an origin, but obviously we are talking about origin companions. I will probably always play a character I can fully customize on my own. Pre-defined characters in rpg games just does not appeal to me.
I've had playthroughs where I have dismissed or killed companions that I like based on how I roleplay my character. Astarion has been senf off during the bite night, because my manipulative character saw him as a rival that played the same game (yes all of the companions up tp that point, except Lae'zel and Karlach, are a bit deceitful, but my character recognized that Astarion was good at it, and as such a larger threat). I've had Shadowheart getting killed when she tries to murder Lae'zel because my hothead character wasn't the type of person who would just tell the girlies that we need to talk this out, but reacted to someone taking a knife to one of the party members throat by immediately intervening and attacking them.
I like coming up with headcanons for my romances about what has been happening behind the scenes to create the bond and attraction between my MC and the companion and how they might be an odd matching, but there are sides to them that they don't show or even know about that brings them together.
Last edited by papercut_ninja; 15/01/25 10:26 AM.
