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I hope you all have happy holidays.

Let's hope that Sceleritas didn't cheat his way into the photos anywhere, as we know his penchant for photobombing. Sceleritas is very happy about the big jar full of extra fat and disgusting bugs. He and Junior are now busy with finding a good hiding place for it , so that Astarion doesn't take it away from him... if Sceleritas would knew who gave him these beetles. Junior thinks it would be a good idea to take a look in the rooms under the palace...

A few of my Blender exercises. Hope you have fun darlings.

Oh wow, I love it, this is the cutest thing <33 Amazing work! Their expressions, the poses, it all looks incredible! 👏👏
Sceleritas must be hiding somewhere in that darkness behind them?
Thank you Sini for always being positive even through the difficult times, sharing your stories and making me smile and laugh this year. 😘
I'm grateful to have found a handful of nice, creative people who love this game and my favorite characters as much as I do!

Awwww ... thank you

Next I will work on bringing the poses into the game. I hope that we can use them later in Photo Mode to take screenshots with poses and facial expressions like this. In the game it's not really noticeable how big body type 2 is compared to body type 1... Astarion has huge hands.

I'm glad you like it and that my ideas make you smile and laugh. And don't think that I don't watch your cute videos on Youtube...
Staying positive is often not easy, so I'm even happier when I can convey it for a short time.I am also grateful to have met all the wonderful people here in the forum, from all over the world, who share my hobby and ideas. And of course we will have fun next year.

And thank you for understanding my "Dark Urge Gremlin Google Translator", which translates the wildest things from what I say.


Sceleritas and Junior prefer to disappear quickly... there are certainly better adventures to discover in the basement...

Oh, the gremlin translator gets some of the credit for making me laugh too. xD


Another sweet & beautiful scene 😍 This is so well done! That look on Astarion's face with the slightly wrinkled brow during the kiss makes it look very realistic, touching, and so full of emotion. <3 I can't wait to see more of your work and what you put into the game!
They're such a sweet family of evil pure beans! 🥺

I'm excited to start playing around with the photo mode and what we all come up with. And curious to see what else might have been added, even if it hasn't been announced..

Happy New Year!! <33 🙌🎊

Thank you my sweet.

Unfortunately, I had a cold over the holidays and ended up sleeping in bed. But of course my brain didn't stay calm creating images and stories for our villains.

The new year began for Sceleritas with Astarion pulling him up the wall by his neck until he was at eye level. His face almost touched Sceleritas's. Scelertias still held onto the still-smoking match he had used to light the rocket Astarion Jr. was bound to. Junior flew into the darkness with a loud and joyful “HUUUUUUUUUUUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!”. Astarion then turned himself into a bat to follow the little ones.

Laughing, the little one sat in the snow with his rusty white fur. So Astarion brought the little one home while he shouted "Fly with the rocket again, Daddy". They had stolen the rocket from Felogyr's Fireworks and thought it would be a good idea to use it that way.

Now they both clean the floors in the palace.

Happy New Year.


I'm currently working on the criminal career of our favorite villains.

I got a sketchbook for Christmas so I don't have a pile of notes lying around anymore. Let's see how long this works well. ^^

I've been watching some old silent movies and black and white movies lately. Hence my free interpretation of “Dracula” from 1931 with Bela Lugosi with a touch of “Sin City”. I like how in the old horror movies the eyes were always emphasized dramatically.

Have fun darlings.

Wow, that's just adorable! And such a cute kiss on the nose at the end...


Ha-ha! “My parents don’t do that!”


...At first the little Lord thought that the best and most innovative approach to cleaning the floors would be to pour all the water from the bucket onto the floor and dress the proverbial bucket on Sceleritas' head. The result - a big dirty puddle, wet shoes and Sceleritas swearing bad words - did not quite suit him (well, except for the last point - here Astarion Jr. chuckled happily and even wrote down some words in his notebook as a reminder). But something had to be done about everything else...

“I... I did wrong...” - The little boy furrowed his nose thoughtfully and wiggled his elf ears. “But what did I do wrong?” Scleritas rounded his eyes in surprise, hearing such a confession from the little heir. “Yes! That's right!” Astarion Jr. had an epiphany. “I should never have touched that bucket to begin with...” The little boy made an aristocratic contemptuous gesture with his dainty fingers and snorted proudly, copying his daddy diligently. "It's no business for a Lord to mop some floors! I have to create an army of undead that will horrify the world! Then they'll mop the floors, do some other things, and I can sit on my dad's and my throne and play and eat all the candy..."

Sceleritas had no sooner mentioned Bhaal in vain than the heir flew into his father's study, ripped the page with the spell “Summon Ghouls” out of his book, and came rushing back. Sceleritas decided that learning black magic was the perfect thing for a child to do and, with a gloating grin, dutifully brought in a few fresh Harper corpses, having fished them out of the sewers near the secret passage to the castle (spy work doesn't always end well) for the young heir's necromantic experiments.

Astarion Junior was doing his best to recite the spell. He frowned his eyebrows and squinted his eyes, and even the tips of his small ears twitched slightly. The pile of flesh stirred and began to take shape. The first ghoul was a lump of flesh, and where some creatures had a tail, it had a leg sticking out. And on the leg were horns. The second ghoul came out better - pretty passable, but horribly fat and with a huge bone ring instead of a nose. “Ha ha!” Said the heir and pulled the ghoul by the ring, the ghoul grunted and sat down in a puddle.

- Kill me! - moaned the first failed ghoul, writhing in agony.

- Meat... Fresh meat... Yes..."- the second one wheezed.

- No! Wash first! Meat later! - Astarion Junior pointed his finger imperiously at a muddy puddle on the floor where one of them was sitting.

- I... I can't..." the ghouls gurgled.

- Why is that? - The little one's ruby eyes rounded with surprise and indignation.

- I have no hands... Kill me... - the first ghoul wheezed.

- Boss... You are My Lord, - the other grunted. - And I'm the boss. Your right hand. I am the ultimate ghoul. - The ghoul proudly displayed a bone ring on which the unholy symbols of Bhaal burned brightly, much to Sceleritas' surprise. - I was created to sit in a puddle, grunting and giving orders to everyone. And you will give me meat... Fresh flesh... And I will devour it... And I will devour him right now too, to make him work well... - the fat ghoul opened its huge maw, aiming for a unlucky ghoul.

- No! Ew, ew, you can't! Daddy, daddy, there's ghouls! Sceleritas stole your book and summoned the ghouls! They don't listen to me! Daddy!


Oh, very atmospheric! One can imagine what Astarion would have looked like in the old movie...

To lift your spirits, a beautiful video of our beloved Astarion's most touching and romantic lines:

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Temporarily locking this thread pending review.

It had been left open despite the forum rule about discussion of Astarion endings because it was mainly just chat about Sini’s playthrough. But this wall of text post, despite repeated requests to keep posts concise, and sharing links that it’s not reasonable to expect mods to review to check for adherence with forum rules, is ringing warning bells.

I suspect the thread will probably be opened again, but I want to check with the Community Management team about the specific guidance we want to issue about it.

UPDATE 13 JAN: This thread is still under review by the Larian Community Management team.


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UPDATE 14 JAN: Thread reopened after review by Larian Community Management team and, under their guidance, removal of links from the previous post.

Please bear in mind that, for now, the rules about avoiding discussion of Astarion endings remain in place. We may try some careful experiments with closely moderated threads where folk with differing perspectives can debate constructively and civilly, with a view to hopefully relaxing the position in future, but the rules should still be adhered to in this thread.

And also remember that these forums are not for private chats (unless you’re using the PM facility) and so when we post any opinions then we must be open to having people challenge and disagree with them as long as they do so civilly and constructively. This can derail a thread if the opinions shared are either not on topic or against forum rules. Folk who enjoy this thread and want to help keep it open as a place to chat with likeminded fans about their playthroughs and headcanons should make sure they’re sticking to forum rules and avoiding posting content that will invite debate.

To help reduce impact on other forum members’ Active Posts feeds, I’d also suggest that fanfic type content that leads to longer posts is hidden behind spoiler tags (which I do recognise it often has been here).

We’ll keep this thread under review, but for now, I declare this thread reopened

Oh, thank you for this sweet story Marielle.

I'm currently playing Origin Astarion and after I freed Gale from the portal I thought, "That guy doesn't look trustworthy, let's draw our weapons." I found the reaction very funny I think it works with any character, I just never chose this option. After watching the video... Why doesn't he have the daggers in his hands?

Ah, the poor guys... Everything stinks... And it's all Sceleritas' fault, as always! I imagine he's trying to smile sheepishly.

I love the stories! 😆 I'm weak whenever Gortash is mentioned in front of Astarion hahaha.

I haven't had a chance yet but I still need to see that Gale scene for myself. And I haven't forgotten the chair origin dialogues.

Reminds me of one of my favorite amusing lines in the game:

But they always manage to maneuver themselves into new trouble in a very short space of time. Of course, poor tiny Sceleritas is always to blame. (*whisper “We love you Sceleritas. Best Boy next to Scratch.”)





Oh yeah, how Astarion then tries to remain dignified even though he's having his "Duffy Duck moment" inside.

It's Sunday ...

Have fun

Absolutely!


Mmm, what a charming Astarion! “Mild yet sharply drawn smile, which shows his fangs for a brief moment...” - I imagine and feel slight goosebumps of adoration... But poor Sceleritas obviously has quite different feelings...



Wow, awesome! Looks like the beginning of an exciting Astarion comic! I wonder how exactly Master Astarion will lead the conversation with them? What tone of conversation will he set?

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

And the final point of the dialog:

Instead of locking the door, Sceleritas calls Astarion to appear in person. Sceleritas himself has probably whispered stories about vampires and the undead to the townspeople, that up in the palace lives the most powerful vampire the world has ever seen... He leaves no stone unturned to get rid of Astarion.

Yes, Astarion is probably choosing the outfit in which he goes into battle. He will probably first summon a pack of particularly large wolves.

Don't post so many Astarion images at once, otherwise I'll be even more confused than usual and won't be able to write correctly anymore. Celesti then just has another attack of weakness and we lose a few people to fainting. Always well dosed. Maybe spoiler tags after spoiler tags just to be safe.

Wow! Interesting that Sceleritas' own appearance doesn't confuse anyone... Just like that, all the incognito will be gone, and the city should be taken over, setting up a Sun King finale! Would Sceleritas be okay with that outcome? Astarion would be very angry if he knew whose fault it was:



Yes, wolves, bats, you can also summon ghouls and raise the undead from the local graveyard... But first, yes, he needs to choose a spectacular outfit! Or armor worthy of the Lord, so that the portrait of the winner will look especially beautiful in the throne room:



"Celesti, darling, how are you feeling? What can I do for you?" © Astarion


“Maybe this...”

Why is this so cute, though??😄


Oh my god, thank you. I needed this today. That made my day much better 😘
(The pictures are so beautiful. I'm stealing them hehe)

Just for you ... hope you feel better soon.

Have fun.




Even the Dark Urge's tent is tidy, which should give Astarion something to think about.

I like her paintings very much.


Because they aren't as evil and heartless as they would probably like to be. This fallibility is what makes it so cute.