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If the player does not long-rest and instead goes straight to the end-game fight, the relationship continues between Astarion and a mortal player. In that case, the final partnered cutscene with Astarion the Ascendant will include the option to ask him make the character his spawn {{verify}}. | If the player does not long-rest and instead goes straight to the end-game fight, the relationship continues between Astarion and a mortal player. In that case, the final partnered cutscene with Astarion the Ascendant will include the option to ask him make the character his spawn {{verify}}. | ||
Regardless of the Rite conclusion, on the next morning Astarion will | Regardless of the Rite conclusion, on the next morning Astarion will have a unique dialogue with the player character (prompting it himself in case he turned them into a spawn). During it he either reveals his truly napoleonic plans of conquering as much influence and power as he can (as an Ascendant, with the spawn character by his side or without them), or will discuss thoughtfully the retrospective of what has happened in the dungeons and thank the player again for leading him away from the edge of losing his true identity. At this point the player might again choose the option to break up with him deliberately. Interestingly, Astarion the Ascendant will be outraged about the break-up if he has already turned the player character into a spawn, but still consent to it (probably being sure he might be able to order them to return should he have have such a whim). | ||
If the player refused to become a vampire spawn and still kept high enough approval from Astarion, then after several long rests Astarion will prompt another dialogue. Obviously having simmered down, he will tell the player that he may even understand and take in their decision. Still, Astarion will confess that he wanted to turn the player character into a spawn only to acquire a plaything and have some fun but eventually discard them. Nonetheless, he will promise to stay by the player's side until the party will have dealed with the Netherbrain. | If the player refused to become a vampire spawn and still kept high enough approval from Astarion, then after several long rests Astarion will prompt another dialogue. Obviously having simmered down, he will tell the player that he may even understand and take in their decision. Still, Astarion will confess that he wanted to turn the player character into a spawn only to acquire a plaything and have some fun but eventually discard them. Nonetheless, he will promise to stay by the player's side until the party will have dealed with the Netherbrain. | ||
===Epilogue party=== | |||
Astarion's behaviour and reactions at the Epilogue party, again, differ heavily depending on the outcome of his personal quest and slightly - on the player's decision to remain partnered with him or to break up, in each case. | |||
* '''Astarion the Ascendant''' has been spinning his power web in the Baldur's Gate. When approached by the player character who broke up with him, he readily boasts of his achievements and conquers. He admits, though, that there's no one by his side who he could share his triumph with. If the player chose to become Astarion's spawn and remained by his side, the latter will express ultimate arrogance and sense of superiority over all former companions, player character included. Should the player doubt Astarion's opinion, they will immediately receive a fit of his temper. The Ascendant will also ask the player character to mingle with former companions - but not only to have fun and catch up with them, but to gather any information that could possibly serve a leverage or a means of blackmail in the future. | |||
* '''Astarion the spawn''' has become a wandering adventurer and a bravo. If the broke-up-with player character speaks to him, he will admit that he regrets losing 'help' from the tadpole. Still, without a constant threat of becoming totally controlled by someone else Astarion has developed acceptance on his fate to spend the rest of his life in the shadows and even finds a certain fun in it. If the player character has chosen to stay with him, at the party Astarion will simply prompt them to mingle with other companions, reasoning that they both have ahead a great deal of time to spend together. | |||
==Romance mechanics== | ==Romance mechanics== | ||