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[lunian]

The reason why I've played as Astarion 4 times

He is still a funny menace

[onlyancunin]

[MELEE ATTACK] Grab him by the throat and drag him towards the sunlight coming through the window. [Difficulty class: 18]

[ririarts]

Sleeping. Helpless. How badly do you need to know?

[zerky]

Finally kissing the wizard💜

[okthisway]

[loquaciousquark]

Tonight's misadventures: I'm on the way to the park fight, and as I'm navigating I accidentally click a red-outlined sunmelon piece laid out on a picnic blanket. Astarion obediently steals it in broad daylight, rakish fool that he is, and the Fist standing just on the other side of the path is furious. Because I've already been caught stealing something in this zone, my only options are to go to jail, bribe the guard, and attack.

The bribe suggested is 3650 gp for one sunmelon piece.

(created by @fistfulofgammarays, registered genius)

Because I refuse to pay that, off Astarion goes to jail. The Emperor yells at me for losing the stones, all my meticulous hotbar mapping is erased, the companions start chilling in the park, the usual. While I'm pondering how I want to escape (Tav got thrown in this prison like five times in a row last run), I have Astarion idly start whistling. He got the proficiency from Alfira in the grove, and apparently he's good.

In fact, he's so good he passes his performance check. Next thing I know, in comes the nearest guard--entering through the locked cell door--to enjoy this impromptu concert.

Fist Smithwynn is entranced. He nods along beatifically. He praises Astarion's whistling. When he's done, he throws a coin at Astarion's feet and goes to leave the cell.

Well, I can't let that slide without trying, right? I crouch and sneak out just behind him as he unlocks the door, not really expecting to get much farther than that, and sure enough, Astarion is caught immediately outside the cell. However, because it's his first jailbreak, he's allowed to make a Persuasion check that "Haven't I been punished enough? I'm very sorry," which he passes with a 28 on a 15 DC. Off Astarion goes with a commuted sentence, waving at the guards as he blithely strolls away, bound for freedom.

Except on the way out, I notice the Evidence Chest in the back corner now has something in it. Out of curiosity, I pause to take a peek, and what's in there except THE SUNMELON PIECE THAT STARTED EVERYTHING.

I took it.

[galetheorbboy]

The camera mod really gonna ruin my life

[erme-aeterna-arts]

it really hits home how much about ascension is about protecting those you care about if you're doing an astarion origin run. if he remains a spawn, he doesn't even get to say goodbye to karlach or fulfill her last wish not to die alone, she literally burns because he doesn't get to be there to convince her to return to avernus and come along, she dies alone because he doesn't ascend. and of course he cannot know the particulars in advance, but this is the scenario that must feel like a certainty to him- that you'll die if he doesn't ascend- when he tries to get you to help him ascend. it's not even about the sun first

the fear and anxiety have this effect where they replace you in your mind, and everything you are boils down to avoiding this one threat. that's also how astarion spent 200 years before meeting you. it's nigh impossible to give a fuck about anything else in this state, there's literally no place in your head for that, and so the cost of killing 7000 people or how it would change him is not something he has the space to consider before killing cazador. talking astarion out of ascension is about pulling him out of his own head as well, you get to show him that fear doesn't have to be the only drive, that it doesn't encompass his whole world

and i just can't imagine the circumstances for ascended astarion where he'd let this idea truly sink in. it's not even a matter of how it would affect his relationship with you, there are many vastly different takes that i find plausible, but this astarion would always know that he only got where he is now- powerful, safe, rich, happy, etc- because he suffered and sacrificied and was terrified. he survived and got you to stay with him and stay safe because he trusted his fear. and he has not survived two centuries of torment to be naive enough not to learn from his experiences, so the conclusion is to rely on this feeling of fear regardless of the cost. it knows better than him how to keep him safe

[spacebarbarianweird]

Astarion Pre-Vampirism Headcanons

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Headcanons

I have a very weird idea about Astarion's origin but bear with me.

What if Astarion, a High Elf himself, was born to half-elven parents?

Look, he doesn't look like a Forgotten Realms elf. He is pretty tall - 5.9 is above average for a Tel'Quessira. His body type is also too masculine since male elves tend to be very slender. His name is "baby" meaning ("Little Star") but adult in form (elven baby names are usually monosyllabic). Besides, there are almost no elves in Baldur's Gate, let alone, upper-class ones.

But there are plenty of half-elves.

Let's say, genetics work in Forgotten Realms the same way it works in the real world.

Half elves are of mixed race - so, a pair of half elves can have a human or an elf. And this is a very sad scenario, given the difference in life expectancy. Humans born to half elves grow old and die while their parents are still relatively young, and the elf is completely cut out of elven culture and never fits in with their kin.

And it explains why no one was looking for Astarion. Because his family is long-dead.

Two hundred years ago the Ancunins became parents.

They are half-elves in their third generation and none of them have ever seen a pure-blood Tel'Quessira let alone knowing details about their culture.

They name the newborn boy Astarion - the name elven in form but human in meaning.

He is indeed their "little star" - half-elves inherit their ancestors' low fertility and children are seen as gifts from gods rather than a burden.

The Ancunins notice their son has long ears and it seems like he doesn't sleep - instead, Astarion lies motionless for a few hours and then starts talking about places and people his family has no idea about.

Astarion is a High Elf.

The human ancestry doesn't manifest in him - though, he still grows taller than elves are supposed to.

And hells, he is ambitious.

He knows he has centuries of life ahead - and he doesn't want to spend them in his hometown.

Astarion dreams of Baldur's Gate - a huge city on the Sword Coast.

His parents reluctantly let him go. They are 150 years old and don't have much time left.

Besides, if he spends thirty or forty years beside them it will change nothing. He is an elf. He has all the time in the world.

But Astarion can't even make himself spend another day in that wretched hole of a place.

He leaves to never return.

Despite the lack of money and connections, he manages to become a magistrate.

Unfortunately, you can't make a career like that without making enemies.

The Gurs, a nomadic tribe, are notorious trouble makers and the citizens demand the authorities to get rid of them.

Astarion doesn't pay much attention to the matter and he fails to realize other magistrates want him to do the dirty job.

The Gurs live up to their traditions. Whoever makes them go will become their enemy.

Astarion becomes one in their eyes.

Lying in the empty street, bleeding to death, he remembers his hometown and his elderly parents.

He would do everything to return, to survive, to live.

And when a dark figure approaches him and makes an offer, Astarion agrees.

He doesn't know the price of his survival yet.

And what is yours HCs on Astarion's origin? Reblog and write your own ideas!

[kittenintheden]

I see ur dadstarion fics and I raise you babystarion prequel fic actually

[thatmissquin]

my boys

[lunian]

Astarion makes me giggle out of nothing way too often, I'm so mad

[onlyancunin]

He's happy to see you

[expealidocious]

expanding my gallery of obscure astarion photos from my origin playthough because he’s so silly

that last one is his reaction to lae’zel and shadowheart wanting to tear each other to pieces btw aHAAAAAAA

[zerky]

When you date the biggest book nerd in Faerûn.

[okthisway]

obsessed with how differently wyll reacts to astarion being a vampire depending on the way he learns it. astarion: time to come clean, i'm a vampire wyll: pfft you think i couldn't tell. you stealthy pale big-toothed freak (affectionate). anyway vs astarion: *bites wyll* wyll: WTF???? oh SHIT you're a GODS-DAMNED vampire?? GODSDAMNIT ASTARION