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Astarion - Blog Posts
Q: If you could be any DnD race and class what would you be?
Neil, with no hesitation: Rich.
They're both highly ridiculous prople but somehow it's working to their advantage
An Astarion sticker design I did! Reblogs appreciated!♥️
Did some red pencil portraits sketches of the BG3 companions during lunch break at work
Here are some sketches of them
Wanted to share my Tav and Durge since I’ve been obsessed with bg3 lately
Top photos: Kori (they/them) half elf college of swords bard
Bottom photos: Ven’ros Za’al (He/him) Tiefling wild mage sorcerer
I’m already sketching out ideas for art and fanart of them with thier companions so stay tuned for some bg3 fanart on my art blog.
Decided to play the original Baldur's Gate and while playing I noticed the in game year is 1368, so I got scared and looked up when Astarion was born, 1229... He was 139...
Astarion was under Cazador's control during the original BG game!
ASTARION NOOOOO
I did it... I actually drew my Tav and Astarion...
Tavlyn is a Seldarine drow, born in Menzoberranzan to a Lolth priestess and a low life male named Ristal (Seldarine as well) Tav was to become a priestess as well but Ristal didn't want that and kidnapped him and brought him to Luskan, where he grew up.
His marking is a "blessing" from a Sune priest who was obsessed with him. (It darkens in color when he falls in love, genuine love, which he develops for Astarion)
ANYWAY! I DREW THEM!
YO!
So I'm looking into elf stuff for my next campaign, and I found something interesting. If someone already found this or wrote about it, just ignore me, lol
For everyone who has discussed, "Why does Astarion remember Sebastián but not his own eye color?" HERE'S PROBABLY WHY!
To start with elfs are "children" until they are 50 years old or so. During this time their memories are kinda iffy, just like how when you think about your childhood it's kinda foggy.
NOW TO THE POINT!
Astarion was turned at 39, so he is still a "child" in elf culture (They're not considered adults until they're 100 btw), so he would have that same early memory fog, and that's why he can't remember what he looked like.
As for him remembering Sebastian, when they met, Astarion was 69 *noice* so he should be out of the "child" phase, and his memories are more permanent in away.
tl;dr
Astarion had the elven equivalent of human "baby" memory brain when he was turned, but when he met Sebastian, he was more memory brain stable.
Elves are fickle creatures, and in Dnd feel even more so.
Here's a link where I got my elf info ENJOY
I love this fictional man way too much
Elysian Fields
Inspired by ‘Elysian Fields’ by The Mechanisms
“The Elysian Fields, also called Elysium, are the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous [in Greek mythology and religion].”
No, he doesn’t live in my brain rent free. No, i don’t think about him constantly and his stupid fangs when he smiles and how i want to THROW his 5’9” ass into the sun-
Nothing in this game has upset me more than not being able to turn Cazador into a sheep and knock him off the edge anymore.
Do you wanna know what bugs me?
The fact that Astarion, the character built on having seduced and manipulated hundreds of people for his master - who routinely disguises himself and lies to get out of situations - whose inspiration points all rely on trickery….
Has a 10 in Charisma.
He has no modifier to his charisma rolls.
He has nothing.
And yet he gets everyone to love him.
I need someone to animate Astarion singing ‘Lay all your love on me’ but the cover by Brian David Gilbert. I need this, carnally.
made an astarion playlist with songs that actually remind me of him because i'm mentally ill about this man
i want to write a fic for him inspired by disintegration (the cure) so bad </3
Party mean girls shit talking everyone in elvish
we need to start writing astarion fanfics like geronimo stilton books
writing dialogue for Astarion in like a normal text editor is very difficult actually because it feels like all his dialogue should be created with WordArt
