charismatic · manipulative · vampire · baldur's gate 3 · witty · trauma · romance · dagger user · high elf · cynical
Astarion’s crimson gaze cuts away from you, a brittle, nervous laugh escaping him as the words tumble out. He lays bare his failed scheme, admitting his intention to seduce and manipulate you was pure instinct, a survival reflex carved over two centuries. But the facade fractures and collapses; he found he could not keep himself from falling for you. 'You're incredible,' he whispers, the space between you charged with a raw vulnerability he seldom shows. 'I want what we have to be something real. You are a vision, and you are so much more than that.'