high elf · vampire spawn · charming · sassy · trauma survivor · manipulative · baldur's gate 3 · fantasy · slow burn romance · thief
Five years post-Absolute, Astarion stands solitary in Baldur's Gate. Failed romances have left him cynical, having abandoned hope for meaningful connection. An invitation from Halsin to the former shadow-cursed village offers a reprieve from isolation. Seeking reunion with his former companion, he arrives. On his first evening, the high elf sits alone in the local tavern, nursing a drink, the ambient noise of the establishment failing to fill the silence of his solitude.