I was wondering, how much do people inside Baldur’s Gate and outside the city know of the Blade of Frontiers?
When you meet Wyll, Astarion comments about feeling safer (sarcastic) in his company, but is it because there was some prior knowledge about the Blade of Frontiers, or was it simply what he had just learnt about him?
Karlach, of course, knows him, but I do not recall any other npcs recognizing the name (or if Wyll ever introduces himself to others like that). I also know that the Grove’s kids do not recognize the name.
Regarding the fact that the son of the Duke of BG is the Blade of Frontiers - I remember a Tav/Durge from BG won’t know that detail, but is it generally a known thing?
Hi, I'm hoping that you know because you're The Devnotes Person and have all those videos dedicated to showcasing in-game dialogues, but do you know where to find just the datamined (is that the right term?) audio of Astarion's dialogue?
YES but it is all out of order!!
This is 8 hours (if you open it in youtube you will see the sequel that is 4 hours). These two videos are all the Astarion dialogue in game, in random order.
sorry if you already posted it, but do you perchance have a video of raphael stripping astarion to show his scars? and subsequent dialogue too.
(also as a fellow whump/angst connoisseur,do you have a comp of all breakup opportunities with him? i think it could serve as the nice visual progression of his feelings towards pc :)))
REGARDING BREAK UPS!! Here it is, a compilation of all the break ups for both spawn and Ascended Astarion! This is only for act 3 because I only added the post-confession break ups (where the relationship was confirmed to happen).
The only ones missing end up being: if you refuse to sleep with him again; If you choose another over him pre-confession; if the night after the confession you choose another. I might add a video just for that!
I honestly wonder! But I do think that it is mainly from surprise. You can see him kinda toning it down after the initial backlash, where he says “we were good together”. He clearly takes it badly, but if you choose “let’s do X together” and then when he asks if you are sure you say “let’s break up”, he actually says “I did not expect you to say that!”:
The devnotes are respectively:
“little bitter, but more a warning than a threat” when he talks about the mouths to feed
“Bittersweet” for I’ll never forget it
“Make it count :P”
I think he kinda re-finds his balance post surprise, and he is definitely sad, but not overly angry at the end of the conversation.
Also there are these two highlighted options:
The first I think is if Cazador is defeated but the spawns are dead/trapped, and the second one is if Cazador is still around.
In general, Astarion is the one character who does not really have a plan for the future.
When I think about the other characters endings, I think about how they all have some goals, at least immediate goals (the player can change them and convince them otherwise, but the characters still offer): (also this is from memory, they might be wrong)
If Gale wants to return the crown, then he will suggest he does that and after he will suggest marriage and Waterdeep
With Lae'zel you can agree to help her/defend her from the queen or break up with her.
Wyll has as a goal the one to rebuild the city (if he is Duke) and then he asks what you want to do next. If he is the Blade of Avernus he instead asks you to come with him against Mizora. If he is the Blade of Frontiers he will ask Tav to go with them and become champions of the land.
A Shar!Shadowheart decides to go spread the word of Shar, if her parents are alive instead she will go with them. If her parents are dead and she rejected Shar she will not know what to do but she keeps an open mind, and there is no specific that can be offered if I remember correctly.
Halsin has a whole plan for his future (the daddy Halsin one)
and I don’t think you can break up with Minthara
Karlach -> goes to Avernus
Astarion (and no parents, no Shar Shadowheart) is the only one that has no plan, he is absolutely open to suggestions. Shadowheart accepts a generic “let’s be together”, if I remember correctly, but both spawn and ascended Astarion really have no real plan. Spawn Astarion seems to have as a plan “staying with Tav” and that is enough for him, Tav is the one they want, so a break up comes as a shock.
I did enjoy tho that if the spawns are alive his first instict is to find his “community”, so going back to his siblings.
