post-ascension

"It's not him anymore, Raphael." "You wish to undo the Ascension?" You stare at the devil. "I just want Astarion back."

He’ll survive. He’ll survive, he’ll escape, and he’ll fucking thrive. If he says it enough times, it might even come true.

Both hungered for freedom, revenge, power, and unexpectedly, love. But when she rejected her father, Bhaal, and aided Astarion's ascension, his offer of eternity was met with her firm refusal; she refused to be bound to another master. A decade later, a mysterious letter lured her back to Baldur's Gate, tempting her with the allure of power. Returning to the city, she prepared to face the shadows of her past, unsure of what awaited her as she braced herself for the consequences of her past choices.

Every night for the past several nights, you could sense the change. Even now, Astarion’s words had chased through your thoughts, sending an unrelenting chill down your spine as you recalled the cold gleam in his eyes, the intensity in his voice. “Our lives will never be the same again. Everything will be ours. Everything.” -Astarion offers you an eternity, but is it really much of a choice?