Astarion Cutscenes/Reactions/Romance | Baldur's Gate 3 Early Access | Patch 6

hmm hurry i've got one of those brain things cornered there in the grass you can kill it can't you like you killed the others i was hoping for a kind soul well not to worry i saw you on the ship strutting about whilst i was trapped in that port what did you and those tentacled freaks do to me your mind twists you're looking out of unfamiliar eyes prowling dark busy streets you try to hold the memory but it fades to the worm the light the fear what was that what's going on it's those tentacled monsters whatever they did to us caused that link they took you too i saw it during whatever just happened and to think i was ready to decorate the ground with your image apologies a kindred spirit my name's astarian i was in boulder's gate when those beasts snatch me is that so we clearly move in different circles so do you know anything about these worms turn us into of course it'll turn me into a monster what else did i expect although it hasn't happened yet if we can find an expert someone that can control these things there might still be time well yes of course but first things first you know i was ready to go this alone but maybe sticking with the herd isn't such a bad idea and you seem like a useful person to know all right i accept lead on suddenly something convulses inside you your vision lurches sickeningly you are one with your assailants your minds fused together they are frightened lost the creature in the wreckage is forcing them to attack you controlling them like puppets its voice shivers across your brain seeking access trying to bend your will to its bidding [Music] the presence in your mind gropes for purchase and finds the tadpole instead you push back taking advantage of a tremor of pain that cuts through the creature as its influence wanes your assailants lower their weapons blinking in confusion simpletons the beast was half dead and they still bowed to its whims we had worms forced into our skulls we weren't fawning over the bloody things it's not even remotely the same what in the hell get away from that thing this seems as good a place as any to make camp well hello what can i do for you oh what's to tell i'm a magistrate back in the city it's all rather tedious and clearly the tadpole if we can't understand it we'll never control it so we're resting here um turning in for the night i suppose i'm i'm not really sure what i expected really this is all a little new the night normally means bustling streets bursting taverns curling up in the dirt and resting is um a little novel i'm in no place to rest yet today has been a lot i need some time to think things through to process this you sleep i'll keep watch you know if you want to spend time with me you only have to say so but suit yourself i'm sure we'll drift off at some point i saw you getting a lecture from our magical friend i have to say i thought you'd look worse but no not a tentacle to be seen [Music] naturally but i was thinking what if it doesn't of course first sign of change and i'll have to stop that pretty little heart of yours i am open to suggestions knives poison strangulation whatever you prefer i don't think poison is for me nor stabbing come to think of it i always felt decapitation was a fine choice one good swing and then nothing but we were talking about you what will it be [Music] a classic one could thrust to the heart and you're gone we need a good blade of course don't want to waste time packing and prodding with a dinner knife well i'm getting ahead of myself this is all a worst case scenario obviously oh my dear i'd like to see you try now let's get some rest the sooner we start tomorrow the better our chances of keeping this hypothetical sorry bones guarding dusty trinkets pathetic they're unthinking cadavers i may as well feel sorry for a bread basket there's no point surviving these worms if we end up in a goblin stew let's just go [Music] fine but once we have what we need we should leave really we're messengers now we'd owe you a great debt if we are forced to leave now we won't make it to the city up you can keep your innards oh you're not going to eviscerate him i was hoping for a show call your blood i'll indulge you soon enough i don't want you to run off just yet you're quite the ally after all traversing avernus surviving the crash surviving everything that's followed i'm not easily impressed by people but you're stronger than i gave you credit for of course terribly sorry i was just going anyway i need to clear my head i'm sure i'll see you when i get back sleep tight i didn't take these refugees for killers maybe i've misjudged them they're still going to die but at least they're willing to fight true back any beast into a corner and you'll quickly see its teeth a useful goblin sounds too good to be true turning into a mind flare is bad but you'll be just as dead roasting on a goblin spit don't let fear cloud your judgment that's what alcohol is for but worry not i fixed him up and depending on the lighting he looks good as new my point is whatever ails you i promise i've seen worse my she sounds positively demented i love it let's tell her everything nicely done she actually believed you'd take the poison well set let's drop that vial down the next well we find and with that merry song in our hearts let's go find this halsen fellow no what did you do oh it's everywhere [Music] you ruined a perfectly good snack you claimed victory over the squirrel though you're not sure why you were fighting to begin with now there's a bloody devil trailing after us well this gets better and better shop around he said he seems sure won't find anything and he might be right we've had no luck so far if we don't know what we're walking into that bridge will collapse under us the devil has a plan he's playing with us he reminds me of well someone i used to know and someone would like to play with people [Music] creatures like them don't play games unless they know they can win maybe but he's not the only one spinning a web for us this is no ordinary mineflare parasite who tampered with it and why what do they have planned for us and why are we important enough that a devil comes knocking in our door if we find those answers we might have a chance strange it looks healthy but it's stone dead who cares about some peck it's dead let's go [Music] the pig's dead my friend staring at it won't bring it back come on we'll never fix these brain worms if we stop and gawk at every piece of carrion you find [Music] the ball seems to be fresh only a few hours dead examining the corpse you see two small puncture wounds in its neck and is it dead enough for you i it's been drained of blood with wounds in its neck it's been killed by a vampire i didn't want to say anything because i didn't want to worry you they are ferocious creatures but don't worry i'll keep watch tonight we won't have to worry about nocturnal visitors now please let's go you don't sleep well flitting between dreams and nightmares maybe you wake up because you know something is wrong or maybe you just get lucky [Music] no no no it's not what it looks like i wasn't going to hurt you i just needed well blood there in dim firelight you see him for what he really is a vampire a slave to sanguine hunger now now there's no need for that [Music] i've never killed anyone well not the food i feed on animals balls deer kobolds whatever i can get it's not enough not if i have to fight it feels so weak if i just had little blood i could think clearer fight better please i what's this something stirs deep within you hungry and alert it's taking something you'll never get back his mind opens up revealing cracked and quivering memories at their heart you see dark eyes commanding you to feed you open your mouth and bite down not into a tender neck but into the twisting body of a rat the only thing your master lets you eat at best i was sure you'd say no more likely you'd ram a steak through my ribs no i needed you to trust me and you can trust me because we don't have a choice not we're going to save ourselves from these worms i need you alive you need me strong please only be a taste i swear i'll be well you'll be fine and everything can go back to normal really i of course not one drop more let's make ourselves comfortable shall we he holds you carefully delicately he strikes it's like a shard of ice into your neck a quick sharp pain that fades to throbbing numbness your breath catches your pulse quickens you try to push him back but his grip just gets tighter you can feel your blood racing causing through both your bodies oh you wretched little oh perhaps i went a little far but it worked i feel good strong happy but i didn't and that's what matters and look what you've gained together we can take on the world shouldn't take long so many people need killing now if you'll excuse me you're invigorating but i need something more filling you watch as he stalks towards the forest stronger more confident ready to hunt this is a gift you know i won't forget it good morning how do you feel [Music] it'll pass just be glad i'm not a true vampire abide from them and you might wake up as a vampire spawn like my good self all of a vampire's hunger but few of their powers oh no i should be cinders in this light i hadn't seen the sun for 200 years before we crashed here someone or something wants me alive they've changed the rules some of the rules at least running water still burns like acid and i don't know if i need an invitation to enter a house as for my other quirks well we can figure those out in time you're such a sweetheart i'm just glad you're being sensible about these uh revelations i was worried people might turn up with torches and pitchforks although there's still time hunting with vampires never thought i'd see the day very well but i'm keeping an eye on you and no wise cracks about having us for supper i just better not wake in the night to find fangs at my throat are quite the opposite i'm here in the spirit of openness and honesty to work together as a team maybe we could get him to wear a bell dissuade any nighttime prowling there now we're all friends again shall we go there's a long day ahead of us yes i've already apologized what more do you want unless you're looking for another nibble maybe but there won't be any more midnight surprises i can promise you that why do you insist on exhuming the past i was a slave a vampire spawn kept by the tsar family upsets to them i was never able to resist their commands but now i've been conveniently lost they won't ever control me again it's simple just find a vampire that will drink your blood and turn you into a vampire spawn their obedient puppet in theory the next step is to drink their blood once you've done that you're free and a true vampire free and a true vampire capable of creating my own coven yes although i'd settled for just killing the bastard i wouldn't be a true vampire but i'd be free of him [Music] i won't lie it's tempting if i keep the tadpole i risk transforming into a grotesque monster if i lose the tadpole casador has control of me body and soul and i return to the shadows it's grim either way so why not sell what's left of my soul to a devil better he has it than casual [Music] i'm glad to hear it whatever's coming we need to keep our options open leave me alone you're you're not the one i need to talk to now if i can just contact raphael if i can make a deal i'll just one summon the devil candles and trails there has to be a way well hello feeling better are we i certainly am this morning i find myself free of pain and with a new trick a new power last night the the risk of transformation it all feels like some terrible dream now [Music] you too what did you sing huh you enjoyed it obviously i had the same dream of course very [Music] enticing the blank look the flat voice he's holding something back i dreamt of him casador he was a uh slaver in boulder's gate he captured me many years ago made me call him master i only escaped because the mine flayers stole me from him [Music] it was not we don't need to talk about it you try to connect to let him know he's not no i don't need your pity i don't need anything from you go back to your wet dreams and leave me be now that you have the truth please don't make a big fuss about it heavens forbid we're all entitled to our secrets a feast fit for an ogre you notice a peculiar dagger protruding from the tough leathery meat your cautious method pays off the dagger glides smoothly out of the mystery meat as you approach a guttural scream and a succession of quick bangs rattled the door then a low moan someone or something is having a bit of fun go away wait don't interrupt them let me do it they sound disgusting [Music] what the hell are you doing smash oh smash you well what did you make of that oh i've seen worse gnomes can be there you are my friend are you now don't make promises you can't keep darling thankfully i've had my needs met this evening i found a bear he took a little of my blood i took all of his you're comparing plonk to vintage wine you can make merry with either but they're not the same but casual fed me rats and bugs and when you're used to drinking from a sewer even plonk is a marked improvement not at all blood is life essence and some creatures have so much more life than others casador gave me just enough to keep me well alive for lack of a better word but never more than that still that was the past i'll never have to grovel for him again exactly i can be better than him stronger more powerful more oh you meant be kinder pet bunnies that sort of thing i have no objection to being nice of course once i have the power to bend others to my will well yes you can't look at the world and tell me i'm wrong oh i hope so a little corruption sounds fun i spent centuries as the victim of a corrupt man it was the mind flares that plucked me away from that they gave me a gift the strength to take my own freedom i'm embracing this power you should too there you are i was just thinking about you and that delicious moment we shared the other night they're very same i've had this condition for two centuries but truth be told you are my first [Music] in all these years i've only ever fed on beasts drinking the blood of thinking creatures is a different thing entirely you were delectable and now i can't help but wonder how the others taste [Music] [Applause] don't worry there's enough of me to go around i'm a man of tremendous appetites i don't think they'd volunteer of course but it doesn't make me any less curious take gail for example he strikes me as someone whose blood is rich refined like well-aged brandy but the gift what in the hell is what she tastes like oh well that sounds very appealing i'm almost convinced [Music] absolutely a mere thought experiment so in the spirit of theoretical questions if you had to take a bite from one of them who would it be [Music] oh i'm flattered who knew you had such taste unfortunately all this talk is getting me hungry i better find something i can actually sink my teeth into [Music] don't tempt me darling there is great power in this book but also great suffering curious why don't you take a closer look i'll observe from back here that looks terribly heavy why don't you let me carry it for you [Music] excellent you don't know what he read but it had an effect his eyes are hungry but pained well quite the page turner i'll get back to it when i have more time to focus come on come on what are you hiding can you summon the dead bring them back can you oh can you shut up and let me read no i won't kill them well maybe shut up hit me go hello i'm not sure i dance with death maybe this is a powerful book of necromancy but it's guarded my spirits i barely opened it when they started whispering from the shadows now every time i open it the voices surge back into my mind i can't reason with them they exist to protect that book [Music] i don't know that's the point the secret someone went through a lot of trouble to protect this tone it has to be something more than a book of kantrips still i doubt this will help us with our parasites maybe it's better to put it aside for now it's a book of necromancy full of secrets about controlling the dead returning the dead to life and who knows what else whatever's in here it might give me an edge over my old master casador or free me from him entirely although i can't make any progress as long as those spirits remember their mission it seems to be all they know still if nothing else maybe i can beat casador to death with it i suppose you want to hear about casual my old master with all the mind flays took me from him before this strange twisted freedom kazdorza is a vampire lord in baldur's gate the patriarch of his coven and a monster obsessed with power not political power or military power i mean power over people the power to control him completely he turned me nearly 200 years ago i became his sport and he became my tormentor not him no a gang of thugs attacked me angry about a ruling that i'd handed down his magistrate they beat me to death's door when casador appeared he chased them off and offered to save me to give me eternal life given that my choices were eternal life or bleed to death on the street i took him up on the offer it was only afterwards i realized just how long eternity could be a vampire's spawn is less than a slave they're a puppet we have no choice but to obey our masters commands they speak and our bodies react it's all part of the deal sometimes he'd order us to submit torture sometimes he'd have us torture ourselves whatever his weathervane mood settled on thank you but this isn't about sympathy it's about knowing what we might be up against the mind players aren't the only monsters out there and they might not be the only ones hunting us all i'm asking is that you keep your eyes open and watch out for anything lurking in the shadows more could i ask now is that all i understand they're a sorry lord but they're also not our problem they made the wrong deal but they got themselves into that mess they can get themselves out don't you dare pretend to know what i needed i survived on my own if they can't do the same they deserve everything they get we all have our eccentricities ours are just more eccentric than most as a matter of fact you should feel lucky to be traveling with men of taste and when the time comes the true souls you will rule oh i like these two all zeal and no brains so we're blessed true souls hand-picked by the absolute just like their ex-brother who by a remarkable coincidence also had a mind flare worm in his skull [Music] indeed until we transform into floating slimy monsters i imagine it'll be downhill after that most [Applause] safe nowhere's safe i can't even close my eyes without without seeing him casador he was reading poetry how does that compare to your dream yes darling that's what we call a lie i wasn't about to tell some stranger what was lurking in my mind but you're no stranger now just strange so tell me what do you make of my dream [Music] i wouldn't be so sure my master was a prolific poet he used to carve his verses into our flesh said he'd turn us into art he once spent all night with a razor drafting and re-drafting a sonnet on my back apparently the more i screamed the more mistakes he made and the more editing was required [Music] now you know and i'll ask you not to tell me to relax the next time i wake up screaming those nightmarish visions of yours are starry and they aren't dreams they're projections illiterate ones the tadpoles give us the power to bend others wills but using that power clearly comes at a price are we willing to pay it and i suppose you want to stop using that power yes the power to bend wills is a mind flayer speciality we're the ones who are truly at risk don't be ridiculous the power to twist a mind to your will is worth some nightmares exactly we need every advantage we can get well we have their chest why haven't you opened it yet you're just going to lug that thing around for what praise honor well i suppose it's not up to me you're free to make your own choices your own stupid stupid choices looking at something the only benefit to a mirror when you have my condition it doesn't quite make up for the lack of a reflection mind you preening in the looking glass petty vanity of course i miss it i've never even seen this face not since it grew fangs and my eyes turned red i i don't know i can't remember my face is just some dark shape in my past another thing i've lost what i want to know what the world sees when it looks at me what you see oh go on very good now just tell me i'm beautiful and we can call it today observant mirrors aren't much use but being reflected in someone else's eyes well that could do well i hate to be negative but those gifts will carve you up like a goose i haven't spent much time with helpless old ladies what's that normal that's sly old crone hmm at least we got to kill someone i suppose we probably gave those two idiots an easier death than whatever she had planned for them ah stranger forgive the aroma you catch a waft of something foul metallic and sickly sweet powdered iron vine an old hunter's trick but most monsters will think twice before making a meal of me you're a monster hunter i'm surprised i thought i'll go with vagrant cutthroats [Music] you should listen to your companion next he'll warn you that my people can curse your cow to give only sour milk and will seduce your daughter to a life from roaming i wish i had half the power settled folk think my people possess alas i am a simple wanderer a simple wanderer and monster hunter but i'm no witch doctor or cutthroat true and i have no proof to offer but my word if you wish it our paths need not cross again i'm hunting a vampire spawn and it's a little too bright for you to be my prey his name is estarian but i fear he's gone to ground i hope the hag of these lands can help me flush him out if i can afford her blood price not this time my orders are to capture him oh uh and bring him where exactly baldur's gate my people wait for me there i don't know i'm sure a vampire spawn could still rip out your throat if he felt like it he is right unfortunately they are only weak when compared to their masters during the day we have the advantage but at night when they hunt you'll not find a more deadly quarry [Music] we've all survived so far let's focus on that it would still be wise to post guards at night the threat is real indeed it is we should do something about this threat excellent a vampire it can't be a sage choice historian's skills serve us well the pity i won't get to see him dragged off by his heels though i'm standing right here historian is not a friend he is a tool nothing more if he outlives his usefulness you can dispose of him as you wish oh my favorite traveling companion not anymore which is all that matters really i didn't do anything i was kidnapped just like you it seems casual wants me back [Music] it was him i'm sure only he would know to send the girl after me it was a group of gir that attacked me that night in baldur's gate i would have died that casual not appeared and saved me well he didn't mention the slave clause at the time and now he sends a girl monster hunter for me it's a message he's reminding me of his power even the middle of nowhere reach me and he wants me back [Music] maybe he wants to make an example of me to show what happens to runaways maybe he thinks death is too good for me [Music] safe you think i'm safe do you know the power a vampire lord possesses he can change shape turn into mist call walls to do his bidding shock off blows like they're nothing he could walk into our camp tonight and kill you with his bare hands and you'd be lucky if death was the worst thing that happened to you [Music] you don't understand you don't know him just trust me when i say we need to be careful he'll send more lackeys has plenty of souls to command we just have to be vigilant keep our wits about us and kill any monster hunters on site [Music] fresh sweet smelling water gurgles gently below the warm rush of power flows through you feel stronger faster better busy bodies are not appreciated around here let's not make trouble for some stranger we have our own problems i'll talk about your wrigler and that's it last warning bad enough to have a worm jammed in my eye but one that's been tampered with what does that even mean i mean how do you tamper with something like that they can do that change the tadpole so we stay like this well now isn't that interesting hello my dear we can't and yet i crossed the threshold like moonlight through leaves this worm is a powerful little beast isn't it don't be so glum look at the power it's bringing us i can walk in sunlight trespass upon any home manipulate minds there isn't another vampire in the realms like me granted the looming doom is an issue but why not enjoy the benefits while we can i'm not sure what we expected really it was never going to be happy ever after with a hang involved oh horrifying i'm sure she did get what she asked for though a shame she couldn't see the funny side how is it shielding us and why not that i'm complaining are you sure we have to find this druid can't we just enjoy the party instead red as they are goblins don't look twice if you sip little blood [Applause] excellent lead on kiss more foot or i'll wipe that nasty look right off your face well go on give him a nibble that's more like it [Applause] [Music] as your lips touch filthy flesh you catch away lavender the pleasant scent gives way to the muddy taste of something you try not to identify you carefully you enjoying that disgusting word just remember you're nothing here not bad i would have taken the whole toe but whatever works for you they had a tadpole another bloody mind flayer tackle were we meant to turn out like that blissful idiots who thought they were talking to their god i don't care what they're planning i care about turning into one of them come on the sooner we are rid of this danger the better my work can grant peace and serenity the likes of which few experience it will be worth it i promise i must see this don't you dare say no [Music] oh i have something exquisite in mind yes this will do nicely the pain you suffer will cleanse you do not fight it you want more as you wish dear one oh bravo [Music] just wonderful [Music] your voice sounds so sweet dear one keep going oh bravo encore you are doing so well do not give in now it was a fine strike excellent form the cub tilts his head he does not trust you yet he steps closer hesitantly what a delectable little pet alarmed by your companions approach the cub flees into the forest oh now look you've scared off the little snack you know i never pictured myself as a hero never thought i'd be the one they'd toast for saving so many lives and now that i'm here [Music] i hate it this is awful enjoy myself there's a worm in my brain hunter's on my trail and all i've got to drink is wine that tastes like vinegar that means i have to survive tonight and this party all i want is a little fun is that so much to ask [Music] don't be so sour i like a good time as much as anyone you know we could always make our own entertainment darling get a little closer so to speak what please cheeky little pup i'll see you later the buzz of celebration quiets to a soothing hum as you approach your bunk though you seek repose you needn't spend the night alone with whom will you share a bed your heart skips a beat what treasures might this night bestow there you are i've been waiting waiting since the moment i set eyes on you waiting to have you [Music] don't i you're here and i don't think you want to talk i think you want to be known to be tasted [Music] what do any of us want pleasure [Music] yours mine our collective ecstasy that's what you want isn't it to lose yourself in me [Music] i thought [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] you sleep light i thought you'd be exhausted after last night i was holding back a little it's true i didn't want to lose control delicious as you were i didn't want to go too far now shall we get on i want to go before anyone else thanks me for saving their tails yes what of it [Music] i don't know it's not like i can look in a mirror and see anyway enough pillow talk let's go before the tieflings drag us into another mass hello lover i f was it an e this is even a letter what damn language is this [Music] there you are i admit i got curious i've been tracing the scars on my back with my fingers trying to read them by touch but i can't they may as well be written in rasheed that had better be a joke i can't read it with a mirror it seems i can't read it with my hands either so i was wondering if maybe perhaps you might be able to uh can you read what's on my damn back please thank you the runes are carved in deep brutal strokes but the jagged letters mean nothing to you whatever language this is you don't recognize it and what does this say what in the hells what did he do to me i have absolutely no idea but it's no poem two centuries carrying this and i can finally see it perplexed this was a surprise and casual surprises are never good then again even he couldn't know i'd be kidnapped whatever he planned it's gone wrong which gives us an advantage thank you by the way this is well it's something will how [Music] are you [Music] no someone's coming and someone else wants us to know they are coming you are coming i sense your resolve [Music] i admit i like this one's approach a little genocidal but effective raising the dead is easier than capturing slaves the drow in mensa branson could learn something they're just husks i couldn't care less if they're slaves or building material maybe would be different if they were still thinking creatures then again maybe not your magic erupts violent and powerful what is snuffed out by the sousa flower vanishing like embers in the wind you look drained and i know it wasn't me is the plant [Music] might i suggest getting it back i don't travel with you for your personality your sense of humor is still intact at least [Music] let's finish up here quickly the sooner we can get your imaginary the safer will be until then try not to die near [Music] i'm more than happy to kill this whoever hears but tell me there's something in it for us i want to wake up beside a handsome virgin every morning but life doesn't give us what we want can we kill this god now who's the hoon greyman another slave for the dig call me slave again and i'll feed you your own stomach oh this one's feisty trin's gonna knock the snot right out of him we have to free near before we can take his head sounds like a lot of wasted effort let's just do the job and get out of here all this talk of slaves is just depressing another stick piss pop you flirt now jump to it oh it's up to the lift and straight to the shadows now that's how you motivate the staff is that so well listen close true soul i've got a new jew to whistle piss the drug off you're not going to let him talk to you like that are you [Music] hold it i swear to eye in hand one more step and a blowing the trunks an ashen scent fills the air the barrel is filled with smoke powder easy now let's not do anything hilarious shoot your mouth too or i'll shut you down as you look at the skeletons you realize they are all clad in the same dark such fine armor deserved better [Music] among the various fabrics you recognize the unmistakable symbol of shah the dark lady powerful enough to take her own revenge i'm sure no need for us to get involved oh that's a familiar feeling darkness and loss tunnels collapsed trapped true soul near he's stuck in there with poisoned geezers we don't get him out soon it's both our heads no need for that nearest is the only head that matters to us a faint voice echoes in your mind i sense you true soul come to me come to the poison spread his voice fades but your head still tingles with his anger and fear what are you have you never decapitated a corpse before object catches your eye a lantern it seems though no light flickers within broken trash it's just full of dust the amulet is heavy and holds a subtle wind like it was left under the sun suddenly the metal surges with heat you feel great power and an overwhelming urge to laugh oh and now enjoy the urge to laugh intensifies talking jewellery that's hilarious enjoy flying machines walking brains it's all so absurd [Music] how unfortunate the glass i must do return me take me home and i shall grow with blessings to my granddaughter shira clown serves el mata she waits in worm's crossing take me there and thou shalt bathe in her golden gifts i have sunlight on water [Music] [Music] completely i shall return me home it is written that thing's tainted better to leave it than buried dead man's grudges i shall walk with you i shall grant you my power [Music]

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Length: 77min 14sec (4634 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 21 2021