Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players split over whether Ascended Astarion is truly \u201cevil\u201d Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 players are torn over whether or not Ascended Astarion is a truly \u201cevil\u201d character, the community still going back and forth about his fate if he does become the Vampire Ascendant. Astarion, a High Elf Rogue with a Charlatan background, is often the muse for much of the fanart, fanfiction, and other community creations inspired by Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. As is the way with role-playing games, the decisions players make can alter the character development and endings for many different companions. Of all the \u201cevil\u201d endings for characters, Astarion\u2019s Asended ending is one of the most hotly debated and talked about throughout the BG3 community. But does this ending actually mean the character is evil? If Astarion becomes the Vampire Ascendant, he ultimately turns his back on the player and reverts back to being a manipulative and \u201ctoxic\u201d character. Despite this, Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players don\u2019t think he truly is that \u201cevil.\u201d Across Reddit, Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players are torn as to whether Astarion\u2019s Ascended ending is really as bad as what many initially thought. On the one hand, BG3 players are sympathetic towards Astarion when he ascends, citing his troubled past as trapping him into this dark path. \u201cAstarion was a honeypot. He was used by Cortazar to procure victims, primarily through seduction and betrayal. When he says that this is the hand he knows, that is what he\u2019s speaking of, began one BG3 fan. \u201cAt Cortazar\u2019s command he has betrayed everyone who has ever loved him. And his Ascension did nothing to help him escape that trauma. Far from it.\u201d Conversely, others do believe this version of the character is truly evil, another BG3 player likening Ascended Astarion to an ex-partner of theirs. \u201cI ascended him once, and as soon as he started with his slow-talking manipulation, I reloaded. The way he spoke reminded me of an ex.\u201d Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is home to some beloved secondary characters and companions, with the community often going back and forth with who they think is the best of the bunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players split over whether Ascended Astarion is truly \u201cevil\u201d Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 players are torn over whether or not Ascended Astarion is a truly \u201cevil\u201d character, the community still going back and forth about his fate if he does become the Vampire Ascendant. Astarion, a High Elf Rogue with a Charlatan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}