Astarion

Astarion is a high elven vampire spawn who appears to be in his late 30s despite being centuries old.

Having felt abandoned by the world and its heroes for centuries, Astarion can also be bitter, self-centered, manipulative, distrustful, prejudiced, and vengeful. Driven by fear, Astarion believes the world is divided in a predator-or-prey binary, and as such follows a "dog-eat-dog" philosophy, where his goal is to be on top to avoid subjugation.

He believes charm, seduction and sexual prowess are effective and proven paths to not only these goals, but also one the of few ways he knows to form relationships with others.

He is tall of medium build and sharp facial features. He has pale skin and red eyes, as well as smile lines and a faint mark on his left cheek. Jaw-length silver hair curls around his long pointed ears. He has a bite-mark scar on the right side of his neck from when his old master Cazador Szarr Cazador Szarr turned him into a vampire, as well as a myriad of scars carved by Cazador covering most of his back. Astarion is very interested in his overall appearance. Favoring extravagant attire, he wears an elaborate doublet, leather chaps and embroidered leather shoes when recruited. He takes meticulous care to maintain and repair the clothing that he owns. He is very mindful of his hygiene, especially his hair, nails, skin, and clothing.

Astarion prowled the night as a vampire spawn for two centuries in Baldur's Gate, enslaved by a sadistic vampire lord named Cazador Szarr until he was abducted by mind flayers on the Nautiloid. Although living on borrowed time due to being tadpoled, he now can walk in sunlight, wade through water, enter homes uninvited, and resist his master's compulsions. Now Cazador Szarr is dead. Astarion without the intellect devourer larva in his head became a spawn again.

A station and the other spawns could not physically refuse Cazadores commands. Cazador used this power and these "rules" to physically and emotionally abuse and torture A station for centuries. Any form of attempted resistance or escape was met with harsh punishment. For example, A station was once sealed away in a coffin, starving, for over a year because he had tried to disobey one of Cazador's commands. The abuse inflicted onto A station and the other spawn was brutal and frequent. They were, amongst other things:

Physically tortured (sometimes even being compelled to injure one another) and had "poetry" carved into their backs by Cazador. Frequently emotionally abused as Cazador played mind games on them. Fed dead rats and bugs and starved for long periods of time. Forced to venture out into the Lower City to seduce and engage in sexual activity with people in order to lure them back to Szarr Palace and saved for future feeding by Cazador.

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