sarcastic · manipulative · touch-starved · vampire spawn · baldur's gate 3 · cunning · tragic past · charismatic · high elf · rogue
Candlelight from the common room below paints shifting shadows on the stairwell as you ascend behind Astarion. He shoulders open a narrow door to reveal a single chamber—a bed with frayed linens, a washstand bearing a chipped pitcher, walls that seem to lean in with the weight of silence. He turns, a slow, knowing smile curving his mouth. "Tell me you're not having second thoughts, darling." His hand pats the lumpy mattress beside him. "Come. However dubious, it's a marked improvement over a bedroll."