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Synopsis:
The morning after the climax of the game - Avatar Astarion has defeated the Netherbrain and is now in a room in the Elfsong Tavern, thinking about what comes next.
1. : *You come to slowly, the events of recent days drifting back in fragments, like a half-remembered dream.*
54. : *Your mind is quiet, finally free of the parasite's control, but your body is thrumming with power.*ORI_Astarion_State_BecameVampireLord
70. : *Power that is now fully unleashed and yours to command. All you have to do is decide what you're doing with it.*
28. Player: Well, obviously I'm going to rule Baldur's Gate. What else?ORI_Astarion_State_TakesBaldursGateAlone
26. : *You picture the city, its politics and power structures, its beating heart. It would be so easy to bite into it and make it your own.*
43. : *Not to rule as a tyrant, of course. You don't need a throne - you can rule quietly from the shadows.*
30. : *Although... you wouldn't say 'no' to a throne. But not yet.*
49. : *There's no need to rush things after all - you have an eternity to play with. And you're going to have some fun.*devnoteEnd
39. Player: I should start creating my own vampire spawn. I'll need the help to subjugate Baldur's Gate.ORI_Astarion_State_TakesBaldursGateAlone
38. : *With all of Baldur's Gate to choose from, your servants could be the cream of the crop. Although...*
36. : *You have met some very powerful people recently - even called some of them friends. Perhaps they could be... convinced?*devnote
19. : *You smile as your mind turns over one possibility after another, each scheme more devious and bloody than the last.*
45. Player: My companions have grown strong. Perhaps a purge is in order, before they become a threat...ORI_Astarion_State_PurgePartyMembers
20. : *If they can destroy the Netherbrain, perhaps they'll think they can destroy the Vampire Ascendant.*
14. : *And now that Shadowheart has the ear of her god... yes, perhaps it's best if they were removed from the equation.*ORI_Shadowheart_State_Shar_KilledParents
29. : *And Wyll as the Grand Duke of Baldur's Gate? Well that's just ridiculous - he'll have to go.* devnoteGLO_Wyll_State_GrandDuke
4. : *Especially when one of them is the Blade of Avernus. Yes, he'll have to go.* devnoteGLO_Wyll_State_BladeOfAvernus
16. : *As you run through an ever-growing list of potential enemies, you smile quietly to yourself.*
31. : *The future is going to be very, very dangerous. And an awful lot of fun.*devnoteEnd
17. : *Yes, perhaps it is best if they were... removed from the equation.*
22. Player: Perhaps I'll see what else this world has to offer.END_GameFinale_State_GoAdventure
41. : *There's enough out there that it would take a thousand lifetimes to see it all. Thankfully, you may have a thousand lifetimes to spare.*
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68. : *Your mind is finally quiet, free of the parasite. You revel in a moment's peace before an old tension starts to rise in your chest.*ORI_Astarion_State_CazadorPermaDefeated = False
59. : *Somewhere in this city, your old master is lurking, waiting to reassert his control over you.*
3. : *He might wait days or years, but he will come for you. Your reckoning is inevitable.*
63. Player: Let him come. I have powerful friends.ORI_Astarion_State_PowerfulFriends
53. : *If you've proved nothing else recently, it's that together you can achieve the impossible.*
34. : *Especially if you have Shar's right hand on your side.*ORI_Shadowheart_State_Shar_KilledParents
18. : *Especially if you have the Grand Duke of Baldur's Gate on your side.*GLO_Wyll_State_GrandDuke
46. : *The future seems... well, not 'bright', but certainly not as dark as it could be.*
44. : *Especially if you have the Blade of Avernus on your side.*GLO_Wyll_State_BladeOfAvernus
62. Player: If I can beat a Netherbrain, I can kill one vampire.ORI_Astarion_State_AstarionVampireHunter
2. : *And who's to say that if you faced him, you wouldn't still be able to resist? If all this has taught you nothing else, it's that anything is possible.*
35. : *Who knows, you might even make a habit of it? You could see yourself as a famous slayer of vampires - a freer of spawn.*
9. Player: It's a big world out there. He can't control me if he can't find me.ORI_Astarion_State_HideFromCazador
61. : *The Sword Coast alone has a hundred places you could disappear, never mind the vast lands to the east.*
10. : *There's an almost endless world for you to explore. Even if you can only see it at night.*
37. Player: I wonder if the Gur are still open to working together...WYR_GurCamp_State_GaveQuestToKillCazador, WYR_GurCamp_State_AttackedGur = FalseORI_Astarion_State_SeekGurAgainstCazador
23. : *You consider the fate of their children once they fell into Cazador's grasp...*
69. : *No. No, you doubt they'll want to do you any favours.*
40. Player: If only the Gur weren't all dead. Maybe they could have helped.WYR_GurCamp_State_AttackedGurEND_GameFinale_State_GoAdventure
58. : *Well, what's done is done. This is hardly the time for regrets.*
21. : *Perhaps it's best to just lie low for a while. Go out and see the world, maybe?*
7. : *Even if it's just at night.*
72. : *There will be dangers aplenty, of course, but what's life without a little danger?*devnoteEnd
60. Player: That's a problem for another day.END_GameFinale_State_GoAdventure
51. : *Your mind is quiet, free from the parasite and Cazador both. You're not sure you've ever known peace like it.*
67. : *But like everything, there was a cost.*
27. : *You can feel it in the pit of your stomach - the knowledge you'll never feel the warm sun on your skin again.*
73. : *Still, you are free. Your future is finally your own. Now you just have to decide what to do with it.*
47. Player: Being a hero suits me, maybe I'll stick with it. For now.ORI_Astarion_State_StaysHero
32. : *Astarion - Hero of Baldur's Gate. You rather like the sound of that.*
12. : *A hero's life won't be an easy one, of course. You'll have to face down every beast, fiend, and lunatic out there, all while dodging assassination attempts, plots, and intrigue.*
11. : *Your life will be nothing but one night of peril after another - a bloody cascade of violence that will leave a trail of bodies everywhere you go.*
24. Player: I could always join my siblings in the Underdark.LOW_CazadorsPalace_RitualRoom_State_ReleasedPrisoners = FalseORI_Astarion_State_LeadSpawnInUnderdark
52. : *Perhaps, although who knows how warm your welcome will be after you killed all those spawn in the cells...*LOW_CazadorsPalace_RitualRoom_State_KilledPrisoners
50. : *Perhaps, although who knows how warm your welcome will be after you left all those spawn to rot in the cells...*
66. : *Still, they're family. You're sure they'll come around.*
55. Player: I could always check in on the spawn in the Underdark. All 7,000 of them...LOW_CazadorsPalace_RitualRoom_State_ReleasedPrisonersORI_Astarion_State_LeadSpawnInUnderdark
0. : *You think of the thousands of souls down waiting in the Underdark. Lost, leaderless...*
57. : *You led so many of them into the dark. Who's to say you're not the one to lead them back to the light?*
65. : *Whether you settle in the Underdark or find somewhere more fitting, you're sure the future won't be easy.*
8. : *You'll have to feed, move through the world relying on your wits, and avoid the many people who'll want to kill you. It will be very, very dangerous.*
15. : *'Yes,' you think to yourself. 'This is going to be fun.'*devnoteEnd
6. Player: Who says I'll never walk in the sun again? There may still be a way, if I can find it.ORI_Astarion_State_ReturnToTheSun
56. : *Being able to walk into the sun is a nice idea, but clearly impossible.*
33. : *Then again, you've done the impossible half a dozen times recently. Who's to say you don't have one last miracle left in you?*
48. : *'Yes,' you think. Your answer is out there somewhere. And you're going to have fun finding it.*devnoteEnd
71. Player: I could travel - see the world.END_GameFinale_State_GoAdventure
42. : *All these years alive and you have spent almost all of them trapped in the same wretched palace.*
5. : *Yes, you'd rather like to see what else the world has to offer.*
13. : *You'll have to see it after dark, of course - when murder, theft, and all manner of lust and debauchery rule the night.*
64. : *But of course, you wouldn't have it any other way.*End