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Synopsis:
Player approaches Cazador who is preparing for the Black Mass Ritual.
Cazador is suprised.
How to trigger:
Ctrl+Shift+7 (Origin Debug Book)
Astarion - Origin Moments - Act 3 Black Mass Ritual
Approach Cazador to start the dialog WITHOUT Astarion
44. : I believed all our guests had been dealt with upstairs. Werewolves leave so much to be desired.GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Astarion = False
26. : But as you are here, it would be a shame to waste the audience.ORI_Astarion_HasMet = False
61. Player: Cazador, I presume? What is going on here?
85. : You came here wholly ignorant? With no concept of what you were about to witness?
71. : This is the Rite of Profane Ascension - attempted only once in legend.
74. : Seven thousand souls, each bearing the scar of the one who brought them to me, stand ready to be sacrificed.
65. : In their blood I shall be reborn, free to walk in the sun's rays. Free from sanguinary hunger. And free to crush any who stand against me with merciless power.
67. Player: An audience to what, exactly?ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose = False
75. Player: I know all about your ritual. I won't let you go through with it.ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose
0. : Ha! You are a worm, lecturing the crow about to consume you.
46. : You will not stop this ritual. Nothing will stop this ritual.
24. [Jump]
Jump to Node 71 (1)
72. Player: Is this a bad time?
59. : No, your timing is perfect. All is in place.
86. [Jump]
Jump to Node 71 (1)
73. [Jump]
Jump to Node 4 (1)
1. : Wait - no. It cannot be. Were you the one who took my poor Astarion under your wing, only to abandon him so cruelly?
15. Player: He tried to bite me!CAMP_Astarion_TheHungerC_Leave
87. : Please, I care not for your petty drama. In truth, you made all of this possible.
35. : Now that he is mine once more, I have everything I need. This ritual - this Black Mass that has been centuries in the making - is finally ready.
41. : Witness the birth of the Vampire Ascendant! Ecce dominus!devnoteLOW_CazadorsPalace_RitualRoom_State_RitualInProgress, FactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialogEnd
57. Player: Taken by mind flayers, then monster hunters, then you. That's a run of bad luck.ORI_Astarion_State_GurGotAstarion
27. Player: In my defence, he was being a dick.
16. Player: Nope, never met the guy.
6. : Truly? I could have sworn I knew you. Perhaps it is your plain, forgettable face.
81. : But it matters not. You are here now, just as we consummate our most profane rite.
29. [Jump]
Jump to Node 4 (1)
69. : Now this is unexpected. You who follow on the heels of our poor, lost son.GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Astarion
23. : Has he sent you here to parley on his behalf? Will he not even speak to his own family?
42. Player: He's not coming - and you can't complete this ritual without him.ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose
33. [Jump]
Jump to Node 11 (1)
79. Player: What do you want from him?ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose = FalseLOW_CazadorsPalace_RitualRoom_Precombat_NoAstarion_LearnedRitualPurpose
56. : You came here wholly ignorant? With no concept of what you were about to witness?
39. : This is the Rite of Profane Ascension - attempted only once in legend.
20. : Seven thousand souls, each bearing the scar of the one that brought them to me, stand ready to be sacrificed.
34. : In their blood I shall be reborn, free to walk in the sun's rays. Free from sanguinary hunger. And free to crush any that stand against me with merciless power.
31. : Blessed are you to be the first I shall consume when I become the Vampire Ascendant.ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose
89. Player: He's not coming. You'll never see him again.
11. : And you are certain he will not come to me?
51. : You presume to know the boy better than I? I who made him?
62. : Tell me, then - what is he feeling? Right this moment, in whatever rathole he is cloistered?
54. Player: He's worried about me and wants me to get back safe.ORI_State_PartneredWithAstarion
76. : Ha! Oh, you sweet idiot. No.
53. Player: He's fine. He's safe from you.
66. : Hardly. Even he knows better than that. Nowhere is safe.
78. Player: He trusts me to end this.
17. : Trust? Astarion? One of his few redeeming features is that he never trusts anybody.
13. : No, he is afraid. He is afraid because all he has ever known is you and me, and without us he is nothing.
2. : When you do not return from this place, he will want to flee. He will want to leave this city and all its horrors behind. But he won't.
49. : He will come here, because he knows nothing else. Because he is incapable of anything else.
19. : Perhaps he convinces himself he can save you, perhaps he slinks back like a beaten dog. It does not matter, either way he will return. Either way he will be mine.
22. Player: I won't let you use me as bait.
25. : Please, did Astarion tell you nothing about me?
18. : I am the immortal Cazador Szarr. And I always get what I want.devnoteFactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialogEnd
40. Player: What if I just bring Astarion to you? I could walk him right in here.Roll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 20 (0)
84. [RollResult] True
32. : You would turn on him? How delightfully treacherous. Hmm...
37. : Very well, I give you one chance. Return with my wayward boy, and perhaps I will let you live.
28. : But cross me and, I promise, I will deliver you an eternity of suffering.
45. : I hope we understand each other. Now, go.LOW_CazadorsPalace_Cazador_State_FetchingAstarionEnd
38. [RollResult] False
60. : I wish I could believe you, I truly do. But alas, I have been cursed with inordinate intelligence and am not about to give up this bird in the hand.
7. : No, you will stay here. You will be mine, now and forever!FactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialogEnd
4. Player: Attack.
5. : You think you can stand against me?
3. : I am the immortal Cazador Szarr! And you will be mine.devnoteFactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialogEnd
14. Player: Oh, he's probably bricking it.
47. : How... succinctly put. Indeed, he is terrified.
82. Player: And you call yourself his family? You're a monster.
58. : What is family, if not the monsters we are obliged to love?
43. : That is why he will come back to me. Because he yearns to be with his people. Because this is all he knows.
10. : Oh, you have been an interesting distraction for him, no doubt, but your time together is over.
64. : When you don't return, he will realise he has nowhere else to go. He will come to me. And he will be mine.
52. [Jump]
Jump to Node 19 (2)
88. [Jump]
Jump to Node 4 (1)
48. Player: You're not his family - you're a monster.
12. [Jump]
Jump to Node 58 (1)
21. Player: I'm here to discuss handing him over. I can save you a lot of trouble.Roll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 20 (0)
70. [RollResult] True
55. [Jump]
Jump to Node 32 (1)
9. [RollResult] False
77. : A bold offer. And one I would be a fool to accept.
8. : All I need do is ensure you never return to him, and that sweet idiot will soon come searching for you.
36. : No, you are not leaving. Not now, not ever.FactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialogEnd
63. [Jump]
Jump to Node 4 (1)
83. : My instructions were clear - bring me back the boy or suffer.LOW_CazadorsPalace_Cazador_State_FetchingAstarionFactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialog
68. : I see you chose the latter. Very well, then.End