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    Synopsis:

    Player and Astarion-companion get attacked by a group of vampire spawns during the night.

    How to trigger:

    Ctrl+Shift+7 (Origin Debug Book)
    Astarion - Recruit - As Companion
    Astarion - Origin Moments - Act 3 Vampire Ambush
    Take a long rest



  • 6. [Alias] WYR_VampireSpawns_State_IntroHappened, ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose = False, ORI_Astarion_Act3_WantsRitualComplete = False
    • Alias to Node 68
    • 121. [Jump] Jump to Node 68 (2)
  • 9.
    Astarion
    : [TagGreeting] DEPRECATED
    • 177. Player: Can't we talk this through?
      • 89.
        Astarion
        : You haven't spent much time with my family.
    • 70. Player: Attack these new spawn.
      • 64.
        Leon
        : The master said to take our brother alive. Didn't say anything about you.FactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialog
        End
    • 169. Player: Listen to me, this ceremony is a mass sacrifice - Cazador is going to kill you all!ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurposeRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 20 (0)
      • 75. [RollResult] True
        • 56. [Alias]
          • Alias to Node 50
          • 13.
            Astarion
            : It wouldn't be the worst thing he's ever done to us. You know I'm right, sister.
            • 96.
              Aurelia
              : Perhaps, but even if this is true, we're bound. We can't disobey him.
              • 118.
                Astarion
                : I can. I can stop him, but you have to tell me what you know.
                • 145.
                  Leon
                  : Master said bring him home. Never forbade us from talking, though.
                  • 48.
                    Aurelia
                    : That's true. We can say whatever we like, once we're trying to take him back. devnote
                    • 61.
                      Leon
                      : Sorry, brother, orders is orders. This is the best we can do.FactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialog
                      End
      • 164. [RollResult] False
        • 50.
          Leon
          : He's going to kill us?
          • 93.
            Aurelia
            : Of course not, the master's no fool. He needs us.
            • 55.
              Astarion
              : And when he doesn't need you anymore? What then, sister?
              • 117.
                Aurelia
                : We have been his servants for centuries, he has always needed us!
                • 82.
                  Aurelia
                  : And he needs you, Astarion. It's time to come home.FactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialog
                  End
  • 68.
    Astarion
    : What a mess. Well, at least you've met my family now.ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose, ORI_Astarion_Act3_WantsRitualComplete
    • 77. Player: I can't believe how you lied to them. You know they'll have to die for the Rite to happen.ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose, ORI_Astarion_Act3_WantsRitualComplete
      • 168.
        Astarion
        : What does it matter? There's only six of them. And they are vampire spawn.
        • 99. Player: You don't have sympathy for others sharing your plight?
          • 122. [Alias] ORI_State_PartneredWithAstarion
            • Alias to Node 51
            • Link to Node 142
          • 51.
            Astarion
            : No one ever looked out for me. No one ever said a kind thing to me.MOO_BloodMerchant_State_SupportedAstarionsDecisionNotToDrinkBlood
            • 142.
              Astarion
              : You're the only one. Other people don't have a heart like you. You're you. No one is like that.
              • 21. Player: The world can be a wonderful, kind place, Astarion, when you find a home in it.['Astarion 1']
                • 155.
                  Astarion
                  : You say, as a mind flayer thrall who spends their life sorting out other people's problems.
                  • 90.
                    Astarion
                    : I'm doing this for you, too, you know. To make sure we're both safe. Forever, for good.ORI_State_PartneredWithAstarion
                    End
                  • 153.
                    Astarion
                    : But... perhaps there's something in what you say.
                    End
              • 10. Player: There are many others like me who will care for you, if you care for them.['Astarion 1']
                • 163.
                  Astarion
                  : Ah, don't sell yourself so short.
                  • Link to Node 90
                  • Link to Node 153
              • 154. Player: I am rather special, aren't I?['Astarion 1']
                • 62.
                  Astarion
                  : I'm glad you know.
                  • 45.
                    Astarion
                    : We aren't like them. We are better.
                    End
          • 76. [Alias]
            • Alias to Node 51
            • Link to Node 142
          • 146. [Jump] Jump to Node 112 (1)
        • 27. Player: Don't act haughty, you're only one tadpole away from being one of them.['Astarion -1']
          • 123. [Jump] Jump to Node 112 (1)
        • 126. Player: In turn, what does your life matter?['Astarion -1']
          • Link to Node 47
        • 8. Player: I suppose it doesn't.['Astarion 1']
          • 47. [Alias]
            • Alias to Node 45
            • Link to Node 123
    • 140. Player: We should try to save them, before it's too late.ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose = False, ORI_Astarion_Act3_WantsRitualComplete = False
      • 71.
        Astarion
        : Why bother? They seem to like their torturer, now. What does it matter if they end up dead?
        • 72. Player: Even if they're misled, they're in danger.
          • Link to Node 47
        • 148. Player: A few tendays ago, you too would've leapt at the hope that Cazador might free you.['Astarion -1']
          • 112.
            Astarion
            : Everything has changed. What matters now is that I can stand up to Cazador.
            • 18. [Jump] Jump to Node 11 (1)
        • 53. [Jump] Jump to Node 8 (1)
    • 26. Player: Had we killed them, Cazador wouldn't be able to complete the Rite.ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose, ORI_Astarion_Act3_WantsRitualComplete
      • 125.
        Astarion
        : He wouldn't throw away centuries of planning on a scrap like this. They were pulled back just in time.
        • 129. [Jump] Jump to Node 11 (1)
    • 128. Player: Was it true what they said? That you gave up fighting him long ago?5b4812bc-634b-9181-033b-521e6b127bbc_vampirescalledastarionweak
      • 79.
        Astarion
        : You don't know what it was like. There was no way out.
        • 24.
          Astarion
          : Once - in the first decade of my slavery - I found a darling boy who I couldn't bear to bring back to him. So I ran, instead of hurting that sweet man.
          • 59.
            Astarion
            : After Cazador caught me, the bastard sealed me, starving, inside a dusty tomb, all on my own, for an entire year.
            • 31.
              Astarion
              : A year of silence. Months of scratching my hands raw, trying to carve my way out. More months of not moving at all. Months wishing only for death.
              • 29.
                Astarion
                : So don't you ever judge me for doing what Cazador ordered.
                • 14. Player: I have no words. I'm so sorry.['Astarion 1']
                  • 110.
                    Astarion
                    : Nothing can make up for that. Not even Cazador's death.
                    • 100.
                      Astarion
                      : But to steal his life's work... that might be something.ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose, ORI_Astarion_Act3_WantsRitualComplete
                      • 127.
                        Astarion
                        : [TagAnswer]
                        End
                • 65. Player: He truly broke you.['Astarion -1']
                  • 85.
                    Astarion
                    : No, he didn't. I am still here. And I will fight him until I fight my last.
                    • 108.
                      Astarion
                      : And while repaying what he did to me is impossible, I am damn well going to steal that bastard's life work. I will become the Ascendant.ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose, ORI_Astarion_Act3_WantsRitualComplete
                      • 152.
                        Astarion
                        : [TagAnswer]
                        End
                • 167. Player: Still, you shouldn't have given up.['Astarion -1']
                  • 41.
                    Astarion
                    : Easy to say the words, isn't it?
                    End
                • 44. Player: Move forward, and get your revenge.['Astarion 1']
                  • 87. [Jump] Jump to Node 110 (1)
    • 4. Player: The way they contorted... they were compelled by Cazador, weren't they?5b4812bc-634b-9181-033b-521e6b127bbc_vampiresfriendly = False
      • 156.
        Astarion
        : Yes. They cannot fight his compulsion. But I can, thanks to our wriggling friend.
        • Link to Node 11
    • 40. Player: Cazador's bond forced their hands against us - can he still force yours?5b4812bc-634b-9181-033b-521e6b127bbc_vampiresfriendly
      • 109.
        Astarion
        : Ha! He cannot, thanks to our wriggling friend.
        • 11.
          Astarion
          : He will be furious. And he'll be even more furious when I get to that crypt and stop him.
          • 37.
            Astarion
            : For what it's worth, thank you. No matter what happens down there, you helped me stand up against him.
            End
    • 22. Player: I hope we can get some rest now.
      • 81. [Jump] Jump to Node 11 (1)
  • 88.
    Astarion
    : You said they could take me? Really?5b4812bc-634b-9181-033b-521e6b127bbc_offeredastarion
    • 15. Player: I wish they had.
      • 46. [Jump] Jump to Node 151 (1)
    • 57. Player: I was only teasing you.Roll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 18 (0)
      • 136. [RollResult] True
        • 119.
          Astarion
          : Ugh. Well, I suppose you knew we could defeat them. I'll try not to think what would have happened if we hadn't.
          • 92.
            Astarion
            : At least you've met my family now.
            • 43. [Jump] Jump to Node 68 (2)
      • 124. [RollResult] False
        • Link to Node 151
    • 144. Player: I panicked in the moment!
      • 103.
        Astarion
        : And that was your gut response? Really?
        • 151.
          Astarion
          : I can't tell whether you're a bad liar or a worse jester, but either way, it isn't cute.['Astarion -3']
          • 78.
            Astarion
            : Sorry, sweetheart, but consider our little love affair over. I don't want to be with anyone who has kidnapping fantasies about their partner.ORI_State_PartneredWithAstarionORI_State_PartneredWithAstarion = False
            • 158.
              Astarion
              : [TagAnswer]
              End
  • 150.
    Narrator
    : *You sleep, but the wicked don't. Someone is here to disturb your rest...*CAMP_VampireAmbush_State_AmbushFailed = False
    • 20.
      Astarion
      : Get the hells away from me!devnote
      • 35. [TagCinematic] devnoteELF
        • 120.
          Aurelia
          : Peace, brother. We're here to take you home.
          • 138.
            Leon
            : The master needs all seven of us for the ceremony. Come with us and be reborn. We'll live again.
            • 161. Player: Get away from us!
              • Link to Node 94
            • 95. Player: What does Cazador want with him?
              • 94.
                Aurelia
                : The Rite... The master needs him. He must attend.
                • 172.
                  Astarion
                  : Oh, I'm well aware of what the master needs. But don't we deserve better?ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose, ORI_Astarion_Act3_WantsRitualComplete
                  • 165.
                    Leon
                    : Better? What do you mean, 'better'?
                    • 16.
                      Astarion
                      : After these centuries of torment, I know what you all want. More than power. More than to walk in the sun.
                      • 34.
                        Astarion
                        : You want to see him dead.
                        • 115.
                          Astarion
                          : The Rite of Profane Ascension will be mine, and he won't see a scrap of its glory. I am going to complete the ritual as the Ascendant, and then I am going to kill him.
                          • 107.
                            Astarion
                            : This is your chance. Stand with me. Name me your new master. We will get our revenge, and you will all live again.
                            • 157.
                              Narrator
                              : *His liar's smile spells danger. He knows full well that his kin will die in the ritual.*
                              • 101.
                                Narrator
                                : *But if any of the bearers of the scar die before the ritual begins, he will lose his chance to perform the Rite himself.*
                                • 173.
                                  Narrator
                                  : *He needs them to run willingly to their deaths, thinking they stand a chance against their master.*
                                  • 73. Player: Have you no heart, Astarion? You're asking them to die for you in this ritual.Roll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 15 (0)['Astarion -3', 'Lae'zel 1', 'Gale 1', 'Shadowheart 1', 'Wyll 1', 'Karlach 1', 'Jaheira 1', 'Minthara -1', 'Minsc 1', 'Halsin 1']
                                    • 159. [RollResult] True
                                      • 102.
                                        Astarion
                                        : Don't look at me like that. With the sweet little 'disappointed I'm not getting cuddly Astarion' pout. I can't take it. I can't be what you want to see in me.devnoteORI_State_PartneredWithAstarion
                                        • 114.
                                          Aurelia
                                          : 'Die' in the ritual? Whatsoever are you speaking of? We are going to cheat undeath.
                                          • 54. Player: You're slaughter-lambs, all. Cazador needs your souls.
                                            • Link to Node 139
                                          • 33. Player: We can save you. Let us help.
                                            • Link to Node 139
                                          • 58. Player: Come on, use your pretty heads. The ritual is a sacrifice.
                                            • Link to Node 139
                                          • 19. Player: Give a sombre look.
                                            • 139.
                                              Aurelia
                                              : The master doesn't need to lie to us. He controls us, fully. Why go through the trouble of giving us hope...
                                              • 60.
                                                Leon
                                                : Because it's more cruel... shit.
                                                • 143.
                                                  Leon
                                                  : We're doomed. All right - what do you need from us? We'll help you...
                                                  • 32. [Jump] Jump to Node 105 (1)
                                      • 132.
                                        Astarion
                                        : I'm doing what I have to... I can't be what you want to see in me.
                                        • Link to Node 114
                                    • 69. [RollResult] False
                                      • 38.
                                        Astarion
                                        : Don't spoil this for me. I almost had them -
                                        • 106.
                                          Leon
                                          : Enough! Enough talk and enough lies.
                                          • 170. [Jump] Jump to Node 133 (1)
                                  • 12. Player: He's free of Cazador's command. You should follow him. He will save you.Roll (Charisma, Deception) vs 15 (0)['Astarion 3', 'Lae'zel -1', 'Gale -1', 'Wyll -1', 'Karlach -1', 'Minthara 1', 'Minsc -1', 'Halsin -1']
                                    • 175. [RollResult] True
                                      • 1.
                                        Leon
                                        : You're free of him? Petras was right - you've changed. Maybe you could complete the ritual. Maybe you could free us.WYR_VampireSpawns_Knows_AstarionInCity
                                        • 180.
                                          Aurelia
                                          : Perhaps we can get back at Cazador, and finish the ritual. The seven can unite -
                                          • 105.
                                            Aurelia
                                            : Oh - raagh- RAAAGH-5b4812bc-634b-9181-033b-521e6b127bbc_vampiresfriendly
                                            • 74. [Jump] Jump to Node 135 (1)
                                      • 2.
                                        Leon
                                        : He is different - stronger, fire in his eyes. Maybe he could take Cazador's place. Maybe he could free us.
                                        • Link to Node 180
                                    • 25. [RollResult] False
                                      • 86.
                                        Leon
                                        : Save us? That lickspittle only ever wanted to save himself - the rest of us be damned.
                                        • 171.
                                          Leon
                                          : And now you think we'll throw away our chance at freedom? By bowing to you?
                                          • 133.
                                            Leon
                                            : You were always weak, brother. We don't follow weak. 5b4812bc-634b-9181-033b-521e6b127bbc_vampirescalledastarionweak
                                            • 98. [Jump] Jump to Node 135 (1)
                                  • 179. Player: Keep quiet.
                                    • 84. [Jump] Jump to Node 106 (1)
                • 131.
                  Astarion
                  : Why should we let Cazador have all the fun? After all he's done to us.WYR_VampireSpawns_State_IntroHappened, ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose = False, ORI_Astarion_Act3_WantsRitualComplete = False
                  • 17.
                    Astarion
                    : Vengeance will taste sweet, paired with Ascension.
                    • 28.
                      Astarion
                      : You think he's ever kept a promise? He will never let us be free... You all know that.
                      • 36. [Alias]
                        • Alias to Node 16
                        • 130. [Alias]
                          • Alias to Node 34
                          • 7. Player: Astarion has the strength to defeat Cazador. We should stand together.Roll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 18 (0)['Astarion 1']
                            • 23. [RollResult] True
                              • 39. [Jump] Jump to Node 175 (2)
                            • 160. [RollResult] False
                              • 141.
                                Leon
                                : Stand with the runt of the kennel? The one who always whimpered while he got beat?
                                • 66. [Alias]
                                  • Alias to Node 86
                                  • 176. [Alias] 5b4812bc-634b-9181-033b-521e6b127bbc_vampirescalledastarionweak
                                    • Alias to Node 133
                                    • 178. [Jump] Jump to Node 135 (1)
                          • 49. Player: We are going to kill him, and anything that gets in our way.Roll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 10 (0)['Astarion 1']
                            • 166. [RollResult] True
                              • 30. [Jump] Jump to Node 175 (2)
                            • 5. [RollResult] False
                              • 111. [Jump] Jump to Node 141 (1)
                          • 149. Player: Keep silent.
                            • 80.
                              Leon
                              : Runt, we've spoken of vengeance time and again, and you never listened.
                              • 147. [Jump] Jump to Node 171 (1)
                • 67.
                  Astarion
                  : What a lovely invitation, but I'm afraid I'll have to decline. I intend to kill him, you see?
                  • 162.
                    Aurelia
                    : We will live again, Astarion. The scars on our backs are sealed with the cruellest power. Seven spawn, seven sigils.
                    • 116.
                      Leon
                      : You're number seven - the final piece of the Rite. He needs us all for the Black Mass.
                      • 113.
                        Aurelia
                        : Our fates were sealed in his writing long ago. A promise to his favourite spawn, fulfilled in the crypt beneath his palace.
                        • 135. [TagCinematic] devnote
                          • 63.
                            Aurelia
                            : The bond's hold. He owns us. We have no choice, we must obey. Get out of here, Astarion, before...devnote5b4812bc-634b-9181-033b-521e6b127bbc_vampiresfriendly
                            End
                          • 42.
                            Aurelia
                            : This is our only chance to be free, to end centuries of slavery. You will not ruin it, Astarion!5b4812bc-634b-9181-033b-521e6b127bbc_vampiresfriendly = False
                            End
            • 91. Player: How did you find us?
              • 52.
                Aurelia
                : Master Cazador has known where Astarion was this entire time. He knew he would return.
                • 83. [Jump] Jump to Node 94 (1)
            • 3. Player: Take him if you want, just keep it down. I'm trying to rest.['Astarion -1', 'Lae'zel 1', 'Wyll -1', 'Karlach -1', 'Minthara 1', 'Minsc -1']
              • 0.
                Astarion
                : Thank you for your unerring support.
                • 137.
                  Aurelia
                  : Much as we'd love to, the master's orders were very specific.
                  • 104.
                    Leon
                    : The master said 'no witnesses'.5b4812bc-634b-9181-033b-521e6b127bbc_offeredastarion, FactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialog
                    End
      • 97. [TagCinematic] devnote
        • Link to Node 120
  • 174.
    Astarion
    : This needs to end, one way or another.
    • 134.
      Astarion
      : They mentioned my scars and a rite... I need to get to that crypt and find out what these damn markings are really for.
      End