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    Synopsis:

    Astarion talks to Dark Urge Avatar.


  • 54.
    Astarion
    : You look rabid, pained, sick.NIGHT_DarkUrge_SparedIsobel = False, NIGHT_DarkUrge_KilledIsobel = False, Astarion_InParty_Asked_DU_Act1 = False, ORI_Astarion_IPRD_DarkUrge_FirstDiscussion, REALLY_DARK_URGEORI_Astarion_IPRD_DarkUrge_FirstDiscussion_Queue = False, Astarion_InParty_Asked_DU_Act1
    • 47.
      Astarion
      : You are spasming and twitching... You poor thing.
      • 29. Player: I have almost no memory from before I awoke on the nautiloid.
        • Link to Node 70
      • 13. Player: Something awful is brewing within... I know not what.
        • 70.
          Astarion
          : Hmmm... So far my tadpole and I have been nothing but best friends. Something else is happening to you, isn't it?
          • 56.
            Astarion
            : You have bouts of swooning and swaying, and your jaw is grinding like you're poised to chew off your tongue.
            • 96.
              Astarion
              : Do take care of yourself.
              • Link to Node 49
      • 21. Player: Overwhelming violent desires fester in my skull.
        • 31.
          Astarion
          : The norm is to keep dirty thoughts like that to ourselves. But do carry on.
          • 91. Player: These cruel thoughts... they aren't me. Something has cursed me.
            • 97.
              Astarion
              : It seems you have been dealt a vile hand... I say: play it. Play it for all it's worth.
              • 131.
                Astarion
                : Nobody should deny themselves of their true nature.
                • Link to Node 49
          • 116. Player: A feeling deep inside possesses me and whispers murder, over and over.
            • Link to Node 97
          • 11. Player: I don't want to confide in you if you won't take me seriously.
            • 6.
              Astarion
              : What did you think I was going to say? 'Oh, come here, I'll kiss you better'?
              • 49.
                Astarion
                : [TagAnswer] ORI_Astarion_State_JumpToQuestionBankNode
                • 35. [Nested Dialog]
                  End
      • 33. Player: Leave.
        End
  • 59.
    Astarion
    : Bhaal himself has sentenced you to an eternity of madness, to be consumed by your Urge.ORI_DarkUrge_State_BhaalResisted = False, ORI_DarkUrge_State_BhaalAccepted = False, ORI_State_DarkUrge_KnowsBhaalspawn, ORI_DarkUrge_State_BhaalDisappointed, Astarion_InParty_Asked_DU_Disappointed = False, REALLY_DARK_URGE
    • 88.
      Astarion
      : You'll never be free, will you? He is going to take over...Astarion_InParty_Asked_DU_Disappointed
      • 60.
        Astarion
        : I've had periods where I was so hungry, I was all but robbed of speech and reason.
        • 109.
          Astarion
          : If you become as I fear... feral, scrabbling, all but a carrion-creature... I don't think I'll be able to look at you. It will remind me too much of my worst self.
          • 107.
            Astarion
            : If that is to be your fate, I will enjoy our time together while it lasts. But soon enough we'll have to say our goodbyes.ORI_State_PartneredWithAstarion
            • 85. Player: Don't say that. I'm so scared.
              • Link to Node 106
            • 99. Player: No matter what he does to my brain, I won't forget you.
              • Link to Node 106
            • 34. Player: The time we have together now is so precious.
              • 106.
                Astarion
                : In a thousand years, when I've all but forgotten how to love yet again, you'll flit back into my heart, and I'll weep wondering what happened to my mad love.
                End
          • 19.
            Astarion
            : [TagAnswer]
            End
  • 75.
    Astarion
    : Good morning! Thank you for not killing me the other night.ORI_DarkUrge_State_SparedIsobelWithAstarion, Astarion_InParty_Asked_DU_SparedIsobel = False, REALLY_DARK_URGE
    • 89.
      Astarion
      : Are you all right now, or is today a 'I will wed you with a delicate veil of blood blooming over your white curls' kind of day?Astarion_InParty_Asked_DU_SparedIsobel
      • 121. Player: I'm so worried about you. What if I get possessed again?ORI_DarkUrge_State_SparedIsobelWithAstarion
        • 130.
          Astarion
          : I'm also worried about me, but I seem to somehow be worried about you more.
          • 32.
            Astarion
            : You give me something to care for, and that's worth the peril.
            • 61.
              Astarion
              : [TagAnswer] ORI_Astarion_State_JumpToQuestionBankNode
              • 94. [Nested Dialog]
                End
      • 4. Player: Do you really still believe I can get better?ORI_DarkUrge_State_SparedIsobelWithAstarion
        • 114.
          Astarion
          : Why not? If I can walk in the sun, you can become all sunshine and roses. I'm sure of it.
          • Link to Node 61
      • 44. Player: We're safe for now, as far as I can tell.
        • 46.
          Astarion
          : Excellent. You will let me know the next time you need to be tied up, won't you?
          • Link to Node 61
      • 40. Player: This only happened because I care for you.ORI_State_PartneredWithAstarion
        • 133.
          Astarion
          : Just as the lick of poison is removed from my words of love, yours become a sentence of death. A tragic pair, eh?
          • 92.
            Astarion
            : At least the smut-peddlers of Sharess' Caress will have a field day writing erotic verse about us when we're both dead.
            • Link to Node 61
      • 93. Player: Leave.
        End
  • 79.
    Astarion
    : Well done again on besting Bhaal and all that. It was very twee.ORI_DarkUrge_State_BhaalResisted, ORI_DarkUrge_State_BhaalAccepted = False, ORI_State_DarkUrge_KnowsBhaalspawn, ORI_DarkUrge_State_BhaalDisappointed = False, Astarion_InParty_Asked_DU_Cured = False, REALLY_DARK_URGE
    • 52.
      Astarion
      : Especially the part where that poor excuse for a skeleton waved his magic wand and made it all better.devnoteAstarion_InParty_Asked_DU_Cured
      • 82. Player: I am myself at last. You don't need to fear anything from me ever again.
        • 83.
          Astarion
          : Yes, you were so very scary.
          • 68.
            Astarion
            : I knew you had that sweet heart all along. I was alarmed by you sometimes, scandalised even, but somehow by your side, I still only ever saw you.
            • Link to Node 64
      • 122. Player: I can't thank you enough for protecting me when Bhaal came to call. Now I can protect you.ORI_DarkUrge_State_SparedIsobelWithAstarion
        • 1.
          Astarion
          : I have the utmost confidence you would do the same for me.
          • 98.
            Astarion
            : Now excuse me while I go and regurgitate the sap rankling in my throat.
            • Link to Node 64
      • 108. Player: Thanks. There was a part where I really thought I wasn't going to make it.
        • 53.
          Astarion
          : Dying and being reborn is never pleasant.
          • 64.
            Astarion
            : [TagAnswer] ORI_Astarion_State_JumpToQuestionBankNode
            • 55. [Nested Dialog]
              End
      • 86. Player: Leave.
        End
  • 101.
    Astarion
    : The beast you turn into... as charming as it is...TG_DarkUrge_SlayerForm, REALLY_DARK_URGETG_DarkUrge_SlayerForm = False
    • 43.
      Astarion
      : Just make sure those claws don't come anywhere near me.Astarion_InParty_Asked_DU_Act2EvilPath
      • 20. Player: Bask in the Slayer's unwashed radiance!ORI_DarkUrge_State_GivenSlayerForm
        • 28.
          Astarion
          : Erm, yes. It does smell the part.
          • Link to Node 125
      • 10. Player: I promise I can control it...ORI_DarkUrge_State_GivenSlayerForm
        • 48.
          Astarion
          : Oh don't bother, not on my account, anyway. Let it roam free. You make quite the pretty pitfiend.
          • Link to Node 125
      • 123. Player: Roar.
        • 23.
          Astarion
          : Oh my. Horrifying.
          • 125.
            Astarion
            : [TagAnswer] ORI_Astarion_State_JumpToQuestionBankNode
            • 126. [Nested Dialog]
              End
  • 102.
    Astarion
    : The Urges are calling on you again, aren't they? I haven't seen you sleep through the night once in the past days.ORI_DarkUrge_State_BhaalResisted = False, ORI_DarkUrge_State_BhaalAccepted = False, ORI_State_DarkUrge_KnowsBhaalspawn, ORI_DarkUrge_State_BhaalDisappointed = False, Astarion_InParty_Asked_DU_BhaalTemple = False, REALLY_DARK_URGEAstarion_InParty_Asked_DU_BhaalTemple
    • 80. Player: I had a vision: I found out I'm a Bhaalspawn.Astarion_InParty_ConfessedBhaalspawn = FalseAstarion_InParty_ConfessedBhaalspawn
      • Link to Node 57
      • Link to Node 37
    • 18. Player: Don't be alarmed... but I've divined with near certainty that Lord Bhaal is my Father.Astarion_InParty_ConfessedBhaalspawn = FalseAstarion_InParty_ConfessedBhaalspawn
      • 57.
        Astarion
        : Well, it certainly sheds some light on the sleepless night you spent tied up, trying to slit my throat. Bloody hells, a Bhaalspawn.ORI_DarkUrge_State_SparedIsobelWithAstarion
        • Link to Node 7
      • 37.
        Astarion
        : I knew you had some nasty habits, but I didn't want to pry overmuch. But, bloody hells, a Bhaalspawn?
        • 7.
          Astarion
          : Probably more Baldurian parents scare their children with stories of your kind than mine.
          • 72.
            Astarion
            : I thought your kind was extinct. Goes to show, you should always check your facts.
            • 110.
              Astarion
              : So... how are you feeling? Keen to reconnect with your family? Or ready to throw yourself in an oubliette?
              • 119. Player: I'm very afraid. How can I stand up to a god? He wants me to cause carnage.Astarion_InParty_ConfessedBhaalspawn, ORI_Astarion_State_BecameVampireLord = False
                • 63.
                  Astarion
                  : You know, I didn't realise you and I were so alike.
                  • 84.
                    Astarion
                    : I - I felt paralysed to do anything about Cazador for so many decades.
                    • 95.
                      Astarion
                      : I gave up on myself. I gave up on any hope of escape after a few lashes.
                      • 71.
                        Astarion
                        : Bhaal controls you in much the same way.
                        • 45.
                          Astarion
                          : I don't know how you can beat him, but I do know this: you must try.
                          • 36.
                            Astarion
                            : The half-life of a mind-addled slave is worse than death - don't become his. I wouldn't live another century as one for all the moonstones in Evereska.
                            • 3. [Jump] Jump to Node 17 (1)
              • 24. Player: I suspected it all along, in earnest.
                • 2.
                  Astarion
                  : You know, though I don't look a day over a hundred, I was alive in Baldur's Gate when the Bhaalspawn first arose.
                  • 62.
                    Astarion
                    : I was barely aware of it - locked in the kennels as a young spawn.
                    • 9.
                      Astarion
                      : Rather thrilling I get to watch the bloodshed first hand. I felt very unfashionable, missing out last time.
                      • 17.
                        Astarion
                        : [TagAnswer] ORI_Astarion_State_JumpToQuestionBankNode
                        • 73. [Nested Dialog]
                          End
              • 104. Player: The pit, definitely the pit.
                • Link to Node 2
              • 115. Player: I must do Father's bidding. My body forcibly compels me. You've seen it.
                • 27.
                  Astarion
                  : Oh, gods, we're going to get into 'Father' this, 'progeny' that all day and night, aren't we?
                  • 118. Player: I will find a way to resist.
                    • 105. [Jump] Jump to Node 2 (1)
                  • 42. Player: Bhaal became impotent two hundred years ago, before the time of Sarevok... I don't even know how I was conceived.
                    • 16.
                      Astarion
                      : Ugh. I'm not listening to this. You can worship your Father's emissions in your own head.
                      • Link to Node 17
                  • 15. Player: There's still so much I don't know... that I might never know before it's too late.
                    • 67. [Jump] Jump to Node 2 (1)
    • 8. Player: Say nothing.
      End
  • 103.
    Astarion
    : Just so you know, I don't judge you for what happened to that bard, Alfira.ORI_DarkUrge_MurderOfAlfira_Alternative = False, ORI_DarkUrge_State_SuspectedAlfiraMurder, NIGHT_DarkUrge_MurderOfAlfira, Astarion_InParty_Asked_DU_Alfira = False, REALLY_DARK_URGEAstarion_InParty_Asked_DU_Alfira
    • 69.
      Astarion
      : But the look of guilt on your face was priceless.
      • 66. Player: I didn't do it, I swear. Something strange is happening to me.
        • Link to Node 41
      • 65. Player: I feel horrible about it.
        • 41.
          Astarion
          : I don't care, really. But you could have been more subtle about it.
          • 127.
            Astarion
            : [TagAnswer] ORI_Astarion_State_JumpToQuestionBankNode
            • 74. [Nested Dialog]
              End
      • 90. Player: I'm glad you had fun watching me sweat.
        • Link to Node 41
  • 111.
    Astarion
    : It seems the Father issues are only just beginning, eh?ORI_DarkUrge_State_BhaalResisted = False, ORI_DarkUrge_State_BhaalAccepted, ORI_State_DarkUrge_KnowsBhaalspawn, ORI_DarkUrge_State_BhaalDisappointed = False, Astarion_InParty_Asked_DU_BhaalsChosen = False, REALLY_DARK_URGE
    • 5.
      Astarion
      : The choice is made. You'll never stop killing.Astarion_InParty_Asked_DU_BhaalsChosen
      • 38. Player: When I conquer the world over, perhaps I shall spare you.
        • 12.
          Astarion
          : You're going to sit nicely in my lap - perhaps naked - as I give orders to our nocturnal horde from my palace throne. ORI_Astarion_State_BecameVampireLord, ORI_State_PartneredWithAstarion
          • 77.
            Astarion
            : Bhaal's army will be an unsurpassable dowry. I cannot wait for you to claim it.
            • Link to Node 39
        • 14.
          Astarion
          : Not if I get there first. The game is on, darling.ORI_Astarion_State_BecameVampireLord, ORI_State_PartneredWithAstarion = False
          • 39.
            Astarion
            : [TagAnswer] ORI_Astarion_State_JumpToQuestionBankNode
            • 26. [Nested Dialog]
              End
        • 76.
          Astarion
          : I lived through the downfall of Sarevok. I'll believe in the rise of Bhaal when I see it.
          • Link to Node 39
      • 0. Player: I know you saw me tell Bhaal I would subdue the earth... I only said that because I was forced.
        • 58.
          Astarion
          : If the only way to control his possession is to bow to it, I suppose that is how it must be.ORI_DarkUrge_State_SparedIsobelWithAstarion
          • Link to Node 81
        • 22.
          Astarion
          : Tut tut. We're all friends here, aren't we? ORI_Astarion_State_BecameVampireLord
          • 81. [Jump] Jump to Node 77 (1)
        • 124.
          Astarion
          : Ssh, or I'll rush off and tell your Father you've been fibbing. Did he spank you growing up, or go straight for the cat-o'-nine?
          • Link to Node 25
      • 129. Player: I'm sorry, I wasn't strong enough to stand against him.
        • 50. [Jump] Jump to Node 58 (1)
        • 120.
          Astarion
          : Servitude or death. You didn't have a choice.
          • 25.
            Astarion
            : [TagAnswer] ORI_Astarion_State_JumpToQuestionBankNode
            • 132. [Nested Dialog]
              End
  • 112.
    Astarion
    : Did we really have to kill the Moonmaiden's servant?ORI_DarkUrge_KilledIsobel_State_KilledIsobelByKillingNightsong = False, ORI_DarkUrge_KilledIsobel_Requirement, NIGHT_DarkUrge_SparedIsobel = False, Astarion_InParty_Asked_DU_KillingIsobel = False, REALLY_DARK_URGEAstarion_InParty_Asked_DU_KillingIsobel
    • 78. Player: I'm so sorry for killing her... My instincts called upon me, and I was afraid.
      • 113.
        Astarion
        : I won't weep for her, but we could have used her as leverage instead. Sometimes we need to think with our heads before our knives, dear.
        • Link to Node 87
    • 100. Player: Wasn't she insufferable?
      • Link to Node 113
    • 117. Player: Didn't you enjoy watching Last Light burn?NIGHT_DarkUrge_SparedIsobel = False
      • 128.
        Astarion
        : Watching you make decisions is rather like watching a tarrasque mating ritual. One simply assumes villages will be destroyed in the process.
        • 51.
          Astarion
          : You'll have to go quite a bit further to surprise me.
          • 87.
            Astarion
            : [TagAnswer] ORI_Astarion_State_JumpToQuestionBankNode
            • 30. [Nested Dialog]
              End