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    Synopsis:

    Cazador greets Companion or Avatar Astarion in the ritual room, pleased Astarion has returned and he'll finally be able to complete the ritual. The other 6 vampire spawn are in their places for the ritual, ringing the room, held in spectral chains. Astarion starts nervous, but gets angrier as Cazador goads him until Astarion attacks. Cazador uses his magic to immobilise Astarion and then telekinetically flings him into his place (a spot directly behind Cazador) for the ritual, which then begins as the dialog ends and combat starts.

    How to trigger:

    Ctrl+Shift+7 (Origin Debug Book)
    Astarion - Recruit - recruit him as Avatar or Companion
    Astarion - Origin Moments - Act 3 Black Mass Ritual
    Approach Cazador to start the dialog



  • 60.
    Cazador Szarr
    : Who stands before us? Is this truly our prodigal son?OOMLOW_CazadorsPalace_RitualRoom_State_AstarionAtRitual
    • 68.
      Cazador Szarr
      : Do not slouch before me, boy! Have you no respect for yourself?devnote
      • 20.
        Cazador Szarr
        : Look at you, crawling back after abandoning your family. You should be begging our forgiveness.
        • 54.
          Astarion
          : Forgiveness? You've never forgiven anything.devnote
          • 15.
            Astarion
            : Every mistake, every slip was punished!
            • 7.
              Cazador Szarr
              : I strove for perfection in all things - even those as imperfect as you.
              • 105.
                Cazador Szarr
                : A pity you amounted to so little, despite my efforts.
                • 116.
                  Astarion
                  : No! No, fuck you and fuck everything you've ever done to me.
                  • 95.
                    Cazador Szarr
                    : Oh thankless child. Did I not bless you with our immortal gift? Did I not make you what you are?
                    • 146.
                      Astarion
                      : You son of a bitch!devnote
                      • 119. [TagCinematic] devnote
                        • 59.
                          Cazador Szarr
                          : You truly forgot my power. You truly thought our bond as creator and creation was all that stopped you from killing me.devnote
                          • 25.
                            Cazador Szarr
                            : You are weak, my child. You are a small, pathetic little boy who never amounted to anything.
                            • 139.
                              Astarion
                              : Urgh... argh...devnote
                              • 31.
                                Cazador Szarr
                                : But today, you will finally do something worthwhile. You will burn, and I will ascend.devnote
                                • 17.
                                  Astarion
                                  : [PassiveRoll] Roll (Constitution, ) vs 20 (0)
                                  • 40. [RollResult] True
                                    • 114.
                                      Narrator
                                      : devnote
                                      • 4.
                                        Cazador Szarr
                                        : Even now you resist? Very well, but you will not stop my ascent. Ecce dominus!devnote
                                        End
                                  • 141. [RollResult] False
                                    • 71. [TagCinematic] devnoteLOW_CazadorsPalace_RitualRoom_Event_TeleportAstarion
                                      End
  • 67.
    Cazador Szarr
    : Who stands before us? Is this truly our prodigal son?devnoteCOMLOW_CazadorsPalace_RitualRoom_State_AstarionAtRitual
    • 48.
      Cazador Szarr
      : Do not slouch before me, boy! Have you no respect for yourself?devnote
      • 28.
        Cazador Szarr
        : Look at you, crawling back after abandoning your family. You should be begging our forgiveness.
        • 41. Player: Keep back. Do not intervene.
          • 11.
            Astarion
            : Forgiveness? You've never forgiven anything.devnote
            • 122.
              Astarion
              : Every mistake, every slip was punished!
              • 131.
                Cazador Szarr
                : I strove for perfection in all things - even those as imperfect as you.
                • 120.
                  Cazador Szarr
                  : A pity you amounted to so little, despite my efforts.
                  • 78.
                    Astarion
                    : No! No, fuck you and fuck everything you've ever done to me.
                    • 63. Player: We're here for justice. You're going to pay.
                      • 5.
                        Cazador Szarr
                        : I will not speak to cattle! This is between me and the boy.
                        • 106. [Jump] Jump to Node 137 (1)
                    • 8. Player: We're here to stop the ritual.ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose
                      • 121.
                        Cazador Szarr
                        : The cattle low about things of which they know nothing.devnote
                        • 97.
                          Cazador Szarr
                          : This ritual is centuries in the making. Nothing shall stop it now.
                          • 91.
                            Astarion
                            : That's what you think, you son of a bitch!devnote
                            • 82. [TagCinematic] devnote
                              • 50. [Visual State]
                                • 90.
                                  Cazador Szarr
                                  : You truly forgot my power. You truly thought our bond as creator and creation was all that stopped you from killing me.devnote
                                  • 81.
                                    Cazador Szarr
                                    : You are weak, my child. You are a small, pathetic little boy who never amounted to anything.
                                    • 118.
                                      Astarion
                                      : Urgh... argh...devnote
                                      • 23.
                                        Cazador Szarr
                                        : But today, you will finally do something worthwhile. You will burn, and I will ascend.devnote
                                        • 134. [TagCinematic] devnoteLOW_CazadorsPalace_RitualRoom_Event_TeleportAstarion
                                          • 3. [Visual State]
                                            • 33.
                                              Astarion
                                              : No! Stop him! And get me out of this!devnote
                                              • 145.
                                                Cazador Szarr
                                                : Witness the birth of the Vampire Ascendant! Ecce dominus!devnote
                                                End
                    • 42. Player: What are you doing with those people?ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose = False
                      • 109.
                        Cazador Szarr
                        : You came here wholly ignorant? With no concept of what you were about to witness?
                        • 6.
                          Cazador Szarr
                          : This is the Rite of Profane Ascension - attempted only once in legend.
                          • 92.
                            Cazador Szarr
                            : Seven thousand souls, each bearing the scar of the one who brought them to me, stand ready to be sacrificed.
                            • 144.
                              Cazador Szarr
                              : 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.ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose
                              • 132.
                                Cazador Szarr
                                : Blessed are you to be the first I shall consume when I become the Vampire Ascendant.
                                • Link to Node 91
                    • 75. Player: Careful, Astarion. Don't lose your head.
                      • 62.
                        Cazador Szarr
                        : Do the cattle not know you, boy? Have they not seen your fits of temper?
                        • 137.
                          Astarion
                          : You son of a bitch!devnote
                          • Link to Node 82
                    • 125. Player: Say nothing.
                      • 123.
                        Cazador Szarr
                        : They told me you had changed. I dared not believe it.WYR_VampireSpawns_Knows_AstarionInCity
                        • Link to Node 65
                      • 14.
                        Cazador Szarr
                        : I suspected you would return to me changed. Never did I imagine you would be so wretched.
                        • 65.
                          Cazador Szarr
                          : Oh thankless child. Did I not bless you with our immortal gift? Did I not make you what you are?
                          • Link to Node 137
        • 136. Player: We know all about the ritual. We're here to stop you.ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose
          • 16. [Jump] Jump to Node 121 (1)
        • 96. Player: He doesn't owe you anything.
          • 0.
            Cazador Szarr
            : Have you fallen so far that this speaks for you?devnote
            • 2.
              Astarion
              : I don't need anyone to speak for me.
              • 147.
                Cazador Szarr
                : No, you always had a gift for words.
                • 99.
                  Cazador Szarr
                  : I fondly remember your empty boasting, your tired jokes, your endless prattle...
                  • 80.
                    Astarion
                    : No! Shut up!
                    • 86. [Jump] Jump to Node 78 (2)
        • 43. Player: Astarion was afraid of you? You're pathetic.
          • 29. [Jump] Jump to Node 5 (1)
        • 89. Player: What in the Hells is going on here?ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose = False
          • 27. [Alias]
            • Alias to Node 109
            • 66. [Alias]
              • Alias to Node 92
              • 142. [Alias] ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose
                • Alias to Node 144
                • 22. [Alias]
                  • Alias to Node 132
  • 103.
    Cazador Szarr
    : Can it be? Is this our prodigal son standing before us?AOMLOW_CazadorsPalace_RitualRoom_State_AstarionAtRitual
    • 26.
      Cazador Szarr
      : And this is how you present yourself to me? Some ragged traveller? Have you fallen so low without me?
      • 115.
        Cazador Szarr
        : And after you abandoned us. You should be begging forgiveness, child.
        • 108.
          Astarion
          : I don't owe you a damn thing.
          • 51.
            Cazador Szarr
            : You owe me everything, you fetid little rat.
            • 143.
              Cazador Szarr
              : I gave you this immortal gift. I made you part of our great purpose. Part of something grander than you could ever be alone.
              • Link to Node 84
        • 18.
          Astarion
          : I'm here to stop you and this cursed ritual.ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose
          • 135.
            Cazador Szarr
            : Such ingratitude from one who owes me so much.
            • Link to Node 143
        • 58.
          Astarion
          : What is this? Why are the others in chains?ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose = False
          • 36.
            Cazador Szarr
            : You came here wholly ignorant? With no concept of what you were about to witness?
            • 49.
              Cazador Szarr
              : This is the Rite of Profane Ascension - attempted only once in legend.
              • 130. [Alias]
                • Alias to Node 94
                • 34.
                  Cazador Szarr
                  : 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.ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose
                  • 84.
                    Cazador Szarr
                    : I shaped you into what you are. Without me you are less than nothing.
                    • 61.
                      Astarion
                      : I've soared without you. I've walked in the sunlight.
                      • 124.
                        Cazador Szarr
                        : A sweet irony that your destruction will grant me the same freedom.
                        • Link to Node 107
                    • 38.
                      Astarion
                      : I've been free of your rules. I've tasted the blood of thinking creatures.
                      • 32.
                        Cazador Szarr
                        : Look at how proud you are, you disobedient pup. But you forget yourself.
                        • 107.
                          Cazador Szarr
                          : Even if you can resist my words, you are still mine, boy.
                          • 93.
                            Cazador Szarr
                            : Now, it is time for you to join the others and complete our destiny.devnote
                            • 138.
                              Astarion
                              : No. I'm not some goat to sacrifice in your ritual.ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose
                              • 79.
                                Cazador Szarr
                                : Do not flatter yourself, child. You are barely even a sacrifice - more a means to an end.
                                • 9. [Jump] Jump to Node 46 (1)
                            • 52.
                              Astarion
                              : What is this? What are you doing to them?ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose = False
                              • 128. [Alias]
                                • Alias to Node 36
                                • 19. [Alias]
                                  • Alias to Node 49
                                  • 94.
                                    Cazador Szarr
                                    : Each of you children brought me a thousand souls. Now they stand marked with your scars, ready to be sacrificed.
                                    • 56. [Alias] ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose
                                      • Alias to Node 34
                                      • 70.
                                        Cazador Szarr
                                        : You were a means to an end. And the end is nigh.
                                        • Link to Node 129
                            • 30.
                              Astarion
                              : It's time for you to die.
                              • 24.
                                Cazador Szarr
                                : Nay, child, I shall be reborn. I shall emerge more powerful than any of our kind has ever been!
                                • 57.
                                  Cazador Szarr
                                  : And you will serve your purpose. You were never more than a means to an end.
                                  • 46.
                                    Cazador Szarr
                                    : And the end is nigh.
                                    • 129. [TagCinematic] devnote
                                      • 45. [Visual State]
                                        • 76.
                                          Narrator
                                          : *You can feel tendrils of magic snaking through your veins, locking you in place.*devnote
                                          • 21.
                                            Cazador Szarr
                                            : All those souls you brought me, all linked through those lines I carved on your back. All linked through your blood.
                                            • 133.
                                              Astarion
                                              : Resist his blood magic. Without allies, it's all over if he takes control of you.LOW_CazadorsPalace_RitualRoom_State_AnotherPartyMemberPresent = FalseRoll (Constitution, ) vs 10 (0)
                                              • Link to Node 35
                                              • Link to Node 112
                                            • 13.
                                              Astarion
                                              : Force your body to resist - don't let him control you.LOW_CazadorsPalace_RitualRoom_State_AnotherPartyMemberPresentRoll (Constitution, ) vs 18 (0)
                                              • 35. [RollResult] True
                                                • 102.
                                                  Narrator
                                                  : *Your body locks, but it moves no further. You can feel Cazador trying to control you, but you fight the magic to a standstill.*
                                                  • 113.
                                                    Cazador Szarr
                                                    : Even now you resist? Very well, but you will not stop my ascent. Ecce dominus!devnote
                                                    End
                                              • 112. [RollResult] False
                                                • 53.
                                                  Narrator
                                                  : *You try to resist, but there's nothing you can do. Your body is riddled with the magic - you are his to control.*
                                                  • 72.
                                                    Narrator
                                                    : *The scars on your back flare to life, as if you can feel the knife in your flesh all over again.*devnoteLOW_CazadorsPalace_RitualRoom_Event_TeleportAstarion
                                                    • 101. [Visual State]
                                                      • 47.
                                                        Cazador Szarr
                                                        : Now we will begin. Now you will witness the birth of the Vampire Ascendant.
                                                        • 127.
                                                          Cazador Szarr
                                                          : Ecce dominus!devnote
                                                          End
                                            • 69.
                                              Astarion
                                              : Give in, let him control you.
                                              • 74.
                                                Narrator
                                                : *You relax into the magic's embrace, giving yourself up to its control.*
                                                • Link to Node 72
                            • 39.
                              Astarion
                              : And if I do join them?
                              • 98.
                                Cazador Szarr
                                : Two centuries in my service and you still think you have a choice in the matter? Stupid, stupid boy.
                                • Link to Node 129
                    • 83.
                      Astarion
                      : You can't kill all these people. I won't let you.
                      • 85.
                        Cazador Szarr
                        : Did you grow a conscience, pup? It doesn't suit you.
                        • 37.
                          Cazador Szarr
                          : You could have found some nice, deep hole to cower in, but no. You marched straight back here.devnote
                          • Link to Node 107
                    • 77.
                      Astarion
                      : I'm an angel of vengeance. That's what you made me.
                      • 100.
                        Cazador Szarr
                        : Why do you insist on such grand notions, so far removed from reality?
                        • Link to Node 107
                    • 126.
                      Astarion
                      : We're finishing this ritual. But I'm taking the power, not you.
                      • 88.
                        Cazador Szarr
                        : Ha! Have you lost all leave of your senses?devnote
                        • Link to Node 107
        • 44.
          Astarion
          : Soon you'll be begging for your life.
          • 55.
            Cazador Szarr
            : You dare speak thusly to me?
            • 117. [Jump] Jump to Node 143 (1)
        • 10.
          Astarion
          : I am here to take my rightful place. I'm going to ascend.ORI_Astarion_Knows_RitualsPurpose
          • 64.
            Cazador Szarr
            : I always knew you to be a fool, but I never thought you delusional.
            • 87.
              Cazador Szarr
              : The Rite of Profane Ascension is not some playbook to be picked up and read from. You cannot simply drop one role and assume another.
              • 110.
                Cazador Szarr
                : Read the rites and you will be destroyed. I would almost like you to try, just to watch you burn.
                • 12.
                  Cazador Szarr
                  : Thankfully, your life is not yours to squander. You belong to me, boy. And you will fulfil your purpose.
                  • 111. [Jump] Jump to Node 84 (2)
  • 140.
    Cazador Szarr
    : You returned! And true to your word, our prodigal son stands before us.devnoteLOW_CazadorsPalace_Cazador_State_FetchingAstarion, COM
    • Link to Node 48