OOC INFORMATION. NAME & PRONOUNS: Sue, she/her CONTACT:crimsonxiphos ABOUT YOU:Hello everyone! I’m a 28-y.o ELA teacher living in Taiwan who enjoys writing, drawing, and playing vidya games! I also have a keen interest in entomology and enjoy finding, identifying, and preserving insects 🐛 My job/timezone means that my tagging times can be a bit all over the place—I try to tag at least every few days, but unfortunately, unless you also live on my side of the world, I’ll rarely be available for boomeranging :`) CHARACTERS: Astarion Ancunín
IC INFORMATION. ASTARION AGE: Currently a matter of contention in fandom due to certain dates not lining up with others. TL;DR, canon gives his age as ~250 years old, but other dates in the game don't work unless he's up to a century older. I will stick to ~250 years as his age if it becomes relevant, but I hope it doesn't, lol. CANON: Baldur's Gate 3 CANON POINT: Early Act I, shortly after falling from the nautiloid
ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER: Former asshole city magistrate who pissed off the wrong people, got beaten nearly to death, and was then revived/turned into a vampire spawn by actual vampire Cazador Szarr. He spent 200 years as Cazador’s mind-controlled plaything and slave, but just recently got abducted by aliens mindflayers who inadvertently freed him from Cazador’s control. So now he’s a partially-amnesiac asshole with a shitton of trauma and a burning desire for vengeance. Fun!
As a vampire spawn, Astarion has to drink blood just like a real vampire, but without any of the cool powers :( He also can’t turn anyone else into a vampire, so no one has to worry about him being patient zero of an undead plague any time soon!
CR YOU WANT: I want everything! Good influences, bad influences, friends, enemies, and everything in between! Shipping is also going to be very much on the table this month as Astarion does the only thing he knows to do when shit hits the fan: seduce someone stronger/more charismatic/more powerful than him and manipulate them into protecting him from his enemies! That said, a word of warning: Astarion has some very heavy trauma around sex and relationships, so a peek at his permissions page for potential triggers might be prudent if we want to go that route. Thanks!
CR YOU DON'T WANT: None!
PLOTTING & PLANS: So, Astarion kinda-sorta spent a good chunk of last month getting psychically tortured by Vanessa Ives who sought to punish/reign him in after he fed on a catatonic Peter Graham. In doing so, she forced him to agree to several rules, including that he must ask her for permission before he bites anyone and he's not allowed to discuss their pact or the torture that went into it. This is going to, understandably, MAJORLY FREAK ASTARION OUT, because, to his mind, it proves that there are people here besides its rulers who are perfectly capable of just stepping into the role Cazador used to occupy, and the fact that Vanessa is just leaving him with a few rules to follow (which he hates, but still) is just a stroke of dumb luck that he can't really rely on long-term. Thus, this month he is going to be laser-focused on 1) identifying who in the city might have the power or other means to secure or at least protect his freedom and 2) seducing them so that they care about him enough to actually want to do that. To this end, Astarion will be volunteering as a host at Midnight's host club to better scope out influential people who might be susceptible to that kind of manipulation. I'd love to use this opportunity to develop some new and interesting CR, whether that be with potential seduction targets, coworkers, or other visitors to the club!
HANDWAVED CR: I'd prefer to thread out more in-depth interactions, but people are welcome to see Astarion around the host club when it opens, as well as browsing the media store or spending time in the poison gardens.
ANYTHING ELSE: Shout-out to Vanessa's player for the delicious, delicious pain this past month 😉
Astarion Ancunín | Baldur's Gate 3
NAME & PRONOUNS: Sue, she/her
CONTACT:
ABOUT YOU:Hello everyone! I’m a 28-y.o ELA teacher living in Taiwan who enjoys writing, drawing, and playing vidya games! I also have a keen interest in entomology and enjoy finding, identifying, and preserving insects 🐛 My job/timezone means that my tagging times can be a bit all over the place—I try to tag at least every few days, but unfortunately, unless you also live on my side of the world, I’ll rarely be available for boomeranging :`)
CHARACTERS: Astarion Ancunín
IC INFORMATION.
ASTARION
AGE: Currently a matter of contention in fandom due to certain dates not lining up with others. TL;DR, canon gives his age as ~250 years old, but other dates in the game don't work unless he's up to a century older. I will stick to ~250 years as his age if it becomes relevant, but I hope it doesn't, lol.
CANON: Baldur's Gate 3
CANON POINT: Early Act I, shortly after falling from the nautiloid
ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER: Former asshole city magistrate who pissed off the wrong people, got beaten nearly to death, and was then revived/turned into a vampire spawn by actual vampire Cazador Szarr. He spent 200 years as Cazador’s mind-controlled plaything and slave, but just recently got abducted by
aliensmindflayers who inadvertently freed him from Cazador’s control. So now he’s a partially-amnesiac asshole with a shitton of trauma and a burning desire for vengeance. Fun!As a vampire spawn, Astarion has to drink blood just like a real vampire, but without any of the cool powers :( He also can’t turn anyone else into a vampire, so no one has to worry about him being patient zero of an undead plague any time soon!
USEFUL LINKS: Permissions / Inbox / Application
CR YOU WANT: I want everything! Good influences, bad influences, friends, enemies, and everything in between! Shipping is also going to be very much on the table this month as Astarion does the only thing he knows to do when shit hits the fan: seduce someone stronger/more charismatic/more powerful than him and manipulate them into protecting him from his enemies! That said, a word of warning: Astarion has some very heavy trauma around sex and relationships, so a peek at his permissions page for potential triggers might be prudent if we want to go that route. Thanks!
CR YOU DON'T WANT: None!
PLOTTING & PLANS: So, Astarion kinda-sorta spent a good chunk of last month getting psychically tortured by Vanessa Ives who sought to punish/reign him in after he fed on a catatonic Peter Graham. In doing so, she forced him to agree to several rules, including that he must ask her for permission before he bites anyone and he's not allowed to discuss their pact or the torture that went into it. This is going to, understandably, MAJORLY FREAK ASTARION OUT, because, to his mind, it proves that there are people here besides its rulers who are perfectly capable of just stepping into the role Cazador used to occupy, and the fact that Vanessa is just leaving him with a few rules to follow (which he hates, but still) is just a stroke of dumb luck that he can't really rely on long-term. Thus, this month he is going to be laser-focused on 1) identifying who in the city might have the power or other means to secure or at least protect his freedom and 2) seducing them so that they care about him enough to actually want to do that. To this end, Astarion will be volunteering as a host at Midnight's host club to better scope out influential people who might be susceptible to that kind of manipulation. I'd love to use this opportunity to develop some new and interesting CR, whether that be with potential seduction targets, coworkers, or other visitors to the club!
HANDWAVED CR: I'd prefer to thread out more in-depth interactions, but people are welcome to see Astarion around the host club when it opens, as well as browsing the media store or spending time in the poison gardens.
ANYTHING ELSE: Shout-out to Vanessa's player for the delicious, delicious pain this past month 😉
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