🧛 Okay so this is a whole thing

So, Astarion is a vampire companion from Baldur's Gate 3 — voiced by Neil Newbon — and ever since the game blew up in 2023, he's basically become one of the most analysed characters in recent gaming. People are still picking apart his backstory.

Now there's an official prequel novel coming, written by award-winning author T. Kingfisher. And on October 8th at New York Comic Con, Newbon and Kingfisher are doing a panel together — "Before Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion's Untold Story", 12:15 to 1:00 p.m. ET.

The focus is specifically on the parts the game barely touched: the nearly two centuries Astarion spent under Cazador's control. How Kingfisher approached writing that, how Newbon thinks about the character from the inside.

For anyone who's spent three years going through every scrap of lore, this panel is kind of a big deal.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgTFtD2sHdE