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ASTARION ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇
BASIC NAME: Astarion HEIGHT: 5'9" AGE: 200+ SPECIES: vampire spawn (formerly high elf) NATIONALITY: Baldurian TITLE/RANK: former Magistrate ACTIVE: faderift PLAYER: Cobalt PLURK: coba1t DISCORD: cobalt#3036	APPEARANCE VOICE: like a vampire, baybee HAIR: Silver EYES: Red BUILD: Lean, but fit SKIN: Pale as paste, sunken around the eyes BEARING: Richblooded, haughty...sometimes feral FEATURES: Twin puncture scars on his neck, long, toothy fangs, red eyes SCARRING: back scars | throat scars again CLOTHING: silk shirt; always wears gloves in public DIVISION: Scouting PROJECTS: NA	PERMISSIONS BACKTAGGING: ✔ THREADHOPPING: ✔ FOURTHWALLING: ✘ ROMANCE: ✔ MINDREADING: ✔ MANIPULATION: ✔ INJURY: ✔ FIGHTING: ✔ KILLING: ✔* *contact me first, please
-I DON'T NEED YOUR PITY- 'I DON'T NEED ANYTHING FROM YOU' FADE RIFT COMMON KNOWLEDGE: Weird looking elf. Wears a dark set of leather gloves and insists he's Thedosian if asked. Definitely not a Rifter. Topics he tends to avoid sans trust/familiarity are his former master Cazador, any and all suffering, and the grizzlier details of his life as a vampire. CURRENT GOALS: Live, baby. Eat some food, sleep in a warm bed, go out for a wild night on the town, cause some trouble— oh, and...help some people or whatever. REPUTATION: 'The guy with the fangs; he's more reliable than he looks.' -Holden 'You know how these foreign elves are.' - Gwenaëlle 'Don't let him get a rise out of you, and watch your pockets.' -Ellie 'Simultaneously too horny and not horny enough. Confusing.' -Benedict 'At least as much trouble as he looks like.' -Bastien DESIRED RP/HOOKS: 。trouble!!! get into trouble with him, be tempted by him to do something a little out of bounds, give in to being bad for a change— anything in terms of corruption is fair game. Let him be your personal devil. 。anything involving breaking past his thicker insulation to dig into the softer heart inside: he's a bad person, but he's still got a heart in there, and he can be convinced to use it instead of always being a force for malice and indulgence 。talk about vampires with him, maybe get into a little lore, or kick off his distaste for the whole thing 。he needs a shield. A bodyguard, a protector, a friend, whatever you want to call it, he doesn't want to be the one taking hits in a fight. OOC PERMISSION DETAILS HMD | OPT OUT: located here FIGHTING: 100% yes. Still, he isn't suited to combat unless he's the one landing a sneak attack, so keep that in mind INJURY: totally fine, just oocly hit me up if you want to discuss something more major, a la an injury that healing magic and/or time would not be able to fix. DEATH: let’s talk about it first. ROMANCE he's a fully romanceable side character in an RPG: absolutely you can romance him. That said, he has a preference for flings and affairs. You can attempt to dig deeper if you want, and odds are good he'll respond positively, but it'll go against the grain of his natural instincts. PDA: yes yes double yes, try and keep his hands off of you if you like a challenge RP PREFERENCES: prose or brackets are fine, please understand that I’ll put effort into all of my tags, but if some are short it’s not a result of your writing in any way. Sometimes a few sentences and some dialogue serve a thread better as a segue than to try and pad stuff out re: my own writing. Please please communicate with me if you have any frustrations, concerns or wants at any time: all my contact info is here and I’ll gladly direct threads however is needed to ensure everyone has a good time, but I can’t do that blindly, so anything you feel— even negative— bring it up even if it’s a ghost of a thought. I don’t judge. Ever. (I just want us to have fun together, ok) ABILITIES Proficient with stealth/daggers: it's not clear whether Astarion picked up his combat abilities before or after lesser vampirism struck, but he is quite decent at them now: able to skulk in shadow or find a throat in a pinch, whether it's with daggers, a sword...or just his teeth. Don't ask about heavy armor, though. Light kit only. Charismatic and performative: his chosen topics might be crass (or intentionally abrasive), but Astarion specializes in warming up to/cajoling/seducing/antagonizing anyone in need. Subtle spywork or diplomatic favor suits him more than anything physical. Please don't make him put in substantial work for his dinner, it's too hard. Malicious tendencies: Selfless choices can get out of here. Sparking a little drama, making ruthless calls that give distinct advantages, this is where his black little heart thrives. He doesn't relish making 'for the good of all' calls, not even when it involves circumstances similar to his own prior ones. It means, in short, he could be swayed into being less than beneficial to Riftwatch under the right circumstances, but don't worry, that's highly unlikely. He promises. Fragile in a fight if under fire: he's not a true vampire, he was never permitted to drink humanoid blood, only to feed on dead or dying rats or wild vermin, but even barring that his prior life had been as a noble magistrate passing out decrees on a whim. He can't take a hit, and he won't last if he has to. EXTRA LIKES: selfishness, indulgence, giving him what he wants, compliments, fine beds, music, warmth, sunlight, promiscuity, wealth, power DISLIKES: Cazador, being disagreed with, being spoken down to, slavery or binding pacts, responsibility without gain, self sacrifice, rats, bad alcohol, monster hunters