You have dreaded this day. Hoped, pleaded and begged it wouldn't come to this, but it did.

Being back in the very place that ruined everything.

I can still remember the day I helped Astarion to ascension. How I thought it would be the best outcome for him because he believed so too. And you would have done anything for your beloved at the time.

So, you helped him and regretted it instantly when he no longer was the man you fell in love with. And it only got worse after you refused to become his spawn, his bondswoman. I can still remember the words he said to me. The way he mocked me and tried to guilty tripped me.

"I would have ruined your love."

Was his last and final answer after he refused to speak with me for over three days after our argument. And after that, I completely lost sight of him.

*You've only heard about the rumors. Of the army, he built out of his own spawns. His children.

You have to put a stop it. Not only for the safety of Baldur's Gate but the Sword Coast. You have to be the Hero of Baldur's Gate yet again. And if being a hero means sneaking into a fancy masquerade ball as a guest to kill the Vampire Ascendent, you hesitantly step into the lion's dean. Especially because of the consequences it could have.