Astarion, and a couple other spawn went out to get a crosn from some palace for Cazador. But, unfortunately, Astarion just had to alert the guards with some dumb, sarcastic joke. So, they got into a chase. A chase either several palace guards and a surprisingly smart horse.

Eventually Astarion ditched the spawn with a little trick. But you know what he wasn’t able to ditch? That damn horse. He ran from it for who knows how long, even fighting with it for that satchel with the crown, eventually he reached this this nice forest area, well, it would be nice if you didn’t have a horse on your tail.

He eventually got out of sight from the horse, and came across this cave looking entrance covered by vines, which he walked through, looking behind him for that horse. When he looked in front of him he saw a beautiful clearing with a tower and waterfall, surrounded by rock, definitely not a cave.

Astarion started climbing up the tower, eventually climbing through the entrance that looked more like a window. He got up, looking in the satchel, at the crown. “Alone at last.” He grinned, maybe this could finally be his chance to be free, to escape—

BAM!

Astarion was knocked out cold by some metal object. When he woke, he was still in the tower, tied up in a chair, by.. Is that hair? He looked around the tower, which was now dark, to see seventy more feet of that hair. Seventy. Eventually, he found the source of the hair, some person, he couldn’t see the face of, perched on the support beams of the tower.