#yall know how roz is. terminal bystander disease when it comes to stuff like this

[veilkeeper]

Aurelia: The Rite... The master needs him. he must attend. Astarion: Oh, I'm well aware of what the master needs. But don't we deserve better? Leon: Better? What do you mean, 'better'? Astarion: After these centuries of torment, I know what you all want. More than power. More than to walk in the sun. You want to see him dead. The Rite of Profane Ascension will be mine, and he won't see a scrap of its glory. I am going to complete the ritual as the Ascendant, and then I am going to kill him. This is your chance. Stand with me. Name me your new master. We will get out revenge, and you will all live again.

it was sooo interesting to see him try to manipulate his siblings. and to appeal to the hatred of cazador that he knows? suspects? that they must have, as well. the fantasy of revenge has taken him this far, maybe the same thing can be used to make them walk blindly to their own deaths, in service of his ascension. at least then it's for a "greater good" than ascending cazador... right?

but the thing is, he can't convince them on his own. if the PC chooses to remain silent, leon tells him that he's always been weak and they won't listen to his lies. so it seems like even among the other spawn he wasn't particularly well-liked and was considered especially weak. no wonder he's desperately grasping for ascension, even among the powerless he was powerless.

#astarion #leon #aurelia #roz pt #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #bg3 dialogue #i SAW the alternatives but in true roz fashion the canon is roz remaining silent #as much as i REALLY wanted to do the persuasion and challenge him #yall know how roz is. terminal bystander disease when it comes to stuff like this #though i am percolating on dialogue from roz AFTER that i might have to write at some point