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Besides all that, it was clear he saw kindness as weakness, and would only help out for personal gain. But when a player explained on the Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 subreddit on March 27 that Astarion is like this because he\u2019s been enslaved and tortured, and not a single person tried to help him for 200 years, my entire perception changed.\u00a0 \u201cThen the very same day you finally break free, you meet a person who will go out of their ways to help others, who doesn't ask anything in exchange, who gets themselves in harm's way just to protect others because that's what a good person does, just imagine that, it must feel like destiny is slapping you in the face. Here is the person you so badly needed, (in what he thinks) after you needed them,\" the post reads.\u00a0 So, it\u2019s no wonder Astarion is bitter. 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The best way to learn Astarion’s story is to romance him or play as him. Screenshot by Dot Esports<\/figcaption><\/figure>

So, it\u2019s no wonder Astarion is bitter. He\u2019s been hurt and tortured too many times to believe in goodness of heart, and it seems he’s reached a point in life where he thinks if he didn\u2019t get any help, why should anyone else? Besides all that, I\u2019ll add that being crude is simply one of his coping mechanisms to avoid getting hurt again. If you don\u2019t help anyone and you don\u2019t open up, you can\u2019t get hurt, right?\u00a0<\/p>