Orin abducting Gale: - Even though there are some romance related lines & relationship flag checking in the dialogue files, it's not possible to have Orin abduct your partner. The game will always use the backup character (Yenna) if your partner is the only companion left at the camp (of those that can be abducted). - I'd never had Gale be Orin's victim so I decided to add his scenes this time. I recorded the camp scenes when Gale wasn't Astarion's partner. The talk in the Bhaal Temple is when the abducted partner was Lae'zel because the real version sounds a bit cold and doesn't really fit romantic relationship (+ I really wanted to use that particular kiss/hug scene there). When you talk to Gale back at the camp you can only pick one line so I edited that part too to show all dialogues that in my opinion fit the romance and also give more information of what had happened. Some rarer Astarion dialogue: - Astarion has some interesting and less power-hungry lines that don't trigger if the flag ORI_Astarion_Act3_WantsRitualComplete is active. - It's very easy to activate the flag by simply talking to him, starting from Wyrm's Lookout camp discussion. You don't even need to encourage him/push him towards the ascension. - The way he acts with that flag active didn't fit the way I played my Astarion Origin, so before meeting Dalyria & Petras and Sebastian I cleared the flag from my Gale Origin run. I left the flag active when the siblings came to the camp because otherwise the scenes are super short and it seems like Astarion doesn't know what his scars are really for. Other notes: - Some cutscenes have been created using clips from both playthroughs. I tried my best to match the colours and music while making sure the scenes flow naturally. - Karlach's ending is from Gale Origin because you can't save her as spawn Astarion.
I'm watching this series for the third time now and I still think it's one of the best in terms of a ship through the whole game. It's a pleasure to watch and I don't think it will be the last time I do! 💙
You have no idea how much your kind words have cheered me up, I've been having a really bad evening. I adore BloodWeave when neither ascends and I can't wait to play this romance again once I'm done with my current co-op run :D
@@poppy7899 I love it so much how you show both perspectives of them, also that you change their clothes once in a while and implement different kisses with them. It all comes up so naturally. 💙 Bloodweave is my guilty pleasure (coming right after my Tav with Astarion). At the moment I'm doing an Origin Astarion run and have to romance Karlach because it's one of the last trophies I need to get my 100%. Everytime Gale shows up with his puppy eyes, I damn this run... 😂 The whole first act was literal torture.
@@Nachtstrasse I thought it'd be a good idea to combine two playthroughs :) That way folks see things from both perspectives, hear both characters talk, and it doesn't feel the same as romancing Gale/Astarion with Tav. I really don't like it when you need to romance a certain character in order to get an achievement :/ I just took some kind soul's savefile from Nexus, played the act3 romance scene and that's it lol I don't hate Karlach but she isn't someone I want to romance.
@@poppy7899 Most people say Gale's origin isn't interesting enough, who would play that? - Just the fact that the player learns about the Shadowweave caught me to play his origin, so did Tara! She gave the whole playthrough something unique, I love her. The irony with romancing Karlach: I romanced her once in an Astarion origin run, played until act 3 and then threw everything overboard because "I need to romance Gale with him! Immediately!" 😩 I hate it as well that the trophy is connected to a whole playthrough. I'm playing on console, so sadly I can't use the save-file. 🫤 But hey, I can use the run to get the "bevoming a mindflayer" trophy as well, so it won't be useless. 😊
@@Nachtstrasse I loved Gale Origin! It was nice to have Tara at camp, but most of all it was so interesting to find out things like how Elminster really really didn't want Gale to actually follow Mystra's order (a letter you get in act2) or how Gale could nullify shadow weave. Little things like those that don't happen if you have Gale as a companion instead.
I can't put into words how good this series is and just how much I love it! thank you! ❤💜
Happy to hear you enjoyed it :)
Orin abducting Gale:
- Even though there are some romance related lines & relationship flag checking in the dialogue files, it's not possible to have Orin abduct your partner. The game will always use the backup character (Yenna) if your partner is the only companion left at the camp (of those that can be abducted).
- I'd never had Gale be Orin's victim so I decided to add his scenes this time. I recorded the camp scenes when Gale wasn't Astarion's partner. The talk in the Bhaal Temple is when the abducted partner was Lae'zel because the real version sounds a bit cold and doesn't really fit romantic relationship (+ I really wanted to use that particular kiss/hug scene there). When you talk to Gale back at the camp you can only pick one line so I edited that part too to show all dialogues that in my opinion fit the romance and also give more information of what had happened.
Some rarer Astarion dialogue:
- Astarion has some interesting and less power-hungry lines that don't trigger if the flag ORI_Astarion_Act3_WantsRitualComplete is active.
- It's very easy to activate the flag by simply talking to him, starting from Wyrm's Lookout camp discussion. You don't even need to encourage him/push him towards the ascension.
- The way he acts with that flag active didn't fit the way I played my Astarion Origin, so before meeting Dalyria & Petras and Sebastian I cleared the flag from my Gale Origin run. I left the flag active when the siblings came to the camp because otherwise the scenes are super short and it seems like Astarion doesn't know what his scars are really for.
Other notes:
- Some cutscenes have been created using clips from both playthroughs. I tried my best to match the colours and music while making sure the scenes flow naturally.
- Karlach's ending is from Gale Origin because you can't save her as spawn Astarion.
I'm watching this series for the third time now and I still think it's one of the best in terms of a ship through the whole game. It's a pleasure to watch and I don't think it will be the last time I do! 💙
You have no idea how much your kind words have cheered me up, I've been having a really bad evening. I adore BloodWeave when neither ascends and I can't wait to play this romance again once I'm done with my current co-op run :D
@@poppy7899 I love it so much how you show both perspectives of them, also that you change their clothes once in a while and implement different kisses with them. It all comes up so naturally. 💙 Bloodweave is my guilty pleasure (coming right after my Tav with Astarion). At the moment I'm doing an Origin Astarion run and have to romance Karlach because it's one of the last trophies I need to get my 100%. Everytime Gale shows up with his puppy eyes, I damn this run... 😂 The whole first act was literal torture.
@@Nachtstrasse I thought it'd be a good idea to combine two playthroughs :) That way folks see things from both perspectives, hear both characters talk, and it doesn't feel the same as romancing Gale/Astarion with Tav.
I really don't like it when you need to romance a certain character in order to get an achievement :/ I just took some kind soul's savefile from Nexus, played the act3 romance scene and that's it lol I don't hate Karlach but she isn't someone I want to romance.
@@poppy7899 Most people say Gale's origin isn't interesting enough, who would play that? - Just the fact that the player learns about the Shadowweave caught me to play his origin, so did Tara! She gave the whole playthrough something unique, I love her.
The irony with romancing Karlach: I romanced her once in an Astarion origin run, played until act 3 and then threw everything overboard because "I need to romance Gale with him! Immediately!" 😩 I hate it as well that the trophy is connected to a whole playthrough. I'm playing on console, so sadly I can't use the save-file. 🫤 But hey, I can use the run to get the "bevoming a mindflayer" trophy as well, so it won't be useless. 😊
@@Nachtstrasse I loved Gale Origin! It was nice to have Tara at camp, but most of all it was so interesting to find out things like how Elminster really really didn't want Gale to actually follow Mystra's order (a letter you get in act2) or how Gale could nullify shadow weave. Little things like those that don't happen if you have Gale as a companion instead.
Gale and Astarion go very well together🫶
I keep coming back for the last kiss 4:04:44
I love it