Back to another edition of "Astarion finding out stuff about himself as he gets healthier" but this one is more on the abilities line.
And a bit of a stretch for funsies, but let's talk about a Spawn Batstarion (and other things but mostly that.)
What if him killing his Master and breaking that hold released his capabilities?
Like clearly he's still a Spawn and subject to those restraints, but what if some abilities, heightened strength/vision/smell, resistances, the bat ability, dark magic?, things of that nature, what if those things were unlocked when the magical restraints were broken, and it's not common so no one knew it would happen, and things just start... becoming apparent as he goes.
Once he offs Caz, he and his partner get all super duper official, so he's probably feeding so regularly he'd be considered a well fed Vamp by any standard, what if shit just starts happening?
One day he's hanging with Tav (or whoever) and he gets all worked up over whatever he's on about and he's standing up and gesturing dramatically mid making his furious point and POOF... batstarion. And everyone's just like "what the fuck just hap- Astarion?" and he's panic squeaking like mad and not very coordinated AT ALL cause wtf are these? WINGS? Just whizzing in crazy spirals till someone grabs him so he doesn't nose dive into the ground/camp fire. (I imagine the bat thing is like wildshape, if you know what your doing its at will but it's also brought on in emotional moments, so I think that's how he'd find out)
Then he immediately starts using it to be a shit. But isn't very good at it at first as he "practices the craft" of being a sneaky bat and ends up in perilous situations often (being cornered by Tara/scratch/owlbear, falling into peoples food/drinks and almost dying, getting stuck in hair, getting trapped in bat form till he concentrates a moment)
He figures it out, but he's a dumbass little gremlin bat for a while.
Ooh or one day he goes to help pick up a heavy ass chest the crew just dug up (cause he ain't about to help DIG) but whoever he's with can't manage to lift it out and he's like "fiiinne" then just yeets the fucking thing without even meaning too and is SHOCKED.
This even plays into the Dadstarion concept (my cannon for it anyway tho I play it out WAY down the line if I do.) But imagine hitting that "gorged on blood" threshold accidentally, just from years of being well fed and healthy. Maybe there's a big fight, he gets a little carrried away snacking on the foes, then him and his lover get all frisky later, feeds somemore just cause, and suddenly his blanks ain't so blank no more.
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