@@Fightingforthelost"2 days yada yada use the scroll of true resurection in my pou- Oh! I see you gave Shadowheart revivify, 3 max resurections a day? No. No way. Well why would you memorize all this nonsense for- oh I see. Very clever. Dont want to risk death for short term memory I get it. No by all means just get it over with."
Unironically, this is why I like to pair Durge with Shadowheart. They're just so damn similar. Spoilers, if you haven't beat the game. They both serve a dark god trying to use them to their own ends against their nature (if you play redemption Durge) Shadowheart would also be awake through the night for prayers, and I imagine Durge would stay up to exhaust himself so he can't possibly bring harm to his friends. They also both need to make a major sacrifice against their own dark god to ever truly be free from them, and free to forge their own path.
@@adrianrandom3448 Agreed, most romancable companions in BG 3 have something to tie in with Durge, something that makes them understand each other better or something else.
@@TamTroll that is the character I gravitated to first. I can admit out of all potential choices, I saw him and went "Yep I want that" immediately and never looked back.
Eventually, Astarion came to the logical conclusion that he'd have the easiest time sleeping next to the GOAT Halsin, who is unironically sleeping like a log outside wildshaped as a bear. He never slept more soundly.
And that's when he discovered to his horror that Halsin is a cuddler. Not only could Astarion not sleep, he couldn't even move, pinned underneath the arm of a literal bear
If you go a night with Durge and the worst thing he did was scream you got off lightly cause chances are he just saved your life from the intrusive thoughts of his dad’s murderboner.
It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize: of course Astarion doesn't sleep. I know everyone else has already said it, but it didn't hit me until I saw his hands in the trance position.
He told my bard he wanted a romance the way us bards tell them. I was like, "Sir, it's a fantasy for entertainment. I'm not doing that Disney princess shit," and immediately assured Astarion that yes, I would be sticking with him. Keep your toxic purity culture to yourself, Wyll.
@@tiph3802 Wyll lost me when he proposed to my friend's Tav the same day that we killed Gortash. Sir, you claim to care about Karlach, who's working through some sh*t right now, and you've got nothing better to do than to make this evening about yourself?! That's it! Dishonor! Dishonor on your whole family! Dishonor on you, dishonor on your father, dishonor on your dead mom! He lost me even more when he said the 7000 spawn deserved a chance, because gods forbid Astarion did the responsible thing for once in his unlife, even if it's not the easy choice.
Best part is that since elves only meditate for 4 hours, this could be canon. While everyone's still sleeping Astarion, Halsin, and Minthara would just be sitting wide awake and wondering what they did to deserve this.
I love how they all fit so well Especially durge, he's the biggest compared to everyone (except for Halsin), and he'd probably scream in his sleep too with all the horrors he's been through.
Pretty sure both Wyll and Gale snore cause they're human and I'm certain elves can't. Boy howdy I hear 'em from across camp when they aren't in the party.
fun fact, in DnD elves don't sleep! they "trance" instead, which is a sort of meditative state, and only need to do that for half as long as a non-elf would need to sleep to get a full rest.
This is just canon as far as I'm concerned. Astarion just does not sleep, he tries to do his elven reverie meditation stuff after hunting/sucking Durge and is just subjected to this skull numbing choir of sleeping problems. Doesn't even touch on the ladies, because I'm sure they'd also have their share of *problems*. Lae'zel: Issues with her circadian rhythm on account of not being from "this grassy pebble". She stays up way later than she should, and needs to be kicked awake in the morning. Perpetually runs on 4-5 hours of sleep. Shadowheart: Pounds down the wine, sleeps like absolute shit, and wakes up with a red wine hangover. Will she stop? No. Karlach: Sleep talker, but not the fun kind. She prolly just mumbles incoherently. Is the most tolerable for Astarion.
karlach might also be a sleep hugger (hence the cute lttle plushy in her camp) ... which is TERRIFYING if a) she's on fucking fire half the time and b) you're a vampire
So I had the no party limit mod installed and while resting it bugged sometimes and showed me the characters while they slept/snored. I could click on their portraits and they’d say nothing. Except Karlach. Karlach said some nightmare fuel shit. I mean, she was probably having nightmares from her time in the hells
Meanwhile, in the other room, Lae’zel and Shadowheart were up half the night arguing because one or the other of them shifted positions and very slightly infringed on the other one’s side of the bed, only for them to eventually wear themselves out, fall asleep, and wake up snuggling. Karlach had to sleep in the bathtub, both to get away from Shadowheart and Lae’zel’s squabbling and to minimize the damage she’d do if she happened to combust in her sleep.
i can get behind wyll moaning in his sleep honestly. i've heard audio compilations of the companions snoring and most of them make some questionable noises.
You have no idea how this fits too well and I think the creator knows it too. Gale with the orb in his chest, Wyll with his connection to his patron, and Durge with his bloody dreams.
I imagine Shadowheart’s the sleepwalker; since she’s a half-elf. Elves don’t sleep, but humans do, so a half-elf would probably sleep, but be extra prone to sleepwalking, sleeptalking, and/or randomly waking up in the middle of the night.
Tag yourself!! Im Gale in this, had 2 nights in my life where the moment i fell asleep my brain forgot to breathe and i woke up GASPING for air like my life depended on it haha. Brains are funny.
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