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Wikipedia Overview
Astarion Ancunín is a fictional character from Larian Studios' Baldur's Gate video game series, which is based on the tabletop fantasy role-playing system of Dungeons & Dragons and set in the Forgotten Realms. Making his first appearance in 2023's Baldur's Gate 3, Astarion can serve as the game's primary protagonist or as a recruitable party member. He is a rogue, specializing in stealth, lockpicking, and sneak attacks. In the game, Astarion is kidnapped alongside several other party members and infected with an Illithid parasite and must search for a way to cure himself. Early in the story, he is revealed to be a vampire spawn, and his personal quest focuses on evading and hunting down his former master, Cazador Szarr.
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Baldur's Gate 3 new Astarion ending is straight out of Twilight - GAMINGbible
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Baldur’s Gate III Shadowheart Nendoroid Debuts, New Astarion Teased - Siliconera
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Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion Is A Very Dark Prequel Novel For The RPG's Beloved Vampire Hitting Shelves This September - Game Informer
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Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion gets an extra ending cutscene, made by a modder keen not to finish up on a rather awkward note - Rock Paper Shotgun
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Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion Receives September 29 Launch Date - Bleeding Cool News
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T. Kingfisher + Baldur’s Gate 3 = The Prequel Novel Astarion - reactormag.com
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Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion is getting a prequel novel - Polygon.com
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The best possible fantasy author is writing a dark, tragic prequel novel for our beloved Baldur's Gate 3 boy Astarion - PC Gamer
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BALDUR’S GATE 3 Novel Digs Into Astarion’s Darkest Days - Nerdist
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Baldur’s Gate 3′ s Astarion Is Being Graced With a Prequel Novel And An Audiobook Narrated By His Voice Actor - Kotaku
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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion novel coming from bestselling fantasy author T. Kingfisher - Winter is Coming
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Return to ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ With an Astarion Prequel Book - Gizmodo
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Baldur’s Gate 3 Official Books Announced - IGN
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Random House Worlds to Publish ‘Baldur’s Gate 3: Astarion’ Prequel Novel this September and More! - Cinelinx
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'Baldur's Gate 3's Best Character Is Officially Getting His Own Prequel - Collider
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Astarion is Getting an Official Baldur's Gate 3 Prequel Novel - OpenCritic
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Astarion is Getting His Own Baldur's Gate 3 Prequel Novel - Dungeons & Dragons Fanatics
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Baldur's Gate 3's Neil Newbon Returns As Astarion In Official Prequel - GAMINGbible
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Astarion actor Neil Newbon doesn't get why games like Arc Raiders using 'dull as hell' AI for voice work don't 'go back and actually redo the lines with actors' once they make it big - PC Gamer
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Baldur's Gate 3 New Download Changes Astarion Relationship Forever - GAMINGbible
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Baldur's Gate 3 spin-off book will see franchise favourite reprise beloved role - Radio Times
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Baldur's Gate 3 Is Getting Even More Astarion Lore With New Prequel Novel On His Years Serving Cazador - OpenCritic
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'I Don't Really Want to Do That Again' - Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion Doesn't Want to Keep Rehashing the Same Type of Roles - IGN Africa
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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor has avoided roles that were "just like" the iconic vampire, as that's what David Bowie would do: "Extreme repetition breeds stagnation as an artist" - GamesRadar+
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BALDUR’S GATE 3 Novel Digs Into Astarion’s Darkest Days - Yahoo Tech
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Fans want Astarion's voice actor to play him in HBO's Baldur's Gate series - Polygon.com
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Astarion's actor from Baldur's Gate 3 has dodged similar roles: 'Repetition breeds stagnation' - PC Gamer
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Wizards is launching an official D&D actual play starring Astarion and Lae'zel - wargamer.com
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These ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Books Meet All of Astarion’s Standards - The Pop Insider
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One of Baldur's Gate 3's most popular characters is getting a novel - GameSpew
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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion and Lae'zel actors join D&D creator's official campaign, but not as their RPG characters - GamesRadar+
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New Baldur's Gate 3 Books Coming from Penguin Random House - Dungeons & Dragons Fanatics
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'Let Them Cook' — Astarion Actor Neil Newbon Hopes Baldur's Gate 3 Fans Give HBO TV Show a Chance - IGN Pakistan
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BG3's Astarion subverts the 'sexy vampire' trope in a meaningful way - Polygon.com
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Baldur's Gate 3 was "lightning in a bottle," Astarion actor says, and "proved a lot of things" that big companies "who are just really chasing the money need to learn from" - GamesRadar+
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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says "there's no f*cking way AI could make" anything like Larian's hit RPG: "It's too interesting, subtle, crazy, off the wall, pathos-filled. It's too human" - GamesRadar+
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D&D: Dive Deeper Into ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ With Four New Books - Bell of Lost Souls
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Baldur's Gate 3 Fan Discovers Astarion Has Almost As Much Spoken Dialogue As The Narrator - GameSpot
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Cosplayers Recreate Raphael, Gortash, and Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3: "There Is No Hell Without Hope" - ixbt.games
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Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion Actor Neil Newbon Backs Larian Studios' Decision to Skip Sequel, Praises Dev Team's Dedication - 玩具人 TOY PEOPLE
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Baldur's Gate 3's Neil Newbon Wants Astarion Return, Has Live-Action Hopes - GAMINGbible
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Astarion's Book of Hungers (Deep Dive & Review) - Dungeons & Dragons Fanatics
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"I don't really want to do that again" - Baldur's Gate 3 actor Neil Newbon says he's avoided roles over Astarion typecasting concerns - Eurogamer.net
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Video game romances better than BG3's Astarion - MSN
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"If they do it right, then I think it'll be a fantastic TV series" - Astarion actor urges Baldur's Gate 3 fans to give The Last of Us showrunner's HBO adaptation a chance - Eurogamer.net
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Astarion's actor from Baldur's Gate 3 has dodged similar roles: 'Repetition breeds stagnation' - Yahoo Tech
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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor Neil Newbon is also in Crimson Desert, which he calls "really impressive" and says players "just have to deal with" choice overload - GamesRadar+
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Astarion actor Neil Newbon completes his "two year" Baldur's Gate 3 run, calls the RPG "perfect" and predicts there won't be another like it "either ever, or for a very, very, very long time" - Yahoo
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What Happens If Astarion Sees You Trapped? All Relationships | BG3 - YouTube
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How the internet turned antagonists into icons - Meer | English edition
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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says to trust in Craig Mazin's HBO sequel: "I really hope people give them space to make the show that they want to make" - Yahoo
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D&D's new Rogue subclass is a shameless BG3 tie-in, but I can't wait to play it - Polygon.com
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Baldur's Gate 3's Neil Newbon wants to reprise his role, but when people say 'this character's just like Astarion, would you like to play them?' he's 'like not really, no' - PC Gamer
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Baldur's Gate 3 Player Adds New Astarion 'Bite Nights' Scene, Mamma Mia - GAMINGbible
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As if playing Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3 wasn't enough, Neil Newbon's latest performance in Dead Take is the best acting I've seen in gaming - GamesRadar+
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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor Neil Newbon says the RPG's beloved vampire has "meant more than I ever realized he would," and "I'm not ready to let go of him" - Yahoo
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"It saved my life": Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says performance capture acting in games pulled him out of "£34,000 worth of debt" and "years of not doing very well" - GamesRadar+
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"Perfect Game": 2 Years Later, Astarion's Actor Completed Baldur's Gate 3 and is Confident There Won't Be Anything Like It for a Very Long Time - ixbt.games
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Baldur's Gate 3 legend Neil Newbon lands major new role in long-awaited horror sequel - Radio Times
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Astarion's Actor Has Finally Finished Playing Baldur's Gate 3, Doesn't Think There Will Ever Be Another Game Like It - OpenCritic
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Baldur's Gate 3 Mod Adds a Whole New Vampire Subclass - GAMINGbible
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‘Baldur’s Gate 3,’ Astarion, and Consent in RPGs - VICE
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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says generative AI "sounds crap," and any studio using it for dialogue should pay actors to re-record lines: "You've got the money now" - GamesRadar+
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"It saved my life": Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says performance capture acting in games pulled him out of "£34,000 worth of debt" and "years of not doing very well" - Yahoo
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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor Neil Newbon says the RPG's beloved vampire has "meant more than I ever realized he would," and "I'm not ready to let go of him" - GamesRadar+
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Baldur's Gate 3 fan discovers the game has nearly 237 hours of spoken dialogue in it—and a whopping 14 hours are narrator Amelia Tyler's alone, though Astarion gives her a run for her money - PC Gamer
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BALDUR'S GATE 3's Neil Newbon Gets Candid About Astarion's Most Emotional Scene, Head-Canons, and How 'Darling' Came to Be - Nerdist
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Baldur's Gate 3’s Astarion has helped abuse victims work through trauma - GAMINGbible
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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says his new dating sim character sounded too much like his iconic vampire voice, so he had to base his performance on a fictional sex symbol from an '80s British sitcom instead - GamesRadar+
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Baldur's Gate 3 fixes Astarion looking like your granddad on Facetime and Dark Urge forgetting they have amnesia with a 'room temperature fix' - PC Gamer
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Astarion: Finding Catharsis in Baldur's Gate 3 Romance - But Why Tho?
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D&D: ‘Astarion’s Book Of Hungers’ Puts The Vamp In Vampires - Bell of Lost Souls
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Baldur's Gate 3 actor Neil Newbon has turned down "Astarion-like" roles because he "wouldn't necessarily enjoy" them, but he "would love to play" the iconic vampire again - Yahoo
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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor thinks putting "the player first over profit" is why the RPG is so successful, urges other devs to do the same: "You're probably gonna sell a s***-ton of copies" - GamesRadar+
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MTG Astarion's Thirst – Extended Art Foil – Commander Legends: Battle For Baldur's Gate #570 (NM) - Bonepos.com
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'Not interested': Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion says explosive tech leaves no room for actors - Polygon.com
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D&D's new Forgotten Realms books come with Astarion-themed digital DLC - PC Gamer
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Promising sci-fi RPG snares beloved Astarion voice actor Neil Newborn as voice director - Pixelkin
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Players are still finding edge-case Baldur's Gate 3 scenes, like one where you play as a kidnapped Astarion even if you made your own player-character - PC Gamer
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'They stuck to their convictions': Astarion's VA Neil Newbon is glad Larian stepped away from Baldur's Gate 3 to follow their passions, since 'It was absolutely the right call' - PC Gamer
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Baldur’s Gate 3 Fan Favorite Character to Star in Official Novel - DualShockers
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Baldur's Gate 3 Free Expansion Will Banish Your Camp Event FOMO - GAMINGbible
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Blonde Bloodsucker: Fan Shows Astarion Cosplay from Baldur's Gate 3 - ixbt.games
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Astarion actor Neil Newbon says method acting makes it hard to shake off characters after playing them, and still laughs a little like the Baldur's Gate 3 Vampire to this day - Yahoo
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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion Actor Criticizes AI Use, Mentions ARC Raiders Developers - ixbt.games
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Dungeons & Dragons: Astarion’s Book of Hungers Review – Not Cheap Enough - GameDaily
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Astarion voice actor Neil Newbon sinks his fangs into AI and shreds it: 'AI sucks … It doesn't have the happy accident possibility that are those great moments in film' - PC Gamer
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Astarion actor Neil Newbon says method acting makes it hard to shake off characters after playing them, and still laughs a little like the Baldur's Gate 3 Vampire to this day - GamesRadar+
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D&D: So THAT’S Why Vecna Sounds So Familiar – He’s Astarion - Bell of Lost Souls
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Which Baldur’s Gate 3 Companions I’d Actually Date - GameGrin
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Find love and abandon god with this $20,000 fully customisable Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion sex doll - PC Gamer
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Baldur's Gate 3 Fans Think They've Figured Out "Astarion's Favourite Tavern" From His Upcoming D&D Expansion - OpenCritic
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Baldur’s Gate 3 – How To Romance Astarion - GameSpot
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Neil Newbon definitely wants to play Astarion again, and if whatever studio that makes Baldur’s Gate 4 recasts him, he’ll totally ‘hunt them down and gut them like a fish’ - PC Gamer
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Astarion Was a Tiefling in an Early Version of Baldur's Gate 3, GDC Panel Reveals - IGN
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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says Larian made the right call in stepping away from the series, and he's "curious" to see which studio could handle Baldur's Gate 4 - Yahoo
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After 700 hours in Baldur's Gate 3, I'm playing Dragon's Dogma 2 with Astarion at my side - GamesRadar+
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Baldur's Gate 3: Neil Newbon talks his influences for Astarion and his love of D&D - Popverse
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Good Smile Unveils New Baldur’s Gate 3 D&D Toys - Dungeons & Dragons Fanatics
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‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ vampire has captured the hearts of many - CNN
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