#so he sacrifices 7007 lives along with his own soul to ascend and STILL ends up as someone else's thrall

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on a lighter note: if astarion ascends and makes you his spawn, but then you seize control of the netherbrain and become the absolute, who mind-controls whom? is there a psychic battle for dominance? are you both in a constant state of flux between master and thrall? do both your brains explode? much to consider.