Part of the reason why he's so chill most of the time is because when he gets too emotional in a negative way, that leaves his mind more vulnerable to Bhaal taking over without Strike's consent. Anger especially is one of those emotions so he tries to stay calm most of the times or he could turn into his Slayer form at the worst of times (depending on where in the timeline; the later it gets the more of a problem this becomes as Bhaal is getting angrier with him)
Gortash's emotion dulling cloak helps with the outbursts, as they've learnt during one very close call
This kiss animation has me going feral because of how much he has to bend his knees to be at her height and how his hands are on her waist HELP
And that little peck at the end??? Adorable???? I need more Astarion kiss animations I'm so sad we only get the two :C
They're perfect for him but I WANT MOAR.
Durge does not care who or when they kill. A child, an old man, a young couple. Doesn't fucking matter.
The brain calls Durge Murder Incarnate. And what is murder and death? Unfair. It doesn't matter how old you are or if you have things you still want to do in life. Death will steal a girl from her mother's arms and then refuse to take whom she leaves behind. Death is cruel and doesn't care about your circumstances.
Durge is death. Durge is a child who wasn't born. Durge is a thing not living but existing. Durge was crafted from a former mortal's essence, but they have never been a mortal themselves.
Durge kills for their own sake. For their own existence. It's selfish and vile, violent by nature and wholly incapable of caring about you. Mercy is them taking everyone, not just one person. But death will never stop killing
And then they found their version of life incarnate so they didn't wholly change their ways but learned how to control themselves and if you really want to go down that route you can read this as Gortash the inventor, the one who developed humanity further halting death. Not stopping it but slowing it down. Human advancements reducing the death we face and allowing for longer life's, yada yada yada. You catch my drift. He's humanity in that scenario.
Yes I'm going down the old nature gods road and you can't stop me. Symbolism save me. Symbolism.