Cazador’s Plan Confusion

[u/thealien73]

Spoilers for the end of Astarion’s personal quest.

So Cazador needed 7000 souls for the ritual and he had 7 spawn hunting for him. Astarion was one of his first spawn and has been enslaved for 200 years.

7000/200 =35. They captured 35 people a year. I get that Cazador had to go slow so no one would notice people going missing… but 35 a year? That’s so few people, especially in a city the size of Baldur’s Gate. Not to mention the fact that Baldur’s Gate is a port-town, meaning there are people coming in and out allll the time. WOTC apparently gave the city a population of 125,000. That’s huge!!

Why did it take him so long?? Even if he only sent out one spawn a night, twice a week, and they had a 50/50 success rate, it should have been like 135 years and I’m pretty sure he sent them a lot more frequently than that

Of course, this is also the guy who had a plan “centuries in the making” that hinged on seven specific people and then sent those seven out into the world regularly. Oh and it DIDN’T actually hinge on those seven, he could have grabbed literally anyone including one of his sycophant servants to replace Astarion at any moment

[u/ferretatthecontrols]

Considering most of the other spawn didn't show up until years later (literally one of them is only 10 years a spawn) I think it's safe to assume Astarion was doing the heavy lifting, for a while. Additionally, considering Sebastian was one of the first, and Sebastian has been dead for 180ish years, it sound like Cazador didn't get started right away.

[u/musclemermaid → u/ferretatthecontrols]

Except Cazador explicitly states that each spawn had 1000 victims tied to them via the runic markings.

[u/BlueButterflies139 → u/musclemermaid]

That doesn't necessarily mean that they each collected 1000 people, just that their souls are tied in the contract.

[u/musclemermaid → u/BlueButterflies139]

Damn, great point. I assumed because Sebastian’s runes match Astarion’s but you’re right.