On February 2nd, Larian Studios quote tweeted the official Resident Evil twitter account, revealing the height of a certain fan-favorite vampire from their game currently in Early Access, Baldur's Gate III.
Many twitter residents were surprised or saddened to learn Astarion is 'only' 5'9" (or 175 cm).
Others considered 5'9 to be just right, since it was still taller than they were. Which is not surprising because 5'9 is not that short. In most of the world, it's considered average or even tall.
And this normally would be the end of the story. We have a canonical height, delivered by the official twitter account of the game developer.
But....
Pjenn found this dialogue lurking in the Patch 4 game files. It is UNRELEASED, UNFINISHED dialogue, so I'm only showing the frame containing the pertinent information.
You will see that here, in the game itself, Astarion's canon height is 5'11" (or 180 cm).
This is considered tall, no matter where you live. (Google it if you don't believe me.)
So, which is it? Which one are you accepting as canon?
I have a terrible time visualizing size, so I'm happy as long as Astarion is taller than I am. Which means I'm fine with either one.
Although if I ever write fanfic with Astarion.... I'll probably go with 5'11. My husband is 6'1 and they do say 'write what you know.' 😜
