[ Can't believe Astarion Baldur's Gate told Xenk Yendar that he was proud of him... and he meant it. ]

So he is attractive? Is it his appearance that took Mystra's attention?

[ Look, he's still. He's still thinking about that, much as he may try to change the subject. Ehem. ]

The Shadow-cursed lands... I have heard tell of this. It is some manner of Sharrian curse, bringing horrors from the shadowfell into the road from Elturel to Baldur's Gate?