Round 3 ā Match 6 / 6 ā Ketheric Thorm vs. Enver Gortash
General Ketheric Thorm is an Undead with elven ancestry and appearance, the Chosen of Myrkulā Myrkul, and one of the leaders of the enigmatic Cult of the Absolute. He serves as one of the main antagonists in Baldur's Gate 3.
"j.k. simmons voice. come on. that alone buys him points."
"he makes act 2 feel coherent. every weird thorm relative, every bit of moonrise, every piece of the shadow curse stuff points back to him somehow. also the whole āwould raze the world for his daughterā thing is just such a strong horrible character core. awful man. excellent villian."
Lord Enver Gortash, often just referred to as Gortash, is the Chosen of Baneā , and one of the leaders of the enigmatic Cult of the Absolute. He serves as one of the main antagonists in Baldur's Gate 3. Despite his humble beginnings, Gortash quickly rose through the ranks of society in Baldur's Gate with unbridled ambition and great cunning. Now, an influential figure and poised to become the Archduke of the city, he seeks to consolidate his power and become the ruler of the city and beyond, through whatever means are necessary.
"enver gortash i am looking at you through the bars of my enclosure
like im sorry he is SUCH a good villain. because yes heās a tyrant, yes heās deeply evil, yes heās building a police state with killer robots and propaganda and fear, and yet every time he opens his mouth iām still like okayyy unfortunately i see the vision. and i think thatās what makes him so fun. heās not just strong, heās persuasive. he knows how to make control sound practical, how to make collaboration sound reasonable, how to talk like the only adult in the room while heās actively making everything worse. disgusting. perfect. i support his inclusion in every tournament forever."
"Gortash is one of my favourite BG3 antagonists because he feels so horribly contemporary. A lot of the gameās villains are monstrous, mythic, or overtly supernatural in how they present themselves. Gortash is different. He is still larger than life, obviously, but his whole thing is systems: surveillance, militarised āsafety,ā political image management, strategic partnerships, making brutality look like stability. That makes him feel especially nasty to me. He is not promising transcendence or divine truth. He is promising order, convenience, security, all while turning Baldurās Gate into something colder and more controlled. And then on top of that, the game gives him this very intimate way of talking to the player, especially Durge, that makes him even better. He is awful, but he's awful in a way that knows exactly how to sell itself."
"what if the villain was just some deeply rancid evil suit with wet eyes and a god complex. what if he looked at fascism and went yes but can i make it stylish. what if he kept standing there talking to you like this was a networking opportunity while the city rotted around him. he is SO foul. and i love that heās not pretending to be noble about any of it either, not really. he wants power. he wants recognition. he wants to be the one steering the apocalypse and having everybody admit he was the clever one. also iām sorry his whole vibe with durge is soooo diseased in exactly the way i enjoy. just a really, really juicy villain."
"you can feel his fingerprints all over baldurs gate. plus heās one of the only villains where i can fully believe heād rather negotiate first, not because heās nice, but because he genuinely thinks thatās the smartest move. which, annoyingly, it often is. hate him. love him. fantastic antagonist."
Which antagonist do you prefer?
Ketheric Thorm
Enver Gortash
Voting ended onMay 19
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