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So Larian destroyed two of most loved evil-aligned characters from BG1-2 by making them quite the opposite of they was before.

Rebel and outcast from Underdark because of her unwilling to torture a child, Viconia became fanatic and kidnapper.

And Sarevok who NEVER worshipped Bhaal became his most loyal servant. (actually EVERY ONE LINE about Sarevok in dialogue file is insulting. Obvious contempt really)

What's next? Maybe someday we will get Neverwinter Nights 3 with Bishop, somehow torn from the Wall, as very proud worshipper of Ilmater and Ammon Jerro as big fan and successor of King Of Shadows?

I'd understand (not approve) if this was about hypocrisy and moralism, but in BG3 world isn't just black and white. We got many new complicated characters tending to evil alignment. But these two just look like they was written by despising author who wanted to make them dirty.

#baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate 2 #baldur's gate 1 #neverwinter nights 2 #neverwinter nights 3 #sarevok anchev #viconia devir #sarevok #viconia #whining #larian struck my nerve

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Bhaal's errant progeny and BG3.

Hey all, just some witterings from me that I really wanted to post about a particular encounter because it just super irked me. This post contains spoilers for Act 3 and specifically the serial murders quest.

My overall view is that most of the returning cast from the original BGs have been treated fairly respectfully and consistent with their character arcs in BG1/2 however, there is one unfortunately that I just don't like and that's Sarevok. Yep he's back for a brief encounter where he's revealed to Orin's granddaddy and he's going to smack your butt for funsies. Now while I enjoyed the fight itself the overall conversation / plot points were kind of disappointing for the following reasons:

1.) No Kevin Michael Richardson. Given the guy recently starred in Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear and is a fairly prolific voice actor I have no idea why they didn't ask him to do this role and given his distinctive voice, it's really noticeable. I appreciate with the other returning characters haven't got their original VAs either but I think Jaheria and Minsc's VAs do a good impression of originals and in some ways can hide behind the accents of the characters.

2.) Ignores the impact of Imoen's soul. It's referenced in the conversation that the fairest Bhaalspawn resurrected him so that implies that BG3 assumes it was Imoen who gave a bit of their soul to revive him in Throne of Bhaal. Now there were a few conversations that touched upon the fact that Sarevok was actually mildly influenced by this (he has cravings for sweet things and other strange things etc.). I'm not saying that this would have completely turned him overnight into a good guy but his re-embracing of Bhaal seems contrary to this.

3.) Inconsistent with conversations with Sarevok in BG1/Throne of Bhaal. In my view, the game is fairly clear that Sarevok's goal was never to serve the Lord of Murder but to become him. Furthermore, in TOB he actually seems pretty accepting of the fact that he failed to achieve that and is almost regretful in places, particularly in relation to Tamoko's fate. Why has he gone back to serve the Lord of Murder no less in BG3 when he wasn't really a true believer in the first place.

4.) Inconsistent with Sarevok's epilogue at the end of Throne of Bhaal. Sarevok's arc in TOB revolved around the nature versus nurture argument. One of the big challenges the Bhaalspawn faces is the revelation that Gorion had the opportunity to take either you or Sarevok and it was pure luck that you were chosen instead of him. The question for the Bhaalspawn is: would you have turned out exactly the same as Sarevok had you not lived in the relative safety of Candlekeep? Sarevok is given an opportunity to do things differently at the end of TOB. His epilogue notes that he never settled in one place for too long, routing an army of orcs before he conquered an entire city by himself only to then mysteriously vanish. The epilogue concludes that he actually returned to Kara-Tur to bury Tamoko and never returned, which ultimately suggests that Sarevok is a changed man at the end of TOB.

So yeah it seemed really lazy to me that he's just back as another mook of Bhaal for you to mow down. Now I've been playing a fairly neutral drow wizard who turned down the offer of becoming an assassin of Bhaal so maybe this comes across better if you have more time to talk to him but yeah was left feeling a bit sad by how he ended up in BG3.

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And here are our dearies in noir style 🌚

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Minimalistic because I'm in a rush to write something that's been knocking in my head. But often when a blank page appears, a mind also goes blank 🌚

Inside Salt.doc there is a just-started NWN2 story centered on KC and Neeshka, two lesser thieves on Moire's errand. I always thought that the thief line in the game was too simple, so in my headcanon, their routine work lasted for months. Definitely not KC's best memories: dirt, humiliation, low life, and the continual smell of fish and sea salt. Also there was supposed to be a detective line that should have given a hint about Dalren's murder, but then inspiration left me. Hope I'll finish it someday.

#work-in-progress meme #sorry for my english

Work-in-progress meme!

I’ve been tagged by @the-great-elwisty (thank you!).

Rules: post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it!

My .psd’s usually get nondescriptive filenames like djvhdushd or just numbers, but I’m also a (poor) writer :D only in my native language, but still.

In my WIP folder I’ve found these things:

Kid.doc and Kid (old).doc

Grandpa.doc

Halpme.doc

Meeting.doc

Steps.doc

Salt.doc

Maybe it’s not so funny translated, oh well

#meme #work-in-progress meme