"It's funny, we were trying to figure out how the Sword Coast should look, and one of our artists said we should go do some photogrammetry along the coast of Portugal, as he thought it’d be a good fit. But as he was doing his research, he looked at the emblems of one of the Portuguese cities and it was the same as the emblem you find in the books for Baldur’s Gate. He actually accidentally discovered where the Sword Coast was in the real world. So for the game we just scanned the real-life Sword Coast!"
I've done some research and found nothing. Do you guys have any idea of which part of Portugal is he talking about? Also which emblem?
The whole coast of Portugal does look like the central Sword Coast indeed. As for the emblem: Baldur's Gate got a caravelle (ship) as it's emblem, and quite a few coastal Portuguese cities have the same or similar heraldry; for example, the ancient emblem of Vila do Conde https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/images/6/6b/Vila_do_Conde1.jpg
(Actually, it's a good thing we do not have a real-world full-size equivalent to a City of Murder in Portugal!)
Hem thanks a lot for the answer.
It might resemble a bit the emblem of San Pedro because of the ship, and the city walls on top it, but I would imagine that's a pretty standard composition in maritime city emblems.
It would be great if Larian could tell us which one is the city exactly.
Also yeah, completely agree that Portugal does not need a City of Murder.
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