Originally Posted by Sozz
Originally Posted by Firesnakearies
Reviled or not, they're the official canon for the Realms. The story of Baldur's Gate in the current timeline is based on what happened in those books, not whatever happened in some individual's BG playthrough.

Was that true for Baldur's Gate II? Or Throne of Bhaal, or Neverwinter Nights? They never treated the novelizations as canon why should we expect BG:III to?

Also BladeDancer appears too modest to but I'm not going to let this opportunity pass to showcase his hard work The Complete Written Chronology of The Forgotten Realms, lovingly annotated by resident loremaster BD



I could have thrown some left and right hooks, but I decided not to prove my point too aggressively because some people don't respond to overly aggressive arguments. Thanks for the shout-out by the way.