Anytime. What matters is it makes sense. I honestly don't care what is canon because years ago, people used to say that the Baldur's Gate novels are canon over the games they are based on, but I noticed some glaring contradictions in the novels that seriously ruin its credibility as a canon story. For example, the first novel claims that the Iron Throne is a splinter group of the Zhentarim. That's not true in not just the Baldur's Gate game but also in the general Forgotten Realms lore, because in the 3rd Edition sourcebook "Lords of Darkness", it claims that the Iron Throne was founded by Asmodeus' granddaughter (Sfena, who is the tiefling daughter of Glasya) who needed to create a rich mercantile organization to sell off to a devil in exchange for a cure for her illness. This makes a lot of sense as to why the Iron Throne was so desperate to get rich that they started the iron crisis. Also, that corrupt Flaming Fist officer Angelo is a Grand Duke of Baldur's Gate novel. That is also seriously wrong because in sourcebooks like Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast, which details the lore of the Sword Coast a year before the events of the Baldur's Gate game, there is NO RECORD of Baldur's Gate having a Grand Duke by the name of Angelo! There was just Belt, Liia, Eltan and Entar, and there can be only four Grand Dukes.
So I'm sure you understand why canon doesn't matter to me unless the lore and story line up as seamlessly as possible.
Last edited by BladeDancer; 07/01/21 06:11 PM.
