I think the tadpoles are supposed to be in stasis, otherwise how are all the True-Souls not turning into Mind-Flayers.
I haven't been on board for the Mind-Flayer civil war part of the theory, but if the 'weapon' does block out the Absolute's control, than it might be that its arrival on the ship broke her control over one or more of the Mind-Flayers causing them to fight amongst themselves.
If you do enough of the Dreamer's scenes she'll call you a weapon too, I think Shadowheart might just have had a more involved character creation than we do. It would be an interesting wrinkle if every character in our group arrived, or was implanted, after Shadowheart, it might change around a little the sequence of events.
Are we certain Astarion and Wyll were taken from BG? That seems like it would be a significant event.
Last edited by Sozz; 15/11/22 06:41 PM.
