Originally Posted by dwig
While I agree that this is an interesting idea... I am not wild about the idea of Abdel Adrian being canon.

Me neither. There are so many reasons I can bring up to argue that Abdel is not the Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 protagonist. One reason I will bring up is how Siege of Dragonspear ended. Baldur's Gate would never welcome Abdel back if they knew he was a Bhaalspawn, let alone let him become a Grand Duke. Also, his backstory as detailed in the Murder in Baldur's Gate adventure is very different from the BG1 and BG2 game protagonist.