Okay this has probably been ask numerous time but i didn't know how to state it bit anyways in Pillars of Eternity 2 in the main menu you can select all the events that happened in the previous game including the DLCs it took me roughly 20mins to sift through it all, maybe implement something like this for unique encounters where veteran players can go "i remember this".
Idk just a thought.
Yeah, basically Abdel Adrian (the protagonist in lore) - becomes the last Bhaalspawn and dies after becoming The Slayer in the middle of Baldur's Gate. It assumes Abdel renounced his divinity and didn't become a God.
So the current status of the Dead Three, Bane, Bhaal and Myrkul, is that they are back but reduced to basically DemiGods. They are weak. We see their symbol everywhere in the game, and it is appears
the Absolute's Mark is a combo of all three symbols.
Anyway, I have a solid theory as to what happened and what is going on right now but it's a possible major spoiler.