And of course the guess that Larian wants all origin characters to be equally compelling. If Gale is a chosen who has a shadow mythallar in his chest - I wouldn't be surprised if Lae'zel was literally Vlaakith's daughter, that Wyll could become a grand duke of baldur's gate . . .
This won't happen in any run through the game that I may undertake. If Larian tries to make any of their origin companions more special/powerful/central to the game than my custom PC, that companion will be meeting a swift termination from the game.
