Larian characters are talked about all over the internet. Some of them have fan clubs.
I think they're pretty good at making characters. Shrug.
I think so, too, I think they are all very interesting and well written. Even if my character would often disagree with some of them, I'm invested in the characters and their stories.
I can understand my Tav's emotional turmoil, for example, of feeling sorry for Astarion when we learn about him being tortured and basically mind-controlled for 200 years, and then being angry at him for acting selfish or saying something cruel again. And my characters will definitely tell him when they disagree.
Or being annoyed about Lae'zels commanding tone and behaviour, and then realizing that she has never experienced anything else in her life, that she grew up completely isolated from other influences in her crêche, indoctrinated to follow her queen blindly. But my Tav will still tell her to shut up when she starts to humiliate poor Zorru.
A party with different views works fine for me. And since we all have the same condition, I think we also have strong external motivation to work together, even if we don't agree.
And I can see a potential for each of them to take slightly different paths, and this the most interesting part for me. I think - or I hope - that there is some room for character growth.
But I can understand very well that this more "difficult" party is not everyone's cup of tea.
It doesn't matter that much to me who will be the final origin character, but I hope for everyone who would like to have more classically "good" characters that the mystery origin character is revealed to be a "good" character.
I'm looking very much forward to having wild magic barbarian Karlach in my party, especially with my wild magic sorceress. Finally someone who can understand when my Tav unintentionally blows up everything 😂 I think they're going to be best friends.
And her description of having a heart of gold and seeking justice for the opressed does sound like a "good" character. I like her already.
