Originally Posted by Llengrath
but another way to look at it is they made an entire origin about being a normal person with a dark and sinister inner voice which they can either resist or give in to in a game about being a normal person with a dark and sinister inner voice which they can either resist or give in to. You now have the tadpole/Absolute/dream person(?) and whatever is the Urge's inner voice serving a very similar purpose and following a very similar pattern (resist the 'evil' urges or give in to them).

Great point. What happens if you choose to give into both the tadpole and the 'dark urge'? Do you end up as an Illithid with a dark urge or as a dark urge with tentacles?