What I find curious, is Shar sends a lv 1 clr...on what is essentially a epic quest. To steal a artifact from a lawful evil race of psychopathic murders in space lol,
Now some would argue she is not really lv 1, however her spells and attributes say something else.
scratching my head.
Gale is someone who tried to usurp a godess - Level 1 mage when you meet him.
Wyll is the hero of the frontier - Level 1 (maybe 2) warlock
Ly'zael is a experienced gith princess hunting mindflayers - Level 1 fighter...
Karlach has spent 10 years fighting in the bloodwar - and has even the chance to be a level 4 barbarian by the time you meet her...
Well Astarion might really be nothing more than a boy toy for a century, so the level 1 can be fitting
Sorry, but that's just Larian (who will maybe even bless us with some brilliant/new story explanation like 'the bug is suppressing your actual powers!' why our world shaking previous character experience are represented with level 1).