You guys do see that you're /railroaded/ into this scene because you get an extremely powerful and important item, right? And to set up/expose your past? It's not just there to torment you, it's your first real "taste" of the Dark Urge. Of course Larian doesn't want players to accidentally miss it. "The Durge kills someone that night" is as hard a plot point as "Tav gets kidnapped by the Nautiloid".
I legitimately think the Dark Urge intro was a very bad idea because it will attract people with a saviour complex and those used to playing good aligned characters. There should have been more warning. The game isn't bad because it doesn't let you skip the character's main story. You just hate the main story.
