I'm about to throw away my first playthrough of about 30 hours after finding out about Karlach's "fate" and will NEVER have a playthrough where I recruit her. Finding out her fate has left me sad and angry.
And only the ones that leave you with a sour taste in you mouth and a knot in your stomach. Game just went from a solid 10/10 to a 3/10 for me because of this. In fact I'm so bummed out right now I don't even want to play the game anymore. Games should be fun to play. This just depressed me to no end.
I feel the same. I'm still slowly playing the game, hoping for an update. But honestly, I may start over and opt to never get Karlach in my party. I'll just make sure I never stumble past where she's located. She's in my party now and I was looking forward to her quests, but now that I know her ending, I don't think I can bear to watch it. So, even though I'm nearly done with Act 1, I think I should start over.
Even if Karlach should accept her fate and die in Faerun, you have still given her happiness and the comfort she has seeked. The endings suck, I'm with you on that, but leaving her to her fate and having Zariels paladins drag her back to Avernus is a much worse fate than being with her romantically or not, regardless of ending. Be strong.
