Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion [END SPOILS WARNING] Addressing Karlach (PLEASE PUT SPOILERS IN TAGS)

where we will be able to solve properly the heart issue and return/ live in peace in Material sphere with Tav. The feel of the quest in current state is just odd, when more than 2 acts I'm looking for heart fix and when I literally have everything I need under my nose, there is no possibility to complete her story in a best possible outcome and have a really good ending.

Astarion in "7000 people killing" ending.

Sitting on a dock and either spontaneously combusting or just poofing out of existence into the credits. So I view it as an extension of the Avernus ending, and I thought it was good as it, you know, actually provides something beyond just the end sequence on the docks for a character. It's pretty much exactly how I thought the Avernus ending would be, or should have been, barring perhaps referencing the House of Hope with Raphael slain and Hope saved and some mention of going there, but it was good.

ive read somewhere (i think it was here) that if you free the gith-god from his prison, the emporer wont help you in the final fight. but if you want a good ending for laezelm you have to free him. => havent beaten the game yet, stopped at the beginning of act 3/before really entering the city
1.) is there a "diplomatic" option for this dilemma? kinda like: "first we defeat the final boss with the help of the emporer (aka noone o my companions has to turn) and after that is done, we can then release the gith-god."
2.) in case that i have to decide betwen emperor and gith-rebels, can i still get the "good" karlach ending (aka together to avernus) even if i turn myself into a mindflayer?

again, i took a break and didnt finished the game yet. so maybe i remember something wrong or misundertstood something.
anyways thanks for your answers.

Her arc is still just running around, collecting infernal iron while being hinted multiple times that there could be a potential fix for her condition.

While I didn't expect there to be a new ending, this is certainly a step in the right direction? I'm happy that the Avernus ending got expanded upon, but still disappointed that the other threads present could not be weaved together to form an ending where she gets her engine fixed/heart replaced and she *can* live on Faerun. I'm hopeful for a definitive edition fix or update in the future, as this does not feel like the ending she deserves, but one of many if we failed to pursue her questline and repair her broken engine.

this extraordinarily cheesy epilogue of killing imps with my 7 foot-tall devil wife while a heavy metal cover of Down By The River plays in the background. Seriously, if I wanted my Tav to have a peaceful life on a farm with some kids, I would have romanced Shadowheart.

I understand some of the disappointment some of you guys might be feeling at the moment. With Patch 2 happening so quickly, I had a bit of a feeling that it'd just be restored content, typically my instinct hasn't led me in a wayward way since we started this whole thing. The wording of the steam community update, and the actual words of Larian themselves didn't really line up either, with official Larian statements only using the word new "epilogue" rather than the community update using "new ending", so I certainly had a feeling this might happen, but wanted to be hopeful of course.

At the end of the day, this fulfils one of the first hings we asked for, fix the Avernus ending, and actually give us some insight on what's going on (and let the trio of Wyll, Karlach and Tav go together!). I'm sure, with all the attention we've gotten and continue to get, some months, maybe a year down the line, we'll be looking at the opening screen or announcement about a definitive edition, with an expanded questline and additional endings. Things take time, and this is a step in the right direction, we got the attention from Larian itself that we desired to see more change, as well as from even more mainstream gaming media. Don't give up hope, and enjoy the little things that we've earned, as well as the company of a continually amazing, supportive and respectful community.