I also would like to see more reactivity when it comes to him and
other baldurian characters! The fact that he is the founder of the city isn't given the importance it deserves. It makes perfect sense for him to be dismissive of it because obviously he sees 'Balduran' as someone that was limited in potential and ambition compared to who he is now, but I think it would be neat if we, Wyll or whoever could actually remind him of how much weight that name he left behind still carries. There's a dialogue option with Granduke Ravengard that I found very poignant, about the need to keep the fact that the city's founder turned into a mindflayer a secret because people need to still think of him as a hero (and I don't disagree with him on this) but basically the conversation ends there without giving you any option to reply or say more. The Emperor chimes in in your thoughts to remind both you and Ravengard that you're alive only thanks to him and that he doesn't see himself as a 'fallen hero' at all. Again, I felt like this could've been expanded in a way or another, especially when it comes to Gortash's claim of power over the city. A city that clearly the Emperor still has a lot of interest in. He clearly wants to stay there and have some control over the city he built, instead of fucking off in the underdark or setting his sights on a different town or group of people. There's probably some pride and attachement right there that he may struggle to admit to himself :P.
