I came here because my Evil Dark Urge ending was incredibly disappointing. frown


I dumped so much time and love into my Dark Urge, I really did. I had a loyal party of evil followers who always had my back, and actually taught me that controlling my urges was pivotal to succeeding in our goals, which as a player was incredibly immersive. Minthara, Shar-Shadowheart, Lae'zel, and my romanced Astarion were cheering me on the whole game and it felt like I had knit such a tight group of evil characters that I was incredibly excited to do right by the Lord of Murder in the end.

Alas, that option wasn't.. available to me?

I chose to give the stones to The Emperor, and the narrator stated that I could do this and kill him when it was time to control the brain. Great! Control the brain, take the world for me and my Vampire Ascended beloved, and put a lovely bow on this whole evil experience. Turns out, once you give the emperor the stones, you're soft-locked into destroying the brain outright. He opens the portal and goes right in. Can't stop it. Killing him as an ally makes him an unlootable corpse like he was some kind of summoned familiar. Even going as far back as the save where I gave him the stones but didn't want to become illithid resulted in even more branches that didn't have the outcome I was necessarily hoping for.

The narrator told me I could betray him, but from my many attempts, that opportunity never came. Daddy Bhaal punished me, spite becoming the consort of a Vampire Ascended, and in my ending I became a murder puppet. Which, isn't really a bad thing due to my character choices, but a bit of a bummer. Not able to be a vampire lord with Astarion was the biggest bummer for me probably.

Just had to whine about it somewhere.