Originally Posted by Walking Kole
Originally Posted by Odieman
PS: Karlach isnt going to Hell in the same sense as in religious RL, her soul has not been bought nor is it owned. If/when she dies, she will go through the same process every person in D&D Forgotten Realms go through. Having fought Devils and Demons and basically helped save the sword coast, she would easily be picked up by one of the "Good aligned deities. Im sure Tyr would like her, she got rid of impostor Paladins of Tyr.
She was with the people who saved (depending on your choices) one of Selunes offspring/chosen and helped fight Shar worshippers
. Mystra might even take her, Lathander the broken god would sympathize with her. She certainly fits with Helm, and I could go on...

Even if that's the case, that's neither in the story, nor should it be how her story ends. She was a character who strived for freedom but the game didn't let you even work towards it (as a companion). It stopped you from even trying. Her getting out of her predicament on a technicality does not conclude her arc, it just bypasses it.

It can't be the case that every other character can complete their arc but her. There is no narrative justification for that.

And the fact that playing as her does conclude her arc means that it is in fact possible to do so as a companion.

Just to be clear, yes she is going back to Avernus, which is one of The nine layers of Hell. But she doesnt die. Avernus and The The other layers of Hell just as any other plane in Forgotten Realms can be travelled to (with difficulty), whilst still living. I was referring to her eventual death x amounts of years after BG3 ends.

"They say he who smelt it dealt it."
Sooo technically... this burnt corpse is your fault officer."