Originally Posted by Mouthbreathereli

I largely disagree, I think you should evaluate the emperor as if you had never played EA. Daisy was obviously evil, if you had not played ea though would you immediately be suspicious of the guardian? Probably not, I do agree that it makes no sense not to present as balduran and furthering makes no sense not to appear to all characters as the same thing. After all 6 people having a dream about different people telling them the same thing seems a bit like manipulation, but if you all see the same dream figure not so much.

So agree that the presentation of the guardian is bad, but the guardian is a better choice than daisy on the overall.

Jumping in late but to add, as someone who’s ever played EA nor even read about it - I just played BG1 and 2 a long, loooong time ago.

I distrusted the Emperor/Guardian immediately. The fact that you’re customizing them to your liking is kinda sus but so far so good. However, as the quoted post mentioned, when you realize everyone infected is having the same dreams with their “ideal” guardian figures telling you the same things… eh. Red flags. And as you start finding out more about them, it seems he increasingly contradicts what he implied before, or starts using purposefully ambiguous phrasing of things. I mean, he does help you at first and I was surprised to find out they were being tricked by the elder brain to believe they were free. But the insisting on the tadpole use adds to the suspicion. Even without even knowing who Daisy is/was (I’m fascinated learning it here), I guess a great number of people would still be wary of the guardian.

Rawr.