Originally Posted by Ixal
Originally Posted by WizardGnome
There's a canon "Gorion's Ward", but it doesn't mean that what happened to Gorion's Ward in BG1 and BG2 is at all canon. In any of the endings of Throne of Bhaal, Bhaal is dead and gone forever. That's obviously not how things actually shake out.
Not only is there a canon protagonist from BG 1+2, the events of the games, including expansions, were also made canon. And where the game offered choices there is either a canon choice (Thief guild instead of vampires) or the choice is not recorded.

Well, I very much doubt EVERYTHING from the games was made canon. Even if the big things were, the ending of ToB is simply incompatible with BG3. The endings of BG2: ToB are
1. You accept Bhaal's essence and become a good god
2. You accept Bhaal's essence and become an evil god
3. You reject Bhaal's essence and become mortal

Even if the canonical "Gorion's ward" chose the mortal option, it's still incompatible with BG3, because at the end of ToB there is no more of Bhaal's divine essence in you. You give it up to someone else (the final boss of ToB) whose soul is then destroyed, and the essence of Bhaal is then locked away "forever". Even if you want to argue that the Celestial who told you this was just wrong about the "forever" part, it still doesn't work. The character is still technically "bhaalspawn" by virtue of Bhaal being their parent after ToB, but there is just no more of the essence of Bhaal within them - nothing to be "unleashed" when Gorion's ward dies.

Last edited by WizardGnome; 18/09/23 12:10 PM.