Originally Posted by fylimar
Originally Posted by Zerubbabel
After a 10+ year time skip, Arabella would make an EXCELLENT Sorcerer Origin. Or an antagonist. Or a major supporting character. But Origin is better.


She is touched by both Sylvanus and Shar, possessing the power of the decaying forest. Then she is one of the only characters to interact with Jergal, who takes a special interest in her and shares his foresight of fate with her. This is important because Jergal is a mastermind conspirator who, according to Ed Greenwood, is 10 steps ahead of everyone. Jergal also only intervenes if absolutely necessary, and displays his first show of compassion in the entire lore(?) with Arabella.

A lot of recurring characters would make great Origins or Companions in future games, but that’s not the subject of this thread.

I also don’t think a character’s death in one permutation precludes them from being a future protagonist. Many characters that could have died permanently in BG1+2 appear in BG3.

I ould be perfectly fine, if Arabella came back as a companion in a future game - I mean, if Dragon Age can retcon deaths, then BG certainly can. And I mean, it was the same in BG1&2. Minsc died in BG1 permanently for me and in BG2 he just stood there in his cell, chatting happily about our adventures.

It would be REALLY easy to account for every permutation in which Arabella dies.


Jergal shows interest in her destiny and can revive anyone at will. If Kagha or the Goblins killed her in your game, assuming Larian allows decision-importing, her origin can reflect that she was revived by Jergal. She is touched by Sylvanus before meeting the party anyway.

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