Originally Posted by ghettojesusxx
I was someone whose first BG game was BG3, and it seemed weird for these two characters to have been reduced to such lowly roles despite having significant history in previous BG games - that much even I took away from it. It wasn't until I later read into it that these characters got gutted quite a bit, and it's always a shame. It feels like both current Viconia and Sarevok are there for the member-berries - they could easily be replaced by any literal Who-s. They either need to be removed and replaced, or have their writing significantly improved on.

Even if you only played BG3, Sarevok being the Judge for the Bhaalists is quite the significant plot hole as Jaheira confirms several time that Sarevok simply sought power and that Bhaal was a simple stepping stone, yet in BG3 he's genuinely supportive of the Bhaalists with no reasonable explanation.
Worse than that. IIRC BG3 claims Sarevok was revived by Bhaal, which is a direct contradiction to Throne of Bhaal, no ifs ands or buts.

If you throw a stone, you expect it to keep traveling in the same direction until an external force alters its course. 'A lot of things could have happened to explain this out of character thing' is a very poor excuse. Because none of those 'could have happened' are shown to HAVE happened, so it's just mental gymnastics to avoid conceding the point.