Hmm..reading all this...it may be an unpopular opinion here, but I think both characters are OK. That is, well within the range of plausibility for most players of the old games, who after all did not romance Viconia or turn Sarevok in BG2/TOB. And I have played the old games so often over the years that I feel somewhat competent to make a judgment.

If anything, Viconia's being a cleric of Shar, which she always was, played so small a role in BG2 that *that* part felt strange at times when I played the old games. Sure, she had an acerbic wit about her which is now missing, but only with her companions, which we are not in BG3. Her status and actions appear perfectly plausible to me, and any difference that remains can be accounted for by the passing of time.

Regarding Sarevok, assuming that you allowed him to return to life in TOB, it was always a possibility that he would return to his old ways. In TOB, he says that's in the past for him but only because you've won. And since in this timeline, Gorion's Ward did not survive, that no longer applied. I don't think they should've brought him back at all, because after all he was human, so his still being alive and being able to fight seems strange, but I am not seeing any character mismatch beyond anything that can't be accounted for by the passing of time.

It has been 130 years after all. And one specific timeline which may or may not match any of ours as created through the old games.

It would've been nice to have both available as companions for an evil playthrough but then, it has always been the case that the evil path, being generally less popular, gets less attention in development. BG3, for all the resources put into it, is no exception.

Last edited by Ieldra2; 06/10/23 07:07 PM.