It's been said before, but it's worth remembering the hints are all there that it could be sorted.
You get told Karlach's engine is an old prototype version of the Steel Watcher one, hinting at the idea that Gortash gave Karlach to Zariel to obtain it (don't shoot me if this is false, never figured out the reason otherwise). You have the Gondians who worked on Steel Watchers for gods knows how long, presumably ever since Karlach was sold to Zariel, and thus worked on the same engine Karlach has but just a more advanced version. These Steel Watchers drop Enriched Infernal Iron which has absolutely no purpose in the game right now but is evidently used to maintain the advanced Steel Watcher engine. You have Dammon who has experience working with Infernal Iron and has helped her twice before. You can have the Ironhand Gnomes work together with the Gondians.
But instead the Ironhand Gnomes never make mention of it, the Gondians say it's too old and Dammon says he can't figure anything out. Just have all of them work together and they should be able to fix it.
Originally Posted by WildOrchid
Oh wow thanks for quoting this post because apparently I missed it somehow with all the stuff that happened, jesus. It's a very interesting read indeed. Makes you really think why was Karlach the only unfortunate one.
It just doesn't add up.
I mean, until Shadowheart gets to save her parents without living in eternal torment, or until Astarion gets to stop burning in the sun without losing his soul, I wouldn't say it should be a purely fortunate ending, but there should be something where they can fix her up to the point where it isn't just "Avernus or bust". Just some kind of "it'll remain stable for now but it won't stop hurting outside of Avernus" state. So you still have to make a somewhat meaningful choice of going there; pain or Avernus, rather than death or Avernus.
