Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion The hunt for the artefact. How did it come in our possession ? Plotholes. Massive Spoilers.

Then they should not have been able to follow it to Avernus either.
Besides I don't think the Emperor caged Orpheus. How with the honor guard still there?
It also means the instant the cage was destroyed the party should have been swarmed by several dragons.

No idea what the Absolute has to do with it. Orpheus power is specifically to disrupt ilithid mind control. It has nothing to do with tracking.
And if the Gith couldn’t follow them, why where they at the bridge searching for the artifact?

Edit: Also, when Gortash knew that the artifact disrupted ilithid psionics and the tadpole, why did he specifically sent a tadpoled team to get it with none of them being able to handle it instead of baneite cultists?