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Apparently there is a special forge in Avernus that can build a new engine. Also Withers says he might have need of us again so potential DLC bait is also there.

If what Nessius said indeed is canon, I am perfectly happy with that. It's not a lame compromise like, say, Karlach staying alive, but condemned to fight in Avernus for the rest of her life. Nope, it sounds more like a go fight down there, fix her heart, go back to surface kind of affair. Yes, Karlach seems to have PTSD from that place, but hey, at least she leaves that icky place with a hard-earned chance to live happily ever after in the surface world.

Originally, choosing the Avernus ending sounded like a losing fight - fighting against way more powerful enemies - so I genuinely questioned why did they even bother working on that ending at all. However, this gives the Avernus ending a happy tone - finally, a Karlach ending with such a tone! - making it completely acceptable for me.

I would have preferred to be actively there to see it, to help her. Oh well, maybe in DE or the dlc - though the latter will probably be set before the endings.

an Avernus DLC is real and there's major talks in the dialogue about us being back sooner rather than later/telling people to keep their place ready for us because we will be back soon.

Hell, even Flo as a lead in is mentioned. Imagine the awkwardness of meeting HER in-game!

for sure! Continuing the cigar scene with an equally badass fight and earning that fixed heart with my party's and my bare hands? Yes, please!

However, this would be the bare minimum for me to accept the Avernus ending as the good one and actually resume playing this game.

1.) does laetel have a good ending if i dont let karlach become a mindflayer? i know that orpheus volunteer, but is that a good ending for laezel?

2.) i had every companion in my core party atleast til act 2 except gale, who always lost his hand... anyways since i have no experience with gales quest, could A) someone tell me if gale has a good ending and B) how to reach it (hints/keywords are fine)?

There's a whole bit where Karlach says that they found some blueprints, and also there's a special forge, and it's heavily guarded but she has connections that might help (remember Flo?), so while it is open-ended, she sounds almost confident that Tav and her might well be back to Faerun sooner than they expected even. And you know what? I'll take that! I'll take that very much!

Also despite "sleeping with one eye open" (c) for 6 months Shadowheart still commented that Tav actually looks better than when camping all over the coast, so? Seems like they've been getting by as well as they could

And Withers indeed mentioned that there might be need for us again later. We'll see if that's a DLC or just a cheeky nod at the possible future games (see Jaheira). The overall vibe of the epilogue itself seemed rather final, I will say.

1. I had Orpheus become the mindflayer and then killed him as he asked. Lae'zel basically takes his place in this case (or you can convince her to stay). I let her go and she seemed to be doing pretty good and confident in the epilogue, smiling even. A lot. And planning to be back once her revolution is done.

2. In short, I've been butting heads with Gale the whole game to get him to drop his hubris and see worth in himself. Somewhat successfully. Once again, he seemed to be doing pretty damn well in my epilogue! So yes, there is.