So!!! I'm freshly out of playing the epilogue myself, so can confirm that (spoilers!)
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 laugh

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.

Originally Posted by Blook88
if im allowed to derail the thread for a short time and ask 2 questions in terms of companion endings:

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)?


thank you in advance.

I'll answer with minor spoilers concerning both characters.


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.

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