I'm just curious how Zariel's forge and smiths compare to the Gondians. My reason for asking is because Zariel's goons were the ones to try and "patent" the first version of the infernal engine, which was tried on Karlach and possibly the strong, badass likes of her later. But the prototype that she essentially carries later became a blueprint for Gortash who used the enslaved Gondians to masterfully craft for purposes on the material plane.
Thus, the Gondians created the v.2. Engine which as we see in act 3 is fully stable and functional in Faerűn. Now, would this work within a body and not a machine with a connected brain? That'd likely have to be answered by the quest we didn't get. But I'm curious as to how "perfected" blueprints for a cure compare to what the Gondians could likely have come up with had we gotten the time with them on the plane above.
Once again, I'm really happy with the conclusion to THAT ending and epilogue. That's chefs kiss in every way. But it's the total grandiose cheese-like plothole platter that is Act 3 that still makes me Meh. Because those blueprints serve a purpose in Avernus. But we genuinely know people, amazing smiths who work with this kind of stuff, who were a fucking PAIN to save, who could've conjured something of the kind before we blew up the forge in BG.
You're right without a doubt and I can't say enough how annoying the gondians are in act 3 when you can't have an option to ask about a cure. My head canon at this point is they just don't like the look of tav and karlach and won't help. Its as good as any other one I've been given. But the cure could be based on gondian designs refined by dammon and build in the fires of avernus or something like that.
