Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion My Pitch for Revamping the Emperor's Storyline (Many spoilers)

I think Orpheus being alive is the better outcome. Voss is shown to be ruthlessly evil, as most githyanki are, and Lae'zel is problematic. When I've played a gith, my character refused to go with them to fight Vlaakith, and Lae'zel showed no understanding towards that (after all the support my character has given her on her quest). Whereas Orpheus said - I don't recall the exact words - that one cannot claim fight for freedom without respecting the freedom of refusal. So I'd rather have him as the leader of the opposition forces than Lae'zel.

If the githyanki are truly to change from the supremacist invaders they currently are, they'd need a leader that facilitates that change. I don't recall anything in Lae'zel questline where you can address the supremacist invader part; she turns away from Vlaakith, because she feels personally betrayed by her. But she still expects a fellow gith to fall in line and follow her.