A common theme in mythology and fantasy, is this person coming from a formidable background ( a king's son or even demigod) whose life is in danger shortly after birth and must be saved by hiding as a simple peasant or towndweller child. As he or she (I'll use they for the rest of the post) grows up, a kind of predestined path opens up and will restore them to the glory of their ancestors.
I see my Tavs in this light. Isn't it strange that everyone automatically considers me as the party's leader ? And that Withers and the Gods choose to help Tav's party on their quest ? So this is my headcanon. Even though Tav is unaware of teir great origins during the entire BG3 adventure. What the game could do, IMO, is to leave some writings and prophecies about a person (who will be Tav, without you knowing it) who, coming from seemingly humble beginnings, will rise to the greatness of their ancestors and save the world and become a great and just ruler.
It should even be possible to make these prophecies semi-dynamic to match the race and background you choose for Tav at character creation, so it could explicitly mention a drow, duergar or human liberator... Little by little Tav may feel that this prophecy is about them. There could even be some dream scenes after reading these prophecies. IMO that would be a nice way to make Tav more interesting, without compromising the freedom to choose a character race/class and background.
Last edited by ldo58; 21/03/24 01:32 PM.
