@Liare - lovely story!
@WizardGnome
"Wow look! Fun cameo by the EVIL party member from the previous games!"
This.
A few cameos were nicely done, like the referece to the commie nutjub de'Arnisse, but most are too heavily handed and/or simply needless.
As to Viconia's arc in Bg1/2 - a switch from Lollth to Shaar is like shifting allegience from Hitler to Stalin - from evil crazy to evil sane.
