Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Does the BG3 story tie into the original BG games?

Is there any indication that this new game will have deep ties to the lore of the original BG1 and BG2? I recognize that this new story takes place a long time later. But will it link up at all? Do we see signs or clues of this in the content that's been released so far?

In short, yes.

The Official FAQ (pinned in this subforum, at the top) has this to say :


Also, in the Early Access content, we can find occasional references to the Bhaalspawn saga/crisis. In lore books, as far as my personal findings were concerned.

Hope springs eternal
We've gotten some hints and nods to FR lore in general, there are some references in books to the Bhaalspawn, and "Murder in Baldur's Gate" which I could have done without.

I'd recommend Bladedancer's FR continuity thread which I recommender before Here: Baldur's gate books

In general check out the threads BladeDancer created, a lot of theorizing around continuity happened there.

Also my first post on the forum I guess...Shadows of Amn/Throne of Bhaal continuity

Exactly Sozz...this the latest crises to befall Baulder's Gate (In this time period).

Any other ties (which are expected) are gravy.

Hey if Tav turns out to be the Bhaalspawn with all his memories eaten; I'm there for it.

On a side note, I'm curious to know where the spelling "Baulder's Gate" comes from.

It's frequent enough and, unlike the famous Rouge, this incorrect spelling looks less likely to be a typo. I'm wondering if the localisation, in some language, is the source of that.

The way people pronounce Baldur is my guess. Bauble's gate, people type by ear, especially informally. I know I've personally texted some weird phonetic typos off the cuff before

Thank you all for the replies and thread links!

The mark of the absolute is a combination of the marks of the dread three. And Helm sent
Jergal back presumably to stop something, so there's a good chance it'll heavily tie into
Bg 1 and 2 later.

Of course Larian's choice of load screen shorts may be the biggest tell.

Specifically the bit that Tells you about Bane, Ball, and Myrkul..

This is also refereed to in the Book of the Dead God's, You have to pass checks to read, as if Larian wanted to put weight on this information.


Finally the loading screen infomercial also mentions Jergal.


In conclusion we were a Baal Spawn in 1 and 2, and now, years latter, the same dark forces are rallied for another go at ignoble designs.
Mwaa ha ha.