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Is Dorn related to this NPC? [possible spoilers]

tyl998tyl998 Member Posts: 144
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In ToB, there is an NPC named Gromnir Il-Khan, an orc. You have to kill him in Sarradush as part of the plot. Is there any chance that Dorn and Gromnir are related, given their same last name?

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  • EnterHaerDalisEnterHaerDalis Member Posts: 813
    Gromnir Khan has got to be my favorite character name in all the BG games.

    Simply love it
  • tyl998tyl998 Member Posts: 144
    If they are related, I am hoping for some EPIC dialogue...
  • GloktaGlokta Member Posts: 97
    Its almost to good to be a coinsident...
    Smells like a epic dialogue indeed :>
  • EnterHaerDalisEnterHaerDalis Member Posts: 813
    tyl998 said:

    If they are related, I am hoping for some EPIC dialogue...

    Gromnir is a Bhaalspawn so I don't think he would be related to Dorn in any way other than he's Half-Orc

    I wish there was a full sized NPC portrait for Gromnir, not just the small icon used in game :(

  • tyl998tyl998 Member Posts: 144
    I can't be the first person to notice this though...I'm actually surprised no one else has brought this up.
  • tyl998tyl998 Member Posts: 144
    EnterHaerDalis said:

    tyl998 said:

    If they are related, I am hoping for some EPIC dialogue...

    Gromnir is a Bhaalspawn so I don't think he would be related to Dorn in any way other than he's Half-Orc

    I wish there was a full sized NPC portrait for Gromnir, not just the small icon used in game :(

    Well, Gromnir can have children too right? Maybe Dorn is a bastard child of his?
  • gesellegeselle Member Posts: 325
    There has been a thread discussing this matter, some were assuming Dorn might be a Bhaalspawn, too. You just weren't looking.
    And Dorn's backstory reveals that he knows his father and mother, and Il-Khan is the clan name. So they are most likely from the same clan, so no hidden Bhaalspawn. And making him a Bhaalspawn would freak many people out, in a negative way.
  • Awong124Awong124 Member Posts: 2,642
    Maybe Il-Khan is like Smith in Orcish.
  • MERLANCEMERLANCE Member Posts: 421
    Well just remember that Gromnir Il Khan is a real person. That is to say, the character was based on and named after a guy on the ancient Interplay message boards. It might be worth tracking him down and asking if he had a son.

    Alternately, they could just both be from the Il Khan clan of orcs, maybe Gromnir got away when ogres raided their tribe in the spine of the world?
  • tyl998tyl998 Member Posts: 144
    If they are both from the same clan of orcs, that's still being related in some way.
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