Story of the center piece logo of BGII: SoA?

Khelben

I've just always been curious, what is the logo with the two "spiraling heads" supposed to be/represent? Any of you guys care to enlighten me?

Malicron

The (presumably) light and dark sides of CHARNAME; the mortal, fighting against the taint of Bhaal. This doesn't work well for evil CHARNAMEs, though, but I believe that to be its meaning.

element

I thought it was the two different elf races in opposition to each other
but I never gave it much thought looks good tho

LiamEsler

I believe it's a reference to one of the central plots of BGII, the drow/elf conflict, in addition to that -- note the ears and colors.

Arcalian

I thought it was Irenicus and Ellesime

LiamEsler

@Arcalian You might be right -- if you flip it vertically, the dark face is clearly male, and does not have elven ears. Interesting

scriver

Bright one looks a lot like Ellesime to me too. Shadowy one I can't say, but I guess it would make sense for it to be Irenicus. The hollow shadow of an elf he had become or something.

Likewise, the meaning of the sun and moon motif is anything beyond the usual "contrast good/evil day/night light/shadow stuff, then it certainly eludes me. Definitely looks pretty though. One of the best icon/logos/covers in video game history I'd say (and I'm not normally one to heap loads of praise on the BG games - I save that for PS:T ).

rdarken

Oh how awesome! I always wondered what this was.

Schneidend

It covers all of the above for the light/dark, elf/drow, and Ellesime/Irenicus dichotomies, imo. In other words, it's a really well-done bit of art.