Will SoD answer the major question of BG1?
MrWakka
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Okay, maybe it is just my major lingering question.
Sure, Sarevok was the major mover and shaker, and primarily he used the Iron Throne to do it, but... Where did he find all those Doppelgangers? How did he get them on his side? and don't they represent a far more sinister threat than some shining lady? This is a well organized and effective group of shallar, and unless I've missed it, it is never really explained how or why they are working with Sarevok.
Doppelgangers in BG1 have infiltrated three major trading groups, impersonated every noble guest at the dukes palace, infiltrated one of the most highly guarded citadels on the sword coast (Candlekeep) and have shown a history in the region of wrecking stuff what with Durlag's Tower storyline having them infiltrate that as well.
I for one wouldn't mind some resolution to this.
Sure, Sarevok was the major mover and shaker, and primarily he used the Iron Throne to do it, but... Where did he find all those Doppelgangers? How did he get them on his side? and don't they represent a far more sinister threat than some shining lady? This is a well organized and effective group of shallar, and unless I've missed it, it is never really explained how or why they are working with Sarevok.
Doppelgangers in BG1 have infiltrated three major trading groups, impersonated every noble guest at the dukes palace, infiltrated one of the most highly guarded citadels on the sword coast (Candlekeep) and have shown a history in the region of wrecking stuff what with Durlag's Tower storyline having them infiltrate that as well.
I for one wouldn't mind some resolution to this.
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They don't form large communities, even family units are rare; more commonly meeting, mating, and then never meeting again. Yet here we have a relatively large number working together to infiltrate the noble and merchant classes, which while not unusual itself, is at this level of coordination and numbers.
Ah, but this is why I want answers, there were so many of them and it was never explained or explored. I wouldn't need a large questline to answer this, just something that explains it reasonably.
If the main villain, The Shining Lady, were to have a large army of shades at her disposal, and it is never explained how or where she found them or what motivates them then that isn't really exploring the monster. Similarly Sarevok having a large number of doppelgangers at his beck and call didn't explore them. I want to explore these creatures and know more of them. We know more of the motivations of the Sirine and Ogre Magi than we do of this group, and they are a single encounter you may never actually run into.
Just replayed BG and it's the dopplegangers that are the most sinister and frightening aspect of the game. Especially when you encounter them in DT.
It's not that they are difficult to kill but what they are comes over as so evil, they revel in the killing, they revel in twisting the characters they kill and impersonate. They taunt you. You can understand why Durlag was driven mad.
Why they completely disappeared in BG2 makes no sense, they could theoretically by anyone you meet. There's one in Chateaus Irenicus, so why nowhere else?
I don't think the Iron Throne has anything to do with them, the representatives (from other cities) investigating what's going on in Baldurs Gate are angry at what is happening and seem completely unaware of their existence.
I would suggest that Saverok gets their co operation because he promises war, something that would allow them to spread in the chaos that ensued?
They refer to the mind flayers as their masters, that's understandable, but as there are so many it would be good to have some resolution about where they all went.
Oops, wrong game.
The sheer number of them can be explained by the size of Sarevoks plot. Sure they are loners, but they live for elaborate plots to usurp power, so it is not unheard of that they gather in great number if the plot demands it.
1) who's the insider here? You spotted the plot long before the game is ready!!!!
Or
2) if only you asked this question 6 months ago.... We could have a great plot for SoD!!
Which is the right Hmmmmmm meaning?
Perhaps that's too far fetched, but I have no better suggestion.
To explain the numbers, I would hypothesise that someone had been breeding them, perhaps with some kind of magenetically engineered Dopplganger Queen. That, and getting them to work together, suggests a powerful leader. We are dealing with long lived species, so we could be dealing with the same leader who directed the dopplganger attack on Durlag's Tower. That would be a mind flayer (or possibly Alhoon). Such a powerful being might ally themselves with Saravock, but only if it advances some plot of their own. As of the end of BG1, that hypothetical leader is still out there...
On a different loose end all together, whatever was the final fate of Kazgaroth?
plan *did* succeed, the Solar just forgot about Viekang
Now that I think about it.. WotCs writers filled a plothole after what? 13 years? Kinda amusing ^_^
Oops, wrong game too.
Sounds like your both right.