What if... Gorion hadn't died?
Kykuy
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Personally, i'm quite interested in what could happen if Bhaalspawn's foster father wasn't slaughtered by Sarevok and his party. If i remember correctly, Gorion sought to bring his ward to FAI, where his companion Harpers(Jaheira&Khalid) were waiting, but what was the next step we do not know.
Maybe investigating this iron shortage(and if so, then going to Nashkel Mines, just as we did in BG1)? But this seems way to risky, so my best guess is to think the protagonist was to be taken to Harpers' base in Baldur's Gate(since it's the nearest biggest city) and used, probably, as a beacon to discover other Bhaalspawns(and, maybe, destroy them) or something like that - this goal seems quite suitable for the organization like Harpers.
What are your guesses? Post them here. Also feel free to correct me, if needed - i'm not very lore-knowleadgeable and stuff
Haven't played SoD yet(im on the way to it, btw), so i might have missed something from it.
Maybe investigating this iron shortage(and if so, then going to Nashkel Mines, just as we did in BG1)? But this seems way to risky, so my best guess is to think the protagonist was to be taken to Harpers' base in Baldur's Gate(since it's the nearest biggest city) and used, probably, as a beacon to discover other Bhaalspawns(and, maybe, destroy them) or something like that - this goal seems quite suitable for the organization like Harpers.
What are your guesses? Post them here. Also feel free to correct me, if needed - i'm not very lore-knowleadgeable and stuff
Haven't played SoD yet(im on the way to it, btw), so i might have missed something from it. 8
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Gorion's ward would faint upon seeing Sarevok and have a nightmare of Gorion being killed, so as to avoid having to rewrite & revoice everything and allow more storytelling options. Then, upon waking up, Charname feels the warmth of campfire and sees Gorion next to them, along with an Old Man, who explain that they used illusion tricks and teleportation magics to escape the encounter with 'those brigands'. At this point, a choice is given. Charname can act insane-I-saw-you-die-old-man-like and say YOU ARE NOT MY FATHER, making both Gorion and the Old Man explode, the resulting doppelgangers chasing Charname back to the gates of Candlekeep, where they would be slain by the watch. If, however, Charname acts in the lines of good to see ya dad, then the alternate reality triggers and Gorion is really alive and having tea with Charname & Elminster. Actually, not much of the storyline needs adjustments, as Khalid and Jaheira would likely talk Gorion into helping them with the mine business (which would also force a coming-out-I-am-a-Harper from Gorion) and then the rest keeps nicely rolling. A small number of dialogues would need alterations, and a lot of partonizing (taking that over from Elminster) and taking actual charge of the party from Gorion would have to be written but it would be a straightforward job throughout the less dialogue-intensive BG. SoD would be easy, too, but SoA and ToB would be a bit more difficult, as there's more talk about Gorion there. Very doable overall, with the only concern being balance, as Gorion is a high level mage and probably would have to suffer from many, many geriatric diseases to make him less overpowered a party member.
From there you are forced to either fight Sarevok with whatever companions you have on hand, or either flee upstairs or through the portal.
The only reason Gorion feigned his death was to get rid of his two twenty-something years old NEET children for good. His free-time activities nowadays include, but are not limited to:
Then the protagonist wouldn't go on a journey and become the hero.
For an example, marvel this sample of a click language narrative presented by a handsome San tribesman.
Bottom line don't be a mentor figure, ever.
In other words, no orphaning, no hero. You can only be a hero if your (foster) father/mother/sibling/cousin/dog/insert important character arc here/goldfish dies.
Now, on the other hand....villains...
Villains can come from every wake of life, so the media tells us, and their character arc is even more interesting if they didn't come from a broken home...so perhaps you instead take over the iron throne and take Sarevok's place upon his defeat. Instead of lamely getting captured by a psychopath who wants your soul in the next episode of Baldur's Gate II: Unbroken Home, you can defend yourself with your newly acquired army. All with foster father Gorion's loving advice echoing hollowly from his new bedroom in the dungeon.
The moral of the story is, abandon your children or else they will grow up into villains. Their chance of heroic success is much greater if you die or leave them to fend for themselves on he streets.
...or so the media tells us.
I call it "Family Ties".
What? ... Oh... my lawyer informs me that name has been taken. We'll think of something.
Oh, I got it! "Family Matters."
What?
Oh...
...
Its what I would do...
Unless the Gorion we've come to know and love was replaced by a Doppelganger and was marching us off to be sacrificed and forgot to tell others the plans were changed, and was killed. The real Gorion, who knows what happened to him.
A few days later while staying at an inn, Imoen is observed nicking some gems from a chest and he mercilessly slaughters her in front of Charname.
Charname gets into an argument with the gate guards over "him looking at him funny", Charname gets mercilessly slaughtered by Gorion.
Power word; reload.
The guy shows us in Candlekeep that his idea of parenting is slightly towards the authoritarian end of the scale should Charname step out of line.
Ironically, Sarevok probably saved Charname's life.
"Come child we must hurry."
Credits roll.
I don't make the rules but for some reason microwaving kittens is seen as a wholly appropriate procedure to avoid leaving your mortal coil behind... However you cannot deny they taste good with gravy.
I mean... He did say "Run Luke!" Or something after you watched him get cutdown by a huge villian in a funny helmet and a glowing sword... Whilst
green laser beams blastedacid arrows cartwheeled above your head......
Lucky for me I escaped with my rogue of a pal
HanImoen in themileniumin a bush... that had a falcon in it......
Yeah... Sure I played Icewind Dale and Gorion told me to go somewhere after I nearly got killed by a yeti... Bit confused about that apearence... But you know what I did meat ADOY... You know... A-D-O-Y... So... You see I think he sent me in the right place...
...
And Neera's nickname is Chewbacca... Well it was when she turned herself into a hamster...
*gulp*
Die?
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Wait. Panic over. I'm already... Oh no...