History Characters / BaldursGateFriends

%%* RobeAndWizardHat

%%* FlamingSword

%%* WingedHumanoid

%%* DualWielding

%%* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch

* NeutralEvil: [[strike:Invoked]]. Due to laziness in Bioware's code he will appear as TrueNeutral in an unpatched game.

* ReligionOfEvil: During the attack on his guildhall it is shown that his gang has the support of the clergy of Mask, the NeutralEvil god of thievery.

[[folder: Gorion]]
-->''You're a fool if you believe I would trust your 'benevolence'. Stand aside, and you and your lackeys will remain unhurt.''
--> '''Voiced by:''' {{Creator/Jim Cummings|1952}}

[[folder: Elminster]]
-->''Ho there wanderer, stay thy course and indulge an old man.''
--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker

[[folder: The Solar]]
-->''"You have fought against brother and sister in recent days... fought and prevailed as they arrayed their forces against you."''
--> '''Voiced by:''' Charity James

--> '''Solar:''' You are not a goddess yet, mortal.

[[folder: Melissan The Red]]
-->''No! Put down your weapons, this is not neccessary!''
--> '''Voiced by:''' Heidi Shannon

[[folder: Tethoril]]

->''I am very proud of you, as I am sure Gorion is...''
--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/HamiltonCamp

[[folder: Drizzt Do'Urden]]

[[folder: Scar]]

[[folder: Duke Eltan]]
-->''I need a small group of spies to break into the Iron Throne headquarters and see if they can find any proof of the Throne's involvement with the caravan raids. If you do this for me, you'll be paid extremely well...''
--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker

[[folder: Maralee]]

[[folder: Dradeel]]
--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/NickJameson

[[folder: Hurgan Stoneblade]]

->''I got the adventure that'll make ye yearn for glory!''

[[folder: Liia Janneth and Belt]]
--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/JenniferHale (Liia) and Brian George (Belt)

[[folder: Madele]]

[[folder: Aran Linvail]]
-->''Yes? You have something to report?''
--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/CamClarke

[[folder: Prelate Wessalen]]

[[folder: Saemon Havarian]]
-->''We could argue about who's done what to whom all day. Or maybe less, as I imagine my being chopped to bits might make your argument a little more effective than mine.''
--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeffBennett

[[folder: High Priestess Senityili]]
--> '''Voiced by:''' Tress [=MacNeille=]

[[folder: The Spectator]]

[[folder: Prince Villynaty]]
--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/DwightSchultz

[[folder: Adalon]]
-->''I am Adalon, the guardian, and I have done my duty as well as I have been able for many a century. I was not the first, but I know the history.''
--> '''Voiced by:''' Diane Pershing

[[folder: Solaufein]]
--> ''I do what I must, when I must. Know this well...''
--> '''Voiced by:''' Michael Gough

[[folder: Queen Ellesime]]
-->''Yes... it was a terrible punishment. But you violated everything we hold dear.''
--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/KathSoucie

[[folder: Brother Odren]]

->''Come, my brethren! We must venture into the lower vault now that the Bhaalspawn has cleared the way... we must see for ourselves if the Imprisoned One is truly dead or not.''
--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson

[[folder: Nyalee]]
--> ''And... there. It be done, a simple thing, it is. The boy's heart is cold, now. As... as cold as his mother's old heart...''
--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/GreyDelisle

[[folder: Taerom Fuiruim]]
-->''I can make whatever you wish for a wee little bit more than me competition...''
--> '''Voiced by:''' Bert Kramer

[[folder: Thalantyr the Conjurer]]

[[folder: Halbazzer Drin]]

[[folder: Ribald Barterman]]
-->''The Adventure Mart is the finest shopping in all of Faerun... widest selection, lowest prices, and nary a fancy illustration. Just the goods, fair and plain.''
--> '''Voiced by:''' David Prince

[[folder: Cromwell]]

[[folder: Cespenar]]
-->''Cespenar is good servant. Oh yes!''
--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeffBennett

[[folder: Brother Ellraish]]

[[folder: Duff Ebonbeard]]

[[folder: Feldrack Feldrack'i]]

[[folder: Gerrold Darkfellow]]

[[folder: Gezzthemin]]

[[folder: Hort Il-D'rth]]

[[folder: Lea Gosh'Aar]]

[[folder: Mercy Whitedove]]

[[folder: Symm Haximus]]

[[folder: Timmoth Goodtree]]

[[folder: Voghiln the Vast]]

[[folder: Bellowgulp and The Concocter]]

[[folder: Brodle]]

[[folder: Molzahn of Tymora, Curell of Tempus, and Laris of Garagos]]

* RobeAndWizardHat

* TricksterMentor

* FlamingSword

* WingedHumanoid

* DualWielding

* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch

* OutOfCharacter: An odd example. While Drizzt mostly comes across as the [[IncorruptiblePurePureness practically saintly]] hero he is, his voice-acted lines outside the actual dialogue are written so as to make him sound irritable and arrogant.

* GoMadfromTheIsolation: It's happened to him.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: If you fight him as part of Bodhi's path, he reveals himself as a high-level thief/mage.
* DecoyLeader[=/=]TheDragon: Implied. [[AllThereInTheManual According to]] [[TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms the background material]] The Shadow Thieves are led by a group called the Shadow Council, whose names and identities are always kept secret and one of whom is on the Council of Six. Linvail could be one of them, or head of the local chapter, given extraordinary wartime powers.

* TheSyndicate

* DeadpanSnarker
* DirtyCoward[=/=]LovableCoward: Depending on how sympathetic you find him. He never fights once in the game and only casts spells to escape.

* InformedAbility: Her beauty is said to rivals goddesses, yet her Charisma is only 15, and her artwork leaves a lot to be desired.

* ChaoticNeutral [[strike:in-universe]]

* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker
* ThirdPersonPerson
* UltimateBlacksmith

* {{Karma}}: He used to help out and advise The Winged, a corrupted fallen planetar. Eventually, she lured him into a trap and brought him to Dennaton, victimizing him just as he used to help her victimize others.

* KarmaHoudini: He always ends up getting away with his crimes, which at the least involve robbery and frequently involve people getting killed. He survives bust-ups by running away at the first sign of danger and shrugs off Shadow Thief assassins through nothing but sheer PlotArmor. Unless the player ''finally'' kills him for good (somehow) in ''Throne of Bhaal'' he'll go the whole series without ever facing up to the consequences of his actions.

* [[MrExposition Ms. Exposition]]: She's really there mostly to inform you of things there's no way for you to otherwise learn.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Bodhi sends you to sack his guildhall and kill him as the last of her tasks before she takes you to Spellhold. She really doesn't care about his nature but he's only so much less evil than her.
** PayEvilUntoEvil: In an inversion of IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten, on the good side of the ''Alternatives'' mod Sir Aster sends you after him to prove your benevolence, since not being a vampire is basically the only thing making him better than Bodhi (whom you also go after).

* BonusBoss: Sort of, in both games. You'll have to be the one to pick the fight with him, but the game at least lets you choose to do so (Elminster, by comparison, cannot be fought ever).

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimCummings

* TheChick: Non-ActionGirl, who only ever seems to case the Dimension Door spell to take herself away from the player's position.

* WhatTheHellHero: If you kill him in [=BG1=], he'll ask you why you did it in [=BG2=], and accept an answer of "You're a drow." If you say you'll help him in [=BG1=] against the gnolls he's fighting and don't (although he's easily powerful enough to kill every single gnoll in the game at the same time by himself) he'll be offended and leave. He's also will attack you if your character's name is [[NamesTheSame Drizzt]] and he has a low reputation.

%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * Berserk Button: Calling him a slave.

* BerserkButton: Calling him a slave.

* BalefulPolymorph: His apprentice Melicamp accidentally transformed himself into a chicken using a cursed artifact, there is a short quest to find a remedy.

* BalefulPolymorph: When you encounter him in Siege of Dragonspear, he has just shaken off the effect of a failed potion which transformed him to living stone.

* WhatAnIdiot: He picked a fight with Bannor, an adamantine golem, at a bar. One short and exceedingly embarassing fight later, Feldrack was packed off to Dennaton's arena.

Ellesime is the leader of the elves of Suldanesselar, the city which Irenicus and Bodhi were from. She loved Irenicus, but was forced to exile him for his crimes. She plays an important role in Chapter 7 of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn by expanding on Irenicus' motivations.

* TheHighQueen

* InformedAbility: Her beauty is said to rivals goddesses, yet her Charisma is only 15, and her artwork leaves a lot to be desired.

* TheReveal
* StupidGood: Exiling an epic-level evil wizard who'd already killed hundreds of his countrymen because you want him to [[TaughtByExperience "learn from his mistakes"]] and try to [[TheAtoner "redeem himself"]], ''without stripping him of his powers''?!? [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice one, your highness.]]

Prince of the Sahaugin. He is less evil than his father and is willing to assist Charname in exchange for help seizing the throne.

A mage with a self-proclaimed 'interest' in the Bhaalspawn, Melissan has spent several years wandering Tethyr and the southern lands. She's apparently been shepherding the southern Bhaalspawn and helping them come into their own. She plays a fairly major role as the mentor/main questgiver of ''Throne of Bhaal'', and guides you in defeating the evil team that has united to kill all their lesser siblings. She's also the game's BigBad in disguise, but she's got a listing on the villain page for tropes involving her true colours.

* {{Mentor}}

List of the various friendly [=NPC=]s encountered in the ''Franchise/BaldursGate'' series, including the ''Black Pits'' spinoffs. For other characters, see [[Characters/BaldursGate here]].

* OurElvesAreBetter: Subverted, somewhat. She admits she screwed the pooch by letting Irenicus and Bodhi go, and that the elves are to blame for the death and destruction the two of them end up inflicting on the outside world.

%%* OurElvesAreDifferent: A dark elf.%%And?

-->''Do not poke Drizzt! 'Tis entirely unsociable.''
--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeffBennett

* OurElvesAreBetter: A dark elf.

-->''It's good to see you again. How have things gone?''
--> '''Voiced by:''' Neil Ross