History Characters / BaldursGateIIIOriginCharacters

** In the Act 1 Emerald Grove questline, [[spoiler:if you lead the charge against the refugees, Karlach will be so disgusted that she'll leave your party. Wyll not only also leaves your party if you do this, but becomes an enemy you have to fight during the event]].

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* CruelToBeKind: The only way for Dark Urge players to spare Alfira is to attack her non-lethally and knock her out the day before she shows up to the party camp asking to join. It's an ugly, harsh, and flawed solution that leads to another innocent character, Quill Grootslang, dying in her place, but it provides a way out for those who've grown fond of Alfira. In the epilogue added with Patch #5, Alfira will send them a letter recognizing that what they did ultimately saved their life and thanks them.

* FaceHeelTurn: If they're healed by the 6th level ''heal'' spell, a flashback shows that the Dark Urge did manage to have a life before embracing Bhaal, struggling with their urge as they do now. The Oathbreaker Knight outright confirms to a paladin Dark Urge that they tried [[ForegoneConclusion and failed]] to be a good person. This also explains other strange class options like being a Monk despite having zero inner peace and little self-control, or being a cleric dedicated to another deity[[labelnote:note]]Bhaal -- along with the rest of the Dead Three -- cannot be chosen in character creation, as it would likely conflict too much with a cleric's loyalties over the course of the game[[/labelnote]].

* GoodIsNotSoft: Just because the Dark Urge can be played as an unknowing [[TheAtoner atoner]] who deals with seemingly random bouts and thoughts of blood and murder doesn't mean they're ''nice''. Their background is permanently set as "Haunted One"; in gameplay terms, this provides a bonus for Intimidation skill checks and violen acts earn Inspiration. Similarly, this also goes for their default race; Dragonborn race-specific dialogue has the Dark Urge come off as stern and threatening, even when they're trying to be ''polite'' (though this is primarily due to Dragonborn having BlueAndOrangeMorality when it comes to expectations and honor.

** A great example of this can be found in the Underdark, where a Drow Dark Urge who thinks they grew up solving Lolth can describe the ritual to remove the Phalar Aluve from the stone as blasphemous. A standard Tav performing this ritual will receive a warning from Lolth. A Dark Urge does not, because they were never sworn to Lolth in the first place, they just think they were.

** It really says something about Shar when a morally-evil Dark Urge who indulged the Urge at almost every possible turn finds her utterly repulsive. When Shadowheart is presented her SadisticChoice by her goddess, the narrator notes how Shar makes the Dark Urge's skin crawl and says there is no less to be learned here. To reiterate, ''the most vile Bhaalspawn in existence'' finds Shar's methods [[HorrifyingTheHorror abhorrent]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}:

* DarkIsNotEvil: If you play as a Lolth-sworn drow, who are almost universally feared and despised for being ChaoticEvil. Wyll even surmises somewhat jokingly that Lolth-sworn drow Tav is, at worst, a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. This also goes for drows who worship other evil-aligned deities and a druager.
* DullSurprise: One of the few major flaws is that unlike basically every other character in the game, Tav's face is largely locked in an expression of mild bemusement through most cutscenes regardless of what's happening.

* DieLaughing: One possible ending for the Dark Urge (should they at first accept their mantle as Bhaal's Chosen, but then allow the Netherstones and the Netherbrain to be destroyed after the final boss fight, [[HeelFaceTurn thus saving the world from its dark fate]]) is to commit suicide afterwards. Bhaal is sure to inflict horrific punishment on you for backing out at the eleventh hour[[note]]and he will by default, should you follow this path, reducing you to a degenerate, feral, raving lunatic comitting atrocities[[/note]], so your final act of defiance at this point is to take your own life. Choose to do so and the Dark Urge will take out a knife and stab themselves in the abdomen repeatedly, carving out their guts in gory detail, all while gleefully laughing.

** Even a murder-hobo like the Dark Urge can find a romantic partner, though their actions may limit them to more evil characters like Minthara, Lae'zel, or Astarion.

* FakeMemories: While the Dark Urge's memories are mostly gone, their personal history is at least partly intact as they can remember or have extensive knowledge of their homes like a githyanki creche or the Underdark. That said, [[DoubleConsciousness they feel as if they don't really have a connection to their homes]] (a gith Dark Urge will note they have no desire or inclination to serve Vlaakith with the same near-religious zeal Lae'zel does). In reality, these are fake memories and the Dark Urge was born and raised in Baldur's Gate, left in the care of a loving adopted family until the Urge manifested and returned to Bhaal's side. Ironically, only a dragonborn Dark Urge's fake memories are the closest to being real as dialogue choices list them as hailing from Baldur's Gate. When meeting Quill Grootslang, a fellow dragonborn, the Dark Urge even states they have no memory of having ever been to their homeland.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: While it's possible to freely indulge in your impulses at every given opportunity, it's possible to play the Dark Urge as having lines they will never cross, such as murdering their lover. If they do cross that line, it [[DespairEventHorizon breaks them so hard that they beg for death]].

* DieLaughing: One possible ending for the Dark Urge (should they at first accept their mantle as Bhaal's Chosen, but then allow the Netherstones and the Netherbrain to be destroyed after the final boss fight, [[HeelFaceTurn thus saving the world from its dark fate]]) is to commit suicide afterwards. Bhaal is sure to inflict horrific punishment on you for backing out at the eleventh hour[[note]]and he will by default, should you follow this path, reducing you to a degenerate, feral, raving lunatic comitting atrocities[[/note], so your final act of defiance at this point is to take your own life. Choose to do so and the Dark Urge will take out a knife and stab themselves in the abdomen repeatedly, carving out their guts in gory detail, all while gleefully laughing.

* GirlsWithMoustaches: The character creator lets you give facial hair to female characters of any race (except elves, who [[PermaShave generally can't grow beards]]), and Dragonborn, who don't have hair. There is a precedent for this for [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame female dwarves]] at least, even if there haven't been any explicit references to dwarf women having beards since 2nd Edition D&D.

* GirlsWithMoustaches: The character creator lets you give facial hair to female characters of any race (except elves, who [[PermaShave generally can't grow beards]]). There is a precedent for this for [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame female dwarves]] at least, even if there haven't been any explicit references to dwarf women having beards since 2nd Edition D&D.

'''Origin-only Characters''' | [[Characters/BaldursGateIIIOriginCompanions Origin Companions]]\\