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fuckyeahbaldursgate · 1 year ago

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I decided to fulfil your request for all of the BG1, BG2 and SOD companions for fun! A few caveats to this list:

1.) Confirmed Dead - means something in the games has confirmed their deaths. Obviously this could be reversed by the ultimate get out of 'a wizard or a god did it'

2.) The main thing to remember is that BG3 is set approximately 120 years after the events of BG2 so that's the timeline we're working to in terms of lifespans etc. Most of the human characters therefore are assumed to be dead.

3.) TOB epilogue endings are considered but not necessarily taken as absolute fact due to the fact that they can vary depending on romances etc.

4.) I've done some guesswork with character ages as it's rare for the games to actually confirm how old a character is.

Anyway here's a summary table below, which does contain spoilers for BG3.

More detail of my thinking is provided under the cut but happy for people to jump in with additional info etc. and I'll amend the list.

Aerie - Potentially Alive

Aerie is an avariel elf and a pretty young one at that. Although I can't remember her age ever being confirmed in the game she definitely comes across as relatively immature in her interactions even though in one argument with Jaheria she says she's technically older than her in years. Avariel are also said to be pretty long lived even by elf standards and potentially live up to 1000 years old. The interesting thing for me is that unlike other characters who would be alive but very old, Aerie would still be considered relatively young and likely still in her prime, power wise.

Ajantis - Confirmed Dead

Ajantis was killed in Baldur's Gate 2 by the Bhaalspawn as part of the red dragon Firkraag's plot to take revenge against Gorion. He enchants both Ajantis' group of paladins and the Bhaalspawn's party to make the other appear as monsters. Only after Ajantis lies dead at Bhaalspawn's feet is the enchantment lifted.

Alora - Potentially Alive

Alora is implied to be relatively young in BG1 and with halflings in 5e living to around 150 years old, she could still be around but just really old. Furthermore nothing in BG2 kills her.

Anomen - Assumed Dead

The first of our human NPCs who we assume has a normal lifespan and therefore dies to the curse of old age unless some sort of divine intervention takes place.

Baeloth - Potentially Alive

Our evil drow sorceror friend benefits from an elf lifespan of 750 years so as long as he can stay out of trouble, he could potentially reach the events of BG3. Having said that I think the likelihood of Baeloth doing that is on the slim side.

Branwen - Assumed Dead

Branwen was a regular human so unless Tempus did a bit of divine intervention to extend her lifespan (which I think is extremely unlikely for the Lord of Battles), Branwen is absolutely dead. Hopefully she went out in style and in battle like she probably would have wanted.

Cernd - Assumed Dead

As a high level druid, Cernd would have access to timeless body, which would dramatically slow his aging BUT I like to think that Cernd's epilogue ending happens regardless of whether he travelled with the Bhaalspawn or not i.e. years of being a deadbeat dad finally catch up with him and he's forced to face his son in battle, after which neither survives.

Coran - Confirmed Dead

Coran actually makes it through BG2 unscathed after travelling with Safana for a period of time (see her section below for what happens to her). After that 'incident' he lives it up pretty large in Baldur's Gate, eventually becoming an influential politician in the city. Unfortunately he ended up getting killed by a displacer beast in the Legends of Baldur's Gate comic series, which offers a bit of a prelude to BG3 and also cover the events that time jump Minsc into the current timeline. Coran does have a son that is still active so maybe he'll make an appearance in his stead?

Corwin - Assumed Dead

Regular human so as per Branwen, she's dead. More grimly, her daughter is probably dead too.

Dorn - Assumed Dead

Half orcs have a shorter lifespan than humans of about 75 years in 5e and given Dorn's brutal nature I'd be surprised if he made it to old age.

Dynaheir - Confirmed Dead

Killed by Irenicus in the opening of BG2. *Boo sad squeak*

Edwin - Assumed Dead

Regular human so without magical or divine intervention he's gone. Now while he is a technically a powerful Thayvian wizard, I'm also awarding Edwin some dumbass points because let's face it, the dude is likely to end up dead just by the virtue of his obnoxious attitude.

Eldoth - Confirmed Dead

Regular human, plus his name appears on a gravestone in Baldur's Gate 3, to which we can safely say nothing of value was lost.

Faldorn - Confirmed Dead

Killed by the Bhaalspawn in BG2 for being a eco-terrorist.

Garrick - Assumed Dead

While Garrick appears and makes it out alive of BG2, he's also just a regular human so as always he's likely dead through old age.

Glint - Potentially Alive

Gnomes have a fairly decent lifespan at 350-500 years there's nothing stopping a reappearance from Glint other than he's not a particular memorable character given he only appears in SOD.

Haer'Dalis - Potentially Alive

Haer'Dalis is a tiefling who typical have a lifespan of 250 years in 5e so the sparrow could easily survive to appear in BG3. He is ultimately obsessed with death and decay, his epilogue has a great plothook for involving him in BG3 as he actually ends up leading a rebellion in the hells! Maybe he even fought with Karlach?

Hexxat - Potentially (un)Alive

Hexxat is an undead immortal vampire so yeah no problem for her to survive until BG3 regardless of whether she joined the Bhaalspawn or not. Her interactions with Astarion could be pretty fun if she was around.

Imoen - Potentially Alive

Working on the precedent set by both Abdel Adrian (who reached 136 before he was murdered) and Sarevok (who obviously appears in BG3), we can assume that Imoen has the potential to also be alive and kicking by the time of BG3 thanks to her demigod Bhaalspawn status...although presumably she would have aged appropriately as Abdel did e.g. white hair and wrinkled. Of course Imoen is also a talented archmage so even forgetting her demigod blood, her epilogue hints at the fact that she was hanging out with Elminister and Khelbun Blackstaff regularly so becoming one of Mystra's chosen with all the benefits that gives doesn't seem far fetched for her compared to the other human wizard characters e.g Nalia/Edwin.

Jaheria - Confirmed Alive

She's in BG3 dur plus as per Cernd she's a druid so she could have significantly slowed her aging.

Jan Jansen - Potentially Alive

Assuming he doesn't blow himself up before BG3 Jan could make it with the standard gnome lifespan of 350-500 years. I'm honestly surprised we didn't get some sort of wayward Jan Jansen reference in BG3.

Kagain - Potentially Alive (just)

Dwarves have a lifespan of 350 years in 5E so technically Kagain could make it to BG3 comfortably but this dude sounds like he was a tired old man in BG1 so I will caveat this one by saying he's probably only just about hanging on.

Keldorn - Almost Confirmed Dead

Ok so technically we don't see his death on screen but I'm taking Keldorn's epilogue as canon even if he didn't join up with the Bhaalspawn. Keldorn was an old and respected Paladin of Torm even before he even joined the party so the notion that he dies in final service, defending Amn and Torm personally comes down to pick him up to go to Heaven seems a pretty likely outcome for him.

Khalid - Confirmed Dead

Killed by Irenicus at the start of BG2 :(

Kivan - Potentially Alive

While it's said that him and Deheriana were on a romantic sojourn, I took that to mean their 'honeymoon', which made me think that Kivan was possibly younger then his gruff voice implied. Either way as an elven character with the possibility of living up to 750-1000 years, there's a good chance he'd be alive.

Korgan - Assumed Dead

Similar to Keldorn, Korgan is another character that I think his TOB epilogue gives us a pretty accurate outcome for him regardless of whether he travelled with the Bhaalspawn or not. While Korgan could technically survive until BG3 thanks to being a dwarf, the dude clearly loves bloodshed and the idea that he marched off into the Underdark to kill as many drow as possible seems entirely plausible.

Mazzy - Potentially Alive

Hot damn if there's a character I would love to see return to BG, it's Mazzy. Similar to Alora and the half elf characters, she is pushing it in terms of lifespan but old lady Mazzy would probably be just as bad ass as ever and probably out there fulfilling her original dream of becoming a paladin. Mazzy's epilogue does technically note that she dies but at a 'ripe old age' but to me that definitely leaves wiggle room.

M'Hkiin - Assumed Dead

Goblins have an even shorter lifespan than half orcs at only 60 years approximately. She is a Shaman so there's potential for magic fuckery but most likely she's dead.

Minsc - Confirmed Alive

if you didn't understand how Minsc was actually able to make it to BG3 given he's human, it's covered in somewhat in the game but mostly in the Legends of Baldur's Gate comics. In summary, at some point Minsc and Boo were petrified and put on display in the city due to people thinking it was a genuine statue of them. At some point a wild mage who is not Neera comes along and casts a spell after being attacked by some thugs. Her magic wild surges and de-petrifies Minsc and Boo.

Montaron - Confirmed Dead

Killed by the Harpers in BG2 following his and Xzar's unsuccessful attempt to break into the Harper compound in Athkatla. His dead body is later found in a trunk.

Nalia - Assumed Dead

Another regular human so unless 'a wizard did it' (which to be fair she is a wizard) she would be dead.

Neera - Potentially Alive

As a half elf Neera could make it to BG3 but she's probably an old lady similar to Jaheria. Unless of course a wild surge of magic fixed her right up with an extra lease of life.

Quayle - Potentially Alive

Gnomes live anywhere between 350 to 500 years in 5e and despite Quayle having a grey beard, you get the feeling he is incredibly immature in BG1 with his biography talking about him setting off to see the world once he 'came of age'. He does chill out after adopting Aerie in BG2 so not as likely to suffer death by obnoxiousness like Edwin.

Rasaad - Assumed Dead

While monks do benefit from 'timeless body' e.g. their bodies don't age thanks to their ki, they still die of old age so as a regular human, Rasaad would most likely be dead by the time of BG3.

Safana - Confirmed Dead

Our sexy seductress thief ends up being killed in BG2 after trying to incite werewolves to murder the Bhaalspawn for the bounty on their head. Instead she ends up being murdered by a werewolf who really fancies Coran and wants her out of the picture. Oh the irony.

Sarevok - Confirmed Alive

He's in BG3 dur but as noted above, it basically seems confirmed that the Bhaalspawn have extended lifespans due to their heritage.

Shar-Teel - Assumed Dead

Another regular human so without magical or divine intervention she's also gone. Also another candidate for likely to have died in a fight similar to Korgan and Dorn.

Skie - Confirmed Dead

Killed by Irenicus in Siege of Dragonspear as part of his plot to capture the Bhaalspawn in the leadup to BG2. Even if you don't count SOD as canon, she was a regular human.

Tiax - Confirmed Dead

After being locked up for reasons of insanity in BG2, our gnome friend unfortunately snuffs it in the fight against Irenicus in Spellhold.

Valygar - Assumed Dead

One more regular human for the dead pile with no special powers to extend his life.

Viconia - Confirmed Alive

She's in BG3 dur.

Voghilin - Assumed Dead

Regular human plus liver disease caused by excessive drinking.

Xzar - Confirmed Dead

See Montaron. Also killed by Harpers in BG2 by a poly-morphed bird/assassin.

Xan - Potentially Alive

Although Xan technically gets eaten by a giant spider in the Philip Athans novelisation I think those books have been declared non canon, which means everyone's favourite morose elf could still be alive, assuming he hasn't succumbed to depression. Even if he did die, Xan's soul would be bound to his moonblade until it became inactive as per moonblade rules so there's definitely possibility for him appearing even if he was technically dead.

Yeslick - Potentially Alive

Again thanks to dwarves living a reasonable 350 years, Yeslick has every chance of being alive, presuming he doesn't accidentally kill himself with that 7 intelligence score.

Yoshimo - Confirmed Dead

Killed by either the Bhaalspawn during the Spellhold fight with Irenicus or he dies to the geas spell if you didn't take him with you.

Has anyone made a list of which BG1 & 2 companions would still be alive at the time of BG3? I'm just curious. And not because I totally want the image of old man Jan Janssen in a wheelchair held together by fireworks and eccentricity yelling about turnips to have some logistical validity.

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