#to speak nothing about the ILLITHID ATTACK and SUDDEN CEREMORPHOSIS
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Me, playing BG3: Gortash staged a mind-controlled coup! Perfect political intrigue.
Me, looking up the politics of Baldur's Gate: Oh this city's government is falling apart at the SEAMS.
#it's no wonder gortash took over with such unanimous support#do you know what that city's been through#the politics go like this: council of four (dukes. includes archduke) is the ruling decision-maker#the archduke only holds more power than the others by means of breaking stalemates#ravengard was in elturel bc another duke (vanthampur) staged for him to go there so she could take grand duke#she's dead now#dillard portys was the former grand duke before handing it over to ravengard and stepping down to normal duke#he's either a spineless coward or falling into senility. maybe both. hard to tell#gortash says his wits are failing. also apparently he's too easily swayed to be a good pawn#then stelmane. the only one with sense. was murdered#under the co4 is the parliament of peers. that's 50 people with 12 of them from the lower city and the rest either#nobility guildmasters or retired adventurers#they propose things to the co4 for review and convene daily#those are the bulk of the patriars in gortash's coronation. some of them are so petty and/or shallowly dumb#like one of them is definitely falling for an mlm scam in-game#different group: city officers. five people that serve the co4#there's the harbormaster that looks over imports and tariffs and stuff#there's the high constable and master of walls: he governs the watch. you know the watch that was replaced by the steel watch? that watch#so with those blowing up that's a great addition to the security of the city#there's the master of drains and underways that oversees all the water functionality of the city. pipes and cellars and stuff#the position's not easily gained bc it requires expertise the patriars don't usually have. you know who held that position?#vanthampur. the co4 member who shafted ravengard. the dead one. there's no master of drains in baldur's gate#there's the master of cobbles who handles roads and buildings. honestly that guy has got his work cut out for him after the netherbrain#and then the purse master who does all the financial stuff and invests city funds and distributes pay and collects taxes#this is BEFORE we talk about anything to do with the guildhall. or the zhentarim. or handling the refugee influx.#or the cults of bane and bhaal and shar that are sitting pretty in the city's gut#or the 7000 VAMPIRE SPAWN???#to speak nothing about the ILLITHID ATTACK and SUDDEN CEREMORPHOSIS#anyways. baldur's gate as a city is royally fucked#bg3
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