Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 player discovers Withers\u2019 true identity hidden right in the game Larian StudiosThe mysterious Withers is one of the most helpful allies in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. Now, a player has found his backstory is hiding in the game \u2013 and it has deep ties to Dungeons & Dragons lore. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 allows players to gain allies to help them along on their journey. One of these is the mysterious Withers. After meeting him in Act 1, Withers will join the player\u2019s Camp. There, they can ask him to recruit hirelings, respec characters, and even bring a fallen comrade back from the dead. While clearly powerful, the game doesn\u2019t explicitly tell you who Withers is and why he can do the things he does. However, a player has found the truth hidden within some easily missed book in Act 3. Note, spoilers for Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 Act 3 and the game\u2019s main antagonists to follow. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 Withers is secretly a powerful entity from D&D lore Reddit user Serbian-American went over their discovery in a post, revealing that the secret of Wither\u2019s backstory was right in front of their face the whole time. According to them, by reading some books found in an underground mausoleum in the Baldur\u2019s Gate Graveyard, players can learn that Withers is actually Jergal, Lord of the End of Everything and Faer\u00fbn\u2019s original god of death. While the book doesn\u2019t explicitly come out and say that Withers is Jergal, it\u2019s heavily implied. In the book, Jergal says the same line Wither does upon awakening him from his slumber in Act 1. According to the book, Jergal ceded his role as the god of death, which lines up with existing Dungeons & Dragons lore. Another book found in the same room even explains his motivation for helping the player: He was usurped by Myrkul, one of the Dead Three who serve as Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s main antagonists. This information makes it clear why Withers allies himself with the party, as well as why he\u2019s so powerful. Being the former god of death, it makes sense why he has stronger resurrection powers than even a high-level Cleric. That power can also explain how he can change just about every aspect of what a character is, save for their appearance. Perhaps a future update or potential Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 DLC could go further into Withers\u2019 story, but for now, this is a great reward Larian Studios has hidden for those players who check every shelf and read every book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 player discovers Withers\u2019 true identity hidden right in the game Larian StudiosThe mysterious Withers is one of the most helpful allies in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. Now, a player has found his backstory is hiding in the game \u2013 and it has deep ties to Dungeons & Dragons lore. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 allows […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}