Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 player explains why Gale is the \u201creal\u201d protagonist Larian StudiosA Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 player is making the argument that Gale is actually the real main character of the game, citing his story\u2019s similarities to those of other companions. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 allows players to create the Dungeons & Dragons characters of their dreams or select one of the game\u2019s Origin characters as their avatar. Of the latter, Gale has consistently been the most popular according to data shared by developer Larian Studios. While there are a variety of reasons players may choose Gale over other Origin characters like Shadowheart and Astarion, such as wanting to play as a Wizard, one player seems to suggest another explanation for his popularity: He\u2019s actually the main character. Gale\u2019s story has a lot in common with other Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 companions In a post to the BaldursGate3 subreddit, user Sarcasism goes over the major elements Gale\u2019s story shares with those of the other Origin characters. In the poster\u2019s words, this makes him \u201cthe real Tav.\u201d While the explanation for Lae\u2019zel is a bit of a reach \u2013 pretty much every character in the game wants to destroy the Absolute \u2013 the rest are pretty compelling. Karlach and Wyll\u2019s in particular are major overlaps that are pretty unique to these characters. In fact, the original post arguably doesn\u2019t go far enough, with one commenter arguing, \u201che actually one ups everyone in all of these.\u201d They cite examples like Gale having what is essentially a nuke in his chest with the potential to wipe out parts of the Sword Coast versus Karlach\u2019s infernal engine and Gale being the former lover of an actual goddess over Wyll\u2019s complicated relationship with his devil patron. Of course, this is a bit of an oversimplification of all of these character\u2019s complex and distinct stories. Still, this breakdown of how high the stakes really are in Gale\u2019s storyline does help explain the character\u2019s popularity among Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 fans. If you liked this, be sure to check out the rest of our Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 coverage, which includes the latest news, guides, and much more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 player explains why Gale is the \u201creal\u201d protagonist Larian StudiosA Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 player is making the argument that Gale is actually the real main character of the game, citing his story\u2019s similarities to those of other companions. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 allows players to create the Dungeons & Dragons characters of their […]<\/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-20186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20186","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=20186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}