Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players explain why major villain is \u2018the real hero\u2019 Larian StudiosThe Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 community is examining Orin the Red\u2019s role in the game, particularly how she inadvertently foils her own plans. Of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2018s various villains, arguably the most memorable is Orin the Red. Since her reveal pre-launch, the brutal favored of Bhaal has grabbed players\u2019 attention almost as well as she grabs their companions, inspiring stunning cosplays and even some copycats. Now, though, Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players are discussing Orin\u2019s role in the game and the ironic way she unintentionally sets in motion the plot that ultimately takes her and her allies down. Note, spoilers for the Dark Urge storyline to follow. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players say Orin \u201csaved the world\u201d from the Dark Urge As the Dark Urge\u2019s storyline reveals, the character is actually a Bhaalspawn created from the God of Murder\u2019s own dead flesh. Prior to the start of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3, they were the God of Murder\u2019s favorite and working with Enver Gortash and Ketheric Thorm on the plan to enslave the Elder Brain and turn everyone into mindflayers. However, a jealous Orin attacked the Dark Urge, infecting them with an illithid tadpole and causing their amnesia. As Reddit user kalik-boy points out, though, Orin\u2019s betrayal ultimately backfired \u2013 and she may have accidentally \u201csaved the world.\u201d \u201cOut of jealousy she put out comission arguably the most dangerous person in the realm,\u201d they explain. Since the Dark Urge still exists whether you play as them or not, this applies to any Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 run. As the poster further explains, \u201cIf you don\u2019t play as Durge, he\u2019s dead, thank goodness, but if you play as them, they are so busted and whacked in the head that they don\u2019t remember shit! Giving them an opportunity to change their personality and alignment.\u201d By replacing the Dark Urge, Orin inadvertently upended the plot. Not only does the Dark Urge have the chance to fight their instinct and choose to be a better person, but Orin\u2019s own chaotic actions show she\u2019s not a great leader. As one commenter puts it \u201cOrin, in her stupid bhaalist dumbassery, thwarted her father\u2019s plans and saved the world.\u201d Some went even further, joking that this makes Orin the true hero of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. Of course, this is still Orin, a bloodthirsty descendant of Bhaal who relishes in the beauty and cruelty of her kills, so she definitely doesn\u2019t deserve that much credit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players explain why major villain is \u2018the real hero\u2019 Larian StudiosThe Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 community is examining Orin the Red\u2019s role in the game, particularly how she inadvertently foils her own plans. Of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2018s various villains, arguably the most memorable is Orin the Red. Since her reveal pre-launch, the brutal […]<\/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-20496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20496","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=20496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}