Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players find brilliant historical reference on Ketheric Thorm\u2019s armor Larian StudiosAfter a Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 player pointed out what they thought was a meme on Ketheric Thorm\u2019s armor, another explained that it\u2019s actually an art history reference. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has an incredible level of detail that\u2019s so impressive that players are still finding new things months after launch. While looking at the villainous Ketheric Thorm, one player spotted engravings on his armor, including what seemed to be a meme reference. However, after sharing their find with the Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 community, another fan was able to identify a more likely (and more fitting) inspiration for the artwork. Note, spoilers for Ketheric Thorm\u2019s backstory to follow. Thorm\u2019s armor references medieval art, not the Skull Trumpet meme Reddit user GrumpyMcFrumpy shared a closeup of Thorm\u2019s armor focusing on a depiction of a skeleton playing the trumpet. They compared it to the Skull Trumpet (or \u201cDoot Doot\u201d) meme that was popular in the early 2010s. However, another user by the name noirsongbird explained the more likely inspiration for Thorm\u2019s armor, which comes from art history. Given how much Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 \u2013 and the fantasy genre in general \u2013 draws from the Medival period of European history, it makes sense for Larian\u2019s trumpet-playing skeleton to be a reference to Danse Macabre rather than a meme. It\u2019s also particularly fitting for Ketheric Thorm, who has a strong association with death, as the loss of his wife and daughter drove him to darkness. His armor is even called \u201cReaper\u2019s Embrace,\u201d which is perfect for a historical art genre that\u2019s all about the universality of death. In any case, the fact that this much detail and thought was put into a single character\u2019s armor is another example of how much care Larian put into every part of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. 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Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players find brilliant historical reference on Ketheric Thorm\u2019s armor Larian StudiosAfter a Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 player pointed out what they thought was a meme on Ketheric Thorm\u2019s armor, another explained that it\u2019s actually an art history reference. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has an incredible level of detail that\u2019s so impressive that players are […]<\/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-20510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20510","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=20510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}