Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s Halsin is much more traumatized than many expect Larian StudiosMany Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players know the traumatic backstory of Astarion, but some fans think that Halsin actually has the darkest past of all. Every companion in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has a rich backstory that fills in the gaps of their past and lets players get a better glimpse into their personalities. Among the available companions, many sympathize most with Astarion. The high elf Rogue turned vampire was a slave to a ruthless lord named Cazador for nearly 200 years. While this backstory is undoubtedly tragic, some fans have recently claimed that the Druid Halsin has even more baggage in his long and storied past. A Reddit post from user \u2018Bashfulapplesnapple\u2019 on the Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 subreddit sparked the discussion after they discovered Halsin was abused as a consort for the Drow for nearly three years. In a fairly remote conversation with Halsin, he will detail how, when he was a \u201cfoolhardy young druid,\u201d he traveled to the Underdark and the matron of a noble drow house took interest in him. As a result, he was \u201cchained in their bedchamber for nigh on three years\u201d until he escaped during a bloody coup. Additionally, there\u2019s Halsin\u2019s relationship with Thaniel who players can meet in Act 2. Due to the shadow curse, Halsin essentially lost the land he protected, his mentor, and his childhood friend Thaniel. Many fans in the comments pointed out smaller details that evoked sympathy during the adventure. \u201cThere\u2019s even minor things, like you can hear from one of his banter with Minsc\u2026,\u201d explained one player. \u201cThey\u2019re discussing how people often dismiss their feelings or are aggressive, rude, seeking fights etc, just because they\u2019re big and strong.\u201d While many in the comments disliked \u201ccomparing\u201d traumas between characters, some agreed the the entire group has much to unpack. \u201cThe whole group needs some serious therapy. I love how the mindflayers just happened to pick up some of the most traumatized people in Faerun.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s Halsin is much more traumatized than many expect Larian StudiosMany Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players know the traumatic backstory of Astarion, but some fans think that Halsin actually has the darkest past of all. Every companion in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has a rich backstory that fills in the gaps of their past and […]<\/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-20897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20897","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=20897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}