A ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Writer Explains Wyll’s Disappointing Arc

people who have played baldur’s gate 3 Love the characters, and if there’s one general observation about them, it’s that Vaal Ravengard feels underdeveloped. Compared to others like Astarion and Karlach, his personal story has been lacking since his introduction in the Early Access build, and this feeling was further heightened when Larian made several post-launch updates for the game’s ending and epilogue, where he seemed to get the short end of the stick.

On Friday, several Larian developers held a Reddit AMA, where senior writer Kevin VanOrd admitted that Vaal has “less” content than he would have liked, adding that he was “split between two stories” between his demonic protector Mizorah and the Ravenguards. The team wasn’t really feeling his exploration and recruitment in the initial Early Access version and opted to start over. Unfortunately, much of Viall ends up in the final version. baldur’s gate 3 It came under “less than ideal” conditions due to its late arrival in development.

When Larian started her resume, most of the main cast’s individual stories were “pretty solid”, and most of them ended up in the final version. baldur’s gate 3 Development was delayed. An example cited by VanOrd was a “prominent position” on Baldur’s Gate, intended to prominently display the viol in the Red War College, which was later cut. He eventually turns out to be the son of Duke Ravengard, which the author developed shortly before he became ill, and again after the epilogue came out.

As for Wyrmwe, a sub-quest for Wael obtained after rescuing Ulder Ravenguard (or if Wael breaks his agreement with Mizorah), VanOrd said the team had the resources for a standalone dungeon and opted to connect it to that. The author stated that he “couldn’t get anything more than a dungeon boss” from that location and that he had to start writing after the encounter.

VanOrd called dividing Viall’s arc this way “a mistake made in hindsight”, but was still very proud of what was done with the character – particularly his “honesty, good nature and curious heroism.” And he wishes Blade of the Frontiers’ ending could have been more satisfying, something fans of the character have already done in their time.

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