Editing Baldur's Gate (Games) (section)

==5e Legacy==
In October 2021, WotC decided to milk the Baldur's Gate nostalgia by putting out a semi-official splatbook on the DM's Guild titled "Minsc & Boo's Journal of Villany", which provides a number of goodies for DMs, in the form of some basic advice on running adventures, but largely an assortment of new hometowns, patrons, campaign villains, NPCs and monsters. Of course, many of those individuals are actually converted characters from the Baldur's Gate games! Similarly, there was also the "Descent into Avernus" module, which is set in Baldur's Gate and even has some token references to events here and there, but the plot has nothing to do with Bhaal (and it's even implied that the MC Bhaalspawn is actually dead), instead focusing on Zariel throwing all of Elturel into the hell of Avernus.

...And of course, this being a 2021 D&D product, many of them have their lore messed up (even beyond the insistence on canonizing Abdel Adrian), but what do you honestly expect from WotC at this point?

So, who gets officially brought into the 5e realms?

'''Valygar Corthala''', introduced as an example of a [[Candlekeep]]-associated patron, is still alive and well, albeit a badass old motherfucker who has been sneaking Potions of Longevity on the side to keep him alive. He's still an obsessive witchhunter who refuses to lay down and die whilst there are evil wizards out there to be tracked and slain.

'''Xan Moonblade''', another [[Candlekeep]] patron. He's an [[elf]] [[bladesinger]] now, and still sporting his iconic moonblade. No mention is made of his iconic gloomy persona from the games, and instead the focus is on how he wants to go to [[Evermeet]] and how he's one of the new "Blessed of Corellon" sexshifters.

'''Kivan''' returns as an example patron associated with the Emerald Enclave. Now his backstory is that, after his wife was killed by the [[ogre]]] Tazok, he fell in with Faldorn and became muscle for the Shadow Druids, though he ultimately quit them and joined the Emerald Enclave. Unfortunately, Faldorn has now infiltrated the Enclave and is working her way up its ranks, leaving Kivan stuck on what to do, since if he outs her as a Shadow Druid, she can do the same to him. Also he's now gay-married to Cernd, the [[werewolf]] [[druid]] from BG2 for some reason.

'''Faldorn''' is, well, Faldorn; she's now a high-ranked member of the Shadow Druids and is secretly seeking to corrupt the Emerald Enclave from within by taking over as its new leader. She did take a few years off from the anti-civilization crusade to go back to her old tribe and pop out a son, though. Also, she and Kivan now worked together.

'''Jaheira''' returns as a sample [[Harpers]] patron. She's a century older now and prefers more of a mentor/recruiter role, but still enjoys going out and kicking ass to protect nature when she can.

'''Minsc and Boo''' are now as the tie-in 5e comics established; petrified after the death of the [[Bhaalspawn]], they were accidentally revived a century later, and have picked right back up on the heroism thing. They are founding members of the up-and-coming Knights of Bahamut organization. Likely at Boo's request the pair also went to [[wildspace]] and wrote a book about it.

'''Jon & Bodhi Irenicus''' are alive again... sort of. They're now [[Darklord]]s of a [[Demiplane of Dread|Domain of Dread]] based on Suldanessellar, and the heads of the Order of Icarus - a secret society (which can serve as a patron for players) that basially exists to track down magical lore and items in hopes of breaking the curses that bind the Irenicus siblings to their Domain. Jon is now a [[lich]], and Bodhi was the one who persuaded Jon to perform his dark rituals after having been corrupted by black magic she obtained from the [[Vistani]].

'''Montaron and Xzar''' are back. Montaron apparently never got killed by the [[Harpers]] and is still an active agent of the Shadow Thieves. Xzar, on the other hand, turned himself into a [[lich]]... but then devolved into a mad demilich, which Montaron keeps on him at all time. Also, there's a soulless clone of Xzar running around that was given life by the [[Slaad]] Lord Sendam.

'''Imoen''' is still running around, kept alive and youthful by a combination of her [[Bhaalspawn]] blood and a failed attempt to turn her into a [[vampire]], which has left her with sunlight sensitivity and a vampire-like ability to climb sheer surfaces. She now inhabits Athkhatla, having been driven from Baldur's Gate due to that whole "Bhaalspawn [[dhampir]]" thing.

'''[[Bhaal]]''' actually gets statted up as a monster you can fight in this book.

Whilst not actually a Baldur's Gate character, '''Aribeth de Tylmarande''' from [[Neverwinter Nights]] is present in the book. She's now an [[undead]] agent of Mephistopheles.

'''Edwin Odesseiron''', having managed to bumble into [[elf]]-like longevity, is still up to his old tricks, schmoozing to the strong and dreaming of becoming powerful himself.

'''Kagain''' is no longer just a greedy mercenary [[dwarf]], but now an evil, ''evil'' son of a bitch who has become the leader of a small band of Bhaal-worshipping monsters.

'''Saemon Havarian''' is still alive because, after suffering a heart attack, he made a fiendish contract with [[Baalzebul]] for another century's worth of life. With just 25 years left before the [[archdevil]] claims his soul, Saemon is desperate to find some way to wriggle out of this contract.

'''Sarevok''' returned from the dead to fight against Amelissan alongside the [[Bhaalspawn]] (and Imoen)... then became a drunken, drug-addled beggar after realizing how empty and pointless his second grasp on life as. Bhaal has managed to give him some sense of pride and service back by appointing him as his high priest, now the god is returning and seeking to rebuild his faith.

'''Viconia de'Vir''' is wandering around doing whatever [[Shar]] tells her, and slowly building her own party of fellow [[Underdark]] outcasts.