There’s an unused ending forThe Dark Urgeending tucked away in the files forBaldur’s Gate 3- and it’s pretty goddamn nasty. The cut dialogue, which would have been part of a bad ending for the player character, shamelessly dives into the horror of the Dark Urge’s roots, and definitively would have shocked players
Spoiler warning for The Dark Urge origin.So, if you’re still reading but don’t why the Dark Urge has their dark urges, it’s because they’re Bhaalspawn. That means thatBhaal, the God of Murder, is their dad. As you might expect, he’s not a great pops, and frequently uses his kids for his own end. They’re essentially resources to be used up for whatever evil plot he’s scheming, and this is where the ending comes in.
In the unused ending, you would have disappointed Bhaal so much that he’s decided to strip you of any autonomy or independent thought. In doing this, his only use for you is breeding stock, so you can create more Bhaalspawn to be used by your evil father.
That sounds bad enough, but if the dev notes are anything to go by, we would have been “treated” to seeing this in action during an epilogue. Some of the voice lines were actually recorded, so the ending got as far as having voiced narration.Content warningfor all ofthatbefore we go any further.
In case the devs notes are a little hard to read, I’ll go through them below as if I were selecting dialogue options, and combine them with the accompanying responses set out in the data. A few minor lines have been skipped, but you’ll get the picture.
Well, how are we feeling after all that? Violently ill? Yeah, I’m guessing that’s what they were going for.
The story of Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2 deals with the aftermath ofthe Time of Troubles, with all of Bhaal’s original Bhaalspawn coming of age.
Fear not, you don’t have to worry about accidentally getting this ending in Baldur’s Gate 3. It’s been removed entirely, and these lines were only found through datamines. You can still get an ending where you fail and in doing so, ensure that the Urge will take you over completely one day, but we never get to see that happen. Instead, you’re more likely to find yourself shutting down the Bhaalist plot, or taking over the cult for yourself.
Alas, this ending is perfectly in keeping with Bhaal’s behaviour. One bit of nastiness that made it into the game isOrin’s parentage, which is uh, interesting. Basically, Sarevok settled down with someone and had a daughter. He then decided that he ought to have another child with his daughter, thus spawning Orin. And Bhaal was all about that. Lovely fella.
We’ll have to wait and see if this ending is reimplemented in a future patch. Updates already gave us anextended epilogue for Karlach, so who knows? Well, it gives us a good reason to resist the Urge at all costs.
