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|description = Halsin is a Wood Elf Druid in Baldur's Gate 3. He is the Archdruid of the Emerald Grove whom the player has to rescue from goblins after which he can be recruited as a Companion. | |description = Halsin is a Wood Elf Druid in Baldur's Gate 3. He is the Archdruid of the Emerald Grove whom the player has to rescue from goblins after which he can be recruited as a Companion. | ||
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Halsin can be recruited in [[Act Two]] after progressing the quest to [[Lift the Shadow Curse]] to a certain point. However, if the player proceeds to [[Act Three]] without fully completing the quest, Halsin will leave the party and stay behind in the [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]]. Of course, should he die in [[Act One]], he will not be recruitable. | Halsin can be recruited in [[Act Two]] after progressing the quest to [[Lift the Shadow Curse]] to a certain point. However, if the player proceeds to [[Act Three]] without fully completing the quest, Halsin will leave the party and stay behind in the [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]]. Of course, should he die in [[Act One]], he will not be recruitable. | ||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
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[[File:Halsin Approval.png|44px|left|alt=Halsin Approves|link=|Halsin Approves]] | [[File:Halsin Approval.png|44px|left|alt=Halsin Approves|link=|Halsin Approves]] | ||
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Halsin will only gain or lose approval once he has joined the party as a full companion during the events of [[Lift the Shadow Curse]]. He likes those who are kind, especially to animals or children, and dislikes any decisions that involve harming the natural world or supporting corruption and cruelty. | Halsin will only gain or lose approval once he has joined the party as a full companion during the events of [[Lift the Shadow Curse]]. He likes those who are kind, especially to animals or children, and dislikes any decisions that involve harming the natural world or supporting corruption and cruelty. | ||
=== Romance === | === Romance === | ||
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:{{Q|I'm 350 years old. Of course there have been lovers. Just because I love nature doesn't mean I'm betrothed to it...|topic=his sex life|author=Halsin}} | |||
Halsin can be [[romance]]d. Though the majority of his romance happens in [[Act Three]], he can be flirted with in prior Acts. He is polyamorous and can be romanced alongside [[Astarion]], [[Shadowheart]], or [[Karlach]], with their consent. | Halsin can be [[romance]]d. Though the majority of his romance happens in [[Act Three]], he can be flirted with in prior Acts. He is polyamorous and can be romanced alongside [[Astarion]], [[Shadowheart]], or [[Karlach]], with their consent. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
Many years ago, when Halsin was younger and far more foolhardy than he is now, he ventured to the [[Underdark]] to experience the beauty of its unworldly flora and instead found himself captured by a noble [[drow]] house - in his words, "something between guest, prisoner, and consort". The house's matron and patron took an interest | Many years ago, when Halsin was younger and far more foolhardy than he is now, he ventured to the [[Underdark]] to experience the beauty of its unworldly flora and instead found himself captured by a noble [[drow]] house - in his words, "something between guest, prisoner, and consort". The house's matron and patron took an interest him, seeing a wood elf from the surface as quite the novelty, and he spent nearly three years chained in their bedchamber. | ||
Halsin did what was necessary to survive the experience, though he does not look negatively upon it as, while he feared for his life, he was willing to wait for the chance to regain his freedom. That chance came when his captors' rivals attacked, as [[Deities#Lolth|Lolth]]'s noble houses are constantly at each other's throats. While the drow were distracted by the battle, he escaped - though he never did learn what became of his hosts. | Halsin did what was necessary to survive the experience, though he does not look negatively upon it as, while he feared for his life, he was willing to wait for the chance to regain his freedom. That chance came when his captors' rivals attacked, as [[Deities#Lolth|Lolth]]'s noble houses are constantly at each other's throats. While the drow were distracted by the battle, he escaped - though he never did learn what became of his hosts. |