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'''Halsin''' is a [[Companion]] in [[Baldur's Gate 3]]. He is an [[Elf]] [[Druid]] with the [[Outlander]] background.
'''Halsin''' is a [[Companion]] in [[Baldur's Gate 3]]. He is a [[Elf|wood elf]] [[Druid]] with the [[Outlander]] background.


Halsin can be recruited in [[Act Two]], in the [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]], after progressing the quest, [[Lift the Shadow Curse]] to a certain point. He is only recruitable by players who have made certain decisions in [[Act One]] relating to the [[Druid Grove]].
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.


== Gameplay ==
== Gameplay ==
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==Background==
==Background==
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.
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.
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Once given a lead to Thaniel's location by [[Art Cullagh]] (whether through waking him or [[Speak with Dead|from his corpse]]), Halsin will perform a ritual to open a portal to the [[Shadowfell]] and retrieve the boy. Failing to protect the portal from the waves of shadow-cursed creatures will lead to the portal closing and Halsin becoming lost to the Shadowfell forever.
Once given a lead to Thaniel's location by [[Art Cullagh]] (whether through waking him or [[Speak with Dead|from his corpse]]), Halsin will perform a ritual to open a portal to the [[Shadowfell]] and retrieve the boy. Failing to protect the portal from the waves of shadow-cursed creatures will lead to the portal closing and Halsin becoming lost to the Shadowfell forever.


If Thaniel is successfully rescued from the Shadowfell, Halsin will offer to join the party fully, becoming a permanent [[companion]].
If Thaniel is successfully rescued from the Shadowfell, Halsin will offer to join the party fully, becoming a permanent [[companion]]. However, failing to fully complete the quest by locating [[Oliver]] and reuniting him with Thaniel before proceeding to [[Act Three]] will cause Halsin to leave the party and remain behind in the Shadow-Cursed Lands in the hopes of lifting the curse by himself.


== Act Three ==
== Act Three ==
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