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{{Q|My rancid blood whispers to me: kill, kill, and kill again. My ruined body yearns to reap death in this world, and when this foul Urge calls, it possesses my whole being. Injured beyond repair, I know nothing besides this; I must resist this Dark Urge, lest it consume my mind. I must discover what happened to me, and who I was. Before my twitching knife-hand writes a tragedy in blood.|The Dark Urge, fearing their dark desires in their Introduction cinematic.}}

== Description ==

Prior to their amnesia, the Dark Urge was a much more cold and calculated individual than their bloodkin, [[Orin]].{{ref|name=coronation|Dialogue with Gortash during his coronation|act3}} They believed in killing for killing's sake, preferring practical and simple methods over flair and grace, and took issue with extravagant or needlessly creative killings.{{ref|name=kidnapdialogue|Possible dialogue with Orin, when she reveals she has kidnapped Halsin.|act3}}{{ref|name=orinletter|Letter addressed to Orin, found in her quarters.|act3}} They were, on occasion, deeply loyal to Bhaal,{{ref|name=colonyletter|Letter by the Dark Urge, addressed to Bhaal, found in the mind flayer colony.|act2}} but would nonetheless often stray from their intended purpose.{{ref|name=oathbreakeract3|Dialogue with the Oathbreaker in Act Three.|act3}}

The Dark Urge is a Bhaalspawn, but unlike other Bhaalspawn, they weren't born – they were created from the dead flesh of Bhaal himself.{{note|The Dark Urge can tell [[Naaber]] that they have no birthdate due to the nature of their creation.{{ref|name=Naaber|Encounter with Naaber.|act3}}}}{{ref|name=felchosen|Dialogue with [[Sceleritas Fel]], after becoming Bhaal's Chosen.|act3}}{{ref|name=Devella|Dialogue with Gauntlet [[Devella Fountainhead]], after saving her and completing the [[Murder Tribunal]]|act3}}

===The plan===

Eventually, the Dark Urge became the leader of the Cult of Bhaal, and pledged to end all life in existence for their [[Bhaal|father]]. At some point fellow Bhaalspawn [[Orin the Red]] joined and served under them.{{ref|name=memoirs|Gortash's memoirs.}}

After the heist, Gortash suggested that they use the Crown on the elder brain located in the illithid colony below [[Moonrise Towers]]. The Dark Urge agreed to the plan, and joined [[Enver Gortash]] and [[Ketheric Thorm]] at Moonrise Towers.{{ref|name=memoirs}}

The Dark Urge's unique quest, [[The Urge]], has two distinct paths: The character can either resist their urges, or embrace them.

== Past relationships ==

File: Preview The Dark Urge.png|The origin's default appearance in Larian's Release Showcase.

File:BIBG The Dark Urge.png|The origin's appearance in Blood in Baldur's Gate.

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* The Dark Urge has much in common with the protagonists of many other party-based RPGs, such as being an amnesiac and having a hidden connection to the villains of the game that is revealed over time.

** Notably, the protagonist of the previous Baldur's Gate games was also a Bhaalspawn.

** Immediately after the Dark Urge is brought back by Withers, the character can revel in their freedom to be evil without the Urge, and take joy in having fooled everyone that they are innocent.

** The character can also embrace their goodness, which illustrates the virtue of a good-aligned Dark Urge, as they (and the player) truly ''choose'' to be good.