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{{ | {{Infobox character | ||
| | | role = Special [[Origin]] | ||
|name = The Dark Urge | | name = The Dark Urge | ||
| | | image = BIBG The Dark Urge Cropped.png | ||
| | | image_alt_text = The Dark Urge's appearance in Blood in Baldur's Gate. | ||
| race = Any, [[White dragonborn]] (default) | |||
| class = Any, [[Sorcerer]], [[Storm Sorcery]] (default) | |||
| background = [[Haunted One]] | |||
| hometown = [[Baldur's Gate]] | |||
| family = [[Bhaal]] ("father"/creator)<br>[[Orin the Red]] (Bhaalspawn relative)<br>[[Sarevok Anchev]] (Bhaalspawn relative)<br>Unnamed foster parents<br>[[Minsc]] ("uncle", determinant) | |||
|race=Any, | |||
|class = Sorcerer | |||
|background= Haunted One | |||
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|family= | |||
[[Bhaal]] (" | |||
}} | }} | ||
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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.}} | 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 receiving dreams of Bhaal, the Dark Urge – in correspondence with [[Gortash|Enver Gortash]] – hatched a plan to steal the Crown of Karsus in a heist at Mephistopheles' Vault, so that they could fulfil their pledge to their Lord: They would create an army of soulless mind flayers, and with the help of this army they would exterminate all life — Including, as the last being alive, their own. Fully intent on eventually betraying them, the Dark Urge joined forces with Gortash and [[Ketheric Thorm]], [[Bane]] and [[Myrkul]]'s chosen, respectively.{{ref|name=colonyletter||act2}}{{ref|name=memoirs}}{{ref|name=coronation||act3}}{{ref|name=parentnotes|Notes found at Gortash's parents' shop.|act3}} | After receiving dreams of Bhaal, the Dark Urge – in correspondence with [[Gortash|Enver Gortash]] – hatched a plan to steal the Crown of Karsus in a heist at Mephistopheles' Vault, so that they could fulfil their pledge to their Lord: They would create an army of soulless mind flayers, and with the help of this army they would exterminate all life — Including, as the last being alive, their own. Fully intent on eventually betraying them, the Dark Urge joined forces with Gortash and [[Ketheric Thorm]], [[Bane (God)|Bane]] and [[Myrkul]]'s chosen, respectively.{{ref|name=colonyletter||act2}}{{ref|name=memoirs}}{{ref|name=coronation||act3}}{{ref|name=parentnotes|Notes found at Gortash's parents' shop.|act3}} | ||
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}} | 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}} | ||
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The Dark Urge's unique quest, [[The Urge]], has two distinct paths: The character can either resist their urges, or embrace them. | The Dark Urge's unique quest, [[The Urge]], has two distinct paths: The character can either resist their urges, or embrace them. | ||
If they resist the legacy, will | If they resist the Urge and reject their legacy, Bhaal will drain them of his unholy blood resulting in their death, only for [[Withers]] to intervene directly and bring them back to life. | ||
If they embrace their legacy, they will become Bhaal's Chosen yet again. | If they embrace the Urge and accept their legacy, they will become Bhaal's Chosen yet again. | ||
== Past relationships == | == Past relationships == | ||
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File: Preview The Dark Urge.png|The origin's default appearance in Larian's Release Showcase. | 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. | File:BIBG The Dark Urge.png|The origin's appearance in Blood in Baldur's Gate. | ||
TheDarkUrge.jpg|Promotional art | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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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. | * 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. | ** Notably, the protagonist of the previous Baldur's Gate games was also a Bhaalspawn. | ||
* Even after being freed of | * Even after being freed of the Urge, the Dark Urge still has access to unique, violent dialogue – with the Urge references removed – suggesting that at least part of the Dark Urge's available actions could be the result of their own character, rather than simply Bhaal's influence.{{ref|As discovered in numerous possible dialogues in Act Three.|act3}} | ||
** 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. | ** 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. | ** 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. | ||