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==The Urge ==
==The Urge ==
This is the Dark Urge's Personal Quest. The Dark Urge, no matter your choice of race or class, will have unique choices exclusive to the Dark Urge, many of which are disturbed and violent. Many of these choices can be avoided, either by simply not selecting them at all, or by passing Saving Throws to resist the Urge in situations it can not be avoided.  
This is the Dark Urge's Personal Quest. The Dark Urge, no matter your choice of race or class, will have unique choices exclusive to the Dark Urge, many of which are disturbed and violent. Many of these choices can be avoided, either by simply not selecting them at all, or by passing Saving Throws to resist the Urge in situations it can not be avoided.


There are many instances of cruelty and violence the Dark Urge can commit;
{{SpoilerBox|'''This List is Unfinished. There are many more instances where the Dark Urge has unique interactions.'''
==== Act 1 ====
* Tearing off [[Gale]]'s arm when first meeting him. This prevents you from recruiting him.
* On meeting [[Timber the Squirrel]] at the [[Druid Grove]], the Dark Urge will punt the squirrel with no input. The player can only control this choice if they have [[Speak with Animals]] active.
* Encourage [[Arabella]] to leave by flicking your eyes towards the exit, leading to her death.
* Killing [[Alfira]] while she is visiting the camp (Or a [[Dragonborn]] [[bard]] named [[Quil]] if [[Alfira]] is unavailable for any reason), leading to the first meeting of [[Sceleritas Fel]]. The player can not control this choice.
* Killing [[Minthara]] after sleeping with her if the Dark Urge sided with the Goblin Camp against the Grove.
==== Act 2 ====
* Killing [[Isobel]]. The player can choose whether or not to do this, but will lead to a different event. Killing Isobel rewards the Dark Urge with the [[Slayer]] form.
* Killing your lover or closest companion. The player can choose to warn their companion of this, or choose to simply kill them. Doing this rewards the Dark Urge with the [[Slayer]] form.}}
During the story, and your interactions with Sceleritas Fel, whether you indulge in your urges or not, you slowly learn more of your past, and why you feel the need to kill others.
During the story, and your interactions with Sceleritas Fel, whether you indulge in your urges or not, you slowly learn more of your past, and why you feel the need to kill others.
{{SpoilerBox|'''This Section is unfinished, and there may be incorrect or missing information within.'''
{{SpoilerBox|'''This Section is unfinished, and there may be incorrect or missing information within.''
 
During '''Act 2''', should the Dark Urge kill [[Isobel]] at the [[Last Light Inn]], they are granted the [[Slayer]] form, revealing their heritage as a [[Bhaalspawn]] to those familiar with the previous Baldur's Gate games, which was an ability that [[Bhaalspawn]] could acquire within those previous games. Should the player forego killing [[Isobel]], after making their way to Baldur's Gate in '''Act 3''', arriving at [[Wyrm's Crossing]], it is revealed you were not only a [[Bhaalspawn]], but the leader for the Cult of [[Bhaal]]. Further conversation with [[Gortash]] reveals you were one of the original members of the Chosen of the Dead Three, and alongside Gortash, had originally schemed to use the [[Crown of Karsus]] on the Elder Brain to falsify the religion of the [[Absolute]]. In this sense, the Dark Urge is very well the catalyst for the main story's events.
During '''Act 2''', should the Dark Urge kill [[Isobel]] at the [[Last Light Inn]], they are granted the [[Slayer]] form, revealing their heritage as a [[Bhaalspawn]] to those familiar with the previous Baldur's Gate games, which was an ability that [[Bhaalspawn]] could acquire within those previous games. Should the player forego killing [[Isobel]], after making their way to Baldur's Gate in '''Act 3''', arriving at [[Wyrm's Crossing]], it is revealed you were not only a [[Bhaalspawn]], but the leader for the Cult of [[Bhaal]]. Further conversation with [[Gortash]] reveals you were one of the original members of the Chosen of the Dead Three, and alongside Gortash, had originally schemed to use the [[Crown of Karsus]] on the Elder Brain to falsify the religion of the [[Absolute]]. In this sense, the Dark Urge is very well the catalyst for the main story's events.


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Should they refuse to become [[Bhaal]]'s chosen, the Dark Urge will be drained of every divine aspect of the god, and be reborn by [[Withers]], free from the Urge.}}
Should they refuse to become [[Bhaal]]'s chosen, the Dark Urge will be drained of every divine aspect of the god, and be reborn by [[Withers]], free from the Urge.}}


=== The Dark Urge as an NPC ===
==History==
{{SpoilerBox|Should you reach the [[Temple of Bhaal]] as any of the other [[Origin]] characters, including as a custom character, you will find the corpse of The Dark Urge in the Chosen's room named as "Bhaalspawn", tortured and murdered by [[Orin the Red]]. They are not available as a companion or as an enemy. Interacting with the corpse will make them comment that "Orin must have tormented him".}}
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====Childhood====
Unlike other Bhaalspawn, The Dark Urge wasn't born, but instead created from the dead flesh of Bhaal himself<ref>The Dark Urge can tell [[Naaber]] that they have no birthdate due to the nature of their creation.</ref><ref>Dialogue with [[Sceleritas Fel]], after becoming Bhaal's Chosen.</ref>.


==The Dark Urge's Past==
They were at some point taken in by a couple, and had a relatively peaceful childhood for a time<ref>Memories regained after casting Heal on the Dark Urge after killing Orin.</ref>, before succumbing to the urge and murdering their loved ones and foster parents<ref>Memories regained from casting Heal on the Dark Urge prior to killing Orin.</ref>.
 
====The Cult of Bhaal====
 
Eventually, the Dark Urge became the leader of the Cult of Bhaal, and pledged to end all life in existence to their [[Bhaal|father]]. They recruited [[Gortash]] and later [[Ketheric]], to enact their plan to use the [[Crown of Karsus]] on the Elder Brain to falsify the religion of the [[Absolute]], so that they may build an army of soulless Mind Flayers to exterminate all life — Including, as the last being alive, their own.<ref>Dialogue with Gortash.</ref><red>Note written by the Dark Urge found in the Colony below Moonrise Towers.</ref>
 
====Betrayal====
 
For a time, the Dark Urge was worshipped as a god at [[Moonrise Towers]], but was eventually betrayed by their sister [[Orin the Red]], who was jealous of Bhaal's favouritism. The Dark Urge was gutted and had much of their brain destroyed, and was infected with a Tadpole, resulting in their amnesia.
 
They were sent to [[Moonrise Towers]], where they were put together, unable to speak or do anything but inflict violence on themselves or others, and was eventually sent off on the [[Nautiloid|Nautiloid Ship]].
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===Uncovering the Dark Urge's Past===
{{SpoilerBox|Numerous details from the Dark Urge's past can be uncovered in the game.
{{SpoilerBox|Numerous details from the Dark Urge's past can be uncovered in the game.
* Numerous instances suggest that the Dark Urge was created directly from the dead flesh of Bhaal, rather than from copulation like most Bhaalspawn.
** In dialogue with [[Naaber]], the Dark Urge can say this, and that they thus have no birthdate.
** It is said in dialogue with [[Sceleritas Fel]], after becoming Bhaal's Chosen.
* Eating the [[Noblestalk]] mushroom as Dark Urge will unlock one of two memories:
* Eating the [[Noblestalk]] mushroom as Dark Urge will unlock one of two memories:
** If eaten before meeting [[Sceleritas Fel]]. they remember acts of cannibalism.
** If eaten before meeting [[Sceleritas Fel]]. they remember acts of cannibalism.
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* Dialogue with [[Orin]] disguised as [[Zethino]] implies that she and Dark Urge may have had an incestuous relationship, but it is left ambiguous.
* Dialogue with [[Orin]] disguised as [[Zethino]] implies that she and Dark Urge may have had an incestuous relationship, but it is left ambiguous.
* The journal entry for [[The Urge|Uncover your Scars]] suggests the that the Dark Urge may have had a sexual relationship with the Elder Brain.
* The journal entry for [[The Urge|Uncover your Scars]] suggests the that the Dark Urge may have had a sexual relationship with the Elder Brain.
* Walking by the graves of the [[Last Hope Inn]] will reveal that it was once the Dark Urge's hunting grounds.
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==Indulging the Urge==
There are many instances of cruelty and violence the Dark Urge can commit;
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==== Act 1 ====
* Tearing off [[Gale]]'s arm when first meeting him. This prevents you from recruiting him.
* On meeting [[Timber the Squirrel]] at the [[Druid Grove]], the Dark Urge will punt the squirrel with no input. The player can only control this choice if they have [[Speak with Animals]] active.
* Encourage [[Arabella]] to leave by flicking your eyes towards the exit, leading to her death.
* Killing [[Alfira]] while she is visiting the camp (Or a [[Dragonborn]] [[bard]] named [[Quil]] if [[Alfira]] is unavailable for any reason), leading to the first meeting of [[Sceleritas Fel]]. The player can not control this choice.
* Killing [[Minthara]] after sleeping with her if the Dark Urge sided with the Goblin Camp against the Grove.
==== Act 2 ====
* Killing [[Isobel]]. The player can choose whether or not to do this, but will lead to a different event. Killing Isobel rewards the Dark Urge with the [[Slayer]] form.
* Killing your lover or closest companion. The player can choose to warn their companion of this, or choose to simply kill them. Doing this rewards the Dark Urge with the [[Slayer]] form.}}


==Notes==
==Notes==
*The final origin character was revealed through [https://bloodinbaldursgate.larian.com/ Blood in Baldur's Gate ARG]. The players controlled a detective investigating a chain of murders. On the final day of the ARG The Dark Urge along with Sceleritas Fel were revealed in the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuAg2f4MZG8 final video] where the white-scaled dragonborn kills the detective.
*The final origin character was revealed through [https://bloodinbaldursgate.larian.com/ Blood in Baldur's Gate ARG]. The players controlled a detective investigating a chain of murders. On the final day of the ARG The Dark Urge along with Sceleritas Fel were revealed in the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuAg2f4MZG8 final video] where the white-scaled dragonborn kills the detective.
*Due to similarities the Dark Urge shares with previous Baldur's Gate protagonists, it is theorized that they are the canon protagonist of [[Baldur's Gate 3]]. This has not been confirmed or denied as of the time of writing.
*Due to similarities the Dark Urge shares with previous Baldur's Gate protagonists, it is theorized that they are the canon protagonist of [[Baldur's Gate 3]]. This has not been confirmed or denied as of the time of writing.
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* In a campaign where the Dark Urge isn't chosen as an Origin Character, the player can find the corpse of an NPC with the defaults appearance of the Dark Urge Origin, simply called 'Fallen Bhaalspawn', tortured and murdered by [[Orin]].}}




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