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Baldur's Gate 3's Lady Shar Model Shows Us The Nightsong Was Originally A Very Different Character

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Jack Coleman

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The Nightsong is an integral part of the plot of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Baldur's Gate 3 — Halsin gets captured by the goblins while seeking out the Nightsong, setting into motion the events of the꧋ game's first act. The game's second act then centres around the party finding the N⛎ightsong beneath the Shadow-Cursed Lands.

However, the Nightsong wasn't always Dame Aylin (technically), the righteous Aasimar w꧑e all know and love. Instead, the original plan for the Nightsong appears to be something more Sharran, and less Selunite.

This is evidenced by the name of Lady Shar's model in the final release of Baldur's Gateꦯ, which, as discovered by , is labelled nightsong_old.

Yo💎u can encounter Lady Sh💦ar herself during the conclusion of Shadowheart's personal quest.

The Nightsinger

Dame Aylin in Baldur's Gate 3 in front of a stone wall in full armour

Ketheric Thorm previously worshipped Lady Shar before pivoting to Myrkul to revive his daughter Isobel. The Nightsong was originally a chosen of Shar, and was perhaps incarcerated by Thorm after he betrayed his patron. Dame Aylin ends up powering his immo꧂rtality, but perhaps a Sharran originally filled this role.

If we look at for the Nightsong and Dame Aylin, we can glean that the Nightsong was originally intended to be a💎 boss fight with some sort of light gimmick. There are unused voice lines associated with Dame Aylin, such as "Shar is the Nightsinger, and I am her Nightsong"; "I am her instrument, transforming the faithful into Shadows"; "I drink their sorrow, their loss, their grief... then I vomit it back into the world"; "Thousands of Sharrans came here seeking my kiss, all of them are shadows now. That is Shar's only rew✤ard."

We have an old model for Dame Aylin t❀hat isn't the same model as Lady Shar, so it's clear Larian was playing with a lot of ideas for the character.

Although she seems a willing follower of Shar, the original iteration of the Nightsong also has lines that reference wanting to break free from the influence of Shar and Thorm. This version of Aylin may not have powered Thorm's immortality, but rather was just a normal 𒊎prisoner of Thorm's and an instrument used by Shar.

The deep connection between Thorm and Lady Shar makes Myrkul's involvement feel like an afterthought. Obviously, Thorm needed Myrkul to rev🍬ive Isobel, but🦂 I wonder if the plot would have been better served by keeping him associated with Shar, whose influence is far deeper and more intertwined with his realm.