When you think of a narrative that's as complex and flexible as that of Baldur's Gate 3, you can't help but wonder how it would have turned out if earlier drafts were approved. Maybe Astarion was among The Chosen Three, perhaps Scratch was an origin character, and maybe Wulbren wasn't so bad. Actually, that last one seems improbable.
We're gonna be talking about this game for a decade and more.
You can be sure that the narrative saw hundreds of iterations before the final one was settled on, and each of these iterations would hold scenarios that seem strange now that the game is out – some sort of alternate timeline shenanigans. We still come across such content 2 years after launch, and we've just found another one, featuring Halsin.
Halsin is, unfortunately, not among the top choices for everybody's favourite Baldur's Gate companions. His biggest highlight is that you can sleep with him while he's in bear form. Not much apart from that. And, while he's instrumental in driving the curse out of the Shadow Cursed Lands, there's just nothing else interesting about the character.
However, it seems Larian's original plans for Halsin would have made him a bit more...
