Baldur's Gate 3 gives you two options for customisable characters. You can either start with a blank slate, creating your own character backstory as you would in Dungeons & Dragons, or you can play as The Dark Urge. The character itself is still customisable, but it gives you a set backstory that unfolds throughout the game.
Spoilers for the classic Baldur's Gate games and The Dark Urge storyline in Baldur's Gate 3 ahead.
As you discover in Act 3, The Dark Urge is a Bhaalspawn - a child of the God of Murder. Since this interacts with and even changes the main narrative so much, it's generally recommended that players opt for this path on their second playthroughs. However, that doesn't mean The Dark Urge was tacked on at the end by Larian.
Speaking to Eurogamer, writers behind The Dark Urge shed some light on how this path was implemented into Baldur's Gate 3. Turns out, Larian had decided from the very beginning that it wanted a Bhaalspawn character in the game, but originally envisioned them as a companion instead.
"We went through god I don't know how many versions of it," says Adam Smith, writing director at Larian. He adds...
