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In fairness, it's not really a sacrifice if it can just be "fixed". Gale can no longer return to the mortal realm, which means he won't see Tara (his dearest friend), his parents, or his BG3 buddies ever again most likely... unless Mystra can somehow send him to Withers' prologue party, but I don't know.
@@mistahanansi2264 I agree, but seeing Tav as a Mind Flayer even in the "afterlife" after you choose to end your life is kinda depressing, plus Withers mentions that you (the party) could be needed again so I assume that includes Gale as well, idk
My understanding is that Mystra cannot interfere too much with Faerun. Therefore the only way she can restore Gale, is that if he is no more to return to Faerun. This makes sense for Gale as he is the chosen of Mystra, but for the others? Maybe for Durge Bhaal could do something similar, but Im not sure: a. I would decide to spend the rest of my life in Bhaal realm b. Bhaal gives an effing f about his choosens.
Love that they added this ending- though I''m not sure how I feel about Gale learning NOTHING from the last time he took a tumble in her magical undergarments. Poor fool.
@@traceyxxrose7454 She groomed him just like the Greek gods and goddesses did with mortals. He just finally submitted and is now her boytoy. Forever and ever and ever.
I find it bittersweet but realistically possible. Like Astarion, he gains a lot from a romance. It helps him grow personally and move past his old passion in ways friendship does not.
To be fair, being mystra's chosen (even if you basically die here) is significantly better than staying an illithid. That said, if gale is not an illithid and *still* choose to be with her again, yeah he's an idiot
@traceyxxrose7454 pfft please, mystra doesn't care about "teaching a lesson". What kind of lesson ask the student to die as punishment from making a mistake, which is caused by her in the first place? Do you know that one of mystra's doctrine for spellcaster is to 'seek power and keep trying to evolve magic' (paraphrasing)? Yet the moment gale sees the power beyond the boundary (something that she herself shows him) and wants to have that, it's suddenly not okay. Gale is power hungry, make no mistake, but he won't be this bad if not for mystra's own doing.
There kinda is already, after you get the ending where you go to avernus with her, at the party she tells you she has found a way to be cured, is not sure, is in the future, but is good enough according to me
It's still a rather sad ending as Gale can't return to the mortal plane, so he's still essentially dead. And he's spending his afterlife with the goddess who manipulated him. That being said though I actually got a little emotional watching Gale's soul being restored and I'm glad we get confirmation Mystra keeps her word.
Only fans with extremely poor interpretations of a goddess (who willingly chains herself to mortals, and who gale was literally devouring with his karsite weave bit by bit) would have thought she wouldn't. From her perspective asking Gale to kill himself isn't nearly as big of an ask as it is for a mortal, after all she's died several times herself!
@@override367 Strong words there, differing interpretations from your own do not inherently mean worse ones. Mystra is complicated, she keeps her word here but she is very flawed. The game suggests that pretty clearly I think. It's why upon Gale being told by Elminster to kill himself and everyone around him in a miles wide radius to save the realm, pretty much everyone besides Gale is angry at her and list valid reasons why Mystra's approach is flawed. Gale is of course also flawed like the rest of the cast, but Mystra clearly has power and control over him. For every noble reason you can assume she has for her decisions in game she also can have a selfish or petty one. Which is it, or is it both? I don't think it is unreasonable for players to be skeptical. I prefer gods written like Mystra for that reason. Extremely interesting.
My tav being a devout cleric of Mysra and watching Gale become chosen after I literally killed 2 other chosen and also a demon and wouldn't even consider not following the word of my goddess:
@rettbull9100 Nah, this isn't out of character for Mystra. He surrendered the Karsite stuff and Crown and the Absolute is also gone. The reward makes sense. However, it does feel out of character for Gale to do this, though, after what he's been through.
@@rettbull9100 How is this out of character for her? Mystra isn't evil. The only reason she didn't take gale to elysim before was because he wasn't ready. Now gale is willingly giving the crown and the karsite weave back to mystra, he has learned his lesson, and he has become an illithid. Mystra wasn't going to leave her chosen like that
Additional dnd context- last time someone used karsus’ crown to become a god, it killed Mystra. This event is why the netherese civilization fell and why individual mages are banned from casting spells above 9th level. Gale would 100% be aware of the crown’s history. I’m not saying him bringing up the crown is an implicit threat, but I’m not saying it *isnt* a threat either.
Well it was targeted at Mystra herself if I remember correctly or Karsus tried to make the Avatar of Karsus (the only 12th level spell I believe, again recalling this from memory) target Mystra which attempted to drain her into the Avatar? This is if I recall correctly. As she was losing her power in an attempt to stop the situation she used up all the power she had left and destroyed it, and herself along with it. It apparently took her a long time to come back too.
@@AsreiMurasame pretty sure the canon thing is, cast katsus avatar, it kills the god, give you its power. Turn out, when you kill personification of magic (old mystra who is not a ascended mortal like new mystra) magic stops working, spells fail, weave explode
Actually after checking ed greenwood tweet it seems she did sacrifice herself indeed, damn thats way less funny than the most powerful mage being a mega fool
@@quentinlelievre276 Yeah I think it's the case that if Karsus had targeted a different god, his spell would probably have worked. He shouldn't have tried to use magic to supplant the goddess of magic, it was self-defeating.
@kozhcaelum8495 As a goddess of magic, there are strict rules she must adhere to. As a deity, she doesn't have the luxury of doing EVERYTHING in her moral compass that she would have had while she was still mortal. She has to think about the fate of ALL things magic rather than just those she personally cares about. And blowing up the Absolute was the most surefire way to stop a threat that could have been the doom of all things, even if it meant sacrificing Gale. Which yes is a heavy thing to ask, and one even she in her divinity had no right to ask of him.
@Spiralpaladin As I said, previous Mystra still has that mortal moral compass. This one doesn't after Ao punished her. You're right that her main thing is preserving the weave (hence why she uses volo as the anchor), but that's precisely why I said she's more true neutral now. Preserving weave isn't something good or evil, but it's just... it. More like natural order/force kindof thung. Well, unless we see weave = good, and shadow/karsite weave = evil. Edit: also, the problem with mystra isn't even her asking her follower to die, but more in how she does things. From romancing a mortal, not telling gale what to do after he ate the orb, telling him to die even though there might be a chance we could defeat the brain, only compromise when gale learn the truth of the crown
Honestly, I don't like this ending. It feels like Gale's entire character arc was rendered meaningless. At the start of the game, he was grappling with severe self-esteem issues stemming from his gifted-child syndrome and Mystra's manipulation, Gale perpetually felt the need to validate himself, striving to prove his worth. Mystra made things worse by playing on his insecurities and preying on his vulnerabilities, ultimately leading him to attempt seizing control of the Karsic weave to impress her. Not to mention she groomed him and she has a reputation for using "young wizards", as hinted at in Minsc's dialogue about her. Gale's aspiration to claim Karsus' Crown and ascend to godhood was his way of escaping failure. However, with the support of Tav and the events of the game, he gradually comes to realize that he doesn't need external validation to define his worth. He learns to love himself, stoods up to Mystra, and finds fulfillment as a professor. For the first time, he experiences genuine contentment and happiness. Yet, in this ending where he sails off with Mystra, looking all happy-go-lucky, undermines this hard-earned growth. It doesn't resonate with the journey he undertook or the lessons he learned along the way. It feels out of character and diminishes the impact of his personal development. Thus, I find it unsatisfactory.
I remember reading on Reddit about one of the writers self-inserting themselves as Gale, which is why parts of his story are kind of weird, whereas Gale as a character is solid. Makes sense, it's like some nerd having a crush on a celebrity (in this case the writer and Mystra) and thinking they'd be a great partner to them, without knowing what they are like or having similar interests.
Although what I like about this scene is HE STILL HAS THE ORB when she brings him back and I think that's a hilarious thing that was overlooked as I highly doubt Mystra would have left that on him bringing him back.
@@juanlaise1059 She groomed him ever since he was young. His reliance on her and his over-the-top ambition both stem from Mystra and her "promises". The major reason he is fcked up is because of her. If you ever romance him and show him he is good enough as just a man, you can see for yourself. That, and she could have just saved him without going "Come be my consort again." She's disgusting and a menace (like most of the gods really).
I hate to say it, but it looks like Aurora Borealis. At this time of day, in this time of year, in this part of the planes, localized entirely within... wherever that is.
Mystra: Localized entirely within my domain you mean? In that case you are correct. If that is enough to impress you, then you will be absolutely blown away by my signature pleasure domes. 😏
this ending feel like a bad one for me because when Mystra looked at gale she looked like she's happy she got her puppet back and Gale is just happy someone needs him. Like odd that she can change him back into his human form but only if he stays with her.
Exactly that why the more Gale talked about her the less I liked her. Also when you go to that temple place with all the gods you can pray too the narrator says she is a "jealous god" and while Karsus power is evil and Gale didn't really know that until after the fact If he chooses godhood and tell her that I think she gets jealous at that fact he achieved his goal and became a god. @@elenalizabeth
@@melteddali8000 nah dude. You think that staying with the grooming purple god that asked you to commit suicide and abandoned you for trying to do something for her is the best ending? 😂
@@Keram-io8hv Yes. Which is mature tadpole. You don't call frogs tadpoles either. The tadpoles in the heads of the Re of the crew died out with the Netherbrain.
Realistically, being turned from an Illithid back to a human is probably a terrible feeling. All mind flayers describe themselves as superior beings having the "fog" be lifted from their minds. So assuming Gale still has the memories of being an illithid, and the sense of mental clarity that came with it, it probably feels like absolute shit to go back.
If they are mind flayers, then emotions and morals would be a hindrance and feel bad. If they are humans, they need emotions and morals to find meaning in their lives.
You're not you when you're hungry (for brains). That is to say, when a mindflayer hatches from your skull, it only knows how to be you because you're the only brain it has eaten. You're dead. The fog is probably the artifact suppressing it.
@@SixthUsername It doesn't contradict, but would you rather have a soul and have a sense of right and wrong, or would you rather have perfect mental clarity and psionic powers with no soul and no warmth.
An Illithid Deity without a soul feels like it's never gonna lead to good things for anyone, not even Gale, since the original Gale is gone in this form.
I think they meant why would you choose to go to Elysium just to be Mystra's muse if instead you could use the crown to return from being illithid and become the God of Ambition.
@@Neipalm Yeah but the thing is, what if that's specifically a Mystra related power? Not all gods are equivalent in power, Gale is implied to be on the very minor end of the spectrum. Likely because he was cautious and didn't make Karsus' same mistake. Mystra is a Greater Deity, that's why in the ending where Gale challenges Mystra to a fight - he loses, badly. So what if Gale can't return his soul to its original form? Or what if it takes far longer than Mystra? It's implied that one's Illithid mindset is slowly changing everyone who takes on this state. Eventually even the desire to not be Illithid would be gone.
idk I find the ending where she returns to Avernus with Wyll and finds the possibility to repair her engine quite promising. Especially if we get a DLC out of that. :3
So... now Gale is the only character that have true happy ending as illithid (no more!)? Rest of characters are like "illithid? okay, thanks, but you are terrible"
It could be that the game has a lower facial animation setting or since this scene comes with the new update the animation hasn't been properly done Baldurs gate 3 facial animation is better than most AAA games that's for sure
Just finished my first playthrough with Gale last night, i am excited to see where the other relationships go but idk who can offer anything better than Godhood
yeah pretty gross, but luckily its only if you're playing as him and its only if you actively choose this option. Something I'd personally never do as him
Yes, but not really. Her "base form" is still midnight, but she's now amalgamation of all previous Mystras, probably even mystrl too, as she absorbs their knowledge and memories. Midnight is said to still "exist, but wholly submerged", if she appeared in front of you claiming to be midnight, she's acting
All right but according to this... Illithids then are still sort of the character, just soulless? Sort of like the vampires of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where vamps are essentially the twisted, demonified, soulless versions of their past human selves, but still are somewhat those people (in their cases with their worst impulses brought to life)? So both the Emperor AND Withers/Mystra are right.
Strenght of Will and passage of time. If the default Tav ends its life while being a Mindflayer, Withers Will say that you Still have your soul. The Emperor sure had a strenght but moral compass was destroyed, leaving only His ambition. If Tav, Orpheus could choose tu surrender their lifes, so did he.
I’m fairly certain that with withers being able to recognize the emperor as balduran in the upper city confirms that they have some form of soul, otherwise withers should have no way of knowing who the emperor was, it’s likely just that their soul loses any “apostolic” aspect, thus leaving whatever soul they have left useless to the gods
Game is very sort of wishy washy with what illithid transformation actually means. In the old lore it's the tadpole consuming you and the tadpole (not you) who emerges. The netherese infused tadpoles as well as the emperor's situation seem to be more alike a shapeshift (you keep your brain and soul, it's just your "shell" that changes). Withers does have some line about the fact that illithids are soulless, which I think is supposed to mean that they don't go to the regular afterlife, thus not strengthening the other gods and thus the dead three becoming comparatively more powerful for a time. Though they don't really get into it all that much for what is kindof an important line, perhaps there was more there originally but they kindof cut it out because it doesn't really matter to the narrative as a whole all that much.
@@studentt6064I took it as one of two things With the netherese tadpoles it's not a polymorph moreso the illithid replacing you but your memories and some remnant of who you once were imprinting on the creature leading to a seperate entity wholly convinced its you and by all means is a illithid replica of you while you die Or It's actually the manipulation of Orpheus' abilities that allows the victim to retain some of what they once were, although still very much an illithid, more like an illithid halfbreed in a sense than a true one. The body is an illithid, the mind is, but the soul is retained either permanently or temporarily.
Normally becoming an illithid wipes out the host entirely. People with very strong wills taken over by really mediocre tadpoles can sometimes have a portion of their personality mimicked by the tadpole, but its not really them, it's an illithid who thinks they are the same person. There's an argument to be made as to whether or not they are effectively the same person if they share enough memory or personality, but that's nitpicking at that point--the host has ceased to exist and been consumed by the mindflayer, if not in one fashion, then in another.
On my second playthrough, I’m looking for a fall guy to become the Illithid. I’m salty that in my playthrough I made the sacrifice, off’ed myself, and was *still* a squid in the afterlife.
Its weird how people say that this is a badly written ending because "Gale doesnt learn his lesson about being a god's plaything" My brother, YOU ARE GALE ! YOU DIDINT LEARN YOUR LESSON !"
So, okay. I would like a definitive statement as to whether mindflayers have souls or not. Mystra said devoid of soul and conscience. If this were true, then would a mindflayer really give up the crown? And, what would there to restore if Gale's soul had either left his body or was obliterated? Her statements, along with Withers, are bafflingly contradictory.
Idk if I’d call this a “good” ending. More of a “Gale returns to the cycle of abuse fully knowing he had to give up literally everything for Mystra to even somewhat approve of him.”
Not really,she clearly shows that she appreciates his efforts,you can see this while talking the first time with her or even Elminster sending the message
Not a shock she could do this, godhood aside the 10+ tier magic that mortals learned to use basically went from I can cast light to bitch I cast kill god.
They should remove this ending since it makes no sense and breaks the plot. Wasn't the whole point of The Dead Three's plot about denying the gods the mortal souls by turning their followers illithid? If the gods can simply bring the souls back like Mystra did here then the whole lore of the game is quite pointless and the stakes are pretty much nothing, since the souls would still be available for the gods and thus there is absolutely no reason for Jergal to intervene.
@iTheKaotic Canonically True Resurrection cannot undo an Illithid transformation. Gale carries a scroll of True Resurrection around with him so if that could fix the Illithid transformation (or his Orb-predicament for that matter) then the ending would be a no-brainer: somebody transforms, then they kill themselves and are brought back as human via. True Resurrection. That's not possible because both the body and the soul of the person are destroyed upon transformation and are replaced with the body and soul(?) of the Mind Flayer that replaced them.
It's a shame you cannot get this ending when you play not as Gale. Because Gale agrees to sacrifice himself completely then, but there is no option to turn him into a mindflayer, a bit silly.
i'm almost at the end of my 2nd playthrough. if Gale sacrifices himself at the end can he reunite with Mystra? i want to kill the Emperor but keep Orpheus from going Mindflayer. but not if Gale doesn't get a good ending
I mean... so you don't have a soul anymore cause illithid (already proven by Withers both in pre final fight speech AND post death dialogue that you DO still have a soul) but she can somehow rescue that non-existent soul and take it to Elysium, idk man, sounds like some gods don't want you to realise you really do have potential as an illithid and try to hide it behind stuff like "they have no souls" (As for WHY would they do that is because illithids don't have a soul... that they can take advantage from, so you're useless to them but doesn't mean you dont' have one, in fact illithids can become liches, and require a soul to do so)
No, Divine intervention or things on the level of Wish could always cure complete ceremorphosis. Gods just aren't allowed to interfere in mortal affairs casually like that. Also most wouldn't care unless it's someone they really liked.
This just reinforces the idea that Gale is the best person to sacrifice. Save Orpheus and have Gale either become a MFer or blow himself up. Either way, everyone wins.
Fucked up how nobody offered Tav to have their soul restored after their sacrifice
In fairness, it's not really a sacrifice if it can just be "fixed". Gale can no longer return to the mortal realm, which means he won't see Tara (his dearest friend), his parents, or his BG3 buddies ever again most likely... unless Mystra can somehow send him to Withers' prologue party, but I don't know.
@@mistahanansi2264 I agree, but seeing Tav as a Mind Flayer even in the "afterlife" after you choose to end your life is kinda depressing, plus Withers mentions that you (the party) could be needed again so I assume that includes Gale as well, idk
@@weeamood9615 Fair point.
My understanding is that Mystra cannot interfere too much with Faerun. Therefore the only way she can restore Gale, is that if he is no more to return to Faerun. This makes sense for Gale as he is the chosen of Mystra, but for the others?
Maybe for Durge Bhaal could do something similar, but Im not sure: a. I would decide to spend the rest of my life in Bhaal realm b. Bhaal gives an effing f about his choosens.
tav does not have leverage
Love that they added this ending- though I''m not sure how I feel about Gale learning NOTHING from the last time he took a tumble in her magical undergarments. Poor fool.
She was teaching him a lesson.. he was power hungry. Now that he finally let go of his power hungry ways, she’s finally taking him.
@@traceyxxrose7454 She groomed him just like the Greek gods and goddesses did with mortals. He just finally submitted and is now her boytoy. Forever and ever and ever.
I find it bittersweet but realistically possible. Like Astarion, he gains a lot from a romance. It helps him grow personally and move past his old passion in ways friendship does not.
To be fair, being mystra's chosen (even if you basically die here) is significantly better than staying an illithid.
That said, if gale is not an illithid and *still* choose to be with her again, yeah he's an idiot
@traceyxxrose7454 pfft please, mystra doesn't care about "teaching a lesson". What kind of lesson ask the student to die as punishment from making a mistake, which is caused by her in the first place?
Do you know that one of mystra's doctrine for spellcaster is to 'seek power and keep trying to evolve magic' (paraphrasing)? Yet the moment gale sees the power beyond the boundary (something that she herself shows him) and wants to have that, it's suddenly not okay.
Gale is power hungry, make no mistake, but he won't be this bad if not for mystra's own doing.
Gale’s smile at the end tells us he’s going to be knocking Mystra’s boots all over the forgotten realms.
Where do you think he started eating boots in the first place?
Meanwhile Karlach: "where is my happy ending #%#$!!?"
Romance Gale as Karlach and let him ascend, he will cure her condition.
There kinda is already, after you get the ending where you go to avernus with her, at the party she tells you she has found a way to be cured, is not sure, is in the future, but is good enough according to me
I’m just glad she’s sincere
@@lucaluca111 Possible Avernus expansion in the future.
Look up Baldurs Gate 3 but it came out in 2007
A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON
God I laughed at this... Made a good start to my day
I laughed so hard at this!
PFFT
It's still a rather sad ending as Gale can't return to the mortal plane, so he's still essentially dead. And he's spending his afterlife with the goddess who manipulated him. That being said though I actually got a little emotional watching Gale's soul being restored and I'm glad we get confirmation Mystra keeps her word.
Simp in life, simp in death
Gale would have died someday anyway.
Only fans with extremely poor interpretations of a goddess (who willingly chains herself to mortals, and who gale was literally devouring with his karsite weave bit by bit) would have thought she wouldn't. From her perspective asking Gale to kill himself isn't nearly as big of an ask as it is for a mortal, after all she's died several times herself!
@@override367 Strong words there, differing interpretations from your own do not inherently mean worse ones. Mystra is complicated, she keeps her word here but she is very flawed. The game suggests that pretty clearly I think. It's why upon Gale being told by Elminster to kill himself and everyone around him in a miles wide radius to save the realm, pretty much everyone besides Gale is angry at her and list valid reasons why Mystra's approach is flawed. Gale is of course also flawed like the rest of the cast, but Mystra clearly has power and control over him. For every noble reason you can assume she has for her decisions in game she also can have a selfish or petty one. Which is it, or is it both? I don't think it is unreasonable for players to be skeptical. I prefer gods written like Mystra for that reason. Extremely interesting.
My tav being a devout cleric of Mysra and watching Gale become chosen after I literally killed 2 other chosen and also a demon and wouldn't even consider not following the word of my goddess:
i'm glad we have it, but still don't like Mystra at all
yeah, this feels out of character for her.
Same i don't like her but ngl I'm glad she was able to help Gale and restore his soul after everything he went through@@rettbull9100
@rettbull9100 Nah, this isn't out of character for Mystra. He surrendered the Karsite stuff and Crown and the Absolute is also gone. The reward makes sense. However, it does feel out of character for Gale to do this, though, after what he's been through.
Agree @@gagapandega1668
@@rettbull9100 How is this out of character for her? Mystra isn't evil. The only reason she didn't take gale to elysim before was because he wasn't ready. Now gale is willingly giving the crown and the karsite weave back to mystra, he has learned his lesson, and he has become an illithid. Mystra wasn't going to leave her chosen like that
Additional dnd context- last time someone used karsus’ crown to become a god, it killed Mystra. This event is why the netherese civilization fell and why individual mages are banned from casting spells above 9th level. Gale would 100% be aware of the crown’s history. I’m not saying him bringing up the crown is an implicit threat, but I’m not saying it *isnt* a threat either.
More like, 200iq mage uses magic to kill magic
Well it was targeted at Mystra herself if I remember correctly or Karsus tried to make the Avatar of Karsus (the only 12th level spell I believe, again recalling this from memory) target Mystra which attempted to drain her into the Avatar? This is if I recall correctly. As she was losing her power in an attempt to stop the situation she used up all the power she had left and destroyed it, and herself along with it. It apparently took her a long time to come back too.
@@AsreiMurasame pretty sure the canon thing is, cast katsus avatar, it kills the god, give you its power. Turn out, when you kill personification of magic (old mystra who is not a ascended mortal like new mystra) magic stops working, spells fail, weave explode
Actually after checking ed greenwood tweet it seems she did sacrifice herself indeed, damn thats way less funny than the most powerful mage being a mega fool
@@quentinlelievre276 Yeah I think it's the case that if Karsus had targeted a different god, his spell would probably have worked. He shouldn't have tried to use magic to supplant the goddess of magic, it was self-defeating.
Lol, that derpy smile at the end is precious.
1:54 goofy ah face.
What's AH mean?
@@Re3Nsass
Ah, back to being Mystra's boy toy...Back to square one
not a bad square to be on
Say what you will about her, but Mystra keeps her word.
She is neutral good aligned for a reason, after all
After she manipulated the heck out of gale. This is her keeping her words so she can get her toy back
@@Spiralpaladinmore like true neutral. Midnight might be neutral good, but this mystra doesn't seem to embodied the "good" that well
@kozhcaelum8495 As a goddess of magic, there are strict rules she must adhere to. As a deity, she doesn't have the luxury of doing EVERYTHING in her moral compass that she would have had while she was still mortal. She has to think about the fate of ALL things magic rather than just those she personally cares about. And blowing up the Absolute was the most surefire way to stop a threat that could have been the doom of all things, even if it meant sacrificing Gale. Which yes is a heavy thing to ask, and one even she in her divinity had no right to ask of him.
@Spiralpaladin As I said, previous Mystra still has that mortal moral compass. This one doesn't after Ao punished her. You're right that her main thing is preserving the weave (hence why she uses volo as the anchor), but that's precisely why I said she's more true neutral now. Preserving weave isn't something good or evil, but it's just... it. More like natural order/force kindof thung.
Well, unless we see weave = good, and shadow/karsite weave = evil.
Edit: also, the problem with mystra isn't even her asking her follower to die, but more in how she does things. From romancing a mortal, not telling gale what to do after he ate the orb, telling him to die even though there might be a chance we could defeat the brain, only compromise when gale learn the truth of the crown
when they fly it reminded me shrek is love
This made me laugh more than it should have 😂
Honestly, I don't like this ending. It feels like Gale's entire character arc was rendered meaningless. At the start of the game, he was grappling with severe self-esteem issues stemming from his gifted-child syndrome and Mystra's manipulation, Gale perpetually felt the need to validate himself, striving to prove his worth. Mystra made things worse by playing on his insecurities and preying on his vulnerabilities, ultimately leading him to attempt seizing control of the Karsic weave to impress her. Not to mention she groomed him and she has a reputation for using "young wizards", as hinted at in Minsc's dialogue about her.
Gale's aspiration to claim Karsus' Crown and ascend to godhood was his way of escaping failure. However, with the support of Tav and the events of the game, he gradually comes to realize that he doesn't need external validation to define his worth. He learns to love himself, stoods up to Mystra, and finds fulfillment as a professor. For the first time, he experiences genuine contentment and happiness.
Yet, in this ending where he sails off with Mystra, looking all happy-go-lucky, undermines this hard-earned growth. It doesn't resonate with the journey he undertook or the lessons he learned along the way. It feels out of character and diminishes the impact of his personal development. Thus, I find it unsatisfactory.
To be fair, that's only if Tav actively encourages Gale to move away from Mystra's manipulations and Tyranny. It's entirely possible to not do this.
I remember reading on Reddit about one of the writers self-inserting themselves as Gale, which is why parts of his story are kind of weird, whereas Gale as a character is solid. Makes sense, it's like some nerd having a crush on a celebrity (in this case the writer and Mystra) and thinking they'd be a great partner to them, without knowing what they are like or having similar interests.
you put all my thoughts into words so much more eloquently than i
@@niffthesniff8258Do you like spiderman 2
@@niffthesniff8258????? This bait doesn’t even make sense… you choose this path lmfao
Although what I like about this scene is HE STILL HAS THE ORB when she brings him back and I think that's a hilarious thing that was overlooked as I highly doubt Mystra would have left that on him bringing him back.
Ugh, no. This gives me the ick in ways I cannot adequately describe right now. Stay away from her, Gale!🥺
Why? She is basically saving him?
Gale was the idiot who F'up due to his ambition and insecurity.
@@juanlaise1059 She groomed him ever since he was young. His reliance on her and his over-the-top ambition both stem from Mystra and her "promises". The major reason he is fcked up is because of her. If you ever romance him and show him he is good enough as just a man, you can see for yourself.
That, and she could have just saved him without going "Come be my consort again." She's disgusting and a menace (like most of the gods really).
@@juanlaise1059because she’s manipulative and is known for preying on young boys
@@juanlaise1059its heavily implied she groomed him but ok lmao
@@juanlaise1059 that she pressed onto him
I hate to say it, but it looks like Aurora Borealis. At this time of day, in this time of year, in this part of the planes, localized entirely within... wherever that is.
Mystra: Localized entirely within my domain you mean? In that case you are correct. If that is enough to impress you, then you will be absolutely blown away by my signature pleasure domes. 😏
May I see it?
no
@@americannut8062 No.
"Gale! Baldur's Gate is on fire!"
"No, Tara. It's just the northern lights."
@@Nonamearisto"Well Gale, you are an odd fellow, but I must say, you steam a good magic item."
"HEEEELLLP!! HEEEEEEEEELLLP!!!"
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this ending feel like a bad one for me because when Mystra looked at gale she looked like she's happy she got her puppet back and Gale is just happy someone needs him. Like odd that she can change him back into his human form but only if he stays with her.
Yeah she got her plaything back. She reminds me of how Mizora treats Wyll, like a toy or “pup” to be led around and told what to do.
Exactly that why the more Gale talked about her the less I liked her. Also when you go to that temple place with all the gods you can pray too the narrator says she is a "jealous god" and while Karsus power is evil and Gale didn't really know that until after the fact If he chooses godhood and tell her that I think she gets jealous at that fact he achieved his goal and became a god. @@elenalizabeth
If she can weave Gale’s soul and body back she can sure as hell save Karlach. RIGHT??
She can do basically anything, but this is the equivalent of killing Gale, she just brought his soul back first.
She can
She could have defeated the absolute if she wanted to
ah yes, the worst Gale ending
You mean best
@@melteddali8000 nah dude. You think that staying with the grooming purple god that asked you to commit suicide and abandoned you for trying to do something for her is the best ending? 😂
i felt myself getting angry. like "that frumpy cougar is just gonna float off with my man???"
@@melteddali8000she literally groomed him
Gale: What's this tentacle still doing here?
Mystra: ... Reasons.
Mindflayer Tav/Karlach be like: *Am I a joke to you?*
ugh she is so creepy
Come Galu-san let us find the dragon balls XD
it's giving a magical barbie transformation at the end of every movie
Gale's face at the end: "Ah! I'm going to nail down a goddes ... again (and then Orin completes: and again, and again and again)
Lmaoooo his little shit eating grin at the end had me dead
Love how there’s four different options for no and one for yes
Sorry I can't, laughed my mouth off when they just flew away
Also, the tadpoles our chars had must have been tickled somehow, like she restored Gale
The tadpoles are gone at this point. This is wfter the end.
@@Lahiss He was Mind flayer
@@Keram-io8hv Yes. Which is mature tadpole.
You don't call frogs tadpoles either.
The tadpoles in the heads of the Re of the crew died out with the Netherbrain.
@@Lahiss I have no idea what you mean, I just said that crew's tadpoles were somehow sabotaged, because it did not destroyed souls
@@Keram-io8hvThe crews tadpoles do destroy the souls when the fully mature that's why this video she said she was restoring gales soul
Realistically, being turned from an Illithid back to a human is probably a terrible feeling. All mind flayers describe themselves as superior beings having the "fog" be lifted from their minds. So assuming Gale still has the memories of being an illithid, and the sense of mental clarity that came with it, it probably feels like absolute shit to go back.
You didn’t get it, the fog that was lifted is your soul. The emotions and conscience, morality is the fog. They become creatures of logic and pride.
@@user-mu8ok5xf8d Even if that were true, which it's never explicitly stated, that doesn't contradict anything I said.
If they are mind flayers, then emotions and morals would be a hindrance and feel bad. If they are humans, they need emotions and morals to find meaning in their lives.
You're not you when you're hungry (for brains). That is to say, when a mindflayer hatches from your skull, it only knows how to be you because you're the only brain it has eaten. You're dead. The fog is probably the artifact suppressing it.
@@SixthUsername It doesn't contradict, but would you rather have a soul and have a sense of right and wrong, or would you rather have perfect mental clarity and psionic powers with no soul and no warmth.
“Well done Agent Gale, the magic powers have been wired into your account, welcome back…and thank you.”
This looks like one of the WORST possible endings.. no thanks. She gives me the ick
Thanks for this I might actually try a gale gameplay now. Took this video to do so. 🤣
Ok, so Mystra could always save us... We was looking for the wrong help all the time....
Say what you will, Mystra always gets her snack. 😂
Now known as 'Missestra'
Give up godhood after what she put him through, no thanks
An Illithid Deity without a soul feels like it's never gonna lead to good things for anyone, not even Gale, since the original Gale is gone in this form.
I think they meant why would you choose to go to Elysium just to be Mystra's muse if instead you could use the crown to return from being illithid and become the God of Ambition.
@@Neipalm Yeah but the thing is, what if that's specifically a Mystra related power?
Not all gods are equivalent in power, Gale is implied to be on the very minor end of the spectrum. Likely because he was cautious and didn't make Karsus' same mistake.
Mystra is a Greater Deity, that's why in the ending where Gale challenges Mystra to a fight - he loses, badly.
So what if Gale can't return his soul to its original form? Or what if it takes far longer than Mystra? It's implied that one's Illithid mindset is slowly changing everyone who takes on this state.
Eventually even the desire to not be Illithid would be gone.
What happens at the epilogue camp in this ending with Gale?
Now we just need a happy ending for Karlach lmao it breaks my heart that all of her endings suck no matter what
idk I find the ending where she returns to Avernus with Wyll and finds the possibility to repair her engine quite promising. Especially if we get a DLC out of that. :3
This feels wrong for some reason
be happy goofy gale
that derp face xD
lmao that fucking smile at the end got me good
So... now Gale is the only character that have true happy ending as illithid (no more!)? Rest of characters are like "illithid? okay, thanks, but you are terrible"
i wouldnt say spending eternity with your groomer is a happy ending, id say thats a pretty bad ending actually
Man Larian is absolutely terrible at facial animations that aren't mocap hahaha
It could be that the game has a lower facial animation setting or since this scene comes with the new update the animation hasn't been properly done
Baldurs gate 3 facial animation is better than most AAA games that's for sure
@@angryvaultguy are you stupid or did you just not read what I said
@@angryvaultguy yes, because it's mocap.... These are clearly not, and they're awful. It's fine, I'm not having a whinge I just think it's noticeable.
@@YeetThyBaby mass effect andromeda wants to know you and play you
Just finished my first playthrough with Gale last night, i am excited to see where the other relationships go but idk who can offer anything better than Godhood
Damn this means bro just chooses to not help you after, If someone transforms into an illithid.
i too need a magical god mommy girlfriend 😭
This kinda feels like what the devs were originally going for with the dream visitor and its down by the river ending.
so he went back to his groomin ex? just like that? ok.
yeah pretty gross, but luckily its only if you're playing as him and its only if you actively choose this option. Something I'd personally never do as him
Basically, it is the 'Devil' ending from CP2077
Oh, there's a cure!
**watching them fly away** Make a wish!
I missed the Lore but is Mystra still Midnight the mortal that ascended to mystra's place during the change from 1st to 2nd edition.
Yes, but not really. Her "base form" is still midnight, but she's now amalgamation of all previous Mystras, probably even mystrl too, as she absorbs their knowledge and memories. Midnight is said to still "exist, but wholly submerged", if she appeared in front of you claiming to be midnight, she's acting
And here I thought the glowing octopus ending was the worst.
Dont think im ever playing orgin characters so im ginna watch all of these
Remember gods can just give you back your soul, But won't.
Gale best man (:
All right but according to this... Illithids then are still sort of the character, just soulless? Sort of like the vampires of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where vamps are essentially the twisted, demonified, soulless versions of their past human selves, but still are somewhat those people (in their cases with their worst impulses brought to life)? So both the Emperor AND Withers/Mystra are right.
Strenght of Will and passage of time. If the default Tav ends its life while being a Mindflayer, Withers Will say that you Still have your soul.
The Emperor sure had a strenght but moral compass was destroyed, leaving only His ambition. If Tav, Orpheus could choose tu surrender their lifes, so did he.
I’m fairly certain that with withers being able to recognize the emperor as balduran in the upper city confirms that they have some form of soul, otherwise withers should have no way of knowing who the emperor was, it’s likely just that their soul loses any “apostolic” aspect, thus leaving whatever soul they have left useless to the gods
Game is very sort of wishy washy with what illithid transformation actually means. In the old lore it's the tadpole consuming you and the tadpole (not you) who emerges. The netherese infused tadpoles as well as the emperor's situation seem to be more alike a shapeshift (you keep your brain and soul, it's just your "shell" that changes). Withers does have some line about the fact that illithids are soulless, which I think is supposed to mean that they don't go to the regular afterlife, thus not strengthening the other gods and thus the dead three becoming comparatively more powerful for a time. Though they don't really get into it all that much for what is kindof an important line, perhaps there was more there originally but they kindof cut it out because it doesn't really matter to the narrative as a whole all that much.
@@studentt6064I took it as one of two things
With the netherese tadpoles it's not a polymorph moreso the illithid replacing you but your memories and some remnant of who you once were imprinting on the creature leading to a seperate entity wholly convinced its you and by all means is a illithid replica of you while you die
Or
It's actually the manipulation of Orpheus' abilities that allows the victim to retain some of what they once were, although still very much an illithid, more like an illithid halfbreed in a sense than a true one. The body is an illithid, the mind is, but the soul is retained either permanently or temporarily.
Normally becoming an illithid wipes out the host entirely. People with very strong wills taken over by really mediocre tadpoles can sometimes have a portion of their personality mimicked by the tadpole, but its not really them, it's an illithid who thinks they are the same person. There's an argument to be made as to whether or not they are effectively the same person if they share enough memory or personality, but that's nitpicking at that point--the host has ceased to exist and been consumed by the mindflayer, if not in one fashion, then in another.
I want to see the runion 6 months later!!! How does he looks like???
I'm pretty sure he now a ghost
To see this you need to play as gale, I'm not sure if you would get a reunion epiloge if you choose to go to elysim
@@thermicterror2951you get one of you become a god so why wouldn’t you get one if you follow her?
Excellent question
Hold up wait a minute something aint right why don't i get my soul back to, mistra your realm is next on my list
On my second playthrough, I’m looking for a fall guy to become the Illithid. I’m salty that in my playthrough I made the sacrifice, off’ed myself, and was *still* a squid in the afterlife.
All those endings where you meet Mystra is on Gale origin? I haven't seen Mystra playing as Tav and I chose to gave the crown to her.
Dude from the thumbnail she looks like Reyna from Valorant 😂
SOOO
That *itc# knew a cure all along.
I would had taken my chances fighting Mystra and not the absolute.
How to not spoiler the new ending with a YT thumbnail 101. 😂
do you still get a camp epilogue with this?
But if the tadpole consumed Gale in the transformation, wouldn't Mystra just be giving the Mindflayer a soul and making it look like Gale?
Just me? But that laat smile ofgale looks so derpy 😂
Thanks, I hate it. 😂
Its weird how people say that this is a badly written ending because "Gale doesnt learn his lesson about being a god's plaything"
My brother, YOU ARE GALE ! YOU DIDINT LEARN YOUR LESSON !"
I figured this ending might be in there.
I didn't want anyone in my team to go squid so we nuked Gale. It was the only way to be sure.
Sssssssoooooo does Gale ever learn that's not the "real" Mystra or does this timeline play by different rules? It's hard to keep track sometimes
What is the name of the song or music that is playing in the background?
'Wash my dreams away' - the full version is on spotify, I haven't been able to find all of it on yt
So, okay. I would like a definitive statement as to whether mindflayers have souls or not. Mystra said devoid of soul and conscience. If this were true, then would a mindflayer really give up the crown? And, what would there to restore if Gale's soul had either left his body or was obliterated? Her statements, along with Withers, are bafflingly contradictory.
Idk if I’d call this a “good” ending. More of a “Gale returns to the cycle of abuse fully knowing he had to give up literally everything for Mystra to even somewhat approve of him.”
Not really,she clearly shows that she appreciates his efforts,you can see this while talking the first time with her or even Elminster sending the message
@@domenicc1839bro, shes a groomer
Do you have to choose option 5, to be changed back?
What’s the name of the soundtrack for Mystra’s realm?
Gale as the god of ambition just fits so perfectly. Every other ending imo should be non-canon. :D
Is the novels (time of trouble trilogy) canon with the Baldur's gate universe? Shouldn't Mystra be dead and replaced with Midnight?
Is nobody gonna talk about how in the world this wizard has over 200 hp?
Explorer difficulty has massive HP increase to make it much easier.
Not a shock she could do this, godhood aside the 10+ tier magic that mortals learned to use basically went from I can cast light to bitch I cast kill god.
They should remove this ending since it makes no sense and breaks the plot. Wasn't the whole point of The Dead Three's plot about denying the gods the mortal souls by turning their followers illithid? If the gods can simply bring the souls back like Mystra did here then the whole lore of the game is quite pointless and the stakes are pretty much nothing, since the souls would still be available for the gods and thus there is absolutely no reason for Jergal to intervene.
High level magic like wish and true resurrection can undo an illithid transformation, which Mystra would obviously have access to.
All gods aren't the goddess of magic. That said, she's still a groomer.
@iTheKaotic Canonically True Resurrection cannot undo an Illithid transformation. Gale carries a scroll of True Resurrection around with him so if that could fix the Illithid transformation (or his Orb-predicament for that matter) then the ending would be a no-brainer: somebody transforms, then they kill themselves and are brought back as human via. True Resurrection.
That's not possible because both the body and the soul of the person are destroyed upon transformation and are replaced with the body and soul(?) of the Mind Flayer that replaced them.
Do you know what she sounds? Like a new hand touches the bacon. 😂
It's a shame you cannot get this ending when you play not as Gale. Because Gale agrees to sacrifice himself completely then, but there is no option to turn him into a mindflayer, a bit silly.
What soundtrack was used here? Sorry, I hope to listen to it for inspiration.
Wash my dreams away. The full version is on spotify, haven't been able to find all of it on yt
@@dreamingsharmat1745 Thanks man. I appreciate your help.
So does the emperor still turn against you with this? Cos this is the best ending then if the emperor and the comet survive
i'm almost at the end of my 2nd playthrough. if Gale sacrifices himself at the end can he reunite with Mystra? i want to kill the Emperor but keep Orpheus from going Mindflayer. but not if Gale doesn't get a good ending
So... Mystra can just do that? She should do that more
Can i get this ending for gale if I'm not playing as him but convince him to give the crown to mystra?
Gale gets his god ending but Karlach cant get her heart :(
my man needed a win
I mean... so you don't have a soul anymore cause illithid (already proven by Withers both in pre final fight speech AND post death dialogue that you DO still have a soul) but she can somehow rescue that non-existent soul and take it to Elysium, idk man, sounds like some gods don't want you to realise you really do have potential as an illithid and try to hide it behind stuff like "they have no souls" (As for WHY would they do that is because illithids don't have a soul... that they can take advantage from, so you're useless to them but doesn't mean you dont' have one, in fact illithids can become liches, and require a soul to do so)
Mystra I stg give me back my wizard ):
I hate that gale always has a get out of jail free card
Isn’t Mystra having the ability to cure Ceramorphosis kind of problematic within Forgotten Realms lore?
No, Divine intervention or things on the level of Wish could always cure complete ceremorphosis. Gods just aren't allowed to interfere in mortal affairs casually like that. Also most wouldn't care unless it's someone they really liked.
Is it really curing if the person is not restored to life?
I think a god not being able to undo something done by mortals would be a bigger problem
F* Mystra she'll abandon Gale the moment he's inconvenient just like she did before
This just reinforces the idea that Gale is the best person to sacrifice. Save Orpheus and have Gale either become a MFer or blow himself up. Either way, everyone wins.
Do you get this only when playing as Gale?
She chose Gale she loved him . Gale don't screw it up anymore