#the selunite!tav/shadowheart romance is SO fun btw

[bird-bureau]

I'm doing a cleric of Selune playthrough of bg3 and have been excited to reach the end of the Gauntlet of Shar and Shadowheart's crisis of faith, and BOY did it not disappoint. In particular, I keep thinking about this moment:

The game gives you two Selunite specific dialogue options: one where you tell Shadowheart to kill Aylin, and one where you tell her to spare her.

Both choices lead to her killing Aylin.

And I think this is great. I was shocked, at first, that option 4 leads to Shadowheart killing Aylin, but I really shouldn't have been.

Shadowheart has been having a crisis of faith for a good chunk of the act already, which she is open about with a romanced Tav. She feels conflicted about what she knows is coming. She knows that what Tav is saying is true. Shar will never stop asking sacrifices of her, and she is struggling with whether she can make her peace with that.

But at this crossroads, hearing a Selunite Tav point this out only strengthens her resolve to go through with it. Tav doesn't even have to invoke Selune -- Shadowheart makes that connection herself and flinches away from it.

I just really like that narrative choice. I think it's very well done.

#bg3 #I'm not sure if the faith crisis is as obvious if tav isn't romancing her. i don't remember from my 1st game #the selunite!tav/shadowheart romance is SO fun btw #so many little unique dialogue options and voice lines #'so ive been doing this playthrough' i say as if my followers haven't seen me screaming about it for days