Characters of Baldur's Gate II
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The characters of Baldur's Gate II appear in the 2000 Dungeons & Dragons role-playing video game Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, its 2001 expansion Throne of Bhaal, and its 2013 remaster Enhanced Edition. Set in the Forgotten Realms fantasy world, the games follow a player-created protagonist who is a Bhaalspawn, a child of the dead god Bhaal. In Shadows of Amn, the protagonist assembles a party of adventurers in order to pursue the villainous Jon Irenicus through Athkatla, the capital city of Amn, while dealing with various competing factions and organizations along the way. In Throne of Bhaal, the protagonist travels through the neighbouring country of Tethyr and comes into conflict with several other Bhaalspawn.
Shadows of Amn has sixteen recruitable companions, including the returning Imoen, Jaheira, Minsc, Edwin Odesseiron and Viconia DeVir from the first Baldur's Gate. BioWare developed a smaller cast for Shadows of Amn compared to its predecessor, giving the companions more dialogue, personal quests and relationships with one another. Four of these companions could become romantic partners for the protagonist. Throne of Bhaal adds Sarevok, the principal antagonist of the first game as a recruitable companion. The story was also adapted into novels by Philip Athans and Drew Karpyshyn, which replace the customizable protagonist with an authored character named Abdel Adrian.
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition continues the stories of Neera, Dorn Il-Khan and Rasaad yn Bashir from Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, and introduces Hexxat and Wilson, for a total of five additional recruitable companions.
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