In Baldur’s Gate 3, you meet many cool characters throughout the role-playing game. But which NPC is actually the most powerful? We list the 9 strongest in our ranking.
Caution Spoiler: In the following list, there are spoilers that range from Act 1 to the end.
By what criteria was the ranking created? What matters is not the respective strength of the NPCs you encounter in battle, but we orient ourselves to the lore and combat power itself. Knowledge, intelligence, and mental strength also play a role.
In this ranking, we do not consider deities/gods and also not the Elder Brain. However, the Chosen ones find their place in this ranking.
Rank 9: Ketheric Thorm
Ketheric Thorm was originally a devoted follower of Selûne and ruler of Reithwin. Through the loss of his wife and daughter, he fell into deep despair. This led him to the service of the goddess Shar and later to Myrkul (God of Death), who made him his chosen one. In return, Myrkul brought his daughter Isobel back from the dead.
Ketheric was granted by Myrkul the ability to rule over the legions of the dead and became nearly invulnerable through dark magic. He gained his immortality and incredible strength by holding Lady Aylin (Night Song and friend of his daughter Isobel) captive in the Shadowfell and abusing her power for himself. He can survive injuries that would instantly kill a mortal.
In this ranking, Ketheric is in 9th place – but among the villains, he performs much better: My 5 favorite villains in the ranking
Rank 8: Sarevok
Sarevok is a Bhaalspawn, is devoted to Bhaal, and is entirely evil in Baldur’s Gate 3. He is one of the chairmen of the murder tribunal. As a child, he was kidnapped by Bhaal’s cultists and was to be sacrificed, but a group of Harpers rescued him. He then lived as a street kid and was later adopted. His personality was shaped by his adoptive father Richtar Anchev, who murdered his foster mother before his eyes.
Sarevok was the main antagonist in the first part of Baldur’s Gate and a possible companion in the second part. He is an excellent sharp-witted strategist and very strong. He knows how to instill fear in his enemies and take them down brutally. Sarevok can kill some of his enemies with a single blow of his greatsword as Bhaal’s harbinger of death.
- Good to know: Orin is the daughter of Sarevok and Helena Anchev. Sarevok is not only her father but also her grandfather, as he is also the father of Helena.
Rank 7: Orin
Orin is a mad shapeshifter and the Chosen of Bhaal. She is particularly known for her sadistic joy in killing. She manipulates her victims and loves to play with them. Her ability to shapeshift makes her unpredictable and allows her to transform into any person to carry out her plans wickedly. Her dark family history, marked by abuse, intrigue, and murder, contributes to her nature.
Orin’s cruelty is also evident in Minthara’s story: She killed Minthara’s soldiers and then brutally tortured the Drow. Later, she infected Minthara with a mindflayer larva, making her a True Soul.
Orin is also responsible for the Dark Urge, also a Bhaalspawn and possible brother of Orin, suffering from amnesia and being captured by the Illithids.
- Good to know: Sarevok instructed Helena (Orin’s mother) to sacrifice Orin for Bhaal. She intended to fulfill the deed, but Orin, still a child at the time, killed her mother in self-defense. She preserved her corpse and displayed it at the Bhaal temple.
