MeinMMO’s editor-in-chief Leya has long been denied her dream romance in Baldur’s Gate 3. With the evil endings that came with Patch 7, that is finally changing.
At the beginning of September, Larian released the gigantic Patch 7 for Baldur’s Gate 3. It introduced an official mod system to the RPG and new evil endings, allowing you to finally give a worthy conclusion to a villainous playthrough.
Recently, I watched all these evil endings in a row on YouTube. The user Northalix posted a compilation that lasts about an hour and goes through every option that can occur in a villainous storyline.
I threw the video on my television, got comfortable, but jumped up in excitement when I finally saw my perfect ending!
“Happy Ending” with the Emperor and the Oppression of Faerûn
In February, I wrote about how disappointing the romance with the Emperor is. I was particularly upset that the relationship could progress to the point where we could sleep with the Mind Flayer, but the intimacy would then become null and void.
There were no consequences for strongly siding with the Emperor, even though my companions distrust or even despise him. It all felt more like a joke, that one can sleep with the tentacle man and immediately earn the achievement “Mind Blown”.
With one of the new evil endings, however, you can rule alongside the Emperor! And not just over the city of Baldur’s Gate, but over all of Faerûn. The established relationship finally leads to something.
If you choose an evil path, it is possible to become the Absolute. Without going into too much detail, this quickly allows for ruling and controlling Baldur’s Gate. You consciously decide to enslave, oppress, or exterminate the population.
One of the new evil endings leads you to place the Emperor on the throne of the Absolute and thus grant him rulership and power. This is followed by another option where you can choose to rule alongside the Emperor as his right hand. It would not have suited the Emperor to play second fiddle with his huge ego.
And that’s all I ever wanted for my perfect romantic ending with the Emperor!
Well, for this you take the purchase that you bring a reign of terror over Faerûn. You oppress everything and everyone and murder to make your position clear.
We learn that the Mind Flayer is the founder of Baldur’s Gate and was later captured and transformed into an Illithid. However, he managed to break free from the corresponding mind control of the Elder Brain and returned to Baldur’s Gate. There, he ruled from the shadows, manipulated the city’s politics, and later fell under the control of the Elder Brain again before the events of the game.
Why do I find the Emperor so incredibly appealing?
He has these beautiful pink eyes and a deep, bass-heavy voice that makes you weak in the knees. A few tentacles and rice teeth in the face don’t disturb that at all.
Character-wise, he stands out to me with each playthrough. The romances didn’t interest me at all, but rather the backgrounds of our companions and how to tell their stories.
However, the romance with the Emperor surprisingly grabbed me because it has a completely different dynamic than the rest. He manipulates with every word to achieve his goals. He is not the “classic romance” and it remains confusing throughout how the Emperor truly feels about you.
Until the end, it isn’t clear whether this is actually a romance between us or simply an alliance of two power-hungry crazies.
I was definitely excited when I saw the new ending where I get to rule Faerûn alongside the Mind Flayer. Where else can you do something like this?
Now the romance no longer feels like a joke to me. How good that I am currently in the midst of a villainous playthrough where I play as a bard and Dark Urge – a combo I can only highly recommend. Generally, Dark Urge can lead to an interesting story:
I guess I will once again fully side with the Emperor and do everything I can to become his right hand.
Then I will finally have achieved my perfect ending in the game and in love.
