Baldur's Gate 3 Hirelings Have More Lore To Them Than You May Think
The characters of are interconnected with many areas of the main plot, or the world of ' Forgotten Realms in general. At the start of the game, Karlach is ripped from the frontlines of the Blood War, and Gale was the chosen of the goddess of magic. But it's not just the main companions who can show players something about the world of Faerûn.
Hirelings are a lesser-utilized mechanic in. They're not necessary for anything in the game, and their main purpose is generally to make the game a little bit more convenient for the player. However, even these extremely minor characters that don't even have real, discernible personalities of their own are able to link into the overarching storyline.
In, hirelings can be called forth to take up a companion slot. Players have found several uses for hirelings, including being permanent buffers so that their actual party won't have to use up spell slots, replacements for companions who may have left the party, and as a way to dodge companion disapproval. This means that a lot of players won't have any need for hirelings — only 17.9% of players have earned the Steam achievement Outsourcing,which is gained after recruiting a hireling.
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Every hireling has a backstory which involves them being killed by worshipers of the Absolute — a few of them were even followers themselves, but this evidently didn't protect them. There are several instances inside and outside the game where Withers's real identity is implied to actually be Jergal, Faerûn's original god of death. Jergal is no stranger to undeath, and even has Death domain clerics, which is a subclass heavily focused on necromancy and otherwise necrotic spells. Every hireling that can be summoned by Withers is a re-animated vessel who died before the story began.
Jergal is known as the Scribe of the Dead. If the player asks Withers about
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