Baldur’s Gate 3: You May Have Missed This Detail In The Blighted Village

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Early in , players will pass through a ruined area referred to as the Blighted Village. The village is currently in a state of disrepair, with caved-in buildings, broken walls, and goblins looting the old homes for everything they're worth. But remaining signage identifies the village as once having been called Moonhaven, and remaining religious iconography makes it clear this was a place of Selûnite worship.

[Warning: Spoilers for Shadowheart's story in Baldur's Gate 3.]

From old jewelry to crumbling statues of the goddess to even the village's name, it's clear the moon goddess held power here, but it's not quite clear at first glance what happened to its inhabitants. Fortunately, there are ways of learning more about the location, especially with the help of a certain party member: Shadowheart. Despite Shadowheart's hatred of the moon witch,her interactions around the area make it clear she has some hidden connection to this place.

Shadowheart's memories have been taken by Shar as part of her service to the Lady of Loss, but certain things around Moonhaven seem to spark something in her. Interacting with an old book in a schoolhouse or approaching a statue of Selûne behind a mill will cause Shadowheart to feel some sort of connection, which is immediately punished by her current goddess. Shadowheart has a wound on her hand, inflicted by Shar, which players will come to learn hurts her whenever she reaches for parts of her past or lost memories.

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Shadowheart has clearly been here before, andit's likely that she even grew up here. Players will eventually learn that Shadowheart was found by Shar while out in the woods, participating in a Selûnite tradition where kids venture out alone and return home. Given that Shadowheart was found by the nearby Baldur's Gate branch of Shar's followers stationed in the House of Grief, and her