Pour one out for Losiir, the unsung hero of Baldur's Gate 3's intro

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With Baldur's Gate 3 finally out of early access, I'm sure many of you will be busy creating your own custom characters right now as you begin your journey through Larian's RPG epic. But I implore you to take a moment to remember the great Losiir, a Githyanki soldier who most of you will probably never meet. That's because he only shows up if you pick Lae'zel as your origin character, because who else would be there to do her fancy sword lunge from above if not a gender-swapped version of basically herself? But he's a good egg, Losiir, even if his run-time as an official Baldur's Gate companion is, err, somewhat short-lived.

There's no point beating around the bush here. He is, to all intents and purposes, a carbon copy of Lae'zel plucked from the void of necessity so players don't instantly die in the first 15 minutes. If you choose anyone other than her to start with, you'll meet Lae'zel almost as soon as you crawl from the wreckage of the introduction's dragon-flambéd Nautiloid ship where you're currently being held captive. She appears from behind and jumps down in front of you pointing a sword at your throat, convinced you're a Mindflayer in need of skewering. Luckily, your respective Mindflayer tadpoles that were recently inserted into your eyeballs quickly put a stop to any further violence, and the two of you form a hasty alliance to try and escape. She's your first proper companion character of the game, and her main purpose in the introduction is to essentially make sure you don't dilly-dally on your way to the helm, and to also give you a much-needed fighting companion in the opening combat tutorial.

Of course, if you start with Lae'zel, then she can't exactly whoosh down and do the same thing for herself,