The Scrapped Origin Characters Of Baldur's Gate 3
has seven playable Origin characters. These are characters that players would otherwise meet in act 1, and include Shadowheart, Astarion, Wyll, Karlach, Lae'zel, Gale, and a customizable unique Origin called The Dark Urge. Choosing to play as any of these Origins instead of a custom avatar will result in content personalized to the character players chose.
However, these seven characters may not have always been the only figures slated to be Origin companions. Evidence from old files and versions of the game suggest otherwise, indicating that there are other characters who eventually got replaced during development. Who were these characters, and how might they have functioned as companions?
A very niche fact about is that Minsc was likely originally going to be an origin companion. In the first versions of Early Access, players like Chubblot on Youtube found dialogue tags relating to the available origin characters. One of them available was Minsc, who had unique dialogue interactions found in Act 1. At the very least, Minsc was originally supposed to be recruited in Act 1. It's possible that he could have had a much larger character arc that was scrapped, not one that only spanned across part of Act 3.
Baldur's Gate 3 takes place over a century after its predecessor and Minsc, despite being human, is somehow in both thanks to some tomfoolery.
Minsc lost all of his memories after players left him off in the previous games — it's possible that his Act 1 influence was scrapped to narrow down the number of amnesiacs at the start of the game, with Shadowheart and The Dark Urge already heavily following that narrative. The video shows Minsc having an interaction with a tiefling in the grove, trying to encourage him. Here, those playing as Minsc would have had an option to mention Boo, which just about confirms that it's the Minsc players know and love.
A possible reason for Minsc's lack of presence in Act 1 is that he is unable to be romanced. This is unlike every
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