Villainpedia: Sarevok Anchev | Baldur's Gate

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• KE

  @keeganbate8935 · 2 years ago · pinned

  Somehow, Sarevok returned

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• WA

  @waifu_png_pl · 11 months ago

  whenever i see sarevok in bg3 my brain goes "that aint sarevok, thats koveras". jaheira even describes sarevok as someone who failed to become chosen by bhaal when thats explicitely not the case. all of the villains in the og baldurs gates want to become gods, not favored by them. sarevok, irenecus, amelyssan. larian portraying sarevok as someone devoted to bhaal has the same energy as those people who say abdel adrian instead of gorions ward. it just smells of retcons and worsening of something beloved for no good reason

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• AI

  @aidankeogh9994 · 2 years ago

  Learning that Sarevok is an adaptation of a character from just a normal D&D campaign played with some friends is the most oddly heartwarming thing.

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• FO

  @foxdavion6865 · 2 years ago

  Sarevok Anchev respects strength and power, if you are strong and powerful as a good guy, he chooses to follow you into becoming a good guy.  If you choose to be a bad guy, he will remain a bad guy and help you achieve your goal.  Either way, he detests weakness and looks down on any companion you have he considers weak, regardless of alignment, difference being, if he is chaotic  good, he'll instead ignore the weak and detest the strong who prey on the weak, considering them cowards for punching down.

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• ZA

  @ZauraDev · 2 years ago (edited)

  Hi, long time Sarevok fan here. I feel there should be an addendum here about Larian&apos;s Implementation of Sarevok. The inclusion of Sarevok isn&apos;t very random, nor is his return to evil. Between the launch of Fifth Edition D&amp;D and Larian&apos;s BG3 many supplemental books were released, namely &quot;Minsc and Boos Journal of Villainy&quot; in 2021 which is sadly accepted into Forgotten Realms Canon.<br><br>This book is pretty controversial with old school Baldur&apos;s Gate fans due to it&apos;s slapshod continuation of these famous characters, Sarevok being one of them. Stripped of any second chance or redemption he went into a depression and became a poor beggar, in which the revived Bhaal recruited him back into the murderous fold. <br><br>I think Larian&apos;s use of Sarevok is their subtle attempt to close the book on this famous villain, in a less abused way. If you would like to read more you can see the BG1-BG2 canon being destroyed on page 125 of the book.<br><br>You can also read up on other characters from BG1/2 that had their canon screwed up in the book as well.

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• T.

  @t.csthetollingbells409 · 2 years ago

  Could you imagine a Sarevok who is actually on your side and good trying to help the dark urge through his urges trying to be a good brother like you were to him in BG2 remember how we cared for him back then and him swearing to guide you on the right path or kill you before you can fall. I like to think that would be an amazing story line.

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• RE

  @remigusker · 4 months ago

  I chose to believe his BG3 version is like, a simulacra made by his dad as opposed to the actual man.

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• KI

  @kingawsume · 2 years ago

  Man, Black Isle used whatever clout they had to keep the most badass VA on that they could. Him voicing the Enclave soldier you prank call is still fucking hilarious.

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• DE

  @deathnotehell1 · 2 years ago

  Ah Sarevok. The first time I ever played BG1 and got to that final battle, both me and him were killed because we failed a save roll from one of his mages spells. The game over played, I reloaded and then the final cutscene played with my character surviving. Got to love old coding sometimes.

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• JA

  @jackknotts9808 · 2 years ago

  My personal head canon for bg3 is [spoilers for a dark urge play through] in act 3 if you stand against Bhaal he kills Durge. Withers then mentions that technically Bhaal can only take back what he gave, freeing you of the curse of Bhaal. I think something similar happened with Sarevok. Where Bhaal needed Orin to be born so brought Sarevok back as he was the most successful Bhaal spawn for his plan. Thing is, Bhaal only has the urge part of Sarevok, not the whole thing. Meaning this modern Sarevok is just the aspect devoted to Bhaal. Just a head canon tho

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• JA

  @JanJansen985 · 2 years ago

  Dude look at this dude Sarevok, he has all them resistances and still gets bounced by magic missile

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• BE

  @Bethrezen71 · 2 years ago

  Major Spoiler here: When you play as Dark Urge and discover your legacy of being a Bhaalspawn born from blood of the very god and not his seed, your encounter with Sarevok is very unique, he basically tasks you with killing Orin and when you do, he then attacks you to try to claim his divine herritage once again.

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