Lore Whore: Videogame Deepdives

Selûne’s Temple was built on the Risen Road to help travellers in need. From its start as a dusty little shrine to its heyday as a glorious temple filled with the Called, the temple seemed to go from strength to strength. Despite the attempts of its leadership, in the background one egotistical but well-meaning Initiate was the first of the temple’s tragedies… but not its last. #baldursgate3

Join my patreon for early ad-free access, and exclusive lore videos!patreon.com/ZoeDelsCazador Szarr is the patriarch of the Szarr family, but he's far from the first to take leadership of the family. The Szarrs have fed off Baldur's Gate for centuries, but how did they survive so long in a city where most people would prefer not to be exsanguinated? I go through the Szarr history from their begin...

Join my patreon for early ad-free access, and exclusive lore videos!patreon.com/ZoeDelsUmberlee is an evil-aligned deity, so why does she have such influence in Baldur's Gate? Open worship of an evil deity elsewhere in Faerun would alarm citizens and rulers alike, but Umberlee is the rare exception to this rule. This is how she has her claws (or tentacles) in Baldur's Gate, the Iron Throne...

Join my patreon for early ad-free access, and exclusive lore videos!patreon.com/ZoeDelsRosymorn Monastery was completely unplanned. Built around a dropped holy relic, it became a centre for Lathander worship, brewing, and learning. Pilgrims of all ages visited Rosymorn, but it was that popularity which brought it to the attention of the Githyanki. This is what happened to Rosymorn Monastery, and w...

Join my patreon for early ad-free access, and exclusive lore videos!patreon.com/ZoeDelsAuntie Ethel from Baldur's Gate 3 is a charmingly conniving hag who ensnares Tav in her web. She's on a mission to create her own coven - but what happened to her old one? Who is the mysterious M in Baldur's Gate? And what was in her original, MUCH larger questline before it was cut by Larian? I expl...

Join my patreon for early ad-free access, and exclusive lore videos!patreon.com/ZoeDelsLenore De Hurst was a cleric of Mystra and passionate researcher who sequestered herself in the Underdark. When she met Yrre the Sparkstruck, a deep gnome with an adoration for lightning, the two set in motion events that would change their lives. But when Tav stumbles upon the Arcane Tower in the Underdark in A...

Join my patreon for early ad-free access, and exclusive lore videos!patreon.com/ZoeDelsMoonhaven from Baldur's Gate 3 used to be a cosy, idyllic village full of teachers in love, rambunctious schoolchildren, and an ambitious blacksmith's apprentice. It would soon be rotted from the inside out with the arrival of a certain healer and his apprentice, but before their arrival there were plent...

Join my patreon for early ad-free access, and exclusive lore videos!patreon.com/ZoeDelsIn Act 2 of Baldur's Gate 3 Tav explores the ruined Shadow Cursed Lands. At the centre is a destroyed town that used to be known as Reithwin - but how did it get that way? This is how Ketheric Thorm doomed the former Selunite outpost, along with his relatives Gerringothe, Malus, and Thisobald. I explore the...