Enver Gortash is one of the Chosen of the Dead Three, villains who are ubiquitous with third act. A slaver and arms dealer, Gortash manages to compete in villainy 🎐with the likes of a homicidal,ဣ siblicidal maniac, and a general who changes godly allegiances like jackets.

Perhaps this is because, of the three, Gortash is the most rooted in real-world evil, or perhaps it's his connection to Karlach, the tiefling barbarian. Whatever the reason, Gortash is a politician who will do whatever it takes to maintain his seat of power, even if it means offering to share it. But who is this so-called (perhaps slightly exaggerated) "handsome yꦐounger man with a quick, easy smile?"

Gortash's Origins

Born to cobblers Sally and Dravo Flymm in the Lower City, Gortash grew up from humble beginnings.

If one speaks with Sally and Dra🅺vo using the Speak With Dead sp🦩ell, they will reveal that he was "always tinkering" and enjoyed creating even as a boy.

It could reasonably be inferred that his intelligence drew Raphael to the family in the guise of a warlock, utilizing their debt to the Guild to convince them to sell their son to him.

With little resistance, they would do so, somewhat abusively describing their child as a 'foolish, needy boy' whose 𒁃troublesome behavior was solved only by selling him to ༺the cambion.

Upon using Speak With Dead, Dravo seems to justify his decision to sell Gortash, whereas Sally will bal💫efully mutter "At le♔ast he got to live."

What Raphael got out of having Gortash in the House of Hope is unclear, but it could be speculated that this was where Gortash would have observed and absorbed political deals, helping nurture his eventual foray into the politics of Baldur's Gate.

The House Of Hope

Gortash's childhood in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Raphael's House of Hope was an extraordinarily unhappy one.

While the game doesn't detail what Gortash may have done within the home, dialogue with Nubaldin (the former jailer and current keeper of the Chamber of Egress) reveals that he used to beat him when he cried, painting a bleak picture of his adolescence.

Undoubtedly miserable and resentful, Gortash was able to escape back to Baldur's Gate.

Return To Baldur's Gate

Upon returning to the city, Gortash started dealing in weapons and arms, attempting to supplant and dominate the existing black market. He finessed control over it from the Knights of the Shield and the Zhentarim, making himself their most powerful🌱 competitor and ally.

The Zhentarim are a mercantile organization that seeks to accumulate influence to further their chokehold on Faerûn's black market.

In a letter called "Inroads," which can be found in the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Knights of the Shield's Hideout, a guild member writes that Gortash had a considerable amount of control over the Chionthar Valley's arms, muscling in on whatever looked lucrative.

There's some evidence that Gortash had infernal iron, conceivably from contacts within the Hells or his flight from it, as can be found in Franc Peartree's home, who was his distributor. This access to infernal iron would have made him indispensable to the market.

Karlach And Gortash's Relationship

Whatever the reason for his quick integration into the underground Baldurian economy, Gortash's rising power meant that he was increasingly in need of someone to watch his back.

Gortash would hire a young tiefling woman, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Karlach Cliffgate. B𓆏y all accounts, they became friends and trusted one another.

This trust, it seems, was misplaced. Gortash offered Karlach to the Archdevil Zariel as part of a diabolical deal in much the same way that he was sold, kickstarting a deeply unhappy period in Karlach's life.

While it was not explicitly stated what he received in full within the game, upon Gortash's death, the player can cast Speak With Dead on his body and instead contact Bane, The Lord of Tyranny, who will tell you to go to the docks to see the result of Zariel's deal.

The result, it seems, is the Steel Watch, contraptions that use the same infernal engines that Karl🅷ach houses in her chest.

'Military Advisor' To Lords

Gortash enmeshed himself with Baldur's Gate's elite sometime after Karlach's sale, and, as Wyll can tell you during a long rest, fashioned himself into a 'military advisor,' likely using his knowl💮edge of t♛he black market and weapons to put himself at an advantage with the patriars.

This earned him a spot with said elite, giving him ov꧒ert𒁃 political acumen beyond his reputation in the Undercity.

The Chosen Of Bane

At an unspecified point, Gortash became the Chosen of Bane, the god of tyranny.

He used this newfound pact to accumulate more political power, both through seduction (engaging in an affair with a much older woman, Lady Jannath's mother) and threats (such as to his distributor, Franc Peartree).

This section will have spoilers for The Dark Urge's plotline!

He was led to the other two Chosen: Ketheric Thorm, residing in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the Shadow-Cursed Lands, and The Dark Urge. The three would conceive of a plan to enslave a Netherbrain to act as a false god.

Gortash himself led the charge to return to steal the Crown of Karsus from the archdevil Mephistopheles' vault, returning to Avernus with the Dark Urge, a feat that would ultimately be successful.

The Dark Urge would be supplanted sometime after by Orin the Red, who Gortash found difficulꩲt to work with and highly eܫrratic.

Gortash then orchestrated the construction of the Steel Watch, police-like automatons that used the same mechanics as Karlach's infernal engine.

Demonstrating a fair amount of cunning, Gortash and Ketheric planned for the latter to march upon Baldur's Gate with an army of the undead, which Gortash would defeat in a faux battle and push to be chosen as Archduke of the city for his valor.

How to ensure the Steel Watch was created without a hitch? Imprison the families of the workersꦦ to ensure they keep working on his unethical technology, of course.

Gortash And The Dark Urge

It was during his time ꩵas military advisor that Gortash originally encountered the Bhaalist referred to as The Dark Urge, a playable origin character.

Through various notes scattered around the Mindflayer Colony and Act III, one can piece together that the two had a close relationship, with some fans even speculating that there may have been some romantic und✨ertones.

One particul🏅ar instance is in the infamous "Forgive Me, Father" letter, on the workshop table in the Mindflayer Colony, detailing the respect the Dark Urge held for Gortash.

Regardless of the actual nature of their relationship, Gortash shows visible relief when the Dark Urge turns up, furthering the idea that he may actually be 𝓡capable of holding relationships with individuals, as Karlach implies.

Indeed, this may make his decision 🔯to betray those who trust him even more heinous.

Taking Down The Knights Of The Shield

It would also be around this time that Gortash would start investigating the Knights of the Shield, noting that their leader, Duke Belynne Stelmane, ꦆhad recently suffered a stroke but continued to have an assertive influence over the organization.

His investigations would lead him to discover that the Emperor, a mindflayer, was controlling her psionically.

The stroke Duke Stelmane suffered was a l❀ikely consequence of his psionic manipulation.

Gortash would deliver the rogue mindflayer back to the Netherbrain, taunting him the entire time. The Knights of the Shಌield would fully collapse after this.

A Desire For Revenge

Finally, he would go back to the beginning. After helping develop the process for 'tadpoling individuals,' Gortash would return to Flymm's Cobblers, where his family sold him many years ago.

Gortash would infect his parents with mindflayer tadpoles himself, using the control to make them parrot their love and adoration for him to anyone who entered their shop. Perhaps it was a humiliation tactic, or pe꧒rhaps it was simple revenge.

While small, this simple action is who Gortash has become by the start of the game: A man who desires control over others above all else. He is a character who wishes to remake the world according to his vision: lying, cheating, and strong-arminꦓg whoever he can to ensure h🌼e stays on top.