The patient “Baldur's Gate” player receives his own character

Larian Studios and “Baldur's Gate 3” head Swen Vincke continues to amaze people with special statements or actions. Perhaps one of the most touching actions is the creation and dedication of the character of Golbraith in the third part of the role-playing game series. Because the character comes from a very real back story.

It's been over 20 years since “Baldur's Gate II” was released. Among many others, a father also played the game with his son, who goes by the name Solvalia on the Larian forum. As Solvalia mentioned, the two had gone through many virtual adventures together and were already looking forward to the third part. But then the bad news: Solvalia's father suffers from Alzheimer's disease.

The son writes a thank you letter to Larian on the forum. He talks about the hours we spent together – and his joy at arriving early in Baldur's Gate 3. This enabled him to play the new role with his father before the disease worsened.

As Sofalia itself and GamePro reported, the message was not read. “There wasn't a dry eye in the house when we read the letter,” Larian employee Rachel Quirk wrote on X. Then her colleague called the son and asked him if he would like to give his father a gift in the game.

After some correspondence, not only was an artifact created, but an entire figure was created in honor of Father. Golbraith can now be found between Florgrat Park and the Chromatic Scale at the bottom of Baldur's Gate City. Indeed, the NPC resembles Solvalia's father in more ways than one.

As Solvalia wrote, he told his father about the developments on Christmas Day. His father was so happy that he asked Solvalia to convey his thanks to Larian Studios. The son then sent the developers a photo of his father, who now lives in a nursing home.

It appears that the studio used this image to visually match the character with the father. In addition, Golbraith also played the role of a father in the game: in “Baldur's Gate 3”, Golbraith maintains a lively correspondence with his son.

Solvalia's father can no longer play the game. But his son told him all about his character in the game: “He listened to me described with a childlike happiness that I had not seen for a while.” (“He listened to my descriptions with a childish joy that I had not felt from him for a long time.”)