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Hmmmmm. Gorion evidently mixed in some strange company.
I daresay he was a pretty lonely chap. Mage, Harper, wandering adventurer... probably seen a lot of friends die along the course of his hard life. His greatest duty was, in the end, his wardship of one of the Children of Bhaal, which, as he explains in a letter you find in BG1, was a duty he gladly accepted. Your mother was a friend and a lover to him in the past, and he felt it a solemn oath to guard you and raise you as his own.
Now, in ToB, the truth comes to light.
Your mother was Alianna, a priestess of Bhaal! WHAT?!? Oh yes... Gorion's love was a follower and devotee of the mighty and evil God of Murder! This opens up a whole new can of worns on Gorion's actions, as he attacks the temple of Bhaal, and slays your mother in what we assume is a sorcerous duel. The question must be asked - what were the circumstances of this relationship, and how on earth did Gorion get mixed up with these people? Or was Alianna's conversion to the priesthood of the God of Murder, and her eventual seduction by him, the reason she and he broke up? Was Gorion's choice of you as his ward therefore rather biased? Was his wardship of you more a loyalty to his own pain rather than a labour of love?
Alas, the only man who can answer these questions... is dead. And we'll never know.
Or... have I just stumbled on a somewhat inconsequential continuity error in the plot?
Tancred
I hope not. Things seem so much more INTERESTING when you think this one through.
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