Bard... (possibly spoiler)

[Darthiir]

Well I'm not sure about his name... Garic isn't it? I found hin in temple. He is hot for a lady who is hot for the gnome who gives him the poems.
Is there any plot there?

[dragon_lord]

Other then going back to watch what Garrick is going to do next there is nothing you can actually do, but its amusing none the less. I suppose you could say it has a plot. Its a bit of an easter egg for those who went through bg1 (Garrick was a Bard who you could invite into your party who was found in Beregost)
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The Cyrando (the gnome) will eventually marry the Lady Irlana.

[ 10-09-2002, 08:17 AM: Message edited by: dragon_lord ]

[Sazerac]

I thought it was hilarious, myself! [img]graemlins/laugh2.gif[/img] A good bit of humor for those who remember Garrick from BG1, not to mention a great twist on the Cyrano de Bergerac story.

I for one was glad they put cameo appearances of NPC's in the game from BG1 who didn't make it to BG2, so you got to see what happened to them. These included:

Xzar and Montaron
Ajantis (but that one was sad; he's one of the knights at Windspear)
Coran and Safana
Garrick
Carbos and Shank (and I wonder who resurrected the little street hoods?)
Faldorn
Tiax
Quayle
Dradeel (for those who had the ToSC add-on)

Ones I would have liked to see reappear were:
Branwen
Kivan
Eldoth and Skie (I would have loved a cameo in which she murdered him! )
Yeslick
Alora (I guess Mazzy took the position of token female halfling!)
Kaigan (who, I suppose, was supplanted by Korgan in BG2. Similar names, hm...possibly related?)

Personally, I wish Coran would have been available as an NPC in BG2. Great fighter-thief, especially with that 20 dex! Kivan would have been a great NPC, as well as Branwen. Branwen would at least have given us a chance at a cleric outside of Anomen who wasn't evil (for those of us playing good-neutral parties). Oh well!

-Sazerac

[ 10-09-2002, 10:09 AM: Message edited by: Sazerac ]

[dragon_lord]

Having NPCs from bg1 is excellent, especially so when they are involved in funny incidences. I like how Tiax is (spoiler??) found

in the Asylum (Tiax Rules All!), he cracks me up every time. Branwen and Xan are in the tutorial but that doesnt really count. Thinking of bg1 reminds me of how there were heaps of mages (Xan, Xzar, Dynahier, Edwin, Quayle(cleric/mage)), enough to fill a party full of mages with every type and alignment. Its sad that there are so few NPCs (i loved having such a big choice of NPCs), but with the decrease in quantity comes quality.

Originally posted by Sazerac: Kivan would have been a great NPC

Kevan is sadly missed by my party even to this day. Safana would have made a good edition to the current NPC list aswell, a single class pure thief couldnt go astray (semi-spoiler; one that will go the whole game if you know what i mean) . It could also mean another romance choice, which you can never have too much of.

[ 10-09-2002, 11:12 AM: Message edited by: dragon_lord ]

[Vedran]

I would like to see Shar-Teel
The Darkest Day actually includes Kagain, Shar-Teel, Kivan , Xzar & Montaron and Yeslick.
(I don't like TDD anyway.)

[LennonCook]

Saz- Branwen is in the tutorial [img]smile.gif[/img]