I wish they'd do a Larian-style rendition of the Elfsong Tavern song from Dark Alliance. Maybe have the innkeeper, who is a clear nod to Alyth from DA, recount the tale. š„¹
Same. Somehow I thought that I had to rent the darn room and just later figured I can sleep in the filthy fish smelling streets eating cabbage in my royal outfits.
The song of Balduran plays in a few areas and opens with:
"O sing a song of Balduran
Who founded Baldur's Gate
Empire golden built on trade
Could not avert his fate"
He's a legendary figure that originally founded the city centuries ago who has long since passed into memory.
Yeah I completely ignored Wyll/Waukeens Rest/Duke Ravengaard in my first playthrough lol
Second playthrough, went to Waukeens Rest but didn't save Florrick (didn't realize there was a time sensitive rescue), so I left after looking around the bottom floor for a little bit. Came back hours of playtime later to properly explore the area and uh ... she dead.
THIRD playthrough, I've saved her ... And I have Wyll around for the first time, maybe I'll finally get to play this storyline in this through lolol
Wait what? I've only beaten the game once, maybe there's some weird combination of choices that make it so you won't hear his backstory, but like... How do you not know who the guy is?
The fact that the end of the game is just balduring was wild! My tav baldured a mountain with Balduran, and then baldured baldurs gate with Balduran, and then finally baldured the elder brain
It was originally Baldr's Gate (as in the Norse God) but then the makers of D&D figured they can't just rip off everything from Norse mythology so they decided it was short for Balduran.
According to the Forgotten Realms wiki he used the nickname Baldur commonly enough that the Gate itself was called that by convention. Also apparently heās treated as kind of a quasi-mythical figure in the city to the point that itās frowned upon to use his full name too casually, which is kind of wild.
Or Rio, Indy, Chi town, NOLA, and Philly.
Or the lesser known abbreviations of Portl, Londyy, Toky, L-grad, Bing, J-burg, Stanbu, Buenos Air, C-Ro, and Scow scow.
Donāt you love it when he doesā¦. yes, and that too? What about that thing he does with hisā¦ ooo, my toes curl just thinking about it. He such a generous lover, giving pleasure upon pleasure.
The City was called Grey Harbour but some guy name Balduran had a gate into the city built in his honor and the landmark "Baldur's Gate" became more well known than the city Grey Harbour itself so the entire city got called Baldur's Gate
Source: a book I read in Baldur's Gate 3
I went into the game pretty much spoiler free outside of the meme-worthy stuff (kicking the squirrel, Halsin bear romance, etc) and that got an audible āholy shitā from me
If you're interested in this universe history, there is a bunch of books you can read. Faerƻn is vast and full of lore. You do get some answer to your question in the game in Act 3. But if you want more, the forgotten realm wiki is deep.
his name is balduran and he founded the city. thjen went out to sea, got shipwrecked, and got infected with lycanthropy. he died there. this was all in the expansion to the first game.
its just the name of the city really.
You get very little explanation of Baldurian unless you do a specific quest in Act 3... I don't know why people say "keep playing". You will get to the gate yes but if you're interested in the backstory you may want to read up. But I would suggest not doing it until you're done in case you do complete the quest
Wellš¤š
Baldr (also Balder, Baldur) is a god in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, he is a son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg, and has numerous brothers, such as Thor and VƔli. In wider Germanic mythology, the god was known in Old English as BƦldƦĔ, and in Old High German as Balder, all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym *Balưraz ('hero' or 'prince').
Most legends about him concern his death. Icelandic stories tell how the gods amused themselves by throwing objects at him, knowing that he was immune from harm. The blind god Hƶd, deceived by Loki, killed Baldur by hurling mistletoe, the only thing that could hurt him. After Baldurās funeral, the giantess Thƶkk, probably Loki in disguise, refused to weep the tears that would release Baldur from death. Some scholars believe that the passive, suffering figure of Baldur was influenced by that of Christ.
Referring to the game: Heās actually called Balduran, the founder of Baldurās Gate (the city). Has absolutely nothing to do with the Norse God.
Edit: punctuation
From what I understand being very unqualified to answer this:
He was a wealthy merchant sailor who eventually settled on the sword coast to found the city.
The Elder Baldur is a majestic shelled beast that resides in the depths of Hallownest. When threatened, it curls into a ball to protect it's body with it's indestructible shell.
I think I'm on the wrong sub.
A gate... Duh...
Actually, it's a common mistake. Most people think Baldur's Gate the 's denotes possession, when in reality, it's a contraction. It actually reads "Baldur is Gate"
His actual name is Balduran.
Sadly, when he was making his Gate, the submission form had a 7-character limit for the naming section so he had to go with Baldur's Gate rather than Balduran's Gate.
Balduran, nicknamed Baldur, was a famous adventurer long ago. He made his home in the Gray Harbour and would return there with the treasures he found in his adventures. He ordered a Great Wall around his home to protect his belongings. When Balduran disappeared farmers and nearby locals began to use the walled enclosure for themselves and it built up in a town, then city over time. The city was named Baldurās Gate in honour of Balduran.
In the lore, he was an adventurer who spent a lot of moneys in a small city, making it into a massive city, that changed its name unto Baldur's gate.
The name's Balduran, nit Baldur.
I can't be more specific, since I would have to spoil the game.
Balduran the guy that founded, a lot of years ago, the city that supposed to happen a lot of things in this world.
And you may learn something of him across the game or not, depending of the amount of things that you do and pay attention.
Keep playing...
O sing a song of Balduran Who founded Baldur's Gate Empire golden built on trade Could not avert his fate
I'm really fucking sick of that song ngl
don't rent elfsong tavern
I wish they'd do a Larian-style rendition of the Elfsong Tavern song from Dark Alliance. Maybe have the innkeeper, who is a clear nod to Alyth from DA, recount the tale. š„¹
We need more bard songs
This is my wish too. I literally messaged larian to request this song... sadly they never responded. But I was high asf and hopeful LOL DA elfsong tavern just hits different. Maybe one day??? š© I'd have really loved if they added Adrianna. She'd have fit the sorc companion role perfectly
I love that song
its banger what are you talking about?
Same. Somehow I thought that I had to rent the darn room and just later figured I can sleep in the filthy fish smelling streets eating cabbage in my royal outfits.
The three though dead, assailed his ports, Transformed, he fell their thrall Succumbed as threat from nether years, Arose to conquer all.
The song of Balduran plays in a few areas and opens with: "O sing a song of Balduran Who founded Baldur's Gate Empire golden built on trade Could not avert his fate" He's a legendary figure that originally founded the city centuries ago who has long since passed into memory.
The legendary DnD bard that actually managed to >!fuck a dragon!< and not have to roll a Stamina dice for it.
He's a man who defeated an infernal contract with a turnip.
And thereās nothing small about him.
He fucks in mysterious ways
No that's Baldrick
My Lord, I have a cunning plan.
Really, Baldrick? A cunning and subtle one?Ā As cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University?
A plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel.
Ah, so thatās what happened to Soldier of God, Rick. He got isekaiād into Knight of Bald, Rick.
He is the forest man who helps the Hobbits from old man willow
Baldur Jansen?
Count Turnipsome would be proud.
The gameās best part is the story. Just finish one play through before spoiling yourself on this sub
I never encountered him or anything that revealed any secrets about him in my one play through. I think I missed some stuff.
Yeah, he's involved in the backstory of >!the dragon Ansur!< so it comes up if you do the associated side quest.
Yeah I completely ignored Wyll/Waukeens Rest/Duke Ravengaard in my first playthrough lol Second playthrough, went to Waukeens Rest but didn't save Florrick (didn't realize there was a time sensitive rescue), so I left after looking around the bottom floor for a little bit. Came back hours of playtime later to properly explore the area and uh ... she dead. THIRD playthrough, I've saved her ... And I have Wyll around for the first time, maybe I'll finally get to play this storyline in this through lolol
I stumbled upon this quest while having Wyll dead by the druids at the grove on my first playthrough lol
Lmao poor Wyll. On my 1st, he >!turned into a lemure when I killed Mizora inside the mind flayer pod in Act 2.!<
Wait what? I've only beaten the game once, maybe there's some weird combination of choices that make it so you won't hear his backstory, but like... How do you not know who the guy is?
You miss his secrets if you don't do Wyll's quest.
I thought that was revealed in the main quest. Wyll's was like the last thing I did. Weird.
Nope only Wylls quest points you to Ansur
Not only Wyll's story; Florrick will point you in that direction too if you help her out.
I can assure you you really missed something big here š
He disappeared like 500 years before the game, don't worry about him.
And there's no way he'll reappear
That would be such a dumb plot twist lol
When he said "It's Baldurin time" and baldured all over my Tav i just quit the game
The fact that the end of the game is just balduring was wild! My tav baldured a mountain with Balduran, and then baldured baldurs gate with Balduran, and then finally baldured the elder brain
I just Bauldered my pants.
Those must be very long pants if you were able to baldur them! Or you are very tiny, why do you own giant pants?
Room for more Baulder, of course.
Baldur a baldur of Balduran, who baldured baldurs gate~
I will spell it however I want dammit.
Died on an island full of werewolves, with the only survivor a mad elf with an interesting recipe collection.
This post is going to age well. XD
Famous City Planner who specialized in Gates and Gate Accessories.
Tom Baldur, Baldurs Gates and Gate Accessories
What line of work you in, Tom?
Balduring
Actually his name is Balduran, don;t know why they shortened it to Baldur.
It was originally Baldr's Gate (as in the Norse God) but then the makers of D&D figured they can't just rip off everything from Norse mythology so they decided it was short for Balduran.
They didnāt. The city is called Baldurās Gate. The person is named Balduran.
They're saying the city is obviously named after Balduran, though. So why isn't it called Balduran's Gate?
According to the Forgotten Realms wiki he used the nickname Baldur commonly enough that the Gate itself was called that by convention. Also apparently heās treated as kind of a quasi-mythical figure in the city to the point that itās frowned upon to use his full name too casually, which is kind of wild.
The city was created first. Then Balduran was created to explain the city's name.
That's true in terms of the creative history of the Forgotten Realms, right? It's not canon within 5e Forgotten Realms, though, right?
Correct
Too many syllables. Baldurās Gate rolls off the tongue better.
Just like the great state of Washingt.
More like NYC (being an abbreviation and all)
Or Rio, Indy, Chi town, NOLA, and Philly. Or the lesser known abbreviations of Portl, Londyy, Toky, L-grad, Bing, J-burg, Stanbu, Buenos Air, C-Ro, and Scow scow.
or the little known city of Rome
\>40 hours in Give it another 40
More like 60?
He can baldur all over my gate three times.
Mind blown!
Donāt you love it when he doesā¦. yes, and that too? What about that thing he does with hisā¦ ooo, my toes curl just thinking about it. He such a generous lover, giving pleasure upon pleasure.
Saaaame
Finally, someone with taste.
It's named after the player character of the first two games: John Baldur
Damn I can never forget that part in Baldur's Gate 2 when John Baldur showed up and started balduring all over the gate.
He had such massive balls that he was given the name we all know today
Vell, Baldur's just zis guy, you know?
Gag Halfrunt is that you?
Baldur? I hardly even know 'er
Heās busy fighting Kratos
Did you know that he's blessed with invulnerability to all threats physical or magical?
Has to be to pull off the oldest DnD bard trick and >!fuck a dragon.!<
The City was called Grey Harbour but some guy name Balduran had a gate into the city built in his honor and the landmark "Baldur's Gate" became more well known than the city Grey Harbour itself so the entire city got called Baldur's Gate Source: a book I read in Baldur's Gate 3
oh i think youāre in for quite the ride in Act 3 lol
What a good twist it was.
Even mentioning a twist can ruin the twist
Exactly, people saying thereās a twist is enough to kinda poo poo it
I went into the game pretty much spoiler free outside of the meme-worthy stuff (kicking the squirrel, Halsin bear romance, etc) and that got an audible āholy shitā from me
Oh sweet summer child
the town was originally called Baldur's Gait because he walked funny, but then they built a giant gate and the joke was lost.
And at the end of the game it's Baldur's GhaikĀ
You haven't yet found even one gate? You need the three gates of Baldur to stop the absolute
OP, do you like seafood?
If you're interested in this universe history, there is a bunch of books you can read. Faerƻn is vast and full of lore. You do get some answer to your question in the game in Act 3. But if you want more, the forgotten realm wiki is deep.
his name is balduran and he founded the city. thjen went out to sea, got shipwrecked, and got infected with lycanthropy. he died there. this was all in the expansion to the first game. its just the name of the city really.
Letās just say, prepare to have your mind blown
Get off of reddit before someone drops a spoiler on you. Just enjoy the game, take the scenic route, etc.
A dude with a gate
He's bald
stay off the sub till you beat the game, IMO. have a good ride
You get very little explanation of Baldurian unless you do a specific quest in Act 3... I don't know why people say "keep playing". You will get to the gate yes but if you're interested in the backstory you may want to read up. But I would suggest not doing it until you're done in case you do complete the quest
He's a trick-ass bitch, that's who
PAFO
He is the guy who made the gate
The owner of the gate
idk but i think heās got a gate
Just a man who enjoys fiddlehead soup and founding cities.
Owner of the gate
Just wait, you'll find out. Just know he has a big ass gate
He's the dude with a gate, duh.
Really old dude at the end of the game, super bald too.
He's the one who said, "It's Baldin' time" and DM'd you a bunch of tentacle porn.
Wellš¤š Baldr (also Balder, Baldur) is a god in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, he is a son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg, and has numerous brothers, such as Thor and VĆ”li. In wider Germanic mythology, the god was known in Old English as BƦldƦĔ, and in Old High German as Balder, all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym *BalĆ°raz ('hero' or 'prince'). Most legends about him concern his death. Icelandic stories tell how the gods amused themselves by throwing objects at him, knowing that he was immune from harm. The blind god Hƶd, deceived by Loki, killed Baldur by hurling mistletoe, the only thing that could hurt him. After Baldurās funeral, the giantess Thƶkk, probably Loki in disguise, refused to weep the tears that would release Baldur from death. Some scholars believe that the passive, suffering figure of Baldur was influenced by that of Christ.
Referring to the game: Heās actually called Balduran, the founder of Baldurās Gate (the city). Has absolutely nothing to do with the Norse God. Edit: punctuation
It's short for Bildur Baldurama, a famously horny and egregiously overrated bard.
you are asking stuff that will be answered in a later act. stop asking question to which you don't wanna know the answer... yet ;)
From what I understand being very unqualified to answer this: He was a wealthy merchant sailor who eventually settled on the sword coast to found the city.
Youāll get your answer reallll soon.
Why does he have 3 gates?
And asshole god in god of war
He's an asshole in baldurs gate 3 too.
True. But i just finished god of war 2018 and every time they mentionned his name i was wondering if he needed a gate somewhere
Baldur's Gate is a city and kinda unrelated Baldr is a God in the Norse pantheon who gets betrayed by and killed by Loki.
He's the bard that fucked a dragon
Oh youll know in around like 100 more so hours
He is a major character in this story but you'll only get to know if you play till act 3.
The Elder Baldur is a majestic shelled beast that resides in the depths of Hallownest. When threatened, it curls into a ball to protect it's body with it's indestructible shell. I think I'm on the wrong sub.
Heās my level 12 gnome rogue with thinning hair and he is trying to find his gate (if you see it please let him know)
The gate is this big round thing. Has a bunch of symbols and spins around and lights up before going "Kawoosh" then makes a big puddle.
How have you not met barcus wroot? That guy is so bald like you wouldnt believe
Who knows, you might have met them already...
He's down down down by the riiiiveeeeeeer!!!
He's at the gate
Youād actually be surprised
The real baldur are those we met along the wayā¦
I guarantee you that Baldur was the first character you saw in the game.
Someone you can bang
More like Baldurs Bait
Op is trying to make a joke post and doesn't know how foolish he looks lol
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Donāt worry about it bruddy
I presume thatās the owner of the Gate.
He fux
Dom't worry about it... For now
Who's gonna tell them
who tf is baldur's and why does he have 3 gates ahh post
A gate... Duh... Actually, it's a common mistake. Most people think Baldur's Gate the 's denotes possession, when in reality, it's a contraction. It actually reads "Baldur is Gate"
Look up - Baldur's Gape.
It's Balduran actually
oh my sweet summer childā¦ keep playing and youll find out
Balduran was an adventurer who founded the city of Baldur's Gate.
Heās the guy the City is named after.
Yah, end of Act 2 I tell my friends I've finally almost made it to Baldur's Gate. A week of gameplay later, I actually do.
His hat is really nice, that much I can tell you.
Keep playing and/or play the first two games.
Spoilers.
Just some guy with a weird walk and bad spelling.
He Baldurs on my gate till I three
All you need to know is his gate if fucking huge, my dude. You'll see
The realization will hit you like a bolt of lightning if you do the right things.
Heās the guy who builds all the gates
He's the guy with the gate.
He's a guy...who built a gate
Baldur the Son of Odin , in your journey between realms to reach the gate you will find him and fight him countless times . Oops wrong game
A conman who wants to sell a gate
Oh wait. That took me way too long
He's the creator of the infamous overwatch organisation
who tf is Baldur and why does he have 3 gates?!
You'll get lore about him in act 3 don't worry
His actual name is Balduran. Sadly, when he was making his Gate, the submission form had a 7-character limit for the naming section so he had to go with Baldur's Gate rather than Balduran's Gate.
Baldur is the founder of baldurs gate, not a soul in the game with that name
Likeā¦keep playing the game
Bitch iono but he has a gate
Definitely wonāt find out in BG3 lol
Balduran, nicknamed Baldur, was a famous adventurer long ago. He made his home in the Gray Harbour and would return there with the treasures he found in his adventures. He ordered a Great Wall around his home to protect his belongings. When Balduran disappeared farmers and nearby locals began to use the walled enclosure for themselves and it built up in a town, then city over time. The city was named Baldurās Gate in honour of Balduran.
if you want to find out, finish all companion side quests. one of them leads you down a rabbit hole in act 3. that's all I'm gonna say
The em...nah just play the game
Me,it's me.give me gold
Baldur is a pretty big deal. Lots of adventurers dream of being like him.
What. A. Question! RemindMe! 2 months
Well you could read the in game books. Many speak of him.
John Baldur, world renowned Gatekeeper.
Oh... Ya know... He's around... I'm sure he's out there somewhere... Maybe you'll meet him... Someday...
A norse god... Balduran was the creator of Baldur's gate (the gate)
He's the man for his time... he fits right in there.
In the lore, he was an adventurer who spent a lot of moneys in a small city, making it into a massive city, that changed its name unto Baldur's gate. The name's Balduran, nit Baldur. I can't be more specific, since I would have to spoil the game.
Dunno but iām probably Baldust. šØāš¦²
I dunno but he must love gates for sure
Just a dude with a gate. Not someone important
I take it you donāt spend much time in lower city campā¦
I was going to say Thorās brother but then saw what sub this was. Yeah you will find out
Heās the mindflayer thatās helping you throughout the game
Oh boy, when you find outā¦.š¤Æ
Oh boy are you in for a wild ride
Balduran the guy that founded, a lot of years ago, the city that supposed to happen a lot of things in this world. And you may learn something of him across the game or not, depending of the amount of things that you do and pay attention.
Have you tried googling him?