Baldur's Gate/Trivia

Baldur's Gate I

 * Ascended Fanon: Almost. Beamdog tried to contact the authors of the Baldur's Gate I NPC Mod (a mod which greatly expanded the characterizations of the companions from the first game) for permission to include it in the Enhanced Edition, but were unable to. Many fans accept it as canon anyway.
 * Fan Nickname:
 * CHARNAME for the Bhaalspawn; kensage for a dual-classed kensai/mage; swashy for a swashbuckler.
 * "Abduh", for the novel protagonist Abdel Adrian. Emphasis on the "duh".
 * The Machine Gun for Kivan, for his exceptional archery skills.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!:
 * Minsc is voiced by Jim Cummings.
 * Averted with Viconia, even within the game. You probably wouldn't know unless you were told that Viconia shares a voice actress with Nalia. And Raelis Shai. And Illasera of the Five. Although you'd probably notice she sounds a lot like Azula. Grey DeLisle is a really good voice actress.
 * Xan is voiced by Jeff Bennett, who also does the voice of Cespenar and Jan.
 * Kivan is voiced by Rob Paulsen, who has also done Pinky. Not that you could tell though.
 * When not being a womanizing jerk, Eldoth is reciting entries from the galactic Codex. With Neil Ross on the cast, it almost makes you wonder why they chose Kevin Michael Richardson as the narrator instead of a man who is largely associated with those kinds of roles.
 * Preorder Bonus: Pre-orders of Baldur's Gate II came with a bonus disc containing an extra merchant who sold exclusive, powerful items. In the UK, some pre-orders of the first game came with a copy of Fallout 1.

Baldur's Gate II

 * Fake Nationality: Yoshimo's voiced by Canadian actor Maurice LaMarche, better known as The Brain. But you really wouldn't know it.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!:
 * Aerie is voiced by the ever-sweet-voiced Kath Souci.
 * Mazzy is voiced by Jennifer Hale, who also voices Dynaheir, Fall-from-Grace, Bastila Shan, (Female) Commander Shepard, Samus Aran, Avatar Kyoshi and (most ironically of all) Giganta.
 * Cernd and Lilarcor are voiced by Jason Marsden, who does a lot of cartoon work these days, which may make it something of a weird experience if you pick up the game now.
 * Averted for Nalia. She is voiced by the same actress as Viconia despite the fact that the two are near polar opposites in personality, but unless you know that, you'd have a hard time telling.
 * Word of Gay: Haer'Dalis' bisexual (or, as David Gaider puts it, "up for anything").


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