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List of the various foes encountered in ''[[BaldursBaldur's Gate]]'' and ''Baldur's Gate II''.

{{quote| ''YOU CANNOT RUN FROM '''ME!''' YOU CANNOT RUN FROM '''YOURSELF!''' I AM THE BLOOD! I AM THE INSTINCT!''<br />

'''Voiced by:''' Kevin Michael Richardson }}

The former (now deceased) god of death and assassins, Bhaal is the main character's (and Imoen's, Sarevok's, and a load of others) father. An unapologetically evil deity, he had premonitions of his death and created a plan: he'd invest his essence into his half-mortal children, let them grow up and die, and their essences, combined with his high priestess' efforts, would resurrect him. Everything went as planned except his high priestess deciding "Lol no.".

* [[Lawful Evil]] -: [[Invoked]].

* [[Legacy Immortality]] -: Literally. His children hold his essence that will allow him to resurrect. It's essentially the same gambit as Bane used, except Bane put all his stock in one vessel. Bane eventually came back. Bhaal... [[Foregone Conclusion|didn't]].

* [[Physical God]] -: Sort of. Bhaal had been a nonphysical god, but during the pre-game Time of Troubles was forced to a physical avatar, in which he died.

** And prior to the time of troubles as well, in order to father some of his more long-lived offspring like dragons and giants (and to a lesser extent, dwarves, gnomes, and elves).

{{quote| ''I will be the '''last'''. And you will go '''first'''.''<br />

'''Voiced by:''' Kevin Michael Richardson }}

Sarevok was one of the most powerful of Bhaal's children, and is the main antagonist for the first game, though you don't determine that it's actually him until fairly late (until then, you're chasing his adoptive father). In ''Baldur's Gate'', Sarevok is responsible for a massive [[Xanatos Gambit]] that you only gain full understanding of by reading his (completely optional) diaries and letters. In the end of ''Baldur's Gate'', you slay him and his soul is sent to Hell, where your mutual father, Bhaal, resided.

In ''Baldur's Gate II'', CHARNAME subconciouslysubconsciously summons him to act as one of the trials (s)he faces before (s)he can confront Irenicus in Hell.

In ''Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal'' (the expansion), Sarevok shows up yet again, convinces you to give up either a fraction of your divine soul or convince Imoen to do the same, and comes back to life (a Resurrection spell being unhelpful due to his Bhaalspawn nature... [[Fridge Logic|despite working fine on Imoen]]). He then joins your party if you let him and is easily the best warrior in the game.

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* [[Brother-Sister Incest]] -: Thankfully, not canonical, but there's a fan-made mod which adds a ToB''Throne of Bhaal'' Sarevok romance for female player characters. And fanfiction, of course.

* [[Cain and Abel]] -: Sarevok and you.

* [[Chaotic Evil]]-: [[Invoked]].

* {{spoiler|1=[[Chaotic Good]]: -[[Invoked]]: Inin ToB''Throne of Bhaal'', you can convince him that good is better than evil if you live the example yourself.}}.

* [[Critical Hit]] -: While technically everyone can do so, Sarevok gets ''special'' mentioning due to his [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Deathbringer Assault]], a Critical Hit that does ''200'' damage in a single blow. (Toto get a picture of how much damage this is: the ''dragons'' in the game have around 150-250 HP each.). He also has one that simply stuns an opponent for a round or two.

* [[Defeat Means Friendship]] -: Justified and a twisted version. Since he lost his essence, he's trying to be CHARNAME's right-hand man if/when CHARNAME ascends to godhood.

* [[Determinator]] -: As a deceased Bhaalspawn without his essence, he shouldn't be capable of doing ''anything'', but he ''still'' forces himself into a ghostly existence to bargain for his resurrection through sheer willpower.

{{quote| "I Live! Flesh and blood and bone, I am ''alive''! ([[Evil Laugh]]) I swore I would scratch and crawl my way back into the world of the living... ''and I have done it''!" }}

* [[Eleventh -Hour Ranger]] -: Definitely applies to him, considering you get get him at the last leg of your journey.

* [[Evil Sounds Deep]] -: When you're voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson, this is inevitable.

* [[Faux Affably Evil]]-: In TOB''Throne of Bhaal''.

* [[Freudian Excuse]] -: If you don't want to end up with an evil ending in ToB''Throne of Bhaal'', you have to acknowledge that this is what separates him from good Bhaalspawn such as {{spoiler|the PC[[Player Character]], possibly, and Imoen}}.

* [[Genius Bruiser]] -: This guy, who is ''still'' the strongest party member barring maybe CHARNAME in ''Throne of Bhaal'' even ''after'' his [[Good Is Dumb]] downpowering, orchestrated a massive [[Xanatos Gambit]] and almost managing to pit two countries at war. [[Statistically Speaking]]: Strength: 18/00, Constitution: 18, Intelligence: '''17'''.

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* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]] -: His portrait in ToB''Throne of Bhaal''.

* {{spoiler|[[Hero Withwith an F In Good]] -: If you have been evil all your life, being a hero is going to take some getting used to. Not to mention that bad reputation you built up}}...}}

* [[Lightning Bruiser]] -: When you fight him at the end of the first game, he's a [[Made of Iron]] boss-level fighter who also starts the fight with an innate Haste spell effect on him. Unless you Dispel him immediately, he's faster than almost anything else in the game, and can gib anything short of an endgame-level hero in 1 hit.

* [[Magikarp Power]] -: With ''Ascension'' installed, if you keep his Sword of Chaos, which can be found in the ''first dungeon'' of ''Shadows of Amn'', he will be able to restore some of its original power and upgrades it to a +4 weapon with several nifty abilities.

* [[Not Quite Dead]] -: You have to kill him twice before he can ''join your party''.

* [[Purposefully Overpowered]] -: As a teammate, he's about as powerful as one can get before crossing into sheer broken ridiculousness. Numerically, his stat total is 96, a fair bit higher than any other character. Justified, of course, by how powerful he is in the story.

* [[Scary Black Man]] -: Though his race isn't apparent until ''Throne of Bhaal''.

* [[Scary Impractical Armor]] -: In [[BG''Baldur's Gate 1]]I'' only. There's a certain point beyond which you simply have too ''many'' spikes.

* [[Sdrawkcab Name]] -: He travels incognito without his armor as the scribe Koveras in order to infiltrate Candlekeep.

* [[Separated Atat Birth]] -: As it turns out, Sarevok was separated from {{spoiler|the protagonist}} at birth, though they have different mothers.

* [[Shadow Archetype]] -: It's not really gone into in BG1''Baldur's Gate I'', but in BG2''Baldur's Gate II'', it's clear that both he and the gods viewed him as this.

* [[The Starscream]] -: You can tell he's the [[Big Bad]] from his appearances in the beginning of the story, but he doesn't visibly take the role until killing off his adopted father and taking over his organisation, and besides, you don't know he's that guy from the beginning at first.

* [[Strike Me Down Withwith All of Your Hatred]] -: He tries this on you when you first meet him in Hell.

* [[There Can Be Only One]] -: And as it eventually turns out, Sarevok is far from the only person with this plan.

* [[Villain Withwith Good Publicity]] -: In BG1''Baldur's Gate I''. In ToB''Throne of Bhaal'', if he makes is [[Heel Face Turn]], he becomes a Hero With ''Bad'' (and admittedly well-earned) Publicity.

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]] -: In BG1''Baldur's Gate I'', he's immune to all types of energy, effectively making him immune to all direct damage and area-of-effect spells... except for the [[Non-Elemental|energy neutral]] Magic Missile, a level one spell.

* [[You Remind Me of X]]:

{{quote| '''Sarevok:''' You remind me of myself... before I was slaughtered and cast into the Abyss.}}

{{quote| ''Loyalty to one's lord is all that can be expected.''<br />

'''Voiced by:''' Diane Pershing }}

* [[The Cameo]] -: She shows up in ToB alongside a theoretical version of yourself, gone done Sarevok's path.

* [[Dark Chick]] -: She's the only antagonist who isn't actually evil (well, sort of, see below); she doesn't share the others' goals, and isn't even antagonistic much of the time.

* [[Infinity+1 Sword]] -: Not a blade, but she has the best piece of armor in the game: Full Plate Mail + 1.

* [[In the Blood]] -: She thinks Sarevok is naturally a good man, corrupted by his heritage. If you prove to her that you're a good person, she'll realize she was wrong, and that whatever evil Sarevok is guilty of is his own doing.

* [[Love Martyr]] -: Though she can be talked out of it.

* [[Neutral Evil]] -: According to her game file. [[Invoked]].

* [[Road Cone]] -: {{spoiler|Canonically, she dies at some point during the story: Whether or not you killed her is unclear. The epilogue of Sarevok's good end has him burying Tamoko back in Kara-Tur.}}.

{{quote| ''You are but a gnat compared to my power.''<br />

'''Voiced by:''' David Warner }}

The villain of ''Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn'', Irenicus is a soulless formerly-elven mage with dreams of godhood. The elves, in a moment of absolute short-sightedness, stripped him of his elven lifespan but not his magical powers and cast him out for attempting to become a god rather than, y'know, KILLING him.

Irenicus was voiced by veteran actor David Warner, who is well-known for his ability to handle 'dramatic villain' roles, such as the former Magus of Castle Wyvern in ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'', Ra's al Ghul on ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'', and Erasmus Pea in ''[[The League of Gentlemen]]'s [[The Movie|Apocalypse]]''.

{{quote| ''You are becoming an impressive pest, one I am finding difficult to ignore!''<br />

'''Voiced by:''' B.J. Ward }}

* [[Bond Villain Stupidity]] -: Her desire to "hunt" the Bhaalspawn results in your [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] being released and you escaping. Whoops.

* [[Chaotic Evil]] -: When you not only prey on people - literally - but also like to play with your food... [[Invoked]].

* [[The Dragon]] -: To Irenicus.

* [[Enemy to All Living Things]] -: Most other vampires in the story can pass rather easily for human, but everyone who encounters Bodhi is deeply unnerved by her unnatural air.

* [[For the Evulz]] -: Irenicus is motivated by [[Ambition Is Evil|ambition]] and a desire for [[Revenge]]. Bodhi, on the other hand, just revels in killing and maiming. Irenicus [[Lampshade|lampshades]] her lack of complexity as a character at one point by saying that her hunger for blood has overwhelmed even her desire for vengeance.

* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]] -: Sort of. Depending on player choices, the party will have to fight her either twice or three times. The first fight (which only happens if the player sides with the Shadow Thieves in the Guild War) ends when she flees after "testing your strength" for a few rounds. In the second fight, in the maze beneath Spellhold, she freaks out and runs away when the PC[[Player Character]] {{spoiler|suddenly transforms into the Slayer, the Avatar of Bhaal}}. Neither fight is hopeless in that the party doesn't actually lose, but you can't defeat her either.

* [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game]] -: Bodhi enjoys stalking and killing mortals, which leads directly to the lapse into [[Bond Villain Stupidity]] mentioned above.

* [[I Have Your Wife]] -: Bodhi kidnaps whoever you're having a romance with.

* [[Lady Macbeth]] -: In her backstory. It's suggested that Bodhi was the one who encouraged Irenicus' move to [[The Dark Side]], in what was ''probably'' a non-romantic way.

* [[Large Ham]] -: Good thing she has fangs, because she certainly likes to chew the scenery.

* [[Like Brother and Sister]] -: She and Irenicus constantly refer to themselves as siblings, but it's never made clear whether this is literally true or not.

* [[Mercy Lead]] -: Sorta. When Bodhi releases the party into the Spellhold maze so that she can hunt them, she declares she'll come after them after a certain unspecified amount of time. In an unmodded game, she doesn't decide time's up until the party reaches a certain specific area of the dungeon, which could be quickly or after [[Take Your Time|quite a long while]].

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{{quote| ''I am Kangaxx and I have been cursed. I am dead yet not dead. Cursed to eternal entrapment in this tomb by cruel enemies! Cursed to a fate worse than death!''}}

BG2''Baldur's Gate II'''s bonus boss, Kangaxx the lich is either the hardest boss in the game or one of the easiest. You meet him as a skull, and he asks you to track down his body. If you do so, he assembles himself into a lich and attacks you. After you kill him, he turns into a ''demi-lich'', a floating skull that spams imprisonment, the most powerful spell in the game. Unlike many bonus bosses, he's not so much more powerful than late game bosses that fighting him is pointless, as you'll still find challenge after him. Of note: Kangaxx has the highest to hit requirement of any enemy in the franchise. He's not merely immune to non-magical weapons, he requires +4 weapons to even harm. Until the very late game, there are only three +4 weapons even available, and two are staves, which are effectively useless in combat.

* [[Fate Worse Than Death]] -: See his quote above.

* [[Obviously Evil]] -: His bones are described as radiating a sense of pure evil, in case you needed another hint not to trust the talking skull.

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: "I am free! The world will burn to ash!"

* [[Our Liches Are Different]]: He's a demi-lich.

* [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]

* [[Shmuck Bait]] -: Anyone who falls for Kangaxx asking him to reassemble his body kind of deserves to be imprisoned forever, but it's the only way to earn the single best ring in the series.

{{quote| ''Obviously I should beware offers from strange skulls in the future...'' - The PC[[Player Character]]}}

* [[Spam Attack]] -: As a lich, Kangaxx has all of the standard lich abilities: powerful spells, the ability to cast them immediately after one another (which normally requires an additional, special spell). As a demi-lich, Kangaxx has literally only two attacks, which he will spam like nothing else: Imprisonment, which instantly removes a party member and sends him or her to the center of the earth to be put into eternal stasis (effectively a death that requires a more exotic raise dead spell), and Wail of the Banshee, which is a simple area of effect save or die spell. He will use both constantly.

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]] -: The demi-lich is the most powerful undead enemy in the game... but it's still undead, so using a cheap, available everywhere Protection from Undead scroll will make the battle easy.

** The [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] the PC[[Player Character]] gains in Spellhold is completely immune to the only two attacks he uses in his demi-lich form and has natural attacks that count as +5 weapons, meaning that once he reverts to this, the PC[[Player Character]] can easily solo him.

* [[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him]]: He's the one who engineered the bridge drop on Ajantis, the NPC paladin from the first game.

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: A standard power for most full dragons in AD''Advanced Dungeons &D Dragons''.

{{quote| ''Remain dust, my foolish god.''<br />

'''Voiced by:''' Heidi Shannon }}

The [[Big Bad]] of ''Throne of Bhaal''. The former High Priestess of Bhaal: Bhaal himself entrusted Amelissan with the ritual that would use the essences of the dead Bhaalspawn to bring him back to life. However, she completely betrays him in favor of using the essences to ascend to a godhood herself, and by the time you actually kill her, she has stolen the lion's share of Bhaal's essence.

{{quote| '''Melissan:''' CHARNAME! You live! I had heard the sounds of combat and returned this way only to find the giant dead and you gone!<br />

'''CHARNAME:''' [one of the dialogue options] Expected me to be dead, eh? Sorry to disappoint you.<br />

'''Melissan:''' Don't be a fool, CHARNAME! I cannot express my relief at finding you alive after all the carnage this monster and his army have wrought here.<br />

[...]<br />

'''Melissan:''' I offered you information in return for Yaga-Shura's death. It may be too late to save Saradush, but that information could still help you, if you will listen.<br />

'''CHARNAME:''' [one of the dialogue options] This had better not be lies, Melissan. I'm in no mood. }}

* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]] -: Sarevok was just a man, and Irenicus merely had his own power and a divine tree's power he stole. Melissan, however, had nearly all the strength of the god of murder but still goes down if you stab her a lot. To be fair, punching out Cthulhu is fairly common in the setting: ''Forgotten Realms'' deities are not immortal and indeed have a fairly high mortality rate.

* [[I Can Rule Alone]] -: Bhaal really ought to have found someone more trustworthy to oversee the plan to resurrect himself.

* [[Just Eat Gilligan]] -: You would, but the game won't let you.

* [[Manipulative Bastard]] -: Plays the Five against the other Bhaalspawn, and then you against them, to release the maximum number of essence for her to steal.

* [[Marathon Boss]] -: You first fight against her, then some air elementals, then her along with some demons, then the Elemental prince, then her along with some slayer shadows, then some powerful demons including the fallen solar, and then finally her. And the real kicker? You have to do this in one go, meaning you cannot rest or regain spells throughout this battle {{spoiler|unless you use the Wish spell}}. And in the Ascension mod, it's [[Boss Rush|even worse]].

** Mercifully, all of the creatures she summons vanish each time you bring her down to low health, and she teleports away to recharge, so in each fight the party should make inflicting damage on her their #1 priority. The third fight against her is arguably the toughest, as she will move far away from the party and keep on summoning monsters to attack them. In the fourth and final fight she abandons that strategy and tries to melee you to death with only a couple of summoned creatures as backup, making it significantly easier than what came before.

* [[Older Than They Look]] -: Mellisan must be, at the very, impossibly youngest, 35, and is likely 40-50, but she looks like she's in her mid-to-late twenties.

* [[Planet Heck]] -: A strange example. As she gains the power of Bhaal, she warps Hell to her liking, so that by the point, you actually fight her you're still technically in Hell, but it's really rather pleasant.

* [[The Reveal]] -: Not that it comes as much of a surprise.

* [[Time Stands Still]] -: One of three enemies immune to Time Stop, though she herself doesn't use it.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]] -: Has a massive one when she is defeated by CHARNAME.

The Five are five particularly powerful Bhaalspawn who join forces for the dual purposes of taking over the world and becoming more powerful as they kill their siblings... or so they think. Though this is true for Illasera, Yaga-Shura, Sendai, and Abazigal, Balthazar planned to betray them all along for the forces of righteousness, to snuff out the line of Bhaal before it destroyed Faerun. He uses you to do so, and then attempts to kill you himself.

** [[The Dragon]]: [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Abazigal]].

{{quote| ''Your part in this ends here... I shall see to that.''<br />

'''Voiced by:''' Jeff Osterhage }}

* [[Alas, Poor Villain]] -: Averted: he's really just a giant jerk despite his noble intentions.

* [[Lawful Good]]: Also proof of the trope [[Good Is Not Nice]].

{{quote| ''Those insolent words will be your last!''<br />

'''Voiced by:''' Jim Cummings }}

* [[Berserk Button]] -: If you taunt him about killing his son, Draconis, he will ''immediately'' skip to the end of the conversation and start attacking you.

* [[BFSBig Freaking Sword]] -: When he's in human form.

* [[Breath Weapon]] -: When he's in ''dragon'' form.

* [[Dragon Withwith an Agenda]] -: He's the only member of the Five clever enough to see through Balthazar, but he never gets an opportunity to put that knowledge to use.

* [[Giant Flyer]]: Like all dragons in ''Dungeons & Dragons''.

* [[Large Ham]] -: He's even voiced by Minsc's voice actor.

* [[One-Winged Angel]]: He starts out appearing near-human, but with blue skin. Then he turns into a dragon.

* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: -He's Bluethe son of a blue dragon.

* [[Shock and Awe]]: Blue dragons breathe lightning breath.

{{quote| ''Figured I was stronger than the rest of them, maybe. But not all of them together.''<br />

'''Voiced by:''' Kevin Michael Richardson }}

* [[Big Damn Heroes]] -: Averted. The party shows up just as he begins his assault on Saradush. They do kill him, but {{spoiler|the city is destroyed anyway}}.

* [[Evil Army]] -: Until he dies, he leads it.

{{quote| ''Know this even as I die... the return of our father is inevitable. Though I fall, the others will ensure Bhaal is reborn!''<br />

'''Voiced by:''' Vanessa Marshall }}

* [[Did Not Do the Research]] -: A female drow mage/cleric. Female drow in 2ndsecond edition did not become mages, that was considered male work.

* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]] -: Averted. Once she realises who exactly it is that's trashing her base, she ''flips out'' and starts reaching deep into her bag of tricks to try to come up with some way to stop you.

{{quote| ''I may yet mount your head on the wall with all the other Bhaalspawn I've killed... I haven't decided.''<br />

'''Voiced by:''' Grey Delisle }}

{{quote| ''"Haha! Good fun!"''<br />

'''Voiced by:''' Jim Cummings }}

* [[Big Name Fan]] -: Named after a poster on [[Bio WareBioWare]] message board, who also used the [[Catch Phrase]] (Ha! Good Fun!).

* [[Call Back]] -: He basically explains Melissan's entire plan as soon as you meet him, proving that despite being an idiot, he's still smarter than basically the entire rest of ToB''Throne of Bhaal'''s cast besides Balthazar.

* [[Cassandra Truth]] -: As mentioned above, he's got Melissan figured out from the beginning, but no one listens to him.

* [[Chaotic Evil]]: [[In-Universe]].

* [[Epic Flail]]: His weapon of choice.

* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Half human, half orc.

* [[Our Orcs Are Different]]: Well, actually, he's a half-orc, but yeah.

{{quote| ''DEMOGORGON IS FREE! DEATH MY SCEPTER AND PAIN MY CROWN! THE PRINCE OF DEMONS WILL LOOSE SWEET DESTRUCTION!''<br />

'''Voiced by:''' Jim Cummings }}

* [[Bragging Rights Reward]]: As with any [[Bonus Boss]].

* [[Chaotic Evil]]: As a demon, this is his [[In-Universe]] alignment.

* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]] -: You can fight and defeat him, but the Watcher makes clear it will just make him reform in the Abyss. Better hope your character's going to the Upper Planes when he/she dies...

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: As a demon prince, he's very nearly a god.

* [[Evil Is Hammy]] -: The quote above gives you a pretty good idea of what his idea of being a demon lord entails.

If the player recruits the PC[[Player Character]] Kivan in the first game, it will be revealed that Tazok tortured and murdered Kivan's betrothed.

* [[Back for Thethe Finale]]: If you fought him at the bandit camp, he disappears for most of the game, only to finally reappear at Sarevok's side.

* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: If he'd gone with his first instinct about the PC[[Player Character]], things might have gone better for him.