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== Party Members in ''Baldur's Gate'' ==

'''Voiced by:''' Jim Meskimen }}

Jaheira's husband and one of CHARNAME's canonical companions in BG1''Baldur's Gate I'', Khalid was a half-elf fighter. And that's about it. Early in BG2''Baldur's Gate II'', Jaheira tries to track him down, only to find his corpse (and give a [[Hand Wave]] on why he can't be resurrected).

* [[Adventure Duo]] -: He and Jaheira, before his demise.

* [[Battle Couple]]: - withWith Jaheira.

* [[The Generic Guy]] -: He's a fighter with nondescript stats and no special abilities. There is some evidence to suggest that Khalid was meant to be a Fighter/Mage, but was changed to Fighter because there weren't any good-aligned pure Fighters. When they changed his class, they forgot to change his Intelligence, which is why it's so high. There are mods that restore him to this status.

** If Khalid dies in BG1,''Baldur's Gate I'' though, Jaheira does say "I swear, you'll never hear the end of this!".

* [[Neutral Good]]: in-universeLike wife like husband, really.

** One[[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Not ugly, exactly, but not very charming, with a very low Charisma score and massive self esteem issues, and several NPCs seem to think Jaheira is out of themhis beingleague. Faldorn is one of them, but whether she believes it or is just trying to irritate Jaheira is debateabledebatable.

'''Voiced by:''' Jennifer Hale }}

Dynaheir was a witch from Rasheman and Minsc's companion, and in CHARNAME's canonical party in BG1''Baldur's Gate I''. When Irenicus captured CHARNAME and his party, he murdered Dynaheir in front of Minsc's eyes just to anger him.

* [[Adventure Duo]] -: With Minsc.

* [[Black Dude Dies First|Black Girl Dies First]] -: She's the first major character from BG1''Baldur's Gate I'' you find out has been killed in BG2''Baldur's Gate II'', though her death occurs off-screen.

* [[Black Magician Girl]] -: Literally.

* [[Damsel in Distress]] -: She needs to be rescued from a pack of monsters before you can recruit her.

* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]] -: Unlike with Khalid, it's totally off screen, so it's almost a [[Bus Crash]].

* [[The Generic Guy]] -: Your choices for party mage in BG1''Baldur's Gate I'' are Edwin, the scheming red wizard who's the best mage in the series, Xan, the chronically depressed elf, Xzar, the psychotic necromancer, and Quayle, the ridiculous gnome. Dynaheir comes off as positively ''boring'' next to them.

* [[Lawful Good]]: For her, it's important to do right in the right way.

* [[Sassy Black Woman]] -: Kinda. She doesn't speak stereotypical Black Urban American English, but she is opinionated and thinks that she should be in charge.

* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]: Her gimmick is misapplyingeth a lot of doths and dosts and so forth whenever she speaks.

'''Voiced by:''' Frank Welker }}

Xzar is the official crazy guy of the playable NPCs, and he fills the role well. He can act normal for long enough to work in civilized society, but only just barely. He doesn't join in BG2''Baldur's Gate II'', but shows up to give a quest that ultimately ends up killing him.

* [[Arch Enemy]] -: Along with Montaron, to Khalid and Jaheira. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that he and Montaron are agents of the Zhentarim, an [[The Syndicate|evil network]] opposed to the Harpers, a secret organization of do-gooders.

* [[Chaotic Evil]]: In-universeOf the completely, utterly insane variety.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] -: And not the nice kind ether.

* [[Demoted to Extra]] -: Though at least he plays a fairly major role in the Harper sidequest.

* [[Hitchhiker Heroes]] -: Almost literally;: he and Montaron are encountered on the road after the PC[[Player Character]] leaves Candlekeep.

* [[Informal Eulogy]] -: If Montaron dies, he responds by saying "Montaron! I never loved you!".

* [[Large Ham]] -: Justified, however, in that he is [[Ax Crazy|absolutely, completely insane]].

* [[Odd Friendship]] -: Subverted: Hehe's forced by his superiors to stay with Montaron, whom he despises.

* [[Psychopathic Manchild]] -: At time he can come across as this.

* [[Sociopathic Hero]] -: In the first game, his goals are noble, his methods and motivations anything but.

* [[Shout-Out]] -: To Robert J. Oppenheimer, one of the creators of the atomic bomb, and indirectly to the ''Bhagavad Gita'':

[[The Silence of the Lambs|Some fava beans, and]] [[A Nice Chianti]]. }}

* [[Stop Poking Me]]:

* [[Those Two Bad Guys]] -: With (who else?) Montaron.

* [[Whatevermancy]] -: He's a necromancer.

* [[With Friends Like These...]] -: He and Montaron.

'''Voiced by:''' Earl Boen }}

Montaron is the counterpart of Xzar, and hates him dearly. A halfling fighter/thief, Montaron is an intentional subversion of the happy-go-lucky halflings everywhere else in fantasy, being a person interested only in doing his job in the bloodiest way possible. He dies off-screen in BG2''Baldur's Gate II''.

* [[Arch Enemy]] -: To Khalid and Jaheira. Being [[Psycho for Hire|purely in it for the money]], he's less invested in the rivalry than Xzar, however.

* [[Back Stab]] -: He enjoys it more than most thieves as well.

* [[Baleful Polymorph]] -: Xzar {{spoiler|only ''thinks'' so}}.

* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]] -: As it turns out.

* [[Expy]] -: Montaron is a proto-[[The Order of the Stick|Belkar]].

* [[Hobbits]] -: As mentioned above, a deliberately atypical one.

* [[Neutral Evil]]: Psychotic and bloodthirsty, but uninterested in-universe law vs chaos arguments.

* [[Odd Friendship]] -: With Xzar, whom he hates.

* [[Psycho for Hire]] -: How he ends up working for the Zhentarim.

* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: Him and Xzar.

* [[With Friends Like These...]] -: He and Xzar.

'''Voiced by:''' Jeff Bennett }}

Xan is an elven enchanter who has had the misfortune of being kidnapped by bandits. If you rescue him, he can join your party. He comes with a Moonblade, a [[Empathic Weapon|sword who is bonded to its owner and gives him strength,]], and his depressing view on your party's success.

Xan only appears in the first ''Baldur's Gate'', but has appeared in the tutorial mode for ''Baldur's Gate 2II''. He's also popular enough to get mods that add him to ''Baldur's Gate 2II'', and was probably the most popular BG1''Baldur's Gate I'' character to not get into BG2''Baldur's Gate II''.

* [[Blessed with Suck]] -: Xan has this opinion about his moonblade. And about his magic. And about everything.

* [[Can't Argue with Elves]] -: You ''can'', but he really doesn't care.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]] -: Pretty much with his every line.

* [[Demoted to Extra]] -: And not even in the main storyline, at that.

* [[Determined Defeatist]] -: Much more obvious in his mods, but it's the main reason he stays with the party.

* [[The Eeyore]] -: "Life... is so hollow."

* [[Empathic Weapon]] -: The aforementioned Moonblade.

* [[Got Me Doing It]] -: Indirectly: an extremely minor character in [[Icewind Dale]] named Erevain realizes that he's complaining so much that he's beginning to sound like his cousin Xan.

'''Voiced by:''' Bernadette Sullivan (''Baldur's Gate''), Jane Singer (''Baldur's Gate 2II'') }}

Branwen is a self-exiled cleric of Tempus, the god of war. She felt that her people wouldn't accept a priestess of the war god, and being right, she up and left. She bears no resentment, however, reasoning that faith must be tested or be worthless. At some point, she was transformed into stone by a mage named Tranzig and sold to a halfling who uses her as a sideshow to be gawked at in a fair. Once she's rescued, she joins the party. She's in BG2''Baldur's Gate II'''s tutorial mode, but not in the game proper.

* [[Action Girl]]: Despite what her people wanted from her.

* [[Church Militant]] -: It comes with being a cleric of the god of war.

* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] -: She's from the setting's equivalent of medieval Scandinavia, which is quite apparent in everything from her name to her way of speaking to her choice of deity.

* [[Give Me Your Inventory Item]] -: In order to get her in your party, you have to use a magical scroll to reverse her petrification.

* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Proud]]: WarriorShe Raceworships Girl]]the god of battle, and the party members she likes best are warriors.

* [[Put on a Bus]] -: Not even mentioned in BG2''Baldur's Gate II''.

'''Voiced by:''' Rob Paulsen }}

Kivan is an elven ranger with a dark past. The love of his life, Deherianna, was slain, in a rather horrific manner, by an ogre bandit named [[Complete Monster|Tazok,]], and has dedicated his life to hunting him down.

Kivan only appears in the first ''Baldur's Gate'', but has enough of a following to warrant fan-created mods so you can use him in ''Baldur's Gate 2II'' and ''Throne of Bhaal''.

* [[Best Served Cold]] -: He wants revenge on Tazok for torturing him and killing his wife.

* [[Crusading Widower]] -: Even though Tazok is his ultimate goal, he's been hunting bandits for months before you meet him.

* [[Fantastic Racism]] - Against Viconia, but to be fair, she ''is'' evil.:

* [[Perpetual Frowner]] -: Not surprising given his backstory, but he's never happy.

* [[Put on a Bus]] -: Despite being a fairly popular character in the first game, he doesn't even make a cameo in the commercially released sequel. There are fan mods which put him back in, however.

** Unlike most of the companions who don't appear in the second game, Kivan's character files and data are in BG2''Baldur's Gate II'', and he can even be spawned with a console command or viewed with a creature editor. His file has a character portrait associated with it, which BG1''Baldur's Gate I'' characters who make cameos but don't join the party don't get, indicating that he would have been recruitable.

'''Voiced by:''' Brian George }}

Coran is a happy-go-lucky elven adventurer and serial womanizer who's encountered in Cloakwood forest. At first, he's insistent on hunting wyverns, but after that subquest is complete he will join the party permanently. He will flirt shamelessly with female party members, particularly Safana, and in addition has a lovechild in ''Baldur's Gate'' that he may or may not know about... depending on player actions.

* [[Aborted Arc]] -: Pre-release materials pegged him as one of the characters who would return as a party member in BG2''Baldur's Gate II''. Instead, his role in the sequel is limited to a very brief cameo. CHARNAME can still ask him to join, but he will decline.

* [[The Archer]] -: His preferred weapon is a bow and arrow, but it's a partial subversion as he ''definitely'' doesn't have the stereotypical cool, analytical personality.

* [[Awesome but Impractical]] -: With his stats, he ''should'' be the best thief in the game; however, because the game handles the auto-leveling of thieves very poorly, by the time many players get to him, he will be [[Can't Catch Up|locked out of his full thieving potential]].

* [[Casanova]] -: A relatively sympathetic one, in contrast to Eldoth.

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

She can be obtained relatively early in the game and has some amusing dialogue, so she was fairly popular among players, but nevertheless, she did not make it to the sequel as a playable character. She does, however, show up as a minor NPC at one point late in the game.

* [[Back Stab]] -: Literally and figuratively.

* [[Charm Person]] -: Safana's Flirt special ability, [[Dummied Out|restored]] in Unfinished Business and some unofficial patches, is essentially a non-magical version of this.

* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]] -: Though she doesn't betray the PC[[Player Character]] until the second game.

* [[Demoted to Extra]] -: She only has a few lines of dialogue in the sequel, and is only around long enough to betray the party before being killed.

* [[Double Entendre]] -: Much of her dialog consists of these, which is part of what makes her popular with players.

* [[Face Heel Turn]] -: Sorta.

* [[Femme Fatale]] -: Her entire personality is a take on this trope, though she doesn't behave this way toward the player. Definitely to Coran, though.

* [[Karmic Death]]: -In ''Baldur's Gate II''. She's betrayed and killed by one of Coran's other lovers, after betraying the protagonist.

* [[ReallyThe Gets AroundVamp]] -: She'll claims asdo much''anything''.

'''Voiced by:''' John Mariano }}

Tiax is the utterly insane gnomish cleric/thief of Cyric (the utterly insane god of lying and evil). Tiax is, possibly, the single most insane character in the entire series, and that is honestly saying something. He believes Cyric has proclaimed him to rule Toril (the world you're on) and that though he hasn't ''quite'' taken over yet, his time will soon come. He has what's slightly more than a cameo in BG2''Baldur's Gate II'' when he helps you fight Irenicus, but dies at the end of the battle.

* [[Ax Crazy]] -: Oh yeah.

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: More like [[Boisterous Weakling]], but he can be quite tough if you know how to do it.

* [[The Caligula]] -: He orders people around with demands like these, though no one listens to him.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] -: Even more out there than Minsc or Xzar, which is saying something.

* [[Demoted to Extra]] -: Not that most players gave him too big a role in the first game, but he gets only a short amount of screen time in the sequel.

* [[Epic Flail]] -: He comes with one.

* [[Incoming Ham]] -: Like Minsc, it's his standard way of responding whenever he's spoken to. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] by the fact that he is utterly insane.

* [[Joke Character]] -: Though he's not as underpowered as the typical example, his primary role is to provide comic relief.

* [[Large Ham]] -: Tiax shall RULE THE WORLD! Just... you... wait.

'''Voiced by:''' Jennifer Darling }}

A female warrior who's encountered in the wilds between Candlekeep and Baldur's Gate. She enjoys humiliating male adventurers by challenging them to duels and soundly thrashing them. She'll challenge a male member of the PC[[Player Character]]'s group to a fight when you meet her, and if she is defeated, she will grudgingly agree to join the party.

* [[Ax Crazy]] -: Though not as much as some of the other [[Chaotic Evil]] characters.

* [[Blondes Are Evil]] -: Though she's not a [[Femme Fatale]], [[The Vamp|Vamp]], [[Alpha Bitch]], or other evil blonde stereotype. I think she's [[Evil Redhead|an Evil Redhead]] instead.

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'''Voiced by:''' Neil Ross }}

Like all bards in BG1''Baldur's Gate I'', he's rather underpowered; that combined with the fact that he can't be recruited until late in the game (and is tied to a second character who can't be recruited until even later) left him unused by most players.

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]] -: Skie prefers him to the generally much nicer Garrick.

* [[Battle Couple]]: - withWith Skie, potentially.

* [[Blackmail]] -: What he intends to do if his plan to elope with Skie is successful.

* [[Gold Digger]] -: His method of supporting himself.

* [[Love Triangle]]: - betweenBetween he, Garrick, and Skie.

* [[Manipulative Bastard]] -: Pretty much described as such in his character biography.

* [[Neutral Evil]] -: A good example of everyday, non-[[Ax Crazy]] evil at that. In-universe

* [[Poisoned Weapons]] -: His special ability is creating poisoned arrows.

* [[Put on a Bus]] -: He plays no part at all in the sequel. (Althoughalthough he cameos in at least one mod in a typical Eldoth fashion).

* [[The Rival]] -: Garrick hates his guts.

* [[Spoony Bard]] -: The one thing he and Garrick have in common is that neither is particularly useful.

* [[Stay in the Kitchen]] -: He's a raging sexist, as demonstrated by the quote above.

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

A naive young noblewoman who enjoys sneaking out of her family's estate, she dreams about becoming an adventurer, but has rather unrealistic ideas of what that entails. She's involved with Eldoth and will call the guards when confronted by the party unless he is with them.

* [[Battle Couple]] -: With Eldoth, sorta.

* [[Can't Catch Up]] -: Like most of the characters found in the city of Baldur's Gate itself.

* [[City Mouse]] -: She wants to be an adventurer, but turns out to be ill-prepared for the realities of life on the road.

* [[LovePut Triangleon a Bus]]: -As with Eldoth, andno Garrickmention bothis pursuemade of what becomes of her after the events of the first game.

* [[Virginity Makes You Stupid]] -: It's not clear whether the literal definition of this trope technically applies or not, but the setup between her and Eldoth is a classic case.

'''Voiced by:''' Heidi Shannon (''Baldur's Gate''), B.J. Ward (''Baldur's Gate 2II'') }}

Faldorn is a member of the Shadow Druids, a militant sect of druids that believe that civilization is incompatible with nature and must be opposed with violence if necessary, something about which she and Jaheira vehemently disagree. In ''Baldur's Gate'', she's surprisingly laid-back despite these beliefs, but in the sequel, she shows up as a non-playable character with a much more antagonistic attitude.

* [[Animal Wrongs Group]] -: In BG2''Baldur's Gate II'', she and her Shadow Druids.

* [[Blood Knight]] -: She quite enjoys killing rival Druids in single combat.

* [[Evil Counterpart]] -: To Jaheira in BG2;''Baldur's Gate II'': the two can have a lengthy exchange in which they attack each others' philosophical approach to Druidism.

* [[FaceFacial Heel TurnMarkings]]: -She Oneand ofMinsc are the only a fewtwo characters to gohave fromtheir afacial playable character in the first game to a villain in themarkings secondexplained.

* [[Gaia's Vengeance]] -: What she believes she's out to inflict.

* [[Green Thumb]] -: Inverted in BG2;''Baldur's Gate II'': her drawing energy from the forest in order to "protect" it is actually killing it.

* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]] -: Her justification for her actions. Suffice it to say, Cernd and Jaheira both disagree with her.

* [[In Harmony with Nature]] -: Subverted. Faldorn's obsession with protecting nature leads her to destroy it instead.

* [[Knight Templar]] -: Or [[Nature Hero]] Templar.

* [[Misanthrope Supreme]] -: Goes along with [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]], above.

* [[Nature Hero]] -: Crosses the line into Nature [[Anti-Hero]] or worse in BG2''Baldur's Gate II'', however.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]] -: In BG1''Baldur's Gate I'', she's a nondescript druid in gameplay terms and fairly even-tempered in personality despite her philosophy; in the sequel, she's much more powerful, as well as much more ruthless.

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]] -: She transforms into a panther when you fight her.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] -: Of the eco-terrorist variety.

'''Voiced by:''' Jeff Bennett }}

An annoying gnome just ouside of Baldur's Gate, Quayle can join for reasons vague even as he explains them. He's of no importance in BG1''Baldur's Gate I'', but is revealed as Aerie's foster father in BG2''Baldur's Gate II''. Because he is a mage/cleric multiclass with average (for mages) intelligence and average (by ''fighter'' standards) wisdom, he's an awful, awful character.

* [[The Cameo]] -: In BG2''Baldur's Gate II''. CHARNAME doesn't even seem to recognize him unless he dies.

* [[Demoted to Extra]] -: Thankfully, most players would probably agree.

* [[Joke Character]] -: About as close as any character in these games get. You get him late in the game, and with poor ability scores and low HP, he's one of the weakest spellcasters in the game.

* [[Our Gnomes Are Weirder]]: They're definitely more annoying.

* [[Retcon]] -: And not a particularly smooth one. In the first game, there's no mention of him running a circus or having an adopted elf daughter; see [[Fridge Logic]] abovepage.

* [[The Rival]] -: To Tiax, whom he absolutely despises in every way.

* [[Shout-Out]] -: [[The Simpsons (animation)|Check the quote]].

* [[Small Name, Big Ego]] -: The one thing that he and Tiax have in common.

'''Voiced by:''' Bill Farmer }}

Yeslick is a good-hearted dwarven fighter/cleric, and one of few surviving members of his clan when their ancestral mines were accidentally flooded. He ended up befriending the wrong human, was doublecrossed and forced to reveal the location of his clan's mine and help reclaim it. If you rescue him, he helps you in re-flooding the mine (which is a major blow to the villains' operations) and can join your party. He doesn't get along with fellow dwarf Kagain whom he finds very much to be a disgrace to dwarves due to his money-grubbing personality (and vice versa).

Like Tiax and Quayle, you can only get Yeslick fairly late in the game, which makes him unpopular with many players since you normally already have a well-developed party at that point (however, they were pretty okay with his personality). A fan-made mod exists which makes him available sooner.

* [[Drop the Hammer]] -: His weapon of choice. Given that he can't use axes, it's a little odd he mentions them in the page quote.

* [[Dug Too Deep]] -: Well, they only hit an underground river instead of an [[Eldritch Abomination]], but the effects were no less devastating.

* [[Idiot Ball]] -: He clearly was holding one, which caused him to trust the wrong person and get tortured. He's got an Intelligence score of 7 (where the world average is 10), too.

* [[Kill It with Water]] -: What he suggests doing to the bandits that took his clan's mine.

* [[Shout-Out]] -: One of his annoyed quotes is him singing 'Lali Ho!' from ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White]]''.

'''Voiced by:''' Jason Marsden }}

* [[Black and White Morality]] -: As noted by Xan, who calls him 'The Resident Suicide Monger', he lives in this.

* [[Demoted to Extra]] -: [[Red Shirt]], in fact.

* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]] -: At the hands of the player character, no less.

'''Voiced by:''' Dee Bradley Baker }}

* [[Cannot Spit It Out]] -: As Lady Irlana observes, he's awfully inarticulate for a bard.

* [[Chaotic Neutral]] -: Though not of the batshit insane / [[Chaotic Stupid]] variety.

* [[Demoted to Extra]] -: Shows up in the sequel, but only in a very minor role.

* [[Did Not Get the Girl]] -: His lot in life, it would seem.

* [[PlayingDogged CyranoNice Guy]]: -Always Thetrying aptly-named(and Cyrandofailing) isto thiswoo tothe Garrickladies.

** When in a city, he may also spontaneously sing, "'Tis a beautiful day in the neighborhood!", similar to the opening song of ''Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood''. He will also recite part of ''Trees'' by Joyce Kilmer ("I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree") when he's in the woods with your party. His voice is really low, though, so it's hard to hear what he's saying without turning on the subtitles.

'''Voiced by:''' Amber Hood }}

* [[Can't Catch Up]] -: You get her so late in the first game that she's not much use. It's not so much that she can't catch up as that she's already as leveled as she'll ever get with lousy HP and her thieving skill points put into relatively useless skills.

* [[Genki Girl]] -: Even more pronounced than Imoen: this is her entire personality.

* [[Hobbits]] -: A much more stereotypical one than either Mazzy or Montaron.

* [[Lovable Rogue]] -: She seems to think of herself this way.

* [[Put on a Bus]] -: Along with lots of others.

** Her character files appear in the sequel, and she can be summoned with the console, so she was intended to be in the game at some point. That would have made her the only pure thief in the game besides Yoshimo.

* [[Shout-Out]] -: To ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]'', of all things.

'''Voiced by:''' John Mariano }}

* [[Affably Evil]] -: Compared to the other evil characters, at least.

* [[An Axe to Grind]]: His favored weapons are axes.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]] -: When he sees a caravan of slaughtered women and children, he decides it's not worth the money he'd get from salvaging it and just leaves.

* [[Gold Fever]] -: Although he never betrays the party for it, making it a minor subversion.

* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]] -: He's got a very different personality from Yeslick, but he's a fighter with a beard who swings an axe/hammer. 'Nuff said.

* [[Put on a Bus]] -: Like all the other BG1''Baldur's Gate I'' characters who didn't make the cut for the sequel.

'''Voiced by:''' Rob Paulsen }}

In BG1''Baldur's Gate I'', if you'd murdered an NPC who was required for the story to continue, Biff the Understudy would appear magically and say his lines for him before disappearing, to keep the game (vaguely) continuous. If this happened to a potential party member, Biff could actually join the group, making him the only playable character with no portrait. In BG2''Baldur's Gate II'', the game handles plot-important NPCs dying by spawning an area-specific super-enemy that can't be defeated, or having the NPC turn invulnerable and leave the area until you come back, making Biff unnecessary. He gets a brief cameo in the second game as an unsuccessful actor.