| personally, I don't think there should be any returning NPCs in BG3. it would be cool if they made the setting something other than the sword coast. I really don't even think there should be a baldurs gate 3. a really cool game would be one that took place in the underdark without being drow. or without there even being drow in the game. there could maybe be mention of drow, but other races live in the underdark as well. mind flayers, duergar, svirfneblin, all sorts of creatures.
for example, they could have a storyline going something like this:
"Gerbash the duergar was at work mining when the announcement came. illithids of the Tlindhet Citadel were moving across the Lightdrinkeer Abyss and marching against the duergar city of Deepburrow. an all-out war against the mind flayers would be disastrous for the duergar, for the illithids mind control abilities would turn the duergar against themselves, against their families, against their own city. they would need more force to defeat the illithids, more force and a grand plan. the only other city in all of Great Bhaerynden that was close enough to arrive with aid before the illithids attacked is Llurth Dreir, but the drow of that city, or of any city for that matter, could not be trusted.
there was a chance that a small group of dwarves could travel across the Spawning Deep and reach the sorcerous duergar city of Cloakerhaven before the illithids attacked, but the chances were slim. once alerted of Deepburrow's plight, the sorcerors of Cloakerhaven would teleport reinforcements back to Deepburrow. the problem was getting to Cloakerhaven in time. crossing the Spawning Deep and the Darklands would take time, and Deepburrow could not afford to have valuable soldiers away if the mind flayers attacked.
so it was decided that a group of four miners would be outfitted with fighting equipment and travel to the city of Cloakerhaven to request reinforcements. "
later on in the game, Cloakerhaven could refuse to send reinforcements because of a grudge against the town for stealing mining space, but offers to teleport the adventurers to the lowerdark city of Earth's End, where they could amass a large force and attack the illithid's from behind.
other developments could ensue, and many twists in the plot could be made.
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