| Well, Baldur's Gate is hardly a historic work. It's fantasy, and the knightly image in fantasy is romatisised, so I don't see much value in introducing gritty realism in this particular aspect. I have to say that BG1's Ajantis romance fits my expectations of a romance with a paladin much more accurately... Besides, Jaheira is not exactly a maddened knife-wielding priestess eager to perform dark and bloody rituals in the mystic groves. The Order in the FR setting and the paladins are (at least per the brochure shipping with the game) paragons of virtue. |