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anreed-bg3 · 3 days

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#Shadowheart #shadowheart bg3 #astral prism #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #virtual photography #virtual photo

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certifieddilfenjoyer · 2 months

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Astral Prism, Orpheus & Raphael Theory

So you know how most people in Baldur's Gate 3 fandom make the Raphael joke?

I'm here to tell you that it's extremely hurtful, because his character has a lot more depth than some of you are willing to see.

Behold, my Baldur's Gate 3 theory:

Right before we enter Act 3, we are jumped by githyanki who want to retrieve our Astral Prism. We are summoned to the Dream Visitor - The Emperor, to help him in the fight.

We find out then that our supposed ally is an illithid but there is one more guy, The Gith, the Orpheus, The Prince of the Comet.

You can ask the Emperor what the heck is a githyanki doing there and he will tell you the brief story about the War of The Comet*.

He is going to mention, that he is bound by INFERNAL chains. Hold on? How come?

After we are done with the Royal Guard, we can go to the upper left side from Orpheus's prison and find an ancient Githyanki disc. It will tell us, that Vlaakith had some infernal business conducted with a devil with wry charm. Of course Raphael isn't the only devil capable of being charming, but it feels natural for it to be him when he is already a very important character in game.

Baldur's Gate 3 Wiki says that it is indeed Vlaakith and Raphael.

OK, but why would they exchange the Astral Prism and is it Vlaakith getting it or Raphael receiving the relic?

He is giving it to Vlaakith. But how would he be in possession of such an artifact?

My theory: He is the one who had it created for that trade. (Commissioned from someone else)

Explanation:

If you look at Hope's and Orpheus's prison, you will notice a striking resemblance at the crystals that can be only shattered by the Orphic Hammer. A Hammer, that Raphael is in possession of! How convenient!

(Even Hope's and Orpheus' eyes are glowing in the same way when they are enslaved.**)

The runes and the design of both Astral Prism and Orpheus' shackles are also strikingly similar. It does not look like anything of Githyanki creation, it screams infernal.

But that still doesn't really add up, does it? Who would possibly create such a powerful object which plays such a major role in the plot?

Here, we have to familiarise ourselves with the wonderful post by Bearhugsandshrugs

Em explains above who the people visiting House of Hope are***.

One of them is a crazy, extremely knowledgeable wizard who specialises in creating copies of himself which prevents him from dying in battle.

When we kill Raphael, we kill him in HoH, in his own domain. He should be gone, for good! But yet, upon interacting with the Orb of Infernal Envisioning, we see that he is soon to be devoured by his father. Hells do not split into separate planes - so either Mephisto snatched his soul somehow (which seems impossible because his body is still there and devil's souls are their bodies) or Raphael respawned and his father took one of his clones or something like that. (He's just so cool I had to put it in here, but let me return to my theory now)

Another name on the list points out to Raphael's interest in different planes (even the ones which don't seem to be reachable) but also, magical puzzle boxes capable of holding items inside. As you can see, the name on the list is under the uninvited visitors section, which most likely means that they either fuel his soul pillars or have been turned into a soul coin. So it didn't have to be that particular person helping Raphael with the creation of the Astral Prism, but it points out to his interest in that topic.

Now, when would that even happen?

Karsus Folly took place in -339 DR, BG3 takes place in 1492 DR, around 2000 years later.

The enslavement of Orpheus - so also the Vlaakith trade - happened at around -4000 DR.

It is not impossible that Raphael was already around and scheming at that time. Why? Because Mephistopheles gifted Haarlep to Raphael most likely when Raphael was about to get the Crown before his father snatched it. Comparing their visual age, it seems that Raphael was already a young adult cambion at around the War of The Comet age.

Another thing is the fact that, Kith'rak Voss, the badass Githyanki Red Dragon rider, the sword of Vlaakith, found out about Raphael and contacted him and told us to get our ass inside Sharess Caress. Raphael doesn't mention him having an 'office' there, it's Voss who does it. Only upon entering the place, we can interact with Korrilla who's like, hey girl go upstairs Raphael rented a room hoping you'd drop by. HE KNOWS WE SPOKE TO VOSS, he has to! And also, Voss was around when Orpheus got enslaved! According to Wiki he was inside the Astral Plane when that happened. And Raphael has absolutely 0 interest in trading with Voss, yet the githyanki managed to reach him somehow. In my opinion, when he finally realised the lies of Vlaakith, he was looking for a specific devil, for Raphael, because he might remember him from back then.

(* Justice to my poor Githyanki, the most based and cool race in BG3. Imagine how painful it has to be to realize over centuries of time that you helped the self-proclaimed queen establish her tyranny over your own people because you've been brainwashed to believe that Orpheus is a traitor and Vlaakith the rightful heir of the throne)

(** The eyes, the chains, the crystals. The top of the Orphic Hammer is literally partially built from that same gem/crystal and on top of that, if you use Examine on it, it clearly states that it has been built in Infernal forges.)

(*** headcanon warning: The Amulet of Vigor that is present in the Archive is actually proven to have some... Other invigorating capabilities ☠️☠️☠️ and the old, ancient, crazy wizard has the boudoir privileges. Coincidence? ☠️☠️)

Anyways, to sum up:

• Githyanki disc shows us a deal between Vlaakith and Raphael where the devil gives her the Astral Prism.

• Raphael orders creation of the Orphic Hammer (the name itself, come on, it's such a mockery just like House of Hope) to make sure that he has the means to free him if it will benefit him in any way.

• In exchange for the Hammer, he receives some kind of knowledge of ascension to godhood. (Lae'Zel tells us during the game that ascension is the githyanki's greatest honour but it turns out it is nothing else but ensuring that Vlaakith remains alive and a god, because she just consumes the life force of her greatest warriors)

• Hope's and Orpheus's chains are strikingly similar and the part of the Orphic Hammer is built from the same gem/crystal that seems to be enslaving both of them.

So yea, my humble request is that you start fully appreciating the incredible writing of the game, instead of just focusing on the shallow 'haha bottom' jokes. I could make another post about that itself, but it's pointless. I hope you enjoyed!

#bg3 raphael #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 githyanki #orpheus #vlaakith #bg3 tav #kith'rak voss #the emperor #astral prism #theory #fan theory #bg3 headcanons

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moonslittlestar · 4 months

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Astral Plane Astarion

#astarion #baldur's gate 3 #baldurs gate #baldurs gate 3 #baldur's gate iii #bg3 #bg3 astarion #baldurs gate astarion #astarion ancunin #moonslittlestar screenshots #gifs #bg3 gifs #moonslittlestar gifs #astral prism #astral plane

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jergals-favorite · 8 months

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To own something is to know it. You know NOTHING of what you carry.

Baldur's Gate III, Larian Studios

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creamofcelerysoup · 14 days

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Shadowheart: The ~Daughter of Darkness~

(I drew this for my mom :3)

((The sticker is on my Redbubble, I’ll post the link is anyone is interested!))

#digital art #shadowheart #bg3 #bg3 shadowheart #bg3 shart #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate iii #astral prism #art #stickers #fanart

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zanehades · 3 months

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Shadowheart ♥

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red-dead-sakharine · 4 months

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Dream Raphael

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whenthesummersgone · 1 month

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piipaw · 13 days

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I got my astral prism tattoo today and it came out so good!!!!

Ink was done by @/BlakeAustin on twitter 🌟

#bg3 #astral prism #bg3 tattoos

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witchabroadart · 4 months

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Magical box for keys

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certifieddilfenjoyer · 2 months

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Orphic Hammer and it's creation

Raphael being an actual mastermind, not just a cambion some like to make fun of:

##SPOILER WARNING##

As I mentioned in my theory over here, I actually got some hints from people commenting under my Tiktoks, saying that there is a proof of it in House of Hope.

It checks out, guys...

insurance policy

#bg3 raphael #baldur's gate raphael #baldurs gate 3 #raphael bg3 #bg3 #raphael the cambion #raphael #orpheus #astral prism

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applejuicewerewolf · 9 months

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Gith Creche and Artifact major spoilers!

So one thing that bothers me is that when you enter the prism and confront the Guardian, you have to decide whether to kill them BEFORE getting to ask them further questions. And when you do get more info from them, you cannot go back on killing them.

This feels... very railroady. With EVERYTHING we've seen from EA, every dialogue tree has these two options available at almost all times. Why is it one or the other in this instance?

#bg3 #bg3 spoilers #baldur's gate 3 #astral prism #bg3 guardian #vlaakith #larian studios #meine keime

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arayofsatanicsunshine · 4 months

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Most beautiful game of 2023

#bg3 #bg3 screenshots #thank you larian #bg3 tav #the dark urge #astral prism

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lord-woolsley · 7 months

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▶ Baldur's Gate 3 Scenery 1/∞: The Astral Prism

#baldur's gate 3 #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 scenery #the astral prism #baldur's gate iii #games #gaming #video games #video game gif #video game gifs #bg3 gif #bg3 gifs #my gif #my gifs #my stuff #mine

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syqkos · 3 months

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Zilira and Minthara 💜🧡 - commission for a private client

#my art :•)#bg3 art #bg3 minthara #bg3 astral prism #drow #fantasy art #art #dnd #illustration #ttrpg #digitalart #dnd art

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bhaalble · 8 months

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I like Shadowheart but I legitimately do not know where the narrative emerges from that Lae'zel is the aggressor because in every single playthrough I've done Shadowheart talks about her like three times more and usually unprompted. Lae'zel's RUDE sure but the worst thing she does to Shadowheart is tell us not to save her in the middle of a burning crashing mind flayer ship (while doing nothing to stop us if we decide to do it). Shadowheart comes out the gate suspicious of Lae'zel and is incredibly hostile and mistrustful of her not because of anything she's actually done. Shadowheart has actually done something to Lae'zel's people and she knows it but when confronted about that immediately jumps to "well it was probably stolen plunder anyways 😒😒😒" ITS NOT. ITS CARVED WITH GITH RUNES AND HAS BEEN WITH THEM FOR GENERATIONS. AND ALSO THAT WOULDNT MAKE IT YOURS.

The weirdest the game gets about this is that fight where Lae'zel challenges her to a duel and Shadowheart instead sneaks up on her in the middle of the night and holds a knife to her throat! And then starts!!! lecturing LAE'ZEL about how they need not be enemies and they could instead direct that hostility at others! This is seconds after "If the others ask, I'll say you were turning. Don't expect to be mourned" btw

To be clear this too is yuri but girl you have problems! Conditions even!

#it occasionally (often) feels like the game really banks on me agreeing on gith default evil #which i dont for any number of reasons.#but also laezel is like pretty much nothing but practical the whole opening act #considering the stakes she believes are at play!#very rarely does she actually pick fights with the others she just doesnt have patience with them #also its deeply funny to be playing as a gith sorceror who's mostly in shadowhearts good books #she keeps expecting orroros to agree and orroros is like hey man im scared shitless of her but like #for a reason #whats your reason it doesnt seem like you have a reason #then they get a proper look at the astral prism and go oh thats the reason #well that sucks >: (#bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #shadowheart #lae'zel

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