In Baldur's Gate 3, the real game is the friends you make along the way. I mean, there is the whole brainworms thing, but really you're just there to spend more time with its merry band of charming wackadoos. Apparently, that cast list was once even longer, as Swen Vincke revealed at this year's GDC that Ketheric Thorm—BG3's Act Two big bad—was once going to be a potential party member. Spoilers ahead for BG3's second act onwards.
Chatting to IGN, Vincke said that there was "an entire roster of companions that didn't make the cut" during BG3's long development, and his favourite was Thorm. In earlier builds of the game, you'd have been able to persuade Thorm over to your side after defeating him towards the second act's end.
