I find it funny in act one you can ask Astarian “what do you think we’ll find at Moonrise towers” he basically says “who knows? Mindflayers? Drow? Death?”
I am the smile of the worm-cleansed skull. I am the regrets of those who remain, and the restlessness of those who are gone. I am the haunt of mausoleums, the god of graves and age, of dust and dusk. I am Myrkul, and you have slain my Chosen. But it is no matter, for I am Death. And I am not the end-I am a beginning.
Myrkul is as close to literally bro as deity can get. Recruits the man by bringing his daughter back to life. Said daughter isn't even hurt by any amount after said Chosen dies (the big man keeps his part of bargain even if the recipient of the bargain is puddle of blood). He even brings his Chosen's dog back as a free bonus! And, when said Chosen is killed, not only he isn't disrespected and tormented, but Myrkul himself assumes his avatar in attempt to avenge Chosen's death via excreting down your neck. Meanwhile, Bhaal is awful, manipulative, lying, brutal cnt who broken Orin in every conceivable way since her birth, and (depends on your dialogue, if you uncover this to Orin) literally twists and turns her inside out as she screams, to form a Ravager. And Bane isn't much better. In cut dialogue, it is revealed that Bane is going to forever torment Gortash's soul the moment he fails him, and is such a wh*re of a deity that suggest you become his next Chosen instead.
Thats the thing I’d say with the Gods of death in both mythology and fantasy. They are always associated with being evil/counterparts of biblical Satan, while it’s just that they have a job to do. While Bane is tyrannical and cruel, Bhaal is completely off the rails, brutal, manipulative and vengeful, Myrkul may be trying to reach for as much power as he can, but he’s a keeper of the dead. A deal is a deal, a soul for a soul. Myrkul is also the only of The Dead Three that will not torment their Chosen after they are beaten. While Bane will torment Gortash, Orin is first erased from her own mind and turned against her own will, then dissolves, and I dont want to even Imagine what happens to her soul once Bhaal lays his hands on it.
@@peterinasen4320 Myrkul isn't really the keeper of the dead anymore, that's Kelemvor (who's lawful neutral, so yeah, just doing his job). Kelembor is the god of the dead, Myrkul is more like the reaper.
Myrkul is very much better than the other Dead Three, but his portfolio is still one of senseless reaping of life and necromancy for the sake of power *over* life... that being said he is still fairly honorable in his dealings... but, uh... those dealings are never really *good* in the long-term.
Legit the only boss in recent memory who's very appearance had me putting the game down for a night and just saying "you know what? I think I'll deal with that later..."
@Arxfatal1 I struggled alot, Aylin had like no HP going into this fight as she didn't heal from the previous one, my Bard (me) was poorly built and my strongest offensive spell was 2nd level, leaving only Shadowheart and Karlach to put out damage (I never thought to use command to make it drop its weapon)
@@derpidius6306 yeah, I guess it's not so easy if you are still learning the mechanics. But as other TH-camrs have said in their reviews, if you've played it's predecessors, Tactician difficulty isn't much of a challenge. I'm really looking forward their honour mode in that regard.
The classic D&D plotline. Step 1:- Nice low-stakes stuff. Kill a few goblins, maybe fight their leader Step 2:- Advance the plot a bit Step 3:- TIME TO KILL GOD, BAYBEEEE
@@davidtirado2330 more often it goes either "whoops, I TPK'd the party, time for new campaign" or "eh I'm not feeling this campaign anymore, guys just make new characters we're doing Dragon Heist next"
@@davidtirado2330 It takes a lot to get there and by the time you get there, more than likely, the party doesn't look like it did before. Characters were retired or died. Some players had to leave the table, while other players joined (or rejoined). This is all assuming you survived the dreaded scheduling conflicts that will inevitably pop up.
My favorite of the Chosen. The intense musical buildup when riding the elevator down to where the boss fight takes place gives me chills every time I hear it. The music, the introduction cutscene and the fight itself all culminate into a fantastic climax for Act 2. Absolutely love it
@@RazielTheUnborn The thing that gets me. Ketheric had 3 fights to him (or 2, with the second having 2 parts to it), and the last one, he becomes the Avatar of Myrkul, a big spectacle is had, the god himself even speaks to us. It's all very cool. Orin has... 1 fight. She becomes the Slayer, an avatar of Bhaal, and she does have quite a few interactions throughout Baldur's Gate where she pretends to be people to psych you out. Sarevok makes for a great cameo. Bhaal can talk as well, but this fight seems very much a Dark Urge fight. It's less interesting if you are literally anyone else. Ghortash is... disapointing. 1 fight, and very little interaction beyond trying to get you to kill Orin for him. I mean, there is the small interaction when you go to the Iron Throne to free the Gondians, but that it. Bane is completely silent unless you try to use Speak with Dead on Gortash. He didn't have a cool avatar form like the others. He just had extra help. Ghortash should have gotten an avatar form. If you go to the Forgotten Realms wiki and look up Bane it will say this: "When confronted with a potential battle, Bane would possess an individual and force their body to take on a twisted and monstrous form with leathery black skin and powerful claws that could rend flesh and metal alike." Now, Ghortash does TECHNICALLY have an Avatar of Bane form, but all that happens is he gets a bit bigger and summons shades of himself that help him in battle... Doesn't exactly scream "Chosen" to me.
@@alucardthespy5539 Sounds less of an Avatar form and more like Enlarge Concentrating spell with Major illusion over Minor Illusion. The Chosen is definitely a case of they seem to have more time in the oven for one over the others. Seems to be the criticism in general for Act 3.
@@RazielTheUnborn I think Gortash's fight is underwhelming because you can just... not fight him. You can ally with him all the way to the end. He is more of an optional boss despite being a Chosen. I wish his fight was more intense and difficult, because it doesn't even have a gimmick, unlike Myrkul with the "giant no healing aura and needing Aylin" and Orin with the forced duel between her and Durge
I have just finished him on my honour run... This is a fight that gets me goosebumps everytime. Along with a certain devil in Act 3, and musically the Brain fight is excellent too...
@OuterRimPride honestly just nuked the hell out of it with minimal add management... it was rough, cause if I didnt hit with the last spell I would have had a TPK. My main was a paladin with some 25 AC
"Hello Death. I like your hat." -Jaheria, upon meeting the Avatar of Myrkul, just in case you needed a reminder of the scale of adventure she got up to a century ago in the original BG games.
"Tu oses tuer celui qui m'appartient ? Je suis le sourire du crâne nettoyé par les vers. Je suis les regrets de ceux qui restent, et l'agitation de ceux qui sont partis. Je suis la hantise des mausolées, le dieu des tombes et de l'âge, de la poussière et du crépuscule. Je suis Myrkul, le Seigneur des Os, et vous avez tué mon élu. Mais ce n'est pas grave. Car je suis la mort. Et je ne suis pas la fin. Je suis un commencement."
Would it be possible for you to try to find the ambient music that plays around the shadow cursed lands? I seem to recall that it's a haunting version of down by the river. That and an instrumental song of balduran would be amazing, thank you for uploading these and stringing them together!
@@ApacheForever15 hmm.. there's many versions of down by the river, I'll try to find what you're looking for. do you know a specific place it plays or is it the shadow cursed lands in general?
Whatever the hell has that chello + dropping noise combo is. The one that pops up while not in combat exploring the goblin fort/fallen Selune temple, and the stinger from Ketheric milking the hell out of taking 1d8-2 damage from a thrown halberd.
That mix is great, Thank you that you did my request! You cutted it that the Organ Part of the Song that plays with Myrkuls Appearence isn't that much of a big deal that it's missing! Thanks again! 😁
yeah. I would've loved to include it, but couldn't find that part actually xD if I ever find it, I'll do a second mix, because I actually liked that part myself ^^
@@Mindoir the organ part has been found by that guy if you want to re release this track with the Organ bit th-cam.com/video/5hcwJZ-hckQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xYIGKuMFh7T8ZH94
ye.. (spoiler for durge run) at least Bhaal had this epic scene after the fight with the butler, but the battles themselves were very boring compared to Ketheric Thorm and Myrkul.
Literally Death himself pulling the strings to bring balance to the Cosmos by preventing both devils, aliens, cringe and insane self named gods to fuck with an entire universe. Based.
I’m trying to extract myrkuls voice, and I have a recording of him + the music, I thought I’d add the music and invert the phase to only keep the monologue but I can’t find the song :/
@@FirstTemptation his monologue starts with the track number "26025" but either the track changes midway or it is a whole different track all together that only starts similar to "26025". I couldn't find that one myself yet :/
I'll admit to being disappointed with both Myrkul's portrayal and his fight in this game. At least on the normal difficulty, haven't fought him on tactician yet, he's pretty easy. And he lacks any of the charm or subtlety of his portrayal in NWN2. But in terms of music, they knocked it out of the park.
my most recent tactician playthrough i came in with a pretty optimized party, including the "immortal" gale build and struggled a lot. but then i remember an earlier, less optimized tactician playthrough where i managed to CC down the apostle of myrkul really early with confusion and just wipe him with smites. there's a lot of variation in how this fight plays out. definitely favors burst damage and setting yourself up in advance of the actual battle to get aylin freed in the first round. you really dont want the fight to start dragging due to his healing necromites
Myrkul, its always him... what happened to Akachi in official lore? Anyone know? Ah, i guess it was the good ending: "If the player had received all three fragments of the Mask of the Betrayer during various dreamscape visions earlier, the Red Woman and Boy would have it reformed. With this mask, the player could use it to restore Akachi's identity and completely destroy the curse. It ends Myrkul's existence (if not devoured or laid to rest), as he will be forgotten without his contingency plan." ...i dont think ending "existence" is the right word for something that can wait forever to be known. Influence or Means of Power, would be more accurate.
Soundtrack that plays in neutloid ship when we connect strings of ship while dragon attack can you find that too? For example its plays at 20:00 at this video th-cam.com/video/UxSgaBXMqP4/w-d-xo.html
@@Mindoir would you be so kind as to tell how exactly you did that? Since the sound files were probably encoded. Ive been really interested in information like this but have a hard time finding info on it :).
@@gerardoalvarado8425 Not everyone reads the larian twitter or updates or panels from hell. It's a a spoiler for those that haven't, and comes at a crucial part in the story.
I find it funny in act one you can ask Astarian “what do you think we’ll find at Moonrise towers” he basically says “who knows? Mindflayers? Drow? Death?”
Basically all three were found... 😂
Neil played the early access already
The game devs may have been foreshadowing as to what was to come. These guys are deep writers.
I am the smile of the worm-cleansed skull. I am the regrets of those who remain, and the restlessness of those who are gone. I am the haunt of mausoleums, the god of graves and age, of dust and dusk. I am Myrkul, and you have slain my Chosen. But it is no matter, for I am Death. And I am not the end-I am a beginning.
There is no repentance... no release. My debt can never be repaid.
@@ChristophelusPulps
"Oh shit"
(dégressive quote)
Hello Death, I like your hat
What you are is the punchline. My Tavern Brawler Karlach throwing the Returning PIke at you over and over over and over and over again was the joke.
Myrkul is as close to literally bro as deity can get. Recruits the man by bringing his daughter back to life. Said daughter isn't even hurt by any amount after said Chosen dies (the big man keeps his part of bargain even if the recipient of the bargain is puddle of blood). He even brings his Chosen's dog back as a free bonus!
And, when said Chosen is killed, not only he isn't disrespected and tormented, but Myrkul himself assumes his avatar in attempt to avenge Chosen's death via excreting down your neck.
Meanwhile, Bhaal is awful, manipulative, lying, brutal cnt who broken Orin in every conceivable way since her birth, and (depends on your dialogue, if you uncover this to Orin) literally twists and turns her inside out as she screams, to form a Ravager.
And Bane isn't much better. In cut dialogue, it is revealed that Bane is going to forever torment Gortash's soul the moment he fails him, and is such a wh*re of a deity that suggest you become his next Chosen instead.
Thats the thing I’d say with the Gods of death in both mythology and fantasy. They are always associated with being evil/counterparts of biblical Satan, while it’s just that they have a job to do. While Bane is tyrannical and cruel, Bhaal is completely off the rails, brutal, manipulative and vengeful, Myrkul may be trying to reach for as much power as he can, but he’s a keeper of the dead. A deal is a deal, a soul for a soul. Myrkul is also the only of The Dead Three that will not torment their Chosen after they are beaten. While Bane will torment Gortash, Orin is first erased from her own mind and turned against her own will, then dissolves, and I dont want to even Imagine what happens to her soul once Bhaal lays his hands on it.
@@peterinasen4320 Myrkul isn't really the keeper of the dead anymore, that's Kelemvor (who's lawful neutral, so yeah, just doing his job). Kelembor is the god of the dead, Myrkul is more like the reaper.
Myrkul is very much better than the other Dead Three, but his portfolio is still one of senseless reaping of life and necromancy for the sake of power *over* life... that being said he is still fairly honorable in his dealings... but, uh... those dealings are never really *good* in the long-term.
@@ianwhelan-miller90 Oh sure. Did you meet that girl on graveyard at Act 3? Clear example of why necromancy is not to f*ck with.
can you tell me how to get that dialogue with orin? like durung my fight with her she just changed to slayer and when killed dissolved to blood
Legit the only boss in recent memory who's very appearance had me putting the game down for a night and just saying "you know what? I think I'll deal with that later..."
i did the opposite. i was screaming my ass off hyped af at 3 am like 2 days after launch lol. this is my favorite moment in a video game maybe ever
I was in awe, so excited to get down to business!
Finally a worthy enemy, my body was ready for him.... Aaand he was a joke
@Arxfatal1 I struggled alot, Aylin had like no HP going into this fight as she didn't heal from the previous one, my Bard (me) was poorly built and my strongest offensive spell was 2nd level, leaving only Shadowheart and Karlach to put out damage (I never thought to use command to make it drop its weapon)
@@derpidius6306 yeah, I guess it's not so easy if you are still learning the mechanics.
But as other TH-camrs have said in their reviews, if you've played it's predecessors, Tactician difficulty isn't much of a challenge. I'm really looking forward their honour mode in that regard.
Me n the boys were playing 3 of our custom characters died while a skeleton summon with only a bow one v one him and won
That was the day, the lord of bones and death knew fear, that was the day DEATH knew of "Action surge"
The classic D&D plotline.
Step 1:- Nice low-stakes stuff. Kill a few goblins, maybe fight their leader
Step 2:- Advance the plot a bit
Step 3:- TIME TO KILL GOD, BAYBEEEE
Classic Hero's Journey.
You've never played dnd
This is an RPG plotline, dnd rarely gets to the god killing part
@@davidtirado2330 more often it goes either "whoops, I TPK'd the party, time for new campaign" or "eh I'm not feeling this campaign anymore, guys just make new characters we're doing Dragon Heist next"
@@davidtirado2330 It takes a lot to get there and by the time you get there, more than likely, the party doesn't look like it did before. Characters were retired or died. Some players had to leave the table, while other players joined (or rejoined). This is all assuming you survived the dreaded scheduling conflicts that will inevitably pop up.
My favorite of the Chosen. The intense musical buildup when riding the elevator down to where the boss fight takes place gives me chills every time I hear it. The music, the introduction cutscene and the fight itself all culminate into a fantastic climax for Act 2. Absolutely love it
If only the other two chosen had nearly as much love :(
@@rolder50Orin almost does, especially if you're a Dark Urge as the Urge is tied to her. Gortash is just a complete let down.
@@RazielTheUnborn The thing that gets me.
Ketheric had 3 fights to him (or 2, with the second having 2 parts to it), and the last one, he becomes the Avatar of Myrkul, a big spectacle is had, the god himself even speaks to us. It's all very cool.
Orin has... 1 fight. She becomes the Slayer, an avatar of Bhaal, and she does have quite a few interactions throughout Baldur's Gate where she pretends to be people to psych you out. Sarevok makes for a great cameo. Bhaal can talk as well, but this fight seems very much a Dark Urge fight. It's less interesting if you are literally anyone else.
Ghortash is... disapointing. 1 fight, and very little interaction beyond trying to get you to kill Orin for him. I mean, there is the small interaction when you go to the Iron Throne to free the Gondians, but that it. Bane is completely silent unless you try to use Speak with Dead on Gortash. He didn't have a cool avatar form like the others. He just had extra help. Ghortash should have gotten an avatar form. If you go to the Forgotten Realms wiki and look up Bane it will say this: "When confronted with a potential battle, Bane would possess an individual and force their body to take on a twisted and monstrous form with leathery black skin and powerful claws that could rend flesh and metal alike."
Now, Ghortash does TECHNICALLY have an Avatar of Bane form, but all that happens is he gets a bit bigger and summons shades of himself that help him in battle... Doesn't exactly scream "Chosen" to me.
@@alucardthespy5539 Sounds less of an Avatar form and more like Enlarge Concentrating spell with Major illusion over Minor Illusion.
The Chosen is definitely a case of they seem to have more time in the oven for one over the others. Seems to be the criticism in general for Act 3.
@@RazielTheUnborn I think Gortash's fight is underwhelming because you can just... not fight him. You can ally with him all the way to the end. He is more of an optional boss despite being a Chosen. I wish his fight was more intense and difficult, because it doesn't even have a gimmick, unlike Myrkul with the "giant no healing aura and needing Aylin" and Orin with the forced duel between her and Durge
I have just finished him on my honour run...
This is a fight that gets me goosebumps everytime.
Along with a certain devil in Act 3, and musically the Brain fight is excellent too...
How did you do it? I'm almost there and I'm scared af
@OuterRimPride honestly just nuked the hell out of it with minimal add management... it was rough, cause if I didnt hit with the last spell I would have had a TPK.
My main was a paladin with some 25 AC
I’ve been looking for the boss song that plays when you fight JK Simmons under moonrise towers. The one with the vocals before the “second phase”
The JK Simmons fight is on my to-do and will be done (: (and I think by this point I will actuall name the mix JK Simmons as well xD)
Hold on, there's vocals? I always skip that part with dialogue.
I got you bro
th-cam.com/video/SoJTjXPnu9I/w-d-xo.html
I gotchu, I believe you are looking for old time battles
Myrkul's being extra-dramatic by the sound of it. :) Kinda reminds me of the Lich theme from Wrath of the Righteous.
For me it's some kind of mix of Fable 2 and Dark Souls OST
Moments a game almost made you shit your pants (or really did) in 2023: this is one.
Shadowheart - ….Shit!
tbf, that was my reaction as well
Meanwhile Jaheira isn't even phased. She's quite literally faced worse things than the avatar of a god.
"Hello Death. I like your hat." -Jaheria, upon meeting the Avatar of Myrkul, just in case you needed a reminder of the scale of adventure she got up to a century ago in the original BG games.
Jokes on you bone man, I modded level 20 and the Mystic into my game, now its just as balanced as my home games
"Tu oses tuer celui qui m'appartient ? Je suis le sourire du crâne nettoyé par les vers. Je suis les regrets de ceux qui restent, et l'agitation de ceux qui sont partis. Je suis la hantise des mausolées, le dieu des tombes et de l'âge, de la poussière et du crépuscule. Je suis Myrkul, le Seigneur des Os, et vous avez tué mon élu. Mais ce n'est pas grave. Car je suis la mort. Et je ne suis pas la fin. Je suis un commencement."
banger after banger, this soundtrack.
Ah yes. The moment I looked at the situation, looked at my group's stats and went: ... f u c k
As always, if there is some track not included on the OST or an extended version of a track you'd like to hear, tell me and I'll see what I can do (:
The Chosen three summoning the Eldar Brain at the end of Act 2. I cant find that particular piece in the Ost.
@@gerritpahl8221 oooh, that is a good one! gonna put it on the list, but I won't come around to do it til at least Wednesday
Would it be possible for you to try to find the ambient music that plays around the shadow cursed lands? I seem to recall that it's a haunting version of down by the river. That and an instrumental song of balduran would be amazing, thank you for uploading these and stringing them together!
@@ApacheForever15 hmm.. there's many versions of down by the river, I'll try to find what you're looking for. do you know a specific place it plays or is it the shadow cursed lands in general?
Whatever the hell has that chello + dropping noise combo is. The one that pops up while not in combat exploring the goblin fort/fallen Selune temple, and the stinger from Ketheric milking the hell out of taking 1d8-2 damage from a thrown halberd.
That mix is great, Thank you that you did my request! You cutted it that the Organ Part of the Song that plays with Myrkuls Appearence isn't that much of a big deal that it's missing! Thanks again! 😁
yeah. I would've loved to include it, but couldn't find that part actually xD if I ever find it, I'll do a second mix, because I actually liked that part myself ^^
@@Mindoir the organ part has been found by that guy if you want to re release this track with the Organ bit th-cam.com/video/5hcwJZ-hckQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xYIGKuMFh7T8ZH94
By far my favorite god of the dead three.
*_"You are poor man Nito!"_*
_Dies of 1d6 Psychik Damage_
Shame neither Baal or Bane had any epic battles like Myrkul was
ye.. (spoiler for durge run) at least Bhaal had this epic scene after the fight with the butler, but the battles themselves were very boring compared to Ketheric Thorm and Myrkul.
When this guy came out my friends and I were scared
Me, a postgrad student specializing in human bones: ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ （＾∇＾）
Very nice mix.
Literally Death himself pulling the strings to bring balance to the Cosmos by preventing both devils, aliens, cringe and insane self named gods to fuck with an entire universe. Based.
Giving Nagash a run for his money
Great I was looking for it ! Could you give me the name of tell me how to find the music that plays during Myrkul’s monologue please ? :)
I’m trying to extract myrkuls voice, and I have a recording of him + the music, I thought I’d add the music and invert the phase to only keep the monologue but I can’t find the song :/
@@FirstTemptation his monologue starts with the track number "26025" but either the track changes midway or it is a whole different track all together that only starts similar to "26025". I couldn't find that one myself yet :/
This fight was so easy it was kind of funny. My paladin smited him a few times and he was DONE lol
this sounds a lot like the elder brain theme e_e
they use the same theme, yes
I'll admit to being disappointed with both Myrkul's portrayal and his fight in this game. At least on the normal difficulty, haven't fought him on tactician yet, he's pretty easy. And he lacks any of the charm or subtlety of his portrayal in NWN2. But in terms of music, they knocked it out of the park.
I fought him on Tactician with some difficulty mods and it was a real nail biter. Would recommend if you play on PC.
my most recent tactician playthrough i came in with a pretty optimized party, including the "immortal" gale build and struggled a lot. but then i remember an earlier, less optimized tactician playthrough where i managed to CC down the apostle of myrkul really early with confusion and just wipe him with smites.
there's a lot of variation in how this fight plays out. definitely favors burst damage and setting yourself up in advance of the actual battle to get aylin freed in the first round. you really dont want the fight to start dragging due to his healing necromites
Myrkul, its always him...
what happened to Akachi in official lore? Anyone know?
Ah, i guess it was the good ending:
"If the player had received all three fragments of the Mask of the Betrayer during various dreamscape visions earlier, the Red Woman and Boy would have it reformed. With this mask, the player could use it to restore Akachi's identity and completely destroy the curse. It ends Myrkul's existence (if not devoured or laid to rest), as he will be forgotten without his contingency plan."
...i dont think ending "existence" is the right word for something that can wait forever to be known. Influence or Means of Power, would be more accurate.
I remade my NWN 1&2 character for my first run in BG3. I like to think he was mildly amused by having to deal with Myrkul, again.
Myrkul……. One of the co conspirators who caused the time of troubles….. good riddance!
Soundtrack that plays in neutloid ship when we connect strings of ship while dragon attack can you find that too?
For example its plays at 20:00 at this video
th-cam.com/video/UxSgaBXMqP4/w-d-xo.html
mhh, I think that is somewhere in the pile of Soundfiles, yes. I'll look for it. won't be able to before Wednesday tho
@@Mindoir its also plays in Balthazar’s boss fight just saying. Even if you don’t thanks for hearing by the way cheers
Oh shit.
how did you get these?
I extracted the tracks from the game files
@@Mindoir would you be so kind as to tell how exactly you did that? Since the sound files were probably encoded. Ive been really interested in information like this but have a hard time finding info on it :).
@@DukePegasus I used this guide: github.com/PKBeam/RiffExt it's a bit tedious but the process is worth it.
@@Mindoir thank you so much good sir :)
''......Shit.'''
Myrkul>>>>>Bhaal>>>>>>Bane
Way to spoil something for players that haven't reached this point.
Spoil? The dead 3 where confirmed as soon as EA was announced to be a major plotline
@@gerardoalvarado8425 Not everyone reads the larian twitter or updates or panels from hell. It's a a spoiler for those that haven't, and comes at a crucial part in the story.
stay away from the internet, kiddo.
tf you talking about? this boss fight happens so quick dude, if you havent got to him after a few days then oh well
@TsunzucchiniTzatzikiSan yes