The Most Interesting Baldur's Gate 3 NPC Has An Interesting D&D Backstory

There's a lot of backstory behind some of the most obscure events in , but one NPC might have the weirdest lore of all. Taking place in the Forgotten Realms setting, which has spanned multiple editions of, there's a ton of arcane lore going to the very center of its story. The uninitiated might not know it, but characters like Volo, Gortash, and Elminster have long, detailed histories in the tabletop setting. Major events like the githyanki-illithid war are well documented, and each member of the Forgotten Realms pantheon has a defined dominion, and a devoted contingent of worshipers.

But even the strangest, one-off NPCs can have a ton of lore to back them up. There's one character the party may come across during Act Two who has a fascinating backstory. But his appearance isn't always guaranteed, and his background isn't alays revealed. Here's everything to know about 's oddest tragic figure.

Kar'niss is a drider, a half-drow, half-spider hybrid, met during Act Two in the Shadow-Cursed Lands. His unique appearance and unusual manner of speaking may cause some to peg him immediately for a villain, but in truth, he harbors a far more tragic backstory. Most drow worship the dark goddess Lolth, also known as the Spider Queen — Lolth herself also has a humanoid top half, with the legs and abdomen of a spider. Lolth's domain is chaos, trickery, and war, which is why drow receive so much hate in .

However, not even Lolth's disciples are safe from her desire for conflict. When they reach a certain degree of power, Lolth-sworn drow are required to undergo a rite of passage: the Test of Lolth. This usually involves a duel to the death between two of Lolth's subjects, with the victor gaining the Spider Queen's blessing and the