Baldur's Gate 3: Who Is Minsc?

one of the legendary characters from Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2 is Minsk who it is more than rumored and has been teased will appear yet again in Baldur's Gate 3 as companion Minsk is famous for his having taken one too many knocks of the head his dedication to good and above all his trusted animal companion boo a purported giant space hamster who is constantly a decide but this still begs the question who is Minsk and what kind of man is he and how did he end up in Baldur's Gate 3. Minsk is a tall bald muscular man a ranger by profession who started his career as a bodyguard on his de Gemma or coming of age Journey to rushman wishlerone and Mage or wise old woman dinahir in fact you meet him in Baldur's Gate 1 as he seeks to rescue his mistress Diner from a pack of Knowles mince gold this time is the admittance to the ice dragon Berserker Lodge one of the most prestigious of the Berserker lodges in Russian Berserker lodges are groups of Warriors organized into units based upon the names of animals or Monsters they're often differentiated by their abilities and the tasks they are assigned and set themselves to the names of all known rashman Berserker lodges are the ettercap ice troll great stag wolf snow tiger owl bear Goblin white dragon and black bear lodges and uniquely the old Lodge which is an order of Berserkers composed of the most knowledgeable and accomplished Warriors drawn from the other lodges and who require that their Berserkers have mastered at least three different fighting styles before joining why Dragon Berserkers of the sort mins sought to join are characterized by the requirement to hunt and slay a white dragon rather uniquely the state of Rage that rosham and Berserkers can enter into makes them immune to all forms of compulsion being blinded and even outright being killed before the rages ended after which they returned to Baseline during this rage they can become unreachable and some even lose their ability to distinguish friend and foe such Berserkers are sent to the front line usually to perish because they can no longer be trusted and better for them to serve a good cause after the events of the first Baldur's Gate game in which Minsk and Diner aided the ball spawn in defeating sarovach they briefly settled in the city of balder's gate but he and his mistress soon joined the hero Baldur's Gate again whereupon they ended up imprisoned underneath that cathla by the majorenicus the primary antagonist of Baldur's Gate 2. during which Steiner sadly dies this deeply affected Minsk as he was sworn to protect her seeing himself as having failed in his task though Minsk thereafter again partnered with the balspan and Avenged her death ushering in the end of The balspan Saga what Minsk ended up doing immediately after the events of the balsbon Saga is not known but decades after the events of the balspan crisis in 1479 Dr a merchant ordered the construction of a statue honoring the memory of Minsk and balder's gate though unbeknownst to virtually all the statue was not a work of art created by a sculptor rather it was Minsk under the permanent effect of a petrification spell though it never became clear how he wound up in the situation this statue became known known as the Beloved Ranger and many of Baldur's Gate citizens would frequently pose with it and spend time underneath its shadow some years later when a wild magic sorceress named Delena was battling gargoyles in Baldur's Gate a wild magic surge occurred as the result of one of her spells that dispelled the petrification spell in Minsk coming back to life Minsk was disoriented but quickly joined up with Delena and later fled the city with her and the thieves cradle and chandel and in time they would become said fast adventuring companions at a later date the now companions had become known as The Heroes of Baldur's Gate having worked to sell swords in the city then one day in an effort to help defend a temple of kelimbour against a werewolf attack during which they gave Chase to the beasts they were drawn into the domains of dread a pocket Dimension to land called borovia ruled by the infamous vampire stradvanzarovich where they confronted other monster werewolves and vampires among them returning back to faerun very much by the Skin of Their Teeth narrowly Escaping The Misty realm after having been severely injured by werewolf and vampire minions of strawd minskin's companions reappeared in the far north of faerun and found themselves embroiled in a further Adventure involving a conspiracy of frost Giants and white dragons which would lead to long-standing consequences for giant hierarchy in giant Society throughout faerun traveling across firoud mints later found himself caught up in Adventures on the sword Coast as he and his companions for the time being went their separate ways and during which Minsk found himself in the company of none other than volothamp gedarn the encyclopedisan Bard that we can meet in balerski III Early Access as well as the Priestess of selune Celeste as they sought to end the malevolent death curse which prevented the raising and resurrection of slain beings and have the further effect that those who had been previously raised or resurrected would crumble to dust something caused by an artifact of immense power called The Soul Monger all of which had been put into motion by the archmage and immensely powerful Lich called acerarak and having successfully put an end to the death curse Mintz became involved in what would come to be his most deadly Adventure one that forever changed him whilst adventuring mints happened upon a hell Rider fighting off fiends from the lower planes and though unable to initially save him he promised to rescue him seeking out the archmage and Savant Silvera savikas who agreed to teleport him to El Torell which had just been dragged into the nine Hills although Minsk eventually escaped the hells he did not Escape unscathed as he had been submerged in the waters of the River Styx leading to a complete loss of his identity and all of his memories although his memories were stripped from him confrontation with the archdevil zaryel when still in avernus reignited his urge to fight evil however it was not sufficient to restore his actual memories only enough to reignite his instinct to combat the malevolent and since that time his companions tell him stories of his deeds and achievements assuring him of their veracity Minsk has always been a simple man a ranger whose sole principle is to fight and defeat evil he's sensitive helpful and unyielding but rather lacking in brains and forethought often rushing into situations without considering the consequences of his actions although his memories have been stripped from him his core identity of inveterate foe of all evil has remained the fact that he has lost his memories and will be companion in the game makes me wonder as to how he will fit into the companion roster he might have noticeably less to contribute to the party dialogue in such a state but let me spin an idea for you just a hypothesis as Minsk has lost his memories to the river's sticks it could be that he is a companion also has been picked up by the illithids planted with the tadpole that then reactivates his memories and allows him to become fully operational again so to speak obviously this is pure speculation but as the tadpole allows historian to withstand the light of the Sun and actually prevents the process of seromorphosis so too could the tadpole restore For The Memories even memories lost to the river's sticks far-fetched it is not given what we know about the tadpoles and their powerful nethery's magical origin given minsis moral Tendencies and obsession with the good I find it difficult to believe that he would get along with anyone other than Gail and to a lesser extent perhaps will lizelle would make for conflict as would Astorian rather obviously and possibly even Shadow heart as I simply cannot imagine him agreeing to side with the goblins for example furthermore his less than robust intelligence would make for a very odd romance companion in the previous Baldur's Gate games he had many companions to jive with but as decidedly fewer in Baldur's Gate 3 at least potentially it should be interesting to see what the reveal brings as well as patch 9. concerning the famous roshaman Berserker as always thank you for tuning in please leave a like comment share and subscribe 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Published: Wed Dec 07 2022