Every choice in Baldur’s Gate 3 can come back to bite you, and Wyll’s story proves that.
As a warlock bound to Mizora, his journey was already complicated, but one player thought they had found the perfect loophole, only to have it backfire spectacularly.
Wyll’s story is all about being a hero, making sacrifices, and dealing with the push and pull of duty versus freedom. He was once known as the Blade of Frontiers and struck a deal with Mizora, a devil-serving Zariel, trading his soul for strength. He became bound to her, his warlock self bound to her demonic influence. He struggles to regain his autonomy while Mizora exploits his father’s safety to manipulate him.
This is a deal you can’t get out of, and it all goes down in Act 3 with Wyll’s father, Duke Ulder Ravengard. Under Gortash’s control, the Duke meets his end during the battle at the coronation ceremony. Mizora offers to bring the Duke back if Wyll signs his soul over to Zariel for good. Given Wyll’s devotion to his father and his constant internal conflict, many players find this choice compellingly in-character.
But that brings up a whole new problem. If Wyll agrees to this deal, he’ll be bound to Zariel for all eternity. This puts players in a tough spot if they want to join Karlach in Avernus at the end of the game. Torn between keeping his promise to his father and following his own wishes, some players chose a different route that could, in theory, erase Mizora’s claim.
One player (@jabberwagon) had a pretty clever idea: if Wyll didn’t have a soul, Mizora couldn’t take him. That’s when they thought about having Wyll go through ceremorphosis and turn into a Mind Flayer (aka Illithid). Since Illithid souls are kind of a mystery in D&D, this looked like a decent loophole.
Illithids hail from the Far Realm, existing as aberrations that defy Toril’s natural laws. Some lore suggests that their transformation wipes out their original soul, while other interpretations argue that their identity is altered but not entirely lost. If becoming a Mind Flayer destroyed Wyll’s soul, then Mizora’s contract would theoretically become void.
It was a calculated risk, but @jabberwagon felt it was the best way to outsmart the pact. Even though the reasoning is there, BG3 misses the mark on showing Wyll’s transformation and its fallout. Instead of portraying Wyll as a transformed version of himself, the game treats him as a completely separate character. His dialogue options are gone, his interactions with Mizora and his father remain the same, and the game no longer recognizes him as Wyll in any meaningful way.
“Not only did I not really get any unique dialogue for Wyllithid, I actually seem to have lost a bunch of Wyll-exclusive options and scenes that would play out thereafter. The game largely just sort of treated me as a Tav from that point forward. Not even his father has anything to say about his son becoming a squid monster.”
Many players found this disappointing, especially since BG3 is known for its strong narrative choices and attention to even the most minor details. But as it stands, this particular gambit turned into an unexpected narrative dead end.
For players trying to outsmart Mizora, it might be better to try another approach, as turning into a squid doesn’t seem to cut it.
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