Baldur's Gate 3 - We Have a Problem.. Mind Flayers 👽

[@WolfheartFPS]

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[@aldoushuxley5953]

Can you talk about elder brain dragons? They were suspiciously introduced just before BG3 was announced and would make for a perfect boss game in this game, both thematically as well as in terms of difficulty. They are basically stronger elder brains that are mobile, instead of being stuck to just one place. I really think there is a very high probability that this will either be the final boss related to the mind flayers, or at least one of the last fights in the game

[@MizuMing]

Let us hope that Mind Flayers never make it to our own realm.

[@Suzanne_sf]

I'd buy a stuffed gnome ceremorph toy, too. Thank you for the video, Wolfheart! :)

[@anahata8870]

of couse you do ! i would also do so, if stuff would not be that expensive.

[@brandonorcutt362]

I played the Throne of Bhaal bonus content 20 years ago and it was playing out all the parts of the Dark Urge Quest line most notably stealing the crown from Mephistopheles with Gortosh but everything that is illuded to in the Dark Urge questline the story had been written decades ago

[@ChickenJoseph]

It would be cool if the Githzerai made an appearance in BG3 to see the philosophical differences between them and the Githyanki - especially from Lae'zel's perspective

[@puchalamanca]

Second this. I would love a Gitthzerai companion, just for the interaction with Lae'zel

[@KiazaKadaj]

we’ll meet one when we open the artifact.

[@jake120007]

fun trivia, some mindflayers go "vegan" eating a species of sentient moss, its not satisfying for them as the moss is incredibly undeveloped and stupid, but, it works.

[@jmiller347]

No. Like all veganism, it's nonsense.

[@faebaebae]

That intro quote from the mindflayer sounds like a creepy guy on dating apps

[@WolfheartFPS]

😂

[@ReplicatorFifth]

You know, we can blame the illithids for most of the worst problems Toril has. All those aberrations they made with their mad science. Astarion in the thumbnail is always a good move ;)

[@youngimperialistmkii]

Ok. The Brain stealer dragon is pure nightmare fuel.😨

[@PrincessStabbityStabb]

Awwww the precious little gnome mindflayer! 🥺🥺 want that plushie lol Best of luck for the surgery! 🫶

[@Optimusj1975]

4:42 - I always had to me the name ceremorphosis implied that the tadpole dissolved inside the skull and its cells started to dpread through the organism, changing ithe body. And the BG3 tadpoles have a Netherese magic cast on them that preserve their integrity, hence they don't dissolve and start ceremorphosis, and can even leave the host body without dying.

[@WolfheartFPS]

Would have loved to discuss the netherese magic but it’s a spoiler.

[@neurolancer81]

Sunday lore series is awesome. Thanks for these morsels Wolf!

[@WolfheartFPS]

🍻 🙏

[@crazyelf1]

Hey Wolf - Good luck with your surgery. Don't worry about the video next week if you are under the weather.

[@WolfheartFPS]

Thanks!!

[@sesimie]

One of my absolute-ly fav creations of D&D lore. Lovecraft inspired, This is top Tier fantasy for me. This Video went Deep into the lore. It will give us all advantage on Intelligence checks in our understanding of one of the greatest monsters in Fantasy!

[@bigleon911]

I always enjoy Races like the Mind Flayers, having your body violated is always a great way to make players feel disgusted and make you fear encountering them. I can't wait to see what other horrors await in BG3.

[@JonathanSirico]

This is going to be a generational game. Book it.

[@WolfheartFPS]

💯 🤲

[@christopherr.561]

Thanks for another interesting video. Good luck with the surgery. Hoping for a quick recovery for you.

[@WolfheartFPS]

Thanks Christopher

[@deathdeathington]

Loving the lore videos. Great to watch in anticipation of the upcoming release. Good luck with the surgery. Hope it wasn't your ass kicking leg.

[@WolfheartFPS]

Thanks!

[@SPSteve]

Great video, Wolf! What a strange, fascinating world we'll be gaming in! Good luck with your surgery, I just spent a couple days in the hospital myself, never a fun time. I hope your recovery is quick and you're 100% in no time.

[@WolfheartFPS]

Thanks Steve!

[@MercuryIsHg]

Thanks for the updates and all the best for the op. With thoughts and prayers for a quick and full recovery.

[@WolfheartFPS]

Appreciate it!

[@craig5.56]

Hey Wolf, I'm really enjoying the Forgotten Realms lore videos. My first experience into the Forgotten Realms was reading the Icewind Dale Trilogy. I've been hooked ever since. I've lost count of how many Forgotten Realms novels I've read. I have also read several Dragonlance novels and although I loved the trilogy with Raistlin, Tanis, Flint, etc; I keep coming back to the Forgotten Realms. Keep up these interesting lore videos and good luck with your meniscus repair surgery. I had one a few years ago, it's not that bad and you should recover quickly.

[@WolfheartFPS]

Loved the Icewind dale trilogy. Thanks!

[@therealdoomsage]

Best of luck with your recovery mate!

[@WolfheartFPS]

appreciate it!

[@VladTheBreaker]

Great video! Im surprised more mind flayers dont reach lvl 20 and become proper deities. They seem close to it already as a whole. Good luck with surgery!

[@JWAChicago]

Interesting lore video for sure. Take care -- holding positive thoughts about your surgery.

[@angela8533]

That quote at the beginning made me feel so violated 😂stop lusting after my brain meat

[@marconeves1979]

Wishing you a healthy recovery, WOLF. :)

[@WolfheartFPS]

Thanks Marco!

[@therealdoomsage]

Despite being from separate universes, the Illithid single handedly justify the xenophobia of 40K's Imperium of Man. Faerun needs some Astartes 'love'.

[@hondoshaver7651]

Take care bud & Heal up. We'll need you in the quests ahead!

[@WolfheartFPS]

You got it! 🙏

[@alexwharff9224]

I love ilithid! I'd really like a mindflayer path in the story. Embracing your ilithic power and becoming more than who you were and what you should have become. Becoming a new being that can rival a mother brain but retaining some sense og humanity to use your ilithic powers to influnces the realm as you see fit.... probably not! But imagen!

[@jake120007]

really wish there was a path where we could fully become an independent mindflayer, they are some of my favorite creatures as well, mind flayers and mimics are my goats

[@WolfheartFPS]

To be fair there could be a path! Early access is quite limited.

[@jake120007]

@@WolfheartFPS wish i could play, but im an idiot that paid 300 dollars for the collectors edition, so i have to wait for the physical digital key, because that makes sense

[@acolytes-of-cthulhu]

@@jake120007 you can now

[@acolytes-of-cthulhu]

@@WolfheartFPS spoiler you can now since the full release

[@ronstrnisa2230]

Another well done lore video to satisfy our appetite. Good luck with the knee surgery. I had the same done over 20 yrs ago. I had to use crutches for a week or 2. You'll do just fine.

[@WolfheartFPS]

Thanks Ron. Yea doesn't seem like it will be too bad.

[@aquine3130]

Thank you for this series. I am someone who has been on the edges of the BG3 / DnD world for a while. I finally bought the game and these videos have been invaluable as I begin immersing myself in the worlds and lore they are set in.

[@WolfheartFPS]

Thanks for watching!

[@Screwball-D2]

Did you know? Commenting helps a creator! ;P

[@WolfheartFPS]

🙏

[@Xoxo.TheAuthor]

Sunday lore video!! I always look forward to these! Keep up the spectacular work Wolf! ❤

[@WolfheartFPS]

Happy to provide!!

[@florenmage]

I want to see an elder brain in BG3 full release but it would also be really cool if the main villain and final boss was some representation of the god of mind flayers. That would be soooooooo cool. :D

[@iiell1337]

Nice little history lesson and some good insight into those creatures we'll be slaying in a few months! :)

[@MrBiiila]

The story, the replayability, the community and you Wolf....just WOW! 😍

[@WolfheartFPS]

Gonna be a fun couple years of playing!

[@Mikeztarp]

"Duergar! Kree!" - Apophis, an Illithid

[@gamerdude456x]

omg yea, wishing you a speedy recovery on that surgery!!

[@WolfheartFPS]

thanks!!

[@captainman7089]

Good luck with the surgery. I've had the same surgery before, but it was many years ago.

[@WolfheartFPS]

Thanks! Hope it went well for you

[@lostsoulman]

Good luck with the op and a quick recovery. Take the time you need

[@WolfheartFPS]

🙏 🙏

[@Mostly.Clueless]

Father Wolf I love all your content you are my favorite KZbinr and the lore series really gets me excited that ill know so much more about baldurs gate 3 since it's my favorite game

[@WolfheartFPS]

Thanks a lot!!! Love to hear it

[@ichigo7223]

Great video, always down to learn more about these rarer races. Wish you the best of health 👍

[@johncarlson5636]

I wonder if they'll have the mind suck instant kill in the game. That'd be rough.

[@nova997]

They'd gotta

[@Mark4WorldPeace]

Best results for upcoming surgery.I had an 8 hour femoral to tibial bypass surgery last month.week in hospital I must go back next month for angioplasty fine tuning.Thanks again for your fine vid content on BG3 👍🏽☮🇺🇸

[@WolfheartFPS]

Damn! That’s a lot rougher of a surgery than I’m getting. Speedy recovery to you! Thank you

[@fairlywren3664]

I'm sorry. I know they put lots of effort into the lore, and it's horrific to the average person but... Oh my lord am I into Illithids.

[@jacobmendoza6050]

Cute little Gnome aflautes XD!!

[@Elessar0wind]

Ah yes, the true threat to the forgotten realms: Little purple men with laser pistols.

[@WolfheartFPS]

How funny would it be if Larian had an army of gnome ceremorphs attack the city.

[@Elessar0wind]

@@WolfheartFPS lol A new dnd campaign idea right there.

[@akuma6215]

Connect the nerves of the transponder

[@thaywiz_gwar]

I'd like to play a simple game of mind sweeper. That is all.

[@ReplicatorFifth]

Illithids also enjoy Mind Sweeper. Its all the rage in the Far Realm

[@samaabood1730]

Dear Wolf an amazing lore video as always, and GET WELL SOON 🥰🍀🍀🌻

[@WolfheartFPS]

Thanks Sama! Appreciate the long time support

[@brjr2001]

I hope you feel better. Take care of yourself

[@WolfheartFPS]

Appreciate it

[@cristobalrencoret8538]

good luck on the surgery !

[@WolfheartFPS]

Thanks!

[@bewee]

I wonder if you choose Githyanki, then you get a red dragon mount at some point. Lol.. Doubt it, but you never know with Larian.

[@tyrecies]

Lore :) PS quick healing after your surgery

[@Reoh0z]

Hope your recovery is swift mate, catch you on the next vid. o/

[@WolfheartFPS]

Thanks Reoh! Surgery got rescheduled for late June so I’ll be around

[@baggylobster3339]

Adventure awaits!

[@alexnewman8416]

This is awesome lore. Thank you!

[@WolfheartFPS]

Thanks for watching

[@mitchsch.1]

Excellent!!! Thanks for the vid

[@WolfheartFPS]

Cheers Mitch

[@angie73568]

The snacko for good old algo

[@goodtaste2185]

Best wishes on your surgery mate!

[@WolfheartFPS]

Thanks!!! Got delayed to late June.

[@M.L.official]

Im proud to have the same name initials as you, Wolf

[@WolfheartFPS]

Great initials think alike

[@cernunnos_lives]

As a fully grown gnome, I'd probably still let them turn me into one. It's still cute. I want to see what it looks like to mind zap ⚡ TARDIS as a wee 🐙 squidee And to freak Carli out... Although she would probably still chase me around. So nevermind that.

[@WolfheartFPS]

👀

[@hosttar21]

Awesome series 🎉

[@f.jideament]

I have a question about BG3 which is related to the mindflayers. I'm asking this question because I neither played bg1 and 2 nor have a deep knowledge of d&d. It seems like, at the adamantine forge of underdark, there was a time of union against something. A union even including the forces of hell and their magma, Shar, Elune and all others seems like worked together for the forge. But against what? Mindflayers? And what were they forging?

[@jarrodbright5231]

OK so there are a number of adamantine forges in the realms so there is no single "Adamantine Forge of the Underdark" as a thing in Realms lore. Are you referring to The Grymforge? So since I'm not sure what you're referring to some interesting lore around the history of adamantine... Adamantine (an alloy of the fictional ore adamant) was first forged by the dwarves, with the first recorded adamantine constructions being around -8700 DR., though this is an adamntine gate on a large dwarven city so it's assumable that they were using it long before then. The drow, forced into the Underdark around -10,000 DR (during the 4th Crown Wars) later learned of the forging of adamantine from the dwarves (pretty sure it wasn't a friendly exchange of knowledge) and developed their own variation on it, with the first recorded use around -8100 DR. There is no recorded history of dwarves working willingly with drow around forging adamantine, with all indications being that the dwarves started forging much more adamantine after the arrival of the drow possibly directly due to drow incursions into dwarven mines. The Mind Flayer city of Oryndoll was founded around -11000 DR so mind flayer civilization in the Underdark would seem to pre-date the use of adamantine and the drow descent into the Underdark by a significant margin.

[@f.jideament]

@@jarrodbright5231 yes I'm referring to the Grymforge. Thanks for the answer. Seems like a classic dwarf innovation drama. I wonder if there is a way to forge souls into the items with things like soul coins? Kind of like the Daedric items of the Elder Scrolls lore.

[@jarrodbright5231]

@@f.jideament So as far as I can tell the Grymforge was a completely new thing for Baldur's Gate 3. Not much light to shed on that from having played BG1 and 2 or from Realms lore.

[@noctus9668]

Good luck for your surgery.

[@sakarakit5835]

Best BG3 content creator, right here folks! WolfPack best Pack!

[@WolfheartFPS]

Skal to Kit! The king of the commenters 👑

[@broskichannel4163]

Sweet lore bro, i got some catching up to do lol

[@avallach2579]

mind flayers 👽

[@JaWick_WitaStick]

Mind flyers 👽

[@marco0445]

Bogos binted?

[@JaWick_WitaStick]

@@marco0445 what

[@marco0445]

@@JaWick_WitaStick 👽

[@BucklingSwashes]

The thumbnail: "Mind F*cker"

[@WolfheartFPS]

😂

[@glenndarrington4677]

enjoyed the video. Good luck with your knee surgery.

[@WolfheartFPS]

Thanks!

[@marct138]

isn't the city from the reveal trailer from 2019, Yartar?

[@WolfheartFPS]

That city is shown in the intro cinematic trailer, not the reveal trailer with the mind flayer

[@marct138]

@@WolfheartFPS oh ok :)

[@Sushityphoon01]

Noooo, I don't want my character to turn into a squid monster

[@mikee9464]

Great video

[@Mikeztarp]

Can ceremorphosis be reversed? Edit: I've looked into it, and it seems possible (if the DM allows it) at very high level with spells like Clone, or a ring that keeps your soul alive if you die, that sort of thing. So it most likely won't be possible in BG3, but it was fun to look into. :)

[@NaptownClassic]

That quote from the intro is definitely supposed to be "warm and moist", not "warm and most"... it was just copied and pasted so many times from the source that typed it incorrectly, that it appears almost everywhere as "warm and most."

[@marco0445]

Bogos Binted? 👽

[@chris_vp]

what the hek wolfheart uploading good videos back to back? ☠

[@jarrodbright5231]

So I do understand the whole time limit per video thing but how can you discuss the Mind Flayers and mention the Mind Flayer god without mentioning the former Netherese wannabe-God who decided to turn himself into an Elder Brain as a stepping stone on his desire to become all-powerful? Surely Ioaulaum the Oracle of Ellyn'Taal has to be one of the Forgotten Realms figures with the most matches for Baldur's Gate 3 specific keywords?

[@briankelly1240]

Great intro

[@fabiov12silva62]

up to help

[@jamiemiller1885]

Will we see any illithid from the cult of thoon you think?

[@WolfheartFPS]

Would be pretty cool if we did! I remember Harbs Narbs vid on that.

[@dudeskeela]

hey dude thanks for all the BG3 prep! I recently had a meniscus tear surgery as well and I found kneesovertoesguy’s content/exercises invaluable in my recovery process. Dunno if you’ll read this but good luck with the recovery!

[@Chaotic_frolic]

Soooo, this mind flayer of 1:47 went to the future and watched Pirates of the Caribbean? Or maybe more likely good ol' Davy Jones was a mind flayer wannabee? Other than that, Illithids were always 1 of the scariest races for me, giving off these Lovecraft vibes...

[@ernesto8738]

wolf have you ever grown the mustache out fully?

[@WolfheartFPS]

I do it from time to time but I don’t like when people treat me like an object of sex.. This is a joke of course. Or is it

[@lukem5604]

THIS WAS FUCKIN SICK LOVE IT

[@WolfheartFPS]

THANKS!! 🙏

[@berniem4483]

coffeezilla of the DND universe

[@WolfheartFPS]

🤣

[@gerardoalvarado8425]

If mindflayers look like squids/octupuses can you eat them? Bet they would be tasty 🤤

[@WolfheartFPS]

I don’t see why not

[@jarrodbright5231]

According to Volo, yes you can.

[@janviersantos4751]

For bg3 sequel bg4 we should get omelueem as a companion… any other characters you guys/gals would like to see come back other than Jaheira and minsc😅

[@The_Gent]

Binge watching

[@romanabanin2216]

Mind flayers' god is interesting

[@WolfheartFPS]

Very interesting. Id say it’s a potential story arc in BG3.

[@WodyGene]

I'm blazin' 🔥! Half-black, half-asian!

[@WolfheartFPS]

Not sure how to take this comment lol

[@lukecarroll9823]

..."half-man, half-amazin' - Nas

[@WolfheartFPS]

Ohhhh yea.. can’t say I listen to Nas on the daily lol

[@andrewh3079]

Good video

[@WolfheartFPS]

🙏

[@MarksmanGamingPk90]

Waiting ❤

[@ricktusgrin906]

Cheers

[@WolfheartFPS]

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[@spilledfeed]

👍

[@mikem.4269]

Mo give me mo

[@SimpleHealth83]

😮😊

[@ivyr336]

🦑

[@Lofrek]

😏🧠👀

[@jmmywyf4lyf]

5e is SO, BORING... I cannot put into words, how bummed I am that this is whats become of Baldurs Gate

[@johnd.9]

Best of luck on your surgery. Don't let them tadpole you! 😳🫣

[@WolfheartFPS]

Thanks John.. true never even considered that

[@angie73568]

to the pack

[@WolfheartFPS]

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