[STEAM] Karlach Is Trending on X/Twitter After Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 Because Her New Evil Ending Is 'Absolutely Metal'

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Warning: The below story is packed with FULL SPOILERS for Baldur's Gate 3, particularly Karlach's new evil ending. You've been warned!

Larian Studios dropped

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, and with it comes a slew of new cinematics for players doing evil runs. While fans hop back into the RPG and discover the new content, one origin character's new evil ending is getting a particular amount of attention.

If you're wondering why Karlach, everyone's favorite tiefling Barbarian, was trending on X/

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today, that's why. One fan showed her new evil ending, which you can watch below, and it's going viral just by virtue of being "absolutely metal."

PATCH 7 SPOILERS!

Karlach's Evil Ending in Patch 7 is absolutely metal. She goes absolutely insane! Holy *****, what a delivery!!

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— Gali | Currently playing DA2 (******) (@gali_le0)

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In the clip, we see Karlach, if you're playing her as an origin character, after she's taken control of the The Netherbrain, essentially making all of Baldur's Gate her pawns. No longer the golden retriever of the group, Karlach is fully embracing her newfound control as she gives a menacing monologue to the citizens in front of her before summoning a hoard of enemies from Avernus.

And, in a truly metal twist, the clip ends with her yanking her infernal heart out of her chest. About time she got rid of that dang thing.

In addition to just how badass the whole cinematic is, fans are also praising voice actor Samantha Beart's new voice lines. Beart even took the liberty of highlighting one fan's, uh, passionate response to the new ending.



So the last patch of BG3 has been implemented, the evil endings are out (careful of spoilers, Karlach enjoyers), and I'm framing this

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— Samantha Béart is Karlach (@SamanthaBeart)

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Other fans talked about how the new scene displays the anger and darkness that Karlach has, as she also talks about Gortash, her friend/employer-turned-betrayer, in the clip. "THIS is the Zariel-brained anger filled darkness she has, absolutely unleashed,"

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HOLY ***** this is utterly insane??? Woah,,,,, my heart aches for the path that would lead to this but ***** THAT WAS AMAZING!?!?!

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— Captian Mewonweyonweyon (@MellonWellon)

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HOLY ***** i don’t know how to feel about this one

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It's somewhat ironic, too, that a Karlach ending is at the center of a Baldur's Gate 3 conversation yet again.

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, Larian tweaked the ill-fated character's non-evil ending to give her story "better closure."

Karlach isn't the only one getting a new evil ending, however, and Larian already previously

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. As for the console players waiting to ***** into the Baldur's Gate 3's massive Patch 7, which also includes official mod support,

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that it should arrive on consoles sometime this October.

Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing entertainment reporting. When she's not writing or editing, you can find her reading fantasy novels or playing Dungeons & Dragons.

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