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Sarevok

Bhaalspawn, half-brother and the villain of the first Baldur's Gate.

Sarevok Anchev is the main villain of BioWare's 1998 game Baldur's Gate. He is revealed to be one of the Bhaalspawn, mortal children of the dead god Bhaal, and the half-brother of the player character, and he later returns in Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal as an optional companion.

Quick Facts

Series
Baldur's Gate
First
Baldur's Gate (1998)
Voice
Kevin Michael Richardson; Redd Pepper (Baldur's Gate 3)
Family
Bhaal (father)

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Background

Hoping to inherit Bhaal's divine power, Sarevok stirs up political and economic chaos around the city of Baldur's Gate, including the Sword Coast's iron shortage, to provoke a war that would bring him both power and godhood. The character grew partly out of the tabletop games of lead designer James Ohlen, whose friend Jeff Veitenheimer played a character named Sarevok as a child. Kevin Michael Richardson voiced him in the original games and Redd Pepper in Baldur's Gate 3. Critics have read him as a dark mirror of the player character, two heirs of the same god who respond to that heritage in opposite ways.

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