Tav is freed during the fighting and steers the damaged ship back to Faerûn, where it crashes. Before the mind flayers can transform their victims, the nautiloid flying ship they are all aboard comes under attack from githyanki warriors and their red dragons and flees through multiple realms, including Avernus, the first of the Nine Hells. They have implanted Tav, as well as a host of other creatures, with illithid tadpoles, parasites capable of enthralling and transforming them into another mind flayer.
The player character (default name Tav) has been taken captive by the mind flayers, who have launched an invasion of Faerûn.
In the late 15th century DR of 1492, over 120 years after the events of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and months after the events of Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus, the forces of darkness are on the rise. Unlike previous games in the Baldur's Gate series, Baldur's Gate III has turn-based combat, similar to Larian's earlier games Divinity: Original Sin and Divinity: Original Sin II. Optionally, players will be able take one of their characters and team up online with other players to form a party.
Players can create one or more characters and form a party along with computer-generated characters to explore the game's story. Baldur's Gate III is a role-playing video game that offers both a single-player and cooperative multiplayer element.
