Wyll is known as the Blade of Frontiers in , the Warlock who has sacrificed a lot of himself to make sure the people around him . His storyline deals with the struggles he faced in choosing to sign a , and some fans find him a little irritating to deal with because of his ‘good guy’ attitude. Turns out, though, that this may all be an act.
In the Illithid colony at the end of Act 2, you can choose to either free the captives (along with some Mindflayers) or incinerate them. One player chose to kill them, and the outcome was incredibly surprising. “The Blade of Frontiers, the man who’s so damn Neutral Good it makes me blush, APPROVED OF ME KILLING INNOCENTS?” ‘GustavVaz’ .
Wyll doesn’t verbally approve of this action, but if you decide to kill the Mindflayers along with the Tieflings trapped in these pods, “Wyll approves” will pop up in the top left corner of your screen. It’s not really in line with the way he presents himself, so some players were confused as to why this would happen – does Wyll secretly have an evil side to him? Fans think it might actually just be a remnant of his story when Baldur’s Gate 3 was in Early Access. Back then, Wyll was meant to have a more twisted story where he was hiding a dark side.
This has changed since then. More likely, it’s a case where Wyll sees this action as purging the greater threat of Mindflayers, so he would approve. Historically speaking, even though he does act on his responsibility to the people of .
