Baldur's Gate 3 features an NPC that, as it turns out, is actually a very lovely tribute to a fan's father living with Alzheimer's.
Back in 2020, when Baldur's Gate 3 was still in early access, a user by the name of Solfalia started a thread on developer Larian's forums thanking the developer for releasing the first act of the game even though the game wasn't finished yet. As Solfalia explained in the post, their father got them into gaming from a young age, having played "so many hours of Baldur's Gate 2 together." The two of them had been looking forward to Baldur's Gate 3, but unfortunately, Solfalia's father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, meaning the two of them would be able to play together that Christmas, even if the game wasn't finished yet.
Now, three years on, Solfalia recently shared a new post in the forums thanking Larian for a different reason. The user explained that they did get to play with their father at Christmas, but "much later" they received an email from one of Larian's writers. Referring to the writer as "superwriter" for the sake of privacy, Solfalia explained that, "It turns out my message had resonated with quite a few of you, as many of us have experienced the struggle of a family member with Alzheimers or Dementia, and superwriter was e-mailing me to ask if I would be open to having something included in the game to honour my father…
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