Baldur’s Gate 3 players surprised to discover that, due to Elf shenanigans, Shadowheart is actually over 40 years old

As my colleague, PCG senior editor Robin Valentine, pointed out in his seminal treatise against horniness in Baldur’s Gate 3, “An adventuring party is basically like the Olympic Village, and we all know what goes on there.” Your BG3 crew has this youthful vitality to it, but “youth” can mean very different things for Faerûn’s fantasy races. Some spoilers for Shadowheart’s Act 3 story ahead.

I’ve been around the block with D&D, so I know all about Half Elves’ average lifespan of 180 years or so, but it was still a small shock to look into Shadowheart’s background late in the game and realize she was over 40 years old⁠—the Sharran cleric notes this fact herself when exploring the entropy goddess’ enclave, and you can also put two and two together from logbook dates in the enclave’s archives.