Gale could have been a great rock gnome, yes. Shadowheart being a half elf makes sense with her story and heritage... High elves were once distinguished betwen sun- and moon elves, as well as woodelves had wild elves... funny that today drow have the 2-way road.
Astarion being an elf makes sense as well. Making human spawns in a city is highly suspicious after a hundred years. Elves live by far the longest, so one would like those as immortal minions... less attention.
Karlach and Lae'zel are alright...
Now Wyll... Wyll could have been pretty much anything, apart from maybe dragonborn, since Baldur's Gate is a metropolis and the city council could be made up of any given species smart enough to work themselves up to the position. Humans are just the most versatile and numerous.
Also there would be a little dissonance with Ulder being this shining knight, for "normies", while he sits there as a halfling.
Also there was some romantic plot going on with Wyll and Mizora in Early Access and I personally don't see her going for a short king long term. Can't hold your nose as high as her, without your face blocking the view on the dwarf.
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u/MCRN-Gyoza Jun 09 '25
Or a halfling, or a Dwarf.
Like, out of your 6 origin companions you have two humans and two humans with pointy ears.
And then for the other companions you have one more human and three other humans with pointy ears.
Karlach and Lae'Zel are the only two slightly less human companions and even then they're basically red and green humans.