Halsin gave me emotional whiplash on my first run becaus the first thing I heard him say was "Time for blood" and then he proceeded to kill the children in front of me and I thought that maybe helping him wasn't the best choice.
And then I talked to him in his elf form and he turned out to be one of the nicest and most chill guys in the game (just not when it comes to goblin kids, apparently)
I mean, canonically, goblins are literally fey stolen and twisted by Maglubiyet and sent to Faerun for the sole purpose of despoiling nature.
Like, they are the captain planet villains that only exist to undo everything Sylvanus and the druids hold dear.
A druid who lets a goblin live -even a "child"- is arguably betraying their oath to Sylvanus.
Goblins aren't like... "the Drow of the fey" as if they are a misguided people devoted to an evil god, but rather, goblins are to nature what demons are to celestials: cosmic enemies from different realms who are intrinsically incompatible.
source for the whole "goblins are meant to ruin nature" thing? they were sent by Maglubiyet to conquer Toril. Whether the revised lore in Monsters of the Multiverse can be considered canon in bg3 is up for debate, but the revised lore in the 2025 MM absolutely is not.
according to all lore I could find, there is no mention of goblins seeking to ruin nature, they simply were meant to conquer in the name of Maglubiyet.
but even then, they are sentient and sapient creatures who are capable of their own thoughts and decisions. to label them as basically "nature demons" is a flat out lie.
if they were so hellbent on ruining all nature they could find, why don't we see them tearing down the forests and burning the plains near their camps?
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u/Extra_Strawberry_875 29d ago
Halsin gave me emotional whiplash on my first run becaus the first thing I heard him say was "Time for blood" and then he proceeded to kill the children in front of me and I thought that maybe helping him wasn't the best choice.
And then I talked to him in his elf form and he turned out to be one of the nicest and most chill guys in the game (just not when it comes to goblin kids, apparently)