Baldur’s Gate 3’s Minthara Actor Discusses Character’s Hidden Depth And Early Access Appearance

You don’t need me to harp on about how great Baldur’s Gate 3‘s cast is. Diversely complex with incredibly well-written narratives woven into each persona, BG3 is the benchmark in creating some of gaming’s best characters, which couldn’t have been done without its stellar line-up of voice actors.

From Astarion to Shadowheart and Karlach, Larian Studios wasn’t messing around when they wanted to create one of the biggest RPGs of the decade. One of many fan favorites from the game is Minthara and her voice actor Emma Gregory wants to set the record straight on how the Lolth-sworn drow is more than just an “evil killing machine”.

There’s More To Minthara Than Meets The Eye

Even though Minthara comes across as a cold and heartless character who is blinded by the Absolute, she is an extremely vulnerable character who is also mostly misunderstood. This is due to her complex, sad and cruel background where she grew up being fed lies about who she should be instead of allowing her to become what she wanted. Players have the opportunity to romance Minthara and when they do, they get to know her softer side, especially when she thanks players for rescuing her, or she would have died.

Minthara’s voice actor Emma Gregory spoke at a panel at MCM Comic Con last weekend (via The Gamer) in which she briefly discussed her journey with the character and how she preferred the Drow’s appearance now rather than her “sexy” look at the beginning of BG3’s Early Access release. “A lasting memory for me would be when Larian decided to go on an extraordinary journey with Minthara as a character. To make her a recruitable character, to change her look,” says Gregory. “Even though I think the first look in early access was very sexy, I also like the current look. I think it works very well with my voice.”

Gregory takes a trip down memory lane as she remembers her favorite line spoken by Minthara and how happy it makes her that players don’t just see her as a 2D villain without any depth anymore. “A lasting line for me, in showing how multifaceted, and multilayered she is, would be her line, ‘It is not soft to love another, it is one of the hardest things a person can do’. It sums up the fact that Minthy – I call her Minthy – is not just a one-dimensional, evil killing machine.”

She also goes on to state how much she cherishes that fans are seeing this softer side to Minthara and that’s something she will carry with her forever. “Meeting all of you has been overwhelming in a wonderful way. It’s extraordinary. How much these characters meant to everybody is something I will treasure and value for the rest of my life.”

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