Baldur’s Gate 3’s rag-tag bang of Tiefling children are beloved by many. A few of them are orphans, and they’ve all been forced to grow up quickly because of the hard situation they find themselves in. There are also far more than you probably remember. There’s Arabella, Ide, Doni, Gan, Mattis, Meli, Mol, Silfy, Umi, Zaki and the subject of this piece, the deceiver Mirkon.
Mirkon is the child you encounter at the Secluded Cove behind the Emerald Grove in the game’s first act, who has foolishly allowed himself to be charmed by a harpy. That would never be me, nor my entire party, especially not multiple times before finally winning the battle.
He Said, Durge Said
Mirkon spends the fight running back and forth. If you’re lucky, he won’t trigger an opportunity attack from any angry harpies, and you can defeat the breasted vultures without issue. Mirkon is thankful for the help, and will present you with his handwritten account of events afterwards.
It’s a relatively accurate re-telling, albeit with some repetition and exaggeration: “The adventurer was very strong and killed the harpie in one blow and safed the boy,” if only Mirkon, if only.
However,as pointed out by Korrocks in a recent Reddit thread, Mirkon later tells his friends about what happened at the beach, and his story is deceptive, to say the least.
“We could! I beat up those harpies, and they’re way scarier thanshadows!” Mirkon says, advocating for an ill-advised attempt at rescuing Mol from Moonrise Towers. Unfortunately, there’s no dialogue option to call out the deceitful child.
“Mirkon’s claim seemed a little embellished to me, and when I checked the post-game footage I recalled that Mirkon’s entire contribution to my party’s battle with the harpies was running back and forth like a f**king Gondian while my team did all the work,” Korrocks writes. “I even have his own admission, in his own handwriting, where he gives me all the credit. If only I could show the other kids that, he would be doomed, detected, and discredited.”
Would it be in bad taste to call out a war-torn child on a lie when he’s panicking about saving a friend who’s in grave danger? I don’t think so, honesty is the best policy after all.
