A thought that exists in my head: what if after Gortash reveals who Durge is, and what they really are, and everyone has their (understandable) reactions, Durge vanishes.
Everyone wakes up the next morning ready to tackle the revelations having calmed down a bit, but Durge is gone. Their tent, all their supplies, vanished. All that is left is a note that says:
“I’m sorry. I will fix it, I swear.”
Now, a Bhalspawn MIA is not the BEST situation and they do look for Durge, but the world is also ending and they got tasks to do. So they keep on questing between trying to find their former leader. And while they don’t find them, they know exactly what Durge has been up to.
Gale wakes up one morning and finds the book he needed from Sorcerous Sundries at the foot of his tent. Casually dropped off, like it’s just a delivery. The only addition is a note tucked in the front cover that says “I once ruined everything with this crown. See that you do not add yourself to that list.”
Raphael shows up at the tavern with the hammer and a smile. Lae’zel can take the hammer, sure, it’s all hers. He did want the crown, he still does, but now he has a Bhalspawn contract at his beck and call: it’s not the worst bargain.
Karlach goes to confront Gortash and when he tries to start his traps they just, don’t work. Someone has already broken in and deactivated them all. Gortash curses Durge for not showing up to kill him themselves when Karlach cuts him down.
Wyll finds his father walking into camp one day, deeply confused. Gortash was planning to take him somewhere when someone intervened and gave him control of his own mind again. They told him to come here. No, they didn’t come with him, why do they ask?
Shadowheart finds the House of Grief quiet and subdued. Mother Superior is dead, one of them tells her. The temple is in chaos and given that, Shadowheart can reach her parents without fighting her way through howling wolves.
Astarion is unbound from Cazador’s ritual by invisible hands and while he does not see who it is who came to his aid, he knows. When the fight is over and Gale casts “detect invisibility” his rescuer is nowhere to be found.
The party all converges on Bhaal’s temple. There in the center of the room, two Bhalspawn plan to duel to the death. The Dark Urge is beaten, exhausted and so very tired from everything they’ve done. They know this fight might end them. They hope their friends take out Orin, if they fail.
The look of surprise on their face as the party bursts into the temple, jumping into the fray with them, is something to behold.