Halsin

	Archdruid
Halsin
	Stats
	Level 1
Race	[[ Wood Elf\| Wood Elf]]
Type	Humanoid
HP	10
AC	12
Movement Speed	10.5m / 35ft
Size	Medium
Weight	60kg / 120lbs
Proficiency Bonus	+3
Initiative	-
	Passive features
	Darkvision Elven Weapon Training Fey Ancestry Opportunity Attack
Character information
Class	Druid
Background	Outlander
Location	Goblin Camp, Druid Grove
3D model

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Halsin is a Companion in Baldur's Gate 3. He is an Elf Druid with the Outlander background.

Halsin can be recruited in Act Two, in the Shadow-Cursed Lands, after progressing the quest, Lift the Shadow Curse to a certain point. He is only recruitable by players who have made certain decisions in Act One relating to the Druid Grove.

Gameplay

As a Druid, Halsin is capable of filling a variety of roles in the party. He can debilitate enemies with control spells, support the party with spells that enhance himself and his allies, and he can deal damage with elemental damage-dealing spells. His Wild Shape ability allows him to wade into battle as a melee combatant or sneak and scout as a small animal.

Proficiencies

Equipment

Clubs, Daggers, Javelins, Maces, Shortswords, Quarterstaves, Shortbows, Sickles, Spears
Longbows, Longswords, Scimitars, Shortswords
Light armour, Medium armour, Shields

Saving Throws

Skills

Spells Known

As a Druid, Halsin automatically knows all non-cantrip Druid spells.

Cantrips Known

Level 1 Spells Known

Personality

Despite his tenacity in combat, Halsin is a gentle, honest elf, and treasures the sanctity and beauty of nature. Though a powerful healer with a lofty title, Halsin is humble and patient, but willing to act with force if the need arises. He views carnal pleasures as a natural calling and is willing for open relationships. On occasion he is known to have sex with people while embracing his connection to nature in wildshape. There are limits, however, such as not engaging in the deed with true animals. His scar is the result of rejecting a she-bear that attempted to mate with his wildshaped form during mating season.

Background

A long time ago, when Halsin was a young foolhardy druid he went to the Underdark to see the beauty of its local unwordly fauna, where he was taken by a Noble Drow House as something between guest, prisoner and consort. The house matron and patron took an interest in him, a novelty. He was chained to their bedroom for nearly three years.

Halsin did what was necessary to survive, though he does not look upon this experience negatively, as he tried to find a way to enjoy his stay there. While he feared for his life, he was waiting for a moment to win his freedom back. Lolth's noble houses are constantly at each other's throats and eventually his captors' rivals attacked. While the drow were distracted in a chaotic battle of drow against drow, he escaped, never having learned the ultimate fate of his hosts.

Personal Quest

Halsin does not have a Companion Quest. He is however deeply tied to Lift the Shadow Curse, making this quest incompletable without his assistance.

Romance

Can romance players of any sex and race and likes to bring the bear to the party.

Act One

Halsin can be found in the Worg Pens within the Shattered Sanctum, held hostage and harassed by nearby goblins. Nettie will request the player to find him in order to be helped with the Tadpole. The player can either decide to join the goblins or release him.

If released, Halsin offers to help the party in curing their Tadpole problem, but first asks the player to defeat the goblin leaders. He starts the fight Wild Shaped, unable to hide or take other discreet actions, but can be returned to human form at will.

If the player chooses to help Halsin defeat the goblins, he will return to the Emerald Grove. Once there, he will confess that though he cannot cure them, he knows of a place where the tadpole could be removed. Providing leads on the Shadow-Cursed Lands, Halsin offers to accompany the party on their way to Moonrise Towers, so that he might lift the curse afflicting the area.

Temporary Companion Stats

If Halsin is recruited as a temporary companion in the Shattered Sanctum, he has the following stats: (Note that his attributes here are different from when he can be later recruited as a permanent companion)

Level 5
STR 16 (+3)	DEX 11	CON 14 (+2)	INT 10	WIS 17 (+3)	CHA 13 (+1)

Race			Wood Elf
Type			Humanoid
Hit Points			38
Armour Class			11
Movement Speed			9m / 30ft
Size			Medium
Proficiency Bonus			+3
Initiative			-

He knows the following spells:

He can also use Wild Shape to transform into a Bear. If unlocked as a party member in Act Two, Halsin will always have the above spells prepared for free.

Act Two

Halsin provides vital assistance in the process of lifting the curse from the Shadow-Cursed Lands. In the process, he commits himself to the party and their quest, becoming a regular companion.

Interactions

Approval

The following story and dialogue choices will cause Halsin to gain approval.

Spoiler warning! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.

Act Two

Shadowed Battlefield

Tell Oliver you know who he really is

Reithwin Town

Reunite Oliver with Thaniel

Reithwin Tollhouse

Persuade Gerringothe Thorm that there's no one to oversee her

The Waning Moon

Drink with Thisobald Thorm
Share stories with Thisobald Thorm

Camp/Conversation

Say you wished him joined earlier when asking about what happens after the shadow curse lifted
Say you are sorry for his loss when asking about his family
Thank him for sharing with you
Tell him you are afraid of krakens
Give the Githyanki reply when asked about yourself
Say "It hurts, I know it does." when talking to Arabella in camp
Tell Arabella her parents would be proud of her.

Act Three

Sharess' Caress

Invite Halsin to join an orgy with the Drow twins ( +1)

Rivington

Tell Fist Rowan "They're innocent people. You can't just kill them!"
As a Baldurian, tell Saer Grotpoll that his accent sounds more Rivington than Baldur's Gate ( +1)
Break the lock of the displacer beast's cage ( +1)
Try to help the Dying Stone Lord Thug ( +1)

Disapproval

Halsin dislikes any decisions that might involve hurting the natural world or supporting the existance and corruption of the shadow lands.

The following story and dialogue choices will cause Halsin to lose approval.

Spoiler warning! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.

Act Two

Playing Hide and seek with Oliver
Free the goblins when Z'rell prompts you to kill them
When entering Moonrise Towers, tell the guards you infiltrated Last Light

Romance

Halsin can be romanced

Romance Spoilers This section reveals details about romance and may contain mature themes.

His first scene can be accessed during Chapter Three. In the camp, and only if the player had successfully completed Lift the Shadow Curse before embarking on the Road to Baldur's Gate.

Halsin is polyamorous, and can be simultaneously romanced while in a romance with either Shadowheart or Astarion.

Halsin can also join in the event with the drow twins Sorn Orlith and Nym Orlith at Sharess' Caress.

Trivia

Halsin is voiced by Dave Jones.
Halsin was not originally slated to be a companion, but due to his popularity among fans, Larian Studios decided to add him as one.
Halsin did not obtain his scar in battle, but was marked by a she-bear he encountered while in wild shape form.
Halsin is noted to be much larger than normal for a Wood Elf, and speculates that he may have some Orc in his family tree.

Gallery

In EA
Halsin's favoured wild shape

External Links

Halsin on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

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