Ketheric Thorm | Forsaken
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- čas přidán 16. 09. 2023
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"I'll tell you a story, True Soul. About a man who sold himself piece by piece."
JK Simmons is a master of his profession.
Baldurs Gate 3 is a game, where you can enjoy the story and characters, the voice acting of which is beyond praise. I really liked the whole location dedicated to Ketheric and how with every new corner I explored I found new details about this character.
Music:
Secession Studios - Eternity Beyond Forever
• Epic Choir Music - Ete...
Composer: Greg Dombrowski
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Ketheric honestly was the best villain altogether. He had the best area, the scariest aesthetic, his buildup was better than the others, his boss fight was by far the best and most challenging (but surpisingly never felt cheap). He deserved to be the final boss.
Raphael is the only thing in the game that gives Ketheric a run for his money... I'd be hard pressed to pick between them.
@@richardconnor2871 for me it´s raphael. the music theme, how the archive guy told you with a laugh how fucked you are. you think how hard can it be. and then the fight starts and you have like him+ a bunch of cambions+yugir in your face. without hope and not able to turn yugir, good luck true soul.
I’d love to say I think it was deliberate that the other two were underwhelming by comparison.
But it works regardless. He’s a general, he’s got history, he’s been there, seen everything and he’s wise and strong because of it. Gortash is younger and arrogant so makes mistakes. Orin is bloodthirsty and blind to weakness as a result. This makes Ketheric the most dangerous of all of them.
J. K. Simmons did an amazing job as Ketheric
Right? I came here because I heard someone mention he was in it. Even now, knowing it's him, I still can't hear it. The dude is an impressive professional.
“I have a price to pay for my power, it will cost me your life…for my own, I have already paid”
Yooo That shit was hardddddd..... "Power like mine cannot be hidden....ot cannot be cowled...". I about pissed myself im still on my first playthrough.and just fought him w no spoliers or anything....it was the most badass shit ever... I cant imgaine harley quinn and greasy sauske being more badass them him....who tf is more badass than omniman for a final villian??? Idk i just feel like he should of been the end game as cool as it was but i havnt finished the game yet.... Lmfao i romanced gale so he didnt have to suicide bomb lol
"I will kill you now. And then I will raise you as my servant."
The way he said it so calmly and softly... Amazing voice acting.
@@crusade5886 JK Simmons is the best.
The necromancers in this game give me chills. They talk about raising your corpse like a typical thing that they're happy to do, and it's delivered so cleanly each time it always catches me off-guard.
This masterpiece of a tribute serves to highlight the criminally small amount of screen time granted to Ketheric Thorm in BG3. I was left wanting for more of him long after his part concluded, and it’s incredible how you made such an enthralling video despite the small amount of content he has. Amazing work, as always!!
Thank you so much for kind of words!
WE NEED A KETHRIC STORM DLC! Better yet, an entire Kethric Storm game.
I'm serious.
Imagine a game based around his fall. Imagine meeting his family in life, experiencing the war with the Harpers and druids and the bringing down of the Shadow Curse.
@@PaulRGauthier imagine playing as a younger halsin and jaheira marching on to defeat ketheric thorm
they had to tight the budget after hiring JK 🥲
Actually i would have preferred if there was just ONE villain. Ketheric Thorm.
You would meet him first at the Moonrise Towers but cant kill him until the end of the game in the ultimate BOSS BATTLE.
One villain with more screentime is way better than 3 with short screentime. You can give him way more time to build up his story.
And as a player you can truly hate (or love) him.
Who else could even REMOTELY get the smooth coldness of ketheric thorn but JK Simmons. Every thing that man touches is a fucking masterpiece.
“I have no mercy *LEFT* in me”
Damn that’s terrifying
I love this character, probably the best of the Chosen Three.
He is the best hands down.
For sure. They honestly did a disservice by not making him the final boss.
@@TraceurRyuk Maybe a branching story? Depending on your actions you either boost the nether-brains plan or the Kethrics. He was very cool.
@@ukaszlampart5316 choice is a pure illusion in the game, none of your choices end up changing much even in the act the choice occurs in.
@@thenecromancer8805 Sure they do, characters live or die, hundreds if not thousands of lines of dialogs and animations change etc. Expecting the game to completely change directions based on choices made is unreasonable but you can influence lots of things. Yes, the choices dont change many of the major outcomes but there are so many small changes to locations and characters.
I feel what you did and didnt do over the game mostly shows its consequences in act 3.
The voice acting of Ketheric Thorm is a masterpiece. And your edit is awesome!
Thank you so much!
JK Simmons for you. I’m guessing he’s the highest paid and profile voice actor in the game.
God the part where Gortash talks down to Ketheric like a disappointed parent... Coldness and Cruelty aside, you feel bad for him, he's lost almost everything at this point.
It automatically made me despise Gortash, just by that first scene, so good design choice for both I guess
And automatically shows the character of “the tyrant” - that and eventually walking back into the audience hall and seeing all the nobles and patriars murdered
@@monicabellu9566i love Gortash on the other hand. Ketheric is a tragic hero, relatable, he is like Arthas but his whole theme is losing his wife and daughter and turning to the worst gods to bring them back. I'm unsure why Isobel managed to return but not his wife? But Isobel is proof that Ketheric would still be an evil man, but maybe he would off himself once he realised that he is cancer to the two people he loves. He cared for Isobel but he never did anything good for her.
Gortash is just a charismatic motherfucker, if he would just apologize to Karlach and actually came up with a good reason why he betrayed her i would never kill him if i could tbh.
Orin is just insane and i guess fitting because she represents insane god and the worst of them three. So i say Ketheric and Gortash have redeeming values or at least are worth keeping around if you had the choice to, because they are cool. Orin look cool but she is batshit insane and would betray you and no amount of goodness she would ever appreciate. Ketheric could be beaten into sense, just take away all his powers and make that man return to his family(Isobel at this point I guess, unless his wife can be brought back too). Gortash is just typical rich guy, he is quite smart and does a lot of good when it benefits him. He isn't totally evil and imo you can easily control him. He doesn't try his luck to betray his equals or betters, so as long as you feed his ego and power he would play the role you give him which is honestly refreshing to see a villain that has some sense of dignity and rules i guess.
I'll be honest...when I read the note after the battle, I cried. I can only imagine how far a father would go for his daughter...
Really get the feeling baldurs gate 3 is gonna get game of the year
Game of the decade.
Ngl
After playing both games for hundreds of hours I seriously think this game is overestimated. There's so much of this game that feels unfinished, lazy, or difficult to play. Starfield feels more polished and defined. Both games have there ups and downs but it's always after the story which one brings you back. This game has an ending. A finality. While Starfield is more open.
@@franciscoaguirre96You are seriously comparing BG3 to Starfield… that in itself shows you’ll never ever be taken seriously.
@@franciscoaguirre96Probably trolling if you are comparing the two games.
Ketheric is how you do a good villain. Gortash is just some sad joke, you dont respect him (as a person, still good written tyrant). And Orin is doing like Kylo Ren being a whiny fangirl of her grandpa( stil beautyfully written character, not like kylo ren) , but ketheric is someone you respect, someone you fear, that sends shivers down your spine in every cutscene you see him in. He truly didnt get the screentime he deserved.
Because Ketheric has a real human purpose that we can get behind he just wants his daughter back and in exchange he would grant his master anything something many fathers would do, Gortash just wants power which is a pretty bland reason but you know hes still fucking cool and orin just wants to kill everything because shes crazy. I think ketheric's humanity is what makes him the best of the chosen
GrandpaDad
I still think he is stupid for that. For Death is not a curse but a blessing.
Oh god your really making my favorite anime protagonist look cringe @@faessle4067
Ketheric Thorm made a great villain, largely due to J.K. Simmons voice acting. However, Dame Aylin was the one I was terrified of. That century of torture, being killed over and over and drained of her immortality, no human could come out of that sane. Even though she's a Demigod, she's cracked, barely holding it together. I know a lot of people didn't like her because of her actions, but honestly I thought she was acting pretty reasonable for someone who was repeatedly killed for 100 years. Ketheric had a goal, and he was willing to go to great lengths to accomplish that goal, but he was still a reasonable man, as shown by the final showdown. Dame Aylin felt like she could snap at any moment, the craziness was right there, boiling under the surface, unable to be reasoned with and unable to control herself. I don't know, I may be remembering wrong. All I know is that I wanted to spare Ketheric, but I wanted to get as far away from Aylin as possible.
Ketheric is one of those characters that becomes more interesting each playthrough, First I saved aylin, second I kill her, third I allow balthazar to transport her, different results each time. Fantastic dialogue.
Which option do you like best?
Ketheric felt the most real of the three to me. Orin just wanted murder for the sake of murder, death for deaths sake. Gortash wanted control because he's a sociopathic power hungry tyrant. but ketheric did almost everything he ever did for love. or for honor. or to uphold a vow. He mostly acts in service to others not himself, a quality of a good leader. it shows how far he has fallen from who he once was.
Having a family makes his story hit extra hard
Ketheric was the only one of the three who didn't start off as evil. He got dealt a crap hand and fell towards evil one small step at a time.
@@mservice5229 Gortash didn't either. Not to spoil anything but you can actually find his parents in the city, learn what they did to him, where he was taken and by whom, and what was done to him as a child.
@@koil3s He was sold into slavery as a child and punished his parents when he took power by locking them into a mind prison.
I don't think it's the same as falling from grace, but just being born into a crappy situation and letting it shape you is different from leaving a full good life and falling to evil near the end.
(spoilers btw) all of the chosen were dealt crappy hands, Orins own mother tried to kill her, which probably really fucked her up as a child, Gortash was sold to Rafael and was powerless for his defining years of his life, and Ketheric lost his wife and daughter. Ketheric is my favorite of the tree, just for how fleshed out he is. The entire act/area is devoted basically to him
Kethric Thorm is the villain that had me in shambles when it was over. I genuinely wish I could’ve talked more to my companions with my conflicted thoughts on wanting to save him.
Even though I had 10 allies in my camp, I had never felt so alone in my experience playing BG3.
I love aesthetic of the Shadowlands so much. I'm an absolute sucker for dark magic post-apocalytic wastelands. Really gives you thr sense that you're traversing a dead world
'Isobel...'
That ancient rothe in grymforge is so epic sounding
When crusade makes a tribute on a character that's how you know they are written well 🔥🔥
Sadly Kethric was underused imo
Oh my god have we been missing out on J.K. Simmons voicing epic villains in video games.. I hope he finds his way into more epic games.
“I’ll tell you a story…” *chills*
He deserves to be the main antagonist in his own movie. He’s one of the most memorable and badass villains I’ve seen in a long time.
Actually one of my favorite characters in the entire game, possibly even number 1
One of the best characters in BG3. His story utterly broke my heart...
him and Raphael are definitely the best voiced imo
Ketheric Thorm is one of the best villains I've ever seen in gaming, Jk Simmons did a damn good job portraying him.
That "try again" makes my my breath hitch every time. They really knew how to make an impact on the player, the lead up to the "invincible Ketheric Thorm" in every story beat pays off so beautifully when you finally meet him. Obviously, there's characters described as fearful that we knock down pretty easily, but the impact of SHOWING us his invincibility before it's broken really hits well.
Absolutely STUNNING!!! Wonderful tribute to the darkest of antagonist ♥️
Thank you so much!
I absolutely clattered him 😂 and was doing it on tactician and completely dismantled the cultist before we even got to him - piece by piece (took out his hound, Balthazar before even met them 😂). It was epic. I still tried to give him redemption. I crippled them so bad that was only like 4 cultist left defending at the front of Moonrise when you charged in . It does feel like he should have been the final boss especially with Myrkel surprise turn up for me. Simmons was epic!
Great epic tribute
Thank you so much!
Words can’t describe how epic of a video this was. Holy shit, the power of your editing is 🔥🔥🔥 the effort that went into this?! Holy fuck man LMAO I’m sitting here in awe, rewatched this like 3 times already. This is AMAZING, dude!! Do you have any other plans for BG3 GMVs? You deserve way more views.
Glad you liked it, thank you so much for such words!
I was thinking about a couple more videos on BG3, one video about some character and one about the whole story, but I haven't finished the game completely yet:)
@@crusade5886 Whatever you plan, I subbed and am looking forward to it
@@crusade5886will you do a tribute of murder drones ?
Ketheric was amazing as a heel and I hope other studios take notes from Larian on writing a great character.
This was soooooooooo so so so cool. Easiest way to phrase it, I loved how you put this all together. Ketheric's such a good villain. This was such a good video. Thanks for putting it all together
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it
Really good video. You captured the essence and complexities of Ketheric.
Any chance we can get Raphael next?
Thank you so much! I haven't finished the game yet:)
I've only just finished Act 2, but I know for sure that Ketheric's speech about his fall is the best speech in the game. Nothing can top that
Gave me chills 🙌🏻 so well done!
Thank you so much!
This is the video that made me buy bg3! I have put several hundred hours into this game.
Such a captivating video elevating an amazing story!
Thank you so much!
I wish he was in it more, goated voice actor fr
Oh my god, this is insane, thank you!
THIS IS SOOO WELLL DONE!!
Now I must play this game for him!
You did an absolutely incredible job with this.
Thank you so much!
What an experience. What art! Holy shit, man! This was absolutely breathtaking. Fucking well done, you really got talent!
This feels like a professional trailer for a game, wow dude nice editing.😊
Thank you so much!
This is an awesome edit. Well done! ❤
Thank you so much!
Beautiful edit
Dude, that was good. I just finished Act 2 and that was such an interesting rehash of his character.
Thank you so much!
This edit is incredible. I felt the terror and awe I first felt playing against Ketheric. Kudos.
Thank you so much!
I would also like one about Raphael. Better than Gortash/Orin together. Or at least one of Minthara or Viconia DeVir. Maybe Shadowheart has also some potential with her two story arch possibilities -- either become a will-less puppet of Shar or defy her goddess and change completely. Together with her past that gives some tragic narrative.
This is perfect amazing job man
Thank you so much!
@@crusade5886 I just want to let you know that I watch this video everyday it's just that perfect
what a lost true love would do to a man, it's just sad
“it will cost me your life. for my own, i have already paid”
He was a really good villain. I wish he had more screen time though instead of having to learn most of his story through other characters and through exploration.
Just realized J.K. Simmons is his voice actor.
Necromni-man: THINK, TAV ! THINK !
Sick tribute!
I wish he had a bigger story in the game. Great villain.
Awesome job.
Bro really wants those pictures of spiderman
Im on Ketherick Honor mode right now and this video is what I watched before fighting him.
Ketheric Thorm deserved better than life and his daugther gave him.....
Just Brilliant
This is amazing!
Thank you so much!
dang, jj seems really adamant about getting those pictures of spiderman
My favourite way of playing this game is as an evil oathbraker paladin-warlock, with book of thay spells, a kind of necromancer warrior. Very satisfing
Would you hate a man truly for doing all in sake of his daughter? Such a man with such great motivation and drive that he destroys himself for only to see his daughters happiness? No, he is a man, at the end of the day, who had strayed from man kind and was turned blind to his own actions in the name of said daughter, one who fights him even now, knowing that he has been lost to the same being he gave all for just so she may come back, come back to him..... Ketheric Thorm..... your a fool of a man, yet a man i will show respect to none the less due to your deeds of family, nothing more, and nothing less
Him siding with Myrkul is something that can be understood, but we should not forget what he has done under Shar.
Instead of grieving properly, he did countless crimes to forget Isobel. But Shar isn't the kind of godess to give you what you want. Who in their good mind imprisons their daughter in law and condemns them to a fate where they are killed over and over?
No, he went too far. Beyond too far. The only redeemable quality he has is that he essentially sold his soul to bring his daughter back, and even that was a selfish choice.
what a masterpiece!
pretty good editing my friend!
Thank you so much!
This, This right here... THIS is how you make a perfect villain
Holy shit- this is a fucking masterpiece. Subscribed
Thank you so much!
You might've included the bits where you talk him down somewhat and he admits he's fucked up and reflects on his wife Melodia a bit. It's not a big deal but adds some more flavor to him, humanizes him a bit more in a way Orin and Gortash just can't.
What a man. It's literally Count Dooku but in BG3 universe. I wish I had noticed the priestess was his daughter so I wouldn't have killed the nightsong for the equipment. Worst decision I've made so far. I felt like shit after it
That was so damn good.
I feel like he may come back in some form or another because as far as I can tell this man die before and yet still somehow came back, maybe just maybe will see him again.
I’m part of the very small minority who really didn’t like JK Simmons as Ketheric (besides a handful of lines), but this edit made me like Ketheric more as a villain. Great job.
Ketheric is a tragic villain. I wish that they didn't just tempt us with redemption and allowed us to recruit him but I see how that could break the story.
Let me break it down for you, Tav. 🕺
woah, can i request something for Gortash?? this is so beautifully put together
the true hero of the entire game. gods...he deserved it all.
Holy shit this is good editing :))
Thank you so much!
WoW
Great!
Till the end, he remains a paladin that fights to uphold his love for his family. No matter what kind of gods he served, its only to make sure his daughter is safe.
Cautionary tale for those who serve the gods and become pawns in their game.
Jk simmons was cooking
Shit, this give me shivers
Is this a Larian promotion video or self-made? Really wondering! It is so good!
Thank you! The video was made by me from the gameplay that I recorded
@@crusade5886 Wow! 🤩
Do one for Raphael!
1st playthrough I just did an all-out attack on Moonrise Towers with Jaheira so I didn't get a lot of these cutscenes. Oh well, time for a Durge playthrough...
oh my god... nice...
We are copper pieces in their belts, tokens to be traded for scraps.
Awesome. Please one for Orin :)
Thank you so much!
Ketheric was the best part of bg3
Now for the rest of the Thorm family....
I believe that General Ketheric Thorm is gonna be one of the best video game villains right next to these top 20 baddies:
- Handsome Jack from Borderlands 2.
- Glados from Portal 2.
- Officer Frank Tenpenny from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
- Sal Marcano from MAFIA 3.
- Ganondorf from Legend of Zelda.
- Vladimir Makarov from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
- Vaas Montenegro from FAR CRY 3.
- Pagan Min from FAR CRY 4.
- Joseph Seed from FAR CRY 5.
- Anton Castillo from FAR CRY 6.
- Dutch van der Linde from Red Dead Redemption.
- Shao Kahn from Mortal Kombat.
- Jonathan Irons from Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
- Albert Wesker from Resident Evil 5.
- Senator Armstrong from Metal Gear.
- Lionel Starkweather from Manhunt.
- Mother Miranda from Resident Evil 8: Village.
- Chris Walker from Outlast.
- Raul Menendez from Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.
- Doctor Nefarious from Ratchet and Clank!
And Irenicus in BG2
best character
the guy at 3:50 sounds like kenobi
Oh my god yes! I thought the same thing
I was expecting Korn's music video.
Would love if someone made a Thorm build :D any tips?
3:16 what is he wearing on his hands and chest..? very cool looking never saw.. beat the game many times 100s hours played lol