"... over 120 years after the events of 'Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn' and months after the events of 'Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus', the forces of darkness are rising again.
"The player is taken captive by the 'mind flayers', who have launched an invasion of 'Faerûn' They have implanted the protagonist, as well as a host of other creatures, with 'illithid tadpoles', parasites capable of transforming them into other mind flayers.
"However, before the mind flayers can transform their victims, the 'nautiloid' flying ship comes under attack and flees through multiple realms, including Avernus, the first of the 'Nine Hells'.
"The protagonist is freed during the fighting and steers the damaged ship back to Faerûn, where it crashes. As the protagonist searches for a way to remove the parasites, they encounter other survivors of the wreck including...
"...the human wizard 'Gale', the 'half-elf' cleric 'Shadowheart', the high elf rogue 'Astarion', the human warlock 'Wyll' and the githyanki fighter 'Lae'zel'..."
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