If Sarevok was grown up when The pc was a child, how come in one of the solar dialog Gorion said he had to choose between Sarevok and the pc as children? This makes sense only if the pc is an elf and they are around 30 or 40, but then what about Imoen?
Sarevok was grown up when the protagonist was a child *from Sarevok's point of view*. This could very well mean that Sarevok felt you were 'boyish', ie - you haven't matured much emotionally compared to him.
Also, Gorion and Alianna say specifically that
you were a baby, but the spirit of Sarevok from that time is quite obviously a bit older than that. He could well have been 6 or 7 judging by his voice. But you were a baby, and we get the impression that you were very newly born (a year, maybe). Which allows a deviation of about 4 to 5 years between the PCs age and Sarevok's.
The BG1 intro says you are 20. This would make Sarevok 24-25. You have lived in seclusion, in candlekeep, all of your life. You have an emotional attachment to Gorion still. Sarevok in that time has been wondering about Faerûn all his life, growing up, maturing. Which would fit in with you being 'boyish' in his eyes.
"You and Sarevok are products of the time of troubles". This could quite easily mean that Sarevok was born toward the beggining of the Time of Troubles, and you toward the end. From other in-game evidance, I get the impression that the Time of Troubles lasted for quite a while, and simply reached it's climax in 1358 DR. This would also allow for a few years deviation in age between "products of the time of troubles".
And with Bhaal esscence possibly making you mature faster, think about it carefully -
this would have to be true. If the PC is an Elf, a Dwarf, or even a Gnome (possibly a halfling aswell), and they aged at the normal rate for their race, at 20 years old (from the BG1 intro speech to Candlekeep), you wouldn't be out of nappies yet. Infact,
you wouldn't know how to crawl or make gurgling and crying sounds yet. Therefore, the PC *must* have aged faster to be able to walk around so readily at 20 years old, unless the PC is human. If the PC must have had this effect of the taint, then it is not only possible, but also quite probable, that other Bhaalspawn have been affected in similar ways.
On the issue of the Bhaal essence, Solar seems very certain that yours is the last. As a direct servant of Ao,
Solar would have a good chance of being right about something like this. Mellisan is also quite sure that she has all of it in her collection, ready to meld to herself. She would also have a good chance of knowing, being a former priestess to Bhaal, and the one who knows the rites to bring him back, she would know how much esscence there should be collected there.
What happens to Viekang if you teleport him out of Saradush ?? Well, there's nothing to say he didn't teleport to Amkethran, where Balthazar promptly found him, gave him a speech about getting rid of bhaalspawn, and killed him. BUT, there could also be another explanation - Mellisan removed his fear, you had to cause him fear magically to allow him to teleport. If this doesn't cause him to get scared again without magic, then maybe - just maybe - those hunters finally caught up to him. Or maybe, it was Balthazar who was after Viekang all along, and the hunters are his monks ??
What happened to Sarevok ?? Nothing. He isn't a Bhaalspawn anymore.
What happened to Imoen ?? Since Mellisan hasn't actually begun the final rites (she needs *your* esscence aswell), she could very well have gotten Imoen
after you destroyed your Pocket Plane, unless Imoen is with you at the time, in which case she doesn't need to.
What happened to Chinchilla, Tibit, Merlinious and Toop the Brave ?? Someone killed them, ofcourse.
What about the child of the protagonist ?? Quayle (your son by Aerie) is young enough to be stripped of the esscence by the gods without him dying. Or maybe he just got his soul from his mother's side?
As for your son by Viconia, from what I understand (= correct me if I'm wrong), he doesn't appear
until the epilogue, meaning he is born after your esscence is removed from you. Meaning, he probably won't have any. Or, again, his soul may have come from his mother's side.
On the most ancient continuity issue of "why can Imoen and Sarevok be resurected, aren't they Bhaalspawn too ??", Sarevok is *not* a Bhaalspawn (by his own words he doesn't have enough essence in him), and while he still *is* a Bhaalspawn (ie, in Bg1) he does dissolve. He is resurected only by your power in the Throne of Blood. As for Imoen, since the taint affects everyone differently, it could be a uniquity for Imoen that her taint can be called back from the abyss, and that it doesn't go into her *physical* self. Which would also explain how she can give it up willingly when she doesn't have the amount of power that you do in the Blood Throne. Although, this wouldn't exactly be a uniquity - I believe that there is another Bhaalspawn who's body doesn't dissolve when they die. No points for guessing exactly *who*.
Infact, in the whole game (well, the main storyline atleast), I have only two issues with continuity: why, why, why does Irenicus have
two copies of his first Journal ?? And why is one of them in a
barrel ??