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Meet Veilyn, a cunning drow warlock with a dark past. This mod adds a unique companion featuring custom dialogues, a recruitment event, environmental reactivity, and an unfolding quest line: The Bloodletter. Proof of Concept only – future updates will add full voice acting, expanded quests, and more!

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Community Note: Veilyn's custom assets are under renovation!
Please enjoy Veilyn with the default drow hair and a certain Loviator priest's scars while you wait!


CURRENT VERSION 1.1
- Proof of Concept -

This custom companion mod brings a fresh ally into your party — a drow warlock with a shadowy past and uncertain future that will unfold alongside your journey. Veilyn offers players familiar elements of engaging, reactive dialogue, moral complexity, and choices that resonate throughout the campaign. Veilyn’s story will add a new experience for players looking to bring something new to their next playthrough.

The initial version (v1.0.1.26) is a proof of concept, showcasing Veilyn’s recruitment and introducing key features that will allow this mod to succeed in further updates. Three acts worth of narrative are completely written and just waiting for implementation!

- Features -

  • Companion or Origin: Decide to recruit Veilyn as a companion or play through his story from his own perspective as a brand new origin character.
  • Recruitment Event: Discover Veilyn through an initial recruitment event that sets the tone for his story.
  • Custom Dialog: A demonstration of new and edited dialogs both as a companion and as an origin character. Check out his character introduction on the CC page!
  • Environmental Reactivity: Watch Veilyn react to specific in - game environments, NPCs, and major events. (Minimal Act 1 reactivity at present).
  • Custom Quest: The Bloodletter: Embark on the beginnings of Veilyn’s unique companion quest, The Bloodletter. Currently there is only a single quest trigger, but more will come with future updates.
  • Camp Tents: Take Veilyn with you from Act 1 all the way to Act 3 and see his place in camp change with your adventure.
  • Add or dismiss from your party: Whether you wish for his company on the road or for another face by the campfire, Veilyn can join your fight on your word.
  • Active Leveling: Veilyn will level with you!
  • Custom Items: Uncover Veilyn's past through unique items he carries with him.




Instructions on Use:
1. Download this mod
2. Download ImpUI
2. Load both to the game via Bg3 Mod Manager
4. Start a new campaign (Veilyn cannot join an existing campaign)
5. Play! (Make sure you have room in your party when you go to recruit him!)

This mod is NOT Mac-OS compatible at this point in time. Apologies.

This mod should be compatible with most mods (CC mods, custom armors, custom weapons, new classes, custom dice) however is currently untested and conflicts may arise. If this mod is not working, disable your other mods before reporting a problem. Mod compatibility is not currently a priority (but will be revisited later), sorry!

WARNING: This mod is incomplete and primarily serves to demonstrate custom dialogues, character interactions, recruitment, and environmental reactivity as well as initiate the first stages of Veilyn's unique quest, The Bloodletter. Currently, only parts of Veilyn's content are playable, but further updates aim to craft a fully immersive companion experience. Nothing presented in this mod is a final version.


If you’re ready for an ally who brings mystery, danger, and a bit of unpredictability to your party, Veilyn may be the companion you’ve been waiting for!




Future Goals

  • The Bloodletter: Custom Companion Mod aims to become a fully realized experience, with additional features planned for future releases:
  • Voiced Lines: Bring Veilyn to life with fully voiced dialogues, adding depth to his personality and story.
  • Expanded Questline: The Bloodletter will unfold across multiple acts, offering players meaningful choices
    that will influence Veilyn’s fate and the world around him.
  • Additional Subquests: Delve into Veilyn’s dark past, learn about his pact and navigate conflicts with powerful foes in the Underdark.
  • New Items: Discover unique items tied to Veilyn’s lore, including cursed artifacts, powerful weapons, and quest-related rewards.
  • In-Depth Character Reactions: More dynamic responses to the player’s actions, including approval-based dialogue changes, combat banter, and unique responses to major story events.
  • New Locations: Explore brand new maps and terrains rife with interesting NPCs connected to Veilyn’s history.
  • Custom Romance: Unlock an exclusive romance path with unique interactions (and animations).
  • New Dialogues for Existing Companions: Veilyn will interact with other party members, adding party dynamics and story depth. (Note, we do not condone the use of AI voices, and you will never find an AI voice used within this mod. All voiced lines are from the talented voice actors contributing to this project)
  • Approval Ratings: Detailed reactions to the player's choices, affecting Veilyn’s dialogue and relationship path.


Veilyn will continue to develop with each update, evolving into a fully voiced, highly interactive companion with a complex, branching narrative. This is an early-stage build with limited content — expect future updates for a complete experience!
This mod will be released in increments.

Modders' Collaboration: Interested in contributing?
Join us to help bring Veilyn's story to life!

We’re looking for animators, voice artists, developers, 3D artists and modelers, beta testers,
and any other skills you'd like to offer (including emotional support)!
To become a Voice Actor, check out the Project's Casting Call.
You can reach out to Plouton - the Head developer, through discord via DM,
or in the Down By the River, or Moonglasses BG3 Modding servers.





Thank You & Credits

A special thanks to all who provided feedback and suggestions, as well as to our supporters and the modding community. This project wouldn’t be possible without you!


I'd like to offer special shout outs to the amazing team who's helped me already:
Crocuta, Mothwood, Shapooda (thank you for designing the cover Thumbnail!), Magnetuning, BG3AddictedGal, Requaze
My incredibly talented voice acting team: SadakoTetsuwan (Narrator) and Coming soon: Elena (Karlach) and JayParker (Halsin) 
Huge thank you to my beta tester and bug fixer: Haunter
To the team over at Moonglasses, without which this mod would be far slower to develop: Yves, Paaske, Moezilla, Mitpeck and to all the others who have lent an ear.


And to the pillars of the Modding community:

Larian Studios: For the making of Baldur's Gate 3 and being an inspirational gaming company! 
Wizards of the Coast: For creating this incredible world, lore, and encouraging and inspiring creativity in those who have the pleasure of playing in their sandbox.
Laughing Leader: For the ever essential BG3 Modding Manager
Norbyte: For making wonderful and useful modding tools, for saving the BG3 modding world during Early Access Update 3 and for the Script Extender!
ShinyHobo: For making BG3 Modders Multitool and all of its lovely improvements.
MoonGlasses: For the unlocked and ever improving toolkit that makes a project like this so much more feasible.
Fetish, Narik, Mirandnyan, Frizi, and CrucibleGaming
Magnetuning: For both all their assistance with dialog and timelines, and for their invention of the BG3 Dialog Timeline Updater, which remains an essential piece of introducing new dialog to the game.