Quote Originally Posted by Clertar View Post
In a recent panel they also revealed that the game will start in Avernus, in the middle of the Blood War, before moving back to Faerūn, in the area near Balgur's Gate that we had seen. So far, I like how they lean into FR lore for the plot, rather than using it as a generic fantasy setting sprinkled with FR details.
The gameplay video they showed earlier this year contradicts this. It showed the first couple hours of the game, and the Nine Hells were nowhere in sight. I took their reference to Avernus to mean that the game would follow the events of Descent into Avernus like the previous games followed the Time of Troubles, not that it'd actually start there.