Should you kill Orin or Gortash first and why? (Spoilers)

[Ki11s0n3]

Just wondering cause I'm not sure. I never took the deal with Gortash and just said I'd think about it, but now I went to the Emperor's hideout and Orin confronted me saying they kidnapped Halsin unless I kill Gortash first.

I'm thinking of taking Orins deal since my character is good and I want to save me teammate, but are there any pros or cons to doing either? And can I put off killing either one until I finish all my side stuff since going to the Emperor's hideout is the first thing I did going into BG.

[DarkiPari]

I am faced with the exact same Problem! What did u do?

[Moonbane]

Doesnt matter, you can convince Orin to spare your about to be sacrificed companion in the temple of Bhaal, citing that bhaal wants her to fight you.

[Orion Invictus]

I've always killed Orin first because she's unstable, whereas Gortash is not. She's as likely to betray you as she is to keep her word, just for the hell of it. I'll try the opposite at some point, just to see what happens.

[retsam1]

Originally posted by DarkiPari:

I am faced with the exact same Problem! What did u do?

My first run through I rescued the captives in the underwater iron throne, took down the foundry, then I killed gortash as he was an easy kill by that point. You should then be 12 or much sooner be 12 too and thus Orin last. I'll probably do the same with my Dark Urge run through but for a different reason and not rescuing the throne mobs either.

[Knight]

Before encountering any of them, rescue the people from the underwater prison and disable the steel watch.
Then I think it would be good to get to Orin first. The endgame is located in her area so good to clear it first and saving your companion.
And then go to Gortash.
I had tried vice versa, but aside from changes in dialogue, I didn't see any changes.

[Moonbane]

Imho save the netherstone collections for the very last things to do, least annoyances when exploring Baldurs Gate. Becomes much more tedious post netherstones as you will have to deal with groups of mind flayers in some places.

[Mander]

Orin first for me.
Because no one take my teammate away from me.
She's also not in control of her own forces, and she can't be trusted: despite her promises of bringing her assassins to heel, the bhaalists are as active as ever in Baldur’s Gate.
Orin asap, then secondary / optional quests, then foundry, then Gortash.
Gortash is arguably the easiest to fight among the 3 chosens anyway.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

For me I went Orin, cuz gortash isn't rash and insane, he seems rather rational compared also my story directly involved her so I felt obliged.