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Some differences between source novels and an adaptation in a videogame Videogame

• Baldur's Gate changed some tropes for drow and Rashemen people compared to source material (novels, manuals etc.). The drow originally had brownish to black skin, while the game popularized them having striking noticeable blue skin, ranging from graysh to silver blue and dark blue.
• Rashemen was a country essentially based on Eastern Europe, but with prominents elements from Tatar, Turkish, Sami, and Ugric culture. The game introduced the idea of an expy of Russia through Minsc, which was later brought again in Neverwinter Nights 2.
• Minsc in particular is notable because he is characteristically bald, while in the lore baldness was virtually non-existant in the culture of Rashemen, as the Rashemi people took great pride in their long hair (interestingly, the reviled novels are based on very early drafts of the game, where Minsc was described as long haired).
• Another change is in the "witches of Rashemen" that lead the country. In the lore, the wychlaran always wear masks, and are strictly chosen from the free tribes of Rashemen that directly descend from the Raumviran ethnic group, which was strictly related to the Sossrim, which were northerners with pale skin said to be related with the Frost People. The game introduced Dynaheir, a black woman (meaning she was either the daughter of immigrants, adopted from foreigners, or a freed slave, all concepts that were not characteristical of Rashemen and its witches), as the first wychlaran for many players. Masks are never mentioned.
• Then we have the red wizards of Thay, who always shave their heads if they are not naturally bald. The game introduces Edwin, who has thick hair. As if he and Minsc swapped the supposed fashion.

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