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Baldur's Gate 3 Hag: Auntie Ethel Explained

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She sells potions to refugees at the Grove before the story reveals what she really is. Here is how the Mayrina thread plays out.

The Baldurs Gate 3 hag most people mean is Auntie Ethel — a fey hag posing as a trader in "potions, lotions, quirks, and sundries," voiced by Rena Valeh, and genuinely unsettling once the act runs its course.

Where she is

She moves as the story progresses:

  1. The Hollow at Emerald Grove — selling to Tiefling refugees at the start.
  2. Sunlit Wetlands — arguing with Mayrina's brothers, Johl and Demir, who accuse her of taking their sister.
  3. Riverside Teahouse — her actual lair, in the swamp.

The Save Mayrina questline

Reaching the Sunlit Wetlands triggers it. Ethel offers a bargain: hand over an eye and she will examine your tadpole — though she cannot actually remove it, whatever she implies.

Your options

  • Take the bargain and lose an eye.
  • Refuse and fight her directly, which she does not take well.
  • Negotiate for her hair instead, letting her slip away.
  • Push through to her lair, where Mayrina is being held, and beat her there.

Why she matters beyond the quest

Ethel is a full storyline, not a shop with a twist — how you handle her affects what happens to Mayrina and closes off or opens later interactions depending on whether she survives the encounter.