The story revolves around battling rival spawn and making choices between godhood or mortality within an epic narrative focused on power and morality. This pre-2001 BioWare title avoids any themes of systemic oppression or identity politics, sticking instead to traditional fantasy conflict and personal destiny. The expansion continues the strictly heterosexual romance options from Shadows of Amn, available only between male protagonists and characters like Aerie, Jaheira, or Viconia, or female protagonists with Anomen.

There are no queer options, gender-agnostic romances, pronoun selections, or nonbinary elements in the original release. Developed without DEI consultancy or activist intent, the game features party members drawn from D&D lore with organic fantasy diversity but no forced identity-focused subplots or modern character-creation mechanics.