Talk:Canon/@comment-83.245.210.54-20191114065723/@comment-3045005-20191114115120

This wiki is about the games, not the novels. It is impossible for the novels to be considered primary canon because of all the numerous errors and inaccuracies.

As just one example noted on this wiki, Minsc is described as as having long, red hair and a patchy orange beard. He is also not a warrior. Should we go to Minsc's character page and put a note under his portrait that says this is not his canon appearance? Note that his character class in the game is wrong?

Jaheira dies in the first book, even though she's incredibly important in Shadows of Amn (the game at least). The game makes it clear that certain characters were very present in the hero's life during the events of the first game, because they're right there waiting for you at the beginning of the second.

This wiki also states that Wizards has gone back and started retconning their statement in recent years. Additionally the Enhanced Editions have added further content that enhances the canon of the games, especially in Siege of Dragonspear, about what happens to many characters and how they behave, their personalities, etc. It seems silly to call a new primary source of canon (a new video game in the series) automatically non-canon because it doesn't match a book that was written before the release of the actual sequel.