Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is an action role-playing video game set in the city of Baldur's Gate. The player, who has come to town with nothing but a sword on their back, must face off against the looming darkness that threatens the city and its people. With rumors of a civil war between thieves' guilds brewing beneath the streets, it is up to the player to protect Baldur's Gate and Sword Coast from this powerful evil.