Editing Confront the Elder Brain

'''Confront the Elder Brain''' is a [[quest]] in [[Chapter Three]] of Baldur's Gate 3.

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==Objectives==

* Follow the Chosen to Baldur's Gate.
** We can thwart the Chosen of the Dead Three by taking control of the elder brain - but will we use that control to liberate or to conquer? ** ** Whatever the answer, it lies in Baldur's Gate.
* Obtain the three Netherstones.
** We have finally arrived in Baldur's Gate. To face the elder brain, we must obtain the Netherstones from the three Chosen. We already have Ketheric's Netherstone.
** We have obtained Orin's Netherstone.
** We have obtained Gortash's Netherstone.
* Meet Gortash at the Morphic Pool.
** We made a deal with Gortash. He is waiting for us under the city at the Morphic Pool, where the elder brain feeds.
* Face the elder brain.
** The elder brain killed Gortash and we took his Netherstone.
** With all three Netherstones in our possession, it is time to go to the Morphic Pool and face the elder brain. We should head to the sewers.
** The time has come to face the elder brain.
* Talk to the Emperor.
** We tried to dominate the elder brain, but it has become too powerful to submit to orders. The Emperor might know what went wrong.
* Get a mind flayer on your side.
** We drove the Emperor away - it has joined sides with what we now know to be a Netherbrain.
** We struck a deal with Raphael. He will give us the Orphic Hammer to free Orpheus - our last chance to defeat the Netherbrain - and, in exchange, we will give him the Crown of Karsus when we triumph.
** We have freed Orpheus from the globe of domination.
** We learned that only a mind flayer will be capable of wielding the stones to dominate what we now know to be a Netherbrain.
* Face the Netherbrain again.
** We have become illithid. We should now be able to dominate the Netherbrain.
** Orpheus has become a mind flayer. We should now be able to dominate the Netherbrain.
** Karlach has become a mind flayer. We should now be able to dominate the Netherbrain.
** We gave the Netherstones to the Emperor. We should now be able to dominate the Netherbrain.
** The Emperor gave us a Supreme Tadpole, which will transform whomever consumes it into a mind flayer. If we are to defeat the Netherbrain, we must have a mind flayer on our side.
* Get to the Netherbrain.
** The Netherbrain has made its way to the High Hall. We are going to have to fight or sneak our way through to reach it.
** We reached the brain stem. It's time to climb up and end this once and for all.
** We made the ultimate sacrifice and became illithid. We should now be able to control the Crown once we reach the Netherbrain.
** Karlach made the ultimate sacrifice and became a mind flayer. We should now be able to control the Crown once we reach the Netherbrain.
** The Netherbrain has made its way to the High Hall. We are going to have to fight or sneak our way through to reach it.
*  Reach the Crown of Karsus.
** The Crown sits atop the Netherbrain, sending out an intense, pulsing aura. It's now or never: we must take control of the Crown of Karsus.
** Karlach made the ultimate sacrifice and became a mind flayer. We need to help her so she can cast Karsus' Compulsion on the Crown.
** We made the ultimate sacrifice and became illithid. We need to cast Karsus' Compulsion on the Crown.
* Enter the portal to the Netherbrain's psyche.
** We successfully cast Karsus' Compulsion and can now enter what looks to be the Netherbrain's psyche manifested as a plane of existence.
* Bring the Netherbrain to heel.
** We're in the mind of the Netherbrain, where its unbreakable will is manifested in physical form. If we can break it, we can bring the Netherbrain to heel.
* We conquered our parasites, defeated the Netherbrain, and took control of our own destinies. We did it. We won. We won!

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