Editing Barcus Wroot

{{PageSeo
| title = Barcus Wroot
| description = Barcus Wroot is a Gnome Camp Follower in Baldur's Gate 3. He can be first found tied to a windmill and later enslaved at Grymforge.
| image = BarcusWroot-face.jpg
}}
{{Infobox creature
| name = Barcus
| role = [[Camp Follower]], [[Trader]]
| image = <gallery>
BarcusWroot-face.jpg|In-game
Portrait Barcus Wroot.png|Portrait
</gallery>
| race = [[Deep gnome]]
| hometown = [[Baldur's Gate]]<br>[[Underdark]] (former)
| occupation = Alchemist, Tinkerer, Adventurer
| level = 1
|initiative=0|size=Small|type=Medium|va=[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2872353 Dario Coates]|full name=Barcus Wroot|hp=20|ac=10|movement m=6|weight kg=35|str=10|dex=10|con=10|int=10|wis=10|cha=10|prof bonus=+2|passives=Superior Darkvision, Stone Camouflage, Gnome Cunning|t hp=26}}
'''Barcus Wroot''' is a somewhat unfortunate [[deep gnome]] who is searching for his friend, [[Wulbren Bongle]]. He can be first found stuck to a windmill in the [[Blighted Village]] and can later become a [[Camp Follower]].

==Overview==
===Background===
Barcus Wroot is a deep gnome who lived in the Underdark with his good friend Wulbren Bongle. Wulbren, and eventually Barcus, both left, Wulbren to places unknown and Barcus to the city of [[Baldur's Gate]].

While in the city, Barcus found a bloodied amulet that he had given to Wulbren before he left, compelling him to travel back home to the Underdark in search of him. 

=== Related Quests === 
* [[Rescue the Gnome]]
* [[Save the Grymforge Gnomes]].
* [[Rescue Wulbren]]
* [[Avenge the Ironhands]].

== Involvement ==
=== Act One ===

[[File:Barcus-flying.png|300px|thumb|left|The consequences of pulling the wrong lever. Barcus is the figure in the sky.]]

The party will encounter Barcus tied to a windmill being harassed by a group of [[goblin]]s led by [[Fezzerk]]. If the Goblins are defeated or convinced to leave, Barcus will demand to be untied. To rescue Barcus, the party must pull the '''Brake''' lever inside the windmill. Pulling the '''Release''' lever causes Barcus to be shot through the sky due to inertia and die. 

If rescued, depending on the [[race]] of the party member talking to him, Barcus will either surrender himself as a slave or ask the party what he can give them as a reward. He will explain he is looking for a friend who has gone missing and then take his leave.

If the party leaves the [[Wilderness]] map before resolving the situation at the windmill, Barcus can be found dead in the Blighted Village, as if the party used the '''Release''' lever.

If Barcus survives his predicament at the windmill, he will be found again at [[Grymforge]], where he has been enslaved by [[duergar]] led by [[Nere]]. If freed again, he will tell the party the person he is looking for is his friend Wulbren, who was taken to [[Moonrise Towers]]. Barcus can then be convinced to join the Camp on the way to Moonrise Towers, and become a Camp Follower.

If Barcus is in the camp for the celebration after the liberation of the [[Emerald Grove]] (i.e., if the three Goblin leaders are killed ''after'' rescuing Barcus from both the windmill ''and'' Grymforge) he can be persuaded to, with some reluctance, set off fireworks for the party.

=== Act Two ===
If Barcus is saved in [[Grymforge]], whether or not he joined as a camp follower, he can be found in the [[Last Light Inn]]. He behaves as a [[trader]] and will sell the following items:
* {{RarityItem|Acrobat Shoes}}
* {{RarityItem|Gloves of the Automaton}}
* {{RarityItem|Ring of Geniality}}

He will also gift the party the [[Brilliant Retort]] if they complete the quest [[Rescue Wulbren]].

=== Act Three ===
Barcus can be found with the rest of the Ironhand Gnomes in [[Angleiron's Cellar]]. He will ask the party not to help Wulbren, and to spare the Gondians. 

Later, if the Gondians are freed from the Steel Watch Foundry, Barcus can be persuaded into leading the Ironhand Gnomes instead of Wulbren.

== Speak with Dead ==
Barcus can be spoken to through the use of {{SAI|Speak with Dead}}.

'''Party member:''' Who are you?

* '''Barcus Wroot:''' Barcus... he... called... me... Barcus...

'''Party member:''' What happened to you?

* '''Barcus Wroot:''' Caught... by... goblins... killed... in... fray...

'''Party member:''' Tell me about any valuables you have.

* '''Barcus Wroot:''' My... pack... everything... I needed... to find him...

'''Party member:''' How did you come here?

* '''Barcus Wroot:''' Left... the... Underdark... way home... nearby...

'''Party member:''' What were you doing here?

* '''Barcus Wroot:''' Find... him...
** '''Party member:''' Who are you looking for?
*** '''Barcus Wroot:''' Wulbren... my... Wulbren...
**** '''Party member:''' Why do you need to find this Wulbren?
***** '''Barcus Wroot:''' Flame... in... the... dark... his amulet... found... bloodied...

== Notable loot ==
* {{MdRarityItem|Bloody Amulet}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Barcus' Log}}

== Notes ==
{{notebegin}}
* The Feather Fall effect will not prevent him from being killed when flung off the windmill. 
* One of the possible deaths for Barcus was shown in the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOWGnC3h9WQ&ab_channel=LarianStudios Baldur's Gate 3 Video Game Awards trailer] due to its popularity.
{{noteend}}

== External links ==
* {{FRWiki|Barcus Wroot|long}}

{{NavCompanions}}
{{Forest}}
{{Grymforge}}
{{Shadow-Cursed Lands}}
{{Rivington}}
[[Category: Gnomes]]
[[Category:Deep Gnomes]]
[[Category: Humanoids]]
[[Category: Characters]]
[[Category: Characters in Act One]]
[[Category: Characters in Act Two]]
[[Category: Characters in Act Three]]
[[Category: Characters in the Blighted Village]]
[[Category: Characters in the Shadow-Cursed Lands]]
[[Category: Characters in Grymforge]]
[[Category: Characters in Rivington]]
[[Category: Camp Followers]]
[[Category: Traders]]
[[Category: Available to Speak with Dead]]