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[[File:Tadpoling Centre.png|400px|thumb|right|Tadpoling Centre, with Neural Apparatus, full and empty pods seen]] | [[File:Tadpoling Centre.png|400px|thumb|right|Tadpoling Centre, with Neural Apparatus, full and empty pods seen]] | ||
'''Tadpoling Centre''' is a room within the [[Mind Flayer Colony]] under [[Moonrise Towers]], where captives of the [[Cult of the Absolute]] deemed worthy of further 'usage' are kept, tadpoled and sometimes turned into mind flayers. It can be reached (as the rest of the colony) only within [[Act Two]] of the game and only after initial fight with [[Ketheric Thorm]]. | '''Tadpoling Centre''' is a room within the [[Mind Flayer Colony]] under [[Moonrise Towers]], where captives of the [[Cult of the Absolute]] deemed worthy of further 'usage' are kept, tadpoled and sometimes turned into mind flayers. It can be reached (as the rest of the colony) only within [[Act Two]] of the game and only after initial fight with [[Ketheric Thorm]]. | ||
== | ==Description== | ||
===How to find=== | ===How to find=== | ||
After descending into the colony and destroying fleshy membrane at the entrance, the party should go along the corridor. The Tadpoling Centre will be the first turn to the left, fenced off by [[Flesh-Wrought Door]]. | After descending into the colony and destroying fleshy membrane at the entrance, the party should go along the corridor. The Tadpoling Centre will be the first turn to the left, fenced off by [[Flesh-Wrought Door]]. | ||
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Across the entrance is the corridor (leading to the room with larvae brine pools). To the right side of it stands [[Neural Apparatus]] that controls all the pods in the room. Interacting with it enacts a dialogue, where the | Across the entrance is the corridor (leading to the room with larvae brine pools). To the right side of it stands [[Neural Apparatus]] that controls all the pods in the room. Interacting with it enacts a dialogue, where the player will be prompted to decide the fate of all those who is still alive within the pods: either to release them, to kill them all (purge the pods) or to leave as they were (this allows to start the dialogue anew later). | ||
Choosing any will result in gaining [[Approval]] or Disapproval from different party members (f.e., releasing captives is approved by [[Shadowheart]] or [[Karlach]] and disapproved by [[Astarion]], [[Minthara]] or [[Lae'zel]]). | Choosing any will result in gaining [[Approval]] or Disapproval from different party members (f.e., releasing captives is approved by [[Shadowheart]] or [[Karlach]] and disapproved by [[Astarion]], [[Minthara]] or [[Lae'zel]]). | ||
The pods cannot be operated separately, so either all pod inhabitants who | The pods cannot be operated separately, so the player either eliminates all pod inhabitants who is still alive or… commences a battle if they choose to set them loose, because all released mind flayers (4 x lv.8) instantaneously turn hostile and attack. However, in that case NPCs that stayed within the pods intact become temporary allies and fight along the party. [[Intellect Devourer]]s running around join the battle, too, siding with mind flayers. | ||
===After the battle=== | ===After the battle=== | ||
After resolving the battle the | After resolving the battle the player can speak with those allies who survived. | ||
[[Gauntlet Yeva]] will tell that [[Duke Ravengard]] was taken from his pod not very long before, still human and able to resist the convoy guards. | |||
[[Manip Shuurga]] will just lament herself being unable to help the Duke. | |||
Talking to [[Zevlor]] will reveal what actually happened to him when the refugees' caravan had been attacked by cultists upon entering the [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]]. Whatever lines the player chooses, this dialogue ends the quest [[Find Zevlor]]. After that, Zevlor says he is going to gather whoever he can around the colony and guide them out to safety. If the player convince the former Hellrider that he still might be worthy, Zevlor will be available in the [[Act Three]] as an aidee in the final battle (through [[Gather Your Allies]] quest). | |||
==Brine pools room== | ==Brine pools room== | ||
Behind the Tadpoling Centre is another room with a cascade of several brine pools alike the one that the | Behind the Tadpoling Centre is another room with a cascade of several brine pools alike the one that the player had already seen at the startgame location. However, these are empty of larvae, and this fact will discompose and bemuse the [[Dream Guardian]]. | ||
In this room stand two more detached Mind Flayer Pods, one of which contains captured [[Mizora]] inside ([[The Blade of Frontiers|Rescue Zariel's Asset]]). This is the point when the party can start helping [[Wyll]] (if he was recruited and still alive) to break his [[Warlock]] pact - in order to do this, | In this room stand two more detached Mind Flayer Pods, one of which contains captured [[Mizora]] inside ([[The Blade of Frontiers|Rescue Zariel's Asset]]). This is the point when the party can start helping [[Wyll]] (if he was recruited and still alive) to break his [[Warlock]] pact - in order to do this, the player need to pass {{Ability check|Intimidation|16}} while speaking with Mizora. | ||
Her pod has its own controlling panel with two switches marked by illithid symbols that must first be deciphered by | Her pod has its own controlling panel with two switches marked by illithid symbols that must first be deciphered by the player ({{Ability check|Arcana|10}}). One frees the cambion, while another annihilates her. Killing Mizora in the pod will instantly kill Wyll, too. Also it is possible to smash the pod open (requires {{Ability check|Strength|14}}). | ||
In this room | In this room the player can also find a book that partially reveals the peculiarities of their tadpoled condition. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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In [[Act Three]], when the [[Emperor]] recalls finding the colony under [[Moonrise Towers]] and being captured, his memories do not contain pictures of Tadpoling Centre. It remembers his human form simply tied to a chair when being infected with a tadpole.{{noteend}}}} |