Zevlor

Zevlor is the leader of a group of Tiefling Refugees who are traveling to Baldur's Gate after being exiled from their home. He and his fellow tieflings are found hiding within the Emerald Grove.

	“	We'd need an army of our own to escort us safely to Baldur's Gate, and while I don't doubt your abilities... you're no army.	„
		— Zevlor in the Emerald Grove

Background

Zevlor was a Commander of the Hellriders of Elturel. After the Fall of Elturel, many people started viewing tieflings with distrust thinking their race were to blame for it. Due to this, Zevlor was forced to leave his position and abandon the city, taking a group of tieflings with him in the hopes for a better life at Baldur's Gate.

Involvement

Act One

The party meets Zevlor during the first Goblin assault at the Grove. Alongside Aradin, Wyll, and some of his followers, they defend the Grove against the attack.

After the skirmish, Zevlor requests the party's aid against Kagha and the Goblin leaders. He offers as a reward his enchanted gloves, the Hellrider's Pride.

Regardless of how the party deal with the Druid situation, if they side with the tieflings and Zevlor is still alive, he'll be extremely grateful towards the party. He prepares a surprise party at the Campsite with the rest of the refugees, before leading them to the city. After this, he bids them farewell and wishes to encounter the party again.

Should the party side with Minthara and the rest of the goblins instead, he'll furiously call the player character a traitor, and take up arms to defend his people.

Even if the party sides with the refugees, Zevlor can still die. In this case, Asharak replaces him as the refugees' leader. If Asharak is also dead or otherwise unavailable, Cerys will replace Zevlor. In this scenario, Cerys will only appear after the Goblin Leaders are defeated.

If the party travels to the Mountain Pass or the Shadow-Cursed Lands before resolving Kagha's Rite of Thorns, the tieflings will be expelled from the Emerald Grove and Zevlor's corpse can be found among the bodies of all the other refugees near the bridge to the Blighted Village.

Act Two

If Zevlor survives Act 1, he and the other refugees will make their way through the Shadow-Cursed Lands.

By speaking with the surviving tieflings at the Last Light Inn, the party can find out that the refugees were attacked and Zevlor had tried to surrender. He was then captured along with several other tieflings. This initiates  Find Zevlor.

Zevlor can later be found in a transformation pod within the Mind Flayer Colony. He can be released by opening all pods, which initiates combat with several Mind Flayers. If Zevlor survives, he tells the party that the Absolute infiltrated his mind, causing him to call out the surrender during the attack on the refugees. He thinks that the other tieflings won't welcome him back and leaves on his own. He can otherwise be purged along with all the mind flayers, killing him.

Act Three

If Zevlor was not killed or released at the Mind Flayer Colony, Orin the Red will kill him instead and leave his corpse along with a Grand Infernal Painting at the campsite. Speaking to his corpse will reveal he was used as an offering and that Orin is located below the city.

Otherwise, if saved from the pod in the Mind Flayer Colony, his  Hellrider Platoon can be summoned as allies using the  Call Forth Allies Class Action while ascending towards the Netherbrain at The High Hall. However, he is one of two major characters who can permanently die during this fight and be removed from the Epilogue, the other being the Armored Owlbear.

Epilogue

If Zevlor survived the Netherbrain fight, a thank-you note from him can be found in the Chest of Grateful Words; he reveals that the Hellriders now have no oath but that they have taken up residence in Baldur's Gate to protect the city from suffering as Elturel did.

Combat

Act One

 Divine Smite

2d8 (2~16) Radiant

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1d8 (1~8) Radiant

Your weapon deals an additional 2d8RadiantDRS, increased by 1d8Radiant when attacking Fiends or Undead.

 Hellish Rebuke ()

2d10 (2~20) Fire

React to your next attacker with flames that deal 2d10Fire damage.

On a successful save, the target still takes half damage.

 Main Hand Attack ()   –  Longsword

Normal weapon damage

Make a melee attack with your equipped weapon.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Ranged Attack ()   –  Heavy Crossbow

Normal weapon damage

Make a ranged attack with your equipped weapon.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Searing Smite ()

Normal weapon damage

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1d6 (1~6) Fire

Your weapon flares with white-hot intensity. It deals, on top of weapon damage, an extra 1d6Fire damage and marks the target with  Searing Smite.

 Range: Normal weapon range

Companion approval

Upon entering the Emerald Grove, Aradin and Zevlor will argue about the missing Druid Halsin and the pack of Goblins that Aradin brought.

If a party member intervenes in their argument, companion approval is only gained or lost on successful checks.

• [PERSUASION] More violence won't bring back those you lost. Stop and think. (DC 15)
• [TIEFLING] He's human - malice comes as naturally as breathing. Just show him you're the better man. (DC N/A)
• [INTIMIDATION] If you want me to take both of you down, I will. Otherwise, knock it off. (DC 10)
• [BARBARIAN] [INTIMIDATION] STOP OR I'LL BASH YOUR SKULLS TOGETHER MYSELF. (DC 5 )
• [HALF-ORC] [INTIMIDATION] Want me to knock you both out? Or would you prefer to skip the broken bones and just calm down? (DC 5)

Any of the above:  +8  +1  +1  +1

• Stand back and watch.  +1
• [STRENGTH] Take a swing at the tiefling. (DC 17)  +1  -1  -1
• [STRENGTH] Aim a blow at the human, trying to knock him flat on his back. (DC 15)  +1  +1  +1

After the argument between Aradin and Zevlor, the party may offer to speak with Kagha.

• I'll see what I can do.  +5  +1  +1  -1  -1
• I'm sorry. I've got my own problems.  +1  +1  -1  -1

If the party resolve the conflict with Kagha but the Goblin leaders remain, they may offer to infiltrate the Goblin Camp.

• Kill the goblin horde's leaders? I'll see what I can do.  -1  +1  +5  +5

Speak with Dead

Zevlor can be spoken to with  Speak with Dead.

(If killed during raid on grove)

Party member: Who are you?

• Zevlor: Zevlor... Hellrider... but cast out...

Party member: Where are you from?

• Zevlor: Elturel... city on the river... terrible times...
  • Party member: What happened in Elturel?
    • Zevlor: Dragged... to the Hells. They blamed... us. Fools.

Party member: What should the tieflings do now that you're dead?

• Zevlor: Finish... the plan. Go... where... they belong...

Party member: Did you have any secrets?

• Zevlor: Plenty... to have... none... to tell...

Related quests

•  Defeat the Goblins
•  Find Zevlor
•  Save the Refugees

Related literature

• Letter from Zevlor

Gallery

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  Zevlor's in-game model

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  Pre-alpha appearance

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  During Early Access

Notes

• Although Zevlor is a Tiefling, he does not have  Darkvision.
• Zevlor grants 75 XP when killed.

External links

Zevlor on the Forgotten Realms Wiki