Discover the History of Prince Orpheus
Discover the History of Prince Orpheus is a Quest in Act One of Baldur's Gate 3.
Objectives
Objectives and journal entries may vary pending story decisions and outcomes.
- There may be a way to decipher these books. We should keep an eye out for something that might aid us.
- We read a book about the lost Prince Orpheus. It claims that Vlaakith is not the true Queen of the Githyanki, and that Prince Orpheus is the true heir.
- We read a forbidden book about a certain Prince Orpheus. He seems to be a challenger to the Queen Vlaakith and the son of Gith, the one who freed the githyanki from the mind flayers.
- We read the third book in the series about Prince Orpheus. This one explains that Voss attacked Orpheus, but he lives.
- We discovered all three books in the series. The final fate and whereabouts of Prince Orpheus are apparently unknown. What could have happened to him?
- We learned that Prince Orpheus is trapped inside the Astral Prism.
Walkthrough
The Arcane Tower
The first Engraved Githyanki Disc is on the third floor of the Arcane TowerX: -31 Y: -296. The disc itself is on a bookshelf, although an additional disc, The Careful Art of Tir'su Ciphers (X:-34, Y:-288) is needed to interpret it if Lae'zel is not available. The disc is on a nearby desk on the same floor. Once the disc is read, its title changes to
Orpheus, Prince of the Comet, Part One: Betrayal.
The Githyanki Crèche
The second disc is at Crèche Y'llek, in the Classroom (X:1357, Y:-769). There is a young student named Youth Varrl who has been beaten badly in combat. He's being berated by his teacher, Sa'varsh , who says his next battle must be to the death. There are several options to proceed:
- Choose "I'd bring him to the brink of death. Leave him asking why he deserves to live." or "Offer to fight the boy yourself." Then choose to make a non-fatal attack (Dexterity DC 16). Then, once the boy is taken away, heal him.
- Talk the teacher down from having the boy fight by choosing "No, this is too far. He's learnt his lesson" (Persuasion DC 21).
- Pickpocket the slate from Varrl.
- Kill Varrl and loot the disc off his corpse.
If Varrl is still alive, speak to him and he thanks the party for intervening. He almost calls them a certain name, but stops short. Question him on it:
- [PERSUASION] Just like who? If there's a like-minded soul here, I'd love to meet them. (DC 14)
- I just keep believing I can be better. I hope you will do the same.
- [DETECT THOUGHTS] Seek the name the boy refuses to reveal.
- I'm just like Orpheus?
- Like Orpheus? Show the boy the chapter you stole.
Varrl reveals he meant to say Prince Orpheus . Show him the slate from the Arcane Tower and he'll hand over Orpheus, Prince of the Comet, Part Two: Sacrifice.
Moonrise Towers
The final slate Orpheus, Prince of the Comet, Part Three: Resurrection is at Moonrise Towers. It can be retrieved as part of when the party gains access to the upper floor. The slate is on a bookshelf in Balthazar's room (X:-127, Y:-182). The party can either lockpick the door or gain the key from Disciple Z'rell .
The Fate of Prince Orpheus
The party can learn the fate of Prince Orpheus at the start of Act Three, during . After finishing the quest, is initiated.