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 ===Wyll===
-During [[Act Three]], it is possible to ask [[Wyll]] about his own experiences meeting Belynne Stelmane.
+During [[Act Three]], it is possible to ask {{Quest|Wyll}} about his own experiences meeting Belynne Stelmane.
 Selecting the option ''"Did you know Stelmane very well, back in the day?"'' will yield the following information initially:
-{{Q|The first time, I was a boy of seven or eight, at a banquet in the Flaming Fists's honor. One look and I was smitten.
+''The first time, I was a boy of seven or eight, at a banquet in the Flaming Fists's honor. One look and I was smitten.
 Chestnut hair that flowed behind her like willow fronds. She floated from one room to the next as if carried by clouds.
 The second time, Stelmane was - different.
 Even with the aid of a cane, each step she took was a struggle. Every word she spoke took great physical effort.
-'A stroke victim?' I asked father later. 'No', he said. 'A stroke ''survivor.'''}}
+'A stroke victim?' I asked father later. 'No', he said. 'A stroke 'survivor.' ''
-If the player passes a passive {{Ability Check|Perception|10}} after Wyll finishes speaking, they can learn that Wyll questions whether Stelmane suffered a stroke. Another dialogue option appears that is locked behind a {{Ability Check|Persuasion|15}}. If this check is passed, he says the following:
-{{Q|Something's always gnawed at me. At the banquet, Stelmane didn't seem to look ''at'' us, but ''through'' us. But that second time, her gaze never left me. It was steel, sharp and unyielding. It could just be my imagination. But I always felt that it was more than a stroke that had changed her. What, though... I couldn't say.}}
+If passing a passive {{Ability Check|Perception|10}} after Wyll finishes speaking, they can learn that Wyll questions whether Stelmane suffered a stroke. Another dialogue option appears that is locked behind a {{Ability Check|Persuasion|15}}. If this check is passed, he says the following:
+''Something's always gnawed at me. At the banquet, Stelmane didn't seem to look ''at'' us, but ''through'' us. But that second time, her gaze never left me. It was steel, sharp and unyielding. It could just be my imagination. But I always felt that it was more than a stroke that had changed her. What, though... I couldn't say.''
 ===The Emperor===
-The Emperor describes Belynne as its former ''partner'', but if pressed will claim that it used its illithid powers on her to make her its thrall.<ref>Dialogue with the Emperor in the Astral Realm, after it is rejected and distrusted</ref> This eventually caused her to suffer her stroke, and left her partially paralysed.<ref>Investigations from The Knights of Shield.</ref><ref>Descent into Avernus pg. 162.</ref>
+The Emperor describes Belynne as its former ''partner'', but if pressed will claim that it used its illithid powers on her to make her its thrall.{{ref|Dialogue with the Emperor in the Astral Realm, after it is rejected and distrusted}} This eventually caused her to suffer her stroke, and left her partially paralysed.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Patient Log: Duke Belynne Stelmane}}}}{{ref|Descent into Avernus pg. 162.}}
-Wyll, if spoken to afterwards, shows his anger at the revelations:
+Wyll, if spoken to afterwards, shows his anger at the revelations: ''Not a mere stroke, as it turns out – but the scars of her possession. Gods, what I wouldn't give to drive a dagger through the Emperor's buldging head. We can never let it do to us what it did to Stelmane.''
-{{Q|Not a mere stroke, as it turns out – but the scars of her possession. Gods, what I wouldn't give to drive a dagger through the Emperor's buldging head. We can never let it do to us what it did to Stelmane.}}
 ==Related quests==
 *{{Quest|Investigate the Murders}}