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''Objectives and journal entries may vary pending player decisions and outcomes.''

<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Find Baelen.</div>

<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Save Baelen.</div>

<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Learn more about the dead dwarf.</div>

<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Talk to Baelen.</div>

<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Speak with Derryth.</div>

<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Quest Complete</div>

Baelen can be found by exiting Ebonlake Grotto from the southwest exit, then following the path north. Eventually, the party comes across a patch of [[Bibberbang]] (X:-22, YL-82) - green mushrooms that explode on proximity. If the party gets too close, Baelen calls out to them not to come any closer because he is trapped within the Bibberbang. He implores the party to get him his bag so that he can use a scroll to escape:

* Hold tight. I'll find your bag.

* ''Hold up a scroll of Misty Step.''

* This is your mess - figure it out yourself.

If the party already has a [[Scroll of Misty Step]], it can be thrown to him with a Strength check (DC 10). Baelen immediately uses it and thanks the party, abandoning his backpack (X:-27, Y:-66).

* If the party has Sovereign [[Glut]] as a temporary companion, he does not trigger the mushroom traps. He can be controlled directly, then use the move action with the backpack and Noblestalk to transport it back to the party.

* A high strength character (ie Karlach or Lae'zel) can easily jump between the safe areas in the mushroom patch.

* [[Misty Step]] or [[Fly]] can also help the party travel safely. Baelen's bag has two Scrolls of Misty Step.

* [[Mage Hand]] can grab the backpack without triggering the Bibberbang.

* If the party kills Sovereign Spaw as part of [[Avenge Glut's Circle]], it drops {{IconLink |The Sovereign's Key Icon.png|The Sovereign's Key}}. This item prevents mushroom traps from activating, trivializing the quest.

 

After saving Baelen, there's one more step to complete the quest - procuring the Noblestalk. The Noblestalk can only be obtained if the Bibberbang has not been set off. Otherwise, it is destroyed. Use the same techniques used to procure the backpack to acquire the Noblestalk (X:-4, Y:-62).

* If fed to Baelen, he gains his mind back and a more disrespectful tone to his wife. He tells her it will be like the "good old times" again while Berryth is visibly shaken.

* If fed to [[Shadowheart]], she remembers a tiefling from her childhood named 'Rennald.' (Requires a DC 12 Persuasion or Intimidation check)

* If fed to the [[Dark Urge]], they remember a vivisection they performed in the past, alongside [[Sceleritas Fel]]. The butler was not lying about his service.

* {{IconLink | Gloves of Uninhibited Kushigo Icon.png| Gloves of Uninhibited Kushigo }}

* {{IconLink | Scroll of Invisibility Icon.png| Scroll of Invisibility}} - given by Baelen for rescuing him

* {{IconLink | Tarnished Ring Icon.png| Tarnished Ring }}, if passing Intimidation Check to Derryth when trying to give the Noblestalk.

== Notes ==

* The Noblestalk can either be given to Derryth, given to Baelen to restore his memory, given to the Dark Urge to restore their memory, or given to Shadowheart to help her recall a long-lost memory.  

== Consequences ==

If the Noblestalk was given to Baelen, Derryth is not found in [[Bonecloak's Apothecary]] in [[Act Three]]. Instead, Derryth reveals that she left her husband in the cover of night. She thanks the party for setting her free from Baelen, as now neither of them can abuse each other.