Lae'zel/Banter

Overview

Approval

Banter

Romance

A collection of Lae'zel's remarks and overhead conversations with other characters.

Remarks

Selected

Out of combat

• Eager for battle.
• Vlaakith's will be done.
• Action, not reaction.
• Assume nothing.
• Indolence breeds madness.
• Enough waiting. I crave blood.

In combat

• Time to strike!
• I am fury, I am death!
• Swift and lethal.
• Victory awaits!
• I will ascend!
• Vlaakith'ka sivim hrath krash'ht.

Sneaking

• Still in shadow.
• Staying out of sight.
• Keeping low.
• Ready for anything.
• With every breath, a purpose.
• My patience wanes.

Selection spam

Out of combat

• Must everyone be so exhausting?
• Weapons high. Standards higher.
• Is perfection too much to ask?
• Pride is a virtue.

In combat

• I will know my queen!
• There is no right or wrong, only truth.
• What is the point, if not victory?
• You are right to fear me.

Sneaking

• Hush already.
• There is no wisdom in madness.
• There is but one way. Vlaakith.

Moving

Out of combat

• An efficient path.
• One true way.
• Onward.
• Objective noted.
• Proceeding.
• Repositioning.
• Quickly, then.
• Without delay.

In combat

• Taking position!
• Vlaakith guide me.
• No time to waste!
• On the move!
• My path be true.
• Make way!

Sneaking

• Light steps.
• Unheard, unseen.
• Not one false move.
• I shouldn't linger.

Attack

Out of combat

• Show no mercy.
• Leave no survivors.
• By Vlaakith's might!
• To battle!
• Htak'a!
• For the queen!

In combat

• Hta'zith!
• Taste my fury!
• I will not know failure!
• You bow - or you break!
• This is your end!
• Let my name be known!

Sneaking

• Out of the shadows.
• I am death.
• The end comes.
• Your pain, my pleasure.

Hiding

Out of combat

• Unseen.
• Into the shadows.
• Undetected.
• In Vlaakith's eyes only.

In combat

• Going into hiding.
• I will hunt from the shadows.
• My prey awaits.
• A hidden threat.

Utility actions

Referred in game devnotes as taking an action like casting Identify, Freedom of Movement, etc.

Out of combat

• Not a single act wasted.
• Another stride toward fate.
• As I was taught.
• I know what to do.

Sneaking

• Not a single act wasted.
• The right decision.
• As I was taught.
• I know what to do.

Combat

• Taking position!
• Vlaakith guide me.
• No time to waste!
• In my best interest.

Helping party member

Reactions differ depending not only on current situation (combat/out of combat), but also on Lae'zel's relationship towards character

Helping unconscious

Relationship	Out of combat	Sneaking	In combat
Negative	Try to do better. To the task. You're welcome. Fine - I'll help.	Try to do better. To the task. Fine - I'll help.	Try to do better. To the task. You were sloppy. You're welcome. As I must.
Neutral	On your feet. I will aid you. I bring aid. As an ally must.	On your feet. I bring aid. As an ally must.	Support incoming. On your feet! Under pressure. You're needed in battle. I will assist.
Positive	I can help. Rise, and be mighty. My first concern. Be there at once.	I can help. My first concern. Be there at once.	To your side! Without fail! It is not over! Rise and fight! On your feet!
Romantic	Allow me. My first concern. I will not fail you. You have my attention.	You have my attention. My first concern. I will not fail you.	To your side! Rise and fight! You have my attention! You will live. It is not over!

Helping restrained

Relationship	Out of combat	Sneaking	In combat
Negative	How embarrassing for you. I have to do everything. Chk. I'll handle it. I suppose it's up to me.	How embarrassing for you. I have to do everything. Chk. I'll handle it.	How embarrassing for you. I have to do everything. Chk. I'll handle it. I suppose it's up to me.
Neutral	Help underway. I will assist. My skill is required. An unfortunate plight.	Help underway. My skill is required. An unfortunate plight.	Help underway! My skill is required. I will assist! Warrior, champion, saviour!
Positive	I can help. Rise, and be mighty. I won't keep you waiting. Stay calm - I'm coming.	I can help. I won't keep you waiting. Stay calm - I'm coming.	To your side! Without fail! Help is near. You have my support!
Romantic	Allow me. My first concern. You have my attention. One moment.	Allow me. You have my attention. One moment.	To your side! I will release you! Getting you free! Bound but not beaten!

Healing and buffing

Relationship	Casting a buff		Healing a party member
	Out of combat/ Sneaking	In combat	Out of combat/ Sneaking	In combat
Negative	As necessary. Very well. The bare minimum.	Chk. You must focus. At my mercy. Better be worth it.	The bare minimum. To the rescue. Again. Out of harm's way.	Healing. To the rescue. Again. Out of harm's way.
Neutral	A warrior's favour. Might made manifest. Queen's blessing upon you.	A warrior's favour. Might made manifest! Queen's blessing upon you.	A remedy most potent. Be at ease. The work of the ghustil.	Be healed! Lash'a'kla! Let us cheat death.
Positive	Vlaakith's gift. An unstoppable force. Proper measures.	Stand firm! Built for battle! Keeping you sharp.	I won't let you suffer. Vlaakith's gift. All will be mended.	You shall not fall! I will not fail you. Be whole!
Romantic	Richly deserved. You will overcome. You are worthy.	Ascend and conquer! A worthy target. By my will!	Strength in partnership. You are worthy. All will be mended.	By my will! I will tend to your wounds! I bring you relief!

Talking to another character

Relationship	Out of combat	Sneaking
Negative	A brief discussion. Let's get it over with. Chk. It cannot be avoided.	It cannot be avoided. I will not mince words. The time has come.
Neutral	Try to do better. To the task. You're welcome. Fine - I'll help.	We must speak. I must show myself. A word is in order.
Positive	A close alliance. Communication is key. Matters need attending. Speak, and listen.	A close alliance. Communication is key. Matters need attending.
Romantic	Keen to talk. A pleasant exchange. A welcome reprieve. I relish our time.	Keen to talk. A pleasant exchange. I relish our time.

Refusing to talk

Being a player's companion

• I have no time for small talk.
• Bah - stop wasting my time.
• I am not here for chit-chat. Make yourself useful.

Being another player's companion

• I have allied with another.
• I've no business with you.
• Chk. I've no need for friends.

Health and rest

At low health

• Begone, death. You will not take me.
• Tsk'va. My injuries need tending.
• I will not fall before my time.
• I need healing.

After a Short Rest

• Rested enough. Now - forward.
• That should more than suffice.
• Enough time wasted. Battle awaits.
• More than prepared.

Wanting a long rest

• My eyes grow heavy. Best to make camp.
• Battle has taken its toll. I should rest.
• My energy wanes - time to rest.

Attacked by party member

• Chk. Enough.
• Watch yourself.
• Pull yourself together before I pull you apart.

Downed in combat

• Aid me!
• Ungh…
• Help. Quickly.
• I won't die like this…
• I rise… ngh, soon.
• Not like this.
• To me. Please.
• Your hand. Now!

On character death

• Player: Tsk'va - I can't let you die!
• Player (Dark Urge): No! Don't give in!
• Astarion: Astarion - no!
• Gale: Gale!
• Karlach: No - not Karlach!
• Shadowheart: Shadowheart… she's down!
• Wyll: No, no - Wyll's down!
• Halsin: Halsin? Halsin!
• Minthara: Minthara? Damn it all.
• Jaheira: No, not Jaheira!
• Minsc: Minsc - not your time!

Interacting with environment

• (The globe) Toril. One pebble among many.
• (The astrolabe)
  • All those worlds among the stars, ripe for the Githyanki Empire's plucking.
  • Realmspace is vast. Countless worlds to be mapped, kingdoms to be conquered.
• (The telescope) A simple spyglass. Unsophisticated but effective.
• (Small hole) I'd have to be a lot smaller to squeeze in there.
• (Tiny hole) I'm not fitting through that tiny hole.

Identified a mimic

• Look there - that fool beast thinks to ambush us.

Surprised by mimic

• Damnable mimic.
• Duplicitous thing. I cannot suffer a liar.

Looking into a mirror

• I see a warrior. A fighter. I see who I was born to be.
• A mirror. Riveting.
• Embrace pride, reject vanity. Especially when gazing at your own reflection.

Interacting with an item

Referred in game devnotes as using something like a button, a lever or a book. Same for Out of combat, Sneaking and In combat

• Within reach.
• Curious.
• Consider me intrigued.
• Just so.

Taking an item

Same for Out of combat, Sneaking and In combat

• This will do.
• Found and taken.
• I will take my pick.
• Securing.

Can't use an item

Out of combat

• Impossible.
• That will not work.
• Pointless.
• This is futile.

In combat

• Impossible. I'm in battle.
• Now is not the time.
• Not a priority.
• I've got more immediate concerns.

Opening a container/ Empty crate

Out of combat or Sneaking

• Worth examining.
• Let's have a look.
• What lies within?
• Open up.

While in combat

• Worth examining.
• Taking a look!
• What lies within?
• Open up!

An empty crate

• Nothing inside.
• Empty.
• A crate. Fascinating.

Found a locked item

Something that can be unlocked from elsewhere

• Chk - locked by some kind of mechanism.
• Ngh. There must be a way in - I should survey the area.
• Pointless. It must be unlocked elsewhere.
• It's locked. I should investigate further.

Found an inactive item

Something that can be activated from elsewhere

• No luck. There must be an activation mechanism somewhere nearby.
• Hm - it's not activated from here.
• Nothing. Perhaps it's activated from elsewhere?
• Forget it. I should look for some sort of trigger or switch.

Picking a lock

Out of combat

• A small hurdle.
• It will happen.
• A simple task.
• A minor hindrance.

Sneaking

• A small hurdle.
• It will happen.
• A simple task.
• A minor hindrance.

Combat

• My skills are needed.
• Worth the effort.
• A minor hindrance.

Pickpocketing

Out of combat

• Taking my due.
• You serve my purpose.
• A steady hand is needed.
• You won't deny me.

Sneaking

• Taking my due.
• You serve my purpose.
• A steady hand is needed.
• You won't deny me.

In combat

• Mine for the taking.
• Helping myself.
• A good opportunity.

Successfully picking a pocket

Sneaking

• Success. As expected.
• Not luck. Skill.
• The correct outcome.
• Mastery in all things.

In combat

• The correct outcome.
• Mastery in all things.
• Not luck. Skill.

Dipping Weapon

Out of combat

• A vital boost.
• A critical step.
• A wise strategy.

Sneaking

• A vital boost.
• A critical step.
• A wise strategy.

In combat

• A vital boost.
• A critical step.
• I will take every advantage.

Successful rolls

Investigation

• Interesting.
• What is that?
• Curious.
• I found something.
• What's this?

Spotted a trap (Investigation)

• Keep your wits. The place is trapped.
• Trap. Step carefully.
• Steady - I've detected a trap.
• A trap. Make every step count.

Spotted a trap (Perception)

• A trap. Just as I expected.
• I've spotted a trap. Move with purpose.
• Take heed - I see a trap.
• Stay vigilant - there are traps here.

Camp followers

Throwing Scratch's ball after he is dismissed

• Scratch is resting. Not sure who or what I expected would fetch that.
• It's Scratch's naptime. I'll need to get that.
• I guess I'll have to get that. Scratch wasn't about to.
• I don't think Scratch is up for it.

Throwing Scratch's ball after his death

• Solo fetch. A miserable pastime.
• Can't believe I'm going to say this, but - I miss Scratch.
• I really don't know what I thought would happen.
• It's not much fun alone.

Throwing Boo

• The mighty Boo strikes!
• Do what you do best, little one!
• Here comes the hamster!

At the Epilogue party

Greeting (always the same)

• Ah, a most welcome sight.

Feeling the player's ghost

• Oh! A chill - as if a tl'a'ikith passed through me.
• There it is again. Such an odd sensation.
• Another chill. Strange.
• Curious.

If she appears as a projection

• The past made present. I'm glad for it, for this.
• Thank Mother Gith, the psionic projection keeps holding.
• I learned so much under these skies. Such pleasure to see them once more.
• I am Lae'zel of K'liir. And tonight, this is where I belong.

If she stayed in Faerûn

• This… feeling. Comfort, warmth. I don't understand it, but I will accept it.
• Revelry and community on the eve of revolution. Magnificent.
• A stunning starlit sky. To think there was a time when I scoffed at it.
• I am Lae'zel of K'liir. And tonight, this is where I belong.

Location Remarks

Prologue

Spoiler warning! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.

Nursery and Surgery

• (Climbed out from the Mind Flayer Pod): “What is this ghaik trickery? Where am I?”
  • (Responding remark): “A nautiloid? Could it be?”
• (Interacted with her own pod, 1): “Abomination.”
  • (Interacted with her own pod, 2): “Damnable pod. I'll see that my captors suffer.”
• (Interacted with any other intact pod in the room, 1): "Chk."
  • (Interacted with any other intact pod in the room, 2): “Time is short. No need to tarry.”
  • (Interacted with any other intact pod in the room, 3): “Ghaik pod. Accursed thing.”
  • (Interacted with any other intact pod in the room, 4): “Empty - one of ours.”
• (Interacted with any other ruptured pod in the room, ): “Incinerated. Not everyone was fated to survive.”
  • (Interacted with any other ruptured pod in the room, ): “Incinerated. Better them than me.”
  • (Interacted with any other ruptured pod in the room, ): “Incinerated beyond recognition.”
• (Looked out from the hull breach): “One of the Nine Hells.”
• (Looted a dead Mind Flayer): “Dead. If only I'd slain it myself.”
• (Used the Restoration): “I feel... refreshed.”
• (After the first fight with the Lesser Imps, as a party member): “You prove surprisingly adequate in battle. Now - to the helm.”
• (After the first fight with the Lesser Imps, as an avatar): “They're dead, Vlaakith be praised. Now - to the helm.”
• (Saw a dragon on the way to upper deck): “The nautiloid won't withstand these dragon attacks for long. Forward!”
• (Interacting with the Tentacle Aquarium for the first time): “Brains, for these vile ghaik to feast on.”
  • (After the first time): “Yet more brains. A veritable banquet for an illithid.”
• (Interacting with Cerebral Aquarium for the first time): “Folliage - collected for study by ghaik.”
• (After the first time): “Folliage - collected from the many planes for study by ghaik.”

Ceremorphosis Chamber

• (Upon entering the chamber, saw the control panel): “Ghaik machinery. I can make no sense of it.” (played only if Lae'zel hasn't entered the room with the avatar, otherwise her line will be played)
• (Trying to read the central sigil, Arcana failed): “An arcane sigil. What might it mean?”
• (Trying to read the left sigil, Arcana failed): “A sigil I cannot make sense of.”
• (Trying to read the right sigil, Arcana failed): “Chk. I cannot make this out.”
• (Used ‘Unleash’ button): “Dead already.”
• (Used ‘Aggression’ button): “They've turned aggressive. A most powerful machine.”
• (Try to open the Elaborate Reliquary without a key): “A reliquary - requires a key.”
  • (Found the Gold Key): “A key. What might it unlock?”
  • (Found the key, already tried to open the chest): “A key. I must see what that reliquary contains.”
• (Found a socket in Shadowheart’s pod): “Locked down. It needs whatever fits in that socket.”
  • (Found the Eldritch Rune): “This must fit the device near that pod.”
  • (Found the Eldritch Rune, hasn’t spoken to Shadowheart): “An unusual item. Where does it fit?”
• (Saw dozens of pods in the Transformation room, as an avatar): “Kaincha. I can hardly bear to look.”
• (Saw dozens of pods in the Transformation room, as a party member): “Tsk'va! How many hosts have these ghaik infected?”
• (Trying to read the button in Transformation room, Arcana failed): “A mystery, even to me.”
• (Saw the woman in the pod transformed): “Foul ghaik! Transformed by a lever. That must never be our fate.”
• (Sat in one of the chairs surrounding the pod in Transformation room): “Voices...”
  • (Responding remark 1): “I hear nothing of the sort.”
  • (Responding remark 2): “The chair. It's connected to the nautiloid's systems - and its ghaik.”
  • (Responding remark 3): “Come. It will no good to draw undue attention.”
• (Picked up either Slave Mind or Dark Mind): “A brain. Nourishment for the ghaik.”
  • (Picked up the second one of these two): “More mind flayer food.”
• (Urging the avatar to move on 1): “To the helm - we must not delay.”
• (Urging the avatar to move on 2): “There is no time to tarry.”
• (Urging the avatar to move on 3): “Do you wish to die? We cannot linger here.”
• (Urging the avatar to move on 4): “We must go to the helm - now.”

The Helm

• (In Multiplayer regime, if another player has entered the Helm, while avatar hasn’t yet): “To the helm, before the ship disintegrates!”
• (On the third turn of the fight in the Helm): “Impact is imminent. I must connect the helm.”
• (On the fifth turn of the fight in the Helm): “No time left. I must reach the helm!”
• (Mind Flayer turns on the party after killing Commander Zhalk): “The ghaik's turned on us. Get to the transponder!”
• (Mind Flayer died in the fight with cambions): “The ghaik met its match. If only I'd dealt the killing blow instead.”
• (Mind Flayer and cambions dead, avatar reminds themselves of the transponder): “Focus - I need to reach the transponder.”
• (Interacting with Nautiloid Tank 1): “Curious tank. A gestation chamber, perhaps.”
• (Interacting with Nautiloid Tank 2): “Chk - another tank.”
• (Interacting with Nautiloid Tank 3): “And another.”
• (Interacting with Nautiloid Tank 4): “Kaincha - another one.”

Act One

Act 1 Spoilers! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.

Ravaged Beach and Roadside Cliffs

• (Near the docks): "Fresh water. There will be a settlement near."
  • (Responding remark): “Do you intend to vocalise every thought? Or just the most obvious ones?”
• (Saw dead fishers near dead Intellect Devourers): “Dead, of course. They'd have been no match for a ghaik devourer.”
• (Encountering Intellect Devourers in the Nautiloid Wreck): "Ghaik devourers. One strike could prove lethal."
• (Approaching the dying mind flayer in the Nautiloid Wreck): "Even an injured ghaik is a dangerous one. Do not let your guard down."
• (Approaching unstable rune - the point of Gale’s recruitment): “That rune looks - unsteady. Something's wrong.”
• (Saw the corpse of the gith guide): “Losiir is gone. His spirit now swims the Astral Sea.”
• (Found a broken trap near the road): “Useless.”
  • (Found a broken trap near the road, 2): “Another. A mere hatchling could do finer work.”
  • (Found a broken trap near the road, 3): “Broken. Shoddy work.”
  • (Found a broken trap near the road, 4): “Ugh. Pathetic.”
  • (Found a broken trap near the road, 5): “Broken. Pitiful.”

Overgrown Ruins and the Dank Crypt

• (Respond to the player’s successfully convincing the looters to flee): “It would have been quicker to kill them.”
• (Entering the crypt from the Refectory): "Nothing but dust. Perhaps the faithful abandoned their god. Or their god abandoned them."
• (Looked at Jergal's statue in the crypt, Religion check):
  • (Successful): "A statue to Jergal, if my lessons were true. The Final Scribe."
  • (Failed): "A monument to a forgotten god. How quaint."
• (Saw the skeletons): "These scribes were armed, for all the good it did them."
  • (Responding remark): “The bones are intact. Would not scavengers have disturbed them?”
• (After skeletons have been defeated): “The corpses are better fighters than many who draw breath in this world. Curious.”
  • (Responding remark): “Let us fill our packs and depart. The dead need no trinkets - but we might make use of them.”
• (Sneaked past enlivened skeletons): “I might have preferred strife to stealth - but I'll not deny the spoils.”
  • (Responding remark): “They have no use for such trinkets. We can make use of them instead.”
• (Ran away, escaped from the crypt): “Retreat is the coward's way - but I'll not deny our gains.”
• (Found the Book of Dead Gods): "Locked - as if that were enough to keep me out."
• (Found a Soul Coin): "Odd. What merchant would accept such a coin?"
• (Entering the locked part of the crypt): "A crypt. What riches might it contain?"
• (Trying to press a button that deactivates an avoided-so-far trap): “Stuck. Must be broken.”

Emerald Grove and The Hollow

Approaching the Grove:

• • (Heard clash sounds): “Music to githyanki ears.”
• (After defeating first pack of goblins): Pathetic creatures - made for the sole purpose of slaughtering.
  • (Responding remark 1): “A brazen attack, for such lowly creatures. They must have been seeking something - or someone.”
  • (Responding remark 2): “A horde must have settled nearby. More will come, and more after that.”

Resolving the initial confrontation between Aradin and Zevlor:

• (Aradin/Zevlor was knocked out by the other one): “These k'chakhi waste our time with idle bickering.”
  • (Responding remark to any of leaders' or avatar's punch): “Come, let's interrogate the locals. One might have seen other githyanki.”
• (Aradin/Zevlor was knocked out by avatar): “Pitiful punch. Is the man made of paper?”
• (Reaction to Zevlor’s words about more goblins): “So, more goblin vermin could be on their way.”
  • (Responding remark): “Forget the goblins. Come, let's interrogate the locals. One might have seen other githyanki.”

Resolving Sazza's fate:

• (After Sazza told the party about Priestess Gut): “I doubt this priestess would know about purification. Ignore the goblin's ramblings.”
  • (Responding remark): “Forget this goblin priestess. She will not know about purification.”
• (Helped Sazza escape from the grove): “The goblin could prove useful. If she causes problems, tear her open.”
  • (Responding remark): “ We have made an ally from an enemy. Quite judicious.”
• (Let Arka shoot Sazza): “One pest among many, hardly to be missed.”
  • (Responding remark): “If I've one regret, it's that I didn't fire the arrow myself.”

In the Sacred Pool and Druids' Caves:

• (Trying to recognize the ritual chanted by druids): “This spell summons growth. But... something more, too.”
  • (Responding remark): “Ominous. A thorn can become a blade easily enough.”
• (If Arabella was killed by Teela during the trial): “The girl was a fool to cross Kagha. No offence is so minor that it should escape judgement.”
  • (Responding remark): “Enough. The child is dead. No need to prolong the matter.”
• (In Halsin’s chamber, saw dead drow): “A dead drow. The druids' work?”
  • (Responding remark 1): “Forget the drow. This jar contains a parasite.”
  • (Responding remark 2): “And what of this statue? A peculiar collection...”
  • (Responding remark 3): “A peculiar collection. I'm keen to meet its curator.”
• (Read Halsin’s research on tadpoles): “This 'Halsin' has studied the parasite.”
• (Read Halsin’s research on tadpoles, knows druid’s missing): “We gain nothing by chasing strangers. Only a githyanki crèche holds our cure.”
  • (Responding remark while discussing Halsin's research): “Forget Halsin. Only a githyanki crèche holds our cure.”
• (Opened the druids’ library with the magical circlet): “The slab is open. What's it been hiding?”
• (Saw a magic-imbued glaive in druids’ library, knows the story): “The blade from the druid's notebook. I feel the shadows living within it.”
  • (Haven’t read about the weapon’s story): “This blade is - shadowed. I can feel the darkness living within it.”

Dealing with Nettie:

• (Nettie locked the party up after they refused to take Wyvern Poison): “She hears of the tadpole, and thinks we can be bound?”
  • (Responding remark): “Only proven allies should know of our condition. Anyone else? Keep your lips sealed.”
• (Feeling sick after Nettie scratched them with a poisonous thorn): “Urgh - dizziness, nausea. Clear signs of poisoning. This is Nettie's doing.”
  • (Sickness getting worse after LR without cure): “I'm... I'm growing cold. I must find an antidote to this poison, and quick.”
  • (Almost dying after second LR without cure): “The poison's done its work. I'm sorry, my Queen...”
  • (Cured from Nettie’s poison): “The antidote worked - the symptoms have lifted.”
• (Agreed to take Wyvern poison from Nettie): “Wyvern poison - pah! It'll take more than a nasty drink to finish Lae'zel of Crèche K'liir.”
  • (Responding remark 1): “If we begin to turn, we will die by the blade - not like cowards suckling from a noxious teat.”
  • (Responding remark 2): “Trade it to the nearest quartermaster for a better weapon - it looks like you could use one.”
  • (Responding remark 3): “I prefer steel myself. But I was raised well.”

In the Secluded Cove:

• (Charmed by a Harpy's song, 1) "I must get closer."
  • (Charmed by a Harpy's song, 2) “I've never heard such music.”
  • (Charmed by a Harpy's song, 3) “Such sweet song...”
  • (Charmed by a Harpy's song, 4) “Unimaginable beauty.”
• (Broke the Harpy's charm) "What is this? I will have your head, harpy!"

Elsewhere in The Hollow:

• (Saw the Strange Ox): "Hm? That ox is staring right at me."
• (Watching at the map in Zevlor’s cave): “If this map is accurate, we are in Elturgard. Baldur's Gate is some ways still.”
  • (Responding remark): “Goblins and gnolls are marked on here. A good opportunity for bloodshed.
• (Near a guarding statue in the Underground Passage): "Glowing eyes? How outrageously obvious - the totem's a trap."
• (Found malnourished Torchstalks behind the Makeshift Prison): "That mushroom is… unusual. Not sure I should get too close."
• (Found dead tiefling children after goblins' attack on the grove): “Younglings or not, the weak must be culled.”
• (Found the vines all around the grove blocking the entrance): “The vines are inpenetrable.”
  • (Found the vines all around the grove, knows about Rite of Thorns): “Let's not linger - the ritual is complete.”
• (Tried to attack the vines): “Useless. A silver sword couldn't slice through.”

The Forest and the Owlbear Nest

• (Dealt with Andrik and Brynna, not knowing about the cult of Absolute): “True Soul. Absolute. What ravings are these?”
  • (Responding remark): “A religion. Or a cult. All influenced by their Absolute.”
• (Heard about the cult previously from Sazza): “The goblin Sazza spoke of the Absolute too.”
  • (Responding remark): “A religion. Or a cult. All influenced by their Absolute.”
• (Saw Edowin’s tadpole exerting from his body): “Horrid creature. That one lives inside me is… repulsive.”
  • (Responding remark): “Come - we'll not find purification here.”
• (Found Exsanguinated Boar): “No blood, no clear wound. Like the boar's life was simply sucked away.”

• (Healed the Mother Owlbear): “Healed or not, she's a hungry beast. Be cautious.”
• (Found Mother Owlbear killed by goblins, if the party have spared her earlier): “Goblins have silenced the owl-beast.”
  • (Responding remark): “I'd expect no less of vermin.”
• (Finding a shrine to Selûne, Religion check):
  • (Successful): "A shrine to Selûne in a grotto like this?"
  • (Failed): "Look there - a shrine."
• (Near the magically sealed chest): "Sealed by magic. There's no smashing this open."
  • (Found a prayer, Investigation check):
  • (Successful): “A prayer, with the same symbol as the chest - divine magic.”
  • (Failed): “A prayer, and a symbol. Hidden for a reason, perhaps.”
  • (Tried to open without disarming magical seal): “Agh! Protective magic.”
  • (Opened the chest by reading the prayer): “The chest's unlocked. Simple magic.”
• (Picked up the scroll with the Selûnite Rite): "A Selûnite coming-of-age ritual. More arduous than I'd have expected."

Sunlit Wetlands/Putrid Bog

Dealing with Demir and Johl:

• (Saw Auntie Ethel disappeared after helping her against brothers): “ Gone in a wink. I suspect we've been played for fools.”
  • (Responding remark): “Ethel is dangerous, if the brothers spoke true. Perhaps we should pay a visit.”
• (Found the brothers dead, haven’t met them): “Not just dead: gutted. Hardly a painless kill.” (also serves as a Responding remark when have met the brothers).
  • (Responding remark): “An expert kill - and a painful one.”
  • (Have encountered them arguing with Ethel): “The brothers, dead. So much for a family reunion.”

At the Druid Sanctuary/Decrepit Sanctuary:

• (Read Kagha’s recruitment letter from Shadow Druids): “Kagha does not just protect the circle. She means to turn it.”
  • (Responding remark): “A pitiless druid harbours a deep secret? Shocking.”
  • (Read the letter before meeting Kagha): “Shadow Druids? This Kagha could prove an obstacle.”
• (Noticed the knife-damaged tree bark in the Decrepit Sanctuary): “That tree's been marked. Hardly nature's work.”
  • (Saw the damaged bark, knowing about Kagha’s letter): “An odd tree. That note to Kagha mentioned something like this.”

Elsewhere in the Wetlands/Bog:

• (Found a sword and a helmet in the middle of the bog X: -3 Y: 277): “A fine enough sword. I presume the swamp has long swallowed its owner.”
• (Tried to pick a fruit from a Barbed Bulrush, pricked a finger): “Ack - my finger. Those thorns are sharp.”
• (Found slaughtered campsite on the riverbank): "A bloodbath. Someone - something - made quick work of the place."
  • (Nature check successful): “Redcaps. The trails in the blood leave no doubt.”
  • (Failed): “Whatever did this, I hope it stayed near. I thirst for battle.”
• (After defeating Gandrel, stood to Astarion): "A sage's choice - Astarion's skills serve us well."
  • (Responding remark): “If he outlives his usefulness, you can dispose of him as you wish.”
• (Betrayed Astarion to Gandrel): “I find few things delightful. Your surrender of Astarion is among them.”
  • (Responding remark): “Astarion's as good as dead. I won't waste another thought on him.”

In the Riverside Teahouse/Gnarled Teahouse:

• (Near the fireplace in hag’s house, Arcana check):
  • (Successful): “Illusory flames - hiding a passage. Where does it lead?”
  • (Failed): “A warm fire, yet no ghaik head to roast on it. Pity.”
• (After Ethel hasn’t succeed to extract the tadpole): “The tadpole is tainted? This might explain the unusual course of the infection...”
  • (Responding remark): “The ghaik leave nothing to chance - and neither should we. We stay our course.”
• (Ethel fled from the house, peaceful encounter): “Gone. Seeking more pawns for her head games, no doubt.”
  • (Ethel fled from the house escaping a combat): “Enough of this. It is time to find the hag and end this game.”
• (Reached out to Connor’s coffin while the hag is still alive): “Ngh - that stung!”
  • (Tried to touch it second time): “Ugh - it's even stronger now.”

In the Overgrown Tunnel and the Ancient Abode:

• (Chasing after Ethel through the illusory fireplace): “Where are you? Get out here and let's be done with it.”
• (Entering Overgrown Tunnel): “Ghastly place.”
• (After speaking with Lorin in the Entrance Gallery): “Just a hallucination, nothing more.”
  • (Responding remark 1): “Ignore him. A hallucination, nothing more.”
  • (Responding remark 2): “Probably another of the hag's mind games. Nothing more.”
• (Lorin died after being forced out of his corner): “Dead. Powerful magic at work, surely.”
  • (Responding remark): “Powerful magic at work.”
• (Put on a Whispering Mask and saw through illusion): “Curious. The illusion's been shattered.”
  • (Failed a Wisdom save against Ethel’s mask): “Pa'vrylk! Out of my head!”
  • (Freed from Ethel’s masks mind control): “My mind is my own. Finally.”
  • (Other hag’s victims act neutral when wearing a Whispering Mask): “They do not attack. The mask must ward them off.”
• (Wandered into Ethel’s lair, the hag is not there): “That smell. Death, decay - it's stupendous.”
  • (Responding remark): “Stay ready. We aren't alone here.”
• (Entered Acrid Workshop): “Bones and blood everywhere. Hallmarks of torture.”
  • (Responding remark): “The hag's leftovers, I presume.”
• (After Ethel’s set Mayrina’s cage on fire): “The cage won't last long. Nor will the girl.”
• (After resurrecting Connor Vinderblad): “Mayrina is free - but we paid dearly for it.”
  • (Responding remark): “Let us be mindful in the future, at least. There are few fair bargains.”

Blighted Village

• (Spotted goblins' ambush upon entering the village): “There, on the rooftops. Fresh blood awaits.”

At the blacksmith's house and cellar:

• (Picked up Selûnite Necklace in blacksmith’s house): “A symbol of the rising moon - this is a Selûnite necklace.”
• (Found blacksmith's blueprints): "Weapon designs. The work of a mlar - a smith, as the locals say."
  • (Responding remark): "Simple inkwork, simple design. Hardly the pinnacle of metalcraft."
  • (Found another set of blueprints on the wall near the smithy): “Weapon designs. The blacksmith's work.”
  • (Responding remark, if already knows about adding Sussur Tree Bark): “Simple inkwork, no sussur bark mentioned. Hardly the pinnacle of the craft.”
• (Added sussur bark to the melting forge, has read blueprints): “This looks suitable. Now, to add a greatsword, sickle, or dagger.”
  • (Hasn’t seen blueprints): “The bark is in place. But what is its purpose?”
  • (If has read apprentice’s journal, but hasn’t seen blueprints): “Master weapons? The blueprints can't be far.”
• (Found a crumbling wall in the cellar): “Falling apart. Just like the rest of this pathetic realm.”

In the Whispering Depths:

• (After climbing down the well rope, Survival check):
  • (Successful): "Giant webs. They'll alert their spinners with a mere touch."
  • (Failed): "Webs everywhere. Which means spiders anywhere."
  • (Touched the web and heard Ettercap's shriek): "We woke something up. And it isn't happy."
• (Felt air motion from the deeper pit): “Feel that? A breeze. Something's down there.”
  • (Responding remark): “Lead the way.”

In the Apothecary's Cellar:

• (Upon entering the secret cellar): “A laboratory. What mysteries are lurking here?”
• (Found the tome): “A book of death magic. Let's see what spirits lurk within.”
• (If the party knows about Gale’s needs): : “A book of death magic. Gale might put it to good use.”
  • (If the tome was destroyed): “The book may have been useful. What were you thinking?”

The deal with Lump the Enlightened:

• (Blowing Lump's War Horn, if the ogres are dead): “Useless. The ogres are dead.”
  • (Responding remark): “A waste of time.”
• (Blowing the horn, while staying at the camp): “No ogres. Surely for the best.”
• (Blowing the horn, if the ogres are too far away to hear it): “The ogre won't come - I am well out of range.”
• (Blowing the horn, if the deal with the ogres isdone): “The ogres will not come - the bargain is fulfilled.”
  • (Responding remark): “The ogres moved on. The horn is useless.”

Elsewhere in the village:

• (Found a hopscotch game): “Bah! A children's game. These young should have been sparring - not making merry.”
• (After killing Grukkoh and Buthir): “I doubt those beasts were expecting… visitors.”
  • (Responding remark): “I'll refrain from detailing my conquests, lest you die of embarrassment.”
• (Found the Curious Book): “ Wine. A reader with decadent tastes, perhaps.”
  • (Responding remark): “A drunkard with no respect for the written word, more likely.”

Goblin Camp

At the gate and in the outer camp:

• (After any party member knocked a rhythm on a War Drum near the outer gate): "Must you make us the centre of attention?"
• (After any party member smeared worg dung on their face): "Must be fresh. I can smell you from here."
• (Walking among the celebrating goblins): “How are we to find the druid in this chaos?”
  • (Responding remark): “The longer we are here, the more suspicion we will draw.”
• (Freed the Owlbear Cub and directed it to the camp): "You've acquired a pet - how charming."
• (Saw sleeping drunk goblins at the platform above the entrance): “Drunk - but not dead, more's the pity.”
  • (Responding remark): “Shush your mouth. Or were you hoping to wake them?”
• (Found a loose wall at the upper platform): “That wall's falling apart. A good blow should send it toppling.”
• (Found Shadowheart's body, knows her): “The woman with the relic - Shadowheart. No signs of struggle that I can see. Curious.”
  • (Does not know her): “The half-elf with the relic. Curious.”

In the Shattered Sanctum:

• (Noticed a Scrying Eye): “That floating eye keeps watch. Best avoided, or it may spoil the hunt.”
• (Talked to either Dror Ragzlin or Minthara, and they mentioned “the weapon”): “These cultists seek a weapon. Could they mean the artefact that we carry?”
  • (Responding remark): “If so, they'll hunt us to the far ends of this cursed land.”
• (Responding remark on avatar's comment on receiving "penance" from Abdirak): "A crude execution, at best."
• (Found a blocked trapdoor in Ragzlin’s throne room): “Blocked. No getting through.”
• (Killed Minthara): “Dead, more's the pity. My blood had just started to boil.”
• (Killed Priestess Gut): “Disgusting creature. We did her a favour.”

In Worg Pens:

• (Halsin died while in bear form and reshaped after death): “That was no bear - that was shapeshifter magic. I need to look at the remains.”
  • (Halsin died, players spoke to him previously): “The druid is dead. Perhaps I can still prise information from his carcass.”
• (Halsin escaped Worg Pens on his own, the party hasn’t been to grove): “Nothing but corpses. Whatever beast they held, it was vicious.”
  • (the party does not know about Halsin missing): “Their prisoner left a mess. If it was one of those adventurers, they'd go back to the grove.”
  • (the party knows Halsin was missing): “Goblins, torn to ribbons - the druid's work, surely. He'll be back at the grove now.”
  • (the party met him afterwards): “An empty cage and some corpses. Must be where Halsin was kept.”
  • (the party knows only about the adventurers): “Whoever they held captive escaped. One of the adventurers, perhaps.”
• (Trying to use the tunnel left after drawing out Taeglyn's body): “Still blocked. A little extra force should clear the way.”

While heading to the Underdark:

• (Approaching Selûnite disc riddle, read the Dwarf's Poem):
  • (Successful Investigation check): "Rotating plates. These pictographs are just as the dwarf's poem described."
  • (Failed): "Hm. These pictographs were described in the dwarf's poem."
• (Approaching the riddle, hasn't read the poem):
  • (Successful Investigation check): "Rotating plates. What might these pictographs signify?"
  • (Failed): "Some manner of device. But to what end?"
• (After the riddle is solved): "A passage. Into the dark, then."

Underdark

At the Selûnite Outpost and around:

• (Approaching portcullis, saw a Minotaur killed by traps): "Eyes open!"
  • (Responding remark): “We are not welcome here - this much is clear.”
• (Felt the quake): "Quakes. The bedrock must be underincredible strain."
• (Approaching myconid spore-guarded territory, Nature check):
  • (Successul): "Airborne spores. Fungal, I suspect."
  • (Failed): "Airborne spores. And they're everywhere."
• (Approaching a group of petrified Drow): “Those are not simple statues. This means trouble.”
• (Killed the Spectator, Arcana check):
  • (Successful): “A spectator. I've battled the likes before, within the Eye of the Sky.”
  • (Failed): “Flesh to stone. Powerful magic.”

In the Ebonlake Grotto and Decrepit Village:

• (Met the Myconids for the first time, Intelligence check failed): “Sentient mushrooms. I've known no creature like this.
• (Looking at Spaw planting spores into a corpse): “ It attends to the corpses. Does it mean to raise them?”
• (Saw a corpse revived as a Spore Servant): “So much for harmony. These creatures sting.”
• (Responding remark): “They could barely hold staves, let alone greatswords. Raising warriors to fight for them - ingenious.”
• (Found the remains of duergar and myconids’ battle): “Fresh corpses - duergar and myconid. There was a battle here.”
• (Approached abandoned camp in the Decrepit Village): “Old camp. Abandoned, from the looks of it.”
• (Killed Glut): “'Circle Glut' was not meant to be. We saw to that.”
  • (Responding remark): “A fitting end for such a craven creature.”

In the Dread Hollow:

• (Finding Hook Horror markings, Survival check):
  • (Successful): "These grooves are fresh. A creature of the dark, staking its claim."
  • (Failed): "Odd markings. Recent, from the looks of it."
• (Saw a Hook Horror up on the cliff, eating a gnome): “More monstrosities - there, on the cliff.”
• (Heard Hook Horror calling for reinforcement in battle): “By Vlaakith's blades, silence that thing!”
• (Saw Bulette’s holes, Nature check):
  • (Successful): “Burrows? The work of a bulette, I believe. A land shark.”
  • (Failed): “Someone - or something - has been digging here...”
• (Bulette approaching, Nature check):
  • (Successful): "Was that… a bulette? I've heard tales of their viciousness."
  • (Failed): "Whatever it was, I stand at the ready."
• (Bulette reappeared after hiding underground): “Back for another go? Let's get started.”
• (Approaching the Sussur Tree): "There is something about that tree. Something wrong."
• (Feeling Sussur Tree impact): "What is this? These flowers - they make my blood run as cold as ice."
• (Cut off a piece of Sussur Tree Bark, has the blueprints, hasn’t been to the smithy): “I've the blueprint and the sussur bark. Now, to seek a forging tool.”
  • (Responding remark): “The forge at the blacksmith's house should do.”
  • (Has been to the smithy): “I've got the blueprint and the sussur bark. Now, I need a forging tool.”
• (Found Myrna's dog collar after digging out the grave at X: -41 Y: -212): “A collar, covered with runes.”
  • (Responding remark, read Letter from Amarith): “Lenore's work, clearly. It must have some purpose.”
  • (Responding remark, hasn’t read the letter): “A mystical artefact. Or a meaningless trinket.”

In the Arcane Tower:

• (Approaching the entrance, saw scorched ground from Arcane Turrets): “Scorch marks. Eyes keen and ears open.”
• (Read any poem book in the tower): “Chk - such tedium. No blades, no battle cries.”
• (Felt Weave emanations from the Chest of the Mundane, Arcana check):
  • (Successful): “My skin is crawling. That chest is steeped in magic.”
  • (Failed): “Magic nearby. It is making my skin crawl.”
• (Put an item IN the chest): “Transformation magic. I've never seen it for myself.”
• (Took an item OUT of the chest): “Curious. It transformed. I wonder...”
• (Interact with lights without activating Power generator): “Odd - it won't ignite.”
  • (Activated Power generator): “Arcane illumination. Clever.”
• (Blocked lift in the Arcane tower, Arcana check):
  • (Successful): “A magical device, no doubt. Now to get it working.”
  • (Failed): “Nothing. There must be a way to get it working.”
  • (Try to trigger it second time): “Nothing.”
• (Pressed the strange button in Lenore’s bedroom, doesn’t have the collar): “Nothing. What's the point of a button so near the ground?”
  • (Pressed the button, has Myrna's collar in inventory): “How peculiar - I feel something trembling. That collar, perhaps.”
  • (Pressed the button, a party member wears the collar): “The collar is trembling. Some sort of magical resonance.”
  • (Pressed the button, got a Raw Steak): “The collar summons food? What a dull use of such curious magic.”
  • (Pressed the button second time): “It's stopped. Perhaps the supply's been exhausted.”
• (Put on ring obtained from Bernard): “A button. Of course - revealed by the ring's magic.”
• (Sat down on the Stool of Hill Giant Strength): "What is this power?"
  • (Got up from it): "The power's gone. A most vexing chair..."
  • (Destroyed the stool and took the leg club): “It is no silver sword, but that chair leg may be a useful weapon.”

Collecting the lore on the Adamantine Forge:

• (First learned about the adamantine forge): “An adamantine forge? Imagine the blades gith artisans might craft with such a device.”
• (Looted disguised book from Xargrim, Arcana check): “How clever - a spell hides this book's true nature. Perhaps I can dispel it.”
  • (Failed): “A book on 'flumph' reproduction. The inhabitants of this plane hold peculiar interests.”
  • (If already interrogated Xargrim's corpse): “Surely the book the drow corpse mentioned. A spell hides its true nature.”
  • (The book transformed, the party knew it was disguised): “The drow's book has transformed. So much for 'Flumph Mating Rituals'.”
  • (The party didn’t know): “Chk - seems magic concealed the true nature of 'Flumph Mating Rituals'. Clever - almost.”
• (Looted Filro’s records, not knowing about the forge): “The ravings of a lunatic. Pure nonsense.”
  • (Deciphered the record scroll): “The adamantine forge is guarded. And this so-called 'hot hammer' is key to its destruction.”
  • (If learned about the forge first from Filro): “An adamantine forge? Imagine the blades gith artisans might craft with such a device.”
    • (Responding remark, successfully deciphered drow’s records): “Seems it is closely guarded. And this so-called 'hot hammer' is key to its destruction.”
    • (Failed to decipher the record scroll): “But what is this nonsense about a 'hot hammer'? Mad ravings, surely.”
• (Second mention of the forge): “Seems this forge was most coveted, and for good reason.”
  • (The party knows about it from Filro’s corpse): “The mad drow spoke of this forge, too - perhaps his mind wasn't entirely addled.”
  • (The party knows about it from Filro’s notes): “The Adamantine Forge again. The last journal mentioned a guardian...”
  • (The party knows about it from Dhourn/Dhourn’s corpse): “The Adamantine Forge - that blowhard Dhourn was searching for it.”
  • (The party knows about it from Dhourn’s Memory Shard): “More forge talk. The memory shard showed us where to go.”
  • (The party knows about it from Xargrim’s corpse): “This 'Adamantine Forge' - the dead drow spoke of finding it.”
  • (The party knows about it from Xargrim’s disguised book): “The Adamantine Forge - the enchanted journal spoke of it as well. Curious.”
  • (The party knows about it from Skarjall): “This 'Adamantine Forge' - the duergar spoke of it as well.”
• (Third mention of the forge): “Another clue pointing to the Adamantine Forge. Now I tire of theory - let us put it into practice.”

Dealing with Mushroom Circles in the Underdark and beyond:

• (Found dead drow at the foot of the crag, Medicine check):
  • (Successful): “Dead drow. Fall injuries, from the looks of it.”
  • (Failed): “Skeletons and a decaying corpse. What drew them to this fate?”
• (Found illusory mushroom “ladder” leading toward crag top at X: 67 Y: -256): “Tsk'va! Best to watch my step.”
• (Found illusory wall on the top of the crag): “Someone didn't want us intruding. Which means there's something worth finding.”
• (Approaching a mushroom ring, knows its purpose): “Another ring - but these mushrooms aren't glowing.”
  • (Not knowing the purpose): “A circle of mushrooms. The teachings made no mention of this.”
• (Entered a mushroom ring, knows its purpose): “Nothing. Perhaps it needs to be activated somehow.”
  • (Not knowing the purpose): “Nothing happened. As I expected.”
• (Activated the mushroom ring): “Odd. The ring's colour has changed.”
• (Teleported from the Underdark into Overgrown Tunnel, Ethel is dead): “The hag's lair. Would that I could kill her twice over.”
• (Teleported from the Underdark into Overgrown Tunnel, Ethel survived): “The hag's lair. Step with caution.”
• (Teleported from the Overgrown Tunnel to the Putrid Bog): “The swamp. Delightful.”
• (Teleported from the Overgrown Tunnel into the Underdark, hasn’t been to Underdark earlier): “Stones as damp as the caverns of K'liir. This must be the Underdark.”
• (Teleported from the Overgrown Tunnel into the Underdark, has been to Underdark): “Back in the Underdark, it would seem. Crude magic - but effective.”
• (Teleported from the Putrid Bog into Overgrown Tunnel): “The hag's lair? Hardly more appealing.” (this line is the same regardless of Ethel was killed or survived)
• (Teleported from the Underdark to the Putrid Bog): “Out of the Underdark - but still stranded on this woeful rock.”
• (Teleported from the Underdark to the Sunlit Wetlands (Ethel’s illusion is still intact)): “Out of the Underdark and into the marshes - but still standing on this middling rock.”

Elsewhere in the Underdark:

• (Entering Zhentarim storehouse from the Underdark): "The mark of the Zhentarim, I believe - the brigands for hire."
• (Entering Zhentarim storehouse, descending from Zhentarim Hideout): "Contraband. Why else would so many goods be stored in such depths?"
• (Found a Drow resupply stash at X: 71 Y: -220): “An old resupply cache. Lolth's children once tread here.”
• (Heard Baelen’s cries for help): “Another coward crying for aid? How usual.”
• (Killed all Kuo-toa in Festering Cove, dissipating BOOOAL’s magic): “The power has dispersed. He was no god - hardly even an imitation.”

Grymforge

At the Clan Flameshade camp:

• (Arriving at the Grymforge): “A military fortress, perhaps. An odd sight in these dim caverns.”
• (Met a Scrying Eye): “There - a scrying eye. Someone's keeping a close watch on this place.”
  • (Met a Scrying Eye, seen one in the Goblin Camp): “A scrying eye. One roamed the goblin settlement, if I recall. Someone's watching us.”
  • (Responding remark to both options): “Be wary - and do not draw its attention.”
  • (Looted a dead Scrying Eye): “A scrying eye, forever blinded.”
• (Saw drow corpses in cages near the pier): “A drow corpse. A trophy - and a warning.”
• (Looted the Engraved Pin from a drow corpse, History check):
  • (Successful): “I've seen this emblem - a harp and a crescent. What business would bring a Harper here?”
  • (Failed): “Curious emblem on this pin. A guild symbol, perhaps.”
• (After talking to Stonemason Kith): “Even on this plane, history is carved in stone and burned in brick.”
  • (Responding remark): “Learn what you can in these grottos. The champions of the past have plenty to teach us.”
• (Found Dark Justiciars’ skeletons): “Halsin mentioned a place like this. Moonrise Towers inches ever closer.”
• (Saw crates with old Sharran gear at X: -668 Y: 400): “Rusted - not a useful weapon among the lot.”
• (Found a crossbow in an old crate, History check):
  • (Successful): “Hardy but graceful - a fine crossbow. Made by Sharran hands, if my teachings keep true.”
• (Failed): “Graceful, powerful. I could ask no more of a crossbow. Are the duergar so capable?”
• (Looted a piece of adamantine, knows about the forge): “Just a bit of slag - but that glimmer. A touch of adamantine, I daresay.”
  • (Doesn’t know about it): “Speckled bit of slag. Useless.”
• (Found defaced statue of Shar, recognized the symbol of the Absolute): “Shar, defaced by the Absolute's mark. I can think of no better target for vandals.”
  • (Did not recognize the symbol): “Chk - the plain visage of Shar. Were it not already marked by vandals, I might have done it myself.”
• (If Nere died in the cave-in): “I suppose Nere's dead by now. I just need his head.”
• (Looking at the Shar temple down from the ruined bridge): “Is that a temple down there? A pity I cannot jump further.”

Exploring the Sharran city:

• (Found the traces of Thulla’s escape, Perception check):
  • (Successful): “Foot tracks? Someone left their mark.”
  • (Failed): “The ground is scuffed. It might be worth checking.”
  • (Interacting with chains or bloodied arrows, Survival check):
  • (Successful): “Small footprints and discarded shackles. A gnome prisoner fled from here.”
  • (Failed): “Such a mess. What happened here, I can't fathom.”
• (Respond to Harper’s watchword from Undelivered Letter, History check): “'Lux'. Light. Casting the right spell on the chest should get us in.”
  • (Failed): “Chk. Those words mean nothing to me.”
• (Approaching the location of the Harper Stash): “This must be where the Harper's stockpile is hidden. I should look around.”
• (Saw the Harpers’ rune, hasn’t read the Undelivered Letter, Survival check):
  • (Successful): “I know this rune. An enterprising Harper has hidden supplies nearby.”
  • (Failed): “A rune of some sort. It must mark something - but what?”
• (Saw false chests, Investigation check):
  • (Successful): “Either the Harpers are terrible at hiding their stashes - or this is a trap.”
  • (Failed): “Must be in one of these chests, then. Or all of them, should we be lucky.”
• (Entered a banquet hall, Religion check):
  • (Successful): “Shar worshippers left these rotting ritual dregs behind. Why slow the senses with food and drink before a killing? Pointless.”
  • (Successful 2): “The rotting ritual dregs of a Nightfall feast - a decadent display.”
  • (Responding remark): “Shar worshippers did this. Why slow the senses with food and drink before a killing? Pointless.”
  • (Failed): “What manner of fiend holds a feast in a place like this?”
• (Found a loose stone at X: -600 Y: 422 through Perception check): “A loose stone? Someone's secret stash has been found out.”
• (Found a place where Philomeen climbed up the ledge, knows about her escape): “A thick rope, good for climbing. The escaped gnome must have climbed up here.”
  • (Does not know about her): “Tools and a rope - someone climbed up here. Enterprising duergar? Gnome on the run?”
• (Found a Devilfoil Mask): “Odd. What manner of mask is this?”
  • (Arcana check successful): “The mask was a merregon's - an infernal warrior.
  • (Failed): “I've never encountered such a thing, even in wildspace.”
  • (Arcana check successful, knows about merregons’ habits): “Hmm - a merregon's, most likely. An infernal battle was fought here. But what of the commander?”
  • (Doubts whether the merregons’ commander is dead): “I suppose the merregons' master returned to the Hells. Unless...”
• (Tried to put on the mask): “An unusual metal. Too heavy to wear comfortably.”
  • (Found a second mask): “A mask. Just like the others.”
  • (Found the third mask (?)): “My teachings say nothing of them. They could be meaningless trinkets.”
• (Found the Idol of Shar, the party knows Shadowheart is a Sharran): “This idol bears the Dark Lady's likeness. Shadowheart might be interested.”
  • (The party does not know): “This idol bears Shar's likeness. A detailed rendering of a trivial goddess.”
• (Found a bunch of rusty weapons): “Useless. Time has ravaged these weapons well beyond repair.” (triggers only for the first time interacting with those)
• (Interacted with the Orb of Darkvision): “A great darkness stirs in me. In Vlaakith's name, what is this?”
• (Read Abandoned Journal): “Chk. Better to face a hellbeast than to leave a record of your own cowardice.” (triggers after finding at least one Devilfoil Mask)
• (Stepped on a platform held by chains): “Small steps - this thing is all but rusted through.”

In the Adamantine Forge:

• (Coming closer to the Adamantine forge): “Scorching heat, flows of lava. The forge must be near.”
• (Saw the forge for the first time): “An impressive device. I didn't think istik were so capable.”
  • (Saw the forge for the first time 2): “The adamantine forge. Impressive - I didn't think istik were so capable.”
• (Filled the crucible with Mithral Ore): “The crucible's full.”
• (Interacting with mould chamber, has at least one Mould): “There's an opening in the device - a perfect match for that mould.”
  • (Doesn’t have any moulds): “There's an opening here. For this forge to work, I'll need a mould.”
  • (Filled only crucible, hasn’t any moulds): “Materials placed. But something's still missing.”
  • (Filled only crucible): “The mithral is ready. Time to insert the mould.”
  • (Placed only mould): “Mould inserted. But the forge is useless without the proper ore.”
  • (Filled and placed both, seeking how to activate): “Everything appears to be in order. Time to start up the forge.”
• (The platform moves down after activating): “There we are. A short descent, but no less dramatic for it.”
• (Trying to forge without lava): “The forging is not complete. What else is required?”
  • (If has already crafted one piece): “There can be no forging without a flame. The lava.”
• (Forged the first item, Grym appears): “Right from the flames. By Vlaakith, I will be your end!”
• (Fighting Grym, the forge hammer doesn’t damage it): “The hammer's done nothing? Tsk'va - there must be a way!”
  • (Successfully damaged Grym with the hammer): “There it is - a perfect strike!”
• (Magma Mephits appear during the fight): “Mephits. Send them back to the Hells!”
• (Defeated Grym): “Vlaakith tavki na'zin. Conquest is mine!”
• (Approaching lava lake, Nature check):
  • (Successful): “Lava doesn't flare up like that for no reason. Something's amiss here.”
  • (Failed): “I should tread carefully. No telling when the lava might erupt.”
• (Noticed Lava Elemental, Arcana check):
  • (Successful): “What have we here? The cause of the lake's disturbances, surely.”
  • (Failed): “By Vlaakith, that is no mere fire elemental - it drips with lava.”

The Risen Road and Mountain Pass

In and around the Tollhouse:

• (Saw dead gnolls on the bridge to the Tollhouse): “Someone's already slain these creatures. A pity they didn't leave any for us.”
• (Seeing rockfall and wreckage near the Tollhouse): “Fresh corpses. This was no mere cave-in.”
• (Agreed to help Anders, but found out that his crew are Zariel’s servants): “We may have more important pursuits - but when it comes to slaying the Hells' minions, I'll find the time.” (Also serves as a Responding remark here)
• (Entering Tollhouse basement): "The rot of death. Delightful."
• (Stepped on a pressure plate in the tollhouse vault): “A pressure plate? Curious - there must be a trick to it.”
• (Found the skeletal couple under the broken bridge): “Fallen warriors, their days of glory long since passed.”
  • (Successful History check): "Their equipment bears Harper and druid icons. A curious alliance."
  • (Failed): “We should examine the bodies. Even a corpse can carry a fine sword.”
  • (Failed 2): “Nameless bones left by a forgotten battle.”

Fighting gnolls and dealing with missing shipment:

• (After one of hyenas fled): “One beast's broken away - and it won't be returning alone.”
• (Witnessed a birth of a gnoll from dying hyena, seq 1): “What is this creature that bursts from another's flesh?”
  • (Responding remark 1): “This plane finds new and exciting ways to disgust me.”
  • (Responding remark 2): “Let them come. We will rip them from top to tail.”
• (Witnessed a birth of a gnoll, seq 2 - knows about gnolls’ presence in area): “These vermin infest every crevice of this pathetic world.”
  • (Responding remark 1): “Is there no corner of this plane they don't infest?”
  • (Responding remark 2): “Let them come. We will rip them from top to tail.”
• (Witnessed a birth of a gnoll, seq 3): “This plane is full of disturbing creatures.”
  • (Responding remark): “They burst forth from that creature. I've not seen the likes of it.”
• (Witnessed a birth of a gnoll, seq 4 - knows about gnolls’ presence in area): “Gnolls erupting from corpses? I've not seen the likes of it.”
  • (Responding remark): “Bah. I've seen far greater dangers on Crèche K'liir.”
• (Found the missing shipment, Rugan dead, hasn’t met Zarys): “An unusual chest. The sort that holds more than just a few worthless baubles.”
  • (Responding remark): “Why wonder, when we can find out for ourselves?”
• (Found the missing shipment, Rugan dead, has met Zarys): “Zarys promised a reward for this chest. A sizeable one - provided it stayed unopened.”
  • (Responding remark): “Is her reward more precious than the contents of the chest? Doubtable.”
• (Found the missing shipment, conspired with Rugan, has met Zarys): “Zarys was looking for this chest. Whatever it holds must be valuable.”
  • (Responding remark): “Well, I see no reason to return it. Let's see what's inside.”

At Waukeen's Rest and Zhentarim Hideout:

• (Failed a Strength check to kick out the front door): “No matter. There must be another way in.”
• (Walking near the burning door in the tavern): “Cautious steps. Open that door and we go up in flames.”
• (Cannot lift the fallen beams off Benryn): “Ugh. It's too heavy!”
• (Found Mirileth’s corpse): “Look there - Benryn's wife. Miri, was it?”
  • (Responding remark): “Dead. Not surprising.”
• (Saw the haystack with hidden dowry, Investigation check): “Someone's hidden a chest in the hay.”
  • (Failed): “Horse feed - unburned, for now.”
• (Found a secret entrance to the Zhentarim Hideout): “What have we here?”
• (Illusory wall in the Zhentarim Hideout, successful Investigation check): “An illusion. Hiding something valuable, surely.”
• (After the Flaming Fist guard refused to attack the Zhentarim): “Bah! Who could rely on forces as feeble as these?”

Meeting with the githyanki scouts near the Mountain Pass:

• (Found giant scratches near Mountain Pass entrance): “Look there - deep gashes in the rock.”
• (Successful Arcana check): “A dragon's claw-scratches. Unmistakable.”
• (Failed): “A gnoll, perhaps? No. Something bigger.”
• (Saw a red dragon): “A dragon-rider - my kin are near.”
  • (Responding remark): “Such beauty. Such power.”
  • (Responding remark 2): “If only I was mounted on that dragon.”
  • (Responding remark 3): “The skill of a dragon-rider - breathtaking.”
• (Responding remark to seeing a red dragon, Frightened 1): “Such fury. I do not envy the dragon's prey.”
• (Responding remark to seeing a red dragon, Frightened 2): “Beautiful. And terrifying.”
• (Responding remark to seeing a red dragon, Frightened 3): “Only a fool would resist such power.”
• (Read a roadsign after dragon’s attack): “Bah! Useless.”
• (Picked up dead mercenary’s shield 1): “The shield is warm from the red dragon's fire. Wise of Vlaakith to take them as allies.”
• (Picked up dead mercenary’s shield 2): “The shield is warm from the red dragon's fire.”
  • (Responding remark): “Red dragons make powerful weapons and steeds. Vlaakith was wise to ally with them.”
• (After the fight with Baretha and other githyanki scouts): “Their corpses may have something of use...”
  • (Read the Elaborate Slate looted from one of the githyanki corpses): “A githyanki crèche lies beyond the mountain pass. Purification is finally at hand.”

Rosymorn Monastery

Walking down the Rosymorn Monastery Trail:

• (Looking at the valley vista from the viewpoint X: -30 Y: -100): “I'm not one to admire a view. This time - well, this time shall be an exception.”
• (Respond to others' remarks on the sight of the ruined monastery from afar): “Keep your focus. A crèche may take any guise - even that of a derelict temple.”
• (Recognizing Lathander depiction in the statue at X: -63 Y: -133, Religion check successful): “Lathander, the Morninglord. And self-righteous snob, as I see it.”
• (Tried to use the cable car, Strength check):
  • (Successful): “Good - with great effort, great reward. Or so I hope.”
  • (Failed): “The thing is older than the Rock of Bral - and just as unyielding.”
• (Came up to a broken bridge at X: -106 Y: -184): “The bridge is down. There must be another way through.”

Exploring the ruined monastery:

• (Came up to the body of a cultist killed by the gith guard): “The cultists have made enemies of my people. They will be eager for my help.”
• (Approaching the statue of Lathander at X: 73 Y: 4): “Lathander, smiting the undead to make way for new blood.”
• (Heard the warning from speaking bust, Arcana check):
  • (Successful): “A Magic Mouth spell. A warning from the past - and a failed one, to be sure.”
  • (Failed): “The statue speaks. A warning from the past, no less.”
• (Found the corpse with a longsword in the chest, History check):
  • (Successful): “A githyanki blade. One mighty thrust, one life purged.”
  • (Failed): “One mighty thrust, one life purged.”
• (Found active Guardian of Faith spell): “I know this spell - Guardian of Faith. Extraordinary, that it's lasted so long.”
• (In the Ceremonial room, removed the weapon from the altar): “It's stopped glowing - its magic snuffed out.”
• (Placed a non-Ceremonial weapon on altar): “Standard weapons are sufficient - a welcome convenience.”
• (Heard Gremishka meowlings): “What is that awful mewling?”
• (Recognized Gremishkas, ? check successful): “Gremishkas? The less magic the better, or they'll be frenzied - or worse.”
• (Used magic close to a Gremishka): “Damnable things. One spell, and there's no telling how they'll react.”
• (Entered a combat with drunk Kobolds): “The kobold reeks of liquor. This is no time go to playing with fire.”
• (Pass by an inactive Lathander's Lance on the roof, knows the where crèche is): “A formidable weapon. Was this used on my people?”
  • (Doesn’t know the crèche location): “This weapon would have been formidable in battle.”
• (Found a githyanki skeleton at X: 45 Y: 19, has been to the creche): “A fallen githyanki, still clad in armour - one of the first raiders to descend on the temple.”
  • (Hasn’t found the crèche yet): “A fallen githyanki warrior. A crèche must be close.”
• (The Giant Eagle calling for help in combat): “It's calling for help. Keep focus!”

Crèche Y’llek

• (Entered the Dormitory): “This crèche's bunks look entirely too soft for my liking.”
• (Read the parchment with the rules on the dormitory wall): “The first ten protocols. The young must abide them, or bear the sa'varsh's barbed whip.”
• (Set Gremishka loose from the gith kids’ chest): “Tsk'va!”
  • (Responding remark): “So this was their victim? Chk. I'd sooner the yanki release their aggressions on each other.”
• (Looking at the devices in Stornugoss’ laboratory): “Githyanki scholars study ghaik devices closely. They even incorporate their findings into our own machines and magic.”
• (Breathed in the Strange Gas in the Hatchery): “Mm. Intoxicating.”
• (Looking around in the Hatchery): “Entirely too empty. I'd expect to see fifteen eggs, at very least.”
• (Saw anatomical diagrams in the Classroom): Only through anatomical study do we learn of ghaik weakness. The more we know, the more efficient our kills.“”
• (Hit a training dummy in the Classroom): “We trained on effigies just like this in Crèche K'liir. The reward for destroying one? Crafting a replacement.”
• (Started a fight with sa'varsh Kethk and his students): “The pupils hang on his every move. Don't underestimate them.”
• (Opened an apple crate in the corridor): “Fruit? Chk. No githyanki of worth would prefer this to a fresh kill.”
• (Read the map in Captain’s Quarters): “A map of the Sword Coast. My people have scouted well beyond the temple.”
• (Killed Therezzyn, reminding themselves about the Inquisitor): “The servant is slain. But there still remains a master.”
• (Interacted with the deactivated barrier): “Waste of time. The barrier's down.”
• (Walking the bridge that leads to Inquisitor’s Chamber): “The Inquisitor will be waiting. We must hurry.”
  • (Responding remark): “Do as I do. The Inquisitor shall tolerate only the utmost respect.”
  • (Responding remark 2): “I hope - no, expect - the ch'r'ai will aid us.”
  • (Responding remark 3): “Chk. The Inquisitor may guide us. Do not provoke him.”
• (Try to use an inactive Planecaster, before speaking to W'wargaz): “Inactive.”

Searching and obtaining the Blood of Lathander:

• (Found empty altar for the fake Blood of Lathander X: 74 Y: 67): “The 'Blood of Lathander' was on full display, all but begging to be thieved.”
• (Read the note in the Dawnmaster’s secret stash): “'Blood of Lathander' - a holy relic, surely. It must be near.”
• (Picked up the fake Blood of Lathander): “The Blood of Lathander. Hardly impressive as relics go.”
• (Noticed the statues in Inquisitor’s Chamber, Perception check successful): “Scuffs and grooves on the floor, just there. These statues are more than decoration.”
  • (If the party read Old Maintenance Records at X: 102 Y: 26): “Lathander statues? These can be moved - that book said as much.”
• (Failed to rotate the statue in Inquisitor’s Chamber): “Chk. Stuck.”
• (Hit the stuck statue weakly): “Again, again.”
• (Solved the statue puzzle in Inquisitor’s Chamber): “Curious. What secrets might this door be hiding?”
• (Upon entering the Dawnbreak Gate): “Has this place escaped my people's notice all this time? Embarrassing.”
• (Took the Blood of Lathander, using Dawnmaster's Crest): “Powerful protections. Our success was hardly certain.”
  • (Responding remark 1): “This artefact must have been quite valuable.”
  • (Responding remark 2): “Is that such a surprise? It looks powerful enough to level a mountain.”
• (Managed to stop the armed Lance): “We endangered the crèche and its people - and to what end?”
  • (Responding remark 1): “Such insouciance. You cannot comprehend the destruction we nearly triggered.”
• (Near the armed Lance on the roof): “Tsk'va - that thing will reduce the whole crèche to ashes!”
• (Took the Blood of Lathander and got trapped): “No no no. Release me, before that thing detonates!”
  • (Responding remark, avatar is trapped (not her)): “Another complication. Keep your wits - there must be a way out.”
  • (Responding remark, a party member is trapped (not her)): “I'll work on the barrier. Someone, find the way out of here.”
  • (Took the mace after destroying the barrier’s source): “Tsk'va - the whole place is coming down!”
  • (Responding remark): “Move it. And hurry!”
• (Got through the portal on the roof): “A narrow escape. I must press on.”
• (Ran to the right roof): “I need to get down. NOW!”
• (Ran to the left balcony): “Almost there!”
• (Jumped to the left roof 1): “Tsk'va - explosion is imminent!”
• (Jumped to the left roof 2): “There's no time - I need to get down from here.”

▶ Note: Lae'zel has no remarks on destroying the crèche. If she is present in the party and remained alive, a cinematic scene will be played instead.

In the Astral Plane:

• (The avatar returned from the Beckoning Cave): “Is the target dead? Have you done Vlaakith's will?”

Act Two

Act 2 Spoilers! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.

Shadow-Cursed Lands

• (Entering the Shadow-Cursed Lands for the first time): “I know the dark of wildspace. But I've never known a dark like this.”
  • (Responding remark): “This is the way to Moonrise Towers. We've no choice but to push forward.”
• (Looking at the distorted land within Shadow Curse): “How can a curse wear away the very ground?”
• (Looking at the former battlefield): “There was a great battle here. The ground stained red with blood long dried.”
• (Found old war machines, History check):
  • (Successful): “Siege weapons - centuries old from the looks of it.”
  • (Failed): "These weapons look obsolete even by this plane's humble standards."
• (Found non-dousable torches): “Curious - a flame that will not flicker out.”
• (Trying to recognize the spell, Arcana check):
  • (Successful): “Must be a Continual Flame. Dousing will not work.”
  • (Failed): “Magic, then - simple magic, no doubt.”
• (Found fresh flowers near Oliver’s hovel, not knowing the story): “Flowers? I'd expect them to wither in the curse.”
  • (Knowing about him from Halsin): “Flowers blooming in shadow. Exactly what Halsin said to look out for.”
• (Looking for Oliver in hide-and-seek game, Perception check):
  • (Successful): “There you are. Enough games, cursed one.”
  • (Failed): “Where has the child gone? I am in no mood for games.”
• (Met Rolan near the bridge to Reithwin Town): “Is that Rolan? What's that foolish wizard doing out here?”
• (Found a dead githyanki, if not visited the crèche yet): “A dead githyanki. The corpse may hold something useful.”

Feeling the effect of the Shadow Curse:

• (Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, 1): “This darkness - it's cursed. I can feel it leeching the life from me.”
  • (Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, 2): “Tsk'va - I barely have the strength to move forward.”
  • (Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, 3): “This darkness - it's too much. I won't last long like this.”
  • (Responding remark 1): “I feel it too. My very essence... draining away.”
  • (Responding remark 2): “My breath is... ragged. We mustn't fall to the curse...”
  • (Responding remark 3 - looking for a solution): “We must chase the darkness away, or we are lost.”
• (Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, looking for light source): “Tsk'va - I barely have the strength to move forward...”
  • (Responding remark): “The darkness is in me. Clotting my blood, dissolving my bones. We need light.”
  • (Responding remark): “Light - yes. Something to make the shadows retreat.”
  • (Responding remark): “Please - I need light, or the darkness will take me...”
• (Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, answers to Shadowheart who doesn’t, 1): “Chk. And I'm losing strength with every step through the dark.”
  • (Answer to Shadowheart 2): “How grand for you. They're draining me dry - I can barely catch a breath.”
• (Negated the Curse with a light source): “The light - the curse cannot penetrate its glow.”
• (A torch snuffed out in deeper curse, 1): “Blasted curse. The torchflame won't stay lit.”
  • (Remark 2): “Chk. The torch is useless in these cursed shadows.”
  • (Remark 3): “The flame's gone out. The shadows have deepened.”
  • (Remark 4): “The shadows are so potent, they've snuffed out the flame. Tsk'va.”

Dealing with Shadow Curse victims:

• (Found the Dead Druid's Journal, Nature check):
  • (Successful): “The druids' research. Helpful too, as luck would have it.”
  • (Failed): “This shadow curse is deadly. I hope it's been contained.”
• (Read graverobber’s note): “Ellie May - I've seen that name, etched on a tombstone.”
  • (Read graverobber’s note, saw the grave/got the ring): “Pitiful thief - he never did unearth Ellie May's ring.”
  • (Found Ellie May’s grave): “The grave's in shambles. To be expected, in these wastes.”
  • (Found animal tracks near Ellie May’s grave): “Paw prints, but leading where - trap, treasure, or distraction?”
  • (Found animal’s burrow down the ledge): “The dirt's been burrowed there. A rodent's nest, perhaps.”
• (Saw a boar killed by the Shadow Curse at X: 92 Y: 159): “Killed by cursed shadows. A fate I'd rather avoid.”
• (Saw the dead grove tieflings, Investigation check):
  • (Successful): “Signs of struggle. They did not meet a pleasant end.”
  • (Failed): “The darkness is brutal. I'm not surprised they perished.”
• (Saw the dead cursed ox, Investigation check):
  • (Successful): “A shadow-cursed beast. It wouldn't have gone down without a fight.”
  • (Failed): “The beast was consumed by shadows. A fate to be avoided.”
• (Saw the dead cursed ox’s master, Medicine check):
  • (Successful): “Gored by some manner of horn. An ox got rambunctious.”
  • (Failed): “Not a clean death. And probably not a quick one.”
• (Found a dead raven nearby Last Light Inn, ? check):
  • (Successful): “The darkness has consumed it. Better leave it be.”
  • (Failed): “A dead bird. Even wings can't lift you out of these damned shadows.”

Encounters with the drider and the pixie:

• (Took the Moonlantern from the drider's corpse): “The drider is down. Now, to take its light.”
• (Set Dolly Thrice free): “That pixie's a feisty little thing.”
  • (Responding remark): “Are they all so... eccentric, I wonder?”
• (Set Dolly free but angered her): “Feisty little thing, that pixie. I respect the moxie.”
  • (Responding remark to an angered pixie): “A feisty morsel, isn't she? I respect the moxie.”
• (Found drider’s route starting point): “Cages, shackles - the drider's caravan originated here.”
  • (Responding remark, defeated the drider): “Well - it most assuredly won't be returning.”
  • (Responding remark, haven’t defeated the drider): “Chains, cages - a veritable torture camp and prison unto itself.”

Leaving Shadow-Cursed Lands:

• (At the road to Baldur’s Gate): “An army's trampled these grounds. The Absolute's forces are on the move.”
• (If has seen the Absolute’s army from the cemetery cliff): “The Absolute's forces have marched forth. Baldur's Gate is in danger.”

Last Light Inn

• (Approaching the Moonshield around the inn): “A shimmer of light - the shadows can't penetrate.”
• (Saw a stuffed bear upon entering the inn, Nature check):
  • (Successful): “Darkmaw the Wicked. The tale is known even to the githyanki.”
  • (Responding remark to successful): “It's said that it took five-hundred warriors to drive him from his lands. Chk - I thought he'd be bigger.”
  • (Failed): “I suppose this stuffed beast is some kind of trophy. Well - I'm not impressed.”
• (Looking at the graveyard behind the Last Light Inn): “It is good to see the fallen buried well. Especially in this cursed land.”
• (Found rocks piled by Marcus, have spoken to him): “Marcus' last gift - a dead Flaming Fist.”
  • (Not knowing the story): “A Flaming Fist, face smashed. She had enemies, clearly.”
• (Too heavy to lift rocks, spoken to Marcus): “They won't move. Marcus' secrets must remain just that.”
  • (Too heavy to lift rocks, not knowing the story): “Too heavy to move.”
• (Found bloody Flaming Fist armour on the inn roof, Medicine check):
  • (Successful): “Pieces of armour flecked with blood - it was burst open from within.”
  • (Failed): “Blood and armour were both shed here. Odd.”
• (Confronted Meenlocks in the inn cellar, Arcana check):
  • (Successful 1): “Tender-eyed meenlocks. Fire and light will wear them down.”
  • (Successful 2): “Meenlocks. Wretched beasts.”
  • (Responding remark to successful): “Their eyes are made for darkness. Strike with fire - or light.”
  • (Arcana failed 1): “Grotesque things. I will rip their claws clean off!”
  • (Failed 2): “Tsk'va. Beasts so grotesque, they put even a neogi to shame.”
  • (Responding remark to failed): “Dismember those claws before they dismember you.”
• (Found a Selûnite shrine in the cellar, answer to Shadowheart (Sharran)): “Even the Moonmaiden's own seek private sanctuary for prayer.”
  • (Answer to Shadowheart (non-Sharran)): “Quiet but uneasy. Even in the Moonmaiden's refuge, the curse feels close at hand.”
• (Saw Rolan’s projection after he left the inn): “What a fool. The darkness will swallow him in no time.”
• (Noticed the Strange Ox): “I've seen that ox before - I'm certain of it.”
  • (Defeated the Strange Ox): “Perhaps we shouldn't bother the cattle.”
  • (Responding remark 1): “We must strike as we please. Assume every beast channels the Hells' fires, and be ready.”
  • (Responding remark 2): “An ox can't just be an ox on this ridiculous floating rock.”
• (Noticed a note in Art Cullagh’s pocket): “Is that a parchment in his pocket?”
  • (Picked up Art Cullagh’s writ): “He was at the House of Healing. But what did he find?”
• (Halsin entered Shadowfell): “Halsin now walks the Plane of Shadow. And not all that enters will return...”
  • (Defending Halsin’s portal, initial wave): “Strike them down, protect the portal!”
  • (Defending Halsin’s portal, 2nd wave): “Cultists. Not even the Absolute's faithful are immune.”
  • (Defending Halsin’s portal, 3rd wave): “More cursed enemies still. Halsin needs to hurry.”
  • (Defending Halsin’s portal, 4th wave): “The shadows have infected githyanki. Don't hesitate - take them down!”
  • (Defending Halsin’s portal, final wave): “Do not falter - Halsin is near, I can feel it!”
  • (Halsin died during the ritual): “Dead. And with him, the chances of lifting the shadows.”
• (Starting a fight against shadows that siege the inn): “Ready your weapons - darkness comes!”
  • (Responding remark): “Cursed creatures. They will not escape me!”
• (Saw a giant tentacle when defending LLI from shadows): “Tsk'va - the darkness takes form!”

Reithwin Town

• (Entering the Mason's Guild): “A masons' guild. The symbol over the door leaves no doubt.”
  • (Responding remark): “These masons met a most violent end, judging by the impaled skeletons there.”
• (Found a map of Moonrise Towers in the Mason's Guild cellar): "How quaint - a treasure map. The base of Moonrise is marked."
• (Reading the plaques on the statue at the town square): ”Not just a plaque - a button. Inscribed with nonsense, no less.”
  • (Entered Sharran Sanctuary under the town square): “Where have I gotten to? I feel not even a touch of curse.”
  • (Trying to exit Sharran Sanctuary after waking the guards): “Stuck tight. This battle cannot be avoided.”

In and around Reithwin Tollhouse:

• (Approaching Tollhouse): “A tollhouse, I presume. A prime location, astride the canal.”
  • (Responding remark): “Ample space for trade goods - and treasure.”
• (Approaching Tollhouse, saw Harpers’ prayers on the wall at X: -81 Y: -67): “Harper prayers and protective charms - the preludes to battle.”
  • (Responding remark): “Simple words and marks. Yet for a keen warrior, a rousing call to arms.”
• (Opened Cormyte Shipment Box): “A shipment from... Cor-myr? Some outlying province, no doubt.”
• (Opened Dale Shipment Trunk): “Dalelands Dairy. Ugh. Is that - rotten cheese I smell?”
• (Opened Thayan Shipment Box): “A crate from Thay, picked clean. Well - almost, anyway.”
• (Blocked door to Tollhouse’s master room): “Blocked. Of course.”
• (Interact with the ‘Confiscated’ room plaque): “Confiscated items? I should find a way in - I might find something useful.”
• (Saw a pile of pet collars): “Collars, caked with dried blood. 'Rascal'. 'Jagoda'. Were these for pets, or for people?”
  • (Have read the poster near the brewery): “Bloodied collars. Those missing pets met a most brutal end.”
• (Killed Gerringothe Thorm): “Dead, finally - and better off for it.”

In the House of Healing:

• (Entering the House of Healing): “Ah - a house of healing.”
  • (Responding remark): “A fortunate find. We could do with some potions for the journey ahead.”
• (At the Infirmary, saw Arabella’s mother): “That corpse there - Arabella's mother. At least, what remains of her.”
  • (Saw Arabella’s father): “That corpse - it's Arabella's father. Or rather, what's left of him.”
  • (Saw either, haven’t met them): “A tiefling corpse. One of Zevlor's people, perhaps.”
• (Killed Malus Thorm): “ What a thrill. The more abhorrent the creature, the more satisfying the kill.”
  • (Malus Thorm killed by his nurses): “An appropriate end, given the torture he's inflicted. A shame I didn't get to take part.”
  • (After Malus Thorm killed himself): “His own final victim. A bloody sort of poetry - beautiful in its own way.”
• (In the Morgue, saw footprints): “Handprints on the door there. Someone's been 'poking about', as these Faerûnians say.”
• (Looking at the army camp from the cemetery cliff, knowing about the Absolute): “Fires as far as my eyes can reach. The Absolute's army is camped here - I should turn heel.”
  • (Not knowing about the Absolute): “A military camp. I must tread cautiously - if I tread at all.”

In The Waning Moon:

• (Upon entering The Waning Moon): “A distillery. If the sign weren't clear enough, the odour would be.”
  • (Responding remark): “A cursed distillery, no less. I suspect it holds more than just liquor.”
• (Read the poster in front of the brewery): “'Missing: Rascal - brown puppy. Jagoda - black and white cat. Zola...' Cat? Ah - the vermin hunter. Many were lost. Or taken.”
  • (Already noticed the collars ner Tollhouse): “Missing - 'Zola'. 'Rascal'. And on it goes - hence all those bloodied collars...”
• (Starting a fight with Thisobald Thorm): “This deviant's been rotted by drink. I shall enjoy sobering him up.”
• (Killed Thisobald Thorm): “It's done. Let the shadows torment him no longer.”
• (Found remains in the Waning Moon backroom): “A body in a barrel. Quite the unique flavouring technique.”
  • (Found remains, having read Thisobald’s diary): “The brewer's blackmailer. I might find it funny, were I capable of it.”
• (Voss’ Qua'nith Psionic Detector activated, spurned Vlaakith): “The psionic detector is sounding. Vlaakith's warriors are upon us.”
  • (Detector activated, rejected Voss): “The device Voss carried is sounding out. What could it mean?”
• (After defeating gith hunters, spurned Vlaakith): “Voss was right. The qua'nith alerted us to the hunters.”
  • (Defeated gith hunters, rejected Voss): “Githyanki hunters. Voss' device detected their presence.”

Gauntlet of Shar

Approaching Thorm Mausoleum:

• (Looking at old graves near the mausoleum, Religion check):
  • (Successful): “Selûne's faithful were buried here - and with surprisingly little care.”
  • (Failed): “Make-do graves. Someone was in a hurry to bury their dead.”
  • (Knowing the story of the conflict): “Selûnite graves. They were no match for Shar's dark forces.”
• (Upon approaching the entrance): “Curious sigils. I don't recognise them.”
• (Found Dark Justiciar corpses near temple, knows the story): “Ketheric's army of Dark Justiciars, nothing but bones.”
  • (Not knowing the story): “Ancient corpses. Whose?”

Inside the Mausoleum:

• (Heard Balthazar’s warning from the skull): “Balthazar. Ketheric's necromancer lies ahead of us.”
  • (Responding remark 1): “I have no desire to fall victim to a lack of caution in this lightless place.”
  • (Responding remark 2): “Let's assume the defensive position until we have determined the best offence.”
• (Saw Balthazar’s bone decorations): “Bones on display, but not as trophies. Some form of dark ritual.”
• (Found Myrkul's symbol drawn by Balthazar, Religion check):
  • (Successful): “This is Myrkul's symbol. The Lord of Bones has touched this place.”
  • (Failed): “I should know this symbol - but the meaning evades me.”
• (Found Balthazar’s map): “Judging by this map, there's a temple below - and something deadly waiting there.”

Near Isobel's sarcophagus:

• (Found the tomb open, before reading the plaque): “An open tomb. Perhaps the occupant was restless.”
  • (Haven’t met Isobel yet): “Ketheric has a daughter - Isobel. What's become of her?”
  • (Met Isobel, does not know her parentage): “Isobel - the cleric at Last Light?”
  • (Responding remark): “So she is the blood of Ketheric Thorm. Even Selûne's faithful have their secrets, it seems.”
  • (Knowing both): “Ah - this Isobel's resting place before Ketheric resurrected her.”
• (Triggered a disarmed trap around Isobel’s tomb): “Not so much as a poison arrow. The trap's been disarmed - or broken.”
• (Looking at the mural depicting Moonrise Tower, haven’t visited it): “A shining tower. A primitive depiction, but not unpleasant.”
  • (Already been to Moonrise): “Moonrise Towers in its prime. Hardly the monstrosity it is now.”
• (Looking at the mural depicting grieving Ketheric, haven’t met him): “An elf in mourning? Chk - a fruitless tradition.”
  • (Has met Ketheric): “Ketheric Thorm, deep in mourning for his daughter - such a fruitless endeavour.”
• (Looking at the mural depicting Ketheric with his army, not knowing the story): “An elf leading an army of Shar disciples - an unmistakable depiction.”
  • (Knows the story): “Ketheric Thorm, commanding a Sharran army. He'd turned his eyes from Selûne to her sister.”

At the entrance to the temple itself:

• (Spotted the transporting disc to the temple): “That disc is the way forward. I should see where it takes me.”
  • (Responding remark): “Onto the disc, then. Unless you have a better idea.”
• (First time entering the temple, Religion check):
  • (Successful): “Dark. Pretentious. Shar's temples leave nothing to the imagination.”
  • (Failed): “A temple, I presume - undoubtedly devoted to an inferior god.”
• (Heard the statue talking): “The voice of Shar herself. Fascinating.”
• (Heard Shar speaking again, elsewhere in the temple): “That voice - could it be the Dark Goddess herself?”
• (Trying to open a magically-sealed door): “Blocked by magic. I will not let it stand in my way.”
• (Pushed off by force field around the statue): “Tsk'va. A force as powerful as it was unexpected.”
  • (Saw any of the glowing rings around the statue): “I will not be bested by some Sharran trap. There's something about that ring...”
  • (Pushed off by force field of the outer ring): “Think, Lae'zel, think. There must be a way around it.”
  • (Pushed off by force field of the inner ring): “Close - but not close enough. Again!”

Elsewhere in the inner temple:

• (Spotted a Cloaker): “A cloaker. Tsk'va!”
• (Found shattered Mirror of Loss, Arcana check):
  • (Successful): “This mirror was an instrument of Shar's faithful. Dark magic still flows from the shards.”
  • (Failed): “A mirror this large, and in this place, must have more than just a simple looking glass.”
• (Summoned Flesh in the battle with Balthazar and his minions): "It won't turn against the others. Vexing."
• (Killed Balthazar): “Dead. A pity I can't toy with him a bit longer.”

Dealing with Yurgir and Lyrthindor:

• (Looking at orthon’s corpse installations in the temple, knowing about his presence): “It seems our orthon kills with a flair for art.”
  • (Not knowing about him): “A gruesome display. Someone's idea of art, it seems.”
• (Entering orthon’s lair): “A dragon's lair worth of entrails. A shame I missed the battle.”
• (Felt orthon’s ambush, Perception check successful): “Someone - something - is watching.”
• (Looking at orthon’s bed): “A bed of corpses. Hellish, of course - but I respect the commitment.”
• (Killed orthon, knows Raphael’s demand): “A battle to remember. I'm sure Raphael will be pleased...”
  • (Not knowing Raphael’s demand): “Good riddance. This is no place for a wardevil.”
• (An infernal circle near the rat altar, Arcana check):
  • (Successful): “An infernal ritual circle, I think.”
  • (Failed): “Hm. Markings for some manner of ritual.”
• (Found a scroll near the altar): “The spell claims to make many of one. Powerful magic.”
• (Fighting rats, between waves): “These creatures think numbers alone can daunt me? Never.”

Passing Trials of Shar:

• (Starting Soft-Step Trial and read the hint book in the Silent Library): “The book was quite clear. Navigate the maze, avoid traps, avoid detection. Elementary, really.”
  • (Don’t have a hint from the book): “Bah - I'd sooner be severing heads than solving puzzles.”
  • (Spotted by a Shadow during the trial): “Really - back to the beginning? Vlaakith, grant me patience...”
• (Starting Self-Same Trial, read the hint book): “I am meant to fight my double. Finally - a worthy opponent.”
  • (Don’t have a hint from the book): “What now? I tire of these mysteries.”
• (Starting Faith-Leap Trial, read the hint book): “Step one: remember the platform locations. Step two: jump, just as the book explained.”
  • (Don’t have a hint from the book): “A puzzle of sorts. No match for superior wits, naturally.”
• (Trying to activate the altar, not having a single Umbral Gem in inventory): “ An empty cleft - but I have nothing to fill it with.”
• (Spotted the first Umbral Gem, not knowing its purpose): “A gem. Could be valuable.”
  • (Knowing its purpose): “A fine gem. And a fine fit for the altar.”
• (Found another Gem, not knowing its purpose): “One gem is a prize. Two are a puzzle. They must have some use.”
  • (Knowing its purpose): “Yet another gem. One for every trial, surely.”
• (In the Silent Library, pressed the correct button): “Access.”
• (Picked up the Spear of Night, not knowing its purpose): “Quite the spear. Keen point, hardy shaft - a good weapon to keep handy.”
• (Knowing its purpose): “What an unusual spear. Is this the one Shadowheart seeks?”
• (Using the second transporting disc, knowing about Trials): “The disc is moving. It must lead to the next step of Shar's Gauntlet.”
  • (Not knowing): “The disc is in motion. A welcome boon for an arduous journey.”

At the Verge of Shadows and in the Shadowfell:

• (Read a plaque before entering Nightsong’s prison and read Balthazar's diary in Moonrise): The blood of Selûne? Then what of this 'Nightsong'?
  • (Not knowing the story): “Sacrificial blood. Of course - Shar would demand no less.”
• (Upon entering the Shadowfell): “A touch of the shadowfell. I feel so light - any leap should be a safe one.”
• (Leaving the Shadowfell, Shadowheart disappeared): “Hm. So what kept you, Shadowheart?”

Resolving Nightsong’s fate:

• (Saw Aylin trapped): “I don't fear the grave. But an eternal cycle of death and rebirth? I can't bear to think of it.”
  • (Responding remark): “The quest for power has driven lesser men than Ketheric to worse cruelties.”

• (Killed Nightsong with Shadowheart in party): “It is done. The Nightsong is no more.”
  • (Responding remark): “Your goddess is satisfied. Or so I hope, for your sake.”
• (Killed her, Shadowheart is not in party): “Immortal, indeed. And angry for certain.”
  • (Responding remark): “Going forward, stay your hand. In her death, we'll find neither purpose nor pleasure.
• (Killed her, with Shadowheart as an avatar): “Vicious. Only a coward refuses her challenger the chance to fight back.”
  • (Responding remark): “Your goddess is appeased, then. How grand for you.”

• (Freed Nightsong with Shadowheart in party or without her): “A well-chosen ally. In her suffering, she's found strength.”
  • (Responding remark to either): “Ketheric Thorm's immortal no longer. He will know true death at our hands.”
• (Freed her, with Shadowheart as an avatar): “By all the planes - she is a mighty force, one I'm glad to call an ally.”
  • (Responding remark): “Ketheric is eternal no longer. We should strike now, while he's at his most fragile.”

• (Surrendered Nightsong to Balthazar, with Shadowheart in party or without her): “The choice is made, and fate is written.”
  • (Responding remark to either): “With every choice, a consequence. We haven't seen the last of the Nightsong.”
• (Surrendered her to Balthazar, with Shadowheart as an avatar): “You sacrificed the Nightsong to Ketheric. How proud you must feel, Shadowheart.”
  • (Responding remark): “Our ally is chosen. There is no going back.”

Moonrise Towers

• (Noticed mucus dripping from the wall in the kitchen X: -129 Y: -174): "Is this - blood dripping from above? No. It's more viscous than that."
• (The avatar sat on Ketheric's stone throne after general has left the main floor) "Enjoy your fantasy, my liege. But don't expect me to bow."
• (Read a scroll near bone altar in Ketheric's room) "Who is this 'Apostle'? The Absolute - or something even more insidious?"
• (Read Melodia’s Letter to Ketheric): “Bah - what use is love, when wasted on a husk like Ketheric Thorm?”
• (Feeling a ‘hangover’ upon LR after using Araj Oblodra’s unique potion): “Ugh, my stomach. Not sure that potion was worth it.”
• (Reminding the avatar about Minthara after her trial): “Minthara's still locked in the towers. I am hardly fond of her - but she might be of use.”
• (Walk near the place marked on Mason's map) "That map marked this very spot. I should scan the area."

In Balthazar's study:

• (Found Balthazar’s book in his secret room, seq 1): “The Nightsong must be the source of Ketheric's life force.”
  • (Responding remark 1): “If we find it, we might turn it against him.”
  • (Responding remark 2): “We'll need to explore thoroughly. I doubt Ketheric leaves the means to his downfall out in the open.”
• (Found Balthazar’s book in his secret room, seq 2): “The Nightsong must be the source of Ketheric's life force.”
  • (Responding remark 1): “'Nightsong'. An appropriate name for an owl, perhaps - but not for a cult artefact.”
  • (Responding remark 2): “If we find it, we might turn it against him.”
  • (Responding remark 3): “We'll need to explore thoroughly. I doubt Ketheric leaves the means to his downfall out in the open.”
• (Found Balthazar’s book in his secret room, seq 3): “The Nightsong is the source of Ketheric's life force. Which means it could be turned against him.”
  • (Responding remark): “We'll need to explore thoroughly. I doubt Ketheric leaves the means to his downfall out in the open.”
• (Found Ritual circle in Balthazar’s secret room): “I feel darkness and light, woven together. This is where Moonlanterns are crafted.”
  • (If Gale already knows about it): “Seems the sort of thing our resident wizard of Waterdeep should handle.”

In the Moonrise Towers Prison and the Oubliette:

• (Approaching the prison): “A throng of prisoners, awaiting their turn for execution - or infection.”
  • (Responding remark): “If we rouse the cultists' suspicions, we could meet the same fate.”
• (Found themselves in the prison after coming too close to the army): “I was careless. Now to clean the mess my own hands wrought.”
  • (Responding remark): “Into the dragon's maw and straight to its belly. I trust you've learned your lesson.”
• (Entered the Oubliette for the first time): “Smells of blood - old and new. This place has seen death.”
  • (Returned to the Oubliette): “Here again? I thought one visit was quite enough.”
• (Investigating Oubliette, saw the colony through a flesh-wrought window): “Something's behind the window. But how to reach it?”
• (Heard a screech in the Oubliette, has seen Hook Horrors): “A hook horror? Let it know death.”
  • (Heard a screech in the Oubliette, hasn’t seen Hook Horrors): “Something stirs. Let it taste death.”
• (Climbing up from the Oubliette): “Chk.The stench of death I can endure. The excrement? Not so much.”

At the Moonrise Towers Rooftop:

• (Before entering the door to the rooftop to fight Ketheric): “Prepare yourself. We're about to enter the tempest that is Ketheric Thorm.”
• (Observing the landscape from the Moonrise rooftop): “This must have been quite the view once. Now, a mere shadow of the past.”
• (On the rooftop, looking into the tentacle hole): “The tentacle has taken him below - if I'm to end the bastard, I've got to follow.”

Mind Flayer Colony

• (Entering the colony, investigating): “Tla tavki. The tower's ghaik infection runs deeper than I thought.”
  • (Respond to Jaheira’s recalling previous experience): “Be thankful you don't carry one of their worms inside your skull.”
• (Looking at neutral Intellect Devourers): “The devourers are leaving us be. They think we're one of them.”
• (Approaching Mizora’s pod): “Is that... Mizora in that pod?”
• (Found brine pool, Perception check):
  • (Successful): “Not a single parasite. Which means they've all been put to use...”
  • (Failed): “A brine pool - but it's empty.”
• (Caught the last tadpole): “No ordinary tadpole, that. I can hear its call, deep in my head.”

In the Necrotic Laboratory and Morgue:

• (At the Necrotic Laboratory, near ritual circle, Arcana check):
  • (Successful): “Ritual necromancy - essence is drained from the living to turn them undead.”
  • (Failed): “I do not know what this magic is. And I am in no hurry for answers.”
• (Solved the mind puzzle): “The way is opened. The reward better be worth the effort.”
  • (Leaving the puzzle vault, answers Gale’s question): “Led by the great Mother Gith, my people cast off our chains and eliminated our ghaik slavers from the Astral Plane - though they still fester elsewhere.”
• (Reading illithid manuscripts, Arcana check):
  • (Successful): “I can read ghaik script. Is this the tadpole's doing?”
  • (Failed): “I've never seen symbols like this. But I still know them. How?”
• (Found Mol’s eyepatch, met her): “Mol's eyepatch. But what's become of the child?”
  • (Never met her): “An eyepatch. But whose?”
• (Feeling the effect of the Resonance Stone): “Is this... is this joy I feel? It's terrible. And incredible.”
  • (The effect ended): “Ah, the joy's faded. No matter - I much prefer furious indignation.”
• (Entering the colony’s Morgue): “By the One in the Void, this stench could choke a neogi master.”
• (Saw a blood pool in the Morgue): “An ocean of blood. Ghaik depravity truly knows no bounds.”
  • (If the party has already been to the Oubliette): “The blood lake once more. And the ghaik's grand design for our future, laid bare.”
• (Splattered with blood from a morgue chute): “Wonderful. Just fantastic.”
  • (Looking at the corpse that fell out with blood from the chute): “A victim dumped from Moonrise. And hardly the first.”

Final fight with Ketheric Thorm:

• (Before descending to Ketheric, saw nautiloid fleet): “A whole fleet of ghaik nautiloids. How many thralls has the 'Absolute' infected?”
• (Activating the elevator while it’s at the same level): “Pointless to touch this foul device - the platform is already here.”
• (Taking the elevator down to Ketheric): “Feel that? Our tadpoles are restless.”
  • (Responding remark): “Something's roused them. Something significant.”
• (Started a final fight with Ketheric, Nightsong captured again): “Tsk'va. Thorm can't die while Nightsong's still caged!”
• (Killed Ketheric Thorm): “Myrkul's Chosen is naught but a corpse. Let us see the other two suffer the same fate.”
• (Took Ketheric’s Netherstone after killing him as Apostle of Myrkul, stayed loyal): “Myrkul's Chosen has fallen. Ch'mar, zal'a Vlaakith!”
  • (Took Ketheric’s Netherstone, spurned Vlaakith): “Myrkul's Chosen has fallen. Ch'mar, zal'a Gith!”

The Astral Plane

• (Saw the corpses of the Orpheus’s Royal Guard): “What we saw weren't demons - they were githyanki.”
• (Tried to attack Orpheus): “It's no use. The prince is unreachable.”
• (Observing the rocks that Orpheus is chained to): “I don't recognise these rocks. They are too strong to break by force alone.”
• (Returned to the camp after meeting the Emperor): “We should rest, mind and muscle both.”

Act Three

Act 3 Spoilers! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.

Upon defeating Dribbles at the Circus of the Last Days.

• "A shapeshifter. And here I hoped - er, thought - that I'd slayed a clown."

Party Banter

Lae'zel and Astarion

• Astarion: So, you know about these parasites. Will we survive them?
• Lae'zel: Only if my people extract them. The only other cure is the blade.
• Astarion: Okay. Wonderful.

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• Astarion: You fight well, but you're so efficient. Why not have a little fun?
• Lae'zel: Fun? I fight to win, not to make spectacles.
• Astarion: What a waste.

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• Astarion: Shadowheart. Such a grim name for such a beautiful flower.

(If it is not known that Astarion is a vampire)

• Shadowheart: I heard you mumbling that line to yourself earlier - it needs more work.
• Lae'zel: Fortunate for his tongue he didn't say it to me.

(If it is known that Astarion is a vampire)

• Shadowheart: Could you not stare so blatantly at my neck when you say that please?
• Lae'zel: Oh, but do keep calling her 'flower'. She'll love that.

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(If it is known that Astarion is a vampire)

• Lae'zel: Feed if you must, Astarion.
• Lae'zel: But give me so much as a hungry look, and I'll drive a stake through your heart.
• Astarion: Ooh, I do so very like spicy food.

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(If everyone knows about Astarion's scars)

• Lae'zel: Poetry as torture - your master's quite clever, Astarion. Don't you agree?
• Astarion: You and I have very different definitions of 'clever'.

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(In the Underdark)

• Astarion: Do we have to spend so long poking about down here?
• Astarion: I'd much rather be outside, with the sun on my skin.
• Lae'zel: You've only just come to tolerate sun, and you're already nostalgic?
• Lae'zel: If you're going to complain the whole way, by all means, return topside. You could use the colour.

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(At Crèche Y'llek)

• Lae'zel: We are permitted to walk so freely. Such a lack of discipline would be punished severely in K'liir.
• Astarion: Walk freely? This place is as tight as a patriar's purse.
• Lae'zel: We should have been disarmed on entry. I'm pleased we weren't, but it's strange.
• Astarion: No doubt they found me too intimidating.

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(At Gauntlet of Shar)

• Astarion: It's all very grand, but so austere.
• Lae'zel: Did you expect anything else? This is how your gods project power.
• Astarion: But why not project power with soft furnishings and roaring fires? Maybe then I'd worship them.

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(At Reithwin Town)

• Astarion: Just once, I'd like to find a village that hasn't been plundered and destroyed.
• Lae'zel: Indeed. All the best weapons have already been scavenged.
• Astarion: I was thinking about a warm fire and charming company, actually.
• Lae'zel: I am perfectly charming, I'll have you know. On Crèche K'liir, I was known for my dazzling smile and charisma.
• Astarion: Really?
• Lae'zel: No.

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(At The Waning Moon)

• Astarion: Ah, beer. Not really my drink, you know.
• Lae'zel: I know, Astarion. You prefer blood.
• Astarion: Well - yes. It was a joke.
• Lae'zel: I know that, too. It just wasn't funny.

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(At Mason's Guild)

• Lae'zel: 'Mason's Guild'. The githyanki would call this a or'mlar: an alliance of mlar.
• Astarion: And what is a 'mlar', exactly?
• Lae'zel: Builders, craftspeople - and the makers of the incomparable silver swords the kith'raki wield in battle.
• Lae'zel: The mlar may not be warriors, but they are no less valuable to my people.

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(At Moonrise Towers Docks)

• Astarion: The boat's heading to Baldur's Gate. I'm almost tempted to stow away.
• Lae'zel: Chk. Try to abandon us and it won't go well for you.
• Astarion: Oh, I wouldn't actually leave. After all, where would you be without me?

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(While assaulting Moonrise Towers)

• Lae'zel: At last, we wash our weapons in Absolute blood.
• Astarion: I like this bloodlust look on you. Very flattering.
• Lae'zel: Even now, at the cusp, you waste your breath on prattle.

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(At Mind Flayer Colony)

• Lae'zel: We must be ready to confront the elder brain. One presides over every ghaik colony.
• Astarion: No problem. And what does this old brain look like?
• Lae'zel: A hovering mass of grey matter, sprouted with lethal tentacles and oozing cerebrospinal fluid.
• Astarion: Right... Good. Glad I asked.

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(At Rivington)

• Astarion: I used to like this neighbourhood. It was quieter than inside the walls - darker too.
• Lae'zel: A good hunting ground, then?
• Astarion: Oh, yes - slimmer pickings, but safer targets. The perfect place to learn the craft.

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(At The Blushing Mermaid)

• Astarion: Ah. This place never changes.
• Lae'zel: Perhaps it should. All I see are carousing fools.
• Astarion: I know, isn't it wonderful? Endless opportunities for mischief.

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(At Bhaal Temple)

• Astarion: I expected a temple to murder would be more fun. A little joyous, even.
• Lae'zel: There's no greater pleasure than battle. You face your enemy and conquer them, blade to blade, spell to spell.
• Lae'zel: But to take a life unawares is no more to be celebrated than plunging a dagger into a trapped rat.
• Astarion: Oh, I don't know - I've killed plenty of rats. I celebrated every time.

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(At Steel Watch Foundry)

• Lae'zel: These Steel Watchers are impressive achievements. Worthy opponents, even for githyanki.
• Astarion: In that case, I'll leave fighting them to you. So I can observe your technique.
• Lae'zel: I'm sure you'll find it instructive. Or do you simply want to avoid risking your pallid neck?
• Astarion: Perish the thought - we're comrades in arms! I will be right behind you.

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(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 1 romance scene)

• Astarion: Would you believe, I've never been with a githyanki.
• Lae'zel: If you cease your frivolous ways, keep your mouth closed, and learn to obey, perhaps we can attempt it.
• Astarion: Haha! No, I think I will leave that honour to our esteemed friend.

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(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 2 romance scene)

• Astarion: So Lae'zel, things seem to be getting serious with you two. Do you have pet names for each other yet?
• Lae'zel: 'Pet' names? As if we were domesticated animals?
• Astarion: Gods, you have so much to learn. Repeat after me: honey muffin, sweetie pie, sugarplum.
• Lae'zel: Honey muffin, sweetie pie - Astarion, do you see all your lovers as food?

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(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 3 romance scene)

• Lae'zel: You say you have had many lovers, Astarion. If that is true, where are they now?
• Astarion: They weren't lovers... not in the way that you mean. They wanted me more than I wanted them.
• Astarion: I used that to my advantage more times than I care to remember.

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(If the player is romancing Astarion; after act 1 romance scene)

• Lae'zel: Why have you not tried to lay with me, Astarion?
• Lae'zel: It is in your nature to have tried. You have not.
• Astarion: No, and you're so charming and alluring. It's baffling, really.
• Astarion: I guess it shall remain a mystery, now and forevermore.

---

(If the player is romancing Astarion; after act 2 romance scene)

• Lae'zel: The more I learn of this plane, Astarion, the more I believe 'love' is its greatest disease.
• Astarion: Oh, I don't know. The screaming fever is pretty bad.

---

(If the player is romancing Astarion, and Astarion stayed a spawn)

• Lae'zel: Astarion, I note you and your lover struggle to keep your hands off one another.
• Lae'zel: It makes you less watchful. We're panting after battle, and already your maws are glued.
• Astarion: We're having fun. I would say 'try it, it won't kill you', but in your case I'm not sure.

---

(If the player is romancing Astarion, and Astarion became an ascendant)

• Lae'zel: You have shared your new power with your lover, Astarion. I'm surprised - I expected you to turn your back once you got what you wanted.
• Astarion: Quite the opposite - I need someone I can trust. And now I know they'll never betray me.

Lae'zel and Gale

• Gale: Tell me, Lae'zel, when you say we might be 'purified' at your crèche, what does that mean exactly?
• Lae'zel: A ghustil will affix the zaith'isk, the purifier, to our heads.
• Lae'zel: Its magic will quell the parasite in an instant.

---

• Gale: That zaith'isk you mentioned intrigues me. Care to tell me a bit more?
• Lae'zel: An intricate device, crafted by mlar - our most gifted artisans. I am sworn to say no more.

---

• Gale: Your prowess in battle is remarkable, as is your battle stance itself.
• Lae'zel: Hrath ajak - a technique known to few outside K'liir. Shall I teach you?
• Gale: I'll pass, thank you. I prefer Abjuration over acrobatics.

---

• Lae'zel: You've a particular way with words, Gale. Perhaps oration suits you more than battle.
• Gale: They're not mutually exclusive. The Weave is served best with a dash of eloquence.

---

• Lae'zel: You strike me cleverer than most istiki, Gale. Multiple tutors, I should guess.
• Gale: Many a wise man and woman indeed. Waterdeep is the home of myriad scholars.
• Wyll: Ah, the City of Splendours. Spent a whole Fleetswake there with my father. What a delight.

---

• Gale: Tell me, Lae'zel, what is it like on the Astral Plane? Your home realm intrigues me.
• Lae'zel: Githyanki lay their eggs on other planes. They cannot mature in the Astral.
• Lae'zel: I will only be welcomed once I obtain a mind flayer's head.

---

• Lae'zel: Tell me, Gale: what is your interest in the Astral Plane?
• Gale: Time. Or rather: the absence of it. In the Astral Plane, everything is eternal.
• Lae'zel: It will be my home soon enough, should Vlaakith will it.

---

• Wyll: Who's in charge of the mind flayers, Lae'zel? Is there a squid king or something?
• Lae'zel: No. Each ghaik is servant to an elder brain. No king unites elders - only their collective tyranny.
• Gale: A mind flayer monarch, imagine that. Such a thing could shatter worlds.

---

• Gale: I was wondering about your queen, Vlaakith. What tales of her reach us are terrifying, but I suppose that's not how you would describe her.
• Lae'zel: Vlaakith is unity: fear and beauty, life and unlife. Eyes like onyx, teeth like daggers. There is none more perfect.
• Shadowheart: Sounds vile. I assume the meaning of 'perfect' was lost in translation...

---

• Shadowheart: What if this crèche doesn't work out, Lae'zel? What if your kin fail you?
• Lae'zel: If I can reach the crèche, my kin will provide - any failure will be mine alone.
• Shadowheart: If you say so. Just don't expect me to put all my eggs in the same basket.
• Gale: That expression must sound curious to a githyanki ear, given the way they're birthed.

---

(In Shadow-Cursed Lands)

• Gale: I hoped Moonrise would give me answers, but at every twist of its corridors I find only more questions...
• Lae'zel: Our goal is clear, is it not? We defeat the remaining Chosen and the elder brain they control.
• Gale: Ambiguity does not come naturally to you, does it Lae'zel? Your life must be far simpler for it.

---

(At Shadow-Cursed Lands Forest)

• Gale: No day, no night. It's as though time itself has abandoned this place.
• Gale: Similar to the Astral Plane in some ways, wouldn't you say, Lae'zel?

(If you've been to the Astral Plane, and Lae'zel was with you)

• Lae'zel: Hardly. The Astral Plane is threaded with light and silver, life-giving and wondrous in all directions.
• Lae'zel: Nothing like this dismal abyss.

(Else)

• Lae'zel: Hardly. It is said that the Astral Plane is threaded with light and silver, life-giving and wondrous in all directions.
• Lae'zel: I've never set eyes on it. But I promise it is nothing like this dismal abyss.

---

(At Ruined Battlefield)

• Gale: Blast scars. Spell and sword alike were used to ravage this battlefield.
• Lae'zel: Imagine the glorious din of it all - the streaming banners, the charging knights, the piles of severed limbs and heads.
• Gale: I'd rather not, if it's all the same to you.

---

(At an abandoned house in Shadow-Cursed Lands)

• Lae'zel: What is this...? This place makes me feel sad. Melancholy.
• Gale: Ah, so you're susceptible to the tragedy of a broken home. Maybe you've more in common with us weaker beings than you thought...
• Lae'zel: There's no call to be insulting.

---

(At Moonrise Towers)

• Gale: Not to diminish our efforts, but it was rather simple getting here in the end, wasn't it?
• Lae'zel: The obstacles ahead of us promise to be higher still -
• Lae'zel: - which will make the pleasure of overcoming them all the more potent.

---

(At Moonrise Towers Oubliette)

• Lae'zel: The right of these prisoners to die in mortal combat was stolen from them.
• Gale: Hardly the worst atrocity the Absolute's committed.
• Lae'zel: One of many, but by no means the least. To die properly is a matter of honour.

---

(At Mind Flayer Colony Tadpoling Centre)

• Lae'zel: A tadpole nursery, as on the nautiloid. We must not leave it intact.
• Gale: Quite right. So long as the attempt won't leave us similarly dismantled...
• Lae'zel: Caution is commendable. Boldness is extraordinary. In this case, I recommend the latter.

---

(At Rivington)

• Lae'zel: Cowards at every turn in this community. In githyanki society, they would be retrained - or culled.
• Gale: Condoning the slaughter of the weak? Not the most charitable perspective to take.
• Lae'zel: I am observing, not condoning. A meaningful difference.

---

(At Baldur's Mouth)

• Lae'zel: Drink, dance, and song. Tu'narath's residents are known to partake in all three. Substantially.
• Gale: Is that so? I assumed there to be little time for frivolity amongst all the fighting.
• Lae'zel: Eternity is long, Gale. Long enough to pursue endeavours beyond combat.
• Lae'zel: Githyanki write symphonies, craft liquors, paint frescos. When they aren't in fierce battle with ghaik, of course.

---

(At Bloomridge Park)

• Lae'zel: These children and their pets lack discipline. Were they githyanki, I'd recommend further training.
• Gale: Not everyone approaches the raising of their young with such militaristic vigour.
• Lae'zel: That is the very purpose of training - to determine which children shall be warriors, and which are suited to other roles.
  
• Lae'zel: As for the unruly animals - they would make for nutritious marching rations.
• Gale: That's certainly one way to make them behave...

---

(At Felogyr's Fireworks)

• Lae'zel: Fireworks - a particularly gnomish field of art, no?
• Gale: Indeed. More than simple craft, it's a way of life for some of them.
• Lae'zel: That may explain why most gnomes possess such short fuses.
• Gale: Lae'zel! Was that a joke?
• Lae'zel: Only if you found it funny.

---

(At Philgrave's Mansion)

• Gale: There's magic here, but it's of a rancid, impure form. Nothing like the true Weave at all.
• Lae'zel: This is why I appreciate a sharp blade to a ball of fire or a bolt of lightning. The Weave is inconsistent, unruly.
• Gale: The Weave is constant, but its users? Anything but. We must be on our guard.
• Lae'zel: A githyanki warrior hardly needs to be told that.

---

(At Harborview Park)

• Lae'zel: These flowers are quite vivid - not to mention, pungent. Not to my liking.
• Gale: Are there no flowers in Tu'narath?
• Lae'zel: In the City of Death, the mlar cultivate the fruiting bodies that sprout from the corpses of the slain.
• Gale: I'd rather get them from my florist in Waterdeep, if it's all the same to you.

---

(At Water Queen's House)

• Lae'zel: Githyanki gish sail skiffs through the Astral Sea, an ocean far larger than Umberlee's.
• Gale: Does the Astral Sea come with an equally irritable goddess?

(If Lae'zel no longer loyal to Vlaakith)

• Lae'zel: Vlaakith holds dominion over the entire plane. And 'irritable' does not even begin to describe her.

(If Lae'zel is still loyal to Vlaakith)

• Lae'zel: Vlaakith holds dominion over the entire plane. And she is not 'irritable' - she is ruthless.

---

(At Szarr Palace)

• Gale: I always wondered what a vampire's lair would look like. Can't say I pictured it being quite this... theatrical.
• Lae'zel: I find it surprisingly similar to Queen Vlaakith's aesthetic.
• Gale: That makes sense. She does have a flair for the dramatic.

---

(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 1 romance scene)

• Gale: I'm surprised you're permitted to choose a partner outside of your own people.
• Gale: I can't imagine Mother Gith would approve. Doesn't she prefer us lesser species enslaved? Or eviscerated?
• Lae'zel: We are to use and misuse each civilisation in the stars, in every way we know. I do not conquer by blade alone, Gale.

---

(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 2 romance scene)

• Gale: I've been pondering something, Lae-zel. Why is it that githyanki have belly-buttons, when they hatch from eggs?
• Lae'zel: I did not grant you permission to gaze upon my midriff.
• Gale: I - I wasn't gazing, merely observing. Though that can hardly be said for a certain someone else...

---

(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 3 romance scene)

• Gale: Tell me, Lae'zel, is it common for githyanki to fall in love?
• Lae'zel: Love. Is that this feeling in me, then? This ... passion to peel every layer of one's heart to see what light and shadows lurk there?
• Lae'zel: Githyanki have playmates. Thrill-partners. But I'd never heard anyone profess love, nor read of it in our slates.
• Lae'zel: I doubt I am the first githyanki to... to feel this way. But few would ever declare it.

---

(If the player is romancing Gale; after act 1 romance scene)

• Gale: Indulge me, Lae'zel. As someone unfettered by Faerûnian beauty standards, how would you appraise my appearance?
• Lae'zel: Your beard looks like the hairy tufts upon the psurlon, the largest of wormkind that slither our skies.
• Gale: I suppose that's a bad thing? No - don't answer that.

---

(If the player is romancing Gale; after act 2 romance scene)

• Gale: So, Lae'zel - have you ever been tempted to use psionics in your, erm, romantic endeavours?
• Lae'zel: Only once. Did you know, In low-gravity settings, githyanki can maintain aerial suspension for hours at a time?
• Gale: Fascinating - I think the archmage Tasha described a spell with similar effect. I really must look that up...

---

(If the player is romancing Gale; after act 3 romance scene)

• Lae'zel: Gale, I've heard you talking in your sleep. Your mate needs better rest for our journey.
• Gale: And deprive them of the pleasure of hearing my nocturnal postulations? I'd never be so cruel.
• Gale: The mind absorbs much while we believe ourselves dormant. To lie beside Gale of Waterdeep is positively educational.

Lae'zel and Karlach

(While in plains)

• Karlach: Is this your first time on the Sword Coast, Lae'zel?
• Lae'zel: Yes. It is much more... lively... than the githyanki slates led me to believe.
• Karlach: Just wait till you see Baldur's Gate. You'll never want to leave.

---

(While in plains)

• Lae'zel: Smell that? Blood. This whole plain reeks of it.
• Karlach: That'll wake you up of a fine day, won't it.
• Lae'zel: I do not need awakening. My senses are sharp as steel.

---

(At Forest)

• Karlach: Ahh, smell that? Fresh forest air.
• Lae'zel: I smell only fear - the fear of cowards lying in wait for an ambush.
• Karlach: You can take a day off once in a while, Lae'zel.
• Lae'zel: I do not take days off. I'd even forego sleep, if such a thing were feasible. The one advantage an elf holds over a githyanki.

---

(In the Underdark)

• Karlach: Beautiful. Lethal. The Underdark is everything I thought it'd be.
• Lae'zel: And I. This environ seems worthy of a githyanki warrior's estimation.
• Karlach: Ah, to be deemed worthy by the great Lae'zel of Crèche K'liir.
• Lae'zel: Continue as you have, Karlach, and you will achieve the same.

---

(At Rosymorn Monastery)

• Karlach: What a sight. We should stop for a nice little lunch, take it all in.
• Lae'zel: Is the worm gnawing at your grey matter? We must find a crèche and be purified.
• Karlach: True. Fine. First, purify the tadpole, then a little lunch.

---

(On the road to Shadow-Cursed Lands)

• Karlach: Lae'zel, do you want to talk about what happened at the crèche?
• Lae'zel: Trust me. You'll know when I'm ready to discuss it.
• Karlach: Fair enough. But if you change your mind...
• Lae'zel: It is not a matter of mind. It is a matter of faith - and I have been put to the test.

---

(At Shadow-Cursed Lands Forest)

• Karlach: Do I see light? Or am I delusional?
• Lae'zel: Just a mirage. There's not a spot in sight that the gloom hasn't touched.
• Karlach: Damn, you're right. The eyes see what the heart wants.

---

(At Ruined Battlefield)

• Lae'zel: Bones. Rusted weapons. A great battle was fought here.
• Karlach: An extra vicious one, I think. No one buried their dead.
• Lae'zel: Exactly the sort of battle I live to fight. And the sort made even more thrilling with a hot-hearted tiefling at my side.

---

(At Mind Flayer Colony)

• Karlach: Look at all this mucus. Wonder if our nautiloid came from down here.
• Lae'zel: It's a possibility. This is no mere mind flayer colony, but an entire ghaik bastion.
• Karlach: I'm ready for the goo.

---

(At Wyrm's Rock Fortress)

• Lae'zel: A kith'rak's red dragon would have this place down around Gortash's ears in moments.
• Karlach: I'd love to see that. I've always hated this place.
• Lae'zel: It will be far more satisfying to plunge a blade into Gortash myself than to pick through his ashes.

---

(At Wyrm's Rock Fortress)

• Karlach: You know, I've always kind of hated this place. Such ado about a damned bridge.
• Lae'zel: It's just a bridge. Is it really worth all that ire?
• Karlach: C'mon, isn't there something you hate for no good reason?
• Lae'zel: Hm. I dislike owls. Their hyper-mobile necks are quite disconcerting.
• Karlach: You know what, Lae? I couldn't agree more.

---

(At Lady Jannath's Estate)

• Karlach: Phew! Wouldn't mind shacking up in a place like this.
• Lae'zel: Yes - and quite an attractive target for githyanki raiders. They'd plunder the village and fly off with the spoils.
• Karlach: What are you, pirates?
• Lae'zel: To my people, all the planes are a vast garden to be weeded and picked.
• Karlach: Well tell your mates to keep their hoes out of Baldur's Gate.

---

(At House of Hope)

• Karlach: Damn. I swore I'd never come back to the Hells, and here I am.
• Lae'zel: Fate has a way of pulling us along with or without our approval.
• Karlach: Escaping fate happens to be my speciality.

---

(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 1 romance scene)

• Karlach: So githyanki undergarments. Very fashionable.
• Lae'zel: The under-harnesses are often used for strapping oneself onto a red dragon.
• Karlach: Fashion and function. You lot really have it all figured out.

---

(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 2 romance scene)

• Karlach: Lae'zel, you're actually glowing.
• Lae'zel: It is the sheen of the soldier's sweat on my brow.
• Karlach: The soldier's sweat? Or the lover's?
• Lae'zel: Kain'cha... Speak on it no further.

---

(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 3 romance scene)

• Karlach: It's good to see you smiling, Lae'zel.
• Lae'zel: A momentary spasm of the jaw. But perhaps there is cause.
• Lae'zel: Even in this dark hour, there are some things to take heart in.
• Karlach: Couldn't have said it better myself.

---

(If the player is romancing Karlach; after act 1 romance scene)

• Lae'zel: Your years in the Hells have made you a fierce warrior, Karlach.
• Karlach: Fierce in battle, maybe a bit naive in... everything else.
• Lae'zel: In that way, you are like many a young githyanki - wise to the ways of battle, if not to the wider world.
• Karlach: Makes sense. And how are you getting on out here in the world?
• Lae'zel: Mindfully and meticulously.

---

(If the player is romancing Karlach; after act 2 romance scene)

• Lae'zel: Karlach, were there others of Zariel's warriors who bore the infernal engine?
• Karlach: I was the first - not the last. But most didn't survive the process.
• Karlach: The others were all devilkin. I think I was the only lucky winner from Faerûn.
• Lae'zel: You were stronger than the others.
• Karlach: Lucky me.

---

(If the player is romancing Karlach; after act 3 romance scene)

• Lae'zel: A dinner date. At first your request confused me. But then, I became curious...
• Karlach: Think you might like to try it for yourself some time?
• Lae'zel: It sounds terribly understimulating.
• Karlach: Depends on the company.
• Lae'zel: Well. Good thing for us both I make for riveting company.

Lae'zel and Shadowheart

• Shadowheart: So, gith. Aren't you worried your kind will punish you for consorting with us?
• Lae'zel: My name is Lae'zel, k'chakhi.
• Lae'zel: And my kin will understand my need for servants. They will help you, but only if I ask.

---

• Shadowheart: Do you think your kin search for you, Lae'zel?
• Lae'zel: I know they do not. It is my responsibility to cleanse myself.
• Shadowheart: They pursued the nautiloid. Perhaps they were trying to free you.
• Lae'zel: A vain notion. I am one of many and will not be a burden to my Queen.

---

• Shadowheart: Lae'zel, how would you punish someone who wronged you?
• Lae'zel: Wrong me how?
• Shadowheart: Oh, say, murder. Or theft.
• Lae'zel: Killing is good - it culls the weak. But theft would be paid for painfully, a thousand times over.
• Shadowheart: Hmm. Good to know.

---

• Lae'zel: Your sour face is tiring, Shadowheart. By all means leave, if I am so distasteful.
• Shadowheart: I'd rather not turn my back on you, if it's all the same.

---

• Shadowheart: I'll be keeping an eye on you, understand?
• Lae'zel: If I choose to kill you, you will not even see it.

---

(After you've settled their fight over the artifact)

• Lae'zel: I've been watching you fight, Shadowheart. Your skills are improving.
• Shadowheart: My skills were just fine to begin with. You can save the compliments.
• Lae'zel: I don't pay compliments. I make observations.

---

(After you've settled their fight over the artifact)

• Shadowheart: So. Have we buried the hatchet, Lae'zel?
• Lae'zel: No. Why would I bury a weapon? Is it broken?
• Shadowheart: It's a metaphor.
• Lae'zel: I do not know your metaphor. But if you need help digging, I will find a shovel.

---

• Astarion: Shadowheart. Such a grim name for such a beautiful flower.

(If it is not known that Astarion is a vampire)

• Shadowheart: I heard you mumbling that line to yourself earlier - it needs more work.
• Lae'zel: Fortunate for his tongue he didn't say it to me.

(If it is known that Astarion is a vampire)

• Shadowheart: Could you not stare so blatantly at my neck when you say that please?
• Lae'zel: Oh, but do keep calling her 'flower'. She'll love that.

---

• Gale: I was wondering about your queen, Vlaakith. What tales of her reach us are terrifying, but I suppose that's not how you would describe her.
• Lae'zel: Vlaakith is unity: fear and beauty, life and unlife. Eyes like onyx, teeth like daggers. There is none more perfect.
• Shadowheart: Sounds vile. I assume the meaning of 'perfect' was lost in translation...

---

• Shadowheart: What if this crèche doesn't work out, Lae'zel? What if your kin fail you?
• Lae'zel: If I can reach the crèche, my kin will provide - any failure will be mine alone.
• Shadowheart: If you say so. Just don't expect me to put all my eggs in the same basket.
• Gale: That expression must sound curious to a githyanki ear, given the way they're birthed.

---

(In the Underdark, and before you've settled their fight over the artifact)

• Shadowheart: Careful Lae'zel, it's dark around here. Would be a terrible shame to lose you forever.
• Lae'zel: Yes, do keep your wits, Shadowheart. Should a dagger suddenly slice your neck, we may never know who's to blame.

---

(After the confrontation with the Githyanki at Mountain Pass)

• Lae'zel: The traitor kith'rak takes great interest in this relic of yours, Shadowheart. Or should I say... weapon.
• Lae'zel: What are you hiding?
• Shadowheart: Nothing. I assume your kin are just as misguided as you are.

---

(Near Rosymorn Monastery)

• Lae'zel: I believe we're approaching the crèche. Once we're inside, let me do the talking.
• Shadowheart: Just to be clear - you're going to lead us into a nest of githyanki marauders, and we're supposed to trust that will end well for us?
• Lae'zel: Is that a problem?
• Shadowheart: More a sign of the times, I suppose.

---

(At Last Light Inn, if it's cursed)

• Lae'zel: Last Light's defenders - slaughtered, every last one.
• Shadowheart: They didn't deserve this.
• Shadowheart: They were arrogant enough to try and withstand Lady Shar's power. This was always going to be the end result.

---

(Approaching Moonrise Towers)

• Lae'zel: Moonrise Towers at last. Make no mistake - I will have answers about these ghaik tadpoles.
• Shadowheart: Easy, Lae'zel - we need answers, yes, but you catch more flies with honey than vinegar...
• Shadowheart: ... perhaps that doesn't translate. I don't know if githyanki have honey. Or vinegar. Or flies, even. Let's just show some restraint.
• Lae'zel: I'm capable of restraint, just as you're capable of raw fury. I trust we'll find reason to exercise both here.

---

(At Moonrise Towers)

• Lae'zel: I itch to draw my weapon and gut every last one of these cultists.
• Shadowheart: You're keen. Just don't get carried away - some of those guts might be of more use to us unspilled, at least for a while.
• Lae'zel: I know better than to indulge every craving, Shadowheart. But when the time is right, the Absolutists will feel the sting of my blade.

---

(At Moonrise Towers Prison)

• Shadowheart: All those locked cells. A girl could cause all sorts of mischief with skilled fingers and a hairpin...
• Lae'zel: You have done mischief enough with hairpins, if your tresses are an indication. The prisoners would be a hindrance.

(If Shadowheart was there when you saved Lae'zel from the cage, at the start of act 1)

• Shadowheart: A hindrance, you say? Remind me, where did we fetch you from again? Oh that's right - a cage, caught by a couple of tieflings. Interesting.

(Else)

• Shadowheart: I'd rather an extra burden than extra enemies. Anyone the Absolute has captive is one tadpole away from taking up arms against us.

---

(At Morphic Pool)

• Lae'zel: Ready your weapons. This will not be resolved by wits alone.
• Shadowheart: You're right - though I like to think my wits are the best weapon I have.
• Lae'zel: Your high regard for your own wits is no secret to anyone.
• Shadowheart: Touché, Lae'zel! Perhaps wits are contagious.

---

(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 1 romance scene)

• Shadowheart: I wouldn't have predicted the night you shared with our friend, Lae'zel. You didn't consider it beneath you?
• Lae'zel: They were beneath me, at times. But also above me, And standing, at certain points.
• Shadowheart: That's enough, I get the picture. Gods, do I get the picture...

---

(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 2 romance scene)

• Shadowheart: I'm a tad surprised you change into more comfortable garb at camp, Lae'zel. You strike me as a 'sleeps in her armour' type.
• Lae'zel: It would cause too much noise during my nighttime... exertions. I do not wish to alert foes of our location.
• Shadowheart: Nighttime exertions...? Oh, I see. Well, considerate of you, I suppose.

---

(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 3 romance scene)

(If Shadowheart is still loyal to Shar)

• Shadowheart: I am fond of Baldur's Gate, in spite of it's failings. It's the perfect place for Lady Shar's faith to take hold.

(If Shadowheart no longer loyal to Shar)

• Shadowheart: Baldur's Gate can be dirty, overcrowded, dangerous... but I do like it all the same. Found anything to admire in it, Lae'zel?
• Shadowheart: How about you, Lae'zel? You're new to the city - found anything to admire in it?
• Lae'zel: Admire it? As an overripe fruit ready for plucking, or a fattened calf awaiting the knife, perhaps.
• Lae'zel: This place was constructed as if it wants a foreign power to pillage it.

---

(If the player is romancing Shadowheart; after act 1 romance scene)

• Lae'zel: How do you maintain such an elaborate plait, Shadowheart? The craftsmanship is impressive.
• Shadowheart: Now that you mention it, I can't remember who taught me. Another memory lost, perhaps.
• Lae'zel: Still. If you let me watch your technique, I might learn it from you.
• Shadowheart: Maybe. If you keep a respectable distance.

---

(If the player is romancing Shadowheart; after act 2 romance scene)

• Lae'zel: You are debating allowing another into your heart.
• Shadowheart: Quite the gossip, aren't you? Wouldn't have thought you cared.
• Lae'zel: A formidable woman like yourself does herself no favours in revealing herself to be so erratic, so... uncertain.

---

(If the player is romancing Shadowheart, and Shadowheart chose Selune)

• Lae'zel: I find the locals' fascination with 'the beach' is but a conspiracy for prudes to leer at each other unquestioned.
• Lae'zel: Why does anyone bother wearing swim-garments at all?
• Shadowheart: I'm not inclined to bother, myself, but I suppose it keeps the City Watch at bay.
• Shadowheart: Some act as though displaying bare flesh is a more heinous crime than murder and robbery.

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(If the player is romancing Shadowheart, and Shadowheart chose Shar)

• Lae'zel: I heard a curious sound in night. What would you know about that, Shadowheart?
• Shadowheart: Lady Shar permits me to plead ignorance.
• Lae'zel: I ask not of Lady Shar - but of you and your paramour.
• Shadowheart: I haven't the faintest idea what you mean. Perhaps a cat pounced on its prey?

Lae'zel and Wyll

• Lae'zel: Every moment a new danger. I may have underestimated this Faerûn.
• Wyll: You don't know the half of it. With a bit of luck, we'll meet a beholder.

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• Wyll: Lae'zel, have you ever done a good deed just for the sake of it?
• Lae'zel: I have performed deeds well and efficiently. Is this what you mean?
• Wyll: Not exactly. But you answered my question.

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• Wyll: Mm - Lae'zel, do you believe in love at first sight?
• Lae'zel: I hardly believe in love at all.
• Wyll: Oh.
• Lae'zel: But I do believe in carnal pleasure.
• Wyll: Oh!

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• Wyll: I've never met anyone like you, Lae'zel.
• Lae'zel: Yes I've been told I'm quite scintillating.
• Wyll: Have you really?
• Lae'zel: No.

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• Wyll: Lae'zel, you've the most exquisite eyes - golden as the sands of the Calim.
• Lae'zel: And you've a soft skull. A ghaik tentacle will have no issues pushing through it.
• Wyll: Is that... a compliment?
• Lae'zel: No, it is a fact. Life in this Faerûn is laughaby weak.

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• Lae'zel: The Blade of Frontiers, hm? Do you always need to be the centre of attention?
• Wyll: Anything but. I don't fight to be flattered, Lae'zel. I fight to save lives.

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• Lae'zel: I've not heard of these 'Flaming Fist'. Enlighten me, Wyll.
• Wyll: The Coast's chief militia, led by none other than Grand Duke Ulder Ravengard himself.

(If it is known that Wyll is the son of Ulder Ravengard)

• Lae'zel: Your father, you mean?
• Wyll: The very same.

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(If it is known that Wyll has a contract with Mizora)

• Lae'zel: If you wish to be rid of your devil, Wyll, we should just kill her and be done with it.
• Wyll: And incur the wrath of the Hells? I might as well just leap straight into the fires.

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• Wyll: Can an illithid go solo, Lae'zel? You know - break free of their master?

(If you have met Omeluum)

• Lae'zel: Renegades are rare, but not unheard of.

(If you have not met Omeluum)

• Lae'zel: Renegades are rare, but not unheard of. Omeluum is one such creature.
• Lae'zel: A ghaik gone astray is no less dangerous for it - and its head no less valuable.

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• Wyll: Who's in charge of the mind flayers, Lae'zel? Is there a squid king or something?
• Lae'zel: No. Each ghaik is servant to an elder brain. No king unites elders - only their collective tyranny.
• Gale: A mind flayer monarch, imagine that. Such a thing could shatter worlds.

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(Near Rosymorn Monastery)

• Wyll: Lae'zel, are you sure of the greeting we'll find at this crèche of yours?
• Lae'zel: Of course I'll be welcomed. And if you behave, you may keep your head too.
• Wyll: I can count on you to vouch for me, I hope.
• Lae'zel: Don't worry. You're more useful to me alive.

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(At Crèche Y'llek)

• Lae'zel: How I have longed for these familiar sounds and sights.
• Wyll: Well I'll be. So even the ferocious Lae'zel has a soft side.
• Lae'zel: A possessive side. What is a warrior without something precious to protect?

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(At Mind Flayer Colony)

• Wyll: Lae'zel - did you ever fight illithid creatures in your training days?
• Lae'zel: Never. The ghaik aboard the nautiloid was the first I ever witnessed in flesh.
• Wyll: Really? I figured you would have joined your fellow gith in a colony raid.
• Lae'zel: A young warrior is expected to fight their first ghaik with their cousins - kin hatched from the same clutch.
• Lae'zel: The ones who triumph earn a place in githyanki society. The one's who don't, perish.

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(At Rivington)

• Wyll: When I was a child, father sent me to Sharess' Caress to deliver messages.
• Wyll: How was I to know what went on behind its closed doors?
• Lae'zel: Eating, sleeping, and sex acts of all manner, of course.
• Wyll: Hm. What's plain to you wasn't so plain to mini-Wyll.
• Lae'zel: 'Mini-Lae'zel' wasn't so sheltered. On Crèche K'liir, very little is hidden behind doors.

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(At Eastern Docks)

• Lae'zel: I smell danger on the wind. Keep your weapons ready.
• Wyll: The only thing the wind's carrying is the smell of trout. Lae'zel. We're near the fish market.
• Lae'zel: Discount my warning at your peril.
• Wyll: I get it, Lae'zel - peril, danger, and so forth. All I can think of now is a nice fish dinner.

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(At Lower City Sewers)

• Lae'zel: Baldur's Gate's sewer system could use a few... improvements.
• Wyll: The smell getting to you, Lae'zel?
• Lae'zel: It isn't the smell that bothers me - it's the inefficiency. An entire underground wasted on waste that could simply be teleported to Wildspace.
• Wyll: Hm. Once the Absolute's finished, I'll be sure to propose your idea to the Council.

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(At Steel Watch Foundry)

• Wyll: Labour is the lifeblood of every city. Baldur's Gate would perish without its workers.
• Lae'zel: So it is with the githyanki. Without the mlar's swords and ships, and the gardens of our g'lathk, the empire couldn't thrive.
• Wyll: Maybe githyanki and humans aren't so different after all.
• Lae'zel: Let's not carried away, Wyll.

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(If the player is romancing Wyll; after act 1 romance scene)

• Lae'zel: Wyll, you are a man of great vigour. Why have you not sought a mate any of these nights we have camped?
• Wyll: Ah, well, I admit I've had thoughts about it. In my own way.
• Lae'zel: Do not think, Wyll. Act.

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(If the player is romancing Wyll; after act 2 romance scene)

• Lae'zel: Does your species release airborne pheromones upon beginning the courtship dance, Wyll?
• Lae'zel: I've heard thus is the way with certain birds of paradise and prey. The chemical induces lowered inhibitions between the pair.
• Wyll: No. I mean, I don't think so. Would you count a light spritz from a vial of jasmine dust as a pheromone?
• Lae'zel: Indubitably.

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(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 1 romance scene)

• Lae'zel: To bind oneself to another forever seems a fool's vow.
• Wyll: Then by all means, call me a fool.
• Wyll: In the Gate especially, it's uncommon to marry your first love nowadays.
• Wyll: But losing that early love is still the regret foremost of forgotten sorrows.

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(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 2 romance scene)

• Wyll: I really didn't expect the affair to last between the two of you, Lae'zel. Is it getting to be something more?
• Lae'zel: We have spilled one another's blood. We have spent blows until utter exhaustion.
• Wyll: Congratulations - I think.

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(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 3 romance scene)

• Wyll: I hope my home can be yours, if you don't go back to the skies.
• Lae'zel: Chk. I have no intention of allowing myself to grow a third stomach and a withered arm in a ducal seat.
• Wyll: I meant the Gate! But you're always welcome for tea.

Lae'zel and Halsin

(At The Counting House)

• Halsin: Such hoarding of wealth. A tomb for riches that could be put to better use.
• Lae'zel: I've heard the same said of bears - the kind you take the shape of. They hoard, gorge, and hibernate through hard times.
• Halsin: True... but only until the thaw, then life goes on. This gold may never see daylight again, while others go cold and hungry.

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(If the player is romancing Haslin in act 3)

• Lae'zel: You've quite the appetite, Halsin. I'd wager you've bedded more of your foes than you've felled.
• Halsin: Hmm. A challenging sum. The chimera has three heads... but does it still count as one?
• Lae'zel: Must have been a challenging kill.
• Halsin: Kill... yes.

Lae'zel and Minthara

(At Shadow-Cursed Lands Forest)

• Lae'zel: Difficult terrain, cursed or not. Gith dragon-riders prefer flat land and open skies.
• Minthara: Ketheric's undead legions carve paths through the foliage when they pass. It grows back stronger though.
• Lae'zel: A tedious labour well suited to the undead.
• Minthara: Tedious labour does not only suit the dead. Plenty of surface-dwellers are suitable for little else.

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(At Last Light Inn, if it's protected)

• Minthara: These people seem soldiers by their bearing. What say you, Lae'zel?
• Lae'zel: The enforcers of order - unmistakable in their vigilant bearing. So it goes across all the planes and their peoples.
• Minthara: On this plane, the story always ends the same way. Order collapses, and shadows take the light.

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(At Mason's Guild Rebel Hideout)

• Minthara: How curious. The shadow curse has not touched this place.
• Lae'zel: And by the looks of it, its riches have gone unplundered.
• Minthara: A faultless observation, Lae'zel. Are all githyanki so quick to come to the essential point?

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(At House of Healing)

• Lae'zel: A waste of space and resources. Gith triage methods obviate the need for such crude facilities.
• Minthara: Tell me about these methods.
• Lae'zel: A githyanki ghustil can summon Astral energy to heal most any wound.
• Lae'zel: If a warrior's lacerations are beyond even their ability, the victim is beheaded.
• Minthara: Efficient. We have much to learn from one another.

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(At House of Healing Morgue)

• Lae'zel: I have seen many a gruesome death, but even I can't fathom some of the horrors inflicted in this supposed 'House of Healing'.
• Minthara: You're young, child. If you survive as long as I have, you will witness greater horrors than this.
• Lae'zel: If you are fortunate, you may even inflict greater horrors in the name of your cause.

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(At Mind Flayer Colony)

• Lae'zel: A ghaik colony. Illithids are certainly the driving force behind this Absolute cult.
• Minthara: The hierarchy of command is not yet clear, child. Can you be sure the illithids are in control?
• Lae'zel: I know what I see - my mortal enemies. And I know what must be done about them.

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(At Basilisk Gate)

• Minthara: There is no true authority in this city. The guards are more degenerate than the criminals.
• Lae'zel: True warriors among the city's Flaming Fist seem exceedingly rare. The worst are mere rats scurrying about their warren.
• Minthara: And what do we do with rats, Lae'zel? We hang them by the tails, and burn their warrens.

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(In the North Alleys)

• Lae'zel: Ah - the smell of fresh blood spilled on stone. It reminds me of the tunnels within my home of K'liir.
• Minthara: I would like to visit your home one day, Lae'zel. Where is K'liir?
• Lae'zel: You may know it as Stardock. An asteroid, one of the Tears of Selûne. It's tunnels are home to all manner of creatures to hunt.
• Lae'zel: Vicious, unrelenting. The sort of place I imagine you'd take to, Minthara.

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(At The Lodge)

• Minthara: The Society of Brilliance! These preposterous fools love to meddle in Underdark affairs - they are most amusing.
• Lae'zel: Amusing? Wherein lies the humour?
• Minthara: They seek to promote peace between species through mutual understanding. Ha.
• Lae'zel: Even my people know the value of a carefully crafted coalition, Minthara. Is our own alliance not a case in point?

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(At Guildhall)

• Lae'zel: Two sides, each itching to draw blades against the other.
• Minthara: The sensation is contagious. Which should we oppose?
• Lae'zel: Either or both, so long as I get to spill blood.

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(At Morphic Pool)

• Minthara: We drow are sensitive to psionic power. And this place throbs with mental power such as I have never known.
• Lae'zel: It threatens all of us, gith and mud worlder alike. But even the brightest blaze can be extinguished.
• Minthara: Extinguish it? I intend to seize it. Power exists to be wielded.

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(If the player is romancing Minthara; after act 2 romance scene)

• Lae'zel: Our leader is a fool for love, Minthara. I'd never be compelled to conduct such a poorly-planned jailbreak.
• Minthara: They did not do it for love. They did it for my prowess in combat, as well as coitus. I excel in both.
• Lae'zel: As do I. Sometimes the acts are not dissimilar.

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(If the player is romancing Minthara; after act 3 romance scene)

• Lae'zel: At what age do you think it is right to set a child upon mortal combat?
• Minthara: The moment it can hold a blade. It may even test its resilience against some common poisons while it is still in the womb.
• Lae'zel: Tsk'va. We do not wilfully risk our young until they are of thirteen years. No point wasting battle-flesh before it's primed.

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(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 2 romance scene)

• Minthara: A few pointers, Lae'zel. I heard you and your lover locked in combat, but the test you set was not rigorous enough.
• Minthara: Next time, tie them to the ground, and do not release them until you are both satisfied.
• Lae'zel: Hmm. You have given me ideas...

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(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 3 romance scene)

• Minthara: You fight harder than ever now that you have a lover to protect from harm, Lae'zel.
• Minthara: The githyanki should encourage relations between their soldiers. It is a proven tactic for morale.
• Lae'zel: We need no boon for morale - I fight well when there is kin at my side. And now, I count one more among them.

Lae'zel and Jaheira

(At Grey Harbour Docks)

• Jaheira: Ugh. I have no love for the sea, but the city would not be what it is without these ships. That lends them a kind of beauty, I suppose.
• Lae'zel: Indeed. There is no more impressive sight than a githyanki spelljammer with its astral sails unfurled.
• Jaheira: A sweeter sight still, the world those ships might make if you plied them between the planes. Interplanar learning, trade...
• Lae'zel: Trade? Why stoop to barter when you have the power to take what you need?

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(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 3 romance scene)

• Jaheira: Lae'zel. My brief time on the Astral Plane left quite the impression. You must miss it dearly.
• Lae'zel: I don't hail from the Astral, Jaheira. My glimpse was as brief as yours, before we were cast back to the Material.
• Lae'zel: If only I might have remained there. Oh, to soar the skies above Tu'narath atop a red dragon...

Lae'zel and Minsc

(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 3 romance scene)

• Minsc: Bah! Fine, Boo. Lae'zel - my hamster wishes me to tell you:
• Minsc: You are the most beautiful thing he has ever seen.
• Lae'zel: I'm afraid I can't return the sentiment - but I know of some githyanki who would find him quite... appealing. Mouth-watering, in fact.