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Unimplemented spells

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Nightsong

This page reveals the original storyline for Dame Aylin that is not canon in the final version of the game. The content shows a different storyline for Act 2. According to the Datamined content, the Nightsong was a cleric of Shar and was supposed to be a potential boss fight, her abilities and voice lines can be seen on youtube. Her stats were unfinished so she appeared as level 1 with 10 hp.

Abilities

• Shadow Step (Level II) Action  Range: 15 m / 50 ft

While in dim light or darkness, Nightsong can teleport as a bonus action up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space she can see that is also in dim light or darkness. She then has advantage on the first melee attack she makes before the end of the turn.

• Dark Whispers Action  Range: 15 m / 50 ft Recharge: Per Round

Nightsong summons a shadow fron the darkness around her.

• Shadow Grasp (Level II) Action  Range: 15 m / 50 ft

Inflicts  Hold Person. The target must make a DC 16 Con Saving Throw or become permanently immobilized by its own shadow grabbing its legs. This can only happen if it's in a darkened area. Any light shed upon the target frees it. Attack/Save: Wisdom.

Condition: Grasped by shadows: This character is grasped by shadows. Only dispersing the darkness can free them.

• Create Water (Level I Transmutation Spell) Action  Range: 9 m / 30 ft

Dark water falls as rain in a target area within range, extinguishing exposed flames and creating a Despair surface.

• Nightfall Action  Range: 9 m / 30 ft Recharge: Per Round

Each creature must make a DC 14 Con Saving Throw, taking 3d8 necrotic damge on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If a humanoid is killed by this damage, an undead Shadow rises from its corpse and fights alongside Nightsong. Nightfall also extinguishes all lightsources.

Story

Most of her storyline was reconstructed by a reddit user.

She was captured by Ketheric and turned into the Nightsong, but she wishes to break free from Shar's influence.

“

I want to sing my own song, not Shar's, not Ketheric's! I was captured, by Ketheric Thorm - Shar's chosen. He... turned me into this creature. Find Ketheric! Kill him, so I can be free!

„

— Cut Version Nightsong

She had a last name and her full name was Aylin Silverblood.

“

Aylin Silverblood. My true name. Nightsong was only ever a curse.

„

— Cut Version Nightsong

It is possible Nightsong was supposed to be the Gauntlet's final boss and she was not the source of Ketheric's immortality. If you side with the Nightsong she can teleport the party and herself to the Last Light Inn. Datamined developer commentary for cinematic context:

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CINEMATIC: Nightsong teleports the party to the plaza in front of Last Light. As she looks around trying to familiarize herself, Isobel notices your arrival from the balcony. Her reaction is pure shock, followed by an immediate rush down the stairs.

„

“

CINEMATIC: Isobel's eyes fill with tears as she drops down to the ground, throwing her arms around Nightsong's shoulders in a tight embrace. Shaking, almost fearful, Nightsong returns the embrace - the first kind touch she's had in a hundred years. CINEMATIC: Nightsong smiles too, but she's lost looking at Isobel, completely tuning out everyone else around them. Isobel leans in, resting her brow against Nightsong's and closing her eyes, Nightsong's hand clutched to her chest. CINEMATIC: Nightsong draws back from the hug, looking Isobel in the eyes. Isobel helps Nightsong to her feet. As the two of them stand, they keep their hands linked. NIGHTSONG: A hundred years. Isobel, light of my heart, where were you? (choking up) I found your body, I....

„

It's likely that Ketheric turned into a Shar worshipper when his wife died and his Dark Justicars were in battle with the Harpers. Additional dialogue implies Aylin was allied with the Harpers, however she and Isobel were secret lovers.

When Isobel was found dead there seems to be a line that implies Aylin was framed as his daughter's killer and it's the reason she was turned into the Nightsong.

“

You killed my daughter, then you stand before me and lie? I'll see you suffer tenfold what my Isobel did.

„

— Ketheric Thorm

But it was Balthazar who killed her in front of Aylin.

“

It is why I couldn't leave your body, even when they came. Balthazar and that Sharran witch told your father that I was to blame.

„

— Cut Version Nightsong

A century later Ketheric tasked Balthazar with bringing Isobel back. This ritual also bound Isobel's life to Ketheric, sharing his immortality with her.

“

"My father. After a century, he somehow brought me back. Brought back by the same man that killed me. Balthazar. Standing next to my father with a smile on his face.

„

— Isobel

When she was brought back she ran away.

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I didn't know. Gods, he didn't say a word to me. I ran away because it was Balthazar that brought me back. As I ran, I heard my father shouting... but I'd seen enough. There was no saving him

„

— Isobel

“

I... we need to get close to him, don't we? And Aylin can protect Last Light in my absence.

„

— Isobel

If Ketheric was killed before unthethering Isobel from him, they will both go to the afterlife.

“

CINEMATIC: There is a glimpse of Isobel's ghost, as she takes her Father with her to the afterlife.

„

“

CINEMATIC: There is a a glimpse of Isobel's ghost terrified and in agony. Both Isobel and Ketheric will disappear.

„

“

Shar is the Nightsinger, and I am her Nightsong. I am her instrument, transforming the faithful into Shadows. I drink their sorrow, their loss, their grief...then I vomit it back into the world. I've been here for centuries. Thousands of Sharrans came here seeking my kiss. All of them are shadows now. That is Shar's only reward.

„

— Cut Version Nightsong about herself