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{{Infobox creature | {{Infobox creature | ||
| name = Alfira | | name = Alfira | ||
| identity = Female | |||
| image = <gallery> | | image = <gallery> | ||
alfira-face.jpg|In-game | alfira-face.jpg|In-game | ||
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| size = [[Medium]] | | size = [[Medium]] | ||
| type = [[Humanoid]] | | type = [[Humanoid]] | ||
| race = [[Asmodeus Tiefling]] | | race = [[Tiefling]] | ||
| subrace = [[Asmodeus Tiefling]] | |||
| class = [[Bard]] | | class = [[Bard]] | ||
| hometown = [[Elturel]] | | hometown = [[Elturel]] | ||
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| ac = 10 | | ac = 10 | ||
| movement m = 9 | | movement m = 9 | ||
| xp = 20 | |||
| weight kg = 75 | | weight kg = 75 | ||
| str = 12 | | str = 12 | ||
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}} | }} | ||
'''Alfira''' is a | '''Alfira''' is a tiefling bard in ''[[Baldur's Gate 3]]''. She can be found at the [[Emerald Grove]] on a cliff overlooking the ritual, trying to compose a song. | ||
{{DiQ|Dance upon the stars tonight... Smile and pain will fade away... Words of mine will turn to ash... When you call the last light down...|Alfira| composing a ballad}} | {{DiQ|Dance upon the stars tonight... Smile and pain will fade away... Words of mine will turn to ash... When you call the last light down...|Alfira| composing a ballad}} | ||
==Overview== | == Overview == | ||
===Background=== | === Background === | ||
Alfira is part of the group of [[Tiefling Refugees]] who were exiled from Elturel, and Bardic apprentice to a woman named Lihala. On the journey to the Emerald Grove, they were attacked by gnolls, and Lihala was killed. Alfira has since been trying to compose a eulogy for her. | Alfira is part of the group of [[Tiefling Refugees|tiefling refugees]] who were exiled from Elturel, and Bardic apprentice to a woman named Lihala. On the journey to the Emerald Grove, they were attacked by gnolls, and Lihala was killed. Alfira has since been trying to compose a eulogy for her. | ||
== Involvement == | == Involvement == | ||
=== Act One === | === Act One === | ||
The party can find Alfira frustrated over not being able to compose a song for her recently deceased teacher, Lihala, and can help by inspiring her. | The party can find Alfira frustrated over not being able to compose a song for her recently deceased teacher, Lihala, and can help by inspiring her. | ||
==== Performing together ==== | |||
If one party member offers their aid by choosing to perform together, they receive Lihala's lute and attempt to play it. The party can attempt to play along with her: | If one party member offers their aid by choosing to perform together, they receive Lihala's lute and attempt to play it. The party can attempt to play along with her: | ||
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** {{Dialogue option|''Keep time with her.''|roll=Performance|dc=10}} | ** {{Dialogue option|''Keep time with her.''|roll=Performance|dc=10}} | ||
Succeeding both checks (one failure allows a retry) helps Alfira make significant progress in composing her song, and the party member who helped her gains {{WeaponType|Musical Instruments}} proficiency if they didn't have it already. Bards are not required to make any ability checks to help her. | |||
==== Encouraging with words ==== | |||
If the party member offers their aid by encouraging Alfira with words, she becomes inspired and a cutscene plays where she performs her near-finished song for the party. Doing this will not reward musical instrument proficiency however. | If the party member offers their aid by encouraging Alfira with words, she becomes inspired and a cutscene plays where she performs her near-finished song for the party. Doing this will not reward musical instrument proficiency however. | ||
After helping her in either way, she'll title her song ''The Weeping Dawn'' and confess in tears that she was there with her teacher when they were ambushed by [[Gnoll]] | ==== The Weeping Dawn ==== | ||
After helping her in either way, she'll title her song ''The Weeping Dawn'' and confess in tears that she was there with her teacher when they were ambushed by [[Gnoll|gnolls]], who killed Lihala, and was just trying to create a worthy eulogy for her, the party can also gain the [[File:Inspiration Icon.png|24px|link=]][[Inspiration|Inspirational Event]] '''A Bard's Muse''' ([[Entertainer]] background). She will remain in this location giving her song the finishing touches and singing it periodically. | |||
==== Celebration in the camp ==== | |||
If she is alive after the party returns from the [[Goblin Camp]], she will be with the other tieflings getting ready to leave for the [[Campsite]]. At night, she'll be found talking with {{CharLink|Lakrissa}}, and will offer the player character to compose a song about them and their deeds. | If she is alive after the party returns from the [[Goblin Camp]], she will be with the other tieflings getting ready to leave for the [[Campsite]]. At night, she'll be found talking with {{CharLink|Lakrissa}}, and will offer the player character to compose a song about them and their deeds. | ||
After the party, she will no longer be found in her usual spot on the hill overlooking the druidic shrine circle at the Emerald Grove. | After the party, she will no longer be found in her usual spot on the hill overlooking the druidic shrine circle at the Emerald Grove. | ||
==== Not helping Alfira ==== | |||
If the party don't want to help her, they can either leave, convince her to give up, insult her, or steal/destroy her lute with the following options: | If the party don't want to help her, they can either leave, convince her to give up, insult her, or steal/destroy her lute with the following options: | ||
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* {{Dialogue option|Here. I don't have time for this.}} | * {{Dialogue option|Here. I don't have time for this.}} | ||
During | During {{Quest|Raid the Emerald Grove}}, Alfira's body can be found with the bodies of the tiefling children in the [[Tiefling Hideout]]. | ||
===The Dark Urge | ==== The Dark Urge ==== | ||
If the {{CharLink|The Dark Urge|The Dark Urge}} is chosen as | If the {{CharLink|The Dark Urge|The Dark Urge}} is chosen as [[Origin]], Alfira will visit their camp shortly after crossing the bridge to the [[Blighted Village]], whether the party has interacted with her or not. Whether the party allows her to spend the night at camp or not, the player character will wake up to find her disemboweled by their own hand. They can decide whether to hide the evidence or not, or whether to embrace their handiwork or be horrified by it. | ||
To keep Alfira alive, she must be | To keep Alfira alive, she must be {{SAI|Toggle Non-Lethal Attacks|knocked out}} in the Emerald Grove before taking the long rest that triggers her visit. If Alfira is already dead, knocked out, or otherwise unavailable at this time, she will be replaced by a [[Dragonborn|dragonborn]] [[Bard|bard]] named {{CharLink|Quil}}. | ||
This event can be delayed by other events, for example if Karlach is recruited before Wyll then his arrival will take precedence as the camp event that night and Quil will instead arrive the next night, so it might be necessary to knock out Alfira multiple times. | This event can be delayed by other events, for example if Karlach is recruited before Wyll then his arrival will take precedence as the camp event that night and Quil will instead arrive the next night, so it might be necessary to knock out Alfira multiple times. | ||
When the long rest is completed and Alfira is still alive, she can be found at the place where she was knocked out and can be met later at the camp celebration. After that she can be encountered in | When the long rest is completed and Alfira is still alive, she can be found at the place where she was knocked out and can be met later at the camp celebration. After that she can be encountered in Act Two, where she can award the party with the {{SmRarityItem|Potent Robe}}. Otherwise, if Alfira is killed the party cannot acquire the Potent Robe. | ||
=== Act Two === | === Act Two === | ||
In [[Act Two]], Alfira can be found inside the [[Last Light Inn]] sitting by the fire at {{Coords|-66|142}}. Upon speaking to her, the party will learn that some of the tieflings were taken to [[Moonrise Towers]], thus starting the {{Quest|Rescue the Tieflings}} quest, giving a hopeful response awards the [[File:Inspiration Icon.png|24px|link=]][[Inspiration|Inspirational Event]] '''A Smile Better Suits...''' ([[Folk Hero]] background). If Lakrissa is successfully saved along with the other tieflings, Alfira will reward the party with the {{SmRarityItem|Potent Robe}} and various other loot. | In [[Act Two]], Alfira can be found inside the [[Last Light Inn]] sitting by the fire at {{Coords|-66|142}}. Upon speaking to her, the party will learn that some of the tieflings were taken to [[Moonrise Towers]], thus starting the {{Quest|Rescue the Tieflings}} quest, giving a hopeful response awards the [[File:Inspiration Icon.png|24px|link=]][[Inspiration|Inspirational Event]] '''A Smile Better Suits...''' ([[Folk Hero]] background). If Lakrissa is successfully saved along with the other tieflings, Alfira will reward the party with the {{SmRarityItem|Potent Robe}} and various other loot. | ||
At the end of | At the end of Act Two, if Alfira is still alive, she can be found at Moonrise Towers. Talking with her reveals she wants to use music to help calm the tiefling children in the room with her. If the active character is a Bard, they can speak with her again to gain the Improved [[Bardic Inspiration]] class action. It's not necessary to perform the song. | ||
=== Act Three === | === Act Three === | ||
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If Lakrissa survived, she will be waiting tables at the Elfsong, and may occasionally be found on the roof with Alfira. The two of them will reveal that they are dating, and that Alfira is planning on opening a bardic school. | If Lakrissa survived, she will be waiting tables at the Elfsong, and may occasionally be found on the roof with Alfira. The two of them will reveal that they are dating, and that Alfira is planning on opening a bardic school. | ||
==Speak with Dead== | == Speak with Dead == | ||
Alfira can be spoken to with {{SAI|Speak with Dead}}. | Alfira can be spoken to with {{SAI|Speak with Dead}}. | ||
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* {{MdRarityItem|Lihala's Lute}} looted / given while playing music with Alfira in the [[Druid Grove]] | * {{MdRarityItem|Lihala's Lute}} looted / given while playing music with Alfira in the [[Druid Grove]] | ||
* {{MdRarityItem|Potent Robe}} reward for successfully completing {{Quest|Rescue the Tieflings}} | * {{MdRarityItem|Potent Robe}} reward for successfully completing {{Quest|Rescue the Tieflings}} | ||
== Related literature == | == Related literature == | ||
* {{MdRarityItem|Folksongs of Faerûn}} | * {{MdRarityItem|Folksongs of Faerûn}} | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
{{notebegin}} | {{notebegin}} | ||
* Though dialogue refers to her as a bard, she has no spells from the class and notably has a much higher Intelligence than Charisma. | * Though dialogue refers to her as a bard, she has no spells from the class and notably has a much higher Intelligence than Charisma. | ||
* Her singing voice during her cinematic performance of ''The Weeping Dawn'' is performed by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15267195/ Ilona Ivanova]. | * Her singing voice during her cinematic performance of ''The Weeping Dawn'' is performed by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15267195/ Ilona Ivanova]. | ||
* Alfira may have originally been intended as a potential companion. Among the game files, she is defined in ''Origins.lsx'' which lists the [[origin]] characters as well as non-origin companions, hirelings, and a few related characters such as {{CharLink|Losiir}}. In the file, she's listed as a bard of the [[College of Lore]] subclass. | * Alfira may have originally been intended as a potential companion. Among the game files, she is defined in ''Origins.lsx'' which lists the [[origin]] characters as well as non-origin companions, hirelings, and a few related characters such as {{CharLink|Losiir}}. In the file, she's listed as a bard of the [[College of Lore]] subclass. | ||
* As part of the quality of life improvements in patch 6, which added the possibility of choosing which companion to dismiss while accepting a new one into the party, Alfira's game files seem to have gained some empty and unused dialogue lines related to being dismissed from the party. | * As part of the quality of life improvements in patch 6, which added the possibility of choosing which companion to dismiss while accepting a new one into the party, Alfira's game files seem to have gained some empty and unused dialogue lines related to being dismissed from the party. | ||
* Since patch 7 Alfira can now (temporarily) join the party as a controllable character if the Dark Urge is chosen as [[Origin]] and if there's room for her in the party. | * Since patch 7 Alfira can now (temporarily) join the party as a controllable character if the Dark Urge is chosen as [[Origin]] and if there's room for her in the party. | ||
{{noteend}} | {{noteend}} | ||
==External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{FRWiki|Alfira|long}} | * {{FRWiki|Alfira|long}} | ||
Latest revision as of 08:48, 23 November 2024
Alfira is a tiefling bard in Baldur's Gate 3. She can be found at the Emerald Grove on a cliff overlooking the ritual, trying to compose a song.
“Dance upon the stars tonight... Smile and pain will fade away... Words of mine will turn to ash... When you call the last light down...„
Overview[edit | edit source]
Background[edit | edit source]
Alfira is part of the group of tiefling refugees who were exiled from Elturel, and Bardic apprentice to a woman named Lihala. On the journey to the Emerald Grove, they were attacked by gnolls, and Lihala was killed. Alfira has since been trying to compose a eulogy for her.
Involvement[edit | edit source]
Act One[edit | edit source]
The party can find Alfira frustrated over not being able to compose a song for her recently deceased teacher, Lihala, and can help by inspiring her.
Performing together[edit | edit source]
If one party member offers their aid by choosing to perform together, they receive Lihala's lute and attempt to play it. The party can attempt to play along with her:
- [PERFORMANCE] Play along with her. (DC 15)
- [PERFORMANCE] Keep time with her. (DC 10)
Succeeding both checks (one failure allows a retry) helps Alfira make significant progress in composing her song, and the party member who helped her gains 
proficiency if they didn't have it already. Bards are not required to make any ability checks to help her.
Encouraging with words[edit | edit source]
If the party member offers their aid by encouraging Alfira with words, she becomes inspired and a cutscene plays where she performs her near-finished song for the party. Doing this will not reward musical instrument proficiency however.
The Weeping Dawn[edit | edit source]
After helping her in either way, she'll title her song The Weeping Dawn and confess in tears that she was there with her teacher when they were ambushed by gnolls, who killed Lihala, and was just trying to create a worthy eulogy for her, the party can also gain the 
Inspirational Event A Bard's Muse (Entertainer background). She will remain in this location giving her song the finishing touches and singing it periodically.
Celebration in the camp[edit | edit source]
If she is alive after the party returns from the Goblin Camp, she will be with the other tieflings getting ready to leave for the Campsite. At night, she'll be found talking with Lakrissa, and will offer the player character to compose a song about them and their deeds.
After the party, she will no longer be found in her usual spot on the hill overlooking the druidic shrine circle at the Emerald Grove.
Not helping Alfira[edit | edit source]
If the party don't want to help her, they can either leave, convince her to give up, insult her, or steal/destroy her lute with the following options:
- Slip the lute into your pack.
- [DEXTERITY] Snatch the lute out of her hands and smash it. (DC 10)
- You want honesty? Give up - you don't have the makings of a bard.
- You're holding yourself back. Start over with a blank slate.
- Here. I don't have time for this.
During 
, Alfira's body can be found with the bodies of the tiefling children in the Tiefling Hideout.
The Dark Urge[edit | edit source]
If the The Dark Urge is chosen as Origin, Alfira will visit their camp shortly after crossing the bridge to the Blighted Village, whether the party has interacted with her or not. Whether the party allows her to spend the night at camp or not, the player character will wake up to find her disemboweled by their own hand. They can decide whether to hide the evidence or not, or whether to embrace their handiwork or be horrified by it.
To keep Alfira alive, she must be 
in the Emerald Grove before taking the long rest that triggers her visit. If Alfira is already dead, knocked out, or otherwise unavailable at this time, she will be replaced by a dragonborn bard named Quil.
This event can be delayed by other events, for example if Karlach is recruited before Wyll then his arrival will take precedence as the camp event that night and Quil will instead arrive the next night, so it might be necessary to knock out Alfira multiple times.
When the long rest is completed and Alfira is still alive, she can be found at the place where she was knocked out and can be met later at the camp celebration. After that she can be encountered in Act Two, where she can award the party with the 
Potent Robe. Otherwise, if Alfira is killed the party cannot acquire the Potent Robe.
Act Two[edit | edit source]
In Act Two, Alfira can be found inside the Last Light Inn sitting by the fire at X: -66 Y: 142. Upon speaking to her, the party will learn that some of the tieflings were taken to Moonrise Towers, thus starting the quest, giving a hopeful response awards the Inspirational Event A Smile Better Suits... (Folk Hero background). If Lakrissa is successfully saved along with the other tieflings, Alfira will reward the party with the Potent Robe and various other loot.
At the end of Act Two, if Alfira is still alive, she can be found at Moonrise Towers. Talking with her reveals she wants to use music to help calm the tiefling children in the room with her. If the active character is a Bard, they can speak with her again to gain the Improved Bardic Inspiration class action. It's not necessary to perform the song.
Act Three[edit | edit source]
In Act Three, assuming she survives the events of previous acts, Alfira can be found on the rooftop of the Elfsong Tavern. Reuniting with her will award the Inspirational Events Finding her Stage (Entertainer background) and Safeguarding the Songbird (Folk Hero background).
If Lakrissa survived, she will be waiting tables at the Elfsong, and may occasionally be found on the roof with Alfira. The two of them will reveal that they are dating, and that Alfira is planning on opening a bardic school.
Speak with Dead[edit | edit source]
Alfira can be spoken to with 
.
Below is if Alfira was killed in camp by The Dark Urge.
Party member: Who are you?
- Alfira: Alfira... apprentice... bard...
Party member: Where were you going?
- Alfira: Elfsong Tavern... Baldur's Gate...
Party member: Did you come here alone?
- Alfira: With... Lihala... but... but...
- Party member: Who is Lihala?
- Alfira: Teacher... friend... everything to me. But gnolls... ripped her... apart...
- Party member: You met gnolls? How did you survive?
- Alfira: Run when they... shriek. They call... for others...
Party member: Did you have any valuables?
- Alfira: Lihala's lute... where is... where...
Related items[edit | edit source]
Lihala's Lute looted / given while playing music with Alfira in the Druid Grove
Potent Robe reward for successfully completing
Related literature[edit | edit source]
Related quests[edit | edit source]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Alfira playing The Weeping Dawn.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- Though dialogue refers to her as a bard, she has no spells from the class and notably has a much higher Intelligence than Charisma.
- Her singing voice during her cinematic performance of The Weeping Dawn is performed by Ilona Ivanova.
- Alfira may have originally been intended as a potential companion. Among the game files, she is defined in Origins.lsx which lists the origin characters as well as non-origin companions, hirelings, and a few related characters such as Losiir. In the file, she's listed as a bard of the College of Lore subclass.
- As part of the quality of life improvements in patch 6, which added the possibility of choosing which companion to dismiss while accepting a new one into the party, Alfira's game files seem to have gained some empty and unused dialogue lines related to being dismissed from the party.
- Since patch 7 Alfira can now (temporarily) join the party as a controllable character if the Dark Urge is chosen as Origin and if there's room for her in the party.
External links[edit | edit source]
Alfira on the Forgotten Realms Wiki