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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Stelmane served as a member of [[The Council of Four]] until 1491, one year before the events of the game.<ref group="note">[[The Dukes of Baldur's Gate|''The Dukes of Baldur's Gate'']]</ref> | |||
Stelmane served as a member of The Council of Four | |||
She was affiliated with the secret organisation known as the Knights of the Shield, and had had business dealings with [[The Emperor]]. | |||
Later in her life, she suffered a stroke. The resulting health issues plagued her for over a decade, sometimes leaving her unaware of her surroundings, until she was murdered in her suite at the [[Elfsong Tavern]] by [[Cult of Bhaal|Bhaalists]].<ref>[[Patient Log: Duke Belynne Stelmane|''Patient Log: Duke Belynne Stelmane'']]</ref> | |||
==Character recounts== | ===Quests=== | ||
*[[Investigate the Murders]] | |||
*[[Visit the Emperor's Old Hideout]] | |||
== Character recounts== | |||
Several characters in Baldur's Gate 3 describe their past experiences with Belynne Stelmane. | Several characters in Baldur's Gate 3 describe their past experiences with Belynne Stelmane. | ||
===Wyll=== | ===Wyll=== | ||
During Act | During [[Act Three]], it is possible to ask [[Wyll]] about his own experiences meeting Belynne Stelmane. | ||
Selecting the option ''"Did you know Stelmane very well, back in the day?"'' will yield the following information initially: | Selecting the option ''"Did you know Stelmane very well, back in the day?"'' will yield the following information initially: | ||
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[[The Emperor]] describes Belynne as its former ''partner'', but if pressed will claim that it used its illithid powers on her to make her its thrall.<ref>Dialogue with the Emperor in the Astral Realm, after it is rejected and distrusted</ref> This eventually caused her to suffer her stroke, and left her partially paralysed.<ref>Investigations from The Knights of Shield.</ref><ref>Descent into Avernus pg. 162.</ref> | [[The Emperor]] describes Belynne as its former ''partner'', but if pressed will claim that it used its illithid powers on her to make her its thrall.<ref>Dialogue with the Emperor in the Astral Realm, after it is rejected and distrusted</ref> This eventually caused her to suffer her stroke, and left her partially paralysed.<ref>Investigations from The Knights of Shield.</ref><ref>Descent into Avernus pg. 162.</ref> | ||
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Wyll, if spoken to afterwards, shows his anger at the revelations: | |||
{{Q|Not a mere stroke, as it turns out – but the scars of her possession. Gods, what I wouldn't give to drive a dagger through the Emperor's buldging head. We can never let it do to us what it did to Stelmane.}}}} | |||
==Related literature== | ==Related literature== | ||
* {{MdRarityItem|Baldur's Mouth 1492 DR Issue 86}} | *{{MdRarityItem|Baldur's Mouth 1492 DR Issue 86}} | ||
* {{MdRarityItem|The Stelmane Connection}} | *{{MdRarityItem|The Stelmane Connection}} | ||
* {{MdRarityItem|Patient Log: Duke Belynne Stelmane}} | *{{MdRarityItem|Patient Log: Duke Belynne Stelmane}} | ||
* {{MdRarityItem|Shield Steward Interrogation Log}} | *{{MdRarityItem|Shield Steward Interrogation Log}} | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | |||
== External links == | ==External links== | ||
* {{FRWiki|Belynne Stelmane|long}} | *{{FRWiki|Belynne Stelmane|long}} | ||
[[Category: Humans]] | [[Category: Humans]] | ||
[[Category: Mentioned characters]] | [[Category: Mentioned characters]] | ||