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=== Recruitment === | === Recruitment === | ||
Jaheira can be fully recruited only after you have defeated [[Ketheric Thorm]]. Until then she is only a [[Companions#Temporary Companions|temporary companion]]. If the [[Last Light Inn]] is destroyed but you are still allied with her you can offer her to stay at your camp. She will do so but will not be available as a companion until Act 3. | Jaheira can be fully recruited only after you have defeated [[Ketheric Thorm]]. Until then, she is only a [[Companions#Temporary Companions|temporary companion]]. If the [[Last Light Inn]] is destroyed, but you are still allied with her, you can offer her to stay at your camp. She will do so but will not be available as a companion until Act 3. | ||
=== Approval === | === Approval === | ||
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During the events of the game, Jaheira is roughly 150 years old. Her experiences during her long life means she is rarely surprised and takes unexpected events calmly and unvexed. Her initial testing of the main party with truth-telling drugs, as well as her inquisitive reaction to [[The Dark Urge]] revealing their nature as a Bhaalspawn, show that she is very cautious about to whom she extends her trust. But once the party proves themselves, Jaheira is a loyal and stalwart ally who sees them as equals, never afraid to speak her mind and not sugarcoating the truth. | During the events of the game, Jaheira is roughly 150 years old. Her experiences during her long life means she is rarely surprised and takes unexpected events calmly and unvexed. Her initial testing of the main party with truth-telling drugs, as well as her inquisitive reaction to [[The Dark Urge]] revealing their nature as a Bhaalspawn, show that she is very cautious about to whom she extends her trust. But once the party proves themselves, Jaheira is a loyal and stalwart ally who sees them as equals, never afraid to speak her mind and not sugarcoating the truth. | ||
As one of the eldest and strongest of the Baldur's Gate [[Harpers]], she commands the respect of most of the organisation. Meeting Harpers with Jaheira in the party shows that they almost always defer to her strength and experience. Her military background shows in her professionalism and cold analysis when dealing with most situations. One of the few exceptions to this is her old friend [[Minsc]], whom Jaheira initially believed to be dead due to a combination of Minsc's recklessness and her own desire to put the safety of all Baldur's Gate above individual lives. She becomes enraged when it is revealed he was alive and being manipulated by Orin's [[Doppelganger| | As one of the eldest and strongest of the Baldur's Gate [[Harpers]], she commands the respect of most of the organisation. Meeting Harpers with Jaheira in the party shows that they almost always defer to her strength and experience. Her military background shows in her professionalism and cold analysis when dealing with most situations. One of the few exceptions to this is her old friend [[Minsc]], whom Jaheira initially believed to be dead due to a combination of Minsc's recklessness and her own desire to put the safety of all Baldur's Gate above individual lives. She becomes enraged when it is revealed he was alive and being manipulated by Orin's [[Doppelganger|Doppelgängers]] using her face. Once they reunite, their relationship is initially strained due to Jaheira not believing Minsc could be so easily manipulated, but they do eventually reaffirm their friendship. | ||
==Backstory== | ==Backstory== | ||
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[[File:Elerrathins Home.jpg|Jaheira's home in Baldur's Gate|thumb|left|200px]]At some point later Jaheira made herself [[Elerrathin's Home|a home]] in [[Baldur's Gate]] where she raised her foster children [[Jord]], [[Rion]], [[Jhessem]], [[Fig]] and [[Tate]]. But a Harper's life demanded her to spend a lot of time away from her home and children. | [[File:Elerrathins Home.jpg|Jaheira's home in Baldur's Gate|thumb|left|200px]]At some point later Jaheira made herself [[Elerrathin's Home|a home]] in [[Baldur's Gate]] where she raised her foster children [[Jord]], [[Rion]], [[Jhessem]], [[Fig]] and [[Tate]]. But a Harper's life demanded her to spend a lot of time away from her home and children. | ||
She has a private basement that looks like a Druid's cavern and it is heavily trapped. The basement is inhabited by the Postmaster Badger and his messenger rats, whom he trains to be harper spies. | She has a private basement that looks like a Druid's cavern, and it is heavily trapped. The basement is inhabited by the Postmaster Badger and his messenger rats, whom he trains to be harper spies. | ||
Jaheira keeps a key under a trapped bookcase which unlocks a secret door hidden behind the bookcase. This is where she keeps some of her most private items, such as [[Khalid's Gift]] and [[Rite of the Timeless Body]]. | Jaheira keeps a key under a trapped bookcase which unlocks a secret door hidden behind the bookcase. This is where she keeps some of her most private items, such as [[Khalid's Gift]] and [[Rite of the Timeless Body]]. | ||
After [[Minsc]] was rescued from his stone prison they reunited once again. They were the first to uncover information about the threat of the Absolute. Due to Minsc's eagerness to fight he got captured by the cultists and Jaheira, realizing that they were severely unprepared and unarmed against the cult decided to leave him in order to share news about the cult. She later regretted how easy she made the decision to leave him behind, knowing that he would never | After [[Minsc]] was rescued from his stone prison they reunited once again. They were the first to uncover information about the threat of the Absolute. Due to Minsc's eagerness to fight he got captured by the cultists and Jaheira, realizing that they were severely unprepared and unarmed against the cult decided to leave him in order to share news about the cult. She later regretted how easy she made the decision to leave him behind, knowing that he would never have done the same to her. | ||
===Last Light Inn=== | ===Last Light Inn=== | ||
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==Present days== | ==Present days== | ||
[[File:Jaheira_talking.webp|thumb|left|''"We fight, we die, and when our time comes we just hope that there is someone else to take our place."'']]When the party reaches [[Last Light Inn]] Jaheira is instantly wary of them and summons vines to stop them. She produces a [[Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen]] and explains that the mind flayer tadpoles react to those infected. She brings the specimen up to the party and it reacts, causing Jaheira to believe the party are True Souls. Either [[Mol]] (if tieflings were saved) or [[Marcus]] comes to their aid, vouching for them. | [[File:Jaheira_talking.webp|thumb|left|''"We fight, we die, and when our time comes we just hope that there is someone else to take our place."'']]When the party reaches [[Last Light Inn]] Jaheira is instantly wary of them and summons vines to stop them. She produces a [[Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen]] and explains that the mind flayer tadpoles react to those infected. She brings the specimen up to the party, and it reacts, causing Jaheira to believe the party are True Souls. Either [[Mol]] (if tieflings were saved) or [[Marcus]] comes to their aid, vouching for them. | ||
Jaheira is shocked at how that's possible. She demands answers. Jaheira insists | Jaheira is shocked at how that's possible. She demands answers. Jaheira insists on knowing the whole truth, not accepting any vague answers. The [[Mysterious Artefact]] gets Jaheira to back down, to which she invites the party in for a drink. If the wine is smelled first ([[Medicine]] DC 10, or DC 6 for [[rogue]]s and [[druid]]s), a hint of Klauthgrass is detected - a truth serum. Jaheira's trust can be earned regardless of if the serum is drunk and the question she asks is the same - is the parasite changing the party? Jaheira refuses to believe an assertion that the parasite isn't doing anything, but she will believe an assertion that the party is resisting the urge to change. | ||
Once Jaheira trusts the party, she explains the situation. The leader of [[Moonrise Towers]] is a man named [[Ketheric Thorm]]. He's immensely powerful, and gifted with immortality. The Harpers have come to find a way to stop the cult and kill Thorm once and for all. The Harpers have had little luck, but Jaheira believes that the party can make a difference by infiltrating Moonrise as a True Soul. She tells the party to go upstairs and meet the cleric [[Isobel]] who is the one responsible for keeping Last Light Inn shielded. | Once Jaheira trusts the party, she explains the situation. The leader of [[Moonrise Towers]] is a man named [[Ketheric Thorm]]. He's immensely powerful, and gifted with immortality. The Harpers have come to find a way to stop the cult and kill Thorm once and for all. The Harpers have had little luck, but Jaheira believes that the party can make a difference by infiltrating Moonrise as a True Soul. She tells the party to go upstairs and meet the cleric [[Isobel]] who is the one responsible for keeping Last Light Inn shielded. | ||