The Dark Urge: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m (→History) |
m (→History) |
||
| Line 102: | Line 102: | ||
====Betrayal==== | ====Betrayal==== | ||
At Moonrise Towers, the three Chosen initiated a raid on the mind flayer colony, and successfully used the Crown on the colony's elder brain, enslaving it to their will. At some point during this, Dark Urge formed a special relationship with the elder brain, who was on board with the Dark Urge's plan. | |||
For a time, the Dark Urge was worshipped as a god at [[Moonrise Towers]], but during a visit to the mind flayer colony beneath the towers, the raid still ongoing, they were betrayed by their sister [[Orin the Red]], who was jealous of Bhaal's favouritism. The Dark Urge had their skull pierced and opened with a dagger, and was infected with a tadpole that began to eat their liquidating brain, resulting in their amnesia, as well as them becoming the first True Soul.<ref>According to journals found in the Mind Flayer Colony and dialogue with [[Kressa Bonedaughter]]</ref> | For a time, the Dark Urge was worshipped as a god at [[Moonrise Towers]], but during a visit to the mind flayer colony beneath the towers, the raid still ongoing, they were betrayed by their sister [[Orin the Red]], who was jealous of Bhaal's favouritism. The Dark Urge had their skull pierced and opened with a dagger, and was infected with a tadpole that began to eat their liquidating brain, resulting in their amnesia, as well as them becoming the first True Soul.<ref>According to journals found in the Mind Flayer Colony and dialogue with [[Kressa Bonedaughter]]</ref> | ||
The Dark Urge was found by [[Kressa Bonedaughter]] who, impressed with their willpower and resistance to the elder brain | The Dark Urge was found by [[Kressa Bonedaughter]] who, impressed with their willpower and resistance to the elder brain's influence, began to study them. She would cut them open and put them back together repeatedly over the course of several days in the mind flayer colony, during which the Dark Urge was unable to speak or do anything but attempt to inflict violence on themselves or others. | ||
The Elder Brain came to refer to the Dark Urge's condition as a '[[True Soul]]', inspiring Gortash with the idea of creating more True Souls, perfecting his plan to create the false religion of '[[the Absolute]]', with the purpose of realising his so-called master plan of Unity. | The Elder Brain came to refer to the Dark Urge's condition as a '[[True Soul]]', inspiring Gortash with the idea of creating more True Souls, perfecting his plan to create the false religion of '[[the Absolute]]', with the purpose of realising his so-called master plan of Unity. | ||