Minthara/Banter

Overview

Approval

Banter

Romance

Combat

A collection of Minthara's remarks and overhead conversations with other characters.

Remarks

Selected

• You need my expertise?
• At your command.
• Yes?
• Awaiting orders.
• By my oath.
• In your name.
• Who's next?
• Do we have a target?
• Our enemies still draw breath.
• I hope this is important. For your sake.
• What now?
• If it is for the best.
• I am listening.
• Fresh orders?
• Our enemies are everywhere.
• There can be no respite.
• Hmm?
• Reporting.

Selected (in combat)

• Yes?
• Fresh orders?
• Your command?
• Let me strike.
• Ready for battle.
• Unleash me.
• My victims await.
• On your command.
• I thirst for combat.
• L'il Alurl.

Selected (sneaking)

• Whisper your command.
• Not now.
• Hush.
• I am the shadows.
• Darkness is my home.
• Speak quickly.
• Yes?
• Do not distract me.
• Quietly.
• You can see me?
• What?
• Ssussun pholor dos.
• Need a throat slitting?
• Who shall I silence?
• None shall see me.
• I can kill with a whisper.
• Veiled in shadow.
• Soft, silent, lethal.

Selection spam

• You had my attention, now you have my fury.
• Phlar Lolth ssinssrickla.
• Your suffering will be spectacular.
• Stop, or die.
• (if sneaking) You will wish I had stayed in hiding.

Moving

• At your command.
• Gaining ground.
• I lead the way.
• Advance.
• Yes.
• Orders received.
• At your bidding.
• The way is clear.
• The path is set.
• Agreed.
• Moving out.
• Quick march.
• Into position.
• On my way.
• Advancing.
• Forward.
• Proceeding.
• On the move.
• If you are sure.
• If you insist.
• If I must.
• At once.
• Out of my way.

Moving (in combat)

• A wise move.
• Onward.
• I seek an advantage.
• Taking up position.
• Right away.
• Understood.
• Yes.
• I will not fail.
• A bold manoeuvre.

Moving (sneaking)

• Like a shadow.
• Quiet as a cloaker.
• Soft as silk.
• I see a path.
• Like a whisper.
• Hush.
• Understood.
• I am veiled.
• With caution.
• None shall see me.
• Cunning.

Hiding

• Veiled in shadow.
• I belong in darkness.
• Unseen, I shall strike.
• Oloth dos.
• Death comes quietly.
• The shadows are my friend.
• Brorn.
• Kyone.
• Without warning.
• From silence to suffering.
• None will find me.
• Velkyn.

Hiding (in combat)

• Swift, silent, deadly.
• Velkyn.
• The darkness is my home.
• From shadow I will strike.
• Veldryn.
• I slip into shadows.

At low health

• Straj. A grievous wound.
• This is not how I die.
• I cannot take much more of this.

Attacked by party member

• Cross me again, and I will end you.

Can't fit in a small hole

• I would gladly force somebody else through there, but I don't fit.

Can't fit in a tiny hole

• Do you jest? An ooze could barely squeeze through there.

Can't use an item

• Not now.

Can't use an item while in combat

• Do not distract me from the fight.
• Not 'til our enemies are vanquished.
• My focus is on the fight.
• Slaughtering our enemies takes priority.

Finding a locked item

• Locked tight. There must be a way to open it nearby.
• No way to open it from here.
• It won't budge. Need to look elsewhere.
• I need to find a way to unlock it.

Looking at a globe

• A poor globe indeed that only shows the world's surface. It requires layers.

Looking at an astrolabe

• I read a story once of great fleets doing battle between the stars. I wish it were true.

Looking into a mirror

• I am exquisite, as always.
• Not a hair out of place.
• Tsk. The sun is having an ill effect on my complexion.

Looking into a telescope

• Perhaps one day, we will learn to conquer the stars.

Surprised by mimic

• Down, Mimic. Heel! Straj - why do they not obey me?
• I have a way with mimics. Hold, creature! Hold! Why does it not listen?

After a Short Rest

• I hate to rest while our enemies still draw breath.
• Come - we are rested enough.
• Onward.
• No more rest for the wicked.

On character death

Player:

• Straj! I will avenge you.

Player (Dark Urge):

• I will avenge you!

Lae'zel:

• Lae'zel! Hold on, child.

Shadowheart:

• Stay with us, Shadowheart. That's an order.

Karlach:

• Karlach's spark is extinguished.

Jaheira:

• Jaheira! Even legends can die.

Gale:

• The wizard has fallen. Typical.

Minsc:

• Boo! Your master has fallen.

Astarion:

• Straj. Astarion!

Halsin:

• Back to the dirt, druid.

Throwing Scratch's ball after he is dismissed

• Disobedient hound. Where is he?
• Scratch. Obey my command!
• Blasted dog. You dare ignore me?
• Do I have to fetch it myself? This is demeaning.

Throwing Scratch's ball after his death

• Scratch reminded me of my first displacer beast. A noble creature.
• Withers be a good skeleton and fetch that ball.
• Gah. I miss the damn dog.
• Everyone assumes I killed the dog. I liked the dog.

Location Remarks

Act Two

Act 2 Spoilers! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.

Gauntlet of Shar

• (Just after entry) "Even when the faithful abandon them, sacred places do not lose their power. Be on your guard."

Mind Flayer Colony

• (Entering the Morgue) "Fresh recruits for Ketheric's army. To a necromancer, a morgue is a musteryard."
• (Entering the Barracks) "Some who worked here were not thralls or undead. They were loyal to Ketheric and his grim cause."
• (Entering the Necrotic Laboratory) "Whatever experiments Balthazar performed here, I fear he made more than thralls and ghouls."
• (After using the Mind-Archive Interface) "A splendid device. All the benefits of a cleric, no gods required."
• (After defeating Ketheric) "Killing an undying man is no easy task, but the Absolute is not vanquished. Our work has only just begun."

Act Three

Act 3 Spoilers! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.

Party Banter

Minthara and Astarion

(In Shadow-Cursed Lands)

• Minthara: The shadows have lingered here so long, the land itself is corroded. A most persistent curse.
• Astarion: I think I know a thing or two about persistent curses, thank you.
• Minthara: The rashes and sores you may have contracted over your decades of philandering are not the kind of curse that concerns me.

---

(At Last Light Inn, if it's cursed)

• Minthara: Devoured by the darkness. They should have retreated while they had the chance.
• Astarion: And yet here we stand. We're either very clever or very lucky.
• Minthara: You do not need luck to survive, Astarion. Not when you have me.

---

(At Grand Mausoleum)

• Astarion: Ah, no shadow curse, plenty of funerary decor - I almost feel at home.
• Minthara: Stop gawking at the decor, spawn. This place is dangerous.
• Astarion: Yes, as I said - just like home.

---

(After defeating Ketheric Thorm)

• Minthara: Did you expect to survive Myrkul's wrath, little spawn?
• Astarion: You'd be surprised, drow. I've survived a lot of things.
• Minthara: Greater horrors await us in Baldur's Gate. Best sharpen your fangs.

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(At Wyrm's Rock Fortress)

• Astarion: So many dark nooks and crannies - this fortress is a lurker's paradise.
• Minthara: Would you not prefer basking in the sun like a lizard now that it no longer blisters your pretty skin?
• Astarion: Old habits die hard, darling. Surely you know that.

---

(At Bonecloak's Basement)

• Astarion: No, this place feels all too 'Underdark'y for me.
• Minthara: You are speaking of my home, spawn. It is pleasant to be reminded of it.
• Astarion: Oh dear - you're not going to come over all pleasant and homely, are you?
• Minthara: To you? Doubtful.

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(At Szarr Palace)

• Minthara: Ominous, yet austere. This place has its charms.
• Astarion: We're both learning a lot. Cazador kept this place all to himself.
• Minthara: I do not blame him. It is not the sort of place servants or spawn should sully with their presence.

---

(At ?)

• Minthara: Our illithid warns us away from what lies beyond that gate, but perhaps it underestimates us.
• The Emperor: You should listen to your illithid. It knows your weaknesses as well as it knows the brain's strengths.
• Astarion: Care to share any of Minthara's weaknesses? Or would it take too long to go through them all?
• Minthara: Watch your tongue, spawn. I need the illithid alive - you are expendable.

---

(At Morphic Pool)

• Astarion: We're getting close. I do believe fate is shuffling the cards for the final deal.
• Minthara: Let the cards fall. We have a strong hand to play.
• Astarion: And speaking personally, I intend to cheat.

---

(If the player is romancing Minthara; after act 2 romance scene)

• Astarion: So how does Lolth feel about romance? Are you expected to bite your mate's head off afterwards?
• Minthara: Be grateful I no longer follow the Spider Queen's teachings. If I did, you would be the first to fall into my web.
• Astarion: I can't tell if you're joking. She is joking, right?

---

(If the player is romancing Minthara; after act 3 romance scene)

• Astarion: So, what's it like caring for someone other than yourself, Minthara?
• Minthara: You have never tried it, I assume.
• Astarion: Gods no. It sounds like a lot of work.
• Minthara: It takes less work than you devote to maintaining your foppish facade. And it's far more rewarding.

---

(If the player is romancing Astarion; after act 2 romance scene)

• Minthara: Half the men of Menzoberranzan are pleasure-servants. Weaklings, whose beauty is their only redeeming quality.
• Minthara: You would fit right in with them, Astarion.
• Astarion: You think I'm beautiful? Oh, Minthara.
• Minthara: Hrmmph.

---

(If the player is romancing Astarion, and Astarion stayed a spawn)

• Minthara: Are you a better man now that you are loved, Astarion? Did they mend your ways?
• Astarion: I rather think they did. Can't imagine anyone wanting to do that for you, though dear.

---

(If the player is romancing Astarion, and Astarion became an ascendant)

• Minthara: Would you ever consider sharing the gift of immortality with me, Astarion?
• Astarion: I think not. That is for me and my darling to share.
• Minthara: If they have prevented your eyes and fangs from wandering to other necks, it must be a special bond indeed.

Minthara and Gale

(At Rivington)

• Gale: Pigeons, gulls, sparrows - these streets make a fine hunting ground for a tressym like Tara.
• Minthara: In the Underdark, we have packs of winged hounds to deal with vermin like your precious Tara.
• Gale: Flying hounds? Come now - you're pulling my leg, aren't you?
• Minthara: Yes I am. It is the bats that would make a meal of her.

---

(If the player is romancing Minthara; after act 2 romance scene)

• Gale: I'm glad to know you have a softer side, Minthara. I was beginning to think you rather heartless.
• Minthara: Loving another is not soft, wizard. It is one of the hardest things a person can do.
• Gale: So you admit you've found love! How delightful - I'm happy for you both.

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(If the player is romancing Minthara; after act 3 romance scene)

• Gale: I found an empty bottle of venom in camp, Minthara. Safe to assume it was yours?
• Minthara: Indeed. I have been dosing my partner while they sleep by my side.
• Minthara: They refuse to take it in their food, but I must build up their immunity in case we ever visit Menzoberranzan together.
• Gale: Let's never speak of this again.

---

(If the player is romancing Gale; after act 2 romance scene)

• Minthara: You've been smiling like a fool of late, wizard. Explain yourself.
• Gale: I've found love. Surely even you wouldn't begrudge me some happiness.
• Minthara: All I will say on the matter is that you were wise to lower your standards from the godly to the ghastly.

---

(If the player is romancing Gale; after act 3 romance scene)

• Minthara: Do you have elder siblings, wizard?
• Gale: You're about to say something awful, aren't you?
• Minthara: In Menzoberranzan, after a house has two sons, every subsequent male-born child is slaughtered at birth, as it is useless, even for breeding.
• Minthara: You have the aura of a third child about you.

Minthara and Karlach

(At Abandoned Cistern in the Lower City Sewers)

• Minthara: This place is foul. Drow would not tolerate rivers of waste flowing so close to their residences.
• Karlach: You've got slaves to manage your sanitation. Baldur's Gate doesn't. Though we do rely quite heavily on kobolds.
• Minthara: But surely the kobolds are slaves?
• Karlach: Hell no.
• Minthara: Straj. Yet one more reason to despair for the fate of this city.

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(If the player is romancing Minthara; after act 2 romance scene)

• Karlach: Hey, so, what's romance like in the Underdark, Minthara?
• Minthara: In Menzoberranzan, romance is commonly a luxury enjoyed between women. Men are mostly present for propagation.
• Minthara: Here on the surface, gender does not define one's role so strictly. There are weaklings of every sort.

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(If the player is romancing Minthara; after act 3 romance scene)

• Karlach: It's funny seeing you so smitten, Minthara. Didn't think you were able.
• Minthara: I took my first lover before you were a spark in your father's eye, child.
• Karlach: Go on.
• Minthara: She was a high priestess of House Vandree. Beautiful, elegant, ruthless.
• Minthara: I adored her, and had been sharing her bed for some time when the order came that she must die.
• Minthara: I stayed with her while the poison did its work, and whispered words of comfort as she slipped away.
• Karlach: Oh no.

---

(If the player is romancing Karlach; after act 2 romance scene)

• Minthara: You allowed that smith to meddle with your heart, Karlach, simply so you can be touched?
• Minthara: Better to shut off the carnal desires than indulge them. They are distractions.
• Karlach: Yes, because every function comes with a handy switch.
• Karlach: Next time I'm injured, don't heal, just turn me off and on again.

---

(If the player is romancing Karlach; after act 3 romance scene)

• Minthara: Have you ever been afraid, Karlach? Truly afraid?
• Karlach: You know how much time I spent in the hells, right? Of course I've been scared!
• Karlach: I kept on going though. Knew there'd be better days on the other side - and here they are.

Minthara and Lae'zel

(At Shadow-Cursed Lands Forest)

• Lae'zel: Difficult terrain, cursed or not. Gith dragon-riders prefer flat land and open skies.
• Minthara: Ketheric's undead legions carve paths through the foliage when they pass. It grows back stronger though.
• Lae'zel: A tedious labour well suited to the undead.
• Minthara: Tedious labour does not only suit the dead. Plenty of surface-dwellers are suitable for little else.

---

(At Last Light Inn, if it's protected)

• Minthara: These people seem soldiers by their bearing. What say you, Lae'zel?
• Lae'zel: The enforcers of order - unmistakable in their vigilant bearing. So it goes across all the planes and their peoples.
• Minthara: On this plane, the story always ends the same way. Order collapses, and shadows take the light.

---

(At Mason's Guild Rebel Hideout)

• Minthara: How curious. The shadow curse has not touched this place.
• Lae'zel: And by the looks of it, its riches have gone unplundered.
• Minthara: A faultless observation, Lae'zel. Are all githyanki so quick to come to the essential point?

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(At House of Healing)

• Lae'zel: A waste of space and resources. Gith triage methods obviate the need for such crude facilities.
• Minthara: Tell me about these methods.
• Lae'zel: A githyanki ghustil can summon Astral energy to heal most any wound.
• Lae'zel: If a warrior's lacerations are beyond even their ability, the victim is beheaded.
• Minthara: Efficient. We have much to learn from one another.

---

(At House of Healing Morgue)

• Lae'zel: I have seen many a gruesome death, but even I can't fathom some of the horrors inflicted in this supposed 'House of Healing'.
• Minthara: You're young, child. If you survive as long as I have, you will witness greater horrors than this.
• Lae'zel: If you are fortunate, you may even inflict greater horrors in the name of your cause.

---

(At Mind Flayer Colony)

• Lae'zel: A ghaik colony. Illithids are certainly the driving force behind this Absolute cult.
• Minthara: The hierarchy of command is not yet clear, child. Can you be sure the illithids are in control?
• Lae'zel: I know what I see - my mortal enemies. And I know what must be done about them.

---

(At Basilisk Gate)

• Minthara: There is no true authority in this city. The guards are more degenerate than the criminals.
• Lae'zel: True warriors among the city's Flaming Fist seem exceedingly rare. The worst are mere rats scurrying about their warren.
• Minthara: And what do we do with rats, Lae'zel? We hang them by the tails, and burn their warrens.

---

(In the North Alleys)

• Lae'zel: Ah - the smell of fresh blood spilled on stone. It reminds me of the tunnels within my home of K'liir.
• Minthara: I would like to visit your home one day, Lae'zel. Where is K'liir?
• Lae'zel: You may know it as Stardock. An asteroid, one of the Tears of Selûne. It's tunnels are home to all manner of creatures to hunt.
• Lae'zel: Vicious, unrelenting. The sort of place I imagine you'd take to, Minthara.

---

(At The Lodge)

• Minthara: The Society of Brilliance! These preposterous fools love to meddle in Underdark affairs - they are most amusing.
• Lae'zel: Amusing? Wherein lies the humour?
• Minthara: They seek to promote peace between species through mutual understanding. Ha.
• Lae'zel: Even my people know the value of a carefully crafted coalition, Minthara. Is our own alliance not a case in point?

---

(At Guildhall)

• Lae'zel: Two sides, each itching to draw blades against the other.
• Minthara: The sensation is contagious. Which should we oppose?
• Lae'zel: Either or both, so long as I get to spill blood.

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(At Morphic Pool)

• Minthara: We drow are sensitive to psionic power. And this place throbs with mental power such as I have never known.
• Lae'zel: It threatens all of us, gith and mud worlder alike. But even the brightest blaze can be extinguished.
• Minthara: Extinguish it? I intend to seize it. Power exists to be wielded.

---

(If the player is romancing Minthara; after act 2 romance scene)

• Lae'zel: Our leader is a fool for love, Minthara. I'd never be compelled to conduct such a poorly-planned jailbreak.
• Minthara: They did not do it for love. They did it for my prowess in combat, as well as coitus. I excel in both.
• Lae'zel: As do I. Sometimes the acts are not dissimilar.

---

(If the player is romancing Minthara; after act 3 romance scene)

• Lae'zel: At what age do you think it is right to set a child upon mortal combat?
• Minthara: The moment it can hold a blade. It may even test its resilience against some common poisons while it is still in the womb.
• Lae'zel: Tsk'va. We do not wilfully risk our young until they are of thirteen years. No point wasting battle-flesh before it's primed.

---

(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 2 romance scene)

• Minthara: A few pointers, Lae'zel. I heard you and your lover locked in combat, but the test you set was not rigorous enough.
• Minthara: Next time, tie them to the ground, and do not release them until you are both satisfied.
• Lae'zel: Hmm. You have given me ideas...

---

(If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 3 romance scene)

• Minthara: You fight harder than ever now that you have a lover to protect from harm, Lae'zel.
• Minthara: The githyanki should encourage relations between their soldiers. It is a proven tactic for morale.
• Lae'zel: We need no boon for morale - I fight well when there is kin at my side. And now, I count one more among them.

Minthara and Shadowheart

(At Last Light Inn, if it's cursed)

• Shadowheart: Gone. Swallowed up by the shadow curse.
• Minthara: Not before time. They hoped to stand against Ketheric with little more than a trick of the light to protect them.

(If Shadowheart is still loyal to Shar)

• Shadowheart: Worse - they defied Lady Shar's power, openly. Now they have paid the price.

(If Shadowheart no longer loyal to Shar)

• Shadowheart: They were desperate. Nobody deserves this.

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(At Reithwin Town)

• Shadowheart: This place was ruined rather thoroughly. I'm starting to forget what a habitable village looks like.
• Minthara: Your Sharran kin are responsible for this ruin. They purged these lands even before the shadow curse, and pillaged all they could find.

(If Shadowheart is still loyal to Shar)

• Shadowheart: No... this must have been due to the battle. Lady Shar's warriors would have little interet in looting...
• Minthara: Come, Shadowheart. Do you think prayers alone can keep an army on the march?
• Shadowheart: Even those devoted to loss fill their pockets and bellies when the chance arises.

(If Shadowheart no longer loyal to Shar)

• Shadowheart: Not my kin - not any longer. Their past deeds are not my responsibility.

---

(At Mind Flayer Colony Tadpoling Centre)

• Shadowheart: Ugh. This place brings back unwelcome memories of a tadpole slipping behind my eye...
• Minthara: Appalling. I am glad my memories of the infection are not so clear.
• Shadowheart: Oh yes, I forgot - you had your love of the Absolute to mask the ugly parts.
• Minthara: Do not call it love. It was poison.

---

(At Rivington)

• Minthara: The excess of refugees outside the city walls could easily become a surplus of labourers.
• Shadowheart: Careful, Minthara. As a drow exile, you could be classed as a refugee yourself. Not volunteering, I take it?
• Minthara: I am a daughter of House Baenre. I obey no authority except my own desires.
• Shadowheart: I can think of a least one wriggly stowaway who might dispute that...

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(At Wyrmway)

• Minthara: What sweet relief to shelter from the sky for a while.
• Shadowheart: Sunlight giving you a headache? You're not supposed to stare right into it, you know.
• Minthara: That was due to your insipid conversation, half-elf.

---

(At Felogyr's Fireworks)

• Minthara: Amusing as it is to provide children with such lethal toys, surely there are better uses for this powder?
• Shadowheart: Plenty. They can make for excellent distractions, should you need to make a quick exit.
• Shadowheart: Partly why the Ducal Council controls supply - trying to keep the whizz-bangs out of nefarious hands.
• Minthara: The Ducal Council must have sprung a leak, for we seem to find barrels of the stuff everywhere.

---

(At Sorcerous Sundries)

• Minthara: I must admit, some of the items here are quite marvellous.
• Shadowheart: Baldur's Gate prices, though. Not worth it, if you ask me.
• Minthara: I shall be careful not to ask you then, child.

---

(If the player is romancing Minthara; after act 2 romance scene)

• Shadowheart: Any doubts about falling for a foe, Minthara? Or does that just add spice to things?
• Minthara: I do not fall for my foes. I vanquish them.
• Minthara: I cannot love who I do not trust, with either my heart or my body. I am fortunate to have found someone worthy.

---

(If the player is romancing Minthara; after act 3 romance scene)

• Shadowheart: Is drow society as the books say? It almost sounds tempting - matriarchal power, flourishing to its greatest extent.
• Minthara: It flourishes because the strong feed on the weak. Charming as you are, child, you would be nourishment for the matrons mothers.
• Shadowheart: ...Of course.

---

(If the player is romancing Shadowheart, and Shadowheart chose Selune)

• Minthara: I may not weep for my home, but I would take a mushroom over a flower any day.
• Shadowheart: I would have said I admire fungi as well.
• Shadowheart: Until I met such a thing you call a Myconid.

---

(If the player is romancing Shadowheart, and Shadowheart chose Shar)

• Minthara: I cannot tell if you are more a deviant or a debutante, Shadowheart.
• Minthara: I would like to test both aspects of your character when next you find yourself alone at night.
• Shadowheart: I'm not quite sure I like where this is going.

Minthara and Wyll

(If the player is romancing Minthara; after act 2 romance scene)

• Wyll: I really hope you're being careful with our friend, Minthara. I wouldn't want you to break each other.
• Minthara: If I break them, it will be in the pursuit of pleasure, and they will die smiling.

---

(If the player is romancing Minthara; after act 3 romance scene)

• Wyll: Amorous passions usually make people more considerate, Minthara. Kinder. Sympathetic. Better at cooperating.
• Minthara: They can also make people more protective, guarded, paranoid, and jealous.
• Wyll: Never mind.

---

(If the player is romancing Wyll, and Wyll broke the contract)

• Minthara: You confound me, Wyll. You have all the illustrious iniquities of a warlock, and you choose to impress your partner with dancing?
• Wyll: Well I'm hardly going to say 'oh come here, have a hug in the arms of Hadar'.

---

(If the player is romancing Wyll, and Wyll is agreed to the new contract)

• Minthara: Your devilish patron is a delight, Wyll. Have you ever lain with her?
• Wyll: I'm really not that kind of man.
• Minthara: She will see her failure to seduce you as a stain on her honour. I know I would.