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===Act Two=== | ===Act Two=== | ||
====Moonrise Towers throne room==== | ====Moonrise Towers throne room==== | ||
The Party's first encounter with Ketheric Thorm starts with the general judging the members of the Absolute's forces from the [[Goblin Camp]], including {{CharLink|Sazza}}, {{CharLink|Fezzerk}}, and {{CharLink|Minthara}} if any of them are still alive. Should Minthara be alive, he will send her to the dungeons to be punished, and is left with the goblins, who attack him out of fear. Even when impaled, or nearly decapitated with a halberd, he shrugs off the wounds as if they were minor annoyances, killing one of the goblins as punishment. He will leave the fate of the rest of the goblins to the | The Party's first encounter with Ketheric Thorm starts with the general judging the members of the Absolute's forces from the [[Goblin Camp]], including {{CharLink|Sazza}}, {{CharLink|Fezzerk}}, and {{CharLink|Minthara}} if any of them are still alive. Should Minthara be alive, he will send her to the dungeons to be punished, and is left with the goblins, who attack him out of fear. Even when impaled, or nearly decapitated with a halberd, he shrugs off the wounds as if they were minor annoyances, killing one of the goblins as punishment. He will leave the fate of the rest of the goblins to the party. | ||
The party can visit him before the finale by going on the top floor of Moonrise Towers. Attempting to go through the door that leads to him will make everyone around it hostile. | |||
While speaking to NPCs such as {{CharLink|Jaheira}}, {{CharLink|Z'rell}}, and {{CharLink|Balthazar}}, it will be revealed, to some capacity, that a magical relic grants Ketheric immortality. Assisting Balthazar will reveal that sometime between his life as a Sharran, and his time serving Myrkul, Ketheric Thorm had discovered the {{CharLink|Aylin|Nightsong}}, and used it to render him unkillable. | While speaking to NPCs such as {{CharLink|Jaheira}}, {{CharLink|Z'rell}}, and {{CharLink|Balthazar}}, it will be revealed, to some capacity, that a magical relic grants Ketheric immortality. Assisting Balthazar will reveal that sometime between his life as a Sharran, and his time serving Myrkul, Ketheric Thorm had discovered the {{CharLink|Aylin|Nightsong}}, and used it to render him unkillable. | ||
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The party may encounter him again at the top of [[Moonrise Towers]] during the siege and are granted a quick exchange with him before combat. Should {{CharLink|Isobel}} be dead, he will recount his life story, and his sacrifices, blaming the party for her death, but not punishing them, as he wishes to keep up the façade of the Absolute's judgement. If {{CharLink|Aylin}} was saved, she will interrupt the conversation and combat will soon begin. Otherwise, the encounter begins as normal. | The party may encounter him again at the top of [[Moonrise Towers]] during the siege and are granted a quick exchange with him before combat. Should {{CharLink|Isobel}} be dead, he will recount his life story, and his sacrifices, blaming the party for her death, but not punishing them, as he wishes to keep up the façade of the Absolute's judgement. If {{CharLink|Aylin}} was saved, she will interrupt the conversation and combat will soon begin. Otherwise, the encounter begins as normal. | ||
Once his health drops to around 25%, Ketheric will flee down into the [[Mind Flayer Colony]] | Once his health drops to around 25%, Ketheric will flee down into the [[Mind Flayer Colony]]. | ||
If, however, the | If, however, the party chose to let Balthazar take the Nightsong in the Shadowfell, Ketheric will offer the party to pray at the altar of the Absolute. Doing so will skip the fight at the top of the tower and the party will instead end up imprisoned in a pod in the Mind Flayer Colony where Balthazar is tasked with recycling the party into zombies and retrieving the {{SmRarityItem|Mysterious Artefact}}. It's then necessary to break out of the pods and defeat Balthazar in order to continue. | ||
Eventually, the party finds Ketheric having a conversation with {{CharLink|Enver Gortash}} and {{CharLink|Orin|Orin the Red}}, revealing the true form of the Absolute. The party will then engage Ketheric once more and when he falls, the last portion of the fight will begin, this time against the {{CharLink|Apostle of Myrkul}}. | Eventually, the party finds Ketheric having a conversation with {{CharLink|Enver Gortash}} and {{CharLink|Orin|Orin the Red}}, revealing the true form of the Absolute. The party will then engage Ketheric once more and when he falls, the last portion of the fight will begin, this time against the {{CharLink|Apostle of Myrkul}}. | ||
If | If asking Ketheric to repent by passing multiple Persuasion and/or Intimidation checks both atop Moonrise Towers and in the Mind Flayer Colony, then the first half of his fight in the Mind Flayer Colony will be skipped as Ketheric gives himself to Myrkul. | ||
Defeated for good, Ketheric's body will contain the {{SmRarityItem|Ketheric's Netherstone|first Netherstone}}. | Defeated for good, Ketheric's body will contain the {{SmRarityItem|Ketheric's Netherstone|first Netherstone}}. |