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|cha save = Yes | |cha save = Yes | ||
|level = 11 | |level = 11 | ||
|race = | |race = Undead, formerly half-elf | ||
|type = Undead | |type = Undead | ||
|HP = 188 | |HP = 188 | ||
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|initiative = +1 | |initiative = +1 | ||
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|bludgeoning = Resistant | |bludgeoning = Resistant | ||
|piercing = Resistant | |piercing = Resistant | ||
|slashing = Resistant | |slashing = Resistant | ||
|class = Paladin | |class = Paladin | ||
|background = | |background = | ||
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*[[Find Ketheric Thorm's Relic]] | *[[Find Ketheric Thorm's Relic]] | ||
*[[Defeat Ketheric Thorm]] | *[[Defeat Ketheric Thorm]] | ||
== Personality == | |||
Ketheric Thorm is best described as a man broken by grief. | |||
Isobel speaks of a loving, doting father while she was growing up, one who had the admiration of his subjects for being just and fair, full of love for his wife who he adored more than anyone else. Tragedy, however, would turn him into a bitter, wrathful man, willing to cleanse Reithwin from any Selûnites just to spite the Moonmaiden for abandoning him. | |||
Whatever the man he once was, the Ketheric the party encounters is a callous one, evident by his dismissal of [[Minthara]] and the goblins, ordering their torture and execution for failing him. Though courteous when needed, he will quickly condemn the party to death should they defy his orders. Above all, however, he is relentless in his pursuits, willing to burn the entire world just to be reunited with his daughter.{{ref|[[Diary of Ketheric Thorm, Vol 3]]}} | |||
Though he changed his patron god thrice, he proved to be an ardent believer of each: for Selûne, he built Moonrise Towers in her honor, for Shar, he built a grand temple under town in her name and for [[Myrkul]], he amassed a great army ready to raze Baldur's Gate to the ground. | |||
Through it all, he kept a note from Isobel close to him,{{ref|[[Crumpled Note]]}} showing that deep down a small part of him still remembers the man he once was. | |||
== History == | |||
A devout worshipper of [[Deities#Selûne|Selûne]], Thorm lived with his wife Melodia and daughter [[Isobel]] near the [[Reithwin Town|town of Reithwin]] as governor of the region. Such was his devotion to the Moonmaiden that he would commission a [[Infernal Mason|local mason]] to construct a grand bastion in her honor: [[Moonrise Towers]]. Yet disaster struck the Thorm family when Melodia passed away, leaving Ketheric to raise their daughter alone. With a child in his care, Ketheric persevered, and though doubts plagued his mind, he never abandoned the Selûnite ways he would raise his daughter in. It wouldn't be too long after, however, that tragedy would befall Ketheric once more, this time with Isobel dying. | |||
Grief-stricken and unable to cope with her loss, he renounced the worship of the Moonmaiden and turned to [[Shar]], the Lady of Loss. In his downward spiral into darkness, Shar compelled him to build an army of [[Dark Justiciar|dark justiciars]] beneath his home town in order to cleanse the world of Light. Moonrise Towers, once a bastion of Light, turned into a symbol of darkness and grief, and Thorm would systematically erase all Selûnite trace of the town, forcing all believers of the Moonmaiden to convert to Shar or flee. Those who remained devout to Selûne did so in secret, arranging a fledgling resistance. | |||
At some point, Ketheric would trick his daughter's lover, [[Dame Aylin|Aylin]] and trap her in a prison, made to serve as a perpetual sacrifice for dark justiciar initiates. Reithwin soon became the site of battle between Ketheric's army and the combined forces of the [[Harpers]] and [[Druid|druids]] of the [[Emerald Grove]]. | |||
In the end, the Sharran army was defeated, Ketheric himself perishing along with them. Yet, before the final blow was struck, he would curse the lands with a terrible darkness that would persist long after his demise, afflicting any survivors from the battle and all the inhabitants left. His body was buried in the [[Thorm Mausoleum|Thorm mausoleum]]. | |||
Years later, Thorm would be brought back from the dead by [[Myrkul]], tasked to form an alliance with the apostles of the other two of the [[Dead Three]] and bring death to the world in exchange for bringing his daughter back. Not long after, he would set out to revive his daughter [[Isobel]] with help of [[Balthazar]], though his plan at a family reunion failed when she saw his broken visage after being revived, fleeing from him. Empowered by Myrkul, and granted immortality by the [[Nightsong]], Ketheric begins amassing an army of followers of the [[Absolute]] in order to march to Baldur's Gate and sow destruction. | |||
Tasked with the recovery of the mysterious artifact, the only object capable of thwarting the [[Dead Three|Dead Three's]] plans, he ultimately fails and falls at the hands of the party who kill him for good. | |||
== Interactions == | == Interactions == | ||
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Players can visit him before the finale by simply visiting on the top of Moonrise Towers. Attempting to go through the door that leads to him will make everyone around it hostile. | Players can visit him before the finale by simply visiting on the top 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 [[Jaheira]], [[Z'rell]], and [[Balthazar]], it will be revealed, to some capacity depending on who you speak of, that a magical relic grants Ketheric immortality. Assisting | While speaking to NPCs such as [[Jaheira]], [[Z'rell]], and [[Balthazar]], it will be revealed, to some capacity depending on who you speak of, 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 [[Dame Aylin|Nightsong]], and used it to render him unkillable. | ||
====Atop Moonrise Towers==== | ====Atop Moonrise Towers==== | ||
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*{{RarityItem|Supply Pack}} | *{{RarityItem|Supply Pack}} | ||
*{{RarityItem|Flail of Myrkul}} (conditional) | *{{RarityItem|Flail of Myrkul}} (conditional) | ||
== Dialogue == | == Dialogue == | ||
{{UnderConstruction|section}} | {{UnderConstruction|section}} | ||
== Related | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery heights="250"> | |||
Edward-vanderghote-ketheric.webp|Character portrait by Edward Vanderghote | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Related literature == | |||
* {{RarityItem|Letter to Ketheric}} | * {{RarityItem|Letter to Ketheric}} | ||
* {{RarityItem|Diary of Ketheric Thorm, Vol 1}} | * {{RarityItem|Diary of Ketheric Thorm, Vol 1}} | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
{{notebegin}} | |||
* His [[Invulnerable_(Condition)|invulnerability]] is removed by completing the Shadowfell portion of the [[Find the Nightsong]] quest. Until completed, Ketheric is unkillable. | * His [[Invulnerable_(Condition)|invulnerability]] is removed by completing the Shadowfell portion of the [[Find the Nightsong]] quest. Until completed, Ketheric is unkillable. | ||
* If disarmed during the first encounter on top of Moonrise Towers, and he's not given the chance to pick his weapon up, Ketheric will wield a {{RarityItem|Flail of Myrkul}} for the next phase. | * If disarmed during the first encounter on top of Moonrise Towers, and he's not given the chance to pick his weapon up, Ketheric will wield a {{RarityItem|Flail of Myrkul}} for the next phase. | ||
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* Ketheric's kinship with [[Thisobald Thorm|Thisobald]] is not quite clear, either. Though Thisobald refers to Ketheric as "father", neither Ketheric nor {{Blur|Isobel}} ever acknowledge him in dialogue or otherwise. Given that Ketheric and [[Balthazar]] have desecrated the Thorm mausoleum and resurrected {{Blur|Isobel}}, it's possible that Thisobald is another resurrected relative and refers to Ketheric as father not in the paternal sense, but as "creator". | * Ketheric's kinship with [[Thisobald Thorm|Thisobald]] is not quite clear, either. Though Thisobald refers to Ketheric as "father", neither Ketheric nor {{Blur|Isobel}} ever acknowledge him in dialogue or otherwise. Given that Ketheric and [[Balthazar]] have desecrated the Thorm mausoleum and resurrected {{Blur|Isobel}}, it's possible that Thisobald is another resurrected relative and refers to Ketheric as father not in the paternal sense, but as "creator". | ||
* Ketheric's method of immortality derived from the Nightsong isn't clearly explained in the game. The Nightsong mentions being taken captive shortly after the death of Ketherics daughter, and being used as the sacrifice for the dark justiciar initiates employed by Thorm. Given she hasn't been moved in over a century, it can be assumed that Ketheric enjoyed the same immortality back then as he did in the present, however, if that were the case, it's unclear how he was able to be defeated in the first place. | * Ketheric's method of immortality derived from the Nightsong isn't clearly explained in the game. The Nightsong mentions being taken captive shortly after the death of Ketherics daughter, and being used as the sacrifice for the dark justiciar initiates employed by Thorm. Given she hasn't been moved in over a century, it can be assumed that Ketheric enjoyed the same immortality back then as he did in the present, however, if that were the case, it's unclear how he was able to be defeated in the first place. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{FRWiki|Ketheric Thorm|long}} | * {{FRWiki|Ketheric Thorm|long}} | ||
{{NavShadowCursedLands}} | {{NavShadowCursedLands}} | ||
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[[Category: Bosses]] | [[Category: Bosses]] | ||
[[Category: Followers of the Absolute]] | [[Category: Followers of the Absolute]] | ||
[[Category:Myrkulite]] | [[Category:Myrkulite]] | ||