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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
{{hatnote|For a full overview of Wyll's starting features, see the articles [[Warlock]], [[The Fiend]] and [[Human]].}} | {{hatnote|For a full overview of Wyll's starting features, see the articles [[Warlock]], [[The Fiend]] and [[Human]].}} | ||
Wyll starts as a Warlock with the Fiend subclass, giving him a chaotic and destructive set of skills. | |||
=== Background === | === Background === | ||
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=== Description === | === Description === | ||
Wyll is heroic and kindhearted, dedicating most of his life to fighting on behalf of the people of the Sword Coast. He takes his duty and title seriously, and speaks boastfully of his skills and past as the Blade of Frontiers. He has a more playful side, suggesting that the party stop to try the drinks at [[The Waning Moon]], and wistfully saying to Karlach that he would love to stop and swim at the beach in Act Three.{{note|name=rewritten}} | Wyll is heroic and kindhearted, dedicating most of his life to fighting on behalf of the people of the Sword Coast. He takes his duty and title seriously, and speaks boastfully of his skills and past as the Blade of Frontiers. He has a more playful side, suggesting that the party stop to try the drinks at [[The Waning Moon]], and wistfully saying to Karlach that he would love to stop and swim at the beach in Act Three.{{note|name=rewritten}} | ||
=== Personal quest === | === Personal quest === | ||
Wyll's personal quest is [[The Blade of Frontiers]], spanning all acts of the game. Throughout it, Wyll must deal with what it truly means to be a hero, facing the difficulties as he struggles to embody the ideals taught by his father. | Wyll's personal quest is [[The Blade of Frontiers]], spanning all acts of the game. Throughout it, Wyll must deal with what it truly means to be a hero, facing the difficulties as he struggles to embody the ideals taught by his father. | ||
Two further | Two further sub-quests are available that tie into his personal quest: [[Hunt the Devil]], in which Wyll's vow to slay all fiends will be tested, and [[The Grand Duke]], where Wyll must reckon with the shadow of his father, [[Ulder Ravengard]]. | ||
===Recruitment=== | ===Recruitment=== | ||
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Bound by pact to serve Mizora, Wyll's dealings with the devil left him estranged from his influential noble family in [[Baldur's Gate]]. He left his home and gained fame as ''The Blade of Frontiers'', renowned for his swordsmanship and monster-slaying. | Bound by pact to serve Mizora, Wyll's dealings with the devil left him estranged from his influential noble family in [[Baldur's Gate]]. He left his home and gained fame as ''The Blade of Frontiers'', renowned for his swordsmanship and monster-slaying. | ||
When he was seventeen, Wyll | When he was seventeen, Wyll encountered a cult of Tiamat's worshippers, who were on the cusp of summoning the evil dragon goddess to Baldur's Gate. Mizora appeared and offered him a deal that would allow him to stop the ritual, but prevented him from speaking of it, and therefore explaining himself to his father when he returned after the fall of [[Elturel]] into [[Avernus]]. Wyll's father was furious and turned his back on his son, and Wyll left Baldur's Gate, only returning over the course of the game. | ||
===A pact with a devil=== | ===A pact with a devil=== | ||
When he was seventeen, Wyll encountered [[Deities#Tiamat|Tiamat]] cultists in the outskirts of Baldur's Gate, ready to summon the tyrannical dragon goddess to the plane. Eager to stop them, but young and powerless against many armed cultists, Wyll's desperation attracted Mizora who offered him a solution: her powers in exchange of servitude. Wyll didn't hesitate, and together they made quick work of the cult, however, young Ravengard would soon | When he was seventeen, Wyll encountered [[Deities#Tiamat|Tiamat]] cultists in the outskirts of Baldur's Gate, ready to summon the tyrannical dragon goddess to the plane. Eager to stop them, but young and powerless against many armed cultists, Wyll's desperation attracted Mizora who offered him a solution: her powers in exchange of servitude. Wyll didn't hesitate, and together they made quick work of the cult, however, young Ravengard would soon realise the cost of dealing with devils, as one of the many clauses of the pact prevented him from disclosing what happened that night. | ||
When his father, [[Ulder Ravengard]], returned from [[Elturel]] to find his son accompanied by a devil, he demanded an explanation, yet Wyll's tongue was unable to explain what happened, and the scene of the ordeal was conveniently cleaned up. With cold disappointment, his father cast him out from the city, forever exiled to the frontiers. | When his father, [[Ulder Ravengard]], returned from [[Elturel]] to find his son accompanied by a devil, he demanded an explanation, yet Wyll's tongue was unable to explain what happened, and the scene of the ordeal was conveniently cleaned up. With cold disappointment, his father cast him out from the city, forever exiled to the frontiers. | ||
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Some of the clauses are revealed by Mizora throughout the game: | Some of the clauses are revealed by Mizora throughout the game: | ||
* Clause F § 9: ''<nowiki/>'Soul-binder shall bestow reward or favour only upon soul-bearer's | * Clause F § 9: ''<nowiki/>'Soul-binder shall bestow reward or favour only upon soul-bearer's fulfilment of related obligation.''' | ||
* Clause G § 9: ''<nowiki/>'Targets shall be limited to the infernal, the demonic, the heartless, and the soulless.''' | * Clause G § 9: ''<nowiki/>'Targets shall be limited to the infernal, the demonic, the heartless, and the soulless.''' | ||
* Clause Z § 13: ''<nowiki/>'Should the promised soul refuse obeyance or neglect duty, the pact-holder shall cast the promised in Avernus as a lemure.''' | * Clause Z § 13: ''<nowiki/>'Should the promised soul refuse obeyance or neglect duty, the pact-holder shall cast the promised in Avernus as a lemure.''' | ||
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== Related items == | == Related items == | ||
{{UnderConstruction|section}} | {{UnderConstruction|section}} | ||
==Achievements == | ==Achievements == | ||
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Wyll Model EA.png|Wyll during ''Early Access.'' | Wyll Model EA.png|Wyll during ''Early Access.'' | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Notes == | |||
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* Can be spoken to with {{SAI|Speak with Dead}}. | |||
* In Act Three, Wyll mentions that he was 17 when he made his deal with Mizora, and that he hasn't been back to Baldur's Gate for 7 years, making him 24 years old. | |||
* When Wyll levels up and the player opens his level up screen, you can hear [[Mizora]] laughing in the background | |||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Available to Speak with Dead]] | [[Category:Available to Speak with Dead]] | ||
[[Category: Humans]] | [[Category: Humans]] | ||
[[Category: Companions]] | [[Category: Companions]] | ||
[[Category: Origins]] | [[Category: Origins]] | ||