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{{ up to date | 2023- | {{ up to date | 2023-01-13 }} | ||
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| title = Ketheric Thorm | | title = Ketheric Thorm | ||
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|speed = 9m / 30ft | |speed = 9m / 30ft | ||
|size = Medium | |size = Medium | ||
|weight = | |weight = 75kg / 165lbs | ||
|proficiency = 4 | |proficiency = 4 | ||
|initiative = +1 | |initiative = +1 | ||
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=== Gameplay === | === Gameplay === | ||
* Ketheric is an [[Undead]] that retains some features of his past life as a [[Half-Elf]] | * Ketheric is an [[Undead]] boss that retains some features of his past life as a [[Half-Elf]] | ||
* He can be found throughout Act 2, while being referenced through dialogue and notes in Act 1 | * He can be found throughout Act 2, while being referenced through dialogue and notes in Act 1 | ||
* In combat, he's most similar to an [[Oathbreaker]] [[Paladin|paladin]], able to cast a form of Smite with his attacks, as well as having access to Aura spells and able to raise Undead minions | * In combat, he's most similar to an [[Oathbreaker]] [[Paladin|paladin]], able to cast a form of Smite with his attacks, as well as having access to Aura spells and able to raise Undead minions | ||
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*[[Defeat Ketheric Thorm]] | *[[Defeat Ketheric Thorm]] | ||
== | ==Description== | ||
Ketheric | ===Appearance=== | ||
Ketheric has straight, grey hair kept shoulder-length and tucked behind his pointed ears. His countenance is severe, face wrinkled both by his glare and age, and he keeps a thick, full beard that connects to his hair. Ketheric wears a simple circlet with the skull of Myrkul, and an extravagant, yet well-crafted suit of armor that marks him as the Chosen of the Lord of Bones. His Netherstone rests on his chest, protected by an ornate gold cage. | |||
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. | === Personality === | ||
Though 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]]}} | 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]]}} | ||
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=== Resurrection as undead Myrkullite === | === Resurrection as undead Myrkullite === | ||
{{Q|Our darling will live again. What kind of man would I be if I didn't raze the world entire for her sake?|author=Ketheric in a diary entry|ref=[[Diary of Ketheric Thorm, Vol 3]]|align=left}} | {{Q|Our darling will live again. What kind of man would I be if I didn't raze the world entire for her sake?|author=Ketheric in a diary entry|ref=[[Diary of Ketheric Thorm, Vol 3]]|align=left}} | ||
More than a hundred years later, | More than a hundred years later, Thorm would be brought back from the dead by [[Myrkul]] as General Ketheric Thorm. The God of Death tasked the general to form an alliance with the apostles of the other two of the [[Dead Three]] and bring death to the world, offering in payment the resurrection of Ketheric's daughter Isobel. | ||
After reviving his daughter Isobel with help of Balthazar, Ketheric's plan at a family reunion failed. When the revived Isobel saw his broken visage, she fled into the darkness, protected by her goddess Selûne. The town had been ravaged by Ketheric's death rattle, the shadow curse. Presiding over the town for a century, all within had either died outright or been cursed to turn into horrific monsters. | After reviving his daughter Isobel with help of Balthazar, Ketheric's plan at a family reunion failed. When the revived Isobel saw his broken visage, she fled into the darkness, protected by her goddess Selûne. The town had been ravaged by Ketheric's death rattle, the shadow curse. Presiding over the town for a century, all within had either died outright or been cursed to turn into horrific monsters. | ||
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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.<ref>[[Missive from Gortash|''Missive from Gortash'']]</ref> | 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.<ref>[[Missive from Gortash|''Missive from Gortash'']]</ref> | ||
== | == Events of Baldur's Gate 3 == | ||
Though the party learns about Ketheric during Act 1, his involvement in the [[Cult of the Absolute|cult]] of the [[Absolute]] is only explored during Act 2, allowing them to meet Ketheric himself | Though the party learns about Ketheric during Act 1, his involvement in the [[Cult of the Absolute|cult]] of the [[Absolute]] is only explored during Act 2, allowing them to meet Ketheric himself at Moonrise Towers before or when it's sieged. | ||
===Act Two=== | ===Act Two=== | ||
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If, however, the player chose to let Balthazar take the Nightsong in the Shadowfell, Ketheric will offer the player to pray at the altar of the [[Absolute]]. Doing so will skip the fight at the top of the tower and the player 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 [[Mysterious Artefact]]. The player then needs to break out of the pods and defeat Balthazar in order to continue. | If, however, the player chose to let Balthazar take the Nightsong in the Shadowfell, Ketheric will offer the player to pray at the altar of the [[Absolute]]. Doing so will skip the fight at the top of the tower and the player 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 [[Mysterious Artefact]]. The player then needs to break out of the pods and defeat Balthazar in order to continue. | ||
Eventually, the party finds Ketheric having a conversation with [[Enver Gortash]] and [[Orin the Red]], revealing the true form of the [[Absolute]] | Eventually, the party finds Ketheric having a conversation with [[Enver Gortash]] and [[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 [[Apostle of Myrkul]]. | ||
If the player passes multiple Persuasion and/or Intimidation checks both atop Moonrise Towers and in the Mind Flayer Colony, asking him to repent, the first half of his fight in the Mind Flayer Colony will be skipped as Ketheric gives himself to Myrkul. | If the player passes multiple Persuasion and/or Intimidation checks both atop Moonrise Towers and in the Mind Flayer Colony, asking him to repent, the first half of his fight in the Mind Flayer Colony will be skipped as Ketheric gives himself to Myrkul. | ||
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*{{RarityItem|Supply Pack}} | *{{RarityItem|Supply Pack}} | ||
*{{RarityItem|Flail of Myrkul}} (conditional) | *{{RarityItem|Flail of Myrkul}} (conditional) | ||
==Achievements== | ==Achievements== | ||