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There are two Steel Watchers guarding the front entrance - one which patrols the front and western side of the building, and another which stays on the western side near the loading dock. The Steel Watcher patrolling the front can easily be avoided by lockpicking the front gate and enter the front door while the Watcher is on the western side.

[[File:Prinskis Motivation.jpg|thumb|Prinski's Motivation Sequence and the Motivators allow the Banites to control the Gondians.]]

Once the Foundry has been entered, a cutscene plays, revealing that the Gondians are being forced to work by Banite cultists, under threat of explosive collars and their families being murdered. If the party approaches, the Banites move to attack the party and bid the Gondians to aid them. It is possible to convince the Gondians to help fight back:

If [[Steal a Githyanki Egg]] was resolved without [[Lady Esther]] receiving an egg, then [[Omeluum]] is trapped in the Iron Throne. He is strapped in a chair in the southwestern corner of the area. Next to him on the table is a Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen. Omeluum has a teleportation spell that allows him and another ally to get back to the submersible quickly, which makes him a lower priority to rescue.

If she survived, then [[Obelia Toobin]] thanks the party for saving her and the other Gondians. She urges the party to go and save the workers at the [[Steel Watch Foundry]]. If the party did not visit the Foundry before saving the Gondians at the Iron Throne, then the Gondians on the ground floor immediately begin attacking the Banite cultists who are keeping them subjugated. The party needs to be mindful of the Motivators, which kill the collared Gondians if they aren't deactivated.

On the lab floor, the Gondians aid the party in taking down their oppressors. There is a Hellfire Watcher, several Black Gauntlet wardens, and other Banite cultists surrounding the Gondians. The ultimate goal is to get Zanner to the Control Centre Antechamber on the western side of the floor, although liberating the Gondians can provide valuable potential allies. If all of the Gondians perish, then Zanner can lose his will and need to be persuaded or intimidated into continuing onward. If that fails, he simply tells the party the control code needed to destroy the Foundry.

In order to get to the console to disable the Steel Watch and destroy the Foundry, the party must defeat the [[Steel Watch Titan]], a level 12 enemy, and three level 11 [[Hellfire Watcher|Hellfire Watchers]]. If Zanner is with the party, then he warns them after entering the Control Centre Antechamber that something horrible is ahead. He recommends that when the Titan raises its shields, to hit it with every scrap of magic and might available. With that advice, he remains in the antechamber during the battle and reappears once the Titan is dealt with.

After the battle, Zanner appears and asks if the party is ready to proceed. If Zanner was left behind or was not asked to join the party, then the console at the west end of the room can be approached and either the Runepowder Bomb placed or the code used.

[[File:Wulbren Gondian Confrontation.jpg|thumb|Wulbren and the Ironhands arrive to take down the Gondians.]]

The Ironhand Gnomes appear once the Foundry explodes to confront any surviving Gondians and congratulate the party. Wulbren states that any Gondians must be killed, as they are a threat to Baldur's Gate. If [[Barcus Wroot|Barcus]] is alive, he interjects that the Gondians are no threat and that Wulbren has been a negative influence on the Ironhands.

If none of the hostages were saved from the Iron Throne, or if Obelia did not survive - even if some other Godians survived, Wulbren points out the dead bodies floating in the harbor. If the party had previously told Zanner that they survived, he and the Gondians become hostile and attack the party automatically.

* [[Gontr Mael]] - a legendary weapon dropped by the Steel Watch Titan

* A new ally for [[Gather Your Allies]] - potentially both the Ironhand Gnomes and the Gondians, or one or the other.

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