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=== Act Two === | === Act Two === | ||
[[File:Absolute trinity.webm|300px|gif|thumb|alt=The Chosen of the Absolute, Orin the Red, Ketheric Thorm and Gortash, raise their Netherstones.|The Chosen of the Absolute]] | [[File:Absolute trinity.webm|300px|gif|thumb|alt=The Chosen of the Absolute, Orin the Red, Ketheric Thorm and Gortash, raise their Netherstones.|The Chosen of the Absolute]] | ||
After arriving in the [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]], it is revealed that the armies of the Absolute are converging on [[Moonrise Towers]]. | After arriving in the [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]], it is revealed that the armies of the Absolute are converging on [[Moonrise Towers]]. If arriving at Moonrise Towers to {{Quest|Infiltrate Moonrise Towers|investigate}} further, the party finds several more True Souls among the tower's ranks as well as their leader, General {{CharLink|Ketheric Thorm}}, one of the Absolute's Chosen, holding a trial for survivors from the Goblin Camp (including {{CharLink|Minthara}}, should she still be alive). | ||
During the finale of [[Act Two]], once the party reaches the end of the [[Mind Flayer Colony]], the Absolute's true identity is revealed: it is not a god of any sort, but an enslaved [[Elder Brain]], under the control of its supposed Chosen: {{CharLink|Ketheric Thorm}}, {{CharLink|Enver Gortash|Lord Enver Gortash}}, and {{CharLink|Orin|Orin the Red}}, who actually serve the [[Dead Three]]. Through the use of the {{SmRarityItem|Crown of Karsus}}, the Chosen are able to command the Elder Brain, which can in turn command True Souls by controlling their [[Mind Flayer Tadpole|Tadpoles]] (save the party, due to the protection of the Mysterious Artefact). | During the finale of [[Act Two]], once the party reaches the end of the [[Mind Flayer Colony]], the Absolute's true identity is revealed: it is not a god of any sort, but an enslaved [[Elder Brain]], under the control of its supposed Chosen: {{CharLink|Ketheric Thorm}}, {{CharLink|Enver Gortash|Lord Enver Gortash}}, and {{CharLink|Orin|Orin the Red}}, who actually serve the [[Dead Three]]. Through the use of the {{SmRarityItem|Crown of Karsus}}, the Chosen are able to command the Elder Brain, which can in turn command True Souls by controlling their [[Mind Flayer Tadpole|Tadpoles]] (save the party, due to the protection of the Mysterious Artefact). |