Balthazar

	Commander of the Reborn Dead
Balthazar
	Stats
	Level 8
Race	Undead
Type	Undead
HP	91; 118Tactician
AC	15
Size	Medium
Weight	100kg / ?lbs
Initiative	+7
	Conditions
	Mage Armour Legendary ResistanceTactician Undead Ward Aura Undead Ward
	Passive features
	Alert Grave Magic Grim Harvest Immune to Control Undead Legendary Action: Spectral AspectHonour Legendary Action: The Dead WastesHonour Opportunity Attack Turn Resistance Undead Ward Magic ResistanceTactician
	Resistances
Character information
Class	Necromancy
Location	Gauntlet of Shar, Mind Flayer Colony
Allies	Ketheric Thorm, Flesh
Enemies	Mikan (Childhood Friend)
Additional information
Voice actor	Roger Ringrose
Model

Balthazar is an Undead necromancer in service to Ketheric Thorm, who can first be encountered in the Gauntlet of Shar during Act Two.

Overview

Background

Balthazar is a necromancer in service to General Ketheric Thorm, sent to the Gauntlet of Shar to retrieve the Nightsong; the source of Ketheric's immortality.

Related quests

Find Ketheric Thorm's Relic

Balthazar can first be encountered in the Gaunlet of Shar, behind a locked door guarded by his undead servants.

Approaching the door and/or his servants, wherever they are found, will generally trigger a conversation. A combat encounter will always trigger on conclusion of this conversation, where Dark Justiciar Avengers attack both the undead servants and the player's party. Once this combat resolves, the player may have the opportunity to speak to Balthazar further and learn more about the relic he is searching for. The player also has the option to simply attack and kill Balthazar at any time after this encounter.

The player also has the option to fully avoid contact with Balthazar and his servants until they delve deeper into the Gauntlet. It is impossible to avoid meeting Balthazar if the player reaches this point.

The second place he can be encountered, assuming the player has not killed him, is when the player crosses the threshold into the Shadowfell from within the Gauntlet. If the player has not yet met Balthazar at this point, he will simply introduce himself and give the player the opportunity to help him finish his mission.

Once the player finally meets Balthazar, they are generally allowed to choose at several points if they want to kill him or help him finish his mission.

If the player helps Balthazar obtain the Nightsong and later meets with Ketheric, Ketheric will take the player prisoner. They will wake up in Balthazar's lab at the Mind Flayer Colony, where Balthazaar prepares to find a way to remove the artefact from the player's possession; ultimately, a fight between the player and Balthazar will break out.

Combat

Balthazar will use a Potion of Speed at the start of his turn to gain Hasted unless you buy it off him during dialogue first (use the Trade button).

Attacks and abilities

Honour mode:

The Dead Wastes

Loot

Circle of Bones

Gallery

Balthazar Face Concept Art
Balthazar Early Face Concept Art

Related literature

Notes

Balthazar's name (and ribs) were taken from the monk Balthazar, a character from Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal.

External links

Balthazar (necromancer) on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

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