Araj Oblodra: Difference between revisions

| description = Araj Oblodra is a Drow trader in Moonrise Towers.

{{CharacterInfo

|title = Trader

|image = [[File:Araj Oblodra Portrait.webp|350px]]

|imagename= Act 2

|image2 = [[File:Araj_Act_3.webp|350px]]

|imagename2= Act 3

|name = Araj Oblodra

|STR=10

|DEX=17

|CON=12

|INT=12

|WIS=10

|CHA=12

|dex save=yes

|int save=yes

|level=6

|race=Lolth-Sworn Drow

|type=Humanoid

|HP=52

|AC=14

|speed=9m / 30ft

|size=Medium

|weight=75kg / 150lbs

|proficiency=3

|location = [[Moonrise Towers]],  

{{PAS|Fey Ancestry}}

{{PAS|Opportunity Attack}}

{{PAS|Sunlight Sensitivity}}

{{PAS|Uncanny Dodge}}

'''Araj Oblodra''' is a [[drow]] [[Traders|trader]] and blood-focused alchemist who can be found in [[Moonrise Towers]] and the [[Lower City]] of Baldur's Gate. Other than the items she sells, she also asks to speak with [[Astarion]], and offers unique potions in exchange for samples of blood.

== Act Two ==

{{SpoilerWarning}}In Act Two, Araj Oblodra can be found hard at work found inside Moonrise Towers, poring over alchemical equipment.  

=== Blood-draw elixirs ===

Araj will brew unique [[elixirs]] as payment for drawing blood from the [[True Soul|True Souls]] in the party for her research. Each character may give blood only once, incurring 1d3 damage in the process. The effects of these potions are generally themed on the [[Races|race]], and, in the case of [[Dragonborn|Dragonborns]], subrace of the character giving blood.

However, after consuming a blood-draw elixir and taking a long rest, the character will receive the [[Conditions|condition]] [[Blood-draw Sickness]], which causes a -1 to all dice rolls until another long rest.

With a {{Ability check|History|14}}, knowledge of [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/House_Oblodra House Oblodra] will allow the player to realize that Araj doesn't want True Soul blood, but [[Illithid]] blood specifically – an especially illicit subject for a drow to research. If this insight is said to her, Araj will pay 200 gold for each subsequent blood donation, alongside the normal elixir.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|[[Dragonborn|Black Dragonborn]]Copper Dragonborn|| {{RarityItem|Elixir of Dragonborn Prowess: Acid}}

|Blue Dragonborn

Bronze Dragonborn

|Brass Dragonborn

Gold Dragonborn

|Green Dragonborn

|Silver Dragonborn

White Dragonborn

|[[Drow]][[Elf]]|| {{RarityItem|Elixir of Elven Elegance}}  

|[[Dwarf]]|| {{RarityItem|Elixir of Dwarven Resilience}}  

|[[Half-Elf]]|| {{RarityItem|Elixir of Half-Elven Healing}}

|[[Half-Orc]]||{{RarityItem|Elixir of Half-Orcish Fury}}  

=== Interaction with Astarion ===

When Araj speaks with Astarion, she excitedly asks that he bite her, so that she may study the effects of vampire bites up close. She offers the priceless{{SmIconLink|Potion of Animal Speaking Icon.png|Potion of Everlasting Vigour}} in exchange, which permanently increases the [[Strength]] of the one drinking it by 2.

If Astarion is not the player's [[Origins|Origin character]], he will be loathe to do so, privately noting to the player that there is something deeply wrong with Araj's blood.

If told to do so anyway, despite his objections, Astarion will go through with Araj's desires. Astarion will feel used, and the disapproval from this will likely end a romance between him and the player if one exists.

== Act Three ==

{{Quote|Ah - a cosy little spot, isn't it? These four walls have witnessed greater alchemical triumphs than the keep of [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Urngath_Dorrund Urngath Dorrund]!{{ref|''Baldur's Gate 3'', Larian Studios, 2020}}}}

If at least one character donated blood in Act 2, Araj can be found again in the [[Lower City]] of Baldur's Gate in Act 3. As the player approaches her shop, Crimson Draughts, just east of [[The Blushing Mermaid]], a series of explosions will begin and Araj will come running out on fire, yet thrilled. She'll offer the player a potion, the newest results of her research and the blood donation.

This "Mysterious Potion" causes a small explosion when drunk, and imbues the consuming character with the permanent {{SmIconLink|Generic Blood Icon.png|Unstable Blood}} passive feature, turning their blood into a flammable explosive.

In the locked basement of her shop, you can discover the butchered remains of several less-voluntary participants in Araj's research. Her journal also reveals the true purpose of her research, to find a way to restore House Oblodra to its former glory, or failing that, to exact explosive vengeance for the fallen house.

If Araj was killed in Act 2, or no character donated their blood, Araj will be missing from her store, and the explosions will not trigger on approach. However, her basement will still be available to explore.

Araj Oblodra is part of the now defunct House Oblodra. Over a century ago, an alliance of rival drow destroyed her House, due to their association with psionics and illithids before and during the Time of Troubles. House Oblodra was known for, among other things, reckless experimentation with illithid breeding-stock.

Very few survived the House's destruction, making Araj Oblodra one of few members left alive. The only other two known survivors of House Oblodra [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/K%27yorl_Odran K'yorl Odran], a Matron Mother of the house, and [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Kimmuriel_Oblodra Kimmuriel Oblodra], who had joined the Bregan D'aerthe after the house's fall.

* {{RarityItem|Purple Worm Toxin}}

* {{RarityItem|Ring of Free Action}}

==Trivia==

*Araj is referred to as an "Infernal Merchant" and demon in the games files.

*That Hirelings may exchange blood for elixirs suggests they have Illithid blood.

[[category:Drow]]