Shadowheart/Banter: Difference between revisions

* '''Karlach''': Oof. Karlach and explosives, not a good mix.

* '''Shadowheart:''' Let's take things nice and gently - I'd rather not blow up, if it's all the same.

 

=== {{Banter|Lae'zel}} ===

* '''Shadowheart''': So, gith. Aren't you worried your kind will punish you for consorting with us?

* '''Lae'zel''': And my kin will understand my need for servants. They will help you, but only if I ask.

* '''Lae'zel''': A vain notion. I am one of many and will not be a burden to my Queen.

* '''Shadowheart''': I'll be keeping an eye on you, understand?

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* '''Shadowheart''': Lae'zel, how would you punish someone who wronged you?

* '''Shadowheart''': Oh, say, murder. Or Theft.

* '''Lae'zel''': Killing is good - it culls the weak. But theft would be paid for painfully, a thousand times over.

* '''Shadowheart''': Hmm. Good to know.

* '''Lae'zel''': If I can reach the créche, my kin will provide - any failure will be mine alone.

* '''Shadowheart''': If you say so. Just don't expect me to put all my eggs in the same basket.

* '''Gale''': that expression must sound curious to a githyanki ear, given the way they're birthed.

* '''Shadowheart''': Careful Lae'zel, it's dark around here. Would be a terrible shame to lose you forever.  

* '''Lae'zel''': Yes, do keep your wits, Shadowheart. Should a dagger suddenly slice your neck, we may never know who's to blame.

=== {{Banter|Wyll}} ===

* '''Wyll''': Cruel words strengthen neither heads nor hearts, Shadowheart.

* '''Shadowheart''': I wouldn't quite say that - I learned the lesson, after all.

* '''Wyll''': And came to resent your tutor, I bet. I taught them to fight - not to hate.

* '''Shadowheart''': So Wyll, what was the Blade of Frontier's toughest kill?

* '''Wyll''': Ah - it was a great scrap. A hungry minotaur with hankering for human flesh.

* '''Wyll''': An axe-bearing mountain of fur, she was. Gave me a nasty scar.

* '''Shadowheart''': Hm, you'll have to show it to me sometime.

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* '''Shadowheart''': So. Wyll with a 'y' - why?

* '''Wyll''': 'Y', that's right.

* '''Shadowheart''': But why?

* '''Wyll''': What's your gripe with Selûne anyway, Shadowheart?

* '''Shadowheart''': She betrayed her sister and ruined the balance of things.

* '''Shadowheart''': Imagine turning on those who love you for you own glory...

* '''Shadowheart''': All this stonework has me thinking - would you ever want a statue of yourself, Wyll?

* '''Wyll''': It seems a rather... vain notion to me. But I can't say I haven't thought about it. How about you?

* '''Shadowheart''': I suppose it might be nice to be remembered - though I'd be less keen on having birds perching on my head for evermore.

* '''Wyll''': Think of the... er... mess they'd make. Well - better your statue's head than your own.

* '''Shadowheart''': You could strangle them by accident, use too much rope and break their legs... and if it goes really badly, you could wrench their heads right off.

* '''Wyll''': What a picture you paint. Quite detailed, quite colourful. Quite unnecessary.

* '''Shadowheart''': Amazing how the city can seem almost peaceful at times, knowing all that goes on out there.

* '''Wyll''': 'All that goes on'?

* '''Shadowheart''': Consider the numbers. Someone out there must be having the worst day of their life. Robbed, evicted, widowed, who knows? No wonder Shar thrives, with such misery...

* '''Wyll''': If that's true, then so must the be the opposite: there are people out there celebrating their lives' best moment.

* '''Shadowheart''': Fiend worship... I'm not trying to pick a fight, Wyll. But it really seems like a blatantly ill-advised idea.

* '''Wyll''': It's the furthest thing from my mind. Besides, Shadowheart - not all fiends are cut from the same scorched cloth.

* '''Shadowheart''': How do they differ, then? The number of horns? The exact timbre of their evil laugh?

* '''Wyll''': Could be most anything. Their willingness to torment their travel partners with wisecracks, for example.

* '''Wyll''': Spent a lot of time in this park as a boy battling imaginary monsters.

* '''Wyll''': The monsters of my play-fights were strong, vicious. Trolls with hulking muscles, werewolves with sharpened fangs.

* '''Shadowheart''': Umberlee - a brutal goddess, from what I understand. Without even the slightest touch of subtley to her.

* '''Wyll''': Subtley isn't exactly your forte, given how you've strolled about wearing a circlet inset with Shar's symbol.

** '''Shadowheart''': That's different. You'd be surprised how easily Lady Shar can hide in plain sight. People go around blinkered, caught up in their own lives.

** '''Shadowheart''': Besides... it suits me.

** '''Shadowheart''': You'd be surprised how people can miss what's in plain sight.  I missed the fact that Shar was deceiving me.  Besides, I have a new look now.  Suits me, I think.

=== {{Banter|Minthara}} ===

* '''Shadowheart''': This place was ruined rather thoroughly. I'm starting to forget what a habitable village looks like.

* '''Minthara''': Your Sharran kin are responsible for this ruin. They purged these lands even before the shadow curse, and pillaged all they could find.

** '''Shadowheart''': No... this must have been due to the battle. Lady Shar's warriors would have little interest in looting...

** '''Minthara''': Come, Shadowheart. Do you think prayers alone can keep an army on the march?

** '''Shadowheart''': Even those devoted to loss fill their pockets and bellies when the chance arises.

* (''If Shadowheart is no longer devoted to Shar'')

** '''Shadowheart''': Not my kin - not any longer. Their past deeds are not my responsibility.

* '''Minthara''': I must admit, some of the items here are quite marvellous.

* '''Shadowheart''': Baldur's Gate prices, though. Not worth it, if you ask me.

* '''Minthara''': I shall be careful not to ask you then, child.

* '''Halsin''': Once, you could hear nature's symphony in this place. Now it is quiet. Quiet and dead.

* '''Shadowheart''': I can make some animal noises, if it'll make you feel more at home.

* '''Halsin:''' You bleat well enough as it is.

=== {{Banter|Jaheira}} ===

* '''Jaheira''': Tell me, Shadowheart - how does Shar's favour feel? Does it fill you up, bring you joy?

* '''Shadowheart''': A nice vintage or a comfortable bed bring me joy. This is much more than that. This brings me purpose.

* '''Jaheira''': So humbly spoken. Perhaps you are a different breed than the last Mother Superior.

* '''Shadowheart''': Time shall tell. At the very least, I can learn from her mistakes.

(''If Shadowheart is no longer devoted to Shar'')

* '''Jaheira''': Shadowheart. You should know - Viconia was not half so heartless as she liked to appear.

* '''Shadowheart''': I knew her well enough. You might have travelled with her for a time, but she trained me. What's your point?

* '''Jaheira''': Only that I find it hard to believe that she could have raised you, and felt nothing for you.

* '''Shadowheart''': Perhaps she took some pride in her work, forming me to Shar's liking. She certainly relished wielding the rod..

* '''Shadowheart''': ... but who knows. Perhaps someone else made her that way, as she tried to do to me.

* '''Jaheira''': Wyrm's Crossing. This place has been a haven, when Harpers were less than welcome in the city proper.

* (''If Shadowheart is still devoted to Shar'')

** '''Shadowheart''': It is always wise to have another redoubt, another escape route. Though I assumed your lot's antics would have secured you the love of the masses.

* (''If Shadowheart is no longer devoted to Shar'')

** '''Shadowheart''': Seems hard to imagine your efforts haven't always been appreciated.

* '''Jaheira''': Oh, a Harper does not go in for public acclaim. We work in shadow and secrecy, tragically unacknowledged by the ungrateful herd.

* (''If Shadowheart is still devoted to Shar'')

** '''Shadowheart''': Lady Shar's children toil similarly... but we know there is no need to seek the favour of others. Our lady's love is all we need.

* (''If Shadowheart is no longer devoted to Shar'')

** '''Shadowheart''': Hmph, sounds familiar.

* '''Jaheira''': And now another 'final' battle. This small band has gone further than any army could have in its place.

* '''Shadowheart''': You didn't seek to gather the Harpers for one last charge? Fodder for heroic ballads yet to be written, perhaps.

* (''If Shadowheart is still devoted to Shar'')

** '''Shadowheart''': You must have been following the example of Lady Shar's children then - they do say imitation is a form of flattery.

* (''If Shadowheart is no longer devoted to Shar'')

** '''Shadowheart''': Sounds much like the Sharrans - hopefully that's where the similarities end.

=== {{Banter|Minsc}} ===

* '''Shadowheart''': Hey Minsc, what was it like, being a statue?

* '''Minsc''': Dark. Lonely. Helpless.

* '''Shadowheart''': The dark is Shar's domain. You wouldn't have been lonely if you embraced her.

* '''Minsc''': Evil! Never!

* '''Shadowheart''': Hey Minsc, How do you judge what's evil?

* '''Minsc''': Enough trick questions! Evil is clearly evil.

* '''Shadowheart''': Am I evil? You called my goddess so.

* '''Minsc''': If I decide you are evil, my blade will inform you of the fact.

* '''Minsc''': Shadowheart. I saw you pluck Boo from the ground, when you thought no one was watching.

* '''Shadowheart''': I suppose you're right. On both counts.

* '''Minsc''': And full of nuts!

* '''Minsc''': Boo will not permit himself to be held by you any longer, Shadowheart.

* '''Minsc''': He fears you will sacrifice him in some Sharran ritual of dark oils and leather.

* '''Shadowheart''': Oh, he's far too precious for that. I'll go find a comely barmaid or guardsman instead.