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== History == | == History == | ||
===Bhaalite upbringing=== | ===Bhaalite upbringing=== | ||
Raised believing she was fathered by [[Bhaal]] himself, Orin was in truth born of an incestuous relationship between [[Sarevok Anchev]] and his daughter [[Helena Anchev]],{{cite text|A page from Sarevok's book|[[Sarevok Anchev]]}} | Raised believing she was fathered by [[Bhaal]] himself, Orin was in truth born of an incestuous relationship between [[Sarevok Anchev]] and his daughter [[Helena Anchev]], intended to be the perfect offering to the Dread Lord.{{cite text|name=incest|A page from Sarevok's book|[[Sarevok Anchev]]}} Though he routinely mistreated and abused them, both Helena and Orin worshipped and loved Sarevok, enduring the hardships of growing up as a Bhaalite. Orin received the bloody teachings of Bhaal, becoming in time the youngest Unholy Assassin to follow the steps of god of Murder. Such was her gift in killing that she was anointed Bhaal's [[Chosen]]. | ||
When Orin was still a child, Sarevok | When Orin was still a child, Sarevok, knowing Helena desired to be Bhaal's Chosen, ordered his daughter to kill Orin as an offering to Bhaal.{{ref|[[Bhaal_Temple#The Chosen's Room|Orin's Chambers]], lines spoken by Helena Anchev when asked how she died.<br>''"I... wanted... to be... Bhaal's... Chosen... Sarevok... told me... she... must be... my... offering..."''}} Helena attacked Orin but she was overcome by her child who ultimately cut her down. Bhaal deemed the young changeling exceptional, and ordered Sarevok to look after her henceforth.{{ref|[[Murder Tribunal]], lines spoken by Sarevok Anchev when discussing Orin.<br>''"Orin's gifts surpassed even her mother's. (...) When Orin was but seven years old, she tried to smother the child as an offering to our Lord. (...) It was her mother's blood that soaked the sheets. Orin had cut off the very hand that tried to end her. (...) This was Orin's tribunal. She was judged, and she was found ''exceptional''. My Lord made his choice - I abided by his words."''}}{{cite text|name=incest}} | ||
Orin served Bhaal directly under [[The Dark Urge]] as their second in command, though the two were often at odds about the correct way of offering souls to Bhaal. Orin believed that the Urge mutilated their victims without consideration, and what their Father truly wanted was beauty and consideration in the kill.{{cite text|name=orinkill|Blood-Envy for the Unworthy|Orin the Red}} The Urge, on the other hand, understood that Bhaal cared only for the quantity of murder performed in his name, nothing more.{{cite text|name=kill}} | Orin served Bhaal directly under [[The Dark Urge]] as their second in command, though the two were often at odds about the correct way of offering souls to Bhaal. Orin believed that the Urge mutilated their victims without consideration, and what their Father truly wanted was beauty and consideration in the kill.{{cite text|name=orinkill|Blood-Envy for the Unworthy|Orin the Red}} The Urge, on the other hand, understood that Bhaal cared only for the quantity of murder performed in his name, nothing more.{{cite text|name=kill}} | ||
Yearning for respect and status, but dismissed by Bhaal and Sarevok alike,{{ref|"Cleanse the temple of Orin's girlish shrines and bring your primal slaughter back to Bhaal." | Yearning for respect and status, but dismissed and looked down on by Bhaal and Sarevok alike, Orin brooded as she waited for an opportunity to become her father's favored.{{ref|Murder Tribunal, lines spoken by Sarevok Anchev to the Dark Urge after becoming an Unholy Assassin.<br>''"Cleanse the temple of Orin's girlish shrines and bring your primal slaughter back to Bhaal."''}} | ||
=== Orin's betrayal === | === Orin's betrayal === | ||
The Urge joined forces with [[Bane (God)|Bane's]] Chosen [[Enver Gortash]], and together, they formulated a plan to steal the [[Crown of Karsus]], an ancient arcane object of immense power, and subjugate an [[Elder Brain]] with it in order to create a soulless army to destroy the world with. After recruiting [[Ketheric Thorm]], [[Myrkul|Myrkul's]] Chosen, Orin joined the three in the raid to plant the Crown on the brain beneath [[Moonrise Towers]]. | The Urge joined forces with [[Bane (God)|Bane's]] Chosen [[Enver Gortash]], and together, they formulated a plan to steal the [[Crown of Karsus]], an ancient arcane object of immense power, and subjugate an [[Elder Brain]] with it in order to create a soulless army to destroy the world with.{{cite text|Scrapbook of Letters|The Dark Urge, [[Enver Gortash]]}} After recruiting [[Ketheric Thorm]], [[Myrkul|Myrkul's]] Chosen, Orin joined the three in the raid to plant the Crown on the brain beneath [[Moonrise Towers]]. | ||
It was during this time that Orin saw her opportunity and struck, driving a dagger through the Urge's skull and planting an [[Illithid]] tadpole in them. With her former rival left to die and a tadpole devouring their brain, Orin took the Urge's place as Bhaal's Chosen and third member of the conspirators. Orin would prove undisciplined in her role, however, as her bloodlust could not be contained, and rapidly grew to be disliked by the other two who saw her as little more than a necessary nuisance to their plan. At some point between the betrayal and the events of the game, Ketheric and Orin tricked [[Minthara]] into a trap where she murdered her allies and captured her. She then used a tadpole to convert [[Minthara]] into a [[True Soul]]. | It was during this time that Orin saw her opportunity and struck, driving a dagger through the Urge's skull and planting an [[Illithid]] tadpole in them.{{ref|name=morphic|[[Morphic Pool]], lines spoken by the Netherbrain when confronted by the Dark Urge and their companions.<br>"''You placed the Crown upon me in the depths of Moonrise Towers, and there I was born. (...) Your plan was devious, your cruelty unparalleled. I would have followed it, were your mind not destroyed by your sister."''}}{{cite text|Memoir Notes with Recent Addenda|Enver Gortash}} With her former rival left to die and a tadpole devouring their brain, Orin took the Urge's place as Bhaal's Chosen and third member of the conspirators.{{cite text|Elder Brain Domination|[[Ketheric Thorm]]}} Orin would prove undisciplined in her role, however, as her bloodlust could not be contained, and rapidly grew to be disliked by the other two who saw her as little more than a necessary nuisance to their plan.{{cite text|Journal of Enver Gortash|Enver Gortash}} At some point between the betrayal and the events of the game, Ketheric and Orin tricked [[Minthara]] into a trap where she murdered her allies and captured her. She then used a tadpole to convert [[Minthara]] into a [[True Soul]]. | ||
If the Urge was not chosen as the player character, [[Fallen Bhaalspawn|their corpse]] will be found in Orin's chamber during Act 3, tortured to death by their sister.{{note|This corpse uses the [[Dragonborn#White_Dragonborn]] form for [[The Dark Urge (origin)|the Dark Urge]], as seen in | If the Urge was not chosen as the player character, [[Fallen Bhaalspawn|their corpse]] will be found in Orin's chamber during Act 3, tortured to death by their sister.{{note|This corpse uses the [[Dragonborn#White_Dragonborn|White Dragonborn]] form for [[The Dark Urge (origin)|the Dark Urge]], as seen as the in-game default choice for the [[Origin]] and in promotional footage for it.}} | ||
If picked as a player character, they are found by [[Kressa Bonedaughter]] instead, saved from death and held captive in the [[Mind Flayer Colony]] for some time as she experiments on them,{{cite text|Clasped Book (Moonrise Towers)|[[Balthazar]]}} until they are shipped away on the [[Nautiloid]] during the [[Prologue]].{{cite text|Journal of Magthew Budj|[[Maghtew Budj]]}} | If picked as a player character, they are found by [[Kressa Bonedaughter]] instead, saved from death and held captive in the [[Mind Flayer Colony]] for some time as she experiments on them,{{cite text|Clasped Book (Moonrise Towers)|[[Balthazar]]}} until they are shipped away on the [[Nautiloid]] during the [[Prologue]].{{cite text|Journal of Magthew Budj|[[Maghtew Budj]]}} | ||
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=== Act Three === | === Act Three === | ||
After reaching [[Rivington]], the party will encounter Orin in person for the first time. She will reveal that she is aware of their objective to gather the netherstones and confront her and Gortash, and threatens that she will be following them, watching every step they take before disappearing once more. From then on, she will begin harassing the party by using her changeling abilities to shapeshift into different characters. When speaking with these seemingly innocuous characters, the conversation will slowly turn more violent until Orin drops the disguise to goad the party into a bloody encounter with her. | |||
If the player chooses to ally themselve with [[Enver Gortash|Gortash]] during the coronation, he will reveal that one of your camp followers has been replaced by Orin{{ref|Although Gortash reveals this, the player is unable to act on this information as the actual replacement does not happen until Orin reveals it herself in the [[Lower City]]}}. | If the player chooses to ally themselve with [[Enver Gortash|Gortash]] during the coronation, he will reveal that one of your camp followers has been replaced by Orin{{ref|Although Gortash reveals this, the player is unable to act on this information as the actual replacement does not happen until Orin reveals it herself in the [[Lower City]]}}. | ||
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When encountering Orin for the first time as the [[Dark Urge]] she will reveal their previous relationship. The [[Dark Urge]] will also be able to choose different dialogue options when interacting with her. One of the dialogue options to save the victim from Orin can be made with Advantage when playing as the [[Dark Urge]].}} | When encountering Orin for the first time as the [[Dark Urge]] she will reveal their previous relationship. The [[Dark Urge]] will also be able to choose different dialogue options when interacting with her. One of the dialogue options to save the victim from Orin can be made with Advantage when playing as the [[Dark Urge]].}} | ||
== | == Orin's shapeshifting == | ||
Orin's | Orin will use her shapeshifting abilities to harass the party twice, using one of the disguises listed below. Following the second transformation, all further interactions with the NPCs below will be genuine. | ||
Meeting one of Orin's impersonations for the first time as the Dark Urge earns the [[Haunted One|Personal Relations]] [[Inspiration|background goal]]. | |||
Orin can only be at one place at a time: if a disguised Orin stays in the visual range of a party member she can't take the appearance of other NPCs elsewhere and thus is effectively pinned in place. This way it's possible to talk to the other genuine NPCs without triggering Orin's apparitions. | |||
Lastly, it's possible to identify when an NPC is actually Orin as they'll be level 12, though without the large amount of hit points that would be expected from that level. When examined, these NPCs can be observed to have Orin's passives, giving away their true identity. If attacked straight away, Orin will transform and disappear without her usual threats. | |||
===Disguises=== | |||
* [[Zethino]], the fey Master of Love at the [[Circus of the Last Days]]. | * [[Zethino]], the fey Master of Love at the [[Circus of the Last Days]]. | ||
* [[Fist Rowan]], a member of the [[Flaming Fist]] standing near the back of the donation barn. | * [[Fist Rowan]], a member of the [[Flaming Fist]] standing near the back of the donation barn. | ||
* [[Lens]], a | * [[Lens]], a journalist for the [[Baldur's Mouth|Baldur's Mouth Gazette]]. | ||
* [[Gyldro Angleiron]], a blacksmith in the Rivington General. | * [[Gyldro Angleiron]], a blacksmith in the [[Rivington General]]. | ||
* A wounded thug of the Stone Lord | * A wounded thug of the [[Stone Lord]] near the [[Western Beach]]. | ||
== Combat == | == Combat == | ||
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Orin with Laezel Captive.jpg|Orin standing over a captive Lae'zel companion. | Orin with Laezel Captive.jpg|Orin standing over a captive Lae'zel companion. | ||
Orin Overhead Shot.jpg|''"Come to me, Father. Set my flesh to your unholy purpose."'' | Orin Overhead Shot.jpg|''"Come to me, Father. Set my flesh to your unholy purpose."'' | ||
Fist Rowan.jpg|Orin masquerading as Fist Rowan. | |||
Gyldro Smith.jpg|Orin impersonating Gyldro Angleiron. | |||
Lens Journalist.jpg|Orin posing as Lens the journalist. | |||
Dying Thug.jpg|Orin pretending to be a dying Stone Lord thug. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Related literature == | == Related literature == | ||
* {{MdRarityItem|Manifesto|override_icon=Book Hermit D Item Icon.png}} | * {{MdRarityItem|Manifesto|override_icon=Book Hermit D Item Icon.png}} | ||
* {{MdRarityItem|Concerning Orin the Red}} | * {{MdRarityItem|Concerning Orin the Red}} | ||
* {{MdRarityItem|Blood-Envy for the Unworthy}} | * {{MdRarityItem|Blood-Envy for the Unworthy}} | ||
* {{MdRarityItem|Experiment on Cruor}} | * {{MdRarityItem|Experiment on Cruor}} | ||
{{ | * {{MdRarityItem|A page from Sarevok's book}} | ||
* {{MdRarityItem|Clasped Book (Moonrise Towers)}} | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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* Orin's kidnapping and impersonation event during the quest [[Rescue Orin's Victim]] is not fully random; it appears to follow a priority system among the companions left in camp (that is, companions not in your active party), prioritizing companions that have the lowest approval with the player, from a list of 3 possible kidnapping victims: [[Lae'zel]], [[Gale]], and [[Halsin]] (or [[Minthara]]). She will not kidnap a romanced companion. If none of these companions are available, she instead kidnaps [[Yenna]]. | * Orin's kidnapping and impersonation event during the quest [[Rescue Orin's Victim]] is not fully random; it appears to follow a priority system among the companions left in camp (that is, companions not in your active party), prioritizing companions that have the lowest approval with the player, from a list of 3 possible kidnapping victims: [[Lae'zel]], [[Gale]], and [[Halsin]] (or [[Minthara]]). She will not kidnap a romanced companion. If none of these companions are available, she instead kidnaps [[Yenna]]. | ||
* At launch, the player could temporarily obtain '''Blade of the First Blood''' (a [[Shortswords|Shortsword]] version of {{SmallIcon|Bloodthirst Icon.png}}[[Bloodthirst]] wielded by Orin) by killing Orin and looting her before the end of the battle, but this appears to have been fixed. {{verify}} | * At launch, the player could temporarily obtain '''Blade of the First Blood''' (a [[Shortswords|Shortsword]] version of {{SmallIcon|Bloodthirst Icon.png}}[[Bloodthirst]] wielded by Orin) by killing Orin and looting her before the end of the battle, but this appears to have been fixed. {{verify}} | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == |