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 === Priestess Gut ===
-[[Priestess Gut]] (X:297, Y:-18) is in front of the giant throne immediately north of the front entrance. She offers to brand the party with the [[Brand of the Absolute]], which can be accepted or rejected. Regardless of whether the brand is taken or not, Gut recognizes the party as fellow True Souls. She attempts to probe into the party's minds with her illithid powers. Allow her to do this, and she notices something is amiss. Explain that it's the result of the tadpoles and ask if she can help. Gut says that the party should join her in her private chambers.
+[[Priestess Gut]] (X:297, Y:-18) is in front of the giant throne immediately north of the front entrance. She offers to brand the party with the [[Brand of the Absolute]], which can be accepted or rejected. Regardless of whether the brand is taken, Gut recognizes the party as fellow True Souls. She attempts to probe the party's minds with her illithid powers. If allowing her to do this, she notices something is amiss. If explaining that it's the result of the tadpoles and asking if she can help, commences [[Ask the Goblin Priestess for Help]]. Gut says that the party should join her in her private chambers.
-Follow her to her chambers, where she says she has a cure for the tadpole. She says that a special cleansing potion must be taken first. However, an [[Arcana]] check reveals this is a sleeping potion. If she's called out on this, or if the party member in question is resistant to sleeping potions (ie an elf or half-elf), she becomes hostile and also triggers several nearby goblins to become hostile. However, if the potion is taken, she chains up the party member and says she intends for them to become her pet squid. It's possible to either break free with an [[Acrobatics]] or [[Strength]] check, but a special scene plays if nothing is done at all. Wait, and [[Korrilla Hearthflame|Korrilla]] appears from a portal to assassinate both Gut and her Ogre guard. Then she disappears after a brief conversation, warning the party to be more careful.
+If following her to her chambers, she says she has a cure for the tadpole but a special cleansing potion must be taken first. However, an [[Arcana]] check reveals this is a sleeping potion. If she's called out on this, or if the party member in question is resistant to sleeping potions (for example is an elf, half-elf, or paladin), she becomes hostile and also triggers several nearby goblins to become hostile. However, if the potion is taken, she chains up the party member and says she intends them to become her pet squid. It's possible to either break free with an [[Acrobatics]] or [[Strength]] check. However a special scene plays if nothing is done at all. [[Korrilla Hearthflame|Korrilla]] appears from a portal to assassinate both Gut and her Ogre guard. Then she disappears after a brief conversation, warning the party to be more careful.
 === Minthara ===
-The drow Minthara (X:333, Y:42) is in the northeastern corner of the Shattered Sanctum. There is a [[Scrying Eye]] that must be dealt with before defeating her, otherwise the camp is alerted. Minthara can easily be taken out after speaking with her, as she runs across the bridge to gather the troops. While she is running on the bridge, attack the bridge's posts and she falls into the chasm below. Otherwise, once the scrying eye is dealt with, only Minthara and her minions in the room become hostile, so the other two leaders can still be dealt with stealthily.
+The drow Minthara (X:333, Y:42) is in the northeastern corner of the Shattered Sanctum. There is a [[Scrying Eye]] that must be dealt with before defeating her, otherwise the camp is alerted. Once the scrying eye is dealt with, only Minthara and her minions in the room become hostile, so the other two leaders can still be dealt with stealthily. If Minthara is knocked out with non-lethal melee attacks instead of being killed, then she could be recruited as a [[Companion]] in [[Moonrise Towers]] in Act Two.
 === Dror Ragzlin ===
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 If Ragzlin is allowed to commune with the illithid on his own, its killer is revealed to be the party after the second question. This can be avoided by taking control of Ragzlin's questions with a wisdom check (DC 10) and asking questions other than who is the killer such as "Why was the Nautiloid in Faerûn?" Asking an obvious question like "Who is the Absolute?" causes Ragzlin to be suspicious of the party. Otherwise, if the party is caught out at being the illithid's killer, they can talk Ragzlin down through a Persuasion check or by using Detect Thoughts to reveal he likes being called the Absolute's Right Hand.
-A very simple way to kill Ragzlin is to shove him before he returns to his throne after the illithid conversation. However, this makes the whole room become hostile and escaping is more difficult. There is a stealthier way to kill Ragzlin by separating out one party member while the others wait in the Worg pens. Sneak up to the wooden beams above the throne and hit him with something that kills him instantly, such as a [[Void Bulb]]. Then, quickly fast travel outside of the camp and switch to the party members that are still in the Worg pens.
 === Back in the Worg Pens ===
-Return to the Worg Pens and report to Halsin on the leaders' defeat. He is grateful and willing to answer many questions about his knowledge of the tadpoles as well as the strange movements of Absolutists at Moonrise Towers. He tells the party to return to the Druid Grove and he will meet them there. Return to the Sacred Pool area, where Halsin confronts Kagha about her actions. He will either demote her status to an initiate or cast her out entirely, depending on if [[Investigate Kagha]] was completed.
+If returning to the Worg Pens and reporting to Halsin on the leaders' defeat, he will be grateful and willing to answer many questions about his knowledge of the tadpoles as well as the strange movements of Absolutists at Moonrise Towers. He tells the party to return to the Druid Grove and he will meet them there. Return to the Sacred Pool area, where Halsin confronts Kagha about her actions. He will either demote her status to an initiate or cast her out entirely, depending on if [[Investigate Kagha]] was completed.
 === Claiming the Rewards ===
-Speak to Rath (X:-463, Y:-30) in the Inner Sanctum and he rewards the party handsomely for their service. Head north to the room where Nettie initially was, then head northwest to the Enclave Library. There is a giant stone wolf statue in the room. There are four plaques surrounding the wolf - interact with the easternmost one. Combine the rune with the empty socket (X:-463, Y:24). Then, interact with all four runes to unlock a hidden staircase. This is a special treasure room with many helpful items.
+If speaking to Rath (X:-463, Y:-30) in the Inner Sanctum, he rewards the party handsomely for their service. In the Enclave Library there is a giant stone wolf statue in the room. There are four plaques surrounding the wolf. I interacting with the easternmost one, it will be possible to combine the rune with the empty socket (X:-463, Y:24). Then, after interacting with all four runes will unlock a hidden staircase. This leads to a special treasure room with many helpful items.
 == Quest Rewards ==