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+==== [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]] ====
+* ''(Entering the Shadow-Cursed Lands for the first time):'' “I know the dark of wildspace. But I've never known a dark like this.”
+** ''(Responding remark):'' “This is the way to Moonrise Towers. We've no choice but to push forward.”
+* ''(Looking at the distorted land within Shadow Curse):'' “How can a curse wear away the very ground?”
+* ''(Looking at the former battlefield):'' “There was a great battle here. The ground stained red with blood long dried.”
+* ''(Found old war machines, [[History]] check):''
+** ''(Successful):'' “Siege weapons - centuries old from the looks of it.”
+** ''(Failed):'' "These weapons look obsolete even by this plane's humble standards."
+* ''(Found non-dousable torches):'' “Curious - a flame that will not flicker out.”
+* ''(Trying to recognize the spell, [[Arcana]] check):''
+** ''(Successful):'' “Must be a Continual Flame. Dousing will not work.”
+** ''(Failed):'' “Magic, then - simple magic, no doubt.”
+* ''(Found fresh flowers near [[Oliver|Oliver’s]] hovel, not knowing the story):'' “Flowers? I'd expect them to wither in the curse.”
+** ''(Knowing about him from [[Halsin]]):'' “Flowers blooming in shadow. Exactly what Halsin said to look out for.”
+* ''(Looking for Oliver in hide-and-seek game, [[Perception]] check):''
+** ''(Successful):'' “There you are. Enough games, cursed one.”
+** ''(Failed):'' “Where has the child gone? I am in no mood for games.”
+* ''(Met [[Rolan]] near the bridge to [[Reithwin Town]]):'' “Is that Rolan? What's that foolish wizard doing out here?”
+* ''(Found a dead githyanki, if not visited the [[Crèche Y'llek|crèche]] yet):'' “A dead githyanki. The corpse may hold something useful.”
+'''Feeling the effect of the [[Shadow Curse]]:'''
+* ''(Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, 1):'' “This darkness - it's cursed. I can feel it leeching the life from me.”
+** ''(Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, 2):'' “''Tsk'va'' - I barely have the strength to move forward.”
+** ''(Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, 3):'' “This darkness - it's too much. I won't last long like this.”
+** ''(Responding remark 1):'' “I feel it too. My very essence... draining away.”
+** ''(Responding remark 2):'' “My breath is... ragged. We mustn't fall to the curse...”
+** ''(Responding remark 3 - looking for a solution):'' “We must chase the darkness away, or we are lost.”
+* ''(Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, looking for light source):'' “''Tsk'va'' - I barely have the strength to move forward...”
+** ''(Responding remark):'' “The darkness is in me. Clotting my blood, dissolving my bones. We need light.”
+** ''(Responding remark):'' “Light - yes. Something to make the shadows retreat.”
+** ''(Responding remark):'' “Please - I need light, or the darkness will take me...”
+* ''(Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, answers to [[Shadowheart]] who doesn’t, 1):'' “Chk. And I'm losing strength with every step through the dark.”
+** ''(Answer to Shadowheart 2):'' “How grand for you. They're draining me dry - I can barely catch a breath.”
+* ''(Negated the Curse with a light source):'' “The light - the curse cannot penetrate its glow.”
+* ''(A torch snuffed out in deeper curse, 1):'' “Blasted curse. The torchflame won't stay lit.”
+** ''(Remark 2):'' “''Chk.'' The torch is useless in these cursed shadows.”
+** ''(Remark 3):'' “The flame's gone out. The shadows have deepened.”
+** ''(Remark 4):'' “The shadows are so potent, they've snuffed out the flame. Tsk'va.”
+'''Dealing with Shadow Curse victims:'''
+* ''(Found the [[Dead Druid's Journal]], [[Nature]] check):''
+** ''(Successful):'' “The druids' research. Helpful too, as luck would have it.”
+** ''(Failed):'' “This shadow curse is deadly. I hope it's been contained.”
+* ''(Read graverobber’s note):'' “Ellie May - I've seen that name, etched on a tombstone.”
+** ''(Read graverobber’s note, saw the grave/got the [[Family Ring|ring]]):'' “Pitiful thief - he never did unearth Ellie May's ring.”
+** ''(Found Ellie May’s grave):'' “The grave's in shambles. To be expected, in these wastes.”
+** ''(Found animal tracks near Ellie May’s grave):'' “Paw prints, but leading where - trap, treasure, or distraction?”
+** ''(Found animal’s burrow down the ledge):'' “The dirt's been burrowed there. A rodent's nest, perhaps.”
+* ''(Saw an animal killed by the Shadow Curse):'' “Killed by cursed shadows. A fate I'd rather avoid.”
+* ''(Saw the dead grove tieflings, [[Investigation]] check):''
+** ''(Successful):'' “Signs of struggle. They did not meet a pleasant end.”
+** ''(Failed):'' “The darkness is brutal. I'm not surprised they perished.”
+* ''(Saw the dead cursed ox, Investigation check):''
+** ''(Successful):'' “A shadow-cursed beast. It wouldn't have gone down without a fight.”
+** ''(Failed):'' “The beast was consumed by shadows. A fate to be avoided.”
+* ''(Saw the dead cursed ox’s master, [[Medicine]] check):''
+** ''(Successful):'' “Gored by some manner of horn. An ox got rambunctious.”
+** ''(Failed):'' “Not a clean death. And probably not a quick one.”
+* ''(Found a dead raven nearby [[Last Light Inn]], ? check):''
+** ''(Successful):'' “The darkness has consumed it. Better leave it be.”
+** ''(Failed):'' “A dead bird. Even wings can't lift you out of these damned shadows.”
+'''Encounters with the drider and the pixie:'''
+* ''(Took the [[Moonlantern]] from the [[Kar'niss|drider's]] corpse):'' “The drider is down. Now, to take its light.”
+* ''(Set [[Dolly Thrice]] free):'' “That pixie's a feisty little thing.”
+** ''(Responding remark):'' “Are they all so... eccentric, I wonder?”
+* ''(Set Dolly free but angered her):'' “Feisty little thing, that pixie. I respect the moxie.”
+** ''(Responding remark to an angered pixie):'' “A feisty morsel, isn't she? I respect the moxie.”
+* ''(Found drider’s route starting point):'' “Cages, shackles - the drider's caravan originated here.”
+** ''(Responding remark, defeated the drider):'' “Well - it most assuredly won't be returning.”
+** ''(Responding remark, haven’t defeated the drider):'' “Chains, cages - a veritable torture camp and prison unto itself.”
+'''Leaving Shadow-Cursed Lands:'''
+* ''(At the road to Baldur’s Gate):'' “An army's trampled these grounds. The Absolute's forces are on the move.”
+* ''(If has seen the [[Absolute|Absolute’s]] army from the cemetery cliff):'' “The Absolute's forces have marched forth. Baldur's Gate is in danger.”
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 * ''(Approaching the Moonshield around the inn):'' “A shimmer of light - the shadows can't penetrate.”
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 ** ''(Responding remark to successful):'' “It's said that it took five-hundred warriors to drive him from his lands. Chk - I thought he'd be bigger.”
 ** ''(Failed):'' “I suppose this stuffed beast is some kind of trophy. Well - I'm not impressed.”
+* (Looking at the graveyard behind the Last Light Inn): “It is good to see the fallen buried well. Especially in this cursed land.”
 * ''(Found rocks piled by [[Marcus]], have spoken to him):'' “Marcus' last gift - a dead Flaming Fist.”
 ** ''(Not knowing the story):'' “A Flaming Fist, face smashed. She had enemies, clearly.”
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 ** ''(Defeated gith hunters, rejected Voss):'' “Githyanki hunters. Voss' device detected their presence.”
-''(After dispelling the Shadow Curse, leaving [[Moonrise Towers]])''
+==== [[Moonrise Towers]] ====
-*"I have conquered beholders and bandits, but never darkness itself. I dare say we could part all the seas of Toril if we so wished!"
+* ''(Read Melodia’s [[Letter to Ketheric]]):'' “Bah - what use is love, when wasted on a husk like Ketheric Thorm?”
+* ''(Feeling a ‘hangover’ upon LR after using [[Araj Oblodra|Araj Oblodra’s]] unique potion):'' “Ugh, my stomach. Not sure that potion was worth it.”
+* ''(Reminding the avatar about [[Minthara]] after her trial):'' “Minthara's still locked in the towers. I am hardly fond of her - but she might be of use.”
+'''In [[Balthazar|Balthazar's]] study:'''
+* ''(Found Balthazar’s book in his secret room, seq 1):'' “The Nightsong must be the source of Ketheric's life force.”
+** ''(Responding remark 1):'' “If we find it, we might turn it against him.”
+** ''(Responding remark 2):'' “We'll need to explore thoroughly. I doubt Ketheric leaves the means to his downfall out in the open.”
+* ''(Found Balthazar’s book in his secret room, seq 2):'' “The Nightsong must be the source of Ketheric's life force.”
+** ''(Responding remark 1):'' “'Nightsong'. An appropriate name for an owl, perhaps - but not for a cult artefact.”
+** ''(Responding remark 2):'' “If we find it, we might turn it against him.”
+** ''(Responding remark 3):'' “We'll need to explore thoroughly. I doubt Ketheric leaves the means to his downfall out in the open.”
+* ''(Found Balthazar’s book in his secret room, seq 3):'' “The Nightsong is the source of Ketheric's life force. Which means it could be turned against him.”
+** ''(Responding remark 1):'' “We'll need to explore thoroughly. I doubt Ketheric leaves the means to his downfall out in the open.”
+'''In the [[Moonrise Towers Prison]] and the [[Oubliette]]:'''
+* ''(Approaching the prison):'' “A throng of prisoners, awaiting their turn for execution - or infection.”
+** ''(Responding remark):'' “If we rouse the cultists' suspicions, we could meet the same fate.”
+* ''(Found themselves in the prison after coming too close to the army):'' “I was careless. Now to clean the mess my own hands wrought.”
+** ''(Responding remark):'' “Into the dragon's maw and straight to its belly. I trust you've learned your lesson.”
+* ''(Entered the [[Oubliette]] for the first time):'' “Smells of blood - old and new. This place has seen death.”
+** ''(Returned to the Oubliette):'' “Here again? I thought one visit was quite enough.”
+* ''(Investigating Oubliette, saw the colony through a flesh-wrought window):'' “Something's behind the window. But how to reach it?”
+* ''(Heard a screech in the Oubliette, has seen [[Hook Horror]]s):'' “A hook horror? Let it know death.”
+** ''(Heard a screech in the Oubliette, hasn’t seen Hook Horrors):'' “Something stirs. Let it taste death.”
+* ''(Climbing up from the Oubliette):'' “''Chk.''The stench of death I can endure. The excrement? Not so much.”
+'''At the [[Moonrise Towers Rooftop]]:'''
+* ''(Before entering the door to the rooftop to fight [[Ketheric]]):'' “Prepare yourself. We're about to enter the tempest that is Ketheric Thorm.”
+* ''(Observing the landscape from the Moonrise rooftop):'' “This must have been quite the view once. Now, a mere shadow of the past.”
+* ''(On the rooftop, looking into the tentacle hole):'' “The tentacle has taken him below - if I'm to end the bastard, I've got to follow.”
+<!--''(After dispelling the Shadow Curse, leaving [[Moonrise Towers]])''
+*"I have conquered beholders and bandits, but never darkness itself. I dare say we could part all the seas of Toril if we so wished!"-->
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