The Urge

The Urge is the Dark Urge's personal quest and is available only by selecting this Origin.

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What is my greatest fear? Myself.

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— The Dark Urge, as a possible answer to their own question when asked of them in turn while on a date night with Karlach

Objectives

Be yourself! Think dirty thoughts!

• "Special, yes, special, aren't you? Ssh, don't fight it. You know what you need to do. Take up that knife, do what you do best. Easy as breathing. You'll feel better after."
• "You really can't help it, can you? These vile things you do... Don't you wonder why you're doing them? You must really have been an awful person before the crash... Perhaps it's better that you forgot about it. But you want to know, don't you?"

Follow your dreams!

• "At night, you dream of a dead world. Lakes of gall, pulsating heaps of expired flesh. You're the only living being. When the red sun burns out, you drive the last dagger through your heart."

Get over it! Spill more blood!

• "Oh, don't look so scandalised. This is definitely not the first time you've done this. Alfira may have grown up to become the age's great songstress, but you - you can be the most prolific killer in the history of the Realms! It will be easy - you can do it in your sleep!"
• "Oh, don't look so scandalised. This is definitely not the first time you've done this. Quil may have grown up to become the age's great songstress, but you - you can be the most prolific killer in the history of the Realms! It will be easy - you can do it in your sleep!"

What happened to Alfira?

• "What a corpse Alfira left! Blood crusting thick and dark 'round the eyes like a rushed coat of stage make-up. A sigil lovingly painted in blood, as if the killer was hoping to get caught. What visionary could have done this?"

What happened to Quil?

• "What a corpse Quil left! Blood crusting thick and dark 'round the eyes like a rushed coat of stage make-up. A sigil lovingly painted in blood, as if the killer was hoping to get caught. What visionary could have done this?"

Trust the Butler.

• "Sceleritas Fel is a murderer's murderer. He will set you right. Don't worry, as I'm sure you can tell, you can't help but be a prodigy spree-killer. It's in your perfect nature. While you may have forgotten your past, you can't forget what you were best at! Just follow your Butler. You can trust him!"
• "Well, that's embarrassing. Your Butler ended up getting the pleasure of killing the bard instead of you. Given your perfect instincts, this surely won't happen again. With the Butler here to guide you, nothing can go amiss."

Go on! Kill another one!

• "You like to indulge those Urges of yours. Good. It doesn't matter that you have amnesia. The instincts in your body are kicking in, and you are behaving like your old sinner self again. The Dark Urge is back, back with bloody style."

Stop resisting the Urge!

• "It's been a rough tenday. Everything hurts, your headache is just getting worse, and the tadpole is a nuisance. It's hard to find the inspiration to lift your daggers for pleasure after a long day. But you're denying yourself the one outlet you have: murder! Nothing compares. Try it! After all, you're going to reap death upon the world sooner or later. Make it sooner!"

Kill that sweet cleric!

• "Is-o-bel. Cleric of Selûne. Defender of Last Light. Died summer 1492 DR. Slap it on a headstone - doesn't it sound right? The Butler told you to kill her. The Butler knows what's best for you. He knows how to get your old life back. Isn't that all you want? To find out who you were, and get back to being that glorious old butcher?"

You met the cleric and you didn't kill her?

• "You didn't intend to spare the cleric, did you? Surely not. You're just waiting for the perfect, tragic moment to strike. Build up her trust in you... Then let her fall. Yes, that must be your plan. Go back and kill her. Run along."

Reflect on your misbehaviour.

• "The Butler gave you another chance. Kill your darling. But you didn't - you spent the night tied up, playing out a farce as a wriggling, squirming slug. Humiliating. You can be so much more than that screaming heap. Come back to yourself."
• "The Butler gave you another chance. Kill your darling. But you didn't - you spent the night tied up, playing out a farce as a wriggling, squirming slug. Humiliating. You can be so much more than that. Come back to yourself."

Await your blood-prize.

• "Isobel is a corpse carried away on the wind. Last Light is desecrated. Such a sublime release of all your pent-up frustration. You did well, and this deed will not go without proper acknowledgement."
• "So, you killed your dearest. No one will ever love you now. Might as well take pleasure in being feared. You already enjoy fear. Deep down, you know you could have stopped your Urge last night. But it just felt too good - that last moment of fear. That final 'why?' That's who you are!"

Enjoy the Slayer. You've earned it.

• "The Slayer now ravages your body. When it is dormant, you feel it champing at the bit. When it is summoned, you dissolve into the beast. It is an ancient symbol of hate. Hate well. You've earned it."

Return to the Temple of Bhaal.

• "You had a vision divine. The truth is restored: you are a pureblood Spawn of Bhaal. The former head of his Temple. Return, and kill sister Orin who usurped your place. Return, and restore your birthright: to lead the cult of murder until all in this world dies by your hand."

DESTROY THE GATE IN BHAAL'S NAME!

• "YOU ARE BHAAL'S DREAD PROPHET, THE CHOSEN ORDAINED TO BE THE LAST LIVING BEING. WHEN ALL ELSE HAS BEEN REAPED BY YOUR HAND, THE FINAL DEATH IN THESE FOUL PLANES SHALL BE YOUR OWN. TAKE COMMAND OF THE ELDER BRAIN. TAKE COMMAND OF ITS POSSESSED ARMIES. SET THEM UPON SLAUGHTER OF USELESS FAERÛN, THEN UPON EVERY FRAIL LIFE IN THIS COSMOS. Congratulations, Dark Urge. You're a champion!"

Who am I? I can choose...

• "I escaped. The hold that Bhaal had over me is gone. All the voices in my head, and the rushes in my blood - I cured them at last! It's strange to think, but I can do whatever I want to. Be whoever I want to! I'm finally me. These thoughts won't talk to me any longer."
• "You believe that by disappointing Bhaal, you can escape him? You bear his unholy taint in your blood. After two hundred years, you are the only pureblood Bhaalspawn left. The Urge is going to eat you right up. Nothing will be left in your brain, but the will of Father dearest. Perhaps if you do what Bhaal would have wanted and follow through with the Absolute's plan to enslave the world, your mind might be spared his sickening lash."

Walkthrough

Prologue

Discovering the Urge

After breaking free from the Mind Flayer Pod the character realizes they are suffering from a severe loss of memory. Soon they also realize that for an unknown reason they have violent urges.

Right after escaping the nautiloid, inspecting the corpse of the Mangled Fisher at the Ravaged Beach makes the Dark Urge smile and passing a DC 7 Intelligence check reveals memory flashes of a thousand different dead.

Act One

Upon the first Long Rest after crossing the bridge between the Emerald Grove and Moonhaven, a Tiefling Bard named  Alfira joins the camp at night and expresses interest in joining them as a camp follower. Whether the Dark Urge agrees with her request or forces her to leave, it matters little; they wake up during the night over Alfira's corpse, the Dark Urge's hands dripping in blood.

• Attend to the body - something must be done about it.
• [INTELLIGENCE] Try hard to remember something, anything. (DC 12)
• [INVESTIGATION] Investigate your surroundings, looking for an explanation. (DC 7)

Trying to remember what happened shows a glimpse of Alfira as she is being murdered by the Dark Urge's own hands. Looking for signs of what happened causes the Dark Urge to notice the utter ravaging of Alfira's body, where most of it occurred after she died, while the Dark Urge's dominant hand aches from repeated stabbing.

It is recommended to do the Intelligence check first since selecting the Investigation option moves the conversation forward. Regardless of whether the aforementioned checks were successful or not, the Dark Urge is presented with three options:

Option 1: Hide the body

• [STEALTH (STRENGTH)] Try to hide the body. (DC 12)

If passed there will be no confrontation the next day. Failing the roll leads to the same result as choosing Option 2.

Option 2: Go back to sleep

• Prepare to face the others - you aren't going to hide.
• Hide nothing. You aren't ashamed.
• Go back to sleep.

The next day the party confronts the Dark Urge, who can admit that they are responsible, say they saw nothing, or blame a wild animal.

• Admitting they killed her:  +1  -1 They can afterwards make a DC 18 Deception roll to claim that Alfira had attacked the Urge. If believed, the matter is dropped. However if the Deception roll is failed it causes:  -1  -1  -1
• Saying that they saw nothing requires no check, but because of the blood on them, the party does not believe the Dark Urge.
• Blaming a wild animal requires a DC 7 Deception roll to be passed. Failing it causes:  -1  -1  -1

Option 3: Wash the blood away

• Seek out the nearest water to wash the blood away.

This causes a passive Perception check to be rolled. Passing it makes the Dark Urge realize that washing the blood away makes them unhappy. Failing the roll causes them to lose their composure, thinking that they still have blood on their hands and it cannot be washed away; they may even briefly consider that Alfira's blood is magical. Regardless, they are clean the next day when the party confronts them about Alfira's death.

The dialogue options are similar to Option 2 with the notable exceptions that the party believes the Dark Urge if they claim they saw nothing and the option to use Deception has a DC 15 instead of 7. This is likely a developer mistake and the two numbers should had been reversed (DC 15 for Option 2 and DC 7 for Option 3). Failing the deception check causes:  -1  -1  -1

If the Dark Urge is held responsible for Alfira's murder, most companions in private conversations will be wary of the Dark Urge and vow to keep a closer eye on them, with the exception of  Astarion who does not disapprove of their actions. Most companions will also blame the tadpole for the erratic behavior. Regardless of which path is taken, Astarion knows what really happened and his greeting accordingly changes calling the Dark Urge 'dagger-happy friend', among other remarks. Alfira's death also earns the ⁠Snipping the Chords inspiration to the Dark Urge.

Quill Grootslang

If Alfira is killed or  knocked out prior to starting this Long Rest,  Quil Grootslang shows up instead. The scene is otherwise identical. Alternatively, if the Dark Urge is killed after Alfira or Quil appears but before ending the night, the above cutscenes will not play; the Urge may then be resurrected the next day. In this scenario the bard is still revealed as having been ritually sacrificed at dawn, but when  Sceleritas Fel appears he admits to managing the Urge's affairs in their absence. In this case, the player character receives neither the earlier Inspiration point nor  The Deathstalker Mantle.

Achievements

Embrace Your Urge

Become Bhaal's ultimate weapon - become his Slayer.

Sins of the Father

Claim your Throne of Blood: take control of the Netherbrain for Bhaal and break the world.