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Echo of Amelyssan

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Echo of Amelyssan

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Amelyssan Echo.webp

Stats
Level 11

STR

13
(+1)

DEX

16
(+3)

CON

12
(+1)

INT

15
(+2)

WIS

18
(+4)

CHA

15
(+2)
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Creature Race Icon.png  Race Ghost
Creature Type Icon.png  Type Undead
HP Icon.png  HP 71
Creature AC Icon.png  AC 13
Creature Speed Icon.png  Movement Speed 9m / 30ft
Creature Size Icon.png  Size Medium
Weight Icon.png  Weight 2 lbs
Initiative Icon.png  Initiative 1
Passive features
Resistances
Resistant to Non-Magical SlashingResistant to Non-Magical PiercingResistant to Non-Magical BludgeoningResistant to all AcidResistant to all ThunderImmune to all NecroticResistant to all FireResistant to all LightningResistant to all ColdImmune to all Poison
Character information
Location Murder Tribunal
Faction Cult of Bhaal
Model
Amelyssan Model.png
I am Amelyssan the Blackhearted. I stood as Bhaal's high priestess - his eternal succour. Until I sought to usurp him.
Echo of Amelyssan

Echo of Amelyssan is a ghost of the former high priestess of Bhaal. She was the main antagonist of Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal.

Backstory

In life, Amelyssan was once the high priestess of Bhaal. Before his death, Bhaal charged Amelyssan with the ritual needed to bring him back to life. When Bhaal perised in the Time of Troubles, Amelyssan sought to complete her task but not for her fallen god but for herself as she had later discovered that the divine essence of the slain Bhaalspawn would flow throught her, increasing her power.

Amelyssan in her new guise as Melyssan, sought to gather the bhaalspawn by presenting herself as their kind protector. In secret however, she convinced five powerful bhaalspawn: Abazigal a blue dragon, Balthazar a human monk, Illasera an elven fighter, Sendai a drow cleric, and Yaga-Shura a fire giant to unite and help her resurrect Bhaal with the promise that Bhaal would make them his right hand and rule as demigods.

The Five unleashed their armies upon the Sword Coast killing Bhaalspawn and innocents alike in their path. Those bhaalspawn that managed to escape the massacre were guided by Amelyssan to the city of Saradush in Tethyr but the city was encircled by Yaga Shura and his army. It is in Saradush that Amelyssan met Gorion's Ward the famous Bhaalspawn that had defeated Sarevok Anchev, she then began using Gorion's Ward as a tool to achieve her goal. She tricked them into meeting the ruler of Saradush who was also a Bhaalspawn which resulted in latter's death and sent them to an old abandoned Bhaal temple where Yaga-Shura was raised to discover a way to remove Yaga-Shura's invulnerability.

Gorion's Ward succeeded in their task but returned too late as Saradush and its inhabitants fell to the invading army due to Amelyssan having opened the way for Yaga-Shura. Gorion's Ward and their allies confronted the fire giant and managed to put an end to him. After Yaga-Shura's death, Amelyssan conviced them to deal with the rest of the Five and gave up the locations of Abazigal and Sendai while also telling them to use the village of Amkethran which was ruled by the final member of the Five; Balthazar, as their base of operations.

While Gorion's Ward was away dealing with Abazigal and Sendai, Amelyssan approached Balthazar in his monastery but the monk turned on her and tried to captured her but she escaped. Gorion's Ward returned to Amkethran to deal with Balthazar after they had learned that he was the last member of the Five and confronted him in his monastery. With Balthazar dead, Amelyssan now had all of Bhaal's divine essence and went to Mana Forge in the Throne of Bhaal to begin her ascension into godhood.

Gorion's Ward confronted the empowered Amelyssan at the Mana Forge and fought her with their allies and defeated the traitorous priestess. Gorion's Ward was given a choice on what to do with the essence of Bhaal and chose to be free of it. A weakened Amelyssan tried to stop the divine essence from leaving but died when the Mana Forge imploded.

When Bhaal was resurrected a century later after Amelyssan's death, he brought her back as an Echo to serve in the Murder Tribunal along with Abazigal, Illasera and Sendai. However, unlike her fellow Echoes she saw this as a slave sentence and punishment for her betrayal.

Act Three

She is first encountered in the Murder Tribunal, if the Player refuses to become an Unholy Assassin or perform any hostile actions she will become hostile. After completing Impress the Murder Tribunal and becoming an Unholy Assassin of Bhaal, she can be questioned to learn more about her history.

Conditions

Spells and Abilities

External links

Amelyssan on the Forgotten Realms Wiki