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A collection of Shadowheart's remarks and overhead conversations with other characters.
Remarks
- "Hmm. What do we have here?"
- "I wonder how long this went overlooked?"
- "Something's here. Almost missed it."
- "What's this?"
- "Hidden away - but not hidden well enough."
Looking in a mirror
- "Better stop gazing at myself before someone accuses me of vanity..."
- "Not bad, all things considered."
- "I've looked worse. But I've definitely looked better."
Finding a locked item
- "Locked. Better take a look around."
- "Won't open. Perhaps there's something nearby that can help."
- "No use. There must be a way to get this open nearby..."
- "Locked tight. Better look for the means to get this open."
Location Remarks
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Act One
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Wilderness
- (Finding Lae'Zel caged by Tieflings) "A githyanki. She ought to be killed, here and now."
- (Finding the dead goblins by the nautiloid) "Dead goblins over there. Worth checking for supplies maybe."
Bashing on the Chapel Door on the Ravaged Beach
- "They can't hold forever. Come on!"
- "Blessed Mother, smite the obstacles in my path."
- "Bloody doors!"
- "Why?! Why won't you just open?!"
Chapel
- (The skeletons reanimate) "Let them come. The darkness can be to our advantage."
Act Two
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Act Three
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Party Banter
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Shadowheart and Astarion 
(In the temple of Shar)
- Astarion: I do like it down here. It's nice. Homey.
- (If Shadowheart's allegiance has been revealed)
- Shadowheart: This is a dedication to my goddess' power and dark beauty. Homey is not the first word that comes to mind.
- (If Shadowheart's allegiance hasn't been revealed)
- Shadowheart: This temple is positively dripping with power and dark beauty - is homey truly the first word that springs to mind.
(In Reithwin Tollhouse)
- Shadowheart: I have to ask, Astarion. Do people taste different from one another, when you feed?
- Astarion: It all depends. A clean neck certainly helps.
- Shadowheart: Come on, you know I'm talking about their blood.
- Astarion: Of course, there are different vintages. Young noble is wonderful if you can get it, but crone has its charms too.
(In the House of Healing)
- Astarion: It's a long time since I was in a house of healing. Gods, it's depressing.
- Shadowheart: I suppose you don't have much use for hospitals... unless you're seeking to steal their blood stock.
- Astarion: True, although I don't heal as fast as I used to. The one downside to the tadpole, I suppose.
- Shadowheart: The one downside? I think you might have stopped the count too soon...
(At Cazador's Palace)
- Shadowheart: So, Astarion. Vampire dens - what should I expect?
- Astarion: Vampires would be a safe bet.
- Shadowheart: Hilarious. You belong on stage - perhaps the bloodstained sort, with a hooded man standing by, axe in hand.
- Astarion: So long as there's a cheering crowd. As for vampire dens, I'd brace your nose. They can be very... organic.
Shadowheart and Gale
(Referring to Gale's mention of Shadowheart during his recruitment scene.)
- Shadowheart: You seemed quite forward with your compliments earlier. We'd only just met.
- Gale: Seize the day, I say. More now than ever.
- Shadowheart: Careful you don't pull a muscle in your haste.
(at Sorcerous Sundries)
- Gale: My, my. Well I'll say this for the Bonecloaks - they know their mushrooms.
- Shadowheart: Perhaps they should expand their horizons - too much time obsessing over fungi seems to leave a bit... well, like them.
- Gale: A by-product of their profession. Few can spend a lifetime inhaling fungal spores without turning out a bit muddled between the ears.
(At the Blushing Mermaid)
- Shadowheart: Not too downmarket of an establishment for you I hope, Gale?
- Gale: Not at all. Why, some of the finest artists and musicians began their careers amidst stale beer and sticky floors.
- Gale: There is poetry to be found in even the dingiest of holes.
- Shadowheart: Remind me to not attend any poetry recitals with you.
Shadowheart and Karlach 
- Karlach: Since you're the only one in good form out here, I'll trust you to lead the way, Shadowheart.
- (If Shadowheart remains devoted to Shar)
- Shadowheart: It's a deal, so long as you watch my back.
- (Otherwise)
- Shadowheart: Actually... I've been stripped of that particular advantage. But I will forge ahead, nonetheless.
- Karlach: Atta girl.
(In the Mason's Guild)
- Shadowheart: I love a nice secret hideaway, don't you?
- Karlach: I mean... I guess.
- Shadowheart: You can just fill it with supplies, seal up the hidden entrance, and tuck yourself away from the world...
- Karlach: Whatever you say, squirrelheart.
(Outside of the Elfsong Tavern)
- Karlach: I wouldn't mind doing a little shopping in the city.
- (If Shadowheart remains devoted to Shar)
- Shadowheart: Lady Shar teaches us to abhor superficialities like fashion... though the city does have some fine boutiques. After a new look?
- (otherwise)
- Shadowheart: Same. I think I may have overdone it with the black and purple for, oh, my entire life? Your look serves you well though.
- Karlach: I'm ten years behind; don't want the youths to think I'm not, you know, up with the times.
(In Bloomridge Park)
- Karlach: Huh. There's something going on here. I don't like it.
- Karlach: Careful. I smell an ambush.
- Shadowheart: Are you sure it's not the flowers you're smelling? You may be allergic.
- Shadowheart: But better safe than sorry, I suppose.
Shadowheart and Lae'zel
- Shadowheart: So, gith. Aren't you worried your kind will punish you for consorting with us?
- Lae'zel: My name is Lae'zel, k'chakhi.
- Lae'zel: And my kin will understand my need for servants. They will help you, but only if I ask.
- Shadowheart: Do you think your kin search for you, Lae'zel?
- Lae'zel: I know they do not. It is my responsibility to cleanse myself.
- Shadowheart: They pursued the nautiloid. Perhaps they were trying to free you.
- Lae'zel: A vain notion. I am one of many and will not be a burden to my Queen.
Shadowheart and Wyll 
(After visiting the Temple of Shar)
- Wyll: What's your gripe with Selûne anyway, Shadowheart?
- Shadowheart: She betrayed her sister and ruined the balance of things.
- Shadowheart: Imagine turning on those who love you for you own glory...
(In the Mason's Guild)
- Shadowheart: All this stonework has me thinking - would you ever want a statue of yourself, Wyll?
- Wyll: It seems a rather... vain notion to me. But I can't say I haven't thought about it. How about you?
- Shadowheart: I suppose it might be nice to be remembered - though I'd be less keen on having birds perching on my head for evermore.
- Wyll: Think of the... er... mess they'd make. Well - better your statue's head than your own.
(At the Basilisk Gate)
- Shadowheart: A gallows? Nooses are for amateurs - that's what I was taught in the Grotto. Do you know how badly those things can go wrong?
- Wyll: I'd rather not think of it, Shadowheart...
- Shadowheart: You could strangle them by accident, use too much rope and break their legs... and if it goes really badly, you could wrench their heads right off.
- Wyll: What a picture you paint. Quite detailed, quite colourful. Quite unnecessary.
- Shadowheart: Fiend worship... I'm not trying to pick a fight, Wyll. But it really seems like a blatantly ill-advised idea.
- Wyll: It's the furthest thing from my mind. Besides, Shadowheart - not all fiends are cut from the same scorched cloth.
- Shadowheart: How do they differ, then? The number of horns? The exact timbre of their evil laugh?
- Wyll: Could be most anything. Their willingness to torment their travel partners with wisecracks, for example.
(In Bloomridge Park)
- Wyll: Spent a lot of time in this park as a boy battling imaginary monsters.
- Shadowheart: So before you were Blade of the Frontiers, you were Pointy Stick of the Park? How did the imaginary monsters compare with the real thing?
- Wyll: The monsters of my play-fights were strong, vicious. Trolls with hulking muscles, werewolves with sharpened fangs.
- Wyll: But the greatest villains I've faced as the Blade? They look more like you and me than they do the beasts of my fantasies.
Shadowheart and Minthara 
(in Reithwin Town)
- Shadowheart: This place was ruined rather thoroughly. I'm starting to forget what a habitable village looks like.
- Minthara: Your Sharran kin are responsible for this ruin. They purged these lands even before the shadow curse, and pillaged all they could find.
- (If Shadowheart is still devoted to Shar)
- Shadowheart: No... this must have been due to the battle. Lady Shar's warriors would have little interest in looting...
- Minthara: Come, Shadowheart. Do you think prayers alone can keep an army on the march?
- Shadowheart: Even those devoted to loss fill their pockets and bellies when the chance arises.
- (If Shadowheart is no longer devoted to Shar)
- Shadowheart: Not my kin - not any longer. Their past deeds are not my responsibility.
(at Sorcerous Sundries)
- Minthara: I must admit, some of the items here are quite marvellous.
- Shadowheart: Baldur's Gate prices, though. Not worth it, if you ask me.
- Minthara: I shall be careful not to ask you then, child.
Shadowheart and Halsin 
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Shadowheart and Jaheira 
(If Shadowheart is still devoted to Shar)
- Jaheira: Tell me, Shadowheart - how does Shar's favour feel? Does it fill you up, bring you joy?
- Shadowheart: A nice vintage or a comfortable bed bring me joy. This is much more than that. This brings me purpose.
- Jaheira: So humbly spoken. Perhaps you are a different breed than the last Mother Superior.
- Shadowheart: Time shall tell. At the very least, I can learn from her mistakes.
(If Shadowheart is no longer devoted to Shar)
- Jaheira: Shadowheart. You should know - Viconia was not half so heartless as she liked to appear.
- Shadowheart: I knew her well enough. You might have travelled with her for a time, but she trained me. What's your point?
- Jaheira: Only that I find it hard to believe that she could have raised you, and felt nothing for you.
- Shadowheart: Perhaps she took some pride in her work, forming me to Shar's liking. She certainly relished wielding the rod..
- Shadowheart: ... but who knows. Perhaps someone else made her that way, as she tried to do to me.
(At Wyrm's Crossing)
- Jaheira: Wyrm's Crossing. This place has been a haven, when Harpers were less than welcome in the city proper.
- (If Shadowheart is still devoted to Shar)
- Shadowheart: It is always wise to have another redoubt, another escape route. Though I assumed your lot's antics would have secured you the love of the masses.
- (If Shadowheart is no longer devoted to Shar)
- Shadowheart: Seems hard to imagine your efforts haven't always been appreciated.
- Jaheira: Oh, a Harper does not go in for public acclaim. We work in shadow and secrecy, tragically unacknowledged by the ungrateful herd.
- (If Shadowheart is still devoted to Shar)
- Shadowheart: Lady Shar's children toil similarly... but we know there is no need to seek the favour of others. Our lady's love is all we need.
- (If Shadowheart is no longer devoted to Shar)
- Shadowheart: Hmph, sounds familiar.
(At the Morphic Pool)
- Jaheira: And now another 'final' battle. This small band has gone further than any army could have in its place.
- Shadowheart: You didn't seek to gather the Harpers for one last charge? Fodder for heroic ballads yet to be written, perhaps.
- Jaheira: Not at all - Harpers fight dirty. A well-timed strike, with the knowledge of just where to place it, and suddenly superior numbers count for nothing.
- (If Shadowheart is still devoted to Shar)
- Shadowheart: You must have been following the example of Lady Shar's children then - they do say imitation is a form of flattery.
- (If Shadowheart is no longer devoted to Shar)
- Shadowheart: Sounds much like the Sharrans - hopefully that's where the similarities end.
Shadowheart and Minsc 
- Shadowheart: Hey Minsc, what was it like, being a statue?
- Minsc: Dark. Lonely. Helpless.
- Shadowheart: The dark is Shar's domain. You wouldn't have been lonely if you embraced her.
- Minsc: Evil! Never!
- Shadowheart: Hey Minsc, How do you judge what's evil?
- Minsc: Enough trick questions! Evil is clearly evil.
- Shadowheart: Am I evil? You called my goddess so.
- Minsc: If I decide you are evil, my blade will inform you of the fact.
- Minsc: Shadowheart. I saw you pluck Boo from the ground, when you thought no one was watching.
- Minsc: It pleases you, to hold him? And you have truly cleansed yourself of Shar?
- Shadowheart: I suppose you're right. On both counts.
- Minsc: HMMMMMMMM. Then for one day only, you may carry him in your pocket. So long as it is clean. Padded. Well-aired.
- Minsc: And full of nuts!
- Minsc: Boo will not permit himself to be held by you any longer, Shadowheart.
- Minsc: He fears you will sacrifice him in some Sharran ritual of dark oils and leather.
- Shadowheart: Oh, he's far too precious for that. I'll go find a comely barmaid or guardsman instead.