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| description = Orin the Red is one of the Chosen of the Absolute and the leader of the Bhaalites in the city of Baldur's Gate.

{{SpoilerWarning|act=3}}

| race = Changeling

| family = [[Bhaal]] (grandfather and great-grandfather)<br>[[Sarevok Anchev]] (grandfather and father)<br>[[Helena Anchev]] (mother and sister)<br>[[The Dark Urge]] (great-uncle/aunt and uncle/aunt)

| hometown = [[Temple of Bhaal]], [[Baldur's Gate]]

| child = yes

| condition1_description = +10 to your next saving throw against being Incapacitated.

| feature1_name = Ambusher (+1)

| feature1_description = +1 to Initiative rolls.

| feature1_item = Studded Leather Armour +2

| feature2_name = Crimson Weapon

| feature2_description = Add your ability modifier to the damage of offhand attacks.

| feature2_item = Crimson Mischief

| feature3_name = Darkvision

| feature3_description = Can see in the dark up to 12m.

| feature4_name = Evasion

| feature4_description = You receive less damage from spells or effects that require a DEX save.

| feature9_description = The number you need to roll a critical hit while attacking is reduced by 1.

| feature9_item = Bloodthirst

| feature10_description = Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

| feature11_description = Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.

| feature13_name = Prey Upon the Weak

| feature14_description = Ability checks with proficient skills have a floor of 10.

| feature15_description = You take 1 less Bludgeoning damage.

| feature16_description = When an attack hits you, you only take half the usual damage.  

'''Orin the Red''' is one of the Chosen of the [[Absolute]], the enigmatic [[Cult of the Absolute|cult]] taking over the Sword Coast, and serves as one of the main antagonists in [[Baldur's Gate 3]].

A daughter of [[Bhaal]] and a devout practitioner in the arts of murder and pain, Orin has painted the streets red in her father's name for many years. Still to be caught thanks to her shapeshifting abilities, she now prepares to make out of Baldur's Gate the biggest bloody offering to his father yet.

{{Q|Come to me, Father. Set my flesh to your unholy purpose.|Orin the Red}}

While in her changeling form, Orin has pale blue-grey skin with swirling, smoke-like plumes of red undulating across it. Her blond, braided hair falls to the backs of her knees in a fastening reminiscent of a flail. Her armour is bright blood-red, rigid and rough like chitin.

Orin is cruel and sadistic, but artistic and creative in her own twisted way.{{ref|"''You kill beautifully, and have talents in your shapes' magics that I never will.''" - ''[[Concerning Orin the Red]]'' by [[The Dark Urge]]}} Her demeanour is immature and almost childish; Orin easily loses her composure when things do not go her way, enacts small rebellions against the authority figures in her life,{{ref|"''I need no coddling. I will send it back to Him, entrails and all.''" - ''[[Experiment on Cruor]]'' by Orin}} and enjoys, in a arguably playful way, toying with her victims. This involves frequently taunting the party during confrontations.

When she impersonates another character with her shapeshifting abilities, she will initially be able to convincingly mimic their personality. As the conversations continue though, she will become more openly violent and sadistic and will often invoke threats or fantasies of extreme violence and grotesque brutality before shifting back into her base appearance.  

Orin was born of an incestuous relationship between [[Sarevok Anchev]] and his daughter [[Helena Anchev]]. Both Orin and Helena worshipped and loved Sarevok, though he mistreated and abused them.

 

When Orin was still a child, Sarevok secretly ordered Helena to kill her as an offering to the Lord Bhaal.{{ref|"What better offering to make to our Lord?" - [[Sarevok Anchev]] on Helena's attempted murder}} Desperate to become Bhaal's Chosen, Helena attacked Orin. Orin defended herself and killed her mother instead.

Subsequently, Orin served Bhaal directly under [[The Dark Urge]], though the two were at odds about the "correct" way of offering to him. Orin believed that the Urge "mutilated" their victims, and what their Father truly wanted was beauty and consideration in the kill.{{ref|''[[Blood-Envy for the Unworthy]]'' - Orin}} The Urge, on the other hand, understood that Bhaal cared only for the quantity of murder performed in his name.

Yearning for respect and status, but dismissed by her fathers{{ref|"Cleanse the temple of Orin's girlish shrines and bring your primal slaughter back to Bhaal." - Sarevok Anchev}} and sibling, Orin waited for an opportunity to betray her kin and seize Bhaal's favor for herself.  

Meanwhile, the Urge joined forces with [[Bane (God)|Bane's]] chosen [[Enver Gortash]], and [[Myrkul|Myrkul's]] chosen [[Ketheric Thorm]], forming the dead three. Using the Crown of Karsus that the Urge and Gortash had stolen from [[Mephistopheles]], they enslaved an [[Elder Brain]] that was hidden beneath [[Moonrise Towers]].

For a time, the Dark Urge was worshipped as a god at Moonrise Towers, but during or soon after a visit to the mind flayer colony beneath the towers, Orin finally saw her chance to betray them. Orin pierced their skull with a dagger and infected them with a modified illithid tadpole, making them the first [[True Soul]] and resulting in the Urge's amnesia.{{Ref|"'' How much the worm has feasted since I slipped it into its skull. All that plotting, the years of dominating this temple - forgotten''" - Orin in the Bhaal Temple confrontation}}

{{SpoilerDurge|

Depending on whether the Urge is a player character, the story diverges here. If the Urge is a player character, they are found by [[Kressa Bonedaughter]], held captive in the Mind Flayer colony beneath Moonrise for a time, and later shipped away on the Nautiloid from the game's introductory cutscene.  

If the Urge is not the player character, they are tortured and killed by Orin. Their corpse can later be found in the Temple of Bhaal beyond Orin's arena in Act III.  

After her betrayal, Orin took the Urge's place as Bhaal's chosen and third member of the Chosen Three. Still striving for regard from Bhaal, Orin proved undisciplined in her role and rapidly grew to be disliked by the other Chosen.}}

== Events of Baldur's Gate 3 ==

Orin first appears alongside [[Ketheric Thorm]] and [[Enver Gortash]] in the mind flayer colony underneath [[Moonrise Towers]]. Using [[Orin's Netherstone|her Netherstone]], the Lash of Bhaal, she issues the order to the Netherbrain to march the Absolute's armies on [[Baldur's Gate]].

The player first encounters Orin in the village of [[Rivington]], right before entering Baldur's Gate. As a changeling, she can appear to the player under the guise of several identities (listed [[#Disguises|below]]). She tells the party that she is aware of their goals, even goading the player to be as violent and bloody as they can while they are attempting to obtain the Netherese Stones from her and [[Enver Gortash|Gortash]].

If the player chooses to ally themselve with [[Enver Gortash|Gortash]] during the coronation, he will reveal that one of your camp followers has been replaced by Orin{{ref|Although Gortash reveals this, the player is unable to act on this information as the actual replacement does not happen until Orin reveals it herself in the [[Lower City]]}}.  

After the player enters the [[Lower City]] there are various triggers{{ref|Known triggers: Entering the canalization, long resting}} in which Orin reveals to have shapeshifted into one of your camp followers. This starts the [[Rescue Orin's Victim]]'s Questand the [[Get Orin's Netherstone]] Quest. Orin wants the player to kill Gortash and will offer to set the victim free after Gortash is killed.

In order to get Orin's Netherstone the player will need to visit the [[Murder Tribunal]]. After either becoming an [[https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Cult_of_Bhaal#Unholy_Assassins|Unholy Assassin]] or slaying [[Sarevok Anchev|Sarevok]] the player will be able to enter [[Bhaal Temple]]. There Orin and the kidnapping victim can be found.

Irrespective of previous choices Orin will try to kill her victim. The player can interrupt her by passing dialogue checks, thus saving the victim. Then the fight against Orin will begin.

{{SpoilerDurge|  

When encountering Orin for the first time as the [[Dark Urge]] she will reveal their previous relationship. The [[Dark Urge]] will also be able to choose different dialogue options when interacting with her. One the dialogue options to save the victim from Orin can be made with Advantage when playing as the [[Dark Urge]].}}

== Combat ==

Orin can be fought at the [[Bhaal Temple]] in the [[Undercity Ruins]].  For the fight, she will take the form of the Slayer (see [[Slayer]] for a list of it's attacks).  

She will be surrounded by varius Bhaal cultists that are under the effect of [[Sanctuary]] and will not enter combat on their own. As long as at least one of the cultists is alive the [[Boon of Bhaal]] will take one action at the end ofeach turn. The [[Boon of Bhaal]] is represented by a big skull above the Chamber's door. It will be able to give Orin at least 7 stacks of [[Unstoppable]] each round.

While in Slayer form, she will have [[Slayer's Improved Extra Attack]], allowing her to make two additional attacks after attacking with her main-hand weapon.

In Honour mode, she will have [[Legendary Action: Sanguine Lash]] in her slayer form, allowing her to use [[Sanguine Lash]] as a reaction once per round. She will also have [[Legendary Resistance: Incapacitation (Condition)|Legendary Resistance]] against being incapacitated. The [[Boon of Bhaal]] gains a legendary action [[Bhaal's Edict]] - if Orin did not use her own legendary actions this turn, the [[Boon of Bhaal]] will force [[Bhaal's Edict]] upon one of your party members. If that party member is unable to kill another creature, they will die upon ending their turn.

{{SpoilerDurge|As the [[Dark Urge]] the player will be able to agree to a duel against Orin. The duel will seperate you from your companions. Orin will not be granted the [[Unstoppable]] feature during the duel and the [[Boon of Bhaal]] will not be active. Dying during the duel will not result in an immediate game over, but will impact the personal story of the [[Dark Urge]]. Your allies will then start fighting the normal version of the encounter against Orin and her ritualists. While Orin will not heal any damage done to her in the duel, she will gain the [[Unstoppable]] feature she normally has.

Depending on your choices in [[Act 2]] Orin will have different forms that you can fight against. If you have been granted the slayer's form, Orin will instead battle in her humanoid form. Note that when conversing before the fight, the Urge will have the opportunity to transform into the Slayer through dialogue. If this option is taken, they will be able to transform an additional time during combat (if the form is removed), rather than having to wait for a long rest.

While in the humanoid form, she will dual-wield  [[Crimson Mischief]] and [[Bloodthirst]]. She will also gain one stack of [[Murderous Strikes (Condition)|Murderous Strikes]] per successful hit. After gaining five stacks of [[Murderous Strikes (Condition)|Murderous Strikes]], she will lose all stacks and be able to use her [[Deathbringer Assault (Orin)|Deathbringer's Assault]] to attack seven times. In Honour mode, Orin will use Deathbringers Assault for her reaction with Murderous Retort when it becomes available.

If you do not have the slayer form Orin will instead transform into the slayer during the cutscene. Her slayer form is different from your own slayer form as it does not function like a [[Wildshape]] or [[Polymorph]] - reducing her to 0 hit points will kill her. She will also not be able to use oppertunity attacks as the slayer during the duel.

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* {{RarityItem|Crimson Mischief}}

* {{RarityItem|Mutilated Carapace}}

* {{RarityItem|Bloodthirst|alias=Netherstone-Pommelled Bloodthirst}} - when picked up becomes:

** {{RarityItem|Bloodthirst}}

** {{RarityItem|Orin's Netherstone}}

Orin_Model.png|Orin's model.

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* At launch, the player could temporarily obtain '''Blade of the First Blood''' (a [[Shortswords|Shortsword]] version of {{SmallIcon|Bloodthirst Icon.png}}[[Bloodthirst]] wielded by Orin) by killing Orin and looting her before the end of the battle, but this appears to have been fixed. {{verify}}

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