Alice Althea

Alice Althea is an elven customer hoping to buy necromantic charms in the Sorcerous Sundries in the Lower City of Baldur's Gate.

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Do you think that zombie looks... fresh? Is fresh good? I never know with zombies...

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— Alice Althea

Involvement

Alice can be encountered in the necromancy area of the Sorcerous Sundries listening to the pitch being made by Cordrane the Recent. Cordrane attempts to sell her some necromantic charms to summon a fresh, 'completely safe' zombie to perform various menial chores, which Alice claims are beneath her.

Upon approaching them the first time, Cordrane casts  Animate Dead: Zombie on the nearby corpse as a demonstration, which causes Alice to note the peculiar appearance of zombies.

Idle banter

Cordrane the Recent: I can tell you're a discerning customer - you're after nothing but the best.

• Cordrane the Recent: And luckily for you, that's exactly what I have - the best necromantic charms in the city or your money back!
  • Cordrane the Recent: Just think of the possibilities once you have a fresh, high-quality, completely safe zombie at your disposal.
    • Alice Althea: Gods, but it stinks! And it looks like somebody melted most of its flesh off.
      • Alice Althea: I'd be a laughing stock with that lumbering 'round after me.
        • Cordrane the Recent: Now, now - you and I both know that being undead takes a toll on a corpse.
          • Cordrane the Recent: We also do a range of fetching liveries and complimentary perfume spritzers - all seasonal, of course.
            • Alice Althea: Complimentary, you say?

Alice Althea: So what can it do? I've a lot of domestic tasks that are quite frankly beneath me.

• Cordrane the Recent: Oh. they excel at all those humdrum menial chores.
  • Cordrane the Recent: They're particularly good at cleaning - especially food disposal.
    • Cordrane the Recent: They'll happily eat anything you put in front of them.
      • Alice Althea: It is rather a pain to clean up after dinner parties...
        • Cordrane the Recent: Word of warning, mind: make sure you empty them frequently.
          • Cordrane the Recent: Otherwise you might have a gut explosion on your hands.
            • Cordrane the Recent: ...And everywhere else, really.
              • Alice Althea: Empty them? How? Oh. You know what - I'm not sure I want to know.

Cordrane the Recent: They also make excellent low-cost bodyguards - and you can't be too careful with the way things are going.

• Alice Althea: It looks a little fragile to me...
  • Cordrane the Recent: Nonsense! They're tougher than they look. Plus, even if they lose a limb, they keep on going.
    • Cordrane the Recent: I sold one to a wonderful old gent for property protection.
      • Cordrane the Recent: A trespasser chopped its arms off but it still chewed right through their ankles.
        • Cordrane the Recent: They won't be trespassing anywhere else in a hurry! Or walking at all, for that matter.
          • Alice Althea: I see...

Cordrane the Recent: One more thing: I recommend getting at least a couple of scrolls of Turn Undead just in case.

• Alice Althea: Just in case what?
  • Cordrane the Recent: Just in case you happen to lose control of your shiny new servant.
    • Alice Althea: Oh. Does that happen very often?
      • Cordrane the Recent: Not very. But it might.
        • Cordrane the Recent: It's very much a case of summoner error when it does - not our spellwork.
          • Cordrane the Recent: Tell you what, I'll throw one in for free with your purchase - limited time offer.
            • Alice Althea: I... I'll think about it.