Brithvar

Elder Brithvar leads a group of duergar mercenaries in Grymforge during Act One. The group was hired by  True Soul Nere to locate the Adamantine Forge.

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Yet you got that Twat-Soul stench. If I didn't know better, I'd say a mind flayer shat a worm in your brain. Should split your head open and poke around in there if you lot don't pay up.

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— Brithvar, one of the few NPCs who knows what makes a True Soul

Involvement

Act One

Brithvar can be encountered discussing with his lieutenant  Kur at the duergar encampment in Grymforge at X: -624 Y: 355. Like many duergar at Grymforge, Brithvar holds no loyalty towards the Absolute and resents Nere for withholding their promised payment. While initially suspicious of the party, as his ability as a duergar to detect Illithid presences makes him believe them to be a True Soul, he can be convinced otherwise and talked into leading a mutiny against Nere through advancing ⁠Blind the Absolute, causing half the duergar to fight against Nere once the drow is freed. After leaving the area or taking a long rest, he and the surviving duergar leave Grymforge before Absolute reinforcements arrive. He can be persuaded or intimidated into leaving the enslaved deep gnomes behind, allowing them to return to Baldur's Gate.

Combat

Attacks and abilities

 Enlarge ( + )

Make a creature larger. Its weapons deal an extra 1d4 damage. It has Advantage on Strength Checks and Saving throws.

 Range: 9 m / 30 ft

 Maiming Strike ()   –   Deep Delver

Damage: 5~8

1d4 + 4⁠Weapon

Possibly  Maims your target. They can't move.

Flying creatures can't be Maimed.

CON Save

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft

Recharge: Short rest

 Main Hand Attack ()   –   Deep Delver

Damage: 5~12

1d8 + 4⁠Piercing

Make a melee attack with your equipped weapon.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft

 Piercing Strike ()   –   Deep Delver

Damage: 5~12

1d8 + 4⁠Piercing

Stab an enemy and possibly inflict  Gaping Wounds.

Undead and Constructs can't receive Gaping Wounds.

CON Save

 Range: Normal weapon range

Recharge: Short rest

 Throw ()   –   Javelin

Damage: 5~10

1d6 + 4⁠Piercing

Throw a character or item from the world or your inventory.

Your Strength affects how much weight you can throw. Heavier items deal more damage.

The damage of weapons with the thrown property is the same as the weapon's melee damage.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Weakening Strike ()   –   Deep Delver

Damage: 5~8

1d4 + 4⁠Weapon

Target an enemy's hands with a non-lethal attack and possibly inflict  Weak Grip.

Creatures without weapons can't have Weak Grip.

STR Save

 Range: Normal weapon range

Recharge: Short rest

Loot

•  Deep Delver
•  Elder's Journal
•  Hammer
•  Javelin - 2x (if unused)
•  Potion of Healing (if unused)
•  Ring Mail Armour
•  Wooden Shield

Idle banter

• Stone Guard Kur

  So say your chum blows Nere out of there. What then?

  • Elder Brithvar

    Then I'll stick Nere up, down, and sideways 'til he's more hole than flesh.

    • Elder Brithvar

      We take his gold. And I got more in mind, if shit goes down smooth.

• Stone Guard Kur

  Let the poison choke Nere and be done with it, I say.

  • Elder Brithvar

    All that rock-thumping and pud-pounding wrecked your mind-brain?

    • Elder Brithvar

      Dead or alive, we ain't get our coin 'til Nere's dug out.

      • Elder Brithvar

        Besides - I'd like to force-feed him some of that shit he's stirred up.

• Stone Guard Kur

  So say your chum blows Nere out of there. What then?

  • Stone Guard Kur

    You sure we can trust 'em?

    • Elder Brithvar

      Shit - 'course I ain't sure. I ain't even trust you most days.

      • Elder Brithvar

        But we got nothin' to lose. It all goes to plan, and our arses get paid.

        • Elder Brithvar

          If it goes belly-up? We got a scapegoat. It's Nere's game to lose.

• Elder Brithvar

  The gnome bolted. Saw it myself. Thrinn still ain't caught a whiff of her - slaves are paying the price.

  • Elder Brithvar

    Those pricks'll get nowhere with just axes. Thrinn's gone touched in the head.

    • Stone Guard Kur

      That's the cult's doing. Dunnol's joined up too.

      • Stone Guard Kur

        Drugh. The cult-pricks are spreading like flies on shit.

• Stone Guard Kur

  See where the gnome sapper went?

  • Elder Brithvar

    Thrinn ain't found a trace. Found a way past the rockfall, is my guess.

    • Stone Guard Kur

      Skarjall still at it, then?

      • Elder Brithvar

        Prick ain't stopped caning those beasts, last I saw. And he still ain't broke through.

Related literature

•  Elder's Journal

Related quests

• ⁠Blind the Absolute
• ⁠Deliver Nere's Head
• ⁠Free True Soul Nere
• ⁠Rescue the Gnomes in Moonrise Towers
• ⁠Save the Grymforge Gnomes