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Candulhallows Tombstones entrance in the allew behind the Elfsong Tavern
Lower City
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Candulhallow's Tombstones is a Location within the Lower City in Act Three of Baldur's Gate 3.
“
There's just the occasional customer who enters and then stays inside for a while, sometimes for hours. <...> I'd swear I saw one go in and out in the same clothes but leave wearing a different face.
„
— Alexander Rainforest's observation notes concerning the building

Overview[edit section | visual editor]

Candulhallow's Tombstones is a small trade establishment on the fringes of the Eastway district of Baldur's Gate. It is located on an alley behind the Elfsong Tavern, with the entrance at X: 74 Y: 25. The building has one storey and a basement.

The establishment trades in funeral services and respective goods and is conveniently set nearby the city graveyard. Although it may have been a legitimate business in the past, its current ownership and sources of maintenance are questionable. Despite the unknown fate of the last proprietor after her detention, all due municipal payments have since been made on time.[1] These pecularities drew attention of the city ombudsman Alexander Rainforest Alexander Rainforest, which eventually cost him his life.

In truth, the grim metier of Candulhallow's Tombstones has a compelling ground: the shop is a front for the Cult of Bhaal⁠Bhaal activity within the city of Baldur's Gate. In particular, it hides the Murder Tribunal – the entry point for any murderer who aspires to earn the title of Unholy Assassin.

Building layout[edit section | visual editor]

Candulhallow's Tombstone shop interior

The entrance to the building is locked. It can be lockpicked (requires DC 10 Sleight of Hand Check DC 10 Sleight of Hand Check), or opened with a  key. Copies of this key are carried by the would-be Unholy Assassin Dolor Dolor, and by members of doppelgangers' groups who assist him in Lower City.[2]

The interior of the shop is a series of three small rooms with numerous stellages. On the shelves are caskets, coffins and tombstones offered for sale. Some tombstones already have names and epitaphs chiselled on their surfaces, directly naming or containing clear hints to Dolor's victims, as listed in the  Bloodstained Parchment – including the murders which may have been prevented by the party.[3] Some caskets might contain common weapons or fresh Camp Supplies.

In the last room a DC 25 Perception Check DC 25 Perception Check highlights the "Butterfly on Skull" painting at X: 87 Y: 15. Behind the painting a button is hidden. If no party member passes the check, the  scroll on the desk nearby can give a hint for the next actions. Another hint is hidden amongst the lines of the  document carried by Dolor.[4]

Involvement[edit section | visual editor]

The painting that hides the button

Pressing the button reveals a secret door in the opposite corner of the room. It is locked and cannot be lockpicked. On its surface is the symbol of the Absolute and a red text which reads as following:

“
All are waited, all are embraced, none shall escape.
„

Interacting with the door starts a dialogue which offers the character two mutually exclusive checks:

  • [HISTORY] That text is vaguely familiar - try to recall its historical source. (DC 20)[See: Bugs]
  • [INVESTIGATION] Examine the red symbol blazoned on the door. (DC 20)

Passing a History check allows the interacting party member to recall that this text's source has Bhaalist origins.

Neither of these checks opens the door. However, the door can be interacted with once by every party member, which affords several opportunities to pass a mostly perfunctory check, since the only way to get past the door is by knowing the passphrase, Sicarius.

The passphrase can be obtained by:

The Gilded Chest in the corner requires DC 15 Sleight of Hand Check DC 15 Sleight of Hand Check to lockpick; it contains random minor loot and a  note, presumably addressed to the employee who conducts the covering.

Candulhallow's Basement[edit section | visual editor]

As the party enter the basement (marked as "Bhaalist Crypt") they find themselves on a brick path over a pool of dirty water. Across the entrance stands a metal shield emblazoned with the Flaming Fist symbol. Along the path are four human skulls affixed to the wall in a row, with inscriptions on them. If read one by one, they form a roughly-rhymed stanza, authored by Invoker Grimlark Invoker Grimlark.[5]

If the party come down to the water, they can find an unlocked elegant chest in the far corner at X: -1324 Y: 549 with minor loot. The path along the opposite wall is safe, unlike crossing the water: the area closer to the brick path is trapped with a Tripwire (DC 18 Perception Check DC 18 Perception Check to find) and smeared with Grease Grease.

Following the brick path in the eastern direction leads to the antechamber door of the Murder Tribunal at X: -1302 Y: 520.

While the party are inside the basement of the Candulhalow's Tombstones, they cannot fast travel or move to the Campsite.

Outside the building[edit section | visual editor]

There are several NPC vignettes nearby the Candulhallow's Tombstones.

  • Near the house adjacent to the Candulhallow's Tombstone Shop is Alembrosius Alembrosius, standing near a makeshift stall with various pottery and vases. He says the vendor will be back in a short time, letting slip this is his mother, but he does not sell anything himself. A letter in the house mailbox contains gratitudes for a repaired vase and some gold.
  • Halfway to the graveyard Pythonicus Pythonicus and Jitters Corbwell Jitters Corbwell are bargaining over some goods which are apparently not quite legal to distribute: both try to discourage the party from poking their nose into their dealings. Jitters is discouraged with the new price for the same service, while the dragonborn insists, appealing to the Guild politics.

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Outside the building[edit section | visual editor]

Related literature[edit section | visual editor]

Bugs[edit section | visual editor]

  • When interacting with the secret door, attempting the History check blocks the Investigation check, but not vice versa. This is because in the corresponding dialogue file LOW_MurderTribunal_TombstoneShop_Password both checks set the identical flags, *_InvestigationSuccess or *_InvestigationFailed depending on the roll result. Combined with the jump-node scheme of the dialogue file, this effectively deprives the character from rolling checks in a sequence.

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Notes and references[edit section | visual editor]

  1. ↑ As stated in  Record of Ownership notes.
  2. ↑ Namely, Koll Koll at the Highberry's Wine Festival and Soxx Soxx in Facemaker's Boutique.
  3. ↑ One of the tombstones' epitaphs runs as "Franc Peartree. Our Lady's Traitor. His life now given, gladly taken."
  4. ↑ Part of its text runs as "seek trigger hidden by a frame".
  5. ↑ Grimlark can be met in the Temple of Bhaal. More of his Bhaal-inspired poetical creations are in the Undercity Ruins and the Abandoned Cistern.
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