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Elder Brithvar leads a group of duergar mercenaries in Grymforge during Act One. The group was hired by True Soul Nere True Soul Nere to locate the Adamantine Forge.
“
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.
„
— Brithvar, one of the few NPCs who knows what makes a True Soul

Involvement[edit | edit source]

Act One[edit | edit source]

Brithvar can be encountered discussing with his lieutenant Kur 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 Absolute⁠Blind 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.[1]

Combat[edit | edit source]

Attacks and abilities[edit | edit source]

Enlarge Enlarge (Action + Level 2 Spell Slot)
Make a creature larger. Its weapons deal an extra 1d4 damage. It has Advantage Icon.png Advantage on Strength Checks and Saving throws.
Range: 9 m / 30 ft Range: 9 m / 30 ft
Maiming Strike Maiming Strike (Action)   –   Deep Delver
Damage: 5~8
1d4 + 4Weapon⁠Weapon

Possibly Maims Maims your target. They can't move.

Flying creatures can't be Maimed.

CON Save CON Save
Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft
Recharge: Short rest Recharge: Short rest
Main Hand Attack Main Hand Attack (Action)   –   Deep Delver
Damage: 5~12
1d8 + 4Piercing⁠Piercing

Make a melee attack with your equipped weapon.

Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft
Piercing Strike Piercing Strike (Action)   –   Deep Delver
Damage: 5~12
1d8 + 4Piercing⁠Piercing

Stab an enemy and possibly inflict Gaping Wounds Gaping Wounds.

Undead and Constructs can't receive Gaping Wounds.

CON Save CON Save
Range: Normal weapon range Range: Normal weapon range
Recharge: Short rest Recharge: Short rest
Throw Throw (Action)   –   Javelin
Damage: 5~10
1d6 + 4Piercing⁠Piercing

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 Range: 18 m / 60 ft
Weakening Strike Weakening Strike (Action)   –   Deep Delver
Damage: 5~8
1d4 + 4Weapon⁠Weapon

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

Creatures without weapons can't have Weak Grip.

STR Save STR Save
Range: Normal weapon range Range: Normal weapon range
Recharge: Short rest Recharge: Short rest

Loot[edit | edit source]

Idle banter[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

Related quests[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ There are some scenarios where he cannot be interacted with, and only says "Off with you, private conversation", the details need clarification.[verify]
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