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Corrected early history in regards to Moonrise Towers, filled out Personality section, combined Notes and Trivia per truce agreement
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== Combat == | == Combat == | ||
{{Hatnote|See main article: [[Ketheric Thorm/Combat]]}} | |||
Ketheric serves as the main antagonist of Act 2 of the game and must be fought thrice in it. His defeat marks the end of the act and, upon it, the party is free to go to their next and final destination: Baldur's Gate. | |||
=== Loot === | === Loot === | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
A | A devout worshipper of [[Deities#Selûne|Selûne]], Thorm lived with his wife Melodia and daughter [[Isobel]] near the [[Reithwin Town|town of Reithwin]] as governor of the region. Such was his devotion to the Moonmaiden that he would commission a [[Infernal Mason|local mason]] to construct a grand bastion in her honor: [[Moonrise Towers]]. Yet disaster struck the Thorm family when Melodia passed away, leaving Ketheric to raise their daughter alone. With a child in his care, Ketheric persevered, and though doubts plagued his mind, he never abandoned the Selûnite ways he would raise his daughter in. It wouldn't be too long after, however, that tragedy would befall Ketheric once more, this time with Isobel dying. | ||
Grief-stricken and unable to cope with her loss, he renounced the worship of the Moonmaiden and turned to [[Shar]], the Lady of Loss. In his downward spiral into darkness, Shar compelled him to build an army of [[Dark Justiciar|dark justiciars]] beneath his home town in order to cleanse the world of Light. Moonrise Towers, once a bastion of Light, turned into a symbol of darkness and grief, and Thorm would systematically erase all Selûnite trace of the town, forcing all believers of the Moonmaiden to convert to Shar or flee. Those who remained devout to Selûne did so in secret, arranging a fledgling resistance. | |||
At some point, Ketheric would trick his daughter's lover, [[Dame Aylin|Aylin]] and trap her in a prison, made to serve as a perpetual sacrifice for dark justiciar initiates. Reithwin soon became the site of battle between Ketheric's army and the combined forces of the [[Harpers]] and [[Druid|druids]] of the [[Emerald Grove]]. | |||
In the end, the | In the end, the Sharran army was defeated, Ketheric himself perishing along with them. Yet, before the final blow was struck, he would curse the lands with a terrible darkness that would persist long after his demise, afflicting any survivors from the battle and all the inhabitants left. His body was buried in the [[Thorm Mausoleum|Thorm mausoleum]]. | ||
Years later, Thorm would be brought back from the dead by [[Myrkul]], tasked to form an alliance with the apostles of the other two of the [[Dead Three]] and bring death to the world in exchange for bringing his daughter back. Not long after, he would set out to revive his daughter [[Isobel]] with help of [[Balthazar]], though his plan at a family reunion failed when she saw his broken visage after being revived, fleeing from him. Empowered by Myrkul, and granted immortality by the [[Nightsong]], Ketheric begins amassing an army of followers of the [[Absolute]] in order to march to Baldur's Gate and sow destruction. | Years later, Thorm would be brought back from the dead by [[Myrkul]], tasked to form an alliance with the apostles of the other two of the [[Dead Three]] and bring death to the world in exchange for bringing his daughter back. Not long after, he would set out to revive his daughter [[Isobel]] with help of [[Balthazar]], though his plan at a family reunion failed when she saw his broken visage after being revived, fleeing from him. Empowered by Myrkul, and granted immortality by the [[Nightsong]], Ketheric begins amassing an army of followers of the [[Absolute]] in order to march to Baldur's Gate and sow destruction. | ||
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== Personality == | == Personality == | ||
{{ | Ketheric Thorm is best described as a man broken by grief. | ||
Isobel speaks of a loving, doting father while she was growing up, one who had the admiration of his subjects for being just and fair, full of love for his wife who he adored more than anyone else. Tragedy, however, would turn him into a bitter, wrathful man, willing to cleanse Reithwin from any Selûnites just to spite the Moonmaiden for abandoning him. | |||
Whatever the man he once was, the Ketheric the party encounters is a callous one, evident by his dismissal of [[Minthara]] and the goblins, ordering their torture and execution for failing him. Though courteous when needed, he will quickly condemn the party to death should they defy his orders. Above all, however, he is relentless in his pursuits, willing to burn the entire world just to be reunited with his daughter.{{ref|[[Diary of Ketheric Thorm, Vol 3]]}} | |||
Though he changed his patron god thrice, he proved to be an ardent believer of each: for Selûne, he built Moonrise Towers in her honor, for Shar, he built a grand temple under town in her name and for [[Myrkul]], he amassed a great army ready to raze Baldur's Gate to the ground. | |||
Through it all, he kept a note from Isobel close to him,{{ref|[[Crumpled Note]]}} showing that deep down a small part of him still remembers the man he once was. | |||
== Dialogue == | == Dialogue == | ||
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* His [[Invulnerable_(Condition)|invulnerability]] is removed by completing the Shadowfell portion of the [[Find the Nightsong]] quest. Until completed, Ketheric is unkillable. | * His [[Invulnerable_(Condition)|invulnerability]] is removed by completing the Shadowfell portion of the [[Find the Nightsong]] quest. Until completed, Ketheric is unkillable. | ||
* If disarmed during the first encounter on top of Moonrise Towers, and he's not given the chance to pick his weapon up, Ketheric will wield a {{RarityItem|Flail of Myrkul}} for the next phase. | * If disarmed during the first encounter on top of Moonrise Towers, and he's not given the chance to pick his weapon up, Ketheric will wield a {{RarityItem|Flail of Myrkul}} for the next phase. | ||
* A note written by [[Malus Thorm|Malus]] found in the House of Healing refers to Ketheric as nephew{{ref|[[Tissue and Organ Register]]|name=MalusUncle}}, thus it can be safely inferred that Malus is indeed his uncle. | * A note written by [[Malus Thorm|Malus]] found in the House of Healing refers to Ketheric as nephew{{ref|[[Tissue and Organ Register]]|name=MalusUncle}}, thus it can be safely inferred that Malus is indeed his uncle. | ||
* It's unclear what degree of kinship Ketheric and [[Gerringothe Thorm|Gerringothe]] share. It can be presumed she's his aunt following Malus' situation, however, notes and narration mention that Ketheric dug up many of his ancestors tombs, which could indicate she could be a far older relative if necromancy was practiced on the corpse too. | * It's unclear what degree of kinship Ketheric and [[Gerringothe Thorm|Gerringothe]] share. It can be presumed she's his aunt following Malus' situation, however, notes and narration mention that Ketheric dug up many of his ancestors tombs, which could indicate she could be a far older relative if necromancy was practiced on the corpse too. | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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Edward-vanderghote-ketheric.webp|Character portrait by Edward Vanderghote | Edward-vanderghote-ketheric.webp|Character portrait by Edward Vanderghote | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||