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=== Description ===

Enver Gortash is cunning and self-assured, and was noticed as intelligent from a early age. Above all else, Gortash seeks power and progress, though he often disregards or fails to consider the negative impacts his actions have on others. Young Gortash is described as needy and troublesome by his parents, though they mistreated him in turn.<ref name="Speak with Dead 1">Casting [[Speak With Dead]] on [[Dravo Flymm]]</ref>

Enver Gortash was born to [[Dravo Flymm|Dravo]] and [[Sally Flymm]], the proprietors of [[Flymm's Cobblers]] in Baldur's Gate. The Flymms were in debt, and sold their son into slavery to pay them off.<ref name="Speak with Dead 1" /><ref name="Tadpoling 1">Connecting with [[Sally Flymm]]'s tadpole</ref><ref name="Nubalin">Dialogue with [[Nubalin]] in the House of Hope</ref> His parents describe him as a clever child, often found tinkering. They also described him as hateful and needy, too clever for his own good.

Mistaken by the Flymms as a warlock, Gortash was in reality sold to [[Raphael]].<ref name="Nubalin" /> Gortash became a pageboy in Raphael's and [[Nubalin|Nubaldin's]] service,<ref name="Datamined Note">Mentioned as a note in datamined dialogue.</ref> He was physically abused<ref name="Nubalin" /> and left on poor terms.{{cite text|name=Helsik Note|Note from Helsik|[[Helsik]]}}

Before he became 'Lord' Gortash, Enver started out operating as a black market weapons dealer,{{cite text|name=Inroads by Gortash|Inroads by Arms Dealer Gortash|[[Bursar Uktar]]}} before expanding his operation into other businesses. At some point Enver Gortash had hired a young [[Karlach]] as his bodyguard. He betrayed her later, striking a deal with [[Zariel]]  to sell Karlach as a test subject for an implanted [[The Hellion's Heart|Infernal Engine]].<ref name="Karlach">Dialogue with [[Karlach]].</ref> It is unknown what Gortash received in return. Rumours say that he had [[Helsik]] open a transplanar portal to Hell during this period.{{cite text|name=Diabolist|File Under Diabolist|Unknown}}

Enver Gortash was able to supplant the [[Knights of the Shield]] as the leading black market dealer in Baldur's Gate,{{cite text|name=Inroads by Gortash}} but not without trouble.{{cite text|Knights of the Shield Report|the Black Hand of Loyalty}} His initial attempts to sway their client base by offering a more generous cut saw little success. Through generous bribes, Gortash began uncovering the nature of this resistance.{{cite text|The Stelmane Connection|the Black Hand of Loyalty}} He was also able to supplant the [[Zhentarim]]'s position in the Chionthar Valley.{{cite text|name=Inroads by Gortash}}

In time he became known as a "Military Advisor" to Baldur's Gate Elite.<ref name="Wyll">Dialogue with [[Wyll]].</ref> He had an affair with Lady Jannath.{{cite text|Perfumed Days, Passionate Nights|[[Lady Jannath]]}}

Pursuing both power and the aims of their patron deities, Gortash and his allies formulated a plot to enslave an [[The Netherbrain|Elder Brain]] underneath Baldur's Gate by using an ancient Netherese artifact, the [[Crown of Karsus]], an item so powerful, it had granted its namesake a brief moment of Godhood. Gortash reveals the details of this plot during [[Act Two]], and further explains it in [[Act Three]].

[[File:Absolute trinity.webm|gif|thumb|The Chosen of Bane]]Enver Gortash first appears alongside his allies Ketheric Thorm and Orin the Red in the [[Mind Flayer Colony]] underneath [[Moonrise Towers]]. Using his [[Gortash's Netherstone|Netherese Stone]], the Edict of Bane, he issues the order to the [[Netherbrain]] to march the Absolute's armies on Baldur's Gate. Part of the group's plan is described during this moment, with Ketheric Thorm raising an army to assault Baldur's Gate, wherein Enver Gortash would repel the invasion, and be lauded as a hero.

Should the player perform an [[Insight]] ability check, it is revealed that {{Blur|Gortash fully intends on sharing his rule with the player should they form an alliance. Whether this would be a temporary truth or not is unknown.}}

* The Chosen of [[Bane (God)|Bane]], Enver Gortash, would use his Steel Watch, and command it in a rigged battle against the Absolute, winning in a way that indebts the city of [[Baldur's Gate]] to him, without damaging it beyond repair in a way in which he can not rule in prosperity.

{{SpoilerDurge|If playing as [[The Dark Urge]], Gortash will reveal that the original Chosen of Bhaal was not Orin, but in fact the Dark Urge themself. The Urge was directly involved in the plot to steal the [[Crown of Karsus]] and use it to manipulate the [[The Netherbrain|Elder Brain]]. Gortash claims the Dark Urge was much more in control of their actions than Orin was, and very much prefers their company over hers.}}

However, if the player decides to ally with Gortash, killing him is not necessary to continue. He will accompany the party to the [[The Netherbrain|Elder Brain]] to attempt to command it once more. {{Blur|This, however, fails. The stones will be unable to command The Netherbrain, and it will use its psionic might to kill Gortash instantaneously with a simple command to "Die."}}

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