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|title = Duke Stelmane | |title = Duke Stelmane | ||
|name = Belynne Stelmane | |name = Belynne Stelmane | ||
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|race = Human | |race = Human | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Stelmane served as a member of [[The Council of Four]] until 1491, one year before the events of the game. | === Background === | ||
Stelmane served as a member of [[The Council of Four]] until 1491, one year before the events of the game.{{cite text|The Dukes of Baldur's Gate}} | |||
She was affiliated with the secret organisation known as the Knights of the Shield, and had had business dealings with [[The Emperor]]. | She was affiliated with the secret organisation known as the Knights of the Shield, and had had business dealings with [[The Emperor]]. | ||
Later in her life, she suffered a stroke. The resulting health issues plagued her for over a decade, sometimes leaving her unaware of her surroundings, until she was murdered in her suite at the [[Elfsong Tavern]] by [[Cult of Bhaal|Bhaalists]]. | Later in her life, she suffered a stroke. The resulting health issues plagued her for over a decade, sometimes leaving her unaware of her surroundings,{{cite text|Patient Log: Duke Belynne Stelmane}} until she was murdered in her suite at the [[Elfsong Tavern]] by [[Cult of Bhaal|Bhaalists]]. | ||
=== | ===Related quests=== | ||
*[[Investigate the Murders]] | *[[Investigate the Murders]] | ||
*[[Visit the Emperor's Old Hideout]] | *[[Visit the Emperor's Old Hideout]] | ||
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===The Emperor=== | ===The Emperor=== | ||
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The Emperor describes Belynne as its former ''partner'', but if pressed will claim that it used its illithid powers on her to make her its thrall.<ref>Dialogue with the Emperor in the Astral Realm, after it is rejected and distrusted</ref> This eventually caused her to suffer her stroke, and left her partially paralysed.<ref>Investigations from The Knights of Shield.</ref><ref>Descent into Avernus pg. 162.</ref> | |||
Wyll, if spoken to afterwards, shows his anger at the revelations: | Wyll, if spoken to afterwards, shows his anger at the revelations: | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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*In {{FRWiki|Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus}}, the segment describing | *In {{FRWiki|Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus}}, the segment describing Stelmane describes her as having a secret, mental battle against a Mind Flayer. This Mind Flayer is very likely to be the Emperor himself, and as a result, puts his entire "alliance" with Belynne Stelmane into question. | ||
**If the Emperor truly is the Mind Flayer described in the 5e module, it's very possible they did not have a proper alliance at all, and rather, The Emperor enthralled her for his needs. Whether this was always the case, or if they had a genuine alliance beforehand, isn't fully clear as The Emperor is an unreliable narrator. | **If the Emperor truly is the Mind Flayer described in the 5e module, it's very possible they did not have a proper alliance at all, and rather, The Emperor enthralled her for his needs. Whether this was always the case, or if they had a genuine alliance beforehand, isn't fully clear as The Emperor is an unreliable narrator. | ||
{{noteend}} | {{noteend}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||