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| titles = Deathbringer of Bhaal | | titles = Deathbringer of Bhaal | ||
| race = Changeling | | race = Changeling | ||
| family = [[Bhaal]] (grandfather and | | family = [[Bhaal]] (great-grandfather ''and'' grandfather)<br>[[Sarevok Anchev]] (grandfather ''and'' father)<br>[[Helena Anchev]] (mother ''and'' sister)<br>[[The Dark Urge]] (great-uncle/aunt ''and'' uncle/aunt) | ||
| level = 12 | | level = 12 | ||
| hometown = [[Temple of Bhaal]] | | hometown = [[Temple of Bhaal]]<br>[[Baldur's Gate]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Orin the Red''' is one of the Chosen of the [[Absolute]], the enigmatic [[Cult of the Absolute|cult]] taking over the Sword Coast, and serves as one of the main antagonists in [[Baldur's Gate 3]]. | '''Orin the Red''' is one of the [[Chosen]] of the [[Absolute]], the enigmatic [[Cult of the Absolute|cult]] taking over the Sword Coast, and serves as one of the main antagonists in [[Baldur's Gate 3]]. | ||
A daughter of [[Bhaal]] and a devout practitioner in the arts of murder and pain, Orin has painted the streets red in her father's name for many years. Still to be caught thanks to her shapeshifting abilities, she now prepares to make out of Baldur's Gate the biggest bloody offering to her father yet. | A daughter of [[Bhaal]] and a devout practitioner in the arts of murder and pain, Orin has painted the streets red in her father's name for many years. Still to be caught thanks to her shapeshifting abilities, she now prepares to make out of Baldur's Gate the biggest bloody offering to her father yet. | ||
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Orin is the [[Chosen]] of [[Bhaal]] and one of the three masterminds leading the [[Cult of the Absolute]]. As such, she is one of the main antagonists of the game and a key objective in defeating the cult and the enigmatic [[Absolute]]. | Orin is the [[Chosen]] of [[Bhaal]] and one of the three masterminds leading the [[Cult of the Absolute]]. As such, she is one of the main antagonists of the game and a key objective in defeating the cult and the enigmatic [[Absolute]]. | ||
Hinted at first though notes, she is properly introduced at the end of Act 2 as one of the conspirators of the cult along with [[Ketheric Thorm]] and [[Enver Gortash]]. Through cunning and murderous devotion, she and her allies have established a solid Bhaalite foothold in the city of [[Baldur's Gate]]. Now, empowered by a netherstone and with cult's plans in motion, she intends to paint the city crimson with blood in a mighty offering to Bhaal. | Hinted at first though notes, she is properly introduced at the end of Act 2 as one of the conspirators of the cult along with [[Ketheric Thorm]] and [[Enver Gortash]]. Through cunning and murderous devotion, she and her allies have established a solid Bhaalite foothold in the city of [[Baldur's Gate]]. Now, empowered by a [[Orin's Netherstone|netherstone]] and with cult's plans in motion, she intends to paint the city crimson with blood in a mighty offering to Bhaal. | ||
===Gameplay=== | ===Gameplay=== | ||
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===Quests=== | ===Quests=== | ||
* [[The Urge]] | |||
* [[Get Orin's Netherstone]] | * [[Get Orin's Netherstone]] | ||
** [[Investigate the Murders]] | ** [[Investigate the Murders]] | ||
** [[Rescue Orin's Victim]] | ** [[Rescue Orin's Victim]] | ||
** [[Impress the Murder Tribunal]] | ** [[Impress the Murder Tribunal]] | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
=== Appearance === | === Appearance === | ||
Orin has pale blue-grey skin with swirling, smoke-like plumes of red undulating across it. Her eyes are dull grey, contoured by dark eyeliner, giving her an intimidating look. Her straw-colored, braided hair falls to the backs of her knees in a fastening reminiscent of a flail. Her armour is bright blood-red, rigid and rough like chitin. She adorns her head with an ornate silver tiara, | Orin has pale blue-grey skin with swirling, smoke-like plumes of red undulating across it. Her eyes are dull grey, contoured by dark eyeliner, giving her an intimidating look. Her straw-colored, braided hair falls to the backs of her knees in a fastening reminiscent of a flail. Her armour is bright blood-red, rigid and rough like chitin. She adorns her head with an ornate silver tiara with the centerpiece shaped in the form of a person supplicant, a single crimson gem giving her appearance some color. | ||
=== Personality === | === Personality === | ||
Orin is cruel and sadistic, but artistic and creative in her own twisted way.{{ | Orin is cruel and sadistic, but artistic and creative in her own twisted way.{{cite text|name=kill|Concerning Orin the Red|[[The Dark Urge]]}} Her demeanour is immature and almost childish; Orin easily loses her composure when things do not go her way, enacts small rebellions against the authority figures in her life,{{cite text|Experiment on Cruor|Orin the Red}} and enjoys, in a arguably playful way, toying with her victims. She derives sadistic pleasure from taunting her victims with the gory details of her deeds. | ||
When she impersonates another character with her shapeshifting abilities, she will initially be able to convincingly mimic their personality. Her true nature tends to break through the mimicry, however, as she is often unable to contain her bloodlust, resulting in her becoming more openly violent and sadistic, invoking threats and fantasies of extreme violence and grotesque brutality before shifting back into her base appearance. | |||
Her deranged devotion to Bhaal hides her true desire for acceptance and belonging as she is constantly looking for approval from her father Bhaal. Though uncommon, she extends her admiration to those she respects for being brutal devouts of Bhaal such as Sarevok. Her confident and vicious demeanor shatters, however, when confronted with the truth of her origins, and displays true fear when forced by Bhaal to become his tool instead of doing it willingly. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
Orin was born of an incestuous relationship between [[Sarevok Anchev]] and his daughter [[Helena Anchev]]. | ===Bhaalite upbringing=== | ||
Raised believing she was fathered by [[Bhaal]] himself, Orin was in truth born of an incestuous relationship between [[Sarevok Anchev]] and his daughter [[Helena Anchev]],{{cite text|A page from Sarevok's book|[[Sarevok Anchev]]}} intended to be the perfect offering to the Dread Lord. Though he routinely mistreated and abused them, both Helena and Orin worshipped and loved Sarevok, enduring the hardships of growing up as a Bhaalite. Orin received the bloody teachings of Bhaal, becoming in time the youngest Unholy Assassin to follow the steps of god of Murder. Such was her gift in killing that she was anointed Bhaal's [[Chosen]]. | |||
When Orin was still a child, Sarevok secretly ordered Helena to kill her as an offering to | When Orin was still a child, Sarevok secretly ordered Helena to kill her as an offering to Bhaal.{{ref|"What better offering to make to our Lord?" - [[Sarevok Anchev]] on Helena's attempted murder}} Desperate to become his Chosen, Helena attacked Orin but she was overcome by Orin who ultimately cut her down. Bhaal deemed the young changeling exceptional, and ordered Sarevok to look after her henceforth. | ||
Orin served Bhaal directly under [[The Dark Urge]], though the two were often at odds about the correct way of offering souls to Bhaal. Orin believed that the Urge mutilated their victims without consideration, and what their Father truly wanted was beauty and consideration in the kill.{{cite text|name=orinkill|Blood-Envy for the Unworthy|Orin the Red}} The Urge, on the other hand, understood that Bhaal cared only for the quantity of murder performed in his name, nothing more.{{cite text|name=kill}} | |||
=== Betrayal === | === Betrayal === | ||
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{{Hatnote|See main article: [[Orin/combat]]}} | {{Hatnote|See main article: [[Orin/combat]]}} | ||
Orin serves as one of the main antagonists of Act 3 of the game alongside Gortash. Her defeat is required before facing the final threat of the game: the Netherbrain. | Orin serves as one of the main antagonists of Act 3 of the game alongside [[Enver Gortash]]. Her defeat is required before facing the final threat of the game: the [[Netherbrain]]. | ||
=== Loot === | === Loot === | ||
* {{RarityItem|Crimson Mischief}} | * {{RarityItem|Crimson Mischief}} | ||
* {{RarityItem|Mutilated Carapace}} | * {{RarityItem|Mutilated Carapace}} | ||
* {{RarityItem|Bloodthirst|alias=Netherstone-Pommelled Bloodthirst}} - | * {{RarityItem|Bloodthirst|alias=Netherstone-Pommelled Bloodthirst}} – separates on pick-up into: | ||
** {{RarityItem|Bloodthirst}} | ** {{RarityItem|Bloodthirst}} | ||
** {{RarityItem|Orin's Netherstone}} | ** {{RarityItem|Orin's Netherstone}} | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery heights="200"> | <gallery heights="200"> | ||
Orin_Model.png|Orin's in-game model. | |||
Edward-vanderghote-orin.webp|Character portrait by Edward Vanderghote. | Edward-vanderghote-orin.webp|Character portrait by Edward Vanderghote. | ||
Orin with Laezel Captive.jpg|Orin standing over a captive Lae'zel companion. | Orin with Laezel Captive.jpg|Orin standing over a captive Lae'zel companion. | ||
Orin Overhead Shot.jpg|''"Come to me, Father. Set my flesh to your unholy purpose."'' | Orin Overhead Shot.jpg|''"Come to me, Father. Set my flesh to your unholy purpose."'' | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
{{reflist|text}} | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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{{NavRivington}} | {{NavRivington}} | ||
{{NavBaldursGate}} | {{NavBaldursGate}} | ||
[[Category:Followers of the Absolute]] | [[Category:Followers of the Absolute]] | ||