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[[Us]] can be found imprisoned here if it was not destroyed on the [[Nautiloid]]. After talking to Us, you can convince Chop to give you a [[Morgue Cage Key]] with a successful{{Ability check|Persuasion|14}}, {{Ability check|Intimidation|18}}, or Illithid Wisdom. If freed, Us will reward the player with the item [[Summon Us]].

If the player threatens to kill Chop, he will respond as though he wants the player to kill him. Despite this, attacking him will still make Chop and the surrounding intellect devourers (except for Us) hostile. Nonetheless, Chop will comment that he is "free at last" as he is killed. The intellect devourers outside of the morgue will remain neutral.

Balthazar's Necrotic Laboratory can be found in the south-east of the map, at {{Coords|715|-49}}. When you enter the area, a battle with a large number of undead will commence, including: 1× Death Shepherd, 4× Winged Horror, 4× Greater Zombie, and 6× Zombie.

Further southeast is a [[Brain Mapping Puzzle|brain mapping puzzle]], consisting of four mental faculties (Emotion, Speech, Memory, and Reason). To solve this puzzle, you must connect each to its identical matching faculty on the far side of the puzzle by selecting intervening nodes. Successfully solving the puzzle will grant the [[Inspiration|Inspirational Event]] '''Brain Blast!''' ([[Sage]]) and access to the [[Blade of Oppressed Souls]] and the [[Waking Mind]]. Beside the Waking Mind is a skeleton{{Coords|750|-138}} with the [[Circlet of Mental Anguish]] and [[Braindrain Gloves]].

The Mind-Archive Interface at {{Coords|699|-117}} allows you to talk to the brain jars found scattered across the area.

Tadpoling Centre is a roughly-round room filled with [[Mind Flayer Pod]]s; some contain non-hostile humanoid characters, including Zevlor ([[Find Zevlor]] quest), while others contain [[mind flayers]]. A [[Neural Apparatus]] at {{Coords|689|17}} gives the player a choice between purging all of the pods (illithid and humanoid alike) and opening them all.  

If the player chooses to purge the pods, Zevlor will die; if they open the pods, they must fight several mind flayers and intellect devourers (though the newly-freed NPCs will fight alongside the player, providing significant aid.)

Zevlor and the other survivors can potentially turn hostile if they are damaged by the player, including via spell AOE effects such as Cloud of Daggers or Flame Wall.

 

Mizora's pod has its own controls. The left is "annihilate," the right is "unleash", each requires {{Ability check|Arcana|10}} to decipher its function. If the player decides to free Mizora and Wyll is in the party, the cambion may reward them ({{Ability check|Persuasion|14}} required), giving Wyll the [[Infernal Rapier]], a unique Very Rare weapon. '''Important: Killing Mizora via the "annihilate" button results in Wyll dying as well'''.

In the north-eastern corner of the colony are the barracks, where the party will meet [[Kressa Bonedaughter]] and her Skull Lashers. After brief dialogue, you may fight Kressa or convince her to stand down with a successful {{Ability check|Deception|21}}. If friendly, Kressa can be persuaded ({{Ability check|Persuasion|18}}) to grant her blessing, {{Condition inline|Myrkul's Gift}}, to each party member that speaks to her.