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| type = [[Undead]] | | type = [[Undead]] | ||
| hometown = [[Moonrise Towers]]<br>[[Reithwin Town]] (former) | | hometown = [[Moonrise Towers]]<br>[[Reithwin Town]] (former) | ||
| family = Melodia (wife, deceased)<br>[[Malus Thorm]] (uncle){{note|A [[Tissue and Organ Register|note written by Malus Thorm]] found in the House of Healing refers to Ketheric as nephew, thus it can be safely inferred that Malus is indeed his uncle.}}<br>[[Gerringothe Thorm]]{{note|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.}}<br>[[Thisobald Thorm]]{{note|Ketheric's kinship with [[Thisobald Thorm|Thisobald]] is not quite clear, either. Though Thisobald refers to Ketheric as "father", neither Ketheric nor | | family = Melodia (wife, deceased)<br>[[Malus Thorm]] (uncle){{note|A [[Tissue and Organ Register|note written by Malus Thorm]] found in the House of Healing refers to Ketheric as nephew, thus it can be safely inferred that Malus is indeed his uncle.}}<br>[[Gerringothe Thorm]]{{note|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.}}<br>[[Thisobald Thorm]]{{note|Ketheric's kinship with [[Thisobald Thorm|Thisobald]] is not quite clear, either. Though Thisobald refers to Ketheric as "father", neither Ketheric nor Isobel ever acknowledge him in dialogue or otherwise. Given that Ketheric and [[Balthazar]] have desecrated the Thorm mausoleum and resurrected Isobel, it's possible that Thisobald is another resurrected relative and refers to Ketheric as father not in the paternal sense, but as "creator".}}<br>[[Isobel Thorm]] (daughter) | ||
}} | }} | ||
General '''Ketheric Thorm''' is the Chosen of {{CharLink|Myrkul}}, and one of the leaders of the enigmatic [[Cult of the Absolute]] and serves as one of the main antagonists in [[Baldur's Gate 3]]. | General '''Ketheric Thorm''' is the Chosen of {{CharLink|Myrkul}}, and one of the leaders of the enigmatic [[Cult of the Absolute]] and serves as one of the main antagonists in [[Baldur's Gate 3]]. | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
===Governor of Reithwin=== | ===Governor of Reithwin=== | ||
A devout worshipper of {{CharLink|Selûne}}, Thorm lived with his wife Melodia and daughter {{CharLink|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 local mason, {{CharLink|Infernal Mason|Morfred}}, to construct a grand bastion in her honour: [[Moonrise Towers]]. | A devout worshipper of {{CharLink|Selûne}}, Thorm lived with his wife Melodia and daughter {{CharLink|Isobel Thorm|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 local mason, {{CharLink|Infernal Mason|Morfred}}, to construct a grand bastion in her honour: [[Moonrise Towers]]. | ||
Yet disaster struck the Thorm family when Melodia passed away, leaving Ketheric to raise their daughter alone.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Letter to Ketheric}}}} With a child in his care, Ketheric persevered, and though doubts plagued his mind, he kept the Selûnite ways. As Isobel grew older, their happy years had a sour note: he disapproved of a budding relationship between his daughter and an immortal [[Aasimar]] visiting the town, {{CharLink|Aylin|Dame Aylin}}, daughter of Selûne. | Yet disaster struck the Thorm family when Melodia passed away, leaving Ketheric to raise their daughter alone.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Letter to Ketheric}}}} With a child in his care, Ketheric persevered, and though doubts plagued his mind, he kept the Selûnite ways. As Isobel grew older, their happy years had a sour note: he disapproved of a budding relationship between his daughter and an immortal [[Aasimar]] visiting the town, {{CharLink|Aylin|Dame Aylin}}, daughter of Selûne. |