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It was during this time that Orin saw her opportunity and struck, driving a dagger through the Urge's skull and planting an [[Illithid]] tadpole in them.{{ref|[[Morphic Pool]], lines spoken by the Netherbrain when confronted by the Dark Urge and their companions.<br>"''You placed the Crown upon me in the depths of Moonrise Towers, and there I was born. (...) Your plan was devious, your cruelty unparalleled. I would have followed it, were your mind not destroyed by your sister."''}}{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Memoir Notes with Recent Addenda}} by Enver Gortash}} With her former rival left to die and a tadpole devouring their brain, Orin took the Urge's place as Bhaal's Chosen and third member of the conspirators.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Elder Brain Domination}} by Ketheric Thorm}} Orin would prove undisciplined in her role, however, as her bloodlust could not be contained, and rapidly grew to be disliked by the other two who saw her as little more than a necessary nuisance to their plan.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Journal of Enver Gortash}} by Enver Gortash}} At some point between the betrayal and the events of the game, Ketheric and Orin tricked {{CharLink|Minthara}} into a trap where she murdered her allies and captured her. She then used a tadpole to convert Minthara into a [[True Soul]]. | It was during this time that Orin saw her opportunity and struck, driving a dagger through the Urge's skull and planting an [[Illithid]] tadpole in them.{{ref|[[Morphic Pool]], lines spoken by the Netherbrain when confronted by the Dark Urge and their companions.<br>"''You placed the Crown upon me in the depths of Moonrise Towers, and there I was born. (...) Your plan was devious, your cruelty unparalleled. I would have followed it, were your mind not destroyed by your sister."''}}{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Memoir Notes with Recent Addenda}} by Enver Gortash}} With her former rival left to die and a tadpole devouring their brain, Orin took the Urge's place as Bhaal's Chosen and third member of the conspirators.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Elder Brain Domination}} by Ketheric Thorm}} Orin would prove undisciplined in her role, however, as her bloodlust could not be contained, and rapidly grew to be disliked by the other two who saw her as little more than a necessary nuisance to their plan.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Journal of Enver Gortash}} by Enver Gortash}} At some point between the betrayal and the events of the game, Ketheric and Orin tricked {{CharLink|Minthara}} into a trap where she murdered her allies and captured her. She then used a tadpole to convert Minthara into a [[True Soul]]. | ||
If the Dark Urge is not chosen as the player character, their corpse will be found in Orin's chamber during Act 3, tortured to death by their sister.{{ | If the Dark Urge is not chosen as the player character, their corpse will be found in Orin's chamber during Act 3, tortured to death by their sister.{{ref|This corpse uses the [[Dragonborn#White_Dragonborn|White Dragonborn]] form for [[The Dark Urge (origin)|the Dark Urge]], as seen as the in-game default choice for the [[Origin]] and in promotional footage for it.}} | ||
If the Dark Urge is picked as a player character, they are found by {{CharLink|Kressa Bonedaughter}} instead, saved from death and held captive in the [[Mind Flayer Colony]] for some time as she experiments on them,{{ | If the Dark Urge is picked as a player character, they are found by {{CharLink|Kressa Bonedaughter}} instead, saved from death and held captive in the [[Mind Flayer Colony]] for some time as she experiments on them,{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Clasped Book (Moonrise Towers)}} by Balthazar}} until they are shipped away on the [[Nautiloid]] during the [[Prologue]].{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Journal of Magthew Budj}} by Maghtew Budj}} | ||
== Involvement == | == Involvement == | ||