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Nightwarden '''Minthara{{ref|In traditional Drow names, the prefix "Min-" means "lesser", "minor", or "second", while the suffix "-thara" means "glyph", "marker", or "rune". Owen K.C. Stephens, "By Any Other Name: The Drow", ''Dragon'' 267 (January 2000): 28-31}} Baenre''' is a recruitable [[Companion]] with the [[Noble]] background. She is a [[Lolth-Sworn Drow]]{{ref|If the player character is a [[Lolth-sworn drow]], many unique dialogue options are available, one of which includes condemning Minthara and attacking her for abandoning Lolth.}} and an [[Oath of Vengeance]] [[Paladin]] first appearing during [[Act One]]. | Nightwarden '''Minthara{{ref|In traditional Drow names, the prefix "Min-" means "lesser", "minor", or "second", while the suffix "-thara" means "glyph", "marker", or "rune". Owen K.C. Stephens, "By Any Other Name: The Drow", ''Dragon'' 267 (January 2000): 28-31}} Baenre''' is a recruitable [[Companion]] with the [[Noble]] background. She is a [[Lolth-Sworn Drow]]{{ref|If the player character is a [[Lolth-sworn drow]], many unique dialogue options are available, one of which includes condemning Minthara and attacking her for abandoning Lolth.}} and an [[Oath of Vengeance]] [[Paladin]] first appearing during [[Act One]]. | ||
Ruthless in service of the [[Absolute's Talisman|Absolute]], she commands a camp of [[Goblin|goblins]] planning an attack on the [[Emerald Grove]] in the name of their god. Initially hostile unless the player character both sides with and sleeps with her in Act One, she can be re-encountered during [[Act Two]] and saved from execution, at which point she can be recruited into the party {{ref|Be aware that if Minthara is recruited as a companion and returns to Moonrise Towers while Ketheric Thorm is still alive, and she is not near the player character or another tadpole-infected companion, she will (whether [[Disguise_Self_(Condition)|disguised]] or not) be attacked if seen by tower guards or other principal followers of [[Absolute|the Absolute]]. If other party members are nearby, they may be drawn into the conflict as well. The exact range required to avoid a fight is not yet known, but if avoiding a fight is desired, it is recommended that companion Minthara remain within sight of a | Ruthless in service of the [[Absolute's Talisman|Absolute]], she commands a camp of [[Goblin|goblins]] planning an attack on the [[Emerald Grove]] in the name of their god. Initially hostile unless the player character both sides with and sleeps with her in Act One, she can be re-encountered during [[Act Two]] and saved from execution, at which point she can be recruited into the party {{ref|Be aware that if Minthara is recruited as a companion and returns to Moonrise Towers while Ketheric Thorm is still alive, and she is not near the player character or another tadpole-infected companion, she will (whether [[Disguise_Self_(Condition)|disguised]] or not) be attacked if seen by tower guards or other principal followers of [[Absolute|the Absolute]]. If other party members are nearby, they may be drawn into the conflict as well. The exact range required to avoid a fight is not yet known, but if avoiding a fight is desired, it is recommended that companion Minthara remain within sight of a tadpoled chaperone while in Moonrise Towers.}} as well as romanced by characters of any gender. | ||
{{DiQ|[[Bhaal]], [[Lolth]]... the [[Absolute]]. They do not have followers - they only have victims, and they reward devotion with death.|Minthara| on gods}} | {{DiQ|[[Bhaal]], [[Lolth]]... the [[Absolute]]. They do not have followers - they only have victims, and they reward devotion with death.|Minthara| on gods}} | ||
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=== Starting class === | === Starting class === | ||
Before she is recruited, Minthara is a level 6 paladin with the following [[Ability Scores]]: STR = 16, DEX = 15, CON = 14, INT = 10, WIS = 12, CH = 17. | Before she is recruited, Minthara is a level 6 paladin with the following [[Ability Scores]]: STR = 16, DEX = 15, CON = 14, INT = 10, WIS = 12, CH = 17. | ||
If | If recruited, Minthara reverts to a level 1 [[Oath of Vengeance]] paladin with the standard ability scores for that [[Class]], and a focus on dual-wielding one-handed weapons. This presents an offence-oriented toolkit with many ways to control and debuff foes. | ||
=== Special features === | === Special features === | ||
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=== Personal quest === | === Personal quest === | ||
Minthara does not have a personal quest like other companions. However, she is directly involved in | Minthara does not have a personal quest like other companions. However, she is directly involved in other important quests. | ||
As part of the main-quest {{Quest|Save the Refugees}}, the party can decide which side to support in the conflict between the goblins and druids of the grove. If siding with the druids and refugees, Minthara becomes hostile and is an objective of {{Quest|Defeat the Goblins}}. If siding with the Absolute, she appears as an ally during {{Quest|Raid the Grove}}. If the grove | As part of the main-quest {{Quest|Save the Refugees}}, the party can decide which side to support in the conflict between the goblins and druids of the grove. If siding with the druids and refugees, Minthara becomes hostile and is an objective of {{Quest|Defeat the Goblins}}. If siding with the Absolute, she appears as an ally during {{Quest|Raid the Grove}}. If the grove remains sealed the day of the raid, she instructs her raiders to kill the party. | ||
In {{Quest|Decide Minthara's Fate}}, the party can decide what happens to Minthara after her trial at the hands of {{CharLink|Ketheric Thorm}} and {{CharLink|Z'rell|Disciple Z'rell}} at [[Moonrise Towers]].{{ref|There is a bug that can occur if, after saving Minthara from the deep gnome questioners, she is asked to stay and wait in the prison until the party members come back to her. She then cannot be interacted with anymore, because the dialog for this has not been assigned to her correctly. Also under this circumstance (of approaching her again after first being asked to wait), if one goes inside Minthara's mind and tells her to fight with the party, the dialog will not automatically fire as expected - immediately after combat, so there is then no way to talk to her at all. To circumvent this, it is recommended to free Minthara peacefully (without any fight through passing the persuasion, deception, or intimidation checks) when talking to the deep gnome questioners and then immediately lead her out of the prison without any delay.}} | In {{Quest|Decide Minthara's Fate}}, the party can decide what happens to Minthara after her trial at the hands of {{CharLink|Ketheric Thorm}} and {{CharLink|Z'rell|Disciple Z'rell}} at [[Moonrise Towers]].{{ref|There is a bug that can occur if, after saving Minthara from the deep gnome questioners, she is asked to stay and wait in the prison until the party members come back to her. She then cannot be interacted with anymore, because the dialog for this has not been assigned to her correctly. Also under this circumstance (of approaching her again after first being asked to wait), if one goes inside Minthara's mind and tells her to fight with the party, the dialog will not automatically fire as expected - immediately after combat, so there is then no way to talk to her at all. To circumvent this, it is recommended to free Minthara peacefully (without any fight through passing the persuasion, deception, or intimidation checks) when talking to the deep gnome questioners and then immediately lead her out of the prison without any delay.}} | ||
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==== Act Two ==== | ==== Act Two ==== | ||
* If left alive after the events of Act One, Minthara can be found at Moonrise Towers facing trial by Ketheric Thorm for failing to find the Mysterious Artefact. Sentenced to death, she is taken to [[Moonrise Towers Prison]] to be tortured until her execution. The party can help her escape and, if invited to camp, she offers to join them. | * If left alive after the events of Act One, Minthara can be found at Moonrise Towers facing trial by Ketheric Thorm for failing to find the Mysterious Artefact. Sentenced to death, she is taken to [[Moonrise Towers Prison]] to be tortured until her execution. The party can help her escape and, if invited to camp, she offers to join them. | ||
** Should the party side with Minthara during {{Quest|Save the Refugees}} and raid the grove with her, no additional steps are needed to ensure | ** Should the party side with Minthara during {{Quest|Save the Refugees}} and raid the grove with her, no additional steps are needed to ensure she appears at Moonrise Towers. | ||
** If the party side with the druids but still wish to meet Minthara at Moonrise Towers, she must be [[Knocked_Out_(Condition)|knocked out]] when fought. This can occur in the Shattered Sanctum or when defending the grove from the goblin attack.{{ref|[https://baldursgate3.game/news/patch-7-now-live_121 Patch 7 notes] ''"Knocked Out Minthara now always flees to Moonrise Towers."''}}{{ref|It has been observed that, as long as she is knocked out in the [[Shattered Sanctum]], it is possible to complete {{Quest|Defeat the Goblins}} after several long rests without compromising her recruitment in [[Act Two]].}}{{ref|Minthara went through some recruitment changes during development and after release. | ** If the party side with the druids but still wish to meet Minthara at Moonrise Towers, she must be [[Knocked_Out_(Condition)|knocked out]] when fought. This can occur in the Shattered Sanctum or when defending the grove from the goblin attack.{{ref|[https://baldursgate3.game/news/patch-7-now-live_121 Patch 7 notes] ''"Knocked Out Minthara now always flees to Moonrise Towers."''}}{{ref|It has been observed that, as long as she is knocked out in the [[Shattered Sanctum]], it is possible to complete {{Quest|Defeat the Goblins}} after several long rests without compromising her recruitment in [[Act Two]].}}{{ref|Minthara went through some recruitment changes during development and after release. | ||
Intended to be recruited only if the grove was destroyed, prior to Patch 5, an exploit could be used to recruit Minthara when siding with the grove. Minthara had to be knocked out temporarily in Act 1, recovering after a long rest. Once the party reached Act 2 and acquired the spells {{SAI|Polymorph}} and {{SAI|Dominate Beast}}, they had to return to [[Shattered Sanctum]], turn her into a sheep and dominate her. The party then had to fast-travel back to the Moonrise Towers and then had to move Minthara as a sheep into the throne room, where the judgement continued as if Minthara was alive. After the cutscene she would be transported to the dungeon. The party had to attack her quickly once imprisoned as she would begin to run away otherwise, and then turn invisible and exit combat. Minthara was then part of the interrogation scene and her recruitment could proceed as normal. | Intended to be recruited only if the grove was destroyed, prior to Patch 5, an exploit could be used to recruit Minthara when siding with the grove. Minthara had to be knocked out temporarily in Act 1, recovering after a long rest. Once the party reached Act 2 and acquired the spells {{SAI|Polymorph}} and {{SAI|Dominate Beast}}, they had to return to [[Shattered Sanctum]], turn her into a sheep and dominate her. The party then had to fast-travel back to the Moonrise Towers and then had to move Minthara as a sheep into the throne room, where the judgement continued as if Minthara was alive. After the cutscene she would be transported to the dungeon. The party had to attack her quickly once imprisoned as she would begin to run away otherwise, and then turn invisible and exit combat. Minthara was then part of the interrogation scene and her recruitment could proceed as normal. | ||
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
=== Appearance === | === Appearance === | ||
With a stern countenance and piercing eyes, Minthara has an imposing presence. Like most drow, she has purplish-blue skin, | With a stern countenance and piercing eyes, Minthara has an imposing presence. Like most drow, she has purplish-blue skin, crimson eyes and pointed ears. Her silver hair is kept in a messy top bun, with stray strands of hair adorning her face. On the left side of her neck, she bears the seal of House Baenre in black, marking her a member of the ancestral house. Her equipment is of the finest quality, and her at-ease clothes reflect some of her noble upbringing. | ||
=== Personality === | === Personality === | ||
As a drow and follower of the Absolute, Minthara has a highly hostile and cruel attitude towards other beings, considering almost everyone as inferior. She has a special disdain for those who do not share her beliefs, and holds other [[Drow|drow]] in high regard. Her upbringing as a noble in {{FRWiki|Menzoberranzan}} further compounds her superiority complex. Aligned with the Absolute, she is willing to do whatever it takes to serve it. | As a drow and follower of the Absolute, Minthara has a highly hostile and cruel attitude towards other beings, considering almost everyone as inferior. She has a special disdain for those who do not share her beliefs, and holds other [[Drow|drow]] in high regard. Her upbringing as a noble in {{FRWiki|Menzoberranzan}} further compounds her superiority complex. Aligned with the Absolute, she is willing to do whatever it takes to serve it. | ||
Power hungry, she is always looking for ways to increase her standing among her peers | Power hungry and a product of her drow upbringing, she is always looking for ways to increase her standing among her peers. Previously a follower of Lolth, she also knows that violence, deception, and cruelty are effective tools to obtain what she wants, and are tools she has considerable experience with. | ||
Despite her overt dislike for others, | Despite her overt dislike for others, as a result of her constant striving for power and influence, Minthara knows to "read the room": | ||
* She is observant, always studying those around and surrounding her. | |||
* She often understands the plights of her companions, even if she does not care for them. | |||
* She is always willing to offer a solution in her own way. Though her methods are sometimes extreme, they always have sound reasoning. | |||
* She does not support mindless cruelty if it serves no purpose, and even shows a weak spot for {{CharLink|Scratch}}. | |||
Whether due to her looks or attitude, Minthara | If romanced, Minthara reveals she harbours doubts about her life and circumstances. | ||
Whether due to her looks or attitude, Minthara concedes she has had several past lovers{{ref|Various locations, party banter between Minthara and Karlach.}} and, unbeknownst to her, even has a few suitors amongst the goblins.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Parchment (Goblin Camp)}}}}{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Unfinished Love Letter}} by {{CharLink|Klagga}}}} | |||
If recruited and freed from the Absolute's influence, Minthara's cruelty becomes more tempered, and her fury is aimed solely at other leaders of the Cult - particularly {{CharLink|Orin|Orin the Red}}. She becomes contemplative of her actions under the Absolute's influence, and rues their exploitation of her fears and yearning for belonging to use her as a tool. | If recruited and freed from the Absolute's influence, Minthara's cruelty becomes more tempered, and her fury is aimed solely at other leaders of the Cult - particularly {{CharLink|Orin|Orin the Red}}. She becomes contemplative of her actions under the Absolute's influence, and rues their exploitation of her fears and yearning for belonging to use her as a tool. | ||
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Born into the ancient {{FRWiki|House Baenre}} of Menzoberranzan, Minthara was raised as a noble of the city in Qu'ellarz'orl, a plateau above the city expanse.{{ref|name=drownoble|[[Campsite]], line spoken by Minthara to a drow noble player character.<br>''"Like you, I lived in Qu'ellarz'orl, high above the city's sprawl."''}} Taught in the ways of [[Lolth]], she rose to be an important house matron, enjoying all the luxuries of her birthright. She survived her first assassination attempt as a child, and another at the hands of her mother when she came of age.{{ref|name=mother|Campsite, lines spoken by Minthara when inquired about her upbringing in Menzoberranzan.<br>''"(...) I survived my first assassination attempt while I still suckled at my mother's breast. (...) When I came of age, she tried to take my life herself, and I gave her fresh scars to match those she earned protecting me."''}} | Born into the ancient {{FRWiki|House Baenre}} of Menzoberranzan, Minthara was raised as a noble of the city in Qu'ellarz'orl, a plateau above the city expanse.{{ref|name=drownoble|[[Campsite]], line spoken by Minthara to a drow noble player character.<br>''"Like you, I lived in Qu'ellarz'orl, high above the city's sprawl."''}} Taught in the ways of [[Lolth]], she rose to be an important house matron, enjoying all the luxuries of her birthright. She survived her first assassination attempt as a child, and another at the hands of her mother when she came of age.{{ref|name=mother|Campsite, lines spoken by Minthara when inquired about her upbringing in Menzoberranzan.<br>''"(...) I survived my first assassination attempt while I still suckled at my mother's breast. (...) When I came of age, she tried to take my life herself, and I gave her fresh scars to match those she earned protecting me."''}} | ||
Sometime during her life there, she encountered a [[True Soul]] and two novices preaching the message of the [[Absolute]]. Minthara hanged and displayed as a warning against heresy,{{ref|Campsite, lines spoken by Minthara when asked how she was indoctrinated.<br>''"A True Soul came to my city preaching a message of togetherness, accompanied by two novices. Menzoberranzan is not fertile grounds for such messages. I killed them, and hanged their bodies in my garden."''}} but curiosity got the best of her, | Sometime during her life there, she encountered a [[True Soul]] and two novices preaching the message of the [[Absolute]]. Minthara hanged and displayed them as a warning against heresy,{{ref|Campsite, lines spoken by Minthara when asked how she was indoctrinated.<br>''"A True Soul came to my city preaching a message of togetherness, accompanied by two novices. Menzoberranzan is not fertile grounds for such messages. I killed them, and hanged their bodies in my garden."''}} but curiosity got the best of her and, after using necromancy on the corpses to find their base of operations, she prepared a retinue of warriors to strike at [[Moonrise Towers]]. | ||
=== Indoctrination and time in the Cult === | === Indoctrination and time in the Cult === | ||
Minthara gathered her allies to battle the absolutists | Minthara gathered her allies to battle the absolutists. Yet, when they arrived at the Moonrise Towers, they were met with a lavish feast and a welcome fit for a house matron. {{CharLink|Ketheric Thorm}} had been expecting her, and invited her to partake of his feast alongside {{CharLink|Orin|Orin the Red}}. He explained he wished to form an alliance between Moonrise and Menzoberranzan, flattering Minthara and playing to her pride.{{ref|Campsite, lines spoken by Minthara when asked how she came to be indoctrinated.<br>''"I expected a battle, but found a fully-laden feast table, and a welcome befitting a house matron. (...) Ketheric proposed an alliance between Moonrise and Menzoberranzzan. I admit, I was captivated by him."''}} Lowering her guard, Minthara was unable to react in time as Orin jumped on the table and sliced her men's throats as she approached her. Standing before her, Orin expressed her interest in Minthara, and Ketheric approved, ordering her to be taken to the [[Mind Flayer Colony]].{{ref|name=orin|Campsite, lines spoken by Minthara when asked how she came to be indoctrinated.<br>''"Then, quick as lightning, she climbed onto the table, a dagger in each hand, and skipped toward me, slicing the throats out of my men as she passed them. (...) ''I want this one'', she said. Ketheric nodded his permission, and I was taken below."''}} There, Minthara was held for some time, helplessly watching as her men were processed for food or turned into thralls. Eventually, Orin returned and placed a tadpole in Minthara's eye, sealing the drow's fate as part of the [[Cult of the Absolute]].{{ref|name=tadpole|[[Moonrise Towers]], lines spoken by Minthara in the throne room after slaying Ketheric Thorm.<br>''"There was no god. Orin held me down in a cocoon of flesh, while a mind flayer forced a parasite into my brain. And she laughed at my fear."''}} | ||
Under orders of her new god, Minthara participated in many massacres carried out by the cult, mostly against religious communities who refused to be converted. She became a zealot, and in time, even began to admire Orin. Orin would manipulate her further, telling her lies of how she was a True Soul, chosen by the Absolute as her greatest weapon.{{ref|name=orin2|Moonrise Towers, lines spoken by Minthara in the throne room after slaying Ketheric Thorm.<br>''"When I first visited Moonrise, I stood before the Absolute in awe. It was more of an idea than an entity. Pure love, total power. Orin was by my side. She told me that god had chosen me to be a True Soul. Blessed and adored."''}} For Minthara, the Absolute was more than just a god, it was everything she ever truly wanted.{{ref|name=orin2}} With a new purpose, Minthara | Under orders of her new god, Minthara participated in many massacres carried out by the cult, mostly against religious communities who refused to be converted. She became a zealot, and in time, even began to admire Orin. Orin would manipulate her further, telling her lies of how she was a True Soul, chosen by the Absolute as her greatest weapon.{{ref|name=orin2|Moonrise Towers, lines spoken by Minthara in the throne room after slaying Ketheric Thorm.<br>''"When I first visited Moonrise, I stood before the Absolute in awe. It was more of an idea than an entity. Pure love, total power. Orin was by my side. She told me that god had chosen me to be a True Soul. Blessed and adored."''}} For Minthara, the Absolute was more than just a god, it was everything she ever truly wanted.{{ref|name=orin2}} With a new purpose, Minthara proceeded to the [[Wilderness]] in search of a powerful weapon her new goddess desires, hungry to prove herself. | ||
== Involvement == | == Involvement == | ||
=== Act One === | === Act One === | ||
Minthara is first encountered at the [[Shattered Sanctum]] within the [[Goblin Camp]], planning an attack on [[Emerald Grove]] at the behest of the [[Absolute]]. When spoken to, she quickly identifies the party as fellow [[True Soul|True Souls]] and reveals | Minthara is first encountered at the [[Shattered Sanctum]] within the [[Goblin Camp]], planning an attack on [[Emerald Grove]] at the behest of the [[Absolute]]. When spoken to, she quickly identifies the party as fellow [[True Soul|True Souls]], and reveals she believes the druids are hiding a powerful weapon that the Absolute desires. She has been surveying the land in search of the weapon, sending scouts to track the leader of the grove, Halsin.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Drow's Letter}} by Minthara}} Minthara probes the party's minds with her tadpole, possibly exposing the grove's location. | ||
==== Save the Refugees ==== | ==== Save the Refugees ==== | ||
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==== Raiding the Grove ==== | ==== Raiding the Grove ==== | ||
Alternatively, the party can raid the grove with the Absolutists, which initiates {{Quest|Raid the Emerald Grove}}. If the party ally with the Absolute and disclose the grove's location, the raid begins after the next [[Long Rest]]. Completing the raid causes {{CharLink|Karlach}} and {{CharLink|Wyll}} to permanently leave the party. After the grove is destroyed, Minthara and the goblins join the party at their camp to celebrate slaughtering the druids, even if they failed to find the weapon the Absolute desired. Minthara also offers a casual encounter with the player character. Rejecting her angers her, but carries no negative consequences. | Alternatively, the party can raid the grove with the Absolutists, which initiates {{Quest|Raid the Emerald Grove}}. If the party ally with the Absolute and disclose the grove's location, the raid begins after the next [[Long Rest]]. Completing the raid causes {{CharLink|Karlach}} and {{CharLink|Wyll}} to permanently leave the party. After the grove is destroyed, Minthara and the goblins join the party at their camp to celebrate slaughtering the druids, even if they failed to find the weapon the Absolute desired. Minthara also offers a casual encounter with the player character. Rejecting her offer angers her, but carries no negative consequences. | ||
After the celebrations, Minthara urges the party to join the Absolute at [[Moonrise Towers]] in the [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]]. She gives the party her {{SmRarityItem|Spider's Lyre}} to summon a guide that helps them through the deadly shadows, and she departs shortly after. | After the celebrations, Minthara urges the party to join the Absolute at [[Moonrise Towers]] in the [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]]. She gives the party her {{SmRarityItem|Spider's Lyre}} to summon a guide that helps them through the deadly shadows, and she departs shortly after. | ||
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The party can choose to follow, in which case they find her at the [[Moonrise Towers Prison]] undergoing torture by two [[Gnome|gnome]] questioners. The party can join the questioners in erasing Minthara's mind, turning her into a witless thrall of the Absolute, or help her escape by slaying the gnomes or through dialogue. If freed, the party needs to escort Minthara out of the prison, through any combination of stealth, dialogue or violence. Once freed, Minthara can leave or be convinced to join the party, at which point she joins the camp. | The party can choose to follow, in which case they find her at the [[Moonrise Towers Prison]] undergoing torture by two [[Gnome|gnome]] questioners. The party can join the questioners in erasing Minthara's mind, turning her into a witless thrall of the Absolute, or help her escape by slaying the gnomes or through dialogue. If freed, the party needs to escort Minthara out of the prison, through any combination of stealth, dialogue or violence. Once freed, Minthara can leave or be convinced to join the party, at which point she joins the camp. | ||
If the party | If the party allows {{CharLink|Balthazar}} to take {{CharLink|Aylin|the Nightsong}} during {{Quest|Find Ketheric Thorm's Relic}}, and find {{CharLink|Isobel Thorm|Isobel}} for the Absolutists, they are granted an audience with Ketheric Thorm, who allows them to pray at the altar of the Absolute. Doing so ultimately results in the party's imprisonment in pods in the [[Mind Flayer Colony]], where Balthazar attempts to turn them into zombies at his service. In the ensuing fight, the party may battle a [[Zombie Dror Ragzlin]] and [[Zombie Minthara]], if either died during prior events. | ||
=== Act Three === | === Act Three === | ||
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=== Endings === | === Endings === | ||
When spoken to in either ending, Minthara bemoans the party's lack of extravagance and asks if the player character regrets their decision not to control the Absolute. Ambient chatter from Minthara has her wryly suspect there have been other reunions to which she | When spoken to in either ending, Minthara bemoans the party's lack of extravagance and asks if the player character regrets their decision not to control the Absolute. Ambient chatter from Minthara has her wryly suspect there have been other reunions to which she has not been invited, that all the heroes gathering together paints a target on the party for hostile attack, and that she is becoming accustomed to the taste of surface-grown plants. | ||
==== Return to Menzoberranzan ==== | ==== Return to Menzoberranzan ==== | ||
Minthara can be encouraged to return to Menzoberranzan, to which she will agree, suggesting they put the gnomes back to work to rebuild the [[Steel Watcher|Steel Watch]], returning as conquerors to found a new noble House. Six months after the fall of the absolutists, Minthara | Minthara can be encouraged to return to Menzoberranzan, to which she will agree, suggesting they put the gnomes back to work to rebuild the [[Steel Watcher|Steel Watch]], returning as conquerors to found a new noble House. Six months after the fall of the absolutists, Minthara mentions the war against House Baenre is going well, but she welcomes the distraction of {{CharLink|Withers|Withers'}} party. | ||
==== Baldur's Gate ==== | ==== Baldur's Gate ==== | ||
Otherwise, if encouraged to stay in Baldur's Gate, | Otherwise, if encouraged to stay in Baldur's Gate, Minthara proclaims Baldur's Gate needs new leadership that she is happy to provide. She shares she has been scheming in the shadows and the political intrigue has been enjoyable. She asserts that the people will learn from her or bow to her. | ||
== Quest rewards == | == Quest rewards == | ||
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== Interactions == | == Interactions == | ||
=== Companion interactions === | === Companion interactions === | ||
Minthara has unique dialogue interactions as a companion available after certain events. Whenever one is available, | Minthara has unique dialogue interactions as a companion available after certain events. Whenever one is available, a floating [!] icon is visible above her. | ||
==== Act Two ==== | ==== Act Two ==== |