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}}'''Belynne Stelmane''', also known as '''Duke Stelmane''', is a character mentioned in Baldur's Gate 3. She can not be interacted with directly by the player, but appears in a few cutscenes and plays an important role in several areas of the game's story. | }}{{SpoilerWarning|act=3}}'''Belynne Stelmane''', also known as '''Duke Stelmane''', is a character mentioned in Baldur's Gate 3. She can not be interacted with directly by the player, but appears in a few cutscenes and plays an important role in several areas of the game's story. | ||
==Significance== | ==Significance== | ||
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===Quests=== | ===Quests=== | ||
* [[Investigate the Murders]] | * [[Investigate the Murders]] | ||
* [[Visit the Emperor's Old Hideout]] | * [[Visit the Emperor's Old Hideout]] | ||
===Characters=== | ===Characters=== | ||
Several characters in Baldur's Gate 3 describe their past experiences with Belynne Stelmane. | Several characters in Baldur's Gate 3 describe their past experiences with Belynne Stelmane. | ||
====[[Wyll]]==== | |||
During Act 3, it is possible to ask [[Wyll]] about his own experiences meeting Belynne Stelmane. | |||
Selecting the option ''"Did you know Stelmane very well, back in the day?"'' will yield the following information initially: | Selecting the option ''"Did you know Stelmane very well, back in the day?"'' will yield the following information initially: | ||
{{ | {{Q| | ||
The first time, I was a boy of seven or eight, at a banquet in the Flaming Fists's honor. One look and I was smitten. | The first time, I was a boy of seven or eight, at a banquet in the Flaming Fists's honor. One look and I was smitten. | ||
Chestnut hair that flowed behind her like willow fronds. She floated from one room to the next as if carried by clouds. | Chestnut hair that flowed behind her like willow fronds. She floated from one room to the next as if carried by clouds. | ||
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If the player passes an automatic Wisdom (Perception) check after Wyll finishes speaking, another dialogue option appears that is locked behind a Charisma (Persuasion) check. If this check is passed, he offers the following: | If the player passes an automatic Wisdom (Perception) check after Wyll finishes speaking, another dialogue option appears that is locked behind a Charisma (Persuasion) check. If this check is passed, he offers the following: | ||
{{ | {{Q| | ||
Something's always gnawed at me. At the banquet, Stelmane didn't seem to look ''at'' us, but ''through'' us. But that second time, her gaze never left me. It was steel, sharp and unyielding. It could just be my imagination. But I always felt that it was more than a stroke that had changed her. What, though... I couldn't say. | Something's always gnawed at me. At the banquet, Stelmane didn't seem to look ''at'' us, but ''through'' us. But that second time, her gaze never left me. It was steel, sharp and unyielding. It could just be my imagination. But I always felt that it was more than a stroke that had changed her. What, though... I couldn't say. | ||
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====[[The Emperor]]==== | |||
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The Emperor describes Belynne as its former ''partner'', but if pressed will claim that it used its illithid powers on her to make her its thrall.<ref>Dialogue with the Emperor in the Astral Realm, after it is rejected and distrusted</ref> This eventually caused her to suffer her stroke, and left her partially paralysed.<ref>Investigations from The Knights of Shield.</ref><ref>Descent into Avernus pg. 162.</ref> | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||