Taron

Taron named in-game as Dead Half-Elf, is a dead adventurer in the Undercity of Baldur's Gate during Act Three.

Involvement

Act Three

Taron can be found in the Ancient Lair of the Undercity. If the party speak with him via  Speak with Dead, he reveals that Mystic Carrion had once promised him a better life, only to cause his slow and painful demise while trying to perform a ritual.

Speak with Dead

Taron can be spoken to with  Speak with Dead.

Party member: Who are you?

• Dead Half-Elf: Beggar... vagrant... scum... my name was Taron...

Party member: Where are you from?

• Dead Half-Elf: Tumbledown... long ago... no home now...

Party member: How did you get here?

• Dead Half-Elf: Carrion... offered shelter... safety... I was desperate...
  • Party member: Who is 'Carrion'?
    • Dead Half-Elf: Mystic Carrion... medium... monster... liar...

Party member: Who killed you?

• Dead Half-Elf: Carrion...
  • Party member: What do you know about Mystic Carrion?
    • Dead Half-Elf: Mystic Carrion... medium... monster... liar...
      • Party member: What lies did Carrion tell?
        • Dead Half-Elf: Promised... better life... given only death...
          • Party member: What did Carrion do to you?
            • Dead Half-Elf: Bled... hollowed... emptied... alive... was still alive...
              • Party member: Why didn't he kill you straight away?
                • Dead Half-Elf: A ritual... jars... hidden in flesh... I failed... died too quickly...