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Water Queen's House
Lower City
Grey Harbour Docks
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Water Queen's House → Lustrous Lass
The Water Queen's House is a Location within the Lower City in Act Three of Baldur's Gate 3.
“
Queen Umberlee, the sea Herself,

I dash myself upon the rocks of your favour,
Let me drink the brine of your glory deep into my lungs,
Turn my skull to shell, my ribs to reef,
To earn your blessing,

And to spare me the wrath of your sahuagin.
„
— Supplications to Umberlee

Overview[edit section | visual editor]

Umberlee Fountain

The Water Queen's House is a temple dedicated to the deity Queen Umberlee Queen Umberlee. It is a huge building in the southmost part of the Grey Harbour Docks, standing on a rocky cape pushing far into the waters of the River Chionthar.

The temple consists of two parts: the portico lined up with a colonnade, used for offering and worship by commoners, with a fointain depicting The Bitch Queen[1] herself in the middle, and the actual two-storied building with a cellar in the rocky foot of the cape, used by the clergy. It has only one way of entering through the portico at X: -228 Y: -201. The cellar of the temple is accessible through the passageway in the backside of the cliff at X: -254 Y: -265.

The Umberlee's followers ("Umberlants" as official term, and "waveservants", by the common speaking) in Baldur's Gate are led by Flood Tide Allandra Grey Flood Tide Allandra Grey.[2] Being a huge trading port, Baldur's Gate obviously has a fair share of Umberlee worshippers, notably the sailors and sea captains, who fear the wrath of Umberlee in their travels and seek her favour. Umberlee's clergy, though, care not only for spreading the influence of their goddess, but also of material basis for it, covertly accumulating wealth and taking into possession the city's docks and shipyards.[3]

Building layout[edit section | visual editor]

Portico entrance[edit section | visual editor]

Path into the main building, archway across upper floor rooms can be spotted above.

The portico gallery encircles the aforementioned fountain and serves to the commoner worshippers of the Sea Queen. It features an altar for those who want to pray at X: -222 Y: -223. Several worshippers are in this area, praying, discussing the donations, or simply fancying the sea sights.

An Offerings Chest for donations is on the opposite side at X: -233 Y: -226, guarded by Seawind Star Stolitti Seawind Star Stolitti, one of Umberlee's waveservants. From time to time another waveservant can be seen emptying the chest (she moves the contents to the temple cellar treasury). Party members placing any item or any amount of gold in the Offering Chest receive Umberlee's blessing blessing until their next Long Rest. However, this can only be done once per party member and does not stack with other instances of Bless, such as Sweet Stone Features Sweet Stone Features. It is removed if the character respecs.

Interacting with the chest is not a crime, but taking any of the items out of the chest is. Stealing from the chest (or from the treasure pile in the Water Queen's Cellar (see below) angers Umberlee, causing her to cease blessing future party member donations (existing ones are not cancelled).

Donating to the chest grants the Offerings to the Waves⁠Offerings to the Waves inspiration to characters with the Acolyte Acolyte background.

Following the way underneath an archway brings the party to the main building.

The southwestern corner of the portico approximately at X: -240 Y: -202 can be used to access the Steel Watch Foundry territory through a series of jumps (spells like Misty Step Misty Step or Feather Fall Feather Fall help to avoid falling damage).

Main building[edit section | visual editor]

In the separate nave at the back of the temple the head priestess Allandra Grey is leading a funeral ceremony for the deceased Holli Dylford Holli Dylford – her body lies on the mat in the centre, and several waveservants are chanting a lamenting song.

To the west short stairs lead down to a kitchen area where two Untaken (i.e. novice clerics) are preparing drinks and food for the funeral. Some Camp Supplies and the book  Sacred Shark Recipes are in the area.

To the east, a stairway leads up to the first floor of the temple, while to the south another leads outside the temple onto a balcony and then to a small beach patch, where is the passage to the temple cellar.

Upper floor[edit section | visual editor]

The interior of Flood Tide's chambers

The upper floor consists of an entry office room and Allandra Grey's private quarters, connected with a bridge seen from the outside. Inside the entry room Vilmina Vilmina stands guard, blocking passage further. Several containers here are not locked, but red-outlined:

  • A Traveller's Chest and a small Gilded Chest on a desk at X: -213 Y: -245 contain gold, alchemical ingredients, and random precious gem.
  • Two Opulent Chests keep gold, random precious gems, and (possibly) Valuables, random spell scrolls and / or potions.

Through the door and across the archway is another room. Inside is Norya Baker Norya Baker who accuses the party of trespassing if spots them here. On the wall is a fishing net decorated with  Starfishes and  Pearls; the latters can be gathered and sold as regular precious gems. At the far end of the room is an Opulent Chest containing the  High Security Vault nº4 Key and the  Wavemother's Cloak.

Southern exit[edit section | visual editor]

Exit to the small beach behind the temple.

To the south of the temple a small stairway leads down. At X: -245 Y: -277 a DC 20 Survival Check DC 20 Survival Check highlights a buried chest containing a rare arrow, a health potion ( Greater or  Superior), and a random book. On the beach three fishers chat about possibly catching a Sahuagin Sahuagin and what that might entail.

Going past the group, a passageway can be spotted inside the rocks which leads to the Water Queen's Cellar.

Water Queen's Cellar[edit section | visual editor]

The cave beneath Water Queen's House
“
You dare steal from the very sea that birthed you? Enjoy these breaths - they shall be your last.
„
— Umberlee, when looting her treasure

The Water Queen's Cellar is a cave found underneath the Water Queen's House. It can be accessed through a passageway at X: -254 Y: -265 from an aforementioned patch of sandy beach behind the temple.

The cellar is considered a private area of the Church of Umberlee Church of Umberlee and cannot be explored without trespassing; the use of stealth is recommended. When entering the area the party must pass a water stream, from which a stairway leads up and further into the cellar. As the  Deep Water effectively breaks the invisibility invisibility, this might be an obstacle to an unhindered exploration of the cave.

Several Umberlants standing on the stairs and next to a table on the higher groundare discussing the recent death of Holli Dylford and apparently preparing a funeral repast, with a dead Kuo-Toa Kuo-Toa served as food. Next to the table is an unlocked chest with minor random loot.

Treasure room[edit section | visual editor]

Hidden cavern behind the destroyed Sandstone Wall

The back of the cellar is separated with an unlocked iron gate. Behind it is a room with a treasure pile containing ~400 gp ~400 gp, a random gem, several pieces of jewelry, a bottle of wine and a  Fish. Looting the pile earns the Wavemother's Wavemother's ire, triggering an Ice Storm Ice Storm upon the party, summoning hostile Sahuagin Sahuagin in the water pool further in the back and turning all the Waveservants in the cellar hostile (the clergy of the temple above do not turn hostile if the party pillage the cellar). Stealing Umberlee's donations ends the party's ability to get blessed blessed when making an offering at the Offering Chest in the Water Queen's House.

In the far corner are another three dead Kuo-Toa. The corpse of Redhammer Redhammer can also be found here if the party sided with the Church of Umberlee and handed him over to Allandra Grey as part of the Avenge the Drowned⁠Avenge the Drowned quest.

Hidden cavern[edit section | visual editor]

At X: -1840 Y: -78 in the far end of the cellar passing a DC 15 Perception Check DC 15 Perception Check reveals a nearby Sandstone Wall which can be breached. Behind it is another small room with waterfalls and a Wooden Chest containing Gold Pile Single Item Image.png gold, random valuables, and some alchemical ingredients and / or elixirs.

Involvement[edit section | visual editor]

Upon the party's approaching the temple, Diomira Trellis Diomira Trellis starts a conversation. She relates that the funeral of one of recently deceased waveservant is going on and allows them to enter regardless of the answer. The ceremony itself can be found in the main building.

Speaking with Allandra Grey allows to learn about the fate of deceased Holli Dylford. The priestess also ask the party of their offerings to the funeral ceremony. Choosing any answer except "I brought nothing" grants one or both of the following inspirations:

When speaking of the offerings to the funeral, the Cleric characters may use either the generic Class line or the particular line reflecting their particular deity.[5] Monks and Barbarians also have unique lines. The aforementioned inspiration (if available) is granted regardless. The full list of possible formulations can be found on Allandra's page.

If the party agree to investigate Holli's death, the quest Avenge the Drowned⁠Avenge the Drowned is started. It can only be initiated if the party has not yet visited the Iron Throne. Holli can be communicated with using Speak with Dead Speak with Dead. Also, Allandra mentiones the sailors who caught Holli's body in their fishing nets. These are Gowlan Gowlan and Fleer Fleer, who can be found near the docks' waypoint.

Refusing to help Allandra find Holli's murderer is considered an oathbreaking action for Vengeance Paladins (the paladin character must be the one interacting with the priestess).

If the party successfully finishes the quest and sides with the waveservants, Allandra Grey moves up to her office and can be found there. In this case, the party members can get to her office without being stopped by the guards.

Waypoints[edit section | visual editor]

This location has the following Waypoint Waypoint nearby:

  • caption = Grey Harbour Docks Grey Harbour Docks at X: -219 Y: -155

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Notable[edit section | visual editor]

Umberlee's followers[edit section | visual editor]

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Loot[edit section | visual editor]

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Notes and references[edit section | visual editor]

  1. ↑ One of the official titles of Umberlee, along with the "Wavemother", the "Queen of the Depths", and the "Stormgoddess of the Seas".
  2. ↑ All followers of the Water Queen in the game bear the actual titles used in the Church of Umberlee⁠Church of Umberlee according to the Forgotten Realms lore, though their ranking order is somewhat confused. For example, the "Untaken" is the common title for novices of the church, while the "Dark Breakers" and "Flood Tides" belong to the middle level in the table of ranks, and the "Savage Seawinds" are considered the senior clerics. Despite this, within the Baldur's Gate 3 plot Allandra Grey acts as the acknowledged leader of the temple and of the Umberlee's clergy.
  3. ↑ According to  Acquisitions journal.
  4. ↑ This is another option to earn the inspiration if it was not obtained through donating to the chest in the portico gallery. If getting the inspiration from talking to Allandra, the Umberlee's blessing is not granted. Still, both blessing and the inspiration can be obtained separately.
  5. ↑ Allandra responds to these with a specific line for most deities and also has a unique answer for clerics of Mielikki⁠Mielikki and Talos⁠Talos, calling either "another of the First Circle".
  6. ↑ Though it is not mentioned in the game, Holli had the title of a Seawind and has the correspondent archetype within the game files.
  7. ↑ Can be outside or in the cellar when bringing donations from the Offering Chest in the Water Queen's House to the cellar.
  8. ↑ His body can be found in the temple's cellar, if he was surrendered to Allandra Grey in the end of Avenge the Drowned⁠Avenge the Drowned quest.
  9. ↑ Carried by by Allandra Grey
  10. ↑ In the mailbox of Vonayn's Home in Lower City X: 52 Y: -118.

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