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Synopsis:

The player meets Blurg, a hobgoblin (deep orc) member of the Society of Brilliance, a group of intelligent, neutral monsters working to improve the Underdark. He talks about his research and, if the tadpole is mentioned, brings his mind flayer friend Omeluum to talk to the player. The player can either agree to the mind flayer's help or attack.

How to trigger:

Repro steps:
1. Start the game.
2. goto 111.751; 46.516; -89.8 3.
3. Talk with Blurg (To trigger the Mindflayer moments, tell him about your tadpole when he asks what you're doing in the Underdark)

39.
Blurg
: Welcome back. Have you made any new discoveries?UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_WeLiedAboutMission = False, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_HasMet, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_State_MindFlayerPresent = Falsef82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingHasmet, f82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingIntro = False
- 58. [Jump] Jump to Node 57 (2)
51.
Blurg
: Welcome back. Have you made any new discoveries?UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_HasMet, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_State_MindFlayerPresentf82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingHasmet, f82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingIntro = False
- Link to Node 58
85.
Blurg
: The duergar are back! Run, little mushrooms!, DUERGARDWARFUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_HasMet = False, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_UserShortcut = FalseUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_HasMet, f82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingHasmet = False, f82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingIntro
85.
Blurg
: Ah, a visitor! You're a welcome sight.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_HasMet = False, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_UserShortcut = FalseUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_HasMet, f82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingHasmet = False, f82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingIntro
- 20.
  Blurg
  : Ah... wait. You're not with that damned raiding party. Apologies.DUERGARDWARF
  - 130.
    Blurg
    : But let us observe the customs of the locals.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_UserShortcut = False
    
    25.
    Narrator
    : *The scholar's brow tenses. His voice spills into your skull, the spores connecting mind to mind.*
    
    47.
    Blurg
    : Blurg, proud member of the Society of Brilliance, at your service.TELEPATHY
    
    57.
    Blurg
    : Hgh--nzzt. Or perhaps not. Your mind is far more complex than that of the fungi.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_UserShortcut
    
    50. Player: I've never heard of the Society of Brilliance.LOW_TheLodge_Knows_SocietyWantsGithEgg = False, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_WeAskedAboutSoB = FalseUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_WeAskedAboutSoB
    
    56.
    Blurg
    : Understandable. We are small in number, and rarely stay in one place for long.
    
    Link to Node 33
    
    119. Player: Your kind tend to be slaves down here.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_WeAskedAboutRace = False, REALLY_UNDERDARKUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_WeAskedAboutRace
    
    131.
    Blurg
    : It's true that many of my brethren are enslaved here, but my intellect has secured my freedom.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_AllowedTrading
    
    22.
    Blurg
    : It is my hope that my research will lead to liberation and peace for my people.
    
    72.
    Blurg
    : Such designs are part of why I've devoted myself to studying the myconids.
    
    Link to Node 33
    
    79. Player: I've never seen a hobgoblin like you before.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_WeAskedAboutRace = False, UNDERDARK = FalseUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_WeAskedAboutRace
    
    4.
    Blurg
    : The feeling is mutual, friend. I have only passing familiarity with astral travellers., GITHYANKIUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_AllowedTrading
    
    4.
    Blurg
    : The feeling is mutual, friend. I have only passing familiarity with the surface races.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_AllowedTrading
    
    77.
    Blurg
    : But I've found that there is as much to learn from an individual as there is from a community.
    
    38.
    Blurg
    : So it is with the myconids: they live in harmonious unity, but each has a unique personality.
    
    33. [Jump] Jump to Node 53 (2)
    
    110. Player: Research in the Underdark sounds like a dangerous prospect.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_ToldAboutColleagues, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_WeAskedAboutMyconids = FalseUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_WeAskedAboutMyconids
    
    161.
    Blurg
    : Yes, but it has abundant natural resources. Spores, waterorbs, trillimac! I've studied them for years.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_AllowedTrading
    
    1. Player: [PassiveRoll] Roll (Intelligence, Arcana) vs 15 (0)
    
    156. [RollResult] True
    
    157.
    Narrator
    : *There is rare magic in the Underdark too. Faerzress. It radiates from the earth, warping teleportation and divination magic.*
    
    108. Player: What have your studies uncovered?
    
    53.
    Blurg
    : This is not a wasteland: it is a glorious ecosystem. Every civilisation here could thrive without conflict!
    
    6.
    Blurg
    : [TagAnswer] UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_AskedOurMission = False, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_State_MindFlayerWasSummoned = False
    
    54. [Alias] UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_ToldAboutColleagues = FalseUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_ToldAboutColleagues
    
    Alias to Node 40
    
    52.
    Blurg
    : It's curious to find a githyanki here. What has brought you down so deep?, GITHYANKIUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_AskedOurMission = False, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_State_MindFlayerPresent = False, UNDERDARK = FalseUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_AskedOurMission
    
    52.
    Blurg
    : It's curious to find a surface dweller here. What has brought you down so deep?<br>UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_AskedOurMission = False, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_State_MindFlayerPresent = False, UNDERDARK = FalseUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_AskedOurMission
    
    Link to Node 106
    
    Link to Node 107
    
    92. Player: Honestly? I kind of got lost down here.REALLY_GITHYANKI = False
    
    36.
    Blurg
    : A common phenomenon in the Underdark, I'm afraid.
    
    34.
    Blurg
    : Could I ask what you were searching for to begin with?
    
    68. [Jump] Jump to Node 19 (2)
    
    49. Player: I am trying to return to my people.REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    97.
    Blurg
    : You may have trouble reaching the Astral Plane from here, young gith.
    
    160.
    Blurg
    : Why do you not seek refuge among your own on the surface?
    
    Link to Node 68
    
    11.
    Blurg
    : Our kind has suffered needlessly for generations. Do you also seek peace among the myconids?UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_AskedOurMission = False, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_State_MindFlayerPresent = False, UNDERDARKUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_AskedOurMission
    
    106. Player: A mind flayer infected me with a tadpole.
    
    19.
    Blurg
    : Truly remarkable! But why come to the Underdark, where they hold so much power?
    
    138. Player: Explain the whole story.
    
    18. Player: [TagAnswer] UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Inclusion_MindFlayer
    
    9.
    Blurg
    : You were infected by an illithid tadpole? It's a miracle you're still intact!
    
    83.
    Blurg
    : You must be worried sick, but have no fear.
    
    81.
    Blurg
    : I have a friend who may be able to assist.
    
    2.
    Blurg
    : Omeluum!TELEPATHY
    
    99. Player: [TagAnswer] UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Event_SummonMindFlayer
    
    65.
    Omeluum
    : I hope this is important, Blurg. My zurkhwood samples need constant attention.^devnoteTELEPATHY25c1ac70-f65f-4869-8a74-eff5827d9cdeUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_MindFlayer_HasMet, GLO_Emperor_State_MetMindFlayerBefore
    
    62.
    Blurg
    : It is! This adventurer has an illithid tadpole inside her head. But she hasn't turned., FEMALE
    
    62.
    Blurg
    : It is! This adventurer has an illithid tadpole inside his head. But he hasn't turned., MALE
    
    62.
    Blurg
    : It is! This adventurer has an illithid tadpole inside their head. But they haven't turned.
    
    164.
    Omeluum
    : No ceremorphosis? That's impossible! But intriguing.^devnoteTELEPATHY
    
    26. Player: [TagAnswer] ORI_Inclusion_Laezel
    
    66. [Alias] REALLY_LAEZELAskedToCheck
    
    Alias to Node 80
    
    122.
    Lae'zel
    : Ghaik. Your head will make a fine trophy for my queen!REALLY_LAEZELf82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_LaezelAggressive
    
    63. Player: [TagAnswer] ORI_Inclusion_End_Laezel
    
    21. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 31
    
    3. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 141
    
    37.
    Omeluum
    : But I assure you, I stand with the Society of Brilliance, not the colonies of my people.TELEPATHY
    
    101. Player: Stifle your revulsion and listen to the mind flayer., REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    Link to Node 61
    
    150. Player: I have felt the shame of Lolth herself. I understand, Omeluum., REALLY_DROWELF
    
    150. Player: I know what it's like to be shunned. I understand, Omeluum., REALLY_DUERGARDWARF
    
    Link to Node 61
    
    126. Player: I've made a lot of strange allies for information. Let's hear it.WARLOCK
    
    Link to Node 61
    
    8. Player: The myconids wouldn't appreciate us fighting here. I'll listen.UND_MyconidCircle_State_Hostile = False
    
    61. Player: [TagAnswer] ORI_Inclusion_Laezel
    
    96.
    Lae'zel
    : Traitor., REALLY_GITHYANKI^devnoteREALLY_LAEZEL
    
    96.
    Lae'zel
    : Fool.^devnoteREALLY_LAEZEL
    
    24.
    Lae'zel
    : You betray the very reason you were hatched into this plane., REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    24.
    Lae'zel
    : They infest your head and invade your dreams, and still you would parley?
    
    12. Player: [TagAnswer] ORI_Inclusion_End_Laezel
    
    102.
    Omeluum
    : I ask only that you refrain from violence. I respect that your opinion of my kind may be... charged.TELEPATHY
    
    91.
    Omeluum
    : If that settles matters for the time being... would you like a diagnosis?TELEPATHY
    
    86.
    Omeluum
    : Open your mind to me. Let us see what lurks within.TELEPATHYUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_MindFlayer_State_ConnectionAsked
    
    93. Player: Swallow your disgust and permit the ghaik's search.REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    14.
    Narrator
    : *As Omeluum's mind pierces yours, the tadpole pulses with power.*^devnote
    
    78.
    Narrator
    : *It feels ten times its size. Alive, awake. Almost smug.*^devnoteUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Event_AutoStartMindFlayerDialog
    
    134. [Nested Dialog]
    End
    
    111. Player: Relax and let Omeluum's mind search your own.REALLY_GITHYANKI = False
    
    Link to Node 14
    
    158. Player: Never mind. I'm done with mind flayers touching me.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_MindFlayer_State_ConnectionRefused
    
    69.
    Omeluum
    : I see. I will remain here if you change your mind.TELEPATHYUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Inclusion_End_MindFlayer
    End
    
    32. [Jump] Jump to Node 91 (1)
    
    142. Player: I want nothing to do with you.f82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_LaezelAggressiveUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_MindFlayer_State_ConnectionRefused
    
    82. [Jump] Jump to Node 69 (1)
    
    28. Player: Running this ghaik through would be a privilege. Attack., REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    28. Player: I'd never trust a mind flayer. Attack.
    
    153.
    Blurg
    : This is pointless.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_State_Hostile, TemporaryHostilityAfterDialog
    End
    
    121. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 124
    
    Link to Node 37
    
    80.
    Omeluum
    : Are you looking to have it extracted?TELEPATHYAskedToCheck
    
    74. Player: Yes. Absolutely.
    
    128. [Jump] Jump to Node 86 (1)
    
    125. Player: A ghaik! Die., REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    125. Player: A mind flayer?! Die.
    
    31.
    Omeluum
    : Please, hold. I understand your rage against my kin.TELEPATHY
    
    141.
    Omeluum
    : My species has terrorised the Underdark for countless generations., UNDERDARKTELEPATHY
    
    141.
    Omeluum
    : My species devastated and enslaved yours. It is unforgivable., GITHYANKITELEPATHY
    
    Link to Node 41
    
    124.
    Omeluum
    : One of my brethren forced a tadpole into your eye. Or ear, perhaps?TELEPATHY
    
    41. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 37
    
    123. [Jump] Jump to Node 101 (1)
    
    149. [Jump] Jump to Node 8 (1)
    
    60. [Jump] Jump to Node 150 (1)
    
    43. Player: Sorry, Omeluum. I'd rather not.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_MindFlayer_State_ConnectionRefused
    
    10. [Jump] Jump to Node 69 (1)
    
    137. Player: I'd never trust a mind flayer. Attack.REALLY_GITHYANKI = False
    
    95. [Jump] Jump to Node 153 (1)
    
    87. Player: You'll die choking on your own bile, ghaik!REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    55. [Jump] Jump to Node 153 (1)
    
    103. Player: How could a ghaik be anyone's ally?, REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    103. Player: An illithid is your friend? How is that possible?
    
    127.
    Omeluum
    : I have broken free from the elder brain's yoke. I no longer serve the Grand Design.TELEPATHY
    
    154.
    Omeluum
    : I ask that you refrain from violence, while I respect that your opinion of my kind may not change.TELEPATHY
    
    105. Player: What is the Grand Design?
    
    89.
    Omeluum
    : A collective quest to eliminate the gith and enslave all other humanoids.TELEPATHY
    
    98. [Jump] Jump to Node 91 (1)
    
    104. Player: I'm not refraining from anything. You'll die like the rest.
    
    7. Player: Leave.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_MindFlayer_State_ConnectionRefused
    End
    
    42. [Jump] Jump to Node 43 (1)
    
    15. Player: That's not your business.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_WeDidntTellAboutTadpole
    
    73.
    Blurg
    : Forgive me. Being inquisitive is in my nature.
    
    29. [Jump] Jump to Node 57 (2)
    
    23. Player: This is where I belong, but right now I can't stay.REALLY_UNDERDARK
    
    132.
    Blurg
    : I know the feeling well. What has driven you from home?
    
    Link to Node 138
    
    Link to Node 15
    
    107. Player: I collect mushrooms to sell on the surface.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_WeLiedAboutMissionRoll (Charisma, Deception) vs 10 (0)
    
    136. [RollResult] True
    
    5.
    Blurg
    : Then you've come to the right place. The hybridisation among fungi in this circle is truly unique.
    
    152. [Jump] Jump to Node 57 (2)
    
    144. [RollResult] False
    
    155.
    Blurg
    : I... see. A fine way to make a living.^devnote
    
    17. [Jump] Jump to Node 57 (2)
    
    40.
    Blurg
    : My colleagues and I are working to improve conditions in the Underdark. This need not be such a dire, hostile place.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_ToldAboutColleagues = FalseUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_ToldAboutColleagues
    
    45. [Jump] Jump to Node 57 (2)
    
    139. Player: Our peoples aren't exactly inclined to share with each other.REALLY_UNDERDARK
    
    117.
    Blurg
    : And yet, we are all in need. Imagine what creativity would bloom if no craftsman starved. If every wizard had spell materials!
    
    Link to Node 145
    
    46. Player: Such is nature's balance: life thriving under adversity.DRUID
    
    44.
    Blurg
    : Exactly! It's such a relief to meet another sensible mind.
    
    145. [Jump] Jump to Node 53 (2)
    
    146. Player: Do you have anything interesting to trade?
    
    129.
    Blurg
    : I do enjoy a good bargain, if anything in my private collection is to your liking.
    
    135.
    Blurg
    : [Trade]
    
    163.
    Blurg
    : Very well. I have mushrooms to catalogue.
    End
    
    70. Player: Leave.<br>
    End
    
    16. [RollResult] False
    
    30. [Jump] Jump to Node 157 (2)
    
    151. Player: Seems like you've had a run-in with my people before.<br>UND_MyconidCircle_State_OfferedQuest = False, f82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingIntro, REALLY_DUERGARDWARFUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_WeAskedAboutDuergars = False
    
    0.
    Blurg
    : You scoundrels attacked these peaceful villagers completely unprovoked! Filthy, dim-witted...
    
    71.
    Blurg
    : Pardon. Sometimes my temper gets the better of me., DUERGARDWARF
    
    Link to Node 120
    
    59. Player: Were you here when the duergar attacked?<br>UND_MyconidCircle_State_OfferedQuest, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_WeAskedAboutDuergars = False
    
    120.
    Blurg
    : I observed the fight from a distance. Combat is not my field of expertise, but the myconids handled themselves well enough.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_WeAskedAboutDuergars
    
    100. [Jump] Jump to Node 53 (2)
    
    27. Player: Can you tell me more about ceremorphosis?UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_State_MindFlayerPresent, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_MindFlayer_State_ConnectionPerformed = False
    
    113. Player: [TagAnswer] UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Inclusion_MindFlayer
    
    67.
    Narrator
    : *Omeluum's tentacles flutter in what appears to be the mind flayer's approximation of a smile.*25c1ac70-f65f-4869-8a74-eff5827d9cde
    
    76. [Jump] Jump to Node 86 (1)
    
    148.
    Blurg
    : Excellent! Omeluum will be happy to answer all of your questions.25c1ac70-f65f-4869-8a74-eff5827d9cde = False
    End
    
    35. Player: Do you know anything about ceremorphosis?UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_WeLiedAboutMission, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_AskedOurMission, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_WeDidntTellAboutTadpole = False, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_State_MindFlayerPresent = False, f82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingHasmet
    
    133.
    Blurg
    : A fascinating topic. May I ask the reason for your interest?UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_WeLiedAboutMission = False
    
    94. [Jump] Jump to Node 138 (1)
    
    90. Player: We all have our unique interests. Mind flayers are mine.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_WeDidntTellAboutTadpole
    
    48.
    Blurg
    : I see! Well, it is the central act of mind flayer reproduction.
    
    140.
    Blurg
    : A tadpole is inserted into a living humanoid, and in seven days, the host is consumed to produce a new illithid.
    
    116.
    Blurg
    : A fascinating process, if a touch grim.
    
    75. [Jump] Jump to Node 57 (2)
    
    115. Player: Tell Blurg about the tadpole.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_AskedOurMission, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_WeDidntTellAboutTadpole, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_State_MindFlayerPresent = False, f82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingHasmet
    
    147. [Jump] Jump to Node 18 (1)
    
    159. Player: Can I talk to Omeluum again?UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_State_MindFlayerPresent = False, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_State_MindFlayerWasSummoned, f82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingHasmet
    
    13.
    Blurg
    : Let me see if it will answer my summons a second time.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Event_SummonMindFlayer
    End
    
    64. [Jump] Jump to Node 146 (1)
    
    109. [Jump] Jump to Node 70 (1)
112.
Blurg
: Ah, the mushroom hunter! Have you made any new discoveries?UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_State_WeLiedAboutMission, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_HasMet, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_State_MindFlayerPresent = Falsef82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingHasmet, f82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingIntro = False
- 143. [Jump] Jump to Node 57 (2)
114. [Alias] UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_HasMet = False, DUERGARDWARF, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_UserShortcutUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_HasMet, f82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingHasmet = False, f82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingIntro
- Alias to Node 85
- 84.
  Blurg
  : Ah... wait. You're not with that damned raiding party. Apologies.
  - 88. [Jump] Jump to Node 57 (2)
118.
Blurg
: Ah, a visitor! You're a welcome sight.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_HasMet = False, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_HasMet = False, DUERGARDWARF = False, UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_UserShortcutUND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Scholar_HasMet, f82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingHasmet = False, f82ad8fc-1a31-d801-c6d6-0e0ec9c540c3_GreetingIntro
- Link to Node 88
162.
Blurg
: I must complete this study. Entertain yourself elsewhere.UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_State_Hostile
End