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Synopsis:

The player meets Balthazar, the necromancer, in his temporary command centre in the Shar temple. They find him at an altar, repairing one of his damaged undead, while other minions bustle around. Balthazar has been sent by Ketheric Thorm to recover Nightsong, but has been unable to clear a path to her vault. He decides to recruit the player, upon recognising them as tadpoled. The player can agree or decline, and can possibly persuade him to loan his flesh golem to aid their exploration.

How to trigger:

goto -828; 8; -784
fight the shadowquakes
the door to baltazar is now open. Approach and talk to him.

27.
Balthazar
: Ah, the interloper - and in one piece as well. Not an entirely unpromising specimen, for one naturally-born.^devnoteSHA_Necromancer_State_InvitedToRoom = False, SHA_Necromancer_HasMet_AtTemple = FalseSHA_Necromancer_State_Naturalborn, SHA_Necromancer_HasMet, SHA_Necromancer_HasMet_AtTemple
- 83.
  Balthazar
  : Not just any True Soul would have succeeded in following my path through this place. You should be pleased.CLERIC = False
  - Link to Node 54
- 43.
  Balthazar
  : Though it's not all natural, is it? A touch of the divine... Most curious, for a True Soul.CLERIC
  - 54.
    Balthazar
    : I take it the breaking of my skeletons was an accident - the living are so clumsy, after all.SHA_Necromancer_State_PlayerAttacked
    
    1.
    Balthazar
    : [TagAnswer]
    
    149. Player: I'm pleased to be of service, Balthazar.REALLY_MINTHARA
    
    20. [Jump] Jump to Node 258 (1)
    
    194. Player: Another True Soul was looking for you. Nere - I aided him in the Underdark.SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_ToldAboutNere = False, UND_TheDrowNere_State_MentionedBalthazar, UND_TheDrowNere_Event_ToldGeneralSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_ToldAboutNere
    
    17.
    Balthazar
    : Ah, it was you who pulled his sorry carcass from the rubble. You should have left him there.
    
    273.
    Balthazar
    : The miserable worm tried to kill me, hoping to take all the glory of this mission for himself.
    
    143.
    Balthazar
    : Dull, dull, dull. Nere was never cut out to be a True Soul - he's a very obedient corpse, though.
    
    258.
    Balthazar
    : Perhaps you can prove to me that you're more useful alive than dead. You know what's at stake here, I take it?
    
    254. [Jump] Jump to Node 202 (2)
    
    197. Player: Balthazar, I presume? Z'rell sent me. She thinks you're in danger of failing your master.^devnoteMOO_Executioner_Knows_BalthazarIsMissingSHA_Necromancer_Event_MentionedZrell
    
    200. [Jump] Jump to Node 95 (1)
    
    204. Player: Who are you?^devnoteMOO_Executioner_Knows_BalthazarIsMissing = False
    
    2. [Jump] Jump to Node 38 (1)
    
    255. Player: I fought a battle right under your nose - help would have been useful.SHA_Necromancer_State_NecroFoughtJusticiars = False, MOO_Executioner_Knows_BalthazarIsMissing
    
    Link to Node 67
    
    226. Player: I fought a battle right under your nose - whoever you are, some help would have been useful.SHA_Necromancer_State_NecroFoughtJusticiars = False, MOO_Executioner_Knows_BalthazarIsMissing = False
    
    67.
    Balthazar
    : Do you truly expect your betters to sully their hands to aid you at every turn, True Soul? Such a poor grasp of hierarchy...^devnote
    
    157. [Jump] Jump to Node 238 (1)
    
    178. Player: Bold of you to assume I'm a comrade - considering you know of my god. , CLERICSHA_Necromancer_State_PlayerAttacked = False
    
    178. Player: True Soul? Bold of you, to assume I'm a comrade.SHA_Necromancer_State_PlayerAttacked = False
    
    Link to Node 41
    
    154. Player: Bold of you to assume I didn't destroy your skeletons deliberately.SHA_Necromancer_State_PlayerAttacked
    
    41. [Jump] Jump to Node 175 (1)
    
    78. Player: It's been some time since anyone considered me a natural anything. , REALLY_ASTARIONSHA_Necromancer_State_Naturalborn, SHA_Necromancer_State_PlayerAttacked = False, REALLY_DARK_URGE = False
    
    78. Player: I was hatched in a crèche and have fought ever since. What do you care of my gestation?, REALLY_GITHYANKISHA_Necromancer_State_Naturalborn, SHA_Necromancer_State_PlayerAttacked = False, REALLY_DARK_URGE = False
    
    78. Player: Naturally-born? That's a strange thing to hold against someone.SHA_Necromancer_State_Naturalborn, SHA_Necromancer_State_PlayerAttacked = False, REALLY_DARK_URGE = False
    
    33.
    Balthazar
    : Ah... you're a leech. Interesting... but there's always room for improvement when it comes to the flesh., REALLY_ASTARION, WARLOCK
    
    33.
    Balthazar
    : Hatched, you say? That's novel, I'll admit, but still limiting. There's always room for improvement when it comes to the flesh., REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    33.
    Balthazar
    : Not so. Womb births are such imprecise things... There's always room for improvement when it comes to the flesh.
    
    170.
    Balthazar
    : My creations are more than a sum of their parts.
    
    26. Player: Enough unpleasantries. You're Balthazar, yes? Z'rell sent me, to ensure you didn't fail your master.MOO_Executioner_Knows_BalthazarIsMissingSHA_Necromancer_Event_MentionedZrell
    
    158. [Jump] Jump to Node 95 (1)
    
    115. Player: Who are you?MOO_Executioner_Knows_BalthazarIsMissing = False
    
    84. [Jump] Jump to Node 38 (1)
    
    114. Player: Your creations? Mindless undead minions, from what I've seen.
    
    270.
    Balthazar
    : They are mere sketches compared to my masterwork - that would leave you in awe, should you be fortunate enough to bear witness.^devnote
    
    222. Player: You're assuming I'm an ally. Unwise, perhaps.
    
    175.
    Balthazar
    : Is it? I've seen inside your head, thanks to my troops. Besides, if you were an enemy, you'd be completely surrounded.
    
    91. Player: I'm friendly. Z'rell sent me to make sure you weren't failing your master.^devnoteMOO_Executioner_Knows_BalthazarIsMissingSHA_Necromancer_Event_MentionedZrell
    
    95.
    Balthazar
    : General Thorm...?
    
    131.
    Balthazar
    : Rubbish. Everything is at hand here - Z'rell merely envies the General's faith in me. I am in the midst of a grand strategy.
    
    202.
    Balthazar
    : But you're here now, and I may be able to put those limbs to work. You know what's at stake here, I take it?
    
    51. Player: Nere mentioned that you were seeking access to the Temple. Looks like you found it.SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_ToldAboutNere = False, UND_TheDrowNere_State_MentionedBalthazar, UND_TheDrowNere_Event_ToldGeneralSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_ToldAboutNere
    
    127. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 17
    
    271. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 273
    
    239. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 143
    
    122.
    Balthazar
    : Perhaps you'd be more useful dead than alive if you don't even know what I'm seeking here.
    
    183. [Jump] Jump to Node 202 (2)
    
    218. Player: Z'rell spoke of a relic - something called the Nightsong in your notes. They were very interesting.MOO_BalthazarsSecrets_Knows_NightsongSecret, MOO_Executioner_Knows_BalthazarIsMissingSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_NightsongInfoRevealed
    
    Link to Node 241
    
    121. Player: Something called the Nightsong. Your notes were very interesting.^devnoteMOO_BalthazarsSecrets_Knows_NightsongSecret, MOO_Executioner_Knows_BalthazarIsMissing = FalseSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_NightsongInfoRevealed
    
    241. [Jump] Jump to Node 31 (2)
    
    229. Player: Z'rell said Ketheric wants you to find a relic. That's all I know.MOO_BalthazarsSecrets_Knows_NightsongSecret = False, MOO_Executioner_Knows_BalthazarIsMissing
    
    22. [Jump] Jump to Node 113 (2)
    
    106. Player: Enlighten me.
    
    233. [Jump] Jump to Node 159 (2)
    
    71. Player: Judging by how you're cowering in here, your survival?
    
    263.
    Balthazar
    : I do not cower - I plan. I command. I create.
    
    253.
    Balthazar
    : General Thorm trusts me. He knows I will deliver. He knows I will stand by him long after all others wilt and fall.
    
    37.
    Balthazar
    : You, Z'rell, all the rest... you have only one body with which to serve. I have as many as I care to make.^devnoteSHA_Necromancer_Event_MentionedZrell
    
    31. Player: Yet you seem no closer to retrieving the Nightsong? I read your notes - very interesting.^devnoteMOO_BalthazarsSecrets_Knows_NightsongSecretSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_NightsongInfoRevealed
    
    97.
    Balthazar
    : Interesting, and private. Give me one reason why I shouldn't have my creations kill you right now, thief.
    
    68. Player: I had Z'rell's permission - that good enough for you?^devnoteMOO_Executioner_Knows_BalthazarIsMissing
    
    162.
    Balthazar
    : Z'rell exceeds her authority. But fine, I'll overlook your transgressions this time - there are much grander things at stake.^devnote
    
    135. [Jump] Jump to Node 129 (1)
    
    73. Player: I received permission. Take it up with your peers at Moonrise, if you have an issue.^devnoteMOO_Executioner_Knows_BalthazarIsMissing = FalseRoll (Charisma, Deception) vs 14 (0)
    
    142. [RollResult] True
    
    23. [Jump] Jump to Node 21 (1)
    
    176. [RollResult] False
    
    264.
    Balthazar
    : Liar. Liar and a waste of flesh. I'll see what I can salvage from you, after my creations are through with you.^devnoteFactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialog
    End
    
    15. Player: Because I'll rip your tongue out, shove it down your throat, then stomp on your 'creations' until they are dirt beneath my feet.BARBARIANRoll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 14 (1)
    
    259. [Jump] Jump to Node 216 (2)
    
    96. Player: Touch me, and I'll strike you down with all of nature's fang and fury. Go ahead - try me.DRUIDRoll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 14 (1)
    
    Link to Node 259
    
    210. Player: I wield the divine. I can use it to assist you, or send you screaming to the Fugue Plane. Your choice.CLERICRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 14 (1)
    
    Link to Node 259
    
    25. Player: Do it - unleash your creations. But they will not protect you from me - or my righteous fury.PALADINRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 14 (1)
    
    Link to Node 259
    
    216. Player: You're hiding from shadows - literally. Don't make threats you can't back up.BARBARIAN = False, CLERIC = False, DRUID = False, PALADIN = FalseRoll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 14 (0)
    
    70. [RollResult] True
    
    21.
    Balthazar
    : ...Fine. I'll forgive your transgressions this time - there are much grander things at stake.^devnote
    
    129.
    Balthazar
    : The Nightsong is my finest creation - if I never exceed myself, I will still die happy. Not that I ever intend to do something as gauche as truly dying, of course.^devnote
    
    8.
    Balthazar
    : Now, given your prying nature, I have work for you, as a scout.^devnote
    
    99.
    Balthazar
    : The Nightsong lends the General his strength, his invulnerability. It must be recovered, before his enemies attempt to exploit it.SHA_Necromancer_Knows_InvulnerabilitySource, SHA_Necromancer_State_AskedHelp
    
    231. Player: You need my help?
    
    191. [Jump] Jump to Node 182 (1)
    
    80. Player: Sounds like you've good reason to be proud of the Nightsong - tell me more.SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_NightsongInfoRevealed
    
    243.
    Balthazar
    : And spoil the surprise? I think not. But let's just say that the Nightsong was a unique specimen even before I began my work...^devnote
    
    7.
    Balthazar
    : Words - even my words - are woefully insufficient. When you see for yourself, you will understand.^devnote
    
    28. Player: What do you need me to do?
    
    182.
    Balthazar
    : I do not need you, or your help. But you are here in spite of that, so I may as well make use of you.^devnote
    
    213.
    Balthazar
    : The Nightsong is close, but the way is barred and Shar's dead are... uncooperative. Clear the path for me - by blade, cunning, or whatever it takes.^devnoteSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_NightsongInfoRevealedSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Even_NightsongBriefing
    
    Link to Node 268
    
    24.
    Balthazar
    : The relic is close, but the way is barred and Shar's dead are... uncooperative. Clear the path for me - by blade, cunning, or whatever it takes.SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Even_NightsongBriefing
    
    268.
    Balthazar
    : I will remain here until you have succeeded, or fallen.SHA_Necromancer_State_AskedHelp
    
    61. Player: [TagAnswer] ORI_Inclusion_ShadowHeart
    
    137.
    Shadowheart
    : I'd trust this gasbag about as far as I can throw him - which isn't far. But perhaps better to play along, for now.
    
    16. Player: [TagAnswer] ORI_Inclusion_End_ShadowHeart
    
    209. [Jump] Jump to Node 141 (1)
    
    220. [Jump] Jump to Node 64 (1)
    
    262. Player: You have resources to spare - give me something to aid my search.SHA_Necromancer_Event_FailedBellPersuasion = False, SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_BellOffered = False, SHA_Necromancer_State_HasGolemBell, 8a4a686d-6c47-411f-a0b3-d79ff33e2922, ROGUE = FalseRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 14 (0)
    
    Link to Node 3
    
    Link to Node 251
    
    79. Player: For jobs like this it's good form to provide your operatives some extra resources.SHA_Necromancer_Event_FailedBellPersuasion = False, SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_BellOffered = False, SHA_Necromancer_State_HasGolemBell, 8a4a686d-6c47-411f-a0b3-d79ff33e2922, ROGUERoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 10 (0)
    
    3. [RollResult] True
    
    265.
    Balthazar
    : Fine. I will assign Flesh to aid you on your way. Ring this bell...^devnoteSHA_Necromancer_State_HasGolemBell['Astarion 1', 'Lae'zel 1', 'Gale 1', 'Shadowheart 1']
    
    85.
    Balthazar
    : ...and he will come.^devnoteSHA_Necromancer_State_HasGolemBellSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_BellOffered
    
    221. [Visual State]
    
    173.
    Balthazar
    : My brother is no intellectual powerhouse, but he is strong, loyal and punctual. Should a fight turn against you, remember the bell.
    
    81. Player: Take the bell.SHA_Necromancer_Event_AgreedToHelp, SHA_Necromancer_Event_GiveGolemBell
    
    185. [Visual State]
    
    101.
    Balthazar
    : Flesh will remain here until called. Don't fear, he has very sharp hearing - I chose his ears myself. Now, get to work.
    End
    
    190. Player: Wait. It - he - is your brother?SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_AskedAboutGolem = FalseSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_AskedAboutGolem
    
    125.
    Balthazar
    : In part, yes - my poor unborn twin. Mother always resented me for it - said I strangled him in the womb, if you can believe such tripe.
    
    134.
    Balthazar
    : Besides, once I developed my powers, I fetched him from the graveyard and brought him back - gave him a new, better body. Alas, mother was... not pleased.
    
    55. Player: What happened to your mother?SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_AskedAboutGolemSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_AskedAboutMother
    
    98.
    Balthazar
    : We're still close. She's in a jar on the shelf over there.^devnote
    
    119. Player: Actually, I have your mother.SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_AskedAboutMother, SHA_Necromancer_State_HasMother
    
    92.
    Balthazar
    : What the...? Give me back my mother, this instant!^devnote
    
    179. Player: Return Balthazar's mother.SHA_Necromancer_Event_GiveMother['Halsin 1']
    
    188.
    Balthazar
    : Good. And keep your hands to yourself in future.^devnote
    
    261. [Jump] Jump to Node 173 (2)
    
    59. Player: No, I think I'll keep her.['Karlach 1', 'Gale 1', 'Wyll 1', 'Minthara 1', 'Halsin -1', 'Shadowheart 1', 'Astarion 1', 'Lae'zel 1']
    
    195.
    Balthazar
    : I gave you a chance, mother-thief!^devnoteFactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialog
    End
    
    64. Player: What exactly will you be doing while I'm out risking myself?^devnoteSHA_Necromancer_Event_AgreedToHelp = FalseSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_MentionedMikan
    
    151.
    Balthazar
    : My creations need tending to - not that it's any of your concern.
    
    44.
    Balthazar
    : This one's broken. He once tormented me as a youth, lifetimes ago. Now he serves me, forever.^devnote
    
    66.
    Balthazar
    : No rest for you yet, Mikan. You will serve me until I am satisfied.^devnote
    
    153. [Jump] Jump to Node 82 (1)
    
    29. Player: Keep it - this is your problem, for trespassing in Lady Shar's temple. , SHARSHA_Necromancer_Event_AgreedToHelp = FalseSHA_Necromancer_Event_SaidNoToHelpWithNightsong
    
    29. Player: Keep it - this is your problem, not mine.SHA_Necromancer_Event_AgreedToHelp = FalseSHA_Necromancer_Event_SaidNoToHelpWithNightsong
    
    100.
    Balthazar
    : Go, then - you'll either come to your senses, or die in this place without me.SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_RefusedOnce
    End
    234.
    Balthazar
    : This is not a problem - it is an opportunity. And it is not a choice either - you will obey.SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_RefusedOnce = FalseSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_RefusedOnce
    
    224. Player: Fine. I'll see what I can do. May Lady Shar forgive me for aiding you., SHARSHA_Necromancer_Event_AgreedToHelp
    
    224. Player: Fine. I'll see what I can do.SHA_Necromancer_Event_AgreedToHelp
    
    13. [Jump] Jump to Node 141 (2)
    
    230. Player: There's always a choice. Like I can let you live, or not.Roll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 16 (0)
    
    275. [RollResult] True
    
    274.
    Balthazar
    : Go, then. You'll be back, once you've had another taste of Shar's hospitality.
    End
    
    108. [RollResult] False
    
    152.
    Balthazar
    : You will obey - once you are reborn as one of my creations.FactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialog
    End
    
    181. Player: Obey? No - I will smite you where you stand, necromancer. PALADIN, OATHBREAKER = False['Lae'zel 1', 'Shadowheart 5', 'Wyll 1', 'Karlach 1', 'Halsin 1']
    
    156. [Jump] Jump to Node 152 (1)
    
    48. Player: Attack.FactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialog['Lae'zel 1', 'Shadowheart 5', 'Wyll 1', 'Karlach 1', 'Halsin 1']
    End
    
    77. [Jump] Jump to Node 48 (1)
    
    4.
    Balthazar
    : Fine. I will assign Flesh to aid you on your way. Ring this bell...^devnoteSHA_Necromancer_State_HasGolemBell = False['Astarion 1', 'Lae'zel 1', 'Gale 1', 'Shadowheart 1']
    
    32.
    Balthazar
    : ...Hmm. Misplaced, it seems. You will be capable enough without it.SHA_Necromancer_State_HasGolemBell = False
    
    141. Player: Lady Shar forgive me... but I'll see what I can do to help., SHARSHA_Necromancer_Event_AgreedToHelp['Gale -1', 'Shadowheart -1', 'Wyll -1', 'Karlach -1', 'Halsin -1']
    
    141. Player: I'll see what I can do.SHA_Necromancer_Event_AgreedToHelp['Gale -1', 'Shadowheart -1', 'Wyll -1', 'Karlach -1', 'Halsin -1']
    
    120.
    Balthazar
    : Do not fail me, or you can share in Mikan's fate.^devnoteSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_MentionedMikan
    End
    201.
    Balthazar
    : Do not fail me. If you do, you'll join the ranks of my creations, and be forced to try again.^devnoteSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_MentionedMikan = False
    End
    
    9. [Jump] Jump to Node 64 (1)
    
    58. [Jump] Jump to Node 82 (1)
    
    10. Player: I'm not helping. You trespassed in Lady Shar's temple - this is a problem of your own making., SHARSHA_Necromancer_Event_SaidNoToHelpWithNightsong
    
    10. Player: This sounds like your problem, not mine.SHA_Necromancer_Event_SaidNoToHelpWithNightsong
    
    130. [Jump] Jump to Node 29 (2)
    
    251. [RollResult] False
    
    172.
    Balthazar
    : I think not. You seem a capable type, and I'll need to keep myself well-protected in this place.SHA_Necromancer_Event_FailedBellPersuasion
    
    82. Player: About the orthon in these ruins - friend or foe to you?SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_OrthonAcknowledged = False, SHA_OrthonLair_Knows_OrthonSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_OrthonAcknowledged
    
    248.
    Balthazar
    : The devil is of no relevance to my goal. Besides, it seems you handled him well enough - I no longer hear that blasted singing of his.SHA_Orthon_State_Defeated
    
    244.
    Balthazar
    : Perhaps I will seek out his carcass, should I be afforded the opportunity. Surely there are some parts I could put to use...
    
    247.
    Balthazar
    : Neither. That caterwauling beast is irrelevant as far as I'm concerned - unless he hampers my goals. In that case, consider him a foe, and act accordingly.SHA_Orthon_State_Defeated = False
    
    133. Player: Wrong - no part of you will remain here when I'm finished with you. PALADIN, OATHBREAKER = False
    
    35. [Jump] Jump to Node 177 (1)
    
    206. [Jump] Jump to Node 10 (1)
    
    203. Player: I never said I was going to help. This is your problem.SHA_Necromancer_Event_SaidNoToHelpWithNightsong
    
    132. [Jump] Jump to Node 234 (1)
    
    117. [Jump] Jump to Node 10 (1)
    
    69. Player: I think I'd rather exploit the Nightsong for myself - after I've gotten rid of you.SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_NightsongInfoRevealed
    
    177.
    Balthazar
    : Promising flesh wasted on an idiot mind, I see. I'll salvage what parts I can from you.^devnoteFactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialog
    End
    
    146. Player: I think I'd rather exploit this relic - after I've gotten rid of you.SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_NightsongInfoRevealed = False
    
    Link to Node 177
    
    272. [RollResult] False
    
    237.
    Balthazar
    : You are a waste of flesh. I'll see what I can salvage, after my creations are through with you.FactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialog
    End
    
    171. Player: Sir, I am a jack-of-all-trades and a master of many. Our meeting was not by chance - you need me.BARDRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 14 (1)
    
    160. [Jump] Jump to Node 0 (2)
    
    267. Player: You are a ship without a sail, necromancer. You need allies - you need me.MONKRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 14 (1)
    
    Link to Node 160
    
    242. Player: Because I am magical powerhouse. You need me, and you know it.SORCERERRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 14 (1)
    
    Link to Node 160
    
    246. Player: I outmatch you in both brains and magic - you need me.WIZARDRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 14 (1)
    
    Link to Node 160
    
    0. Player: It's simple - you need me. Don't pretend otherwise.SORCERER = False, WIZARD = False, BARD = False, MONK = FalseRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 14 (0)
    
    52. [RollResult] True
    
    86.
    Balthazar
    : ...Fine. Your usefulness may outweigh your insolence - for now. There are much grander things at stake.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 129
    
    266. [RollResult] False
    
    269. [Alias] FactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialog
    End
    
    Alias to Node 237
    
    45. [Jump] Jump to Node 48 (1)
    
    113. Player: As you mention serving Ketheric, he sent you to find a relic, no? MOO_BalthazarsSecrets_Knows_NightsongSecret = False
    
    168.
    Balthazar
    : General Thorm to you. But yes, recovering the relic is the crux of it. He commands, and I, his humble servant, fulfil that command.^devnote
    
    11.
    Balthazar
    : While you, an infinitely more humble servant, fulfil my command. I will put you to work - as a scout.SHA_Necromancer_State_AskedHelp
    
    109.
    Narrator
    : *This necromancer has Ketheric's trust. Helping him could be just what you need to gain access to the man himself.*MOO_Executioner_Knows_BalthazarIsMissing = False
    
    212. Player: So you need my help - what would I have to do?
    
    257. [Jump] Jump to Node 28 (2)
    
    140. Player: I need more to go on. Why is this relic so important? What does it do?FIGHTER = False, WARLOCK = False, WIZARD = False, MONK = False, ROGUE = FalseRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 14 (0)
    
    215. [RollResult] True
    
    5.
    Balthazar
    : Fine, if it'll spare me your bleating. The relic lends the General his strength, his invulnerability. It must be recovered, before his enemies attempt to exploit it.SHA_Necromancer_Knows_InvulnerabilitySource
    
    169. [Jump] Jump to Node 99 (2)
    
    62. [RollResult] False
    
    161.
    Balthazar
    : Telling you will not make the task any less perilous. Just obey, and use your ignorance as a shield. You should be adept at that already.
    
    Link to Node 169
    
    225. Player: Jobs like this always go smoother when I know exactly what I'm looking for. ROGUERoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 14 (1)
    
    Link to Node 88
    
    198. Player: A scout is little good if they don't know what to look for. What does this relic do?FIGHTERRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 14 (1)
    
    88. [Jump] Jump to Node 140 (2)
    
    250. Player: What are the properties of this relic, magical or otherwise? So I can be of better assistance, of course.WIZARDRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 14 (1)
    
    Link to Node 88
    
    214. Player: I'm not the type to make a deal without the details. What exactly am I looking for?WARLOCKRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 14 (1)
    
    Link to Node 88
    
    42. Player: As much as I enjoy you flattering me, this isn't my problem.SHA_Necromancer_Event_SaidNoToHelpWithNightsong
    
    128. [Jump] Jump to Node 29 (2)
    
    232.
    Narrator
    : *This necromancer has Ketheric's trust. Helping him might just be the best way to gain access to Moonrise Towers.*MOO_PartyProgress_EnteredMoonrise = False, GLO_Jaheira_State_SentToMoonrise
    
    174. [Jump] Jump to Node 109 (2)
    
    159. Player: Fine, consider your merits acknowledged. Care to enlighten me as to what's going on?
    
    47.
    Balthazar
    : There is a relic here. One which General Thorm desires. No - needs. I will retrieve it for him...
    
    150.
    Balthazar
    : ...and you will help me. Ignorant you may be, you've shown some prowess in scouting and combat by making it this far.
    
    57. [Jump] Jump to Node 11 (2)
    
    6. Player: Interesting - let's test that theory. Time to die, monster. PALADIN, OATHBREAKER = False
    
    76. [Jump] Jump to Node 269 (1)
    
    138.
    Balthazar
    : You and all the rest have only one body with which to serve. I have as many as I care to make.
    
    36. [Jump] Jump to Node 37 (2)
    
    111. Player: I recall tales of Balthazar the Monk - I must say, the legends don't do you justice., BARDSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Knows_BalthazarHistorySuccess, SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_AskedAboutBalthazar = FalseSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_AskedAboutBalthazar
    
    111. Player: Balthazar - I heard of a monk by that name once. He died a long time ago.SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Knows_BalthazarHistorySuccess, SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_AskedAboutBalthazar = FalseSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_AskedAboutBalthazar
    
    65.
    Balthazar
    : He didn't seem very legendary when I took his name - naught but a pile of bones. Impressive tomb, though.BARD
    
    110.
    Balthazar
    : But enough idle chatter - keep to the matter at hand. You do know what's at stake here, yes?^devnote
    
    165.
    Balthazar
    : Oh, him? Yes, I decided to take his name for myself after taking his rib bones. Suits me better, I think.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 110
    
    104. Player: The name Balthazar seems familar, but not as a servant of Ketheric Thorm. Where have you heard it before?MOO_Executioner_Knows_BalthazarIsMissing, SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_DidHistoryCheck = False, BARD = False, MONK = FalseSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_DidHistoryCheckRoll (Intelligence, History) vs 14 (0)
    
    144. [RollResult] True
    
    235.
    Narrator
    : *It comes back to you - Balthazar headed a monastic order that controlled a place called Amkethran, in the deserts of Calimshan... but he is long dead, from what you recall.*^devnoteSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Knows_BalthazarHistorySuccess
    
    30. [RollResult] False
    
    19.
    Narrator
    : *The thought eludes you. Perhaps you saw a passing reference in some old tome.*
    
    102. Player: The name Balthazar seems vaguely familar, but from where?MOO_Executioner_Knows_BalthazarIsMissing = False, SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_DidHistoryCheck = False, BARD = False, MONK = FalseSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_DidHistoryCheckRoll (Intelligence, History) vs 14 (0)
    
    199. [Jump] Jump to Node 104 (2)
    
    40. Player: You're sure you've read of a notable Balthazar before... But where?, BARD, MONKSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_DidHistoryCheck = FalseSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_DidHistoryCheckRoll (Intelligence, History) vs 14 (1)
    
    118. [RollResult] True
    
    116.
    Narrator
    : *You remember an ancient scroll rescued from an Amkethran monastery. It spoke of Balthazar, the monastic order's leader. Specifically, it recorded his death.*SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Knows_BalthazarHistorySuccess
    
    208. [Jump] Jump to Node 30 (1)
    
    252. Player: Let's assume I'm friendly. Who are you?BARBARIAN = False, RANGER = False, MONK = False, ROGUE = False
    
    Link to Node 38
    
    155. Player: I could break you quicker than you could squeak an order. Talk - who are you?BARBARIAN
    
    Link to Node 38
    
    63. Player: Doesn't matter - I've already mapped out five escape routes. But I'll bite - who are you?ROGUE
    
    38.
    Balthazar
    : You are a True Soul - there is no excuse for you to not recognise your betters.
    
    238.
    Balthazar
    : But never mind, your potential may outweigh your ignorance. I am Balthazar - Chief Advisor to General Thorm, and entrusted with a mission of utmost importance.^devnote
    
    75.
    Balthazar
    : Do you know what is at stake here?
    
    249. [Jump] Jump to Node 202 (2)
    
    164. Player: I hunt and kill monsters - such threats mean nothing to me. Talk - who are you?RANGER
    
    Link to Node 38
    
    189. Player: You expect your words to spark fear - but I am past such things. Who are you?MONK
    
    Link to Node 38
    
    124. Player: You didn't look deep enough. This will be your end, monster. PALADIN, OATHBREAKER = False
    
    105. [Jump] Jump to Node 237 (1)
    
    53. [Jump] Jump to Node 48 (1)
    
    187. Player: I'm not exactly 'living', technically speaking. , REALLY_ASTARIONSHA_Necromancer_State_Naturalborn, SHA_Necromancer_State_PlayerAttacked, REALLY_DARK_URGE = False
    
    187. Player: I was hatched in a crèche and have fought ever since. What do you care of my gestation?, REALLY_GITHYANKISHA_Necromancer_State_Naturalborn, SHA_Necromancer_State_PlayerAttacked, REALLY_DARK_URGE = False
    
    187. Player: Naturally-born? That's a strange thing to hold against someone.SHA_Necromancer_State_Naturalborn, SHA_Necromancer_State_PlayerAttacked, REALLY_DARK_URGE = False
    
    Link to Node 33
    
    245. Player: Naturally-born? I don't know if it's true, but that's a novel insult.SHA_Necromancer_State_Naturalborn, REALLY_DARK_URGE
    
    Link to Node 33
    
    126. Player: Well, I'm not just a True Soul. I have some extraplanar help, so to speak. WARLOCK
    
    Link to Node 33
    
    223. Player: I'll be pleased when I separate your head from your shoulders, necromancer. PALADIN, OATHBREAKER = False
    
    Link to Node 145
    
    186. Player: Enough prattling. I'll show you what it is to truly command the dead. Then I'm sending you to join them., WIZARD_NECROMANCY
    
    186. Player: You've fouled the name of mages long enough. I'll never let you leave this place alive, necromancer., WIZARD
    
    145.
    Balthazar
    : Such a... limited grasp of mortality. Idiot.
    
    227. [Jump] Jump to Node 237 (1)
    
    14. [Jump] Jump to Node 48 (1)
74.
Balthazar
: Finally, we can talk face-to-face.SHA_Necromancer_State_InvitedToRoom, SHA_Necromancer_HasMet_AtTemple = FalseSHA_Necromancer_HasMet, SHA_Necromancer_HasMet_AtTemple
- 94. [Alias]
  - Alias to Node 83
  - 219. [Jump] Jump to Node 83 (2)
103.
Balthazar
: I said you'd be back. Reconsidered my proposition?SHA_Necromancer_Event_SaidNoToHelpWithNightsong, SHA_Necromancer_HasMet_AtTemple, SHA_Necromancer_Event_AgreedToHelp = False
- 211. Player: Give me the bell. I'll see what I can do.SHA_Necromancer_Event_FailedBellPersuasion = False, SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_BellOffered, SHA_Necromancer_State_HasGolemBell
  - 207. [Alias] SHA_Necromancer_State_HasGolemBellSHA_Necromancer_Event_AgreedToHelp, SHA_Necromancer_Event_GiveGolemBell
    End
    
    Alias to Node 101
  - 112. [Alias] SHA_Necromancer_State_HasGolemBell = FalseSHA_Necromancer_Event_AgreedToHelp
    
    Alias to Node 32
- 56. Player: All right, I'll help you find the Nightsong.^devnoteSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Even_NightsongBriefing, SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_NightsongInfoRevealed, MOO_BalthazarsSecrets_Knows_NightsongSecretSHA_Necromancer_Event_SaidNoToHelpWithNightsong = False, SHA_Necromancer_Event_AgreedToHelp
  - 180. [Jump] Jump to Node 141 (2)
- 12. Player: All right, I'll help you find the Nightsong - and yes, I know more about this 'relic' than you realise.^devnoteSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Even_NightsongBriefing, SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_NightsongInfoRevealed, MOO_BalthazarsSecrets_Knows_NightsongSecretSHA_Necromancer_Event_SaidNoToHelpWithNightsong = False, SHA_Necromancer_Event_AgreedToHelp
  - 163.
    Balthazar
    : Been prying into my research, then? What a devious piece of flesh you are. Consider yourself lucky that I have use for you.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 180
- 93. Player: All right, I'll help you find this relic.^devnoteSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Even_NightsongBriefing, SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_NightsongInfoRevealed = False, MOO_BalthazarsSecrets_Knows_NightsongSecret = FalseSHA_Necromancer_Event_SaidNoToHelpWithNightsong = False, SHA_Necromancer_Event_AgreedToHelp
  - 87. [Jump] Jump to Node 141 (2)
- 166. Player: What do you need of me?SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Even_NightsongBriefing = False
  - 107. [Jump] Jump to Node 182 (1)
- 60. Player: No, I just decided to kill you instead.
  - 260.
    Balthazar
    : Kill me? Death is my ally, fool.FactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialog
    End
- 236. [Jump] Jump to Node 148 (1)
- 18. [Jump] Jump to Node 147 (1)
- 49. [Jump] Jump to Node 262 (1)
- 123. [Jump] Jump to Node 79 (1)
- 139. [Jump] Jump to Node 104 (1)
- 196. [Jump] Jump to Node 102 (1)
- 240. Player: Leave.
  End
192.
Balthazar
: Not lost your nerve, I hope? I tend to remove those from my creations - too much fuss.SHA_Necromancer_Event_AgreedToHelpSHA_Necromancer_HasMet_AtTemple
- 228. Player: I'll take that bell. It may prove useful.SHA_Necromancer_Event_FailedBellPersuasion = False, SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_BellOffered, SHA_Necromancer_State_HasGolemBell
  - 90. [Alias] SHA_Necromancer_State_HasGolemBellSHA_Necromancer_Event_AgreedToHelp, SHA_Necromancer_Event_GiveGolemBell
    End
    
    Alias to Node 101
  - 217. [Alias] SHA_Necromancer_State_HasGolemBell = False
    
    Alias to Node 32
- 72. [Jump] Jump to Node 60 (1)
- 148. Player: Balthazar - I heard of a monk by that name once. He died a long time ago.SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Knows_BalthazarHistorySuccess, SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_AskedAboutBalthazar = FalseSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_AskedAboutBalthazar
  - 205. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 165
- 147. Player: You could have warned me about the orthon that was lurking in this place.SHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_OrthonAcknowledged = False, SHA_OrthonLair_Knows_OrthonSHA_Necromancer_Chosen_Event_OrthonAcknowledged
  - 34.
    Balthazar
    : I could have, but decided not to - all the better for judging your mettle.
    
    39. [Jump] Jump to Node 248 (1)
    
    136.
    Balthazar
    : That caterwauling beast is irrelevant as far as I'm concerned - unless he hampers my goals. In that case, consider him a foe, and act accordingly.SHA_Orthon_State_Defeated = False
- 46. [Jump] Jump to Node 262 (1)
- 89. [Jump] Jump to Node 79 (1)
- 167. [Jump] Jump to Node 104 (1)
- 184. [Jump] Jump to Node 102 (1)
- 50. [Jump] Jump to Node 240 (1)
193. [Alias] SHA_Necromancer_State_InvitedToRoom = False, SHA_Necromancer_HasMet_AtTemple = False, REALLY_DARK_URGESHA_Necromancer_HasMet, SHA_Necromancer_HasMet_AtTemple
- Alias to Node 74
- Link to Node 94