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Synopsis:
Dialogue with the Orthon, where he tells you it was ordered by Raphael to kill Ketheric's Dark Justiciars. The dialogue ends in combat, unless you succeed some very hard persuasions.
Orthon is huge, forboding and loves a good fight. He speaks in a low rumble and is TERRIFYING.
How to trigger:
Walk to Orthon's gory throne at
-646; -6; -754
121. [TagCinematic]
devnote
23. [Visual State]
171. : What's this? Fresh entertainment.SHA_OrthonLair_Event_HostileAfterAmbushDialog
202. : But you're too fresh for this place, aren't you? You've got the stench of the Hells about you - the stench of home. And a whiff of the surface besides.REALLY_KARLACHORI_Karlach_State_SpokeToOrthon
67. : A servant of Zariel, if I'm not mistaken. I'd know the stench of her infernal machinery anywhere.ORI_Karlach_Knows_InfernalEngineExists
161. : You trying to burrow back home, little rabbit?
143. Player: What do you know about infernal machinery?
3. : Only what I can smell. And whatever engine burns within you is grinding to an inevitable explosion. Burning and fear - you reek with it.ORI_Karlach_Knows_EngineIsGoingToExplode
192. [Jump]
Jump to Node 127 (1)
169. Player: I don't serve Zariel. And I'm going up - not down.
188. : Something tells me you aren't going anywhere at all. You must know it too, reeking of fear as you do.
216. Player: I'm never going back to Avernus. But I'd be happy to send you there.
31. : Such high confidence for someone who reeks so distinctively of fear.
212. [Jump]
Jump to Node 155 (1)
14. [Jump]
Jump to Node 130 (1)
160. : But you're too fresh for this place, aren't you? A dark-dweller you may be, but there's a definite whiff of the surface to you...,
REALLY_UNDERDARKdevnote
160. : But you're too fresh for this place, aren't you? You may look like a dark-dweller, but there's a whiff of the surface to you...,
UNDERDARK,
REALLY_UNDERDARKdevnote
160. : But you're too fresh for this place, aren't you? There's a whiff of the surface to you...devnote
166. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_Karlach
173. : Holy shit. An orthon. Powerful devils - I wouldn't get on their bad side without a good reason. REALLY_KARLACHORI_Karlach_State_SpokeToOrthon
257. : You - tiefling. You've got the stench of the Hells about you - the stench of home. And a whiff of the surface besides.TIEFLING
197. : You've got the stench of the Hells about you - the stench of home. And a whiff of the surface besides.
259. [Alias]
ORI_Karlach_Knows_InfernalEngineExists
- Alias to Node 67
211. : What do you know of infernal machinery?devnote
195. [Alias]
ORI_Karlach_Knows_EngineIsGoingToExplode
- Alias to Node 3
113. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_End_Karlach
55. [Jump]
Jump to Node 127 (1)
255. : A new arrival, then. You burrowed too deep, little rabbit...ORI_Inclusion_End_Karlach
162. Player: Put that thing down. I'm here to talk.BARBARIAN = False, RANGER = False, BARD = False, ROGUE = False
140. : I don't talk to prey, I -devnote
127. : ...There's something else, almost hidden by your fear-stink... cherries, musk... and sulphur.devnote
219. : Raphael! I can smell him all over you. Where is he?!devnote
138. Player: Wait - you know Raphael?
21. : That perfumed trickster swindled me - trapped me.
68. Player: He wants you dead.
251. Player: I've had dealings with that devil. Maybe we can help each other.REALLY_MINTHARA = False4b5335a8-f967-9b03-758f-682fa7b3fcbf_PlayerOfferedHelp
18. Player: Perhaps I can help you escape his trap.REALLY_MINTHARA4b5335a8-f967-9b03-758f-682fa7b3fcbf_PlayerOfferedHelp
2. : Where is he? Spit it out - Now.devnote
96. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Astarion_State_GotQuestFromRaphaelORI_Inclusion_Astarion
218. : What are you doing? The devil told us to kill this thing, so let's stop chatting and kill it.devnoteREALLY_ASTARIONORI_Astarion_Event_MetOrthon['Astarion -1']
223. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_End_Astarion
111. [Jump]
Jump to Node 40 (2)
186. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_End_Astarion
81. : [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_Random
28. : Tell him, or don't - it doesn't matter, so long as you grant me the killing blow.ORI_Inclusion_PickedAtRandom, ORI_Shadowheart_RomancingShadowheart = False, REALLY_LAEZEL
40. : [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_End_Random
242. Player: Let's share our experiences about Raphael. Perhaps we can help each other.
57. Player: Raphael could be anywhere. But let me go, and I'll free you from his grasp.
24. : Bargaining, are you? A Kara-Tur warlord once tried the same - I made him watch as I ate his concubines and young, then fashioned a codpiece from his skull.devnote
226. : Besides, I told you already - I'm bound to this place.SHA_Orthon_TrespassLair_Event_ContractMentioned
58. [Jump]
Jump to Node 144 (2)
144. : You can't help. It's not just walls that keep me here. Not the traps, the dark or the creatures it hides. Something stronger holds me - a contract.SHA_Orthon_TrespassLair_Event_ContractMentioned
114. : Either I fulfil the contract, die trying... or forfeit my freedom. If I leave this place now, I'll become Raphael's slave.SHA_Orthon_Knows_ContractClause
175. Player: Show me this contract. Perhaps there's something you missed.WARLOCK = False, BARD = False
9. Player: You're hardly free as it is, trapped here. Maybe you're better off indebted to Raphael.
246. : You wouldn't say that if you truly knew his mind. Just listen to the terms he gave me.devnote
136. Player: The likes of you is frightened of a contract? I find that hard to swallow.
222. : Maybe you'll find a crossbow bolt down your throat easier to manage.devnote
46. Player: I happen to be an expert in such deals - and there is always a loophole.WARLOCK
39. : Raphael is no foolish story-devil, his mind is different. Sneaky. Listen...
72. [Visual State]
112. : Spill all the blood sworn to the night. <br>Silence all prayers; smother each rite.devnote
170. : Wander Shar's halls; hungry to slay; <br>Leave no Justiciar alive to obey.devnoteSHA_OrthonLair_Knows_RaphaelHiredOrthonToKillJusticiars
33. : Leave none to hear it, then be set free; <br>This song is your oath, swear, swear it to me.devnote
91. : *Well, that explains where all the Dark Justiciars went.*
237. : *You feel a chuckle of crackling fire in the back of your mind - it seems your patron enjoys a cleverly constructed contract.*,
WARLOCK_FIENDWARLOCKSHA_Orthon_Event_SongInsightSuccess
237. : *There is an almost admiring thrum in the back of your mind. Your patron seems to enjoy a well-crafted contract.*,
WARLOCK_GREAT_OLD_ONEWARLOCKSHA_Orthon_Event_SongInsightSuccess
237. : *A fey giggle sounds in the back of your mind - seems as though your patron enjoys a tricksy contract.*,
WARLOCK_ARCHFEYWARLOCKSHA_Orthon_Event_SongInsightSuccess
215. : *Especially one with a built-in loophole. The song's last couplet is a clause that's near impossible to fulfil.*
103. [Jump]
Jump to Node 32 (1)
17. : [TagAnswer]
BARD
93. [Jump]
Jump to Node 34 (1)
126. Player: [PassiveRoll]
Roll (Wisdom, Insight) vs 14 (0)
179. [RollResult] True
34. : *This song differs from others you've studied. The final couplet contains a trick: a clause not easily fulfilled.*,
BARDdevnoteSHA_Orthon_Event_SongInsightSuccess
34. : *The final lyrics linger in your mind. There is a trick buried within them - a clause that cannot easily be fulfilled.*devnoteSHA_Orthon_Event_SongInsightSuccess
32. [Visual State]
19. : ...That's it.devnote
15. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Astarion_State_GotQuestFromRaphaelORI_Inclusion_Astarion
60. : So he's the one who slaughtered the Justiciars - we can kill him now?REALLY_ASTARION
105. : Because if he doesn't die, then Raphael won't tell me a damn thing about my scars.
99. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_End_Astarion
102. [Jump]
Jump to Node 141 (2)
52. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_End_Astarion
128. : [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_Random
231. : He killed Shar's faithful? Then he's due our congratulations before we butcher him.ORI_Inclusion_PickedAtRandom, ORI_Shadowheart_RomancingShadowheart, REALLY_LAEZEL
217. : So he's responsible for the carnage down here. All those Dark Justiciars... slaughtered.devnoteORI_Inclusion_PickedAtRandom, REALLY_SHADOWHEART
11. : Not surprised this guy stomped all those Dark Justiciars. It's what orthons do.ORI_Inclusion_PickedAtRandom, REALLY_KARLACH
141. : [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_End_Random
70. Player: Your contract is a song?
117. : Parchment can burn. Oral agreements aren't worth the tongues they're waggled out upon. A song lingers.
16. : Raphael made double-sure of that: I can't forget the damned thing so long as my work's not finished.
29. : I did as instructed, but the song still rattles about in my head - the contract still stands, somehow. If I break it, I will become Raphael's slave forever.