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Synopsis:
With Orpheus subdued, players learn of the true nature of Daisy, some of the Emperor's backstory, the technicality of how Orpheus' power protects them, and the scale of what they are up against when it comes to the Brain's intelligence. They might transform into a half-illithid.
How to trigger:
Enter the Astral Prison in INT, and successfully subdue Orpheus.
-> Open the debug book (ctrl + shift + 9)
-> Select act 2b, and Intermezzo
-> Select "After Orpheus Chamber Fight"
-> Approach the battle to join in
-> ReCon: killcombat
-> The dialogue will begin
90. : [TagCinematic]
devnoteINT_EmperorRevealed_HasMet = False
196. [TagCinematic]
devnote
73. : Your reluctance to help nearly cost us everything. You saw reason just in time. INT_EmperorRevealed_Event_PlayerRefusedToHelpEmperor
- Link to Node 206
- Link to Node 289
31. : Thank you. That was too close.
206. : But you are not the one I wish to speak with. Bring me your leader.AVATAR = FalseINT_EmperorRevealed_HasMet_GlobeReformedEnd
289. : Don't look at me like that.devnoteAVATAR
288. : I am a mind flayer, yes. And the one who saved you. Again. devnoteINT_EmperorRevealed_Event_PlayerRefusedToHelpEmperor
71. : I am a mind flayer, yes. Without me you would be a slave to the Absolute.devnote
149. : *To owe your life to a deceitful illithid - you could never have imagined a truth so obscene.*REALLY_LAEZEL
81. : *Your thoughts turn to the caged githyanki. Is this the target Vlaakith asked you to slay?*CRE_ChainOfCommand_State_SpokeToVlaakith, REALLY_LAEZEL
135. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_Laezel
237. : It's obscene - to owe my life to a damned ghaik.
153. : No more lies, no more tricks. I will have answers!
51. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_End_Laezel
217. Player: I ask again - who are you? And I'm going to need a name this time. GLO_FirstDaisyDream_AskedWhoAreYou
231. : You may call me the Emperor.
97. [Jump]
Jump to Node 184 (1)
68. Player: Thank you for saving me.
85. : If I'd known you would be so open-minded, I could have saved myself a lot of effort.
159. : But I'm glad you're not here to judge.
216. [Jump]
Jump to Node 179 (2)
192. Player: I always suspected you were a mind flayer. REALLY_LAEZEL = False
26. : Well aren't you clever?DAISY_FEARTRACK
179. : I suppose it was considerate of you not to bring it up before. And I ask that you do not judge me for it now.
23. : I was someone once. Someone just like you. GLO_FirstDaisyDream_AskedWhoAreYou = False
184. [TagCinematic]
devnote
70. : An adventurer. I came from Baldur's Gate, though I was never one to be constrained by circumstance. I longed for more. devnote
88. : That longing brought me to Moonrise Towers on a search for treasure. To a colony of mind flayers who caught me, changed me into what I am now. devnote
83. : For years I served the elder brain - the one you know as the Absolute. I was a thrall like any other. But I was fortunate. I broke free, and started a new life in my old city.devnote
38. : I sustained myself on criminals. Unglamorous, but there were plenty of them, rarely missed, and they fuelled me while I did my work.devnote
52. : I had the good fortune to meet Duke Stelmane. We formed a partnership, and through her I became the governing force behind the Knights of the Shield, the largest mercantile operation in Baldur's Gate. devnote
295. : People referred to me as the Emperor - such was my influence. Though, of course, they had no idea what I really was.devnote
247. : My needs were sated. I was... happy. For a while. Until my true nature was discovered by the tyrant himself - Lord Gortash.devnote
57. : He tore me from my home and brought me back to the brain where I became a slave once again. A slave he continued to call the Emperor. devnote
151. : The name was intended as a slight - to remind me of the heights from which I fell. But I have grown fond of it. It encapsulates well who I've become. devnote
158. Player: Vlaakith is eternal. My people would not be swayed by this false prince.LAEZEL_ORPHEUSPATH = False, REALLY_LAEZELf840b590-dc13-d3df-e03c-e58611d62e86_Finished
108. : On the contrary, Vlaakith is quite fallible. Not all githyanki eyes are so clouded as yours.
95. : The return of Gith's son would mean the end of Vlaakith. There is no plainer truth.
22. Player: Lord Gortash was one of the Chosen in the colony... INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsOrpheus = False, INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutBattle = False, INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutPrism = False
169. : Indeed. His hubris knows no bounds. To enslave me, that was his nature. But to enslave an elder brain? A questionable decision.
29. : I shall look forward to sharing his downfall with you.
286. Player: Ghaik lies, the whole lot. Orpheus is dead. The history is written!INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsOrpheus, INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutBattle, REALLY_LAEZEL
60. : A history writ by whose hand?
143. : Your trust in Vlaakith is understandable. Her lie is carved in your people's slates, bold as truth - yet a lie it remains.
185. Player: Did you have to eat criminals' brains?INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsOrpheus = False, INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutBattle = False, INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutPrism = False
193. : Rather them than potential future allies... like you.
107. Player: I didn't realise mind flayers could be independent thinkers. INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsOrpheus = False, INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutBattle = False, INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutPrism = False, GLO_Emperor_State_MetMindFlayerBefore = False
24. : Not all mind flayers are alike.
134. : I have always valued freedom above all else. In my past life and present.
207. : It has been a burning need within me for as long as I can remember.
292. Player: So are you going to tell me what this battle was about? INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsOrpheus = False, INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutBattle = FalseINT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsOrpheus, INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutBattle
228. : We fought to tame Prince Orpheus, the son of Gith herself. devnote
116. [Jump]
Jump to Node 157 (2)
118. Player: How did you end up in here?INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsOrpheus = False, INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutPrism = FalseINT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutPrism
16. : Gortash sent me on a mission to retrieve the Astral Prism. I was one of many, but the first to find it.
186. : How Gortash or the other Chosen learned of its existence, I do not know.
111. [Jump]
Jump to Node 2 (1)
43. Player: Were you imprisoned here too? INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsOrpheus, INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutPrism = FalseINT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutPrism
241. : No.
180. Player: That githyanki in the sphere - who is it?INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsOrpheus = FalseINT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsOrpheus, INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutBattle
157. : Prince Orpheus, son of the first leader of the githyanki. devnote
209. [Visual State]
46. : *Orpheus - Gith's son, the so-called 'traitor prince', slain by Kith'rak Voss himself millennia ago. Or so you believed.*REALLY_LAEZEL
69. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_Laezel
243. : Orpheus? Impossible. He was slain by Jhe'stil Kith'rak himself!f840b590-dc13-d3df-e03c-e58611d62e86_LaezelInclusion1
11. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_End_Laezel
240. : Quite possible, I assure you.f840b590-dc13-d3df-e03c-e58611d62e86_LaezelInclusion1
84. : His power has been the source of your continued protection against the voice of the Absolute - the power to disrupt hivemind communication.
30. : It is the same power that enabled his mother Gith to bring about the fall of the Illithid Empire aeons ago, a power she passed on to him, and that I leveraged for you.,
REALLY_GITHYANKI
30. : It is the same power that enabled Orpheus' mother to bring about the fall of the Illithid Empire aeons ago, a power she passed on to him, and that I leveraged for you.
152. : When Orpheus' mother left, a usurper took her place - Vlaakith declared herself 'queen' of your people. ,
REALLY_GITHYANKI
152. : When Orpheus' mother left, a usurper took her place - Vlaakith declared herself 'queen' of the githyanki.
225. : Vlaakith wanted his power, but Orpheus rose against her. And so she sealed him and his honour guard within this Prism.GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Laezel
50. : Vlaakith wanted his power. He refused. And so she sealed him within this Prism. His honour guard, ever loyal, followed him in.
171. : Bound by infernal chains, Orpheus could never leave. Bound by duty, his guard never would.devnote
190. : They were close to breaking my hold on their prince - and if they had succeeded, we would be lost.
14. : I am relieved you have embraced your potential enough that you could help me eliminate them.devnote
275. [Visual State]
205. [Alias]
INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsOrpheus, INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutBattle, INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutPrism, ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath = False
- Alias to Node 0
124. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_Laezel
166. : Control him? Bah - the traitor must be ripped apart, brain to belly!f840b590-dc13-d3df-e03c-e58611d62e86_LaezelInclusion2
39. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_End_Laezel
33. [Alias]
f840b590-dc13-d3df-e03c-e58611d62e86_LaezelInclusion2
98. [Jump]
Jump to Node 211 (1)
56. [Alias]
INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsOrpheus, INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutBattle, INT_EmperorRevealed_KnowsAboutPrism, ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath
- Alias to Node 0
144. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_Laezel
232. : Control him? Tsk'va - you must return him to his people!f840b590-dc13-d3df-e03c-e58611d62e86_LaezelInclusion2
74. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_End_Laezel
75. [Alias]
f840b590-dc13-d3df-e03c-e58611d62e86_LaezelInclusion2