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    Synopsis:

    Evil ending where the player determined to take the power of the netherbrain for themselves and betray Orpheus/Emperor/Illithid Karlach. In this case, the player is not dark urge (can be Dark Urge for Patch 6), and not an illithid themselves (handled elsewhere)

    How to trigger:

    loadlevel END_Main
    oe mindbattle
    oe mindbraindies
    choose to control the brain

    (or use debugbookwith Endgame Master Setup)



  • 32. [TagCinematic] devnote
    • 88.
      Narrator
      : *Absolute authority. A bliss like no other, drawn from a brain most great - and most vile.*, REALLY_LAEZELdevnote
    • 88.
      Narrator
      : *Power courses through you, far greater than the gelded gifts Mystra once offered. Even the orb seems... satisfied.*, REALLY_GALEdevnote
    • 88.
      Narrator
      : *All of Toril is as a marble held in your hand. At last, you are complete, you are whole. You are Absolute.*, REALLY_WYLLdevnote
    • 88.
      Narrator
      : *Power courses through you - to be wielded not in Shar's name, or Selûne's, but in yours alone.*, REALLY_SHADOWHEARTdevnote
    • 88.
      Narrator
      : *Absolute power courses through you, a frigid certainty amidst your reckless flames. For perhaps the first time, your fate is your own.*, REALLY_KARLACHdevnote
    • 88.
      Narrator
      : *You can feel it, pulsing beneath your skin, racing through your body - this is true power. And it's finally yours.*, REALLY_ASTARIONdevnote
    • 88.
      Narrator
      : *The world is yours. All who still draw breath bow to you. Your authority is unmatched. Your power is... Absolute.*devnote
      • 37. [TagCinematic] devnote
        • 20. [TagCinematic] devnote
          • 100. [TagCinematic] devnoteORI_State_PartneredWithMinthara, REALLY_MINTHARA
            • 13.
              Nightwarden Minthara
              : See how they kneel to us? We are their protectors, their salvation, and we will rule them, together.devnoteORI_State_PartneredWithMinthara, REALLY_MINTHARA
              • 72. Player: Draw Minthara into a kiss.
                • 59. [TagCinematic] FULL_CEREMORPH, HUMANOID = False
                  • Link to Node 15
                • 97. [TagCinematic] REALLY_DRAGONBORN
                  • Link to Node 15
                • 61. [TagCinematic] BODYTYPE_STRONG
                  • Link to Node 15
                • 89. [TagCinematic] DWARF, SHORT
                  • Link to Node 15
                • 45. [TagCinematic] SHORT
                  • Link to Node 15
                • 87. [TagCinematic] FEMALE, REALLY_HUMAN
                  • Link to Node 15
                • 9. [TagCinematic]
                  • 15.
                    Nightwarden Minthara
                    : The taste of conquest lingers on your lips. Fear not, my love - soon we will savour it again.
                    • 47. [TagCinematic] devnote
                      • 80.
                        Narrator
                        : *You have come so far. Once, you feared ceremorphosis, but no more. It has granted you ultimate power, and now ushers your dreams towards reality...*FULL_CEREMORPH
                        • 27.
                          Narrator
                          : *But such power has a price, and yours are not the only dreams. You feel compelled to follow the will of the illithid hivemind. To enact the Grand Design.*
                          • 2. Player: Resist. You are in control.Roll (Constitution, ) vs 25 (0)
                            • 101. [RollResult] True
                              • 25.
                                Narrator
                                : *Your willpower prevails. You remain in control. If the Grand Design is to unfold, it shall only do so at your command. But it is not the only choice that tempts you...*
                                • 82. [Jump] Jump to Node 85 (2)
                            • 24. [RollResult] False
                              • 29.
                                Narrator
                                : *It's no use - you feel control slipping away. The Grand Design shall not be denied.*
                          • 31. Player: Your choices brought you to this moment. Accept your part in the Grand Design.
                            • 36.
                              Narrator
                              : *You cede control. It's almost comforting, to be part of something far grander than any individual. You are the crest of a great wave that will consume all, and redefine all.*
                              • 19. [Jump] Jump to Node 79 (1)
                      • 67. [Alias] PARTIAL_CEREMORPH
                        • Alias to Node 85
                        • Link to Node 33
                      • 39. [Alias] TADPOLE_ASSIGNED
                        • Alias to Node 85
                        • 33.
                          Narrator
                          : *... or so it would have been, had you not indulged too often in the power that the illithids provided. Now the scales demand to be balanced. Ceremorphosis beckons...*devnote
                          • 38. Player: Resist. You are in control, not the parasites.Roll (Constitution, ) vs 25 (0)
                            • 86. [RollResult] True
                              • 53. [TagCinematic] devnote
                                • 17.
                                  Narrator
                                  : *Luckily, the illithid powers were but one aspect of your might. You remain in control, now and always. Time to exercise your will.*
                                  • 58. [Jump] Jump to Node 85 (2)
                            • 70. [RollResult] False
                              • 105. [TagCinematic] devnoteEND_FinalDecision_Event_JustConverted
                                • 79. [Nested Dialog]
                                  End
                          • 57. Player: Your choices brought you here. Accept your fate and succumb to ceremorphosis.
                            • 75. [Jump] Jump to Node 70 (2)
                      • 91.
                        The Emperor
                        : *Bhaal shall not be sated until you are the last creature living. The Gate is the eye of your extinction, then Amn, then Waterdeep, all the way to the damned Spine of the World.*ORI_DarkUrge_State_BhaalResisted = False, REALLY_DARK_URGE
                        • Link to Node 8
                        • Link to Node 0
                        • Link to Node 60
                        • Link to Node 99
                        • Link to Node 55
                        • Link to Node 51
                        • Link to Node 44
                      • 85.
                        Narrator
                        : *You once thought Mother Gith's son was the rightful heir to the githyanki throne - but how wrong you were. A Comet will rise on the empire, this much is true. But it will be known by another name: Lae'zel of K'liir, god-regent of the githyanki.*, LAEZEL_ORPHEUSPATH, REALLY_LAEZEL
                      • 85.
                        Narrator
                        : *Not so long ago, you longed to mount a red dragon and fight for your god-regent. A pitiable ambition, in retrospect. Soon, the githyanki will bow to a new queen. Lae'zel of K'liir will write the slates anew.*, REALLY_LAEZEL
                      • 85.
                        Narrator
                        : *The Dead Three's plot has been foiled, the Netherbrain subdued, and it was all thanks to you. You will not surrender the world you saved back to the heavens' faltering stewardship.*, REALLY_GALE
                      • 85.
                        Narrator
                        : *Long did you live in your famed father's shadow. Long did you toil thanklessly for the common people. But now, you know true power. The Sword Coast is yours to command - and the many lands beyond.*, REALLY_WYLL
                      • 85.
                        Narrator
                        : *For too long, you allowed yourself to be defined by your faith - but no more. You shall not bow, or pray, or do anything that is not your choice. So choose.*, REALLY_SHADOWHEART
                      • 85.
                        Narrator
                        : *You've ascended to the height of power - over the city that chewed you up and spat you out. You should've had a long life - a different life. And now, at last, you can.*, REALLY_KARLACH
                      • 85.
                        Narrator
                        : *It's been a long time since you stood in judgement over others, holding their lives in your hands. But after everything you've done, doesn't this feel right?*, REALLY_ASTARION
                      • 85.
                        Narrator
                        : *You have come so far. Once you wished for nothing more than to survive, but now your dreams are far grander. By your hand alone, the future of all things shall be determined.*
                        • 65. Player: You destroyed one god. It's time the rest of the heavens shared in the Absolute's fate.FULL_CEREMORPH = False, REALLY_GALE
                          • 78. [Nested Dialog]
                            End
                        • 50. Player: Infuse yourself with the power of the Absolute - become the ruler you were destined to be.FULL_CEREMORPH = False, REALLY_ASTARION
                          • 81. [Nested Dialog]
                            End
                        • 95. Player: I shall rule like no other has before me, as the great unifier, wise leader, and final judge., FULL_CEREMORPHFULL_CEREMORPH = False, REALLY_WYLL
                        • 95. Player: I shall rule like no other has before me, as the great unifier, wise leader, and final judge.FULL_CEREMORPH = False, REALLY_WYLL
                          • 71. [Nested Dialog]
                            End
                        • 52. Player: With this power, I shall conquer Tu'narath. Queen Vlaakith's reign enters its final days., FULL_CEREMORPHFULL_CEREMORPH = False, REALLY_LAEZEL
                        • 52. Player: With this power, I shall conquer Tu'narath. Queen Vlaakith's reign enters its final days.FULL_CEREMORPH = False, REALLY_LAEZEL
                          • 28. [Nested Dialog]
                            End
                        • 77. Player: All my life, I've been caught between two warring goddesses. Time to plot a new course., FULL_CEREMORPHFULL_CEREMORPH = False, REALLY_SHADOWHEART
                        • 77. Player: All my life, I've been caught between two warring goddesses. Time to plot a new course.FULL_CEREMORPH = False, REALLY_SHADOWHEART
                          • 68. [Nested Dialog]
                            End
                        • 73. Player: Fuck Baldur's Gate. Fuck Avernus. They're mine now., FULL_CEREMORPHREALLY_KARLACH, FULL_CEREMORPH = False
                        • 73. Player: Fuck Baldur's Gate. Fuck Avernus. They're mine now.REALLY_KARLACH, FULL_CEREMORPH = False
                          • 98. [Nested Dialog]
                            End
                        • 8. Player: This world was only the first. You will liberate them all, and raise a new Netheril at last., REALLY_GALE
                        • 8. Player: This is just the beginning. More worlds shall fall to you.
                          • 14. [Nested Dialog]
                            End
                        • 0. Player: The city shall become a monument to your glory. Rebuilt by your adoring subjects.
                          • 21. [Nested Dialog]
                            End
                        • 60. Player: There can be no future for such sheep. Will them all to die.
                          • 66. [Nested Dialog]
                            End
                        • 99. Player: You do not wish to rule. You wish for the fires of chaos to consume all.
                          • 76. [Nested Dialog]
                            End
                        • 55. Player: Remove the tadpole at last and depart with your companions.IMPOSSIBLE, END_FinalDecision_State_EvilAvatarHasCompanions, FULL_CEREMORPH = False
                          • 62. [TagCinematic] devnote
                            • 30. [TagCinematic] devnoteEND_FinalDecision_State_EvilAvatarHasCompanions
                              • 102. [TagCinematic] devnote
                                End
                        • 51. Player: Rid yourself of the parasite at last and walk away from all of this - alone.IMPOSSIBLE, END_FinalDecision_State_EvilAvatarHasCompanions, FULL_CEREMORPH = False
                          • Link to Node 7
                        • 44. Player: Rid yourself of the parasite at last and walk away from all of this.IMPOSSIBLE, END_FinalDecision_State_EvilAvatarHasCompanions = False, FULL_CEREMORPH = False
                          • 7. [Alias]
                            • Alias to Node 62
                            • 83. [TagCinematic] devnoteEND_FinalDecision_State_EvilAvatarHasCompanions
                              • Link to Node 93
                            • 6. [TagCinematic] devnote
                              • 93. [Alias]
                                End
                                • Alias to Node 102
              • 64. Player: Force Minthara to kneel along with the rest. All bow to you now.
                • 43.
                  Nightwarden Minthara
                  : No... no... not you...devnote
                  • 40. [Jump] Jump to Node 3 (1)
          • 16. [TagCinematic] devnoteORI_Astarion_State_StayedVampireSpawn = False, ORI_State_PartneredWithAstarion, FULL_CEREMORPH = False, REALLY_ASTARION
            • 63.
              Astarion
              : Well, my love, we did it. This world is ours, as it should be.devnoteORI_Astarion_State_StayedVampireSpawn = False, ORI_State_PartneredWithAstarion, REALLY_ASTARION
              • 92. Player: Draw Astarion into a kiss.
                • 42. [TagCinematic] DWARF, SHORT
                  • Link to Node 4
                • 90. [TagCinematic] SHORT
                  • Link to Node 4
                • 12. [TagCinematic] BODYTYPE_STRONG
                  • 4.
                    Astarion
                    : I always knew you could do it. I always knew that together, we could do anything.
                    • 56. [Jump] Jump to Node 47 (1)
                • 22. [TagCinematic] REALLY_DRAGONBORN
                  • Link to Node 4
                • 49. [TagCinematic] FEMALE, REALLY_HUMAN
                  • Link to Node 4
                • 48. [TagCinematic]
                  • Link to Node 4
              • 26. Player: 'Ours'? Force Astarion to kneel along with the rest. All bow to you now.
                • 94.
                  Astarion
                  : No, what are you doing? I won't - you can't... No... Please...devnote
                  • 35. [Jump] Jump to Node 3 (1)
          • 23. [TagCinematic] devnoteEND_FinalDecision_State_EvilAvatarHasCompanions
            • 11. Player: [TagAnswer] END_FinalDecision_State_EvilAvatarHasCompanionsEND_RandomPartyMember_Find
              • 34.
                Lae'zel
                : The power to raise or ruin empires lies with you now. But how shall you wield it?END_RandomCompanion_Picked, REALLY_LAEZEL
                • Link to Node 3
              • 18.
                Karlach
                : It's yours, soldier. Ultimate power. What will you do?END_RandomCompanion_Picked, REALLY_KARLACH
                • Link to Node 3
              • 1.
                Jaheira
                : At last. The power to tame or break the world is yours. Where will you begin?END_RandomCompanion_Picked, REALLY_JAHEIRA
                • 3. [TagCinematic] devnote
                  • 5. [Jump] Jump to Node 47 (2)
              • 10.
                Nightwarden Minthara
                : The world awaits your command. What is it to be?END_RandomCompanion_Picked, REALLY_MINTHARA
                • Link to Node 3
              • 46.
                Wyll
                : Your power reaches to the horizon and beyond now. How do you intend to wield it?END_RandomCompanion_Picked, REALLY_WYLL
                • Link to Node 3
              • 69.
                Shadowheart
                : So much power... no one can resist you now. But what comes next?END_RandomCompanion_Picked, REALLY_SHADOWHEART
                • Link to Node 3
              • 74.
                Gale
                : Power beyond mortal reckoning, held in the palm of your hand. And what mighty works will you turn that hand to?END_RandomCompanion_Picked, REALLY_GALE
                • Link to Node 3
              • 84.
                Astarion
                : Now you have it all - unlimited power. So what will you do with it?END_RandomCompanion_Picked, REALLY_ASTARION
                • Link to Node 3
              • 103.
                Minsc
                : SHUT UP, BOO! Tell on, my friend - what will you do next?END_RandomCompanion_Picked, REALLY_MINSC
                • Link to Node 3
              • 104.
                Halsin
                : You have prevailed. Power beyond measure now rests in your hand... but how to wield it?END_RandomCompanion_Picked, REALLY_HALSIN
                • Link to Node 3
          • 41. [TagCinematic]
            • 54.
              Narrator
              : *But what shall you do with such power? Rule this world? Conquer others? Snuff out all life? Or something else entirely? Your darkest dreams are now possible.*END_FinalDecision_State_EvilAvatarHasCompanions = False
              • 96. [Jump] Jump to Node 3 (1)