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    Synopsis:

    Player has rejected Emperor and doesn't have the means to free Orpheus, but knows that in order to defeat the Netherbrain they need to a) be illithid to wield the stones to their full effect, and b) assimilate Orpheus' power. If the player has the supreme tadpole, they can still assimilate Orpheus.

    How to trigger:

    Endgame > Astral Plane > Play through Emperor's Assimilation dialogue (without possessing the Orphic Hammer), rejecting the Emperor's offers until he leaves. (or attack the Emperor)


  • 0. Player: Our options are starting to look decidedly limited., REALLY_ASTARION
  • 0. Player: We're short on options, I fear., REALLY_GALE
  • 0. Player: Chk. Our choices are limited., REALLY_LAEZEL
  • 0. Player: We're hardly awash with options right now., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
  • 0. Player: Hells - we've run out of options., REALLY_WYLL
  • 0. Player: Options are pretty thin on the ground., REALLY_KARLACH
  • 0. Player: I do not know what other options we have., REALLY_JAHEIRA
  • 0. Player: Options seem painfully limited, I must admit., REALLY_HALSIN
  • 0. Player: We did right to spit the illithid's offer back in its slippery visage. You have a backup plan, yes?, REALLY_MINSC
  • 0. Player: We have left ourselves few options., REALLY_MINTHARA
  • 0. Player: Looks like we're out of options...
    • 2. Player: We still have the tadpole and we still have Orpheus. I'm just saying..., REALLY_ASTARIONEND_General_State_SupremeTadpoleAvailable
      End
    • 2. Player: The solution is clear, if repellent. We must assimilate Orpheus..., REALLY_GALEEND_General_State_SupremeTadpoleAvailable
      End
    • 2. Player: Mother Gith, forgive me. If we're to end the Grand Design, the prince must be consumed.<br>, LAEZEL_ORPHEUSPATH, REALLY_LAEZELEND_General_State_SupremeTadpoleAvailable
      End
    • 2. Player: If the Grand Design is to be stopped, we must consume the false prince. There is no other way., REALLY_LAEZELEND_General_State_SupremeTadpoleAvailable
      End
    • 2. Player: As long as Orpheus is bound, we're helpless. We have to assimilate him..., REALLY_WYLLEND_General_State_SupremeTadpoleAvailable
      End
    • 2. Player: We still have the tadpole. Failing all else, we can assimilate Orpheus., REALLY_SHADOWHEARTEND_General_State_SupremeTadpoleAvailable
      End
    • 2. Player: We still have the tadpole. And... we can still assimilate Orpheus., REALLY_KARLACHEND_General_State_SupremeTadpoleAvailable
      End
    • 2. Player: We have the tadpole - we have the prince. It may have to be the Emperor's plan after all., REALLY_JAHEIRAEND_General_State_SupremeTadpoleAvailable
      End
    • 2. Player: We still have the means of assimilating Orpheus., REALLY_HALSINEND_General_State_SupremeTadpoleAvailable
      End
    • 2. Player: Are we truly to feed on the gith princeling as if he were some fest-day goat?, REALLY_MINSCEND_General_State_SupremeTadpoleAvailable
      End
    • 2. Player: Consume the tadpole. Evolve. Take the gith's power... and his brain.<br>, REALLY_MINTHARAEND_General_State_SupremeTadpoleAvailable
      End
    • 2. Player: We still have the tadpole - we could become illithid and assimilate Orpheus.END_General_State_SupremeTadpoleAvailable
      End
    • 4. Player: At the risk of being stereotyped, we could still drain Orpheus..., REALLY_ASTARION
      End
    • 4. Player: Orpheus can't help us so long as he's chained., REALLY_GALE
      End
    • 4. Player: There's - there's no other way. If the Netherbrain is to die, the True Heir must be consumed...<br>, LAEZEL_ORPHEUSPATH, REALLY_LAEZEL
      End
    • 4. Player: If the Grand Design is to be stopped, the traitor prince must be consumed. There is no other way., REALLY_LAEZEL
      End
    • 4. Player: As long as Orpheus is bound, we're helpless. We'll have to do the unthinkable...<br>, REALLY_WYLL
      End
    • 4. Player: Orpheus will be of no use, so long as he's chained., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
      End
    • 4. Player: But we don't have any way to free Orpheus., REALLY_KARLACH
      End
    • 4. Player: We have no means to free the prince - but you still have the means to use his power., REALLY_JAHEIRA
      End
    • 4. Player: And we are without the means to free Orpheus., REALLY_HALSIN
      End
    • 4. Player: Are we truly to feed on the gith princeling as if he were some fest-day goat?, REALLY_MINSC
      End
    • 4. Player: We have no means to evolve, and no means to free the gith. This is the end.<br>, REALLY_MINTHARA
      End
    • 4. Player: And as long as Orpheus is chained, he can't help us. <br>
      End
  • 1. Player: Perhaps it's time we used the hammer and freed the gith prince?, REALLY_ASTARIONEND_IllithidOptions_State_ArrivedWithOrphicHammer
  • 1. Player: Time to loosen the chains of the githyanki prince, perhaps., REALLY_GALEEND_IllithidOptions_State_ArrivedWithOrphicHammer
  • 1. Player: It's time. We must break Prince Orpheus free., LAEZEL_ORPHEUSPATH, REALLY_LAEZELEND_IllithidOptions_State_ArrivedWithOrphicHammer
  • 1. Player: Is there no other way? Must the false prince go free for us to end the Netherbrain?, REALLY_LAEZELEND_IllithidOptions_State_ArrivedWithOrphicHammer
  • 1. Player: Time to unleash Orpheus, then?, REALLY_SHADOWHEARTEND_IllithidOptions_State_ArrivedWithOrphicHammer
  • 1. Player: Get the Hammer ready - we need to break the githyanki prince free.<br>, REALLY_WYLLEND_IllithidOptions_State_ArrivedWithOrphicHammer
  • 1. Player: We need to break him out., REALLY_KARLACHEND_IllithidOptions_State_ArrivedWithOrphicHammer
  • 1. Player: We have the hammer. And I'm sure the gith prince would be glad to stretch his legs., REALLY_JAHEIRAEND_IllithidOptions_State_ArrivedWithOrphicHammer
  • 1. Player: We shall have to free him., REALLY_HALSINEND_IllithidOptions_State_ArrivedWithOrphicHammer
  • 1. Player: Methinks we have to wake the sleeping Prince. But who shall do the smooching?, REALLY_MINSCEND_IllithidOptions_State_ArrivedWithOrphicHammer
  • 1. Player: We retrieved that hammer for a reason. Let us free Prince Orpheus., REALLY_MINTHARAEND_IllithidOptions_State_ArrivedWithOrphicHammer
  • 1. Player: We have the hammer - we can free Orpheus.END_IllithidOptions_State_ArrivedWithOrphicHammer
    • 3. Player: I'm sure he'll be thrilled we're freeing him now, in the middle of this., REALLY_ASTARION
      End
    • 3. Player: I doubt we'll get much in the way of gratitude. Only one way to find out., REALLY_GALE
      End
    • 3. Player: Orpheus, my prince. It is your time.<br>, LAEZEL_ORPHEUSPATH, REALLY_LAEZEL
      End
    • 3. Player: Tsk'va. To free the false prince - is there no other way?<br>, REALLY_LAEZEL
      End
    • 3. Player: Let's hope he's in a friendly mood.<br>, REALLY_WYLL
      End
    • 3. Player: I just hope he'll be receptive to us..., REALLY_SHADOWHEART
      End
    • 3. Player: Hope he's happy to see us., REALLY_KARLACH
      End
    • 3. Player: A githyanki noble, imprisoned for aeons. He'll be beside himself with good humour, I'm sure., REALLY_JAHEIRA
      End
    • 3. Player: I just hope he is amenable., REALLY_HALSIN
      End
    • 3. Player: I hope he is not angry about the aeons of imprisonment. I have been a statue - it is not so bad., REALLY_MINSC
      End
    • 3. Player: Awakening in the midst of an apocalypse should invigorate him.<br><br>, REALLY_MINTHARA
      End
    • 3. Player: Wouldn't expect him to be very friendly after an aeon of captivity.
      End