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    Synopsis:

    The player has burned their bridges. They attacked the Emperor, causing him to leave the Astral Prism as a foe, and they have no hammer to free Orpheus, as they need his protection against the influence of the Netherbrain. After a short pause to let the players feel the weight of their actions, Raphael appears before them, with a new deal: accept the hammer from Raphael, freeing Orpheus in exchange for giving him the Crown.

    At this point, the player has no other option except for a game over.

    How to trigger:

    Load END_Main
    oe end_startillithidoptions
    follow the Emperor to the assimilation point (near Orpheus)
    Attack the Emperor
    Wait for Raphael to appear



  • 50.
    Raphael
    : This is really too perfect.devnoteGLO_Monitor_State_MadeDeal
    • 74.
      Raphael
      : When the ballads are composed and the history books are written, they'll commemorate your battle across the High Hall.devnote
      • 54.
        Raphael
        : The blows you struck against the gods themselves will echo down through the ages.devnote
        • 52.
          Raphael
          : The great hero of Baldur's Gate! Conqueror of the Netherbrain. Your deeds will be timeless.devnote
          • 59.
            Raphael
            : And nobody will ever know that your feeble-minded negligence almost doomed the world in the last moment.devnote
            • 1. [TagCinematic] devnoteEND_IllithidOptions_State_AcceptedRaphaelDeal, END_IllithidOptions_Event_SpawnOrphicHammer
              • 29.
                Raphael
                : The Orphic Hammer. You misplaced it.devnote
                • 69.
                  Raphael
                  : Your absent-mindedness pains me more than your clumsy snooping in my home.devnoteLOW_HouseOfHope_State_RaphaelAlerted
                  • 33.
                    Raphael
                    : But I'll make sure the bards don't hear about this little moment of negligence. After all - we're associates in this great endeavour.devnote
                    • 72. [Jump] Jump to Node 31 (1)
  • 64.
    Raphael
    : It seems the aspiring heroes of Baldur's Gate have backed themselves into a rather uncomfortable corner.
    • 58.
      Raphael
      : Listen. Tune your minds beyond the frequency of the Prism's psychic collapse, and you can hear the sonorous, metronomic tick before the final tock.
      • 48.
        Raphael
        : The world's clock is winding down.
        • 16.
          Raphael
          : The grand finale has arrived, my friends, and thanks to you, I have a ringside seat.
          • 66. Player: I'm begging you, Raphael. HELP., FULL_CEREMORPH
          • 66. Player: I'm begging you, Raphael. HELP.
            • 21.
              Raphael
              : How undignified. I prefer business to begging. You have brought yourself low.
              • 17.
                Raphael
                : And not for the first time. Your clumsy snooping in my House of Hope did not go unnoticed - the stench of deceit lingers so.LOW_HouseOfHope_State_RaphaelAlerted
                • 38.
                  Raphael
                  : I have been more than generous in my dealings with you, and if you'd only listened, the brain would be dead, and you'd be sampling the contents of my wine cellar even now.
                  • 70.
                    Raphael
                    : We could have been allies, partners... friends.
                    • 62.
                      Raphael
                      : But that's all done with. Now, I dictate the terms, and you agree to them. Master and vassal.
                      • 25. Player: I'm willing to negotiate., FULL_CEREMORPHEND_IllithidOptions_Event_PushbackAgainstRaphaelDeal
                      • 25. Player: I'm willing to negotiate.END_IllithidOptions_Event_PushbackAgainstRaphaelDeal
                        • 65.
                          Raphael
                          : NO MORE NEGOTIATIONS!
                          • 75.
                            Raphael
                            : You're going to do exactly what I tell you to, or in mere moments, the thing you've dreaded will finally come to pass.
                            • 3. [Jump] Jump to Node 5 (1)
                      • 46. Player: Tell me what you need me to do., FULL_CEREMORPH
                      • 46. Player: Tell me what you need me to do.
                        • 35.
                          Raphael
                          : I provide the Orphic Hammer, with which you can free Prince Orpheus.
                          • 67.
                            Raphael
                            : And when the brain is defeated, you seize the Crown and give it to me. Refuse, and I'll take your souls instead.
                            • 73.
                              Narrator
                              : *So it comes to this - the devil's final offer. And your last chance to face the Netherbrain and survive.* END_RaphaelLastChance_Knows_NarratedStakes = FalseEND_RaphaelLastChance_Knows_NarratedStakes
                              • 27.
                                Narrator
                                : *At any other moment, the Crown of Karsus might seem too high a price. But to a desperate soul, Raphael's offer might even be considered charitable.*
                                • 63. Player: Deal., FULL_CEREMORPH
                                • 63. Player: Deal.
                                  • 15.
                                    Raphael
                                    : Beautiful. With that single word you may have saved a billion lives - your own among them.
                                    • 20. [TagCinematic] devnoteEND_IllithidOptions_State_AcceptedRaphaelDeal, END_IllithidOptions_Event_SpawnOrphicHammer
                                      • 13. [TagCinematic] devnote
                                        • 31.
                                          Raphael
                                          : Free Orpheus and follow his lead. Then give that Netherbrain hell.
                                          • 71.
                                            Raphael
                                            : I'll come to collect the Crown when you've triumphed.
                                            End
                                • 42. Player: I don't like this, but I don't have a choice. Deal., FULL_CEREMORPH
                                • 42. Player: I don't like this, but I don't have a choice. Deal.
                                  • 32.
                                    Raphael
                                    : You don't need to like it - you're doing the right thing.
                                    • Link to Node 20
                                • 51. Player: Not a chance., FULL_CEREMORPHEND_IllithidOptions_Event_PushbackAgainstRaphaelDeal = FalseEND_IllithidOptions_Event_PushbackAgainstRaphaelDeal
                                • 51. Player: Not a chance.END_IllithidOptions_Event_PushbackAgainstRaphaelDeal = FalseEND_IllithidOptions_Event_PushbackAgainstRaphaelDeal
                                  • 9.
                                    Raphael
                                    : Why must you be so stubborn?
                                    • 41.
                                      Raphael
                                      : If you refuse me, in mere moments, the thing that you've dreaded will finally come to pass.
                                      • 5.
                                        Raphael
                                        : The city will burn - your world will die. But you will persist, a grey shadow. Without beauty, without heart, without self.
                                        • 23.
                                          Raphael
                                          : Dwelling in the ashes of dead worlds or in the space between stars, you will wander, endless. One among billions.
                                          • 76.
                                            Raphael
                                            : You have already become illithid, but you do not yet know what it is to be illithid. Soon, you will be a fragment of the hivemind, nothing more.END_General_State_PlayerIsMindFlayer, FULL_CEREMORPH
                                            • Link to Node 57
                                          • 0.
                                            Raphael
                                            : A survivor. A remnant. An illithid.
                                            • 57.
                                              Raphael
                                              : One of your companions is already lost - you will suffer the same fate.END_General_State_PlayerIsMindFlayer = False, FULL_CEREMORPH
                                              • 53. Player: I'll find another way - I always do., FULL_CEREMORPH
                                              • 53. Player: I'll find another way - I always do.
                                                • 47.
                                                  Raphael
                                                  : Not this time.
                                                  • 36. [Jump] Jump to Node 26 (1)
                                              • 19. Player: I'd prefer to avoid that - what can I do?, FULL_CEREMORPH
                                              • 19. Player: I'd prefer to avoid that - what can I do?
                                                • 28.
                                                  Raphael
                                                  : Simple.
                                                  • 24. [Jump] Jump to Node 35 (1)
                                              • 7. Player: Sounds great - I might finally find some peace., FULL_CEREMORPH
                                              • 7. Player: Sounds great - I might finally find some peace.
                                                • 18.
                                                  Raphael
                                                  : That may be. When the screaming stops and your mind is gone, the rest, perhaps, is silence.
                                                  • 4.
                                                    Raphael
                                                    : Refuse me, and you'll soon know for sure.
                                                    • 26. Player: [PassiveRoll] Roll (Wisdom, Insight) vs 10 (0)
                                                      • 8. [RollResult] True
                                                        • 39.
                                                          Narrator
                                                          : *He's telling the truth - you've never been more sure of anything.*
                                                          • 44. Player: What do you need me to do?, FULL_CEREMORPH
                                                          • 44. Player: What do you need me to do?
                                                            • 37.
                                                              Raphael
                                                              : Save yourself.
                                                              • 2. [Jump] Jump to Node 35 (1)
                                                          • 43. Player: Then maybe this is the end., FULL_CEREMORPH
                                                          • 43. Player: Then maybe this is the end.
                                                            • 10.
                                                              Raphael
                                                              : There's no maybe about it.
                                                              • 34.
                                                                Raphael
                                                                : Goodbye. It has been... unforgettable.END_IllithidOptions_Event_RejectedRaphael, GLO_ThrallOfTheAbsolute_Event_AstralPrism
                                                                End
                                                      • 12. [RollResult] False
                                                        • Link to Node 39
                                • 14. Player: Then maybe this is the end., FULL_CEREMORPHEND_IllithidOptions_Event_PushbackAgainstRaphaelDeal
                                • 14. Player: Then maybe this is the end.END_IllithidOptions_Event_PushbackAgainstRaphaelDeal
                                  • 22. [Jump] Jump to Node 10 (1)
                            • 68. [Jump] Jump to Node 27 (2)
                      • 30. Player: Never., FULL_CEREMORPHEND_IllithidOptions_Event_PushbackAgainstRaphaelDeal
                      • 30. Player: Never.END_IllithidOptions_Event_PushbackAgainstRaphaelDeal
                        • 60.
                          Raphael
                          : Then in mere moments all that you've dreaded will finally come to pass.
                          • 11. [Jump] Jump to Node 5 (1)
          • 49. Player: Planning to spend these last moments mocking me?, FULL_CEREMORPH
          • 49. Player: Planning to spend these last moments mocking me?
            • 61.
              Raphael
              : I would love to, but you've already made quite a mockery of yourself.
              • Link to Node 38
          • 45. Player: It's going to be beautiful., FULL_CEREMORPH
          • 45. Player: It's going to be beautiful.
            • 40.
              Raphael
              : Hmm - perhaps.
              • 55.
                Raphael
                : But I assure you, enjoying the spectacle will be quite beyond you.
                • 56.
                  Raphael
                  : In mere moments, all that you have dreaded will come to pass.
                  • 6. [Jump] Jump to Node 5 (1)