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    Synopsis:

    Jaheira and Minsc confront the Dark Urge about their recent revelation they are a Bhaalspawn. Depending on how much the player has given into Bhaal, they are either more sympathetic, or almost hostile. But either way, they are supportive and want to use their knowledge of fighting alongside Bhaalspawn in the past to convince you that you can do good


  • 54.
    Narrator
    : *The sleeping blood-beast within claws and scratches at your resting mind. You are, as ever, mere hairs away from its grasp.*devnoteORI_DarkUrge_State_GivenSlayerForm
    • 84.
      Narrator
      : *Another watches your body, while it is possessed by the night. You do not dream alone.*devnoteNIGHT_DarkUrge_BloodWeddingFollowup
      • 39. [Visual State]
        • 127.
          Jaheira
          : Dark dreams?
          • 9.
            Jaheira
            : I think I can guess. Visions of blood on your hands. The blood in your veins, perhaps.
            • 75. [Alias] ORI_DarkUrge_State_GivenSlayerForm, 8a4a686d-6c47-411f-a0b3-d79ff33e2922 = False
              • Alias to Node 0
              • 32. [Alias]
                • Alias to Node 99
                • 2.
                  GROUP_ORI_DU
                  : Is this the reward for my confession? A dagger in the night?ORI_State_DarkUrge_ToldJaheiraBhaalspawn
                  • 95.
                    Jaheira
                    : You have not confessed it all, I think. There is something in the air tonight - the scent of a terrible and familiar power.
                    • Link to Node 58
                • 120.
                  GROUP_ORI_DU
                  : So the game is up at last.ORI_State_DarkUrge_ToldJaheiraBhaalspawn = False
                  • 8.
                    Jaheira
                    : There is one last piece I've been toying with. A terrible and familiar power I've sensed around you for some time.
                    • 58.
                      Jaheira
                      : And so I come to ask: what did it take for you to earn that Slayer-skin you hide so well?
                      • 74. [Jump] Jump to Node 68 (2)
                • 132.
                  GROUP_ORI_DU
                  : How could you possibly know?ORI_State_DarkUrge_ToldJaheiraBhaalspawn = False
                  • 122.
                    Jaheira
                    : I've slept beside a Bhaalspawn before. I know the signs - the dreams, the urges... the power.
                    • Link to Node 58
                • 154.
                  GROUP_ORI_DU
                  : What are you doing, Jaheira?
                  • Link to Node 51
                • 118.
                  GROUP_ORI_DU
                  : My rest was fine, until a looming druid came to pry.
                  • 51.
                    Jaheira
                    : If I must lie awake, then so must you - only fair, considering that you are the reason.
                    • 73.
                      Jaheira
                      : I've been sensing something, you see. A formless but familiar dread, which I have only now been able to put a name to.
                      • Link to Node 58
            • 50. [Alias] ORI_DarkUrge_State_GivenSlayerForm, 8a4a686d-6c47-411f-a0b3-d79ff33e2922
              • Alias to Node 0
              • 41. [Alias]
                • Alias to Node 99
                • 135.
                  GROUP_ORI_DU
                  : Is this the reward for my confession? A dagger in the night?ORI_State_DarkUrge_ToldJaheiraBhaalspawn
                  • 153.
                    Jaheira
                    : You have not confessed it all, I think.
                    • Link to Node 59
                • 29.
                  GROUP_ORI_DU
                  : So the game is up at last.ORI_State_DarkUrge_ToldJaheiraBhaalspawn = False
                  • 129.
                    Jaheira
                    : Almost. There is but one piece left to play.
                    • Link to Node 59
                • 80.
                  GROUP_ORI_DU
                  : How could you possibly know?ORI_State_DarkUrge_ToldJaheiraBhaalspawn = False
                  • 131.
                    Jaheira
                    : I don't - not yet.
                    • Link to Node 59
                • 142.
                  GROUP_ORI_DU
                  : What are you doing, Jaheira?
                  • 11.
                    Jaheira
                    : Distracting you.
                    • 59.
                      Narrator
                      : *The ranger's thoughts flit through your own, searching, probing for something specific. Until he finds...*devnote
                      • 71.
                        Minsc
                        : ...No.devnote
                        • 107.
                          Jaheira
                          : There we have our answer. But we might as well hear it from you.
                          • 68.
                            Jaheira
                            : So - what did it take to earn that new Slayer-skin of yours?
                            • 4.
                              GROUP_ORI_DU
                              : This power will save the world from the Absolute. The price doesn't matter.
                              • 82.
                                Jaheira
                                : I have spent my life fighting your father in whatever form he chose to take. By rights, I should cut you down here.8a4a686d-6c47-411f-a0b3-d79ff33e2922 = False
                                • 22.
                                  Jaheira
                                  : But that would be a mercy. One you have not earned.
                                  • 27.
                                    Jaheira
                                    : You are twice-tainted, yes. But whatever you have done - you might yet serve the good.devnote
                                    • 15. [Visual State]
                                      • 25.
                                        Minsc
                                        : What? Evil cannot serve good, Jaheira. That is why it is evil.8a4a686d-6c47-411f-a0b3-d79ff33e2922
                                        • 121.
                                          Jaheira
                                          : You know better than that, Stone Lord. We found the good in you - and we found it in another Bhaalspawn, once before.8a4a686d-6c47-411f-a0b3-d79ff33e2922
                                          • 46.
                                            Jaheira
                                            : Whatever its source, the Slayer form is a weapon like any other. And if you mean to master it, I know where you must go.
                                            • 149.
                                              Jaheira
                                              : To face the other of your kind - Orin. So long as the other lives, neither of you can claim your full power.
                                              • 143.
                                                GROUP_ORI_DU
                                                : Don't patronise me. I can do without your guidance.
                                                • 14.
                                                  Jaheira
                                                  : It is not guidance I offer, but a leash. We will help you to control yourself - until you can free yourself of these urges, and use the Slayer form freely.
                                                  • 63.
                                                    Jaheira
                                                    : The burden of your blood is yours to carry, but you need not carry it alone.
                                                    • 113.
                                                      Narrator
                                                      : *A spike of rage, quickly muffled - Minsc's mind still lingers near your own, and he does not like what is coming to pass.*8a4a686d-6c47-411f-a0b3-d79ff33e2922
                                                      • 26.
                                                        GROUP_ORI_DU
                                                        : What if I slip out of control again? You will kill me?
                                                        • 139.
                                                          Jaheira
                                                          : You will be protected. Even from yourself.
                                                          • 60. [Jump] Jump to Node 111 (1)
                                                      • 77.
                                                        GROUP_ORI_DU
                                                        : Come on, let's go back to sleep.
                                                        • 28.
                                                          Jaheira
                                                          : You first. I find that sleep escapes me, so I might as well take the watch.
                                                          • 81. [Jump] Jump to Node 7 (1)
                                                      • 100.
                                                        GROUP_ORI_DU
                                                        : Or perhaps I will take you to my Father directly - as trophies.Roll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 18 (0)
                                                        • 1. [RollResult] True
                                                          • 5. [Jump] Jump to Node 109 (1)
                                                        • 124. [RollResult] False
                                                          • 125.
                                                            Jaheira
                                                            : No need for such dramatics. I will go with eyes wide open - and the hope that I know you a little better than you know yourself.['Jaheira -2', 'Minsc -2']
                                                            • 111.
                                                              Jaheira
                                                              : For now, rest. Sleep escapes me, so I might as well take the watch.
                                                              • 48.
                                                                Minsc
                                                                : As will I. Jaheira tells me a debt is owed - even if my heart and hamster do not understand it.
                                                                • 7.
                                                                  Narrator
                                                                  : *You rest with the knowledge that you are being watched over. Or indeed, guarded.*
                                                                  • 145. [TagCinematic] devnote
                                                                    End
                                                      • 87.
                                                        GROUP_ORI_DU
                                                        : Poke at Minsc's mind to stoke his rage.8a4a686d-6c47-411f-a0b3-d79ff33e2922, ILLITHID['Jaheira -10', 'Minsc -10']
                                                        • 85.
                                                          Narrator
                                                          : *A single prod is enough to send his fury into a twisted spiral, wrapping around you then storming over to Jaheira.*
                                                          • 12.
                                                            Minsc
                                                            : NO!devnote
                                                            • 78.
                                                              Minsc
                                                              : Jaheira, he tried to make me... I almost..., MALE
                                                            • 78.
                                                              Minsc
                                                              : Jaheira, she tried to make me... I almost...<br>, FEMALE
                                                            • 78.
                                                              Minsc
                                                              : Jaheira, they tried to make me... I almost...<br>
                                                              • 109.
                                                                Narrator
                                                                : *For a moment, the briefest, weakest moment, Jaheira appears as she truly is. Simply an old woman, uncertain and afraid.*devnote
                                                                • 98.
                                                                  Jaheira
                                                                  : Perhaps I was too swift to put up my blades. But we will not play into your father's hands this night.
                                                                  • 52.
                                                                    Jaheira
                                                                    : As you wish, then. We take our leave. I hope you have mastered yourself, when next we meet. If not, we will do what we must.GLO_Companion_Leave
                                                                    • 110. [TagCinematic] devnote
                                                                      • 43.
                                                                        Minsc
                                                                        : If there is still good in you - find it quickly, says Boo. Or the next time we meet, you will know my rage.GLO_Companion_Leave
                                                                        End
                                                                      • 151.
                                                                        GROUP_ORI_DU
                                                                        : [TagAnswer]
                                                                        End
                                              • 148.
                                                GROUP_ORI_DU
                                                : And what will become of me, if I beat her?
                                                • 128.
                                                  Jaheira
                                                  : Show daddy dear that you alone choose your fate. You are a child of Bhaal - but that need not be all that you are.
                                                  • 96.
                                                    Jaheira
                                                    : And when you stand against him, you will not stand alone.
                                                    • Link to Node 113
                                              • 90.
                                                GROUP_ORI_DU
                                                : I intend to become Bhaal's Chosen. So bow, or die.['Jaheira -2', 'Minsc -2']
                                                • 130.
                                                  Jaheira
                                                  : I am truly bored of that phrase.
                                                  • 66.
                                                    Jaheira
                                                    : Cast yourself into the dark if you wish. I mean to be there to pull you back - by the hand, or the scruff.
                                                    • Link to Node 113
                              • 86.
                                Minsc
                                : You will answer for this, fiend. And it will be an answer of the screaming sort.
                                • 101.
                                  Jaheira
                                  : Wait. devnote
                                  • Link to Node 27
                            • 83.
                              GROUP_ORI_DU
                              : Innocent blood. As innocent as my own: I have no control over when my body kills.
                              • Link to Node 82
                              • Link to Node 86
                            • 117.
                              GROUP_ORI_DU
                              : Bathing in my dearest friend's gore.
                              • Link to Node 82
                              • Link to Node 86
                            • 150.
                              GROUP_ORI_DU
                              : Bathing in my lover's gore.
                              • Link to Node 82
                              • Link to Node 86
                            • 17.
                              GROUP_ORI_DU
                              : Isobel was my doing... the rest of Last Light was an accident.ORI_DarkUrge_KilledIsobel_State_KilledIsobelByKillingNightsong = False, ORI_DarkUrge_KilledIsobel_Requirement
                              • Link to Node 82
                              • Link to Node 86
                            • 19.
                              GROUP_ORI_DU
                              : I stole every little life in Last Light.ORI_DarkUrge_KilledIsobel_Requirement['Jaheira -2', 'Minsc -2']
                              • Link to Node 82
                              • Link to Node 86
                • 45.
                  GROUP_ORI_DU
                  : My rest was fine, until a looming druid came to pry.
                  • 33.
                    Jaheira
                    : Then we shall make this swift.
                    • Link to Node 59
            • 0.
              Jaheira
              : For all the gifts Bhaal's children inherit - a peaceful night's sleep is not among them.devnote
              • 99. [Visual State]
                • 65.
                  GROUP_ORI_DU
                  : Is this the reward for my confession? A dagger in the night?ORI_State_DarkUrge_ToldJaheiraBhaalspawn
                  • 89.
                    Minsc
                    : I think you are still dreaming if you see a dagger before you. She has a sword - two of them, in fact.devnote
                    • 53.
                      Jaheira
                      : The dreams alone do not concern me. It is what waking deeds they might inspire.
                      • 115.
                        Jaheira
                        : Are you truly your own master? What is it you feel, when father's dreams come calling?
                        • 36.
                          GROUP_ORI_DU
                          : My birthright, in all its vile glory.
                          • 47.
                            Jaheira
                            : That birthright may well bring you to a bloody end. How many should I allow to go with you?
                            • Link to Node 24
                        • 62.
                          GROUP_ORI_DU
                          : Helpless. Like I can deny him nothing.
                          • 55.
                            Jaheira
                            : Then would you call it mercy, if the next night I never let you wake?
                            • Link to Node 24
                        • 137.
                          GROUP_ORI_DU
                          : It's sickening. I never asked for this power, and hope to be rid of it.
                          • 152.
                            Jaheira
                            : There is one certain way. I hold it in my hand.
                            • Link to Node 24
                        • 20.
                          GROUP_ORI_DU
                          : I don't owe you answers, especially not at sword-point.
                          • 34.
                            Jaheira
                            : And what is it I owe? Should I allow some horror to be born anew, when I could end it here and now?
                            • 24.
                              Jaheira
                              : This is your father's true legacy. Not his children - but the fear they plant in us. The savagery it blossoms into.devnote
                              • 114.
                                Minsc
                                : But you have reminded us that when evil calls, we might stop our ears with virtuous cotton. Hasn't he, Jaheira?, MALEdevnote
                              • 114.
                                Minsc
                                : But you have reminded us that when evil calls, we might stop our ears with virtuous cotton. Hasn't she, Jaheira?, FEMALEdevnote
                              • 114.
                                Minsc
                                : But you have reminded us that when evil calls, we might stop our ears with virtuous cotton. Haven't they, Jaheira?devnote
                                • 13.
                                  Jaheira
                                  : In another time - with another of your kind - we found a better way. I would dearly like to find it again.devnote
                                  • 140. [Visual State]
                                    • 133.
                                      GROUP_ORI_DU
                                      : Tell me what I must do.['Jaheira 5', 'Minsc 5']
                                      • 6.
                                        Minsc
                                        : Well, you cannot understand Boo's wisdom. So I suppose we must listen to Jaheira instead.
                                        • 23. [Jump] Jump to Node 88 (1)
                                    • 102.
                                      GROUP_ORI_DU
                                      : My path is mine alone to choose.
                                      • 56.
                                        Minsc
                                        : But not yours alone to walk.
                                        • 91.
                                          Jaheira
                                          : Whatever path you choose, I fear it will lead you to the same point. The same enemy.
                                          • Link to Node 136
                                    • 72.
                                      GROUP_ORI_DU
                                      : And if I embrace Father's power? Grant unto him my love?['Jaheira -2', 'Minsc -2']
                                      • 146.
                                        Minsc
                                        : It would be like swinging a sword by the wrong side. Painful - but it can be effective, too.
                                        • 88.
                                          Jaheira
                                          : You would not be the first to turn the taint in your blood to your advantage. But there are barriers a Bhaalspawn must overcome, first.
                                          • 136.
                                            Jaheira
                                            : Those of your kind. Orin - I am sure you already know that so long as she lives, she will never stop hunting you.
                                            • 64.
                                              Jaheira
                                              : It might be that you have to turn and face her - you cannot change that. All you can choose is how you meet her: as another bloodied child of Bhaal, or as yourself.
                                              • 69.
                                                Minsc
                                                : And for this, you will need Boo. He has tasted Bhaalspawn flesh before - and he would not mind another bite.
                                                • 67.
                                                  Jaheira
                                                  : For now, take what rest you can - we will watch over you this night.
                                                  • 30.
                                                    GROUP_ORI_DU
                                                    : To watch over me - or to protect against me?
                                                    • 40.
                                                      Jaheira
                                                      : I suppose you'll have your answer when you wake in the morning.
                                                      • Link to Node 147
                                                  • 70.
                                                    GROUP_ORI_DU
                                                    : How do I know you won't kill me?
                                                    • 92.
                                                      Minsc
                                                      : Are we so faithless? As you wish - while we watch over you, Boo shall be watching over us.
                                                      • 3.
                                                        Jaheira
                                                        : What more could you need?
                                                        • 147.
                                                          Narrator
                                                          : *No more dreams await you in sleep this night. Only the warm knowledge that, indeed - you are not alone.*
                                                          • 97. [Jump] Jump to Node 145 (1)
                                                    • 57.
                                                      Jaheira
                                                      : I suppose you do not.
                                                      • Link to Node 31
                                                  • 49. [Jump] Jump to Node 104 (1)
                                              • 93.
                                                Jaheira
                                                : All I can offer is the promise that, should you choose to do so, you will not meet her alone.
                                                • 79.
                                                  Jaheira
                                                  : For now, take what rest you can - I will watch over you this night.<br>
                                                  • 119. [Jump] Jump to Node 30 (1)
                                                  • 123. [Jump] Jump to Node 70 (1)
                                                  • 61.
                                                    GROUP_ORI_DU
                                                    : Thank you. For everything.
                                                    • 21.
                                                      Minsc
                                                      : Do not thank us, friend. It is not as if we didn't consider killing you instead.
                                                      • 31.
                                                        Jaheira
                                                        : Sleep well.
                                                        • Link to Node 147
                                                  • 104.
                                                    GROUP_ORI_DU
                                                    : I won't sleep again. Tell me something of the old days, since they're on your mind.8a4a686d-6c47-411f-a0b3-d79ff33e2922
                                                    • 44.
                                                      Minsc
                                                      : STORIES!
                                                      • 10.
                                                        Jaheira
                                                        : I don't think I have any -
                                                        • 94.
                                                          Minsc
                                                          : Have you ever fought with a talking sword?devnote
                                                          • 103.
                                                            Jaheira
                                                            : Lilarcor. devnote
                                                            • 126.
                                                              Minsc
                                                              : Yes! A mighty blade, but a mouthy one, too. I wonder what happened to it.
                                                              • 76.
                                                                Jaheira
                                                                : I believe it went over a cliff-edge, buried in an ogre's backside. And it was still talking...
                                                                End
                                    • 16.
                                      GROUP_ORI_DU
                                      : Your past is not my future.
                                      • 42.
                                        Minsc
                                        : Leave the future for hathrans and hamsters to divine. We speak only of this moment.
                                        • 35. [Jump] Jump to Node 91 (1)
                                    • 105.
                                      GROUP_ORI_DU
                                      : 'A better way?' It's too late. My cruel deeds cannot be undone.
                                      • 144.
                                        Jaheira
                                        : You are what you are, child of Bhaal. But that need not be all that you are.
                                        • 37. [Jump] Jump to Node 88 (1)
                        • 38.
                          GROUP_ORI_DU
                          : Kill me then, coward. I dare you to try.
                          • 134.
                            Jaheira
                            : Ever the Bhaalspawn's lot. To bring death, or wait for it to find them.
                            • Link to Node 24
                • 138.
                  GROUP_ORI_DU
                  : So the game is up at last.ORI_State_DarkUrge_ToldJaheiraBhaalspawn = False
                  • 155.
                    Minsc
                    : No game. A serious matter, to rouse Boo from his beauty sleep.devnote
                    • Link to Node 53
                • 108.
                  GROUP_ORI_DU
                  : How could you possibly know?ORI_State_DarkUrge_ToldJaheiraBhaalspawn = False
                  • 106.
                    Minsc
                    : Boo remembers the scent of Bhaalspawn. Like rot on the tongue - meaning no offence.devnote
                    • Link to Node 53
                • 156.
                  GROUP_ORI_DU
                  : What are you doing, Jaheira?
                  • 116.
                    Minsc
                    : She is worrying. Which worries me. Which worries Boo. Which ought to worry you.devnote
                    • Link to Node 53
                • 18.
                  GROUP_ORI_DU
                  : My rest was fine, until a looming druid came to pry.
                  • 112.
                    Minsc
                    : We do not loom, friend. We tread soft and sure as hunting hamsters.devnote
                    • Link to Node 53
  • 141.
    Narrator
    : *Tonight's troubled rest is, as ever, overwhelmed by your killing fate. You dangle above a dark precipice, one move away from falling.*devnote
    • Link to Node 84