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Synopsis:
General questions about Orpheus.
How to trigger:
Triggered from Laezel_InParty2 after asking her about Orpheus. Need to have finished intermezzo and discussed what happened there with Laezel to unlock the branch.
18. : What about him?devnote
37. Player: Why is he called the Prince of the Comet?ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath, Laezel_InParty2_Event_Comet = FalseLaezel_InParty2_Event_Comet
5. : The historical slates describe Orpheus as a fearsome, terrible creature - powerful beyond measure, and enthralled by the ghaik.devnote
11. : So mad with power, he'd smash through the Githyanki Empire and deliver the shards to his illithid masters -devnote
0. : - and glowing with such psionic force that he and his red dragon blazed a trail through the skies. A lethal comet careening towards our people.,
REALLY_GITHYANKIdevnote
0. : - and glowing with such psionic force that he and his red dragon blazed a trail through the skies. A lethal comet careening towards my people.devnote
47. : Lies, of course. Vlaakith spread a false image of Orpheus as monstrous betrayer, and her knights as the butchers who sliced him through.devnote
46. : She was right to fear him, I'll grant her that. So great is the Comet, it could shatter her reign.
7. Player: You say Orpheus is a ghaik thrall, yet he seemed disgusted by us.,
REALLY_GITHYANKIORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath = False, Laezel_InParty2_Event_Comet = FalseLaezel_InParty2_Event_Comet
7. Player: You say Orpheus is an illithid thrall, yet he seemed disgusted by us.ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath = False, Laezel_InParty2_Event_Comet = FalseLaezel_InParty2_Event_Comet
4. : Chk. I'm embarrassed you'd fall for such an obvious trick.devnote
39. : You probably believe the illithid's twaddle about Vlaakith usurping Gith's throne as well.devnote
55. : The Astral Prison contains not one, but two atrocities. They will use you and abuse you at every opportunity.devnote
40. : There is one truth: Vlaakith's truth. Everything else is apostasy.
30. Player: Why did Vlaakith keep Orpheus alive all those millennia ago?Laezel_InParty2_Event_WhyKeepOrpheusAlive = FalseLaezel_InParty2_Event_WhyKeepOrpheusAlive
24. : The Emperor may be loathsome, but it's right.devnoteORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath
36. : Orpheus can disrupt a ghaik hivemind. A talent like that makes the prince a powerful shield - and a powerful weapon.devnote
51. : Why destroy a weapon like that, when you can contain it in a relic and keep it for yourself?devnote
33. : As loathsome as it is, the Emperor slipped one fact into its slurry of lies.devnote
43. : Orpheus can disrupt a ghaik hivemind. One talent of many that drove the illithids to enthral him.devnote
13. : The prince is a powerful shield - and a powerful weapon.
1. : Vlaakith was no fool. Why destroy a weapon like that, when you can contain it in a relic and keep it for yourself?
25. Player: Why would Vlaakith want Orpheus dead now, if he's so valuable alive?ORI_Laezel_Knows_MetVlaakith, Laezel_InParty2_Event_WhyKeepOrpheusAlive, Laezel_InParty2_Event_KeepAlive = FalseLaezel_InParty2_Event_KeepAlive
3. : A weapon is only an asset for as long as it isn't pointed at you.devnoteORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath
49. : The means of Vlaakith's own end has been ripped away from her.devnote
41. : Better to have Orpheus killed than to risk his escape.devnote
53. : Better to risk the rise of illithids than let the Prince of the Comet deny her the godhood she craves.devnote
42. : A weapon is only an asset for as long as it isn't pointed at you.devnote
26. : The means of the githyanki people's end has been ripped from the venerable queen.devnote
34. : Better to kill Orpheus than to risk the enemy wielding his power.devnote
16. : Whether that enemy be ghaik - or the Dead Three.devnote
27. Player: Who were the hostile githyanki in the Prism?Laezel_InParty_Event_AskedAboutHonourGuard = FalseLaezel_InParty_Event_AskedAboutHonourGuard
20. : Orpheus' honour guard, loyal to the end -devnoteORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath
12. : - trapped by Vlaakith in the same Prism holding their noble prince, fruitlessly hacking at the sphere that contains him.devnote
52. : They see us as ghaik - tadpoled husks in the Emperor's thrall.devnote
2. : I regret their deaths. But I pledge to live as they perished: in the service of Gith's son.devnote
15. : Orpheus' honour guard, loyal to the end -devnote
14. : - and trapped by Vlaakith in the same Prism holding their prince, fruitlessly hacking at the sphere that contains him.devnote
8. : So loyal, so beguiled, they were blind to his treason.devnote
31. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_ShadowHeart
35. : Loyal, blind, and beguiled. Sounds like someone I know.
19. : Brave of you to admit your shortcomings, Shadowheart.REALLY_SHADOWHEART
9. Player: [TagAnswer]
ORI_Inclusion_End_ShadowHeart
28. : The honour guard's deaths were inevitable. As is the death of their ghaik-enthralled prince.devnote
50. Player: Would it be wise to kill Orpheus? The Emperor is using his power to protect us. ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath = False, Laezel_InParty2_Event_Protection = FalseLaezel_InParty2_Event_Protection
56. : I know my mission. Nothing will turn me from it.ORI_Laezel_Knows_MetVlaakith
32. : My queen would demand I slay her greatest enemy. I could not be more certain.
21. : Vlaakith has a plan. And she knows what part I must play.
23. Player: Vlaakith can't reward your loyalty if you're dead, or if the Absolute claims you.
54. : And she cannot reward me if I hand the empire to the illithid thrall called Orpheus.
29. : Protocol three-hundred-one. 'Neither death nor undeath may be a hindrance to Vlaakith's blessing.'
38. : Vlaakith will know my unfaltering faith. Neither death nor the Absolute will keep me from accomplishing my duty.
45. Player: Let's talk about something else.
10. : Fine with me.
22. : [TagAnswer]
ORI_InParty_Event_EnterFromNestedNoCommentEnd
57. Player: Leave.ORI_InParty_Event_EnterFromNestedEndEnd
17. Player: On to other matters.
48. : Very well.
6. [Jump]
Jump to Node 22 (1)
44. Player: Leave.ORI_InParty_Event_EnterFromNestedEndEnd