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Synopsis:

Default Dialogue - the conversation you can have with Minthara at any thime when she's a member of your party. You can ask her about herself, or events that you've experienced together during your adventures. Her responses to you may differ based on some of the choices you make after she joins. Provided you don't betray her for another, she will continue to stand by you, revelling in the violence that follows.

75.
Nightwarden Minthara
: [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutGortashORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutGortash = False
- 132.
  Nightwarden Minthara
  : He is rather fond of himself. If he truly intends to be the saviour of Baldur's Gate, perhaps he has reason to be.^devnote
  - 183. Player: He won't save the city. We will.
    
    302.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Even if I personally faced down the Army of the Absolute, and drove it from the city single-handedly, I would not be welcomed as a saviour.^devnote
    
    22.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : No matter what I do, the people of Baldur's Gate will always see me as an enemy.^devnote
    
    206. Player: They once had a Bhaalspawn as a duke - I'm sure they can tolerate you.
    
    323.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I do not want to be tolerated, I want to be feared. Don't you?^devnote
    
    187. [Jump] Jump to Node 119 (1)
    
    93. Player: Do you want to be their saviour?
    
    321.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : From the cult and the illithids? Of course. And then I suspect I want exactly what Gortash wants.^devnote
    
    122.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : To be feared. Isn't that what you want?^devnote
    
    119.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : When we have all three Netherstones and control the elder brain, all of Faerûn will have reason to fear us.ORI_Minthara_State_ReturnToDefaultBranch
    End
    
    304. Player: They'd be right to.
    
    297.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Yes they would. But I am the lesser of several evils, for now at least. I want more - don't you?^devnote
    
    210. [Jump] Jump to Node 119 (1)
    
    14. Player: Their opinion doesn't matter.['Minthara 1']
    
    300.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I agree. What matters is that they respect us... and fear us.^devnote
    
    171. [Jump] Jump to Node 119 (1)
  - 156. Player: Gortash is no saviour - he's a tyrant.['Minthara -1']
    
    159.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Was Baldur's Gate enjoying a golden age of prosperity and peace before Gortash rose to power? I think not.^devnote
    
    48.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : This city is like a wild beast. It needs a strong hand to choke it into obedience.^devnote
    
    141.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Gortash may have that strength, but he chose the wrong allies to rule alongside him.^devnote
    
    308. [Jump] Jump to Node 277 (1)
  - 23. Player: The greatest threat to the city is the elder brain that Gortash unleashed.
    
    40.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : True. His mistake was choosing the wrong allies.^devnote
    
    277.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Ketheric was reliant on his god instead of his own strength, and Orin does not understand power and control. Only blood.^devnote
    
    83. Player: A man who chooses his allies so poorly cannot be trusted to rule.
    
    160.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Perhaps you should rule in his place. Your choice of allies is exemplary, after all.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 222
    
    90. Player: We would make better allies than Ketheric and Orin.
    
    144.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I am reluctant to share power, but if he is amenable to it, an alliance with Gortash may be beneficial.^devnote
    
    222.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Together, we can teach this city to fear us, and that is just the beginning.^devnote
    
    196. [Jump] Jump to Node 119 (1)
    
    149. Player: Gortash is just another obstacle in our path. We will kill him.
    
    113.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Given his position in the city's power structure that may be easier said than done. I advocate for caution.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 144
78.
Nightwarden Minthara
: [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutCultReminesceORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutCultReminesce = False
- 239.
  Nightwarden Minthara
  : I was the Absolute's dagger. I remember every throat that it held me to, and every drop of blood it forced me to spill. ^devnote
  - 212.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I take no responsibility for the lives I took. I did nothing in the Absolute's name - I was merely a weapon that it wielded.^devnote
    
    95. Player: I remember the Grove. You seemed to enjoy taking all those lives.DEN_AttackOnDen_State_RaiderVictory
    
    224.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : The tadpole... the Absolute... they work together like a drug. I did not feel I was compelled to act against my will, I felt ecstatic to serve.^devnote
    
    66.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Every action seemed a deliberate choice - the best choice - even though I could no more have resisted its commands than flesh can resist decay.^devnote
    
    232.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Even rational minds like ours cannot reject such a powerful influence.^devnoteORI_Minthara_Knows_PlayerIsChaotic = False
    
    152.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : The Absolute can make the impossible seem inevitable.^devnoteORI_Minthara_State_ReturnToDefaultBranch
    End
    
    161. Player: You should take responsibility for your actions.['Minthara -1']
    
    191.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : They were not my actions.^devnote
    
    157.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : You have been protected from the worst of the Absolute's influence. Understanding what was done to me is beyond you.^devnoteORI_Minthara_State_ReturnToDefaultBranch
    
    11.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : And I do not need lectures on responsibility from somebody who does not know their own mind.^devnoteORI_Minthara_Knows_PlayerIsChaotic
    
    131. [Jump] Jump to Node 152 (2)
    
    85. Player: To lose your free will, and be forced to kill. That must be horrible.REALLY_DARK_URGE = False['Minthara 5']
    
    99.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I would rather die than endure it again.^devnote
    
    260. [Jump] Jump to Node 224 (1)
    
    292. Player: I've lost control of myself before - I hate it.REALLY_DARK_URGE['Minthara 5']
    
    36.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : You have my sympathy.^devnote
    
    317. [Jump] Jump to Node 224 (1)
    
    126. Player: I find it liberating to lose control, and surrender myself to my urges.REALLY_DARK_URGE['Minthara -1']
    
    27.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I had hoped my influence would help tame your chaotic mind. It appears not.^devnoteORI_Minthara_Knows_PlayerIsChaotic
    
    145. [Jump] Jump to Node 224 (1)
    
    73.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : A disturbing admission. I would rather die than lose control of myself again.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 145
102.
Nightwarden Minthara
: [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutMenzoberranzanORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutMenzoberranzan = False
- 33.
  Nightwarden Minthara
  : You have never visited?^devnoteDROWELF
  - 189. Player: I was born there - but I suspect your life was very different to mine.NOBLE = False
    
    199.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Most likely.
    
    Link to Node 198
  - 306. Player: I was born there - I'm surprised we never crossed paths.NOBLE
    
    151.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : You are of aristocratic blood? I thought as much.
    
    173.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : But whatever House matron you sprang from, your upbringing cannot compare with mine.
    
    198.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I am a Baenre, born into the city's most ancient and powerful house. My life was one of privilege and danger.
    
    268.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Like you, I lived in Qu'ellarz'orl, high above the city's sprawl.
    
    213. [Jump] Jump to Node 208 (1)
  - 170. Player: No, but I have always wanted to.
    
    299. [Jump] Jump to Node 296 (1)
  - 13. Player: I wouldn't want to. It sounds like a terrible place.
    
    258.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Nonsense.
    
    87. [Jump] Jump to Node 296 (1)
  - 203. Player: Briefly - it is intimidatingly large.
    
    12. [Jump] Jump to Node 296 (1)
- 296.
  Nightwarden Minthara
  : From the still, dark waters of Lake Donigarten to the black academies of Tier Breche, it is a city of wonders... and terror.^devnote
  - 233.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : But it is not my home anymore. If I were to return, I would be denied all of its wonders, and shown only the terror.^devnote
    
    146. Player: What was your life like there?
    
    19.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I am a daughter of Menzoberranzan's most ancient and powerful House, the Baenre. I lived a life of privilege and danger.^devnote
    
    147.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : My home was at the tallest point of Qu'ellarz'orl, the Place of the Nobles, a plateau high above the city's sprawl.^devnote
    
    208.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I enjoyed every luxury, whether harvested in the Underdark or stolen from the surface, and I survived my first assassination attempt while I still suckled at my mother's breast.^devnote
    
    162.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I tasted her blood that day. She covered my body with her own, and a blade bit deep into her chest, almost puncturing her heart.^devnote
    
    91.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : When I came of age, she tried to take my life herself, and I gave her fresh scars to match those she earned protecting me.^devnote
    
    58. Player: Is she still alive?
    
    287.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I expect so. If the world were to end, I think my mother would survive to rule over the ruins.^devnote
    
    309. Player: Little wonder you find it hard to make friends if your own mother tried to kill you.
    
    253.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : She taught me to be resilient, and to guard my heart from those who cannot be trusted. Literally and figuratively.^devnote
    
    256.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : When I choose to let somebody close, I do not do so lightly. ^devnote
    
    231.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : That gives a great depth of meaning to the bonds I do share.^devnoteORI_Minthara_State_ReturnToDefaultBranch
    End
    
    301. Player: A dangerous upbringing. It made you strong.['Minthara 1']
    
    111.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Yes. My House trained me to be a soldier in Lolth's service, and my mother showed me how to survive the perils of society.
    
    263. [Jump] Jump to Node 253 (1)
    
    24. Player: Your childhood was horrible.
    
    125.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : How so? I could have been born a slave, a serf or a jaluk. I had every advantage, and my mother showed me how to survive.
    
    285. [Jump] Jump to Node 253 (1)
    
    227. Player: It is hard to be without a home.
    
    194.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Yes. Particularly when the home was so magnificent.^devnote
    
    82. [Jump] Jump to Node 19 (1)
    
    219. Player: Would you return if you could?
    
    168.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : If you had seen my city's splendour, you would not ask the question. I will miss it until they day I die.^devnote
    
    249. [Jump] Jump to Node 19 (1)
    
    283. Player: Why can't you go back?
    
    25.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : For my people, to reject Lolth is to reject life. I am apostate, and would be executed.^devnote
    
    328.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Though I am proud, I prefer exile to death.^devnote
103.
Nightwarden Minthara
: [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutLostAlurlssrinORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutLostAlurlssrin = False
- 273.
  Nightwarden Minthara
  : I want you as much as I ever did, but our bond is based on ambition as much as affection. I am not sure that our goals still align.ORI_Minthara_State_NeedsConvincing
  - 234.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : We can survive this together, but I want more - I want us to rule together. To master the brain, and to become Absolute.
    
    270.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Do you have the courage and conviction to do what is needed when the time comes?
    
    137. Player: I won't let you down. Trust me.Roll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 25 (0)
    
    153. [RollResult] True
    
    228.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I do. But I also know that what I am asking of you is not an easy thing.ORI_Minthara_Event_CalledPartnerAlurlssrin, ORI_Minthara_State_WasAlurlssrin = False['Minthara 5']
    
    262.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : When the time comes to take control of the cult, there will only be me and you. Everyone else is expendable.
    
    60.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : That is how it must be. You cannot think otherwise.ORI_Minthara_State_ReturnToDefaultBranch
    End
    
    275. [RollResult] False
    
    110.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I cannot. Too often you lack the conviction to make the hard choices.ORI_Minthara_Event_CalledPartnerAlurlssrin = False, ORI_Minthara_State_WasAlurlssrin = False['Minthara -1']
    
    0.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Show me your resolve in actions, not words.ORI_Minthara_State_ReturnToDefaultBranch
    
    92. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 262
    
    155. [Jump] Jump to Node 60 (2)
    
    331. Player: If we come out of this alive - together - surely that's enough?
    
    276.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : What would we be then? Survivors, with nothing to show for our struggles but trauma and scars?
    
    252.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Since Moonrise - since you saved me from the cult - I have made it clear to you what I want.
    
    57.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Control. Power. To become Absolute.
    
    195.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I have been open about my intentions because I cannot work with those I do not trust.
    
    37.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : And I cannot love those who lack ambition.ORI_Minthara_State_ReturnToDefaultBranch
    End
    
    30. Player: I will do what is right.
    
    98. [Jump] Jump to Node 252 (1)
- 5.
  Nightwarden Minthara
  : If you do not feel the heat of my passion, it is because you no longer ignite it.
  - 3.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I am not cold when I spill the blood of our enemies, or when I dream of conquest.
    
    143.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Be part of those dreams, as you once were, and you will taste my fire again.ORI_Minthara_State_ReturnToDefaultBranch
    End
112.
Nightwarden Minthara
: [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutOrinHistoryORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutOrinHistory = False
- 327. [Jump] Jump to Node 101 (1)
179.
Nightwarden Minthara
: [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutKethericInvulnerabilityORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutKethericInvulnerability = False
- 214.
  Nightwarden Minthara
  : I fought at his side once, shortly after my conversion. Before the battle, he was everything a general should be - a charismatic leader with a brilliant strategic mind.^devnote
  - 72.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : And when the fighting began, he led his troops from the front and cut through the enemy like a scythe through stalks.^devnote
    
    59.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Blows and arrows rained down on him, and before long his face was a mask of blood. But he did not fall - he did not even falter.^devnote
    
    289.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : When we won the day, Ketheric's armour was bent and shattered, but his flesh was unmarked.^devnote
    
    325. Player: How is that possible?
    
    267.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I have lived long enough to know that few things are impossible in this world.^devnote
    
    35.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Ketheric's power is a rare thing though. I have never seen its like.^devnote
    
    6.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : There is a connection to this Nighsong of Balthazar's, whatever - or whoever - it might be. ^devnoteMOO_BalthazarsSecrets_Knows_NightsongSecret
    
    291.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : We must find it, and destroy it.^devnoteORI_Minthara_State_ReturnToDefaultBranch
    End
    
    138.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : The necromancer Balthazar is Ketheric's chief advisor. One who has mastery over the dead may well be able to help the living cheat it. ^devnote
    
    284.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : He is usually in his laboratory, elbow-deep in offal, or clinging to his master's side. If he left Moonrise, his mission must be urgent.^devnoteMOO_Executioner_Knows_BalthazarIsMissing
    
    49.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : We should ransack his chambers, and see what secrets he keeps for the great General.^devnoteORI_Minthara_State_ReturnToDefaultBranch
    End
    
    114. Player: We just need to hit him harder than they did.
    
    80.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : No, we need to hit him smarter. This battle, like most, will be won or lost before the fighting begins.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 6
    
    Link to Node 138
    
    247. Player: What chance do we have?
    
    286.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Every chance once he is stripped of his power.^devnote
    
    211. [Jump] Jump to Node 35 (2)
237.
Nightwarden Minthara
: [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutJoiningCultORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutJoiningCult = False
- 15.
  Nightwarden Minthara
  : A true soul came to my city preaching a message of togetherness, accompanied by two novices.^devnote
  - 303.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Menzoberranzen is not fertile ground for such messages. I killed them, and hanged their bodies in my garden.^devnote
    
    68. Player: Decorative corpses. An interesting design choice.
    
    295.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I would have picked prettier corpses if my intentions had been aesthetic. This was a warning against heresy.^devnote
    
    128.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I was not content with the warning though. I intended to wage war on their insolent god, and the rest of its followers.^devnote
    
    221.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Even as the flesh sagged and sloughed away from their eyeless skulls, their audacity infuriated me. I had to know where they came from.^devnote
    
    84.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : And whoever sent them was counting on my curiosity overcoming my caution.^devnote
    
    175. Player: You followed their path back to Moonrise?
    
    46.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Yes.
    
    226. [Jump] Jump to Node 136 (1)
    
    320. Player: Do you know who sent them?
    
    88.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Indeed. A man you know all too well - General Ketheric Thorm.^devnote
    
    74. [Jump] Jump to Node 121 (1)
    
    190. Player: You should have captured and interrogated them.
    
    174.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : In a manner of speaking, I did.
    
    121.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : The dead cough up their secrets just as well as the living.^devnote
    
    136.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : All it took was a simple act of necromancy, and the corpses told me where I needed to strike - Moonrise Towers.^devnote
    
    81. Player: Given how we met, it's safe to say you failed.
    
    100.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : It is never safe to point out my shortcomings, iblith., REALLY_DROWELF, REALLY_DROWHALFELF, REALLY_LOLTHDROWELF, REALLY_SELDARINEDROWELF^devnote
    
    100.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : It is never safe to point out my shortcomings.<br>^devnote
    
    251.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : But in this instance, you are correct. Moonrise is the site of my greatest failure.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 312
    
    255. Player: You mustn't have struck very hard - the tower is still standing.
    
    45.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Despite Ketheric's best efforts, so are we. And we shall outlast the immortal general, and his tower.^devnote
    
    243.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : But he had the upper hand when we first met. I was arrogant enough to believe I had the better of him.^devnote
    
    312.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : As it turned out, to my shame, I was defeated without even drawing my weapon.^devnote
    
    230.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I came to Moonrise with a retinue of warriors and assassins - the best House Baenre had to offer.^devnote
    
    281.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I expected a battle, but found a fully-laden feast table, and a welcome befitting a house matron.^devnote
    
    319.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Ketheric expected us - expected me - and I fell for his flattery.^devnote
    
    185. Player: Pride can be a great weakness.['Minthara 1']
    
    96.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I recognise my flaws - pride is certainly among them.^devnote
    
    322.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Ketheric proposed an alliance between Moonrise and Menzoberranzan. I admit, I was captivated by him. ^devnote
    
    310.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : He invited me to the head of his table, as his guest of honour. I was wary, of course. If I had been in his position, the food would have been poisoned. ^devnote
    
    242.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : It was not the food I should have been wary of.^devnote
    
    271.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : It was the pale woman at the foot of the table - Orin the Red.^devnoteORI_Minthara_Knows_OrinAndMintharaHistory
    
    314.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : We had barely begun to eat when she spoke for the first time. I only caught one word - my name.^devnote
    
    254.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Then, quick as lightning, she climbed onto the table, a dagger in each hand, and skipped toward me, slicing the throats out of my men as she passed them.^devnote
    
    31. Player: You should have died fighting.
    
    130.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : If it had been an option, I would have.
    
    Link to Node 54
    
    279. Player: She sounds delightful.
    
    Link to Node 101
    
    18. Player: That must have been terrifying.
    
    101.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Few things frighten me. Orin is one of them.^devnote
    
    54.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Ketheric held me still. His hand on my shoulder, the grip tight enough to crack the bone.
    
    204.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : When Orin stood before me, she touched the dagger to my eye, drawing out a tear of blood.^devnote
    
    77.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I want this one, she said. Ketheric nodded his permission, and I was taken below.^devnote
    
    16.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : You've seen the horrors of the colony. Orin kept me there for days. She forced me to watch as my men were processed; some for food, others as thralls.^devnote
    
    64.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : And then she placed the tadpole in my eye herself.^devnote
    
    29. Player: You were too trusting.
    
    43.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I was. I deserved what happened to me, for my passivity, for my weakness. For my pride.^devnote
    
    246.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : You know the rest as well as I do. There were massacres before the Grove - religious communities, mostly. Those who refused to convert.^devnote
    
    280.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Then there was you, and now there is freedom.^devnote
    
    55.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Soon there will be vengeance.^devnoteORI_Minthara_State_ReturnToDefaultBranch
    End
    
    71. Player: Nobody deserves what you went through.
    
    248.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I deserved it. I was passive, weak... proud.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 246
    
    193. Player: You'll have your revenge.['Minthara 5']
    
    218.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : That is certain.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 246
    
    265. Player: Understandable. He gave you the welcome you felt you deserved.['Minthara 1']
    
    209.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Perhaps I deserved what came after the welcome as well.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 322
    
    105. Player: I'm surprised you were so complacent.
    
    104.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : It is a mistake I hope never to repeat.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 322
    
    316. Player: You waged war against Moonrise?
    
    201.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : No. I was prepared for combat, but I intended to strike subtly.^devnote
    
    294. [Jump] Jump to Node 312 (1)
    
    313. Player: They were fools to encroach on Lolth's territory.
    
    97.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I thought so too. This world is full of fools, after all.^devnote
    
    241.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : But in this instance, I was mistaken. Our visitors were not fools - they were bait.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 221
    
    52. Player: Yet they recruited you all the same.
    
    56.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Recruited. You could call it that. I intended to wage war on their god and the rest of its presumptive followers.^devnote
    
    148. [Jump] Jump to Node 221 (1)
278.
Nightwarden Minthara
: [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutOrinDeathORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutOrinDeath = False
- 108.
  Nightwarden Minthara
  : One part of it.
  - 169.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : A smaller part than I had hoped.
    
    123. Player: You sound disheartened.
    
    326.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : You know me well.['Minthara 1']
    
    Link to Node 217
    
    133. Player: Cheer up. It was a good kill.
    
    51.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : It was. But it has left a bitter taste.
    
    217.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Orin could make herself a mirror to anyone she met. A perfect physical replica, down to the slightest blemish or imperfection.
    
    188.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : It was only the surface that she imitated though. The skin and the muscle and the bone.
    
    4.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Peel back the surface, and her madness lay beneath. She could not hide that, no matter what form she took.
    
    269.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : No matter how perfect the surface imitation, few would see themselves reflected in Orin's madness. In her soul.
    
    67.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I did see myself there. A broken version of myself, but recognisable nonetheless.
    
    117.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : And, of course, you saw yourself there too. She was your sister after all, bound to you by Bhaal's blood.REALLY_DARK_URGE
    
    39. Player: I'm nothing like her, and neither are you.
    
    50. [Jump] Jump to Node 236 (1)
    
    150. Player: You're almost as sadistic as she was. You could be part of the family too.ORI_DarkUrge_State_BhaalResisted = False
    
    89.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Perhaps I will be, one day.ORI_State_PartneredWithMinthara
    
    207.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Now that you have your father's dark blessing, you are the master of your urges, and together we can win this fight, and become as gods ourselves.
    
    70.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : When we first met, I could not have chosen that future. I could choose nothing.
    
    172. [Jump] Jump to Node 28 (1)
    
    26. [Alias] LOW_BhaalTemple_Knows_OrinsMother
    
    Alias to Node 86
    
    244. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 315
    
    2. [Jump] Jump to Node 207 (1)
    
    177.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Your family is a little too cut-throat, even for me, child of Murder. But we can certainly rule together.
    
    79. [Jump] Jump to Node 207 (1)
    
    186. Player: She was driven by the same urges that drive me, but they drove her to madness.
    
    139.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I was like her once, when we first met, and before you ever knew me.
    
    166. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 154
    
    290. [Jump] Jump to Node 28 (1)
    
    205.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : [TagAnswer]
    
    164. Player: You're nothing like Orin.
    
    236.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Oh, but I am. Given what we learned of her mother, I see how similar we truly are.LOW_BhaalTemple_Knows_OrinsMother
    
    44. [Alias] LOW_BhaalTemple_Knows_OrinsMother
    
    Alias to Node 315
    
    140.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : What was I when you first knew me? Before you ever knew me?
    
    154.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : A madwoman, butchering prey in the name of a god who would discard me without a thought once I was no longer of use.
    
    1.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Bhaal, Lolth... the Absolute. They do not have followers - they only have victims, and they reward devotion with death.
    
    28.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : It is only because of you that I did not meet the same fate as Orin. Lost to madness and blood.['Minthara 5']
    
    178.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : If you had killed me when we first met, I would have been just one more casualty of your crusade against the Absolute.
    
    329.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : And nobody would remember me.ORI_Minthara_State_ReturnToDefaultBranch
    End
    
    288. Player: She was cruel, maniacal, sadistic. You could have been sisters.
    
    86.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Given what we learned of Orin's mother, that is painfully accurate.LOW_BhaalTemple_Knows_OrinsMother
    
    315.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : We were both born of trauma, both raised by parents who protected us with one hand and tormented us with the other.
    
    Link to Node 140
    
    118.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : That was true, once. When you first knew me, I was no different to Orin.
    
    181. [Jump] Jump to Node 154 (1)
    
    311. Player: Let her speak.
    
    274. [Jump] Jump to Node 140 (1)
    
    235. Player: Then let's move on to the next part - Gortash.GLO_Gortash_State_PermaDefeated = False
    
    Link to Node 142
    
    106. Player: Then let's move onto the final part - the elder brain.GLO_Gortash_State_PermaDefeated
    
    142.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : As you wish. There is little use fretting over spilt blood.
    End
293.
Nightwarden Minthara
: [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutKethericDyingORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutKethericDying = False
- 184.
  Nightwarden Minthara
  : I take no pleasure in his passing. Whatever faults he may have had, Ketheric was a great leader.^devnote
  - 42. Player: You respected him?
    
    272.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Of course. He ruled Moonrise for centuries. That in itself deserves respect.^devnote['Minthara 1']
    
    Link to Node 62
  - 238. Player: Any greatness he once had faded long ago - the man we killed was a bitter old fossil.
    
    180.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Life was crueller to him than death. It is no great wonder that he found his strength in Myrkul.^devnote
    
    62.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I believe he was an honourable man, but the gods used him as their plaything. First, Shar and her sister, then the Three behind the Absolute.^devnote
    
    116.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I sympathise.^devnote
    
    65. Player: You're surprisingly soft-hearted sometimes.
    
    32.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : It is a sharp mind that feels sympathy for one who suffers unnecessarily, not a soft heart.^devnote
    
    163.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I saw strength in Ketheric that had been diluted by pain.^devnote
    
    109. [Jump] Jump to Node 176 (1)
    
    202. Player: He doesn't deserve sympathy. He was responsible for his own actions.
    
    129.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : As are we, and if the coming battle breaks us, I hope that someone will mourn our passing despite the bodies we have left in our wake.^devnoteORI_Minthara_State_ReturnToDefaultBranch
    End
    
    21. Player: Do you think he could have been redeemed?
    
    250.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : A meaningless question. If he had killed us, and conquered the Sword Coast, I would envy him.^devnote
    
    264.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : As it is, he lost, and I pity him.^devnote
    
    176.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : But I will never forgive him for handing me to Orin. For that, I hope Myrkul hollows out his bones, and lets them be dust.^devnoteORI_Minthara_State_ReturnToDefaultBranch
    End
  - 94. Player: He was a monster.
    
    9.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : No more than you or I.
    
    10. [Jump] Jump to Node 180 (1)
305.
Nightwarden Minthara
: [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutOrinImpersonationWithRelationORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutOrinImpersonationWithRelation = False
- 298.
  Nightwarden Minthara
  : I am not on edge, I am alert, as you should be too.^devnote
  - 107.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Orin could be anywhere... could be anyone.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 223
    
    215. Player: [PassiveRoll] ORI_State_PartneredWithMintharaRoll (Wisdom, Insight) vs 15 (1)
    
    165. [RollResult] True
    
    61.
    Narrator
    : *Despite her protestations to the contrary, it is clear that Minthara is afraid.*ORI_Minthara_Knows_FearsOrin
    
    53. Player: It's ok to be afraid - given Orin's powers it would be madness not to be.ORI_State_PartneredWithMintharaRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 15 (0)
    
    200. [RollResult] True
    
    220.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : If you sense my fear, be sure that she does too. It is her greatest weapon.
    
    135. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 158
    
    225.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : She had me in her clutches once before. Promise that you won't let it happen again.^devnote
    
    216. Player: I promise.
    
    245.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Thank you. Together, we will survive her.^devnote['Minthara 5']
    
    69. Player: You don't need my promise - you can protect yourself.
    
    7.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Against Orin? I have my doubts.^devnote
    
    240.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : We need to watch over each other, now more than ever.^devnoteORI_Minthara_State_ReturnToDefaultBranch
    End
    
    41. Player: Show some backbone, and don't let her intimidate you.
    
    192.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I am not intimidated, I am terrified. You should be too.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 240
    
    266. [Jump] Jump to Node 76 (1)
    
    17. Player: Orin may frighten you, but not me. I've faced worse.ORI_State_PartneredWithMinthara = FalseRoll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 15 (0)
    
    197. [RollResult] True
    
    124.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I doubt it. Her father is murder incarnate, and she is a devoted daughter. To please Bhaal she would butcher the world.^devnote
    
    158.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : She has the scent of our blood, and she wil tease and toy until she tires of the hunt. Then she will obliterate us without a second thought.^devnote
    
    182. [Jump] Jump to Node 240 (1)
    
    76. [RollResult] False
    
    115.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Do not presume to know how I feel.['Minthara -1']
    
    259. [Jump] Jump to Node 240 (1)
    
    261. Player: Unnerving. What do you suggest we do?
    
    Link to Node 229
    
    38. Player: Then we'll need to be careful who we trust.
    
    127.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : Her aim will be to erode our trust in one another. We cannot let that happen.
    
    Link to Node 229
    
    167. Player: What's to say you're not Orin. Right now.
    
    8.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : You see through my Minthara-mask, pretty little flesh-thing.^devnote
    
    324.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : A joke. I am no more Orin than you are.
    
    120.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : If she is watching - and she may well be - she will delight in seeing suspicion spread among us so quickly. We cannot let that happen.
    
    282. [Jump] Jump to Node 240 (1)
    
    20. Player: In that case, if anyone acts suspiciously, we kill them. Simple.REALLY_DARK_URGE
    
    63.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : If we kill every suspicious person in Baldur's Gate, we will have more blood on our hands than Bhaal.
    
    229. [Jump] Jump to Node 240 (1)
    
    257. [RollResult] False
    
    Link to Node 261
    
    Link to Node 38
    
    Link to Node 167
    
    Link to Node 20
307.
Nightwarden Minthara
: [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutOrinImpersonationNoRelationORI_Minthara_Event_AsksAboutOrinImpersonationNoRelation = False
- 34.
  Nightwarden Minthara
  : Nervous? Don't be preposterous. I am on alert, as you should be too given who hunts us.^devnote
  - 134.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : I have faced Orin before, and she left scars on me that will never heal. She will enjoy adding to them, and she can strike whenever she pleases.
    
    47.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : She could be anywhere... could be anyone.
    
    223. Player: [PassiveRoll] Roll (Wisdom, Insight) vs 15 (0)
    
    318. [Jump] Jump to Node 165 (1)
    
    330. [Jump] Jump to Node 257 (1)