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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.


  • 20.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_HsaMet_OrinDead = False, GLO_Orin_State_PermaDefeated, ORI_Minthara_IPRD_OrinKilledORI_Minthara_HsaMet_OrinDead, ORI_Minthara_IPRD_OrinKilled = False
    • 177.
      Nightwarden Minthara
      : I do not often doubt myself, but surviving Orin took courage and strength I was not sure I had.
      • 140.
        Nightwarden Minthara
        : I could not have faced her without you.
        • 69. Player: Few people could face a Chosen of Bhaal. You did.['Minthara 3']
          • 42.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : You are trying to raise my spirits. I appreciate it, but any joy the sight of Orin's corpse brings me is but a speck of comforting shade.
            • 131.
              Nightwarden Minthara
              : There is little relief to be found from the heat of the storm we are caught in.
              • 165. [Jump] Jump to Node 132 (1)
        • 176. Player: Our fight isn't over yet. Not while Gortash still stands.GLO_Gortash_State_PermaDefeated = False
          • Link to Node 52
        • 143. Player: Our fight isn't over yet. Not until we confront the elder brain.GLO_Gortash_State_PermaDefeated
          • 52.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : Correct. I am glad that you see things as I do - no matter what victory we have won, we cannot afford to relax our guard.['Minthara 3']
            • 132.
              Nightwarden Minthara
              : While the brain is still free, and we are still infected, we will never be safe.
              • 47.
                Nightwarden Minthara
                : But we can talk of this later. For now, let us be glad that we still draw breath. And that Orin does not.
                End
        • 108. Player: You have your vengeance. How does it feel?
          • 111.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : Like a dream half-realised. Our fight is not done.
            • Link to Node 132
  • 21.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_IPRD_PickedUpTadopleAfterRecruited, GLO_Tadpole_Event_FirstConsumed = False, AVATARORI_Minthara_IPRD_PickedUpTadopleAfterRecruited = False
    • 157.
      Nightwarden Minthara
      : The tadpole you harvested is not a curiosity to be pickled and studied - it is a weapon that can unlock the potential of our own parasites.
      • 77.
        Nightwarden Minthara
        : If you will not use it, give it to me.
        • 172. Player: Given your hatred of the cult, I thought you might want to avoid the tadpoles.
          • 57. [Alias]
            • Alias to Node 85
            • 72. [Alias]
              • Alias to Node 117
        • 161. Player: You're welcome to take it.
          • 3.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : Good. When I am stronger, we are stronger.['Minthara 3']
            End
        • 27. Player: It's mine - I'll do as I wish with it.
          • 145.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : All I ask is that you do not waste it.
            • 156. [Alias]
              End
              • Alias to Node 190
  • 31.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_IPRD_ConsumedTadpoleAfterRecruited, GLO_Tadpole_Event_FirstConsumed, AVATARORI_Minthara_IPRD_ConsumedTadpoleAfterRecruited = False
    • 119.
      Nightwarden Minthara
      : I see the change in the shimmer of your skin, and hear it in the hum of your blood. You are evolving.['Minthara 3']
      • 5.
        Nightwarden Minthara
        : You absorbed a tadpole's essence to accomplish this change. Do you have more?
        • 154. Player: Given your hatred of the cult, I thought you might want to avoid the tadpoles.
          • 85.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : Free of the Absolute's influence, the tadpole is a boon. It has expanded my mind, and improved my body.
            • 117.
              Nightwarden Minthara
              : I am no longer simply its host - I am its mistress.
        • 127. Player: Yes, I have another in my pack. You're welcome to it.
          • 189. [Jump] Jump to Node 3 (1)
        • 128. Player: The parasites are rare - I'm not sharing them.
          • 14.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : All I ask is that you do not waste them.
            • 190.
              Nightwarden Minthara
              : If you ever hesitate to indulge your illithid potential, remember that I will not.
              End
        • 66. Player: Not right now.
          • 124.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : If you discover any, do share. When I am stronger, we are stronger.devnote
  • 101.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_HasMet_BaldursMouth = False, ORI_Minthara_Knows_BaldursMouthPropoganda, ORI_Minthara_IPRD_BaldursMouthPropogandaORI_Minthara_HasMet_BaldursMouth, ORI_Minthara_IPRD_BaldursMouthPropoganda = False
    • 55.
      Nightwarden Minthara
      : Ink and paper are not as insidious as the voice of the Absolute, but they send out their commands all the same.
      • 18.
        Nightwarden Minthara
        : Think this, feel that, hate them.
        • 100. Player: The people aren't gullible enough to believe everything they read.['Minthara -1']
          • 168.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : Is that so? I suppose it explains why they allowed a tyrannical servant of Bane to take control of their city.GLO_Gortash_State_PermaDefeated
            • 153.
              Nightwarden Minthara
              : Perhaps it is why they will allow us to rule in his place when the time comes.
              End
          • 158.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : Is that so? I suppose that is why they have allowed a tyrannical servant of Bane to take control of their city.
            • 54.
              Nightwarden Minthara
              : Truly, the citizens of Baldur's Gate are a model of shrewd wisdom that we should all hope to emulate.
              End
        • 122. Player: Propaganda is a dangerous weapon.
          • 106.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : Yes. I am surprised the house matrons of Menzoberranzan have not discovered the power of the printing press yet.
            • 28.
              Nightwarden Minthara
              : Paper spun from spider-silk, Everdark ink drawn from dragon scales, and nefarious lies dreamt in darkness.
              • 182.
                Nightwarden Minthara
                : To kill one's enemies with a well-rounded phrase... that is true power.
                End
        • 184. Player: If you controlled the Mouth, what would you have it say?
          • 188.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : An excellent question.['Minthara 3']
            • 83.
              Nightwarden Minthara
              : I would use the Mouth to ensure the people did not trust one another. Suspicion creates doubt, and doubt creates dependency.
              • 62.
                Nightwarden Minthara
                : And they would know that they could depend on me. Feared, venerated, adored. I would be everything to them.
                End
  • 116.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_HasMet_Refugees = False, ORI_Minthara_IPRD_RefugeeInfestationORI_Minthara_HasMet_Refugees, ORI_Minthara_IPRD_RefugeeInfestation = False
    • 49. Player: I agree. They should offer them shelter from the danger that is coming.ORI_Minthara_Event_ChoseExileOption
      • 94.
        Nightwarden Minthara
        : I was not suggesting they be allowed to roam free. They should be put to work - the city needs labourers, and fodder to protect it.
        • 37. Player: Are you suggesting they be used as slaves?
          • 175.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : I am suggesting they be fed and sheltered, and that they work in return. Call it whatever you wish.
            • 63.
              Nightwarden Minthara
              : Perhaps you think it would be better for them to starve or be slaughtered here, while the citizens hide behind their walls?
              End
        • 2. Player: It's only fair that they should earn their keep.
          • 32.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : Yes. And if they work hard enough for long enough, the city might allow them to earn their freedom one day.['Minthara 3']
            End
        • 34. Player: They'd be better off seeking help elsewhere if all they can hope for here is to die for Baldur's Gate.
          • 41.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : If they are weak, they will die, whether it is on the road or in the defence of the city. And if they are strong, they will find a way to survive.['Minthara -1']
            End
    • 179. Player: I'm surprised to hear you suggesting aid for those in need.
      • 65. [Jump] Jump to Node 94 (1)
    • 71. Player: They're not the city's responsibility - the patriars have right to turn away anyone they wish.
      • 29.
        Nightwarden Minthara
        : I do not disagree. But to turn them away would be wasteful.
        • 181. [Jump] Jump to Node 94 (1)
    • 60. Player: Indeed. They could be a convenient source of food if the city falls under siege.REALLY_DARK_URGE
      • 110.
        Nightwarden Minthara
        : Hmmm. The weak and the elderly perhaps.['Minthara 3']
        • 147.
          Nightwarden Minthara
          : The young would be better used as a labour force than as a source of nutrition.
          End
  • 144.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_Event_CalledPartnerAlurlssrin = False, GLO_OrinsAbduction_State_AbductionOccured, ORI_State_PartneredWithMinthara, ORI_Minthara_IPRD_GiftOfVengeanceORI_Minthara_IPRD_GiftOfVengeance = False
    • 126.
      Nightwarden Minthara
      : That is your gift to me, and we are bound together until it is done.
      • 76. Player: Only until it is done?['Minthara 10']
        • 84.
          Nightwarden Minthara
          : Perhaps longer, if you wish it.Approval_AtLeast_40_For_Sp2
          • 9.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : This bond we share... I believe it is alurlssrin. If that is so, it will last as long as we do.ORI_Minthara_Event_AlurlssranSpoken
            • 96.
              Narrator
              : *Alurlssrin. It is a word used rarely, describing the deepest bonds of trust and love.*DROWELF
              • 99.
                Nightwarden Minthara
                : While Orin lives, I fear we will not last long at all, whether together or apart. We must find her, and kill her.
                End
        • 125.
          Nightwarden Minthara
          : You see a future for us once our enemies are dead? I am not so sure.
          • 113. [Jump] Jump to Node 90 (1)
      • 121. Player: I hope our bond will last beyond that.['Minthara 10']
        • 134.
          Nightwarden Minthara
          : I hope so too.devnoteApproval_AtLeast_40_For_Sp2
          • 191. [Jump] Jump to Node 9 (1)
        • 90.
          Nightwarden Minthara
          : What we share is no more than ssinssrigg, a passion that burns fierce, but has no foundation.
          • 93.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : It may become more - I hope that it does - but it may also become the cold ash that follows the flame. Or another story written in scars.
            • 129.
              Nightwarden Minthara
              : Whatever the case, it will be a short story if Orin has her way. We must find her, and kill her.ORI_Minthara_State_ReturnToDefaultBranch
              End
      • 192. Player: In that case, the sooner we kill Orin the better.
        • Link to Node 91
      • 92. Player: Then the sooner get our vengeance, the better.
        • 91.
          Nightwarden Minthara
          : Indeed. We should make haste.devnoteORI_Minthara_State_ReturnToDefaultBranch
          End
  • 185.
    Nightwarden Minthara
    : [TagGreeting] ORI_Minthara_IPRD_RomanceBegins, Approval_AtLeast_30_For_Sp2ORI_Minthara_IPRD_RomanceBegins = False
    • 51.
      Nightwarden Minthara
      : Sorry. Old habits.
      • 123. Player: What are you apologising for?
        • 75.
          Nightwarden Minthara
          : I did not ask permission.
          • 24.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : When we first met - before Moonrise - I intruded on your thoughts without hesitation, and took what I needed from your memories.GOB_DrowCommander_Event_MetVisitors
            • 107.
              Nightwarden Minthara
              : I would not do that again unless I had reason to think you were hiding something from me. And I do not.
              • 10.
                Nightwarden Minthara
                : I did not think we would ever share anything more than an uneasy alliance, born of our mutual enmity for the Absolute.<br><br>
                • 183.
                  Nightwarden Minthara
                  : I was wrong. A deeper bond has grown between us.
                  • 86.
                    Nightwarden Minthara
                    : I trust you.
                    • 25.
                      Nightwarden Minthara
                      : But I would like to touch your thoughts again, now that my mind is my own. May I?devnote
                      • 173. Player: Only if I can see your thoughts as well.['Minthara 3']
                        • 48.
                          Nightwarden Minthara
                          : Of course. I do not hide anything from you.
                          • 7. [Jump] Jump to Node 136 (2)
                      • 130. Player: Why the sudden interest in my thoughts?
                        • 136.
                          Nightwarden Minthara
                          : Curiosity.
                          • 50.
                            Nightwarden Minthara
                            : When the Absolute fell silent, I thought I would be alone. I expected to spend my days among surface-dwellers who knew nothing of my culture.REALLY_UNDERDARK
                            • 16.
                              Nightwarden Minthara
                              : I did not expect to meet one still sworn to Lolth who would understand me.REALLY_LOLTHDROWELF
                              • 120.
                                Nightwarden Minthara
                                : I did not expect you.
                                • 135. Player: You're rather special yourself.['Minthara 3']
                                  • 148.
                                    Nightwarden Minthara
                                    : I have been told that I am special since my mother first held me in her arms. The burden of expectation.
                                    • Link to Node 35
                                • 64. Player: I'm flattered.['Minthara 3']
                                  • 167.
                                    Nightwarden Minthara
                                    : You should be. On those rare occasions when people have surprised me in the past, I received new scars to remember them by.
                                    • 142.
                                      Nightwarden Minthara
                                      : You are different - a pleasant surprise. One of the first in my long life.
                                      • 35.
                                        Nightwarden Minthara
                                        : Before the Absolute, I lived a life of certainties. I knew that I was destined for greatness because I was born to it.<br>
                                        • 187.
                                          Nightwarden Minthara
                                          : I also knew that my inherited privilege came with a cost - that the bonds of fellowship and family could be broken by envy and ambition.
                                          • 95.
                                            Nightwarden Minthara
                                            : I could not enjoy the taste of food for fear of poisoning, and I could not enjoy the company of lovers and friends because I feared they hid knives behind their smiles.
                                            • 15.
                                              Nightwarden Minthara
                                              : In spite of the danger, I was happy. I knew myself, and I understood the world around me.
                                              • 68.
                                                Nightwarden Minthara
                                                : Now, nothing is certain.
                                                • 178.
                                                  Nightwarden Minthara
                                                  : Without Lolth, without the Absolute... without my home. I do not know myself. But you do, I think.
                                                  • 67.
                                                    Nightwarden Minthara
                                                    : Show me myself through your eyes - let me see what I am to you.
                                                    • 53. Player: Open your mind - let her in.
                                                      • 102.
                                                        Narrator
                                                        : *She joins her thoughts with yours, and you are as one. You share in her strength of mind and formidable will, but also the doubts that eat at her conviction.*
                                                        • 81.
                                                          Narrator
                                                          : *Those doubts cluster in swarms, and the thickest is around her sense of self. She pushes past, revealing the image of her you hold in your mind.*
                                                          • 114.
                                                            Narrator
                                                            : *What does she see?*
                                                            • 166. Player: A lover.
                                                              • 115.
                                                                Narrator
                                                                : *The cold shell of Minthara's mind melts away, and you are drawn into the heart of her - warm, passionate, and dangerous.*['Minthara 10']
                                                                • 163.
                                                                  Nightwarden Minthara
                                                                  : I have never lacked confidence, but this conflict seems so much bigger than the two of us... it frightens me. I do not know if we will survive it.
                                                                  • 8.
                                                                    Nightwarden Minthara
                                                                    : But whatever life remains to us, I would gladly spend it fighting at your side. And lying with you at night.
                                                                    • 146. Player: There's nothing I want more.
                                                                      • Link to Node 73
                                                                    • 103. Player: That would be a good life.
                                                                      • 73.
                                                                        Narrator
                                                                        : *Her mind touches yours, feather-light and hesitant. A stark contrast to the confidence with which her thoughts intruded on yours in the past.*
                                                                        • 174.
                                                                          Nightwarden Minthara
                                                                          : Tonight there will be no voices, no orders, no gods... I belong only to you.<br>ORI_State_DatingMinthara
                                                                          End
                                                                    • 160. Player: We should focus on the fight.
                                                                      • 159.
                                                                        Nightwarden Minthara
                                                                        : As you wish. It is a rare occasion when I do not get what I want - but you have shown your worth in many ways.
                                                                        • 105.
                                                                          Nightwarden Minthara
                                                                          : I will be satisfied to have you as an ally.
                                                                          End
                                                            • 139. Player: An ally.
                                                              • 1.
                                                                Narrator
                                                                : *Her mind cools - acceptance is coloured by disappointment.*
                                                                • 33.
                                                                  Nightwarden Minthara
                                                                  : We need one another as allies, but I want more from you than that. I want all of you.
                                                                  • 80. Player: I want you too.
                                                                    • 39. [Jump] Jump to Node 115 (1)
                                                                  • 150. Player: We fight side by side. That is enough.
                                                                    • 0. [Jump] Jump to Node 159 (1)
                                                                  • 11. Player: I have somebody else already.ORI_State_Partnered
                                                                    • 112.
                                                                      Nightwarden Minthara
                                                                      : Now you can have me instead.
                                                                      • 164. Player: No. I don't want to leave them.
                                                                        • Link to Node 159
                                                                      • 43. Player: That's what I want. I'll let them know.
                                                                        • 186. [Jump] Jump to Node 115 (1)
                                                            • 118. Player: A friend.
                                                              • 171. [Alias]
                                                                • Alias to Node 1
                                                                • 162.
                                                                  Nightwarden Minthara
                                                                  : We need to trust one another if we are to survive, but I want more from you than that. I want all of you.
                                                                  • 151. [Jump] Jump to Node 33 (2)
                                                            • 22. Player: A survivor.
                                                              • 141. [Alias]
                                                                • Alias to Node 1
                                                                • 155.
                                                                  Nightwarden Minthara
                                                                  : We are both survivors. But I hoped you saw me as more than that.
                                                            • 36. Player: A monster.
                                                              • 17.
                                                                Narrator
                                                                : *A flicker of warmth had spread from her mind to yours - it is snuffed out in an instant.*['Minthara -5']
                                                                • 46.
                                                                  Nightwarden Minthara
                                                                  : If I must be a greater monster than the Absolute to survive it, then I shall be. Perhaps one day, if you survive too, you will realise that I had no choice.
                                                                  End
                                                    • 30. Player: I'd prefer to just tell you.
                                                      • 59.
                                                        Nightwarden Minthara
                                                        : Even honest words can obscure meaning. Thought and feeling are pure, without artifice.
                                                        • 40.
                                                          Nightwarden Minthara
                                                          : Let me see.
                                                    • 19. Player: No. You need to figure this out for yourself.
                                                      • 45.
                                                        Nightwarden Minthara
                                                        : I do not think anyone can be the mirror to their own soul, and even if I could, it is your view of me that I want to see.
                                                        • 26. [Jump] Jump to Node 53 (1)
                                                        • 38. Player: Stop this. I'm not your mirror.
                                                          • 152.
                                                            Nightwarden Minthara
                                                            : Fine. Perhaps it is for the best that your thoughts stay hidden. I may not know what I am, but I know what I want.
                                                            • 61.
                                                              Nightwarden Minthara
                                                              : That is enough.
                                                              End
                                                        • 133. Player: You wouldn't enjoy seeing what I think of you.
                                                          • 170. [Jump] Jump to Node 180 (1)
                                                    • 149. Player: Bad idea. You wouldn't like what you saw.
                                                      • 180.
                                                        Nightwarden Minthara
                                                        : Then perhaps you are right to keep it from me. I may not know what I am, but I know what I want.['Minthara -1']
                                                        • 6.
                                                          Nightwarden Minthara
                                                          : I do not need to like myself - and you need not like me either - for us to exact vengeance on those who infected us.
                                                          End
                                • 97. Player: I understand you well enough, but I don't like you very much.['Minthara -1']
                                  • 88.
                                    Nightwarden Minthara
                                    : Then I have misunderstood you, and myself.
                                    • 104.
                                      Nightwarden Minthara
                                      : Go. We will not speak of this again.
                                      End
                            • 169.
                              Nightwarden Minthara
                              : I did not expect to meet another outcast from the Underdark who understood me.
                              • Link to Node 120
                          • 89.
                            Nightwarden Minthara
                            : Until my time in the cult of the Absolute, I had spent little time on the surface, except to raid and pillage.
                            • 98.
                              Nightwarden Minthara
                              : I did not expect to find any outside the Underdark who saw the world as I do, and wanted from the world what I want.
                              • 79. [Jump] Jump to Node 120 (1)
                      • 137. Player: If you trust me, why do you need to poke around inside my head.
                        • 13.
                          Nightwarden Minthara
                          : I do not need to - I want to. You fascinate me.
                          • 58. [Jump] Jump to Node 136 (2)
                      • 74. Player: No. Respect my privacy.['Minthara -1']
                        • 70.
                          Nightwarden Minthara
                          : As you wish.
                          End
          • 138.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : When we first met, I did not think we would ever share anything more than an uneasy alliance, born of our mutual enmity for the Absolute.<br>
            • 4. [Jump] Jump to Node 183 (1)
      • 23. Player: We need to set some rules about tadpole usage.
        • 82.
          Nightwarden Minthara
          : I agree.
          • Link to Node 24
          • Link to Node 138
      • 87. Player: I felt you, peering into my mind. What are you hoping to find?
        • 78.
          Nightwarden Minthara
          : A feeling.
          • Link to Node 24
          • Link to Node 138
      • 56. Player: Push into her mind.
        • 109.
          Narrator
          : *At first she seems to invite you inside, but then a coldness settles across your mind like morning frost, and you lose contact with her.*
          • 44.
            Nightwarden Minthara
            : Wait. Let me speak.
            • 12. [Jump] Jump to Node 75 (2)