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Synopsis:

The Emperor has just provided the avatar the option to transform into a mind flayer in order to use the Netherstones to defeat the Netherbrain. Karlach is dying, so knowing this she offers the player to take their place as a mind flayer.

How to trigger:

Load END_Main
debug recruit Karlach
oe end_startillithidoptions
Talk to the Emperor by Orpheus
Choose the option to show interest in transforming
Dialog should break out and trigger the WRD

5.
Karlach
: The Emperor might be right, but we're not out of options yet.^devnote
- 25.
  Karlach
  : Let me transform. I'm... I'm not long for this world. I can feel it.^devnote
  - 0.
    Karlach
    : You can trust me to use the stones as we planned - to defeat the brain, and nothing more. It's the perfect solution.^devnote
    
    2.
    Karlach
    : Say you agree. Please., REALLY_KARLACH^devnote
    
    9. Player: This should be my sacrifice to make. Not yours.
    
    7.
    Karlach
    : Soldier, my heart feels like a live grenade - gonna blow any minute. You still have a life to live. I don't.
    
    8.
    Karlach
    : Let me do this for you. For me. Please, darling. I want to.^devnoteORI_State_WasPartneredWithKarlach
    
    19.
    Karlach
    : If this is the end for me, let me be the motherfucker who saved the world.^devnote
    
    20. Player: All right. If this is what you really want, all I can say is thank you.END_IllithidOptions_State_AllowKarlachToTransform, END_IllithidOptions_Event_NestedFromKarlachEndInParty = False
    
    21.
    Karlach
    : You're very fucking welcome, soldier.^devnote
    
    17.
    Karlach
    : If anyone was gonna look even better with tentacles, it was gonna be me. Let's do this.
    End
    
    15. Player: I can't, Karlach. I'm sorry. I want it to be me, not you.END_IllithidOptions_Event_NestedFromKarlachEndInParty = FalseEND_IllithidOptions_State_AllowKarlachToTransform = False
    
    24.
    Karlach
    : I know you. I know you know your own mind. If this is what you want, then all I can say is give 'em Hell, soldier.
    
    1.
    Karlach
    : I won't have to look at you much longer anyway, so I'm really getting the good end of the deal.^devnote
    End
    
    12. Player: No - none of us is turning into a mind flayer. If that means giving them the stones, then so be it.END_IllithidOptions_Event_NestedFromKarlachEndInParty = FalseEND_IllithidOptions_GD_State_AgreedGiveStonesEmperor
    
    3.
    Karlach
    : I trust you. Do what you think is right, and I'll stand by you.END_IllithidOptions_State_KarlachOpenOffer
    
    23.
    Karlach
    : But if you change your mind, just say so. I'm here. And I'm ready for whatever comes next.
    End
    
    18. Player: We should at least free Orpheus first. There might be another solution here.END_IllithidOptions_State_ArrivedWithOrphicHammer, END_IllithidOptions_Event_NestedFromKarlachEndInParty = False
    
    Link to Node 3
    
    22. Player: LeaveEND_IllithidOptions_Event_NestedFromKarlachEndInPartyEND_IllithidOptions_Event_NestedFromKarlachEndInParty = False
    End
    
    13. Player: If this is the end for you, you should go out as yourself, not a mind flayer.
    
    14.
    Karlach
    : I'd rather be a mind flayer than have to watch you become one. You still get to live. Do it as you.
    
    Link to Node 8
    
    4. Player: Are you sure this is what you want?
    
    16.
    Karlach
    : I've never been more sure of anything. This heart inside me is about to blow. Doesn't matter which body it takes out with it, right?
    
    10.
    Karlach
    : Thank you, darling.^devnoteORI_State_WasPartneredWithKarlach
    
    Link to Node 19
11.
Karlach
: [TagGreeting] ORI_InPartyEND_Event_NestedToKarlachTadpoleChoiceORI_InPartyEND_Event_NestedToKarlachTadpoleChoice = False, END_IllithidOptions_Event_NestedFromKarlachEndInParty
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