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    Synopsis:

    Laezel discusses what happened with Voss.

    How to trigger:

    Available after the Voss Camp Confrontation night after Creche


  • 8.
    Lae'zel
    : Ch'k'l Voss, Vlaakith m' zath'ak.devnoteORI_Laezel_State_RefusedVossInAct2Laezel_InParty_Event_DiscussedVossCampConfrontation
    • 90.
      Lae'zel
      : The traitor is dead. Zai, zai, zai!devnote
      • 52. Player: Zai, zai, zai!BARD = False['Lae'zel 3']
        • 69.
          Lae'zel
          : Voss was a heretic. You can no more extinguish the Undying Queen than you can the constellations.Camp_VossConfrontation_Event_VossToldTruth
          • Link to Node 3
        • 55.
          Lae'zel
          : Voss was a heretic. You can no more stand against Vlaakith's will than you can extinguish the sun.
          • Link to Node 3
      • 38. Player: One traitor, yes. But there is another in Baldur's Gate, at this Sharess' Caress.ORI_Laezel_Knows_ReadVossAct2Letter
        • 39.
          Lae'zel
          : Then I will gut them too, and present their head to Vlaakith.
          • Link to Node 3
      • 113. Player: One traitor, yes. But there are more out there, surely.ORI_Laezel_Knows_ReadVossAct2Letter = False
        • 22.
          Lae'zel
          : Then I will gut them all and present their heads to Vlaakith.
          • 3.
            Lae'zel
            : My queen - by the dead of night and the red of blood, I have felled Voss, Jhe'stil Hshar'lak, the traitor supreme.devnote
            • 91.
              Lae'zel
              : I will go to Baldur's Gate and punish the one who holds the means of your fall.devnoteORI_Laezel_Knows_ReadVossAct2Letter
              • 7.
                Lae'zel
                : This is how I will regain your favour.devnoteCRE_AstralPrison_State_AstralPrisonWasEntered
                • 35.
                  Lae'zel
                  : I have honoured the ten-thousand protocols. I will ascend.devnote
                  • 112. Player: Who do you think is the Prism's occupant, this 'seed of Vlaakith's demise'?Laezel_InParty2_Event_VossDiedSubject
                    • 79.
                      Lae'zel
                      : I can't say. What matters is that they are a threat to Queen Vlaakith.
                      • 58.
                        Lae'zel
                        : As is Voss' contact in the city. Together, they would be the end of an empire, and the rise of the ghaik.ORI_Laezel_Knows_ReadVossAct2Letter
                        • 41.
                          Lae'zel
                          : We must slay them both.
                      • 97.
                        Lae'zel
                        : And like any threat, it must be eliminated. We must find a way.
                  • 54. Player: Will Vlaakith stop hunting us, now that Voss is dead?CRE_AstralPrison_State_AstralPrisonWasEntered, Laezel_InParty2_Event_VlaakithHunt = False, REALLY_GITHYANKI = FalseLaezel_InParty2_Event_VossDiedSubject, Laezel_InParty2_Event_VlaakithHunt
                    • 84.
                      Lae'zel
                      : The truth is bound to reach her ears. I don't yet know when or how.
                      • Link to Node 75
                  • 115. Player: We must tell Vlaakith of Voss' betrayal.CRE_AstralPrison_State_AstralPrisonWasEntered, Laezel_InParty2_Event_VlaakithHunt = False, REALLY_GITHYANKILaezel_InParty2_Event_VossDiedSubject, Laezel_InParty2_Event_VlaakithHunt
                    • 47.
                      Lae'zel
                      : So we will. Though I don't yet know when or how.devnote
                      • 75.
                        Lae'zel
                        : Until then, her warriors will hunt us. If they can't see reason, they'll see the gleam of a blade as it severs their necks.devnote
                        • 24.
                          Lae'zel
                          : Protect yourself. For now, we've no other choice - when she hears the truth, Vlaakith will absolve us.devnote
                  • 73. Player: What if we're wrong? Would Vlaakith really consume us after ascending?, REALLY_GITHYANKICamp_VossConfrontation_Event_VossToldTruth, Laezel_InParty2_Event_AskedAboutAscension = FalseLaezel_InParty2_Event_VossDiedSubject, Laezel_InParty2_Event_AskedAboutAscension
                  • 73. Player: What if we're wrong? Could Vlaakith really consume her own people?Camp_VossConfrontation_Event_VossToldTruth, Laezel_InParty2_Event_AskedAboutAscension = FalseLaezel_InParty2_Event_VossDiedSubject, Laezel_InParty2_Event_AskedAboutAscension
                    • 89.
                      Lae'zel
                      : No.devnote
                      • 31.
                        Lae'zel
                        : Ascension is a young githyanki's greatest honour, not this... this craven conspiracy Voss tried to poison us with.
                        • 111.
                          Lae'zel
                          : From the day of our hatching, young gith have one purpose: to train hard enough to slay a ghaik and take its head.
                          • 44.
                            Lae'zel
                            : Then we speak the Rite of Ascension, and a red dragon comes to fly us to Vlaakith in Tu'narath, City of Death.
                            • 36.
                              Lae'zel
                              : We are honoured with an eternal home in the Astral, not devoured by our queen like meat at the feast table.devnote
                  • 43. Player: If Vlaakith isn't a tyrant, why would Voss want her dead?Laezel_InParty2_Event_VlaakithTyrant
                    • 9.
                      Lae'zel
                      : At first, I thought he might crave power and control.
                      • 59.
                        Lae'zel
                        : The reins to a thousand dragons and the helms of a thousand spelljammer vessels.
                        • 74.
                          Lae'zel
                          : But I fear he sought something even more insidious: to hand the Githyanki Empire to the ghaik.
                          • 20.
                            Lae'zel
                            : If the Prism's occupant could bring such a horror to pass, I will exterminate them with prejudice.
                  • 106. Player: What did your slates say of ascension?, REALLY_GITHYANKILaezel_InParty2_Event_AskedAboutAscension = FalseLaezel_InParty2_Event_VossDiedSubject, Laezel_InParty2_Event_AskedAboutAscension
                  • 106. Player: What does ascension entail, exactly?Laezel_InParty2_Event_AskedAboutAscension = FalseLaezel_InParty2_Event_VossDiedSubject, Laezel_InParty2_Event_AskedAboutAscension
                    • 5.
                      Lae'zel
                      : Ascension is a young githyanki's greatest honour.
                      • 26.
                        Lae'zel
                        : You know the history. Long ago, the ghaik enslaved our people. They dominated our minds and bred us for war, until great Mother Gith took a hammer to our bonds., REALLY_GITHYANKIdevnote
                      • 26.
                        Lae'zel
                        : Long ago, the ghaik enslaved my people. They dominated our minds and bred us for war, until great Mother Gith took a hammer to our bonds.devnote
                        • 99.
                          Lae'zel
                          : From the day of our hatching, young gith have one purpose: to train hard enough to slay a ghaik and take its head.devnote
                          • 37.
                            Lae'zel
                            : Then we speak the Rite of Ascension, and a red dragon comes to fly us to Vlaakith in Tu'narath, City of Death.devnote
                            • 18.
                              Lae'zel
                              : We are honoured with an eternal home in the Astral, celebrated for our victory. We are ascended.devnote
                  • 92. Player: Voss thinks Queen Vlaakith is a tyrant. What do you think?, REALLY_GITHYANKILaezel_InParty2_Event_VlaakithTyrant = FalseLaezel_InParty2_Event_VossDiedSubject, Laezel_InParty2_Event_VlaakithTyrant
                  • 92. Player: Is Vlaakith really the tyrant Voss thinks she is?Laezel_InParty2_Event_VlaakithTyrant = FalseLaezel_InParty2_Event_VossDiedSubject, Laezel_InParty2_Event_VlaakithTyrant
                    • 63.
                      Lae'zel
                      : Vlaakith is no tyrant.
                      • 40.
                        Lae'zel
                        : A tyrant cracks her whip and eradicates the weak for her own advance.
                        • 64.
                          Lae'zel
                          : Queen Vlaakith does so to prevent ghaik insurgence.
                          • 82.
                            Lae'zel
                            : We githyanki are the bulwark preventing illithid advance across the sixteen planes. One crack, and the bulwark collapses., REALLY_GITHYANKI
                          • 82.
                            Lae'zel
                            : The githyanki are the bulwark preventing illithid advance across the sixteen planes. One crack, and the bulwark collapses.
                            • 33.
                              Lae'zel
                              : The Undying Queen is ruthless because she has to be. Thanks to her, we endure. All of us.
                  • 94. Player: Let's move on.Laezel_InParty2_Event_VossDiedSubject
                    • 42.
                      Lae'zel
                      : Very well - we know our task. Find Voss' contact in Baldur's Gate. They hold the key to setting the Prism's dweller loose.ORI_Laezel_Knows_ReadVossAct2Letter
                      • 77.
                        Lae'zel
                        : That key could mean Vlaakith's end - and that of our people., REALLY_GITHYANKI
                      • 77.
                        Lae'zel
                        : That key could mean Vlaakith's end - and that of my people.
                        • 102.
                          Lae'zel
                          : [TagAnswer]
                          • 30.
                            Lae'zel
                            : [TagAnswer] ORI_Laezel_State_InPartySplitHelper_EnteredFromQuestionBankORI_Laezel_State_InPartySplitHelper_EnteredFromQuestionBank = False, ORI_InParty_Event_EnterFromNestedNoComment
                            End
                          • 103.
                            Lae'zel
                            : [TagAnswer] ORI_InParty_Event_EnterFromNestedNoComment
                            • 85. [Nested Dialog]
                              • 67.
                                Lae'zel
                                : [TagAnswer]
                                End
                    • 108.
                      Lae'zel
                      : Fine with me.
                      • 51. [Jump] Jump to Node 102 (1)
                  • 66. Player: Leave.ORI_Laezel_Knows_ReadVossAct2Letter, Laezel_InParty2_Event_VossDiedSubject
                    • 53. [Alias]
                      • Alias to Node 42
                      • 114. [Alias]
                        • Alias to Node 77
                        • 32.
                          Lae'zel
                          : [TagAnswer]
                          • 34.
                            Lae'zel
                            : [TagAnswer] ORI_Laezel_State_InPartySplitHelper_EnteredFromQuestionBankORI_Laezel_State_InPartySplitHelper_EnteredFromQuestionBank = False, ORI_InParty_Event_EnterFromNestedEnd
                            End
                          • 107.
                            Lae'zel
                            : [TagAnswer]
                            End
                  • 65. Player: Leave.ORI_Laezel_Knows_ReadVossAct2Letter = False, Laezel_InParty2_Event_VossDiedSubject
                    • 6. [Jump] Jump to Node 32 (1)
      • 17. Player: Say nothing.
        • 11. [Jump] Jump to Node 52 (2)
      • 13. Player: Repeat the chant, but with particular vigour.BARD['Lae'zel 3']
        • 72.
          Lae'zel
          : Zai! Your cry is worthy - let it roil the Astral Sea!devnote
          • 48. [Jump] Jump to Node 52 (2)
  • 105.
    Lae'zel
    : 'Vlaakith'ka sivim hrath krash'ht. Only in Vlaakith may we find light.'devnoteLaezel_InParty_Event_DiscussedVossCampConfrontation
    • 0.
      Lae'zel
      : These were the first words I ever read on tir'su slate.devnote
      • 1.
        Lae'zel
        : But they are no mere aphorism. They are law, they are creed - the root from which the ten-thousand protocols stem.
        • 96.
          Lae'zel
          : 'Forsake one protocol, and forsake Vlaakith. Forsake Vlaakith, and be the blood and meat which sates her dragons.'
          • 98.
            Lae'zel
            : If Voss speaks true - if ascension is a lie, if tadpole purification is a fairy tale, then I have not sinned against Vlaakith...
            • 45.
              Lae'zel
              : She has sinned against me.devnote
              • 4. Player: Do you think Vlaakith has been lying about Orpheus, too?, REALLY_GITHYANKIORI_Laezel_State_ReadAnyOrpheusChapter, Laezel_InParty_Event_BroughtUpOrpheus = FalseLaezel_InParty_Event_BroughtUpOrpheus
              • 4. Player: Could Vlaakith have been lying about the prince from the stories, too?ORI_Laezel_State_ReadAnyOrpheusChapter, Laezel_InParty_Event_BroughtUpOrpheus = FalseLaezel_InParty_Event_BroughtUpOrpheus
                • 46.
                  Lae'zel
                  : Orpheus, the Prince of the Comet. Traitor to the empire, ghaik asset - and long dead. So it is inscribed in the protocols.
                  • 80.
                    Lae'zel
                    : If I must question one protocol, I must question them all. Including every history I've read of Gith's Son, the so-called traitor prince.
              • 12. Player: What did your slates say of ascension?, REALLY_GITHYANKILaezel_InParty2_Event_AskedAboutAscension = FalseLaezel_InParty_Event_VossLivesQuestion, Laezel_InParty2_Event_AskedAboutAscension
              • 12. Player: What does ascension entail, exactly?Laezel_InParty2_Event_AskedAboutAscension = FalseLaezel_InParty_Event_VossLivesQuestion, Laezel_InParty2_Event_AskedAboutAscension
                • 68.
                  Lae'zel
                  : Ascension is a young githyanki's greatest honour.devnote
                  • 93.
                    Lae'zel
                    : You know the history. Long ago, the ghaik enslaved our people. They dominated our minds and bred us for war, until great Mother Gith took a hammer to our bonds., REALLY_GITHYANKIdevnote
                  • 93.
                    Lae'zel
                    : Long ago, the ghaik enslaved my people. They dominated our minds and bred us for war, until great Mother Gith took a hammer to our bonds.devnote
                    • 100.
                      Lae'zel
                      : From the day of our hatching, young gith have one purpose: to train hard enough to slay a ghaik and take its head.devnote
                      • 10.
                        Lae'zel
                        : Then we speak the Rite of Ascension, and a red dragon comes to fly us to Vlaakith in Tu'narath, City of Death.devnote
                        • 56.
                          Lae'zel
                          : We are honoured with an eternal home in the Astral, celebrated for our victory. We are ascended. Or so I believed.devnote
              • 95. Player: What is this 'tyranny' Voss seeks to free us from?, REALLY_GITHYANKILaezel_InParty2_Event_Tyranny = FalseLaezel_InParty_Event_VossLivesQuestion, Laezel_InParty2_Event_Tyranny
              • 95. Player: Voss called Vlaakith a tyrant. Does this mean you agree?Laezel_InParty2_Event_Tyranny = FalseLaezel_InParty_Event_VossLivesQuestion, Laezel_InParty2_Event_Tyranny
                • 83.
                  Lae'zel
                  : I'd never thought Vlaakith a tyrant, or me as a vassal. She was the source of my might, and I the envoy of her will.devnote
                  • 70.
                    Lae'zel
                    : A warrior. A champion. A destroyer.devnote
                    • 109.
                      Lae'zel
                      : But if Voss is right, and Vlaakith consumes the ascended to gain power...devnote
                      • 28.
                        Lae'zel
                        : Then I am no destroyer. I am mere livestock, bred to be harvested and devoured.devnote
                        • 50.
                          Lae'zel
                          : Every githyanki is a slave with a singular purpose. Not to cull the ghaik, not to prevent their Grand Design -devnote
                          • 61.
                            Lae'zel
                            : - but to raise Vlaakith to true godhood.devnote
              • 29. Player: Who is the one in the Prism, do you think?Laezel_InParty_Event_VossLivesQuestion
                • 110.
                  Lae'zel
                  : I don't know. I can't know. And that drives me mad.devnote
                  • 14.
                    Lae'zel
                    : At first, I thought them an illithid deception, a trick of the tadpole.devnoteCRE_AstralPrison_State_DaisyDialogDone
                    • 104.
                      Lae'zel
                      : But the dream figure is real. It lives in the Prism.devnote
                      • 76.
                        Lae'zel
                        : Voss believes they are the seed of Vlaakith's demise and the agent of githyanki freedom.devnote
                        • 88.
                          Lae'zel
                          : And I believe he may be right.devnote
                  • 23.
                    Lae'zel
                    : But Voss believes they are the seed of Vlaakith's demise and the agent of githyanki freedom.devnote
                    • 60. [Jump] Jump to Node 88 (1)
              • 86. Player: And if Voss is wrong? If his claims are wrong and Vlaakith's are real?Laezel_InParty_Event_VossLivesQuestion
                • 19.
                  Lae'zel
                  : Then when the kith'raki come for me - and come, they will - I will submit to their blades.devnote
                  • 27.
                    Lae'zel
                    : They would feed me to their dragons. And I would deserve no better.
              • 101. Player: Obviously. It's about time you figured it out.Laezel_InParty_Event_VossLivesQuestion = False, Laezel_InParty2_Event_Tyranny = FalseLaezel_InParty_Event_VossLivesQuestion, Laezel_InParty2_Event_Tyranny
                • 62.
                  Lae'zel
                  : Obvious, you say. But does the dragon of the sky ever look to the worm, and dream of crawling?devnote
                  • 71.
                    Lae'zel
                    : I was taught but one way, the superior way. Vlaakith's way.devnote
                    • 49.
                      Lae'zel
                      : Until now, I never thought Vlaakith a tyrant or me as a vassal. She was the source of my might, and I the envoy of her will.devnote
                      • 78.
                        Lae'zel
                        : A warrior. A champion. A destroyer.
              • 15. Player: Let's move on.Laezel_InParty_Event_VossLivesQuestion
                • 87.
                  Lae'zel
                  : Yes. I'd like time to think.
                  • 81.
                    Lae'zel
                    : We'll meet Kith'rak Voss at Sharess' Caress, in Baldur's Gate. Until then, be vigilant. Vlaakith's eyes are upon us.
                    • 16. [Jump] Jump to Node 102 (1)
              • 57. Player: Leave.Laezel_InParty_Event_VossLivesQuestion
                • 2. [Alias]
                  • Alias to Node 87
                  • 21. [Alias]
                    • Alias to Node 81
                    • 25. [Jump] Jump to Node 32 (1)