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===The plan=== | ===The plan=== | ||
Eventually, the Dark Urge became the leader of the Cult of Bhaal, and pledged to end all life in existence for their | Eventually, the Dark Urge became the leader of the Cult of Bhaal, and pledged to end all life in existence for their father Bhaal. At some point fellow Bhaalspawn Orin the Red joined and served under them.{{ref|name=memoirs|Gortash's memoirs.}} | ||
After receiving dreams of Bhaal, the Dark Urge – in correspondence with {{CharLink|Enver Gortash}} – hatched a plan to steal the Crown of Karsus in a heist at Mephistopheles' Vault, so that they could fulfil their pledge to their Lord: They would create an army of soulless mind flayers, and with the help of this army they would exterminate all life — Including, as the last being alive, their own. Fully intent on eventually betraying them, the Dark Urge joined forces with Gortash and {{CharLink|Ketheric Thorm}}, {{CharLink|Bane (God)|Bane}} and {{CharLink|Myrkul|Myrkul's}} chosen, respectively.{{ref|name=colonyletter||act2}}{{ref|name=memoirs}}{{ref|name=coronation||act3}}{{ref|name=parentnotes|Notes found at Gortash's parents' shop.|act3}} | After receiving dreams of Bhaal, the Dark Urge – in correspondence with {{CharLink|Enver Gortash}} – hatched a plan to steal the Crown of Karsus in a heist at Mephistopheles' Vault, so that they could fulfil their pledge to their Lord: They would create an army of soulless mind flayers, and with the help of this army they would exterminate all life — Including, as the last being alive, their own. Fully intent on eventually betraying them, the Dark Urge joined forces with Gortash and {{CharLink|Ketheric Thorm}}, {{CharLink|Bane (God)|Bane}} and {{CharLink|Myrkul|Myrkul's}} chosen, respectively.{{ref|name=colonyletter||act2}}{{ref|name=memoirs}}{{ref|name=coronation||act3}}{{ref|name=parentnotes|Notes found at Gortash's parents' shop.|act3}} | ||
After the heist, Gortash suggested that they use the Crown on the elder brain located in the illithid colony below [[Moonrise Towers]]. The Dark Urge agreed to the plan, and joined | After the heist, Gortash suggested that they use the Crown on the elder brain located in the illithid colony below [[Moonrise Towers]]. The Dark Urge agreed to the plan, and joined Enver Gortash Ketheric Thorm at Moonrise Towers.{{ref|name=memoirs}} | ||
===Betrayal=== | ===Betrayal=== | ||
At Moonrise Towers, the three Chosen initiated a raid on the mind flayer colony, and successfully used the Crown on the colony's elder brain, enslaving it to their will. At some point during this, Dark Urge formed a special relationship with the elder brain, who was on board with the Dark Urge's plan.{{ref|name=memoirs}}{{ref|name=elderbraindialogue|Dialogue with the Elder Brain, throughout the game.|act3}} | At Moonrise Towers, the three Chosen initiated a raid on the mind flayer colony, and successfully used the Crown on the colony's elder brain, enslaving it to their will. At some point during this, Dark Urge formed a special relationship with the elder brain, who was on board with the Dark Urge's plan.{{ref|name=memoirs}}{{ref|name=elderbraindialogue|Dialogue with the Elder Brain, throughout the game.|act3}} | ||
For a time, the Dark Urge was worshipped as a god at | For a time, the Dark Urge was worshipped as a god at Moonrise Towers,{{ref|The narrator's statements when the Dark Urge arrives at Moonrise Towers.|act2}} but during a visit to the mind flayer colony beneath the towers, during or after the raid,{{note|Conflicting information in Orin's notes and Gortash' memoirs.}} they were betrayed by their sister Orin the Red, who was jealous of Bhaal's favouritism.{{ref|name=orinnotes|Notes written by Orin, found in her quarters.|act3}}{{ref|name=orinduel|Dialogue with Orin, when she is confronted by the Dark Urge in the Temple of Bhaal.|act3}} | ||
The Dark Urge had their skull pierced and opened with a dagger, and was infected with a tadpole that began to eat their liquidating brain, resulting in their amnesia, as well as them becoming the first True Soul.{{ref|name=orinnotes||act3}}{{ref|name=orinduel||act3}}{{ref|name=memoirs}}{{ref|name=kressadialogue|Dialogue with | The Dark Urge had their skull pierced and opened with a dagger, and was infected with a tadpole that began to eat their liquidating brain, resulting in their amnesia, as well as them becoming the first True Soul.{{ref|name=orinnotes||act3}}{{ref|name=orinduel||act3}}{{ref|name=memoirs}}{{ref|name=kressadialogue|Dialogue with Kressa Bonedaughter.|act2}}{{ref|name=kressanotes|According to journals found in the Mind Flayer Colony and dialogue.|act2}} | ||
The Dark Urge was found by {{CharLink|Kressa Bonedaughter}} who, impressed with their willpower and resistance to the elder brain's influence, began to study them. She would cut them open and put them back together repeatedly over the course of several days in the mind flayer colony, during which the Dark Urge was unable to speak or do anything but attempt to inflict violence on themselves or others.{{ref|name=kressadialogue||act2}}{{ref|name=kressanotes||act2}} | The Dark Urge was found by {{CharLink|Kressa Bonedaughter}} who, impressed with their willpower and resistance to the elder brain's influence, began to study them. She would cut them open and put them back together repeatedly over the course of several days in the mind flayer colony, during which the Dark Urge was unable to speak or do anything but attempt to inflict violence on themselves or others.{{ref|name=kressadialogue||act2}}{{ref|name=kressanotes||act2}} | ||
The Elder Brain came to refer to the Dark Urge's condition as a "[[True Soul]]", inspiring Gortash with the idea of creating more True Souls, perfecting his plan to create the false religion of | The Elder Brain came to refer to the Dark Urge's condition as a "[[True Soul]]", inspiring Gortash with the idea of creating more True Souls, perfecting his plan to create the false religion of [[the Absolute]], with the purpose of realising his so-called master plan of Unity.{{note|There is conflicting information about this, as the Awakened Mind possibly contradicts this version of events.}}{{ref|name=elderbraindialogue||act3}}{{ref|name=kressanotes||act2}} | ||
Noticing his wife's obsession and hoping to snap her out of it, Kressa's husband, {{CharLink|Maghtew Budj}}, arranged for the broken and amnesiac Dark Urge to be sent off on the [[Nautiloid|Nautiloid Ship]], where they would soon wake up with no memories of themselves or their past.{{ref|name=kressanotes||act2}} | Noticing his wife's obsession and hoping to snap her out of it, Kressa's husband, {{CharLink|Maghtew Budj}}, arranged for the broken and amnesiac Dark Urge to be sent off on the [[Nautiloid|Nautiloid Ship]], where they would soon wake up with no memories of themselves or their past.{{ref|name=kressanotes||act2}} | ||