The Dark Urge (Origin): Difference between revisions

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| class = Any, (default) [[Sorcerer]] [[Storm Sorcery]]

| race = Any, [[White dragonborn]] (default)

| armour_class = 11

| hit_points = 8

| weight_kg = 100

| movement_speed_meters = 9

| con_save_proficiency = yes

| cha_save_proficiency = yes

|two=The Dark Urge (origin)

{{Q|My rancid blood whispers to me: kill, kill, and kill again. My ruined body yearns to reap death in this world, and when this foul Urge calls, it possesses my whole being. Injured beyond repair, I know nothing besides this; I must resist this Dark Urge, lest it consume my mind. I must discover what happened to me, and who I was. Before my twitching knife-hand writes a tragedy in blood.|The Dark Urge, fearing their dark desires in their Introduction cinematic.}}

You remember nothing of your past besides that you walked a path paved with blood. As you venture on, you find yourself inescapably drawn towards unimaginable cruelties. Where do these thoughts come from?

During Act One, the Dark Urge will eventually have a long rest event where they murder a camp follower. If she is available, this will always be [[Alfira]]. Otherwise, it will be [[Quil]]. Soon after, in a separate long rest event, their [[Sceleritas Fel|butler]] will introduce himself, and gift the player [[the Deathstalker Mantle]].

* Eating the [[Noblestalk]] mushroom as Dark Urge will unlock one of two memories:

** If eaten before meeting [[Sceleritas Fel]]. they remember acts of cannibalism.

* Tearing off [[Gale]]'s arm when first meeting him. This prevents you from recruiting him.  

* On meeting [[Timber]] the Squirrel at the [[Druid Grove]], the Dark Urge will punt the squirrel with no input. The player can only control this choice if they have [[Speak with Animals]] active.

* Breaking [[Pandirna]]'s legs in the storage room in the [[Druid Grove]]

* Encourage [[Arabella]] to leave by flicking your eyes towards the exit, leading to her death.

* Biting off [[Crusher]]'s toe when he demands you kiss his feet.

* Tear off the Wings from the Wounded Bird that is being treated by [[Nettie]] ((Has to be done before prodding it))

* Killing [[Alfira]] while she is visiting the camp (Or a [[Dragonborn]] [[bard]] named [[Quil]] if [[Alfira]] is unavailable for any reason), leading to the first meeting of [[Sceleritas Fel]]. The player can not control this choice.

* Killing [[Minthara]] after sleeping with her if the Dark Urge sided with the Goblin Camp against the Grove.

During a long rest event, The Dark Urge will be given the task of killing [[Isobel]] at the [[Last Light Inn]].

If the player kills either Isobel or their companion, they are granted the [[Slayer]] form, a gift from their father.

Should the player forego killing [[Isobel]], at a later long rest they will be informed that they will kill their closest companion, usually their lover. The player can choose to wake their companion up, if they pass a Wisdom check. If they fail the check, choose to go back to sleep, or choose to kill their companion, they must pass a separate check, or the camp will turn hostile.

* Killing [[Isobel]]. The player can choose whether or not to do this, but will lead to a different event. Killing Isobel rewards the Dark Urge with the [[Slayer]] form.

* Killing your lover or closest companion. The player can choose to warn their companion of this, or choose to simply kill them. Doing this rewards the Dark Urge with the [[Slayer]] form.

* After freeing the trapped fairy from the [[Moonlantern]], the player can choose to crush it.

* Walking by the graves of the [[Last Light Inn]] will reveal that it was once the Dark Urge's hunting grounds.

* The player can confront and murder the [[Strange Ox]] while taunting it for keeping its docile ox form.

* The Dark Urge can kill the cat [[Steelclaw]] when trying to remember what was forgotten.}}

If the player refused to kill either Isobel or their companion, after arriving at [[Wyrm's Crossing]], it is revealed that the Dark Urge is a [[Bhaalspawn]], and was once the leader of the Cult of [[Bhaal]], before being betrayed and murdered by their [[Orin|sister]]. Further conversation with [[Gortash]] reveals they were one of the original members of the Chosen of the Dead Three, and alongside Gortash, had originally schemed to use the [[Crown of Karsus]] on the Elder Brain to falsify the religion of the [[Absolute]]. In this sense, the Dark Urge is very well the catalyst for the main story's events.

The only reason the Dark Urge is not within this position is because [[Orin the Red]], envious of the Dark Urge's power and control over the cult, betrayed them, inflicted amnesia upon them, and took control of the cult herself.  

After confronting Orin, the Dark Urge may restore themselves as [[Bhaal]]'s Chosen, or refuse the title.

Should they refuse to become [[Bhaal]]'s chosen, the Dark Urge will be drained of their father's blood, immediately dying, dooming them to be lost in the Fugue Plane for eternity. However, soon after [[Withers]] invests a portion of his power into the Dark Urge, entwining their fates. The Dark Urge is reborn as Wither's champion, free from the Urge.

The player may still select Dark Urge options in dialogue, with the implications that it is now their character's choice to engage with those desires.

* The Dark Urge has unique throughout the entirety of Act three.

** The Dark Urge has unique dialogue with the [[Netherbrain]].

** The Dark Urge has unique dialogue and interactions in the majority of quests in Act three.

* After learning of their true self, Oathbreaker Paladins can confront the Oathbreaker Knight, and learn that it isn't the first time they've broken their oath.

* If [[Heal]] is cast on the Dark Urge, they unlock one of two memories:

** If cast after rejecting [[Bhaal]], they remember playing with friends in childhood, after being taken in by their foster parents.

** While Heal could, theoretically, be cast earlier than Act three, it will only become available to the player at level 11 and above, which is typically only reached after Act two.