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{{CharLink|Shadowheart}} had at some point in development a vastly different backstory and storyline that was completely revamped prior to the game's release. This previous version of Shadowheart once had a [[high elven]] mother named '''Eliriana''', a [[human]] father named '''Sebastian''', had been acquainted with a '''Mother Superior''' (different from {{CharLink|Viconia DeVir}}), a '''Sister Superior''', as well as a [[Shar|Sharran]] '''torturer'''.{{cite web | {{CharLink|Shadowheart}} had at some point in development a vastly different backstory and storyline that was completely revamped prior to the game's release. This previous version of Shadowheart once had a [[High Elf|high elven]] mother named '''Eliriana''', a [[human]] father named '''Sebastian''', had been acquainted with a '''Mother Superior''' (different from {{CharLink|Viconia DeVir}}), a '''Sister Superior''', as well as a [[Shar|Sharran]] '''torturer'''.{{cite web | ||
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'''Eliriana''' and '''Sebastian''' were once designed to be Shadowheart's parents sometime before {{CharLink|Arnell Hallowleaf}} and {{CharLink|Emmeline Hallowleaf}} were created/finalized. Unlike their current counterparts, the mother, Eliriana, was a high elf and therefore longer-living parent of the two, with Sebastian being a human. It's likely that they were both {{CharLink|Selûne|Selûnite}}, like their modern counterparts, judging by Shadowheart's both redesigned and current backstory. | '''Eliriana''' and '''Sebastian''' were once designed to be Shadowheart's parents sometime before {{CharLink|Arnell Hallowleaf}} and {{CharLink|Emmeline Hallowleaf}} were created/finalized. Unlike their current counterparts, the mother, Eliriana, was a high elf and therefore the longer-living parent of the two, with Sebastian being a human. It's likely that they were both {{CharLink|Selûne|Selûnite}}, like their modern counterparts, judging by Shadowheart's both redesigned and current backstory. | ||
At some point in late [[Act One]], there was a now currently-defunct bridge in [[Grymforge]], which was planned to be an entrance of the [[Gauntlet of Shar]]. And on entering this temple of Shar from here, would have triggered a memory of Shadowheart (with a fallback version that could trigger as a dream in camp), in that she would have gone through a cinematic flashback of her being forced to torture her parents, mainly plucking teeth from her father's mouth with a set pliers, on the Sister Superior's orders. | At some point in late [[Act One]], there was a now currently-defunct bridge in [[Grymforge]], which was planned to be an entrance of the [[Gauntlet of Shar]]. And on entering this temple of Shar from here, would have triggered a memory of Shadowheart (with a fallback version that could trigger as a dream in camp), in that she would have gone through a cinematic flashback of her being forced to torture her parents, mainly plucking teeth from her father's mouth with a set of pliers, on the Sister Superior's orders. | ||
{{DiQ|Look. Find your truest self in Shar's darkness. She will spare you, forgive you.|Shadowheart}} | {{DiQ|Look. Find your truest self in Shar's darkness. She will spare you, forgive you.|Shadowheart}} | ||
{{DiQ|No... but I forgive you.|Sebastian 2|alias=Sebastian}} | {{DiQ|No... but I forgive you.|Sebastian 2|alias=Sebastian}} | ||
{{DiQ|We both do.|Eliriana}} | {{DiQ|We both do.|Eliriana}} | ||
With the ultimate goal of converting her parents to {{CharLink|Shar}}, her parents' forgiveness | With the ultimate goal of converting her parents to {{CharLink|Shar}}, her parents' forgiveness and resistance to both torture and Sharran dogma leaves Shadowheart hysterical and on the verge of breaking down, before she is struck and punished by the Sister Superior for failing. At this point in time, Shadowheart is unaware that they are her parents, with her memories of them having already been wiped. | ||
It's possible that both Eliriana and Sebastian were placeholders of a bygone time, from before the Hallowleafs were completely finished in their design - for instance, both of Shadowheart's current parents use face models unique to them, while Eliriana and Sebastian use generic faces that are available in [[character creation]]. | It's possible that both Eliriana and Sebastian were placeholders of a bygone time, from before the Hallowleafs were completely finished in their design - for instance, both of Shadowheart's current parents use face models unique to them, while Eliriana and Sebastian use generic faces that are available in [[character creation]]. | ||
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The scene then changes, with Shadowheart being tied to a torture chair and tortured by a Sharran '''torturer''''s ''"strange thin dagger"'', while the '''Mother Superior''' watches on. As the torturer inflicts torment on Shadowheart, the Mother Superior gives her the mission to retrieve the Astral Prism. | The scene then changes, with Shadowheart being tied to a torture chair and tortured by a Sharran '''torturer''''s ''"strange thin dagger"'', while the '''Mother Superior''' watches on. As the torturer inflicts torment on Shadowheart, the Mother Superior gives her the mission to retrieve the Astral Prism. | ||
It's unclear whether the Mother Superior is simply an old version of {{CharLink|Viconia DeVir}}, or was supposed to be an entirely different character. It's also not known whether or not any of these characters were supposed to make another appearance later down the game | It's unclear whether the Mother Superior is simply an old version of {{CharLink|Viconia DeVir}}, or was supposed to be an entirely different character. It's also not known whether or not any of these characters were supposed to make another appearance later down the game in [[Baldur's Gate]] or elsewhere. Each of them has been given a placeholder name within the game, with the Sister Superior's being ''`Umbralspleen`''; the Mother Superior ''`Eclipsekidney`'', and the Torturer ''`Darkliver`''. | ||
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