Dez Kanshaw

Dez Kanshaw is a patron of the Elfsong Tavern in the Lower City of Baldur's Gate.

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I wonder if this was brewed with my barley?

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— Dez Kanshaw

Dialogue

Dez Kanshaw: What say you, should I have another? Ilmater preserve me, I need the courage.

• Player: Will another drink solve your problems?
  • Dez Kanshaw: No, saer. We abandoned our farm when the Absolute army marched in.
  • Dez Kanshaw: We used to sell our barley to the brewer who makes this very beer. That's all over now.
  • Player: You must be furious at the Absolute cult and their army.
    • Dez Kanshaw: Why? No more point to that than getting mad at a plague of locusts, or the weather.
    • Player: Did you try to fight back?
      • Dez Kanshaw: We're farmers, not fighters. That's not the answer for us.
      • Dez Kanshaw: Oldest boy, Korson, he means well but he eats as much as the rest of us put together. I have to find him a place here.
      • (Continues below, starting with "A fancy feller called Three-Piece...")
    • Player: There's always room for anger. Especially in times like these.
      • (Same as above)
    • Player: What will you country folk do here in the city?
      • Dez Kanshaw: Oldest boy, Korson, he means well but he eats as much as the rest of us put together. I have to find him a place here.
      • (Continues below)
  • Player: I'm sure you'll find a new trade soon enough. There's plenty about.
    • Dez Kanshaw: I'm not so sure. What good can these farmer hands do in a city like this? Besides, I've got the other's to think of.
    • Dez Kanshaw: Family's upstairs, exhausted. I'm Dez Kanshaw - with a wife, two kids, and another on the way.
    • Dez Kanshaw: Oldest boy, Korson, he means well but he eats as much as the rest of us put together. I have to find him a place here.
    • (Continues below)
  • Player: We? Who went with you?
    • Dez Kanshaw: Family's upstairs, exhausted. I'm Dez Kanshaw - with a wife, two kids, and another on the way.
    • Dez Kanshaw: Oldest boy, Korson, he means well but he eats as much as the rest of us put together. I have to find him a place here.
    • (Continues below)
• Player: You won't find courage in the bottom of a bottle.
  • (Same as below)
• Player: Drink up! This city is living on borrowed time.
  • Dez Kanshaw: No, I guess I've had enough. The brewer who made this beer used to buy all of our barley. But that's over now.
  • Dez Kanshaw: Left the crops standing in the fields when we ran from the Absolute army. Gone, all gone.
  • Player: We? I see only you.
    • Dez Kanshaw: Family's upstairs, exhausted. I'm Dez Kanshaw - with a wife, two kids, and another on the way.
    • Dez Kanshaw: Oldest boy, Korson, he means well but he eats as much as the rest of us put together. I have to find him a place here.
    • (Continues below)
  • Player: I'm sorry for your loss.
    • Dez Kanshaw: If it were only me it wouldn't be so bad, but I've got mouths to feed.
    • Dez Kanshaw: Family's upstairs, exhausted. I'm Dez Kanshaw - with a wife, two kids, and another on the way.
    • Dez Kanshaw: Oldest boy, Korson, he means well but he eats as much as the rest of us put together. I have to find him a place here.
    • (Continues below)
  • Player: But you had enough left for a drink.
    • Dez Kanshaw: One - and I shouldn't have had even that. Got work to do.
    • Dez Kanshaw: Oldest boy, Korson, he means well but he eats as much as the rest of us put together. I have to find him a place here.
    • (Continues below)
• Player: There's a war on. Can he fight?
  • Dez Kanshaw: We're farmers, not fighters. That's not the answer for us.
  • Dez Kanshaw: Korson's strong, but he's a gentle soul. Easy to take advantage of.
  • (Continues below)
• Player: Found any opportunities for him?
  • (Continues below)
• Player: [DROW] If he can't find his own place, perhaps he doesn't deserve one.
  • Dez Kanshaw: I appreciate that some might find me a soft touch, but he's my son. I'll make no apology for looking out for him.
  • Dez Kanshaw: Korson's stron, but he's a gentle soul. Easy to take advantage of.
  • (Continues below)
• Player: Well good luck to you and your family.
  • Dez Kanshaw: Thank you kindly. And to you and yours.
  • (End of dialogue)
• Dez Kanshaw: A fancy feller called Three-Piece wants to place him as a cleaner in the Counting House. But I don't trust him.
• Dez Kanshaw: Maybe I should just join the Flaming Fist and take the signing bonus. What else can I do?
• Player: Three-Piece sounds like a crook. Better if you join the Fists.
  • Dez Kanshaw: That's what I was thinking too. Was drinking to get up the courage to do it.
  • Dez Kanshaw: But it's hard, because it means goodbye to our family farm. Korson will never work those fields.
  • (Continues below)
• Player: That cleaner job sounds steady. Leaves you available to head back to the farm.
  • Dez Kanshaw: Right. It's taking a chance, but it's worth the risk. The farm is all we have, really.
  • (Continues below)
• Player: I hear the Illmater temple at Wyrm's needs volunteers. They don't pay, but at least the boy will eat.
  • Dez Kanshaw: Huh. That's a solid tip. Could work out for a gentle kid like Korson.
• Player: [BARBARIAN] Forget the city - the wilds have everything you need.
  • Dez Kanshaw: Huh - that's true. And we're no strangers to working the land.
  • (Continues below)
• Player: [ROGUE] The Thieves Guild are always on the lookout for talent. He'd never run out of work.
  • Dez Kanshaw: My gentle boy? A thief? I wouldn't have dared think of it before, but... maybe the Guild isn't a bad place to look.
  • (Continues below)
• Dez Kanshaw: Thanks, stranger, you helped settle my mind. Thanks are all I have to offer, though. May Illmater bleed for you.
• (End of dialogue)
• (If spoked to again)
  • Dez Kanshaw: Thanks again, stranger. Illmater guide you.

Notable loot

• Hey Dez