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| description = Alfira is a tiefling NPC in Baldur's Gate 3. She can be found at the Emerald Grove close to the Ritual Room. She will be trying to compose a song, with no luck until now.
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'''Alfira''' is a [[Tiefling]] NPC in [[Baldur's Gate 3]]. She can be found at the [[Emerald Grove]] on a cliff overlooking the ritual, trying to compose a song.


== Act One ==
'''Alfira''' is a tiefling bard in ''[[Baldur's Gate 3]]''. She can be found at the [[Emerald Grove]] on a cliff overlooking the ritual, trying to compose a song.
{{DiQ|Dance upon the stars tonight... Smile and pain will fade away... Words of mine will turn to ash... When you call the last light down...|Alfira| composing a ballad}}
 
== Overview ==
=== Background ===
Alfira is part of the group of [[Tiefling Refugees|tiefling refugees]] who were exiled from Elturel, and Bardic apprentice to a woman named Lihala. On the journey to the Emerald Grove, they were attacked by gnolls, and Lihala was killed. Alfira has since been trying to compose a eulogy for her.
 
== Involvement ==
=== Act One ===
The party can find Alfira on the hill overlooking the druidic shrine circle at the [[Emerald Grove]]. She is frustrated over not being able to compose a song for her recently deceased teacher, Lihala, and can help by inspiring her.
 
==== Performing together ====
If one party member offers their aid by by performing together, they receive Lihala's lute and have to play it. The party member can attempt to play along with her:
 
* {{Dialogue option|''Play along with her. ''|roll=Performance|dc=15}}
** {{Dialogue option|''Keep time with her.''|roll=Performance|dc=10}}
 
Succeeding both checks (one failure allows a retry) helps Alfira make significant progress in composing her song, and the party member, who helped her, gains {{WeaponType|Musical Instruments}} proficiency, if they did not have it already. [[Bard]]s are not required to make any ability checks to help her.
 
==== Encouraging with words ====
If the party member offers their aid by encouraging Alfira with words, she becomes inspired and a cutscene plays where she performs her near-finished song for the party. Doing this will not reward the musical instrument proficiency however.
 
==== The Weeping Dawn ====
After helping her in either way, she titles her song ''The Weeping Dawn'' and confesses in tears that she was there with her teacher when they were ambushed by [[Gnoll|gnolls]], who killed Lihala, and was just trying to create a worthy eulogy for her. The party can also gain the [[File:Inspiration Icon.png|24px|link=]][[Inspiration|Inspirational Event]] '''A Bard's Muse''' ([[Entertainer]] background). Alfira remains in this location giving her song the finishing touches and singing it periodically.
 
==== Celebration in the camp ====
If she is alive after the party returns from the [[Goblin Camp]], she is with the other tieflings getting ready to leave for the [[Campsite]]. At the celebration, she can be found talking with {{CharLink|Lakrissa}}, and offers the player character to compose a song about them and their deeds.
 
After the party, she left with the other tieflings an can be met later in [[Act Two]].


The player can find her frustrated over not being able to compose a song for her recently dead teacher, Lihala. She can be inspired by the player through words or form a duet to help her in her song. If successful, she will compose ''The Weeping Dawn''.
==== Not helping Alfira ====
If not wanting to help her, the party can either leave, convince her to give up, insult her, or steal / destroy her lute with the following options:


After playing her song, she'll confess in tears she was there with her teacher when they were ambushed by [[Gnoll]]s, who killed Lihala, and was just trying to create a worthy eulogy for her.
* {{Dialogue option|''Slip the lute into your pack.''}}
* {{Dialogue option|''Snatch the lute out of her hands and smash it.''|roll=Dexterity|dc=10}}
* {{Dialogue option|You want honesty? Give up - you don't have the makings of a bard.}}
* {{Dialogue option|You're holding yourself back. Start over with a blank slate.}}
* {{Dialogue option|Here. I don't have time for this.}}


If she is alive after the player returns from the [[Goblin Camp]], she'll be found talking with [[Lakrissa]] at the Party, and will offer the player to compose a song about them and their deeds.
During {{Quest|Raid the Emerald Grove}}, Alfira's body can be found with the bodies of the tiefling children in the [[Tiefling Hideout]].


If the player doesn't wish to help her, they can either leave, or rob, or destroy her lute.
==== The Dark Urge ====
If the {{CharLink|The Dark Urge|The Dark Urge}} is chosen as [[Origin]], Alfira visits their camp shortly after crossing the bridge to the [[Blighted Village]], whether the party has interacted with her or not. Whether the party allows her to spend the night at camp or not, the player character wakes up to find her disemboweled by their own hands. They can decide whether to hide the evidence or not, or whether to embrace their handiwork or be horrified by it.


===The Dark Urge Origin===
To keep Alfira alive, she must be {{SAI|Toggle Non-Lethal Attacks|knocked out}} in the Emerald Grove before taking the long rest that triggers her visit. If Alfira is already dead, knocked out, or otherwise unavailable at this time, she is replaced by a [[Dragonborn|dragonborn]] [[Bard|bard]] named {{CharLink|Quil}}.
{{SpoilerBox|nograd=1|If the player is playing as [[The Dark Urge]], Alfira will visit their camp shortly after arriving at the [[Emerald Grove]], whether the player has interacted with her or not. Whether the player allows her to spend the night at camp or not, the player will wake up to find her disemboweled by their own hand. They can decide whether to hide the evidence or not, or whether to embrace their handiwork or be horrified by it.


If Alfira is already dead, knocked out, or otherwise unavailable at this time, she will be replaced by a [[Dragonborn]] [[bard]] named [[Quil]]. It is often highly beneficial for a Dark Urge Origin player to knock her out before taking a long rest in order to prevent her death, as they otherwise cannot acquire the [[Potent Robe]]. When the long rest is completed, Alfira will be awake and continue to live into Act 2 to potentially award the Potent Robe.}}
This event can be delayed by other events, for example if Karlach is recruited before Wyll then his arrival takes precedence as the camp event that night and Quil instead arrives the next night, so it might be necessary to knock out Alfira multiple times.


== Act Two ==
When the long rest is completed and Alfira is still alive, she can be found at the place where she was knocked out and can be met later at the camp celebration. After that she can be encountered in [[Act Two]], where she can award the party with the {{SmRarityItem|Potent Robe}}. Otherwise, if Alfira is killed the party cannot acquire the Potent Robe.
In [[Act Two]], Alfira can be found inside the [[Last Light Inn]] sitting by the fire at {{Coords|-66|142}}. Upon speaking to her, the player will learn that some of the tieflings were taken to [[Moonrise Towers]], thus starting the [[Rescue the Tieflings]] quest. If [[Lakrissa]] is successfully saved along with the other tieflings, Alfira will reward you with the [[Potent Robe]] and various other loot.


== Act Three ==
=== Act Two ===
In [[Act Three]], assuming she survives the events of previous acts, Alfira can be found on the rooftop of the [[Elfsong Tavern]].
In [[Act Two]], Alfira can be found inside the [[Last Light Inn]] sitting by the fire at {{Coords|-66|142}}. Upon speaking to her, the party will learn that some of the tieflings were taken to [[Moonrise Towers]], thus starting the {{Quest|Rescue the Tieflings}} quest, giving a hopeful response awards the [[File:Inspiration Icon.png|24px|link=]][[Inspiration|Inspirational Event]] '''A Smile Better Suits...''' ([[Folk Hero]] background). If Lakrissa is successfully saved along with the other tieflings, Alfira will reward the party with the {{SmRarityItem|Potent Robe}} and various other loot.


==Trivia==
At the end of Act Two, if Alfira is still alive, she can be found at Moonrise Towers. Talking with her reveals she wants to use music to help calm the tiefling children in the room with her. If the active character is a Bard, they can speak with her again to gain the Improved [[Bardic Inspiration]] class action. It's not necessary to perform the song.
*Though dialogue refers to her as a bard, she has no spells from the class and notably has a much higher Intelligence than Charisma.  


==Gallery ==
=== Act Three ===
<gallery heights="300px" mode="packed" style="text-align:left">
In [[Act Three]], assuming she survives the events of previous acts, Alfira can be found on the rooftop of the [[Elfsong Tavern]]. Reuniting with her will award the [[File:Inspiration Icon.png|24px|link=]][[Inspiration|Inspirational Events]] '''Finding her Stage''' ([[Entertainer]] background) and '''Safeguarding the Songbird''' ([[Folk Hero]] background).
 
If Lakrissa survived, she will be waiting tables at the Elfsong, and may occasionally be found on the roof with Alfira. The two of them will reveal that they are dating, and that Alfira is planning on opening a bardic school.
 
== Speak with Dead ==
Alfira can be spoken to with {{SAI|Speak with Dead}}.
 
Below is if Alfira was killed in camp by {{CharLink|The Dark Urge}}.
 
{{Dialogue start}}
'''Party member:''' Who are you?
*'''Alfira:''' Alfira... apprentice... bard...
 
'''Party member:''' Where were you going?
* '''Alfira:''' Elfsong Tavern... Baldur's Gate...
 
'''Party member:''' Did you come here alone?
* '''Alfira:''' With... Lihala... but... but...
** '''Party member:''' Who is Lihala?
** '''Alfira:''' Teacher... friend... everything to me. But gnolls... ripped her... apart...
*** '''Party member:''' You met gnolls? How did you survive?
*** '''Alfira:''' Run when they... shriek. They call... for others...
 
'''Party member:''' Did you have any valuables?
* '''Alfira:''' [[Lihala's Lute|Lihala's lute]]... where is... where...
{{Dialogue end}}
 
== Related items ==
* {{MdRarityItem|Lihala's Lute}} looted / given while playing music with Alfira in the [[Druid Grove]]
* {{MdRarityItem|Potent Robe}} reward for successfully completing {{Quest|Rescue the Tieflings}}
 
== Related literature ==
* {{MdRarityItem|Folksongs of Faerûn}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Letter from Alfira}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Letter from Alfira (Dark Urge)}}
 
== Related quests ==
* {{Quest|Raid the Grove}}
* {{Quest|Rescue the Tieflings}}
* {{Quest|Save the Refugees}}
 
== Gallery ==
<gallery heights="300px" mode="packed">
Alfira-dawn.png|Alfira playing ''The Weeping Dawn''.
Alfira-dawn.png|Alfira playing ''The Weeping Dawn''.
</gallery>
</gallery>


{{NavEmeraldGrove}}
== Notes ==
{{NavShadowCursedLands}}
{{notebegin}}
{{NavBaldursGate}}
* Though dialogue refers to her as a bard, she has no spells from the class and notably has a much higher Intelligence than Charisma.
[[Category: Humanoids]]
* Her singing voice during her cinematic performance of ''The Weeping Dawn'' is performed by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15267195/ Ilona Ivanova].
[[Category: Tieflings]]
* Alfira may have originally been intended as a potential companion. Among the game files, she is defined in ''Origins.lsx'' which lists the [[origin]] characters as well as non-origin companions, hirelings, and a few related characters such as {{CharLink|Losiir}}. In the file, she's listed as a bard of the [[College of Lore]] subclass.
[[Category: Tiefling Refugees]]
* As part of the quality of life improvements in patch 6, which added the possibility of choosing which companion to dismiss while accepting a new one into the party, Alfira's game files seem to have gained some empty and unused dialogue lines related to being dismissed from the party.
[[Category: Characters in Act 1]]
* Since patch 7 Alfira can now (temporarily) join the party as a controllable character if the Dark Urge is chosen as [[Origin]] and if there's room for her in the  party.
[[Category: Tiefling Refugees]]
{{noteend}}
 
== External links ==
* {{FRWiki|Alfira|long}}
 
{{Emerald Grove}}
{{Shadow-Cursed Lands}}
{{Lower City}}
[[Category:Tieflings]]
[[Category:Tiefling Refugees]]
[[Category:Humanoids]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Characters in the Emerald Grove]]
[[Category:Characters in the Shadow-Cursed Lands]]
[[Category:Characters in the Lower City]]
[[Category:Characters in Act One]]
[[Category:Characters in Act Two]]
[[Category:Characters in Act Three]]
[[Category:Available to Speak with Dead]]
[[Category:Bards]]
[[Category:Temporary Companions]]

Latest revision as of 09:28, 27 November 2024

Alfira is a tiefling bard in Baldur's Gate 3. She can be found at the Emerald Grove on a cliff overlooking the ritual, trying to compose a song.

Portrait Alfira.png
“
Dance upon the stars tonight... Smile and pain will fade away... Words of mine will turn to ash... When you call the last light down...
„
— Alfira composing a ballad

Overview[edit | edit source]

Background[edit | edit source]

Alfira is part of the group of tiefling refugees who were exiled from Elturel, and Bardic apprentice to a woman named Lihala. On the journey to the Emerald Grove, they were attacked by gnolls, and Lihala was killed. Alfira has since been trying to compose a eulogy for her.

Involvement[edit | edit source]

Act One[edit | edit source]

The party can find Alfira on the hill overlooking the druidic shrine circle at the Emerald Grove. She is frustrated over not being able to compose a song for her recently deceased teacher, Lihala, and can help by inspiring her.

Performing together[edit | edit source]

If one party member offers their aid by by performing together, they receive Lihala's lute and have to play it. The party member can attempt to play along with her:

  • [PERFORMANCE] Play along with her.  (DC 15)
    • [PERFORMANCE] Keep time with her. (DC 10)

Succeeding both checks (one failure allows a retry) helps Alfira make significant progress in composing her song, and the party member, who helped her, gains Musical Instruments Musical Instruments proficiency, if they did not have it already. Bards are not required to make any ability checks to help her.

Encouraging with words[edit | edit source]

If the party member offers their aid by encouraging Alfira with words, she becomes inspired and a cutscene plays where she performs her near-finished song for the party. Doing this will not reward the musical instrument proficiency however.

The Weeping Dawn[edit | edit source]

After helping her in either way, she titles her song The Weeping Dawn and confesses in tears that she was there with her teacher when they were ambushed by gnolls, who killed Lihala, and was just trying to create a worthy eulogy for her. The party can also gain the Inspiration Icon.pngInspirational Event A Bard's Muse (Entertainer background). Alfira remains in this location giving her song the finishing touches and singing it periodically.

Celebration in the camp[edit | edit source]

If she is alive after the party returns from the Goblin Camp, she is with the other tieflings getting ready to leave for the Campsite. At the celebration, she can be found talking with Lakrissa Lakrissa, and offers the player character to compose a song about them and their deeds.

After the party, she left with the other tieflings an can be met later in Act Two.

Not helping Alfira[edit | edit source]

If not wanting to help her, the party can either leave, convince her to give up, insult her, or steal / destroy her lute with the following options:

  • Slip the lute into your pack.
  • [DEXTERITY] Snatch the lute out of her hands and smash it. (DC 10)
  • You want honesty? Give up - you don't have the makings of a bard.
  • You're holding yourself back. Start over with a blank slate.
  • Here. I don't have time for this.

During Raid the Emerald Grove Raid the Emerald Grove, Alfira's body can be found with the bodies of the tiefling children in the Tiefling Hideout.

The Dark Urge[edit | edit source]

If the The Dark Urge The Dark Urge is chosen as Origin, Alfira visits their camp shortly after crossing the bridge to the Blighted Village, whether the party has interacted with her or not. Whether the party allows her to spend the night at camp or not, the player character wakes up to find her disemboweled by their own hands. They can decide whether to hide the evidence or not, or whether to embrace their handiwork or be horrified by it.

To keep Alfira alive, she must be knocked out knocked out in the Emerald Grove before taking the long rest that triggers her visit. If Alfira is already dead, knocked out, or otherwise unavailable at this time, she is replaced by a dragonborn bard named Quil Quil.

This event can be delayed by other events, for example if Karlach is recruited before Wyll then his arrival takes precedence as the camp event that night and Quil instead arrives the next night, so it might be necessary to knock out Alfira multiple times.

When the long rest is completed and Alfira is still alive, she can be found at the place where she was knocked out and can be met later at the camp celebration. After that she can be encountered in Act Two, where she can award the party with the Potent Robe. Otherwise, if Alfira is killed the party cannot acquire the Potent Robe.

Act Two[edit | edit source]

In Act Two, Alfira can be found inside the Last Light Inn sitting by the fire at X: -66 Y: 142. Upon speaking to her, the party will learn that some of the tieflings were taken to Moonrise Towers, thus starting the Rescue the Tieflings Rescue the Tieflings quest, giving a hopeful response awards the Inspiration Icon.pngInspirational Event A Smile Better Suits... (Folk Hero background). If Lakrissa is successfully saved along with the other tieflings, Alfira will reward the party with the Potent Robe and various other loot.

At the end of Act Two, if Alfira is still alive, she can be found at Moonrise Towers. Talking with her reveals she wants to use music to help calm the tiefling children in the room with her. If the active character is a Bard, they can speak with her again to gain the Improved Bardic Inspiration class action. It's not necessary to perform the song.

Act Three[edit | edit source]

In Act Three, assuming she survives the events of previous acts, Alfira can be found on the rooftop of the Elfsong Tavern. Reuniting with her will award the Inspiration Icon.pngInspirational Events Finding her Stage (Entertainer background) and Safeguarding the Songbird (Folk Hero background).

If Lakrissa survived, she will be waiting tables at the Elfsong, and may occasionally be found on the roof with Alfira. The two of them will reveal that they are dating, and that Alfira is planning on opening a bardic school.

Speak with Dead[edit | edit source]

Alfira can be spoken to with Speak with Dead Speak with Dead.

Below is if Alfira was killed in camp by The Dark Urge The Dark Urge.

Party member: Who are you?

  • Alfira: Alfira... apprentice... bard...

Party member: Where were you going?

  • Alfira: Elfsong Tavern... Baldur's Gate...

Party member: Did you come here alone?

  • Alfira: With... Lihala... but... but...
    • Party member: Who is Lihala?
    • Alfira: Teacher... friend... everything to me. But gnolls... ripped her... apart...
      • Party member: You met gnolls? How did you survive?
      • Alfira: Run when they... shriek. They call... for others...

Party member: Did you have any valuables?

Related items[edit | edit source]

Related literature[edit | edit source]

Related quests[edit | edit source]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Alfira playing The Weeping Dawn.

    Alfira playing The Weeping Dawn.

Notes[edit | edit source]

  • Though dialogue refers to her as a bard, she has no spells from the class and notably has a much higher Intelligence than Charisma.
  • Her singing voice during her cinematic performance of The Weeping Dawn is performed by Ilona Ivanova.
  • Alfira may have originally been intended as a potential companion. Among the game files, she is defined in Origins.lsx which lists the origin characters as well as non-origin companions, hirelings, and a few related characters such as Losiir Losiir. In the file, she's listed as a bard of the College of Lore subclass.
  • As part of the quality of life improvements in patch 6, which added the possibility of choosing which companion to dismiss while accepting a new one into the party, Alfira's game files seem to have gained some empty and unused dialogue lines related to being dismissed from the party.
  • Since patch 7 Alfira can now (temporarily) join the party as a controllable character if the Dark Urge is chosen as Origin and if there's room for her in the party.

External links[edit | edit source]

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