Shadowheart/Banter

A collection of Shadowheart's remarks and overhead conversations with other characters.

Remarks

Successfully finding a hidden object, door, etc.

• "Hmm. What do we have here?"
• "I wonder how long this went overlooked?"
• "Something's here. Almost missed it."
• "What's this?"
• "Hidden away - but not hidden well enough."

Looking in a mirror

• "Better stop gazing at myself before someone accuses me of vanity..."
• "Not bad, all things considered."
• "I've looked worse. But I've definitely looked better."

Finding a locked item

• "Locked. Better take a look around."
• "Won't open. Perhaps there's something nearby that can help."
• "No use. There must be a way to get this open nearby..."
• "Locked tight. Better look for the means to get this open."

Location Remarks

Act 1

Wilderness

• (Finding Lae'Zel caged by Tieflings) "A githyanki. She ought to be killed, here and now."
• (Finding the dead goblins by the nautiloid) "Dead goblins over there. Worth checking for supplies maybe."

Bashing on the Chapel Door on the Ravaged Beach

• "They can't hold forever. Come on!"
• "Blessed Mother, smite the obstacles in my path."
• "Bloody doors!"
• "Why?! Why won't you just open?!"

Chapel

• (The skeletons reanimate) "Let them come. The darkness can be to our advantage."

Party Banter

Shadowheart and Astarion

(In the temple of Shar)

• Astarion: I do like it down here. It's nice. Homey.
• (If Shadowheart's allegiance has been revealed)
  • Shadowheart: This is a dedication to my goddess' power and dark beauty. Homey is not the first word that comes to mind.
• (If Shadowheart's allegiance hasn't been revealed)
  • Shadowheart: This temple is positively dripping with power and dark beauty - is homey truly the first word that springs to mind.

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(In Reithwin Tollhouse)

• Shadowheart: I have to ask, Astarion. Do people taste different from one another, when you feed?
• Astarion: It all depends. A clean neck certainly helps.
• Shadowheart: Come on, you know I'm talking about their blood.
• Astarion: Of course, there are different vintages. Young noble is wonderful if you can get it, but crone has its charms too.

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(In the House of Healing)

• Astarion: It's a long time since I was in a house of healing. Gods, it's depressing.
• Shadowheart: I suppose you don't have much use for hospitals... unless you're seeking to steal their blood stock.
• Astarion: True, although I don't heal as fast as I used to. The one downside to the tadpole, I suppose.
• Shadowheart: The one downside? I think you might have stopped the count too soon...

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(At Cazador's Palace)

• Shadowheart: So, Astarion. Vampire dens - what should I expect?
• Astarion: Vampires would be a safe bet.
• Shadowheart: Hilarious. You belong on stage - perhaps the bloodstained sort, with a hooded man standing by, axe in hand.
• Astarion: So long as there's a cheering crowd. As for vampire dens, I'd brace your nose. They can be very... organic.

Shadowheart and Gale

(Referring to Gale's mention of Shadowheart during his recruitment scene.)

• Shadowheart: You seemed quite forward with your compliments earlier. We'd only just met.
• Gale: Seize the day, I say. More now than ever.
• Shadowheart: Careful you don't pull a muscle in your haste.

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(at Sorcerous Sundries)

• Gale: My, my. Well I'll say this for the Bonecloaks - they know their mushrooms.
• Shadowheart: Perhaps they should expand their horizons - too much time obsessing over fungi seems to leave a bit... well, like them.
• Gale: A by-product of their profession. Few can spend a lifetime inhaling fungal spores without turning out a bit muddled between the ears.

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(At the Blushing Mermaid)

• Shadowheart: Not too downmarket of an establishment for you I hope, Gale?
• Gale: Not at all. Why, some of the finest artists and musicians began their careers amidst stale beer and sticky floors.
• Gale: There is poetry to be found in even the dingiest of holes.
• Shadowheart: Remind me to not attend any poetry recitals with you.

Shadowheart and Karlach

• Karlach: Since you're the only one in good form out here, I'll trust you to lead the way, Shadowheart.
• (If Shadowheart remains devoted to Shar)
  • Shadowheart: It's a deal, so long as you watch my back.
• (Otherwise)
  • Shadowheart: Actually... I've been stripped of that particular advantage. But I will forge ahead, nonetheless.
• Karlach: Atta girl.

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(In the Mason's Guild)

• Shadowheart: I love a nice secret hideaway, don't you?
• Karlach: I mean... I guess.
• Shadowheart: You can just fill it with supplies, seal up the hidden entrance, and tuck yourself away from the world...
• Karlach: Whatever you say, squirrelheart.

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(Outside of the Elfsong Tavern)

• Karlach: I wouldn't mind doing a little shopping in the city.
• (If Shadowheart remains devoted to Shar)
  • Shadowheart: Lady Shar teaches us to abhor superficialities like fashion... though the city does have some fine boutiques. After a new look?
• (otherwise)
  • Shadowheart: Same. I think I may have overdone it with the black and purple for, oh, my entire life? Your look serves you well though.
• Karlach: I'm ten years behind; don't want the youths to think I'm not, you know, up with the times.

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(In Bloomridge Park)

• Karlach: Huh. There's something going on here. I don't like it.
• Karlach: Careful. I smell an ambush.
• Shadowheart: Are you sure it's not the flowers you're smelling? You may be allergic.
• Shadowheart: But better safe than sorry, I suppose.

Shadowheart and Lae'zel

• Shadowheart: So, gith. Aren't you worried your kind will punish you for consorting with us?
• Lae'zel: My name is Lae'zel, k'chakhi.
• Lae'zel: And my kin will understand my need for servants. They will help you, but only if I ask.

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• Shadowheart: Do you think your kin search for you, Lae'zel?
• Lae'zel: I know they do not. It is my responsibility to cleanse myself.
• Shadowheart: They pursued the nautiloid. Perhaps they were trying to free you.
• Lae'zel: A vain notion. I am one of many and will not be a burden to my Queen.

Shadowheart and Minthara

(in Reithwin Town)

• Shadowheart: This place was ruined rather thoroughly. I'm starting to forget what a habitable village looks like.
• Minthara: Your Sharran kin are responsible for this ruin. They purged these lands even before the shadow curse, and pillaged all they could find.
• (If Shadowheart is still devoted to Shar)
  • Shadowheart: No... this must have been due to the battle. Lady Shar's warriors would have little interest in looting...
  • Minthara: Come, Shadowheart. Do you think prayers alone can keep an army on the march?
  • Shadowheart: Even those devoted to loss fill their pockets and bellies when the chance arises.
• (If Shadowheart is no longer devoted to Shar)
  • Shadowheart: Not my kin - not any longer. Their past deeds are not my responsibility.

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(at Sorcerous Sundries)

• • Minthara: I must admit, some of the items here are quite marvellous.
  • Shadowheart: Baldur's Gate prices, though. Not worth it, if you ask me.
  • Minthara: I shall be careful not to ask you then, child.

Shadowheart and Wyll

(After visiting the Temple of Shar)

• Wyll: What's your gripe with Selûne anyway, Shadowheart?
• Shadowheart: She betrayed her sister and ruined the balance of things.
• Shadowheart: Imagine turning on those who love you for you own glory...

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(In the Mason's Guild)

• Shadowheart: All this stonework has me thinking - would you ever want a statue of yourself, Wyll?
• Wyll: It seems a rather... vain notion to me. But I can't say I haven't thought about it. How about you?
• Shadowheart: I suppose it might be nice to be remembered - though I'd be less keen on having birds perching on my head for evermore.
• Wyll: Think of the... er... mess they'd make. Well - better your statue's head than your own.

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(At the Basilisk Gate)

• Shadowheart: A gallows? Nooses are for amateurs - that's what I was taught in the Grotto. Do you know how badly those things can go wrong?
• Wyll: I'd rather not think of it, Shadowheart...
• Shadowheart: You could strangle them by accident, use too much rope and break their legs... and if it goes really badly, you could wrench their heads right off.
• Wyll: What a picture you paint. Quite detailed, quite colourful. Quite unnecessary.

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• Shadowheart: Fiend worship... I'm not trying to pick a fight, Wyll. But it really seems like a blatantly ill-advised idea.
• Wyll: It's the furthest thing from my mind. Besides, Shadowheart - not all fiends are cut from the same scorched cloth.
• Shadowheart: How do they differ, then? The number of horns? The exact timbre of their evil laugh?
• Wyll: Could be most anything. Their willingness to torment their travel partners with wisecracks, for example.

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(In Bloomridge Park)

• Wyll: Spent a lot of time in this park as a boy battling imaginary monsters.
• Shadowheart: So before you were Blade of the Frontiers, you were Pointy Stick of the Park? How did the imaginary monsters compare with the real thing?
• Wyll: The monsters of my play-fights were strong, vicious. Trolls with hulking muscles, werewolves with sharpened fangs.
• Wyll: But the greatest villains I've faced as the Blade? They look more like you and me than they do the beasts of my fantasies.