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== The Urge == | == The Urge == | ||
{{hatnote|See Also: [[The Dark Urge (Origin)]] and [[The Urge]].}} | {{hatnote|See Also: [[The Dark Urge (Origin)]] and [[The Urge]].}} | ||
The Dark Urge's unique quest, [[The Urge]], has two distinct paths: The character can either resist their urges | The Dark Urge's unique quest, [[The Urge]], has two distinct paths: The character can either resist their urges or embrace them. | ||
If they resist the Urge and reject their legacy, Bhaal | If they resist the Urge and reject their legacy, Bhaal drains them of their unholy blood, resulting in their death, but {{CharLink|Withers}} intervenes and brings them back to life, explaining that the loss of unholy blood through their heroism has not destroyed them but made them reborn as a new person. The rest of Act Three and its endings then play out the same as in other playthroughs beyond pre-existing dialogue differences from characters like the Netherbrain. | ||
If they embrace the Urge and accept their legacy, they | If they embrace the Urge and accept their legacy, they become Bhaal's Chosen once again and are tasked with resuming their plan to control the Absolute and kill all other beings. If they follow through and take control of the Netherbrain, the Dark Urge is confronted afterward by either their romantic partner or the companion with the highest approval, who scolds or praises them (depending on who it is and how their companion quest ended) for bringing about the end of the world; they can either mercy-kill that companion, kiss them goodbye while stabbing them (if romanced), or release all the surviving companions, telling them to run away. The Urge then uses the Netherbrain's power to kill everyone in the city with conjured daggers, and as they do so they are given a premonition of their success, worshipping Bhaal under a blood-red moon as the last living thing in Faerûn. | ||
If they embrace the Urge but ''do not'' obey Bhaal's orders, Bhaal begins to shred their mind mere minutes after destroying the Netherbrain as the party is leaving to celebrate. The Dark Urge can either accept their fate, turn themself into prison, attempt to fight back, or simply kill themself before Bhaal gets the chance, reuniting with a proud Withers in the Mortal Plane. If the latter is not chosen, however, they show up after a shortened version of the [[Epilogue]], bloodsoaked and insane due to the madness Bhaal has left them with, and they plot to kill all their former companions in their sleep while licking [[Bloodthirst]]. | |||
== Past relationships == | == Past relationships == | ||