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Lewis Morell - Dead Cultist
Involvement
Lewis Morell was once a worker in Baldur's Gate, but under the impression that the Steel Watch was to potentially replace his job, he was soon brought into the fold of the Cult of the Absolute, either forcibly or of his own volition.[note 1]
As a cultist within the Absolute army, Lewis Morell was part of a large force assaulting the High Hall from the depths of the Upper City Sewers. During the ensuing battle against the City Watch, the cultists destroyed and forced the remnants of the City Watch into fleeing the area, at the cost of high casualties — Lewis Morell included (X: 254 Y: 76).
Speak with Dead
Player: Who are you?
- Dead Cultist: Lewis... Morell... loyal servant... of the... Absolute...
Player: So you're a cultist?
- Dead Cultist: Lewis... Morell... loyal servant... of the... Absolute...
Player: What were you doing here?
- Dead Cultist: Instructed... to raid... the city...
- Dead Cultist: Round up... civilians... thralls...
Player: How did you get here?
- Dead Cultist: Sewers... underground... unnoticed...
Player: How did you die?
- Dead Cultist: Fighting... last of... City Watch...
- Dead Cultist: Felled... on the threshold... of victory...
Player: Where were these sewers you came through?
- Dead Cultist: Cliffside... under... tower... nearby...
Player: How many more cultists are there?
- Dead Cultist: Many came... few left... men slaughtered...
- Dead Cultist: Illithids... remain... strong...
Player: Who were you before you became a slave to the Absolute?
- Dead Cultist: Nobody... Another worker... Another automaton...
- Dead Cultist: Soon to lose... job... to... Steel Watch...
Player: Why did you join the Absolute's forces?
- Dead Cultist: Joining... not my... choice...
- Dead Cultist: But I... wanted... to... matter...
Player: And in the end, did you find your purpose with the Absolute?
- Dead Cultist: You are... my... purpose...
- Dead Cultist: Your... failure... gives... my death... meaning...
Loot
Notes
- ↑ It's not clear as to how Lewis Morell joined the Cult of the Absolute as his dialogue mention both personal motivations to abandon Baldur's Gate, his loyalty to the Absolute, and his hopes that the party fails in their endeavors, but also that his adherence to the cult was nevertheless not by choice.
- Lewis Morell is one of two corpses in High Hall that can be spoken to through
. The other being a Flaming Fist named Halfar. - According to developer's notes, it's likely that Lewis Morell's dialogue was meant to let curious players know that leading a frontal assault into High Hall would be dangerous, and to give them a subtle hint as to the whereabouts of a secret underground passage used by the Absolutists.
