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Find Ketheric Thorm's Relic
Find Ketheric Thorm's Relic is a sub-quest of in Act Two of Baldur's Gate 3. It can be started by speaking with Thisobald Thorm in The Waning Moon, by speaking to Disciple Z'rell in Moonrise Towers, or by reading Balthazar's diary in his chambers in Moonrise Towers.
Objectives[edit | edit source]
Objectives and journal entries may vary pending story decisions and outcomes.
Walkthrough[edit | edit source]
Moonrise Towers[edit | edit source]
After entering Moonrise Towers, the party is urged to go to the audience chamber. Enter it, and Ketheric is on a throne while one of his minions, Disciple Z'rell, is interrogating some goblins. Fezzerk is one of the goblins from the Blighted Village and he pleads for his life. The party can attempt to plead their case with Ketheric, but he refuses to believe they have any worth and orders the new True Souls to handle it. He leaves for his quarters and Z'rell tells the party to do whatever they want with them. The goblins can be killed, or set free. The party also has the option to try attacking Thorm, but he simply walks away and tells Z'rell to deal with it, and the whole area becomes hostile.
After dealing with the goblins, Z'rell must be reported to. She's up the stairs behind the throne in the audience chamber. Speak to her, and she telepathically connects with the party to see how the goblins died. Next, she tries to figure out if the party is loyal to the Absolute. The party can attempt to distract her with romantic thoughts of their love interest (Persuasion DC 14), fill their mind with fake love for the Absolute (Deception DC 14), distract her with their hunger for power, or use a special dialogue for Monks, Rogues, or Fighters.
If successful, Z'rell gives the party a new task - track down Balthazar, a servant of Thorm's who the cult has lost contact with. He was last seen at the Thorm Mausoleum. Z'rell gives the party a key to his room and instructs them to take a Moonlantern and touch nothing else. However, the party can access a secret area in his room in order to start .
Alternative Ways to Acquire the Quest[edit | edit source]
There are two other ways to start the quest beyond speaking to Z'rell. The party can either pickpocket the key to Balthazar's room or loot it from Z'rell's corpse. Entering his room, Balthazar's Diary reveals his activities. If Minthara is a member of the party, she also encourages the party to search Balthazar's room to find answers on the relic.
If the party drinks with Thisobald Thorm in the Waning Moon, they can learn a little bit more about Thorm's secrets. After drinking three times with him, Thisobald starts ranting. "I - I know you. I knew, I know, I am knowing. You want father's personal mysterious - (secret) - secret. No, not, never! Father said, ordered, commanded. Don't say it, don't say it! The cage. Her cage. Talk and... perish, die, buried. Buried in Thorm tomb. Father told me." This grants a hint as to Thorm's relic.
The Relic[edit | edit source]
Pursuing Balthazar leads the party to Grand Mausoleum. The Grand Mausoleum is north of the House of Healing. Enter the Mausoleum after being accosted by Raphael and there is a small puzzle to proceed forward. There are three paintings with buttons underneath them, press them in the following order to open the way: Moonrise Towers, Grief, General. Move north using the traversal gem to enter the Gauntlet of Shar.
Gauntlet of Shar[edit | edit source]
The party must overcome each of Shar's trials and collect the Umbral Gems to gain access to the Shadowfell. They may also find and either ally with or kill Balthazar.
Shadowfell[edit | edit source]
WARNING: Entering Shadowfell locks the party out of many side quests, and pushes the party to the end of Act Two!
If Balthazar was not killed, he arrives in the Shadowfell immediately after the party, thanking them for their service in completing the trials. He floats ahead and tells the party to come with him to witness greatness. Once the party leaps to the heart of the Shadowfell, they learn the Nightsong is not an object, but an aasimar woman named Dame Aylin who has been held captive by Thorm using the power of Balthazar to share her immortal life with him:
- Wait - the Nightsong is a person?
- What are you going to do to her?
- I can't let you take her
- My companion has her own plans for this one. Stand down. (if Shadowheart is present) +5
- [OATHBREAKER] You cannot bind a person to the needs of another. Free her. Now.
- [PALADIN] She is a person - not a thing to be used. On my oath, she will be freed.
- [MINTHARA] Impressive work, Balthazar, but you are not needed anymore. The Nightsong is our sacrifice.
- [WIZARD] The Nightsong's a person? Balthazar, this is an affront to the Weave itself.
- [ROGUE] If I'd known you were hunting a person, I'd have charged for my services.
After this, the party can deal with Balthazar:
- If she's the reason Ketheric Thorm is invulnerable, you're not taking her. Leave, or you're a dead man. +1 +1 +1 +1 +1
- Go on, then. Take the Nightsong to Ketheric. Get it over with. -5 -1 -1 -1
- [BERSERKER] ROAR AT THE NECROMANCER.
- [BARBARIAN] I agree - no more questions. More blood. YOURS.
- [SHADOWHEART] [EVIL CLERIC] You are the one who interferes - in Lady Shar's bidding. For that, you must die.
- [EVIL CLERIC] I care not for the holy creature - but you tricked me, necromancer. For that: you die.
- The Nightsong is angel-born. It deserves freedom. +1 +1 +1 +1 +1
- [CLERIC OF SELÛNE] [GOOD CLERIC] The Moonmaiden's light dances around this one... You will harm her no more, necromancer. +1 +1 +1 +1 +1
- [GOOD CLERIC] You will torture this angel-born no longer, necromancer. +1 +1 +1 +1 +1
- Attack him. +1 +1 +1 +1 +1
Once Balthazar is dealt with, the party can then decide to free Aylin.
If Shadowheart is in the party, she can kill the Nightsong and become the Dark Justiciar she always dreamed she'd be, or she can be convinced to spare her.
If Shadowheart is not brought along, then she immediately confronts the party for denying her the destiny she'd always dreamed of. She leaves the party. Additionally, the Nightsong can only be killed by Shadowheart - otherwise, attempting to do so does nothing but annoy Dame Aylin.
If the Nightsong is freed, she thanks the party. If Shadowheart spared her, then she throws the Spear of Night into the abyss of the Shadowfell. However, Dame Aylin grants her a new weapon as thanks - the Moonlight Glaive. Then, Aylin flies off to face Thorm. After leaving the Shadowfell, Lady Shar subjects Shadowheart to unimaginable torment before sending her back to the mortal realm, and Shadowheart loses her favour. After completing , upon speaking to Dame Aylin in camp, Shadowheart will be rewarded with Selûne's Spear of Night.
If Shadowheart kills the Nightsong, she becomes the Dark Justiciar and gains Shar's Spear of Evening. However, the party loses a valuable ally in the Nightsong. There is a major consequence for Last Light Inn due to Shadowheart's actions. Isobel is overwhelmed and unable to sustain her protection magic over the Inn, causing all within to fall to the shadow curse. Shadowheart refers to this as cleansing the resistance to Lady Shar's will. Additionally, unlike instances where Isobel is kidnapped in , Jaheira is nowhere to be found and does not aid the party in the Last Light Inn fight.
Shadowheart has a secondary approval system, influencing the choices in Nightsong Points.
and Find Ketheric Thorm's Relic. For more information, seeConfronting Ketheric[edit | edit source]
The final meeting with Ketheric can go very differently depending on if the party aided him or sabotaged him. However, it always results in fighting against Ketheric. If the party released the Nightsong, they're prompted to go to Moonrise Towers and assault it, resulting in a showdown with Thorm at the top of the tower. If the party allowed Balthazar to kidnap the Nightsong, they report back to Z'rell and are either charged with a new mission,
, or sent to the top of the tower to receive judgment from the Absolute.