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Balduran's new acceptance of its illithid form caused a wedge to form between it and its close companion, the dragon {{CharLink|Ansur}}. Ansur attempted to kill Balduran as it slept, believing this would be a merciful death. The Emperor sensed the attempt, and in its struggle to protect itself from being murdered, it killed Ansur in self-defence. {{ref|Dialogue with [[Ansur]].|name=ansur}} | Balduran's new acceptance of its illithid form caused a wedge to form between it and its close companion, the dragon {{CharLink|Ansur}}. Ansur attempted to kill Balduran as it slept, believing this would be a merciful death. The Emperor sensed the attempt, and in its struggle to protect itself from being murdered, it killed Ansur in self-defence. {{ref|Dialogue with [[Ansur]].|name=ansur}} | ||
After Ansur's death, Balduran came to be called the Emperor as it used its newfound psychic influence to rule Baldur's Gate from the shadows. For | After Ansur's death, Balduran came to be called the Emperor as it used its newfound psychic influence to rule Baldur's Gate from the shadows. For years it made its haven under the Elfsong tavern, keeping various sentimental knick knacks from its time as Balduran. | ||
[[File:Balduran4.png|left|thumb|200px|''I had the fortune of meeting Duke Stelmane. We formed a partnership'']] | [[File:Balduran4.png|left|thumb|200px|''I had the fortune of meeting Duke Stelmane. We formed a partnership'']] | ||
During | During that time it also came to be associated with the Knights of the Shield, a lawful and neutral evil conglomerate of politicians and merchants manipulating events behind the scenes. {{CharLink|Belynne Stelmane|Duke Stelmane}} was a major figure of this secret society, acting as the Emperor's envoy while it secretly kept her enthralled. {{note|name=stelmaneModule}} | ||
Sometime before the events of the game, {{CharLink|Enver Gortash}} and [[the Dark Urge]] captured the Emperor, and brought it back under the thrall of the Moonrise Elder Brain, who was now wearing the Crown of Karsus and had become the Netherbrain masquerading as the [[Absolute]]. The Netherbrain, sought to have all three Chosen of the Dead Three killed, and specifically picked the Emperor, unbeknown to it, to lead a team of illithids on a nautiloid to search for and steal from the [[Githyanki]] the Astral Prism containing their prince, Orpheus.{{ref|[[The Netherbrain]]'s dialogue to the player character at the [[Morphic Pool]].}}{{clear}} | Sometime before the events of the game, {{CharLink|Enver Gortash}} and [[the Dark Urge]] captured the Emperor, and brought it back under the thrall of the Moonrise Elder Brain, who was now wearing the Crown of Karsus and had become the Netherbrain masquerading as the [[Absolute]]. The Netherbrain, sought to have all three Chosen of the Dead Three killed, and specifically picked the Emperor, unbeknown to it, to lead a team of illithids on a nautiloid to search for and steal from the [[Githyanki]] the Astral Prism containing their prince, Orpheus.{{ref|[[The Netherbrain]]'s dialogue to the player character at the [[Morphic Pool]].}}{{clear}} | ||