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(Entering [[Act Two]] from [[Grymforge]])
 
* Moonrise Towers lies ahead. We must venture on, however bleak the path.
==== [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]] ====
* Shrouded in no ordinary shadows. What evil lurks within such darkness?
* ''(Entering the Shadow-Cursed Lands for the first time):'' “Shrouded in no ordinary shadows. What evil lurks within such darkness?”
* ''(Responding remark):'' “Moonrise Towers lies ahead. We must venture on, however bleak the path.
* ''(Looking at the distorted land within Shadow Curse):'' “The very plates of the earth have been shattered by the magic of the shadow curse. Utterly fascinating - unless you happened to be standing on it, of course.”
* ''(Looking at the former battlefield):'' “The site of no ordinary skirmish. This was once a battlefield, and a bloody one too, judging by the number of bodies.”
* ''(Found old war machines, [[History]] check):''
** ''(Successful):'' “These siege engines... it's like walking into a military history book. A century old, I'd say.”
** ''(Failed):'' "This stuff's ancient. Abandoned to the elements for a long time, I'd say."
* ''(Found non-dousable torches):'' “Well now, this torch seems to be in strict opposition to being doused.”
** ''(Recognized the spell):'' “Must have been a wizard at work. I know a Continual Flame spell when I see one.”
▶'''''Note:''' Gale passes the [[Arcana]] check here automatically (as well as a Wizard avatar {{verify}})''
* ''(Found fresh flowers near [[Oliver|Oliver’s]] hovel, not knowing the story):'' “Wildflowers in bloom... A welcome sight, but a strange one...”
** ''(Knowing about him from [[Halsin]]):'' “A pocket of nature, thriving in the darkness. Just as Halsin predicted...”
* ''(Looking for Oliver in hide-and-seek game, [[Perception]] check):''
** ''(Successful):'' “Ah, I have you! Just a shame I don't want you.”
** ''(Failed):'' “Hells. I have better things to do than seek out unsettling little children.”
* ''(Met [[Rolan]] near the bridge to [[Reithwin Town]]):'' “Is that Rolan? Gods, his foolishness is enough to give wizards a bad name..”
 
'''Feeling the effect of the [[Shadow Curse]]:'''
* ''(Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, 1):'' “The shadows... feels like they're gnawing at my very being.”
** ''(Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, 2):'' “I can't linger in this darkness - I'm weakening by the moment.”
** ''(Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, 3):'' “ Agh... I'll be sucked dry of all life if I linger here...”
** ''(Responding remark 1):'' “I can barely think straight... this place saps the very thoughts from your mind.”
** ''(Responding remark 2):'' “Not sure... how much farther I can go...”
** ''(Responding remark 3 - looking for a solution):'' “We need to escape these shadows, while we still have the strength.”
* ''(Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, looking for light source):'' “Please... some light... dispel the darkness...”
** ''(Responding remark):'' “These shadows will be the death of me. We need light...”
** ''(Responding remark):'' “Yes, light. Before we are consumed entirely.”
** ''(Responding remark):'' “I need light... the darkness is consuming me...”
* ''(Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, answers to [[Shadowheart]] who doesn’t, 1):'' “They feed on me instead... I need light...”
** ''(Answer to Shadowheart 2):'' “It's my spirit draining... only light drives the shadows away...”
* ''(Negated the Curse with a light source):'' “Look at that. In this light there is shelter from the shadows.”
* ''(A torch snuffed out in deeper curse, 1):'' “Is it too much to ask for the blasted torches to stay lit?!”
** ''(Remark 2):'' “I'd gladly carry a pair of rancid britches on a stick right now, if they kept aflame.”
** ''(Remark 3):'' “Can't keep anything lit in this curse.”
** ''(Remark 4):'' “Damn. The curse has snuffed my light.”
 
'''Dealing with Shadow Curse victims:'''
* ''(Found the Dead Druid's Journal, [[Nature]] check):''
** ''(Successful):'' “Research notes - on the nature of the shadow curse. A most-fortuitous find.”
** ''(Failed):'' “Notes on the shadow curse. I sincerely hope its effects haven't spread past this region...”
* ''(Read graverobber’s note):'' “Ellie May. Passed by her grave earlier.”
** ''(Read graverobber’s note, saw the grave/got the [[Family Ring|ring]]):'' “The ring must be Ellie May's. Better in my hands than those of some graverobber, I say.”
** ''(Found Ellie May’s grave):'' “This grave has been disturbed. Must have been an animal, or whatever else lurks in this darkness.”
** ''(Found animal tracks near Ellie May’s grave):'' “Tracks of some sort. Looks like they lead downwards...”
** ''(Found animal’s burrow down the ledge):'' “My. If I'm not mistaken, someone seems to have misplaced their femur.”
** ''(Saw an animal killed by the Shadow Curse):'' “A withered creature, consumed by the shadow curse. A fate I hope we don't share.”
* ''(Saw the dead grove tieflings, [[Investigation]] check):''
** ''(Successful):'' “Seems like they put up a struggle - in vain.”
** ''(Failed):'' “Poor souls. They can rest now.”
* ''(Saw the dead cursed ox, Investigation check):''
** ''(Successful):'' “Its horns bear someone else's blood. It must have put up a fight.”
** ''(Failed):'' “Poor beast. It didn't deserve to die in fear.”
* ''(Saw the dead cursed ox’s master, [[Medicine]] check):''
** ''(Successful):'' “Flesh met horn - and flesh lost.”
** ''(Failed):'' “All the hallmarks of a miserable death.”
* ''(Found a dead raven nearby [[Last Light Inn]], ? check):''
** ''(Successful):'' “That corpse is tainted by the shadows, no doubt. Best avoided.”
** ''(Failed):'' “Charming. Seems like you can't even take flight to evade this shadow curse.”
'''Encounters with the drider and the pixie:'''
* ''(Took the [[Moonlantern]] from the [[Kar'niss|drider's]] corpse):'' “Now to make use of that lantern.”
* ''(Set [[Dolly Thrice]] free):'' “My, a pixie.”
** ''(Responding remark):'' “She'd put a sailor to shame with that mouth.”
* ''(Set Dolly free but angered her):'' “My, what an angry little pixie. She's practically turning the air blue.”
** ''(Responding remark to an angered pixie):'' “Feisty little darling, isn't she?”
* ''(Found drider’s route starting point 1):'' “The origin point of the drider's caravan, it seems.”
** ''(Found drider’s route starting point 2):'' “The drider's caravan must have came from here.”
* ''(Responding remark, defeated the drider 1):'' “At least they won't drag any more poor souls along in chains.”
** ''(Responding remark, defeated the drider 2):'' “At least they've herded their last prisoner.”
* ''(Responding remark, haven’t defeated the drider 1):'' “Cages, shackles, whips... all prepared to mete out misery on captives.”
** ''(Responding remark, haven’t defeated the drider 2):'' “A long march through dark, unfriendly lands. I don't envy them.”
 
'''Leaving Shadow-Cursed lands:'''
* ''(At the road to Baldur’s Gate):'' “These grounds look like they've been trampled by an entire horde of beasts. An army passed through here.”
* ''(If has seen the [[Absolute|Absolute’s]] army from the cemetery cliff):'' “The army of the Absolute is gone, marching west. Sooner or later the very walls of Baldur's Gate will tremble.”


==== [[Last Light Inn]]====
==== [[Last Light Inn]]====
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** ''(Responding remark to successful):'' “He terrorised everyone and everything between the woods of Cloak and Sharp Teeth. Odd place for him to end up, this.”
** ''(Responding remark to successful):'' “He terrorised everyone and everything between the woods of Cloak and Sharp Teeth. Odd place for him to end up, this.”
** ''(Failed):'' “Impressive specimen. Better off stuffed than stalking me, I daresay.”
** ''(Failed):'' “Impressive specimen. Better off stuffed than stalking me, I daresay.”
* (Looking at the graveyard behind the inn): “A hasty burial is still a burial. A small mercy, but one these fallen would have been grateful for.”
* ''(Found rocks piled by [[Marcus]], have spoken to him):'' “So this is Marcus' handiwork. That sick bastard.”
* ''(Found rocks piled by [[Marcus]], have spoken to him):'' “So this is Marcus' handiwork. That sick bastard.”
** ''(Not knowing the story):'' “A Flaming Fist, her face beaten beyond recognition. There was some sick individual at work here.”
** ''(Not knowing the story):'' “A Flaming Fist, her face beaten beyond recognition. There was some sick individual at work here.”
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** ''(Detector activated, Lae’zel rejected [[Voss]]):'' “The gith knight's device has activated. What is it trying to tell us?”
** ''(Detector activated, Lae’zel rejected [[Voss]]):'' “The gith knight's device has activated. What is it trying to tell us?”
* ''(After defeating gith hunters, Lae’zel spurned Vlaakith):'' “Voss spoke truly, both about the device, and Vlaakith's intentions. She is coming for us.”
* ''(After defeating gith hunters, Lae’zel spurned Vlaakith):'' “Voss spoke truly, both about the device, and Vlaakith's intentions. She is coming for us.”
** ''(After defeating gith hunters, Lae’zel rejected Voss):'' “So, it seems the device was activated by the presence of those githyanki hunters. Rather handy, that.”
** ''(Defeated gith hunters, Lae’zel rejected Voss):'' “So, it seems the device was activated by the presence of those githyanki hunters. Rather handy, that.”
 
==== [[Moonrise Towers]] ====
 
* ''(Read Melodia’s [[Letter to Ketheric]]):'' “It seemed Thorm's wife loved him deeply. Perhaps he was even a good man once...”
* ''(Feeling a ‘hangover’ upon LR after using [[Araj Oblodra|Araj Oblodra’s]] unique potion):'' “Offfph... I feel less-than-well...”
* ''(Reminding the avatar about [[Minthara]] after her trial):'' “Minthara's still locked in the cells below Moonrise. We should go back for her - she'd do the same for us. Probably.”
'''In [[Balthazar|Balthazar's]] study:'''
* ''(Found Balthazar’s book in his secret room, seq 1):'' “This 'Nightsong' is the source of Ketheric's invulnerability.”
** ''(Responding remark 1):'' “Its powers could prove useful. Especially if turned against Ketheric himself.”
** ''(Responding remark 2):'' “First, we have to find it. And I suspect he keeps it very, very well hidden.”
* ''(Found Balthazar’s book in his secret room, seq 2):'' “This 'Nightsong' is the source of Ketheric's invulnerability.”
** ''(Responding remark 1):'' “An evocative name. More suited to poetry than the Absolute's perversions.”
** ''(Responding remark 2):'' “Its powers could prove useful. Especially if turned against Ketheric himself.”
** ''(Responding remark 3):'' “First, we have to find it. And I suspect he keeps it very, ''very'' well hidden.”
* ''(Found Balthazar’s book in his secret room, seq 3):'' “So, the 'Nightsong' is the source of Ketheric's invulnerability. Perhaps its powers could be turned against him.”
** ''(Responding remark):'' “First, we have to find it. And I suspect he keeps it very, ''very'' well hidden.”
'''In the [[Moonrise Towers Prison]] and the [[Oubliette]]:'''
* ''(Approaching the prison):'' “The stench, the filth... gods, what a horror to be imprisoned in such a place.”
** ''(Responding remark):'' “If we plan to open the doors for these poor souls, we must do so quietly, or risk joining them.”
* ''(Found themselves in the prison after coming too close to the army):'' “Hmm. Perhaps facing down an army wasn't my wisest choice...”
** ''(Responding remark):'' “Not your wisest move, was it?”
* ''(Entered the [[Oubliette]] for the first time):'' “Look at it... This must be the place where sanity comes to drown.”
** ''(Returned to the Oubliette):'' “Yet another unwelcome opportunity to contemplate this ghastly abattoir.”
* ''(Investigating Oubliette, saw the colony through a flesh-wrought window):'' “A strange vista through that window... Unreachable from here, I'd surmise, but there must be another way down.”
* ''(Heard a screech in the Oubliette, has seen [[Hook Horror]]s):'' “So there's a hook horror down here. This is truly the pit that keeps on giving.”
** ''(Hasn’t seen Hook Horrors before):'' “My, the local fauna sounds appropriately terrifying.”
* ''(Climbing up from the Oubliette):'' “What was that place...?”
 
'''At the [[Moonrise Towers Rooftop]]:'''
* ''(Before entering the door to the rooftop to fight [[Ketheric]]):'' “Ketheric Thorm won't go down so easily. Best we ready ourselves - we're about to have quite the fight on our hands.”
* ''(Observing the landscape from the Moonrise rooftop):'' “Quite a view.”
* ''(On the rooftop, looking into the tentacle hole):'' “Where Ketheric leads, we've no choice but to follow.”


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