Baelen Bonecloak: Difference between revisions

At [[Bonecloak's Apothecary]], if he was not given the Noblestalk, Baelen can be found cheerfully tending to the shop, greeting any customers that approach. Going through {{SmRarityItem|Derryth's Journal|Derryth's journal}} upstairs in this iteration reveals that, at some point in the past, Derryth was especially sick of Baelen's drinking and abuse after their return from one Underdark expedition and vowed in writing ''if he hits me again, he's going to find some {{SmRarityItem|Wyvern Toxin}} in his porridge the next morning'', an outburst she herself is surprised at later on, amending that she should hide her journal lest people get the wrong idea.

If Baelen was given the Noblestalk previously, he can instead be found alone at his shop, having taken over the inventory that Derryth was previously selling. It appears Derryth had run off one night, fearing his wrath for using him. However, seeing as how there are Absolutists in the city and [[Investigate the Murders|a murderer]] terrorizing the citizenry, there is not much for him to complain about as he has not had any unfortunate run-ins with them so far. He even goes as far to joke that, with any luck, the trouble will end up finding Derryth instead. Should the party condemn him, states that it is what he does to make ends meet, assuming that the party has likewise not been able to get to Baldur's Gate without getting their hands dirty. In this iteration, Derryth's journal will instead talk about how she regrets how the years she's spent suffering under her husband had hardened her heart and made her as cold as Baelen was. And while she has been able to put up with him in the past, the simple return of Baelen's old self has killed her spirit more than any of his past abuse ever did, so she has resolved to leave him.

Should Baelen not survive his Underdark expedition, Derryth can be found alone at Bonecloak's. While she is outwardly as abrasive as ever, she turns melancholy when thinking of her late husband, stating that they both deserved better than how their lives turned out. She reckons that Baelen's soul found its way to the {{FRWiki|City of Judgement}}, wasting away unclaimed as a faithless.{{ref|''"We both of us deserved better than life gave us. Now he's off in the City of Judgement, probably wasting away unclaimed, the old heathen. And I'm here. Alone."''}} Her journal in this iteration will concur that Derryth dearly misses her husband, and that she has been thinking of using their own merchandise to cope, though she rebuffs herself, stating that doing so was the very reason Baelen lost his own mind.