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===Act Three ===
===Act Three ===
If blood was donated in Act 2, Araj can be found again in the [[Lower City]] of Baldur's Gate in [[Act Three|Act 3]]. As the party approaches her shop, Crimson Draughts, just east of [[The Blushing Mermaid]], a series of explosions will trigger and Araj will come running out on fire, yet thrilled. She praises the character, as their blood has given her a breakthrough of such magnitude she expects the drow Grand Matriach will restore her disgraced house, House Oblodra. The blood proved able to attach to even "the trickiest of substances," unlike anything she'd encountered before.<ref>Act Three, Crimson Draughts basement. "A Breakthrough at Last"
If blood was donated in [[Act Three]], Araj can be found again in the [[Lower City]] of Baldur's Gate in [[Act Three|Act 3]]. On approaching her shop, Crimson Draughts, just east of [[The Blushing Mermaid]], a series of explosions will trigger and Araj runs out on fire, yet thrilled. She praises the character, as their blood has given her a breakthrough of such magnitude she expects the drow Grand Matriach will restore her disgraced house, House Oblodra. The blood proved able to attach to even "the trickiest of substances," unlike anything she has encountered before.<ref>Act Three, Crimson Draughts basement. "A Breakthrough at Last"


The sample of blood that adventurer gave me was a rare find! It is hot, ready, unyielding. After spinning it for an hour, it didn't separate.
The sample of blood that adventurer gave me was a rare find! It is hot, ready, unyielding. After spinning it for an hour, it didn't separate.
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Liquid gold, sal, sulphur and mercury, hair, chalk, and clay. It will make a special brew, able to adapt to any elemental quality. But which to choose?</ref>
Liquid gold, sal, sulphur and mercury, hair, chalk, and clay. It will make a special brew, able to adapt to any elemental quality. But which to choose?</ref>


If Astarion did not bite Araj in Act 2, she'll flirtatiously attempt to offer it once more. Astarion has now steeled his resolve and will forcefully refuse.
If Astarion did not bite Araj in Act 2, she flirtatiously attempts to offer it once more. Astarion has now steeled his resolve and will forcefully refuse.


Araj is a trader in Act 3 as well, primarily retaining her inventory from Act 2.
Araj is a trader in [[Act Three]] as well, primarily retaining her inventory from Act 2.


If Araj was killed in Act 2, or no character donated their blood, Araj will be missing from her store and the explosions will not trigger on approach.
If Araj was killed in [[Act Two]], or no character donated their blood, Araj is not at her store and the explosions do not trigger on approach.


====Mysterious Potion====
====Mysterious Potion====
After following Araj into her bombed-out shop, she'll breathlessly encourage the character to finish the research, and drink her new formula: Formula Gruna. The entire party urges them not to drink it. If accepting the potion and then leaving her shop without gulping it, she will interject and insist, if refused she'll turn hostile.  
After following Araj into her bombed-out shop, she breathlessly encourages the player character to finish the research, and drink her new formula: Formula Gruna. The entire party urges them not to drink it. If accepting the potion and then leaving her shop without gulping it, she interjects and insists, if refused she turns hostile.  


Drinking the offered {{SmRarityItem|Mysterious Potion}} will deal 1d4 [[Slashing]] damage to the character and triggers a small explosion around them. The character then gains the permanent {{Passive inline|Unstable Blood}} feature, causing them to bleed out {{Area|Unstable Blood}} surfaces when hurt. When these surfaces are exposed to flame, they explode, and turn into {{Area|Fire}} surfaces.
Drinking the offered {{SmRarityItem|Mysterious Potion}} deals 1d4 [[Slashing]] damage to the character and triggers a small explosion around them. The character then gains the permanent {{Passive inline|Unstable Blood}} feature, causing them to bleed out {{Area|Unstable Blood}} surfaces when hurt. When these surfaces are exposed to flame, they explode, and turn into {{Area|Fire}} surfaces.


When spoken to next, Araj will be pleased to see they did not die, and excited at the results. She giddily deems the character the "world's first ''detonative exsanguinator.''" In parting, and with no qualms at having so risked the character's life, she'll offer to provide another explosive in exchange for a nominal fee: another blood donation.
When spoken to next, Araj is pleased to see, that they did not die, and excited at the results. She giddily deems the character the world's first ''detonative exsanguinator''. In parting, and with no qualms at having risked the character's life, she offers to provide another explosive in exchange for a nominal fee: another blood donation.


Agreeing to donate blood again will cause the character to take 2 damage, but gain a {{SmRarityItem|Sanguine Explosive}}. Beware that refusing to hand over any more blood will turn her permanently hostile.
Agreeing to donate blood again will cause the character to take 2 damage, but gain a {{SmRarityItem|Sanguine Explosive}}. Refusing to hand over any more blood turns her hostile.


Thereafter, Araj will accept blood donations once per long rest, gaining two Sanguine Explosives in her trader inventory each time.
Thereafter, Araj accepts blood donations once per long rest, gaining two Sanguine Explosives in her trader inventory each time.


====Crimson Draughts====
====Crimson Draughts====
{{hatnote|1=Main article: [[Crimson Draughts]]}}Crimson Draughts is Araj Oblodra's apothecary in Lower City – seemingly for some time before the events of the game. Araj has been operating what appears to be a legitimate business selling potions to infirm citizens. However, [[HELP|a note found inside]] Crimson Draughts' mailbox reveals that the insane drow alchemist has been swapping some orders with her own tinctures, causing horrific injury.
Araj's shop [[Crimson Draughts]] is her apothecary in Lower City – seemingly for some time before the events of the game. Araj has been operating what appears to be a legitimate business selling potions to infirm citizens. However, [[HELP|a note found inside]] Crimson Draughts' mailbox reveals, that the drow alchemist has been swapping some orders with her own tinctures, causing horrific injuries.


Downstairs, untouched by the explosions, {{SmRarityItem|Glory to the House of Oblodra}} reveals the true purpose of her research. She intends to resurrect an army of the dead and reinstate the defunct House Oblodra; and if rebuffed, to use explosives to kill all in the Drow city of Menzoberranzan, and rule as queen over an undead populace.
Downstairs, untouched by the explosions, {{SmRarityItem|Glory to the House of Oblodra}} reveals the true purpose of her research. She intends to resurrect an army of the dead and reinstate the defunct House Oblodra; and if rebuffed, to use explosives to kill all in the Drow city of {{FRWiki|Menzoberranzan}}, and rule as queen over an undead populace.


Whether through [[Sleight of Hand|lockpicking]] or using the key nearby, venturing into the shop's basement reveals Araj's small laboratory. Makeshift cells contain the less-voluntary  participants, with humans and beasts chained to the wall or mutilated. The butchered corpse of a [[Spectator]] can be found near her research table.
Whether through [[Sleight of Hand|lockpicking]] or using the key nearby, venturing into the shop's basement reveals Araj's small laboratory. Makeshift cells contain the less-voluntary  participants, with humans and beasts chained to the wall or mutilated. The butchered corpse of a [[Spectator]] can be found near her research table.
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