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== Involvement ==
== Involvement ==
=== Last Light Inn ===
=== Last Light Inn ===
When the party reaches [[Last Light Inn]], {{CharLink|Jaheira}} is instantly wary of them and summons vines to stop them. She believes the party are True Souls. If Mol didn't survive [[Act One]], Marcus comes to vouch for the party, telepathically revealing that he is an Absolutist spy.
Upon reaching [[Last Light Inn]], {{CharLink|Jaheira}} is instantly wary of them and summons vines to stop the player character. She believes the party are [[True Souls]]. If Mol not survives [[Act One]], Marcus comes to vouch for the party, telepathically revealing that he is an Absolutist spy.


Revealing that Marcus is tadpoled to Jaheira will trigger a fight against him. He will have a [[Initiative#Surprised|surprise round]] where he will summon 13 [[Crawling Claw]]s and then disappear, returning to Moonrise Towers. However, he can be defeated here if members of the party have the passive {{SAI|Alert}} or drank an {{SmRarityItem|Elixir of Vigilance}}. Killing him here will prevent the abduction attempt when you first talk to {{CharLink|Isobel}}.
Revealing that Marcus is tadpoled to Jaheira triggers a fight against him. He has a [[Initiative#Surprised|surprise round]] where he summons 13 [[Crawling Claw]]s and then disappears, returning to Moonrise Towers. However, he can be defeated here if the party members have the passive {{SAI|Alert}} or drank an {{SmRarityItem|Elixir of Vigilance}}. Killing him here prevents the abduction attempt when first talking to {{CharLink|Isobel}}.


If Marcus wasn't killed earlier, when the party first goes to speak with Isobel on how to traverse through the Shadow-Cursed Lands, Marcus will show up on the balcony much to her shock. He will quickly reveal his loyalty to the Absolute and {{CharLink|Ketheric Thorm}}, urging Isobel to come with him to see the warlord.  
If Marcus is not killed earlier, he appears when first speaking with Isobel. He quickly reveals his loyalty to the Absolute and {{CharLink|Ketheric Thorm}}, urging Isobel to come with him to see the warlord.  


The party must make a critical choice here:
The party must make a critical choice here:
* Fighting against Marcus and his [[Winged Horror|Winged Horrors]] who will focus on taking down Isobel.
* Fighting against Marcus and his [[Winged Horror|Winged Horrors]], who focus on taking down Isobel.
* Turning against Isobel, making Marcus and the Winged Horrors allies. The rest of the inn won't be hostile at first though. Doing so will cause a huge divide with Jaheira and the [[Harpers]].
* Turning against Isobel, making Marcus and the Winged Horrors allies. The rest of the is not hostile at first though. However, doing so causes a huge divide with Jaheira and the [[Harpers]].


If Isobel is defeated, the barrier protecting the Last Light Inn will fade, letting the shadow curse in. Everyone except Jaheira and the party will either die or become [[Shadow-Cursed Undead (Condition)|Shadow-Cursed Undead]]. This will make multiple questlines end prematurely, and cause the party to lose traders ({{CharLink|Dammon}}, {{CharLink|Mattis}} and {{CharLink|Talli}}), who will no longer appear in [[Act Two]] and [[Act Three]].
If Isobel is not saved, the barrier protecting the Last Light Inn fades, letting the shadow curse in. Everyone except Jaheira and the party either dies or become [[Shadow-Cursed Undead (Condition)|Shadow-Cursed Undead]]. This results in multiple questlines ending prematurely, and causes the party to lose the traders ({{CharLink|Dammon}}, {{CharLink|Mattis}} and {{CharLink|Talli}}), who do not appear in [[Act Two]] and [[Act Three]] anymore.


Marcus can be spoken to with {{SAI|Speak with Dead}}. When asked if he left anything valuable behind, he will answer with ''"Outside the inn... buried near graveyard... she found out..."''. Moving to the graveyard adjacent to Last Light Inn, there is a Flaming Fist's corpse {{Coords|-3|215}} directly east of the open graves where the {{SmRarityItem|Shield of Scorching Reprisal}} can be looted from. This implies that the dead [[Gnome]] Flaming Fist discovered Marcus' treachery, but was killed by him before she could warn the rest of the Fists and Harpers. A successful [[Perception]] check is needed to detect the rubble, and a subsequent [[Strength]] check is required to smash the rubble to find the body.
Marcus can be spoken to with {{SAI|Speak with Dead}}. When asked if he left anything valuable behind, he answers with ''"Outside the inn... buried near graveyard... she found out..."''. Moving to the graveyard adjacent to Last Light Inn, there is a [[Flaming Fist|Flaming Fist's]] corpse directly east of the open graves at {{Coords|-3|215}}, where the {{SmRarityItem|Shield of Scorching Reprisal}} can be looted from. This implies that the dead [[Gnome]] Flaming Fist discovered Marcus' treachery, but was killed by him before she could warn the rest of the Fists and Harpers. A successful {{Skill|Perception}} check is needed to detect the rubble, and a subsequent {{Ability|Strength}} check is required to smash the rubble to find the body.


If Marcus is killed while attempting to kidnap Isobel, his body can later be found in the grass to the north of the Last Light Inn, seemingly dumped there unceremoniously during the cleanup after the attack.
If Marcus is killed while attempting to kidnap Isobel, his body can later be found in the grass to the north of the Last Light Inn, seemingly dumped there unceremoniously during the cleanup after the attack.


===Moonrise Towers===
===Moonrise Towers===
If the player failed to protect Isobel and Marcus survived the fight in the [[Last Light Inn]], Marcus can be found inside Moonrise Towers, on the top floor near the door to {{CharLink|Balthazar|Balthazar's}} room.     
If Isobel is not saved and Marcus survived the fight in the [[Last Light Inn]], he can be found inside Moonrise Towers, on the top floor near the door to {{CharLink|Balthazar|Balthazar's}} room.     
If Isobel was knocked out and thus abducted alive, Marcus will also be alive. If, however, Isobel didn't survive the abduction, Marcus will be found dead, presumably killed by an angry {{CharLink|Ketheric Thorm}}.
 
If Isobel was knocked out and thus abducted alive, Marcus is also be alive. If, however, Isobel does not survive the abduction, Marcus can be found dead, presumably killed by an angry {{CharLink|Ketheric Thorm}}.


== Combat ==
== Combat ==
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