My Dread Lady, Chapter 39
Things look downer than down for some of the Forsaken but some help may be closer than they think. Jaina is welcomed home and happy to be so but finds herself reflecting on Sylvanas’ erratic behaviour.
”Pained?”
”Yes?”
”Why are people so stupid sometimes?”
Pained thought about it for a moment, or possibly she was gauging Jaina’s mood.
”I honestly think it is the feeble noses.”
”The…? What?”
”Beasts can just smell what the issue is about, plain and simple. People need to talk it over all the time and mess it up by not saying what they are truly thinking.”
”Then I can only suggest you sleep on it and send this letter tomorrow at least.”
”You’re probably right. It will have to be tomorrow night then since I wrote good night in the letter. Good night, Pained.”
”Good night. Oh, and Lady Jaina?” Pained turned around by the door and looked somehow more firmly at her.
”Yes?”
”First, no running off anywhere on your own no matter what ships moor outside our harbour, young lady. Secondly, stay in the den, my cub.”
”I promise. For now.”
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Dark Rangers be like:
"It's Kalira's turn on the braincell today."
"But I have a hot date!"
"I need to guard Dark Lady's room today with this idiot!"
"You're the idiot!"
"So as you can see the braincell can't go to Anya!"
"Wasn't it meant for Delaryn?"
"But she has a free day today with nothing to do!"
"So we are all in favour that the braincell can't go to Delaryn today?"
"AYE!!"
"..."
"So where is the braincell?"
"Oh, Kalira left with it five minutes ago."
"..."
"At least Delaryn doesn't have it."
"Aye!"
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Comprehensive Dead Three Timeline
Outdated! I've made a new timeline!
Obviously there's varying amounts of speculation here, but I believe this is as close to a reasonable order of events as can be achieved with current, in-game information
1460s
Enver Flymm sold to Raphael by his parents, renamed Gortash
Gortash learns about the Crown of Karsus while a prisoner of Raphael
1470s
Gortash escapes the House of Hope
Gortash gets involved with black market arms dealing
Durge begins their serial killing spree in Baldur’s Gate
The Emperor dominates Duke Stelmane
1480s
Gortash establishes a cult of Bane in Baldur’s Gate
Gortash approaches Durge about an alliance
Hall of Wonders test mission
- Durge gets Bhaalist memorabilia
- Gortash gets a bunch of Gondian designs
- Durge & Gortash get companionship
Gortash trades Karlach to Zariel for infernal machinery & iron
Baldur’s Gate’s Beloved Ranger statue goes missing
Gortash recruits Franc Peartree to distribute infernal iron weapons
Gortash moves against the Zhentarim & Knights of the Shield
Wyll Ravengard enters pact with Mizora, leaves Baldur’s Gate
1490s
Dead Three made aware of the Crown of Karsus (most likely informed by Gortash)
- Gortash becomes Bane’s Chosen
- Durge becomes Bhaal’s chosen
- Gortash & Durge are instructed to recruit Ketheric
Gortash tells Durge about the Crown of Karsus
They visit Ketheric and learn of the illithid colony under Moonrise
Gortash & Durge visit the House of Hope (for intel on Mephistar?)
Gortash & Durge raid Mephistar
- They get the Crown of Karsus
- They get the book on the accelerated grand design
Gortash captures the Emperor
Gortash & Durge return to Moonrise
- Their identities are kept secret from Ketheric’s people
- Durge impresses the Moonrise Gnolls, but not Steelclaw
- Ketheric yells at Durge in the throne room for unknown reason
Durge proposes their plan to the Elder Brain who accepts
Raid on the illithid colony
- Durge puts the Crown on the Elder Brain
- Orin gets Durge alone during the raid & stabs them in the head
- Orin tadpoles Durge, making them the first True Soul
- Orin leaves Durge in an illithid pod
- Orin tells the Chosen she now speaks for the Temple of Bhaal
- Orin likely told Gortash, Ketheric, and Balthazar something vague about Durge’s disappearance being related to Durge’s religious crisis and let their imaginations do the rest
1492
Durge breaks out of their pod & is found by Kressa Bonedaughter
Gortash gets weird and intense with unethical experiments
- Some futzing to get the tadpoles to consistently remain in stasis
- This is when the name ‘True Souls’ gets coined
- Extremely questionable fun with brains
- Getting the Absolute’s voice sorted out
- Tadpoling his parents
- Poorly conceived experiments on children & their parents
Isobel is resurrected by the Dead Three
Minsc captured by Absolutists at recruitment rally in the Undercity
Minthara Baenre is recruited by Orin and Ketheric
Gortash has the Iron Throne converted to hold hostages
Gortash presents prototype Steel Watcher to the city council
Jaheira tracks cult to shadow-cursed land, meets Isobel
Elturel falls into Avernus
The brain sends the Chosen dreams about the Astral Prism
Gortash researches the Prism, finds out that Vlaakith has it
Gortash tells Ketheric to send a team to get the Prism
- A nautiloid piloted by the Emperor and other illithid is sent
- Kressa’s husband arranged for Durge to be on the nautiloid
Gortash deploys Steel Watch in Lower/Outer City
At this point Elturel is no longer in Avernus
Nautiloid picks up Shadowheart & the Prism from Astral Plane
Nautiloid picks up Lae’zel (?)
Nautiloid picks up Gale (?) & Astarion in Baldur's Gate
Nautiloid picks up Karlach & Wyll in Avernus
Nautiloid crashes, game begins
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A Haunted Hallows Eve, Chapter 3
Sylvanas enacts her genius plan to prank Jaina by offering her literally the night of her dreams. Dreams which Sylvanas has personal first-hand experience with.
Azeroth can rest peacefully knowing that their top leadership is busy playing dress-up.
“If you are Lady Moon and Vereesa Little moon, would I be a Sailor Moon now?” Jaina asked while she turned to look at herself from the side.
“Keep up the good work Miss Proudmoore and maybe you will join this family of lunatics sooner than you think.” Sylvanas flashed her a pearly grin.
“Let’s hear a growl!” Jaina suggested.
“What – no.”
“Come on. What kind of frostsaber would you be if you don’t growl? Just a little one?”
“You are so pretty when you’re thinking, do you know that?” The Frostsaber Queen caressed her cheek with a fuzzy gloved paw. “Tell me what devious deviant things that go on in there. I have only caught a glimpse after all.”
But the singing she could un-live without, Sylvanas thought.
“Soft banshee, warm banshee, little ball of fur…” Jaina rocked her slightly. “Happy banshee, sleepy banshee, purr, purr, p –
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