Part 114: Chapter CXI - A good idea. (Oh, a full appreciation of that girl fighting without the need to participate with my spells. What a delight.)
Chapter CXI - A good idea. (Oh, a full appreciation of that girl fighting without the need to participate with my spells. What a delight.)We're actually going to make some headway this time around, go figure.
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Even Anomen gets some hits in.
![:allears: :allears:](../Smilies/emot-allears.gif)
![](2-Jaheira_Nalia.png)
I was starting to miss Jaheira already so she's back.
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The first time I did her romance I found it to be really hard, probably because my English wasn't quite up to snuff.
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We're heading to Portpentyrch, the town Elminster told us about.
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Aside from monsters the town seems to be completely deserted.
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Anomen talks a bit about his father while we're exploring.
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We find this journal in one of the houses.
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Great-looking area though. The lighthouse is locked, also take note of the shipwreck.
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The place we need to go to is this shack.
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Looks like we're going to have to check out this lighthouse.
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We also pick this thing up before leaving, it might come in handy.
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Going up the lighthouse we run into the Red Wizard, sorta.
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There's a tanar'ri at the top that has another errand for us.
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We use the pickhammer to open a passage in this cave here.
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It's filled with enemies, as expected.
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After a certain point we can't continue, we keep getting teleported back. We might have to double back to the lighthouse.
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...God damn it, looks like it's back to Athkatla for us.
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To the West Government district, to be exact.
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There's a couple of sidequests and things to find here, this being the most memorable one.
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More romance talk.
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After checking every available house we finally find the person we were looking for, looks like we'll have to wait a bit before we can talk to her again.
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Some wizard comes looking for Edwin but Vichan ain't no snitch.
![:colbert: :colbert:](../Smilies/emot-colbert.gif)
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When we come back Ceinwen seems to be gone.
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Ugh, Cowled Wizards blow...
She gives us a sidequest but we haven't progressed far enough in the main quest to reach that area yet.
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Charlatans...
![:argh: :argh:](../Smilies/emot-argh.gif)
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Great, time to head back once again.
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Anomen, you blowhard.
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To continue this quest we have to kill a vampire kid in the catacombs. Specifically in an area we can't actually reach yet.
I guess that means we'll have to shelf this particular quest and save it for later.
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I decided to use Tazok's key in the sewers so we could beat up the mind flayers hiding out there.
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Sandrah actually has something to say about the situation. This would've continued if I had Check the Bodies installed but unfortunately that isn't the case.
![:doh: :doh:](../Smilies/emot-doh.gif)
...You know what? Screw it. I think I've dawdled long enough, time to head to Barterman's to sell about 30000 GP's worth of gear so I have enough money to get to the next chapter.
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And just like that Valen shows up to invite us to the Graveyard District, with a twist!
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Could it be...?
(And really, we're going to give Skie a hard time for being talkative when we have Sandrah in the party!?)
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More on that later, we have to get to a temple first!
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The ritual seems to have been a success!
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Looks like we won't have to wait long before our names are cleared! I guess having Skie back amongst the living is okay as well.
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Sandrah's right, maybe it's best if we start looking for some alternatives.
Let's try the government district first.
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I guess we're supposed to overhear this conversation somehow. This might be worth looking into!
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Yet another mysterious stranger offers to get us the hell out of Dodge.
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Normally I'd end things here but there's one area of Athkatla we haven't visited yet.
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I'm not going to showcase this area in great detail, we're just here for the Sandrah content.
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Letting Sandrah participate in the fighter's tournament nets us yet another piece of OP gear.
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Irenicus doesn't stand a chance!
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Plenty of options to choose from, we'll save the actual choice for next time.