Idyllglen is one of the adventures in the campaign Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus.
| Relive history as the demon lord Yeenoghu assaults a town that Zariel swore to protect. | |||
| Requirement(s) | Must have completed "The Bleeding Citadel" | ||
| Objective(s) | |||
| Restriction(s) | |||
| Rewards(?) | Formation |
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Variants[]
The Madness of Yeenoghu[]
Reya Reborn[]
A Rider's Time to Shine[]
| Relive history while taking on devilish foes with Champions on the straight and narrow path. | ||||
| Requirement(s) | ||||
| Objective(s) | ||||
| Restriction(s) | 1-2 Spined Devils attack with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress. | |||
| Rewards(?) | Formation |
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| Patron: Mirt | ||||
| Patron: Vajra | ||||
| Patron: Strahd | ||||
| Patron: Zariel | ||||
| Patron: Elminster | ||||
Waves[]
| Type | Waves | Bosses | Favored By |
|---|---|---|---|
| armor-based | 0 | 3 | Binwin, Ezmerelda, Gazrick, Grimm, Hew Maan[WL 1], Lucius, Selise[WL 2], Windfall[WL 3], Wulfgar |
| beast | 22 | 0 | Imoen[WL 4], Jaheira[WL 4], Minsc[WL 4], Zorbu |
| demon | 29 | 6 | |
| devil | 3 | 1 | |
| elemental | 9 | 2 | |
| fiend | 14 | 6 | Brother Uriah[WL 5], Ezmerelda[WL 6], Farideh[WL 7], Havilar[WL 8], Jaheira[WL 4], Reya, Turiel, Wyll |
| flying | 3 | 0 | |
| gnoll | 18 | 2 | |
| hit-based | 1 | 0 | Binwin, Ezmerelda, Grimm, Hew Maan[WL 1], Windfall[WL 3] |
| human | 5 | 0 | Dynaheir, Ezmerelda[WL 9], Jaheira[WL 4], Kalix, Minsc[WL 4], Zorbu |
| humanoid | 23 | 2 | Dynaheir, Ezmerelda[WL 9], Jaheira[WL 4], Kalix, Minsc[WL 4], Zorbu |
| melee | 49 | 8 | |
| ranged | 6 | 2 |
Please add all the missing waves definition (with "0 & 0" or no values in case you don’t know them…) based on in-game’s "ENEMY TYPES" data mentionned on adventure’s starting/choice screen, place them between the header & the footer lines (which should remain untouched), and keep the monster-type lines sorted alphabetically. Thanks! (click this link for more info)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Only valid for Kleeb - [Middle Columns] - and only working against boss enemies if they have hits-based or armor-based health.
- ↑ Only valid with Selise’s Aggressive stance.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Only valid with Windfall’s Black Dragon's Corrosion specialization.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Only one type of monsters for a given Champion depending on the chosen specialization.
- ↑ Only valid with Brother Uriah’s Book of Exalted Deeds specialization.
- ↑ Only valid with Ezmerelda’s Guide to Fiends Feat.
- ↑ Only valid with Farideh’s Pact with Lorcan specialization, and all boss enemies also count as demonic Fiends for the purposes of all abilities that care about such things.
- ↑ See details about Havilar’s special mechanics.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Only valid with Ezmerelda’s Guide to Humanoids Feat.
| Wave | Tags | Monsters | Monster Tags | Image |
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| 1 | outdoors | Hyena | beast melee |
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| 2 | outdoors | Hyena | beast melee | |
| 3 | outdoors | Hyena | beast melee | |
| 4 | outdoors | Hyena, Gnoll | beast demon gnoll humanoid melee | |
| 5 | outdoors | Hyena x6, Gnoll x4 | beast demon gnoll humanoid melee | |
| Boss | outdoors | Gnoll Leader | boss demon gnoll humanoid melee | |
| 6 | outdoors | Hyena | beast melee |
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| 7 | outdoors | Hyena, Gnoll | beast demon gnoll humanoid melee | |
| 8 | outdoors | Hyena, Gnoll | beast demon gnoll humanoid melee | |
| 9 | outdoors | Hyena, Wild Dog | beast melee | |
| 10 | outdoors | Hyena x10 | beast melee | |
| Boss | outdoors | Hezrou | boss demon fiend armor-based melee | |
| 11 | indoors | Lesser Fire Elemental | elemental melee |
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| 12 | indoors | Lesser Fire Elemental | elemental melee | |
| 13 | indoors | Lesser Fire Elemental | elemental melee | |
| 14 | indoors | Hyena | beast melee | |
| 15 | indoors | Lesser Fire Elemental x6, Hyena x4 | beast elemental melee | |
| Boss | indoors | Fire Elemental | boss elemental ranged | |
| 16 | outdoors | Dretch, Idyllglen Guard | demon fiend human humanoid melee |
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| 17 | outdoors | Dretch, Idyllglen Guard | demon fiend human humanoid melee | |
| 18 | outdoors | Idyllglen Guard | human humanoid melee | |
| 19 | outdoors | Idyllglen Guard, Hyena | beast human humanoid melee | |
| 20 | outdoors | Gnoll x5, Hyena x5 | beast demon gnoll humanoid melee | |
| Boss | outdoors | Tanarukk | boss fiend melee | |
| 21 | outdoors | Hyena | beast melee |
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| 22 | outdoors | Hyena, Gnoll | beast demon gnoll humanoid melee | |
| 23 | outdoors | Dretch | demon fiend melee | |
| 24 | outdoors | Dretch, Vrock | demon fiend melee | |
| 25 | outdoors | Vrock x10 | demon fiend melee | |
| Boss | outdoors | Barlgura | boss demon fiend melee | |
| 26 | outdoors | Lesser Fire Elemental, Gnoll | elemental demon gnoll humanoid melee |
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| 27 | outdoors | Lesser Fire Elemental, Gnoll | elemental demon gnoll humanoid melee | |
| 28 | outdoors | Lesser Fire Elemental | elemental melee | |
| 29 | outdoors | Lesser Fire Elemental | elemental melee | |
| 30 | outdoors | Lesser Fire Elemental x10 | elemental melee | |
| Boss | outdoors | Fire Elemental | boss elemental ranged | |
| 31 | outdoors | Vrock | demon fiend melee |
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| 32 | outdoors | Vrock, Gnoll | demon fiend gnoll humanoid melee | |
| 33 | outdoors | Vrock | demon fiend melee | |
| 34 | outdoors | Gnoll | demon gnoll humanoid melee ranged | |
| 35 | outdoors | Hyena x5, Gnoll x5 | beast demon gnoll humanoid melee ranged | |
| Boss | outdoors | Gnoll King | boss demon gnoll humanoid melee | |
| 36 | outdoors | Dretch | demon fiend melee |
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| 37 | outdoors | Dretch, Vrock | demon fiend melee | |
| 38 | outdoors | Gnoll, Vrock | demon fiend gnoll humanoid melee | |
| 39 | outdoors | Gnoll | demon gnoll humanoid melee | |
| 40 | outdoors | Gnoll x10 | demon gnoll humanoid ranged | |
| Boss | outdoors | Barlgura | boss demon fiend melee | |
| 41 | outdoors | Hyena | beast melee |
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| 42 | outdoors | Hyena, Gnoll | beast demon gnoll humanoid melee | |
| 43 | outdoors | Gnoll, Burning Debris | demon gnoll humanoid static hit-based ranged | |
| 44 | outdoors | Hyena, Gnoll | beast demon gnoll humanoid melee ranged | |
| 45 | outdoors | Hyena x7, Gnoll x3 | beast demon gnoll humanoid melee ranged | |
| Boss | outdoors | Yeenoghu | boss demon fiend armor-based melee | |
| 46 | outdoors | Idyllglen Guard | human humanoid melee |
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| 47 | Hyena | beast melee | ||
| 48 | undeground | Spined Devil | devil fiend flying melee | |
| 49 | undeground | Spined Devil, Vrock | devil fiend flying demon melee | |
| 50 | undeground | Spined Devil x3, Vrock x7 | devil fiend flying demon melee | |
| Boss | undeground | Lucille | boss devil fiend armor-based melee |
Transcript[]
| Relive history as the demon lord Yeenoghu assaults a town that Zariel swore to protect. | ||||||
| Area | Goal | Quests & Cinematics | ||||
Bruenor: |
What in tha name o'... what's happenin'? | |||||
Celeste: |
We've been taken somewhere. It's so hard to focus. Is everyone here? | |||||
![]() Reya: |
No. Lulu's gone! Where are we? Where is the sword? | |||||
Calliope: |
I'd like to point out that wherever we are is most definitely on fire. And there's a hyena pack bearing down on us! Everybody freaking move! | |||||
| 1 | Defeat 25 Monsters | An unknown battle unfolds around you -- but figuring out where you are means needing to survive this hyena assault first! | ||||
Bruenor: |
That's sent them hyenas all yippin' away ta lick their wounds. But looks like they're already plannin' a counterattack. | |||||
Nayeli: |
With this fire, I assumed we'd been transported across Avernus. But those buildings... the sky. I think we're back in the world. I don't understand... | |||||
![]() Smiler: |
I'm going to say 'no' to that, friends. Oh, it looks real enough, to be sure. But trust Smiler to tell what's real from what isn't. Look for the horizon, and there's nothing there but a blur. We're not in Avernus or the mortal realm. This is... something else... | |||||
Celeste: |
Of course. I know what this is! Lulu's missing because she's the one creating this place. We've entered one of her dreams, like the ones Mad Maggie's ritual opened up to us in Fort Knucklebone. | |||||
Nayeli: |
But those were dreams of Avernus, showing us the route to the Bleeding Citadel. What is all this? | |||||
Celeste: |
I don't know. But figuring that out is going to mean fighting our way through it! Come on! | |||||
| 2 | Defeat 25 Monsters | As fast as you send these hyenas running, still more push into the fray! | ||||
Jarlaxle: |
Whoever was living in this town, I don't see any sign of them. This place is deserted. Is that a function of the dream, do you think? | |||||
Nayeli: |
If not, we can hope they all fled when this assault started. No, wait! Look there! There are survivors on the move! | |||||
Celeste: |
Wave them in. Get them behind us before the hyenas regroup. | |||||
Geylan: |
Oh, thank you! I'm Geylan, and Lathander be praised. We tried to get out when the gnolls came, but we were cut off. We've been praying someone would come to our aid. This is just like the old legends. They've come back to finish what they couldn't the first time. | |||||
Bruenor: |
I got even more questions now than I did when we got here. But let's start with askin' if ye can tell us where 'here' is? | |||||
Geylan: |
I don't understand. This is Idyllglen. Has Lathander not sent you? | |||||
Celeste: |
I fear that explaining who's sent us would take longer than we have. But I think I understand now. Friends, get clear of here. Get to safety. Leave this fight to us. | |||||
| 3 | Collect 25 Hyena paws | With survivors safely on the move, you need to hold these hyenas back. Turning a few of them into trophies might be the only way to disrupt their assault! | ||||
![]() Reya: |
Celeste, what the townsfolk said. This is Idyllglen? But it can't be. | |||||
Celeste: |
Yet I fear it is. Look around you. It all makes sense. | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
At the risk of losing all my credibility as a man about Faerûn, can either of you explain to the rest of us what you've obviously figured out? | |||||
Celeste: |
Idyllglen was a town threatened by gnolls ages ago. The archangel Zariel saved its people after being sent by Lathander. There'll be a statue of her here somewhere. It's said to be quite striking. | |||||
![]() Reya: |
But generations later, the gnolls returned. They marched with demons, and... Yeenoghu himself came, or so the stories go. Seeking vengeance on Zariel. She came again and vanquished Yeenoghu, but nearly too late. | |||||
Bruenor: |
And we been dragged here ta watch it happen? Back ta a dream o' Faerûn from back in tha past? But why? | |||||
![]() Reya: |
Yael knew. Lulu knew. We're here for a reason. There's something we're meant to learn, something we have to see. But until then, we need to hold back the tide of the gnoll attack until Zariel can get here. Come on! | |||||
| 4 | Defeat 25 Monsters | The gnolls laying waste to Idyllglen are seen at last! Take these raiders down! | ||||
| 5 | Defeat the Gnoll Leader | The leader of this gnoll pack tries to get their forces to regroup! Time to finish this fight! | ||||
Nayeli: |
First strike to us. But the gnolls will regroup. And from the sound of the history, there'll be worse to come. | |||||
Minsc: |
But we have edge of sorts, it seems to Minsc. We know what fight has come here. We know Zariel arrives. | |||||
Celeste: |
I think we know even more than that. Those cryptic phrases the ghost of Yael was sharing. 'Idyllglen doesn't have long, Lulu. History repeats itself.' She was setting up our mission here. So we need to remember what else she said. | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
I'll definitely make a point of jotting down the ramblings of incoherent spirits in future. But I admit I missed most of that, what with fighting for my life the whole time. | |||||
Nayeli: |
It doesn't sound like that's about to change. The hyenas are howling! Everyone move! | |||||
![]() Reya: |
More survivors fleeing gnolls. Quickly! Help them get clear. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Oi, friend! We's here ta help, but we're strangers ta yer town. Where should we be goin' ta be o' tha best use ta ye and yers? | |||||
Darrian: |
Thank Lathander you've come. I'm Darrian, acolyte to the Morning Lord. Those townsfolk who couldn't flee will likely seek refuge at the temple. We were heading there, but a gnoll pack cut us off. They're right behind us! | |||||
Nayeli: |
Then you'll come with us. Show us the way to the temple and we'll clear the path. Everyone reform ranks! Then find these gnolls and take them down! | |||||
| 6 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Your route to the temple is marked -- but you'll need to clear these hyenas from the burning streets to get there! | ||||
| 7 | Defeat 25 Monsters | As the hyenas redouble their assault, a force of gnolls wades into melee against you! | ||||
| 8 | Collect 25 Keys | These keys scattered along the entrance to the temple might be valuable. Grab them up! | ||||
Darrian: |
There! The temple! | |||||
Minsc: |
Minsc sees more townsfolk on move! Quickly, work to get everyone inside and safe. Champions will hold street! | |||||
Boo: |
Squeak! | |||||
Minsc: |
Yes, Boo. Statue of Zariel is just as lovely as Celeste says. | |||||
Nayeli: |
And let's hope she shows up in person quickly. I hear a howling in the distance that I don't like... | |||||
| 9 | Defeat 25 Monsters | The gnolls retreat as you reach the temple. But wild dogs push in with the hyenas to take up the fight! | ||||
Bruenor: |
Right, I think that's tha last o' tha townsfolk inside. And good timin', too. That howlin' Nayeli heard is gettin' closer. | |||||
Nayeli: |
I'm getting to know that sound. Those are the demons the story of Idyllglen was promising, and right on schedule. | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
I can see something coming in fast. And it's got an army of hyenas and wild dogs right behind it! | |||||
Nayeli: |
Reform ranks! Hold them back! Whatever happens, keep them out of the temple! | |||||
| 10 | Defeat the Hezrou | A demonic hezrou forces you to make a stand before the temple entrance. Take this fiend out! | ||||
Nayeli: |
One hezrou down. How many more to go? | |||||
![]() Reya: |
It looks as though we might get a brief respite before we find out. We should check inside the temple, make sure people are all right. | |||||
Calliope: |
We might want to check quick. I'm pretty sure I hear yelling coming from inside... | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
All right, so not so much yelling as a really loud sermon. That's quite something. | |||||
Jhessa: |
We will be redeemed! By the word and power of Lathander, our fate is ordained! For we have faced the fire before, and we will face it again, and the forces of good will be victorious! | |||||
Nayeli: |
It looks like it's doing the trick by keeping the townsfolk from being overwhelmed by fear. If it helps avoid panic, a little proselytizing never hurt anyone. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Oi! Is it just me, or am I hearin' other shoutin' comin' from tha back o' tha nave too? And why's tha light in here gettin' all orange-like? | |||||
Darrian: |
Fire! Fire in the temple! Something summons our doom! | |||||
Nayeli: |
It looks as though deciding to check inside was a timely choice. Let's go! | |||||
| 11 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Fire elementals have Lathander's temple under siege! Clear them out! | ||||
Jhessa: |
Soldnor Brightstar it was who turned back the darkness that long-ago day with faith! My ancestor, and the most faithful of Lathander! | |||||
Bruenor: |
Oi! Priest! I don't mean ta get in tha way o' any folk's beliefs, but this might be a good time ta stop tha sermon and help folks in keepin' tha temple from burnin' down! | |||||
Jhessa: |
If fire is Lathander's will, then so be it! The Morning Lord blessed the town with Zariel's arrival on that dark day! And by staying strong in our faith to Lathander, his blessing will be ours again! | |||||
Nayeli: |
Just give her a wide berth and help the others. And take these elementals down! | |||||
| 12 | Defeat 25 Monsters | As fast as you destroy them, still more elementals appear! | ||||
Celeste: |
I think we have the elementals under control. Or at the very least, while they're occupied fighting us, they can't be burning anything down. | |||||
Nayeli: |
I suspect that's good timing. I can hear hyenas outside -- and a lot of them, by the sound of it. Are the doors and windows here going to hold? | |||||
Bruenor: |
Doors look solid 'nuff, and we can get some townsfolk guardin' 'em. But these windows could use some shorin' up. Everybody with me! | |||||
| 13 | Collect 25 Wooden Boards | As you get the elementals under control, fortifying the windows with these boards will help prevent an assault from outside! | ||||
| 14 | Defeat 25 Monsters | A temporary reprieve in the elemental assault lets a hyena pack push in! Clear them out, and quickly! | ||||
| 15 | Defeat the Greater Fire Elemental | As the hyenas press you, a greater fire elemental leads a final onslaught of its lesser kin! Stand fast! | ||||
Jhessa: |
I say to you, all are part of Lathander's plan! And by his grace will Idyllglen be... honestly, can you all keep the noise down! | |||||
Bruenor: |
Finally! I was wonderin' what it would take ta get yer attention, priest. | |||||
Jhessa: |
That's Jhessa Brightstar to you, sir. I tell you, if you breaking the focus of my benediction interferes with our prayers to Lathander for salvation, you'll have to answer to a higher power. | |||||
Nayeli: |
Jhessa, I think it's clear that we're all on the same side here. And we thank you for your leadership in faith, which no doubt will make us protecting your town that much easier. | |||||
Jhessa: |
Yes, well... all of this is clearly Lathander's will. But we cannot let our prayers flag until Zariel is come. For she will come! I know it. | |||||
Nayeli: |
As it turns out, we know it too. But we can't tarry until then. There are demons coming, and... | |||||
Calliope: |
Time to go present tense on the warnings. The freaking demons are here! Everybody outside now! | |||||
Bruenor: |
Blasted dretches has tha place surrounded! But there's some good news! We got armed townsfolk behind 'em. We can pin 'em down quick. | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
I think you need to take a closer look at those guards. That doesn't look like the thrill of victory in their expressions. | |||||
![]() Reya: |
That slime all over them! It's put them in a state of madness! | |||||
Celeste: |
One of Yeenoghu's tricks. We'll need to take them out of the fight without hurting them badly! | |||||
| 16 | Defeat 25 Monsters | This squad of dretches should be easy targets. But the attacks of these corrupted guards are going to complicate this fight! | ||||
Nayeli: |
We're getting hemmed in here. We need more room to maneuver! | |||||
Bruenor: |
Start backin' up! Get clear o' tha temple, but keep these blighters' attention straight on us. We don't want 'em anywhere we can't see 'em! | |||||
| 17 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Keeping these fiendish forces focused on you means more safety for the town. Keep at them! | ||||
| 18 | Collect 25 Symbols of Lathander | Claiming these guards' symbols of Lathander might help shake them out of their madness! Quickly, now! | ||||
| 19 | Defeat 25 Monsters | The guards' madness begins to lift -- but a pack of hyenas pushes in to even the odds! | ||||
| 20 | Defeat the Tanarukk | The last guards have scattered, but the gnolls are back -- and they've brought a fiendish tanarukk with them! | ||||
Bruenor: |
Don't know if it's just me, but this fight feels like it's gettin' tougher. | |||||
Nayeli: |
It's not just you. The gnolls can't hold their own against us. But whatever demonic forces Yeenoghu is bringing into play are going to overwhelm us. | |||||
![]() Reya: |
Zariel will come. I know she'll come. We just need to hold on. | |||||
| 21 | Defeat 25 Monsters | The gnolls fall back in the hope that their hyena packs can finish you off! | ||||
| 22 | Defeat 25 Monsters | As the hyenas harry you, a gnoll strike team wades into the fray! | ||||
Bruenor: |
Oi! That's some monstrous horrid singin' comin' from ahead. Is that them gnolls? | |||||
Calliope: |
I might just be failing a lore check, but since when did gnolls take up choir? | |||||
Celeste: |
When they're summoning their dark god. They're chanting to welcome Yeenoghu. 'The Beast of Butchery is coming...' Yael said. | |||||
Calliope: |
Ah. Well, ask a stupid question... | |||||
| 23 | Collect 25 Singed Spell Scrolls | Dretches swarming around this destroyed magic shop are the vanguard of the demonic assault. Grab up some singed spell scrolls while you can! | ||||
| 24 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Packs of vrocks circling the town home in on you. Demonic forces are advancing! | ||||
Calliope: |
The vrocks are fighting too close together. They're slamming into each other. It doesn't make sense! | |||||
Bruenor: |
They's coverin' fer somethin' behind 'em. Tryin' ta keep us from seein' it. | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
They were doing us a favor, I think. Barlgura, coming in fast! | |||||
Nayeli: |
We need to stop this fiend in its tracks. Reform ranks on me! Then hit it hard! | |||||
| 25 | Defeat the Barlgura | As the vrocks step up their assault, a hulking barlgura wades into the fray! Stand fast! | ||||
Calliope: |
That's done it! With the big demon-ape down, the vrocks are scattering! | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
Worse news from behind us. The gnolls are regrouping. And whoever's summoning those fire elementals is working overtime. | |||||
Celeste: |
That'll be Yeenoghu's shamans, trying to create maximum chaos. So we need to get that chaos under control. | |||||
| 26 | Defeat 25 Monsters | While fire elementals continue to set the town ablaze, packs of gnolls stalk you. Take these reavers down! | ||||
| 27 | Defeat 25 Monsters | As hard as you hit them, the gnolls are quick to regroup! | ||||
Bruenor: |
Ha! That's got them hyena-headed cravens on tha run. If their numbers don't wear a foe down, they got no stomach fer a straight-up fight. | |||||
Nayeli: |
They seemed intent on keeping us from locking the fight down. Like they were guarding something up ahead. I think we should probably find out what. | |||||
| 28 | Collect 25 crossbows | As the pack falls back, a cache of crossbows left behind are revealed. Grab up these weapons before the gnolls return! | ||||
Jarlaxle: |
No sign of the gnolls regrouping. But that's a wall of fire elementals as far as the eye can see. | |||||
Celeste: |
If we let them run amok, there's no telling how much more damage they'll do. We need to keep them away from the buildings. Get their attention! Then let them focus on us! | |||||
| 29 | Defeat 25 Monsters | As fast as you disperse them, more of these fire elementals appear! You need to turn the tide before they burn Idyllglen to the ground! | ||||
Calliope: |
Well, that plan for focusing the elementals on us worked out great. We're freaking surrounded! | |||||
Minsc: |
Is fine. Is all part of clever plan to attract boss elemental to center of fight. We play to ego. Show fiery creature their power is all false bravado. Then we strike! | |||||
Calliope: |
I'm pretty sure that setup is supposed to end with a dance-off, not an elemental conflagration! Look out! | |||||
| 30 | Defeat the Greater Fire Elemental | Another greater fire elemental leads this destructive march! End this elemental threat now! | ||||
Bruenor: |
Oi! That was one hot fight, ta be sure. Everybody accounted fer still? | |||||
Celeste: |
All present and safe, if slightly singed. But the elementals have been dispersed. The townsfolk might have a chance at putting the worst of the fires out now. Assuming we can stand against whatever's next. | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
Do you remember enough of this little history lesson to tell what that might be? | |||||
Celeste: |
No. But I think I can guess... | |||||
| 31 | Defeat 25 Monsters | A wave of vrocks makes a move against the most significant threat standing against Yeenoghu's demonic horde -- you! | ||||
Nayeli: |
Gnolls inbound! They can tell these vrocks aren't making any headway against us. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Gotta quit fightin' on two sides if we're gonna make any headway here. Hold them gnolls at bay, but work on cuttin' these demons down ta size! | |||||
| 32 | Defeat 25 Monsters | A gnoll pack pushes in to shore up the vrocks' assault! | ||||
| 33 | Collect 25 Vrock Feathers | The vrock attack isn't letting up! Clipping these fiends' wings might slow them down! | ||||
Nayeli: |
The vrocks are scattering! Whoever's rallying the demons is figuring out that this fight isn't going to be as easy as they thought. | |||||
Minsc: |
Everyone be looking! Gnolls are moving to take up slack! | |||||
Nayeli: |
Good. If we have a chance to focus on the gnoll pack, we have a chance to break them. Hit them hard! | |||||
| 34 | Defeat 25 Monsters | As another wave of gnolls crashes into your front ranks, their archers try to pin you down from range! | ||||
Calliope: |
There! Straight on and moving in quick! That's one tall gnoll! | |||||
Nayeli: |
That'll be the leader, trying to regroup forces. So we need to take them down before they're successful! | |||||
| 35 | Defeat the Gnoll King | A gnoll king leads a hyena pack in under a hail of arrows! Take this leader down, and the resolve of the gnoll forces will shatter! | ||||
Bruenor: |
One gnoll kingpin down. One gnoll pack, runnin'. That's a good afternoon's work, if I don't mind me sayin' so. | |||||
Nayeli: |
I wish the work was over. But if Zariel doesn't arrive, I don't know how this fight is meant to end. Reya? Shouldn't she have been here by now? | |||||
![]() Reya: |
I don't know. But we're fighting the battle that needs to be fought. We're part of this, now and forever. That's what matters. | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
I'm not so sure. This is Lulu's dream, but whatever magic is bringing it to life is unbelievably potent. This whole moving-back-through-time thing is uncharted territory. What if by being here, we actually end up changing what happened? What if us being the heroes who save Idyllglen means Zariel doesn't have to show up at all? | |||||
Celeste: |
I can't say for certain. But that doesn't seem to fit the clues Yael gave us. 'The Morning Lord sends his angel. The Hellriders come...' | |||||
Calliope: |
There's something else coming first. The demons are on the move! | |||||
| 36 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Dretches are going house to house, destroying all they find. Send these fiends back to the darkness! | ||||
| 37 | Defeat 25 Monsters | The dretches are on the run, but aerial support from the vrock pack keeps you pinned down! | ||||
Calliope: |
Somebody's released the hounds. The freaking gnolls are back! | |||||
Bruenor: |
Stragglers from tha last wave. They won't be any trouble ta take down, but they're gonna get in our way. | |||||
Nayeli: |
They're ramping up for some kind of endgame. That chanting is getting even louder. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Well then, let's see if we can disrupt tha sing-along a bit. Oi! Everybody grab somethin' from what's been cleared outta these houses. Then throw down some furniture barricades ta slow them gnolls down! | |||||
| 38 | Collect 25 Chairs | As vrocks press you, stock up on old chairs to slow the gnolls' advance! | ||||
| 39 | Defeat 25 Monsters | A renewed assault against the gnolls drives them back. Keep pushing! | ||||
| 40 | Defeat the Barlgura | Another barlgura races into the fray, supported by gnoll archers! Look sharp! | ||||
Bruenor: |
Really hopin' that's tha last o' them barlguras we're fightin' today. Them dwarf-sized fists gives a real poundin'. | |||||
Nayeli: |
I think you might get your wish... but I'm not sure that's a good thing. The demons have scattered. I think they might be gone. But the gnolls are circling. Waiting for something. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Pretty sure we don't need ta guess before we find out what... | |||||
Minsc: |
What was that? Ground is shaking! All is uproar! | |||||
Nayeli: |
He's here... I can sense his evil. | |||||
Celeste: |
'He approaches. Stand fast for Idyllglen. The Beast of Butchery comes...' | |||||
Bruenor: |
Feh. Was really hopin' that archangel'd get here before it came ta this. But if it's just us, then it's time ta fight. Champions! Move fast! We gotta find us a demon lord before he wipes this town right off tha map! | |||||
| 41 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Yeenoghu has come! Clear these hyenas out of the way, or Idyllglen is lost! | ||||
| 42 | Defeat 25 Monsters | The elite forces of the demon lord smash into you like a wave! Stand fast! | ||||
| 43 | Defeat 1 Burning Debris | Behind a wall of burning debris, gnoll archers try to pin you down! Push through! | ||||
| 44 | Defeat 25 Monsters | You push toward the gnoll archers, but packs of hyenas slow your advance! | ||||
![]() Reya: |
Oh, my... there! At the temple! | |||||
Calliope: |
Yikes. I'd say he looks less impressive in person. But, well... | |||||
Celeste: |
It's time. Champions, move! Get to the temple now! | |||||
![]() Yeenoghu: |
Burn it all! Flay these mortal vermin alive! They will pay for their defiance! They will pay for the sins of their forebears! | |||||
Nayeli: |
Demon! If it's payment you're looking for, you've come to the right place. But when the Champions tally your bill, I promise you, you'll be the one with a balance owing. | |||||
![]() Yeenoghu: |
Heroes? How quaint. I will feed on you first -- and listen to the screams of those who looked to you as saviors while they watch... | |||||
Bruenor: |
Got a couple o' choice retorts that could be made here. But frankly, gnoll, ye ain't worth it. We'll give ye one chance. Send yer pack runnin'. Take yer demons back ta tha darkness. Or we're takin' ye down! | |||||
![]() Yeenoghu: |
Miscreants! Mortal rabble! You dare stand against me? You dare defy me?! | |||||
Nayeli: |
We'll dare that and more. Champions! Attack! | |||||
| 45 | Defeat the Yeenoghu | Only you can end Yeenoghu's threat! Make your stand against a demon lord! | ||||
Calliope: |
Holy mother of... did you see that? | |||||
![]() Reya: |
Zariel! I knew she'd come! | |||||
Bruenor: |
And just in tha nick o' time, too. I ain't sure we coulda finished that fiend ourselves. | |||||
Nayeli: |
The fight's not over yet. Gnolls and hyenas are running wild. And the Idyllglen guards are still corrupted by the demon lord's power. | |||||
Celeste: |
No, it's not over. 'The light pushes back on the dark, and heroes stand on the cusp of shadow to do what is right...' There's something still to come. Some piece of the puzzle still missing. We need to reach Zariel. Come on! | |||||
Nayeli: |
Be careful with these ones! I doubt they even have any idea they're fighting us. | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
I can see Zariel's Hellriders setting up a cordon around the town. They're clearing the last of the gnolls out. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Oi! What's that flyin' with 'em? That's a gold winged mammoth, that is! Is it...? It can't be... | |||||
![]() Reya: |
It is! It's Lulu as she was. And there, look! It's Yael. Haruman. All the Hellriders as they were, before... before... | |||||
Celeste: |
It's all right, Reya. Everyone, quickly! We need to get these guards under control. Then we need to speak with Zariel. We need to find out why we're here... | |||||
| 46 | Defeat 25 Monsters | The guards of Idyllglen remain transformed by the chaotic power that surges around the temple! End their threat, and quickly! | ||||
Bruenor: |
Right, that's tha last o' them guards quietened down. A bit o' rest and healin', and they'll be... fine... oi. What's goin' on? Everythin's gone quiet. 'Tis like time's stoppin'. | |||||
![]() Reya: |
The dream state is changing. Something's happening. Zariel! She comes... | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
But this isn't really Zariel. This is just in Lulu's mind. Isn't it? Celeste? | |||||
Celeste: |
I don't know, Jarlaxle. Nothing I know prepares me for this. | |||||
![]() Zariel: |
Yeenoghu slaughtered those I swore to protect. I can stop him and others like him. I might have to give up all I stand for, but I could stem the tide of chaos and save many lives from the demonic terrors of the Abyss. Were you in my place, would you risk it all to save others? | |||||
Nayeli: |
That's it. This is why we're here. That question, knowing the archangel's mind. Zariel, I'll answer! No. In a heartbeat, no. Whatever the risk, whatever the pain, a thousand times, no! Give up what you stand for, and everything you do thereafter, every choice you make, is tainted. When you lose who you are. No. Just... no... | |||||
Minsc: |
What is happening? Archangel is fading! Sky is turning dark! | |||||
Celeste: |
The dream is breaking. We're returning to the Bleeding Citadel. Hold on! | |||||
Celeste: |
Is everyone all right? Lulu! | |||||
![]() Lulu: |
Celeste... I thought... I dreamed... oh, Zariel... | |||||
Bruenor: |
We know, little hollyphant. We was all there ta see. | |||||
![]() Lulu: |
I remember everything now. Idyllglen was where everything changed. Zariel was... desperate. A darkness in her. We followed her to Avernus, but the evil there proved to be too much. Once she aligned with Asmodeus to marshal his forces and try to stop the blood war, Yael and I took her sword. | |||||
Celeste: |
And we saw that darkness bloom. When Zariel saw the destruction Yeenoghu wrought in Idyllglen, the seed of her corruption was sown. She yearned for the power to destroy all demonkind. And Asmodeus offered her that power. | |||||
Nayeli: |
'Were you in my place, would you risk it all to save others?' It was that question that broke her. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Oi! Don't mean ta interrupt, but it looks like we weren't tha only things that crossed over out o' Lulu's dream! Everybody look sharp! | |||||
| 47 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Lulu's dream comes to its end! The sword of Zariel waits for you! But the hyenas that haunt this vision remain a deadly threat! | ||||
![]() Lulu: |
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. This is all my fault. If only I'd remembered more from the beginning! | |||||
Nayeli: |
It's all right, Lulu. Thank you for what you showed us. For what you did. | |||||
![]() Yael: |
Lulu and I gave everything to create this safe haven within the horrors of Avernus, hoping for a future that has finally arrived. | |||||
Nayeli: |
But there's still much future to be written. We need to claim the sword. We need to get to Elturel. | |||||
![]() Yael: |
The sword is yours, Champions. You have faced many trials to claim this boon. But though you are worthy, I'm sorry to say that you face one final test. The hero who becomes one with this blade will exist no longer. You must decide which of you is brave enough to draw the blade -- and to be gone forever. | |||||
Celeste: |
Of course. I should have expected that. The power of an archangel's sword won't allow itself to be wielded by a mortal. | |||||
![]() Smiler: |
Well, that sounds like quite the conundrum. So if we're looking for volunteers... | |||||
Nayeli: |
You'll be at the very end of that list, Smiler. And please don't get any ideas... wait. Everything's shifting. We're leaving the dream... everyone hold on... | |||||
Bruenor: |
I'm hopin' that was tha last dream jump fer a while. Always leaves me feelin' a mite queasy. | |||||
Celeste: |
I think that's it for now. We're back. But we're not alone! | |||||
Nayeli: |
Devils! Zariel's forces must have reached the Bleeding Citadel while we were in the dream state. Clear them out! Don't let them near the sword! | |||||
Bruenor: |
And grab up tha soul coins them fiends is droppin'! We got a long road back ta Elturel, and we're gonna need ta make time! | |||||
| 48 | Collect 25 Soul Coins | You are returned to Avernus at last! But a force of spined devils means to keep you from claiming the blade that will save Elturel! | ||||
Calliope: |
These devils aren't letting up! We're not making any headway! | |||||
Bruenor: |
They're pushin' forward like they're just as afraid o' somethin' behind 'em as they are o' us. | |||||
![]() Lucille: |
And what would that be, dwarf? | |||||
Nayeli: |
No. No! Not now, pit fiend. You're too late to stop this. | |||||
![]() Lucille: |
From where I stand, it looks like I'm exactly where I want to be. Zariel sends her regards, Champions -- and her thanks for retrieving her sword! | |||||
| 49 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Your dread nemesis Lucille means to end your quest by unleashing a pack of shrieking vrocks bound to her service! Stand fast! | ||||
Nayeli: |
Push these fiends back! We need to reach Lucille. Come to me, craven! Fight me if you dare! | |||||
![]() Lucille: |
Your pathetic bravado no longer serves you, mortal. I will kill you when I deem the moment right. Sometime after you've watched your precious city slip into the River Styx. When you've realized that all you fought for, all you strove for, is lost... | |||||
![]() Reya: |
No! You'll not stop us from saving Elturel, fiend. For we have the will of the archangel Zariel at our side, and even in her memory, she holds more power than your corrupted master. Prepare to finish this dance, once and for all! | |||||
| 50 | Defeat the Lucille | Claiming the Sword of Zariel means finishing Lucille and her fiendish servants. But when the battle is done, who will pay the price the sword demands? | ||||
Bruenor: |
Lucille's down! But I'm bettin' she's got more forces outside. We ain't got time ta waste. We need ta grab that sword, then get ta tha war machine! | |||||
Nayeli: |
We can't think about the fight to come before we focus on the here and now. One of us needs to claim the Sword. One of us needs to be prepared to give up... everything. I... I know it should be me. But if I do, I need you all to... Wait. Reya! What are you doing? | |||||
![]() Reya: |
What I'm meant to do, Nayeli. Claiming the Sword of Zariel. I know it has to be me. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Reya... are ye sure, lass? | |||||
![]() Reya: |
I've dedicated my life to Zariel's mission, Bruenor. If I can do this, then... win or lose, I'll have fulfilled my oath. Thank you all. Thank you for bringing me this far... | |||||
![]() Reya: |
... | |||||
![]() Reya: |
Zariel... She's close. | |||||
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