Two Skies
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| Lae'zel and Nrakk overcome their differences to stop a mind flayer threat.
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Goal
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Quests & Cinematics
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 Harmonium Peacekeeper:
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Halt, criminal! Turn and face justice!
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 Lae'zel:
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Chk! I only asked for directions, k'chakhi! This city is a maze!
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 Harmonium Peacekeeper:
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You disrupted an official investigation, gith! Now you're evading arrest AND disturbing the peace!
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| 1
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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These Harmonium are relentless, but so am I.
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 Harmonium Peacekeeper:
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Suspect is now loitering at the Face of Gith! Menacingly! After her!
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 Lae'zel:
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The Face of Gith? It seems that you've led me to my destination after all, istik. Now to make sure you don't follow me inside.
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| 2
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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This chase ends here!
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 Lae'zel:
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They will wake up soon. I should be quick about my business here.
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 Lae'zel:
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So many githzerai... and I, the lone githyanki in their midst. They may see me as an intruder - a threat. This is good.
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 Nrakk:
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Shkath zai, Lae'zel. You made it here in one piece. I see you've met the Harmonium.
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 Lae'zel:
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Shkath zai, Nrakk. My first visit to Sigil has been as eventful as you forewarned. Now, why have you summoned me to this place?
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 Ezmerath:
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What reason must exist for a meeting of two friends at a quiet and respectable establishment?
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 Lae'zel:
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I do not know you.
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 Ezmerath:
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But you do know battle. Nrakk has told me much. And just now I find my tavern overrun with drunken fools from... out of town.
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 Lae'zel:
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Tas'ki. Fine.
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| 3
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Collect 25 25 Bottles of Ale
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It seems I must prove my worth by removing fools from this place.
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| 4
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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These istiks are making a mess. I will make them stop.
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 Nrakk:
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Lae'zel, zech! One reveler among them is gith - a troublemaker, but a reputable master of pest control besides. Be gentle.
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 Lae'zel:
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G'lyck... I am owed an explanation, Nrakk.
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 Nrakk:
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In time.
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| 5
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Defeat the Ratcatcher
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This is the last of these drunken fools. Time to end their revelry.
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 Nrakk:
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Well? What do you think, Ezmerath?
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 Ezmerath:
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She has potential. I will... consider.
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 Commodore Krux:
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[Shouting] Unhand me, you ruffians! Put that down this instant! I say, this is incivility manifest!
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 Nrakk:
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I know that booming voice. Lae'zel, one of our fellow Champions is in danger.
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 Lae'zel:
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Chk. She'lak! His folly is not our concern!
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 Nrakk:
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Is it not wise to see to the good health and good fortune of our allies, that they may help us in turn? We go.
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 Commodore Krux:
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Unhand my property, you villains!
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 Lae'zel:
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The giff is more than capable of defending himself. You know this.
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 Nrakk:
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Yes, but not without injury, I suspect. Let us provide aid.
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| 6
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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Chk! We are wasting time on such lowly brigands!
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| 7
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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There are more of them than I realized. Numbers alone cannot save them.
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| 8
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Defeat 1 Razorvine
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They cower behind a strange razor-sharp vine, but my blade is sharper.
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 Lae'zel:
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Another nuisance dealt with.
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 Commodore Krux:
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Good show! I could have handled them, of course, but I do appreciate your timely intervention! I've got a schedule to keep, you know!
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 Nrakk:
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We do not know, but we greet you all the same, Commodore.
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 Commodore Krux:
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Ah! Well then...
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 Commodore Krux:
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...and that's why I'll never hire a crew from Dreg's List again! Unreliable, the lot of them! They took one whiff of the Cage's street fare and ale, and ran off on shore leave with nary a fare thee well! Who knows where they ended up!?
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 Lae'zel:
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Hm, yes. Where, indeed.
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 Commodore Krux:
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I say, are those some of the local rats with exposed brains I've heard about? Eerie little things.
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 Nrakk:
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Cranium rats. Most are civil servants, you could say. Not these. They look hungry. Weapons ready!
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| 9
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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Even the rats of Sigil are a threat. I will not fall to this filth!
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 Nrakk:
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There, in the back! The larger one commands the others. Together they form a hive mind. Take it down, and the others should disperse!
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 Lae'zel:
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Understood. Let us carve a path to their leader!
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| 10
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Defeat the Giant Cranium Rat
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I will scatter these lesser pests and lay low their larger leader!
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 Lae'zel:
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Enough of this! If you have no further need of my blade, ra'stil, I must return to Creche K'liir.
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 Nrakk:
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By all means, Lae'zel. Our business is concluded, for now. Though, I must ask. How exactly do you intend to leave Sigil?
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 Lae'zel:
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Tsk'va! I do not know. I did not plan that far ahead.
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 Commodore Krux:
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Creche K'liir is among the Tears, is it not? I'm headed that way myself! Say, I've got it! I need a crew I can trust. Come with me, and I'll drop you off wherever you like when the job is done! What do you say?
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 Lae'zel:
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I accept. I must.
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 Nrakk:
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As do I. Why not?
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 Commodore Krux:
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Jolly good! Now, right this way. The portal back to where I docked the Second Wind should be over here...
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 Nrakk:
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What ails you, Lae'zel? You seem worried. It's not your first time aboard a gh'ath, is it?
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 Lae'zel:
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No. My last voyage was when I met Tav and Shadowheart. You know the story from there.
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 Commodore Krux:
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We're experiencing some mild turbulence on deck! Looks like the fish are biting!
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| 11
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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The beasts of wildspace are ravenous. Clear the deck!
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| 12
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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The chum is attracting larger fish. I will destroy them as well!
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| 13
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Collect 25 Wildspace Fish Scales
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Eels as well? Chk. I will rend their flesh!
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| 14
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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Tsk'va, that only made it worse! There's no end to them!
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 Lae'zel:
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Hear me, creatures! I am Lae'zel of Creche K'liir! I am your death! Hta'zith!
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 Nrakk:
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They are fish, Lae'zel. Your threats mean nothing to them.
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 Lae'zel:
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Silence, Nrakk! Where is your warrior's spirit!?
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 Nrakk:
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[Sighs] So be it.
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| 15
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Defeat the Various Fish
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It's become a feeding frenzy! I must emerge victorious over all!
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 Nrakk:
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There is a lesson here, I think. Do you see now that your love of violence only begs more?
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 Lae'zel:
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Must your kind speak in riddles? I see only dead foes.
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 Commodore Krux:
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All done, then? Jolly good! We're approaching our destination!
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 Nrakk:
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And now, birds. They must be attracted to the smell.
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 Lae'zel:
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The glorious aroma of victory, of death!
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 Nrakk:
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Of fish. We reek of fish.
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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Chk! Pesky birds! Away with you!
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 Commodore Krux:
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We're docking! Welcome to the Rock of Bral!
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 Commodore Krux:
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Stay close. The Rock is a dangerous hive of... danger.
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 Lae'zel:
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I sense hostility. We are not wanted here.
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 Commodore Krux:
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Some gith have been stirring up trouble lately, or so I've heard.
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 Nrakk:
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The armed mercenaries approaching us must agree.
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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They dare raise weapons against us? Htak'a!
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 Commodore Krux:
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Oh dear. That's not helping to beat the allegations.
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 Lae'zel:
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They should know better than to challenge a githyanki!
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 Nrakk:
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You should know better than to add fuel to a fire!
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 Commodore Krux:
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I'll need to leave you two to clean up this mess. I have a delivery to pick up. Meet me back on the ship.
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 Lae'zel:
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These kainyank think us dangerous, Nrakk.
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 Nrakk:
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We need not prove them right, Lae'zel. Battles can be won without weapons.
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 Lae'zel:
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They drew steel first! My pride demands action!
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 Nrakk:
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Your pride is going to get us both killed!
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| 18
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Defeat 1 Smashed Pile of Goods
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I will topple their pathetic defenses! They will regret challenging us!
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 Giff Officer:
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Port authority! Make way! What's all this, then? More gith mayhem, of course. Lock them up!
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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The Harmonium could not arrest me, and neither will these giff!
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 Nrakk:
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Lae'zel, stop this! Do not yield to bloodlust! This is why people fear us!
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 Lae'zel:
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Let them! We are the children of Gith!
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 Nrakk:
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[Quietly] All that righteous rage... She has potential, as sa'varsh said. She just needs guidance.
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 Giff Officer:
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I'm calling for backup!
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 Lae'zel:
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Flee, istik! Bring your finest warriors! Watch them fall!
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 Nrakk:
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That's curious. Why is there a gith slinking around their ranks? What are they holding? And that blank expression...
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 Githyanki Saboteur:
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Interlopers. The master will feed on your bloated ego.
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Defeat the Saboteur
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I know the look in that gith's eyes. I must stop them, here and now!
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 Giff Officer:
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Good gravy! The gith turned on one another! Why, in all my days -
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 Lae'zel:
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Cease your mewling, k'chakhi. Look!
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 Giff Officer:
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Beads of Force! Another saboteur, then. Seems we were right to suspect trouble, but we had the wrong gith! We'll let you two off with a warning.
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 Nrakk:
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We humbly accept, and take our leave. Now.
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 Commodore Krux:
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Sounds like I missed quite a show back there, ha!
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 Nrakk:
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We are fortunate to have escaped. Our githyanki's blind fury incurred the wrath of the port authority. Kaincha...
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 Lae'zel:
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While our githzerai's idle observations nearly spelled our doom. If I had not acted when I did, we would not be here to argue right and wrong.
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 Commodore Krux:
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It seems the show's not quite over... Ah! Look sharp, crew! Scavvers on approach!
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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Look, more hungering beasts come to seek their deaths at my blade.
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 Nrakk:
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This discussion isn't finished, Lae'zel.
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 Lae'zel:
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Tas'ki. Save your words, Nrakk. There is work to be done.
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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I will make filets of these scavvers!
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 Commodore Krux:
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Oh, dash it all! I was wondering why we weren't reaching top speed. We seem to have picked up some stowaways. Crew, I need you below!
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 Lae'zel:
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When the giff said 'below', I did not think he meant the hull.
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 Nrakk:
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It is the only logical conclusion. How else would we remove jammer leeches? You must learn to stop and think, Lae'zel.
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 Lae'zel:
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Chk. And you, Nrakk, must learn to be silent.
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| 23
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Collect 25 Jammer Leech Barnacles
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We must remove these jammer leeches from the hull. Carefully.
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| 24
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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This toil is beneath a warrior of Creche K'liir, but so be it.
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 Nrakk:
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You seem distracted, Lae'zel.
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 Lae'zel:
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The hshar'lak spoke just before our battle. They said they served a master - one who feeds on ego.
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 Nrakk:
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Yes. It dwells in my mind as well. The giff said it was 'another saboteur,' and accused us of 'more gith mayhem.'
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 Lae'zel:
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Ghaik treachery. It must be.
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 Nrakk:
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Tsk'va. We must speak to Krux at once. It cannot wait.
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 Nrakk:
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Commodore? We must speak.
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 Commodore Krux:
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All finished down below? Good! We've a fish to fry, crew! Battle stations!
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Defeat the Giant Scavver
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What was it Gale would say? Always a bigger fish. But not for long. Htak'a!
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 Commodore Krux:
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Jolly good show! Scavvers will think twice about making a meal of this ship now! So, you were saying?
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 Lae'zel:
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Ghaik filth threatens your precious Rock.
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 Commodore Krux:
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Eh? Come again?
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 Nrakk:
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What she means is that we suspect an illithid conspiracy may be targeting the Rock of Bral.
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 Commodore Krux:
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Oh! Well! That's not good! Not good at all!
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 Commodore Krux:
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Mind flayers, eh? It would explain a few things. Something has felt off about the Rock for a while now. There's a certain tension in the air. And more missing persons than usual...
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 Nrakk:
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Any information you may have would be a great boon -
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 Commodore Krux:
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Blast! Hold that thought, friend! We've just been pulled into a storm of wild magic!
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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We must weather this storm of chaotic energy. Brace yourselves!
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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Another wave of erratic magic! Sweep the motes away if you can!
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 Lae'zel:
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It would seem we've suffered the worst of it and survived.
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 Commodore Krux:
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It makes no sense! I know this expanse inside and out, upside down, sideways, and backward! Our course should have been smooth sailing! No sense at all...
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 Nrakk:
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Then something has changed. Now we must ask: what else?
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 Commodore Krux:
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What rotten luck! That storm of magic knocked loose all these crates in the hold!
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 Nrakk:
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What a curious assortment of creatures.
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 Lae'zel:
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THIS is the shipment you carry?
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 Commodore Krux:
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Some reclusive Xaryxian noble pays well for new additions to their eclectic menagerie. Now help me box them up again!
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| 28
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Collect 25 Exotic Shipments
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A bizarre menagerie, and frail. I must strike carefully.
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| 29
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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We are nearly finished with these pathetic creatures. Be quick!
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 Commodore Krux:
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There we are! Let's get this delivery back on schedule, shall we?
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 Lae'zel:
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No. Your profits will wait. We have a much more important mission now.
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 Nrakk:
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I'm afraid I must agree with Lae'zel. We are Champions, Krux. You know what we must do.
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 Commodore Krux:
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Quite, quite. You are correct, of course. Far be it from me to suffer mind flayers this close to home. Let's get to the bottom of this, post-haste!
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 Lae'zel:
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Your patience infuriates me. We should return to Bral to hunt our quarry directly, not waste our time scouring asteroid fields.
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 Nrakk:
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I understand your concern, ra'stil. However, such methods only treat the symptoms of infestation, whereas what we truly seek is a cure.
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 Commodore Krux:
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Stow the chitchat, crew! Those are no asteroids!
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| 30
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Defeat the Eye Monger
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Eye mongers are cowardly predators. Destroy them!
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 Lae'zel:
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Look. One asteroid remains. The largest of the cluster.
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 Commodore Krux:
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Preposterous! That's not on my star charts! It shouldn't BE there!
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 Nrakk:
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Take us in for a closer inspection.
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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The asteroid is inhabited! These grell are hungry!
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 Nrakk:
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You felt it too, didn't you? When we struck the grell?
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 Lae'zel:
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Yes. The psychic hum of the ghaik as their pets fall is unmistakable. They are here. Our hunt begins.
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 Commodore Krux:
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I say, it is a rather nasty business, but I've not been on a good hunt in far too long! The game is afoot, my friends!
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 Lae'zel:
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Is he always like this?
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 Nrakk:
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He is always like this.
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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Eliminate these monsters!
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| 33
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Defeat 1 Inconvenient Rocks
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Craven beholderkin take refuge behind those stones!
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| 34
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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They are exposed! Destroy the abominations!
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| 35
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Defeat the Mindwitness
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More aberrations! Cut them all down!
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 Nrakk:
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That was a mindwitness - a beholder twisted by illithid experimentation. Now we may be certain.
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 Lae'zel:
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Yes. There is a ghaik colony here, and perhaps an elder brain.
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 Commodore Krux:
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You know, the Rock does have a history with mind flayers, if memory serves. I seem to recall meeting an archaeologist who was fascinated with the subject, on one of my many adventures.
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 Nrakk:
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The tentacles of the illithid empire stretch across all the multiverse.
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 Lae'zel:
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It falls upon all gith to sever them.
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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Nothics are weak. They will not last long.
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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Finish off these pathetic nothics!
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 Commodore Krux:
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Hm. Yes. I'm convinced now. This is not a natural cave.
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Collect 25 Ghaik Devourer Brains
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Ghaik devourers! Quickly! Destroy them before they can alert the entire colony!
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 Nrakk:
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Lae'zel. These devourers - the anatomy of these brains -
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 Lae'zel:
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Yes, Nrakk. They are... were... gith. Tsk'va!
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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More devourers! The ghaik know we are here!
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| 40
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Defeat the Intellect Devourer
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A show of force against the largest one may scatter the others!
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 Githyanki Gish:
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Interlopers. You will stop. You will surrender. You will serve.
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 Nrakk:
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Domination. The hive mind is controlling these gith.
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 Lae'zel:
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Vile ghaik! It is a fate worse than death! I will be their mercy!
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 Nrakk:
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Lae'zel, zech! Strike only to incapacitate, not to kill! We may yet save them.
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 Lae'zel:
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Easier said than done, but very well.
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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Tsk'va! Dominated gith! The ghaik menace must be stopped at all costs!
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 Commodore Krux:
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I'll tie them up, and any others we may come across. Trust me. This sailor knows his knots.
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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Strike carefully! They are kin! Their minds are not their own!
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 Commodore Krux:
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I can't help but notice you two have stopped bickering. Nothing like a common foe to find common ground, eh?
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 Nrakk:
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Indeed. Once, we were one people.
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 Lae'zel:
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Now we are of two skies, a people divided.
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 Nrakk:
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Our philosophies may differ, but all gith dream of reunification, be they followers of Zerthimon or Vlaakith.
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 Lae'zel:
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And all bear the same ancient scars of the ghaik. In this, we are one.
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 Lae'zel:
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At last. Our prey reveals itself. Ready yourselves, ghaik! Death comes for you!
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 Nrakk:
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Caution, Lae'zel! There are yet gith among them! Reckless violence will bring tragedy!
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 Lae'zel:
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Hesitation breeds weakness! We are next if we do not act now!
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 Commodore Krux:
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You're BOTH right! Now let's get on with it!
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| 43
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Collect 25 Illithid Tentacles
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I will sever their tentacles before they prey upon any more of our people!
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 Commodore Krux:
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Right then! These knots are secure, and I see no more gith in the immediate vicinity.
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 Nrakk:
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Good. Then we need not hold back. Lae'zel? Chraith'kan zharn.
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 Lae'zel:
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With pleasure.
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| 44
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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I am unleashed! Behold, ghaik! Your end is upon you!
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| 45
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Defeat the Mind Flayer Mastermind
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I will destroy this ghaik menace and avenge our brethren!
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 Lae'zel:
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The ghaik are no more! Their threat is done!
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 Nrakk:
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Were it so easy. You celebrate too soon, Lae'zel. There is still an elder brain. Stay focused. We must press deeper.
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 Commodore Krux:
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Right you are! Lead on!
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| 46
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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Charge through! We seek the elder brain!
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| 47
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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Keep moving! Let none stop us!
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| 48
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Collect 25 Gith Bows
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More dominated gith! Disarm them, then subdue them!
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 Nrakk:
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Disarming our kin was a wise decision, Lae'zel.
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 Lae'zel:
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It is as you said, Nrakk. If they can be saved, then we must strive to prevent further tragedy.
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| 49
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Defeat 25 Enemies
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I see the brine pool ahead! One last push!
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 Commodore Krux:
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There's our quarry, in the wrinkled, oozing flesh!
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 Nrakk:
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The elder brain! Savor your final thoughts, chraith!
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 Elder Brain:
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[Telepathically] More wayward children of the loathsome Gith, as so many before you. You are no kith'rak, but you've made it this far. That is proof enough of your prowess.
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 Lae'zel:
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I do not accept half-hearted praise from a monstrous abomination! Your death is assured, for I am -
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 Elder Brain:
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[Telepathically] Lae'zel of Creche K'liir, and Nrakk, disciple of Menyar-Ag. We know of you. We are satisfied that our plan to lure greater specimens of your kind has borne fruit at last.
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 Lae'zel:
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Shka'keth! It used our people as bait! Ghaik'cha tsk'in'va! Hta'zith!
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 Elder Brain:
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[Telepathically] You will make fine weapons with which to begin our conquest. First Bral, then the Tears, then all of Toril!
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| 50
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Defeat the Elder Brain
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Gith gha'g shkath zai!
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 Commodore Krux:
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Well! That was messy. Good show, crew! We really gave that giant brain what for! Now, let's get back to the ship. I'll need to make room in the hold for all these gith...
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 Nrakk:
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We did well. Ezmerath will be pleased.
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 Lae'zel:
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The tavern keeper is more than he seems, isn't he? Chk. Githzerai love their secrets.
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 Nrakk:
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Just as githyanki love battle. We have much to discuss, T'lak'ma Ghir. What are your thoughts on the nature of true strength?
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