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Chapter 2. Has voiced lines 50 through 70

Chapter 2. Has voiced lines 50 through 65

Assam Aljurdye (?)

(Listen to vs_nx0assmm_050.wav)

Assam. A cut NPC - or at least temporary companion? Presumably from the Interlude onwards (maybe it was once longer and not just an interlude).

"Maneaters" and "Asabi" are mentioned as well as "the Madusa" so presumably went into the final chapter. Has a daughter who is also absent from all sources except voiceset (and likely portrait).

Reused for PC voiceset "Human, Male, Desert Warrior".

Has voiced lines 50 through 59. "I am Corith Drammar, High Priest of Mystra" and a variant ending with "Thank you for saving my life"

Mentions a tower, and seems to be either stuck, injured or whatever outside of it (in the ruins) and a puzzle involved in it.

"You stand in the ruins of the great citadel of Undrentide" means probably Interlude or Chapter 2. Also mentions Heurodis so knows about them as well.

"Elf, Male, Wizard" in toolset. Seems to have a likely portrait.

Cskikil

(said out loud in vs_nx0csskf_052)

Unused female NPC for snake/lizard-like people. Floodgate or Bioware reused this voiceset for a "Medusa" which isn't quite right since her attack lines mention the Seatung Tribe. Might be worth redoing the Medusa SSF to be just her non-specific lines or just attack noises like other monsters. Funnily enough her original voiceset line was made into "Medusa, Handmaiden" and another one added for just "Medusa".

Lines 50 through 62 present so quite substantial.

Cskikil is "Shaman of the Seatung Tribe". Is a healer. Has a portrait see further down. Not sure if they even have a model to be honest. Snake person of some kind?

Has a mate "Tarnical" (sp?) who apparently you can rescue.

Wants "the blood of our sacrifice" which is vague.

"Those who once dwelled here named this city Undrentide" so either Interlude or Chapter 2. More likely before the city takes off? Or maybe stuck on it afterwards?

Lines 50 through 74, seem to all be used. nothing to do with the Winds race left.

A golem created by Belpheron (one of three). Would obviously be Chapter 2. The toolset name "Lich, Mage" is off - it's more "Lich's Construct" since the voicelines do refer to repairing and Belpheron in the third person - odd how it was named that way.

There are nice sets of voicelines suggesting all 3 need defeating. There appears some of them may be different - one being a solo head?

Drogan references Belpheron in the interlude:

82885    Our enemy is a powerful sorceress by the name of Heurodis. Little is known of her personally, but we do know that she was once apprentice to the dread lich Belpheron.

82886    Belpheron had spent all of his extended lifetime learning of ancient Netheril and its artifacts, and he passed this knowledge onto his apprentices. The Harpers thought all of Belpheron's students were killed when he was. Apparently they were wrong.

82887    But now we know what this Heurodis is after: she desires to obtain the power of the ancient Netherese mages for herself. Power beyond any magic practiced since the Empire's fall.

82888    This is why she seeks the mythallar... and why she has come here. With Belpheron's knowledge, Heurodis is more than capable of attaining this goal.

Our BBEG. Has voiced lines 50 through 98. I can't find all of them currently - only 050 through 066 in dialogue files, scripts and the TLK. Likely some cut content here.

Of particular note is the Winds race. This may have been before the raising of the city, in the interlude maybe:

• Mastery of the North, South, East, West winds (of magic presumably) (is po_dwind_h.tga related?)
  
  • "Useless Trickster" on the West wind delaying her
  • A trap! (076) haha.
• Suggests a race with the player to master them, and the player can get there first
• Summons the winds of magic at the end of it
• Can kill her and they keep raising from the dead (was this maybe intended for the end boss fight?)

Has a lot of laughing too. And some lines for losing the Mythallar.

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vs_nx0jnah2

J'Nah controls the Gnolls, and obviously just betrays you, no other options in the voicelines alas.

Note vs_nx0jnah2 voicelines - 2 are incomplete/cut off and 1 is usable - possibly from a cutscene? Can't seem to find it in the source.

All other voicelines 50 through 56 are used.

Partial by default

Full if implemented

Katriana the camp mistress. Lines 50 through 79. Only 50 to 69 are used and in the TLK file so 9 are unused.

Voiceset is partial on the SSF but can be made to be a full voiceset easily enough (would be good for PCs). Looks like it might also have the full voicelines in the TLK file too. See lines around 76064.

The voicelines 70 to 79 look like they are for a caravan to Miyeritar? (or something like it "Mar-ya-tar") Including pay? Bit confusing. This implies some significantly cut content though.

May have also been captured with lines ending in 79 and can be released. A bit confusing though.

Noted as partial/NPC only in toolset

Really Full

This Leomund?! https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Leomund

Has a likely portrait unused in the campaign.

Alas no TLK lines referencing the man. It suggests he's a planar traveller so could fit in sort of anywhere.. His 54 voiceline suggests it's actually the interlude. He lets someone - presumably Garrick - know about where the "Lair of Belpharon" is. His work "here is much too important" so is somewhere inspecting something.

Alternatively it leads into the Belpheron's Constructs to find some item or other.

Mentions the item "Thermolabe" or similar (frankly can't place the name, voice line 53) and looks at a "shard" and mentions knowing Drogan.

Infamously this voiceset is marked as Human, Male, Blackguard! It's also really a full one that can be used for PCs or Henchmen.

Noted as partial/NPC only in toolset

Really Full

Voiceset is "Elf, Female, Noble" suggesting they were an elf. Matches a portrait quite accurately see below.

"Oh no, Father" suggests Corith is her father of course. He is apparently captured/held somewhere. Must be in Chapter 2.

"Shadowvar" (or something) mentioned to run from.

May be to do with the Winds race. Takes something for safekeeping.

Has a full voiceset. Suggested to be a Mage instead of a Cleric with some of her voicelines.

Could merit being a temporary companion given the full voiceset.

Partial

But SSF can be expanded to full

Need to reimplement into soundset into the game of course!

Voiced lines 50 through 61 which all seem used.

Is why a Female Ice Giant was added to the game. "My Fortress". Chapter 1 most likely.

Looking for an amulet from a "Meiser". Note there is a single leftover refrence to "uppsala" in the modules and that's for "UppsalasMark" item in xp1_checkupmark in chapter 1 of course.

Going on a "Barrow Raid" for an Axe.

Helps against Tymofarrar if you do her tasks. I wonder if the items were hers and they were stolen from her (by J'Nar? it implies if you talk to her first, she sends you to kill her for something)

Looks like it could be implemented. Her portrait suggests being in a human village.

Could use a tweaked model - the Frost Giant, Female is obviously her but with a helmet and slightly different legs. c_gntuppsala.dds texture (used on the frost giant female model) suggests it could get some more chainmail. Or just use the frost giant female as is, it's not that bad.