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#1 Leo

Posted 26 May 2003 - 02:19 AM

In real world I'm known as Micheal Kurela, I study International Management on Technical University of Lodz in Poland. I have found the CRPGs to be very interesting, giving better possibilities than book to make the story going the way I like. That is why I have finally managed to learn how to edit Bioware's games in order to make my own stories/quests inside them.

This leads me to my Alter Ego in Forgotten Realms. He is special, of course, in his own time continuum (as we may regard all possible games as separate versions of the same story). Manveru Telcontar, the Bhaalspawn, Half-Elven Mage and Priest of Mystra that tries to make the balance within himself, to remain neutral, finally managed to defeat his tainted blood. Later he was known as one of Harpers that brings balance everywhere he is traveling with his beloved Jaheira.

I and my Alter Ego have one feature in common: we both think that moderation and balance are the best attitude and with that world would be much safer...


Dagor Laurelad

The nature of this quiz is focused mainly on development of new possible quests for Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal (any ideas about Shadows of Amn part are also appreciated), for Add-on made by my MOD team - Wizards of Eregion.

Specifically I'm focused on the following.

1) All possible quests that you always wanted to see in this game, that now may be implemented as the part of add-on. I need only story and dialogues, also possible descriptions of needed areas and then I and other people from my team may create your desired quest in game.

2) Custom romances, ideas of stories and dialogues. I have very good knowledge how to make them. I just need support of writers to do it.

3) Other ideas, like specific playable NPCs descriptions, speaking items.

4) Specifically my own ideas so far focus on past of main character that will be used as basis of main quest in my add-on from Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal. I want to give protagonist the past of his mortal heritage, the heritage that I have given my own protagonist - The Duke of Laurelad Duchy in Tethyr.

a) BioWare claimed that five Children of Bhaal in ToB are the cowled persons at the end of SoA movie. I just suggest that they may be group of liches, Bhaal priests that were supposed to kidnap PC's mother, Aliana from her home - in case of my story she was a Harper, daughter of Laurelad Duke, after kidnapping corrupted by Liches and turned mad, not mentioning Bhaalspawn thing that occurred the same year (1347, 1349?)

:? The issue of protagonist's age and wisdom about his/her heritage - BG1 is supposed to start in 1367 AFAIR (I have heard also version about 1369 originally, according to history of FR). The Time of Troubles was in 1358. It means that the PC was 8-11 years old then. So I suppose that there should be some explanation how and why his/her memory was erased of things before Gorion.

c) More details about tragic love of Gorion to Aliana and his dilemma when he had to kill her, when she tried to kill PC in ritual in 1358. Basically my idea is that Aliana met Gorion during Battle of Red Fields (Dagor Karnenlad) with Bhaal's priests forces. It was somewhere in 1346-47 RD. They had fallen in love. Soon after that Bhaal's Priest's were defeated, but a Chosen of Bhaal, undead Priest Ar'Pharazon, had found other way to obtain goals of his god. Aliana was kidnapped somehow from Formen Elenost. Gorion left this place trying to find Aliana. Of course it was too late when he finally found her in 1358...

d) This one is related to Gorion's presence (or not) in Candlekeep during the period of PC's life there and has purpose to explain some issues connected with Jaheira's storyline, since there was a lot discussions on all possible message boards about her age and logic of her storyline. I consider this in the following manner. She was 23 years old in BG1, She is also supposed to travel with Gorion in earlier years. I don't know what are the standards for half-elves (I have heard only that they live usually 180 years), but I may at last consider she started her travels, fallen in love with Khalid having somewhere about 16 years that would give 7 years for her story and taking into account the medieval character of Faerun, 16 years old person was adult in medieval standards (at least in Europe). Gorion would have traveled even in time of PCs living in Candlekeep - PC simply was guarded by Tethoril, Parda and this another his mentor that lived in Candlekeep and he was learning from them his basic skills. Then Gorion would have been travelled with Khalid and Jaheira and other Harpers.

e) I wanted also to ask about your opinion or support about the folowing. I develop as the significant part of this project, let's say "falloutish" add-in for BG2: SoA part of game entitled "Aurum Gate." It will be accessible only there and will allow to move party to "postnuclear" Earth. The story that explain how they have moved and why is the main problem. So far I have described it in such a way that in brief scientists invented on basis of Post Einstein's laws some device that allowed them to travel between the planes, thus they were able to open potral to Faerun. Unfortunately they did it in a dungeon on Faerun's side, were slaughtered by monsters from this dungeon. Soon after that 3WW started and complex where it happened was bombarded by nuclear weapons. Radiation caused mutation of Faerun creatures, making them much more dangerous. Player will encounter portal during exploring this dungeon. The matter is simply - to kill the main enemy - the mutated Demogorgon and destroy portal using explosives to close it forever. I have made graphics for one "postnuclear" city so far and several smaller locations for possible quests. I think that such a contrast may be interesting when we compare Faerun with all its magic, swords, honour with modern weapon, desolated real world after a catastrophe.

Manveru




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