Baldur's Gate 3 - Part 104 - The Mirror of Confusion

Summary

• After defeating Viconia, the party found Shadowheart’s parents, Arnell and Emmeline Hallowleaf, imprisoned in the House of Grief. Shadowheart’s birth name was revealed to be Jenevelle.
• Shar presented Shadowheart with a grim choice: kill her parents to end the curse on her hand, or save them and keep the curse. John decided that saving her parents was the better choice and passed a Religion check to persuade the family to leave together. Her parents headed to camp to recover, while Shadowheart asked for time to process what had happened.
• The party experimented with the Mirror of Loss:
  • Passing a difficult Religion check earned the mirror’s favor and unlocked the option to trade an ability penalty for a beneficial memory and stat increase.
  • The penalties were treated as curses and could be removed with Remove Curse, so John tested the mirror on several party members.
  • Shadowheart could offer nothing further to the mirror, so she did not recover her lost memories.
• While searching for the legendary dragon beneath Wyrm’s Rock, the party followed clues to a concealed entrance and used a small creature to explore a narrow pipe. A book explained how to open the way: extinguish the dragon-head torches, then relight them with lightning damage.
• Inside the Wyrmway, the party learned that the bronze dragon Ansur had once been allied with Balduran, the founder of Baldur’s Gate. The Emperor urged them not to continue, making John suspicious of his motives.
• The first of four trials tested justice. The paintings told the story of a thief who stole an apple, gave it to poor children, joined the thieves’ guild, and was eventually sentenced to death. John chose the prison-cell painting as a balanced punishment rather than freeing the thief or condemning him to execution. He removed the magical shadows obscuring the paintings with a Remove Curse scroll, and the trial accepted his judgment.
• The episode ended with three trials still to complete and Ansur’s intentions unknown. In a brief closing gag, John joked about being outwitted by a butterfly, beaten by a fish, and apparently getting into trouble for touching shoes while shopping.

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