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** According to Nocturne, when Shadowheart was younger she kept a pet mouse against the rules, and when Viconia caught on she made an example out of her by having Shadowheart "get rid of him" herself in front of everyone else.

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Yousen and Violet do have dialog lines, which is how he can have a voice credit, they're just very out of the way.


* AmbiguousSituation: When exactly did Leon become a father? Victoria is listed as a "pureblooded" human child and was killed relatively recently by the time you find her. Astarion can claim his siblings have all had "lifetimes" of experience controlling their vampiric hunger, but if she was born ''before'' Leon became a spawn he'd have to have been turned less than 15 years ago. Leon explicitly labels them father and daughter, and as a sorcerer it's possible they ''are'' blood-related, but she identifies as an orphan if you [[TalkingToTheDead speak with her corpse]]. She could be taking her "father's" undead status into account, but Dalyria's reasoning for attacking Victoria explicitly rules out her being a {{Dhampir}} if she isn't just adopted.

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* AmbiguousSituation: When exactly did Leon become a father? Victoria is listed as a "pureblooded" human child and was killed relatively recently by the time you find her. Astarion can claim his siblings have all had "lifetimes" of experience controlling their vampiric hunger, but if she was born ''before'' Leon became a spawn he'd have to have been turned less than 15 years ago. Leon explicitly labels them father and daughter, and as a sorcerer it's possible they ''are'' blood-related, but she identifies as an orphan if back when you could [[TalkingToTheDead speak with her corpse]]. She could be taking her "father's" undead status into account, but Dalyria's reasoning for attacking Victoria explicitly rules out her being a {{Dhampir}} if she isn't just adopted. Later patches removed Victoria's Speak To Dead lines, presumably due to the extra confusion they caused, but the issue as a whole remains unclear due to her age and there being no other indication that Leon is meant to be a much newer spawn than Astarion's other siblings.
** In the Shadowcursed lands you can find a grave for a singer named "Violet Goldhammer". The Waning Moon Tavern in the same town has a ban list including "an unknown elf- pale skin, snide mouth", who could be Astarion as he'd already be a vampire spawn before Reithwin was cursed. If this was part of Cazador's hunting grounds, it could be the same Violet.



* TheVoiceless: Dal and Petras/Aurelia and Leon all get brief speaking scenes, but Violet and Yousen never once speak to the player or in general. Violet, however, does have a diary which can be found in the Spawn dormitory that gives some insight on her personality. Yousen remains a complete mystery with zero detail anywhere about what kind of person he is.

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* TheVoiceless: Dal ThoseTwoGuys: Yousen and Petras/Aurelia and Leon all get brief speaking scenes, but Violet are the least developed of the seven spawn, and Yousen never once speak to the player or in general. Violet, however, does what we have a for them is largely from Violet's diary which can be found in the Spawn dormitory that gives some insight on her personality. Yousen remains a complete mystery with zero detail anywhere about what kind in reference to each other or from speaking to them before ''any'' of person he is.Cazador's other spawn if Astarion's not present after the ritual has been stopped. They are also the only spawn that, due to having never spoken to you before and only having one line each, don't try to make a deal for their collective safety the way the other four do which triggers all six to leave.

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* KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: Averted. While Stornugoss is clearly more of a scientist than a warrior, none of the githyanki express any disdain for her area of study. Attempting to accuse her of treason [[spoiler:after Lae'zel comes to believe the zaith'isk was tampered with]] will be flatly disbelieved by her superiors.

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\n* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:While she promises purification, she neglects to mention that tadpoles are extracted only after the infectee's ''death''. If the player attempts to leave while Stornugoss still believes them to be infected, she will sic a githyanki attack squad on the party to retrieve the tadpoles from their skulls the old-fashioned way, unless the player can pass a deception check to convince her they're not infected.]]
* KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: Averted. While Stornugoss is clearly more of a scientist than a warrior, none of the githyanki express any disdain for her area of study. Attempting to accuse her of treason [[spoiler:after Lae'zel comes to believe the zaith'isk was tampered with]] wrongdoing will be flatly disbelieved by her superiors.



* MadScientist: Downplayed example. While Stornugoss does have a touch of SanitySlippage (particularly while overseeing the purification procedure), her overall approach is fully in line with the cultural standards of the githyanki.




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* SoftSpokenSadist: Stornugoss' normal manner of speech is calm and silky, which particularly stands out compared to the ProudWarriorRace bluster of her compatriots. Her research methods are no less ruthless, however.

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* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Her vaunted purification device kills the infected individual and harvests the parasite and their memories for her study.]]




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* TheScapegoat: Lae'zel is quick to accuse Stornugoss of treason [[spoiler:after the failure of the purification procedure, unable to accept that the zaith'isk killing the occupant in the course of tadpole retrieval ''is'' the machine working exactly as designed. For all Stornugoss' other wrongdoing, her actions are perfectly in line with ''actual'' githyanki protocol.]]
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[[folder:Ghustil Stornugoss]]
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->'''Race:''' Githyanki

The doctor overseeing purification at Creche Y'llek.

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* KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: Averted. While Stornugoss is clearly more of a scientist than a warrior, none of the githyanki express any disdain for her area of study. Attempting to accuse her of treason [[spoiler:after Lae'zel comes to believe the zaith'isk was tampered with]] will be flatly disbelieved by her superiors.
* LifesWorkRuined: Stornugoss says this word-for-word [[spoiler:after the party's disastrous attempt to be purified by the zaith'isk ends in its complete destruction.]]
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Stornugoss is ''far'' more concerned with the extraction and study of illithid tadpoles than with the welfare of her patients.

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* ExactWords: In the party's first encounter with him, Voss coldly informs Lae'zel -- who is demanding purification -- that the only purification from the tadpole is death. [[spoiler:The party later discovers that this is very much true, as the githyanki purification device kills its subjects.]]
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"reason enough" is the phrase being used here. "reasonable enough" implies the opposite.


* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:In a Dark Urge playthrough, one reason you can give for rejecting your Bhaalspawn heritage is that you don't want to deal with the terrifying urge that drives you to kill your own companions. Furthermore, after being revived by Withers, you can react with relief that any sins you now commit will be your own, and you can still end the game by seizing control of the Absolute for your own gain... meaning that Bhaal managed to alienate his own Chosen by tampering with their free will, which was reasonable enough for even a selfish and power-hungry Dark Urge to abandon him.]]

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:In a Dark Urge playthrough, one reason you can give for rejecting your Bhaalspawn heritage is that you don't want to deal with the terrifying urge that drives you to kill your own companions. Furthermore, after being revived by Withers, you can react with relief that any sins you now commit will be your own, and you can still end the game by seizing control of the Absolute for your own gain... meaning that Bhaal managed to alienate his own Chosen by tampering with their free will, which was reasonable reason enough for even a selfish and power-hungry Dark Urge to abandon him.]]

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