 What kind of services do you provide? What do you think, silly? Love, of course. Hot and vulgar with me. Or sweet and sincere with my sister. Trust me, you don't want to miss my signature mezzo-baranzen love trick. Dude, that is gross. I'm leaving. Gay. I'm leaving. Guys, they're brother and sister. You get a permanent buff? Wait, you get stat bonus? I'll do anything for a stat bonus. Wait, is there actually a buff? That was a joke. Oh my gosh. Okay. My, my. I can tell you are a special one from a single glance. You have but to ask. And we can grant you a moment of pleasure. Don't be shy. I used to work as a courtesan back home. And my sister has an artisanal masseuse. But men are treated like dogs by the underdark cemetery. So we fled. I'm a paladin and have to keep things holy. But plus five strength is plus five strength. Life is easy. Found servicers crave the body of a drow like a drug. Life is easy in our line of work. Are you sure this is where you want to be? It was not my work itself that has ever been a challenge to me. Only the circumstances. I've worked in this business in the underdark. But it grew to festering monotony. The entirety of drow culture is obsessed with bondage beyond reason. While such activities have their charms, I yearned to reach greater depths. And there is no society on this planet more laterally, imaginatively and confusingly depraved as that of Boulder's gate. Although I'm late, I do feel like I've seen everything. Perhaps you'll show me something new. One is the rational answer. Guys, there's a problem with one. The one is, I would never say that. These four words, I can't judge you. I would literally never say those four words. I'm a paladin, okay? I literally invented judgment. Yeah, I judgment on cooldown, okay? Trust me, you don't want to miss my signature mezzo-baranzum love trick. You two look uncannily alike. I'm gonna say this first. We are twins. You don't actually lie with one another, do you? Oh my gosh. Aren't you at the risk of inbreeding? Oh my gosh, this is so bad. Ew, well, I'm sorry. Delicious? I thought they said leave. It was one word, and I didn't even read it. I didn't even read number four, because I thought it just said leave, because it was one word. Disgusting. Dude, what is this game, dude? This is so... Dude, what is this game? Guys, what is this chat? What is wrong? 80% of you are saying delicious? You guys are frickin' trolls, dude. Our bodies will haunt your dream. I have to take my headphones off. This is... Corluck disapproves. You guys are effed in the A-chat. You guys are effed in the head. Are you kidding me? Sven, what are you doing? Hey, Bonnie. This is... No, you're about to be effed in the A-chat. We will only allow that if we know there is an evening of exceptional pleasure awaiting us. Usually one darling alone is not enough to match the two of us. Return to us if you have a lover willing to take... Oh, my gosh. Guys. They all said no. I already asked them. I don't understand why they're such a type, so... Do it for the stat bonus. Almost pleasant traveling with company. If you ignore all the less pleasant aspects. Well, Sharnes are using a place called the House of Grief. Is that what this is? I thought this was called the House of Grief. Okay? Like, a brothel is not a happy place, okay? I just assumed it was called the House of Grief. Is this the nymph? What is this? Another case closed. Another bottle open. A shot of malaria. Hang on a dick. I recognize that face. You were talking to Yannis after I left the temple. I bet she's put you up to something. Is he pretending to be shy? It's not being shy. I don't want my mom to open the stream and it's freaking weird stuff. Okay. I'm at work. Also, people are watching the stream at work. Type one if you're in the office right now. Hang on a trick. I recognize that face. You were talking to Yannis after I left the temple. One, and I voted four. One, I was like, oh, hell yeah. You were talking to Yannis after I left the temple. I bet she's put you up to something. She asked me to find Lorgan's real killer seeing as you can't be bothered. Why must you busybodies insist on interrupting a perfectly good night? I know that look. You remind me of Devella. Fine. If you doubt my conclusions, out with it. The office I am in has a black leather couch. It seems fitting. Thanks, Johnny Silverhand. You remind me of Devella. If I'm gonna be doubt my conclusions, out with it. I found the murder weapon you missed in a tunnel under the temple. That's quite the discovery. Doesn't tell me everything though. Why was Lorgan killed? I work at Walmart and I have your stream playing on all the TVs of God. Why was Lorgan killed? I assume for the same reason as all other people on the target list to gain Baal's favor. Really? You as well? Well, Devella's been harping on about Baal for months. Fancy's herself something of an expert. I assumed it was just a bunch of conspiracy quads walloping fear mongering. But she's been unusually insistent about this one. Even for her. Fine. I'll bite. What's your theory? I didn't think about Baals being Baals. They'll just now. Not a theory. I approve. This document contains information connecting the murders to the Baalist resurgence. No need to wave documents at me. I'm already drowning in paperwork as it is. Constable Devella is going to be a real pain in the trunk about this. Since you seem to be on an obnoxiously similar wavelength, why don't you seek her out? She'll be at the Elf Song Tavern. Show her the list and I'll stay and inform the fist here. Oh, and you'll need this pass. It'll give you access to the lower city. Wait, I have so many lower city passes. I should sell them. Well, what are you waiting for? You've a bloody conspiracy to solve. Move. I like how this character is like the elephant with the wine glass. I'm going to go here. I'd love to, thanks. Because this is where we were stuck in before. See the twins favor? They said no. Rules of the reading room. This is the reading room? Anyone caught pleasuring themselves in the library when we doubled to the bookcase of chained books? Any wizards caught examining this special collection that expressed permission when we commanded to read aloud the whole library of the passage they were enjoying? Anyone bringing the sounds of the library promptly gagged. Black flare leather outfit, strap choker leather outfit, green flare leather outfit. The female version of this looks cool. The male version is hilarious. Fiona's journal. Look, look, look. Fiona's journal. Read it. Not pick it up. He's getting worse. The whispers, the night terror is the blood. I know he's hiding something. The others in the flop house know it too. I've seen how they look at him, how they look at me. They're scared of him and I can't blame them. I am too. They're talking about his son. The color. Silver glass. Oh, the breaker. What? Oh, the break. A-B-C, delicious meat. What's inside? Roe books. One night in Nashgal. The cover of this pulp erotica describes the contents. After months of imprisonment in the Nashgal mines, Enchanter Zand cannot bear his solitude any longer and decides to pleasure himself with the only companion he has, his sentient sword, the Moonblade. What the hell is this game, dude? The court of soon. The one that got a thay. The text written on the back of the smut advertises it. A slow paced enemy is to lovers tale featuring a bitter arc wizard of thay and his nemesis, a pure-hearted muscled berserker. Okay, we are leaving. Where is the rest of that book? That sounds like good book to me. Oh, this room. I didn't see this room. I didn't like ballers getting through first, but then I started to play it. I see how you're addicted to this, man. It's so good, man. Yeah, I was kind of the same way. I didn't not like it, but, like, the game definitely, like, like, ramped up real hard. The beginning was good enough to keep me playing and then halfway, not even halfway, but, like, maybe a third of the way through act one, I was like, okay, this game is actually safe. Oh, look, this place looks cool. A sword, leather armor. Cool. Char's caress room key. All's well that ends. Not as bad as it could have. Time to press ahead. Wait, what? Wait, what happened? Why are we here? My beautiful. More than beautiful. You are the aurora stretched across the north skies. You are the golden dune swept across the calum. What? Why did this happen? You are the fruit of the forbidden palm. Soft on my skin. Sweet on my tongue. That's fantastic. This is not my fault. I didn't do this. And salvation. Your parasite stirs. You gaze at the nymph with hungry eyes. What's up, guys? Shiver with her longing. Your skin burns with her heat. What's wrong, Jara? What are you? Wait. Looks fun. Mind if I join? Whoever you think I am, you're mistaken. This looks personal. I should leave. This isn't... I bet this makes them angry, if anything. Mission failed. We'll get them next time. Okay. Like, surely that's not a... I think they're gonna get angry. I most certainly do. Jara is the most valued fate. The absolute has shorn me. Jara, what's going on? Who's this man? Wait, what? Your change has come. Pastures boiling beneath your skin. Your bones twisting. Your flesh rupturing. That's suddenly silent. What? What the frick? By the nine hells, that's not good. No, it is not. Let's do... Flurry of blows. Topple. Wait, what? Ladies, I'll just own them. What the frick? Ruby ring. What happened? At some point, I might have to play this one. It is so good. I'd heard tales of mind-flayers. Talons sharp as daggers and tentacles yet more fearsome. But no tale did justice to its ethereal beauty. It floats like a butterfly. Blood shimmers like silver. They're beautiful indeed and most lethal. What is she talking about? Like, what? I'm... Yeah, is she turned on? I know what she's talking about, but what I'm saying is what's wrong with her. Is it not in the aliphid's barbarity that we find it splendor? Your eyes are no less monstrous, I assure you. A lesser woman might be frightened, but I am no lesser woman. Her gaze intensifies, and your heart skips a beat. The woman's senses are heightened and her fire stoked. The mind-flayer is no mere curiosity, but an object of desire. What? Did they turn you on? Disgusting. The creature aroused you? Why should I deny it? My urge is as natural as the grape upon the vine. But perhaps there are other flavors that might satisfy my panic. What did you have in mind? Rapture. Close your eyes, and listen. Bioshock? Close your eyes and listen. Shhhh. What a hit. You see only darkness. Her voice shines through it, warmer than the sun, yet cooler than night. The all-being. Here, there is no suffering. Here, you want for nothing. Here, you are anything. You have one word. Tell me what you will be. Yo. What yo? What will you be? Chad, what do you guys want? Powerful? You are more than powerful. An emperor to emperors. Your head adorned with a crown of gold, diamond and ruby. The heavens tremble with the steps of your army. All beasts. All men and women. All creatures of the plains bow to your might. Your flesh shivers. Your heart bursts. True ecstasy. For one fleeting moment. Open your eyes. I remember you. And you will remember me. Did I get a buff? Grab sure. Affected entity has a 1d6 bonus to attack. Only until my next long rest. Another step forward. That's huge. Hear me, devil. I will do whatever it takes. Give you anything you ask. There is only one thing in this world that I desire. You do not have it. And you never will. The Kythrak. What deal would he make with this devil? Hush now, Vos. These guests may not know it yet, but they want the same thing that you do. And unlike you, they have something of value to offer in return. Lazel, to luck Magir. The devil holds the key to freeing the Gyth people. Right here, right now. You could seal our fate. Whatever you discuss with this devil, I must hear of it. Find me below in the tat room once you're loosed from his claws. I'm glad you came. Not to my door. Not yet. But, to the final reckoning. One more thing before we begin, though. Hmm. Okay. What's happening? For the first time since the Nautiloid, your mind is clear and settling. Um, I feel empty. What did you do? I gave you back your privacy by shutting that ill-fated in your pocket. Out of your mind. Out of your mind. It can't hear us. Huh. What's the catch? Speak freely. Tell me why you brought me here. I brought you here because I'm true to my word. And I can make all of this tadpole business go away. Which means you and your lovely friends can remain blessedly free of tentacles. Let us speak plain. I'll admit. You've impressed me. I wasn't sure you'd make it this far. But no matter how far you come, you're still on the road to ruin. A road that leads directly to a confrontation with the elder brain. At best, it will kill you and everyone else in this city. At worst, it will assimilate you and you won't have enough free will left to even wish you were dead. You have the key to destroying it in the palm of your hand, though. The astral prism? In a manner of speaking. But it's the one inside the prism that you need, not the ill-fated, the gift. I can give you the means to free. Speak, devil. We're listening. Why would I want to free him? I suppose you'd rather suck on the emperor's tentacles till the end of your days? Orpheus is your only hope of surviving this horror show without devolving into an ill-fated. To you, you will be a friend. You're at war with an elder brain. All the evidence I've seen suggests Orpheus is my enemy and the emperor my ally. If I'd realized you were so gullible I'd have tricked you into selling your soul for a pocketful of beans when we first met. To the emperor you are nothing more than a beast of burden. One that will transport it to the elder brain. Fox requires food and the occasional beating to keep it moving. You are simpler. The emperor's words serve as both carrot and stick. Perhaps it is true that Orpheus would ally with you against the elder brain. If he proves uncooperative once free you may have to kill him. It's true that Orpheus would ally with you against the elder brain but if it proves uncooperative once free I feel like we shouldn't do it. Just because he tells you how doesn't mean you have to do it but you'll still have the option. Mmm. Okay, let's just know how. The Orphic Hammer an artifact capable of shattering the chains that hold Prince Orpheus is held securely in my House of Hope even now. It's very convenient that you have exactly what I need. Isn't it just? And it's even more convenient that you can give me exactly what I want in return. There it is. Of course. What are you hoping to get out of all this? Power. You free Orpheus and in doing so save the city, the Sword Coast, perhaps the whole world and your own precious skin too. And you give me the crown that dominates the elder brain. And you L'Azelle of Kylir want to free the Forgotten Prince? Do you not? I want nothing more. Then it is settled, is it not? A crown for a hammer. A bargain of a lifetime L'Azelle of Kylir. Do not take that deal. Do not promise the crown to him. What is the crown? Power. Ancient and full of wonder. Ignore him, take the deal. Okay. I have craved it ever since the arch-wizard Caasus created it long centuries ago and brought doom to the Empire of Netheril. That was the great age of humanity and angels flying sky cities with the apex of civilization. I was there the day it all fell apart. Entire cities plummeted from the sky like angels with broken wings. The screams. Oh, the screams. Hundreds of thousands of people watching in horror. You're not that guy now, trust me. You're not that... The surround came up to meet them. It was not a happy meeting. And Caasus was responsible. Not driven by malice but by ambition. He forged a crown imbued with all the powers of magic. A crown that would make any who wore it a god. Men cannot contain so much power. The crown destroyed its creator and his empire fell. Caasus' folly the bards and scholars call it. I call it Hope. The hope of creating a better world and the perils of unchecked hubris. I knew then that the folly of mortals could be the triumph of devils and that I could use that crown to unite the nine under one Archdevil Supreme me. Zarya wouldn't like that much. But even I'm not so desperate to spite her I'd put the hells in this bastard's hands. The idea of you ruling all nine hells isn't filling with joy. The hells require order to function. It is what separates us from mortals and demons. With the crown I would impose perfect order, unity, efficiency, control. My kingdom would control its borders and stay within them. Where has that crown been? Now why haven't you got to hold the crown already? It was stolen from right under my nose all those centuries ago. The Archdevil Mephistopheles snatched up the crown and squirreled it away in one of his vaults. He is not more than a frigid archulist. So much power and potential kept inert. He made a miracle into a museum piece. I raged but only for a decade or so. Then I waited ever watching for more than a thousand years to take a mishap, a misadventure and these chosen who have caused you so much trouble accidentally did me a favor. They brought the crown back into play. It must really annoy you that some mortals managed to steal the crown where you couldn't. Yes, it does. Especially when I see what a bloody mess they've made of their whole scheme. They must have raided Mephistopheles' vault. Impressive. I must admit. But they'll be dead soon. If you don't kill them, the elder brain will. It doesn't have feelings in the way you'd understand them. But it seems rather angry. It is inevitable. You'll destroy the brain and you will because you must. The crown will be yours for the taking. And when that moment comes you give the crown to me. In exchange I give you the hammer now. Wait, we're going to do what? Transaction it seems, but it's more than that. He's offering you an alternative to the Mind Flayer in your head. Take Raphael's deal and you could free Orpheus. With Orpheus free you would have no need to rely on the emperor. But there's no guarantee that Orpheus would be on your side. And if you take the deal you'll have to fulfill it. You'll have to deliver the crown of Caesus to the devil himself. He claims his ambition is to unite the hells but can he be trusted to stop there? Do you trust him more than you trust the emperor? I think I would say I'd rather destroy the crown. No deal? Either no deal or destroy the crown. I don't know. One or the other. Maybe I don't tell him that I'll destroy the crown. Look at all this. You guys would agree. I don't think I'm going to agree. Do you have an oath break to make a deal with the devil? I'm going to say no deal. I won't stop you but time is running out. So don't stay away for long. If you see reason I'll be here waiting right up to the moment the world ends. Okay. The means to loosing the prince of the comet was within our grasp and you refused it. Why? I don't trust the devil. The orphic hammer is probably worthless. I'm not about to let Raphael become arch-devil supreme. Why? Is he any worse than Osmodeus, do you suppose? The reigning serpent he who harvests souls to fight an unwinnable blood war. Worse than Mephistopheles the devil who slayed his own son he whose experiments threatened to melt his own frozen throne. Your mind is made up but there's another option glory be to the comet the devil keeps the orphic hammer in his lair. If we can find a way in we can take it. I'll use it to smash the true. I forgot the ropes in the way. Yisk, Githgard, Tafki, crash it. The Githyanki will be free first to Vos then to Raphael's house of hope just don't expect a lavish spread awaiting us this time. 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