Baldur's Gate II Chapter 3

Chapter 3
Requirements
Prerequisite Quests	Chapter 2
Relations
Followed by	Chapter 4

Baldur's Gate II Chapter 3 is the third part of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.

The end of Chapter 2 and transition to Chapter 3 is triggered by a choice made by Gorion's Ward:

If the party completes the Collect the fee for Gaelan Bayle questline, and actually pays the fee, then this leads to an introduction to the head of the Shadow Thieves and dialogue with Aran Linvail - this dialogue leads to the Aran's tasks to receive the Shadow Thieves' aid questline and the start of Chapter 3.

If the party agrees to the invitation from Valen to meet her mistress Bodhi at the Athkatla Graveyard at night, then the party will be offered a choice to pay a fee to her, in order to receive her aid in rescuing Imoen. Once the Ward accepts Bodhi's help (and the fee is collected) this will transition the start of Chapter 3.

Additionally, once the introduction screen for the chapter change is finished, there will be a cinematic cutscene taking place in the Spellhold asylum, where Jon Irenicus breaks free of his bonds and takes over the asylum.

This reveals the location of Imoen.

There are two ways this chapter could go; if you pay the fee to Gaelan Bayle in Chapter 2 for the Shadow Thieves help the party will be attacking the vampires in Chapter 3.

if you pay Bodhi for her help in Chapter 2, the party will be at odds with the Shadow Thieves in Chapter 3.

Chapter 3 is all about completing the tasks required by the side the party has selected for help, completing those tasks, and finally receiving the assistance promised to travel to the remote island where Imoen is being held.

Summary - attacking the rival guild

NOTE: Follow this section if you joined with the Shadow Thieves for help. This section is part of the Aran's tasks to receive the Shadow Thieves' aid questline, and all quest journal entries will be registered under that header.

Enter the Shadow Thief Guildhall in the Athkatla Docks and go down the stairs behind a hidden door in the northeast wall. From the first room of this level, go through a secret passage in the northeast wall and follow the corridor to Aran Linvail's quarters. He will ask you to help defend one of his shipments from the competing guild. Go down to the south end of the Docks District and meet Mook. If you ever wondered why there's a sign on the south of the map saying "Down to the Shipyard Docks", near some stairs leading down to the sea, well, now is the time to go down those stairs. During the night, a creature named Lassal will kill Mook and attack your party. Once you have defeated Lassal, report back to Aran Linvail.

Aran's next task will be for you to meet with a recruiter from the other guild and pretend to be a recruit yourself. Aran hopes to learn the location of the other guild's lair. Go to the second story of the Five Flagons Inn in the Athkatla Bridge. In one of the rooms, you will find Jaylos and Caehan, the defectors. There is no way to get out of this meeting without killing both of them and the guild contact. If you attack the defectors, Caehan will mention the name of the contact before attacking (The contact's name is Gracen), if your charisma is high enough and you choose the correct dialogue option (4th one) he will tell you the location of the lair, if not he will attack (don't forget to loot the note from his body if you killed him). Either way, once you are done here, return to the shadow thieves. Go to Aran Linvail and tell him what you learned. He will ask you to go to the Athkatla Graveyard and destroy Bodhi.

Note:	for a walk through and more detail of this Chapter 3 task - see Aran's Task - Defeat Bodhi and her guild.

Go to the Graveyard District and enter one of the entrances to the Lower Tombs (one is at approx X:886 Y:1687). Fight past Pai'Na's spiders and meet Haz at the entrance to the vampire's lair (north side of the lower tomb). His Golem will break down the door, but you will be attacked and Haz will be killed. Follow Lassal to the inner sanctum. Defeat the vampires there and confront Lassal in the back room. He will flee again. Return to the entrance of the vampire's lair and enter the hallway to the east. You will have to fight two vampires including the powerful Tanova to get through. Lassal will finally attack you in the room with the spikes in the ground. Beware of traps! Once you have defeated Lassal, go to the room with the three coffins on the west side of the area. Use blunt weapons to destroy the Clay Golem that guards the coffins. Click on each of the coffins to use a wooden stake to finish off the vampires. The top two coffins are Gellal's and Durst's and the bottom one is Lassal's. Bodhi will appear once you have finished off Lassal. She is a very difficult enemy. Only blunt weapons will work against her. Once you have hurt her enough, she will leave. Return to Aran Linvail in the Shadow Thief Guildhall and he will book you passage on a ship which will take you to the island where Imoen and Irenicus are being held by the Cowled Wizards.

Summary - attacking the Shadow Thieves

NOTE: Follow this section if you sided with the Bodhi's Vampire Coven. This section is part of the Perform Bodhi's Tasks to Receive Her Aid questline, and all quest journal entries will be registered under that header.

Go to the Docks District and attack the shadow thieves by the docks at the south end. Take the Smuggled Shipment from Mook's body. Give the package to Bodhi in the Vampire Guild beneath the Graveyard District. You must now choose between two assignments. If you choose the hero's task, go to the Docks District and enter the Shadow Thief Guildhall from the south entrance on the second floor. Defeat the Shadow Thieves and rescue Palern Flynn in the back room. Return to Bodhi in the Vampire Lair. If you choose the other task, enter the Vulova Estate at the north end of the Government District and handle Senior Armagaran Vulova and his guard Laen Torg and a Vulova Wizard. Place the Shadow Thief Dagger and Cloak in the fountain by the entrance and return to Bodhi in the Vampire Lair. Your last task will be to kill Aran Linvail, the head of the Shadow Thieves.

Go to the Athkatla Slums and kill Gaelan Bayle in his home to obtain the Shadow Thief Cellar Key. Now go to the Docks District and enter the Shadow Thief Guildhall. Kill the enemies inside and descend to the cellar through a secret stairway in the northeast corner. Once you defeat the enemies in the first room of the cellar, Tizzak will ask you to free him from his torturers. Enter the torture chamber to the southeast and kill Booter. Take the prison key from his body and release Tizzak. He will tell you how to get into Aran Linvail's inner chamber. Continue north into the Shadow Thief training area. After Dedral's ambush, enter the room to the northeast and push the red button at the end of the room. Watch out for traps! Continue through the area until you find the wizard Haz. Kill him and take his key. Return to the first room of the cellar and enter a secret passage in the northeast wall. Follow the passage all the way to Aran Linvail's lair and defeat him. Return to Bodhi again, after you have defeated Aran Linvail. She will tell you about her relationship with Irenicus and will then escort you to the ship. Saemon Havarian will sail your party and Bodhi to Brynnlaw.

Gallery:

If sided with Bodhi - the Chapter 3 Introduction and Narration differs from siding with the Shadow Thieves.

A cutscene at the beginning of Chapter 3 shows that Jon Irenicus has broken out of his confinement in Spellhold.