Entar's Son

Entar's Son
"Well, look what I found."
Quest
Other Names	Kagain's Quest
Type	Companion quest
Requirements
Chapter	One
Locations and People
Area	Kagain's Shop, Beregost Coast Way
People Involved	Kagain
Approaches
Quest Timers	Eight plus seven days; later one day
Rewards
Other Rewards	Bastard Sword, Fire Agate Gem, Silver Ring, Small Shield (though these can be found anyway) Up to 150

Entar's Son, also known as Kagain's Quest, is a companion quest in Baldur's Gate, available from Chapter One on.

“	We've joined up with Kagain, a dwarf who wants to find a missing noble. The missing noble is the son of Entar Silvershield, and so he's really desperate to find the kid.	”
— Journal: Kagain's Quest

Synopsis

Acquisition	Given by Kagain in his shop(AR3353) in Beregost
Goal	Finding a – possibly dead – person within 15 days
Tasks	Traveling with Kagain as companion to the Coast Way(AR2800) and exploring it until a certain map marker(3849.2581) is found; optional: combat
Rewards	Items; optional: gold
Checks	Reaction

Walkthrough

Kagain

Note: For the highest reward, talking should be done by the party member with the best reaction.

Upon entering Kagain's Shop in Beregost and asking its owner "what kind of shop" this may be, the dwarf states that he is running an escort business and hires mercenaries to protect "caravans on route from Amn to Baldur's Gate. Right now I'm lookin' for some strong sword arms" and he offers up the job to find out what happened to one of his caravans that didn't make it to the Gate.

If asked for more information, Kagain reveals that he's "been having a lot of problems" with bandits recently, but that they usually would let the caravans go. Not in this case, however, about which he normally "wouldn't give one damn" – wasn't it for Entar Silvershield being the father of one of the missing passengers.

If accepting the job and Kagain's payment, he will join as a companion, and an eight day counter starts until he will remind Gorion's Ward of the quest. If then a further seven days pass without finding the caravan, Kagain will leave the party, canceling the job.

“	I'm getting nowhere with you useless chumps! I'll find my lost caravan on my own, and yous can all just get bent!	”
— Kagain

Coast Way

Though nothing points directly to that area, the Coast Way is at least part of the route to Baldur's Gate, and thus may be a good start for the research.

Original game

See also: #Bugs

Simply arriving at the Coast Way together with Kagain marks in the original Baldur's Gate the end of this quest, without any reward (not counting Kagain as a companion).

“	I'm tired of looking fer the damn caravan. We'll never find it among all the other dead caravans we've been coming across. Let's just forget about it and keep to whatever you wanna do.	”
— Kagain

Enhanced Edition

Depending on how much of the Coast Way wilderness has been explored earlier – on the way from the Friendly Arm Inn to Beregost, for example –, the two "raided caravans" may already have been noticed, even relieved of whatever was there to take. Anyway, to the east and up the hillside, past the single overthrown wagon, Kagain will recognize the body of Entar's son among the victims of a larger caravan – unless it took more than one day to find it since having arrived here. In the latter case, he will have lost interest in the task, with job and reward canceled.

“	I'm tired of looking fer the damn caravan. We'll never find it among all the other dead caravans we've been coming across. Let's just forget about it and keep to whatever you wanna do.	”
— Kagain

If found in time, Kagain now believes that, with Silvershield's son being under his responsibility when killed, he is a wanted dwarf, and as he deduces that Gorion's Ward is after the bandits too, he offers to help them gain revenge "on those scumbags" and accompany the party permanently. Depending on how he reacted to the person who negotiated this job with him, he might even have some payment, in addition to the few items that can be found on site.

If you manually speak to Kagain at the 3 wagon site he will finish the quest.

If Skie is present upon completion of the quest she will mourn: “*sniffle* I can’t believe he’s dead.”

“	Entar Silvershield's son was killed.	”
— Journal: Entar's Son (Finished)

Rewards

Besides having gained a companion, there's no reward for this quest in the original Baldur's Gate. (See also bugs.)

In the Enhanced Edition, the exact material reward depends on Kagain's reaction to the party member who made the deal with him. There's no experience gained.

Reaction seven or lower

Bastard Sword, Small Shield, Fire Agate Gem, Silver Ring

“ I'll give each of you a share of whatever booty we take off the bodies of those poor caravan passengers. ” — Kagain

Reaction eight to fourteen

Bastard Sword, Small Shield, Fire Agate Gem, Silver Ring 15  per party member, except Kagain

“ I'll pay 15 gold per head, as well as equal opportunity to loot any of the dead bodies the bandits may have left behind. ” — Kagain

Reaction fifteen and higher

Bastard Sword, Small Shield, Fire Agate Gem, Silver Ring 30  per party member, except Kagain

“ I'll pay each of you 30 gold per head, plus a share of any booty, if there's no one left alive to claim it. ” — Kagain

Bugs

• Baldur's Gate (1998)
  This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate campaign. Due to missing/misplaced dialog lines, in the original Baldur's Gate the quest can never be solved as per quest objective. Instead the – intended to be timed – line by Kagain that he doesn't care anymore is spoken immediately after reaching the destination area, and the quest is … well, finished somehow. No reward is gained.
  • The mod Unfinished Business for BG1 offers an unofficial bugfix of sorts and introduces an own way to solve the quest, much more complex than how the Enhanced Edition fixes it (which is closer to the original idea). For the latter, the "Kagain's Quest" component in Unfinished Business is disabled.