Ghallus appears as a minotaur barbarian found locked in a cage in the slave pens within the Red Wizard Enclave, during the quest Neera's Hidden Refuge.
He fought for five years as a gladiator in Thay before escaping, was caught and sent to the enclave, as no master in Thay dared having him as a slave after this.
| “ | You! Mercenary? A customer to buy me? I am champion! I am Ghallus! The bloodlust is on me; buy me and I eat your heart. | ” |
Gameplay[]
Through dialogue with Ghallus the party can get some background on the gladiator and make a decision to try and get him free of his cage (or don't, it's up to the Ward).
Neera has an interjection during the discourse and thinks it is a distraction and waste of time - but the Ward can insist to try it anyhow.
Ghallus tells of a Slave Pen Key that is held by one of the Red Wizards that is present during the gladiator fight scene (another copy can be had from Gul Dukeem and Lanneth).
Dialogue makes it pretty clear that freeing Ghallus (and the other slaves) from their cages is best done when there are no mercenaries or Red Wizards around, or they should be occupied in some manner - this is true, because the slaves are weak, and could be killed quicky, and freeing Ghallus before there are hostilities in the enclave actually causes the mercenaries and Red Wizards to become hostile.
If freed and a distraction created in the enclave, he will attempt to run out of the enclave's interior through a door and return at the start of the battle with Lanneth, along with four Amnian legionnaires chasing the minotaur from the marketplace in Waukeen's Promenade, after telling them he was an escaped slave (a clever tactic there, Minotaur).
If Ghallus survives to the point where Lanneth dimension doors into her laboratory, the gladiator (and Amnian legionnaires that survived) have some parting words, and he explains how he got the legionnaires to come with him - he leaves for the Silver Marches, of which he dreamt about in his cage.
Ghallus fights against any red circled enemy in combat, typically the nearest one he can detect. He will empower his Barbarian Rage, and can do so several times, depending on how long he survives and if able.
Ghallus is a blue circled "goodbutblue' type ally and can't be directly controlled by the player - and if the player wants Ghallus to survive, then feel free to heal him when his health bar starts to drop (and it probably will).
He fights in melee combat with his enchanted battle axe, and hits quite competently and often - see his InfoBox stats.
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The Sword Coast Stratagems makes a few revisions to Ghallus - including a smarter tactical AI script, as well as raising his HP to match a d12 barbarian kit - final HP is now 159, and 168 with barbarian rage.
On the flip side, SCS corrects his weapon proficiency in axe to 2-points instead of 5 - which is kit accurate.
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