Korlasz is a female human mage and a former lieutenant of Sarevok Anchev, leading the last remnants of his followers after his defeat. Confronting her in her family crypt serves as the tutorial and introduction to Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear.
| “ | Everything was going to be different. Sarevok was going to change the world. I gave everything to his cause, and YOU destroyed it all. | ” |
Background[]
Personal[]
Korlasz was born to a family of necromancers, likely through her mother's line, who venerated the Dead Three and sought lichdom. Her father was a priest of Bhaal, and his influence led Korlasz to focus her devotions on that god. After Bhaal's death, she briefly turned to Loviatar while still hoping for his eventual return. That hope may have shifted when she came under the sway of the ambitious Bhaalspawn Sarevok.
Korlasz was more than a nameless follower. Her journal describes long conversations with Sarevok, and she offered her family crypt to him as a refuge. Her private chamber, adjacent to the crypt's sanctuary, contains her journal, a cache of writings on Bhaal Research, a large quantity of tomes of family history and some treasures.
Leading the Followers of Sarevok[]
After Sarevok's defeat, his followers were in thrown into disarray. Seeking to escape the Flaming Fist and Gorion's Ward, they regrouped under Korlasz. She directed them to steal Sarevok's Sword of Chaos, which she intended to sell; the proceeds would fund their flight from Baldur's Gate.
The theft, however, drew the attention of their pursuers. On the very day they prepared to leave for Zazesspur, their hiding place in the Korlazs' family tomb was breached.
Korlasz retreated into the crypt's depths, lowering herself and her closest allies into the innermost chamber, while posting others to guard the doors along her route. This strategy reveals two things about her:
- She has no qualms about sacrificing followers to buy time, and her followers are willing to die for her.
- She falters under pressure. Her retreat leads only into a dead end, ensuring her forces are defeated piecemeal while merely delaying the inevitable.
Notably, Korlasz dealt cordially with Ammon, instructing her to remain behind and avoid the coming battle—unless, of course, Ammon fabricated the exchange.
Gameplay[]
Korlasz automatically initiates dialogue when she spots Gorion's Ward; regardless of the player's choices, combat follows. She makes use of scrolls (Protection From Fire (wizard), Minor Globe of Invulnerability and Vocalize) and a Potion of Clarity.
When her HP drop below 71%, Korlasz pauses the fight to yield. Any of her surviving followers in this room surrender with her, granting both experience and loot. This surrender requires that she be able to speak—status effects such as Silence can prevent the event from triggering.
If spared, Korlasz later reappears in the basement of the Ducal Palace, caught in the act of escaping her cell.
| “ | I was surprised when I was taken to the palace and not to the jail. Now I know it was so the dukes could torment me in private. Did you think I'd be treated fairly? Justly? I expected no mercy, but even I didn't expect this... this horror. | ” |
This second encounter ends in a fight to the death. Stripped of equipment, she is weaker than before but worth another 2,500 XP, and her defeat produces a final journal entry:
Sarevok's Servant
Korlasz is finished forever.
In the Ducal Palace's basement, I once again crossed paths with the magician Korlasz, a former lieutenant of the Iron Throne. She survived our first encounter; on this occasion I was left with little choice but to kill her.
Trivia[]
- Fanegonorom complains about Korlasz' followers "arguing, fighting, building, breeding". Whether this is exaggeration or a hint at the mercenaries' more noticeable habits is unclear.
- Ephrik implies that he may have once served under Korlasz, but escaped the raid that destroyed her group.
- It is somewhat inconsistent that a former devotee of Loviatar reacts with horror to being tortured.
- It is uncertain whether Korlasz is intended as a given name or a family name. The Restless Spirit speaks of her as if it were her personal name (“Korlasz... I know the name”), while other references — such as the “Korlasz family history” — suggest it functions as a surname.
- Cut content suggests a Doppelganger subplot: one disguised as a five-year-old girl named Effy (and later as Imoen) would have cooperated with Korlasz for a final ambush on Gorion's Ward.
| “ | Hobgoblin slavers came to my house—they cut my mother and father down before my eyes. I tried to escape, but they ran me down like a pack of wolves on a wounded rabbit. I could not escape. They—they sold me. I've been here ever since. [] Korlasz! The wretched she-dog has held me down here for more than a week, torturing me for her own perverse pleasure. She's here. She's in the sarcophagus. | ” |
— "Effy" | ||