Dyara (Fighter/Mage/Thief) (Update 22 - Balthazar, Ravager)
In the previous update Dyara had learned the truth about "The Five" and so she traveled back to Amkethran to face Balthazar, last of "The Five". As Elminster had suggested Dyara went to the Smuggler's Cave (without getting into fights with Balthazar's army) to meet, albeit grudgingly, with her old "friend" Saemon Havarian. Dyara however couldn't get herself to trust him and so she took the alternate route into the Monastery through the Cave of the Dead.
If Dyara had ever thought to ambush Balthazar that plot was foiled as inside the Monastery she was soon discovered and brought in front of Balthazar. Much to her surprise however Balthazar was quite different from the other Bhaalspawns as he had no intention bring back the Lord or Murder...
Balthazar: "I have vowed to exterminate all of Bhaal's children, forever wiping the Realms clean of his tainted existence."
Dyara: "But you're a Child of Bhaal as well - what happens to you?"
Balthazar: "Once I am certain I am the last, once I know there are no others, I will perform a ritual suicide. Bhaal's evil will die with me. But first, I must end your evil existence."
"So he wants me dead not for base motives but for the greater good", Dyara thought to herself somewhat relieved, "perhaps we can work on this a little bit."
Dyara: "You sound like a hypocrite to me, sentencing those he had no right to judge!"
Balthazar: "Actually, I am the perfect person to judge, Dyara. I, too, contain the taint of our father within me. I, too, have felt its yearning for blood, its effort to exert chaos upon my life. I have mastered it... but only barely. Too well I know what it is capable of. But regardless of our wishes in this matter, our destiny has been written for us. Some may run from it or deny it, while others embrace it... but each and every Bhaalspawn has a seed within them that has sprung forth a fruit laden with blood and murder. Do you deny this?"
Dyara: "You would make as out to be victims of circumstance rather than masters of our own destiny."
Balthazar: "You believe yourself to be the master of your destiny, do you? The destiny foreseen long ago by Alaundo? You believe it by choice alone that you ended up here? You mistake the path for the journey, my friend. Whatever paths you have taken since leaving Candlekeep, the journey has ended here as it was always meant to. Destiny masters us... we do not master it. If only we had met under other circumstances, Dyara... i would have liked to sit and compere the paths that have brought us to this point. If we had not been forced by destiny to bear this taint upon our souls, what would have become of us? I regret what I must do, yet I know it must be done."
Dyara sensed a hint of a doubt in the monk's voice and decided to push him some more.
Dyara: "You don't honestly see yourself as the force of righteousness in all this, do you? Look at all the suffering you have brought to Amkethran! Your monks terrorize the innocent at your command! You hire soulless mercenaries that cut down the innocent at the slightest provocation! And all for nothing! You call these the actions of a good man?"
Balthazar: "I... I thought it a great sacrifice, necessary to maintain secrecy, to attain my ultimate goal that they, in their ignorance, did not know would benefit them more in the end. But... it is how we treat the most helpless of our brethren in the worst of times that marks the goodness of a man, does it not? I... I am ashamed, Dyara. I sought... only to do what was best for us all."
Dyara: "And what becomes of Melissan, then? Is she free to raise Bhaal and complete her plans?"
Balthazar: "Of course not. It is she that holds the key to Bhaal's resurrection. After you are dead, she too must be destroyed."
Dyara: "And you're going to stop her alone? Have you given any thought to the fact that maybe you've been helping her all along, that she's been playing you like a harp? She used you to get rid of the other Bhaalspawn, obviously. Think about it! She knew what you were planning all along. She wanted all the Bhaalspawn dead... and she wants us to fight! She wants this to happen!!"
Balthazar: "I... perhaps you are right, Dyara. I see the wisdom of your words. You... you question me, and I have no good answers for you. My heart tells me that you must be killed, but I am not sure if I should listen to it. What... what would you have me do?"
Dyara: "Join me, Balthazar. Let us fight Melissan together, instead of doing what she wants us to do."
Balthazar: "Yes... you are right. I will join you. Let Melissan tremble when she sees us together, and we shall strike her down as she deserves. Even if Bhaal himself is resurrected, he will not be able to hold out against us both."
Dyara was surprised but also infected by this sudden outburst of euphoric optimism. Perhaps there was a chance actually, perhaps everything would turn out well after all. Balthazar promised to meet her at the Throne of Bhaal when the time came and Dyara once more was summoned by the Solar.
In this lesson Dyara learned the truth about Melissan who actually was Amelyssan the Blackhearted, Bhaal's most trusted Deathstalker. To her Bhaal had entrusted the secrets of his resurrection; after Bhaal's death, she alone had retained access to his essence and her power had grown whenever one of Bhaal's mortal children had died. And then she had betrayed Bhaal.
It was Melissan who had created "The Five", she also had masqueraded as protector of Bhaalspawn to lead the last Bhaalspawns to Saradush and have them slaughtered there.
Melissan: "The Five were the last thing I had to deal with before I could become the Lady of Murder myself... and you've dealt with them nicely."
Dyara: "It's not over while I'm still alive!"
Melissan: "I have most of the essence of Bhaal under my control, fool! I am nearly a goddess! I control the entire Abyssal realm that once was Bhaal's, all of the Throne of Blood. Do you dare come and face me there! Or shall I have to hunt you down like the sorry dog that you are? because make no mistake... one way or the other, every last drop of that divine essence will be mine."
Dyara: "Oh stop. Now you're scaring me. *yawn*
Melissan: "Then why wait?! Let's see how the prophecy ends right here and now!"
Dyara was up to a fight too, but unfortunately the Solar intervened. In her last challenge Dyara had to fight what lay within her, the ultimate expression of her power, the last of the barricades she had erected between herself and destiny... the Ravager...
Some Magical Swords were summoned to distract the Bone Blades...
... Carsomyr dispelled the Ravager's Blade Barrier but also all of her own protections were dispelled by the Ravager's attacks...
... and the Ravager hit really hard so Dyara switched to her Soul Reaver making the Ravager's attacks less dangerous...
... and after a while (and some GWWs) the Ravager was badly injured...
... and after some more GWWs he was near death...
... and Dyara hoped to defeat him quickly (and especially before her Magical Swords were unsummoned) but things do not always happen as we want to...
Out of GWWs Dyara continued to batter the Ravager desperately hoping that her next hit would be the killing blow. When Dyara realized the Ravager had more hit points left than expected she was already surrounded by the Bone Blades and it was too late to cast "Prot. from Magical Weapons" as it might get interrupted. But luck and a Potion of Superior Healing saved her...
... with the Ravager gone the Bone Blades disappeared and Dyara was rewarded with 25% resistance to physical damage.
Name Level HP Game Kills XP Game Kills Strongest Kill Deaths Pips
Dyara Fighter(18)/Mage(17)/Thief(22) 142 15,436,030 3,064 Bodhi - Longsword(***),Flail(***),THS(**),TWF(**)
To be continued...
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. But on the other hand that leaves much room for improvements. But I guess when I come there the next time I have forgotten already 
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