[Silent Wind]

В попытках разгрузить мозги поставила я себе Baldur's Gate. После M&M игра мне сильно не понравилась. Прямо с самого начала геймплеем и не понравилась. Как и большинством сопартийцев. А ещё для меня она малость затянута. И сюжет мне там тоже не нравится. Но я в это доиграю. Исключительно ради двух персонажей.
Я влюбилась в

Кзара

The crazy Zhentarim wizard of Baldur's Gate, and Montaron's sidekick
Smiles everyone, smiles! This is like some great Fantasy!

Xzar the deranged Necromancer is a recruitable character in Baldur's Gate. He can be found along the road in the first area after the player leaves Candlekeep, along with his partner Montaron. He will ask the player to join them in travelling to Nashkel to investigate the mine crisis, and will be extremely insulted if the 'bad child' won't join their cause. Xzar and Montaron will always join or leave the party together, and can only be separated by death, but they hold no love for each other: Montaron doesn't like Xzar's insanity, and Xzar wishes Montaron would lighten up. If Montaron should die, Xzar will reveal his true feelings for his partner, and cry out "Montaron! I . . . I never loved you."

Xzar's madness shows itself in a multitude of ways. He can go from cloyingly sweet to shrieking within the span of one sentence, cries for his mommy, complains that there's more to elven infravision than merely taking an elf's eyes, and has a fear of rabbits. Oddly enough, Xzar has an INT of 17 and a WIS of 16, one of the highest INT/WIS scores in the game.

If Xzar is in a party with Khalid and Jaheira, the two Harpers will have a number of angry conversations with Xzar, who detests them as much as they detest him. He complains that none are as insufferably righteous as Harpers, and they will openly accuse him of having Zhentish manners. If Xzar is in the party upon entering the second floor of Sorcerous Sundries in Baldur's Gate, the wizards in the room will not attack, and may, through conversation, reveal that Xzar and Montaron are Zhentarim agents, and that one of the wizards is Xzar's superior.

Xzar has a brief appearance in Baldur's Gate II. He can be found near the Harper Hold in Athkatla after the party brings an injured man to the Hold, and wants to hire the player to rescue Montaron, who is being held somewhere inside. If the player complies, and brings Xzar a bird that purportedly is a transformed Montaron, the bird shapeshifts into a Harper, who kills Xzar. Montaron's true fate is never discovered.

и Монтарона!

Halfling. Thief. Zhentarim agent.
Montaron is a recruitable evil Halfling Fighter/Thief in Baldur's Gate. He can be found, along with his partner Xzar, somewhere along the road in the first area the player enters after Candlekeep. The pair offer a healing potion, and ask if the player will join them in investigating the Nashkel mines. If the player refuses them, Montaron immediately shows his true self. He shouts at the player, telling them to be off, and leaves the area. If he and Xzar join the party, Montaron will show himself to be crass, callous, coldhearted and sarcastic. He enjoys what he does very, very much, and does not like being ordered around, or having to deal with too many goody goodies. He is, however, the straight man to Xzar's insanity, and has a definite practical streak.

Despite the fact that Montaron will refuse to be separated by Xzar except through death, both his biography and his dialogue make it clear that he thinks very little of the wizard, and he rejoices if Xzar should die. Montaron's biography hints that they have a powerful employee, and if they are in a party with Jaheira and Khalid, there will be open animosity between the two pairs. Montaron and Xzar may be revealed to be Zhentarim agents by the wizards on the second floor of Sorcerous Sundries in Baldur's Gate.

Montaron is referred to in Baldur's Gate II: Xzar tries to hire the player to rescue him from the Harpers of Athkatla. However, the transformed creature they rescue from the Harper Hold is not Montaron, but a Harper assassin. Montaron's dead body can later be found in a chest in the Harper Hold.

(Ну, ещё меня пропёр Эдвин, но он – классика и менее мне интересен). Блииин, какие ж клёвые ребята! «Монти» с его здоровым цинизмом и Кзар, добавляющий привкус шизофрении во всё, что происходит… Я дико хочу про них фик, большой-большой, красивый-красивый, дженовый-дженовый. Напишите мне кто-нибудь в подарок к НГ, а? Позязя... Играть с ними в пати сложно, но save/load спасает. Мне теперь интересно, что будет, если пройти игру исключительно evil-пати.
А ещё мне почему-то подумалось, что для тру-некра всё-таки правильно поднимать своих врагов в армию тупых шкелетиков. Очень удобное средство устрашения. «Хочешь быть третьим с конца во второй шеренге?» Наглядно. Кзар так не может. А жаль.
Теперь буду периодически громко восторженно пищать по поводу этих двух персов.

@темы: Baldur's Gate, прочее, Montaron, Xzar, кзар, монтарон