Aldeth Sashenstar and the Druids
Shin
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I think this one's been touched on before, but since I just reached it in my game I thought I'd check for some input.
To me this encounter seems to be unusually morally grey. At first sight I always figured the good-aligned thing to do was to help Aldeth out even though he seems very annoying and self-righteous - for one thing because the druids mean to kill him right away, and for one because of how skewed the dialogue choices are written: you can either side with Aldeth by asking Seniyad the druid to be reasonable and find a peaceful solution, or you can side with the druids by apologizing to Aldeth about how the druids have a great aloe vera balm, yada yada.
There seems to be at least two other things to consider though:
1. Aldeth and his hunting friends allegedly killed a druid - as the player you never get a chance to ascertain this, but I guess it's quite possible that they accidentally shot a shapeshifted druid while hunting.
2. (This one is what ultimately tipped me over.) As you know, if you help Aldeth you can later on visit him in Baldur's Gate, and help him once more with his doppelganger problem. If you then in chapter 7 when you are wanted by the Flaming Fist visit Aldeth inside his consortium, the ungrateful bastard will hand you over to the Fist - and this after you saved both his life (twice) and his consortium.
As for Seniyad, I originally thought he was a shadow druid (and hence fairly radical and evil - because that's how he comes across), but by all accounts he's just a regular druid, now taking extreme measures to protect his forest. Either way, having reviewed the possible chain of events I've started feeling that letting the druids have their way with Aldeth is really the over-all more good-aligned option - even though there's no way of knowing all this when you encounter him.
What do you guys think?
To me this encounter seems to be unusually morally grey. At first sight I always figured the good-aligned thing to do was to help Aldeth out even though he seems very annoying and self-righteous - for one thing because the druids mean to kill him right away, and for one because of how skewed the dialogue choices are written: you can either side with Aldeth by asking Seniyad the druid to be reasonable and find a peaceful solution, or you can side with the druids by apologizing to Aldeth about how the druids have a great aloe vera balm, yada yada.
There seems to be at least two other things to consider though:
1. Aldeth and his hunting friends allegedly killed a druid - as the player you never get a chance to ascertain this, but I guess it's quite possible that they accidentally shot a shapeshifted druid while hunting.
2. (This one is what ultimately tipped me over.) As you know, if you help Aldeth you can later on visit him in Baldur's Gate, and help him once more with his doppelganger problem. If you then in chapter 7 when you are wanted by the Flaming Fist visit Aldeth inside his consortium, the ungrateful bastard will hand you over to the Fist - and this after you saved both his life (twice) and his consortium.
As for Seniyad, I originally thought he was a shadow druid (and hence fairly radical and evil - because that's how he comes across), but by all accounts he's just a regular druid, now taking extreme measures to protect his forest. Either way, having reviewed the possible chain of events I've started feeling that letting the druids have their way with Aldeth is really the over-all more good-aligned option - even though there's no way of knowing all this when you encounter him.
What do you guys think?
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Anyhow, the situation is pretty morally grey. I don't think there is an obvious 'good' option.
On a side note... **SPOILERS**
If you kill Aldeth, you are confronted by his brother in BG, and after killing him you can get the Heavy Crossbow of Accuracy.
Does anyone know if I allow Aldeth to live in Cloakwood but then later kill him in BG, will I still be able to confront his brother and get the crossbow?
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