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'''Haer'Dalis''' was a [[tiefling]] actor, [[planewalker]], and a member of the planar faction known as the [[Doomguard]] during the mid–14{{th}} century [[DR]].<ref name="BGII.SoA">{{Cite game/Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn}}</ref><ref name="BGII.ToB">{{Cite game/Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal}}</ref>
   
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{{Quote|''"In a blaze of trumpets, with wicked blades held high<br/>thus came ye fates of chaos to let this sparrow fly!"''|Haer'Dalis}}
'''Haer'Dalis''' is a [[tiefling]] actor and [[planewalker]], and a member of the planar faction known as the [[Doomguard]]. He doesn't live anywhere permanently, but most frequently returns to [[Sigil]]. He belonged to [[Raelis Shai]]'s theatre troupe at one point, and at least at that time, in [[1369 DR]], stayed on [[Toril]] for some time.
 
   
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==Description==
Haer'Dalis is one of the party [[NPC]]s in the game [[Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (game)|''Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn'']] and its expansion [[Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (game)|''Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal'']], and one of the more difficult ones to find in the first. The player's party can accept the task to find him from [[Raelis Shai]] after witnessing the awful performance [[Biff the Understudy]] gives in his place in her play. The quest involves going down into the sewers of [[Athkatla]] and from there entering the abode of a [[wizard]] holding Haer'Dalis captive. He will be found within under magical compulsion, which is lifted once the wizard is dead. The player will also be required to acquire from the wizard's hiding place an item capable of opening dimensional conduits; Raelis Shai first claims it was stolen from her by the wizard, but it turns out that it belonged to him and Haer'Dalis was captured while trying to steal it. Haer'Dalis can join the party right away or go to Raelis Shai by himself. If the player's party stays with them to help them fight creatures emerging from the different conduits they open in an effort to get back home, they will witness the whole group of actors being kidnapped by bounty hunters. They can then follow them to the [[Planar Prison]], where they will have to defeat the [[cambion]] controlling the prison before escaping. At the end, Raelis Shai and the rest of her troupe will continue their travels elsewhere, except for Haer'Dalis who will return to the [[Prime Material Plane]] along with the player character.
 
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Haer'Dalis had an unsettling aura that made people from the [[Prime Material plane]] nervous.<ref name="BGII.SoA"/>
   
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==Abilities==
If [[Aerie]] is in the party at the same time as Haer'Dalis, he will start to teach her to act, recognising an unsuspected hidden talent in her. If she is not already romantically committed to a male player character, the two will eventually fall for each other. If both romances develop simultaneously, Aerie will have difficulty choosing, until finally Haer'Dalis will challenge the player character to a duel over her, whereupon she will choose the PC if he ultimately refuses to fight. If Haer'Dalis and Aerie do end up together, she will eventually leave him because of conflict between their respective personalities.
 
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Beyond being a very talented actor Haer'Dalis was a quite skilled as fighting.<ref name="BGII.SoA"/>
   
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==Personality==
Haer'Dalis is the only member of his race available for playing the game. For a tiefling, he's not physically very different from a [[human]] or [[elf]]. From humans, he differs in having pointed ears, bluish hair and some stripes on the skin of his face. He also has an unsettling aura that makes Primes nervous. Mentally, however, he is as both a tiefling and Doomguard (and actor) quite alien. He seems quite unconcerned about anything that happens around him or to him other than to appreciate it as an experience. He likes to speak in flowery metaphors, calling himself "this Sparrow" and others with such names as "my Raven". The Doomguard believe that the entropic decay and annihilation of everything is not only inevitable but downright desirable, and Haer'Dalis not merely believes this philosophy, but thinks and feels fully accordingly. He is also capable of intense emotion, much as he portrays it on the stage, and feels that such things are important, but ultimately he doesn't care about anything with the kind of urgency "normal" people do, and accepts with little sadness that everything will pass and yield to entropy. Thus, for example, he is willing to fight to death over a love he in no way believes will last. (Both of the possible occasions where Aerie will choose to leave him involve her deciding that, for all his apparent emotion, he does not truly care for her after all.) Besides of being an actor, Haer'Dalis as a blade is an unusually skilled fighter for a bard, capable of going into an effective offensive or defensive dance with his weapons - at the expense of the effectiveness of his bard song. He has his own two personal [[short sword]]s, called ''Chaos'' and ''Entropy''.
 
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Haer'Dalis viewed the worlds with the eyes of a poet. He was quite the flatterer and spoke of his allies and freinds in the grandest of terms. Haer'Dalis often gave them nicknames them after species of birds he thought best suit them while referring to himself as '[[sparrow]]'.<ref name="BGII.SoA"/>
   
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Haer'Dalis believed that the entropic decay and annihilation of everything was not only inevitable but downright desirable. This was beyond here philosophy to the tiefling, as he thought and even felt the dynamic to be true.
==Voice Acting==
 
Haer'Dalis is voiced by Michael Bell.
 
   
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He was also capable of intense emotion, much as he portrayed it on the stage. While he felt some things in life were important, he did not carry the same urgency "normal" people did. With little sadness he accepted that everything would pass and yield to entropy. As such, he was willing to fight to the death over a love he in no way believed would last.<ref name="BGII.SoA"/>
==Appearances==
 
=== Games ===
 
**''[[Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (game)|Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn]]''
 
**''[[Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (game)|Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal]]''
 
   
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As a planewalker Haer'Dalis didn't live anywhere permanently, but most frequently returned to [[Sigil]].<ref name="BGII.SoA"/>
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He was a member of [[Raelis Shai]]'s theater troupe, along with several other thespians.<ref name="BGII.SoA"/>
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==History==
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At some point Haer'Dalis troupe performed a new play called ''[[A Comedy of Terrors]]'' in the city of Sigil. The play was quite critical of the factol of the [[Fated]], [[Rowan Darkwood|Duke Rowan Darkwood]]. Although it was penned by Raelis herself, she played it off as someone else's fictional work. The duke was less than pleased and dispatched a number of bounty hunters to ensure their capture. The actors would be held in a planar prison for some time, before being transported to the Duke's tower.<ref name="BGII.SoA"/>
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In the {{YearlinkName|1369}} Haer'Dalis attempted to steal a ''[[portal gem]]'' from the [[elven]] [[mage]] [[Mekrath]] in order to allow his group to better travel from [[Toril]] through the [[Astral Plane]]. Unfortunately he was caught and enslaved by Mekrath as punishment.<ref name="BGII.SoA"/>
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Raelis Shai and the rest of the troupe hired [[Biff the Understudy|Biff]] to fill in for Haer'Dalis to continue their performances at the [[Five Flagons]] in [[Athkatla]]. The less talented actor was ill–suited for the role.<ref name="BGII.SoA"/>
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Meanwhile, Raelis and her friend [[Quayle]] searched after [[adventurer]]s who were capable of freeing the actor.<ref name="BGII.SoA"/>
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==Appendix==
 
===Appearances===
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;Video Games:
 
* ''[[Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (game)|Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn]]''
 
* ''[[Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (game)|Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal]]''
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Haer'Dalis was a tiefling actor, planewalker, and a member of the planar faction known as the Doomguard during the mid–14th century DR.[1][2]

"In a blaze of trumpets, with wicked blades held high
thus came ye fates of chaos to let this sparrow fly!"
— Haer'Dalis

Description

Haer'Dalis had an unsettling aura that made people from the Prime Material plane nervous.[1]

Abilities

Beyond being a very talented actor Haer'Dalis was a quite skilled as fighting.[1]

Personality

Haer'Dalis viewed the worlds with the eyes of a poet. He was quite the flatterer and spoke of his allies and freinds in the grandest of terms. Haer'Dalis often gave them nicknames them after species of birds he thought best suit them while referring to himself as 'sparrow'.[1]

Haer'Dalis believed that the entropic decay and annihilation of everything was not only inevitable but downright desirable. This was beyond here philosophy to the tiefling, as he thought and even felt the dynamic to be true.

He was also capable of intense emotion, much as he portrayed it on the stage. While he felt some things in life were important, he did not carry the same urgency "normal" people did. With little sadness he accepted that everything would pass and yield to entropy. As such, he was willing to fight to the death over a love he in no way believed would last.[1]

Activities

As a planewalker Haer'Dalis didn't live anywhere permanently, but most frequently returned to Sigil.[1]

He was a member of Raelis Shai's theater troupe, along with several other thespians.[1]

History

At some point Haer'Dalis troupe performed a new play called A Comedy of Terrors in the city of Sigil. The play was quite critical of the factol of the Fated, Duke Rowan Darkwood. Although it was penned by Raelis herself, she played it off as someone else's fictional work. The duke was less than pleased and dispatched a number of bounty hunters to ensure their capture. The actors would be held in a planar prison for some time, before being transported to the Duke's tower.[1]

In the Year of the Gauntlet, 1369 DR Haer'Dalis attempted to steal a portal gem from the elven mage Mekrath in order to allow his group to better travel from Toril through the Astral Plane. Unfortunately he was caught and enslaved by Mekrath as punishment.[1]

Raelis Shai and the rest of the troupe hired Biff to fill in for Haer'Dalis to continue their performances at the Five Flagons in Athkatla. The less talented actor was ill–suited for the role.[1]

Meanwhile, Raelis and her friend Quayle searched after adventurers who were capable of freeing the actor.[1]

Appendix

Appearances

Video Games
  • Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
  • Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal

External links

References

Connections