How to Take Control of the Bard Stronghold in Baldur's Gate 2
Each of the main classes available in the PC role-playing game Baldur's Gate 2 have the option to take control of a stronghold that coincides with their class abilities. If you start the game as a bard, you will be able to own and run a theater in the Five Flagons Inn. Depending on how you run the theater, you can potentially make a large sum of money each week from the plays you produce.
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Instructions
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Begin a new game and choose the bard class for the main character. The race, gender, and alignment are all irrelevant, as any sort of bard can take control of the stronghold.
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Leave the dungeon that the party wakes up in at the beginning of the game and escape into the city of Athkatla.
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The Bridge District
Travel to the Bridge District in Athkatla. Once you have arrived there, go inside the tavern called the "Five Flagons Inn."
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Enter the basement of the Five Flagons and watch the play being put on. Once the play is finished, speak with the woman named Raelis Shae and agree to help her free her friend Haer'Dalis, who has been imprisoned by a wizard.
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Leave the Bridge District and go to the Temple District. Head into the sewers by using one of the many manhole entrances scattered throughout the district. Find and open the secret door at the northwest end of the sewers and then go inside it, as it leads into the wizard's home.
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Kill the wizard to free Haer'Dalis, or if you prefer you can also speak with the wizard and agree to complete a quest for him in exchange for Haer'Dalis' freedom.
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Return to the Five Flagons and speak with Raelis Shae again. She will then attempt to open a portal to another plane of existence, but something will go wrong and a monster will sneak through the portal and kidnap Haer'Dalis and Raelis Shae.
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The Planar Prison
Jump into the portal and fight your way through the Planar Prison that it takes you to.
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Kill the jailer that runs the prison to free Haer'Dalis and Raelis Shae, and then enter the portal at the end of the prison to return to the Five Flagons. Raelis Shae will give your party the deed to the theater as a token of her gratitude for saving her life.
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Tips & Warnings
Once the theater is in your control you will have the option to pay money and hire actresses for a play. The more money you pay and the more time you spend working on the play, the better the final outcome will be and the more money you will earn back from it.
The enemies in the Planar Prison can be difficult to defeat, even for a high level party. If you kill the Master of Thralls in the west side of the prison all of the other inmates will be released, and they will help your group battle the other enemies there.
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