Baldur's Gate III

“… 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺'𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭'𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺. 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺'𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺.  𝘋𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘬 (𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝟫).”

Excerpt from the Notes on Lost Cities

Viessa kept repeating, “Nara, you need this,” and “This is your chance, Nara.” I believed her after about the fourth time, but the thing is, I don't trust the gods. If anyone could help me with my… condition, it would be one of the Society's most prominent scholars.

If only all these temples weren't located underground… You'd think after decades of constantly covering my face, I'd get used to the darkness, that subtle pressure, and stale air, but damn it to the Nine Hells, I still hate it.

"Karut, no."

"Why?! It's a great plan!"

"Because I don't want to drag your lifeless body back to Viessa's tower. Again. We should be helping her, not the other way around."

"Strictly speaking, that's Nara's job… By the way, did you see how they—"

"Yes."

"And no one—"

"Karut."

"Fine, I'll shut up."

"I wish…"

"Rude. Why are you so rude, Tauri? I don't remember you being like this in the old times. Now, listen, if I can move that barrel to the right…"

"Gods, give me strength."

“Miss Aekas, you cannot refuse. You know the Society's traditions better than anyone. Our priority is to ensure the protection of every scholar, and the importance of your research…” “You misunderstood me, Dilara. I'm not refusing—on the contrary, I have some ideas about the candidate who I'd like to serve as my Protector.”

“𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛'𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛. 𝙸𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛'𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗.”

Excerpt from the Codex of the Faceless Protector