* HANDS / heal !

𝚆𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙴 𝚃𝙾 𝙵𝙸𝙽𝙳 𝙷𝙴𝚁 :   nienna can be found at waukeen's rest, helping the flaming fists who just escaped the bruning inn.   she will request your help to get in, as the fists are already exhausted and she believes there's still people inside who could be alive.

if you   𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝   to help she'll guide you to a side entrance in the upper floor where you'll find counsellor florrick, trapped.   once inside, she will help the counsellor with her burns, revealing herself as a healer, to which either your companions  ( gale or shadowheart )   or the narrator   ( if you are a caster class )  will tell you that her powers seems to be different from those of a common healer or a cleric and that she could be helpful in aiding you to get rid of the parasite.   if you   𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚎   she will try to do it on her own and come back outside once things have calmed down, healing herself from any burnt she may have gotten in the fire.

𝙽𝙸𝙴𝙽𝙽𝙰 :   well, we did what we could.   there was no way to save the inn and the people inside it. 𝙽𝙸𝙴𝙽𝙽𝙰 :   thank you for your help, but please tell me―   did the flames get to you?   you look a little faint;   why don't you let me... *with a simple gesture of her hand you feel a light sensation travel from the tip of your toes to the last hair of your head.   you feel better than you have since before the nautiloid, maybe since even before that.   you feel calm and peace...   except for the parasite still writhing in your head.* 𝙽𝙸𝙴𝙽𝙽𝙰 :   oh!   oh, i see... *her magic retreats from your body, leaving a pleasant sensation in its wake, but you can see that behind her spectacles, she is growing nervous* 𝙽𝙸𝙴𝙽𝙽𝙰 :   i'm afraid you problem is much more severe than i thought, but of you have a more discreet place where we can chat, i believe i could see a way to help you?

𝙱𝙰𝙲𝙺 𝙾𝙽 𝙲𝙰𝙼𝙿 :   once you go back to your camp, she will be waiting to tell you tadpole extraction is a little above her paygrade, but that she is a celestial warlock and is sure that if she can contact her patron, they may be able to help you.

𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝙴𝙲𝙾𝙽𝙳 𝙽𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃 :   the second long rest you take since you recruited her, and if you haven't brought her with you to the goblin camp, a cutscene will play in which you'll see her fidgeting with several crystals, trying to form an array on the sand behind the camp.   if you inquire her about it she'd tell you she's trying to communicate with her patron but it has proven useless until now.   she had been waiting to contact them before telling you anything, give you good news for a change, but now she's growing restless, hoping nothing had happened to her patron.

you can react to these news in several different ways, but overall being supportive and uplifting will get you more   𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚊𝚕 .

𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙶𝙾𝙱𝙻𝙸𝙽 𝙲𝙰𝙼𝙿 :   if you bring her at the goblin camp she will hear two goblin boasting about the pegasus meat they ate last week and she will ugre to ask around about it.   a few conversations after, the truth is clear:   the absolute wants every celestial being either trapped at moonrise or killed in the spot.   nienna presumes her patron must be in grave danger, which is why they haven't been able to communicate.   afraid that if something happens to her patron she might end up losing her powers, so she urges you to look for them once they arrive to the shadowlands.

when you first meet her ( or inside the nautiloid, if she's main character ) , she's wearing an simple armor, in the fashion of selûnites, it was given to her by a old cleric of selûne she gave palliative care to not too long before the game. her hair is longer than usual and she only has a dagger to protect herself.

after she joins the hero ( or before going into the goblin camp ) she cuts her hair into her most known look and changes into an elven chainmail she traded at the emerald grove. she upgrades the dagger to a shortsword.

in the underdark she changes again, her new attire ( a variant of the weavemother's robe that has pants ) enhances her magic and she changes the shortsword for a special longsword called eilistraee's gift, that has an additional bonus of radiant damage and is found around the arcane tower.

at the end of second act she's given boons ( by the nightsong if she main character or by her patron if she finishes her companion's quest ) , a new armor and a new weapon : the moonlight plate armor and the moonlight glaive, both giving her radiant damage bonus. she ties her hair up and is ready to kick the absolute's ass.

during the final battle and onto the epilogue, her glasses get broken so she finally decides to stop using them, fixing her eyes with magic instead. she pierces her ears as well and adds a little more of makeup, finally starting to worry a little more about herself and her appearance.