The Soul of a City cut content
During The Soul of a City quest Rook must confront Knight-Commander Lenos. There are very few specifics in his plans. But originally, Rook was supposed to not only find evidence against Lenos and fight him, but also actively thwart his plans. Most of this content was removed, but some of it can still be found.
In the Undercity, Lenos and the Venatori planted several bombs that, when detonated, would release the blight into the streets of Minrathous. One of the Venatori was so terrified of this that she shared the information with Rook. The script includes lines of this dialogue.
Lenos is in the catacombs beneath the city. He and the Venatori planned to release blight into Dock Town.
The devices were meant to release blight?
Yes! To breach the catacombs beneath the city. There's blight hidden there!
If there's as much as I suspect there is, and if the streets collapse…
I sensed more blight recently. A lot of it. I should've known.
Pardon me if I don't believe a lick of this. Could be a trap. She's Venatori herself.
This lines up with what we got from the source at the Swan.
I thought the Venatori offered a better life, but I don't want this! My family lives here!
And if the streets collapse… everything down there comes up here.
It was Knight-Commander Lenos's plan. He and the other Venatori are probably still down there.
Good luck down there.
The Venatori have been selling lies to people for years. Promising them they'll make things better.
It seems whatever we do to stop them, it's never enough.
We need to catch Lenos. He knows the rest of the Venatori's plans.
Rook finds evidence of this (Minrathous target map in the bar) and reports it to Dorian.
Rook: I found this. The Venatori are targeting parts of Minrathous with these bombs.
Dorian: Kaffas! Nothing like an attack to cause chaos in a city.
Dorian: You should head there immediately. I'll send a message to the other Shadow Dragons to meet you.
Dorian: You're going to need support.
In the Undercity, Rook was supposed to meet the Viper and possibly Tarquin. Unfortunately, almost nothing remains of their conversations.
Rook: Dorian said he'd get someone to meet us. It'll likely be one of the Shadow Dragons.
Rook: There's the Viper!
The Viper (and Tarquin) stayed with the firtst device, while Rook went to disable the two bombs leading to it. Lines from the script:
This one's linked to two others that need to be destroyed first.
Then Tarquin and I will deal with the rest of the Venatori up here.
Each bomb was guarded by the Venatori. After fighting them, the device had to be deactivated. It's unclear whether this was a special mechanic or just a one-click action.
Venatori combat 1
Rook: Venatori guarding the bomb!
Venatori combat 1 end
Rook: Let's disable this bomb.
Davrin: Careful. Don't want it going off in our faces.
Harding: Rook, please be careful with that.
Lucanis: Careful, Rook.
Taash: Try not to get blown up.
Device 1 disarmed
Rook: All right. We got one. Let's keep going.
Venatori combat 2
Rook: More Venatori!
Device 2 disarmed
Rook: That's both devices now. Let's check in with the Viper.
After that, Rook returned to the Viper, but the rest is up to speculation. Perhaps they defused the last bomb together and then went on to fight Lenos, or he was already dead idk.
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