Baldur's Gate: The Zero Reload Saga

Well, here we are at Ployer’s house, and if you’ve read my previous post, you can probably hazard a guess as to how this all went down. From his corpse, we loot a lock of Jaheira’s hair…which is apparently enough to undo the curse in and of itself.

I don’t really understand that. Sure, it was what was used to curse her in the first place and now we have it back, but doesn’t the curse itself still have to be removed? I mean, wouldn’t we need the mages for that?

I also find it extremely creepy that Ployer was holding on to a lock of Jaheira’s hair all this time. You might argue that he only had it for the purposes of the curse, but I don’t think that’s the case. Think about it; Ployer didn’t have any reason to hold a grudge against Jaheira until she busted him and the government seized all his assets, and the conversation they have when they meet in the bar suggests that they haven’t encountered each other since that event, and that it’s been quite a long time.

It stands to reason, then, that Ployer had the hair long before Jaheira actually crossed him, and it was just by chance that he realised he could use it to curse her afterwards. It’s OBVIOUS that he was a disgusting lech, which makes us all the more justified in having him killed. What kind of slimeball do you have to be to obsessively hold on to a lock of someone’s hair for years? Not like Vespero. He just does what any gentleman would and steals her underwear.

Anyway, that’s all sorted out now, although we do have to go and rest for a full twenty-four hours before the curse actually goes away, as if this whole affair hasn’t inconvenienced us enough. Still, we might as well sort out Keldorn’s family troubles before we do.

God help the poor man who ends up with Vespero as his marriage counsellor, is all I can say.

That, however, is for another time and another update. Tune in next time when Vespero takes on the role of Dr. Phil, mending the shattered relationships of the Firecam family with pseudo-psychological nonsense.

And magic.

This is Lorph Halys, and you’ve been reading Baldur’s Gate: The Zero Reload Saga. Thank you, and goodnight.