NEED TO KNOW
RELEASE June 18, 2002
PUBLISHER Infogrames
DEVELOPER BioWare
LINK bit.ly/2jnBbhv
Why did I reinstall Neverwinter Nights? First and foremost it is so I could relive its classy, beautifully written and emotional main narrative once again.
A brief synopsis. Awakening in the city of Neverwinter as a recruit summoned to help deal with its deadly crisis, the Wailing Death plague, which has ravaged the city and left piles of corpses in the streets, you the protagonist are soon introduced to Lady Aribeth de Tylmarande a half-elf paladin of Tyr, the Blind God of Justice.
Lady Aribeth is protector of the city and its ruler Lord Nasher Alagondar. She is also in love with Fenthick Moss, a cleric of Tyr, who she holds very close to her heart. To help Aribeth the player is tasked with tracking down a series of Waterdhavian creatures, which are stolen from the city in the game’s prologue. From these creatures a cure can be made for the Wailing Death, but upon finding the creatures and a cure for the plague being fashioned, Fenthick’s superior cleric of Tyr, Desther Indelayne, betrays the entire city and steals the cure.
Desther, who it is revealed is part of a sinister cult, is eventually apprehended and executed for his crimes. But as he goes to his grave he takes Fenthick Moss with him, who though innocent and having nothing to do with the cure’s theft or the release of the Wailing Death plague, is deemed guilty by Alagondar by his close association and executed. Fenthick is hanged from a tree outside the city gates.
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