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So I've stumbled upon a dialogue piece I've never seen before.

If you return to the crash site after getting the amulet of the lost voices, you can speak with some fishermen's corpses here. One of them mentions that he didn't notice the brains because he saw "a beautiful woman" that went west and that "others followed her and couldn't help themselves".
I thought he was talking about SH at first but he mentions shadowheart as an "elf that went north" in one of the other answers.



Who can this beautiful woman be? I have a feeling that its got to be something important to the story...

Jaheira maybe? I think she qualifies as beautiful.

Edit: or Minthara- I don't find her beautiful, but she does have her fans I guess

Minthara?

Wasn't it so that in earlier Patches SH was to be found in front of the entrance to the Dank Crypt. Then maybe the directional description was wrong and it meant east or it really meant Minthara or someone else, after all Edowyn and friends were on their way there too. They might have received directions from this "mysterious woman". We must also remember that the first female corpse spoke of having hunted elves and then being attacked by Intelligence Devourers herself. So maybe there were actually slave hunters / artifact seekers of the Absolute in the area before that?

The elf in the north, more precisely in the northwest, is probably Astarion.

On the other hand, directional descriptions don't always seem to be correct, so Damays also incorrectly described the Druid camp as being in the northwest. Correct is northeast. Or am I completely on the hose here now?

Personally, I thought this was Minthara


From where there are, one would need to take the path looking toward the north-west direction, which would lead to the Grove (which is indeed located at the north-east part of the map).
Going east, from that specific point, leads to the ruins

At least, that's how I see it.

Interesting! I initially thought the beautiful woman might be Shadowheart but that makes less sense now that she’s not always found by the temple doors.

The elf heading north I thought might be Astarion, unless a gender is mentioned? But then I also thought the pod you find near him was his and he’d come down in it and broken out afterwards, in which case he wouldn’t have been on the beach.

Minthara we see watching the crash with Ragzlin from the Shattered Sanctum so it’s not clear she’d have time to get down to the beach and wander around. Because the fisher is attacked by intellect devourers while being distracted by the beautiful woman, he must have seen her post crash. Though I guess it’s not clear how long we’re unconscious for after the fall, so I suppose it’s possible she nipped down to investigate.

At the moment, I think it might make more sense if it’s someone (or someones, if the woman and the elf are different people) we’ve not met yet, but also suspect that, as this is dialogue that’s been there from the start - I think, that it might just reflect an earlier, now superseded version of events Larian had in mind that will be tidied up and changed for the full release.

I think it is unlikely to be Minthara because of a simple fact - Minthara observed the nautiloid crash from one of the temple's towers during the cinematic sequence (after we connect the transponder). And during that cinematic she and Ragzlin sent a goblin squad to sniff around the crash site. Thats why I think we can see three dead goblin bodies near the portal where Gale greets us?

I think it ought to be one of the tadpole hosts that broke free from its pod. Shadowheart went north (exactly where the crypt door is), so I still think it is not about her. It is not Mizora either, because I think her pod can be found under the bridge where you can chat with Aradin. Technically it could be Jaheira, but its unlikely that she'd be hanging out in the middle of nowhere.
Can it be Karlah? I won't call her beautiful though hehe...

Offtopic: But how do I manage finding Aradin outside of Druids Grove? This never happens in my playthroughs.

It happens if you let him punch Zevlor. He runs off with his crew and you can later encounter them near the entrance to Moonhaven village.

I still think, it might be Jaheira. Maybe in the finished Game, she will be found south.

I tried this. Hmm do you know how much later?

Or it's not such a good idea after all, because Remira and Barth would be there too, I guess. But if Barth is no longer in Druids grove, then I don't know if the Criminal background with the inspiration goal: Finders Keepers - Refuse to return Barth's locket is still available. On the other hand, I tested the sidequest with Barth and Meli yesterday. Even if Barth is in the Druid Grove, the sidequest doesn't work.

My thought was that the beautiful woman was the Mindflayer in the ship using a psychic projection. The survivers he's talking about where the living fishermen that were trying to dig it out.

Ooh, good idea!

If that is the case, they need to clean this up, because there are more fishermen out there

Yes super. We definitely need the enthralled fishermen back!

Very nice!

Their story telling has come along way

My first thought was that she could be one of the three chosen of the absolute, the pale-eyed young woman.

one of the other lines is that the others followed her and couldn't help themselves which make Jaheria unlikely... imo its a tag to Mizora who Wyll wants to find but can't because this is stil 1/2 finished EA and her quest isn't in the game yet

I thought so, too, Jaheira does not seem likely for me. This chosen of the absolute on the other hand would most likely have the power to command/enchant people.

Personally, I don't think it's Mizora, since she was captured by the cult, and I think Mizora might have been captured shortly after her pod crashed.

Sounds like someone in control, so not Mizora. I don’t think it is trapped Mindflayer as as I understand he is stuck under the rubble since crash (as if he didn’t in thrall fisherman, walk for a bit and then get crushed).

It must be someone from the ship, no? It doesn’t seem like any character we run into so far.