If you know the source referenced outside then you should have known what her 'stroke' was about? interrogation. And the mystery of their mutual shared interest when operating Knights of the Shield given it was still an organization corrupted due to the influences of Gargauth where she is was the leader of.
I don't even know what you're trying to say here. None of this changes the fact that the Emperor turns Stelmane into his thrall against her will and uses her for his designs while telling us that they were friends and partners (because he's a liar).
Originally Posted by dumpy
Most of the companions only end up revealing the things dues to circumstance, astarian? you caught him trying to dine and dash, gale? nuke isn't satisfied with your sacrifices, shadowheart? laezel found out she's a thief, wyll? mizora thinks its funny to punish him in front of you. Saying they reveal it to you due to trust is understating it.
Speak for yourself. Astarion just flat-out told me he's a vampire on my playthrough. Gale eventually comes clean with you even though he asks you to blindly trust him at first. Shadowheart also just shares her memories with you through the tadpole once she trusts you enough and tells you everything that wasn't removed from her memory. Wyll only lies by omission because his infernal contract makes it impossible for him to talk about it unless Mizora allows it. None of these things are comparable to the type of manipulation the Emperor employs.
Originally Posted by dumpy
And what is this evil manipulator trying to get you to do ? become the hero of baldur's gate by defeating the cult of the absolute? pure evil. He isn't good for sure, but no more evil than the kind of people you help already
Well, he's trying to groom you into becoming a mindflayer for one which means death at best and the destruction of your soul at worst (I'm not sure if the lore is very clear on this but Withers says the soul gets destroyed by Ceremorphosis). He also wants you to be complicit in killing Orpheus and thereby robbing the Gith race of their future. Oh, and he tries to convince you to kill Minsc for no apparent reason.
