Originally Posted by Icelyn
Originally Posted by Beechams
I thought that Thorm was responsible for it so the question is why doesn't his death lift the curse? Or at least, why isn't the lifting of the curse tied to what happens around (I'm assuming, having freed Nightsong) the fight with Thorm?
Thaniel is the spirit of the land who needs to be rescued, made whole by reuniting him with his other half, and then Thorm needs to be killed to lift the curse. If Thorm is killed without rescuing Thaniel, then the spirit of the land is still stuck in the Shadowfell and because of this the land isn’t healed.

Yes, Thaniel was banished into the Shadowfell and split in two, so just killing Ketehric is not enough. You have to restore the spirit of the land too. This can only be done by someone like Halsin, who has experience with this curse (theoretically I think, Jaheira should be able to do that too though)

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