Fade NPC walkthrough

The Fade NPC mod by Mistress Elysia adds Fade, a chaotic-neutral fey'ri thief, to BG2 as a joinable NPC.
She has a few personal quests.
This is a walkthrough for that quest content.
SPOILER WARNING!
== How to get her to join ==
Start Shadows of Amn chapter 3 by siding with the Shadow Thieves.
In your first conversation with Aran Linvail in his hideout, he introduces you to Fade, who stands behind him. Talk to her afterwards to let her join your party.
== Romance ==
Much of Fade's quest content requires that you are romancing her, so a few words about that.
Fade romances any male protagonist who is not already in another committed romance.
Fade generally initiates romance talks in intervals of 45+ minutes of real timeThis means that resting, world-map traveling, etc. won't make the next romance talk come faster – but what you can do is pause the game and leave it open while you are away from the computer. – although the talks will be delayed if you are indoors/underground, or in combat, or Fade or the protagonist are incapacitated, etc.
At certain points, you have to rest the party in order for the romance to continue.
Normal romance talks, which occur strictly in this order:
# 	condition 	topic of romance talk 	var.Value of the variable E3LOVETALK right after completing the romance talk in question – you can check this with the cheat console command C:GetGlobal("E3LOVETALK","GLOBAL")
1. 	wait 65 min 	why Imoen means so much to you 	3
2. 	wait 45 min 	your heroic deeds in Baldur's Gate 	5
3. 	wait 45 min 	Fade's race, the Fey'ri 	7
4. 	wait 45 min 	your Bhalspawn heritage 	9
5. 	wait 45 min 	Fade's upbringing 	11
6. 	wait 45 min 	Fade doing a parlor trick 	13
7. 	wait 45 min 	your restlessness when you sleep 	15
8. 	rest outdoors	Fade's burn mark, and past as a slave 	17
9. 	wake up 	how Fade became a Shadow Thief 	19
10.	wait 45 min 	Fade's conflicted feelings about the Shadow Thieves 	21
11.	wait 45 min 	Fade's desire to travel 	25
12.	rest 	Fade screaming "Keita!" in her sleep 	27
13.	wake up 	Fade's dead friend Keita 	29
14.	wait 45 min 	Fade's gratefulness for you listening about Keita 	31
15.	wait 45 min 	Fade's weird feet 	33
16.	wait 45 min 	Fade singing a song 	35
17.	rest 	Fade keeping a journal; first kiss 	37
18.	wake up 	Fade's angst about the kiss 	41
19.	wait 45 min 	your previous lovers 	43
20.	wait 45 min 	Fade saying "I love you"(→ turns it into a committed romance!)	45
21.	wait 45 min 	Fade tucking a flower behind your ear 	47
22.	wait 45 min 	the rules of love 	49
23.	rest 	first sex (or not) 	51
24.	wake up 	Fade's feelings about the sex 	53
25.	wait 45 min 	why you initially let Fade join the party 	55
26.	wait 45 min 	Fade still worrying about the Pasha 	57
27.	wait 45 min 	Fade imagining how things would be if Keita had survived 	59
28.	wait 45 min 	Fade letting go of Keita's death 	61
29.	wait 45 min 	your thoughts about the future 	63
30.	wait 45 min 	Fade groping you in public 	65
"Bonus" romance talks, which can happen at specific points in the game:
condition 	topic of bonus romance talk
restAt one of the three Temple District temples, or the Order of the Radiant Heart, or one of the 7 inns in Athkatla. <1 day after her slavers quest	helping Fade clean her wounds
rest in Underdark gnome inn 	the party's dangerous situation
restAt one of the 7 inns in Athkatla, or the Trademeet Inn, or the Imnesvale Inn. after 28. talk 	Fade getting drunk
after brother quest 	Fade having found true happinessSets the variable E3LOVETALK to 67, thus "concluding" the romance.
Normal romance talks, which occur strictly in this order:
# 	condition 	topic of romance talk 	variableVariable that is set right after completing the romance talk in question – you can check this with the cheat console.</code>
1.	wait 40 min	being on the road again w/ no chance to rest 	E3EXPLOVETALK=3
2.	wait 45 min	"If you had three wishes, what would they be?"	E3EXPLOVETALK=6
3.	wait 45 min	Fade giving you a blowjob 	E3EXPLOVETALK=9
4.	wait 45 min	how fast your relationship grew 	E3EXPLOVETALK=12
5.	wait 45 min	what it would be like to have children 	E3EXPLOVETALK=15
6.	wait 20 min	Fade being pregnant 	E3BABYTALK=3
7.	wait 33 min	Fade's armor no longer fitting her belly 	E3BABYTALK=6
8.	wait 33 min	The baby moving for the first time 	E3BABYTALK=9
9.	wait 33 min	Fade being at peace with having the baby 	E3BABYTALK=12
"Bonus" romance talks, which can happen at specific points in the game:
condition 	topic of bonus romance talk
in Pocket Plane after talk 1 	the Pocket Plane / Bhaal's taint / etc.
Wraith Gorion encountered 	the Wraith's vision of Keita's death
15 min after previous 	what the Wraith Gorion said to you
Saradush sacked 	the battle for Saradush / lust for bloodshed
Bhaalspawn Challenges completed	drawing near the end
There are also player-initiated talks: Besides flirting etc., you can ask her to marry you once you have a suitable ring.
The following actions end the romance permanently:
* Being rude to Fade, or rejecting her advances.
* Committing to another companion's romance.
* Kicking Fade out of the party when the romance is already in the committed stage.Even if you let her rejoin, the romance won't start back up.
== QUEST: Aran's "delicate errand" ==
Chapter:	3		Requirement:	Have Fade in the party.
* Follow along the base game's Shadows of Amn chapter 3 story-line (Aran's tasks).When you report back to Aran Linvail after completing his second task (dealing with the two defectors), he asks Fade and you to deliver money to his mother.
* Travel to the Bridge District, enter the top-left house (marked "Mrs. Linvail's Home" on the in-game area map), and talk to Mrs. Linvail inside.
** If you take a nibble out of the cake she offers you, you take 2 magic damage.
** Otherwise, you can't go wrong with any dialog options here, so have fun!
* Report back to Aran Linvail in his hideout, to continue the base game's chapter 3 story-line.
== QUEST: Fade abducted by slavers ==
Chapter:	3 or 6		Requirement:	Be in a romance with Fade.
* Travel with Fade to advance her romance up to the 14th romance talk (the one where she thanks you for listening to her earlier story about her dead friend Keita).
* 24+ in-game hours after that romance talk, while you are traveling outdoors in chapter 3 or chapter 6, Mallon and two other hooded figures teleport in and kidnap Fade.They leave behind a "torn parchment"Item code E3LETTER. that hints at a stronghold in the temple district.
* Travel to the Temple District, enter the Guarded Compound, and make your way to the upper floor.(Unless you already cleaned this location out earlier, there will be many tough enemies to fightSee the Guarded Compound article for details..)
* Find Mallon in the back of the second floor, guarding the door to a side-room. He explains that he is retrieving Fade for the "Pasha" who owns her slave contract.
** OPTION: Kill Mallon.If you refuse to barter with Mallon, he turns hostile. Kill him for 5000 exp.
** OPTION: Buy the slave contractItem code E3CONTRA. from Mallon.For 2000, you can buy "ownership" of Fade and get 2500 exp. Mallon then teleports away.
** EVIL OPTION: Take a bribe from Mallon.He agrees to pay up to 1000 for you to leave peacefully without Fade. You get 2500 exp and your reputation drops by 1. This ends the quest, as Mallon teleports away with Fade and you lose her forever.
* If you killed Mallon or bought the slave contract from him, you can find Fade inside the side-room he was guarding. She is injuredUp to 60 points of damage, depending on how many HP she had before., bound, and traumatized. Untie and comfort her, and she rejoins your party. (Note: When she sees the body of Mallon she will attack it in a rage)
** If you bought the contract, you can either promise you'll burn it, or give it to her so that she "owns herself" – but this has no effect on the quest or her romance.
** EVIL OPTION: If you bought the contract and suggest to Fade you'll use her as your sex slave now, she turns hostile.
* ADDENDUM: If you rest at an Athkatla inn or temple within 24 in-game hours after Fade rejoined the party, you get a bonus romance talkinvolving taking Fade's clothes off and cleaning her wounds.
== QUEST: Fade's brother ==
Chapter:	6		Requirement:	Be in a committed romance with Fade.
* Start Shadows of Amn chapter 6, and (if you haven't already done so) advance Fade's romance up to the 30th romance talk (the one where she gropes you in public).
* 2+ in-game days laterExact conditions:
* It has been at least 2 in-game days since you started chapter 6.
* It has been at least 2 in-game days since Fade's 30th romance talk.
* You are in an outdoors city area.
* Fade is in the party, present, and not incapacitated.
* You are not in combat., a "Shadow Thief Messenger" appears and orders Fade to return to her employer.
** If you refuse, Fade leaves the party and goes there alone.
** If you agree but then tarry, Fade reminds you after three days, and after another 3 days leaves and goes alone.
* Travel to the Athkatla Docks, and talk to Aran Linvail in his hideout. He asks you and Fade to investigate some recent violent attacks, and points you to two of his contacts.
* Travel to the Bridge District, and enter the Five Flagons Inn to find Aran's contacts Darla and Ella at the center of the upper floor.They tell you that one of the perpetrators looks similar to Fade, and was last spotted near the thieves' guild.
* Return to the Athkatla Docks, and enter the storehouse just north of the shadow thieves' main guildhouse.Inside you meet Xek'ral, one of Fade's evil brothers. He drops a hint that more of their kin have come to Athkatla, and then he attacks. Defeat him.
** Afterwards, Fade insists that you search for the other Fey'ri. Agree to do soI you refuse definitively, Fade leaves forever and the quest (and romance) ends..
** OPTIONAL: Loot Xek'ral's body for the "Letter from Cirion", which hints at the sewers.
* OPTIONAL: Return to Darla and Ella in the Five Flagons Inn in the Bridge District and show them the letter. They explicitly tell you to search the sewers.
* Travel to the Temple District, and enter the sewers there.
** OPTIONAL: Ask Roger the Fence near the bottom-center of the main sewers map whether he saw strange people passing through. He points you to the tunnels in the north-west.
* Continue from the sewers into The Old Tunnels, and if you haven't done the Unseeing Eye quest yet, accept it now in order to unlock the tunnel to the Lower Reaches.
* Descend into the Lower Reaches. As soon as you enter that map, you encounter Cirion – the brother who sold Fade into slavery – with his companions Savanya, Jekh'ril, Sume, Taeghen, and Eriale.After a short dialog, they attack. Defeat them.
* Return to the Athkatla Docks, and report back to Aran Linvail in his hideout.Fade takes this opportunity to quit the Shadow Thieves for good.(Back her upOtherwise, your romance ends. to convince Aran to let her go.)
== QUEST: Fade abducted by Bodhi ==
Chapter:	6		Requirement:	Be in a committed romance with Fade.
* Advance Fade's romance up to at least the 20th romance talk (the one where she first says "I love you" and thus makes it a committed, exclusive romance).
* Then follow along the base game's chapter 6 story-line portion The final battle with Bodhi, to meet Bodhi outdoors in the Graveyard district. At the end of that conversation, Bodhi captures Fade and teleports away with her.
* Continue following the story-line to assault Bodhi's Lair.Before the final battle, Bodhi attempts to infect Fade with vampirism – but instead of dying, Fade falls into a trance.After the battle, pick up "Fade's Body"Item code E3FADBD1. from the floor where Bodhi stood.
* Waking Fade up plays out just like the Resurrecting Your Lover sub-quest would for the base-game romance NPCs (Anomen, Aerie, Jaheira, or Viconia) – so follow that walkthrough.
* However, when Fade wakes up in the Temple Ruins temple, she immediately transforms into a hostile demon (that apparently posessed her during Bodhi's ritual). Defeat the demon in combat to get back Fade's BodyNow with item code E3FADBD2. – unconscious again, and still possessed.
* Enter the Temple of Oghma in the Athkatla Docks, and talk to the Monk there.
** WARNING: Do not instruct the monk to cast a banishment spell on the demon spirit – if he does, Fade is banished along with it and you lose her forever!
** Tell the monk that you'll fight the demon again, and ask how it can be killed for good. He says that you need a powerful artifact.
* If you haven't already done so, travel to the Windspear Hills and kill the dragon Firkraag in his hideout. He drops the artifact Firkraag's ToothItem code E3TOOTH. He drops this even if you kill him before doing Fade's quest – hopefully you kept it around!.
* Bring the tooth to the monk, and he summons the demon so that you can fight it again. Once the demon's hit points are reduced below 10, a dialog windows pops up that lets you stab its heart with the dragon tooth. This kills it for good, and Fade rejoins the party.
== More Shadows of Amn content ==
=== Gifts ===
* Fade's Amulet (protection from charm/evil/level-drain):Part of Fade's starting inventory, she gifts this to you when you confront Bodhi in chapter 3 if you are romancing her – and in doing so, upgrades it from the version only she can wearItem code E3AMUL01. to one that the protagonist can also wearItem code E3AMUL02..
* Chain Mail Bikini (quest item)Item code E3BIKINI.:Offered by Ribald Barterman via dialog in chapter 6, if you talk to him after you slept with Fade (i.e. after her 23. romance talk).Buy it (100 + 1500 ), and then initiate dialog with Fade to give it to her. It is implied that she wears it for your viewing pleasure the next time you rest, but this is not actually shown.
* Uulia'Moor (shord sword +4, usable only by Fade)Item code E3DT.:Sold by Ribald Barterman as part of his secret stock in chapter 6.If you buy it, Fade initiates dialog in which you can "give it to her" as a present.(It remains a normal item in the party's inventory.)
=== Dialog ===
Fade has banters with the following other party members in Shadows of Amn:
* the Bioware NPCs Aerie ×2, Anomen ×2, Cernd, Edwin ×2, Haer'Dalis, Imoen ×2, Jaheira ×2, Jan, Keldorn, Korgan, Mazzy, Minsc ×2, Nalia, Valygar ×2, Viconia
* the Beamdog NPCs Neera, Hexxat ×2, Rasaad ×2
* the mod NPCs Foundling ×2, Hephernaan ×2, Phalh (Verr'Sza mod), Tsujatha ×5, Skie (Cost of One Girl's Soul mod) ×3, Verr'Sza ×2 — provided that the Crossmod Banter Pack is installed.
Fade also chimes in during some of the protagonist's conversations with base-game characters, or initiates dialog to comment on various situations, in Shadows of Amn chapter 3 and later – especially during content relating to the Athkatla Docks and Shadow Thieves.
== Throne of Bhaal content ==
=== Pregnancy ===
You can get Fade pregnant. Whether this happens depends on your responses in the 5th ToB romance talk (the one where you discuss what it would be like to have children).
=== Engagement ===
You can ask Fade to marry you by initiating dialog with her once you have a suitable ring – either the plain "Exquisite Ruby Ring", or its engraved version, or its Cespenar-upgraded version. (See the #Gifts section below for details on how to get them.)
The actual wedding, however, is being delayed until after the events of the game, and is thus not shown.
=== Gifts ===
* Marked Uulia'Moor (shord sword +5, usable only by Fade)Item code E3DT2.:Uulia'Moor (from the Shadows of Amn portion, see above) can be upgraded by Cespenar to a +5 version. He requires the "Olias-Kin Scroll"Item code E3DTS. dropped by Illasera.
* pregnancy armor (not an actual item):Some time after Fade gets pregnant, she complains about her armor no longer fitting her. You can commission Kerrick the Smith in Amkethran for 500 to adjust her armor to accommodate her belly.This does not actually involve any in-game item – it is merely implied that whatever armor Fade is wearing, now comfortably fits her again.
* Exquisite Ruby Ring (non-magical ring)Item code E3RING01.:Sold by Chyil in Amkethran.Can be used as an engagement ring for Fade.
* Engraved Ruby Ring (non-magical ring)Item code E3RING02 or E3RING03.:If you are in a committed romance with Fade but not engaged yet, you can commission Kerrick the Smith in Amkethran for 2000 to add an engraving"Dearest Fade, With Love Forever" or "Yours always and forever, <CHARNAME>" to the "Exquisite Ruby Ring".This engraved version can then also be used as an engagement ring for Fade.
* Soulfire Ring (regeneration, chaotic commands, +10% fire resist.)Item code E3RING04.:The "Exquisite Ruby Ring" or "Engraved Ruby Ring" can be turned into this magical ring by Cespenar. He requires a Chaotic Commands scroll, two diamonds, and the "Soulfire Gem"Item code E3GEM. found in Yaga-Shura's Keep (in the bed in the back-most room).This upgraded version can still be used as an engagement ring for Fade.
=== Dialog ===
Fade has banters with the following other party members in Throne of Bhaal:
* the Bioware NPCs Anomen, Haer'Dalis, Imoen, Jaheira, Jan, Mazzy, Minsc ×2, Sarevok, Valygar ×2
* the Beamdog NPCs Neera, Hexxat, Rasaad ×2, Dorn
* the mod NPCs Foundling, Hephernaan, Phalh (Verr'Sza mod), Skie (Cost of One Girl's Soul mod) ×2, Verr'Sza — provided that the Crossmod Banter Pack is installed.
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