Amelyssan

Amelyssan the Blackhearted, initially known as Melissan, is a major character in Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal. She originally appears as a well-intended woman when the protagonist arrives in Saradush, a city under siege by Yaga-Shura, a powerful and seemingly invincible Bhaalspawn.
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== Gameplay ==
She and a group of civilians are trying to gain an audience with Gromnir Il-Khan, a Bhaalspawn Half-orc who is a veteran general and has locked himself up in the castle. The guards at the door refuse this audience and will turn hostile towards the party and the civilians.
Melissan recognizes Gorion's Ward as a child of Bhaal, as she has met many Bhaalspawn during her journeys to bring them to Saradush, for an unknown reason. She will ask you to help defend the city and defeat Yaga-Shura before the walls are breached. Your first task is that you must find a way into the castle and convince Gromnir to stop his soldiers from making the situation worse than it already is. After infiltrating the castle and going to the council chamber, the paranoid Gromnir accuses Melissan of being in league with the Five and bringing as many Bhaalspawn as possible to Saradush, not as a sanctuary, but to make the killing of rival Bhaalspawn as easy as possible for the alliance of the five most powerful Bhaalspawn. Gromnir also believes that the party of Gorion's Ward are assassins sent by Melissan to kill him, which makes it impossible to avoid bloodshed.
Now you have dealt with Gromnir, you must find a way to defeat Yaga-Shura before he has breached the city gates. After you have obtained the means to kill Yaga-Shura, the walls of Saradush are breached and you must defeat him. After he is defeated, Mellisan appears once more and tells you that she will meet you in Amkethran, where she will acquire the locations of another two Bhaalspawn, who are members of the Five. However, when you arrive there, she has moved on, but a local head of the monastery, Balthazar, will give you the locations.
When the last member of The Five is killed, Solar will summon Melissan to the Pocket Plane. Then you will find out that she is in fact Amelyssan the Blackhearted, a chaotic evil high priestess of Bhaal and Deathstalker and that she was the most trusted follower of Bhaal. She is the only one who has access to his essence of his many children. As more children lost their lives, the more essence she gained and the more powerful she became. She has deceived the Five with false promises of becoming powerful servants of Bhaal, used Gorion's Ward to do her dirty job of killing the Five for her, and she has deceived all children of Bhaal who were brought to Saradush, which was not a sanctuary, but in fact a deathtrap when Yaga-Shura started to siege this city. This means that Gromnir Il-Khan's paranoid ideas were true after all.
But she betrayed Bhaal as well, as she refuses to begin the rituals required to resurrect him, only to become a goddess of the portfolio of murder herself. She only wants to kill you for your essence, as you turned out to be the most powerful Bhaalspawn of them all. After overcoming the challenge of The Ravager, you must use the teleporter. You will be transported to the actual Throne of Bhaal, which is the start of the final chapter. You will fight Amelyssan, who has started absorbing Bhaal's essence, which has made her very powerful. The battle consists of four battles with Melissan, with three fights with, in order, the Prince of Elemental Air, three Greater Air Elementals, and two Vampiric Mists, then a battle with two Frost Salamanders, the Prince of Ice Elementals, and a couple Greater Ice Elementals, then a battle with a lot of demons, interspersed within. You cannot rest there through normal means.
==The final battle with Amelyssan==
Amelyssan is the final boss of the original Baldur's Gate saga. In the final chapter, the party finally faces Amelyssan at the The Throne of Bhaal and the Mana Forge in the center of it.
== Tips for fight ==
This fight is considered the hardest in the saga. Melissan has four stages, all elemental and magical resistances, 50% physical damage reduction, immunity to the Time Stop spell, and summons several enemies. Combined with the inability to rest between phases, it is highly advised to have buffs applied and stock up on healing items before entering The Throne of Bhaal. 
One of options to win is using a lot of Lower Resistance packed in a Spell Trigger and then cast level 2+ spells (like Skull trap or Wilting). Along this path you need at least 12 lower resistance. Also, you can use Project Image, then use Improved Alacrity on image and cast lower resistance from image. But illusion need to be on maximum range, to increase time for dispel or divination.
Additionally, you can use a potion of wisdom (if needed) and Wish to rest.
==Gallery==
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Amelyssan MEL BAD Portrait ToB.png|Amelyssan's portrait from the original Throne of Bhaal
MEL_GDS.png|Melissan as she appears for most of the Saga.
MEL_BADS.png|Amelyssan the Blackhearted as she appears after The Five are all defeated. Portrait enhanced by PPE mod
BaldursGate2_03_1920x1200.jpg|Amelyssan wallpaper
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==External links==
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==References==
Category:Enemies, new in Throne of Bhaal
Category:Enemies in Throne of Bhaal (Enhanced Edition)