Investigate the circus tent

Investigate the Circus Tent is a side quest that takes place during the events of the Shadows of Amn. Undertaking the quest provides Gorion's Ward the possibility of adding the companion Aerie to the party.
== Gameplay walkthrough ==
*While exploring the district of Waukeen's Promenade, speak with Fearghus, an animal trainer located atop a wooden platform which overlooks several cages containing various circus animals. He will answer questions and give alarming statements concerning the recent bizarre events he witnessed taking place inside the Circus Tent.
**Don't forget to speak with the young lad Giran who's standing to the left of the tent entrance to see if you can help find his mother.
**An Amnian Soldier standing guard outside the tent entrance will warn you that no one who has entered the tent has returned.
*Enter the circus tent (after the soldier has agreed to let you do so) and you will find yourself in a peculiar realm, an area that defies the actual exterior dimensions of the tent. How can this be? 
*Soon after, you'll be challenged by a mysterious Genie who's standing atop a short bridge. The genie will demand that the party answer his riddle. Successfully solving the first riddle nets the party 19500 XP. If you fail the first riddle and answer the second one correctly the party receives 14500 XP. If you fail to answer both riddles, the genie turns hostile and the party will gain even less experience (5000 XP) for defeating him.
*Further on across the bridge is a horseshoe-arched entrance way that leads into a second circular tent.
**Inside the tent, an ogre with a soft female voice addresses you. Through dialogue and questions the ogre will explain that everything is an illusion inside the tent and beseech you to free her from her invisible chains by retrieving a key in the form of a sword from some 'Peasants' elsewhere in the tent.
**Speak with the Giant Spider. It isn't hostile and is actually a woman named Hannah. She may warn you that the nearby peasants are actually monsters and enemies.
**Defeat the monsters (975 XP ea). Find the sword and give it to the "Ogre" to set her free from the invisible chains (the party receives 18500 XP). It soon is apparent the ogre is the elf Aerie (you may add her as a companion now or tell her to wait here as you continue to explore the strange tent).
**Press on and speak with the "Pleasure Slave", who stands before a great arched doorway to the north. Find out more about Kalah's imaginary yet all too real realm by asking questions. Slay the slave if you wish, there will be no repercussions. Is she real? Does it matter?
*Enter this doorway to the next floor of the tent.
**Inside there are several Shadows (420 XP ea) and illusionary Werewolves spaced around the circular room. Just what is real and what is not is still a mystery.
**Enter the room and defeat the werewolves and shadows or simply avoid them by exiting up to the next floor of the tent by going through another doorway that is visible above the point where you entered the room. A genie will appear when you begin to climb the steps leading upwards to that doorway. It is possible to kill him for 5000 XP, but quickness is of utmost importance to destroy the genie before he initiates dialogue and disappears off the map.
***Gameplay strategy: Summon some monsters and send them up the stairs first, they won't trigger the genie, and as soon as a party member begins to climb the stairs and the genie appears, attack. He'll turn hostile and fight back.
*Kalah, the mastermind behind the grand illusion, will be on this floor, looking like a great Ogre mage. Defeat him and his shadows and other illusions before he can kill Quayle, who is seemingly in the form of some kind of slime or ooze creature. Quayle is a former companion from Baldur's Gate.
**Once defeated, Kalah and the party shift to the actual real circus tent, and all the illusions of grandeur are destroyed. Kalah, in his real form as a gnome, is found lying on the floor where he sputters and gasps for breath with his last pathetic words, and perishes. Aerie and Quayle will speak to the party following Kalah's death. 
*Be sure to speak with Hannah inside the final tent area for 500XP before you depart. Once outside in Waukeen's Promenade again, address the boy Giran for 2500 XP. This will finish the Find the boy's mother inside the circus tent side quest.
*Finally, speak to the guard outside the tent once more and he will thank you. You will gain 1 point of reputation for the good deed.
*Congratulations, you have successfully finished the investigation of the Circus Tent. If you have the Unfinished Business (Baldur's Gate II) mod installed, more things will occur at this point (see below).
== Gallery ==
Aerie NAERIE Portrait BG2.png|The winged elf Aerie
Quayle QUAYLE Portrait BG2.png|Quayle after his slime illusion is dispelled with Kalah's defeat
Screenshot (368).png|thumb|The mysterious Genie addresses the party on the bridge
== Mod content ==
===Mods===
Installing the Unfinished Business (Baldur's Gate II) mod and the component called Kalah & What He Was Promised is a new quest that follows up on the Circus Tent quest. How did Kalah get such amazing Illusionary Powers? Why did he create a realm inside the Circus Tent? The mod sends the party to find out, leading to a potentially challenging and satisfying conclusion.
===Gallery===
:Portraits from Portraits Portraits Everywhere
TRAINER1.jpg|thumb|Fearghus, Circus animal trainer has some alarming reports about what went on in the Circus Tent
BOY1.jpg|thumb|Giran, near the Circus Tent entrance, needs help to find his mother 
CIRCG1.jpg|thumb|Amnian Soldier, guarding passage to the Circus — Should you speak with him?
KGENIE.jpg|thumb|Genie with a riddle for you — What is going on here?
KAHLAO.jpg|thumb|Soft spoken Ogre with a sweet voice needs help
OHHSPI01.jpg|thumb|A talking giant Spider? Wait, it says her name is "Hannah"
KSLAVE01.jpg|thumb|Pleasure Slave says "Welcome to Kalah's realm — Be thee not of impure mind, for surely Lord Kalah shall destroy thee"
KAHLAG.jpg|thumb|Kalah, Gnome with great illusionary powers
KFTOWN02.jpg|thumb|Hannah, after her spider form illusion is dispelled by Kalah's defeat - her son Giran is outside the Circus Tent