Shaella

Shaella is a priestess of Leira who is found in the Blade and Stars in Southeast Baldur's Gate. With the right dialogue options, she will send Gorion's Ward and party on a quest to find the Book of Ignorance in the Candlekeep Library.
In order to receive the quest, you must always answer her with questions or statements that you don't understand what she wants. The correct dialogue options are 1–1–1–1–2–1.
==Dialogue==
Shaella sees through the mists of the Lady that you are strong and worthy adventurers.
:Who is Shaella?
It is Shaella, Most High Middling Priestess of the Mistshadow, who is here before you, speaking through the mists of Leira.
:Leira? Who's that?
Leira, Lady of Mists, Mother of All Illusion, the Guardian of Deception, the Mistshadow. Some say she died in the Time of Troubles, killed by Cyric, betrayed by Mask. Some say she loved Mask and loves him still. Some say gods can die. Some say gods can be born. Some say gods can live. Some say gods are an illusion we create for our own contentment. Some say gods are an illusion we create to disguise our fear of living, our fear of dying, our fear of being. If gods are a disguise, if gods are an illusion, then perhaps Leira is the only beacon of truth in our entire pantheon of lies. But if gods are real and true and all-knowing, then Leira cannot be a god and must be dead if indeed she ever lived at all.
:I don't want to know other people's opinions. What do you say about Leira?
Shaella says what Shaella has said, does she not?
:I'm afraid I really don't understand.
Ah, then you are truly one of us, you are truly with Shaella in the Mists of Leira. May Shaella grace you with a quest from the Lady?
:I'm not sure.
Ah, indeed. You walk well with Shaella in the mists of Leira. Forgotten deep in the library of Candlekeep lies the Great Book of the Unknowing. Bound with the chameleon's hide, it too walks in the mists of Leira, changing always, as does Shaella. Ask no one there of it for all who have touched it are blessed with the ignorance it grants. But you can always find it somewhere in the inner rooms, wreathed in the mists of Leira. Go to it, make your pilgrimage, and you too may be blessed with unknowing.
:Have you ever seen the Great Book of the Unknowing?
Perhaps I have. Perhaps a thousand times.
==Gallery==
Shaella NPC BG.png|Original BG image