Bodhi's Black Heart

Bodhi's Heart is, as its name suggests, the heart of Bodhi, the cursed elf outcast turned vampire, cut from her chest after she has met her final death at the hands of Gorion's Ward via a Wooden Stake. This item is needed in The final battle with Bodhi quest to revive Aerie, Anomen, Jaheira or Viconia from death.
==Acquisition==
Bodhi's Heart is obtained automatically from Bodhi's coffin, located on the 2nd level of Bodhi's Lair after she has been defeated and slain for good with the use of a Wooden Stake. It will not be of any use if the player has not engaged in a romance with Aerie, Anomen, Jaheira or Viconia, and thusly not triggered the kidnapping of said party member and their conversion into a vampire. Romances with Companions added in Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition does not result in them becoming vampires.
==Involvement==
Bodhi's heart is required as part of a quest to remove the curse of vampirism from the party member romanced by Gorion's Ward. After slaying Bodhi and the vampirized party member, a trapped chest in a small room to the northwest of the chamber where Bodhi is confronted on in her lair will be discovered several books on vampirism, annotated with a comment by Bodhi that she needs to confront the monks at the Temple of Oghma in the Athkatla Docks.
If the player visits the Temple of Oghma and speaks with either the priest and the monk with the books, the heart, and the body of their lover in their inventory, they will be directed to a book trader in the Umar Hills. He can be found in the Imnesvale Inn. With dialogue he will reveal an ancient ritual calling upon Amaunator that allows one to cure vampirism. Both the afflicted corpse and the Heart of the vampire that caused the affliction are needed in the ritual.
The player must travel to the Temple Ruins of Amaunator that also lie in the greater Umar Hills region and enter the Ruined Temple itself, seeking out the statue of Amaunator within, which can be distinguished by the way it holds it arms out as if to cradle something.
Once the player has placed Bodhi's heart and the body of their slain lover within the statue's arms, the ritual will begin automatically, and the party member will be restored fully and returned to life, free of the vampiric affliction. Much dialogue will follow from the romanced party member.
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