Aylin

Dame Aylin is an Aasimar and daughter of who appears in Baldur's Gate 3. She is first introduced during Act Two, and her story plays a key role in the mysteries surrounding the Shadow-Cursed Lands and Moonrise Towers. She can become a Camp Follower and later an Attached Follower.
== Overview ==
===Background===
Dame Aylin, also known by the moniker Nightsong, is a daughter of the Goddess , and therefore is effectively immortal. Many characters, including the Necromancer , have imprisoned or sought to imprison Aylin to exploit this immortality for their own purposes.
Aylin's story is closely intertwined with that of cleric . At the conclusion of Act Two, under the right circumstances, it is revealed that Aylin and Isobel are lovers.
=== Recruitment ===
Aylin can become a partial camp follower if she survives the events of Act Two, but will eventually leave the camp again upon resolution of certain quests in Act Three.
If Find the Nightsong was completed with Aylin freed, she will become an ally as part of . During the final quest, , Aylin can be summoned with and become an Attached Follower.
=== History ===
Over a hundred years ago, Aylin was sent by her mother Selûne as an emissary to Isobel's town. The two met and fell in love at first sight.
, Isobel's father, was distrustful of Aylin's intentions. Aylin believed he was threatened by her and Isobel's love for each other, but both understood he was concerned for Aylin's status as an immortal. After Isobel died, a grief stricken Ketheric turned to . Under the influence of the Lady of Loss, he and Balthazar lured Aylin to the Shadowfell where they trapped and caged her.
While trapped in the Shadowfell, Aylin's immortality was fed on by Ketheric, as she was murdered again and again by Shar's Dark Justiciars as part of their trials to become anointed. Though imprisoned and having seen Isobel's dead body, she never stopped wishing that the two would be reunited, dreaming each night that Isobel would return to her.
== Involvement ==
=== Act Two === 
During the final stages of act two, Dame Aylin can be found imprisoned in the Shadowfell, being used as a source of immortality for Ketheric Thorm. Balthazar is preparing to remove her from the Shadowfell and bring her to Moonrise Towers so that Ketheric's immortality is kept safe.
The party can either choose to aid Balthazar or fight him. If they aid him, Aylin is transported to Moonrise Towers and the party can return there for an audience with Ketheric. If they fight him, combat begins. Even if Aylin is killed during the fight with Balthazar, she respawns after a couple turns.
If is present, the party can allow her to kill Aylin or convince her spare her. Convincing her can be tough. To prepare for this, Shadowheart has a unique, additional approval mechanic, which can solve this considerably easier than the necessary skill checks. See Nightsong Points. 
If Aylin is freed, she flies to Moonrise Towers, where she assists the party in the first phase of Ketheric Thorm's fight atop the roof of Moonrise Towers but then must be freed once more during the second phase in the Mind Flayer Colony.
After defeating Ketheric Thorm, Aylin reunites with Isobel (if she is alive), whom she believed dead. The two can become Camp Followers at this point.
=== Act Three ===
While travelling in the city, the party can discover that the wizard is offering a reward for the Nightsong. Lorroakan can be convinced that Dame Aylin is dead, however if she is informed of his search, she flies to Sorcerous Sundries to face him, convinced that he will not stop searching for her. 
The party can finally side with Lorroakan and capture Aylin, or side with Aylin and attack Lorroakan. If Lorroakan is killed, Aylin appears to be dispirited and seems to have lost her trait, which could imply that she lost her favour. Party members can offer their thoughts; that perhaps she is tired of revenge or was reminded of those who sought to use her in the past. After a long rest, she and Isobel depart from camp to help a Selûne enclave outside the city. They later can be met at High Hall during the final fight to lend aid. 
If Aylin is allowed to be caged by Lorroakan, informing Isobel will incite her to travel to Ramazith's Tower to rescue Aylin. With Aylin caged and Lorroakan now immortal, she is ultimately killed by him. A heartbroken Aylin then vows that she will kill the player character's "children, and their children beside".
== Combat ==
Depending on the party's choices, Aylin can appear during several combat encounters as an allied, neutral, or hostile entity. 
Aylin cannot fully die from combat; if her HP reaches 0, she will become "downed" for one turn and attempt to regain 1 HP on the following turn. This healing can be prevented by certain effects, such as Bone Chilled, but she will continue attempting to heal on subsequent turns until she is finally up.
=== Attacks and Abilities ===
Dame Aylin is equipped with a , dealing a total of damage. Her great sword has the regular actions: , , , .
== Related Quests ==
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==Related Items==
* - reward for sparing Aylin during Shadowheart's personal quest.
* - reward for Shadowheart killing Aylin during her personal quest.
== Related Literature==
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* - found in the library in the Gauntlet of Shar 
==Gallery==
Dame Aylin_Model.png|Aylin's model with sword
Aylin Model.png|Model
Nightsong Model.png|Chained Model
Aylin_Moonrise.png|Attacking the Moonrise Towers
Aylin_Face.png|Dame Aylin without her helmet
DameAylin.png|At camp
Wayne-chu-bg3-dame-aylin-render-waynechu-9.jpg|Render by Wayne Chu
Wayne-chu-bg3-dame-aylin-render-waynechu-1.jpg|Renders by Wayne Chu
==Datamined content==
According to the datamined content, the Nightsong was a cleric of Shar and was supposed to be a potential boss fight, her abilities and voice lines can be seen on YouTube.Datamined content on YouTube, 2:47 You can learn more about her initial design on the dedicated page.
==Notes==
* The name Aylin is of Turkish origin and fittingly means "The one that belongs to the moon."
* Aylin has the tag Dragonborn.
* Despite being labelled by the game as an Aasimar, Aylin would better be described as a Deva:
** Aylin is explicitly immortal, both in terms of not aging and resurrecting after death, whereas aasimar have finite lifespans similar to that of half-elves.
** She can use her wings for as long as she wishes as many times as she wants, whereas only one kind of aasimar can use theirs, and only a limited time per day.
** Her presence and the fact that she is explicitly Selune's child mark her as more divine than aasimars, whose divine parentage is usually extremely distant and seldom remarked upon in such a way.
==References==
== External links ==
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Category:Aasimar
Category:Humanoids
Category:Characters
Category:Characters in the Gauntlet of Shar
Category:Characters in Act Two
Category:Camp Followers
Category:Attached Followers
Category:Followers of Selûne
Category:Paladins