Devella Fountainhead

Devella Fountainhead is a constable of the Flaming Fist who can be found investigating a crime scene in the Elfsong Tavern.
== Overview ==
Devella currently acts as assistant to as they that have occurred in Baldur's Gate. Devella and Valeria have been investigating a series of murders in the city. While Valeria has a very laid back attitude to the conduction of her investigations, Devella is meticulous and dogged, concluding that the murders are part of a Bhaalist plot.
 can be used on Devella's corpse. She can reveal her killer (if it was Dolor), and how to access the Murder Tribunal.
== Involvement ==
=== Elfsong Tavern ===
After finding the as part of the quest , Valeria directs the party to speak with Devella in the Elfsong Tavern. Devella is on the upper floor of the Elfsong, behind a set of doors that are signposted as a murder scene, open only to the Flaming Fists. Devella is here regardless of whether Valeria was spoken to, however she leaves if progressing too far with , after which she can next be found at Figaro's Facemaker's Boutique.
If showing the to Devella, she confirms her suspicions about the Bhaalist involvement in the murders. Devella tells the party about and the , and her conclusion that they are still active despite outward appearances. She eventually asks the party to help with her investigations, saying that she cannot risk her job by raising a fuss about Bhaalists and Bhaalspawn. If declining, she asks them to at least investigate the Lower City murder targets who have been listed. Devella then leaves for the Upper City to secure the targeted patriars who she is oathbound to protect. 
Otherwise, the party can also use the crime scene to describe how Stelmane was killed by persuading Devella that they can help, or by lying and saying that they were "trained under Camber Fosrick, the world's greatest investigative mind" (). A successful check results in Devella sharing her findings: The duke was paralysed by poison and her hand was removed pre-mortem. With a subsequent or check, Devella divulges her theory - that the severed hands and "dioramas of death and murder" point to that the murders were perpetrated by Bhaalists. However, her conclusions also point to someone else being in charge of the slew of murder "dioramas". The party can then offer to help looking into the Bhaalist resurgence. 
The Dark Urge can reveal to Devella their true nature. Devella is fascinated by this, especially considering her deduction that the murders are being committed by Bhaalists, given their ritualistic brutality.
=== Facemaker's Boutique ===
While checking in on the targets, the party can discover the murderer, . If Dolor escapes the first encounter, he can next be found at Facemaker's Boutique, attempting to kill . Devella stands paralysed in the back room. If combat breaks out, Dolor targets Devella first.
=== Basilisk Gate Barracks ===
If she survived, Devella can later be found at Basilisk Gate Barracks, where the party can update her on their progress. It is possible to tell Devella the outcome of the , and what happened after visiting the Bhaalist temple. If informing Devella that they player character became an Unholy Assassin, she becomes hostile.
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== Speak with Dead ==
Party member: Who are you?
* Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead: Devella Fountainhead... Constable of... the Flaming Fist...
* Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead: Researcher of... the Bhaalist resurgence...
** Party member: What Bhaalist resurgence?
*** Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead: A century ago... a Bhaalspawn ruled... the Iron Throne...
*** Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead: His name was... Sarevok...
*** Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead: He fell... but that was not the end...
**** Party member: How do you know the Bhaalists are back?
***** Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead: Murders across... the city...
***** Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead: Scenes staged... with corpses...
***** Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead: Ritualistic murder... Bhaal's rapture...
**** Party member: What do the Bhaalists want?
***** Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead: To enter this tribunal...
Party member: Who killed you?
* Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead: Dwarf... Dolor...
Party member: Why were you killed?
* Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead: Interrupted... serial killer...
* Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead: He wanted Figaro's hand... for tribunal of Bhaal...
Party member: Where did your killer go?
* Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead: Candulhallow's... Tombstones...
* Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead: Password... Sicarius...
Party member: What were you doing here?
* Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead: Patrol... heard disturbance... investigated...
=== After learning about the Murder Tribunal ===
Party member: Where is this tribunal?
* Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead: Candulhallow's... Tombstones...
* Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead: Password... Sicarius...
Party member: What is the purpose of this tribunal?
* Narrator: *The corpse remains silent. It does not know.*
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