Alfira

Alfira is a tiefling bard in Baldur's Gate 3. She can be found at the Emerald Grove on a cliff overlooking the ritual, trying to compose a song.
== Overview ==
=== Background ===
Alfira is part of the group of tiefling refugees who were exiled from Elturel, and Bardic apprentice to a woman named Lihala. On the journey to the Emerald Grove, they were attacked by gnolls and Lihala was killed. Alfira has since been trying to compose a eulogy for her.
== Involvement ==
=== Act One ===
The party can find Alfira on the hill overlooking the druidic shrine circle at the Emerald Grove. She is frustrated over a lack of progress in composing a song for her recently deceased teacher, Lihala. The party may choose to help by inspiring her.
==== Performing together ====
If a party member offers aid by performing with Alfira, they receive Lihala's lute and can attempt to play along with her:
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Succeeding both checks (one failure allows a retry) helps Alfira make significant progress in composing her song. The party member who helped her gains proficiency, if they did not have it already. Bards are not required to make ability checks to assist her.
==== Encouraging with words ====
If a party member offers aid by encouraging Alfira with words, she becomes inspired and a cutscene plays where she performs her near-finished song for the party. This does not reward the musical instrument proficiency.
==== The Weeping Dawn ====
After helping her in either way, she titles her song The Weeping Dawn and confesses in tears she was with her teacher Lihala when they were ambushed by gnolls, and has been struggling to create a worthy eulogy for her. The party can also gain the Inspirational Event A Bard's Muse (Entertainer background). Alfira remains in this location, giving her song the finishing touches and singing it periodically.
==== Not helping Alfira ====
If the player character or their companions choose not to help, they may leave, convince her to give up, insult her, or steal / destroy her lute with the following options:
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==== Celebration in the camp ====
If alive after the party returns from the Goblin Camp, Alfira will be with the other tieflings getting ready to leave for the Campsite. At the celebration, she can be found talking with and, if spoken with, will offer to compose a song about the player character and their deeds.
After the party, Alfira leaves with the other tieflings and can be met later in Act Two.
During , Alfira's corpse can be found with those of the tiefling children in the Tiefling Hideout.
==== The Dark Urge ====
If the is chosen as Origin, Alfira visits the camp shortly after crossing the bridge to the Blighted Village, whether she has been spoken with or not. Regardless of the player character's choice to allow her to spend the night at camp or not, they wake up to find her disemboweled by their own hands. They can decide whether or not to hide the evidence, embrace their handiwork or be horrified by it.
To keep Alfira alive, she must be in the Emerald Grove before taking the long rest that triggers her visit. If Alfira is already dead, knocked out, or otherwise unavailable immediately prior to the party's committing to a long rest, she is replaced by the dragonborn bard .
This event may be delayed by others. For example, if Karlach is recruited before Wyll, his arrival takes precedence as the camp event that night and Quil will arrive the following night instead. To ensure her survival (especially in honour mode) it may be necessary to knock out Alfira more than once.
When the long rest is completed and Alfira has survived the night, she can be found where she was knocked out and met later at the camp celebration. After that she can be encountered in Act Two.
=== Act Two ===
In Act Two, Alfira can be found inside the Last Light Inn sitting by the fire at . If spoken to, she recounts being ambushed by cultists of the Absolute and that some of the tieflings were taken to Moonrise Towers. This starts the quest. Giving a hopeful response awards the Inspirational Event A Smile Better Suits... (Folk Hero background). If Lakrissa is saved along with the other tieflings, Alfira rewards the and other loot to the party.
If alive at the end of Act Two, Alfira can be found again at Moonrise Towers. A conversation then reveals she wants to use her music to help calm the tiefling children in the room with her. If the active character is a Bard, they can speak with her again to gain the Improved Bardic Inspiration class action; it is not necessary to perform the song.
=== Act Three ===
If surviving to Act Three, Alfira can be found on the rooftop of the Elfsong Tavern. Reuniting with her awards the Inspirational Events Finding her Stage (Entertainer background) and Safeguarding the Songbird (Folk Hero background).
If Lakrissa survived, she is waiting tables at the Elfsong, and may occasionally be found on the roof with Alfira. The two of them reveal they are dating, and that Alfira is planning on opening a bardic school.
== Speak with Dead ==
Alfira can be spoken to with .
Below is if Alfira was killed in camp by .
Party member: Who are you?
*Alfira: Alfira... apprentice... bard...
Party member: Did you have any valuables?
* Alfira: Lihala's lute... where is... where...
Party member: Where were you going?
* Alfira: Elfsong Tavern... Baldur's Gate...
** Party member: Why the Elfsong Tavern?
*** Alfira: To perform there... to sing... for Lihala...
Party member: Did you come here alone?
* Alfira: With... Lihala... but... but...
** Party member: Who is Lihala?
*** Alfira: Teacher... friend... everything to me. But gnolls... ripped her... apart...
**** Party member: You met gnolls? How did you survive?
***** Alfira: Run when they... shriek. They call... for others...
== Related items ==
* looted / given while playing music with Alfira in the Druid Grove
* reward for successfully completing 
== Related literature ==
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== Gallery ==
Alfira-dawn.png|Alfira playing The Weeping Dawn.
== Notes ==
* Alfira may have originally been intended as a potential companion. In the game files, she is defined in Origins.lsx which lists the origin characters as well as non-origin companions, hirelings, and a few related characters such as . In the file, she is listed as a College of Lore subclass Bard. 
* Following with the above note, and since the release of patch 7, it is possible to recruit Alfira. However, per Larian's notes for this patch, it is their intention that she is only recruitable as a Temporary Companion if the Dark Urge is chosen as Origin and there is room for her in the active party. Specifically, Alfira is flagged in the game files as a 'non-standard NPC', has Level Progression flagged as 'NPC_Wizard', and has a limited 'SkillList', all of which result in less-than-complete functionality and potential. At this time, known limitations include:
** Not having the Dip, Help or Hide actions (cannot use Stealth or Pickpocket)
** Limited hit point expansion potential
** Lacking Bard spells
** Having a much higher Intelligence than Charisma
* Typically, one would need a dedicated mod (or console command, if available) to allow Alfira to be a permanent companion and/or grant her standard companion functionality - such as normal ability use, skill checks, and full hit point expansion. Otherwise, she remains unable to use those functions.
* Alfira's singing voice during the cinematic performance of The Weeping Dawn is performed by Ilona Ivanova.
* As part of the quality of life improvements in patch 6, which added the possibility of choosing which companion to dismiss while accepting a new one into the party, Alfira's game files seem to have gained some empty and unused dialogue lines related to being dismissed from the party.
* In the Mod Toolkit, Alfira's CharacterVisualResource is named "S_DEN_Bard_4a405fba-3000-4c63-97e5-a8001ebb883c" with GUID of "1ab11041-a5b8-7f62-ced5-a6bc1179c0e3"
== External links ==
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Category:Tieflings
Category:Asmodeus Tieflings
Category:Tiefling Refugees
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Category:Characters in the Emerald Grove
Category:Characters in the Shadow-Cursed Lands
Category:Characters in the Lower City
Category:Characters in Act One
Category:Characters in Act Two
Category:Characters in Act Three
Category:Available to Speak with Dead
Category:Bards
Category:Temporary Companions
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