#isobel on her way to antagonize the freaky little sharran jaheira says is going to save them

[doomingthenarrative]

i do not know. if people have experienced the glory of meeting Isobel as Shadowheart. so i am sharing with the class bc it is one of the FUNNIEST FUCKING INTERACTIONS OF THE GAME. neither of them have any chill

Transcript under the cut:

Isobel: I didn’t realize I had an audience.

Isobel: And a Sharran one at that.

Shadowheart: I thought I smelled a Selûnite.

Isobel: At your service.

Isobel: Frankly, I’m surprised you’re willing to help us. Your kind aren’t known for their decency - particularly when a Sharran curse is our greatest obstacle.

Isobel: But if you are who I think you are, I’d be a fool to reject your help. The True Sould with… well, a soul. Imagine.

Shadowheart: I’m glad you’ve remembered who needs whose help here.

Isobel: Oh- aren’t you looking for a protection spell?

Shadowheart: I am already protected. My Lady shields me from the curse.

Isobel: For now, perhaps. But Shar can be fickle, and her love can prove fleeting. Do not turn your back on an advantage you may need… even a Selûnite one.

Isobel: If nothing else, it can aid any companions who travel with you - somehow I doubt Shar’e largesse was extended to them.

Shadowheart: Try to understand what’s happening

Narrator: Is Lady Shar punishing you? Or perhaps testing you? Is it the tadpole, or a curse? You cannot say.

Isobel: Well! If the Moonmaiden didn’t strike me dead for blessing you, she must rather approve of this little alliance.

Isobel: This will block the lesser effects of the shadow curse, allowing you to traverse the darkness outside… should Shar’s own protection falter, that is.

Isobel: But there are places it won’t help- places where the curse is darker. Stronger.

Isobel: The cultists are able to traverse even the deepest shadows, though. I don’t know how- the Harpers are trying to figure it out.

Isobel: Curious. Surely the Nightsinger could have shielded all her followers, and made this place her domain long ago… yet she only acts now, and aids you alone. I wonder why.

Shadowheart: The Dark Lady’s works aren’t for me to question.

Isobel: Must’ve question the great shadow mother, must we?

Isobel: I’ll stop needling you, though. You have more important things to do, after all.

Shadowheart: I’d better be off, then.

Isobel: Good luck, and may the Moonmaiden protect you - if you can stand jt.

Isobel: While you’re busy in the Towers, I’ll be sure to - wait. Do you hear that? Something’s wrong…