Eldoth Kron, Baldur's Gate 1 BG1 Companion

Eldoth Baldur's Gate 1

Eldoth Location

Eldoth Kron is a Baldur's Gate companion in BioWare's cRPG of 1998, Baldur's Gate 1. Eldoth is found at x=3100, y=3500 on the 3rd Cloakwood Forest map (AR 1300). It's the same map Faldorn is found on.

Eldoth's Quest

Eldoth wants to kidnap Skie from the estate of Entar Silvershield in Baldur's Gate (top-left in the map below). Upon arrival in AR 0100 (BG city, northwest), he reminds us of that. The door to the estate is locked, but can be unlocked conventionally, bashed or Knocked. It is best to have Eldoth employ invisibility in order to locate Skie in her upstairs bedroom (AR 0102). Otherwise, guards attack and Skie flees. 

Eldoth then wants to collect 1,000 GP in ransom from Elkart in the Blade & Stars inn (southeast BG city), which caps off the quest.

I hope you are enjoying your liquor, it is some of the best you can find. All of you are probably wondering why I'm being so generous, 'obviously not from the kindness of his heart' you think. Well in a way I am. You look like the type to be on the outlook for ways to improve the quality of  your life. Well, I have a proposal that could help you in that endeavor. You see, there's a girl, my lover in fact, who desires to escape her father and live on her own. Her father is Entar Silvershield, one of the Dukes of Baldur's Gate. This, of course, makes her desires more difficult than that of the average city girl. However, with your assistance we could help her escape the tyrannical clutches of Entar. Here's the punch line: since Entar's going to be hunting us anyway we can blackmail him for hordes of cash and not worry about our captive escaping. After all, we're doing it all for the sake of Skie. Now we needn't go about this right away, in fact I'll help you with whatever you're doing until you decide to head up to Baldur's Gate.  Just think of it as one favor deserving another.

Eldoth Stats

As Bard, Eldoth makes for a decent loremaster and arcane spellcaster.

Be silent Skie, it's not like your opinion is worth anything.

Eldoth Poison Arrows

Eldoth can craft 5x Poisoned Arrows per day. These arrows inflict damage-over-time poison (13 dmg total) and erroneously apply the Strength modifier to dmg. Very powerful. Garrick can't do this, but we can't recruit Eldoth until we enter the Cloakwood Forest.

cf. Best Bows Baldur's Gate --- Best Arrows Baldur's Gate.

Eldoth Biography

When asked about his past, ELDOTH speaks as though his every word should impress and dazzle. He really seems to enjoy talking about himself. He is apparently from the island kingdom of Ruathym, though he left as a teenager for the city of Waterdeep. His natural affinity for song and poetry was honed to perfection while he trained at the musical college of New Olamn, supporting himself with gold borrowed from any one of his given lovers. It would seem that his skill in music is mirrored with his talent in the manipulation of others' emotions. He skims over explaining how he came to leave Waterdeep, but it was apparently the result of an attempted tryst with Aleena Palidinstar. Piergeiron, lord of the city, discovered that his daughter was being used by a manipulative dilettante and likely became quite furious. Eldoth probably had to flee the city, deciding it was time to use his bardic skills elsewhere.

Eldoth & Garrick

The Eldoth and Garrick bardic rivalry:

Eldoth & Shar-Teel

Eldoth versus Shar-Teel. The former is the best trash-talker in the game, and he gets under the skin of many companions as a result, but getting under Shar-Teel's is a big no-no.

The build up continues:

And the culmination invariably results in an Eldoth "chunking":

Indeed.

Eldoth is dismissive of Skie:

Eldoth quotes

• Gentlemen, gentlewomen, may I introduce myself, I am Eldoth Kron.
• Better a coward than a dead man.
• If we must.
• I am glad to be associated with such a fine group of gentlemen.
• This party's direction seems to be somewhat misguided.
• I don't know how much longer I can bear the company of so many fools.
• Goodbye now, hope to never see you again.
• I take this responsibility knowing I am best suited for it.
• I think it would be well to stop and rest.
• If I wanted to live a life of tedium, I would have become a monk.
• Help, my injuries are grievous.
• You're so dull.
• What's your worry.
• Don't bore me.
• As you command.
• Certainly.
• This is so tedious.
• There is no evil but stupidity.
• There is no good or evil, only the charming and the tedious.
• Only shallow people don't judge by appearance.
• The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible.
• Skie, my little angel, a woman should know her place.
• Skie, don't bother me right now.
• Be silent Skie, it's not like your opinion is worth anything.
• Shar-Teel, your lot in life is to bake cookies and bear children, now shut up.
• Stop your whining wench.
• Your wit is somewhat lacking.
• I knew that.
• Don't try my patience.
• Perhaps we could talk over wine tonight.  I've never met a lady such as you and am desirous to know you better.
• Try to keep quiet and speak only when spoken to.
• You must be the most uninteresting person I have had the honor of knowing.
• Too bad.
• The wench had it coming.

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