A Gibberlings Three Mod
Author: theacefes
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Version 6.1 - Check
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Languages: English
Platforms: Windows and Mac OS X
Please note that versions prior to v3 will need to be completely uninstalled prior to installing v3 or later. We apologize for the inconvenience. This mod contains content for both SoA and ToB, however, ToB is not required to install Auren.
One of the things that makes BG2 so enjoyable are the NPCs in your party, and how their background and your character's relationship with them add so much more depth to your own storyline as well as your gaming experience. This mod will add Auren, a joinable NPC.
BG2 is rated T for Teen. This mod contains language considered to be PG-13 material. It also contains a female/female romance which is considered to be PG material. Please do not play this mod if this type of content offends you.
This mod is designed to work with Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn with or without the Throne of Bhaal expansion pack. There are currently no known incompatibilities.
Windows
The Auren Aseph mod is packaged and installed with WeiDU and
is distributed as a self-extracting archive. To install, simply double-click
the archive and follow the instructions on screen.
Alternatively the files can be extracted from the archive using WinRAR. If properly extracted, you should have a AurenAseph folder and Setup-AurenAseph.exe in your BG2 folder. To install, simply double-click Setup-AurenAseph.exe and follow the instructions on screen.
Please run Setup-AurenAseph.exe in your BG2 folder to reinstall, uninstall or otherwise change components.
Mac OS X
If the mod was previously installed, uninstall it before extracting the
new version.The Auren Aseph mod is
packaged and installed with WeiDU.
To install, simply extract the contents of the mod into your BG2 folder.
If properly extracted, you should have a AurenAseph folder, Setup-AurenAseph,
and Setup-AurenAseph.command in your BG2 folder.
To install, simply double-click Setup-AurenAseph.command and
follow the instructions on screen.
Auren Aseph is a young and eager fighter from Beregost. She was born to a middle class merchant and his wife, and grew up a headstrong girl. Her father would tell her stories of adventurers he'd run into while on his caravan routes, and Auren became more and more interested at the thought of adventuring as she got older. She'd spend hours every week at the famous blacksmith Thunderhammer's shop, staring at all of the many types of weapons and armor, both magical and non-magical. Her desire to explore the world and independent nature was quickly noticed when she was thirteen, when the leader of a group of adventurers passing through town saw her eavesdropping on their conversations at Feldpost's Inn.
The adventurers took an interest in Auren and stayed in Beregost for a few months. The leader encouraged Auren to learn the ways of swordplay, and she begged him to teach her all he knew. By the age of fourteen, Auren had joined the group and accompanied them on their travels. She saw much of Faerun as they did good deeds for other towns, explored caves and dungeons, and acquired many types of treasure. At the start of her twentieth year, a series of tragedies occured that convinced Auren to retire from the world of adventuring. She went to Nashkel, hoping to build herself a new life and settle down with the large amount of gold she had saved up over the years of traveling. She soon heard about the iron crisis and began to notice it herself when she saw her old daggers and sword deteriorating. Auren usually fought with two swords, one which she had picked up in a dungeon during her travels, and another that she had bought in Beregost from Thunderhammer, which appeared to be an ordinary sword, but for some reason showed no signs of deterioration. She was tempted to look into the iron crisis herself, when she realized the pain that adventuring had brought her, so she went about her business and ignored it.
Not too long after she heard about the iron crisis, the news came that a group of adventurers, lead by a Child of Bhaal, had stopped the force behind the iron crisis and had saved the Sword Coast. Realizing that she could no longer ignore the call of adventuring, Auren packed her things and made her way to the south, to Athkatla, to find a group of good-hearted adventurers like herself that would be willing to let her fight alongside them. She arrived in Athkatla and made her way to the slums, to the Copper Coronet, where she was sure she was bound to run into *someone* interesting...
Biography
When you ask her about her past, AUREN is silent before explaining that she was born in Beregost, not far from your own home. The only daughter of a middle class merchant and his wife, Auren threw herself into the art of swordplay when she was only fourteen. She is barely twenty years old now, but you can somehow tell from the way she carries herself that she is an experienced fighter and has seen much of Faerun. You wonder exactly where she learned how to fight so well and why she has traveled so much at such a young age.
theacefes created this mod. You can find out more about Auren by visiting the Auren forum or her project page. Visit the Gibberlings Three Forums for information on this and any other Gibberlings Three mods on which we may be working.
Special thanks to:
Writing and coding: theacefes
Writing for Haer'Dalis - Tameon the Dragoon
Writing for Anomen - Feuille
Writing for Korgan, Minsc, and Viconia - K'aeloree/Liam
Writing for Aerie and Mazzy ToB - Noctalys
Auren's original portrait is done by Karsten Dahl and is ©2003 KarWal Entertainment. Auren's first alternate portrait is done by Error Engine and is ©2004. Auren's second alternate portrait is from the original Neverwinter Nights game.
Original Auren Beta Testers:
Cast:
Soundtrack: theacefes - You can download the soundtrack at the Auren Aseph forum
For information on how to make your own NPC for BG2, visit my tutorial!
Tools Used in Creation
WeiDU by
Wes Weimer
Near Infinity by Jon Olav Hauglid
Shadowkeeper by Mud-Master
Infinity Explorer by Dmitry
Jemerov
Notepad by
Microsoft
ConTEXT by Eden Kirin
THIS MOD IS THE SOLE PROPERTY OF THE AUTHOR AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR REDISTRIBUTED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR. THIS MOD IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH BIOWARE, BLACK ISLE, OR INTERPLAY. AUREN ASEPH IS ©2007, theacefes.
Version 6.1 - January 16, 2008
Version 6 - October 8, 2007
Version 5 - July 18, 2007
Version 4 - September 18, 2006
Version 3 - April 19, 2006
Version 2
Version 1