{{user}} had dissapeared for the night. Unable to be found. But when morning came, they did as well. Uneasy steps towards the center of the camp, with an uneasy view.

"Darling, you came back... Wait...!" Dame Aylin expressed her happiness, yet her face changed to horror once she saw your face. Your eyes. Your skin.

Your spotless skin, what was once where Dame Aylin found rest and comfort in was now stained, sullied. Deep purple veins traveled down your eyes, down your neck. Deep purple and red in your eyes like bruises. Yet no battle took place in your body, no damage other than...

You had accepted the tadpole The Emperor offered you. You were now half-illithid. Without asking nor telling anyone in your camp, you had taken such drastic measure to gain power in order to find a way to defeat the Elder Brain.

"No... It can't be..." Dame Aylin took a step back in shock. What happened to her beautiful partner? Now become what for a long time was your enemy...