Dez Kanshaw
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“I wonder if this was brewed with my barley?„
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Dez is a patron of the Elfsong Tavern in the Lower City of Baldur's Gate. When talked to, he tells the party that he is a farmer and all his crops are gone thanks to the Absolute. He mentions needing to find a place for his son Korson as he eats as much as the rest of the family put together, but does not know where he should send him.
The party can tell him to send him to the Counting House, the Flaming Fist, the wilds (barbarian, ranger, and oath of the crown paladins only), the Open Hand Temple, or if the player character is a rogue, the Thieves Guild. Suggesting the latter grants the inspiration 
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Dialogue edit
Dez Kanshaw: What say you, should I have another? Ilmater preserve me, I need the courage.
- Party member: Will another drink solve your problems?
- Dez Kanshaw: No, saer. We abandoned our farm when the Absolute army marched in.
- Dez Kanshaw: We used to sell our barley to the brewer who makes this very beer. That's all over now.
- Party member: You must be furious at the Absolute cult and their army.
- Dez Kanshaw: Why? No more point to that than getting mad at a plague of locusts, or the weather.
- Party member: Did you try to fight back?
- Dez Kanshaw: We're farmers, not fighters. That's not the answer for us.
- Dez Kanshaw: Oldest boy, Korson, he means well but he eats as much as the rest of us put together. I have to find him a place here.
- (Continues below, starting with "A fancy feller called Three-Piece...")
- Party member: There's always room for anger. Especially in times like these.
- (Same as above)
- Party member: What will you country folk do here in the city?
- Dez Kanshaw: Oldest boy, Korson, he means well but he eats as much as the rest of us put together. I have to find him a place here.
- (Continues below)
- Party member: I'm sure you'll find a new trade soon enough. There's plenty about.
- Dez Kanshaw: I'm not so sure. What good can these farmer hands do in a city like this? Besides, I've got the other's to think of.
- Dez Kanshaw: Family's upstairs, exhausted. I'm Dez Kanshaw - with a wife, two kids, and another on the way.
- Dez Kanshaw: Oldest boy, Korson, he means well but he eats as much as the rest of us put together. I have to find him a place here.
- (Continues below)
- Party member: We? Who went with you?
- Dez Kanshaw: Family's upstairs, exhausted. I'm Dez Kanshaw - with a wife, two kids, and another on the way.
- Dez Kanshaw: Oldest boy, Korson, he means well but he eats as much as the rest of us put together. I have to find him a place here.
- (Continues below)
- Party member: You won't find courage in the bottom of a bottle.
- (Same as below)
- Party member: Drink up! This city is living on borrowed time.
- Dez Kanshaw: No, I guess I've had enough. The brewer who made this beer used to buy all of our barley. But that's over now.
- Dez Kanshaw: Left the crops standing in the fields when we ran from the Absolute army. Gone, all gone.
- Party member: We? I see only you.
- Dez Kanshaw: Family's upstairs, exhausted. I'm Dez Kanshaw - with a wife, two kids, and another on the way.
- Dez Kanshaw: Oldest boy, Korson, he means well but he eats as much as the rest of us put together. I have to find him a place here.
- (Continues below)
- Party member: I'm sorry for your loss.
- Dez Kanshaw: If it were only me it wouldn't be so bad, but I've got mouths to feed.
- Dez Kanshaw: Family's upstairs, exhausted. I'm Dez Kanshaw - with a wife, two kids, and another on the way.
- Dez Kanshaw: Oldest boy, Korson, he means well but he eats as much as the rest of us put together. I have to find him a place here.
- (Continues below)
- Party member: But you had enough left for a drink.
- Dez Kanshaw: One - and I shouldn't have had even that. Got work to do.
- Dez Kanshaw: Oldest boy, Korson, he means well but he eats as much as the rest of us put together. I have to find him a place here.
- (Continues below)
- Party member: There's a war on. Can he fight?
- Dez Kanshaw: We're farmers, not fighters. That's not the answer for us.
- Dez Kanshaw: Korson's strong, but he's a gentle soul. Easy to take advantage of.
- (Continues below)
- Party member: Found any opportunities for him?
- Party member: [DROW] If he can't find his own place, perhaps he doesn't deserve one.
- Dez Kanshaw: I appreciate that some might find me a soft touch, but he's my son. I'll make no apology for looking out for him.
- Dez Kanshaw: Korson's stron, but he's a gentle soul. Easy to take advantage of.
- (Continues below)
- Party member: Well good luck to you and your family.
- Dez Kanshaw: Thank you kindly. And to you and yours.
- (End of dialogue)
- Dez Kanshaw: A fancy feller called Three-Piece wants to place him as a cleaner in the Counting House. But I don't trust him.
- Dez Kanshaw: Maybe I should just join the Flaming Fist and take the signing bonus. What else can I do?
- Party member: Three-Piece sounds like a crook. Better if you join the Fists.
- Dez Kanshaw: That's what I was thinking too. Was drinking to get up the courage to do it.
- Dez Kanshaw: But it's hard, because it means goodbye to our family farm. Korson will never work those fields.
- (Continues below)
- Party member: That cleaner job sounds steady. Leaves you available to head back to the farm.
- Dez Kanshaw: Right. It's taking a chance, but it's worth the risk. The farm is all we have, really.
- (Continues below)
- Party member: I hear the Illmater temple at Wyrm's needs volunteers. They don't pay, but at least the boy will eat.
- Dez Kanshaw: Huh. That's a solid tip. Could work out for a gentle kid like Korson.
- Party member: [BARBARIAN] Forget the city - the wilds have everything you need.
- Dez Kanshaw: Huh - that's true. And we're no strangers to working the land.
- (Continues below)
- Party member: [ROGUE] The Thieves Guild are always on the lookout for talent. He'd never run out of work.
- Dez Kanshaw: My gentle boy? A thief? I wouldn't have dared think of it before, but... maybe the Guild isn't a bad place to look.
- (Continues below)
- Dez Kanshaw: Thanks, stranger, you helped settle my mind. Thanks are all I have to offer, though. May Illmater bleed for you.
- (End of dialogue)
- (If spoked to again)
- Dez Kanshaw: Thanks again, stranger. Illmater guide you.