Zakrion NPC Mod for Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition

A Gibberlings Three Mod
Author: jmaeq
On the web: Home page and discussion forum

Version 1.0
Languages: English
Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux

Zakrion introduces a human Duelist to BG2:EE. Zakrion can be found after the pirate encounter in the Sea's Bounty Tavern. The mod includes custom portraits and voicing, quests, a friendship track, numerous banters and interjections, and two romance paths with the PC.

This mod is designed to work with Baldur's Gate II: SoA and ToB Enchanced Edition by Bioware and enhanced by Beamdog.

The mod should be compatible with other WeiDU mods.

If you should encounter any bugs, please report them to the authors at the Zakrion forum.

Windows
Zakrion_BG2 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 Zakrion_BG2 folder and Setup-Zakrion_BG2.exe in your Tutu folder. To install, simply double-click Setup-Zakrion_BG2.exe and follow the instructions on screen.

Please run Setup-Zakrion_BG2.exe in your Tutu folder to reinstall, uninstall or otherwise change components.

Mac OS X
If the mod was previously installed, uninstall it before extracting the new version. Zakrion_BG2 is packaged and installed with WeiDU. To install, simply extract the contents of the mod into your Tutu folder. If properly extracted, you should have a Zakrion_BG2 folder, Setup-Zakrion_BG2, and Setup-Zakrion_BG2.command in your Tutu folder. To install, simply double-click Setup-Zakrion_BG2.command and follow the instructions on screen.

Linux
Extract the contents of the mod to the folder of the game you wish to modify. Download the latest version of WeiDU for Linux from WeiDU.org and copy WeiDU and WeInstall to /usr/bin. Following that, open a terminal, cd to your BG2 installation directory, run 'tolower' and answer Y to both queries. You can avoid running the second option (linux.ini) if you've already ran it once in the same directory. To save time, the archive is already tolowered, so there's no need to run the first option (lowercasing file names) either if you've extracted only this mod since the last time you lower cased file name. If you're unsure, running tolower and choosing both options is the safe bet.
Run WeInstall zakrion_bg2 in your game folder to install the mod. Then run wine BGMain.exe and start playing.

This modification adds Zakrion, a True Neutral Human Duelist, to the game. His statistics are as follows:

• STR: 16
• DEX: 17
• CON: 15
• INT: 10
• WIS: 12
• CHR: 14

He has a proficiency in two weapon style, short swords, and long swords.

Zakrion includes a friendship track, two romance tracks with the PC (and depending on whether the PC recognizes Zakrion from BGI), banters with all Bioware NPCs (including Beamdog's four NPCs), quests, and numerous interjections.

jmaeq created this mod. Visit the Gibberlings Three forums for information on this and any other Gibberlings Three mod.

Contributors:

• G3: Hosting
• RebeccaQ: for editing and correcting all the grammatical mishaps I make
• CamDawg: beautifying the readme file
• Duelist kit from the Sword and Fist mod by Andyr and NiGHTMARE
• LavaDelVortel: creating/editing one of Zakrion's portrait options, helping me debug, and creating unique items/BAMs
• Zakrion Default Portrait: SimmotoSyoshiko
  
• Zakrion Alternative 1 Portrait: SwordEnchanter
  
• Zakrion Alternative 2 Portrait: Midjourney and Edited by LavaDelVortel
  
• Zakrion Alternative 3 Portrait: Cher-Ro
  

Writing and Coding: jmaeq

Cast:

• Zakrion Dessani - Michael Gines

Tools Used in Creation

• WeiDU by Wes Weimer
  
• Near Infinity by Jon Olav Hauglid
  
• IESDP maintained by igi
  
• Shadowkeeper by Mudmaster
  
• DLTCEP by Avenger
  
• Audacity by Sourceforge
  
• Notepad++ by the Notepad++ Team
  
• WeiDU Notepad++ Highlighters by cmorgan and updated by argent77
  
• Gimp by Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
  

BALDUR'S GATE II Developed and © 1998 BioWare Corp. All Rights Reserved. BALDUR'S GATE II: THRONE OF BHAAL Developed and © 2001 BioWare Corp. All Rights Reserved. Baldur's Gate, Shadows of Amn, Tales of the Sword Coast, Forgotten Realms, the Forgotten Realms logo, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, the AD&D logo, TSR and the TSR logo, and the Wizards of the Coast logo, are trademarks of the Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., and are used by Interplay Entertainment Corp. under license. All Rights Reserved. BioWare, the BioWare Infinity Engine and the BioWare logo are the trademarks of BioWare Corp. All Rights Reserved. Black Isle Studios and the Black Isle Studios logo are trademarks of Interplay Entertainment Corp. All Rights Reserved. Exclusively licensed and distributed by Interplay Entertainment Corp. All other trademarks and copyrights are property of their respective owners.

Zakrion_BG2 NPC mod for Baldur's Gate II © 2023 jmaeq. Zakrion_BG2 is not developed, supported, or endorsed by BioWare, Black Isle Studios, Interplay Entertainment Corp., or the Wizards of the Coast. All other trademarks and copyrights are property of their respective owners.

REDISTRIBUTION NOTE: Zakrion_BG2 was created to be freely enjoyed by all Baldur's Gate II players and picked apart by all Baldur's Gate II modders. Please, don't mirror Zakrion_BG2 anywhere, but feel free to use his code as a base for your mod. If you manage to sell him, please let me know.

Version 1.0 - September 17, 2023

• Initial release