Lora's House

What is included in this guide

This guide treats Lora’s House as the following compact location:

The following are neighbouring places, not subareas of Lora’s House:

This distinction matters because the house has no basement, shop floor, connected dungeon or hidden quest area of its own. The investigation associated with it continues elsewhere in the Lower City, especially at the Basilisk Gate Barracks and the Blushing Mermaid.

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Ground floor

There is no shop counter, crafting station, camp facility or named service here.

First floor

The upper floor is a bedroom. It contains the locked chest associated with Lora’s former life and the house’s most notable ordinary loot. The chest is red-outlined, so attempting to open it without permission can count as theft and may provoke a reaction depending on the current state of the area. The available evidence confirms the chest’s contents and lock requirements, but does not establish a separate scripted consequence for opening it beyond the normal game rules for red-outlined containers.

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Lora Bergauz

Lora is the owner of the house and Vanra’s mother. She is a former pirate who sold her ship before settling in Baldur’s Gate. Her main Act Three appearance is initially at the Basilisk Gate Barracks, where she asks for help finding Vanra. After the quest reaches its conclusion, she can return to her home.

Lora is not a merchant. She does not provide a shop inventory or normal household service. Her importance is narrative and reward-based.

Vanra Bergauz

Vanra is Lora’s young daughter. Her presence at the house depends on the Act One and Act Three quest state. In the normal rescue continuity, she is abducted by Auntie Ethel and returns home after being saved.

Slatey Marven

Slatey Marven is a passer-by standing outside the entrance. She comments critically on the murals painted on the Lower City Central Wall by Splatters Doolug.

Splatters Doolug

Splatters Doolug is a street artist who has recently decorated the nearby Central Wall with murals. His conversation with Slatey is a small environmental vignette. It does not turn Lora’s House into an art business, quest hub or faction location.

Named-character directory

Inside or associated with the house

Immediately outside

Quest-linked but not resident

The last four characters are included for quest context only. They do not live at Lora’s House.

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If Ethel was allowed to leave with Mayrina

If the party dealt with Ethel in the Sunlit Wetlands and allowed the hag to leave with Mayrina and her unborn child, Lora and Vanra can be found together at home in Act Three. In this state, they have limited dialogue and may object to the party entering their house. The Save Vanra storyline does not proceed in the same way because Vanra has not become Ethel’s replacement target in this continuity.

If Ethel was denied access to Mayrina

If Ethel was prevented from taking Mayrina and her child, the hag later targets Vanra instead. Lora’s House is initially empty because Lora is searching for her missing daughter. The party must begin the related investigation at the Basilisk Gate Barracks.

After Vanra is rescued successfully, Lora and Vanra can be found back at home. Speaking to Lora then provides the major location-specific rewards:

If Vanra is not saved, Lora eventually leaves and disappears from the game.

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1. Find Lora at Basilisk Gate Barracks

Travel to the Basilisk Gate Barracks and speak to Lora. She is distressed and arguing with Blaze Liara Portyr about the disappearance of her daughter. Lora explains that Vanra was last seen at the Blushing Mermaid. This conversation begins Save Vanra, provided the necessary Act One continuity exists.

A passive Arcana check can reveal that Liara’s memory has been magically tampered with. This helps expose that the situation is not an ordinary missing-person case, although passing the check is not required to accept Lora’s request.

2. Investigate the Blushing Mermaid

Go to the Blushing Mermaid and investigate the conflicting accounts surrounding Lora and Vanra. Captain Grisly claims that Lora is dangerous and that Vanra does not exist. The quest’s evidence instead points towards hag activity connected with the tavern’s cellar.

Captain Grisly may offer 3,000 gold for killing Lora. A Rogue can negotiate for double that amount. This is a deliberately dangerous branch because Captain Grisly is not what she appears to be.

3. Expose Auntie Ethel

The apparent Captain Grisly can be exposed as Auntie Ethel through several routes, including:

The central danger is that Ethel has consumed Vanra and threatens to kill the child if the party kills her carelessly.

4. Use Hag’s Bane

To rescue Vanra safely, the party must use Hag’s Bane before killing Ethel. The quest provides a route to discovering how this works, including a book explaining that a child can be forced out of a hag without being harmed. Throwing Hag’s Bane at Ethel makes her vomit Vanra up.

Do not treat simply killing Ethel as equivalent to completing the rescue. The quest state specifically distinguishes between saving Vanra and allowing her to die with the hag.

5. Return to Lora’s House

After Vanra is freed, she runs home. Visit Lora’s House and speak to Lora. If the quest was properly started at the Basilisk Gate Barracks before Vanra was rescued, Lora thanks the party and gives the two principal rewards.

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Quest rewards

The Amulet of Windrider is a very rare amulet that grants Ride the Winds once per long rest and Gust of Wind once per short rest. It is awarded by Lora for saving Vanra.

Upstairs chest

The chest is red-outlined and therefore should be treated as private property.

Loot and literature directory

Fixed or quest-linked rewards

Upstairs chest

Named or identifiable literature associated with the location

The location reference lists these works as related literature, but the available source does not establish that every title is a guaranteed, separately collectible object inside the building. The receipt is specifically confirmed as chest contents; the remaining titles should therefore be treated as associated literature rather than a fully verified room-by-room inventory.

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If simply exploring the house

The house is southwest of the Lower City Central Waypoint, with the quest reward interaction recorded around X: -61, Y: -91. The entrance is separately recorded around X: -60, Y: -92.

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Starting the quest too late

The Amulet of Windrider has a specific progression requirement. The party must speak to Lora at the Basilisk Gate Barracks and pick up Save Vanra before freeing Vanra from the Hag’s Lair. If Vanra is rescued first without establishing the quest properly, Lora may not provide the amulet afterwards.

Killing Lora

Accepting Captain Grisly’s offer and killing Lora prevents the normal rescue reward outcome. The party receives the agreed gold instead, with a possible increased payment for a Rogue, and may gain the related Veil of the Weird progression.

Failing to save Vanra

If Vanra is not saved, Lora eventually leaves the house and disappears. This is a progression change, not simply a temporary relocation.

Killing Ethel before rescuing Vanra

The quest makes clear that killing Ethel without first using the correct rescue method can kill Vanra as well. Use Hag’s Bane before completing the fight if the goal is to preserve the child and obtain Lora’s rewards.

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