Avery Sonshal

Avery Sonshal is a shopkeeper of the Felogyr's Fireworks workshop in the Lower City Baldur's Gate, during Act Three. He can be located and spoken with while following through the quest ⁠Investigate the Suspicious Toys.

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Remember, Felogyr's Fireworks accepts no liability for singed nails, toasted eyelashes, loss of limbs, scalded torsos or blown-off heads

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— Avery Sonshal's disclaimer

Involvement

Act 3

Avery Sonshal is in charge of Felogyr's Fireworks, a workshop that sells various crackers and pyrotechnics to Baldurian citizens, including children. When approaching him, a cutscene triggers, during which he checks one of his underage clients',  Willow, knowledge of the rules concerning safe usage of fireworks.

As the cutscene continues, Avery addresses the next question to the party. He is tadpoled and aware of the cult, so he immediately recognizes fellow True Souls, calling them telepathically friends of  Enver Gortash. Half of the conversation henceforth is kept up in the same manner.

The party may ask Avery to give them a free sample of the workshop's production. He then gives them 1-3  Smokepowder Arrows.

After that, there are several options within dialogue. The party may choose the line What else do you do for Gortash?. Sonshal then speaks aloud some gibberish, while again giving the real answer telepathically - he clearly does not want his dealings with Gortash to be exposed:

• [DECEPTION] Gortash sent me to check on your latest order. (DC 15)
• [INTIMIDATION] Your latest order is late. Gortash demands to know why. (DC 15)

Avery tries to offer excuses, saying that his establishment keeps the schedule, and leaking a word by the way that Gortash is somehow connected with the Gondians. If the party fails the check, Avery becomes suspicious but ultimately does not call the guards, and the party can press him again:

• [DECEPTION] Masquerading? Don't you recognise a servant of Gortash when you see one? (DC 18)
• [INTIMIDATION] How DARE you? I am exactly who I proclaim to be! (DC 18)
• [SORCERER] [INTIMIDATION] Careful - my magic can be quite unpredictable, and I'd hate to see this place go up in flames. (DC 18 )
• [ROGUE] [INTIMIDATION] Question me again and your body will never be found. (DC 18 )
• [BARBARIAN] [INTIMIDATION] *ROAR!* (DC 18 )

There is also an option to tell Avery the password obtained from  Arfur Gregorio in Wyrm's Crossing (either blackmailing him, intimidating him, or using  Speak with Dead on his corpse):

• Recall the merchant's password. 'Uncle Felogyr sent me.'

Hearing the password, Avery lets the party proceed to the first floor of the workshop, but forewarns them not to wander further upstairs. Saying this, he acts in an overly theatrical way, which allows to suspect that 'Uncle Felogyr' is a totally imaginary person.

Using the password grants one or both of the following inspirations:

• ⁠Cunning Code Crackers ( Urchin background)
• ⁠Silver-Tongue's Better Than Any Key ( Charlatan background)

The party can also ask Avery to trade. However, speaking with him again after trading has the 'password' dialogue line still available.

Avery Sonshal can be pickpocketed. Apart from trading goods, the party may also loot from him  Felogyr's Fireworks Cellar Key,  Fireworks Workshop Key,  Counting House Vault nº5 Key, and a  Soot-Stained Letter.

As the quest ⁠Investigate the Suspicious Toys cannot be ultimately resolved in a peaceful way, Avery Sonshal joins the fight as soon as he notices any ill commotion, siding with the followers of  Bane, who reside on the second floor of the building. He runs upstairs and attacks the party along with the other Felogyr's employees.

Combat

Attacks and actions

 Burning Hands ( + )

Damage: 3~18

3d6⁠Fire

Each flammable target is hit with 3d6⁠⁠Fire damage.

 DEX Save

 Range: Self

 AoE: 5 m (17 ft) Cone

 Fire Bolt ()

Damage: 1~10

1d10⁠Fire

Hurl a mote of fire.

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 Fireball ( + )

Damage: 8~48

8d6⁠Fire

Shoot a bright flame from your fingers that explodes upon contact, torching everything in the vicinity for 8d6⁠⁠Fire damage.

 DEX Save

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 AoE: 4 m (13 ft) Radius

 Main Hand Attack ()   –  Dagger

Damage: 3~6

1d4 + 2⁠Piercing

Make a melee attack with your equipped weapon.

 Melee: 1.5 m (5 ft)

 Misty Step ( + )

Surrounded by silver mist, you teleport to an unoccupied space you can see.

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

Loot

• Counting House Vault nº5 Key
• Dagger
• Felogyr's Fireworks Cellar Key
• Fireworks Workshop Key
• Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen
• Smokepowder Bomb - 2x (if not used before)
• Soot-Stained Letter

Shop

Corresponds to LOW_FireworksHouse_Trader 

Notable items sold

Dyes

• Black and Azure Dye
• Black and Furnace Red Dye
• Harlequin Black and White Dye
• Pink and Leaf Green Dye
• White and Scarlet Dye

Fireworks & grenades

• Hearthlight Bomb x3
• Popdrakes x8
• Squidjins x7
• Wogglims x7

Related quests

• ⁠Investigate the Suspicious Toys

Related literature

• Boom, Bang, Blast: The joy of fireworks
• Ledger of Production: Explosives
• Legal Notes
• Letter to 'Mister Sonsal'
• Scribbled Note (Lower City)
• Soot-Stained Letter
• Teddybears Ready for Collection
• Threatening Letter

External links

•  Avery Sonshal on the Forgotten Realms Wiki