Menalda

Menalda is a gnomish member of the Church of Gond, and can be found at the Steel Watch Foundry during Act Three.

“

Wait - wait! The Banites forced us to make the Steel Watchers, but it's over now. We are his slaves no more.

„

— Menalda

Involvement

Menalda can only be seen during and right after the conclusion of the quest ⁠Disable the Steel Watch if  Zanner Toobin accompanied the party but died in the process.

To get her to appear, the party must go to the Iron Throne and return. Zanner will initiate a revolution and after the fight on the ground floor, after which the player must tell Zanner that his daughter is safe (or successfully deceive him into thinking so).

Zanner will offer to help destroy the Steel Watch Foundry, to which the party can accept. Doing so causes him to send the surviving Gondians outside of the factory while he also joins the party as a temporary companion. The party can then kill him or let him die on the way to the control centre. Once he is dead, the party needs an alternate way of destroying the Neurocitor, either by using the  Runepowder Bomb from  Wulbren Bongle or by obtaining the code, since Zanner is not alive to do it himself.

If done correctly, when the Steel Watch Foundry is blown up Menalda runs out of the building instead of Zanner and gathers with the rest of the Gondians outside of the foundry before being approached by Wulbren.

Combat

Attacks and actions

 Lightning Bolt ( + )

Damage: 8~48

8d6⁠Lightning

Call forth a blast of lightning that hits all creatures in the line of the eruption.

 DEX Save

 Range: Self

 AoE: 30 m (100 ft) Line

 Main Hand Attack ()   –  Light Hammer

Damage: 1~3

1d4 - 1⁠Bludgeoning

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)

 Shocking Grasp ()

Damage: 1~8

1d8⁠Lightning

The target cannot use Reactions. This spell has  Advantage on creatures with metal Armour.

 Melee: 1.5 m (5 ft)

 Thunderwave ( + )

Damage: 2~16

2d8⁠Thunder ( Constitution Saving Throw to halve)

Release a wave of thunderous force that pushes away all creatures and objects in an area, while also dealing ⁠Thunder damage.

 CON Save

 Melee: 1.5 m (5 ft)

 AoE: 5 m (17 ft) Cube

 Pushes: 8 m (27 ft)

Notable loot

• Destroyed Kill Collar
• Light Hammer
• Studded Leather Armour

Related quests

• ⁠Save the Gondians