Vera Elles is the leader of a recent slave revolt in the Icewind Dale game.
Location[]
She is hiding on main floor of the Aquatic Museum of Wyrm's Tooth, in the alcove at the end of the last corridor on the left side of the map .
Background[]
She is one of the human slaves who have been held captive by the frost salamanders of the Aquatic Museum.
Recently, she managed to sneak into the "temperature control room" on the museum's main floor, and operate the dials there to turn the ancient heating machinery back on.
The "temperature control room" itself turned warm (and thus lethal to the salamanders) immediately, and then a few days later, suddenly so did the basement library. As the salamanders fled the library in panic, Vera took the opportunity to rally all the slaves and lead them into the library.
Many of the slaves were killed in the attempt, but some managed to reach the library, where they are holed up now, out of the salamander's reach. Only Vera herself remained on the main floor, where she has been using her thief skills to avoid being detected by the salamanders.
Interaction[]
You can talk to her. You have to tell her that you are a friend, and ask her to trust you, in order for her to answer any questions (and in order for the game to register that you have met her, for the purposes of the below-mentioned side-quests).
During the mini-quest...
- Shadows and whispers (80,000 exp)
...you are tasked with checking out the alcove where Vera is hiding. She asks you not to reveal her presence. (If you do, she gets killed.)
She is also involved in the larger side-quest:
- The slaves and the salamanders (up to 320,000 exp)
(During the evil path of that quest, Kerish tasks you with killing Vera. During the good path, you can get extra exp by delivering news of Vera to her fellow slave Gareth and vice versa.)