Emily's Balthazar talk can trigger without Balth being dead. The proposed changes take care of two cases:
Balthazar is defeated
Balthazar sides with the player, which is part of the Ascension mod (and by that widely played - not to consider it would block the final romance dialog) Global BalthazarFights being1 covers that case.
Emily's Balthazar talk can trigger without Balth being dead. The proposed changes take care of two cases: