In other words, forget about it for now. I had to.....
Apart from that, I think there's only two other places in Athkatla I couldn't get to before I skipped town, and that's the Pimlico Estate (also in the Temple District), and a funky door in the Bridge District. You know, the one that says "You can see nothing but darkness inside. You do not not what would happen if you stepped through" and won't let you in.
BIG-ASS SPOILERS
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Now, I've heard you need to be carrying a specific gem to get through this door, and that a powerful magic item is behind it, heavily guarded of course. But I'm waiting for the game to give me some hint on how to get through the door, because without that hint, I could never figure out how to get in, and so it wouldn't be fair of me to go get that item.
A guy named Kevin Dorner took a solo Mage (named Elmonster) through BG2/ToB, and kept a journal of the whole trip. At the bottom of the first page, he had this to say:
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"I rest again...and dream. My first dream is meaningless. My former captor, the mage, taunts me with my Bhaal heritage and shows me the power I could have. He tortures the teenage girl a little...perhaps he is trying to make me care about her.
My second dream is far more direct and meaningful to me. A shimmering stone, blue and green like a tiny planet...can I see Faerun amidst its iridescent continents? It is a Rogue Stone. They are very expensive and rather rare. I need one. I see a house in the Bridge District, but its door is nothingness...the stone is the key, the stone is the key. There is dark and ominous magic there, more than one man could stand in a lifetime. The Staff is there. I must have it, I must! I awaken in a cold sweat and am unable to sleep for over an hour."
I'm on Day 9, gametime, and have just gotten to Spellhold. I never had this dream. Is this something you get only when your PC is a Mage/Sorceror, do I have a bug, or was Kevin Dorner making the whole thing up?