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str_comment_cunning_fierds_hall|I hope you come with good intentions. Then we can speak further. str_comment_cunning_fierds_map|You look hardened by war and if you are hardened, all that fighting can lead to more than just scrapes and petty loot. str_comment_cunning_sar_hall|You show promise, and under my tutelage you might become more than a thug. str_comment_cunning_sar_map|You have the look of someone with strong will but of no purpose. I can give you that purpose. str_comment_cunning_empire_hall|Unlike some of my peers, I am not at all above making use of the odd stranger. str_comment_cunning_empire_map|A stranger may have hidden motivations, but those motivations just might coincide with my own. str_comment_cunning_dshar_hall|I welcome you, if you support the cause of the D'Shar. str_comment_cunning_dshar_map|It may be that your presence here could be of use to me. str_comment_cunning_rav_hall|This is no fat land for a politician such as meself. The people are simple, the loyalties are written in stone. An outsider such as yourself though, well, you could change the game. str_comment_cunning_rav_map|They say that a stranger might prove useful in strange times -- let's hear what you've got to say. str_comment_upstanding_fierds_hall|Dear friend, what a seldom honor to be in your presence. str_comment_upstanding_fierds_map|What an honor! I know about your many triumphs and consider you my tutor in the art of war. str_comment_upstanding_sar_hall|My friend, what a joy to have you near. My men were cheering as they saw you heading towards us. str_comment_upstanding_sar_map|I am honored to bask in the light of your presence. str_comment_upstanding_empire_hall|While you may aspire to citizenship in the Empire, it is rarely granted to those such as you. I'd advise you go elsewhere. str_comment_upstanding_empire_map|By the by, here's a friendly bit of advice should you see the Noldor - run, don't walk! str_comment_upstanding_dshar_hall|Greetings, stranger. State your business here. str_comment_upstanding_dshar_map|I shall permit you to travel across my territory in peace, but raid my villages or harm my tribesmen and I shall kill you! str_comment_upstanding_rav_hall|We meet here to plan the destruction of our enemies. But still, one must pray for their immortal souls. str_comment_upstanding_rav_map|Well met, friend. Pass in peace and my men will not accost you. str_comment_martial_fierds_hall|With that arrogance, you just be glad my weapon is sheathed! Now say what you want and leave the area. str_comment_martial_fierds_map|You may be a skilled warrior, and if I could be sure that only our enemies feared you, I would say Willkommen. str_comment_martial_sar_hall|The fact that you do not hold a weapon in your hand shows your recklessness -- and how easily I could crush you. str_comment_martial_sar_map|My scouts informed me you were coming, but I took no precautions, seeing as it is only you. str_comment_martial_empire_hall|In the Empire, transgressions by strangers are not taken lightly. I'd advise you heed my advice while you're here. str_comment_martial_empire_map|Hail. Who crosses my lands without my permission? str_comment_martial_dshar_hall|If it is trouble you seek in D'Shar lands, I think you have found it. str_comment_martial_dshar_map|We D'Shar do not take lightly encroachments into our territory. str_comment_martial_rav_hall|Ah, these walls inspire me. I would rather meet an enemy here than a friend! str_comment_martial_rav_map|State your business quickly or stand aside! str_comment_sadistic_fierds_hall|I see you have some bruises from battle. If I cared for your well-being, I'd have my surgeon look at you -- but I don't. str_comment_sadistic_fierds_map|Yes, what is it? Speak fast before I have my men use you for target practice. str_comment_sadistic_sar_hall|You look weary from your journeys and could use a drink, I suspect. There's a lake near here. You're welcome. str_comment_sadistic_sar_map|Please, no more challenges today! I squash people like you as easily as flies. str_comment_sadistic_empire_hall|As long as you're here, why not go and fight the Snake cult? At least then you'd be of some use to the Empire. str_comment_sadistic_empire_map|If you're here as a spy for those damned D'Shar savages, I shall kill you where you stand. str_comment_sadistic_dshar_hall|You may have heard that I impale those who rob or raid in my territory. Keep that in mind. str_comment_sadistic_dshar_map|What, precisely, do you seek here? str_comment_sadistic_rav_hall|Ah, you missed the hunt this morning. I rode out on my finest steed with my finest dogs. Would you believe it, though? The girl got away! str_comment_sadistic_rav_map|I suppose you found me by following the trail of burning villages, eh? Well, my men were cold. str_comment_pitiless_fierds_hall|So, you are the one roaming the countryside like a thug. Can you speak? str_comment_pitiless_fierds_map|I heard about your last battle and I'm surprised to see you standing without support. str_comment_pitiless_sar_hall|The stables are over there. And while you're at it, muck out my jakes as well. str_comment_pitiless_sar_map|My time is precious. When you arise in the morning, I've already eaten a hearty meal and trained my men, so be brief. str_comment_pitiless_empire_hall|Should you elect to cause trouble in the Empire, our Legionnaires will see to your punishment -- promptly. str_comment_pitiless_empire_map|You look brave enough now. I wonder how you'll look when the Snake cult and the Noldor have done with you. str_comment_pitiless_dshar_hall|And who are you, who enters my hall uninvited? str_comment_pitiless_dshar_map|I trust you have an excellent excuse for your presence here? str_comment_pitiless_rav_hall|I've grown weary. Even abusing the servants fails to cheer me. str_comment_pitiless_rav_map|I suppose you've come to beg help like any other refugee? str_comment_quarrelsome_fierds_hall|I have killed many boars! In comparison, you are weak and cannot run as fast. str_comment_quarrelsome_fierds_map|They say I kill for fun, but do you hear me laughing? str_comment_quarrelsome_sar_hall|You are not one to be trusted and I am not one to be tricked. State your errand and begone. str_comment_quarrelsome_sar_map|Maybe we'll meet in a tournament someday. I do more harm with blunt weapons than you'd care to know. str_comment_quarrelsome_empire_hall|We of the Empire have a low tolerance for listening to riffraff. State your business and leave. str_comment_quarrelsome_empire_map|You have my leave to depart the Empire. We don't want your kind polluting our land. str_comment_quarrelsome_dshar_hall|If you spy here for the Empire, your life will be very short. str_comment_quarrelsome_dshar_map|Why do you trespass in D'Shar territory? str_comment_quarrelsome_rav_hall|It reminds me of how far we've slipped towards barbarism, when I see the likes of you addressing a lord. str_comment_quarrelsome_rav_map|Don't waste my time, peasant! If I felt the need of useless talk, my wife would be beside me. str_comment_goodnatured_fierds_hall|May Thallo ver Shures follow you and bring beauty and life wherever you go. str_comment_goodnatured_fierds_map|You look healthy, my friend, and have many teeth left! str_comment_goodnatured_sar_hall|Welcome, dear ally. What say you? str_comment_goodnatured_sar_map|I see your health is strong and your eyes have fervor. Speak freely. str_comment_goodnatured_empire_hall|I'll not go so far as to say your presence here is entirely welcome, but do no harm in my territory and I'll do none to you. str_comment_goodnatured_empire_map|I've more of a predilection for peace than war, but that does not mean I will tolerate any incursions into my territory. str_comment_goodnatured_dshar_hall|As a lord of the D'Shar, I bid you welcome. str_comment_goodnatured_dshar_map|We of the D'Shar treat our guests well -- when they do not bring harm to our people. str_comment_goodnatured_rav_hall|Conclaves of war are not my usual pastime, I must admit. Ah, I wish we could get more ale in here. str_comment_goodnatured_rav_map|Well met, the ride here is lonely, eh? Have ye time to stop and share a wee dram? str_comment_intro_liege_affiliated|I am told that you are pledged to one of the pretenders who disputes my claim to the crown of Pendor - but we may still talk. str_comment_intro_famous_liege|Your fame runs before you! Perhaps it is time that you sought a liege worthy of your valor. str_comment_intro_famous_martial|Your fame runs before you! Perhaps we shall test each other's valor in a tournament, or on the battlefield! str_comment_intro_famous_badtempered|I've heard of you. Well, I'm not one for bandying words, so if you have anything to say, out with it. str_comment_intro_famous_pitiless|I know your name. It strikes fear in men's hearts. That is good. Perhaps we should speak together, some time. str_comment_intro_famous_cunning|Ah, yes. At last we meet. You sound like a good {reg63?man woman} to know. Let us speak together, from time to time. str_comment_intro_famous_sadistic|I know your name -- and from what I hear, I'll warrant that many a grieving widow knows too. But that is no concern of mine. str_comment_intro_famous_goodnatured|I've heard of you! It's very good to finally make your acquaintance. str_comment_intro_famous_upstanding|I know your name. They say you are a most valiant warrior. I can only hope that your honor and mercy matches your valor. str_comment_intro_noble_liege|I see that you carry a {reg63?nobleman's noble's} banner, although I do not recognize the device. Know that I am always looking for good {reg63?men warriors} to fight for me, once they prove themselves to be worthy of my trust. str_comment_intro_noble_martial|I see that you carry a nobleman's banner, but I do not recognize the device. No matter -- a brave {reg63?man's warrior's} home is all the world, or so they say! str_comment_intro_noble_badtempered|I don't recognize the device on your banner. No doubt another foreigner come to our lands, as if we didn't have so many here already. str_comment_intro_noble_pitiless|I see that you carry a nobleman's banner, but I do not recognize the device. Another vulture come to grow fat on the leftovers of war, no doubt! str_comment_intro_noble_cunning|I see that you carry a nobleman's banner, but I do not recognize the device. Still, it is always worthwhile to make the acquaintance of {reg63?men women} who may one day prove themselves to be great warriors. str_comment_intro_noble_sadistic|I see that you carry a nobleman's banner, but I do not recognize the device. Perhaps you are the bastard {reg63?son daughter} of a puffed-up cattle thief? Or perhaps you stole it? str_comment_intro_noble_goodnatured|I see that you carry a nobleman's banner, but I do not recognize the device. Please forgive my ignorance! It is good to make your acquaintance. str_comment_intro_noble_upstanding|I see that you carry a nobleman's banner, but I do not recognize the device. No doubt you have come to Pendor in search of wealth and glory. If this indeed is the case, then I only ask that you show mercy to those poor souls caught in the path of war. str_comment_intro_common_liege|You may be of common birth, but know that I am always looking for good men to fight for me, if they can prove themselves to be worthy of my trust. str_comment_intro_common_martial|Perhaps you are not of gentle birth, but even a commoner, be {reg63?he she} of sufficient valor, may make something of {reg63?himself herself} some day. str_comment_intro_common_badtempered|Speak quickly, if you have anything to say, for I have no time to be bandying words with common soldiers of fortune. str_comment_intro_common_pitiless|You have the look of a mercenary, another vulture come to grow fat on the misery of this land. str_comment_intro_common_cunning|Well... I have not heard of you, but you have the look of a {reg63?man woman} who might make something of {reg63?himself herself}, some day. str_comment_intro_common_sadistic|Normally I cut the throats of impudent commoners who barge into my presence uninvited, but I am in a good mood today. str_comment_intro_common_goodnatured|Well, you look like a good enough sort. str_comment_intro_common_upstanding|Peace to you, and always remember to temper your valor with mercy, your courage with honor. str_comment_intro_female_famous_liege|I have heard much about you. Some men may fear a woman who is versed in the art of war, but I will not scorn one who can wield a sword, should she be brave and loyal. str_comment_intro_female_famous_martial|I have heard much about you. They say that you are the equal of even the bravest of men in your prowess at arms. Perhaps one day I shall try my valor against yours, either in a tournament or on the battlefield! str_comment_intro_female_famous_badtempered|I've heard of talk of you -- the woman who fights like a man - and thinks like one. str_comment_intro_female_famous_pitiless|I know your name. It strikes fear in men's hearts. That is good. Perhaps we should speak together, some time. str_comment_intro_female_famous_cunning|Ah, yes. At last we meet. You sound like a good woman to know. Let us speak together, from time to time. str_comment_intro_female_famous_sadistic|I know your name -- and from what I hear, I'll warrant that many a grieving widow knows too. But that is no concern of mine. str_comment_intro_female_famous_goodnatured|I've heard of you! It's very good to finally make your acquaintance. str_comment_intro_female_famous_upstanding|I know your name. They say you are a most valiant warrior. I can only hope that your honor and mercy matches your valor. str_comment_intro_female_noble_liege|It is not often that I meet a woman who leads men into battle. But these are dark and troubled times, and I will not scorn one who can wield a sword, should she be brave and loyal. str_comment_intro_female_noble_martial|I do not recognize the device on your banner, but clearly you are a lady of rank. Please consider me your most humble servant. str_comment_intro_female_noble_badtempered|I don't recognize the device on that banner. Clearly another foreigner come to our lands, bringing their strange ways. str_comment_intro_female_noble_pitiless|I see that you carry a noble's banner, but I do not recognize the device... You should know, lady, that in Pendor it is the men who ride to war, and if you seek to overturn the natural order of things, you will find your fair head stuck on a pike - like any other rebel! str_comment_intro_female_noble_cunning|It is not unheard-of for a woman to seek her fortune on the battlefields of Pendor, but neither is it usual. I shall be most interested in your progress. str_comment_intro_female_noble_sadistic|You appear to be of noble rank, but I don't recognize your banner. Clearly, another foreigner come to our shores -- no doubt from a land where men are weak, and the women ride to war in their place! str_comment_intro_female_noble_goodnatured|I see that you carry a nobleman's banner, but I do not recognize the device. Forgive my ignorance, my lady! It is good to make your acquaintance. str_comment_intro_female_noble_upstanding|It is not every day that we see a woman caparisoned for war. Please do not take this amiss, my lady, for you have every right to protect yourself, but I cannot pretend to be fully comfortable with your decision to fight in battle. I would prefer that women be untouched by these wars, as I believe the female to be the custodian of what little gentility and tenderness remains to us. str_comment_intro_female_admiring_liege|It is not often that I meet a woman who aspires to lead men into battle. But these are dark and troubled times, and I shall not scorn one who can wield a sword, should she be brave and loyal. str_comment_intro_female_admiring_martial|Greetings, my lady. Although I see from your demeanor that you are a warrior woman, not a conventional maiden, I hope that you are not averse to a declaration of admiration from me, your most humble servant. str_comment_intro_female_badtempered_admiring|Hah. Fancy this - a lady equipped for war. Well, it's a strange sight, but in your case, I can imagine that it might grow on me. str_comment_intro_female_pitiless_admiring|It is unusual to see a woman girded for war. Be careful, my lady - it is a harsh world, and it would be a shame to see such beauty marred by a sword-blow. str_comment_intro_female_cunning_admiring|Greetings, my lady. Please do not think it forward, if I say that it is unusual to see a woman caparisoned for war. I hope that one day I may be the father of a daughter possessed of such bravery and spirit. str_comment_intro_female_sadistic_admiring|What have we here! A woman, caparisoned for war! Well, I dare say that one as fair as you could lend a touch of femininity even to a mail hauberk. str_comment_intro_female_admiring_goodnatured|My lady, if you are skilled as arms as you are fair in countenance, then your enemies should indeed fear you! str_comment_intro_female_admiring_upstanding|Greetings, my lady. Even with the dust of the march upon your clothes and gear, I can see that you are not lacking in the graces of your noble sex. str_comment_intro_female_common_liege|It is not often that I meet a woman who aspires to lead men into battle. But these are dark and troubled times, and I for one will not turn away hands that can grip a sword, should their owner be brave and loyal. str_comment_intro_female_common_martial|I suggest, my lady, that you take care how you ride about this dangerous land. If you ever wished to seek a more... em... settled life, I'm sure I could find you a worthy husband from amongst my men. str_comment_intro_female_common_badtempered|By the way, girl -- does your husband know that you nicked his weapons and armor? I'll bet you're in for a right old beating when you get home! str_comment_intro_female_common_pitiless|These are fallen times indeed, when even women turn brigand, to pick the leavings from the wreckage of war. str_comment_intro_female_common_cunning|It is not unheard-of for a woman to seek her fortune on the battlefields of Pendor, but neither is it usual. I shall be most interested in your progress. str_comment_intro_female_common_sadistic|A woman, caparisoned for war! Well, I suppose that you're no more womanly than most of those in my service who call themselves warriors. str_comment_intro_female_common_goodnatured|From the look of you, I suppose you can handle yourself, but do be careful out there, my lady. str_comment_intro_female_common_upstanding|It is not every day that we see a woman caparisoned for war. Please do not take this amiss, my lady, for you have every right to protect yourself, but I cannot pretend to be fully comfortable with your decision to fight in battle. I would prefer that women be untouched by these wars, as I believe the female to be the custodian of what little gentility and tenderness remains to us. str_rejoinder_intro_female_common_badtempered|I won my weapons in battle. Care to test their - and my - mettle? str_rejoinder_intro_female_noble_sadistic|Never mind my country. Here in Pendor, overtly drooling cretins lead men to war. str_rejoinder_intro_female_common_sadistic|And you, sir, have manners as polished as any Jatu. str_rejoinder_intro_female_noble_pitiless|Your words come from your arse - try using your mouth for a change. str_rejoinder_intro_female_common_pitiless|These are parlous times, when ill-mannered idiots call themselves 'Lord'. str_rejoinder_intro_noble_sadistic|Perhaps now I'll take your banner, your castle - and your life. str_rejoinder_intro_female_pitiless_admiring|I'd be delighted to rearrange your face into a more pleasing visage, sir. str_rejoinder_intro_female_common_upstanding|Would you care to experience the tenderness of my steel? str_rejoinder_intro_female_noble_upstanding|Would you care to experience the tenderness of my steel? str_rejoinder_intro_female_common_martial|How dare you? I don't go fishing in the jakes. str_rejoinder_intro_female_sadistic_admiring|If you had on a horse's harness, I'd be hard put to tell your face from your arse. str_rejoinder_intro_female_badtempered_admiring|If you're disturbed by the sight of me, I'd be pleased to put out your eyes. str_comment_you_raided_my_village_enemy_benevolent|You raided peasants under my protection in the village of {s51}. I shall punish you for your insolence if you do it again! str_comment_you_raided_my_village_enemy_spiteful|You dared to raid {s51}, destroying my property and killing my peasants. Now it is your turn to pay the price - in blood! str_comment_you_raided_my_village_enemy_coldblooded|You raided my village at {s51}, stealing my property and killing my peasants. I will make you pay dearly for disrupting my revenues, you filthy marauder! str_comment_you_raided_my_village_enemy|You have raided the hamlet of {s51}, ravaging my lands and murdering my peasants. You will pay a steep price for your crimes! str_comment_you_raided_my_village_unfriendly_spiteful|Refugees reported you sacked {s51}. I'll teach you to raid my village, you foreign marauder. str_comment_you_raided_my_village_friendly|You have been raiding {s51}, which I hold by inherited right. Your actions place a grave strain on our relationship, my friend. str_comment_you_raided_my_village_default|You plundered and wrecked {s51}, burning homes and taking what little my peasants had. Do it again, and we'll come to blows. str_comment_you_stole_cattles_from_my_village_enemy_benevolent|I have heard that you have stolen cattle from innocent farmers under my protection in the village of {s51}. I will punish you for your misdeeds! str_comment_you_stole_cattles_from_my_village_enemy_spiteful|I have heard that you have stolen cattle from my villagers living at {s51}. You will pay for this dishonorable act! str_comment_you_stole_cattles_from_my_village_enemy_coldblooded|I have heard that you have stolen cattle from my villagers living at {s51}. I will make you think twice before you disrupt my revenues like that again. str_comment_you_stole_cattles_from_my_village_enemy|I have heard that you have stolen cattle from my villagers living at {s51}. You will pay for this dishonorable act! str_comment_you_stole_cattles_from_my_village_unfriendly_spiteful|I have heard that you have stolen cattle from my villagers living at {s51}. Do it again and I'll gut you like a fish. str_comment_you_stole_cattles_from_my_village_friendly|I have heard that you have stolen cattle from my villagers living at {s51}. This will place a grave strain on our friendship. str_comment_you_stole_cattles_from_my_village_default|I have heard that you have stolen cattle from my villagers living at {s51}. If you continue to behave this way, we may soon come to blows. str_comment_you_robbed_my_village_enemy_coldblooded|You burned my village, {s51}, and stole from my peasants. I consider your acts a personal affront. str_comment_you_robbed_my_village_enemy|You common bandit, did you rob my peasants at {s51} for the fun of it? I will punish you for your misdeeds! str_comment_you_robbed_my_village_friendly_spiteful|I heard that you stole food from my peasants at {s51}. Well, I'll not begrudge you a scrap or two, but keep in mind that I'm the one who must listen to their whining afterward. Do spare my ears and don't pester them in future. str_comment_you_robbed_my_village_friendly|I have heard that you requisitioned supplies from my peasants at {s51}. I am sure that you would not have not done so had you not needed supplies urgently. str_comment_you_robbed_my_village_default|I understand you plundered {s51}. Try it again, and see what happens. str_comment_you_accosted_my_caravan_enemy|You have raided caravans in my demesne. This offense will earn you and your band of brigands a tryst with the hangman before you're much older. str_comment_you_accosted_my_caravan_default|Ho there, scoundrel! You accosted caravans traveling under my protection, bearing my sigil. You will cease this robbery immediately! str_comment_you_helped_villagers_benevolent|The Elder of {s51} told me you helped them when they were in need. I must admit, I've neglected my duties as lord, so I greatly appreciate your aid to them. str_comment_you_helped_villagers_friendly_cruel|I heard that you gave charity to my tenants in the village of {s51}. I appreciate your efforts, but remember that it's my duty to protect and help them. Please refrain from undermining my authority in future. str_comment_you_helped_villagers_friendly|My peasants in {s51} hold you in high esteem for what you have done for them. Times are hard, and I assume that you meant well, so I will not object to your assistance - this time. str_comment_you_helped_villagers_unfriendly_spiteful|I understand you gave charity to my peasants in the village of {s51}. As amusing as it is to picture you groveling for favor amongst my peasants, I ask that you mind your own business in future. str_comment_you_helped_villagers_cruel|The people of {s51} sing your praises. As their rightful lord and master it is my duty to assist them in times of hardship. You may mean well, but your actions undermine my authority. In future, mind your own business, {reg63?sir madam}. str_comment_you_helped_villagers_default|I hear you recently assisted my peasants at {s51}. Times have been better, the gods know, and I suppose you meant well, but do not make a habit of it. I am still their lord and protector, and they should ask help from me, not passing strangers. str_comment_you_give_castle_in_my_control|You won't regret your decision to give {s51} to me. You can count on me to protect it. str_comment_you_captured_a_castle_allied_friendly|Reports arrived that you besieged and took {s51}. That was an impressive victory and I am proud to call you friend! str_comment_you_captured_a_castle_allied_spiteful|My Castellan reported that you took {s51} by storm. Good work, {reg63?Sir Madam}! Soon our banners will fly over all their fortresses and their gold rest in our treasuries. Their grieving widows will serve us wine and their daughters will warm our beds. str_comment_you_captured_a_castle_allied_unfriendly_spiteful|Rumor has it that you took {s51} by surprise and overwhelmed that plague-ridden garrison scarce able to defend itself. Well, every dog has his day. Enjoy yours while you can. str_comment_you_captured_a_castle_allied_unfriendly|The report of your successful assault on {s51} just arrived. Despite our differences in the past, I offer you my congratulations. str_comment_you_captured_a_castle_allied|Congratulations on taking {s51}. Now we have them on the run! str_comment_you_captured_my_castle_enemy_spiteful|Insolent cur! You have something that belongs to me - {s51}. Be assured I'll force you to relinquish it. Afterwards, if I feel generous enough to spare your miserable life, you will rot in my dungeon. str_comment_you_captured_my_castle_enemy_chivalrous|I congratulate you for taking {s51} from me. Nonetheless, I hope you will give me the chance to win it back, as befits a {reg63?man woman} of honor! str_comment_you_captured_my_castle_enemy|I am informed that you assaulted and took {s51}. I hope my dungeon is to your liking, as you will spend much time there in the years to come. str_comment_we_defeated_a_lord_unfriendly_spiteful|I suppose you'd like to drink to our victory over {s54}. Well, save your wine. It will take more than wine to wipe out the stain of your earlier disgraces. If I didn't hold the good of the kingdom higher than my grudge against you, I might well have joined ranks with the enemy! str_comment_we_defeated_a_lord_unfriendly|The memory of the victory at {s54} warms my heart, but recollections of your past misdeeds outweigh my good memories. str_comment_we_defeated_a_lord_cruel|That was a great victory over {s54}, wasn't it? We made his army a feast for the crows! Ha! He'll think twice before he fields an army against us again. str_comment_we_defeated_a_lord_quarrelsome|I won't forget how we whipped {s54}! I enjoyed that. The little prick deserved worse than defeat. Next time, I hope we kill him. str_comment_we_defeated_a_lord_upstanding|The gods be praised for our victory over {s54}! Let us bow our heads and pray we don't grow too proud and entreat the gods to continue to favor our cause. str_comment_we_defeated_a_lord_default|Wasn't that an enjoyable defeat of {s54}? We cut through them like a reaper in a field of barley! str_comment_we_fought_in_siege_unfriendly_spiteful|Don't suggest raising a toast to our success over {s51}. We may have fought together, but I don't drink with riffraff. str_comment_we_fought_in_siege_unfriendly|Our assault at {s51} is worth remembering, but other matters still lie between us. str_comment_we_fought_in_siege_cruel|My grandchildren's children will hear the tale of how we broke the walls of {s51} and put its defenders to the sword. It is a sweet memory! str_comment_we_fought_in_siege_quarrelsome|Remember how the enemy squealed like stuck pigs, as we mounted the walls of {s51}? They thought themselves safe! We wiped the smug smiles of their faces and put cold fear into their hearts! str_comment_we_fought_in_siege_upstanding|I congratulate you for our successful capture of {s51}. Let us once again give thanks to the gods and pray we keep their favor. str_comment_we_fought_in_siege_default|I won't forget how we captured {s51} together. It was an honor to fight at your side str_comment_we_fought_in_major_battle_unfriendly_spiteful|Hold your toast, {reg63?Sir Madam}. Your wine will turn sour, given the mischiefs you did me earlier. The memory of our joint fight at {s51} is much sweeter if I forget you were there. str_comment_we_fought_in_major_battle_unfriendly|Bah! I remember watching you in the battle of {s51}. My infant son could have done better with a paring knife. str_comment_we_fought_in_major_battle_cruel|The wound I took at {s51} has healed properly and is scarcely scarred. I should have seen that blow coming! Still, we broke through their lines and sent them running, eh? What a sweet memory, indeed. str_comment_we_fought_in_major_battle_quarrelsome|That was a fine fight near {s51}. The bastards ran like Erida Occisor herself was after their hides! Too bad for them it was us instead. str_comment_we_fought_in_major_battle_upstanding|I still remember how bravely you fought in the great battle near {s51}. Let us praise the gods and never forget that victories are achieved only with their favor. str_comment_we_fought_in_major_battle_default|Honored friend, I will not forget our battle at {s51}. It warms my heart to have fought by your side. str_comment_you_defeated_a_lord_allied_liege|So, you crossed swords with that rascal, {s54}, and actually emerged victorious. I am very happy to hear that; it served him right. str_comment_you_defeated_a_lord_allied_unfriendly_spiteful|A peddler told my captain of guard that you fought and defeated {s54}. Remember that day well, for it was a very lucky one for you! str_comment_you_defeated_a_lord_allied_spiteful|I heard a rumor that you engaged and defeated that flea-ridden dog, {s54}. Ah, if only I could have heard him whimpering for mercy. I would have pissed myself laughing! str_comment_you_defeated_a_lord_allied_unfriendly_chivalrous|You had a great victory over {s54}. I hope there isn't anything to the rumor that treachery played a part in your victory. str_comment_you_defeated_a_lord_allied|In camp last night, I learned that you defeated {s54}. I hope you treated him chivalrously when you captured him. str_comment_you_defeated_me_enemy_chivalrous|Last time we met, I found your tactics equal to those of a seasoned commander. Therefore, I do not begrudge you your victory, but I wish to restore my good name. Let us test our strengths once more! str_comment_you_defeated_me_enemy_spiteful|I have been looking forward to meeting you again, trickster. Your shifty little ruses will not deceive me a second time. I will relish hearing your cries for mercy once I've defeated you. str_comment_you_defeated_me_enemy|The last time we engaged one another, you had the better of me. However, {playername}, be assured that it will not happen again, for the gods favor my cause! str_comment_i_defeated_you_enemy_spiteful|Back for more? Make me fight you again, and I'll feed your guts to my hounds, assuming they can stomach the reek of cowardice. str_comment_i_defeated_you_enemy_chivalrous|Come to test your valor against me again, {playername}? Are you sure you're equal to such an audacious challenge? str_comment_i_defeated_you_enemy_benevolent|Once again you come at me? Will you never learn? Wasn't last time humiliating enough for you? str_comment_i_defeated_you_enemy_coldblooded|You are a persistent nuisance. I'll be rid of you as easily as I crush a louse. str_comment_i_defeated_you_enemy|How many times must I chastise you before you learn to keep your distance? You should beg the gods to knock some sense into that thick head of yours! If they don't oblige, I certainly will! str_comment_we_were_defeated_unfriendly_spiteful|The last time I saw you, you had been struck down by the men of {s54}. The blame for that disaster is entirely yours and it's a pity you survived that debacle. str_comment_we_were_defeated_unfriendly|My men reported that you were captured and led off the battlefield by {s54}'s men. Got away, did you? str_comment_we_were_defeated_cruel|Bad luck that {s54}'s men struck you down back there, {playername}. Don't worry - we'll find him and make him choke on his victory. str_comment_we_were_defeated_default|I feared the worst when I saw you struck down by {s54}'s men. It is good to see you alive and well. str_comment_you_were_defeated_allied_friendly_spiteful|My steward told me last night that {s54} gave you a hard time. Don't worry, my friend - I'll track him down and make you a gift of his head. str_comment_you_were_defeated_allied_unfriendly_cruel|When I heard reports of {s54} slaughtering your men like sheep, I laughed myself sick at the thought of your demise! Damnit, now you turn up alive. What a disappointment! str_comment_you_were_defeated_allied_spiteful|A fortnight ago I heard news that {s54} crushed you. Hah! Children should not meddle in games meant for grown-ups, little {reg63?boy girl}! str_comment_you_were_defeated_allied_pitiless|The dozen men I hanged last week wore your colors. Given that {s54} scattered your forces all over Pendor, I suppose they were reduced to banditry. That is most disappointing... str_comment_you_were_defeated_allied_unfriendly_upstanding|Someone told me {s54} defeated you. No doubt your defeat was sent by the gods as punishment for your misdeeds, {playername}. I beg you, ask the gods to forgive your sins! str_comment_you_were_defeated_allied_unfriendly|A couple of the lads from my fief, whom you enlisted, returned with the news that {s54} defeated you. Do try not to get too many of our men killed, won't you? Dead men can't harvest my grain or pay my taxes. str_comment_you_were_defeated_allied|On my journey here, I heard the news that {s54} defeated you. Don't take it to heart - the tables will soon be turned! str_comment_you_helped_my_ally_unfriendly_chivalrous|{s54} told me you saved him from likely defeat. Whatever else I think of you, I must at least commend you for aiding him. str_comment_you_helped_my_ally_unfriendly|[relevance should be zero, and this message should not appear] str_comment_you_helped_my_ally_liege|{s54} told me you rescued him from sure defeat and turned the battle in your favor. I appreciate such a noble and successful deed. str_comment_you_helped_my_ally_unfriendly_spiteful|I heard that you rode to the rescue of our poor {s54}. Did you think him a damsel in distress? Quit fancying yourself a knight in shining armor - heroes always come to a bad end. str_comment_you_helped_my_ally_spiteful|My castellan told me that you saved {s54} from a whipping. You should have left him to learn the lesson he richly deserves. str_comment_you_helped_my_ally_chivalrous|Reports claim that you helped {s54} out of a tight spot. That was a noble deed, {reg63?sir madam}. str_comment_you_helped_my_ally_default|I heard that you got {s54} out of a tight spot. Good work! Our side needs more {reg63?men women} who don't hesitate to intervene where needed! str_comment_you_abandoned_us_unfriendly_spiteful|You bloody little coward! You left us to face {s54} on our own, while you ran for your life! I'll spit upon your grave, as I spit in your face right now! str_comment_you_abandoned_us_unfriendly_pitiless|You abandoned me in the midst of the battle with {s54}. I'll see you stripped of your titles and land, and buried in a traitor's grave, you honorless turncoat. str_comment_you_abandoned_us_spiteful|You left me in the middle of the battle with {s54}, like a rat abandoning a sinking ship - I trust you have a good explanation. Were you shaking too much to hold your weapon? Did your teeth chatter too loudly for you to hear my commands? Well? str_comment_you_abandoned_us_chivalrous|What happened to you in the middle of that battle against {s54}? I needed you to reinforce my men, and you just left. I hope it was because you were carried off the field badly wounded, for I would be ashamed to have gone into battle alongside a coward. str_comment_you_abandoned_us_benefitofdoubt|Why did you leave the battlefield just when I expected you to lead the charge into {s54}'s ranks? Were you wounded? str_comment_you_abandoned_us_default|For the gods' sake, what happened? One moment you were fighting beside us against {s54}, and the next moment you were nowhere to be found! Where the hell did you go? str_comment_you_ran_from_me_enemy_spiteful|Last time we met, you ran from me like a whipped dog. Have you come back to snarl at me again or just to whine for mercy? str_comment_you_ran_from_me_enemy_chivalrous|At our last encounter, you galloped off in the opposite direction. Learn to stand and fight like a true warrior! str_comment_you_ran_from_me_enemy_benevolent|When you fled from me, the last time we crossed swords, I had high hopes I'd never see you again. str_comment_you_ran_from_me_enemy_coldblooded|Fleeing me was a wise decision, the last time ill luck led you to cross my path. Perhaps you should turn tail and run again, you sniveling coward. str_comment_you_ran_from_me_enemy|You might have escaped the last time we crossed paths, but next time I'll not let you get away so easily! str_comment_you_ran_from_foe_allied_chivalrous|Your enemies boast that you fled from {s54}, leaving your men behind to cover your retreat. I pray that is not true, for such behavior dishonors us all. str_comment_you_ran_from_foe_allied_upstanding|{s54} said you ran from him, leaving your men behind to buy your escape with their lives. Desperate times inspire desperate measures, but you'd best look to your good name. Men will not fight in our armies if they think we'll abandon them on the field of battle. str_comment_you_ran_from_foe_allied_spiteful|By the way, I hear you ran away from {s54} like a squeaking rat fleeing a terrier, leaving your men behind to be butchered. Hah! I'm damned sorry I missed that delightful sight! str_comment_you_defeated_my_friend_enemy_pragmatic|Trickster! You may have bested {s54}, but you cannot defeat us all! I shall not be deceived by your clever little tricks! str_comment_you_defeated_my_friend_enemy_chivalrous|Rumor has it that you were lucky enough to defeat {s54}. Ever since I heard that, I have wished to avenge him. str_comment_you_defeated_my_friend_enemy_spiteful|Your fame runs before you, {playername}. {s54} may have fallen for your tricks, but if you fight me, you'll find me a much more slippery foe. str_comment_you_defeated_my_friend_enemy|I hear you defeated {s54}. I will be a truer test of your skill at arms, since only sheer luck can give you victory over me. str_comment_you_captured_a_lord_allied_friendly_spiteful|I understand you were able to capture {s54}. I hope you squeezed him for every denar in his treasury. str_comment_you_captured_a_lord_allied_unfriendly_spiteful|I heard that you captured {s54}. Your coffers must be well-filled with ransom by now. Too bad that money alone cannot transform a low-born cur into a {reg63?gentleman gentlewoman}! str_comment_you_captured_a_lord_allied_chivalrous|Rumor has it that you managed to capture {s54}. Well done! I trust you treated him with the courtesy due his rank? str_comment_you_captured_a_lord_allied|So you captured that old scalawag, {s54}? Despite the fact that he's a worthless piece of dung, his ransom should bring a pretty penny, given his rank and title. str_comment_you_let_go_a_lord_allied_chivalrous|It came to my ears that you captured {s54}, but then let him go. Such chivalry is laudable. str_comment_you_let_go_a_lord_allied_upstanding|I had a report that you captured {s54}, but released him without a ransom. Your action was honorable, but also rather stupid. str_comment_you_let_go_a_lord_allied_coldblooded|I heard whispers that you captured {s54}, but allowed him to go free, which was certainly most chivalrous of you. You may wish to keep in mind that chivalry does not win wars. str_comment_you_let_go_a_lord_allied_unfriendly_spiteful|So you were able to get your hands on {s54}. Why did you let him go? How very chivalrous of you! No doubt the widows and orphans he'll leave in his wake will want to thank you in person. str_comment_you_let_go_a_lord_allied|Funnily enough, I heard that you captured {s54}, then released him without ransom. Well, I won't advise you on how to treat your prisoners, but you'd have done better to keep him under guard. str_comment_you_let_me_go_spiteful|You had me at your mercy, yet allowed me to go free when I was unlucky enough to fall into your hands. I hope you enjoyed toying with me as a cat plays with a mouse. Soon I will have you at my mercy, to slay or humiliate according to my fancy. str_comment_you_let_me_go_enemy_chivalrous|Despite my capture, you did not take advantage of the situation to enrich yourself, and allowed me an honorable leave. That was kind of you, and I will not forget it. Still, I must remember and keep the oath I gave to my liege, and our kingdoms are still at war. str_comment_you_let_me_go_enemy_coldblooded|You were very stupid to allow me to go free when you captured me. We remain enemies, and I cannot promise to repay your mercy in kind. str_comment_you_let_me_go_enemy|I thank you for sparing me humiliation and the payment of a hefty ransom when you had me at your mercy. That was kind of you, but we are still at war, and must remain enemies. str_comment_you_let_me_go_default|You released me when you had the better of me and I was unlucky enough to fall into your hands. That was kind of you and I am glad that our kingdoms no longer war against one another. I may be able to repay that debt now. str_comment_pledged_allegiance_allied_martial_unfriendly|My liege lord, {s54}, sent a messenger saying you had joined our cause. I trust you'll not disgrace us by behaving in a cowardly fashion. str_comment_pledged_allegiance_allied_martial|The King sent a runner with the news of your pledge of fealty. I look forward to fighting alongside you against our foes. Together, we will crush them. str_comment_pledged_allegiance_allied_quarrelsome_unfriendly|Hmmpf... I heard that you pledged allegiance to our lord, {s54}. Bah. Do yourself a favor and stay out of my way. str_comment_pledged_allegiance_allied_quarrelsome|I hear you swore allegiance to {s54} and were rewarded for your fealty. Fight hard against our foes but respect your betters. Most importantly, don't annoy me and we'll get along fine. str_comment_pledged_allegiance_allied_selfrighteous_unfriendly|So {s54} accepted your pledge of fealty. Were I in his place, I would not trust you to clean the jakes. str_comment_pledged_allegiance_allied_selfrighteous|I was informed that you pledged fealty to our lord, {s54}. Fight bravely and you will be well-rewarded. Betray us and we'll make a sufficiently fine example of you that future oathbreakers will think twice before betraying us. str_comment_pledged_allegiance_allied_cunning_unfriendly|I heard that you joined our cause and {s54} took your oath. I do not pretend to be happy about his decision, but perhaps it is better to have you inside our tent pissing out, rather than outside pissing in. str_comment_pledged_allegiance_allied_cunning|My lord {s54} tells me you pledged yourself to him. That is good. The more skilled fighters we have with us in these troubled times, the better ・though I will watch your progress closely. str_comment_pledged_allegiance_allied_debauched_unfriendly|I was told you swore yourself to {s54}. No doubt you will soon betray him and I will have the pleasure of seeing you charged with high treason. I will savor watching you hanged, drawn and quartered. str_comment_pledged_allegiance_allied_debauched|{reg63?Sir Madam} - I heard that you swore an oath of fealty to {s54}. Excellent! I am sure that you and I will become very good friends. Betray us, however, and you'll face deadly consequences. You will quickly regret such a huge mistake. str_comment_pledged_allegiance_allied_goodnatured_unfriendly|I was informed you pledged yourself to our lord, {s54}. Well, I can't say that I would have trusted you that much, but perhaps you deserve the benefit of the doubt. I hope you'll prove yourself worthy of his trust. str_comment_pledged_allegiance_allied_goodnatured|{s54}, sent news he had accepted your oath of allegiance. Good {reg63?man woman}! Our lord is generous, and rewards loyalty and valor. str_comment_pledged_allegiance_allied_upstanding_unfriendly|News is that you pledged yourself a vassal to {s54}. Alas, from what I know of you, you will disgrace our side quite shortly. Mind you, I'll not complain if you prove me wrong. str_comment_pledged_allegiance_allied_upstanding|I heard you gave an oath of vassalage to {s54}. Fight our foes with valor, but retain your honor and compassion! A good name is as valuable as a sharp sword or a well-bred destrier. str_comment_our_king_granted_you_a_fief_allied_friendly_cruel|I heard that {s54} granted you the fief of {s51}. Don't forget - spare the whip and spoil the peasant! Without good discipline, they've a tendency to get uppity. str_comment_our_king_granted_you_a_fief_allied_friendly_cynical|News arrived that {s54} granted you {s51}. I am glad to see you prosper - but be careful. Men grow covetous of their neighbors' wealth and will plot to do them a mischief. If you stay close to me, I'll watch your back. str_comment_our_king_granted_you_a_fief_allied_friendly|I was pleased to hear that {s54} granted you {s51}. May your new lands prosper and bring you great wealth. str_comment_our_king_granted_you_a_fief_allied_unfriendly_upstanding|I wasn't overly pleased that {s54} granted you the fief of {s51}. Keep in mind that pride ever goes before a fall. str_comment_our_king_granted_you_a_fief_allied_unfriendly_spiteful|It seems fortune favored you when {s54} granted you the fief of {s51}. I suspect, however, that fate has raised you up merely to humble you the more when you fall. It will be a pleasure to see you thrown back onto your dungheap. str_comment_our_king_granted_you_a_fief_allied_spiteful|So {s54} has assigned you the fiefdom of {s51}? Let's hope you merit his generosity. str_comment_our_king_granted_you_a_fief_allied|I heard that {s54} granted you {s51}. You seem to be doing very well for yourself. Continue as you have done, and you might advance further. str_comment_you_renounced_your_alliegance_enemy_friendly|I cannot believe you renounced your allegiance to {s54}! It grieves me that we must now meet as enemies. str_comment_you_renounced_your_alliegance_friendly|I was quite concerned to hear you renounced your oath to our liege, {s54}. Let us pray that we do not come to blows. str_comment_you_renounced_your_alliegance_unfriendly_spiteful|I always had you figured as a traitor to {s54}, and now it seems that I was right! I hope you are brave enough to face your trial and execution for high treason with fortitude. str_comment_you_renounced_your_alliegance_unfriendly_moralizing|I was disgusted to hear that you renounced your allegiance to {s54}. I am now forced to consider you a traitor and treat you accordingly. str_comment_you_renounced_your_alliegance_enemy|I heard that you decided to serve another master, rather than {s54}. Well, I suppose it's the way of the world for old comrades to become enemies. A pity. str_comment_you_renounced_your_alliegance_default|Renouncing your oath of fealty to {s54} wasn't a smart move at all, {reg63?Sir Madam}. Well, it's none of my concern and entirely your decision, but do not expect me to spare you when next we meet. str_comment_you_claimed_the_throne_1_player_liege|My informants tell me that some people in this realm are speaking of you as the next king. I assume that you will quickly put a stop to such idle and dangerous talk. str_comment_you_claimed_the_throne_2_player_liege|My informants tell me that some of your companions have telling the peasants that you have a claim to the throne. I sincerely hope that they have been acting without your orders. str_comment_lord_intervened_against_me|It is well known that I had quarreled with {s54}, and {s50} ruled in my rival's favor. str_comment_i_protested_marshall_appointment|It is well known that I had protested {s54}'s decision to appoint {s51} as marshal. str_comment_i_blamed_defeat|It is well known that I am dissatisfied with {s54} for the favor shown to {s51}, who led us to defeat against the {s56}. str_comment_i_was_entitled_to_fief|It is well known that I am disappointed that {s54} received the fief of {s51}, which should have gone to me. str_comment_i_quarreled_with_troop_over_woman|It is well known that {s51} paid suit to {s54}, while I was also courting her. He is unworthy of her attentions, and I intend to teach him to keep his distance from her. str_comment_i_quarreled_with_you_over_woman_default|I hear that you have been paying suit to {s54}. I do not believe that you are worthy of a fair lady such as her, and would strongly encourage you to cease pursuing her. str_comment_i_quarreled_with_you_over_woman_derisive|I hear that you have been paying suit to {s54}. Let me tell you something -- I've had my eye on that one ever since I was a lad, and she was a lass. She's a high-born lady of this realm, and should not be demeaned by a foreigner's crude attentions. Keep away from her, or expect to pay the price! str_comment_player_suggestion_succeeded|I followed your suggestion, and profited much by your advice. str_comment_player_suggestion_failed|I followed your suggestion and met with disaster, and I hold you responsible. str_comment_you_enfiefed_a_commoner_hesitant|I understand that you have given {s51} to a commoner who calls himself {s54}. Be careful. To learn the art of governance is no easy task, and perhaps it is best that fathers pass it on to their sons. I advise you against tampering with the institution of lordship. str_comment_you_enfiefed_a_commoner_derisive|I understand that you have given {s51} to a commoner who calls himself {s54}. Do not the ancients warn us against making royal robes out of the hides of pigs? str_comment_you_enfiefed_a_commoner_nasty|I understand that you have given {s51} to a commoner who has taken the name of {s54}. Have a care! A dog may turn on its master. str_comment_marriage_normal_family|Congratulations on your marriage to my {s11} {s50}. You may now consider yourself part of the family! str_comment_marriage_normal|Congratulations on your marriage to {s50}. The news does credit to you both. str_comment_marriage_normal_nasty|Well -- I see that you have married {s50}. She was always a silly girl, with appalling judgment. str_comment_marriage_elopement_family|Well... You somehow persuaded my {s11} {s50} to marry you. I don't know what you did to make her accept you, but our family will not forget this humiliation. str_comment_marriage_elopement_liege|I hear that you have eloped with {s50}, against her family's wishes. I am not pleased. Her family are among the great lords of my realm, and I do not like to see them made to look like fools. str_comment_you_broke_truce_as_my_vassal|I hear that you have broken my truce by attacking {s55}. Do you know how this makes me look? If you were acting under my orders, I appear dishonorable. If you were not, I look weak. I have half a mind to indict you for treason here and now. str_comment_you_attacked_neutral_as_my_vassal|I hear that you have attacked subjects of the {s55}. You have given them an excuse to attack me, if they want... We shall see what comes of this. A fine day's work you have done! str_personality_archetypes|liege str_martial|martial str_quarrelsome|bad-tempered str_selfrighteous|pitiless str_cunning|cunning str_debauched|sadistic str_goodnatured|good-natured str_upstanding|upstanding str_roguish|roguish str_benevolent|benevolent str_mercantile|mercantile str_surrender_demand_default|Choose your fate - yield or die! str_surrender_demand_martial|The odds are not in your favor today. You may fight us, but there is no shame if you yield to us, either. str_surrender_demand_quarrelsome|I have you cornered. Give up, or I'll ride you down like the dog you are. str_surrender_demand_pitiless|You cannot defeat me and I'll teach you a painful lesson if you dare to try. Yield or perish! str_surrender_demand_cunning|You are outmatched today. Give up - if not for your own sake, then for that of your men! Your arrogance will bring them only death. str_surrender_demand_sadistic|Surrender quickly or I'll dismember you, very slowly. str_surrender_demand_goodnatured|We have the advantage of you, {reg63?Sir Madam}. Yield and I pledge my word that you will be well-treated. str_surrender_demand_upstanding|You can fight us, but many of your men will be killed, and you will probably lose. Yield, and spare both our men unnecessary bloodshed. str_surrender_offer_default|Stop! I yield! Put down your weapon! I yield! str_surrender_offer_martial|I yield! I yield! Stop! I yield! str_surrender_offer_quarrelsome|Enough of this! You win today! Ah, the shame of it! str_surrender_offer_pitiless|I yield! You have won. Cursed be this damnable day! str_surrender_offer_cunning|Hold! Stop! I yield to you! str_surrender_offer_sadistic|I give up! I give up! Call off your dogs! I yield! str_surrender_offer_goodnatured|Congratulations on your victory, {reg63?Sir Madam}. Accept my sword, I yield to you. str_surrender_offer_upstanding|I yield! Do yourself credit, and grant me the honors of war, as befitting my rank! str_lord_declines_negotiation_offer_default|That may be, but I wish to fight with you str_lord_declines_negotiation_offer_martial|That may be, but it is my duty to fight with you str_lord_declines_negotiation_offer_quarrelsome|Hah! I want to fight with you str_lord_declines_negotiation_offer_pitiless|Why should I care? I wish to fight with you str_lord_declines_negotiation_offer_cunning|Ah. Unfortunately, you see, I wish to fight with you str_lord_declines_negotiation_offer_sadistic|Still your tongue! You will have need of it shortly, while begging for mercy str_lord_declines_negotiation_offer_goodnatured|I'm sorry -- I can't just let you ride away. No hard feelings? str_lord_declines_negotiation_offer_upstanding|That may be, but my duty to my liege requires me to fight with you str_prisoner_released_default|Finally I'm free again! You have my gratitude, {reg63?Sir Madam}. I shall not forget your kindness. str_prisoner_released_martial|Thank you, {reg63?Sir Madam}! You are indeed a {reg63?man woman} of honor. I shall not forget your act of chivalry! str_prisoner_released_quarrelsome|I'm free? Well... Goodbye, then. str_prisoner_released_pitiless|I appreciate that. When you are finally defeated I will request that your death be swift and merciful. Unless you'd care to join us? str_prisoner_released_cunning|Am I? Really? You are a good {reg63?man woman}. I will find a way to repay you one day. str_prisoner_released_sadistic|Am I? So refined is your cruelty that you would rather see me free and humiliated than in chains? Enjoy your triumph! I hope you choke on it! str_prisoner_released_goodnatured|You are indeed a {reg63?man woman} of honor, {reg63?Sir Madam}. I shall not forget your kindness! str_prisoner_released_upstanding|The tales are true - you are indeed a {reg63?man woman} of honor, {reg63?Sir Madam}. I shall not forget this day! str_enemy_meet_default|Who are you, who dares to come in arms against me? str_enemy_meet_martial|What is your name, {reg63?Sir Madam}? It will be needed for your grave marker. str_enemy_meet_quarrelsome|And who in the seven hells are you? str_enemy_meet_pitiless|Who are you? Speak, so that I may name the one I slay. str_enemy_meet_cunning|Please tell me your name. It is always good to know the enemy. str_enemy_meet_sadistic|Who are you? Speak quickly, before I cut your tongue out. str_enemy_meet_goodnatured|May I know your name, {reg63?Sir Madam}? If we are to come to blows I should like to know who you are. str_enemy_meet_upstanding|Now, who are you, who comes in arms to against me? str_battle_won_default|Today you have proven yourself an excellent ally. str_battle_won_martial|There is no greater fortune than the chance to show one's prowess on the field of battle! str_battle_won_quarrelsome|Hah! We showed those bastards a thing or two, didn't we? str_battle_won_pitiless|Together, we will make the foe learn to fear our names. str_battle_won_cunning|We must press our advantage, {reg63?Sir Madam}, so the blood shed today is not wasted, but well-spent for victory. str_battle_won_sadistic|Time to strip their dead and round up the wounded. The crows will feast on the dead and all will know the fate of those who come against us. str_battle_won_goodnatured|Wasn't that a good scrap! There's no joy like the joy of victory, eh? str_battle_won_upstanding|Now let us give thanks to the gods for our victory and mourn the many fine men who fell today. May their souls rest in peace. str_battle_won_grudging_default|You turned the tide out there on the field today. Whatever I may think of you, I cannot fault you for your valor. str_battle_won_grudging_martial|{playername} - you have shown yourself a worthy {reg63?man woman} today, whatever your misdeeds in the past. str_battle_won_grudging_quarrelsome|Hmmph. Yours is not a face I like to see but I suppose I must thank you for your help. str_battle_won_grudging_pitiless|Your help out there was most valuable, {playername}. I don't imagine that you came to help me out of kindness, yet I thank you. str_battle_won_grudging_cunning|It would be impolite not to thank you for rushing to aid me in my hour of need. So... thank you. str_battle_won_grudging_sadistic|Well! How touching! {playername} has come to rescue me. Who'd have thought that would happen? str_battle_won_grudging_goodnatured|{playername}! We've had our fair share of quarrels in the past, but you fought well today. My thanks to you! str_battle_won_grudging_upstanding|Perhaps I was wrong about you. Your arrival was most timely. You have my gratitude, {reg63?Sir Madam}. str_battle_won_unfriendly_default|So you're here. Well, better late than never, I suppose. str_battle_won_unfriendly_martial|We have had harsh words in the past, but let us enjoy our victory and forget them for the moment. str_battle_won_unfriendly_quarrelsome|If you're waiting for thanks, don't hold your breath. Your help wasn't needed and I assume you joined us only because you had nothing better to do. str_battle_won_unfriendly_pitiless|You arrive like a jackal to a lion's kill. Very well, help yourself to the spoils of my victory. I shall not stop you. str_battle_won_unfriendly_cunning|{playername}... Well, I suppose your arrival didn't hurt, although I won't pretend I'm happy to see you. str_battle_won_unfriendly_sadistic|Back off, you greedy vulture! This was my victory, however hard you try to steal the glory for yourself. str_battle_won_unfriendly_goodnatured|Oh, it's you, {playername}. Well, I suppose I should thank you for your help - thank you. str_battle_won_unfriendly_upstanding|Thank you for coming to my support. Now I'd best be off before I say something discourteous. str_troop_train_request_default|I need someone like you to knock them into shape. str_troop_train_request_martial|They need someone to show them the meaning of valor. str_troop_train_request_quarrelsome|Fat,lazy bastards. In their current state, they're worthless. str_troop_train_request_pitiless|They are more afraid of the enemy than they are of me, and that is unacceptable. str_troop_train_request_cunning|Men, like steel, are tempered and hardened in fire. str_troop_train_request_sadistic|I need someone to flog some courage into those cowards, or kill them trying. str_troop_train_request_goodnatured|They're good enough lads but I am afraid that they're not quite ready for a battle yet. str_troop_train_request_upstanding|It would be tantamount to murder to lead them into combat in their current state. Please see to it. str_unprovoked_attack_default|What? Why do you attack us? Speak, you rascal, quickly! str_unprovoked_attack_martial|I have no objection to a trial of arms, but I'd like to know your reason for attacking us. str_unprovoked_attack_quarrelsome|You're making a big mistake, {reg63?boy girl}. What the hell do you think you're playing at? str_unprovoked_attack_pitiless|Indeed? If you really want to die today, I'll be more than happy to oblige you. I am curious as to what you hope to accomplish by throwing your life away. str_unprovoked_attack_cunning|Really? I think that you are acting most unwisely. What do you hope to gain by this ridiculous challenge? str_unprovoked_attack_sadistic|What's this? Do you want all your men slaughtered? If so, I'll gladly oblige you. str_unprovoked_attack_goodnatured|Why do you challenge me? We've no quarrel, {reg63?Sir Madam}, nor any reason for one - yet. str_unprovoked_attack_upstanding|I consider this an unprovoked assault and will protest to your King. What is the meaning of this? str_unnecessary_attack_default|I will not hesitate to cut you down if need arises. But I offer you the chance to ride away now. str_unnecessary_attack_martial|I am eager to take up your challenge, {reg63?Sir Madam}, although I will give you a minute to reconsider it. str_unnecessary_attack_quarrelsome|Bah! I'm in no mood for this nonsense today. Get out of my way. str_unnecessary_attack_pitiless|Since I'm in a merciful mood today, I'll pretend I did not hear you. str_unnecessary_attack_cunning|I don't see what you hope to gain by making an enemy out of me. Perhaps you should reconsider your words. str_unnecessary_attack_sadistic|I have no time to waste on you. Give way and crawl back into your hole. str_unnecessary_attack_goodnatured|I don't see what you could possibly gain by picking this fight, {reg63?Sir Madam}. Leave now, and live to see another day. str_unnecessary_attack_upstanding|If a fight is what you wish, {reg63?Sir Madam}, a fight you shall have. Still, I offer you the chance to back down and leave peacefully. str_lord_challenged_default|As you wish. Prepare to die! str_lord_challenged_martial|So be it. Defend yourself! str_lord_challenged_quarrelsome|You impudent whelp! I'll crush you! str_lord_challenged_pitiless|If you wish to die so badly, I have no choice but to oblige you. str_lord_challenged_cunning|Well, since you leave me no choice... str_lord_challenged_sadistic|You impudent dog! I'll make you curse the day your mother whelped you! str_lord_challenged_goodnatured|Very well, I had hoped that we might avoid coming to blows but I see that I have no choice in the matter. str_lord_challenged_upstanding|So be it. It saddens me that you will not listen to reason. str_lord_mission_failed_default|Well, I am very disappointed in you. But I am sure that you will have other chances to redeem yourself. str_lord_mission_failed_martial|There is no honor in failing a quest, but I will accept your word that you tried. str_lord_mission_failed_quarrelsome|You failed? Bah! I should have expected as much from the likes of you. str_lord_mission_failed_pitiless|You failed? You disappoint me, which is most unwise. Those who disappoint me seldom live long str_lord_mission_failed_cunning|Well, I am disappointed, but no one can guarantee that the winds of fortune will always blow their way. str_lord_mission_failed_sadistic|Indeed? Those who fail me generally do not live to regret it. str_lord_mission_failed_goodnatured|Oh well, it was a long shot, at best. Thank you for trying. str_lord_mission_failed_upstanding|So be it. I am sure that you gave it your best effort. str_lord_follow_refusal_default|Follow you? You forget your station, {reg63?Sir Madam}. str_lord_follow_refusal_martial|On the day you prove yourself a true warrior, I may consider following you. But not today. str_lord_follow_refusal_quarrelsome|Follow someone like you? I don't think so. str_lord_follow_refusal_pitiless|Lords do not follow commoners, {reg63?Sir Madam}. str_lord_follow_refusal_cunning|First demonstrate that you will not lead me into disaster. Then, I may consider following you. str_lord_follow_refusal_sadistic|I think not! Those of your station follow those of mine, rather than the reverse. str_lord_follow_refusal_goodnatured|Uhmm, no. I am a bit pressed for time just now. Perhaps at a later date. str_lord_follow_refusal_upstanding|Prove you're worth your salt as a leader before you request that I follow you. str_lord_insult_default|base varlot str_lord_insult_martial|dishonorable knave str_lord_insult_quarrelsome|filth-swilling bastard str_lord_insult_pitiless|low-born worm str_lord_insult_cunning|careless oaf str_lord_insult_sadistic|sniveling cur str_lord_insult_goodnatured|unpleasant fellow str_lord_insult_upstanding|disgraceful scoundrel str_lord_derogatory_default|base and vile str_lord_derogatory_martial|bullheaded str_lord_derogatory_quarrelsome|quarrelsome and divisive str_lord_derogatory_pitiless|cruel, tyrannical str_lord_derogatory_cunning|unscrupulous and manipulative str_lord_derogatory_sadistic|vile and dishonorable str_lord_derogatory_goodnatured|hopelessly naive str_lord_derogatory_upstanding|stiffnecked and sanctimonious str_lord_derogatory_result|bring us to ruin str_lord_derogatory_martial_action|attack the enemy without thought or plan, and throw away the lives of your men str_lord_derogatory_quarrelsome_action|pick fights with other lords, leaving us divided and weak str_lord_derogatory_pitiles_action|alienate the commons, provoking revolt and mutiny str_lord_derogatory_cunning_action|cut a deal with the enemy behind our back str_lord_derogatory_sadistic_action|bring shame upon our cause and our realm str_lord_derogatory_goodnatured_action|take pity on our enemies, rather than fight them str_lord_derogatory_upstanding_action|place your own exaggerated sense of honor above the needs of the realm str_rebellion_dilemma_default|[liege] str_rebellion_dilemma_martial|{s45} was clearly wronged. Although I gave my oath to {s46}, it does not bind me to support him if he usurped the throne illegally. str_rebellion_dilemma_quarrelsome|Hmm. {s46} has never given me my due, hence I don't owe him much. However, {s45} will be no better, and {s46} has shown himself a leader, at least. str_rebellion_dilemma_pitiless|Hmm. {s45} says {reg3?she he} is the rightful heir to the throne. That is good - it absolves me of my oath to {s46}. Still, I must weigh my decision carefully. str_rebellion_dilemma_cunning|Hmm. I gave an oath of fealty to {s46}, yet the highborn are not bound by their oaths as are ordinary people. Our highest duty is to bring order and and justice to our people. str_rebellion_dilemma_sadistic|Hmm. In this mercenary world, a wise man must think of himself, for no one else will. So - what's in it for me? str_rebellion_dilemma_goodnatured|I do not know what to say. I gave an oath to {s46} as my lawful ruler. But... if he is not the lawful ruler, I don't know whether I am still oathbound or not. str_rebellion_dilemma_upstanding|This is troublesome. It is a grave thing to declare my fealty to {s46} null and void, to dissolve the bonds which keep our land from sinking into anarchy. Yet I am pledged to support the legitimacy of the succession to the throne as well, and {s45} holds a valid claim. str_rebellion_dilemma_2_default|[liege] str_rebellion_dilemma_2_martial|On the other hand, {s46} has led us in war and peace and I am reluctant to renounce my allegiance, for he leads us well. str_rebellion_dilemma_2_quarrelsome|Do tell me, why should I turn my back on the devil I know in favor of the devil I don't know? str_rebellion_dilemma_2_pitiless|It is a most perilous position, and the question of whom I would make {reg3?ruler king} of this land needs careful attention. Yet this presents an opportunity as well, and I may reap many rewards if I choose correctly. str_rebellion_dilemma_2_cunning|{s46} has been challenged and thus will never be able to rule as strongly as one whose claim is unquestioned. Yet if {s45} takes the throne by force, {reg3?she he} will not be as well-supported nor be as strong as one who succeeded peacefully. str_rebellion_dilemma_2_sadistic|Perhaps if I join {s45} while {reg3?she he} is still weak {reg3?she he} will enrich me. On the other hand, if I bring {s46} your head, he will reward me with a large sum as well. str_rebellion_dilemma_2_goodnatured|{s46} has always treated me decently, yet he did wrong {s45}. I hesitate to renounce my fealty to {s46}, but my heart tells me I must not support injustice. str_rebellion_dilemma_2_upstanding|I feel that I must do whatever is best for the realm, to keep it from being ravaged by civil war or torn apart by its enemies. str_political_philosophy_martial|My sword is at the disposal of my rightful liege, so long as he upholds his duty to me. str_political_philosophy_quarrelsome|Bah. They're all a bunch of bastards. I try to make sure that the ones who wrong me learn to regret it. str_political_philosophy_pitiless|Men will always try to cheat others of their rightful due. In this faithless world, each must remain vigilant of his own rights. str_political_philosophy_cunning|Well, it's a harsh world, and it is our lot to face harsh choices. Sometimes one must serve a tyrant to keep the peace, but sometimes a bit of rebellion keeps the kings honest. Circumstance is all. str_political_philosophy_sadistic|My philosophy is simple it is better to be the wolf than the lamb. str_political_philosophy_goodnatured|Well, you should keep faith with your promises, and not do injustice to others. Sometimes it's hard to balance those. Stick with people you trust, I think, and it's hard to go far wrong. str_political_philosophy_upstanding|Kingship and lordship have been instituted to keep the peace and prevent the war of all against all, yet that must not blind us to the possibility of injustice. str_political_philosophy_roguish|Hmm... I guess I'm thinking that it's good to be a lord. str_political_philosophy_benefactor|A good ruler makes sure all are treated justly. Personally, I intend to use my authority to better the lot of those who live in my demesne. str_political_philosophy_custodian|A good ruler creates the proper conditions for people to prosper. Personally, I intend to use my wealth to create more wealth, for myself and for the common benefit. str_rebellion_prior_argument_very_favorable|I have already heard some arguments for supporting your candidate for the throne and I tend to agree with them. str_rebellion_prior_argument_favorable|I have heard some quite convincing arguments for supporting your candidate so far and I tend to agree. We'll have a new {reg63?King Queen}. str_rebellion_prior_argument_unfavorable|So far only weak arguments for supporting your candidate have come to my ears. I do not find those reasons convincing at all. str_rebellion_prior_argument_very_unfavorable|Anyone begging for support, employing such weak arguments as yours, is bound to fail, especially when discussing the royal succession. str_rebellion_rival_martial|{s49} your ally {s44} once questioned my honor and bravery. I've hoped for the chance to cast his slanders in his teeth! str_rebellion_rival_quarrelsome|{s49} you're working with {s44}. He's a shifty fellow and I don't trust him one bit. str_rebellion_rival_pitiless|{s49} you seem to have enlisted {s44}, who is soft, weak and unfit to govern the most paltry fief. I have always detested the creature. str_rebellion_rival_cunning|{s49} {s44}, who has already joined you, is headstrong, quarrelsome and will assuredly prove a liability to your cause. str_rebellion_rival_sadistic|{s49} I have no desire to fight alongside your ally, {s44}. His nauseating displays of virtue revolt me. str_rebellion_rival_goodnatured|{s49} I'd be reluctant to be on the same side as {s44}, who has quite a reputation for cruelty. str_rebellion_rival_upstanding|{s49} your ally, {s44}, is a dangerous, unreliable, and highly unprincipled man. I despise him. str_rebellion_argument_favorable|I respect your line of argument. str_rebellion_argument_neutral|To be frank, I find your arguments compelling. str_rebellion_argument_unfavorable|I haven't heard a less convincing line of argument since my sire's father died. str_rebellion_persuasion_favorable|you eloquently state your case. str_rebellion_persuasion_neutral|you make a reasonable case. str_rebellion_persuasion_unfavorable|you have failed to make your case in a convincing manner. str_rebellion_relation_very_favorable|I hold you in great respect. str_rebellion_relation_favorable|I know and respect you as highly as I esteem your cause. str_rebellion_relation_neutral|I do not know you as well as I would like. I must consider, before making such a decision. str_rebellion_relation_unfavorable|I do not trust you. Enough said, begone. str_and_comma_3|Furthermore, str_but_comma_3|However, str_and_comma_1|, and str_but_comma_1|, but str_and_comma_2|. Moreover, str_but_comma_2|. Nonetheless, str_rebellion_agree_martial|I have decided to support {s45} as the rightful heir. str_rebellion_agree_quarrelsome|Ahh, I've thought long enough. I never did like {s46} much anyway. Let's take his throne and give it to someone more appealing. str_rebellion_agree_pitiless|You are fortunate indeed. I have decided to join your cause. Please do not give me reason to regret my decision. str_rebellion_agree_cunning|This is a most dangerous decision, but after careful consideration I have decided to join you. Let's hope everything turns out well. str_rebellion_agree_sadistic|I have decided to back your {reg3?woman man} {s45}. You'd best make sure that {reg3?she he} rewards me well or you'll curse the day I joined you! str_rebellion_agree_goodnatured|I think your {reg3?woman man} will be a good and worthy ruler. I'll join you. str_rebellion_agree_upstanding|So be it. My first and foremost duty is to this realm. To save it from lawlessness I will back {s45} and renounce my homage to {s46}. May the gods forgive me if I do wrong. str_rebellion_refuse_martial|Sorry, {s45} may have a good claim but it's not enough for me to turn my back on {s46}. I remain loyal to my liege and will fight his enemies wherever I encounter them. str_rebellion_refuse_quarrelsome|Your whelp {s45} doesn't have what it takes to rule this realm. I'm sticking with {s46}. str_talk_later_martial|Now is not the time to talk politics! Today I am accompanied by my fellow lords and armed for battle. You'd do better to prepare to fight, rather than wasting your time on useless words. str_talk_later_quarrelsome|Do you expect me to discuss betrayal of my liege while we are surrounded by his army? What do you take me for, a bloody idiot? str_talk_later_pitiless|Hold your tongue! Whatever I may have to say on this matter will not be said here, in the midst of our army. str_talk_later_cunning|This is hardly the time or the place for such a discussion. Perhaps we can talk about this matter at a later time and in a different place, but for now we still are foes. str_talk_later_sadistic|You should have your mouth sewn shut! Imagine what will happen if the other vassals see me talking to you about committing high treason! str_talk_later_goodnatured|So you wish to discuss your rebellion with me? Try again, when we aren't surrounded by my liege's army, and I may decide to listen. str_talk_later_upstanding|Whatever my thoughts on the legitimacy of the succession, I am not willing to discuss them here and now. If we meet again and can speak in privacy, I will hear what you have to say on the matter. For now, consider me your enemy. str_rumor_lord_generic_1|The gossip is that {s6} doesn't like anyone but himself. str_rumor_lord_generic_2|A neighbor has heard that {s6} admires his appearance greatly. He ordered his knights to polish their armors brightly enough for him to see his own reflection. str_rumor_lord_generic_3|A tavern drunk said that {s6} eats so much garlic that he must employ retainers without a sense of smell. str_rumor_lord_generic_4|I heard the gossip is that the local girls fear {s6}, not for their virtue, but that he will steal their dresses and undergarments. str_rumor_lord_generic_5|I was told that {s6} once mounted his knights on cows, after someone stole his horses. His mooing warband actually won an engagement! He is now known as the cowherd knight! str_rumor_lord_generic_6|My brother understands that {s6} is so paranoid that he has a personal spy watching him lest he attempt to form a plot against himself. str_rumor_lord_generic_7|A neighbor said his steward says that {s6} is quite a loner. He seldom talks with even his best friends, thus no one really knows him. str_rumor_lord_generic_8|I heard that {s6} is so fearful after that last assassination attempt that he ordered his guards to attack anyone, lord or peasant, who gets too close to him! str_rumor_lord_generic_9|A town guard says the gossip is that {s6} loves music so much that he sings for his men, and even convinced two young knights join his concert during a festival. str_rumor_lord_generic_10|I heard {s6} is looking for someone to teach him the Noldor language, so he can insult them properly during their next engagement. str_rumor_lord_generic_11|I heard that those who serve under {s6} say he is greatly enamored of his own good looks, and constantly buys new helmets because of his fear of facial scars. str_rumor_lord_generic_12|Someone said that {s6} is a heavy drinker who bears no love for warfare, and often after a battle holes up in his castle to enjoy a solitary drink. str_rumor_lord_generic_13|A tavern drunk said that a soldier once told him that {s6} crossed a great river alone, when his army refused to attempt it. He wanted to prove that obstacles can be overcome by willpower. After he crossed, his shamed men followed. str_rumor_lord_martial_1|I heard that {s6} loves nothing more than war, because he cannot perform as a man except on a battlefield. str_rumor_lord_martial_2|A town guard said that {s6} sometimes whistles while speaking. People say that {s6} visits taverns, not for drinks and good company, but rather to fight. He lost several teeth brawling, hence his whistled words. str_rumor_lord_martial_3|A neighbor said that tavern gossips say that {s6} once rode up to a large band of the Order of the Dragon and proceeded to challenge the lot to a duel. He was left minus one eye, half a leg and seven fingers, but he is admired by the Order for his bravery. Or his stupidity, perhaps! str_rumor_lord_martial_4|My sister told me about that 'wife' of {s6}'s. He married a scarred-up Mystmountain barbarian, supposedly because he prefers rough trade to real women. str_rumor_lord_martial_5|I heard that {s6} broke his arm in a wrestling contest with a berserker. Now, after beating him, his opponent is now his most trusted friend. str_rumor_lord_martial_6|I heard that even women in the fief of {s6} are required to attend weekly archery practice. str_rumor_lord_martial_7|I heard that {s6} lost his balls in a duel in his youth. Left him with a maiden's voice! He has dedicated his life to the art of war, since he could not sire an heir, poor sod. str_rumor_lord_martial_8|I heard that {s6}, despite being surrounded by Noldors, managed not only to defeat them, but also personally killed at least five. str_rumor_lord_martial_9|I once heard that {s6} is very prone to outbursts of anger when faced with the possibility of defeat. His anger frequently leads him to victory! str_rumor_lord_martial_10|I heard a mercenary say that, despite begin a good strategist, {s6} often chooses poor commanders unable to execute his complex plans, and thus comes to ruin. str_rumor_lord_martial_11|I heard people say that the secret to the victories {s6} achieves is his collection of old military treatises from strategists of the old Kingdom of Pendor. str_rumor_lord_martial_12|I heard that {s6} is a very conservative man. In battle, he will use only old tried and true tactics, despite what his officers advise. str_rumor_lord_martial_13|My brother says the word is that, during a siege, {s6} raced up the ladder to open a breach for his men to storm the castle. str_rumor_lord_martial_14|A town guard told me about the time {s6} besieged a castle in his younger days. His commander was killed. The young lord donned the bloody armor his commander no longer needed and took control of the siege. He ordered a night attack, which took the castle off guard. He won the siege but lost an eye in the battle. str_rumor_lord_quarrelsome_1|A town guard said that {s6} almost came to blows with another lord lately because the man made a joke about his nose. If you ever talk to him, best avoid mention of eagles, hawks, ducks, or anything else with a beak. str_rumor_lord_quarrelsome_2|I was told that {s6} has been banned from all Pendorian debating societies for arguing too vehemently, and drawing his blade! str_rumor_lord_quarrelsome_3|A neighbor said he once woke up to hear {s6} having a shouting match with a rooster. The strange thing was that he actually won! str_rumor_lord_quarrelsome_4|My sister said that rumor has it {s6} once bit a dog who had bitten him. Puts new meaning into the term 'hair of the dog,' heh, heh. str_rumor_lord_quarrelsome_5|I was told that {s6} is just as likely to lose his temper daily as that the sun will rise tomorrow morning. str_rumor_lord_quarrelsome_6|Someone said that {s6} keeps a philosopher in his hall to guarantee himself a good debate every day. str_rumor_lord_quarrelsome_7|My brother once heard {s6} complain about the excessive fixation people have with the old days. He thinks the best times are now, and he will offer passionate debate to anyone who states otherwise. str_rumor_lord_quarrelsome_8|A tavern drunk said {s6} often complains that he has yet to meet someone who can offer him a good challenge. He regularly annoys the knights he meets in his crusade to find his equal at combat. str_rumor_lord_quarrelsome_9|A neighbor said he once woke in the middle of night to the sound of {s6} bellowing to some unfortunate officer that he refuses to use cowardly tactics such as an ambush. He prefers to face enemies head on. str_rumor_lord_quarrelsome_10|Someone said a merchant told him that he saw {s6} inform a young lady that her dress did not match her shoes and her hat was unfashionable for this season. str_rumor_lord_quarrelsome_11|I heard from a Knight that ever since {s6} was cheated by a merchant, he shows them no mercy. Still, who knows exactly what the merchant did...? str_rumor_lord_quarrelsome_12|My brother said that bastard {s6} managed to turn a diplomatic mission into a war! The king was late to the meeting where he was to present the peace treaty, so {s6} mouthed off to one of the king's guards while he waited. When the king arrived, he flung some choice insults at him, as well. That was the end of the peace offer! str_rumor_lord_selfrighteous_1|I heard that {s6} executed a squire for killing a deer in his preserve. I fear the poachers hunting in his forests will bring down vengeance upon their villages. str_rumor_lord_selfrighteous_2|A town guard said he had seen the sheriffs of {s6}, and claims they are equipped as well as the Knights of the Lion. str_rumor_lord_selfrighteous_3|I heard that {s6} once forced a father to execute his own daughter for adultery. str_rumor_lord_selfrighteous_4|A neighbor said a good friend told him that {s6} will carry out any sentence he thinks just, and says if his justicar will not order proper punishment, he'll do it himself. str_rumor_lord_selfrighteous_5|I heard that {s6} was once a Knight of the Dawn before coming into his inheritance. str_rumor_lord_selfrighteous_6|My brother said that {s6} once acquitted a man for murder. The plaintiff had stood on one leg and shot an arrow at the apple he placed on the victim's head. {s6} let him off because of some obscure law legalizing this particular scenario. str_rumor_lord_selfrighteous_7|I heard that {s6} automatically hangs any man in his army who deserts his post. str_rumor_lord_selfrighteous_8|I heard from a friend that {s6} spends an unhealthy amount of time writing and enacting new laws. Those who serve him complain that they can only sleep when he is occupied with his studies or writing. str_rumor_lord_selfrighteous_9|My sister said she refused to believe that {s6} once ordered an artist to create a lot of portraits of him and then distributed them to all the taverns in his fief. Having a mug of ale with your lord's image glaring down at you must be quite disturbing! str_rumor_lord_selfrighteous_10|The rumor is that {s6} is looking for a new way to mark time. He theorizes that he could get more work out of his peasants if he can regulate time. Heh, next he'll try telling the sun when it should rise! str_rumor_lord_cunning_1|My brother says {s6} must have had a weasel in his ancestry, as he is a very cunning opponent. str_rumor_lord_cunning_2|I heard that {s6} comes up with more cunning plans than a fox trying to get into a henhouse. str_rumor_lord_cunning_3|I heard rumors that the Snake Cult want to recruit {s6} to make use of his sly and clever tactics. str_rumor_lord_cunning_4|I was told that very few survive a battle against {s6} because his soldiers apply poison to their weapons before each battle. str_rumor_lord_cunning_5|A neighbor said the current gossip is about young {s6}. While at university he adopted the philosophy Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil. str_rumor_lord_cunning_6|A town guard said that {s6} is a true fox. He was being pursued, told his men to drop their weapons and armor and retreated into a swamp. He and his men got away with a few mosquito bites, but his pursuers in heavy armor sank into the bog's quicksand and perished to the last man. str_rumor_lord_cunning_7|Rumor has it that {s6} was besieged by a army four times as big as his garrison. Damned if he did not open the gates wide for them. You'd think him a fool, but the besieging lords thought it a trap and promptly retreated. str_rumor_lord_cunning_8|An upstart noble called Black Snake or something said that {s6} comes up with more cunning plans than a fox who has just been appointed professor of cunning at Janos University. str_rumor_lord_cunning_9|I heard them say {s6} is stirred to a frenzy by the sight of his own blood. str_rumor_lord_cunning_10|I was told that {s6} continued to fight with at least three Snake Cultist bolts in him! He did not even slow down until all the Cultists were dead. str_rumor_lord_cunning_11|A neighbor says rumor is that {s6} often throws himself into desperate situations because he loves the thrill of the moment. People call him 'The Boar' - when cornered, he is just as dangerous. str_rumor_lord_cunning_12|I was told that during a fierce battle, where he almost faced defeat, {s6} ordered his men to kill all their prisoners to prevent the enemy from rescuing them. str_rumor_lord_cunning_13|I heard that {s6} is so paranoid about plots against him, he will send off members of his own family to far lands to prevent them from plotting against him! str_rumor_lord_cunning_14|My brother said that {s6} once defended a bridge alone against several enemies, fighting heroically though drenched in blood from his and their wounds. He was laughing all the while he fought. str_rumor_lord_sadistic_1|Someone said many a condemned man walks from the dungeon of {s6} straight to the gallows. I wouldn't want to get on his bad side! str_rumor_lord_sadistic_2|{s6} would rather swim in a tub of fresh blood than in a secluded lake, because the blood is warmer. str_rumor_lord_sadistic_3|I heard a rumor that {s6} hires torturers for his feasts in place of jesters. str_rumor_lord_sadistic_4|I was told that {s6} sat and played his fiddle while his village burned, rather than helping to douse the flames. str_rumor_lord_sadistic_5|I was told that {s6} offers his prisoners a choice Kill and eat a fellow prisoner or die. Those who choose to indulge in cannibalism are then executed for it. str_rumor_lord_sadistic_6|My brother said that {s6} would rather watch an execution than retire for the evening with a lovely woman str_rumor_lord_sadistic_7|A neighbor said that {s6} invented the guillotine because he wanted a faster way of executing his peasants. str_rumor_lord_sadistic_8|I heard that that those close to {s6} say he is a bad son, husband and ruler, a man who joys in the practice of all the worst vices. str_rumor_lord_sadistic_9|I was once told {s6} personally cuts off the heads of certain enemies after a battle to increase his collection. He supposedly has them stuffed, mounts them on his bedroom wall and talks to them. He reputedly wears a bracelet made of enemy teeth, too. str_rumor_lord_sadistic_10|I heard a terrible story about a village captured by {s6}! He spared no one, down to the smallest babes, but tortured them first in ways which would shame even Syla Uzas. str_rumor_lord_sadistic_11|My sister said {s6} is a bad ruler, despite his bravery and military skill. He has no consideration for his people, and will sell out the very things he was fighting for, if he thinks there is profit in the sale. str_rumor_lord_sadistic_12|I was told that {s6} kills those foes who surrender to him, after first urging them to surrender with a promise of mercy. str_rumor_lord_sadistic_13|A town guard said the rumor is that {s6} once set fire to a small forest because he thought some enemies were hiding there. It spread and destroyed one of his villages. str_rumor_lord_goodnatured_1|Someone said that {s6} is praised by his tenants for treating his peasants quite well. That is more than can be said for most nobles! str_rumor_lord_goodnatured_2|My sister says one of {s6}'s knights claims that his lord once had a farting competition with a cow. The witnesses to this tasteful competition fainted from the smell before a winner was declared. str_rumor_lord_goodnatured_3|My mother says he once saw {s6} digging right alongside his villagers to raise the embankment that kept his village from flooding. He is a truly good man. str_rumor_lord_goodnatured_4|A neighbor said a traveler told him that {s6} opens his larder and storerooms and shares food with his peasants during a famine. str_rumor_lord_goodnatured_5|My brother said a proud mercenary told him that {s6} saved him from the gallows. {s6} conscripts convicted bandits who have not committed murder as mercenaries. Now this reformed man defends the very people he once robbed. str_rumor_lord_goodnatured_6|A tavern drunk said he saw a duel between {s6} and a prisoner who had pleaded the right to combat. {s6} let the man live even though killing him would have raised his own prestige and renown dramatically, because he put up such a good fight. str_rumor_lord_goodnatured_7|I was told the last time {s6} was in a village, he noticed most of the village cattle were bleeding after a recent wolf attack. He killed them out of pity, despite the horde of protesting peasants. Next day, he replaced every head, at his own expense, and the villagers feasted on the meat of the ones he killed! str_rumor_lord_goodnatured_8|My sister says rumor holds that {s6} once met a beggar, talked with him for several hours and then granted him a village. Most would think this a sign of a weak mind but, as the tale goes, the beggar was actually a good elder exiled from his former village because he refused to execute his own daughter for adultery. str_rumor_lord_goodnatured_9|I heard from a traveler that {s6} sometimes travels to one of his villages with bards, jesters and wine. He actually holds a feast for his peasants! str_rumor_lord_goodnatured_10|A town guard said that {s6} is highly praised by his men because of his courage he once defeated three Anaconda Knights in one on one duels str_rumor_lord_goodnatured_11|They say {s6} is like the sun, his splendor and light are so great that his people fear to look at him directly lest they go blind. Sounds to me like my lord's propaganda mill is working overtime! str_rumor_lord_goodnatured_12|I was told that the mercy {s6} exhibits is in fact a weakness; people manipulate him, he knows it, but still does nothing. str_rumor_lord_goodnatured_13|My brother says the word is that {s6} tries his best to prevent his men from harassing villagers. It is good to know that people like him exist. str_rumor_lord_goodnatured_14|I heard that once {s6} forgave the debts of some of his poorest subjects because heavy rains had ruined their fields. str_rumor_lord_upstanding_1|A town guard said the minions of {s6} claim they could do worse than serve him. He is good to his followers and rewards them if they work well. His court delivers equal justice to men of both high and low station. str_rumor_lord_upstanding_2|I was told that {s6} once sat on a rock by the shore and commanded the tide to stop coming in. He got very wet. Crazy, no? He did it to demonstrate to his people that no lord, however powerful, can command nature! str_rumor_lord_upstanding_3|I was told that {s6} sometimes roams incognito among the people in order to learn firsthand their problems. Wait, who did you say you were again? str_rumor_lord_upstanding_4|My brother said he heard that {s6} once defended a village single-handedly from marauding bandits. I wish all knights acted with such bravery. str_rumor_lord_upstanding_5|A neighbor says people told him that {s6} enlists captured poachers into the ranks of his personal huntsmen. str_rumor_lord_upstanding_6|A tavern drunk says that {s6} is far too good and kind to agree with the beliefs of the Order of the Dawn. str_rumor_lord_upstanding_7|I heard from a man at arms serving under {s6} that no man upholds justice so firmly as he he once disbanded a soldier for stealing a hat, another time he hanged three men because they assaulted a young peaant girl. str_rumor_lord_upstanding_8|Someone said he once saw {s6} enact a law, then only two minutes later return and announce he had found a loophole in it. He ended up enacting the same law five times before he was satisfied all the loopholes were closed. str_rumor_lord_upstanding_9|I was told that {s6} has instituted numerous investigations in his domain for signs of heretical activity. str_rumor_lord_upstanding_10|A town guard said {s6} took a castle - nothing special, you might say, but his method of taking it was carved into his memory! He rode alone into the castle and proposed a parley. They parleyed over wine and agreed that {s6} might take the castle for the duration of the war, but he swore he would return it to its lord when peace was made. Damned if {s6} did not keep that promise, too! str_rumor_lord_upstanding_11|My sister says a merchant told her that {s6} banned all music in his domain for several days, because he thought the peasant songs too heretical. The peasants thought him worse than a Knight of Dawn. str_latest_rumor|The latest rumor you heard about {s6} was str_changed_my_mind_martial|However, your stirring words make me reconsider my position. str_changed_my_mind_quarrelsome|But I think you've talked me into it anyway, you bastard. I'm still listening str_changed_my_mind_pitiless|But when you plea like that, I will deign to reconsider. str_changed_my_mind_cunning|But you know, you're a well-spoken bastard. That impresses me. I'm still listening. str_changed_my_mind_sadistic|But as your silver tongue sings so pretty a song on your behalf, I will not dismiss the idea just yet. str_changed_my_mind_goodnatured|But you make a good case, so I'll try to keep an open mind. str_changed_my_mind_upstanding|However, you make an eloquent case. I am still listening. str_swadian_rebellion_pretender_intro|I am Sir Darlion, rightful King of Sarleon and all Pendor. str_vaegir_rebellion_pretender_intro|My name is Madam Ursula of Senderfall, and I am the rightful Queen of Ravenstern. str_khergit_rebellion_pretender_intro|I am Xerxes, son of Iskander Bahadur Khan, rightful Bahadur Khan of the D'Shar Principalities. str_nord_rebellion_pretender_intro|I am Inar Ironhand, First Axe of Windholm and rightful Koningur of all the Fierdsvain. None may rightly dispute my right to rule. str_rhodok_rebellion_pretender_intro|I am Demosthenes of Cez, rightful Imperator of the Empire, and the man who will one day free them from tyranny. str_swadian_rebellion_pretender_story_1|My great-great grandfather was the acknowledged bastard son of King Cavalas of Pendor. He was eighth in line for the throne as he was acknowledged -- not once, but several times, before the grandest nobles of the land, that none could doubt his lineage. str_vaegir_rebellion_pretender_story_1|My father died when I was young, leaving me in the care of his sister, Amethea of Senderfall, and naming me his lawful heir. I spent most of my girlhood training for the day that I would ascend the throne of Ravenstern. Yet, that was not to be. My younger brother Gregory, who was ever one to crave power, managed to convince the Northern Lords that a woman should not sit upon the throne of the North. He pressed his claim, and was named legal heir and then crowned King. str_khergit_rebellion_pretender_story_1|Kadan and I are brothers, sons of the old Bahadur Khan, though we had different mothers. Although I was the younger brother, all those who knew the old Bahadur Khan will testify that throughout my father's life, I was his favorite, entrusted with the responsibilities of government. Kadan busied himself with hunts and feasts to win over the more dissolute of my father's khans. str_nord_rebellion_pretender_story_1|I am called Ironhand for the strength of my axe in battle. I bring fear and death to all my foes. I have met and defeated Valdis, that coward, in a challenge of personal combat. As victor, by the rights of our heritage, I am owed a boon. I chose his lands and title, as was my right, but he refused to honor the traditions of our ancestors. str_rhodok_rebellion_pretender_story_1|The Citizens of the Empire are a free people, and not slaves to any hereditary monarch. The Imperator is chosen from amongst the leading noble families of our land, by a council drawn by lot from the patricians of the cities of Ethos, Cez and Janos. The council meets on a field before Janos, and no man is allowed to appear bearing arms during their deliberations, on pain of death. str_swadian_rebellion_pretender_story_2|When the plague struck down the royal family, only my great-great grandfather survived. He should have been declared the King of Pendor, but Duke Alfred whisked him away and sold him into slavery, proclaiming that he had died with the rest of the royal family. He finally escaped and returned to Pendor, only to find jackals ruling the lands in his stead. None would believe his words and he spent his life trying to claim his heritage. For four generations, my family has attempted to prove the truth of these claims, and we now have the proof we need. str_vaegir_rebellion_pretender_story_2|Since that day I have lived as a Knight of the Falcon, a valiant Knighthood order once based in Rane. Though I am a woman, I have proven myself worthy of knighthood, by valor on the field of battle. The day that I was knighted, Gregory outlawed the Order of the Falcon and put bounties upon all our heads. Those warriors would have followed me to claim my birthright, had any survived. str_khergit_rebellion_pretender_story_2|According to D'Shar custom, when a man dies, his possessions are split amongst all his sons, equally. When I heard of my father's death, I was away across the Western Sea on a diplomatic mission, but I hurried home to Torbah, ready to give Kadan his due and share the Principalities with him. When I arrived, I found that he had rushed his supporters to the court, and had himself proclaimed Bahadur Khan. str_nord_rebellion_pretender_story_2|We of the Fierdsvain are warriors born! We take what we want by the might of our axes! Valdis accepted my challenge and I beat him. I have a legitimate claim to the throne that, by the traditions of our ancestors, must be legally recognized. str_rhodok_rebellion_pretender_story_2|During the last selection, there were but two candidates, Lord Marius and me. While the council deliberated, Marius appeared, sword in hand, telling them that a D'Shar raiding party was about to descend on the field of deliberation -- which was quite true, by the way, since he had hired them -- and if he were not elected king, he would leave them to their fates. str_swadian_rebellion_pretender_story_3|I have the royal signet which is only activated by the blood of the royal line of Pendor. As you can clearly see, this ring glows with the sign of the Griffon, the signet of the line of Cavalas. I will admit that I did my cause no good by denouncing Ulric and all who refused to acknowledge my claim as traitors. No matter -- I will raise an army of loyal subjects, who honor the memory of Pendor's royal line. If any doubt the justice of my cause, I will prove them wrong and seize Ulrics' ill-gotten crown by force. str_vaegir_rebellion_pretender_story_3|Until my rights are restored in the sight of all the lords of the North, I will endeavor to thwart my brother, that usurper and false king of glorious Ravenstern. This I have sworn upon my sword and upon the grave of our father. One day he will fall to my blade on the field of battle and his treachery will be at an end. str_khergit_rebellion_pretender_story_3|My brother thinks the D'Shar only respect strength a leader who takes what he wants, when he wants it. I think he misunderstands the spirit of our people. We admire a resolute leader, but even more, a just one. A man who does not respect his own brother's rights cannot be trusted to respect the rights of the tribes. str_nord_rebellion_pretender_story_3|Valdis believes that the men of Fierdsvain will follow a weakling oath breaker. He is wrong! We respect strength and honor. I will raise an army and take what is due me, beginning with the lands that I have won and ending with his gold in my coffers and his women in my bed! str_rhodok_rebellion_pretender_story_3|Marius defeated the D'Shar, betraying those he had hired. As a Citizen of the Empire, I am grateful for all dead D'Shar, whether they are killed by valor or treachery. Once I am Imperator, I will myself place a laurel wreath upon his head, just before I remove it from his shoulders. He has proven himself a traitor, both to the Empire and our sacred traditions. str_swadian_rebellion_monarch_response_1|Darlion thinks he should be King of Sarleon? He's nothing but a young whelp with delusions of grandeur. He has no experience in ruling a kingdom, even if his claim was valid, which it is not. My grandsires heard and dismissed his family's fabricated claims over a hundred years ago. Those claims were invalid then, and his magicked little trinket does not make them valid today. str_vaegir_rebellion_monarch_response_1|If Ursula were a man, she would no doubt have been a strong King. But, she is not a man, and no self respecting warrior of the North will follow a woman. Further, she has taken up arms as a knight. No King accorded her that honor. I outlawed that Order of hers for overstepping their authority in granting her knighthood. str_khergit_rebellion_monarch_response_1|My brother Xerxes has doubtless told you of his plan to divide the Principalities, as though it were a herd of horses. I tell you this Ever since the D'Shar were nothing more than desert goatherds, the death of every Khan has produced the same result -- lands divided, the Khan's sons at war, and in the end, the strongest held it all. I merely avoided the inevitable civil war, which would have caused unnecessary D'Shar deaths. str_nord_rebellion_monarch_response_1|Inar Ironhand? Inar Ironbrain is more apt. You may have noticed that mentally, he is not the sharpest arrow in the quiver? Yes we had duelled a few years ago, a friendly drunken test of arms during a hunting trip. I knew I would lose, he is, despite his lack of of intelligence, a very strong warrior. I offered him a boon, thinking he would ask for a sword, or a purse of gold. I was shocked sober when he demanded my title and lands. I offered him his weight in gold and three of my slave girls to entertain him, but he flatly refused, and once again demanded the Fierdsvain. str_rhodok_rebellion_monarch_response_1|No doubt Demosthenes told you that I defied hallowed Empire custom by interfering with the patricians' election of their Imperator. Let me tell you something The patricians make longwinded speeches about our ancient liberties, and pretend to deliberate. They then choose as Imperator whichever noble last sat in their villa, sipping a fine wine, while promising to overlook their leanings towards the Snake Cult. str_swadian_rebellion_monarch_response_2|This is an old dispute between our families, but it was settled long ago. It demonstrates Our justice and mercy that We have not dealt more harshly with him and his claims. Do not waste time on his fables, when there are real threats at hand, from those who would put our people to the sword without a second thought. str_vaegir_rebellion_monarch_response_2|Whatever my father may or may not have done to secure the throne does not matter. I sit upon it, and that is final. If every old claim were to be brought up anew, if every man's inheritance could be called into question at any time, then it would be the end of the institution of kingship, and we would live in a state of constant civil war. str_khergit_rebellion_monarch_response_2|Xerxes would make a fine assessor of taxes, or adjudicator of land disputes. But, can you imagine such a man as Bahadur Khan? Our neighbors would seize our land in an instant, and we D'Shar would return to starving and freezing in what was once our own great desert. str_nord_rebellion_monarch_response_2|The tradition of victory through personal combat was fine when we were landless raiders out of Vanskerry and our survival depended upon our strength of arms. Today, our survival requires both strength and cunning. Inar has the cunning of a dead fish. My duty is to the Fierdsvain and my people, to my thegns who require gold and women to keep them happy. I tolerate this fool magnanimously, but if he presses his claim by force, I will teach him and his followers the difference between a war leader and a Koningur. str_rhodok_rebellion_monarch_response_2|The only liberty that concerns the Empire citizens is the liberty to grow fat. To protect them, my men sleep in the open, eating dry bread and salt fish, scanning the horizon for burning villages. They shed their blood to keep the caravan routes open. Whenever I meet a merchant who limps from a Jatu lance, a D'Shar arrow-wound or a Fierdsvain sword-stroke, then I say, 'Here's a man whose counsel is worth taking.' str_none|None str_item_pool_no_items|There are currently no items in the item pool. str_item_pool_one_item|There is one item left in the item pool. str_item_pool_many_items|There are {reg20} items left in the item pool. str_item_pool_abandon|Abandon the items in the item pool and continue. str_item_pool_leave|Done. str_hero_not_upgrading_armor|not upgrading my armor str_hero_upgrading_armor|upgrading my own armor str_hero_not_upgrading_horse|not upgrading my horses str_hero_upgrading_horse|upgrading my own horses str_hero_wpn_slot_none|Keep current ({s10}) str_hero_wpn_slot_horse|Horse str_hero_wpn_slot_one_handed|One-handed Weapon str_hero_wpn_slot_two_handed|Two-handed Weapon str_hero_wpn_slot_polearm_all|Polearms str_hero_wpn_slot_arrows|Arrows str_hero_wpn_slot_bolts|Bolts str_hero_wpn_slot_shield|Shield str_hero_wpn_slot_bow|Bow str_hero_wpn_slot_crossbow|Crossbow str_hero_wpn_slot_throwing|Throwing Weapon str_rumor_bonus_traveler_1|I came across this map to a hidden stash in Rane. I cannot retrieve it, so if you are interested I will sell it to you for a mere 200 denars. str_rumor_bonus_traveler_2|I obtained some information regarding a hidden chest in Rane. For 200 denars I can give you the location. Interested? str_rumor_bonus_traveler_3|I came across this map to a hidden chest in Rane. I cannot travel there myself, so if you are interested I will sell it to you for a mere 200 denars. str_rumor_bonus_traveler_4|I was given a map to a hidden chest in Rane. I cannot retrieve it myself, so if you are interested I will sell it to you for a mere 200 denars. str_rumor_bonus_traveler_5|I have a map that I would sell to you for 200 denars. It shows the location of a hidden cache in Rane that may have items which you could use. Interested? str_rumor_bonus_traveler_6|I came across this map to a hidden stash in Valonbray. I cannot retrieve it, so if you are interested I will sell it to you for a mere 200 denars. str_rumor_bonus_traveler_7|I obtained some information regarding a hidden chest in Valonbray. For 200 denars I can give you the location. Interested? str_rumor_bonus_traveler_8|I came across this map to a hidden chest in Valonbray. I cannot travel there myself, so if you are interested I will sell it to you for a mere 200 denars. str_rumor_bonus_traveler_9|I was given a map to a hidden chest in Valonbray. I cannot retrieve it myself, so if you are interested I will sell it to you for a mere 200 denars. str_rumor_bonus_traveler_10|I have acquired a map which I could sell to you for 200 denars. It shows the location of a hidden cache in Valonbray that may have items which you could use. Interested? str_rumor_bonus_traveler_11|I came across this rare map to a hidden Red Brotherhood treasure cache. I don't want to fight the Red Brotherhood myself, so if you are interested I will sell it to you for a mere 200 denars. str_rumor_bonus_traveler_12|I have acquired a map which I could sell to you for 200 denars. It shows the location of a hidden Red Brotherhood treasure cache that may have very valuable items. Interested? str_rumor_talk_burilgi_1|He heard talk of a gathering of many tribes in the desert. str_rumor_talk_burilgi_2|He said that the D'Shar tribes whisper of uniting in support of some desert prophet who is supposedly in the grip of holy madness. str_rumor_talk_burilgi_3|He overheard people talk of the Prophet of the Desert and some say that the Usurper will put to the torch all that he deems unclean. str_rumor_talk_burilgi_4|He said that people are talking of a strange prophet gathering strength in the desert. str_rumor_talk_burilgi_5|Tales abound of a mad Prophet uniting numerous D'Shar tribesmen who are coming from the deep desert. str_rumor_talk_burilgi_6|People are talking of some madman in the deep desert who is allegedly stirring up the D'Shar. I hear the Bahadur Khan is most annoyed about the situation str_rumor_talk_burilgi_7|He encountered a band of D'Shar warriors heading into the deep desert to join a prophet named Burilgi. They were very intent and seemed in a hurry. str_rumor_talk_burilgi_8|He has heard that the desert Usurper Burilgi is reputed to use some kind of drug to enslave his followers. He deprives them of it before a battle, and they fight like wild beasts, because if they do not win, he tells them they will have no more of it. str_rumor_talk_burilgi_9|He came upon a camp of young men who were hunting for their relatives, nary a one over twelve years of age. They said that their fathers and brothers had deserted their clan to seek the Holy Prophet of the Desert. str_rumor_talk_burilgi_10|He came upon a poorly-dressed wanderer in his travels, who said he was the Herald of Burilgi the Destroyer. I am not sure who this Buriligi is, but he sounds ominous. str_rumor_talk_burilgi_11|He heard rumors that someone called Buriligi has gone mad from his religious beliefs, and foams at the mouth in a frenzy when he addresses his followers. str_rumor_talk_burilgi_12|He has overheard talk in the D'Shar Territories that Buriligi the Usurper never leaves his desert, but woe betide those who venture over the river near Torbah without his permission. str_rumor_talk_burilgi_13|He was accosted by two women calling themselves 徹men Seekers・ wanting to know if he had seen a white hawk. They said that they were on a vision quest given to them by the Desert Usurper. Very odd, don't you think? str_rumor_talk_burilgi_14|He spotted three women dressed for battle on swift steeds. They were riding into the desert at a full gallop. str_rumor_talk_alaric_1|He came across a group of men driving wagons filled with casks of ale, asking if he knew the whereabouts of Alaric von Brouhaha. str_rumor_talk_alaric_2|He said that there have been rumors of an uprising of sorts, with deserters and bandits joining an upstart bandit lord. str_rumor_talk_alaric_3|He came across a group of women in a wagon who were looking for the camp of the Glorious Army of Ale Drinkers. I have never heard of such a thing! str_rumor_talk_alaric_4|He encountered several peasants with sickles, hunting knives and pitchforks who were looking to join the army of Alaric Von Brouhaha. str_rumor_talk_alaric_5|The farmers and commoners are talking excitedly of a peasant general named Alaric who is challenging the King! str_rumor_talk_alaric_6|Two scouts stopped him and asked him about the whereabouts of the bloody outlaw Aleric Von Brouhaha. Of course he had no idea. str_rumor_talk_alaric_7|He was camped for a few days with a band of outlaws, who were debating whether or not to join the famous outlaw Alaric Von Brouhaha. str_rumor_talk_alaric_8|He came across three very inebriated soldiers, who found, got drunk, and subsequently lost the whereabouts of the camp of Alaric Von Brouhaha. str_rumor_talk_alaric_9|He claimed to have encountered someone named Alaric Von Brouhaha and was not allowed to escape until he was drunk to the point of illness. What a ridiculous tale! str_rumor_talk_alaric_10|He heard from a trader that someone named Alaric Von Brouhaha had raised an army of peasant rabble, complete with torches and pitchforks and drunk to boot. Preposterous! str_rumor_talk_alaric_11|He passed through a village which was almost deserted. One old man still there said that most of the villagers had left to join Alaric Von Brouhaha. str_rumor_talk_alaric_12|Alaric von Brouhaha drank every drop of ale in the inn yesterday, and there is none to be had here tonight. What a sot that peasant is! str_rumor_talk_wolfbode_1|He heard that one Wolfbode the Slayer claims that his god, Vejovis, visited him in a vision, and told him he would be his instrument to reclaim all Ravenstern for the Mystmountain clans. str_rumor_talk_wolfbode_2|He told me that Wolfbode the Slayer not only leads an army of his barbarian clansmen, but also recruits bandits and outlaws to fight for him. He promises them land in Ravenstern as a reward. str_rumor_talk_wolfbode_3|He said that merchants in the Ravenstern market whisper that Wolfbode the Slayer has sworn to eliminate every man, woman and child in Ravenstern, because that land belongs to his people, and only the clans may dwell there. str_rumor_talk_wolfbode_4|He heard from a trader that he saw a great army, led by a barbarian chief, just past Poinsbruk. He ran for his life and barely escaped them. He said the army seemed immense. str_rumor_talk_wolfbode_5|He laughed, and said a knight had told him that King Gregory soils his armor at the very thought of facing Wolfbode the Slayer. Hah, that is likely not the only foe he fears. He is probably even more afraid of Madam Ursula. str_rumor_talk_wolfbode_6|He said the Garrison Commander of Rane is reinforcing their troops, in case Wolfbode the Slayer attacks them. Bah, the clans do not besiege towns, they are just barbarian Raiders. str_rumor_talk_wolfbode_7|His story was of an outlaw, who told him that he deserted the army of Wolfbode the Slayer, because he thinks Wolfbode is insane. He supposedly claims to be possessed by that Mystmountain cat god, Vejovis. A likely story! str_rumor_talk_wolfbode_8|I heard a bandit say he heard Wolfbode the Slayer boast that his hand was guided by his god, Vejovis, who had promised him that all Ravenstern would soon belong to those bloody barbarian clans. str_rumor_talk_wolfbode_9|He said an acquaintance of his, a Ranger, told him that his entire warband was wiped out in less than ten minutes by the army of Wolfbode the Slayer. His Lord, of course, bought his own life with the lives of his men, who covered his retreat. str_rumor_talk_wolfbode_10|Rumor hath it that the Mystmountain Clans are united under a great warrior, Wolfbode the Slayer, who intends to conquer all Ravenstern for his people. str_rumor_talk_wolfbode_11|He was informed that even UllrVetr may fear the incursions of Wolfbode the Slayer into Ravenstern, for his god, Vejovis, fights with his army in the form of a ferocious mountain cat. str_rumor_talk_wolfbode_12|He told of a savage barbarian army, led by one Wolfbode the Slayer. He is reputed to be somewhere at large just above Ravenstern in the mountains. str_rumor_talk_wolfbode_13|He said that many mountain men, outlaws and bandits are flocking to the banner of a Mysmountain hero named Wolfbode. str_rumor_talk_wolfbode_14|He said that there have been many sightings of barbarian scouting parties which, in the past has been a sign of impending invasion. str_rumor_talk_wolfbode_15|He said that in Poinsbruk three women were abducted by a barbarian raiding party right under the watch commanders nose. Rumors are that it was Wolfbode himself who sneaked into the town. str_rumor_talk_kjuda_1|He said that a Sarleon militiaman discovered the bodies of some knights who had tangled with K'Juda the Ravager. Before they were tortured to death, their eyes had been gouged out. str_rumor_talk_kjuda_2|He heard tell that even the Jatu fear K'Juda the Ravager, because he executes his own men when he is angry, without warning. I wonder that anyone rides with him, if that is how he behaves to his own men! str_rumor_talk_kjuda_3|He said that one of the militia told him that they had captured a lone Jatu, who said one known as K'Juda the Ravager intended to unite all the Jatu tribes and move against Ravenstern. str_rumor_talk_kjuda_4|He heard from a trader how he came upon a band of dead Noldor in the forest. There was a javelin stuck in one of them, holding a proclamation from someone named K'Juda, stating that all Noldor would meet the same fate shortly. str_rumor_talk_kjuda_5|He overheard some Sarleon knights talking about a battle they had seen between the Noldor and some Jatu fellow. They said even the Noldor could not stand against the overwhelming forces of the Jatu. str_rumor_talk_kjuda_6|He heard rumors in Poinsbruk that the Jatu are being forcibly united under the banner of one K'Juda, called 'the Ravager' for his fearsome rages. str_rumor_talk_kjuda_7|He heard that a trader from Senderfall was here getting drunk last night. He had abandoned all his goods and fled from a pack of Jatu warriors led by someone called 'K'Juda.' str_rumor_talk_kjuda_8|He encountered a traveler a few nights back, ashen-pale and trembling. He said he had seen that Jatu, K'Juda, torturing a group of Ravenstern knights for information on Poinsbruk's defenses. He heard the screams from a furlong away. str_rumor_talk_kjuda_9|He has heard that K'Juda, that evil Jatu warlord, claims to be the earthly embodiment of the Jatu god, Indar. A fine god he must be - the Jatu claim he shoots them in the back in battle, if he thinks they are cowards. str_rumor_talk_kjuda_10|He heard that some of the Jatu are hiding out from K'Juda the Ravager, a Jatu warlord who plans to forcibly unite them all, and field them against the Sarleon army. str_rumor_talk_kjuda_11|He said that a fellow he knew, who sometimes trades with the Jatu tribes, says that soon they will take over Ravenstern, because their Lord, K'Juda, has promised them Indar will secure their Victory. str_rumor_talk_kjuda_12|He was told the Jatu are in turmoil just now, because not all of them wish to do the bidding of some warlord called 'K'Juda the Ravager.' Charming name, would you not say? str_rumor_talk_kjuda_13|He heard a trader say that the only good thing he ever heard about K'Juda the Ravager is his talent for killing Noldor, or so they say in Laria. They say he has a magic bow and never misses his target. str_rumor_talk_kjuda_14|He heard that K'Juda the Jatu likes to mount Noldor heads on poles outside his tent. I heard he had dozens of skulls there now. str_rumor_talk_kjuda_15|He heard that K'Juda the Ravager likes to inflict pain on his captives by torturing them. He likes to hear them scream for days before they finally die. str_rumor_talk_zulkar_1|he heard some Sarleon knights say that, for all Warlord Zulkar is a damned Jatu, he fights like a brave and honorable man. str_rumor_talk_zulkar_2|He heard the Jatu are voluntarily uniting under a powerful warlord, called Zulkar. He has promised to restore what the Jatu deem their 'lost glory.' str_rumor_talk_zulkar_3|He said that a rumor has it that the Jatu Warlord, Zulkar, fights more fiercely than a cornered lion. His skills are supposedly unsurpassed. str_rumor_talk_zulkar_4|He said that some say even the Noldor tread carefully when Warlord Zulkar is in their vicinity. As you doubtless know, the Jatu despise the Noldor. str_rumor_talk_zulkar_5|He heard from a Ravenstern Warden that the forces of Warlord Zulkar grow larger by the week, and that he plans to take all Pendor for his tribes to roam. str_rumor_talk_zulkar_6|He heard that Warlord Zulkar has whipped yet another of the Noldor Warbands. At this rate, he'll pitch his tent in the hidden Elven city before they know it. str_rumor_talk_zulkar_7|He heard that Warlord Zulkar has an honor guard so fierce that none can get past them. Of course, even if they did, there would still be Zulkar to deal with! str_rumor_talk_zulkar_8|He said that when the Jatu grow restless, they quote a proverb that tells of a Warlord of warlords who will arise to lead them. From what I hear, it has come to pass. str_rumor_talk_zulkar_9|He repeated that old saying, 'When the Jatu unite in force, trouble is on the hoof!' As per rumors in Laria, that is happening now. str_rumor_talk_zulkar_10|He said that even the Noldor fear the ferocity of Warlord Zulkar, though they grudgingly respect his battle prowess. str_rumor_talk_zulkar_11|He said that some hot-headed young Sarleon lords took on Warlord Zulkar not long ago. They will not be fielding armies again anytime soon, I would warrant. str_rumor_talk_zulkar_12|He has heard rumors that the Jatu, Warlord Zulkar, is at large upon the Jatu hills and plains, sweeping all before him with his powerful force. str_rumor_talk_zulkar_13|He heard that King Ulric fears Warlord Zulkar will own all Sarleon one day. str_rumor_talk_zulkar_14|He heard a story from a lone Ravenstern Ranger who was in a battle with the Jatu Warlord Zulkar. The Ranger fired an arrow from 50 paces at Zulkar and was certain that it would slay him. Zulkar caught the arrow with his hand, snapped it in two and continued fighting. str_rumor_talk_zulkar_15|He heard rumors that the Lords of Ravenstern are organizing a very large troop of Knights of the Dragon to deal with Warlord Zulkar. str_rumor_talk_oswald_1|He was informed by a reliable source that an Adventuring company, headed by one Oswald de Fleur, is causing great trouble in the Fierdsvain. str_rumor_talk_oswald_2|He has heard on the grapevine that the Ravenstern Lords will not challenge Oswald de Fleur, because they are afraid of him. str_rumor_talk_oswald_3|He asked if I had heard of Oswald de Fleur. He said that if you run into his company, never challenge him - you'll surely come to grief if you do. str_rumor_talk_oswald_4|He said that a Ravenstern trader told him that he had lost four caravans now to an adventure company led by Oswald de Fleur. His raiding has increased in frequency and the traders are furious. str_rumor_talk_oswald_5|He said that the Fierdsvain farmers have petitioned the Koningur to eliminate an adventurer known as Oswald de Fleur. He has raided their villages repeatedly. str_rumor_talk_oswald_6|He said that rumor hath it that even the Vanskerry Raiders prefer to avoid that adventurer, Oswald de Fleur. His shield is covered in the flayed skin of a Vanskerry Jarl, I've heard. str_rumor_talk_oswald_7|He said that one of the Ravenstern Warders told him that both the Koningur and King Gregory have offered a fine reward for the head of one Oswald de Fleur. str_rumor_talk_oswald_8|He mentioned that if rumor does not lie, Oswald de Fleur just defeated a group of Vanskerry Raiders three times the size of his own company. str_rumor_talk_oswald_9|He said that Oswald de Fleur, the mercenary Adventuring Company captain, usually deploys his men in small groups, but when they combine, beware! str_rumor_talk_oswald_10|He said that he encountered Oswald de Fleur and some of his men last week. They are a really scary lot. str_rumor_talk_oswald_11|He said that with just one glance from his cold, dead eyes, Oswald de Fleur can stop the boldest warrior in his tracks. str_rumor_talk_oswald_12|He said that if you have occasion to hire Oswald de Fleur, it is very wise to pay him exactly as agreed. He told a dreadful tale of what happens to those who cross him. str_rumor_talk_oswald_13|He heard a rumor that the Adventuring Companies under Oswald de Fleur have been summoned to unite for a secret mission. str_rumor_talk_oswald_14|He said that he ran into several landless Knights sent by Oswald de Fleur to discover the whereabouts of someone named {playername}. Would that be you? str_rumor_talk_oswald_15|He said that he encountered a squire who was in the service of Oswald de Fleur and had been summoned to join a large mercenary company forming near Windholm. str_rumor_talk_meregan_1|He said that company run by Meregan Kierlic has some damned hot women in it, but those lassies will kill you in a blink, if you offend them. str_rumor_talk_meregan_2|He has heard rumors that Meregan Kierlic, leader of the Griffonsword Company, would sell his own mother into slavery, if he could make a few denars on the deal. str_rumor_talk_meregan_3|He heard that an Empire Lord is now completely bankrupt from paying his ransom to Meregan Kierlic. str_rumor_talk_meregan_4|He told me that Meregan Kierlic researches the assets of the Fierdsvain Lords, so he knows to the last denar what to charge them for ransom. str_rumor_talk_meregan_5|He said that the Legionnaires would dearly love to get their hands on Meregan Kierlic. He captured twenty of their number and sold them into slavery because they refused to join his company. str_rumor_talk_meregan_6|He said that the Griffonsword Company will hire out for the right price, but you cannot trust them to stay loyal. str_rumor_talk_meregan_7|He had heard that those women in the Griffonsword Company, whew! They are as deadly as they are beautiful. Certainly, some of them are lookers, all right. str_rumor_talk_meregan_8|He heard that when an Empire Lord tried to engage the Griffonsword Company, Meregan Kierlic demanded 10,000 denars up front. When the Lord refused, he backhanded him and stalked from the hall. str_rumor_talk_meregan_9|He heard that the Griffonsword Company is apparently on a rampage in the Fierdsvain again. Supposedly, Meregan Kierlic is annoyed with the Koningur about something. str_rumor_talk_meregan_10|He said that the ladies of the Griffonsword Company are amazingly beautiful! And every one of them is a hardened killer, so I am told. str_rumor_talk_meregan_11|He heard a group of Maiden Noble deserted to join the Griffonsword Company because Meregan Kierlic treats all his troops equally, whether they be men or women. str_rumor_talk_meregan_12|He said that one of the Empire Lords decided to raid a caravan guarded by the Griffonsword Company. He will not try that again, I hear, even if he does recover from his wounds. str_rumor_talk_meregan_13|He said that he ran into a warrior missing his nose. One of the warrior women in the Griffonsword Company cut it off because he made lewd gestures to her in a tavern. str_rumor_talk_meregan_14|He said that he met a Maiden Noble who left the service of her lord to join the ranks of the Griffonsword Company. str_rumor_talk_meregan_15|He heard a rumor that the Empire Legionnaires are preferred targets of the women from the Griffonsword Company. Each Maiden Noble carries a small pouch on her belt, where she keeps her 'Legionnaire souvenirs'. str_rumor_talk_kodan_1|He said that every bandit in Pendor knows better than to attack a caravan escorted by Kodan Ironsword. Even the Vanskerry Raiders avoid him, and with good cause, from what I hear. str_rumor_talk_kodan_2|He has heard the local merchants are squealing like stuck pigs over the latest depredations of Kodan Ironsword. He has raided nine caravans in the last week, because the merchants refused to pay him 'protection' gold. str_rumor_talk_kodan_3|He said that, despite the fact that the Ironsword Company is largely composed of Vanskerry Raiders, the Lords all hire him to escort their wives when they travel. He's said to faithfully honor his oath to protect them. str_rumor_talk_kodan_4|He heard that the Koningur is thinking about hiring Kodan Ironsword to protect the coastal villages. I guess he figures it takes a pack of Vanskerry Raiders to beat another pack of them! str_rumor_talk_kodan_5|He heard that if you want protection from the Vanskerry Raiders, the Ironsword Company is what you need. That is nothing more than fighting fire with fire, in my opinion. str_rumor_talk_kodan_6|He said that a pack of Vanskerries in the Ironsword Company damned near wrecked the Valonbray tavern last week. Kodan Ironsword himself cannot control them when they drink. str_rumor_talk_kodan_7|He said that he had heard of an Vanskerry warband calling themselves the Ironsword Company. Apparently it is led by Kodan Ironsword, who is said to be more ferocious than a rabid bear. str_rumor_talk_kodan_8|He heard that the Koningur told some merchants who complained about the Ironsword Company just to pay off Kodan and shut up about it. At least, if they pay, their shipments will arrive. str_rumor_talk_kodan_9|He heard that most of the Fierdsvain Lords walk most carefully around Kodan Ironsword. He is reputed to be very quick to take offense at a careless comment. str_rumor_talk_kodan_10|He heard that fifty Vanskerry Raiders happened to see Kodan Ironsword's company headed towards them, and tripped over themselves getting back to their longboats. str_rumor_talk_kodan_11|He said the Koningur is already regretting paying off Kodan Ironsword, because he has now demanded an increase in pay, and hinted that lack of compliance will prove very costly to the Fierdsvain. str_rumor_talk_kodan_12|He heard that the Ironsword Company raided a fishing village and carried off every female there between the ages of twelve and twenty. I pity those poor girls from the bottom of my heart, indeed I do. str_rumor_talk_kodan_13|He said that if you run across the Ironsword Company, smile and pay what Kodan demands. You will live longer that way. str_rumor_talk_kodan_14|He said that he heard rumors about the amazing rune encrusted sword wielded by Kodan Ironsword, which can slice through armor like a hot knife through butter. str_rumor_talk_kodan_15|He heard rumors that the Vanskerry raiders have united under a Jarl named Kodan Ironsword who has formed them up as an Adventure Company. Who would have thought that? str_rumor_talk_syla_1|He has heard there is a new danger to watch out for in Sarleon, one Syla Uzas. He is reputed to kill just for the fun of it. str_rumor_talk_syla_2|He said that Syla Uzas is the most dangerous Rogue Knight plaguing Sarleon these days. He kills without mercy, and laughs as he does it. str_rumor_talk_syla_3|He says that rumor has it that Syla Uzas looted and burned an entire camp in the D'Shar Territories, because the peasants did not have sufficient supplies on hand to placate him. str_rumor_talk_syla_4|He has heard that the wisest course to follow with Syla Uzas is to avoid him like the plague. He is very, very dangerous. str_rumor_talk_syla_5|He said that a trader told him that Syla Uzas captured his caravan, killed all his guards and then left him stripped of even his clothes, to travel alone to the nearest town. str_rumor_talk_syla_6|If what he says about Syla Uzas is true, I would greatly fear to meet him. He is reputed to be a complete sociopath without a shred of mercy in him. str_rumor_talk_syla_7|He said that he heard from a trader from Avendor that Syla Uzas was at large near there, and all the villagers are screaming to their lords for protection from him. str_rumor_talk_syla_8|He has heard tell that even Kodan Ironsword avoids a fight with that lot of murderers led by Syla Uzas. I cannot imagine what could frighten a man like Kodan, and I prefer not to! str_rumor_talk_syla_9|He said that he was informed that even the Vanskerry Raiders run from Syla Uzas, because he has killed so many of their numbers. str_rumor_talk_syla_10|He heard that Syla Uzas is so fearsome that he puts new meaning into the name 'Rogue Knight.' That is certainly saying something. str_rumor_talk_syla_11|He said that he has heard that most people who see Syla Uzas coming immediately run the other way. He is utterly terrifying. str_rumor_talk_syla_12|He has heard people say that Syla Uzas likes to cut his enemies into little pieces and toss them into the sea. str_rumor_talk_syla_13|He said that he witnessed the legendary warrior, Syla Uzas, take on three rogue knights at once and defeat them all. str_rumor_talk_syla_14|He has heard that Syla Uzas is gathering knights to overthrow King Ulric of Sarleon. str_rumor_talk_syla_15|He has heard tell of a rogue knight named Syla Uzas who is both ruthless and entirely merciless in his quest for power and fame. str_rumor_talk_shalavan_1|He heard tell that a D'Shar Sheik was outlawed and is assembling an army of outlaw raiders on the D'Shar plains. str_rumor_talk_shalavan_2|He heard about the latest D'Shar blood feud. Some sheik or other was outlawed by the Bahadur Khan, and has sworn revenge against him. str_rumor_talk_shalavan_3|He heard that some D'Shar Sheik, Slaverer, or something like that, has begun to unite the D'Shar Outlaw Raiders against the Bahadur Khan. str_rumor_talk_shalavan_4|He said he heard in Torbah that the Bahadur Khan beheaded a man for joking about Sheik Shalavan in his presence. I guess it was not a very good joke, ha ha. str_rumor_talk_shalavan_5|He heard that the D'Shar outlaws are far bolder now that they follow Sheik Shalavan. Many of the D'Shar settlements fear them. str_rumor_talk_shalavan_6|He said that some D'Shar bandit has christened himself a 'Sheik' and has begun building an army out of the rabble in the D'Shar Territories str_rumor_talk_shalavan_7|He heard the Bahadur Khan sits uneasily on his throne, because some D'Shar rebel called Shalavan has sworn to take it from him. str_rumor_talk_shalavan_8|He said that one of the D'Shar horse merchants was in here the other day, and said that he almost lost his string on the way, to some raiders led by some bandit sheik or other. str_rumor_talk_shalavan_9|He heard on the grapevine that the D'Shar Khans may stop fighting amongst themselves long enough to mount a campaign against Sheik Shalavan. I doubt their truce will last very long. str_rumor_talk_shalavan_10|He heard in Nal Tar that Rafiq Bey was accosted by Sheik Shalavan, who demanded that he pay him tribute. That old tightwad would rather die than spend his gold, so I doubt he forked over a single denar. str_rumor_talk_shalavan_11|He said that word is that caravans to the D'Shar territories need an army as escort, else they never reach their destinations. Some sheik has taken to robbing every one that passes. str_rumor_talk_shalavan_12|He said that if gossip does not lie, there's real trouble brewing in the D'Shar Territories. Some fellow called Sheik Shalavan has an army of D'Shar Raiders poised to try for the throne. str_rumor_talk_shalavan_13|He said that he has seen many defections among the various tribes' warriors to join this outlaw D'Shar Sheik called Shalavan. str_rumor_talk_shalavan_14|He said that many Torbah warriors have left the Bahadur Khan to embrace the old ways of desert raiders under the banner of Sheik Shalavan. str_rumor_talk_shalavan_15|He said that Sheik Shalavan is recruiting Windriders from the various D'Shar tribes to overthrow Kadan Bahadur Khan. str_rumor_talk_boris_1|He heard tell of an army of vicious knights, led by one Boris the Raven, as he is known. It is said their savagery in battle is unrivaled. str_rumor_talk_boris_2|He said they wielded their morningstars so well that none could defeat them, and Boris the Raven is the strongest of them all! str_rumor_talk_boris_3|He heard from a knight that the only sane action, if you run across Boris the Raven, is to run like hell for your life. He does not take prisoners. str_rumor_talk_boris_4|He said that Boris the Raven fancies himself the greatest knight in Pendor, and challenges everyone he meets. He always wins, too. str_rumor_talk_boris_5|He said that a trader he knows witnessed the aftermath of a great battle between a Ravenstern Lord and Boris the Raven. The corpses lay thick on the ground str_rumor_talk_boris_6|He said that a knight of Senderfall told him that fighting Boris the Raven was an exercise in utter futility. An army twice the size of his cannot defeat him. str_rumor_talk_boris_7|He said that Boris the Raven rarely takes prisoners, but prefers to kill the wounded after a battle. He says wounded prisoners are too much trouble to keep alive. str_rumor_talk_boris_8|He informed me that an army, led by the infamous Boris the Raven, is now at large, ravaging the countryside. The Ravenstern Lords all fear him. str_rumor_talk_boris_9|He heard that the King himself fears to tackle Boris the Raven, because he becomes stronger daily, and the King fears a humiliating defeat. str_rumor_talk_boris_10|He heard from a traveling priest that Boris the Raven boasts that he will have Ravenstern first, then take all Pendor. str_rumor_talk_boris_11|He talked to a trader who was in the tavern where Boris the Raven was entertaining his men. He said that Boris was looking to challenge someone named {playername}. Looks like you caught the attention of someone interesting. str_rumor_talk_boris_12|He said that a tavernkeeper told him that Boris the Raven's favorite toast is 'To death, destruction and victory with no survivors.' He sounds very dangerous to me. str_rumor_talk_boris_13|He heard rumors that Boris the Raven has eyes of two different colors, one black, the other light blue. He stands 7 feet tall and can break a man in half with ease. str_rumor_talk_boris_14|He heard that Boris the Raven broke with the tradition of the Knights of the Raven Spear and now has created a schism in the Order. Dozens of those Knights have sworn allegiance to him! str_rumor_talk_boris_15|He has heard that Boris the Raven and his Rogue Knights are the best in all of Pendor. They can take any castle with their siege crossbows and heavy armor! str_rumor_talk_aeldarian_1|He said the Noldor were fighting under a new warlord, name of Aeldarian, or something like that. The Noldor always mean trouble. str_rumor_talk_aeldarian_2|He said that a trader told him about a Noldor Warlord, Aeldarian, who has no patience with human encroachments onto their turf. str_rumor_talk_aeldarian_3|He said that one of the Empire Lords had a dust-up with the Noldor, and had the bad luck to run into Warlord Aeldarian. He was badly beaten. str_rumor_talk_aeldarian_4|He has heard that the Noldor Aeldarian is reputed to hate the Jatu more than the other humans in Pendor. He shows them no mercy. str_rumor_talk_aeldarian_5|He has heard that Noldor warlord, Aeldarian, won't ransom prisoners when he takes them. He forces his prisoners to join him or die. str_rumor_talk_aeldarian_6|He came across two militiaman who said they chased some forest bandits into Noldor territory, but did not follow them. He figured Warlord Aeldarian would take care of them. str_rumor_talk_aeldarian_7|He heard that one of the Noldor warlords despises humans and won't tolerate their presence in Noldor territory. str_rumor_talk_aeldarian_8|He said that the traders no longer travel through the woods near Laria, because with Warlord Aelderian patrolling the woodlands, the Noldor have gotten extremely aggressive in defense of their territory. str_rumor_talk_aeldarian_9|He said that rumor has it that Warlord Aeldarian laughs in glee each time one Pendor faction declares war on another. He would be happy if we all killed each other, if rumor does not lie. str_rumor_talk_aeldarian_10|He heard from a wounded forest bandit that Warlord Aeldarian's warband killed forty of their number in the woods outside Laria. str_rumor_talk_aeldarian_11|He said the Noldor, under Warlord Aeldarian, have been mixing it up with the Jatu again. If the story I heard is true, the Jatu had the worst of it. str_rumor_talk_aeldarian_12|He said that if we travel through the woods outside Laria, take care. He has heard that the Noldor Warlord, Aeldarian challenges all who venture there. str_rumor_talk_aeldarian_13|He has heard the Noldor are venturing more boldly into the Empire, these days, under the leadership of someone named Aeldarion. str_rumor_talk_aeldarian_14|He has heard that Aeldarian, the famous Noldor Warlord, has a wonderous bow in his possession. Thunder echoes when he fires an arrow. str_rumor_talk_aeldarian_15|He heard that the Noldor, led by the Warlord Aeldarian, are raiding the Jatu for their horses. I wonder why they want Jatu animals, when their own are so fast. str_rumor_talk_ithilrandir_1|He was told that Ithilrandir, the Noldor, is not as anti-human as most of his ilk. str_rumor_talk_ithilrandir_2|He heard from a bowman that he was released by Ithilrandir after his Lord lost a battle to him. Honor of that sort from a Noldor is rare. str_rumor_talk_ithilrandir_3|He heard the Noldor have another warlord, one Ithilrandir, who seems to be more tolerant towards our kind than most of his cohorts. str_rumor_talk_ithilrandir_4|He said that in the Empire, word is that Marius is grateful for the assistance provided by a Noldor Warlord, Ithilrandir, in the fight against the Snake Cult. str_rumor_talk_ithilrandir_5|He heard the King in Sarleon has backed off on fighting the Noldor, because they are fighting the Jatu, and that benefits us all. str_rumor_talk_ithilrandir_6|He heard that the Noldor Warlord, Ithilrandir, is a just and honorable man, if you can call a Noldor a 'man.' They really are not fully human at all. str_rumor_talk_ithilrandir_7|He said that a bard told him that the Noldor came from some island far from Pendor, that they themselves destroyed by magic, even though they have no real magic now. str_rumor_talk_ithilrandir_8|He said that word from Laria is that Ithilrandir, some Noldor warlord, has just about eliminated all the forest bandits in the Woods of Laria. str_rumor_talk_ithilrandir_9|He heard in Poinsbruk that a Noldor Warlord, Ithilrandir, chased a band of Jatu damned near to the Poinsbruk city gates. str_rumor_talk_ithilrandir_10|He heard that in the Empire, a lot of the villagers like the Noldor, and that Warlord Ithilrandir recruits in the villages there, when the Lords are not looking. str_rumor_talk_ithilrandir_11|He said that a Ranger told him that the Noldor Rangers are absolutely amazing. He claims their range and accuracy is uncanny. str_rumor_talk_ithilrandir_12|He heard that if you rescue Noldor prisoners and free them, that Ithilrandir will reward you with unchallenged passage through the Woods of Laria. str_rumor_talk_ithilrandir_13|He said that the Noldor look down on humans because they think us no better than uncivilized animals. They think mighty well of themselves, they do. str_rumor_talk_ithilrandir_14|He said that he has seen the Noldor Warlord Ithilrandir draw his bow and slay a fully armored knight with a single arrow. Such news makes me uneasy. str_rumor_talk_ithilrandir_15|He said that a Knight from Laria who challenged the Noldor Ithilrandir was cut in two with a single slash of his massive two-handed sword. I did not know that such a feat was even possible. str_rumor_talk_eyegrim_1|He said that a wounded knight told him a terrifying tale of creatures whose faces resembled rotten meat, led by a fearsome creature called Eyegrim the Devourer. str_rumor_talk_eyegrim_2|He said that a limping bandit told him his men had run across a hideous creature called Eyegrim the Devourer. He barely escaped with his life, and more than thirty of his mates were slain. Their horrible screams could be heard for miles. str_rumor_talk_eyegrim_3|He said that a troubadour told him that the army of Eyegrim the Devourer eats the corpses of their slain foes. Eyegrim is said to pull the hearts from still-living captives because he prefers his meat fresh. str_rumor_talk_eyegrim_4|He heard from a healer that it is almost impossible to heal wounds inflicted by Eyegrim the Devourer. He coats his weapons in poisonous filth that causes the wounds to rot. str_rumor_talk_eyegrim_5|He heard that the Snake Cult Priestesses fear Eyegrimm the Devourer, for his followers can best even their Anaconda Knights. str_rumor_talk_eyegrim_6|He heard that a fearsome army of undead, led by one Eyegrim the Devourer, has invaded Pendor. As if we do not have trouble enough here already. str_rumor_talk_eyegrim_7|He heard that the peasants in the Fierdsvain guard their graveyards now, for fear that Eyegrim the Devourer will raise their dead for his army. str_rumor_talk_eyegrim_8|He encountered a trader who came across a knight missing one arm, dying where he lay. He told the trader that Eyegrim the Devourer had torn off his arm and eaten it before his very eyes. str_rumor_talk_eyegrim_9|He heard that a D'Shar Khan is rumored to thank his god, Vata, daily that his horse was fleet enough to outrun Eyegrim the Devourer. His warband perished defending his retreat. str_rumor_talk_eyegrim_10|He said that rumors tell of a D'Shar tribal camp overrun by Eyegrim the Devourer and his army. It stands empty now because Eyegrim and his army ate every last man, woman and child in it, some while they were still alive. str_rumor_talk_eyegrim_11|He said that even the Bahadur Khan himself pisses his armor in fear, when he has word that Eyegrim the Devourer is in D'Shar territory. str_rumor_talk_eyegrim_12|He heard rumors that Eyegrim the Devourer had boasted that he looked forward to meeting someone called {playername}, because he fancied eating the still-beating hearts of brave warriors. str_rumor_talk_eyegrim_13|He heard some nobles curse those Heretics to a fiery eternity for summoning the unstoppable Eyegrim the Devourer. str_rumor_talk_eyegrim_14|He heard that the Heretics were trying to summon a very strong demon called Eyegrim the Devourer to this world. Gods help us if they are successful! str_rumor_talk_eyegrim_15|He said that he met a Heretic Confessor, alone and clearly frightened, racing for the mountains to escape the Heretic priests' nefarious plans. The Confessor was unaware of their plan initially, but once he heard of it, deserted to save not only his life but his very soul! str_rumor_talk_dread_1|He said that a trader came across a dying Legionnaire, whose last words were of a fearsome Legion, led by the Snake Cult, so large he could not count their numbers. str_rumor_talk_dread_2|He has heard it rumored in the Empire that even Marius, with all his army, fears to tackle the Dread Legion, for they cannot be defeated. The Empire may yet fall to the Snake Cult, if this story is true. str_rumor_talk_dread_3|He was told in the Empire that the Snake Cult has invaded Pendor with an army too large to defeat. They are capturing everyone who crosses their path, for sacrifice to their hideous goddess. str_rumor_talk_dread_4|He has heard some people say that the Dread Legion is really the elite Third Legion the old Empire once sent to defeat the Snake Cult uprising, but were never heard from again. str_rumor_talk_dread_5|He said that the Anaconda Knights of the Dread Legion are five times stronger than any knight in Pendor, and no one can stand against them str_rumor_talk_dread_6|He was traveling in the Empire last week, and an Empire Horseman fleeing the Dread Legion told him to run for his life because there was no point in standing against their evil numbers.' str_rumor_talk_dread_7|He heard that the kiss of a Snake Cult Priestess brings instant death. They are said to imbibe poison from childhood onward, as part of their revolting rites. Their very breath can slay a man, or so he was told. str_rumor_talk_dread_8|He bumped into a fellow from Janos the other day. The man told him that the Snake Cult Priestesses are taken from Empire villages as young girls, and trained up from childhood to kill. The snake venom they feed them perverts their minds to unthinking devotion to their goddess. str_rumor_talk_dread_9|He said that someone whispered to him that the Dread Legion seeks one {playername}, to avenge the Snake Cultists slain by {reg63?his her} warband. It is said that {reg63?he she} is to be taken alive and delivered to their goddess for a terrible punishment. You've made some powerful enemies there. str_rumor_talk_dread_10|He said that he inadvertently overheard a conversation in the Cez tavern about a huge army, the Dread Legion, which has invaded the Empire. All who encounter them are slain or taken captive. str_rumor_talk_dread_11|He said that it is rumored in the Empire that a Dread Legion, composed of numerous Snake Cultists, fights under the aegis of Azi Dahaka, their terrifying goddess, whose power makes them invincible. str_rumor_talk_dread_12|He has heard that in the Empire the goddess of the Snake Cult, Azi Dahaka, takes the form of a huge hooded cobra and directs her Dread Legion in their slaughter. str_rumor_talk_dread_13|I'm not sure I believe this tale, but he said that there is talk in the Empire of an invading army called the Dread Legion, filled with Snake Cult Priestesses and their Anaconda Knights. str_rumor_talk_dread_14|He said that he heard rumors that the Dread Legion used to be the Imperial Guard of the old Baccus Empire, before their souls were consumed by the Snake Goddess prior to the collapse of the Empire. str_rumor_talk_dread_15|He has heard that the snake priestesses are talking of the arrival of the Dread Legion, the unstoppable army of the Snake Cult's unholy mother. str_rumor_talk_sisters3_1|He said that a friend of his spotted three women dressed for battle on swift warhorses. They were riding near Marleons at full gallop. str_rumor_talk_sisters3_2|He said that a knight told him that he narrowly escaped being seduced by the sweet words of three beautiful women commanding and army. He managed to escape, but two of his friends were trapped into serving in the ranks of the Three Seers. str_rumor_talk_sisters3_3|He said that a Fierdsvain farmer in the market told him that he had seen a huge army, composed mostly of women, riding past Mistmire Castle before dawn last week. str_rumor_talk_sisters3_4|He said that the chief steward of the Koningur was in the Javiksholm tavern dead drunk the other night. He said that his Koningur prays to Thallo that those Seer-women will stay in Sarleon so he does not have to take action against them. He is not sure he can defeat an army that large. str_rumor_talk_sisters3_5|He said that he heard tell of a merchant house of 'Felin' that was having shady dealings with the Red Brotherhood. Their thuggery will certainly cause the nobility of Sarleon to turn against them soon. str_rumor_talk_sisters3_6|He said that the order of the Red Fletchers held an archery tournament in Avendor, and a Ravenstern chap put them all to shame. str_rumor_talk_sisters3_7|He said the knighthood order of the Boar were sponsoring their annual hunt. That hunt has been going on every year for over 20 summers. str_rumor_talk_sisters3_8|He told me some rumors about a minor Sarleon noble house of 'Morgan' that have been at odds with King Ulric for some time. There is no love lost between them. str_rumor_talk_sisters3_9|I have no idea what a 'Doomguide' might be, but he said that several of them were in the area the other night. They were armed to the teeth, and were asking questions about Nobles in the area. str_rumor_talk_sisters3_10|He said that he was accosted by two women calling themselves 'Doomguides,' asking if he had seen a renegade Knight. That is odd, I think. str_rumor_talk_sisters3_11|He said that he heard about an army of women led by three seers who encountered the Sarleon Knighthood order of the Owl. They apparently met for tea in an open field then afterwards the Knights just rode away. Good thing, the knights were outnumbered over 20 to 1, so perhaps discretion is indeed the better part of valor. str_rumor_talk_sisters3_12|Our problems in Pendor never cease. He said that some pack of crazy females, calling themselves 'Seers,' has raised a monstrous army. They enslave the unwary... be careful if you run into them. str_rumor_talk_sisters3_13|It is rumored that in the swamps north of Mistmire Castle, three ancient and powerful Sorceresses have a hidden lair. He hears they trick the unwary into becoming their slaves. str_rumor_talk_sisters3_14|He ran across a half-starved warrior just outside of Avendor. The man raved about escaping his demonic lover in the swamps north of Mistmire. He thought the warrior mad until he exhibited the hand of a guard he had overpowered to escape. The hand he showed as proof of his escape was not entirely human. str_rumor_talk_sisters3_15|He said the villagers near Mistmire fear and avoid the marshes near the castle because something very evil is lurking there. str_rumor_talk_inquisitor_1|He has heard there is a devoted sect of holymen who are purging the lands of heathens, with a leader no-less! str_rumor_talk_inquisitor2|He said that Rasmus Devatica shows no mercy to the people in D'Shar lands, that no one is safe in the south! str_rumor_talk_inquisitor_3|He says that rumor has it that men of the Inquisition burned an entire camp in the D'Shar Territories, because they found one heretic amongst the peasants. str_rumor_talk_inquisitor_4|He has heard that the wisest course to follow when encountering Holy Inquisitor Rasmus is to flea from his merciless visage. str_rumor_talk_inquisitor_5|He said that a trader told him that Inquisitor Rasmus captured his caravan, stole his goods, and left him there stark naked, all because The Inquisition was in need of donations for 'the cause.' str_rumor_talk_inquisitor_6|If what he says about Rasmus Devatica is true, he and his holy order will find a reason to purge you from this world. He sees the heretic within us all. str_rumor_talk_inquisitor_7|He said that he heard from a trader from Torbah that Inquisitor Devatica was at large near there, and all the villages calling for their lords for protection from him. str_rumor_talk_inquisitor_8|He has heard tell that even Sheik Shalavan avoids a fight with that lot of murderers led by this 'holy' inquisitor. I cannot imagine what could frighten a man like Shalavan, and I prefer not to! str_rumor_talk_inquisitor_9|He said that he was informed that even the Eventide Knights dare not attack Rasmus. That they fear what happens if they survive well-enough to be captured.. str_rumor_talk_inquisitor_10|He heard that no one expects the Holy Inquisition. str_rumor_talk_inquisitor_11|He said that he has heard that if Eyegrim and Rasmus we're to compete in a staring contest, Eyegrim would explode of holy fire! str_rumor_talk_inquisitor_12|He has heard people say that Devatica himself likes to interrogate heretics. Who knows behind closed doors? str_rumor_talk_inquisitor_13|He said that he witnessed the legendary inquisitor, Rasmus Devatica, take on three Heretic Invokers at once and defeat them all. str_rumor_talk_inquisitor_14|He has heard that Inquisitor Rasmus is gathering priests and mercenaries to fight with heretics and heathens. str_rumor_talk_inquisitor_15|He has heard tell of an inquisitor named Rasmus Devatica, who is merciless in his quest for converting heretics. str_rumor_talk_eventide_1|he heard a young man proselytizing on a street corner 'There is a secret war in Pendor! What we mistake for Heretics are actually the crusaders of Eventide! They are here to liberate us from the tyranny of kings and priests! We can be free men again! Glorious beneath the eyes of our Goddess!' Yet, even as he said these things, the crowd stoned him. str_rumor_talk_eventide_2|he heard from a woodsman outside Sarleon that the Heretics are not alone. It seems they're guided by an order of fierce knights who can slaughter militia with unparalleled ease. While hiding in the woods, he saw them butcher a platoon of halberdiers. As the sun set, he heard unsatiated bloodlust in their cries of victory. str_rumor_talk_eventide_3|he heard from an Ehlerdah peasant that Baron Gaidon's father is still alive, but has become a recluse. Apparently, he never leaves his manor and only allows one trusted valet to attend him. Nobody is supposed to talk about it, but the whole village knows. His arms and legs were torn off, and now he mutters all day, terrified, 'Eventide, Eventide.' str_rumor_talk_eventide_4|he heard a Heretic yelling from the stake, 'Erida will welcome me in my next life! The fire at my feet is the warmth of her touch! I will know the pleasure of her embrace, while you in Pendor suffer! Verily, all Pendor shall suffer! The Circle of Thorns is upon your head! Erida's twilight descends upon this benighted land, and Eventide shall wash you away! str_rumor_talk_eventide_5|he heard from a man-at-arms that the Heretics' leaders come from Barclay, across the sea. This tidbit came from two knights, each adorned in splendid armor with a sunrise insignia. They had also sailed from Barclay, sent to hunt the Heretics' leaders. They call themselves The Knights of Dawn and they also seek the rebels of Eventide. str_rumor_talk_eventide_6|he spoke with a thin young woman who once tended the tavern outside Foxstead. One night--just as the sun was setting--three black-clad knights sauntered in. The patrons fell dead quiet, averting their eyes. 'Give us thirteen barrels!' one of the knights shouted. When the barkeep protested that he did not have so much ale, they slaughtered all the patrons and and drained the dead men's mugs before vanishing into the night. str_rumor_talk_eventide_7|he encountered a vagrant huddled in an alleyway. 'They're watching me, sirrah! Everywhere, their eyes are everywhere! They watch me through the crows, through the bats, through the wolves! Eventide is here, sirrah! Eventide has come to Pendor! str_rumor_talk_eventide_8|he heard from a vegetable vendor that beets are becoming a scarce commodity. Ever since the Heretics took a fancy to them, the rest of Pendor has been hard pressed to keep the roots guarded. Nobody knows what those fanatics are planning, but it's been suggested that the beets' red juice resembles blood... and their guardians, The Knights of Eventide, savor every drop of it. str_rumor_talk_eventide_9|he heard from a caravan guard that Pendor is under siege, not from a foreign military, but from an outlaw band of knights. They work in tandem with The Heretics. On his last trip, his caravan visited three villages laid to waste by these self-proclaimed Knights of Eventide. str_rumor_talk_eventide_10|he heard from a Ravenstern Ranger that The Knights of Eventide have powerful witchcraft at their disposal. He emptied his full quiver into one of the knights, more arrows protruding from his back than quills from a porcupine, and still the monster rode on, slaughtering the men of Ravenstern with unflinching ease. str_rumor_talk_eventide_11|he heard from a wild-eyed peasant that The Knights of Eventide breathe the night as the living breathe the air. It is their essence, their soul. And when they whisper their horrible thoughts, it comes out not as warm breath, but as a chill breeze of death. str_rumor_talk_eventide_12|he heard from a red-eyed miller that he hadn't slept in thirteen days, and if he could help it, he would never sleep again. He no longer trusted the night. It was THEIR time. It was the hour of Eventide. str_rumor_talk_eventide_13|he overheard soldiers at Poinsbruk saying that their latest shipment of weapons is six days late. Their quartermaster fears the worst The Knights of Eventide have intercepted yet another arms caravan. str_rumor_talk_eventide_14|he heard a peasant boy weeping that his parents haven't returned in four nights. The other villagers suspect they've been abducted by Eventide, either to be sacrificed or forcibly converted. str_rumor_talk_eventide_15|he heard a Ravenstern ranger say that now even wolves fear the approach of night. That has become the hour of Eventide. str_rumor_talk_eventide_16|he heard that arms merchants have doubled--and in some cases tripled--the number of guards they bring with them. Rumor has it that the Knights of Eventide are gearing up for a major campaign, and they need weapons. str_rumor_talk_eventide_17|he heard that some clever bandits have begun to wear crude imitations of Eventide armor. Apparently, that's all they need to frighten merchants into submission. str_rumor_talk_eventide_18|he heard from a scholar in Ethos that the Knights of Eventide have more in common with the Order of Dawn than either will admit... She believes they may even be working together, one terrifying the people of Pendor so that the other can justify its growing tyranny. str_rumor_talk_eventide_19|he heard from a woodmen in Sarleon that late at night, the Knights of Eventide will howl at the moon, and the most ferocious of them will actually take on the visage of wolves. He even saw them eat the flesh of another human being. str_rumor_talk_eventide_20|he heard from fletcher in Janos that the leader of the Knights of Eventide has sold his humanity to gain immortality. Now, in order to survive, he must eat the souls of virgins, but only when the moon is full or when summer turns to fall. str_rumor_talk_eventide_21|he heard from a wounded swordsman that he once worked for the Knights of Eventide, but when he saw their leader Kadrin drinking blood on the battlefield, he slipped away and never returned. Now, whenever he hears a bat squeak, he fears his life is about to end. str_rumor_talk_eventide_22|he heard from a captured Heretic that the Knights of Eventide will rescue him, and that those who stand in the way of Erida Occisor will die. Three days later, a prison guard stabbed the other guards in the back, slaughtered every prisoner in the keep and then slit his own throat. str_rumor_talk_eventide_23|he said a poor peasant told him of the destruction wrought on his village by a band of Knights of Eventide. Or was it the Knights of Dawn? I forget. str_rumor_talk_eventide_24|he said that the Knights of Eventide are nothing more than closet Heretics posing as a knightly order. str_rumor_talk_eventide_25|he said he once knew a Knight of Dawn, but the man switched Orders and is now a Knight of Eventide due to some kind of ideological differences. str_rumor_talk_eventide_26|he said Sir John, a Sarleon Knight, claims that a Knight of Eventide is just a Knight of Dawn who has given up all pretense of being virtuous. str_rumor_talk_eventide_27|he said that an Empire Legionnaire told him that the Demon warriors are child's play to fight compared to the Knights of Eventide. str_rumor_talk_eventide_28|he said a Ravenstern Knight said that the Order of Dawn embraced their twisted path of zealotry in reaction to the heresy of the Knights of Eventide. He also said they are proud of their fanaticism. str_rumor_talk_eventide_29|he said it is the dream of most Heretics to join the Order of the Knights of Eventide. str_rumor_talk_eventide_30|he said the scholar, Martin Stryker, wrote in 'Justice or Injustice, a story of the Rising Sun' that Sir Godfroi was burned for heretical research into Erida Occisor. He also noted that Godfroi's death caused the Order to split into the factions of Dawn and Eventide. str_rumor_talk_eventide_31|he said that the real reason the Knights of Eventide left the Order of Dawn was that vow of Chastity. Don't blame them either! str_rumor_talk_eventide_32|he said a female friend of his had fallen in love with Sir Alistair, that villainous Knight of Eventide. I wonder why the ladies always prefer the bad ones! str_rumor_talk_eventide_33|he heard a speech by a Knight of Eventide, it sounded like this, 'something something something... Dark Side.' str_rumor_talk_eventide_34|he heard it said that when the first Knight of Eventide was burned for heresy he was heard to shout 'And thus the first sacrifice is made'. Ironic that it was the Knights of Dawn who burned him. str_rumor_talk_eventide_35|he said that there were posters out offering a reward for the apprehension of some knight called Sir Roland. Apparently, both the Orders of Dawn, and Eventide want him dead. He must be a truly evil man. str_rumor_talk_eventide_36|he knew a traveller from Barclay, who claimed that things were bad in Barclay. Caravans and villages just disappear off the face of the earth, and people sometimes stumble upon gruesome scenes of sacrifice. He described piles of skulls, bones circling a pit of entrails, and the overpowering stench of blood and burning flesh. str_rumor_talk_eventide_37|he asked what was more forgivable, killing innocents because of your beliefs, or killing innocents because of their beliefs? This is at the root of the war between the Orders of Dawn and Eventide. str_rumor_talk_dawn_1|he heard from the Valonbray armorer that a new order of knights moved into his city, knights who refuse to patronize any of the local smiths. Apparently they brought their own craftsmen from across the sea, and these men forge-- even he admits--the finest swords and armor Pendor has ever seen. That armor is emblazoned with a rising sun, so keep your eyes peeled. str_rumor_talk_dawn_2|he heard that the Fierdsvain nobles are in an uproar over some new knighthood order. They sailed into Valonbray a few years back and have been stirring up trouble ever since. Apparently, they came to Pendor to kill Heretics, which is all fine and good, except they've been burning entire villages in the process. They even killed Lord Oakshield's son for interfering! str_rumor_talk_dawn_3|he spoke with a merchant who nearly lost his life to the Heretics. They had been slowly torturing the man, smiling at his shrieks of agony. As his vision faded, the ground began to tremble and heavy horses galloped forth from the dawn, sweeping the Heretics away as the sun swept away the night's shadows. str_rumor_talk_dawn_4|he heard from a wandering swordsman that there is a new order of knights in Pendor. Unlike the boisterous warriors he drinks with, these knights are as stern and quiet as death itself. He saw one get in a scrape once, and when the dust settled, seven of his assailants lay in puddles of blood. The knight walked away, unscathed but for the blood spattered across his shield, obscuring its sunrise insignia. str_rumor_talk_dawn_5|It seems that Earl Aedin Redsword has reached an agreement with the self proclaimed Queen Agnus of the Vanskerry! Her Freebooters are sworn to his service! str_rumor_talk_dawn_6|he heard from a drunken fishmonger that one should never take Astraea's name in vain. If they hear of it, the Order of Dawn will abduct your son as penance, putting him to work in their stables. Worst of all, the boy will end up as fanatical as his masters. str_rumor_talk_dawn_7|he heard from the Javiksholm goods merchant--a fellow known to crack a good joke--that The Knights of the Dawn are the most humorless bastards in Pendor. They even threatened to confiscate his goods if he did not shut up. str_rumor_talk_dawn_8|he heard a potato farmer say that his son was beheaded by a Knight of Dawn for failing to bow before the Order's grandmaster, Dalon Valchance. str_rumor_talk_dawn_9|he overheard a Heretic say to his captors, 'You're with the Order of Dawn, yes? Then we're not so different, you and I. We both want to see a goddess return to this world, no matter what the cost.' In response, the knights beat him bloody. str_rumor_talk_dawn_10|he heard from a woodcutter outside Sarleon that even though he's a devout worshiper of Eunomia Stabilitis, he pretends to follow Astraea, instead--just to keep the Order of Dawn from coming after him. str_rumor_talk_dawn_11|he heard from a pearl-diver in Valonbray that his wife was burned at the stake by the Order of Dawn. They suspected she was a heretic, tortured her, then stood her before a tribunal of monks, who forced her to admit to sins she had never committed. They then burned her. str_rumor_talk_dawn_12|he heard from a squire in Sarleon that the Knights of Dawn can out-maneuver even King Ulric's personal bodyguard. str_rumor_talk_dawn_13|he heard from an outspoken peasant that Bryn of Ravenstern could single-handedly rid her nation of the Order of Dawn, but she'd rather not fight until her son is full grown. When he heard this, he told the peasant not to spread such dangerous rumors, as the Order of Dawn might put Bryn before an Inquisition if they hear the rumors. str_rumor_talk_dawn_14|he heard from a linen trader that the Order of Dawn has begun inspecting all goods that pass through Valenbray. Rumor has it that the Heretics have begun smuggling weapons to their brethren in Barclay. str_rumor_talk_dawn_15|he met a pikeman with a story to tell. He narrowly escaped a raid by the Knights of Eventide and in hiding, watched his comrades die. When the Order of Dawn rode over the horizon, he thought they were saved. Not so. The Knights of Dawn vanquished their adversaries, then butchered his friends... just in case one was a Heretic in disguise. str_rumor_talk_dawn_16|he heard from a Barclay diplomat that the Knights of Dawn were once a noble order, but in the past century became corrupted by their own virtue. Now, the nobility of his nation were simply eager to be rid of them, so sent them on a 'mission' to Pendor to be rid of them. str_rumor_talk_dawn_17|he heard from a harlot in Valonbray that business has gotten significantly worse since the Order of Dawn established itself in town. She had expected the new knights would be eager for her company, but they spurn her propositions as if she had the plague. str_rumor_talk_dawn_18|he heard from a barkeep in Valonbray that the Knights of Dawn come into his establishment often for the dartboard, but never actually buy a drink. The one time a knight did, the fool got drunk off three pints and started smashing the place up. A few days later, the poor sod was expelled from his order and subsequently found dead by his own hand. str_rumor_talk_dawn_19|he heard a Knight of Dawn say that before long Astraea will come to Pendor and cleanse it of its sins via the Knights of Dawn. His own family was slaughtered by bandits, but in a world governed by Astraea, villains like that will burn before they can ever take up a sword. str_rumor_talk_dawn_20|he said a Mettenheim Greatswordsman told him that the Knights of Dawn are the true power in Barclay. str_rumor_talk_dawn_21|he said a Knight of the Radiant Cross told him their former allies, the Knights of Dawn, were guilty of many crimes. He witnessed their burning of a village after they slaughtered all the peasants there. str_rumor_talk_dawn_22|he said a friend told him there is little difference between the Knights of Dawn and Eventide. Both Orders are composed of religion-addled, murderous bastards. Interestingly, his friend went missing soon after. str_rumor_talk_dawn_23|he said rumor held there was a mysterious third faction involved in the dispute between the Knights of Dawn and the Knights of Eventide, though he knew nothing of this third group. str_rumor_talk_dawn_24|he said a fisherman told him the Knights of Dawn requisitioned his fishing boat to transport troops and weaponry from Barclay. He never saw a denar in return from those bloody thieves. str_rumor_talk_dawn_25|he said a local barman told him that the Knights of Dawn and Eventide were once both the same Order. The Order of Pink Pansies. str_rumor_talk_dawn_26|he said a priest of Astraea told him that the Order of Dawn and Eventide were once as one, but both had forsaken their true purposes. str_rumor_talk_dawn_27|he said that even the purest can be corrupted, witness the current state of those Knights of Dawn. str_rumor_talk_dawn_28|he said a wandering minstrel told him of a village ravaged by the Knights of Dawn. Not one peasant survived. str_rumor_talk_dawn_29|he said he asked him, which is worse A brigand murdering to keep his children fed, or a knight killing innocents in the name of 'justice'? str_rumor_talk_dawn_30|he said he once met a very gracious Knight named Roland. He was true paragon of what the Knights of Dawn once stood for. Sir Roland said he'd left the Order of Dawn. Now, they've put a price on his head for desertion and theft of his equipment and horse. str_rumor_talk_dawn_31|he said a Ravenstern Ranger told him a Knight of Dawn seized his bow and broke it, claiming it was the god, UllrVetr, manifested. The ranger killed the knight, ambushed him from cover with his new bow! str_rumor_talk_dawn_32|he said a Knight of the Raven Spear told a great joke; two Knights, one of the Radiant Cross and one of the Dawn plus a Huscarl meet in a tavern. The Radiant Cross knight first orders a bottle of wine... for medicinal purposes. The Huscarl then buys a strong rum, and immediately challenges all those present to a drinking contest. Finally, the Knight of Dawn steps up and buys the entire stock of whiskey. He then dumped it over the heads of the other two, set it aflame and walked out of the tavern laughing. str_rumor_talk_dawn_33|he said a D'Shar tribesman once described a Fierdsvain clansman with a 'fiery beard'. Unfortunately, a Knight of Dawn overheard and misunderstood. He immediately began slaughtering nearby Fierdsvainers to purge them of their heretical practice of sacrificing their beards to the gods of Flame. str_rumor_talk_dawn_34|he said a Knight of the Dawn once reprimanded a friend of his for laughing, saying that mirth was a heretical sin. str_rumor_talk_mett_1|he said a Barclay sailor told him that Mettenheim has great ships of iron powered by magic. They call them 'Ironclads.' str_rumor_talk_mett_2|he said an Empire legionnaire told him Mettenheim soldiers are so strong they wield their greatswords like mere twigs. str_rumor_talk_mett_3|he was told that Mettenheim soldiers refuse to use horses, as their faces remind them too much of their wives. str_rumor_talk_mett_4|he heard a Sarleon priest say that the people of Mettenheim esteem iron almost as if it were a god. str_rumor_talk_mett_5|he said he once spoke to a Mettenheim soldier. That's about it really. str_rumor_talk_mett_6|he said he was working in the city prison. A captured Snake cultist told him about an odd Mettenheim warcry; apparently they shout 'I'll be back' when they have to retreat. str_rumor_talk_mett_7|he heard that even the Noldor are in awe of Mettenheim metallurgy. str_rumor_talk_mett_8|he said a historian told him the Mettenheim sovereign drops all former titles and loyalties. Even his name is changed to 'The Count'. Some of the other kings could learn from this dedication. str_rumor_talk_mett_9|he said a prosperous trader told him he only sells his farm produce to Mettenheim. They pay much more because of the massive famine in their homeland. str_rumor_talk_mett_10|he heard that, although they are presently at peace, a war between Barclay and Mettenheim is as likely as tomorrow's dawn. str_rumor_talk_mett_11|he said a young Mettenheim soldier told him of his dream to join the Forlorn Hope, their most prestigious Order. str_rumor_talk_mett_12|he heard a Mettenheim merchant say the Forlorn Hope is a suicidal group. Only those older men of declining strength may join, due to having less to live for than the younger men. str_rumor_talk_mett_13|he was told a Fierdsvain fisherman went looking for the Mettenheim homeland, but found only a massive volcano in the middle of the sea. str_rumor_talk_mett_14|he heard a rumor that an Empire prefect has suggested Mettenheim is in league with the Snake Cult. Odd, since the Snakes massacred the lot of them when they were shipwrecked, or so I heard. str_rumor_talk_mett_15|he heard a retired mercenary say that a Mettenheim column has sufficient strength and stamina to keep pace with a unit of heavy cavalry on the march. str_rumor_talk_mett_16|he said a Fierdsvain berserker told him he has respect for Mettenheim troops ・they are the only ones able to match him drink for drink. str_rumor_talk_mett_17|he heard from a D'Shar herder of a man called Frederick. Said he defeated a Jatu raiding party by killing the horses beneath them, a novel means of combat for the D'Shar who usually take the mounts as a prize. str_rumor_talk_ogma_1|he heard that Lord Olaf Oakshield had married a famous Valkyrie many years ago. According to legend she was the only person who could beat him in his prime. Unfortunately, she died while giving birth to their daughter, Ogma. Not long after, he lost his son, as well. Death seems to follow that poor man... str_rumor_talk_ogma_2|he heard from the Valonbray jeweler that Lord Oakshield has been spending an unseemly amount on jewelry for his daughter, Ogma. The jeweler almost regretted driving a lord into poverty but, at the same time, how could he refuse such lucrative business? str_rumor_talk_ogma_3|he heard from Lady Ogma's maid-in-waiting that the lady's father, Lord Olaf Oakshield, dotes on her, buying the most extravagant dresses and jewelery in Pendor. Although most maidens would be thrilled by these gifts, Lady Ogma only thanks her father politely. Truly, she would rather lead a troop of cavalry, dressed in her mother's Valkyrie armor. str_rumor_talk_ogma_4|he heard from Lady Ogma's maid-in-waiting that the young lady sneaks away at night. She thought she was hiding a clandestine love-affair, but when Ogma returned with a nasty gash on her arm, the truth came out. 'I've hired a swordsman to train me in the martial arts. Please, Lola, don't let my father know of this. He would go grey with worry.' str_rumor_talk_ogma_5|he heard from the stablehand that the finest horse in Valonbray belongs to Lady Ogma. The mare is a spirit horse, captured from a Noldor lord. Nobody in Valonbray could ride her, yet Lady Ogma--who'd never ridden a warhorse before--didn't care. Everyone thought she'd break her neck. However, a few weeks later, she rode in on the mare, as serene as Astraea herself. str_rumor_talk_ogma_6|he heard from Lady Ogma's maid that the young lady keeps her mother's armor on the wall and polishes it while her maids knit and sew. Before marrying Lord Olaf Oakshield, Ogma's mother had been a Valkyrie. Ogma wishes to be one as well, but her father strictly forbids it. He lost both his son and his wife, and cannot bear the thought of losing his daughter as well. str_rumor_talk_halz_1|he heard stories about an ambitious man named Halstein. They say he studied under some of the greatest minds to became a scholar. After he learned all he could, he left that path to became the head of his family. That's how he became both rich and politically influential. str_rumor_talk_halz_2|he said that despite his intelligence and wisdom, Halstein, that new merchant-prince from Fierdsvain is very proud and ambitious. People say a fire burns in his eyes. str_rumor_talk_halz_3|he was told never to provoke a man named Halstein, because he is a mastermind unlike any other. Don't let his young and handsome appearance fool you -- he is dangerous. str_rumor_talk_halz_4|he heard that Halstein's influence is spreading; lords consult him because of his sharp mind and grasp of tactics. They also attribute several of the Fierdsvain's latest victories to Halstein's planning. str_rumor_talk_halz_5|he heard that Halstein lost his temper and struck a man, when he said that Hormuzd of the D'Shar might have a better mind than his. str_rumor_talk_halz_6|he was told that Halstein is looking for a wife, but it appears he cannot find a woman to suit him. He is looking for specific characteristics, what he doesn't specify, saying only that he seeks a woman whose fiery eyes shine with intelligence. str_rumor_talk_edytha_1|he heard in Sarleon that Lady Edytha's popularity at court is unmatched. Though she comes from minor nobility, she has charmed and finagled her way into the inner circles of noble society. Nobody dares to bring up her lineage these days. The last court lady who did so was ostracized for her insolence. str_rumor_talk_edytha_2|he heard from a seamstress in Sarleon that Lady Edytha cannot afford to buy fine gowns, but must depend upon the generosity of her suitors. Rumor has it that her father has squandered much of the family estate with his gambling. str_rumor_talk_edytha_3|he overheard two young lords in Sarleon boasting about the affections of Lady Edytha. One claimed she graced him with a smile, while the other said she had batted her lashes at him. Their voices continued rising, until ultimately\ their conversation became a yelling match in the middle of the street. They drew their swords and both spilt blood on the cobblestones. str_rumor_talk_edytha_4|he heard from a peasant in Burglen that Lord Andre's gambling habit is beginning to affect the village. He can no longer afford to maintain the village mill, and the farmers worry he won't be able to pay his soldiers' wages. His daughter Edytha abandoned the estate in disgust. She guests with friends in the capital, seeking a husband before her family's disgrace destroys her chances of a decent marriage. str_rumor_talk_edytha_5|he overheard Lady Edytha say to a weeping maiden, 'You once thought yourself my superior, did you not? Your father owns a castle, while mine holds only a village. You looked down upon me and treated me like a serf. Now you find that for all your supposed status, you are my inferior. Yes, Merydth, I am smarter, stronger, and more beautiful than you. You are my serf now! Beg for mercy; I may grant it.' str_rumor_talk_edytha_6|he heard that Lady Edytha controls the inner circle of Sarleon society with unprecedented ferocity. To lords and warriors, she appears sweet and charming, but to her rivals, she is utterly ruthless. She has reduced ladies of the highest nobility to submission. They will do anything to please her and become her confidant. Surely, she is destined to marry a great man. str_rumor_talk_kenric_1|he said that a young knight named Kenric has been winning numerous jousts these days and that few can match him. Many ladies are talking about him. str_rumor_talk_kenric_2|he was told Kenric, a young knight of Sarleon, is the subject of much talk. Some people have high hopes of him, due to his pride, idealism and faith in the king. Others say he is just a dreamy and gullible youth who jousts well. str_rumor_talk_kenric_3|he heard that talk of young Kenric in the Sarleon court had already caused arguments amongst the nobles. Apparently, Kenric gets furious with anyone who voices criticism of the king's actions. str_rumor_talk_kenric_4|he heard that there are many ladies hoping for the hand of some Sarleon knight named Kenric. They say he not only is quite handsome but also a skilled knight, despite the fact that he has not fought in a battle, only won tournaments. str_rumor_talk_kenric_5|he was told that Kenric once said that he believes that change comes about from the inside out. First a man should strive to change what he can in his own life, before taking dramatic actions to change others. str_rumor_talk_kenric_6|he was told that Kenric is wild with eagerness to try his strength on a battlefield, but his family holds him back. Perhaps it is because they prefer to find him a good marriage or it might be that they fear his boldness will lead to his death. All Kenric talks of is his wish to join a battle. str_rumor_talk_hamida_1|he heard from a rug merchant in Nal Tar that D'Shar women are the finest weavers in Pendor. Many merchants have grown rich selling D'Shar rugs, and none less so than Hamida of the D'Shar. She has shown incredible marketing skill, and forged a highly lucrative trading route between Pendor and Barclay. She exports handwoven D'Shar carpets to Barclay and returns with exquisite paintings from the Barclay artists. str_rumor_talk_hamida_2|he heard a bard praise the graces of Hamida, the Flower of Nal Tar. She is said to embody the beauty of the desert, and is voluptuous and golden as saffron. She is quiet and self-contained; men claim that merely to sit with her in her tent brings them peace. Countless men have fallen in love with her, but none have succeeded in plucking the Flower of Nal Tar. str_rumor_talk_hamida_3|he heard from an old maid in Nal Tar that the merchant Hamida trained as a poetess and showed great promise. Caliph Tahir praised her work, and may have promised her to his son. She defied D'Shar tradition at of fourteen, kissed her parents farewell and began life as a traveling peddler. Her habit of speaking softly, coupled with her unfailing honesty, gained the trust of her customers. These days, she makes more money than any five merchants in Pendor. str_rumor_talk_hamida_4|he heard from a courtesan in Singal that although the lady Hamida is not technically of noble birth, her pleasant company and recent successes as a merchant have earned her regular invitations to court. She has rapidly become one of the most popular\ ladies at court, amongst both the nobility and the servants. Her warmth, courtesy and humility have made allies of even the surliest servingmen. str_rumor_talk_hamida_5|he heard from a stable hand in Singal that gazing into the lady Hamida's eyes makes a man feel as warm as if he were basking in the sun on a sunny spring afternoon. Her warmth and kindness, which appear effortless, can be felt without a single word being uttered. She need do no more than smile. str_rumor_talk_hamida_6|he heard from a sailor that when the merchant Hamida steps out of her cabin the whole ship's crew falls silent in awe of her beauty. On her voyages to Barclay, she spends long afternoons standing at the prow, silently staring out over the ocean. No one knows what she is thinking, but any sailor would lay down his life to aid her. str_rumor_talk_hormz_1|he was told about a man of the D'Shar called Hormuzd, whom people say was a very successful lord, renowned in many battles. One day he supposedly left everything behind to became a virtual hermit, but now out of nowhere he has returned to the capital. str_rumor_talk_hormz_2|he heard from servants that several D'Shar lords complained they were assaulted by strange questions from a wise man named Hormzud. No one in the D'Shar Principalites understands the reason for his questions. str_rumor_talk_hormz_3|he heard stories of how Hormuzd, as a young prince, managed to defeat a large enemy force by driving them toward a dry field, then setting it afire. The smoke made the enemy too weak to fight and they were forced to retreat. Thus, he won his battle without wetting a single blade. str_rumor_talk_hormz_4|he was told that there are no men as wise as Hormuzd. Since his return to court, he has been sharing his knowledge; people say that in only a few weeks he finished writing several books on philosophy, battle tactics and a treatise on ancient D'Shar poetry. str_rumor_talk_hormz_5|he said there is a man in Kadan Bahadur Khan's court by the name of Hormuzd, who has introduced several new ideas to help the common people, especially guides on how to avoid food shortages or and the treatment of plagues. str_rumor_talk_hormz_6|he was told that the reason Hormuzd left the Principalities was that one day, one of his brilliant ideas didn't worked as planned. He won a great battle, but due to a miscalculation or perhaps an accident, a man important to him died. He blamed himself so much that he left his whole life behind and became a hermit somewhere in the deep desert. str_rumor_talk_hormz_7|he heard from ladies of the Kadan's court that they once asked Hormuzd why he was yet unmarried. He told them that he hadn't found a woman who could share his vision of the universe and would not marry until he found such a woman. str_rumor_talk_lux_1|he heard from a scribe in Ethos that Justus Dux has only one daughter, an exceedingly bright one. By the age of three, she was reading the epic poems of Baccus. Before she was six, she had translated seven runes in the Noldor script... a feat no adult has managed. She is now seventeen but still unmarried. The men of The Empire don't court her for fear of appearing foolish in her eyes. Her name is Luciana Dux. str_rumor_talk_lux_2|he heard from candlemakers in Ethos that Luciana, daughter of Justus Dux, has ordered so many candles from him that their price can feed his family for seven years. She sleeps little, preferring to spend her nights jotting notes, as she sifts through ancient manuscripts. She is rumored to be studying in depth the Prophecy of Madigan. str_rumor_talk_lux_3|he heard from a guard in Cez that Luciana, daughter to Justus Dux, has no patience with those she deems fools. During a ball last year, Bionr Legatus was pontificating to his friends that the D'Shar descended from jackals, whereas the citizens of the Empire descended from the gods. She overheard his remark, pushed her way into their circle and started reciting an endless stream of historical facts. Her reluctant listeners slunk away one at a time, until she was left standing alone. str_rumor_talk_lux_4|he heard from a scribe in Ethos that Luciana, daughter of Justus Dux stays up all night with her books. He is not sure when she sleeps, but apparently it is rarely. She sits alone in her study, burning dozens of candles all through the night, poring endlessly over ancient scrolls and manuscripts. str_rumor_talk_lux_5|he heard from a scholar in Sarleon that philosophers from throughout Pendor travel to Ethos to visit a young prodigy named Luciana. She is famous for translating Noldor scrolls, even though the Noldor alphabet is hundreds of characters long and she only understands a few of them. Rumor holds that she freely offers her translation services to anyone who can bring her a text by the prophet Madigan, her new object of study. str_rumor_talk_lux_6|he heard from a courtesan in Cez that Luciana, daughter to Justus Dux, is unofficially excluded from noble Empire society. They cannot prevent her from attending the Imperial Ball and other festivals, but her confrontational behavior has induced a dislike of her in most of her peers. She does not seem to mind, but spends most of her time alone in her study reading, intent upon learning the secrets of the prophet Madigan. str_rumor_talk_nerati_1|he said that soldiers from the Empire often claim that a men called Neratius not only has a powerful voice, but also that his speeches stirred his men to win several battles against all odds. str_rumor_talk_nerati_2|he was told that if the Empire had a few more men like Neratius, things would be very different there, because no man in the Empire is as brave or stoic as Neratius. str_rumor_talk_nerati_3|he heard that citizens in the Empire wonder why Neratius remains unmarried. Some say it is because he can't find a woman who can meet his demanding ideals. str_rumor_talk_nerati_4|he was told that ladies in the Empire are annoyed at Neratius, despite his being so handsome and such an famous soldier, because he refuses every proposal of marriage from their fathers. str_rumor_talk_nerati_5|he heard from soldiers of the Empire that few generals know the tactics and strategies of the Old Empire as Neratius does. He is especially talented with fast maneuvers and engineering; they say he can build a bridge as fast as they used to in the old days! str_rumor_talk_nerati_6|he heard that a man called Neratius just made a quite powerful speech during a meeting of the Empire lords, quite openly accusing some nobles of tolerance for and involvement with the Snake Cult. A good many high-nosed Empire Lords aren't too pleased with him just now! However elevated their rank, he did not spare even one from criticism. str_rumor_talk_bryn_1|he heard there is a new Ravenstern champion. At the last tournament, a rival to Count Otto appeared. Though Count Otto was a popular lord, the new contestant was an unknown commoner. People were surprised when Otto fell in the final round and shocked when the contestant removed her helmet. Her name was Bryn, and she was a woman! str_rumor_talk_bryn_2|he heard that after her surprise victory at the tournament, the warrior Bryn became a celebrity in Ravenstern. She was of common birth and her defeat of lords in single combat was surprising. Following her victory, she traveled from tavern to tavern, and people toasted her and sang bawdy songs. She was easily as big as a man, her laughter as boisterous, and soon she had a peasant militia in tow. str_rumor_talk_bryn_3|he heard from a Ravenstern courtier that after the warrior Bryn's surprise tournament victory, she gained popularity with the commoners. That a mere peasant woman had personally defeated the lords of the realm only made her seem more dangerous. Several lords were plotting her assassination when King Gregory intervened, granting her the title of Lady Bryn. str_rumor_talk_bryn_4|he heard from a Poinsbruk tavern keeper that after Bryn's victory in last year's tournament, she traveled throughout Ravenstern, drinking with the common folk. One day, she found herself pregnant. Instead of aborting her bastard child as many ladies would do, she bore it. All seemed well, until her babe mysteriously disappeared. Many of Bryn's supporters believe the lad was stolen by jealous nobles. str_rumor_talk_bryn_5|he heard from the steward at Falcondark Castle that although most nobles in Ravenstern treat the upstart Lady Bryn with scorn, Count Otto has the utmost respect for the warrior-maid. He invites her to his estates often, and they spend long afternoons chatting by the hearth. Even when she was swollen with child, he treated her with a warrior's rough charm. Late into the night, the whole keep would shake with their boisterous laughter. str_rumor_talk_bryn_6|he heard a bard sing the ballad of Lady Bryn, the She-Bear of Ravenstern. The whole crowd sang along. Word for word, they described her victory over Lord Otto at the tournament, and they cheered when King Gregory declared her a noble. When the song spoke of her bastard child, they cheered for him, too, crying, 'Long live Alwyn, Son of the She-Bear!' Yet now her son is gone and all fear that he was stolen and killed by plotting nobles.' str_rumor_talk_alec_1|he heard several stories about a lord named Alec, a skilled ranger and marksman. They say he lead several forays into the Mystmountain lands, and even rescued Ravenstern people captured by those savages. str_rumor_talk_alec_2|he was told that there was a quite handsome fellow in Ravenstern named Alec, and that Alec happens also to be one of the greatest rangers in Ravenstern. They say, however, that he does not like to hang about courts or cities, but enjoys the wilderness much more. str_rumor_talk_alec_3|he heard that Alec, that Ravenstern ranger son of a lord who is the talk of all the ladies, is incredibly skilled with a bow, as well as knowledgeable about survival in the wilderness, but feels very out of place in a court or city. In fact, he says the perils of the wilderness pale beside the dangers of court intrigue! str_rumor_talk_alec_4|he was told that Alec's family is desperate to get him well-married. They have introduced several good potential fiancees, but he refused every one, claiming he hopes to find a woman who is as comfortable in the wilderness and skilled with a bow as he is. Not bloody likely he'll find a woman like that! str_rumor_talk_alec_5|he said that despite his severe expression, simple clothes, and his laconic demeanor, Alec is actually a very kind man. str_rumor_talk_alec_6|he said that there are few marksmen so good as Alec, even amongst Raverstern's most skilled rangers. str_rumor_talk_snake_1|he saw two armed men intimidating a shopkeeper. They kept asking the merchant if he had seen an escaped slave, a woman the High Priestess was keen to get her hands on. str_rumor_talk_snake_2|he saw a hooded and cloaked warrior who, while hiding in the shadows, was speaking to two street urchins. Money changed hands and the urchins promptly ran away. The warrior laughed softly then disappeared into the night. str_rumor_talk_snake_3|he saw a hooded woman dressed in dark clothing. She approached a tall warrior who bowed to her. She pulled out a wickedly curved dagger, plunged it into his throat and he fell stone dead into the gutter. She kicked him once, wiped the blade on his carcass, then walked down the street as if nothing had happened. str_rumor_talk_snake_4|he overheard two travelers talking about the rise of the Snake Cult and how they demand either gold or blood to join one of their covens. str_rumor_talk_snake_5|he saw a drunk man leaving the tavern. Across the street was a, um, lady of questionable virtue. The poor sot walked up and grabbed her. Gave her a big kiss, he did. Then the man just sort of stiffened and fell over. The lady looked up, saw him, and smiled. He swears on the grave of his old dad she had fangs. str_rumor_talk_snake_6|he said one came right into the tavern! Snake worshiper, aye. Huge man, armored in poison green. Big as day. Didn't even try to hide those serpent emblems, neither. Nah, he stepped right in like he owned the place. 'Twas everything he could do to hold his water! str_rumor_talk_snake_7|he said the Snakes took out a caravan north of Ethos. A whole caravan! They're getting bolder, I tell you. One of the survivors came through here yesterday. He said he saw one of their knights take out ten men! Glad I am safe here, in truth. str_rumor_talk_snake_8|he said he'd learned something about the Snake ladies, that he did. Did you know they can kill you with one kiss? Kissing, I tell you! Like we need anything else desecrated by those cretins. str_rumor_talk_snake_9|he heard two soldiers talking. They were telling stories, right? One told the other they had tangled with the Cultists again. The other asked, 'How many lost this time?' '15 Legionnaires,' was the answer. I thought they were joking, right? But no one was laughing. str_rumor_talk_snake_10|he said his mother refuses to leave the house. She says she saw people in her fields, two nights back. She could not see what they were doing, but they lit a big fire. Then they started shouting something like AZEE! And the fire, it grew tall and started swaying like a snake. She has stayed locked in her room since! str_rumor_talk_snake_11|he saw a strange woman who never moved her mouth when she spoke. She was asking after someone named {playername}, or some such. Said {reg63?he she} was 'Chosen of Azi Dahaka.' Ye gods, I would hate to be that person. str_rumor_talk_snake_12|he said the Snake Cult has been sniffing around here again. Apparently, some adventurer named {playername} has been making their lives difficult. Bully for {reg63?him her}, but you never heard that from me, right? str_rumor_talk_snake_13|he said he spied a group of odd folks in the woods. They were swaying and dancing around a fire. Who cares, right? But he said the fire was alive! He said the fire and smoke coiled around them・just like a snake! str_rumor_talk_snake_14|he heard the cooper say he had lost his daughter. Then he said something about snakes in the night. I think he meant them Anaconda Knights. They say that the Knights will steal girls away. Not to ravish, no sir. For the priestesses. str_rumor_talk_snake_15|he heard something interesting from a caravan master. Seems young girls have been disappearing all along the southern seacoast. Folks are blaming it on those Snake worshipers. They say the priestesses have to begin training young. str_rumor_talk_snake_16|he told me he found an abandoned Snake Cult outpost on his last journey. They had stripped almost everything out, but left a bag under some rubble. Know what was in it? Snake venom and a baby bottle. str_rumor_talk_snake_17|he told me that a huge snake was spotted in the hills outside Janos last month. He said so many snake worshipers showed up you could walk from Fenada to Chelez on their heads! str_rumor_talk_snake_18|he said that if I was to ever meet an adventurer called {playername}, I should warn {reg63?him her} to steer clear of Empire lands. The Snake Cult has been searching high and low for {reg63?him her}. str_rumor_talk_snake_19|he noticed the charm I keep to ward away evil. 'Keep that close', he said. 'I have seen snake worshipers outside the tavern three times this week. They think they are disguised, but I can spot them a mile away, and they are looking for someone'. str_rumor_talk_snake_20|he told me he had actually camped with a snake worshiper. Said the guy kept him up most of the night with stories about the greatness of Azi Dahaka. He claimed she manifests as a giant hooded cobra on stormy nights. str_rumor_talk_snake_21|he told me that he had heard an odd noise from an alleyway the other night, and went to investigate. When he got there, all he found was on old cloak, three green scales, and a scrawled note saying {playername}. str_rumor_talk_snake_22|he said he had not heard from his cousin on the coast in nearly a year. So, he went to investigate, and when he got there, the house was gone; burnt to the ground. On a stone near the ruin was scrawled 'VIVAT AZI DAHAKA'. str_rumor_talk_snake_23|he spoke to me of an old legend. It seems that on stormy nights in the old country, worshipers of Azi Dahaka would creep through villages in search of little girls to steal away. They would take them off to their lair and spend years turning them into Snake Priestesses. str_rumor_talk_snake_24|he saw a man approach a cloaked woman in a secluded doorway. Something changed hands, and the woman pulled back her hood and blew lightly on him. He stiffened, tried to turn away, and fell dead at her feet! She gave a tight-lipped smile, raised her hood, and disappeared into the alley. str_rumor_talk_snake_25|he said he went to a tavern out in Laria, and heard that the Snake Cult has been seen as far inland as Rebache! If they get a foothold in Sarleon, they will be out of the reach of old Marius. Bet that will stick in his royal craw! str_rumor_talk_snake_26|he saw a woman and her wee daughter walking in the marketplace. He had barely looked away when he heard a scream. The mother was standing stiff as a board, blood running from two fang marks on her throat. The babe was nowhere to be seen. str_rumor_talk_snake_27|he told me he had overheard the Seneschal talking to the Sheriff. Turns out, two Empire vassal lords were discovered to have hidden Snake shrines in their manors. After all the work the Imperator has done, to find something like this now must be crushing! str_rumor_talk_snake_28|he turned to me and said, 'Why is there a snake charm over your door?' and I said・I said・aaah・We are looking for you, {playername}, AND WE WILL FIND YOU! ・Aah・I am sorry. What were we talking about? str_rumor_talk_snake_29|he said Marius is running scared. The Snake Cult has been on the rise, and nothing the Imperator does seems to stop them. It is almost like they know his plans before he does. These days, Marius is accusing everything but the doorposts of spying. str_rumor_talk_snake_30|he heard from a hunter that more and more shrines to Azi Dahaka have been discovered all along the southern coast. The Snake Cult has been far more active lately, almost as if they are preparing for something. str_rumor_talk_snake_31|he heard from a ship captain that Snake Cult relics from the old Empire are being smuggled into Cez in record numbers. Weapons and armor from the old country are pouring in as well. Mark my words, the snakes are up to something big. str_rumor_talk_snake_32|he said he was walking on the Ethos road a few weeks back and found the remains of a caravan. Its erstwhile guards had been left dead, strewn across the roadway. The cargo was smashed, but had not been looted. In the road was written in blood, 'AZI DAHAKA ADVENIO'. str_rumor_talk_snake_33|he said that the last caravan he guarded was attacked by snake worshipers. Huge men in green armor poured from the forest along the roadside. But, when all seemed lost, the knights pulled up short. The priestess shouted, '{playername}', and those Snakes just melted away. str_rumor_talk_snake_34|he told me of a legend from the old Baccus Empire. Once, long ago, agents of Azi Dahaka began raiding in greater numbers than ever before. No one was safe. Then, a mighty warlord rose among them and united the marauding worshipers into a vast army. History is a wheel, my friend. Be careful. str_rumor_talk_sing_1|he was told the Singalians ancestors are part D'Shar, which makes them distant cousins of the Jatu. They all came from the Old Empire to Pendor as mercenaries. str_rumor_talk_sing_2|he heard that Singalians have a rigid code of honor which forbids retreat from battle, and also involves great loss of personal honor should their leader flee from battle. str_rumor_talk_sing_3|he heard a story about how the Singalians got their name their ancestors came as mercenaries from far away, but refused to settle in the town of Singal. For some strange reason they kept the name to remind them of what they had rejected. str_rumor_talk_sing_4|he said that the Singalians attack by stealth from the deep desert, appearing as if by magic. str_rumor_talk_sing_5|he was told that, despite having a code of honor which demands death before retreat, Singalians are not suicidal; I mean, they won't give their lives away for someone they perceive as unfit to die for. str_rumor_talk_sing_6|he was told by a D'Shar merchant that few people try to travel into the depths of the desert where the Singalians dwell. They say the travel is just to risky, and too many get lost on the way. str_rumor_talk_sing_7|he heard that even if you manage to find a Singalian camp in the desert, there is still the problem of their suspiciousness of strangers, even their D'Shar cousins. str_rumor_talk_sing_8|he heard from a man who travelled to trade with the Singalians that the desert where they roam is so harsh that often an entire clan is lost to a sandstorm. Any lucky survivors are sometimes accepted into another clan, so long as there is no blood feud between the clans. str_rumor_talk_sing_9|he was told that, despite the harsh conditions of the desert, the Singalians appear to truly enjoy riding there with their clanbrothers. They know how to survive there and where water can be found. If you really need to go to the desert, see if you can find one of them to guide you. str_rumor_talk_sing_10|he said he saw a merchant making plans to travel into the desert to trade with the Singalians. The fellow must either know what he is doing or be crazy - no one knows for sure where exactly in the desert you can find the Singalians. str_rumor_talk_sing_11|he said the Singalians navigate the desert by finding markers of dead men's bones left by the vultures and the tracks of desert sand snakes. No one really knows how they find their way there. str_rumor_talk_dshar_1|he said that a friend of his told him those worthless tribal D'Shar are all stirred up by some religious fanatic out of the deep desert. str_rumor_talk_dshar_2|he said that, according to Torbah rumor, the Bahadur Khan himself beheaded a man for making a joke about an invasion from the deep desert. I guess the joke was on him! str_rumor_talk_dshar_3|he said that, as per a Singal armor merchant, the D'Shar have temporarily ceased their regular blood feuds on direct orders of the Bahadur Khan, so as to preserve men for Pendor's battles. str_rumor_talk_dshar_4|he heard in Sarleon that the D'Shar are raiding for women these days, because they apparently do not have enough of their own to go around. Can you believe they marry multiple wives? Talk about tents full of trouble! str_rumor_talk_dshar_5|he said his D'Shar trading partner told him that over two hundred have died in the latest Yusafzai blood feud, despite a command from the Bahadur Khan that they desist immediately. str_rumor_talk_dshar_6|he said that a wine merchant told him about a D'Shar wedding in Singal that came to a sad end. The wedding was meant to end a blood feud, but it broke out anew at the feast and both the bride and groom were killed. str_rumor_talk_dshar_7|he said that at D'Shar weddings, they fire arrows into the air and invariably some of the guests are killed. Jokes about the perils of weddings are standard amongst the D'Shar. str_rumor_talk_dshar_8|he heard a rumor about some renegade fanatic from the deep desert who has called blood feud against the Bahadur Khan himself! str_rumor_talk_dshar_9|he heard from the Captain of the Guard in Ishkoman that the Bahadur Khan has ordered increased troops and vigilance in all D'Shar towns, due to some unspecified threat. str_rumor_talk_dshar_10|he heard a rumor that the Bahadur Khan sits even more uneasily on his throne these days, because a renegade sheik has promised to take it from him. str_rumor_talk_dshar_11|he heard that the talk in the Torbah taverns is all about some fanatic who foams at the mouth and falls down in fits of holy madness. He has converted many D'Shar to his strange religion and inspires absolute loyalty. str_rumor_talk_dshar_12|he was talking to an Ishkoman horse trader, who says he lost half his men and his entire string to another pack of raiders. The Pathani are reputedly the worst horse thieves in the plains. str_rumor_talk_dshar_13|he was told that an entire D'Shar camp now stands empty, and no one knows what became of the people there. They simply disappeared. str_rumor_talk_dshar_14|he heard a funny story! The Bahadur Khan just took another wife, and his first wife is furious! She wanted him to marry her younger sister instead. Talk about a glutton for punishment! str_rumor_talk_dshar_15|he heard that the D'Shar prize black horses so highly because their god, Indar, manifests as a beautiful black stallion, swift as the wind. str_rumor_talk_dshar_16|he overheard a Legionnaire say that the Turkmani raiders are giving the Empire a terrible time, just now. The Legionnaires are fit to be tied, because they cannot catch them. str_rumor_talk_dshar_17|he overheard in the Singal tavern that a D'Shar renegade, Sheik Salivate, or something like that, is raising hell in the D'Shar Territories these days. str_rumor_talk_dshar_18|he heard a rumor that Sheik Shalavan feeds some kind of drug to his followers that makes them fight fiercely. It is said that he denies them the drug before battle and tells them they will get no more unless they win. str_rumor_talk_dshar_19|he said that there is talk in the marketplace that someone needs to do something about the incessant D'Shar raids. There are several tribes now that do nothing but steal goods from others and capture their women. They produce nothing but bloodshed. str_rumor_talk_dshar_20|he heard that in the Singal market, the traders complain that they need the escort of an army just to get to Torbah, the cursed Raiders have gotten so outrageous. str_rumor_talki_jatu_1|he said that he met a Caravan Master who had been raided by the Jatu. The merchant was astounded that boys as young as twelve are part of their army. Imagine making children into soldiers! str_rumor_talki_jatu_2|he says that a Jatu tribal warrior told him that someone named Zulkar is uniting all the Jatu under one banner, with the intention of taking Sarleon. str_rumor_talki_jatu_3|he said that an innkeeper in Laria told him that Jatu incursions are increasing. They have wiped out militia patrols from Laria several times. str_rumor_talki_jatu_4|he heard from a man who trades with the Jatu, that all the women taken in their raids end up in concubinage, bearing child after child for the Jatu horselords. str_rumor_talki_jatu_5|he said that talk in the Poinsbruk tavern is that if something is not done about Warlord Zulkar, he will be pitching his tent in the Poinsbruk town square in no time. str_rumor_talki_jatu_6|he heard a Jatu Lancer claim that their god, Vata, joins in their battles, and shoots in the back any he thinks are trying to desert. Only the Jatu would choose that git for a god. str_rumor_talki_jatu_7|he heard from a Jatu slave en route to the salt mines that the Jatu test their young boys for strength and courage and kill those they deem weak or cowardly. str_rumor_talki_jatu_8|he heard several times in Laria that the only good thing about K'Juda the Ravager is his predilection for killing Noldor. str_rumor_talki_jatu_9|he met a man named Ambrose who trades with the Jatu. His impression is that not all the Jatu want to follow K'Juda, but he is forcing them to ally with him. str_rumor_talki_jatu_10|he met a trader, ashen-pale and trembling, who was drinking heavily in the Poinsbruk tavern. He says he found the bodies of some militia who had been tortured to death by K'Juda, that Jatu Warlord. str_rumor_talki_jatu_11|he said that Liam, a friend of his who collects Noldor artifacts, says that although the Noldor hate Warlord Zulkar, they seem to grudgingly respect his battle prowess and honorable behavior. str_rumor_talki_jatu_12|he heard from a captured Jatu that K'Juda mounts Noldor heads on poles outside his tent and has a veritable forest of them on display. str_rumor_talki_jatu_13|he said the he spoke with a peddler, whom he was quite sure was a disguised Jatu. He casually mentioned a new warlord, Zulkar, who is very strong and gaining great influence amongst the Jatu. str_rumor_talki_jatu_14|he heard from a Laria trader that the Jatu are raiding more heavily for women, by order of K'Juda. He wants to breed more soldiers for his army. str_rumor_talki_jatu_15|he overheard a Ravenstern seneschal, who was drunk in the tavern, claim the King soils his armor at the mere thought of taking on K'Juda the Ravager and his army. And this despite their increased raids near Poinsbruk. str_rumor_talki_jatu_16|he says the D'Shar historians claim the Jatu are cousins of the D'Shar tribes. Centuries ago, the D'Shar tribes migrated to Pendor from the great Kashanar Plains, far across the sea, a place now claimed by the Jatuzin. str_rumor_talki_jatu_17|he said the word in Sarleon is that King Ulric is worried about an invasion from Warlord Zulkar and his Jatu, since his armies are already overtaxed dealing with his other aggressive neighbors. str_rumor_talki_jatu_18|he said that the Sarleon knights hold Warlord Zulkar in high esteem for his many acts of honor and bravery. Very few would care to cross lances with him, however. str_rumor_talki_jatu_19|he said that the latest word from Laria is that K'Juda the Ravager leaves scrolls, pinned by javelins to Noldor corpses, stating that all Noldor will die similarly at his hands. I almost pity the Noldor! str_rumor_talki_jatu_20|he said the abbot of Poinsbruk preaches that all who take up the fight against the invading Jatu are under the protection of UllrVetr.
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Zillions of Gamesとは Zillions Development Corporationから出ているゲームソフト集です。 Abstract Strategy Game（偶然に左右されず、局面の情報を全て知った上で抽象的な戦略を立てる、二人零和完全情報ゲーム）を主体に古今東西のゲームが搭載されております。 対人での対戦も、コンピュータとの対戦も可能です。もちろん、AIレベルも変更可能。 各ゲームには、あらかじめいくつかのVariant（変則ルール）が用意されています。 →デフォルト搭載のゲーム ZRFというルールファイルをダウンロードすることで、さらなる変則ルールを追加したり、全く新たなゲームを追加することもできます。 （体験版では機能制限されています） http //www.zillions-of-games.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgiから、追加のゲームを無料でダウンロードできます。 （体験版では機能制限されています） →ダウンロード可能なゲーム なお、ZRFをテキストエディタで自作することもできます。 →ZRFの自作方法 （Download） http //www.zillions-of-games.com/index.htmlで体験版を無料でダウンロードできます。 現在は、Zillions of Games 2で、Version 2.0 → 2.0.1へのパッチも配布されております。 ソフトを購入することでロックを解除し、体験版から製品版へ機能制限の開放を行うことができます。 アブストラクトゲーム博物館 日本語の解説サイト 本家HPのZRFダウンロードサイトがしばらく前から死んでますね・・・ -- 管理者 (2012-07-29 17 04 46) 本家HPのZRFダウンロードサイトが復活したようです！！ -- 管理者 (2012-08-26 13 12 39) 名前 コメント
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Fight Game Rivals 項目数：20 総ポイント：200 ☆Windows Phone7用タイトル Know The Feeling Win your first fight 5 Faster Unlock and buy your first Dexterity skill 5 Stronger Unlock and buy your first Strength skill 5 Tougher Unlock and buy your first Endurance skill 5 Simply Skilled Buy all skills of a single fighter 10 Fighting Master Buy all skills of every available fighter 15 Fighter Fashion Unlock first new fighter variation 5 On Your Way To Glory Win your first tournament 10 Legendary Win all tournaments with all fighters 25 Déjà Vu Log in for 10 consecutive days 10 Hammerfall Win a fight against Alistair Overeem 15 Powerhouse Defeat an opponent in the tournament in 5 rounds or less 5 Dedicated Fighter Finish a tournament from start to finish in a single session 10 Over The High Tower Win a fight against Sem Schilt 15 Public Transport Unlock Highview Metro Station 10 Asian Festival Unlock Asian Alley 10 Paradise Gained Unlock Phang Nga Beach 10 King Of The Harbor Unlock Saltstone Harbor 10 The Penthouse View Unlock Hillcrest Penthouse 10 On Sacred Ground Unlock Ruins of Angkor Wat 10
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str_no_string|NO STRING! str_empty_string| str_yes|Yes. str_no|No. str_blank_string| str_noone|no one str_s50_and_s51|{s50} and {s51} str_s52_and_s51|{s52} and {s51} str_s5_s_party|{s5}'s Party str_given_by_s1_at_s2|Given by {s1} at {s2} str_given_by_s1_in_wilderness|Given by {s1} whilst in the field str_s7_raiders|{s7} Raiders str_bandits_eliminated_by_another|The troublesome bandits have been eliminated by another party. str_msg_battle_won|You are Victorious! Press tab key to leave... str_msg_battle_won0|Your forces are triumphant! Press tab key to leave... str_msg_battle_won1|The enemy has been defeated! Press tab key to leave... str_msg_battle_won2|The enemy has been vanquished! Press tab key to leave... str_msg_battle_won3|The field has been won! Press tab key to leave... str_msg_battle_won4|Fate smiles upon you! The last of your enemies has fallen! Press tab key to leave... str_msg_battle_won5|All of your enemies have fallen! Press tab key to leave... str_msg_battle_won6|You have won the day! Press tab key to leave... str_msg_battle_won7|No enemy remains to stand against you! Press tab key to leave... str_msg_battle_won8|Victory is yours! Press tab key to leave... str_tutorial_map1|Welcome to the World of Pendor, Champion.^^This total conversion modification is designed in mind for experienced players who learned or mastered what Native has to offer. Your skills will be tested and sometimes it will not be easy. Finally, the die has been cast and now you set sail to Pendor. The Prophesy of Pendor Team welcomes you and we hope you enjoy the world we all created.^^All Rights Reserved for Official Prophesy of Pendor Development Teams. str_randomize|Randomize str_charge|Charge str_color|Color str_flip_horizontal|Flip Horizontal str_flip_vertical|Flip Vertical str_hold_fire|Hold Fire str_blunt_hold_fire|Blunt / Hold Fire str_tutorial_ammo_refilled|Ammo refilled. str_tutorial_failed|You have been beaten this time, but don't worry. Follow the instructions carefully and you'll do better next time. Press the Tab key to return to to the menu where you can retry this tutorial. str_finished|(Finished) str_delivered_damage|Delivered {reg60} damage. str_archery_target_hit|Distance {reg61} yards. Score {reg60} str_use_baggage_for_inventory|Use your baggage to access your inventory during battle (it's at your starting position). str_cant_use_inventory_now|Can't access inventory now. str_cant_use_inventory_arena|Can't access inventory in the arena. str_cant_use_inventory_disguised|Can't access inventory while you're disguised. str_cant_use_inventory_tutorial|Can't access inventory in the training camp. str_1_denar|1 denar str_reg1_denars|{reg1} denars str_january_reg1_reg2|January {reg1}, {reg2} str_february_reg1_reg2|February {reg1}, {reg2} str_march_reg1_reg2|March {reg1}, {reg2} str_april_reg1_reg2|April {reg1}, {reg2} str_may_reg1_reg2|May {reg1}, {reg2} str_june_reg1_reg2|June {reg1}, {reg2} str_july_reg1_reg2|July {reg1}, {reg2} str_august_reg1_reg2|August {reg1}, {reg2} str_september_reg1_reg2|September {reg1}, {reg2} str_october_reg1_reg2|October {reg1}, {reg2} str_november_reg1_reg2|November {reg1}, {reg2} str_december_reg1_reg2|December {reg1}, {reg2} str_town_nighttime| It is late at night and honest folk have abandoned the streets. str_door_locked|The door is locked. str_castle_is_abondened|The castle seems to be unoccupied. str_town_is_abondened|The town has no garrison defending it. str_place_is_occupied_by_player|The place is held by your own troops. str_place_is_occupied_by_enemy|The place is held by hostile troops. str_place_is_occupied_by_friendly|The place is held by friendly troops. str_do_you_want_to_retreat|Are you sure you want to retreat? str_give_up_fight|Give up the fight? str_do_you_wish_to_leave_tutorial|Do you wish to leave the tutorial? str_do_you_wish_to_surrender|Do you wish to surrender? str_can_not_retreat|Can't retreat, there are enemies nearby! str_s1_joined_battle_enemy|{s7} has joined the battle on the enemy side. str_s1_joined_battle_friend|{s7} has joined the battle on your side. str_entrance_to_town_forbidden|The town guards are on the lookout for intruders and it seems that you won't be able to pass through the gates unchallenged. str_sneaking_to_town_impossible|The town guards are alarmed. You wouldn't be able to sneak through that gate no matter how well you disguised yourself. str_battle_won|You have won the battle! str_battle_lost|You have lost the battle! str_attack_walls_success|After a bloody fight, your brave soldiers manage to claim the walls from the enemy. str_attack_walls_failure|Your soldiers fall in waves as they charge the walls, and the few who remain alive soon rout and run away, never to be seen again. str_attack_walls_continue|A bloody battle ensues and both sides fight with equal valour. Despite the efforts of your troops, the castle remains in enemy hands. str_order_attack_success|Your men fight bravely and defeat the enemy. str_order_attack_failure|You watch the battle in despair as the enemy cuts your soldiers down, then easily drives off the few ragged survivors. str_order_attack_continue|Despite an extended skirmish, your troops were unable to win a decisive victory. str_join_order_attack_success|Your men fight well alongside your allies, sharing in the glory as your enemies are beaten. str_join_order_attack_failure|You watch the battle in despair as the enemy cuts your soldiers down, then easily drives off the few ragged survivors. str_join_order_attack_continue|Despite an extended skirmish, neither your troops nor your allies were able to win a decisive victory over the enemy. str_siege_defender_order_attack_success|The men of the garrison hold their walls with skill and courage, breaking the enemy assault and skillfully turning the defeat into a full-fledged rout. str_siege_defender_order_attack_failure|The assault quickly turns into a bloodbath. Valiant efforts are for naught; the overmatched garrison cannot hold the walls, and the enemy puts every last defender to the sword. str_siege_defender_order_attack_continue|Repeated, bloody attempts on the walls fail to gain any ground, but too many enemies remain for the defenders to claim a true victory. The siege continues. str_hero_taken_prisoner|{s1} of the {s3} has been taken prisoner by the {s2}. str_hero_freed|{s1} of the {s3} has been freed from captivity by {s2}. str_center_captured|The {s2} have taken {s1} from the {s3}. str_troop_relation_increased|Your relation with {s1} has increased from {reg1} to {reg2}. str_troop_relation_detoriated|Your relation with {s1} has deteriorated from {reg1} to {reg2}. str_faction_relation_increased|Your relation with {s1} has increased from {reg1} to {reg2}. str_faction_relation_detoriated|Your relation with {s1} has deteriorated from {reg1} to {reg2}. str_party_gained_morale|Your party gains {reg1} morale. str_party_lost_morale|Your party loses {reg1} morale. str_other_party_gained_morale|{s1} gains {reg1} morale. str_other_party_lost_morale|{s1} loses {reg1} morale. str_qst_follow_spy_noticed_you|The spy has spotted you! He's making a run for it! str_father|father str_husband|husband str_wife|wife str_daughter|daughter str_mother|mother str_son|son str_brother|brother str_sister|sister str_he|He str_she|She str_s3s_s2|{s3}'s {s2} str_s5_is_s51|{s5} is {s51}. str_s5_is_the_ruler_of_s51|{s5} is the ruler of {s51}. str_s5_is_a_nobleman_of_s6|{s5} is a nobleman of the {s6}. str_relation_mnus_100|Vengeful str_relation_mnus_90|Vengeful str_relation_mnus_80|Vengeful str_relation_mnus_70|Hateful str_relation_mnus_60|Hateful str_relation_mnus_50| Hostile str_relation_mnus_40| Angry str_relation_mnus_30| Resentful str_relation_mnus_20| Grumbling str_relation_mnus_10| Suspicious str_relation_plus_0| Indifferent str_relation_plus_10| Cooperative str_relation_plus_20| Welcoming str_relation_plus_30| Favorable str_relation_plus_40| Supportive str_relation_plus_50| Friendly str_relation_plus_60| Gracious str_relation_plus_70| Fond str_relation_plus_80| Loyal str_relation_plus_90| Devoted str_relation_mnus_100_ns|{s60} is a sworn enemy of you. str_relation_mnus_90_ns|{s60} is very vengeful towards you. str_relation_mnus_80_ns|{s60} is vengeful towards you. str_relation_mnus_70_ns|{s60} is spiteful towards you. str_relation_mnus_60_ns|{s60} is hateful towards you. str_relation_mnus_50_ns|{s60} is hostile towards you. str_relation_mnus_40_ns|{s60} is angry towards you. str_relation_mnus_30_ns|{s60} is resentful against you. str_relation_mnus_20_ns|{s60} is grumbling against you. str_relation_mnus_10_ns|{s60} is suspicious towards you. str_relation_plus_0_ns|{s60} is indifferent against you. str_relation_plus_10_ns|{s60} is cooperative towards you. str_relation_plus_20_ns|{s60} is welcoming towards you. str_relation_plus_30_ns|{s60} is favorable to you. str_relation_plus_40_ns|{s60} is supportive to you. str_relation_plus_50_ns|{s60} is friendly to you. str_relation_plus_60_ns|{s60} is gracious to you. str_relation_plus_70_ns|{s60} is fond of you. str_relation_plus_80_ns|{s60} is loyal to you. str_relation_plus_90_ns|{s60} is devoted to you. str_relation_reg1| Relation {reg1} str_center_relation_mnus_100|The populace hates you with a passion str_center_relation_mnus_90|The populace hates you intensely str_center_relation_mnus_80|The populace hates you strongly str_center_relation_mnus_70|The populace hates you str_center_relation_mnus_60|The populace is hateful to you str_center_relation_mnus_50|The populace is extremely hostile to you str_center_relation_mnus_40|The populace is very hostile to you str_center_relation_mnus_30|The populace is hostile to you str_center_relation_mnus_20|The populace is against you str_center_relation_mnus_10|The populace is opposed to you str_center_relation_plus_0|The populace is indifferent to you str_center_relation_plus_10|The populace is acceptive to you str_center_relation_plus_20|The populace is cooperative to you str_center_relation_plus_30|The populace is somewhat supportive to you str_center_relation_plus_40|The populace is supportive to you str_center_relation_plus_50|The populace is very supportive to you str_center_relation_plus_60|The populace is loyal to you str_center_relation_plus_70|The populace is highly loyal to you str_center_relation_plus_80|The populace is devoted to you str_center_relation_plus_90|The populace is fiercely devoted to you str_town_prosperity_0|The poverty and stench of town of {s60} is unbearable str_town_prosperity_1|The poor and squalorous town of {s60} is filled with desperate people, beggars and thieves. str_town_prosperity_2|The poorly maintained town of {s60} looks to be a wretched and desolate place. str_town_prosperity_3|The town of {s60} looks to be filled with the poor and unemployed. str_town_prosperity_4|The town of {s60} looks poor and neglected. str_town_prosperity_5|The town of {s60} appears to be struggling. str_town_prosperity_6|The town of {s60} seems unremarkable. str_town_prosperity_7|The town of {s60} seems to be upbeat and active. str_town_prosperity_8|The progressive town of {s60} seems to be busy with activity. str_town_prosperity_9|The prosperous town of {s60} is bustling with activity and trade. str_town_prosperity_10|The clean town of {s60} looks well off and well-maintained. str_town_prosperity_11|The spotless town of {s60} is opulent and crowded with well-to-do people. str_town_prosperity_12|The glittering town of {s60} openly flaunts its great wealth. str_village_prosperity_0|The poverty and squalor of village {s60} is unbearable. str_village_prosperity_1|The squalorous village of {s60} looks wretchedly poor and miserable. str_village_prosperity_2|The poorly maintained village of {s60} looks penurious and desolate. str_village_prosperity_3|The village of {s60}, surrounded by unfallowed fields and hovels, looks very poor. str_village_prosperity_4|The village of {s60} looks poor and neglected. str_village_prosperity_5|The village of {s60} appears to be somewhat poor and struggling. str_village_prosperity_6|The village of {s60} seems unremarkable. str_village_prosperity_7|The village of {s60} seems to be upbeat and active. str_village_prosperity_8|The clean village of {s60} appears to be thriving. str_village_prosperity_9|The prosperous village of {s60} seems bustling with activity. str_village_prosperity_10|The clean village of {s60} looks organized, happy and and prosperous. str_village_prosperity_11|The spotless village of {s60}, surrounded by vast, fertile fields, looks very well off. str_village_prosperity_12|The vast rich fields and happy culture of {s60} are a testament to good leadership that promotes fertility and wealth. str_town_alt_prosperity_0|The few items sold in the market appear to be priced well out of the range of the inhabitants. The people are malnourished, their animals are sick or dying, and the tools of their trade appear to be broken. The back alleys have been abandoned to flies and mangy dogs. str_town_alt_prosperity_20|You hear grumbling in the marketplace about the price of everyday items, and the shops are half empty. You see the signs of malnourishment on both people and animals, and both buildings and tools suffer from lack of repair. Many may already have migrated to seek work elsewhere. str_town_alt_prosperity_40|You hear the occasional grumble in the marketplace about the price of everyday items, but there appear to be a reasonable amount of goods for sale. You see the occasional abandoned building, shop, or cart, but nothing more than the ordinary. str_town_alt_prosperity_60|The people look well-fed and relatively content. Craftsmen do a thriving business, and some migrants appear to be coming here from other regions to seek their luck. str_town_alt_prosperity_80|The walls, streets, and homes are well-maintained. The markets are thronged with migrants from the nearby regions drawn here by the availability of both goods and work. The rhythm of hammers and looms speak to the business of the artisans' workshops. str_village_alt_prosperity_0|Only a handful of people are strong enough to work in the fields, many of which are becoming overgrown with weeds. The rest are weak and malnourished, or have already fled elsewhere. The draft animals have long since starved or were eaten, although a few carcasses still lie on the outskirts, their bones gnawed by wild beasts. str_village_alt_prosperity_20|Some farmers and animals are out in the fields, but their small numbers suggest that some villagers may be emigrating in search of food. Farm implements look rusty and broken. Brush and weeds seem to be reclaiming some of the outermost fields. str_village_alt_prosperity_40|The fields and orchards are busy, with villagers engaged in the tasks of the seasons. Humans and animals alike look relatively healthy and well-fed. However, a small number of the outermost fields are left unsewn, and some walls are in ill repair, suggesting that there are still not quite enough hands to do all the work which needs to be done. str_village_alt_prosperity_60|The fields and orchards are humming with activity, with filled sacks of grain and drying meat testifying to the productivity of the village's cropland and pastureland. str_village_alt_prosperity_80|The fields and orchards are humming with activity, with freshly dug irrigation ditches suggest that the farmers have enough spare time and energy to expand area under cultivation. Seasonal laborers appear to be flocking here to help with the work and join in the general prosperity. str_oasis_village_alt_prosperity_0|The palm groves are virtually abandoned, and the canals which irrigate them are clogged with silt. The handful of villagers you see look malnourished and restless. The draft animals have long since starved or were eaten, although a few carcasses still lie on the outskirts, their bones gnawed by the wild jackals of the desert. str_oasis_village_alt_prosperity_20|Few villagers can be seen tending to the palm groves, and in places, the desert dunes appear to be encroaching on the gardens. Many of the canals are clogged with silt, and the wells and cisterns are filled with sand. str_oasis_village_alt_prosperity_40|Men and women are busy tending the palm groves, climbing to the tops of trees to pollinate the fruit. Healthy animals draw the pumps and wheels that bring water to the fields. Some of the irrigation canals and cisterns, however, could use some maintenance. str_oasis_village_alt_prosperity_60|The palm groves and orchards are humming with activity. Farmers call to each other cheerfully from the tops of the trees, where they pollinate the date fruit. The creak of wooden pumps, the bellowing of draft animals, and the rush of flowing water speak of an irrigation system that is thriving under the villagers' attention. str_oasis_village_alt_prosperity_80|The palm groves are humming with activity, as farmers load up a bumper crop of dates for sale to the market. Men and women are hard at work digging new wells and canals, to bring additional land under irrigation. str_acres_grain|acres of grainfields str_acres_orchard|acres of orchards and vineyards str_acres_oasis|acres of irrigated oasis gardens str_looms|looms str_boats|boats str_head_cattle|head of cattle str_head_sheep|head of sheep str_mills|mills str_kilns|kilns str_pans|pans str_deposits|deposits str_hives|hives str_breweries|breweries str_presses|presses str_smithies|smithies str_caravans|overland caravans str_traps|traps str_gardens|small gardens str_tanneries|tanning vats str_master_miller|Master miller str_master_brewer|Master brewer str_master_presser|Master presser str_master_smith|Master smith str_master_tanner|Master tanner str_master_weaver|Master weaver str_master_dyer|Master dyer str_war_report_minus_4|we are about to lose the war str_war_report_minus_3|the situation looks bleak str_war_report_minus_2|things aren't going too well for us str_war_report_minus_1|we can still win the war if we rally str_war_report_0|we are evenly matched with the enemy str_war_report_plus_1|we have a fair chance of winning the war str_war_report_plus_2|things are going quite well str_war_report_plus_3|we should have no difficulty defeating them str_war_report_plus_4|we are about to win the war str_persuasion_summary_very_bad|You try your best to persuade {s50}, but none of your arguments seem to be effective. Whenever you start to make sense, you say something entirely wrong which puts you off track. By the time you finish speaking you've failed to form a single coherent point in your own favor, and you realise that all you've done was dig yourself deeper into a hole. Unsurprisingly, {s50} does not look impressed. str_persuasion_summary_bad|You try to persuade {s50}, but {reg51?she he} outmanoeuvres you from the very start. Even your best arguments sound hollow to your own ears. {s50}, obviously, has not formed a very high opinion of your words. str_persuasion_summary_average|{s50} turns out to be a skilled speaker with a keen mind, and you don't seem unable to muster an argument that {reg51?she he} cannot counter with a valid point. In the end, neither of you manage to gain any ground in your discussion. str_persuasion_summary_good|Through quick thinking and smooth debate, you state your case well, forcing {s50} to concede on several points. However, {reg51?she he} still expresses doubts about the validity of your request. str_persuasion_summary_very_good|You deliver an impassioned speech which echoes like poetry to your listeners. The world itself seems to go quiet that it might hear you better. Your inspiring words have moved {s50} deeply, and {reg51?she he} looks more well-disposed towards helping you. str_secret_sign_1|The armoire dances at midnight... str_secret_sign_2|I am selling these fine D'Shar tapestries. Would you like to buy some? str_secret_sign_3|The friend of a friend sent me... str_secret_sign_4|The wind blows hard from the east and the river runs red... str_countersign_1|But does he dance for the dresser or the candlestick? str_countersign_2|Yes I would, do you have any in blue? str_countersign_3|But, my friend, your friend's friend will never have a friend like me. str_countersign_4|Have you been sick? str_name_1|Albard str_name_2|Euscarl str_name_3|Sigmar str_name_4|Talesqe str_name_5|Ritmand str_name_6|Aels str_name_7|Raurqe str_name_8|Bragamus str_name_9|Taarl str_name_10|Ramin str_name_11|Shulk str_name_12|Putar str_name_13|Tamus str_name_14|Reichad str_name_15|Walcheas str_name_16|Rulkh str_name_17|Marlund str_name_18|Auguryn str_name_19|Daynad str_name_20|Joayah str_name_21|Ramar str_name_22|Caldaran str_name_23|Brabas str_name_24|Kundrin str_name_25|Boris str_name_26|Tomas str_name_27|Astrid str_name_28|Angus str_name_29|Tarl str_name_30|Barak str_name_31|Harad str_name_32|Eregas str_name_33|Voldor str_name_34|Ansen str_name_35|Pelmar str_name_36|Harris str_name_37|Trevanir str_name_38|Rosborne str_name_39|Rathmore str_name_40|Tanis str_name_41|Mason str_name_42|Janus str_name_43|Denton str_name_44|Harl str_name_45|Thesar str_name_46|Gildroyk str_name_47|Borman str_name_48|Loren str_name_49|Samuelk str_name_50|William str_name_51|Datuvahya str_name_52|Kuru str_name_53|Thuxra str_name_54|Vahauka str_name_55|Aedan str_name_56|Bledros str_name_57|Brithael str_name_58|Cingur str_name_59|Grifiud str_name_60|Gurbodu str_name_61|Iudicael str_name_62|Loi str_name_63|Mermin str_name_64|Marnid str_name_65|Borscha str_name_66|Morcana str_name_67|Oss匤 str_name_68|Putrael str_name_69|Resmen str_name_70|Talen str_name_71|Guyvon str_name_73|Harmond str_name_74|Ulris str_name_75|Rarb str_name_76|Vernis str_name_77|Fengreve str_name_78|Boris str_name_79|Bors str_name_80|Arthur str_name_81|Tranced str_name_82|Braggi str_name_83|Oslin str_name_84|Baran str_name_85|Barek str_name_86|Dahan str_surname_1|{s50} of Laria str_surname_2|{s50} of Sarleon str_surname_3|{s50} of Cez str_surname_4|{s50} of Avendor str_surname_5|{s50} of Senderfall str_surname_6|{s50} of Marleons str_surname_7|{s50} of Poinsbruk str_surname_8|{s50} of Ravenstern str_surname_9|{s50} of Torbah str_surname_10|{s50} of Valonbray str_surname_11|{s50} of Windholm str_surname_12|{s50} of Jarlsholm str_surname_13|{s50} of Rane str_surname_14|{s50} of Tharn str_surname_15|{s50} the Red str_surname_16|{s50} Shadowalker str_surname_17|{s50} the Shadow str_surname_18|{s50} Longshanks str_surname_19|{s50} of Barclay str_surname_20|{s50} of Tosdhar str_surname_21|{s50} the Long str_surname_22|{s50} the Gaunt str_surname_23|{s50} Silkybeard str_surname_24|{s50} the Sparrow str_surname_25|{s50} the Pauper str_surname_26|{s50} the Scarred str_surname_27|{s50} the Fair str_surname_28|{s50} the Grim str_surname_29|{s50} the Red str_surname_30|{s50} the Black str_surname_31|{s50} the Tall str_surname_32|{s50} Star-Eyed str_surname_33|{s50} the Fearless str_surname_34|{s50} the Valorous str_surname_35|{s50} the Cunning str_surname_36|{s50} the Coward str_surname_37|{s50} Bright str_surname_38|{s50} the Quick str_surname_39|{s50} the Minstrel str_surname_40|{s50} the Bold str_surname_41|{s50} Gravanar str_surname_42|{s50} Oakenshield str_surname_43|{s50} Cloviar str_surname_44|{s50} Horian str_surname_45|{s50} Tredecer str_surname_46|{s50} Wolfgar str_surname_47|{s50} Tendar str_surname_48|{s50} Fenland str_surname_49|{s50} Ravenlad str_surname_50|{s50} Avenmoor str_surname_51|{s50} Sensil str_surname_53|{s50} Southbridge str_surname_54|{s50} Northbridge str_surname_55|{s50} Seastrom str_surname_56|{s50} Foxworth str_surname_57|{s50} Gresham str_surname_58|{s50} Udrak str_surname_59|{s50} Speardran str_surname_60|{s50} Evansword str_surnames_end|surnames end str_number_of_troops_killed_reg1|Number of troops killed {reg1} str_number_of_troops_wounded_reg1|Number of troops wounded {reg1} str_number_of_own_troops_killed_reg1|Number of friendly troops killed {reg1} str_number_of_own_troops_wounded_reg1|Number of friendly troops wounded {reg1} str_retreat|Retreat! str_siege_continues|Fighting Continues... str_casualty_display|Your casualties {s10}^Enemy casualties {s11}{s12} str_casualty_display_hp|^You were wounded for {reg1} hit points. str_quest_log_updated|Quest log has been updated... str_banner_selection_text|You have been awarded the right to carry a banner. Your banner will signify your status as a Noble of Pendor and bring you honor. Which banner do you want to choose? str_retirement_text_1|You grew weary of fighting Pendor's battles, and your old wounds trouble you these days. You spent too much money on troops and gear in your youth, but long since sold off your armor and weapons and are now virtually penniless. Thanks to the charity of the friendly lord of {s9} you get by, cleaning his stables and sweeping his courtyard. Your glory days are over and you no longer speak of them, though you still have your memories; little enough recompense for all those years of fighting for a lost cause. You keep those to yourself, because no one is interested in the ramblings of a half-crippled stableman who might once have been a soldier. str_retirement_text_2|You always lived for today and rarely considered tomorrow, assuming you would be killed in battle long before you were too old to fight. When your money ran out you joined the Red Brotherhood as a low-level outlaw and now run errands for those you once sold to the galleys. Sometimes you reflect bitterly on the irony of your current life. Your once-high ideals are gone, as you realize you are now robbing those whom you used to defend. You slip deeper into a life of crime and cruelty. Your life ends on the gallows for murder and you laugh as the {s9} hangman tightens the noose around your neck. str_retirement_text_3|You have come down considerably from your days as a {s13}, though you still retain the mannerisms of your former days. Your troops have deserted or died in your battles. You take to drink and drift from tavern to tavern, boring all those willing to listen with tales of your former successes, while hustling drinks from the patrons. Once in a while someone recognizes you, but your former fame is good only for a free drink from a kind man who remembers what you once were. str_retirement_text_4|You finally realize you are tired of war, and retire to the village of {s7}, which you once freed from bandits. The grateful villagers accept you as one of their own, and you make your living training the village militia and do a bit of farming. You marry a village {reg63?lass lad} and raise a flock of sturdy peasant children who never tire of your tales of the battles you fought and the enemies you vanquished. You shout angrily at your oldest son, who wants to become a soldier. You end your days a respected village Elder, content with the peace and family you found in {s7}. str_retirement_text_5|What once seemed a vast sum of denars evaporates quickly, but you have enough left of your loot to purchase a tavern in {s9}. You smile to recall that you have purchased this same inn twice, as you once paid a handsome sum to the former innkeeper for damages your men did to this very tavern. The men of the {s9} garrison patronize your tavern and enjoy hearing your tales of victorious battles against overwhelming odds though they take them with a grain of salt. Your profits grow, and you expand your premises to include a banquet and wedding hall. Your inn is famous all over Pendor, and you are now a more successful host than you ever were a {s13}. str_retirement_text_6|As you fought over the length and breadth of Pendor, as a {s13} you traded between towns and villages, and found you had a good head for business. You have battled many foes,{s15} and invested your profits with a trader in {s9}, whose caravans you once escorted. You now own several warehouses in {s9}, your caravans traverse Pendor and your ships carry heavy cargoes to and from Barclay. You marry the trader's {reg63?daughter son} and train up your children as good little merchants. Sometimes over wine, you regale your clients and partner with tales of your days as a soldier, but memories fade. The success of your merchanting dynasty will long outlast your fame as a {s13}. str_retirement_text_7|Though you came to Pendor a penniless adventurer, your battle successes have made you rich. You own the town of {s9} and prove to be a capable administrator, skilled at delegating while keeping a wary eye on your underlings. Your holdings prosper and pay a fine income because you keep taxes low to encourage investment. Your improvements have paid off and you are a popular {reg63?lord lady} in Pendor. When you must ride to battle, you feel young again as the clash of weapons stirs your blood. Still, you really prefer hunting to battle and adjudicating trade disputes to fighting wars. You are overall quite content with your lot and don't regret your retirement. str_retirement_text_8|Though once hailed as the savior prophesied by Madigan, you failed to unite all Pendor under your banner. You are revered as a great Pendorian hero because you fought off many invading armies,{s15} whose wars once tore Pendor apart. Peace pervades Pendor, and you deal with those who disturb it harshly. You are careful to stay on good terms with your vassals and your neighbor kings and are ever vigilant against future threats to Pendor. Not having a taste for administration, you kept {s8} and awarded the rest to your faithful companions and vassals. Sometimes you all get together and speak of the old days, reminiscing about your glorious deeds, but all of you agree that peace is preferable to the constant warfare of your early years in Pendor. str_retirement_text_9|Though once hailed as the savior prophesied by Madigan, you failed to unite all Pendor under one banner. You fought and defeated huge invading armies,{s15} but did not become the {reg63?king queen} of all Pendor. Your holdings are vast and you are wealthy beyond your wildest dreams. Lords who once sneered at you now curry your favor because you outrank them and still have the reputation of dealing effectively and fatally with insults. You rule your own holdings with a firm and just hand and rarely think any more of your hand-to-mouth days as a soldier. str_retirement_text_10|All Pendor lies beneath your hand and you are everywhere hailed as the savior Madigan prophesied would unite the land. You defeated all invading armies, beat back avaricious and power-hungry Lords, and humbled Pendor's so-called Kings. Your slightest wish is a command and your word is absolute law throughout the land. Luckily, you are both fair and just, and never abuse your position. You always remember your humble beginnings, though now every luxury available is yours for the asking. You reward loyalty and swiftly punish wrongdoing and the people love you for it. Still, you know how quickly a throne can be lost, and never relax your vigilance. Sometimes you stand atop your castle and look to the South, wondering what will come next to Pendor. str_loot_village|attack innocent villagers str_steal_from_villagers|steal from poor villagers str_rob_caravan|rob a merchant caravan str_sell_slavery|sell people into slavery str_men_hungry|run out of food str_men_unpaid|not be able to pay the men str_excessive_casualties|turn every battle into a bloodbath for our side str_surrender|surrender to the enemy str_flee_battle|run from battle str_cheat_in_battle|cheat in battle str_pay_bandits|pay off common bandits str_fail_quest|fail a quest which we undertook on word of honor str_squander_money|squander money given to us in trust str_murder_merchant|involve ourselves in cold-blooded murder str_round_up_serfs|round up serfs on behalf of some noble str_battle_fate_1|We were separated in the heat of battle str_battle_fate_2|I was wounded and left for dead str_battle_fate_3|I was knocked senseless by the enemy str_battle_fate_4|I was taken and held for ransom str_battle_fate_5|I got captured, but later managed to escape str_npc_morale_report|I'm {s6} your choice of companions, {s7} your style of leadership, and {s8} the general state of affairs str_happy|happy about str_content|content with str_concerned|concerned about str_not_happy|not at all happy about str_miserable|downright appalled at str_morale_reg1| Morale {reg1} str_bar_enthusiastic| Enthusiastic str_bar_content| Content str_bar_weary| Weary str_bar_disgruntled| Disgruntled str_bar_miserable| Miserable str_here_plus_space|here str_npc_adonja_intro|Yes? You wish to speak with me? I'm in no mood for idle chitchat, so be brief. str_npc_leslie_intro|Hello, {reg63?Sir Madam}. Are you in need of a quartermaster skilled in all aspects of distribution and procurement of supplies? str_npc_ansen_intro|Good day, my {reg63?Lord Lady}. str_npc_riva_intro|Greetings, {reg63?Sir Madam}. I am Riva Blackwolf of Laria. Doubtless you have heard my name? str_npc_kassim_intro|Greetings, {reg63?Bahadur Bibi}. Would you share tea and conversation with one alone and far from his home? str_npc_lethaldiran_intro|Greetings, human. Would you happen to be in need of a Noldor's services? str_npc_jocelyn_intro|Why do you stare at me, {reg63?Sir Madam}? Have you never laid eyes upon a knight before? Do you think this is a zoo? str_npc_alistair_intro|I needed a drink to steady my nerves! I came upon a dead girl outside of town. Her heart had been ripped from her breast. str_npc_rayne_intro|Well met, my good {reg63?Sir Lady}. Would you like to share a drink with me. str_npc_julia_intro|Greetings there, {reg63?Lord Lady} Captain, I am Julia, formerly of Janos. str_npc_frederick_intro|Hail, Mijn Commandant. What word have you of the wars in Pendor? str_npc_ediz_intro|I salute you, {reg63?lord lady} Captain. str_npc_sara_intro|Greetings, Captain. I am called Sara the Fox. str_npc_donavan_intro|Yes? What is it you wish, stranger? I've little patience with tavern gossipers. str_npc_diev_intro|If I wanted company, I'd have it already. That said, the company wouldn't look at all like you. str_npc_alyssa_intro|Greetingssss. Do you sseek sskilled ssoldierss for your company? str_npc_roland_intro|Good day to you, {reg63?Sir Madam} Captain. I am pleased to make your acquaintance under these circumstances. str_npc_kaverra_intro|What do you want? str_npc_sigismund_intro|What the hell do you want with me, stranger? Piss off, and leave a man to drown his sorrows in peace. str_npc_boadice_intro|Well, well, a proper-looking warrior at last. I'd quite despaired of finding one. I've been looking for a Captain worth joining, but I will not follow just anyone! str_npc_adonja_intro_response_1|Yes, I do. You have the look of a fighter who might be looking for work. str_npc_leslie_intro_response_1|Perhaps. Are you a military quartermaster or a trader looking to change jobs? str_npc_ansen_intro_response_1|Hello. You look a trifle elevated in station to be hanging about in here. str_npc_riva_intro_response_1|Never heard of you. What did you say your name was? str_npc_kassim_intro_response_1|Thanks. With whom do I have the pleasure of taking tea? What has brought you here? str_npc_lethaldiran_intro_response_1|I could be. What's your story? str_npc_jocelyn_intro_response_1|I am curious why a knight of your obvious standing is seeking work in a tavern, Sir. str_npc_alistair_intro_response_1|The Heretics must have been at work again! Bastards! str_npc_rayne_intro_response_1|My thanks, I'd be delighted. What is the origin of that falcon emblem on your shield? str_npc_julia_intro_response_1|Well met, Julia. What made you move away from Janos? str_npc_frederick_intro_response_1|They are endemic, sir. War would appear to be Pendor's national sport. str_npc_ediz_intro_response_1|You are far from Singalian lands. What brings you to Pendor? str_npc_sara_intro_response_1|Hello there, Sara. How did you get your foxy nickname? str_npc_donavan_intro_response_1|I always speak to travelers in taverns - I like to hear the news. str_npc_diev_intro_response_1|Why are you so rude and antisocial? str_npc_alyssa_intro_response_1_|You speak like a damned snake priestess - I trust you are not one? str_npc_roland_intro_response_1|I am honored to make yours, Sir Knight. May I know your name? str_npc_kaverra_intro_response_1|I'm curious about that interesting weapon of yours. I've never seen anything like it. str_npc_sigismund_intro_response_1|Drinking alone is no fun. Why are you drunk at this time of day, instead of with your troop? str_npc_boadice_intro_response_1|Hello, good lady. Where do you hail from? str_npc_adonja_intro_response_2|You mistake, madam; I don't wish to speak with you at all. str_npc_leslie_intro_response_2|No, sorry, I don't need a merchant in my company str_npc_ansen_intro_response_2|I'm sorry, I need fighters, not bookish dilettantes. str_npc_riva_intro_response_2|No thanks, I dislike wolves and you look like a bandit to me. str_npc_kassim_intro_response_2|I regret that I cannot linger just now. str_npc_lethaldiran_intro_response_2|Bugger off, Noldor lad, I'm busy. str_npc_jocelyn_intro_response_2|I always stare at knights with churlish manners. Good day. str_npc_alistair_intro_response_2|And what do you know about the girl's death? Answer me! You've a sneaky look about you. str_npc_rayne_intro_response_2|Thank you Sir Knight, but I must decline. str_npc_julia_intro_response_2|A pleasure to have met you, but I'm too busy to talk just now. str_npc_frederick_intro_response_2|I know only what everyone else knows. Pendor suffers under constant warmongering. str_npc_ediz_intro_response_2|I'd stop to chat, but I have another appointment. str_npc_sara_intro_response_2|You've a catchy name, Sara, but I've no time to talk. str_npc_donavan_intro_response_2|Nothing at all. My apologies. str_npc_diev_intro_response_2|I don't offer my company to surly clods, so we're even. Good day. str_npc_alyssa_intro_response_2|Take your hisses elsewhere; I've no liking for them or your filthy Cult. str_npc_roland_intro_response_2|I am honored to meet you, Sir Knight, but I must rejoin my troop. str_npc_kaverra_intro_response_2|Interesting weapon, that, but I've no time to chat just now. Goodbye. str_npc_sigismund_intro_response_2|Not much of a conversationalist, are you? I'll leave you to your solitary drinking. str_npc_boadice_intro_response_2|Nice to have met you and good luck finding a captain who'll sign you on. str_npc_adonja_backstory_a|I am Adonja of the Rocktops, from the finest raiding clan in the Mystmountains, the Catsclaws. Our Clan is greatly favored by Vejovis, or so I once thought. My father is a great clan Chief who trained me well to fight and raid. str_npc_leslie_backstory_a|I am primarily a trader, and my name is Leslie. A sad turn of events has stranded me here, with barely a denar to my name and no way of returning home. str_npc_ansen_backstory_a|I have no station, and I shall tell you why! My name is Ansen, by the way, a pleasure to meet you. str_npc_riva_backstory_a|Really? Well, perhaps your ignorance can be forgiven. You don't look like a Pendorian, so I take it you are a stranger in these lands? str_npc_kassim_backstory_a|I am Kassim, son of Jamshid, grandson of Bahman, great-grandson of Ikram, a Pamiri D'Shar of the high passes. Were you of Pendor, you'd know why I am so far from home. str_npc_lethaldiran_backstory_a|Allow me to present myself I am Lethaldiran, once of the House of Ithilrandir, but now, alas, an exile. It may seem unusual to you to find a Noldor seeking work in a tavern, but I am unfortunately now adrift in the human world. str_npc_jocelyn_backstory_a|I am Sir Jocelyn from the Order of Eventide, {reg63?Sir Madam}. The Order of the Dawn put to the stake one of our most venerable brothers, then took to burning peasants and nobility, setting villages afire and other atrocities. I came to Pendor with the Order of Eventide. I did not realize then that they are Heretics and followers of the evil goddess Erida Occisor. If my Order locates me, I will be killed gruesomely for my defection. str_npc_alistair_backstory_a|I simply stumbled upon the poor girl and quickly ascertained that she was beyond any help I could give. I am the younger son of a high Lord in Barclay, Ferenc the Noxious, come to Pendor like many other knights to make my name and fortune. I was dodging a party of those sanctimonious Twits of the Dawn, when I tripped over the girl. You don't happen to know if they're headed in this direction, do you? If so, I must depart immediately, and I'd advise you to do the same. They are deadly enemies to my Order, and will likely attack you as well - they take rather unreasonable dislikes very quickly. str_npc_rayne_backstory_a|This shield? It is my birthright, my good {reg63?sir lady}. I am Sir Rayne, the last Knight of the Falcon, sole remainder of a gallant Order outlawed ten years ago by the King of Ravenstern himself. My fellows hung up their armor, or were hunted down and slain. The one exception was my mentor, Sir Leodred. str_npc_julia_backstory_a|It's a long story, {reg63?lord madam} Captain, but if you'll get yourself a drink and one for me, too, while you're at it, I'll be glad to tell you the tale. str_npc_frederick_backstory_a|I am Hauptmann Frederick von Mettenheim, and I am a Great Swordsman of the Forlorn Hope Regiment of the Isle of Mettenheim. Mettenheim was invaded by Barclay, while we were in the grip of a great famine. I accompanied the Count of Mettenheim, my General, to Pendor to secure trade agreements for food, and perhaps make an agreement for the lease of arable land. We have much to offer in trade, since our specialty is smelting and the casting of all things metal. Unfortunately, we were first shipwrecked, then those not drowned were massacred by a large band of Snake Cultists. str_npc_ediz_backstory_a|I am Ediz, a Singalian, as you have surmised. We are a simple people and our code is equally simple We fight to the death in battle and never retreat. We do not desert our Lords unless they prove themselves unworthy by cowardly flight from battle. This was the case with the lord whom I served. I have come to Pendor to regain through battle the honor I lost with my lord, who fled like a cur and disgraced us all. str_npc_sara_backstory_a|If it is a tale you desire, then a tale I assuredly shall tell. I am called 'the Fox' because my words and allure enchant my would-be suitors, leaving them in hot pursuit of a fox they can never catch. With my pursuit of pleasure, my keen wits and my eloquent songs and poetry, I enrapture every man I encounter. When cornered, I fight; when chased, I go to ground. With my rapier I fence moonlight, on my steed, I race the dawn. str_npc_donavan_backstory_a|Very well, as you wish. I would welcome the company. My name is Donavan and I come from across your Western Sea, though we call it another name in my homeland. str_npc_diev_backstory_a|You'd not be very sociable yourself, if you'd lived my life. I am called Diev. My parents were killed by Mystmountain Raiders when I was only a babe. Members of a passing caravan heard me crying in my dead mother's arms and rescued me. The Caravan Master adopted me, as he and his wife were childless. I grew up in Rane, but I disappointed my adopted father because I had no aptitude for trade, and less taste for it. str_npc_alyssa_backstory_a|You correctly identify my acssent; I am Alyssa, a former SSerpent Cult Priestess, but the operative word iss 'former.' They tell me I wass taken in the Empire as a baby, but my only memories are of the Cult. I have forssaken the SSnake Cult and sshall never rejoin them. If you have fought my Cult, you know how sskilled at arms we Priestesses are. I am in deadly danger from my Cult, and musst join a sstrong commander - there is ssafety in numberss for me. str_npc_roland_backstory_a|I am Sir Roland, {reg63?Sir Madam}, sole Paladin of the Dawn. My Order's original mission was to eradicate injustice and lawlessness, that the Goddess Astraea might dwell upon the earth once more. My fellow Order members have forgotten their principles and I have abandoned them to escape their misguided cruelties, though I still follow the Goddess Astraea's injunctions to us. str_npc_kaverra_backstory_a|Well, {reg63?Sir Madam}, I call it a 'Man-Opener', and it lives up to its name, same's I live up to mine, 'Kaverra the Castrator.' Had it made to order by the Javiksholm weapons maker. str_npc_sigismund_backstory_a|Alright, alright, if you're buying, I'll talk while I drink. You look to be a commander yourself, so you might understand my story. My name is Sigismund and I come from Vezin, had a small farm there. Don't know why I bothered farming as long as I did. We'd raise our crops and foreign armies would burn them. We'd buy cattle and the damned Vanskerries, Mystmountains or bandits would steal them. Nobody in our village would lift a finger in defense of what was ours, except for a woman named Claire, who decided it was time to fight back. str_npc_boadice_backstory_a|I am Boadice of the Veccavii, now unfortunately forced to abandon my isle and my sisters to seek refuge in this blighted land. My elder sister assumed the throne of Veccavi, and decided to eliminate, successfully in terms of my other sisters, any competition to her rule. str_npc_adonja_backstory_b|When I was just thirteen, I formed my own raiding band, and had enormous successes. We had the best looting record of all the clans, even those led by men twice my age. I had the prettiest furs and a lot of gold jewelry to show for it, too. Unfortunately, Lord Stephan was waiting for us in one of the Fierdsvain villages on our last raid, and his warband killed all of my men. For the first time in my life, I ran away to save myself, after the last of my band was killed. str_npc_leslie_backstory_b|Several months ago, my brother and I sailed from Barclay, across the Western Sea. We came to Pendor to buy Noldor artifacts, with the idea of making a profit by trading along the way. Our caravan was attacked outside Laria by a Jatu warband. My brother and our caravan guards were no match for the ferocity of the Jatu. I was the only survivor and they took me prisoner, with overtly nefarious intentions. str_npc_ansen_backstory_b|My father, a merchant in {s20}, had me educated by our finest scholars. I spent all my time poring over books and scrolls under the tutelage of the abbot here. I didn't realize that the ultimate goal of all this education was my indoctrination into the clergy! When the abbot let that slip, I packed up what I could, left my father's house and am now in search of more manly pursuits. str_npc_riva_backstory_b|A pity. I am of a noble family which believes in equality between men and women. As per my family's ancient traditions, I intend to make a name for myself in the profession of arms. Unfortunately, the local authorities have little understanding of the warrior's code. They have unfairly libelled me 'bandit' and 'brigand,' and put a price on my head. str_npc_kassim_backstory_b|Since the days of my great-great grandfather, my people have had blood feud with the tribe of Yusafzai, who squat in the next valley over from ours. Many men have died in this feud, including two of my brothers. The Bahadur Khan himself ordered us to cease this blood feud, to save men for fighting the wars in Pendor. I, however, honor my duty to my tribe, and my brothers' blood cried out for vengeance. I waylaid and killed two Yusafzai on a track in the mountains. I then rode out of our village that same night, without even bidding farewell to my father. I will wait a year or two, then return home after the Khan's men have forgotten me. The Yusafzai will not forget, of course, as our blood feuds never end until all of the enemy are dead. str_npc_lethaldiran_backstory_b|The trouble began with my hobby, which is duelling - and I became quite good at it. This, of course, meant that my duelling partners found our exercises fatal rather too often for Ithilrandir. After the demise of one of his favorite nephews, he exiled me. I have frequently found employment amongst your lords as an assassin - so many of them seem to dislike one another, don't they? Unfortunately, my latest employer failed to produce the coin promised when I completed my task, and has set his men after me to eliminate his debt. str_npc_jocelyn_backstory_b|The Order of Eventide has dispatched one of its most experienced and ruthless knights to discover my whereabouts, and either forcibly return me to them, or kill me in the attempt. I desperately need to join a good company, both to fight the Heretics and for protection from this knight, who is close on my heels. My funds are exhausted; I have had to sell my warsteed. I suppose my armor will be next, and then I shall have to disguise myself as a peasant. str_npc_alistair_backstory_b|As you doubtless know, the Order of the Dawn was tactfully expelled from Barclay, because of the atrocities they committed upon the populace there burning villages, and putting peasants, merchants and even the nobility to death by fire to 'cleanse' them of what those zealots deemed their 'sins.' They consider trivialities such as a peasant spitting as they pass by, Astraea's shrines not precisely facing the rising sun, or shrines improperly cleaned, to be capital offences. Not unnaturally, we nobles were annoyed by their wasteful destruction of our villages and peasantry. I must join a strong commander who also detests them, as they are far too strong for a single knight to tackle. I'm sure you'll agree that they are as much a blight on Pendor as ever they were on Barclay. str_npc_rayne_backstory_b|Sir Leodred was Master-at-Arms of the Order, charged with training all new squires. I was the last admitted to the order. My father, before he died, was an Order Knight as well and I, his sole heir, was expected to fulfill his oath to the Order. My mentor, Sir Leodred, died last winter, sword in hand, defending innocents from their would-be predators. Ever since, I have been searching for a way to revive my Order, even though we are outlawed in Ravenstern. str_npc_julia_backstory_b|I am a twin, and my brother was named Julius. My father was a sergeant in the service of a noble house in Janos. He was a strict disciplinarian, hard on his men, and harder on his family, especially Julius and me. He drilled us with sword, crossbow and spear, saying it was important that we be able to defend ourselves. After Lord Marius took the throne, my father came home less and less, explaining that his duties had increased. When he was home, he was surly and silent. Then, when Julius and I were seventeen, he began taking Julius with him on duty. Shortly thereafter, I found that the 'noble Lady' my father guarded was a Serpent Priestess. Dad and Julius were thugs who kidnapped innocent people for her purposes. When I confronted Julius about it, he tried to kill me. str_npc_frederick_backstory_b|I am the sole surviving member of our delegation to Pendor. I cannot complete our mission here by myself and have currently no way of returning to Mettenheim. Until the Count Of Mettenheim, our ruler, learns from our lack of reports that something has happened and sends another delegation, I must live by my blade. str_npc_ediz_backstory_b|Unlike the many Singalian mercenaries willing to hire their services to any man with a handful of gold, I require a captain worthy of my hire. I am no common mercenary and I will follow no leader who cannot live up to my standards. str_npc_sara_backstory_b|I am a troubadour by profession, a courtesan upon occasion and a deadly enigma at all times. I am known for my elegant verse and exquisite songs. When I grow bored, I travel onward, amusing myself with whatever diversions come my way. I confess to an affection for Pendor, so for the past several years have visited its towns and castles, earning good coin with my talents. str_npc_donavan_backstory_b|I am the second son of a Barclay noble, whom you've likely not heard of, since my land is far away. I came to seek my fortune in Pendor, training men in the art of battle. Unfortunately, the lord here in {s20} disapproves of the disciplinary methods needed to turn rabble into soldiers. I told him it was wiser to flog them now than bury them later, but he refused to listen, and advised me to take my services elsewhere. str_npc_diev_backstory_b|I spent most of my youth in the back alleys of Rane, fighting and stealing, getting beaten for it by my father when he caught me. Once I was older, I took to hunting in the Lord's preserve, sharing the game I killed with the poor in Rane. I decided there must be more to life than poaching, so I signed on to fight with the Guard. We were ambushed one day, escorting my Lord to Poinsbruk, by a group of Renegade Knights, and all the Guard were killed but me. My Lord, who ran like a rabbit from the fray, accused me of deserting the Guard during battle, because I was the only one still alive. In truth, I was knocked unconscious and woke up surrounded by my dead mates. So, he had me drummed out of the Guard in disgrace. str_npc_alyssa_backstory_b|I will add that I have few resservations about fighting memberss of my cult. After all, they will feel no compunctionss about killing me, now that I have left them. In termss of my accommodation within your troop, you should know that we of the Snake Cult are vegetarians and prefer organic food. I will eat no meat and I do not drink wine. str_npc_roland_backstory_b|I was born in a village in the Empire. When I was ten, Serpent Cultists took my parents. I was studious as a boy, and with the help of our village priest, I made my way to Barclay to enter the Order of the Dawn. The Order educated me and trained me in both tactics and weapons. Now, however, my Order has outlawed me and put a price upon my head. I had to leave my Order; I could no longer tolerate the crimes they perpetrated in Astraea's name. She came to me in a dream and told me that I was her last true Knight, and that I must guide the Order back to its true purpose. I confess, I have no clue as to how to do it, particularly since they intend to burn me. str_npc_kaverra_backstory_b|I started as 'prentice to a rope-maker, see, saved my denars, got myself a start as a peddler. I was takin' some of my old master's rope to market when I got caught by eight Vanskerry Raiders. You know what they do with women captives. str_npc_sigismund_backstory_b|Claire was fed up with the raids and decided to do something about them. We'd known one other since childhood, and when the men laughed at her plans, she came to me. I knew she was right, and together we began raising a militia to fight those thieving bastards. A few lads from our village joined up, and then we went from place to place, speechifying and gathering volunteers. Claire said Astraea was helping us, and just laughed when the men started calling her 'Saint Claire.' str_npc_boadice_backstory_b|As I am in need of gainful employment, I cannot be picky over opportunities, despite my royal lineage. I will not, however, tolerate behavior by your troop unbefitting my station. Is that clear? str_npc_adonja_backstory_c|I've had to sell off all my jewelry just to eat, and I'm tired of being poor. I need loot, Chief, and lots of it, because I can't return to my clan until I have the gold to pay indemnity for each of my men. I'll fight for you if there's a prospect of good loot in the offing. str_npc_leslie_backstory_c|Shortly thereafter, the Jatu were vanquished by an Adventuring Company and I was freed. Now, I'm stranded here, with no money and no family to help me. str_npc_ansen_backstory_c|I have no intention of being a priest, but shall learn to be a knight! No more books for me! I'm going to join a band of adventurers or a troop of mercenaries! str_npc_riva_backstory_c|I am anxious to avoid any further trouble, so if you can tell me of a company of adventurers in which I might enlist, I would be most grateful to hear of it. str_npc_kassim_backstory_c|Against the day I need no longer beware the Khan's wrath, I would welcome any opportunity to earn a living with my scimitar. str_npc_lethaldiran_backstory_c|I also know well the use of poisons, the garotte, the art of slitting a throat silently. If there are any little annoyances plaguing you, I could eliminate them for you easily. str_npc_jocelyn_backstory_c|I am highly trained with lance and blade. I would be an asset to any troop in need of experienced knights. I stipulate only that I be permitted to challenge the Heretics we encounter whenever possible. str_npc_alistair_backstory_c|You have no more reason than I to love the Order of the Dawn. What say we join forces to combat them? I am highly skilled with blade and lance, have a fine warsteed and will fight under your command for suitable remuneration. I am also trained in tactics and siegework. I will not, however, serve under a bleeding-heart who shows mercy to those murdering bastards of the Dawn, so if you are in league with them, I withdraw my offer to join you. str_npc_rayne_backstory_c|I hope to offer my sword to some worthy captain, as that is the only honorable profession possible for a landless man of noble birth. In the interim, I dwell amongst thieves, vagabonds, merchants, and the detritus of the road. str_npc_julia_backstory_c|Our fight ended with Julius dead and me hunted by the Legionnaires for his murder. I fled Janos, hired out as a guard for a travelling merchant and earned my living as a caravan guard. As a girl, I hated the drills my father put me through, curse his hide, but now I'm grateful for them. Have you need for a skilled fighter? str_npc_frederick_backstory_c|You will find in Pendor no man equal to me in the wielding of a Great Sword, and few with more battle experience or knowledge of tactics. My sword is Mettenheim-forged and of a quality your Pendor smiths only dream of. str_npc_ediz_backstory_c|You behold in me a stalwart warrior, not a caravan-raiding mercenary, as too many of my people have become. I will fight for no Rogue Knight. str_npc_sara_backstory_c|Which reminds me, I find myself in a slightly difficult predicament, due to a misunderstanding. A rather handsome young man has become infatuated with me, and is relentless in pursuit of his desires. I must leave this town immediately, as the young man is the Lord's son. As we speak, his men are searching for his 'beloved.' I'd prefer not to be captured or forced to win my freedom with my rapier. str_npc_donavan_backstory_c|If you know of a commander who prefers to win battles, rather than mollycoddle his soldiers, I would be grateful if you'd direct me to him. str_npc_diev_backstory_c|So here I am, looking for a commander who's not some effete, noble prick, but a brave and honest warrior. I'll not fight under a noble's command again. str_npc_alyssa_backstory_c|I undersstand how my fellow SSerpent Cultists think, and can aid your sstrategies againsst them as well as assissting you in combatting them. str_npc_roland_backstory_c|My Order also has proclaimed me a thief, since I took with me my Order-provided shield and sword. Before I left the Order of the Dawn, I excelled in all aspects of my training, and was elevated to the rank of Paladin. They may have outlawed me, but they cannot strip me of the rank I gained by my achievements. I remain true to Astraea's teachings and the vows I swore to her. str_npc_kaverra_backstory_c|Couple days later, they got some ale as loot, and 'course the greedy hogs drank it all on the spot. Soon's they passed out, snoring like pigs, I tied 'em all up with my rope. Then I gelded every last one of the bastards and left them tied up to bleed to death where they lay. str_npc_sigismund_backstory_c|Our band learned how to fight through experience, and soon enough, we started winning. Our loot armed and equipped us right, and we kept things downright safe over a fair area for a couple of years. They started calling me the 'Hero of Madigan' as our fame spread. Anyway, our success along the coast caught the attention of a powerful Vanskerry Jarl, who decided to take us down. My men were mowed down like hay. My brave Claire refused to give up, and challenged the jarl to single combat. He killed my love in less than ten minutes, despite the fierce fight she put up. str_npc_boadice_backstory_c|I am highly-skilled and well-armed, and enjoy battle - as do all of my royal line. I come from generations of Veccavian soldiers. str_npc_adonja_backstory_later|I've sold everything I had but my horse and weapons. I'm in debt to the innkeeper here and he's implied I'll have to pay the bill on my back, if I don't pay in denars soon. str_npc_leslie_backstory_later|I sold my boots and have managed to make a few denars peddling goods from village to village, but it's dangerous and the profits are paltry. str_npc_ansen_backstory_later|I've hired out as a scribe and journeyman merchant to some passing caravans, and that at least keeps me fed. However, the work offers no future and life on the road is very boring. str_npc_riva_backstory_later|I went back home and did some hunting. I still plan to make a name for myself that will cause men to quake in fear when they hear it. I have yet to do that, so here I am again, looking for work. str_npc_kassim_backstory_later|I have travelled through this soft-bellied land, hoping to eat the salt of a fierce and affluent Khan. str_npc_lethaldiran_backstory_later|I do the odd job from time to time, but I'm tired of looking over my shoulder all the time. You never know, I might well take to soldiering under the right captain. str_npc_jocelyn_backstory_later|Good day to you, {reg63?Sir Madam}. I still seek a worthy captain to follow. Will you not make a place in your company for me? str_npc_alistair_backstory_later|I came to Pendor with the Order of Eventide, to battle those sanctimonious Twits of the Dawn. We rid ourselves of them in Barclay by inflicting them upon Pendor! Have you realized yet how valuable an addition to your party I would be? str_npc_rayne_backstory_later|I've offered my sword to a few lords, but found they're shy of my affiliation. They ask me to train peasants, deliver letters, or do other work unbefitting a Knight. str_npc_julia_backstory_later|I don't know if I told you, but my father was later arrested by the Legionnaires and hung from the South Gate as a warning to all Snake Cultists. The nobles he guarded fled and haven't been seen since. I haven't returned to Janos to see if there's still a price on my head. That seems rather pointless now. str_npc_frederick_backstory_later|I still seek a captain worthy of my skills, since I have had no word from Mettenheim and no new delegation has arrived. str_npc_ediz_backstory_later|I have as yet found no aid in reclaiming my lost honor and prefer not to die fighting solo in the attempt, thank you. I still wish to join your men. str_npc_sara_backstory_later|I have drifted through Pendor, leaving behind a string of love-sick men, and some very angry women. I weary of such easy challenges, and have lately considered turning my hand to more martial pursuits. str_npc_donavan_backstory_later|I have gone from castle to court, but I have yet to find a lord to my liking. str_npc_diev_backstory_later|I've paid part of my keep here by 'hunting', but the Lord is on to me now, and I can't hunt as often. Other than that, I'm still looking for the right commander. str_npc_alyssa_backstory_later|The Sserpent Cult made yet another attempt on my life only yessterday, Captain. I musst request that you allow me to join your company, for my own ssaftely as well as your benefit. str_npc_roland_backstory_later|I continue my quest to restore justice to Pendor, in the hope that mine will be the final blow struck against injustice and thereby the means of Astraea's return. Though the Knights of Dawn have been expelled from Barclay and inflicted upon Pendor, I alone continue the true quest of the Order. str_npc_kaverra_backstory_later|There's a few more bastards missing the family jewels since I saw you last, if that's what you mean. str_npc_sigismund_backstory_later|You again, huh? Nothing's changed since I saw you last. I kill, I drink and I mourn. I hire out as a mercenary. I get paid and I drink. When the money's gone, I hire out again. str_npc_boadice_backstory_later|I do not find poverty entertaining in the least, good captain, and must again request that you allow me to join your company. str_npc_adonja_backstory_response_1|How can I know you won't try to loot from us, or desert my troop the first time we engage a pack of Mystmountain Raiders? str_npc_leslie_backstory_response_1|Well, perhaps I could offer you work. Can you fight? str_npc_ansen_backstory_response_1|Well, as a matter of fact, I run a mercenary company. str_npc_riva_backstory_response_1|I run such a company, and might be able to hire an extra blade. str_npc_kassim_backstory_response_1|I'd consider hiring you, if I can be sure you'll not desert if we have to fight the D'Shar. str_npc_lethaldiran_backstory_response_1|I might find you useful, if I thought I could trust you. str_npc_jocelyn_backstory_response_1|If you ride with us, I can promise you a surfeit of Heretics to kill, and perhaps your pursuer will be amongst them. str_npc_alistair_backstory_response_1|It would be solely on condition that you swear to refrain from annoying any knights in my party. str_npc_rayne_backstory_response_1|Perhaps you would like to join my company for awhile, Sir Knight. str_npc_julia_backstory_response_1|If you're looking for work, I can use experienced fighters. str_npc_frederick_backstory_response_1|I suppose age and experience have a certain advantage over youth and enthusiasm. str_npc_ediz_backstory_response_1|If you really wish to regain honor, not just to die, I'll consider it. str_npc_sara_backstory_response_1|I might be able to use an extra sword in my company. str_npc_donavan_backstory_response_1|My lot could certainly use a bit of discipline and some more training. str_npc_diev_backstory_response_1|Hmm, are you quite sure you won't turn tail when my troop gets into a fight? str_npc_alyssa_backstory_response_1|If I recruit you and see even one sign of snakeish behavior, you're out! str_npc_roland_backstory_response_1|We have much in common, good Sir. Shall we combine forces and fight together to vanquish the evils overtaking Pendor? str_npc_kaverra_backstory_response_1|That's hilarious! Are you looking for work? My troop fights Vanskerries whenever we encounter them. str_npc_sigismund_backstory_response_1|My troop specializes in killing bandits, Mystmountain Raiders and Vanskerries. You could earn money and loot while avenging your Claire, if you joined my troop. str_npc_boadice_backstory_response_1|I suppose your battle skills might outweigh your royal hauteur. str_npc_adonja_backstory_response_2|I'm sorry, my dear, but I cannot recruit a Mystmountain Raider. My men would be furious. str_npc_leslie_backstory_response_2|Unfortunately, your tale is not at all uncommon these days. I hope your fortunes improve in future. str_npc_ansen_backstory_response_2|Go back to your abbot, lad. Soldiering is a hard profession and not one that can be learned from reading old scrolls. str_npc_riva_backstory_response_2|No, sorry, I haven't heard of one. str_npc_kassim_backstory_response_2|So you've not only annoyed your Khan, but also have an entire D'Shar tribe after you. I've no desire to mix in D'Shar blood feuds. str_npc_lethaldiran_backstory_response_2|Sorry, my pointy-eared friend. You sound like trouble on the hoof to me. str_npc_jocelyn_backstory_response_2|I'm sorry, Sir Knight, but I've already too many in my troop who fight for personal reasons. str_npc_alistair_backstory_response_2|I'm not sure I could stomach being around you for more than five minutes. str_npc_rayne_backstory_response_2|Some of my best friends are 'vagabonds,' and 'detritus of the road,' I'll have you know. Good day to you, sir. str_npc_julia_backstory_response_2|You'll end with your head in a noose, as you richly merit. How could you kill own brother?! str_npc_frederick_backstory_response_2|I'm sorry, but there are too many would-be commanders in my troop already. str_npc_ediz_backstory_response_2|I don't want a suicidal tribal maniac in my troop, sorry. str_npc_sara_backstory_response_2|No, I'm sorry but I can't take you on. You'd create absolute mayhem in my troop. str_npc_donavan_backstory_response_2|I'll let you know if I hear of anything. Good day. str_npc_diev_backstory_response_2|I'm sorry, but you're not the sort I want in my troop. I must be able to count on my men. str_npc_alyssa_backstory_response_2|I don't think I could stand listening to your accent long enough to enlist you. str_npc_roland_backstory_response_2|I'm very sorry, Sir Knight, but I fear you'd prove too virtuous for my lot. str_npc_kaverra_backstory_response_2|Sorry, lass, you're a right one, but you'd scare my men half to death. str_npc_sigismund_backstory_response_2|I've no room in my troop for a drunken whinger, but I do wish you better luck in future. str_npc_boadice_backstory_response_2|I'd not enjoy having your royal self in my ranks, madam. str_npc_adonja_signup|Look, Chief, your troop's your clan, your family. You don't steal from your family and you don't desert them in a fight. That's our Catsclaw Clan code and I live by it. If I join up with you, you're my Chief and your troop's my clan. str_npc_leslie_signup|Well, I'm not a soldier by trade, but I can usually discourage the odd lowlife who's too interested in my bodice. str_npc_ansen_signup|Do you? I've been hoping to meet someone like you! I would be pleased to join you. str_npc_riva_signup|Good! I look forward to vanquishing your enemies and spreading the renown of both our names. str_npc_kassim_signup|Why, that is a most generous offer, assuming, of course, that you are as affluent as you are fierce. str_npc_lethaldiran_signup|Well, Captain, hire me, and my loyalty is yours, so long as you pay me. Beyond that, I make no promises. str_npc_jocelyn_signup|My sole desire is to purge Pendor of the heretical foulness springing up like poisonous mushrooms throughout the land. Well, and to avoid the Order of Eventide, of course. str_npc_alistair_signup|How can you continue to cavil when the prospect of having me amongst your knights is dangled before you? Don't be such a cretin. str_npc_rayne_signup|If that is a firm offer, I will accept it, my good {reg63?Sir Lady}. str_npc_julia_signup|You can? Well, that has possibilities! str_npc_frederick_signup|I am the finest swordsman in all the Forlorn Hope regiment, and you would be a fool not to enlist me! str_npc_ediz_signup|How many times must I tell you that I am not your average Singalian mercenary, damn it?! str_npc_sara_signup|Indeed? Your enlistment of me would be of mutual benefit. I will sing epic quatrains of your exploits whilst slaying your enemies with panache. str_npc_donavan_signup|I would be pleased to ride with you, at least for a little while, for pay and a share of any loot. str_npc_diev_signup|Get this, Captain, I'm no coward. I've skills with a bow you've not yet seen, I use my warhammer with lethal accuracy and I'm a strong fighter. str_npc_alyssa_signup|I sshall endeavor to resstrain what you term my 'ssnakeish behavior' if I join you, though if you arouse my ssnakeish temper, well... str_npc_roland_signup|Perhaps. But I warn you, commit injustice or fall into lawlessness and I will no longer ride with you. str_npc_kaverra_signup|I could be, long's you tell those randy louts in your troop that if they get familiar with me, they'll find themselves minus the family jewels, slit from gullet to navel, quicker'n a fisherman can gut a fish. str_npc_sigismund_signup|You could be right about that, Commander. Perhaps by joining your troop, I can find true purpose again. At least I'll have a justifiable reason for killing. str_npc_boadice_signup|I will make every attempt to show you proper respect, Captain. Please be aware that doing so will not come naturally to me, however. str_npc_adonja_signup_2|I'm the best of shots with my bow, quite good with my blade and a fine rider. I can find loot even when it appears there is none. I'd be an asset to your troop. str_npc_leslie_signup_2|I'm a fast learner. I can ride, and I know trading and prices. You won't find a more conscientious quartermaster anywhere. str_npc_ansen_signup_2|I would be a most valuable addition to your ranks. I am well-versed in the medical sciences and could serve as a medic to your troop. More importantly, I will happily learn everything you are willing to teach me. str_npc_riva_signup_2|Note however. that as one gently born, I shall not be a maid, cook or servant. I shall be your comrade-in-arms only and I expect to be treated as such. str_npc_kassim_signup_2|I shall not betray you so long as you honor a Khan's duty, by paying me amply and regularly, and allowing me the opportunity to loot. You must also refrain from dragging me into battles there's no chance of winning. Please offer me salt - it is a D'Shar custom to eat salt from the hand of our Khan, as a pledge of loyalty. str_npc_lethaldiran_signup_2|I can throw daggers, shoot accurately, am excellent with a sword, and I'm as slippery as quicksilver. You'd find me useful both in and out of a fight, I'll warrant. str_npc_jocelyn_signup_2|Lead on, {reg63?sir madam} Captain, I pledge my arms and my loyalty to you. May Astraea send us a good supply of Heretics to fight! str_npc_alistair_signup_2|It is high time you came to your senses. I do trust your stupidity is not as evident when it comes to command in battle. str_npc_rayne_signup_2|I am a Knight, and prefer only to consort with those of my rank. It will not shame me to serve with an experienced captain, regardless of birth, assuming your followers are not overly familiar with me. I trust that will not be a problem? str_npc_julia_signup_2|You won't regret taking me on, Captain, I'm deadly with a crossbow. I can hit a snake or a noble's black heart at a hundred paces. Please let me make one thing clear - I take my orders from you, and you alone, not whatever noble you may hire out to. str_npc_frederick_signup_2|I followed orders for many years before I gave them, Captain, and will do likewise with your orders to me. str_npc_ediz_signup_2|So long as you do not run from battle or display cowardly behavior, I shall fight for you faithfully. str_npc_sara_signup_2|I may appear slight of frame, but my blade is as deadly as my tongue! I am an expert equestrienne, and have some additional skills that you may find... interesting. str_npc_donavan_signup_2|I am a skilled swordsman, and I can also train and drill your men. I warn you in advance, however, that I will not serve under a leader who is lax in disciplinary matters, for no true soldier respects a soft hand. str_npc_diev_signup_2|My Sergeant said I was the best bowman in the Guard, and I'd make Sergeant myself some day, if I kept increasing my fighting skills. Give me a chance, and I'll prove my bravery to you. str_npc_alyssa_signup_2|Ssurely you can ssee the benefit to having one of my ssort in your company? str_npc_roland_signup_2|I'll concede that, together, we might accomplish more in the name of justice, than I may as a solitary Paladin, particularly now that I have left my Order. str_npc_kaverra_signup_2|Point me at a Vanskerry Raider, Captain, and I'll give you a castrated corpse! str_npc_sigismund_signup_2|I, Commander Sigismund Sinclair, pledge myself to fight at your side against any enemies you care to challenge. str_npc_boadice_signup_2|I was a soldier before I was a queen, captain, and you will not find in me one who cannot follow an order. Assuming, of course, that it is a reasonable order. str_npc_adonja_signup_response_1|Very well, I've reservations, but I'll give you a chance. Prove me wrong and you're out of my troop instantly. str_npc_leslie_signup_response_1|Well, that's a start. I doubt your armor-covered bodice will provoke much interest. str_npc_ansen_signup_response_1|Good. We'll teach you to fight, never fear. Pack your gear and meet me at the front gate. str_npc_riva_signup_response_1|Very well. I'm honored that you deign to join us, um, 'my Lady.' str_npc_kassim_signup_response_1|Certainly. Please eat of my salt. str_npc_lethaldiran_signup_response_1|It sounds like you can do an interesting variety of jobs. I will hire you. str_npc_jocelyn_signup_response_1|You'll make a fine addition to my troop. With us, you'll find both protection and revenge. str_npc_alistair_signup_response_1|Very well, you may join us. See to it that you behave yourself. str_npc_rayne_signup_response_1|You will be the equal of every member of my troop, or leave us. I don't like snobs. str_npc_julia_signup_response_1|Very good. Glad to have you with us str_npc_frederick_signup_response_1|All right, all right, Forlorn Fred, you may join us. str_npc_ediz_signup_response_1|I might find a 'tribal maniac' to be a distinct asset in my mercenary company. str_npc_sara_signup_response_1|Good. Please remember my men are hired for fighting, not flirting! str_npc_donavan_signup_response_1|Good. I'm pleased to hire someone like you. str_npc_diev_signup_response_1|All right, you have your chance. I warn you though, falter even slightly in battle, and you're sacked. str_npc_alyssa_signup_response_1|This is against my better judgement, but all right, I'll take you on. str_npc_roland_signup_response_1|We are in agreement, then. My hand and word on it, Sir. Do try not to judge my men too harshly. str_npc_kaverra_signup_response_1|You're hired. I'll make absolutely sure the men understand that! str_npc_sigismund_signup_response_1|I accept you into my troop. Go put your head under the pump. If I catch you drunk on duty, you're out. str_npc_boadice_signup_response_1|Welcome to my company, 'Your Majesty.' str_npc_adonja_signup_response_2|I'm very sorry, my dear, but you're too risky a proposition for me. str_npc_leslie_signup_response_2|I'm sorry, but I'm looking for fighting experience, not trading skills. Good day to you. str_npc_ansen_signup_response_2|I'm sorry, but I'm looking for accomplishments somewhat different from yours. str_npc_riva_signup_response_2|Actually, I'm not in the habit of hiring bandits with invented pedigrees. Good day, madam. str_npc_kassim_signup_response_2|On second thought, I don't want D'Shar in my troop. Sorry. str_npc_lethaldiran_signup_response_2|My men will never trust a Noldor. Sorry, but no. str_npc_jocelyn_signup_response_2|I'm sorry, Sir, but I can't afford to pay more knights just now. str_npc_alistair_signup_response_2|I will hire your smarmy, blackhearted self the day that Hell freezes over. str_npc_rayne_signup_response_2|Your assumption is off the mark, Sir. In my company, noble birth counts for nothing. We respect courage and skill. str_npc_julia_signup_response_2|On second thought, I value those of noble blood in my company too highly to risk hiring you. Good day. str_npc_frederick_signup_response_2|Sorry, but I can't afford your services at present. str_npc_ediz_signup_response_2|I cannot collect every tribal stray in Pendor, so I must refuse. str_npc_sara_signup_response_2|On second thought, I think you are far too dangerous to have in my company. str_npc_donavan_signup_response_2|I don't want to provoke a mutiny in my ranks, so I must decline. Good day, sir. str_npc_diev_signup_response_2|I'm sorry, but you just won't fit into my troop. Good luck in finding a good commander. str_npc_alyssa_signup_response_2|Frankly, I'd rather kill you where you stand than hire you. str_npc_roland_signup_response_2|I'm sorry, but my company is not sufficiently virtuous for a knight like you. str_npc_kaverra_signup_response_2|Sorry, I can't risk losing even one man, and at least one of them is sure to offend you. str_npc_sigismund_signup_response_2|There's no place in my troop for a drunk. Sorry. str_npc_boadice_signup_response_2|Sorry, 'Your Highness,' the answer's no. str_npc_adonja_payment|Er, Chief, there's the problem of my bill here at the inn. Could you spare {reg3} to settle it? str_npc_leslie_payment|. str_npc_ansen_payment|. str_npc_riva_payment|Excellent. Before we depart, would you kindly lend me {reg3} denars? I had to pawn a family heirloom here, and I would like to retrieve it before we leave. str_npc_kassim_payment|Thank you. Now, to seal our alliance, I ask for {reg3} denars. It's advice my father gave me - 'Never fight for a non-tribesman unless {reg63?he she} pays your worth in gold up front'. str_npc_lethaldiran_payment|Well, then, all I need is a payment of {reg3} denars, and you have your very own Noldor assassin! str_npc_jocelyn_payment|Captain, I must request the sum of {reg3} before I can join you, as I need to repurchase my horse from the market here. He's a fine steed, and I'd very much like to buy him back. str_npc_alistair_payment|I do require a paltry {reg3} denars, of course, before I join you. If you cannot afford my services, I quite understand. str_npc_rayne_payment|That's very good of you. Before I join, could you lend me {reg3} denars to pay the innkeeper, who has boarded me on credit these last few months? str_npc_julia_payment|That's good news, but I'll ask for one last thing, Captain. I have to pay some debts here in {s20}, and I always pay what I owe. Can you spare {reg3} denars? str_npc_frederick_payment|Mijn Commandant, I request the sum of {reg3} denars as an enlistment bonus. I am highly qualified and well worth that sum. str_npc_ediz_payment|Honored Captain, I have debts to pay and must request the sum of {reg3} denars before I join your followers. str_npc_sara_payment|Before I formally join you, there is the small matter of the expenses I've incurred while staying here -- {reg3} denars. Could you cover my bill for me, as a gesture of friendship? str_npc_donavan_payment|Ah, one last thing. I require an initial bounty of {reg3} denars before I join your command. I never enter someone's service without receiving an advance payment. str_npc_diev_payment|So, Commander, will you pay my bill here? What with my hunting, it's only {reg3} denars. str_npc_alyssa_payment|{playername}, I musst inssisst that you pay me {reg3} denarss for an enlisstment bonuss, ass I musst pay ssome debtss before I depart with your troop. str_npc_roland_payment|My good {reg63?Sir Madam} Captain, I must ask for a signing payment of {reg3} before I can join you. I wish to send payment to my Order for my horse and equipment, that they may no longer accuse me of theft. str_npc_kaverra_payment|Captain, would you advance me {reg3} against my pay? I want to pay my old master for his goods, since I never got them to market, and he can't afford the loss. str_npc_sigismund_payment|Commander, can you pay me a signing bounty of {reg3}? I've run up a bit of a reckoning in the tavern here. str_npc_boadice_payment|I must request that you pay me the sum of {reg3} denars, as I require some gold immediately. str_npc_adonja_payment_response|Here's {reg3} denars. And call me 'Captain,' dammit, not 'Chief' - I'm not some bloody Raider Chieftain! str_npc_leslie_payment_response|. str_npc_ansen_payment_response|. str_npc_riva_payment_response|Certainly. Here's {reg3} denars. str_npc_kassim_payment_response|Well... here's {reg3} denars, then. Your first payment. str_npc_lethaldiran_payment_response|Very well, here is {reg3} denars and you'd better be worth it! str_npc_jocelyn_payment_response|Certainly, Sir Knight. I feel the same way about my own horse. Here's {reg3} denars. str_npc_alistair_payment_response|Damn, you value yourself highly! All right, I agree to {reg3} denars. str_npc_rayne_payment_response|Very well, here's {reg3} denars. str_npc_julia_payment_response|Of course. Here, {reg3} denars. str_npc_frederick_payment_response|All right, but you'd best be every bit as fine a soldier as you say! str_npc_ediz_payment_response|All right, here is {reg3} denars. str_npc_sara_payment_response|Of course, here's {reg3} denars. Make ready to leave soon. str_npc_donavan_payment_response|All right, here's {reg3} denars. You are most welcome to the company. str_npc_diev_payment_response|Very well, I'll pay it, but you'd best prove worth the investment. str_npc_alyssa_payment_response|Very well, here are {reg3} denars as your enlistment price. str_npc_roland_payment_response|Whew! Well, I suppose a Paladin does not come cheaply. Here is {reg3} for your Order. str_npc_kaverra_payment_response|Certainly. Here's an advance of {reg3}. str_npc_sigismund_payment_response|Please tell me that isn't just your bar bill! I'll pay {reg3} to the innkeeper. str_npc_boadice_payment_response|I suppose hiring a queen for that price is fair enough. Your {reg3} denars. str_npc_adonja_morality_speech|Chief, er, Captain, when we {s21}, that isn't good for the clan, er, troop morale and I don't like it. str_npc_leslie_morality_speech|I hope you don't mind my saying so, {reg63?Sir Madam}, but I hate it when we {s21}. Maybe I ought to be harder, but if we could show a little mercy from time to time, I'd sleep better. I do not want us to be like the Jatu, who revel in killing. str_npc_ansen_morality_speech|Perhaps I am out of line to say this, my {reg63?Lord Lady}, but I confess I'm shocked that we {s21}. I realize that war is cruel, but we need not make it even more vicious. str_npc_riva_morality_speech|Your pardon, {reg63?Sir Madam}, for your information, those of my house do not {s21}. I will not be pleased if you follow a similar course in future. str_npc_kassim_morality_speech|Please listen to me, {reg63?Bahadur Bibi}. It is not good to {s21}. Your first duty is to the men who have taken your salt. The least they can expect is food, pay, the opportunity to loot, and that you not waste their lives needlessly. str_npc_lethaldiran_morality_speech|Captain, we Noldor do not {s21}. I suggest more cunning and less blundering about the battlefield next time... str_npc_jocelyn_morality_speech|{reg63?Sir Madam} Captain, what the devil are you up to? How did you manage to {s21}? str_npc_alistair_morality_speech|Well, I'm surprised you'd {s21}! Not to mention the fact that the entire troop's honor is sullied by your actions. str_npc_rayne_morality_speech|My good {reg63?Sir Lady}, I cannot condone the way we {s21}. Knights of my Order cheerfully accept death, but never dishonor. Please do not make me ashamed that I serve under you. str_npc_julia_morality_speech|Begging your pardon, {reg63?Lord Madam} Captain. I can't say that I'm happy to see us {s21}. Those are just simple people, trying to make a living. If we could go easier on the poor wretches, Captain, I'd feel much better. str_npc_frederick_morality_speech|Mijn Commandant, I must protest such unmilitary behavior as when we {s21}! I am not pleased with your actions. str_npc_ediz_morality_speech|I will not again tolerate such cowardly behavior - to {s21} is an anathema to my people! str_npc_sara_morality_speech|My Captain, if we can avoid it, I'd prefer not to {s21}. Pendor is a small place, and my reputation is precious to me. I would be mortified if one of my rivals turned this unfortunate incident into a satirical song. str_npc_donavan_morality_speech|I will not again {s21}. No one with a reputation for such behavior can be properly feared or respected by his men. str_npc_diev_morality_speech|Dammit, Commander, I may have been a poacher, but I never in my life would {s21}. str_npc_alyssa_morality_speech|Whyever did you {s21}? Your behavior is dissgraceful! I am embarrassed to be part of this troop. str_npc_roland_morality_speech|Excuse me, my good {reg63?Sir Madam} Captain. I joined forces with you to fight lawlessness and injustice, not to {s21}! I refuse to take part in such an action again. str_npc_kaverra_morality_speech|Captain! I don't care to {s21} and you need to know that right now! It ain't like you to do something like that and I hope you'll never do that again! str_npc_sigismund_morality_speech|Commander, what in hell are you thinking of, ordering our troop to {s21}? That is absolutely disgraceful! str_npc_boadice_morality_speech|You managed to {s21}, Captain and I am most disappointed in you. str_npc_adonja_2ary_morality_speech|Look here, Chief, er, Captain, I'm ashamed that we should {s21}. Such an action reflects badly on the troop. str_npc_leslie_2ary_morality_speech|{reg63?Sir Madam}, I'm not altogether happy that we should {s21}. I'm a merchant, and our words are our bonds. I don't want a reputation for dishonesty -- that is fatal to a trader. str_npc_ansen_2ary_morality_speech|My {reg63?Lord Lady}, I think your decisions that led us to {s21} disgraceful. Such actions do not sit well with me. str_npc_riva_2ary_morality_speech|Your pardon, I don't approve that you {s21}, despite whatever necessity led you to it. str_npc_kassim_2ary_morality_speech|{reg63?Bahadur Bibi} when you order us to {s21}, it touches upon my honor as a D'Shar. I am displeased. str_npc_lethaldiran_2ary_morality_speech|Captain, just so you know, I don't mind that we {s21}. They'd likely do the same to us given half a chance. str_npc_jocelyn_2ary_morality_speech|I am a Knight, not a coward, as some in your troop most certainly are, and based on the fact that you {s21}, you are not far from one yourself! str_npc_alistair_2ary_morality_speech|Have you lost your remaining feeble wits, to {s21} like that? Really, you astonish me at times. str_npc_rayne_2ary_morality_speech|My good {reg63?Sir Lady}, I am dismayed that you {s21}. A {reg63?gentleman lady} should adhere to the highest standards at all times. str_npc_julia_2ary_morality_speech|{reg63?Lord Madam} Captain, I dislike the fact you managed to {s21}. If you treat your men well, they'll repay you with interest. str_npc_frederick_2ary_morality_speech|You {s21} when a little perseverance and some better tactics might have won the day. I am disgusted. str_npc_ediz_2ary_morality_speech|My captain, to {s21} is worse than killing from the shadows! I came to Pendor to regain my honor, not to sully it! str_npc_sara_2ary_morality_speech|O Valorous one, you disappoint me when you {s21}! I would be ashamed to write a ballad about that sort of action! str_npc_donavan_2ary_morality_speech|I hardly expected that you would {s21}, Commander, and I can't say I'm pleased with what you did. str_npc_diev_2ary_morality_speech|So, you decided that to {s21} was your best course of action? I can't say I agree with you. str_npc_alyssa_2ary_morality_speech|In the Sserpent Cult, one who chooses to {s21} would be conssidered unworthy even as a ssacrifice to Azi Dahaka. str_npc_roland_2ary_morality_speech|That you would {s21} saddens me deeply. I thought better of you. str_npc_kaverra_2ary_moralilty_speech|I know I wasn't raised no lady, but I know right from wrong, same's any hoity-toity noble, maybe better. I wouldn't {s21} and you shouldn't either. str_npc_sigismund_2ary_morality_speech|No decent commander would {s21}! You've disappointed me badly this time. str_npc_boadice_2ary_morality_speech|A Veccavian commander would fall on her sword before committing such an act - she'll never {s21}. You are a disgrace to the name of Captain! str_npc_adonja_personalityclash_speech|Chief, er, Captain, I don't appreciate that {s11} constantly refers to me as 'that Raider wench' and makes a show of checking his purse when I'm around. str_npc_leslie_personalityclash_speech|{reg63?Sir Madam}, {s11} is a sadistic little pervert who probably tortures puppies and pulls the wings off flies in his spare time. I wish you'd just get rid of him. str_npc_ansen_personalityclash_speech|Captain, {s11} is both patronizing and downright rude to me, and I must protest the fact that she calls me 'young Ansen' and 'silly boy.' str_npc_riva_personalityclash_speech|{reg63?Sir Madam}, my lineage is above reproach, my house is one of the most ancient and respected in Pendor. Yet {s11} openly shows me disrespect, and casts doubt on my background. str_npc_kassim_personalityclash_speech|A moment of your time, {reg63?Bahadur Bibi}, if you please. {s11} calls me a common bandit, because I have occasionally raided the odd caravan passing through my family's lands. She said she wished I'd tried to raid her caravan, because then she could have gelded me. This is an offense to my honor as a D'Shar. str_npc_lethaldiran_personalityclash_speech|Oi, Captain, do you really want that insane tribal savage, {s11}, in this troop? Even for a human, he seems unusually crazy. It appears he just wants to get killed anyhow, and I've no mind to join him in his suicide! str_npc_jocelyn_personalityclash_speech|{reg63?Sir Madam} Captain, had I known you intended to enlarge your ranks via the recruitment of poachers and guttersnipes, I'm not sure I'd have joined you. {s11} will no doubt end pilfering all our baggage and disappearing. str_npc_alistair_personalityclash_speech|Really, Captain, confess, don't you find {s11} to be a crashing bore on the subject of Astraea? I am also quite tired of his moans about the decline in virtue of his order and the iniquities of mine. He is utterly misguided, as well as a bore, you know. str_npc_rayne_personalityclash_speech|{reg63?Sir Madam}, {s11} is a silly old geezer who fancies himself yet a soldier. He persists in offering me unwanted and unnecessary advice on fighting techniques, and I must request that you order him to refrain from doing so! str_npc_julia_personalityclash_speech|Excuse me, captain. I hate to trouble you with complaints, but I must tell you that I can't abide {s11}, that bandit whore who pretends to be of noble blood. str_npc_frederick_personalityclash_speech|Mijn Commandant, if {s11} makes one more impolite remark to me about my age or fighting abilities, I intend to decapitate him. He will then find out first-hand that I have yet the strength to wield a Great Sword. I apologize in advance if this causes you inconvenience. str_npc_ediz_personalityclash_speech|Why would you enlist an assassin like {s11}, let alone a Noldor?! No wonder he was exiled by his people. What true warrior would stoop to skulking in shadows to kill an unsuspecting victim from behind? Not one with whom I care to associate, I can tell you! str_npc_sara_personalityclash_speech|Captain, I cannot comprehend why you enlisted {s11}, that fugitive - if she is actually a fugitive and not a spy - from the Snake Cult. We don't want or need that sort of villainy in this troop. She is also utterly creepy! str_npc_donavan_personalityclash_speech|Excuse me, captain. During our last fracas, I told {s11}, that utterly incompetent merchant, to hold the line and not go haring off after a foe on her own. Her response to me was that I should insert my orders into an unmentionable location! I will not tolerate such disobedience again! str_npc_diev_personalityclash_speech|Excuse me, Captain, but {s11} is an arrogant prick, and I don't care for his manner to me. He just informed me that he does not care to associate with one who would be better employed poaching deer than wielding a weapon in battle. I hope you don't mind that I told him what he could do. str_npc_alyssa_personalityclash_speech|Captain, if {s11} were as tireless in purssuit of enemies as sshe iss of bed partners, every one of your foes in Pendor would lie dead! You musst speak to her and demand that she cease these ssluttish habitss! str_npc_roland_personalityclash_speech|My good {reg63?Sir Madam} Captain, I must protest the inclusion of {s11} in our party. He masks his little comments as jokes, but those jokes sow distrust and dissension amongst the ranks. str_npc_kaverra_personalityclash_speech|Captain, that {s11} is a D'Shar piece of horse dung, and he's got no manners, neither. He said my Man Opener was just a woman's toy and I should be in a tent as a concubine, not out fighting men's battles! str_npc_sigismund_personalityclash_speech|Commander, {s11} is an arrogant wench who thinks a few sorties with a pack of Raiders made her a soldier. When she was piddling in her diapers, I was killing Mystmountain Raiders, and I'm only sorry I didn't run into her father before he sired her! str_npc_boadice_personalityclash_speech|Captain, it is one thing to be forced to associate with mixed ranks and quite another to be on equal terms with a merchant's son who fancies himself a healer! No one of my rank permits a male to attend her wounds and I'd appreciate your informing the little twerp of this! str_npc_adonja_personalityclash_speech_b|When he's not saying rude things about me, all he does is whine about his lost love and get slobbering, knee walking drunk. If that woman Claire was still alive, she'd likely have murdered him by now, as I may well do myself. str_npc_leslie_personalityclash_speech_b|Where does he get the right to issue orders during battle? You're the captain of this troop. He also threatened to whip me and was practically drooling at the prospect! str_npc_ansen_personalityclash_speech_b|I am aware that she claims to be queen of an island where women dominate. It is a pity courtesy was no part of her royal upbringing. If I do not tend her wounds, who will? str_npc_riva_personalityclash_speech_b|{reg63?Sir Madam}, its a sorry day indeed, when common folk feel free to mock their betters. That is all. str_npc_kassim_personalityclash_speech_b|With your permission, I shall deal with {s11} as we deal with impertinent women in my tribe. After giving her a good beating, I will cut out her tongue. You may then cast her out from this company in disgrace. str_npc_lethaldiran_personalityclash_speech_b|I thought you humans had at least some sense of humor! Every time I tell a funny story, he looks at me like I was some sort of criminal and mutters about dishonor. What the hell's his problem, anyhow and why does he have to be such a sarcastic bastard? str_npc_jocelyn_personalityclash_speech_b|I have warned him to avoid my company assiduously, if he values his continued good health, and must request that you convey to him that I mean it! If I catch him poking about in my baggage, he's a dead man. str_npc_alistair_personalityclash_speech_b|Aside from putting me and half the troop to sleep with his stultifying proselytizing about Astraea, and his endless pursuit of virtue, he persists in vilifying my Order quite unjustly, and it makes others in this company distrust me. str_npc_rayne_personalityclash_speech_b|He'd do better to switch to a Bastard sword - age is robbing him of the strength to wield a Great Sword, in my opinion. He is also a braggart and I find his tales of Mettenheim's glory abominably repetitive. str_npc_julia_personalityclash_speech_b|She's nothing but a brigand, as far as I can tell. Genuine blue-bloods are bad enough, they lie, cheat and steal. Bandits pretending to be blue-bloods are even more intolerable. I might have said something a bit sharp to her a minute ago. She seemed offended, anyway. str_npc_frederick_personalityclash_speech_b|That young upstart fancies himself an experienced knight, but his brashness will get him killed long before he is old enough, if he could even qualify with his current skills, for a regiment such as the Forlorn Hope. str_npc_ediz_personalityclash_speech_b|That shifty Noldor even takes gold for his dishonorable murders. I find this completely contemptible and would like your permission to challenge him, just to see if he can fight like a man, instead of a viper lurking under a rock. str_npc_sara_personalityclash_speech_b|How you can tolerate her hissing is beyond my understanding. Why don't we just cut off her head like any snake's and be done? It would still keep her forked tongue, at least. str_npc_donavan_personalityclash_speech_b|Her back will stripe as prettily as any soldier's, Captain, and if she suggests again that I torture puppies for fun, she'll rue the day she opened her insolent mouth. str_npc_diev_personalityclash_speech_b|He's just the sort of high-nosed noble prick I despise, giving himself airs because of his blood, not his actions. I was only accused of desertion - - he admits to it! str_npc_alyssa_personalityclash_speech_b|Her behavior leadss otherss in thiss troop to think that all females in your company are like her, and I for one, dislike ssuch comparisonss. str_npc_roland_personalityclash_speech_b|He's a slimey little bastard and the living - at least for the moment - representation of all I despise about his heretic Order. He drops his snide, barbed little remarks into all conversations. He is undermining our company's morale, and you should sack him immediately before his poison spreads. str_npc_kaverra_personalityclash_speech_b|He says that again, I'll fix him with my 'woman's toy' and we'll see what his tribe thinks of a warrior who sings soprano. str_npc_sigismund_personalityclash_spech_b|You mark my words, she'll be off one night, with everything of ours not nailed down, running straight back to her mountains, to share her spoils with her thieving clan. str_npc_boadice_personalityclash_speech_b|He may be skilled, as such skills are rated amongst Pendorians, but his skills mean nothing to me. He is not female and he may not attend me. str_npc_adonja_personalityclash2_speech|Chief, er, Captain, I know {s11} was orphaned in a raid, but it wasn't me leading it and he acts as if was. They've killed as many of my clansfolk in Ravenstern as ever we killed raiding there, and I wish you'd tell him he'd better quit mouthing off to me about the fact that I hail from the Mystmountains like it was something bad. str_npc_leslie_personalityclash2_speech|{reg63?Sir Madam}, {s11} talks just like a Jatu and he has no respect for women. When he learned what happened to my brother and me, he looked me up and down, and said I'd make a passable third or fourth wife to some tribesman, so long as my face was covered. str_npc_ansen_personalityclash2_speech|My {reg63?Lord Lady}, that hopeless Mettenwiener, {s11}, grows annoying. All he does is tell me I will never make a knight, because I didn't start training at a young enough age. I told him if he thought I needed more training, I'd gladly learn from him, and he just laughed and told me to run along and read another book. str_npc_riva_personalityclash2_speech|{reg63?Sir Madam}. I happened to exchange a few words with {s11} as we were dividing up the spoils of battle. Please inform him that, when he addresses me, he may not call me 'wench', 'human female' or 'dagger-bait.' He should address me as 'Lady Riva' or 'Riva Blackwolf.' str_npc_kassim_personalityclash2_speech|{reg63?Bahadur Bibi}, {s11}, the peddler, is useless to this company. When next we encounter Ramun, you should sell her off as a slave, as she is fit only for concubinage. str_npc_lethaldiran_personalityclash2_speech|Captain, {s11} is an insufferable prima donna about the way I address her and also my profession. I ask you, what's wrong with providing a valuable service for a price? There's plenty in Pendor want killing, that I can tell you, starting with her! How does a bandit slut qualify to criticize a Noldor, I ask you? str_npc_jocelyn_personalityclash2_speech|Captain, you may find those snarky comments {s11} bestows upon all and sundry amusing, but I emphatically do not! Have you forgotten that he was sent to kill me? I cannot turn my back or get a moment's rest in camp while he remains in this troop! str_npc_alistair_personalityclash2_speech|Has {s11} come whinging to you about my little jokes? He greatly overstates the seriousness of my Order's and my personal business with him. We wish merely for him to return to the fold, not to harm him in any way. He is very silly to spout his imaginary fears so readily - they are doubtless caused by guilt over his defection from the Order of Eventide. str_npc_rayne_personalityclash2_speech|My good {reg63?Sir Lady}, I trust you will not object to my telling you that self-proclaimed Queen of the May, {s11}, needs to learn a bit of respect for the male sex and for knights in particular. Her discourtesy to me passes all bounds! str_npc_julia_personalityclash2_speech|{reg63?Lord Madam} Captain, is there a reason you keep {s11} in this troop? Surely this company has no need of a bard whose most notable performances are on her back. str_npc_frederick_personalityclash2_speech|Mein Kapitan, you do no service to {s11} by encouraging him to try and become a knight. He will never succeed. You should tell him to concentrate on his books and leave sword work to those who know which end of one to use! str_npc_ediz_personalityclash2_speech|Amongst our people, a woman like {s11} would be ostracized, and never permitted to serve honorably in a company such as this. She should be sacked from this company for her impudence. str_npc_sara_personalityclash2_speech|Hello, captain! {s11} is an awfully prudish sort, isn't she? I asked her if the Legionnaires' reputation for being absolute studs was justified, and she glared at me and said I was in a better position to know something like that than she was. str_npc_donavan_personalityclash2_speech|Captain, {s11} is incorrigibly undisciplined. During our last skirmish, I called out to him that he should flank the fellow to the right of me. He informed me that he'd split my skull if I tried to give him another order and followed up this remark with an obscene gesture! str_npc_diev_personalityclash2_speech|Captain, that Mystmountain Raider of yours, {s11}, is a right pain, and also a danger to this troop. Just you wait, the first time we have to fight any Mystmountain brigands, she'll cut and run straight to their side. You can't trust 'em, I tell you, they're all thieves and murderers. str_npc_alyssa_personalityclash2_speech|That cretin-in-sshining-armor, {s11}, had the audacity to tell me to my face that he loathes me, my accent and all I repressent. I have a little bit of sserpent venom left and would greatly enjoy putting it into his ale! str_npc_roland_personalityclash2_speech|My good {reg63?Sir Madam} Captain, that pet snake of yours, {s11}, needs its head cut off! She is an invidious influence and all the troop dislike her. We are in the business of killing Snakes, not nurturing them in our bosoms! str_npc_kaverra_personalityclash2_speech|Captain, that moronic Singalian, {s11}, is an obnoxious bastard. I think you should tell him that he's the only one who cares what he thinks a woman should be doing! str_npc_sigismund_personalityclash2_speech|Commander, that fellow {s11} is about to get his skull split right down the middle, if he keeps giving me orders during battle. He doesn't know squat about command, anyhow, and I take my orders only from you! str_npc_boadice_personalityclash2_speech|I understand that you must recruit knights where and when you find them, but surely you could dispense with the services of {s11}! He is priggish, insolent to me, and a complete moron! str_npc_adonja_personalityclash2_speech_b|He also gave me some claptrap about treating the dead and wounded decently, with respect. Well, I told him, 'They're all quite decently dead now, and I'm looting them respectfully, so bugger off, Poacher, or I'll slit your throat next.' str_npc_leslie_personalityclash2_speech_b|He threatened to sell me to one of his heathen tribals, the next time we are in D'Shar territory. Please, Captain, don't keep him in this company! str_npc_ansen_personalityclash2_speech_b|My {reg63?lord lady}, he disparages my fighting skills and constantly taunts me that I shall never achieve knighthood. I beg you to tell him to desist, or I shall be forced to demonstrate to him what I know of bladework! str_npc_riva_personalityclash2_speech_b|I am of noble blood, and he is Noldor scum, rejected even by his own house. Please order him to accord me the respect due me from one of his lowly station. str_npc_kassim_personalityclash2_speech_b|{s11} has the heart of a mouse, and fewer fighting skills than a dung beetle. Though her merits are few, she is at least a woman, so perhaps a tribesman too poor to buy a proper wife might give a lame horse in trade for her. You should look into this, {reg63?Bahadur Bibi}, the next time we cross D'Shar lands. str_npc_lethaldiran_personalityclash2_speech_b|Why does a perfectly competent bandit wench prefer to be called a lady? Some of these human habits are quite bewildering. Surely she should be proud of her true profession. str_npc_jocelyn_personalityclash2_speech_b|He resembles a cross between Screwtape and Uriah Heep! His smarmy innuendos will bring about his death, and not in battle, mind you. If you won't make him close his evil mouth, I will! str_npc_alistair_personalityclash2_speech_b|So sad, that a Knight of Eventide should be reduced to a timorous crybaby with no sense of humor, isn't it? I do believe you've been a bad influence on him. str_npc_rayne_personalityclash2_speech_b|I admit that {s11} is brave in battle, but courage is not the only attribute of a true queen. I must also confess that hearing of her treatment of men on Veccavi makes me cringe, and she exploits this regularly when she addresses me! str_npc_julia_personalityclash2_speech_b|In the Empire, women are valued for their honor and virtue and she implied that I had none! She actually implied that I might know something about the bed skills of the Legionnaires. str_npc_frederick_personalityclash2_speech_b|If I had any hope that he was capable of learning how to use his blade, I'd offer to mentor him, but he is best left where he is as a medic and bookworm. str_npc_ediz_personalityclash2_speech_b|A woman who knows not her place is dangerous and bad luck, Captain. I also do not care for the way she looks at me and caresses that ridiculous weapon of hers. str_npc_sara_personalityclash2_speech_b|She is not so ugly that I assumed she was without experience, but I suppose I was mistaken. The Legionnaires are likely more discriminating in their tastes than to traffic with her sort, though perhaps she was better-looking when she was younger. str_npc_donavan_personalityclash2_speech_b|Commander, this sort of undisciplined behavior gets soldiers killed. It puts not only him, but all those around him in danger. Defiance of authority is a corrosive influence in any company, but especially in one like this, with so many divergent backgrounds. I shall flog him, despite his threats, if he ignores me again. str_npc_diev_personalityclash2_speech_b|We don't need a Mystmountain Raider in this troop any more than a boar hog needs teats. Have you seen the way she slices into dead enemies? Disgusting! I spoke to her about it, and she threatened to slit my throat, barbarian that she is. str_npc_alyssa_personalityclash2_speech_b|I promisse only to poisson him a little, jusst enough to teach him a lesson. Oh, pleasse, it would not harm him to sspend an evening examining the contents of his sstomach! str_npc_roland_personalityclash2_speech_b|It makes me physically ill to hear her speak in that hissing manner she affects. I can scarce restrain my constant urge to kill her! I do so only because of my respect for you, but even that respect has limits. str_npc_kaverra_personalityclash2_speech_b|He told me he don't care to associate with peasants who would never be allowed to call themselves warrior women in his clan. He says the Singalians divide women up early into servant, wife and warrior classes, and they are never allowed to change. str_npc_sigismund_personalityclash2_speech_b|Next time he mentions flogging in my presence, he'll get to know what a flogging can do, all right. I'll stripe him like a zebra with his own damned whip, then put his whip where the sun don't shine! str_npc_boadice_personalityclash2_speech_b|When the gods created cretins for comic relief on earth, he must have been their prototype! Were he not so obnoxious, he would be amusing. Unfortunately, his obnoxiousness outweighs his amusement value. He needs gelding to quiet him down. str_npc_adonja_personalitymatch_speech|Chief, er, Captain, I'd have {s11} with me on a raid any day of the week, despite his bookishness. His shyness is rather appealing, too. I think he might have a crush on me. str_npc_leslie_personalitymatch_speech|Do you know, {reg63?Sir Madam}, {s11} is an interesting man. We've had the odd chat and the more I know of him, the better I like him. He truly cares about those less fortunate than he is. str_npc_ansen_personalitymatch_speech|My {reg63?Lord Lady}, {s11} is as gallant in battle as she is beautiful. Do you think she'd ever look at a man like me? I try to engage her in conversation, but I always get the impression she is laughing at me. str_npc_riva_personalitymatch_speech|Excuse me, {reg63?Sir Madam}, I'd like to say a word in praise of {s11}. For all he's a D'Shar, he did well in that last battle. str_npc_kassim_personalitymatch_speech|That was a fine battle, {reg63?Bahadur Bibi}. {s11} is a spirited warrior and most enjoyable to fight alongside. str_npc_lethaldiran_personalitymatch_speech|Oi, Captain, I was just having a chat with {s11}. I never cared much for those of the Empire, considering the Noldor history with them, but exceptions seem to be the rule in this company. str_npc_jocelyn_personalitymatch_speech|{reg63?Sir Madam} Captain, {s11} is most skilled in battle as well as a bladeswoman of merit. We need more like her in this troop. I notice she has a strong grasp of tactics, as well. str_npc_alistair_personalitymatch_speech|I must admit I find our little serpent {s11} quite amusing, and she's rather alluring, too. Her wit is as sharp as the proverbial serpent's fang as well. Did you hear what she said to a Questing Knight we passed on the road yesterday? I laughed myself silly over it. str_npc_rayne_personalitymatch_speech|Captain, {s11} acquitted himself well in that fight back there. Though he's only a Singalian, he doesn't want for courage, and he's very skilled. str_npc_julia_personalitymatch_speech|Hail, {reg63?lord madam} Captain, I wish you joy of your victory! Say, {s11} lives up to the Noldor reputation of being unstoppable warriors, doesn't he? str_npc_frederick_personalitymatch_speech|At least one other member of your troop is a professional soldier. We would welcome a man of the caliber of {s11} into the Mettenheim army. str_npc_ediz_personalitymatch_speech|Were he of Singalian blood, I would welcome {s11} into my clan. His honor matches our own and he fights most fiercely. str_npc_sara_personalitymatch_speech|You have earned your name in a song today, O Valorous One! And {s11}, too! I like that one. Though he's undoubtedly a rough diamond, I find myself wondering if I should try to refine him. He might prove worth the effort. str_npc_donavan_personalitymatch_speech|Captain. I must say that it is a pleasure going into battle with men like {s11} at my side. Mettenheim trains fine soldiers, and I admire him immensely. str_npc_diev_personalitymatch_speech|Captain, {s11} has a kind heart and a sweet nature. She's the sort of person we're fighting to keep safe, and I admire her gentleness. She'll make a fine wife to some lucky fellow one day. str_npc_alyssa_personalitymatch_speech|I musst admit, I find {s11} ssomewhat entertaining and he iss handsome, too. He iss a welcome relief from the dour and tedious memberss of thiss troop. str_npc_roland_personalitymatch_speech|My good {reg63?Sir Madam} Captain, I must tell you that I admire {s11}'s strength and grit, particularly considering what happened to her. She does not bewail her circumstance - she fights, and fights well. str_npc_kaverra_personalitymatch_speech|Captain, that {s11} is all right. When one of the men was bothering me, he told him to take himself off, and told me to sit by him in camp, and he'd see to it nobody harassed me again. str_npc_sigismund_personalitymatch_speech|Say, Commander, that {s11} is rightly named a 'Fox,' I can tell you. She's a great entertainer, in more than one way, if you take my meaning. str_npc_boadice_personalitymatch_speech|Had I met more men of {s11}'s sort before, I might have had to revise my opinion of men. Such a pity he is a man - he'd otherwise make a fine commander. str_npc_adonja_personalitymatch_speech_b|I never thought I'd grow to like a man like him - shy, always reading - did you know he offered to teach me to read? Vejovis amuses himself at our expense sometimes, I suspect. str_npc_leslie_personalitymatch_speech_b|He's the kind of man my brother was, protective of women, with nice manners. I feel safe fighting beside him. str_npc_ansen_personalitymatch_speech_b|I've never been around a girl like her. I was never interested in the ladies of Cez - too airheaded. When I try to talk to her, my tongue just ties itself in knots, though, and I'm sure she thinks I'm an idiot. str_npc_riva_personalitymatch_speech_b|You chose well, when you enlisted him in our company. He knows a thing or two about a fight, and also knows the importance of respecting his comrades-in-arms, unlike some others I might mention. He comes from an ancient family, too, you know. str_npc_kassim_personalitymatch_speech_b|As for her claims of nobility, I doubt that {s11} is any more nobly-born than I am, but I greatly admire her fire and spirit. If I did not fear waking with my throat slit, I would carry her off to my family's tents as my first wife. str_npc_lethaldiran_personalitymatch_speech_b|Have you heard her story? Imagine having to kill one's own brother after finding one's whole family was enmeshed with the Snake Cult! Of course, a lot of the Empire Citizens are Snakes on the sly, I'm told. Still, she did very well. str_npc_jocelyn_personalitymatch_speech_b|I'd like to have seen her at the head of that Veccavii army. I'd also wager she'd make a far better queen of her island than that sister of hers! str_npc_alistair_personalitymatch_speech_b|Perhaps you should recruit more Serpent Priestesses to your company. They would certainly add a bit of leavening to this very dull group. str_npc_rayne_personalitymatch_speech_b|Were he of noble blood, I'd offer him membership in the Order of the Falcon. It is a pity that he is Singalian. Still, he is a worthy comrade in arms. str_npc_julia_personalitymatch_speech_b|He covered my back in our latest battle, and saved me an injury or worse. It goes to show that prejudice is often misplaced - you'll never hear praise of the Noldor in the Empire. str_npc_frederick_personalitymatch_speech_b|We of the Forlorn Hope admire nothing more than genuine military ability, coupled with fine fighting skills. str_npc_ediz_personalitymatch_speech_b|I have four sisters, three of whom were too young for marriage when I left. I wonder if he would care to marry into my clan? A brother-in-law of Outlander blood would not be unheard of amongst my people. str_npc_sara_personalitymatch_speech_b|He is a fine man I think, despite his crudities and his drinking habits. I am very glad that he is with us, Captain. I can sense that his hard exterior disguises both gentleness and true passion. He interests me as no man has before. I must beware liking him too well. str_npc_donavan_personalitymatch_speech_b|He's a professional soldier, and despite being of middle age accounts for many on the battlefield. He knows the wisdom of holding together in a disciplined battle-line, too. You showed excellent sense in adding him to the company. str_npc_diev_personalitymatch_speech_b|Her example gives me the strength to keep fighting for the underdogs, even with all the odds against winning. str_npc_alyssa_personalitymatch_speech_b|Amongst sso many knights who bore on forever about the godss and their tiresome virtues, his wit iss like the ssparkle of ssunlight on water. str_npc_roland_personalitymatch_speech_b|I must admit that, although her nickname and weapon are somewhat offputting, she is a fine soldier. Despite her peasant birth and upbringing, she has noble principles and a fine sense of justice. She is one of nature's nobles. str_npc_kaverra_personalitymatch_speech_b|He treats me like a lady, too, and tells me 'bout his goddess, Astraea, who sounds like the right kind of goddess to me. He said she might have sent those Vanskerries to me as a trial of my courage and I came through it bravely. str_npc_sigismund_personalitymatch_speech_b|Those songs she makes up about our troop's adventures are great listening. Just watching her move is a real pleasure. Beats me how she can be both a superb armful and one hell of a soldier, all in one package. str_npc_boadice_personalitymatch_speech_b|When I regain my throne, I might consider bending our rules about males just a trifle, so as to put him into my army. Ungelded, of course. str_npc_adonja_retirement_speech|Chief, er, Captain, I miss the snow and my mountains, and I really miss my Clan. I'd like to try to get back to them, so I think I'll head out now. If we meet in a fight, I'll call off my men, if you will, and we'll each go our separate ways. I wouldn't feel right fighting you. str_npc_leslie_retirement_speech|{reg63?Sir Madam} I have seen more bloodshed than I can bear. I've money now to return to Barclay, and I'll never soldier again. Goodbye, and thank you for rescuing me from that tavern. str_npc_ansen_retirement_speech|I have decided that a warrior's life is not for me. I'd like to rejoin my abbot and resume my studies. I am sorry to fail you, my {reg63?Lord Lady}. str_npc_riva_retirement_speech|I have fought with you honorably, as befits my status and name. However, neither you nor your troop have accorded me proper respect. I will go elsewhere and find a captain who shows respect both for me and for my abilities. str_npc_kassim_retirement_speech|{reg63?Bahadur Bibi}, I ate your salt, and I have fought for you fiercely and loyally, and the loot has been abundant. I wish to return home now, in hopes that the Khan's men have forgotten me, to see my father and brothers again. Khuda Hafiz. str_npc_lethaldiran_retirement_speech|While I greatly enjoy your company, Captain, I cannot say the same for that of the majority of your troop. I must bid you farewell. str_npc_jocelyn_retirement_speech|Captain, I weary of taking orders when I am more accustomed to giving them. I'm going to form my own troop, which I alone will command. I thank you for the time we have fought together, and I will always remember you kindly. str_npc_alistair_retirement_speech|Despite my very best efforts, you remain nauseatingly virtuous, and I fear I can no longer tolerate your company. I shall continue the mission with which my Grand Master entrusted me, and I advise you to beware of me in future. str_npc_rayne_retirement_speech|We have fought well together, and earned ourselves much glory. I do, however, have an Order to refound, so I leave you now. Perhaps we will meet again some day. str_npc_julia_retirement_speech|I've had enough of tramping up and down the length and breadth of Pendor. I've got enough to buy a little house in a town somewhere, so I think I'll look for a job as a tavern guard, so I can sleep with a roof over my head once more. Bye, and best of luck to you. str_npc_frederick_retirement_speech|Mijn Commandant, I have had word that a delegation from Mettenheim has arrived in Pendor and I must now join them lest I be charged with desertion from the Forlorn Hope. Farewell. str_npc_ediz_retirement_speech|Captain, I have, thanks to your leadership, recovered my honor. I wish now to seek out my people before I become to accustomed to Outlander ways. str_npc_sara_retirement_speech|Your renown increases with every battle, and I fear that my own reputation will pale in comparison, as the moon is outshone by the sun. I have decided to strike out on my own. I shall sing of your exploits wherever I go, O Valorous One! str_npc_donavan_retirement_speech|I hereby inform you that I am severing our relationship. I have found alternative employment with one less soft on {reg63?his her} men. str_npc_diev_retirement_speech|Commander, my parents, the ones who adopted me, are getting old. I had word from the Master of that last caravan we escorted that they want to see me. I owe them, for rescuing and raising me, and I want to go back to Rane and see what I can do for them. str_npc_alyssa_retirement_speech|I have received a letter from the SSerpent Cult sstating that all will be forgiven if I return to them. I think I sshall go back, ass I do not like being part of your troop. str_npc_roland_retirement_speech|My good {reg63?Sir Madam} Captain, it is time for me to leave you. I am better-suited to being a solitary Paladin, I fear, than a member of this unruly troop. str_npc_kaverra_retirement_speech|Captain, I got enough loot put by to start up again as a peddler. You know that's all I wanted, anyhow, and thanks to you, I got skills enough to keep from being raided without one hell of a fight. So, I think I'll be off and try my hand at trading again. Maybe we'll meet up again one of these days. str_npc_sigismund_retirement_speech|Commander, I think I've finally had my fill of fighting. My farm's going to hell back home, and I'd like to take up my plow again. What's past is past and it's time I moved on. I'll never have my Claire again, but she had a younger sister, who may not be married yet. str_npc_boadice_retirement_speech|It is high time I began assembling an army to take back my throne in Veccavi. Thanks to you, I have enough loot to hire a goodly force, so I must say farewell to you now. str_npc_adonja_rehire_speech|Chief, er, Captain, well met! I was hoping to find you again. I never made it back to my mountains, got jumped and robbed on the way, so here I am, broke again, looking for work. Will you hire me back? Same terms, just let me at the loot! str_npc_leslie_rehire_speech|{reg63?Sir Madam}, I've been looking for you everywhere! I bought a load of goods, and took them back to Barclay. But, without my brother I had no reason to stay, so I've returned here to my true friends. Tavern gossip has it that you've done very well for yourself. So tell me, {reg63?Sir Madam}, may I return to you as quartermaster? str_npc_ansen_rehire_speech|Hello, {reg63?Sir Madam}! It is very good to see you again. I have not fared well since we parted, I'm afraid. My abbot was not very welcoming. I receive nothing but lectures from my father and brothers. I am better suited to war than to commerce, to sharing meals over a campfire with fellow soldiers than sipping wine with the burghers of Cez. {reg63?Sir Madam}, will you please take me back? str_npc_riva_rehire_speech|Why hello, Captain, you've done well for yourself, I hear. Since we parted, I've been unsuccessful at making my name and fattening my purse. I know there's been bad blood between us, but if you can forget that, I'd be honored to fight in your ranks once again. str_npc_kassim_rehire_speech|{reg63?Bahadur Bibi}, your fame grows ever greater and has spread throughout my homeland. I went home, hoping that the Bahadur Khan had forgotten my little exploit, but alas, he has not. Before I reached the Pamirs, word came from my family that both the Khan's men and the Yusafzai were looking for me. I have returned, hoping to fight in your warband once more. str_npc_lethaldiran_rehire_speech|Captain, how delightful to bump into you again. I have not received sufficient commissions to make a decent living. The loot with your company was far better, and I would like to join you again. str_npc_jocelyn_rehire_speech|Well met, {reg63?Sir Madam} Captain! I've discovered that there are more benefits to being under the command of a good Captain than there are in commanding a troop. If you'll have me back, I should like to rejoin you. str_npc_alistair_rehire_speech|My Grand Master thought my departure from you overhasty and has ordered me to find and rejoin you. I trust you will welcome my return? str_npc_rayne_rehire_speech|Captain, it is good to see you again. I sought service with several lords, but have been most disappointed in them. They ask me to collect debts from their fellow lords, as though I were a banker's errand boy, or order me to chase down their runaway serfs, as though I were a farm overseer. One even asked me to murder one of his creditors! I have looked for you, to ask if I might join you again. str_npc_julia_rehire_speech|{reg63?Lord Madam} Captain, it is so good to see you! I found I'd no taste for staying in once place all the time. Breaking up tavern brawls is much more dangerous than fighting a battle! I'm a soldier now, for better or worse. So tell me, Captain, are you looking for more troops at the moment? str_npc_frederick_rehire_speech|I begin to despair, Mijn Commandant. When I went to join the latest Mettenheim delegation, I arrived too late. They fell afoul of a band of Heretics and were all slaughtered. Is it possible that I might rejoin your troop? str_npc_ediz_rehire_speech|When I returned to my home tents, all were deserted. Only one old man remained, half-crazed, but he finally told me the entire clan had left for the deep desert to join some fanatic named Burilgi. May I rejoin the troop? str_npc_sara_rehire_speech|Hello there, O Valorous One. I've been hoping you'd appear again. Everywhere I go, I hear tales and songs of your deeds. I admit to feeling a trifle jealous of your renown, but I've since regretted our parting. I'd like once again to fight by your side, to add my moon's silver light to the gold of your sun. Shall we ride together again, if only for a little while? str_npc_donavan_rehire_speech|Captain, it's good to see you. When last we parted, I'd have sworn by all the little gods that I'd not serve under you again, but perhaps I judged you too harshly. All over Pendor, men sing your praises. I have tried serving in other lords' armies, and believe me, what I have seen of them raises my opinion of your leadership. If you'll have me in your company, I'll fight for you again. str_npc_diev_rehire_speech|Commander, glad I bumped into you again. By the time I got back to Rane, my mother was already dead, and my father was going fast. The business had gone to hell, too, and I had to sell off what was left to pay their debts. Now I'm looking for work again - are you by any chance hiring just now? str_npc_alyssa_rehire_speech|That letter from my cult wass a trap, Captain, and I narrowly esscaped with my life. I sshall not make ssuch a misstake again, if you will let me sserve with you again. str_npc_roland_rehire_speech|My good {reg63?Sir Madam} Captain, I regret parting company with you. I realize that I judged you and your men too harshly, by knightly standards, and failed to take into account that your men are simply soldiers. I have heard of your recent exploits and wished I had been again amongst your valiant company. Would you consider permitting me to rejoin you? str_npc_kaverra_rehire_speech|Hey, Captain, been lookin' for you all over. Peddling's kinda boring, and I ain't hardly had a chance to use my Man Opener since I left the troop. You hirin' again? Just sharpened up my Man Opener the other day. str_npc_sigismund_rehire_speech|Commander, glad you turned up here today. Even as I was leaving, I knew in my heart I'd never make a farmer again. I went back to Vezin, started working my land, and realized I was meant to plant dead men, not seeds, into the ground. Claire's sister is married now, too, she's had three brats and run to fat. str_npc_boadice_rehire_speech|Hello, Captain. I returned to Veccavi only to find that my sister had consolidated her power most efficiently. My gold was insufficient to hire enough men to fight her, and I once again had to flee my island. Will you have me in your company again? str_npc_adonja_home_intro|They call them the Mystmountains because, most days, the mist rises so thick on the ground of a morning, you can hardly see your hand before your face. Then the sun burns through the rising haze, and the purple peaks appear beyond. str_npc_leslie_home_intro|Javiksholm's where my brother and I landed when we first arrived in Pendor. Our hopes were so high and we couldn't wait to start travelling and trading. str_npc_ansen_home_intro|Can you smell that? Lemon trees, apples and saffron crocus flowers, the scents of Ethos. I spent many a happy summer here when I was studying with the abbot. str_npc_riva_home_intro|Ah, the Woods of Laria. This place has all sorts of evil creatures lurking in its shadows. There are even shape-shifters here, if you can believe the old tales. str_npc_kassim_home_intro|{reg63?Bahadur Bibi}, we are nearing Singal, the largest town in the lower steppe. My mother's sister's husband's cousin came here to marry a townsman. I escorted her, thinking to take service with the Khan of Singal. That, of course, was prior to my small misunderstanding with the Bahadur Khan and the Yusafsai. str_npc_lethaldiran_home_intro|Hmm, we're a trifle close to my home territory for my comfort, but I admit I've missed these woods. I hunted here often as a lad. str_npc_jocelyn_home_intro|This is a fine town, filled with handsome houses and prosperous burghers, with a rich trade in furs. I have missed the snows of Barclay. str_npc_alistair_home_intro|I miss our Barclay banquets. My father used to order criminals and other riffraff tortured during his feasts, and their shrieks of agony quite stimulated my appetite. His torturer was exceptionally skillful. str_npc_rayne_home_intro|Behold the walls of Rane, the strongest fortress in all Pendor. My father spent many summers here, jousting for the honor of the Knights of the Falcon in the tournaments held here. He won ten tournaments straight in his youth, a record that stands to this day. str_npc_julia_home_intro|Ah! Do you smell that fresh air, Captain? This was my home, before I left under the circumstances we previously discussed. It's good to be here again, though it brings me bittersweet memories. Somewhere near is the cave I hid in, the first month after I left Janos. str_npc_frederick_home_intro|There is too much fresh air in Pendor. I miss the smoke and acrid scents of smelting ore, the clang of weapons being forged. I find I do not care for the odors of dung and fresh-plowed earth. str_npc_ediz_home_intro|In the deep desert, the vistas are endless; an eternity of sand broken only by gusts of wind, the tracks of sand snakes and bones left by the vultures. It is stark, but very beautiful. str_npc_sara_home_intro|Ah, such a lovely spot, here by the deep lake. I spent many a happy day here, the summer before last. str_npc_donavan_home_intro|Do you see that fortress over there? I spent a winter there some years back, trying to train the lord's men. str_npc_diev_home_intro|Rane's a fine town, for all the poor outnumber the rich by fifty to one. I had some fine times with what a lord would call 'riffraff' here, I can tell you. Each time I shot a wild boar or a deer in the Lord's preserve, we'd feast in the alleys. str_npc_alyssa_home_intro|I miss the Sserpent Temple, with its undulating carvingss and the quiet there. I also greatly miss my little pet. He wass emerald color, with ssilvery eyes and coiled about my neck like a necklace more beautiful than any jewel. str_npc_roland_home_intro|I was born near Cez, as I may have told you. It's a beautiful city, bustling with traders, with the lapping of the waves as background music. Marius has done much for it, most particularly in his efforts to drive out the accursed Snake Cult. Our shrines are to Damia Provideo, the original Pendor godesss. str_npc_kaverra_home_intro|We're near my home village, Captain. It's just a fishing village, but we made a good living before the Raiders started coming so often. Jayek has a fleet of twenty fishing boats, you know, the biggest village fleet in the Fierdsvain. str_npc_sigismund_home_intro|That's my village, just over the next hill. I can smell the new-turned earth already; they must be plowing today. Thanks to us in no small part, they can plow in safety, with a fair chance of getting a good harvest from their labors. str_npc_boadice_home_intro|The longer I stay in this revolting land, the more I miss my island. Our weather was quite temperate, and I slept each night with the sound of waves for a lullaby. I should like to command an army again, as well, rather than simply being a common trooper. str_npc_adonja_home_description|Vejovis appears in the form of a mountain cat, but only to our shamans. When the shamans see Vejovis, they know he's telling us it's time for another foray, and he'll watch over us while we're raiding. str_npc_leslie_home_description|People say the Fierdsvainers are barbarians, but they have good heads for trade. The people up and down the coast grow flax, which they weave into linen. It can't compete with Janos silks and velvets as a luxury fabric, but it makes good summertime wear, as well as sails for ships. Linen was one of the few goods that someone else in Pendor wasn't already making. str_npc_ansen_home_description|Ethos has wet winters and hot summers, but the people here build great cisterns to water their crops. They grow wonderful grapes - Ethosian wine is famous, my {reg63?Lord Lady}. Those who can afford it have walled gardens, where fruit trees grow in abundance. We'd sit at night listening to music, or playing chess, or just enjoying the sweet scents of the night air. str_npc_riva_home_description|The King of Sarleon declared this to be his personal hunting preserve, and said he'd hang anyone who as much as strung a bow here. What's the result? A family grows hungry, and the father poaches to feed them. The Lord's Sheriff hangs him, and takes his land. His sons, rather than starve, turn bandit. Naturally, anyone in the valley escaping a debt, a nagging wife or a vengeful noble comes up here and joins them, living on wild pigs, berries and the purses of unwary travelers. str_npc_kassim_home_description|The D'Shar have long come here, to trade and raid, and in the last days of the Kingdom of Pendor, we began to settle. Our ancestors took the King's coin to keep the other tribes at bay. We began trading and built settlements to protect our markets. Those settlements became the cities that you see today. Odd that a nomadic people could tolerate living in the same place for even a week, let alone centuries. str_npc_lethaldiran_home_description|I do find it difficult being surrounded by humans, rather than amongst my own kind. Have you any idea how foul most of you smell? Noldor cleanliness standards are vastly higher than those of humans. str_npc_jocelyn_home_description|I've grown to like snow here in Pendor, so now I enjoy crispy air and the feel of a cold day, the sound of snow crunching beneath my horse's hooves. My energies wane in warmer climes. It is a pleasure to ride in snow again. str_npc_alistair_home_description|His torturer used to flay them, layer by layer, and could make them last throughout the feast. He was quite talented. What delightful evenings they were! str_npc_rayne_home_description|I have often wondered if Rane's glory influenced my father's choice of name for me, his only son. I never asked him, and now that he's dead, I cannot. It is a fine name though, don't you think? Too bad that I am the last, both of my Knighthood Order and of my line. I alone am charged by the gods to restore my order, and I cannot rest until I have done so. str_npc_julia_home_description|It was one of the most frightening times of my life. The Snake Cult was everywhere back then, currying favor with their foul God in revolting ways. No one was safe. Marius changed all of that, and good for him. He is the only noble I'd say is worth a damn. Still, I don't doubt he has an evil side as well. All nobles keep dark secrets and stain their souls with treachery. str_npc_frederick_home_description|I would give much to see Mettenheim again, to walk its rocky tracks, to see our great volcano belching smoke to rival the smoke of our forges. str_npc_ediz_home_description|I'd like to ride once again across the desert with my clanbrothers at my side, rivalling the wind itself with our speed. str_npc_sara_home_description|Once, I came here with a small group of friends for a picnic. There were ten of us, two ladies, seven young lords and me. We were attacked by a coven of Heretics, who thought we'd be easy pickings. Two of the lads fled straight away and the others proved no match for the coven. The two young ladies and I were left with five bloodthirsty Heretics who planned to sacrifice us on the spot. The only sacrifices made that day were the lives of those Heretics! str_npc_donavan_home_description|I say 'trying' because, in my opinion, the men of Ravenstern don't understand discipline. They are undoubtedly the finest archers in Pendor, and good riders too, but they've no talent for fighting in ranks. Their skills serve them well enough against bandits and Mystmountain Raiders, and against an army when they're behind walls. Get them outside the walls, though, and a company of heavy lances can cut through a Ravenstern formation like a knife through butter. For my money, the Empire produces the best soldiers. Their Pikemen and Legionnaires are the most disciplined soldiers I have encountered outside Barclay. str_npc_diev_home_description|It's a crime, it is, that a few in Rane are so rich, when so many go hungry every day. I despise those fat Lords and merchants, who sit gorging on food they don't need, while brats in the alleys cry from hunger and steal garbage to eat. str_npc_alyssa_home_description|We sspend our days in quiet contemplation of the greatness of Azi Dahaka, broken only by forays to obtain fressh ssacrifices. str_npc_roland_home_description|We were on our way to the Harvest Festival when the Serpents took my parents. I still remember those festivals, Damia's shrine heaped with ripe ears of corn, everyone celebrating the end of a good harvest. Musicians came from miles around and there was dancing in the town square at night. str_npc_kaverra_home_description|My granfer used special woods to smoke our fish, gave it a taste no other smoked fish had, and brought us a better price from the traders. I heard tell that even the King used to ask for Jayek smoked fish for his table. Far's I'm concerned, if I never eat another fish, it'll be too soon. str_npc_sigismund_home_description|I'd give all I have, if I could once again be a simple village farmer. End of the day, I'd take my Claire's hand and lead her home, and never leave. If she even mentioned soldiering, I'd shut her mouth with a kiss right quick, and tell her home's the place for people like us. str_npc_boadice_home_description|A balmy wind would carry the rattle of palm fronds and the scent of our gardens throughout the city. I was given only the greatest respect by our male slaves, utterly unlike the disrespect shown me by the ungelded clods here in Pendor. str_npc_adonja_home_description_2|The feel of an icy mist on your face wakes you up right in the morning. I'm tired of warm weather. I'd like to see the snow on my mountains again. str_npc_leslie_home_description_2|My brother and I had saffron, cinnamon, cloves, pepper and other spices and a chest full of denars. From Javiksholm, we travelled towards Laria, to trade for Noldor artifacts and pottery. We estimated that, even if we couldn't find artifacts, we could buy linens, furs, velvet, iron and wool, the extra horses to carry them back to Javiksholm, and still make a profit. If only we'd taken the Jatu into account! str_npc_ansen_home_description_2|The poets call Ethos a paradise, and I think that, for once, they do not take poetic license. str_npc_riva_home_description_2|I know this because I was taken by bandits, and held for ransom, but I got away. That's really all there is to tell. str_npc_kassim_home_description_2|Our famous D'Shar warrior poet, Khushal Khan Khattack was born here. This is one of the best lines from his immortal verse 'My soul rejoices as my scimitar reddens, sticky with the blood of my enemies; I gain strength from my kills and my wounds are as nothing. I laugh with delight as the vultures devour their rotting dead.' str_npc_lethaldiran_home_description_2|I also miss our music - your clumsy pipes and whistles cannot compare to a Noldor flute, and your croaking is by and large unmelodious. str_npc_jocelyn_home_description_2|In Barclay as a child, I greatly enjoyed snowball fights. It snows rarely there, so a snowstorm is always a special event to us. str_npc_alistair_home_description_2|I made full use of our right of jus primae noctis in our villages, as well, since dear Pater was a trifle past such activities, due to his drinking habits. I can safely say that even the plainest virgins went to their marriage beds considerably more experienced than they came to mine. Even the fat ones had a certain cushiony appeal, and they were soft to sleep on when I was done with them. str_npc_rayne_home_description_2|I spent most of my life in the hall of our Order in Rane, studying and training with sword and lance. I still miss those days and will treasure my memories of them for the rest of my life. Our order was outlawed when Gregory IV assumed the throne over his elder sister, Madame Ursula. She was a knight of our Order, and none could dispute the strength of her arm. Politics in Ravenstern were not always thus. Under the Kings of old, many Knighthood Orders cooperated for the sake of the King and the people. It is a pity those times have gone forever. str_npc_julia_home_description_2|Before Julius turned evil, we'd hike here to search the ruins for ancient artifacts. We'd find old pottery and other interesting things when we were lucky. Once we found an old dagger buried in the mud. The handle had rotted away, but the blade was as clean and sharp as one new-made. We gave it to my Dad, and I hate to think what he used it for. I hope that priestess lady he guarded died by it. That would be a fitting use for such a blade, wouldn't it? str_npc_frederick_home_description_2|These paltry hillocks you call mountains here in Pendor cannot compare with the magnificence of our central volcano, Aysenberg, rising like a spire in the center of our island. str_npc_ediz_home_description_2|I long for the smell of kebab roasting over a dried dung fire, for the nutty taste the dung imparts to the meat. I would kill for a pot of my mother's pulao. str_npc_sara_home_description_2|When I was done, the ladies were in hysterics and the lads were all wounded. I concocted a tale for their sires of how their valor had saved us all. The lads knew who the real heroine was, but were ashamed to admit that I'd saved all their lives. For the rest of that summer, they went in terror that I'd reveal what had really happened. I thought to make a song about our adventure, but relented in the end, and did not. str_npc_donavan_home_description_2|If anyone ever unifies Pendor, I'll serve them, free of charge. I'll sail to Barclay, hire a a few companies and bring them back here. Barclay is more advanced than Pendor in the ways of warcraft. A company of Barclay infantry and two companies of Barclay Imperial Lanciers would make the king invincible. str_npc_diev_home_description_2|Still, I might go back to Rane one day, if only to see how my adoptive parents are. They had a comfortable house and a good life there, and I might have more of a taste for that sort of life now than I had as a lad. str_npc_alyssa_home_description_2|I am ssick of eating only bread, cabbage and apples! Do these Pendorians grow no vegetables at all?! str_npc_roland_home_description_2|The Empire celebrates no festivals now, because those filthy Serpent Cultists are everywhere. We must find and kill more of them, Captain, they befoul all Pendor, not just the Empire. Though my loyalty is to my Order, now, I cannot help but mourn what the Empire has become. str_npc_kaverra_home_description_2|Our fishermen can find schools of fish better'n most. They got a thing called a 'compass' that tells 'em where they are, Granfer got it from some Ravenstern trader. Our farmland's good, too, and Thallo walks our fields each spring. My uncle saw her once. str_npc_sigismund_home_description_2|I used to hope I'd see Thallo, walking my fields of an early morn, and think she'd maybe give me one of her flowers. Her flowers make the seeds sprout quicker and the harvest heavier, you know, if she gifts a farmer with one. str_npc_boadice_home_description_2|At the snap of my fingers, a dozen male slaves appeared, all eager to please me. A wave of my hand sent them scurrying to do my bidding. str_npc_adonja_home_recap|I'm proud to come from the Catsclaw clan, and strong because I grew up in the Mystmountains under Vejovis' protection. If you have friendly enough relations with the tribes, ask me about connections; I might have something that would interest you. str_npc_leslie_home_recap|I was born over the Western Sea, in the city-state called Barclay. I'm a merchant, the daughter of a merchant, and the granddaughter of a merchant. str_npc_ansen_home_recap|I was born in my father's house in {s20}, but I spent much of my childhood in {s21}. str_npc_riva_home_recap|I grew up in a manor just outside Laria. Its nothing like it once was, but it has been in our family for generations. str_npc_kassim_home_recap|I was born in the high passes on the other side of the Pamirs, past Torbah, but I have relatives in Singal. str_npc_lethaldiran_home_recap|I am of the House of Ithilrandir and take pride in my ancestry, despite my exile. str_npc_jocelyn_home_recap|I hope to retire to Barclay and perhaps train the young sons of nobles in the knightly skills. Alas, there is no longer a place within my Order to house me in my old age. str_npc_alistair_home_recap|Ah, the refinements of Barclay! Pendor's lack of amenities is quite nearly insupportable and I long for the delights and comforts of home. str_npc_rayne_home_recap|I was born in Senderfall but spent most of my life in Rane, where the Halls of the Order of the Falcon once stood. str_npc_julia_home_recap|I was born and raised in Janos. Maybe someday I will return. str_npc_frederick_home_recap|I have nearly lost hope that I will ever see Mettenheim again. I fear they think me dead with the rest of the delegation. str_npc_ediz_home_recap|The day I ride once again into my home camp with my honor restored will be the happiest day of my life. str_npc_sara_home_recap|Oh, far away from here, my Captain. I live here and there, but I don't call any place home for very long. That would be too boring. str_npc_donavan_home_recap|I am the younger son of the Count of Dunglave, whose fief lies northwest of Barclay, across your Western Sea. str_npc_diev_home_recap|I had some right fine times in Rane, and sometimes I wonder if any of my friends there are still alive. str_npc_alyssa_home_recap|I would never have tried to poisson my rival, had I known my action would lead to thiss misserable exile in Pendor. str_npc_roland_home_recap|I recall the scents of Cez, as well, spice, fish, overripe vegetables in the market, overlaid with the scents of the flowers planted in the boxes on the fronts of all the houses. str_npc_kaverra_home_recap|Sometimes I miss going to sleep to the sound of the waves in Jayek, but that's about all I miss about living in a fishing village. I'd rather gut a man than a fish, any day. str_npc_sigismund_home_recap|Maybe, one day, I'll go back to Vezin. Still, as they say, you can't turn back time, and nobody gets to go home again. Likely the village wouldn't want a man like me living there anyway. str_npc_boadice_home_recap|When I rule Veccavi once again, my sister's head shall be the first to roll! str_npc_adonja_honorific|Chief, er, Captain str_npc_leslie_honorific|{reg63?Sir Madam} str_npc_ansen_honorific|my {reg63?Lord Lady} str_npc_riva_honorific|{reg63?Sir Madam} str_npc_kassim_honorific|{reg63?Bahadur Bibi} {playername} str_npc_lethaldiran_honorific|{reg63?Lord Madame} Captain str_npc_jocelyn_honorific|{reg63?Sir Madam} Captain str_npc_alistair_honorific|My dear {playername} str_npc_rayne_honorific|my good {reg63?Sir Lady} str_npc_julia_honorific|Centurion, er... captain str_npc_frederick_honorific|Mein Kapitan str_npc_ediz_honorific|Honored Captain str_npc_sara_honorific|My Captain str_npc_donavan_honorific|Commander str_npc_diev_honorific|Commander str_npc_alyssa_honorific|{playername} str_npc_roland_honorific|My good {reg63?Sir Madam} Captain str_npc_kaverra_honorific|Captain str_npc_sigismund_honorific|{reg63?Sir Madam} Commander str_npc_boadice_honorific|Captain str_npc_adonja_kingsupport_1|Well, you could hardly be a worse ruler than those fools whose backsides currently warm the various Pendor thrones! With you in charge, we could work out a trade deal with the Mystmountain tribes, so our clans could trade in Ravenstern instead of raiding? str_npc_leslie_kingsupport_1|Captain, I suspect you'd be a fair ruler and rid Pendor of the bandits and invaders who plague caravans and traders? If you did that and set up a proper merchant's guild, maybe relaxed the import tariffs those greedy kings impose, we could make Pendor a very profitable place to trade. str_npc_ansen_kingsupport_1|Well, my {reg63?lord lady}, if any person could hold that sort of power and remain uncorrupted, it would surely be you. You've already proved to me that you are not the sort to go to war every five minutes, like the morons who lead the Pendor factions. If you'd further the cause of universal education as well, that would be a fine thing! str_npc_riva_kingsupport_1|Well, captain, you've shown respect for the well-born like me, and I should think the lords of this land would welcome a {reg63?king queen} who understood the responsibilities as well as the prestige of belonging to the noble class. str_npc_kassim_kingsupport_1|A fine idea, {reg63?Bahadur Bibi}, if you can govern with a strong but even hand on all. So long, of course, as you allow the D'Shar to hold to our ancient traditions and do not attempt to end our blood feuds or favor one tribe over another. str_npc_lethaldiran_kingsupport_1|You have, by and large, imposed unity on a troop composed of very diverse people, and I think you could do the same for Pendor. If your rule encompassed fairness for my people, too, I'd be pleased to support you.} str_npc_jocelyn_kingsupport_1|You have been a fine leader of this troop, Captain and I see no reason why you could not rule Pendor. Certainly, eradication of any and all Heretics should be part of your agenda, and I'd support you if you pledge to me you'll do that. str_npc_alistair_kingsupport_1|You could hardly do worse than Pendor's current rulers. I think I could support you as {reg63?king queen} of Pendor, assuming you swore to do something to civilize this land! str_npc_rayne_kingsupport_1|Very good, my {reg63?lord lady}, you are a fine commander and I think you could rule well. I doubt you'd exile worthy knighthood Orders, either, and if we refounded the Knights of the Falcon, you could command a loyal group of valiant knights as well, {reg63?sir my lady}. str_npc_julia_kingsupport_1|Well, Centurion, you know my feelings about nobility, but you've done much to rid the Empire of the Snake Cult, and I think you'd do a better job than that fool, Marius, were you the {reg63?king queen}. Mind you don't fall into the ways of the nobility, though! str_npc_frederick_kingsupport_1|Pendor needs a strong ruler, one who can impose order with force but govern with efficiency and kindness. You appear to have the abilities needed. I will support you as Pendor's {reg63?king queen}. str_npc_ediz_kingsupport_1|We Singalians killed off our rulers a long time ago, but Pendor appears to need one more than we did. I respect you, Captain, and I will stand behind you as you reach for a crown. str_npc_sara_kingsupport_1|So you aspire to become a {reg63?king queen}, O Valorous One? There are many tales and ballads of those who, through wisdom and military skill ascended to a throne. I rather fancy the idea of being a {reg63?king's queen's} court bard. str_npc_donavan_kingsupport_1|Well, {reg63?sir madam}, I've said this before - I'd train men gratis for a ruler who unified Pendor, and I'll hold to my word. I could make your army invincible, given the time, authority and funds. str_npc_diev_kingsupport_1|You gave me the chance to prove I am no coward, Captain, and my bow is at your service. If you can be fair to the people those lordly bastards consider 'riffraff', I will support you in your bid for the throne. str_npc_alyssa_kingsupport_1|Yess, you sshow resspect for me, despite your misguided dislike of the Sserpent Cult. Perhapss you might make a good {reg63?king queen} of Pendor. You could hardly be worse than those who currently rule here. str_npc_roland_kingsupport_1|You show respect for Astraea and the Pendor gods and have led our troop wisely to many victories. I have noted your personal virtue, as well, and you have gained my respect. I believe you would make a fine {reg63?king queen}. str_npc_kaverra_kingsupport_1|What the hell, Captain, why not? With you in charge, them Vanskerries will not dare raid our Fierdsvain villages no more. You let me lead patrols and the bastids will rue the day HafSigla blew 'em onto Pendor shores. I reckon I could give Kodan Ironsword a run fer his money as a patrol captain. str_npc_sigismund_kingsupport_1|You are not a half-bad commander, Captain. If Pendor was unified, the people could farm in peace, and not fear that all their labor would be lost to squabbling lords and raiders. I coud see my way clear to supporting your claim to the throne. str_npc_boadice_kingsupport_1|Why not? I would be pleased to advise you on matters which, not being a hereditary {reg63?king queen}, you may not understand fully. Being a {reg63?king queen} makes one the slave of the people, rather than the reverse, and it is a great responsibility. I think you could manage it. str_npc_adonja_kingsupport_2|A {reg63?king queen} who showed some kindness to us Mystmountain clans, and let us sell our furs and crafts in Ravenstern, maybe allowed us to settle a village or two, would never have to worry much about raids, though a few will always follow our old clan ways, but you know how to deal with them. str_npc_leslie_kingsupport_2|A wise {reg63?king queen} looks after the economic interests of the land {reg63?he she} rules and ensures the trading routes are safe. The common people value stability and prosperity above all. str_npc_ansen_kingsupport_2|I have a book of Pendor history, my {reg63?lord lady} which details how the {reg63?kings queens} of old convened councils of both the lords and representatives of all the Pendor guilds. That council had the power to overrule oppressive taxes or the unfair treatment of a citizen. Were you to form such a council again, you'd be praised by the people. str_npc_riva_kingsupport_2|Captain, the difficulty will come in persuading the nobility to accept you. As you know, lineage is of great importance to the lords, and even peasants traditionally support only those who are nobly born. Have you a noble Pendor ancestor whom you have not mentioned? Descent from a noble Pendor line would increase the credibility of your claim. str_npc_kassim_kingsupport_2|By Vata, yes, {reg63?Bahadur Bibi}. In those far-off days when our clans came first to Pendor, we had the right to live as nomads, shifting our herds to different pastures over the seasons. If our tribes heard directly from you that our ancient rights would be restored, you would gain much respect from them. We are ever a traditional people and a Bahadur Khan who turned a blind eye to the odd raid or a small blood feud would be highly regarded by the tribes. str_npc_lethaldiran_kingsupport_2|I would. I still have friends amongst my people, despite my exile, and I'd let them know that our position would improve under your governance. I'll also watch your back most carefully - you'll need a good assassin in your court! str_npc_jocelyn_kingsupport_2|I will assuredly do that, Captain. My ex-Order, of course, will make trouble for you, but the rest of Pendor's Orders can be brought to support you with a bit of persuasion. str_npc_alistair_kingsupport_2|I would, but on condition you promise to permit me to introduce customs to your new court suitable to a proper {reg63?king queen}, including feasts with something fit to eat for a change! I can also recommend an excellent torturer to help persuade the recalcitrant that you are the best ruler for Pendor. str_npc_rayne_kingsupport_2|As you know, Gregory brought down Fire and Sword upon the Knights of the Falcon, but some still remain in hiding or exile. Should you restore our Order and call them from hiding, you would find strong support in Ravenstern, too, since our Knights were all of noble birth. There is many a Ravenstern family that would like to welcome home an exiled younger son or brother. str_npc_julia_kingsupport_2|Certainly, Centurion. You know how Marius judged me guilty of murder and never gave me the chance to tell my side of the story. If you made it known that all men would receive a fair hearing before being arbitrarily sentenced to death by some lord, we common folk would love you for it. str_npc_frederick_kingsupport_2|While you lack maturity, Captain, you are wise for your years and have ever shown an even hand in dealing with our troop. I see no reason why you could not govern a land as well. str_npc_ediz_kingsupport_2|Of course, captain. You have shown respect for the traditions of individual members of our troop. Do the same for all in Pendor, and you will be a popular {reg63?king queen}, and would perhaps even gain respect from the Singalians. str_npc_sara_kingsupport_2|Assuredly, O Valorous One. I shall see to it that ballads of your bravery and poems praising your goodness, generosity and mercy circulate in every tavern in the land. str_npc_donavan_kingsupport_2|I would indeed, Captain. You just unite this land, and then I'll raise you army such as Pendor has never seen, augmented by those Barclay dragoons I once mentioned to you. str_npc_diev_kingsupport_2|I surely would. The lords will cavil that you've no blue blood, but they bleed as red as you from a sword cut and the common folk will be pleased with you. str_npc_alyssa_kingsupport_2|Yess, indeed, I begin to warm to your planss to rule. It would please me if you ordered the peasantss to cultivate more vegetables, however, and sshowed some mercy to those who follow my goddess. str_npc_roland_kingsupport_2|With Astraea's guidance I shall be your strong right arm, my {reg63?lord lady} so long as you are just and merciful to the people of Pendor. If rule corrupts you, I shall confront you with your sins, however, and punish you in Astraea's name! str_npc_kaverra_kingsupport_2|Sure enough, Captain. You make it so a woman can travel this land without fearing rape, kidnap or worse, and send those Vanskerries packing, back to that frozen hell of a land they come from, and I'll lay down my life in your cause if you need me to! str_npc_sigismund_kingsupport_2|Right then, Captain. I'll drink to that! You make life safe for village craftsmen and farmers, and I'll be your sworn man all my days. str_npc_boadice_kingsupport_2|Then, {reg63?Sir Madam} Captain, I shall begin training troops on my fief, towards your and my own greater honor, against the day I leave to take back my throne! str_npc_adonja_kingsupport_2a|Interesting - I wonder if the Mystmountain Raiders would cooperate. str_npc_leslie_kingsupport_2a|What you suggest is most sensible and perfectly feasible. str_npc_ansen_kingsupport_2a|Please tell me more. Your knowledge is invaluable. str_npc_riva_kingsupport_2a|Of course - let me tell you of my noble Pendoran lineage. str_npc_kassim_kingsupport_2a|I might overlook small quarrels or raids, and could restore your D'Shar rights. str_npc_lethaldiran_kingsupport_2a|I think it is high time the Noldor were considered Pendor citizens like any others. str_npc_jocelyn_kingsupport_2a|I will enforce order ruthlessly, but temper justice with mercy... str_npc_alistair_kingsupport_2a|Hmmm, I suppose every court needs someone to act as a social arbiter. str_npc_rayne_kingsupport_2a|Gregory violated Pendor law with that ban, and your Order will be restored. str_npc_julia_kingsupport_2a|Of course I would give my subjects those rights. str_npc_frederick_kingsupport_2a|Even-handedness is crucial to any monarch, and I will never forget that. str_npc_ediz_kingsupport_2a|A fair ruler must be a brave one, but harsh to those who break the laws. str_npc_sara_kingsupport_2a|That would be very helpful. I thank you, my Court Bard to be. str_npc_donavan_kingsupport_2a|That would be amazing - Pendor would be invincible! str_npc_diev_kingsupport_2a|I had faith in you and you proved me right... str_npc_alyssa_kingsupport_2a|I will allow freedom of religion, subject to Pendor laws. Sacrifice, however, must end. str_npc_roland_kingsupport_2a|I will always want you at my right hand to advise me; you are my moral compass. str_npc_kaverra_kingsupport_2a|You know I would do that... str_npc_sigismund_kingsupport_2a|Keeping the peasants safe is little enough to ask and I promise to do so. str_npc_boadice_kingsupport_2a|I will lend you what aid I can when you fight for your throne. str_npc_adonja_kingsupport_2b|I have fought and killed a lot of your clanspeople... str_npc_leslie_kingsupport_2b|What's the point in seeking support from greedy merchants, unless there's profit in it? str_npc_ansen_kingsupport_2b|I cannot pledge to follow only archaic ways. str_npc_riva_kingsupport_2b|Hmph, that obsession again. I've no interest in pretentiousness of that sort. str_npc_kassim_kingsupport_2b|I wish to be {reg63?king queen}, not adjudicate tribal blood feuds and encourage trespass or raids. str_npc_lethaldiran_kingsupport_2b|I may not be able to live up to your expectations for the Noldor. str_npc_jocelyn_kingsupport_2b|You ask rather more than I can likely deliver. str_npc_alistair_kingsupport_2b|That's a rather presumptuous condition. str_npc_rayne_kingsupport_2b|I'm not sure that restoring your Order would be quite that easy. str_npc_julia_kingsupport_2b|I'll need some time to consider your words. str_npc_frederick_kingsupport_2b|Mettenheim ways are not the ways of Pendor. str_npc_ediz_kingsupport_2b|I will not permit slavers to continue their trade in Singal! str_npc_sara_kingsupport_2b|I do believe my modesty would be offended by that. str_npc_donavan_kingsupport_2b|I've no wish to impose sadistic military discipline or import troops. str_npc_diev_kingsupport_2b|I'd be {reg63?king queen} of the alley scaff and raff, at best, I fear. Enough of such talk. str_npc_alyssa_kingsupport_2b|I cannot allow the Snake Cult to kidnap girl babies or practice human sacrifice. str_npc_roland_kingsupport_2b|I think your standards are too high for me to live up to... str_npc_kaverra_kingsupport_2b|I don't think your wish is possible - there will always be dangers in Pendor. str_npc_sigismund_kingsupport_2b|I cannot offend the lords by favoring peasants at the lords' expense... str_npc_boadice_kingsupport_2b|I cannot, however, pledge to allow your countrywomen to capture men here. str_npc_adonja_kingsupport_3|I know a few merchants and traders who don't disdain doing a little business with the Mystmountain Clans. I could talk to them, maybe sound them out on supporting you. If I told them you'd end the raids, they'd likely comply with your aims. str_npc_leslie_kingsupport_3|If you like, I might visit the guildhalls and inns where I have trading contacts, and tell them about your plans to expand the Pendor economic system and improve trade. If I told them you'd lower tariffs and taxes, they would go along! What do you say to that, captain? str_npc_ansen_kingsupport_3|If you pledged to respect the old traditions of Pendor, my {reg63?lord lady}, many of the merchants would accept your rule. If you restore the old Pendorian system, then arguably you are a more legitimate {reg63?king queen} than any of these come-lately usurpers. Give me leave for several weeks, and I will inform the merchant houses of your intention to restore their ancient rights. str_npc_riva_kingsupport_3|Ah, yes, an ancient and honorable line, indeed. If you give me leave, 'Majesty', I shall visit the villages and castles of this realm and make known the details of your royal ancestry. Of course, I trust you will remember my service to you, when you begin to distribute lands... str_npc_kassim_kingsupport_3|{reg63?Bahadur Bibi}, we D'Shar live by honor and herding our flocks. Grant me a few weeks to tell my kin that you support the restoration of our ancient rights, and will not be overly harsh should we lapse on occasion into tribal feuds. When our tribes speak of you as Bahadur, you will be halfway into the khan's tent! str_npc_lethaldiran_kingsupport_3|Though I am exiled from my people, I yet speak with old friends amongst them. If I tell them that as {reg63?king queen}, you will end persecution of the Noldor, some will be persuaded. I may, ahem, remove a few of the more strident objectors. str_npc_jocelyn_kingsupport_3|I've friends yet in Eventide, as well as other Orders. I'll see what support for you I can raise amongst Pendor's knightly Orders. str_npc_alistair_kingsupport_3|I'm sure a few of my old cohorts will lend me an ear and some support for your cause. Shall I see what I can do for you? str_npc_rayne_kingsupport_3|You are wise, {reg63?sir madam}. A restored Order of the Falcon will prove a strong aid to your conquest and defense of Pendor. I shall inform the nobility of your intentions - I need only a few weeks to get the word out where it will do the most good. Court gossip will do the rest. str_npc_julia_kingsupport_3|Well then, just give me leave for a few weeks and see how fast I can tell the common folk that you will rule justly and equitably, and that lords and commoners alike will be as be one under your law. When they begin to speak of you as {reg63?king queen}, they'll begin to think of you as one... str_npc_frederick_kingsupport_3|Support from Mettenheim would aid your cause, and I am sure that I can convince some of the Mettenheim troops in Pendor to follow you, if I go amongst them for a time. str_npc_ediz_kingsupport_3|Captain, I have a certain standing amongst my people. I did not mention it before, but my father is a powerful headman. I might persuade him to back your cause. str_npc_sara_kingsupport_3|Then give me leave for a few weeks, my gallant friend, and I will spin such a tales of you as will inspire the dullest lord! The encomiums I bestow upon your virtues, compassion, generosity, and indignation at the state of Pendor will win their hearts. Ahem, I may need to take a certain amount of poetic license with the details, you understand. str_npc_donavan_kingsupport_3|Give me leave for a few weeks, {reg63?sir madam}, and I will let all the worthy men of this land know that you are the one to unite not just Pendor, but all the other Pendorian dominions. For according to my thinking, no one should be {reg63?king king or queen} here unless they have the capacity to rule the entirety of the realm -- and you alone have demonstrated such a capacity, {reg63?sir madame}. str_npc_diev_kingsupport_3|Allow me a couple of weeks leave, Captain. I'll stop and shoot a deer or boar in the lord's preserve on my way to Rane, host a fine dinner in the back alleys, and make sure the word gets out that you are the {reg63?king queen} who should rule Pendor! I'll drop a few hints in the merchants' ears while I'm at it, too, and that way, word will spread everywhere a Rane caravan can travel. str_npc_alyssa_kingsupport_3|I do not know if I can guarantee ssuport amongsst the Cult, but I will try to convince ssome of my friends if I may take ssome leave. str_npc_roland_kingsupport_3|Though I hail from Barclay, I know a number of the knights and lords of Pendor. It would take me a few weeks to contact them all, but I feel sure that with Astraea's guidance, I can persuade them to join our cause. str_npc_kaverra_kingsupport_3|Say, Captain, I might be able to give you some help with the fishing villages and the merchants. My old master is well-respected and he has a lot of friends, and of course, I know all the villagers in Jayek. Could you do without me for few weeks? I could maybe drum up some support for you. str_npc_sigismund_kingsupport_3|You might remember, Captain, that I got around a lot when I had my militia, and the farmers in the Fierdsvain regarded us right highly. If I took a few weeks to visit the villages I used to protect, I know that when the farmers heard your plans, they'd back you! str_npc_boadice_kingsupport_3|Grant me some time with the Daughters of Persinoe, and I will see what support I can raise for you. str_npc_adonja_kingsupport_objection|Chief, you actually sent that drunken sot, Sigismund, off to raise support for your cause amongst farmers?! He will raise nothing but another pint, if left to his own devices. Next time we ride through a village he's visited, we'll be lucky if they don't come after us with torches and pitchforks! str_npc_leslie_kingsupport_objection|{reg63?Sir Madam} Captain, I think it was a mistake to allow a sadistic martinet like Donavan to speak for you. Half Pendor knows of his ways of training, I'd wager, and you don't want people thinking you are like him! str_npc_ansen_kingsupport_objection|My {reg63?lord lady} you have made a serious error in sending Boadice on any sort of mission which requires diplomacy! What person of sense will listen to a haughty ex-queen who despises men? She will harm, not aid, your cause. str_npc_riva_kingsupport_objection|Captain, I could scarce believe my ears when I heard you had sent that murdering bitch Julia off to muster support for you in the Empire. She'll be lucky if the Legionnaires don't hang her from the gates of Janos. Certainly, no one will pay her any mind when she praises you! str_npc_kassim_kingsupport_objection|{reg63?Bahadur Bibi} {playername}, I overheard what you told Kaverra. Do you really think an ignorant peasant wench with a reputation for gelding her enemies is a suitable envoy for such an important mission? Amongst my people, she would be killed instantly. str_npc_lethaldiran_kingsupport_objection|Captain, I hear you've packed Ediz off to muster support for you amongst his people. Why do you even want Singalian support? They are naught but worthless slavers and mercenaries. str_npc_jocelyn_kingsupport_objection|Captain, you actually asked Diev, of all people, to aid you in gaining Ravenstern support? What possible mind will any law-abiding people pay to a cowardly poacher? You will harm your cause, not aid it, by sending such an envoy. str_npc_alistair_kingsupport_objection|Captain, I can only surmise that you have taken leave of your senses. No knight cares to be preached at by a moralizing moron as to the rightness of a rebel to rule. Sir Roland may possibly bore a few knights into token agreement, if you are lucky, assuming he gets past preaching first of Astrea and then remembering to mention your name as a possible ruler. str_npc_rayne_kingsupport_objection|Captain, to allow a doddering braggart from an enemy country the freedom to plot with his cohorts against Pendor is madness. You will rue the day you let that Mettenwiener speak for you, I'll warrant. str_npc_julia_kingsupport_objection|Centurion, you cannot have really believed that a jumped-up bandit's whore like Riva could sway the opinions of Larian nobility on your behalf. The first moment she gulps her wine and wipes her lips on her sleeve, or worse, blows her nose on it, they will know her for the parvenu she is! If you wished support amongst the bandits, she might have done some good... str_npc_frederick_kingsupport_objection|So, you sent that pretentious young ass, Sir Rayne, off to preach your virtues as potential {reg63?king queen} of Pendor, did you? Hmmph, you are a bit naive, aren't you? Not, mind you, that I miss the sound of his voice in the troop. str_npc_ediz_kingsupport_objection|Send an assassin on an errand and you assassinate your cause, Captain, which is exactly what you've done. He'll no doubt adroitly arrange things so it seems you have Noldor support, until he's ready to spring his real plan on you! str_npc_sara_kingsupport_objection|O Valiant One, you have made a grave mistake today. Who on earth would pay attention to anything a Serpent Priestess has to say? She's likely setting you up for sacrifice, not the throne. str_npc_donavan_kingsupport_objection|Captain, your tactical instincts are normally excellent, but sending that whining apology for a merchant and soldier to speak to her fellow money grubbers is idiotic. You gain nothing when you deploy an unworthy representative to plead your cause. str_npc_diev_kingsupport_objection|Could you not have found a more suitable messenger than a runaway from an evil Order? Why would you wish support from his cohorts? str_npc_alyssa_kingsupport_objection|Ssending a sslut like Ssara to sspread word of your valor and fitness to rule is inssane! She'll sspread nothing but her legss, and perhapss whisspher a word in your favor in the ear of ssome poor ssod of a lordling when she's exhausted his passion. str_npc_roland_kingsupport_objection|My good {reg63?Sir Madam} Captain, I am utterly appalled that you would employ a sinful and murderous dilettante like Sir Alistair as your ambassador. That will count heavily against you, I fear! str_npc_kaverra_kingsupport_objection|I gotta tell you, Captain, sending that tribal pig Kassim to win support for your cause amongst his heathen kin is a big mistake. You know how they are - they will play every possible side against the middle and likely betray everybody they make a deal with! What do you want with D'Shar support anyhow? They'll never accept you as their Bahadur Khan! str_npc_sigismund_kingsupport_objection|What the devil were you thinking when you asked that Mystmountain savage to act on your behalf? When she's done talking to those merchants, she'll knife them in the back and steal their goods - and won't that reflect well on you? I never before took you for a fool, Captain, and I hope the problem is that you were drunk when you sent her! That I could understand. str_npc_boadice_kingsupport_objection|Captain, allowing that bookish young sprig, Ansen, to speak for you is like sending your horse to negotiate with a pack of wolves. He knows nothing he cannot read from a book. You should have sent someone wise in the ways of ruling a country, not a bookworm who fancies himself a medic. str_npc_adonja_intel_mission|I have some contacts amongst those Ravenstern merchants who don't turn up their noses and refuse to deal with the Mystmountain clans. They hear everything that's going on in their travels. I could visit a couple of them and sniff out the latest gossip for you if you like. str_npc_leslie_intel_mission|{reg63?Sir My lady}, if you're interested in the way the political winds are blowing, I could put out a few feelers amongst my merchant acquaintances in {s17}. They have to know every detail of Pendor politics so they know where to invest, buy and sell. str_npc_ansen_intel_mission|My {reg63?lord lady}, though my father refuses all contact with me, my sister and I stay in touch. She will have overheard all that is going on, as her husband is the son of another great merchanting house. I know she'd be pleased to see me and she could tell me all about the current talk amongst the great merchant houses. str_npc_riva_intel_mission|Captain, if you could spare me for a few days, I would like to look up an old comrade-in-arms in Laria, who has from time to time led a small company in the pay of the {s18}. He is a good man, the kind who speaks little and listens much. I'm sure, over a drink or two, he would let me know which way the political winds are blowing in those parts. str_npc_kassim_intel_mission|If you like, {reg63?Bahadur Bibi} {playername}, I can take a few days to visit my mother's sister's brother-in-law's family in {s17}. They own a caravanserai there, and hear the news in the {s18}. They may have some gossip about the feuds and rivalries of the D'Shar lords and clans, if that is of interest to you. str_npc_lethaldiran_intel_mission|Oi, Captain, while I am not strictly welcome in the Woods of Laria, I might be able to contact some former duelling partners of mine and pick up a bit of information as to how the Noldor feel about you. str_npc_jocelyn_intel_mission|Captain, when I escaped the Order of Eventide, I swore I'd never speak to any of my former Knightly brothers save at the end of a sword's point. Because of my respect for you, I'd be willing to contact a few of them on your behalf, and try to sway them to your cause. I cannot guarantee that they will listen, however. str_npc_alistair_intel_mission|Support from the {s18} could only improve your chances of ruling Pendor, Captain, and as you know, my family stands high in {s17}. I might see if any of my old friends might be inclined to pass on a little {s17} gossip. str_npc_rayne_intel_mission|{reg63?Sir My lady}, it has been some time since I enjoyed the civilities of {s17}, and the company of the hidden Knights of the Falcon. I could perhaps go there, and furnish you with an account of what is currently occupying the lord of {s17}. str_npc_julia_intel_mission|Centurion, I've been thinking a few of my old mates from the {s17} tavern I worked in might be glad to see me. They would never betray the city, but like me, they have no particular affection for blue-bloods or Snake worshipers, and may be willing to slip a little political gossip our way. The gentry are always falling out over one little thing or another, you know. str_npc_frederick_intel_mission|I hear that some of the Mettenheim troops are currently in the vicinity of {s17}. It would be good to hear some gossip of their exploits in Pendor; such information might benefit you as well. str_npc_ediz_intel_mission|Captain, I hear some of my cousins have hired on with the lord of {s17}. If I went there to see them, I might pick up some useful information for you about what their lord is thinking and doing. str_npc_sara_intel_mission|Oh valiant one! With your permission, I was thinking that I might pay a visit to Savador Castle. I try not to revisit old haunts very often, but I have delightful memories of a knight who serves the lord there, and I may be able to provide you some information about his lord's political leanings. str_npc_donavan_intel_mission|Captain, you'll recall I helped train the garrison of {s17}? One of their number has lately been in touch with me, and suggests that if I were to visit him, he could pass me information on events within the {s18}. I am willing to do this, if you can spare me. While it is a great disgrace to be a traitor, there is no dishonor in making use of one. str_npc_diev_intel_mission|Say, Captain, my adopted parents aren't getting any younger, and I'd like to pay them a visit. My father doubtless has heard a great deal of gossip in his travels as a caravn master, and I could likely glean some good information for you there. str_npc_alyssa_intel_mission|I sstill have ssome good friends in {s17}, Captain, who do not hold it against me that I left the Snake Cult. Sshall I go there and ssee what I might learn of {s17} for you? str_npc_roland_intel_mission|My good Captain, I've received a letter from a friend of mine who is also a Knight of the Dawn. It appears that our Barclay Order has sent a contingent of them to Pendor to aid Pendor's fight against the Snake Cult. They have just landed in {s17}. I would very much like to hear news of my former Order, and I'm sure that information would interest you as well. str_npc_kaverra_intel_mission|Captain, I've had word my granfer's failing and wants to see me. I'd like to go and see him off, if you'd permit. While I'm in Jayek I can see what the fisherfolk have to say, and also stop in to see my old master in {s17}. He likely can provide some good gossip. str_npc_sigismund_intel_mission|Captain, I've a mind to visit my old village and sink a few pints with the lads there, just get a sort of feeling for what's going on in the {s18} these days, how many raids they've had, and I'd like to see how Claire's little sister grew up. If I could take a few days leave, I'm sure I'd learn something there of benefit to us. str_npc_boadice_intel_mission|Captain, I've a wish to spend a few days on leave in {s17}. There's a, well, you see, there's a girl there... I can't seem to get her out of my mind, and I'd like to see her again. Her father's a wealthy landowner and I could probably pick up a bit of gossip for you while I was there. str_npc_adonja_fief_acceptance|You will make me the lady of {s17}? Oh, Captain, I can send for my clan and they can settle in a safe place at last and never have to raid again! str_npc_leslie_fief_acceptance|{s17} as a fief? Well, I've always run a business, not governed anything. I'd wager I could make that place yield a fair bit of revenue. I thank you, {reg63?my Lord my lady}, you are most kind to me. str_npc_ansen_fief_acceptance|{reg63?My lord My lady}, it is most generous of you to offer me {s17}. I would be pleased to hold it, and I swear to govern it kindly and justly. str_npc_riva_fief_acceptance|It is good of you to grant me {s17} as a fief and quite fitting. You will ever command the loyalty of my ancient house and always be my welcome guest. str_npc_kassim_fief_acceptance|{reg63?Bahadur Bibi}, I would be most pleased to hold {s17}. I will send word to to my kinsmen, and let them know that there is honorable gold to be earned serving under me in your armies. They will flock to fight under your banner! str_npc_lethaldiran_fief_acceptance|{reg63?Sir Lady}, I thank you for the offer of a fief. I think I'll start a school for rangers there, and train you up a Noldor force for your protection. str_npc_jocelyn_fief_acceptance|Aye, I'll hold {s17}, with thanks and loyalty to you. I swear to keep it free of Heretics and anyone else who breaks your laws. I'll also take on some new squires and begin training up some more knights for you. str_npc_alistair_fief_acceptance|You recompense me with the fief of {s17}? Thank you, Captain, I am in your debt and will serve you loyally for all my days. str_npc_rayne_fief_acceptance|{reg63?Sir Madam} Captain, I wish my father were still alive to see this day. {s17} as my own holding? I hardly know what to say, other than to thank you from the bottom of my heart. str_npc_julia_fief_acceptance|You'd make me a lady, Centurion? No thanks, I'll have none of that, but if you'd title me 'Tribune'- a tribune was a servant of the people in the Old Empire - then I suppose I could bring myself to run {s17} for you. Blue-blooded malefactors and stray Snake Cultists will rue the day I take up my office there! str_npc_frederick_fief_acceptance|You grant a citizen of Mettenheim a Pendor fief? I am honored to accept. You shall see how well I hold it for you. str_npc_ediz_fief_acceptance|Well, Captain, I suppose I could settle down in {s17} and keep order there for you. I'll see if some of my clan would like to settle there with me! str_npc_sara_fief_acceptance|How generous and kind you are, O Valorous One. Allow me to express my joy at your bestowal of this signal honor upon me. Your perspicacity and judgement rival that of King Solomon, whose wisdom was hitherto unsurpassed. Ooh, this means I can have my very own stable of knights, too! I must begin, um, recruiting at once! str_npc_donavan_fief_acceptance|You do me a great honor, captain. In Barclay, a younger son has few opportunities to earn a fief of his own. Here, in Pendor, there is still the chance for a man to win with his sword what was denied him by his birth! I shall hold {s17} as your vassal, and raise an army to fight for your glory and my own honor. str_npc_diev_fief_acceptance|Well, {reg63?sir my lady}, that's gracious of you, and shows what a right one you are! A lot of the noble lords around here will think a man like me unfit to hold a fief. Those under my protection will enjoy warm houses, low taxes, and enough to eat. Damn, I wonder if hunting will be as much fun when I legally hunt in my own forests... str_npc_alyssa_fief_acceptance|Sso, I am to be a lady insstead of a Priestess? I rather like that idea, and I will enjoy my new sstatuss. My thanks, Captain. str_npc_roland_fief_acceptance|My good {reg63?Sir Madam} Captain, I do not wish to own a fief as that would go against my vows to Astraea. I could perhaps govern it for you, as your servant and that of Astraea, and endeavor to keep justice ever present there. str_npc_kaverra_fief_acceptance|By Thallo, me to be a lady, when the best I'd hoped for out of life was to be a merchant! I'll see to it that no Raider ever threatens my people, that I swear. Just you let me know when you need me to fight for you and I won't be a minute getting there, Captain! str_npc_sigismund_fief_acceptance|Well that's downright generous of you, Captain. I do believe I'll hire myself a good brewer, buy the best grain in Sarleon, set some hops to growing and in a few years, my ale will be the best in Pendor. str_npc_boadice_fief_acceptance|Captain, I thank you more than words can express. I never dreamed I'd end a landowner in Pendor when I fled Veccavia. I shall begin recruiting and training troops immediately, against the day I can take back my rightful place. str_npc_adonja_woman_to_woman|Damn, Chief, you've taught these Pendorian wimps a fine lesson, that you have, and I really enjoyed slitting open their sorry carcasses for loot! In the Mystmountains, we don't tolerate that sort of sexist bullshit - we value people for their ability and accomplishments. str_npc_leslie_woman_to_woman|So, Madam Captain, you have certainly taught these petty-minded Pendorian dolts what a woman can do, by single-handedly out-doing every man in the land. I'm proud to be part of your company - you are an inspiration to every woman in Pendor! str_npc_riva_woman_to_woman|Madam, as a lady of refinement, I should deplore your actions in this man's world or ours, but instead find that I can only rejoice at your successes. You have made me rethink what a 'woman's place' can truly be - on top of the world, or the throne of a united Pendor, if she so chooses! str_npc_julia_woman_to_woman|Hail, Centurion, I applaud your victories! You have never let your sex get in the way of victory - quite the opposite, in fact. You have used it to your advantage against those cretinous lords who try to keep women barefoot, pregnant and subservient to them. str_npc_ediz_woman_to_woman|You handle yourself well in the face of the discourtesy offered you by these fools of Pendor lords. And here, most of them cannot even write their names, while you both read and write! I faced many of the same difficulties here at first, but amongst the medical profession, it is intelligence and study which earns respect. str_npc_sara_woman_to_woman|My Valorous Captain, I have made the fact that you are a better warrior and more successful tactician than any man in Pendor a major feature of my poems and ballads about your victories. As you may recall, it was I who saved our party from the Heretics near the lake, not the strutting little lordly cocks on dunghills who ran from the fight! Women like us are exceptional and I am proud to know you. str_npc_kaverra_woman_to_woman|Hah, Captain, between the two of us, half the men in Pendor will soon be running about gelded like bull calves in spring, as they well deserve! Not that the lords are known for their cojones, anyway, let alone their brain power, mind you. str_npc_adonja_turn_against|I'm sorry that we meet like this, boss. There's no question that I owe my rise in life to you. You doubtless think me ungrateful. However, one has to follow one's destiny -- isn't that correct? str_npc_leslie_turn_against|This is a sad day. I never thought that I might meet my old captain on the field of battle. Even if I triumph, it will bring me no joy. str_npc_ansen_turn_against|Oh {playername} -- what a tragic turn our lives have taken! I can only hope that the tides of war, having made us enemies today, will one day allow us to be friends. str_npc_riva_turn_against|Aye, well... I'm not sure what to say. If we must fight, let's get it over with. str_npc_kassim_turn_against|{playername} Bahadur! I took your salt, and was well rewarded for it! However, I will remind you of an old truth -- that while a Singalian may be an ardent follower, and a devoted friend, he will never be your slave... Anyway, today I come against you with my sword raised. But I hope that one day we raise a glass together, to a friendship renewed. str_npc_lethaldiran_turn_against|It grieves me more than anything I can say to meet you like this, {playername}. I shall not dwell on the circumstances that have led us to this point. I can only hope that we may one day be reconciled. str_npc_jocelyn_turn_against|Well, captain. You made of me a great lord, and for that I am grateful. However, you did not buy me, and now that the circumstances have caused us our interests to clash, I can meet you in battle with a clear conscience. Still, I hope some day that circumstances may change again, and we may meet as friends. str_npc_alistair_turn_against|So we now we meet as enemies, and may shortly face each other over the rims of our shields. A grim day this is. Sometimes, the spinners of our fate have a dark sense of humor. str_npc_rayne_turn_against|I will not accept fault for the circumstances which have led us to become enemies. I want you to know that my conscience is clear, although my heart is heavy. str_npc_julia_turn_against|Well, it looks like the tides of fate have led me to make war on my old captain. Maybe things started to go wrong when you became my liege -- I suppose I was never much suited to vassalage. Anyway, here we are now. Maybe, when the world is changed and there are no more masters and servants, or lords and vassals, then we can meet together as friends. str_npc_frederick_turn_against|Great heaven, {reg63?laddie lassie}. So now it looks like you and I are enemies. Didn't I say that life takes us on some very strange turns? Destiny sometimes has a cruel sense of humor -- I'll say that much. str_npc_ediz_turn_against|So, it seems we must fight. I would have you know, {reg63?sir my lady}, that I have not betrayed you. I had never served you as a man, but served the principles which I believed you upheld. As you no longer uphold them, I must do my best to thwart you. But I bear you no ill will, and I hope that we can meet again some day as friends str_npc_sara_turn_against|It is sad to meet you as my enemy, Captain -- but on the other hand, to meet such a titan of the battlefield as yourself in combat is a rare privilege. Truly, the news of our contest today shall keep the bards and poets of Pendor in wine and silver for months to come, do you think? str_npc_donavan_turn_against|Well, {playername}. We meet as enemies. I confess that I have mixed feelings. It grieves me to make war on you, but if we meet in battle and I prevail, I will have defeated the worthiest foe in all Pendor, and I will know that my mastery of the military art is complete! str_npc_diev_turn_against|Ah... I have not been looking forward to this day. I just want to say that in my sight, if you'd kept your faith in me, things would never have come to this. But no doubt you see it differently. str_npc_alyssa_turn_against|Hello, Captain! So, I guess we're enemies! One small word of warning if we end up fighting each other -- once the rage of battle hits me, I can't always account for my actions. Just know that whatever I do, it's not personal. Maybe if we both walk away from this, we can meet once more as friends? str_npc_roland_turn_against|Hello, Captain! So, I guess we're enemies! One small word of warning if we end up fighting each other -- once the rage of battle hits me, I can't always account for my actions. Just know that whatever I do, it's not personal. Maybe if we both walk away from this, we can meet once more as friends? str_npc_kaverra_turn_against|Hello, Captain! So, I guess we're enemies! One small word of warning if we end up fighting each other -- once the rage of battle hits me, I can't always account for my actions. Just know that whatever I do, it's not personal. Maybe if we both walk away from this, we can meet once more as friends? str_npc_sigismund_turn_against|Hello, Captain! So, I guess we're enemies! One small word of warning if we end up fighting each other -- once the rage of battle hits me, I can't always account for my actions. Just know that whatever I do, it's not personal. Maybe if we both walk away from this, we can meet once more as friends? str_npc_boadice_turn_against|Hello, Captain! So, I guess we're enemies! One small word of warning if we end up fighting each other -- once the rage of battle hits me, I can't always account for my actions. Just know that whatever I do, it's not personal. Maybe if we both walk away from this, we can meet once more as friends? str_companion_strings_end|INVALID str_npc_siggy_to_adonja_1_a|Don't sidle up to me, you Raider wench! You will likely betray us to your Mystmountain cohorts, sure as I like ale! str_npc_adonja_to_siggy_1_a|You surly, drink-addled clod, cease calling me 'Raider Wench!' You led an amateur farmboy militia - whereas I successfully led many raiding parties. str_npc_siggy_to_adonja_2_a|I know you're just waiting to pick over all our corpses. str_npc_adonja_to_siggy_2_a|Unlike you, Commander Siggydumb, I led my raids sober, not slobbering drunk. Now piss off, you ale-sodden wanker, or I'll slit your throat! str_npc_donavan_to_leslie_1_a|Leslie, you will obey my commands in battle or suffer a flogging! I'll bare your back just as quickly as any man's for that flogging, too! str_npc_leslie_to_donavan_1_a|You are a sadistic little troll. str_npc_donavan_to_leslie_2_a|Offer me any more impudence when I give you an order, and you'll regret it. str_npc_leslie_to_donavan_2_a|Why don't you go pull the wings off a fly, drop a frog into boiling water, torture a puppy or whatever else you do for fun? str_npc_ansen_to_boadice_1_a|That cut of yours may well become infected without attention, and I am the medic for this troop and under orders from the captain to treat the wounded. str_npc_boadice_to_ansen_1_a|I tell you one final time without drawing my blade that women of my rank are not attended medically by men. str_npc_ansen_to_boadice_2_a|Madam, please cooperate with me. str_npc_boadice_to_ansen_2_a|Do not approach me again! str_npc_riva_to_julia_1_a|Julia, you will accord me the respect due my rank, or we shall come to blows. str_npc_julia_to_riva_1_a|So I am now to accord respect to a jumped up bandit's whore pretending she's a lady, am I? I think not. str_npc_riva_to_julia_2_a|I will no longer tolerate your impertinent comments to me concerning my family and my status as a lady. str_npc_julia_to_riva_2_a|We of the Empire can easily recognize low-class trash when it intrudes upon us. str_npc_kassim_to_kaverra_1_a|You are no more than an uppity peasant girl who takes pride in an action which would earn you death amongst my people. str_npc_kaverra_to_kassim_1_a|Kassim, you're naught but a caravan-raiding tribal savage. str_npc_kassim_to_kaverra_2_a|Raiding is a way of life for us. str_npc_kaverra_to_kassim_2_a|I'll have your balls for earrings if you keep blathering on about a woman's place. str_npc_kassim_to_kaverra_3_a|Beating women who talk too much and disrespectfully is also one of our customs. str_npc_kaverra_to_kassim_3_a|You'll go back to your tribe singing soprano! str_npc_ediz_to_lethaldiran_1_a|One who hides in shadows and kills in disguise is lower than a dung beetle's belly. str_npc_lethaldiran_to_ediz_1_a|You Singalians have an interesting attitude, all right. str_npc_ediz_to_lethaldiran_2_a|I challenge you to fight me and prove you have some true manhood. str_npc_lethaldiran_to_ediz_2_a|Why not avoid a direct battle and strike later from behind, when your enemy is off guard? str_npc_ediz_to_lethaldiran_3_a|Let's see if you can fight like a man, not a viper under a rock! str_npc_lethaldiran_to_ediz_3_a|Who cares what method you use to kill, if you come out ahead of the game in the end? str_npc_jocelyn_to_diev_1_a|I cannot understand why our Captain saw fit to enlarge our ranks with alley scum and poachers who ran from battle. str_npc_diev_to_jocelyn_1_a|So, you don't approve of poachers who share food with the hungry? What did you do for charity before you ran away from your Order like any coward? str_npc_jocelyn_to_diev_2_a|I don't like you, Diev, and I advise you to avoid my company. str_npc_diev_to_jocelyn_2_a|I don't give a damn what you think of me. str_npc_alistair_to_roland_1_a|I quite understand why you abandoned those Twits of the Dawn, Roland, but why must you persist in following their tenets so doggedly? str_npc_roland_to_alistair_1_a|I left the Order of the Dawn, Alistair, but I have never forsaken Astraea, nor will I. str_npc_alistair_to_roland_2_a|After all, those bonfire-addicted cretins will assuredly set you ablaze the instant they lay hands on you. str_npc_roland_to_alistair_2_a|I do not fear death. I have lived a good and virtuous life, and if the gods are just, they will welcome me based on this life I have lived. Can you say the same? Have you lived so noble a life that memories of you will live on in the hearts of those who love you, once you are gone? str_npc_alistair_to_roland_3_a|Your devotion to Astraea is misplaced and will most certainly lead to your death at the stake. str_npc_rayne_to_fred_1_a|Hah, Frederick, no wonder you call your regiment 'Forlorn Hope.' I can picture a quite forlorn lot of geezers, leaning upon their swords for support, as they lurch into battle. str_npc_fred_to_rayne_1_a|Sir Rayne, I will have you know that men of my age and experience invariably best younger, brasher knights in combat than you will ever be! str_npc_rayne_to_fred_2_a|Go and nurse your arthritis by the fire; your tales of Mettenheim's valor do not interest me. str_npc_fred_to_rayne_2_a|Would you care for a demonstration? If so, I am going to hack you to pieces! str_npc_alyssa_to_sara_1_a|SSara, your preoccupation with sseducing men is disruptive to troop disscipline. str_npc_sara_to_alyssa_1_a|So I am now to take advice on deportment from a Snake Cult Priestess? I think not! str_npc_alyssa_to_sara_2_a|Should one of our priesstesses conduct herself thussly amongst our knights, sshe would find hersself ssacrificed to Azi Dahaka possthaste. str_npc_sara_to_alyssa_2_a|How you conduct yourself amongst your murderous cult is of no interest to me whatsoever. str_npc_diev_to_adonja_1_b|Adonja, I've watched you toady to our bookish medic. Are you softening him up to get information about his father's caravans for future raids? str_npc_adonja_to_diev_1_b|By the rending claws of Vejovis, Diev, I am polite to Ansen because he offers courtesy to me, unlike some I might name! str_npc_diev_to_adonja_2_b|Nothing but scum comes out of the Mystmountains and they run like cowards from Ravenstern troops. str_npc_adonja_to_diev_2_b|We of the Mystmountains are accustomed to prejudice, but I'll not tolerate it from one who ran from battle. Drummed out of the guard for it, weren't you? Be careful who you name coward, lest the name stick to you! str_npc_leslie_to_kassim_b|You know, Kassim, in Barclay, we'd say that someone with your attitude has 'navel vison.' Your head is stuck so far up your arse, you have to peer out through your navel to see anything. Now bugger off and go annoy someone else. I'm done with listening to your sexist idiocies. str_npc_kassim_to_leslie_b|When you find yourself a concubine amongst the tents of my people, you will learn that an attitude such as yours brings death, if you are lucky; if not, removal of your tongue and a sound beating! str_npc_fred_to_ansen_1_b|You should have abandoned your hopes long since, young Ansen, as you will never make a knight. str_npc_ansen_to_fred_1_b|Sir Frederick, I realize that you have vastly more experience than I in warfare, but I wish to learn and your sarcastic comments do not aid me. str_npc_fred_to_ansen_2_b|Resign yourself to being a medic and curing the wounded and quit trying for knighthood before you are killed. str_npc_ansen_to_fred_2_b|If you wish my fighting techniques to improve, teach me! That, at least, would be constructive. str_npc_lethaldiran_to_riva_1_b|Your kind plagued the Woods of Laria for years, you bandit slut. str_npc_riva_to_lethaldiran_1_b|You Noldor scum, how dare you address me so informally? str_npc_lethaldiran_to_riva_2_b|You get from me precisely the respect and honor you merit. str_npc_riva_to_lethaldiran_2_b|You will call me Lady Riva, Lethaldiran, and ask my permission to approach me in future. If you do not, I shall make you regret your impudence. str_npc_lethaldiran_to_riva_3_b|Pretending to be of noble birth does not make you so. Your airs and graces are ludicrous. str_npc_jocelyn_to_alistair_1_b|Even when we trained together as youths, Alistair, I detested you. You were a smarmy little mawworm then and you have not improved with maturity. str_npc_alistair_to_jocelyn_1_b|I fail to see why you so stubbornly refuse to return to our ranks in the Order of Eventide. You must know, Jocelyn, that this refusal is your death sentence, which is slated to be carried out in a most unpleasant way. As you doubtless recall from our days of training together, I can almost certainly best you in a trial of arms. Do be sensible and return to the fold. str_npc_jocelyn_to_alistair_2_b|Attempt to kill me and we'll see how your dishonorable fighting techniques succeed. I shall kill you where you stand. str_npc_boadice_to_rayne_1_b|Tell me, Sir Rayne, do the Knights of the Falcon habitually recruit from amongst the ranks of stiff-necked cretins, or is becoming simply a part of your traditional training? str_npc_rayne_to_boadice_1_b|I am not, madam, a 'stiff-necked cretin,' and I'll thank you to keep such comments to yourself. A knight's dignity and honor are as important as his fighting skills, and the Knights of the Falcon excel in all. str_npc_boadice_to_rayne_2_b|Your pompous reaction utterly illustrates my point! str_npc_rayne_to_boadice_2_b|As a woman, I am sure you are incapable of understanding knightly ways, so I will waste no more words upon you. str_npc_julia_to_sara_1_b|Your constant flirting, you slut, is why I hold you in contempt. How can you lower yourself to flirt with every man you meet? str_npc_sara_to_julia_1_b|And what does a tavern bouncer know of a lady's behavior? I do not flirt, as you so crudely put it; I merely enliven this company with my wit, humor and words! str_npc_julia_to_sara_2_b|Try for a little dignity and decorum, won't you? str_npc_ediz_to_kaverra_1_b|Women do not belong on the field of battle. str_npc_kaverra_to_ediz_1_b|Don't you go telling me what a woman can and cannot do on a battlefield. str_npc_ediz_to_kaverra_2_b|Just because you wield a ludicrous weapon with an even more ridiculous name does not make you a warrior in my eyes. str_npc_kaverra_to_ediz_2_b|You bumptious piece of dung. str_npc_ediz_to_kaverra_3_b|One of our Singalian Temptresses would kill you in the blink of an eye. str_npc_kaverra_to_ediz_3_b|I can fight as well as any man! I'll demonstrate if you like. str_npc_siggy_to_donavan_1_b|I've had it with your arbitrary and unauthorized orders, Donavan, you sadistic, petty little martinet. str_npc_donavan_to_siggy_1_b|Drinking makes you even grumpier than you normally are when sober. Why don't you just shut the hell up? str_npc_siggy_to_donavan_2_b|Next time you start handing me your guff, I'll hand you something more lethal than an order in return! str_npc_donavan_to_siggy_2_b|If I want your opinion, I'll ask for it. Don't hold your breath while you wait. str_npc_alyssa_to_roland_1_b|Do tell me, Ssir Roland, ssince you desserted your Order, why does the sstench of ssanctimony still pervade your vicinity? str_npc_roland_to_alyssa_1_b|You, Madam Alyssa, are the embodiment of all I loathe. Your very voice makes my skin crawl. str_npc_alyssa_to_roland_2_b|Ssuch passion for one ssworn to virtue! str_npc_roland_to_alyssa_2_b|Were it not for our Captain, I'd have killed you long since, for your own sins and those of your cult. str_npc_alyssa_to_roland_3_b|How uncharitably murderouss you are! str_npc_roland_to_alyssa_3_b|Approach me not again, or your life is at risk. str_npc_ansen_to_adonja_c|Adonja, would you tell me of some of the Mystmountain clans' traditions and history? I know nothing about your people and would like to learn of them. str_npc_adonja_to_ansen_c|I am flattered at your interest in the Mystmountain clans, Ansen, and would be most pleased to tell you of them. We have some interesting battle chants and epic poems. str_npc_diev_to_leslie_c|I've no mind to see you go, Leslie, but you're not cut out for life in a mercenary company. One of these days, I'd like to take you away with me, maybe start a merchanting company of our own. What say you to that? str_npc_leslie_to_diev_c|You are kind to think of me, Diev, and I will consider your words, in the event we both survive this endless fighting. I am honored by your offer. str_npc_kassim_to_riva_c|Ah, Riva Bibi, I would carry you off to my people did I not fear awakening after a night of passion only to find my throat slit! I joy in fighting beside you! str_npc_riva_to_kassim_c|I thank you, Kassim, and I greatly enjoy battle when you are at my side! We make rather an effective team, I think. str_npc_julia_to_lethaldiran_c|Based on our last battle, Leth, we've much to learn from you Noldor in terms of battle technique. Thanks for covering my back. Show me that counter-move you used on the fellow trying to take me from behind, would you? str_npc_lethaldiran_to_julia_c|You, my dear, are as lovely as you are lethal, and you appeal to me on the basis of both. I would be pleased to show you that counterstrike. Is there anything else you'd like me to demonstrate to you, hmm? str_npc_jocelyn_to_boadice_1_c|Madam, with the exception of your habit of gelding your male slaves, I must say I approve of your island's customs, particularly that of training your women in warrior skills. str_npc_boadice_to_jocelyn_1_c|I thank you, Sir Jocelyn. Pity you're a man, or you would have made a fine commander. str_npc_jocelyn_to_boadice_2_c|It is good to see women so highly trained in battle as yourself. Pendor would do well to follow that one, at least, of your customs. str_npc_boadice_to_jocelyn_2_c|I am unused to accepting praise from those of your sex, but I appreciate your praise of my fighting skills. str_npc_alistair_to_alyssa_1_c|I am sure that you at least, my dear Alyssa, can appreciate the deplorable lack of decent food in Pendor. What do your snakeish confreres serve at feasts? Not roasted reptile, one assumes? str_npc_alyssa_to_alistair_1_c|Roassted reptile?! Certainly not! We prefer organically-grown vegetarian fare in the Sserpent Temple. We never eat meat; the very thought of doing sso is revolting. str_npc_alistair_to_alyssa_2_c|I fondly recall my father's feasts. He had an exceptionally skilled torturer, who could keep a victim shrieking throughout several dozen courses. From the peacock tongues through the chine of beef, their screams were quite stimulating to the appetite. str_npc_alyssa_to_alistair_2_c|I find the concept of torture during dinner parties mosst intriguing, I musst ssay. str_npc_rayne_to_ediz_c|Ediz, I did not realize that your people had such an admirable code of honor, and I am impressed by your determination to recover your own lost honor in battle. That is the way of a true knight. str_npc_ediz_to_rayne_c|I admire your fighting skills, Sir Rayne, and were you not an outlander, would welcome you into my clan as a brother. str_npc_donavan_to_fred_c|Frederick, you are a man after my own heart! Obviously, Mettenheim breeds strong, disciplined warriors who understand how to hold the line in battle. str_npc_fred_to_donavan_c|You, Donavan, have a clear understanding of the disciplines of battle. Were you in Mettenheim, in a few years you might qualify for recruitment into the Forlorn Hope. str_npc_siggy_to_sara_1_c|Sara, what say we adjourn to my tent for awhile? I'd like a private sample of your bardic skills! str_npc_sara_to_siggy_1_c|Mmm, my dear Siggy, I had no idea you were so interested in my bardic talents! str_npc_siggy_to_sara_2_c|Heh, Heh, 'Fox' is the right name for you, my girl! str_npc_sara_to_siggy_2_c|Let us indeed adjourn to your tent at our first opportunity. I have some special skills which you may enjoy! str_npc_kaverra_to_roland_1_c|I wonder why my luck turned so bad, just as I was setting up as a merchant. Don't seem fair that I should be caught by the Vanskerries before ever I sold a single bit of my merchandise. str_npc_roland_to_kaverra_1_c|Kaverra, lass, it is likely that what befell you was a trial sent you by the gods, to test your mettle. str_npc_kaverra_to_roland_2_c|I still have nightmares about those Vanskerries and what they did. str_npc_roland_to_kaverra_2_c|Astraea would welcome you, I am sure, as she would welcome any warrior who is brave and true. You have triumphed over your adversity bravely. str_npc_adonja_to_enemy_d|I look forward to slitting you open in search of hidden treasure. str_npc_leslie_to_enemy_d|All you fools want is to kill, kill, kill! Where is the point in fighting over a village burnt to the ground with nothing left but ravaged fields and dead peasants? You should die for your own stupidity. str_npc_ansen_to_enemy_d|All you fools can think of is death and dismemberment! Does no one in Pendor ever consider compromise or a parley?! str_npc_riva_to_enemy_d|Retreat now, while you have the chance. str_npc_kassim_to_enemy_d|Die, you ferengi camel-lovers! My blade hungers to bathe in your blood! str_npc_lethaldiran_to_enemy_d|Hah, you don't know what trouble you just walked into! This will be fun! Let's have at it! str_npc_jocelyn_to_enemy_d|Scum of your ilk does not merit an honorable death in battle, but we generously grant you that. Be grateful, maggots, as we slaughter you. str_npc_alistair_to_enemy_d|Your threats are puerile, and you are simply stalling in a futile attempt to postpone your death. Stop blathering and fight; your verbal saber-rattlings bore me. str_npc_rayne_to_enemy_d|Hah! We kill better men than you before we stop for breakfast in the morning. I'm hungry; hurry up and let's finish this! str_npc_julia_to_enemy_d|Start praying, you bastards, and hope your gods are ready to receive you. str_npc_fred_to_enemy_d|Hah! You will need to put up a better show than that to impress me. str_npc_ediz_to_enemy_d|The vultures shall feast on your carcasses tonight! str_npc_sara_to_enemy_d|This incident will make a most amusing ballad. Pity you will never live to hear it! str_npc_donavan_to_enemy_d|I look forward to cutting you down as you flee. str_npc_diev_to_enemy_d|Go back to whatever whorehouse you were born in, or we'll send you to hell in a heartbeat! str_npc_alyssa_to_enemy_d|Yess, let uss kill them all and sshow no mercy! They merit nothing more. Let the bloodletting begin! str_npc_roland_to_enemy_d|Come forth and be slain by our swords of righteousness. None of you will live to see the morrow! str_npc_kaverra_to_enemy_d|We're gonna kill every one of you bastids. str_npc_siggy_to_enemy_d|You worthless bastards best flee while you can. I'm coming after you! str_npc_boadice_to_enemy_d|When I'm done with you, you'll beg for death! str_npc_adonja_to_player_e|Ansen has a certain puppyish charm and I think he has a crush on me. I find him rather sweet, even though he's far from a clan ideal. I never thought to fancy a man who could read. str_npc_leslie_to_player_e|If ever we cease this fighting, Captain, I may stay on in Pendor to trade. Those towns and villages not ravaged by war would make excellent trade routes for the right merchant, who knows where to buy and sell. Diev and I might make good trading partners if events work out in our favor. str_npc_ansen_to_player_e|I have all the men patched up again, Captain. We'll need to rest for a bit before they are fit to fight again, however. How about camping for an extra day when next we stop? str_npc_riva_to_player_e|I never thought I'd grow to like a D'Shar, but Kassim is well-born and a noble soul. He is an excellent addition to the troop, Captain. str_npc_kassim_to_player_e|I am reminded of some lines from Khushal Khan Khattack, a famous D'Shar poet - 'the boy across the river has buttocks like a ripe peach, but alas, I cannot swim.' It must be all those fresh-faced peasants in the field over there which brought it to mind. str_npc_lethaldiran_to_player_e|Captain, you know I stand ready to remove any annoyance for you, particularly in our company, if you take my meaning. I know just where I'd like to start. str_npc_jocelyn_to_player_e|Sir Alistair is evil beyond all hope of redemption. His presence in this company sullies our honor, and I implore you to sack him posthaste. I feel filthy just being in his presence. There is also the matter between us of his having been despatched by his Order to kill me. I have no doubt he will attempt to do so at his first opportunity. str_npc_alistair_to_player_e|As per the Feudal Times and Reactionary Herald, the Pendor Lords know about as much about fief management as a three-year-old. One of them erected a gallows outside his village gates, to discourage banditry. Thus far, only his villagers have danced upon it, mostly for causing him petty annoyance. I'll grant you that is amusing, but it is wasteful when carried to excess. If he persists, he'll soon run-out of peasants to oppress. str_npc_rayne_to_player_e|That Veccavian woman wants a sharp lesson in common courtesy, if you want my opinion. She had the audacity to refer to me in most discourteous terms, and makes fun of my knightly honor behind my back. Were it not against my code to fight a woman, I'd teach her that lesson, I can tell you. str_npc_julia_to_player_e|I dread the day we fight the Snake Cult and my father turns up in the battle. Should that happen, Captain, I don't want it to be my hand which slays him. I have enough of my kin's blood on my hands as it is. str_npc_fred_to_player_e|Verdammnis der Holle! Mein General, the lack of military Disziplin in this... this... Gesindel! is appalling! Mein General, you must force them to behave like proper soldiers, because right now, they behave like the Gesindel they are! str_npc_ediz_to_player_e|If there were more like such as Sir Rayne in this company, I would be pleased. You should exercise more sense in the way you choose to hire, eliminating those with no fighting skills and less honor. str_npc_sara_to_player_e|Captain, I vow and declare that if any other member of this troop decides to read me a lecture on morality, I shall reach for my blade. I weary of holier-than-thou speeches from those incapable of anything else! str_npc_donavan_to_player_e|When you said your lot could use a little discipline and training, I thought I could help you. If you don't back up my authority when I give them an order, this troop will remain an undisciplined rabble! str_npc_diev_to_player_e|Whenever I think our cause is hopeless, Captain, I think about people like Leslie. She and those like her are the ones who need defending, the decent, honest folk who just want to make a living free of fear and tyranny. She gives me hope. str_npc_alyssa_to_player_e|You are too ssoft-hearted to be a proper commander. Why cater to these worthless peasantss you coddle by doing their bidding? SSack the villagess and take what you need, I ssay! str_npc_roland_to_player_e|Captain, I know you sometimes despair at the task before you, and wonder if you can succeed. Keep a stout heart. Even in this evil world, good must ultimately triumph over evil. You must never give up the fight. str_npc_kaverra_to_player_e|Captain, how's about we chase down a few more of those Vanskerry bastards? I don't have my fill of killing them yet. Don't know as I ever will, but I can try! str_npc_siggy_to_player_e|I can smell the new-turned earth in the fields of that village over there. Can't believe I miss plowing, but there it is the scent makes me a wee bit homesick. str_npc_boadice_to_player_e|When I regain the throne of Veccavi, I think I shall have to return to Pendor and impose some sensible order on this unruly society. I cannot believe they allow their men to run about ungelded and actually permit them to assume superior roles. Pendor would function much better if this situation could be corrected. str_npc_adonja_to_lord_f|He speaks to you politely now, but once you do what he wants, he'll change his tune. str_npc_leslie_to_lord_f|Captain, remember that the first offer is only that - the opening bid. See what else is on offer before you close any bargains! str_npc_ansen_to_lord_f|Look at that red nose and potbelly, Captain! This one likes his wine and food far more than battle, I'd guess, and he probably has the gout. Looks like he has head lice, too. str_npc_riva_to_lord_f|Captain, you should listen to this lord. One of his superior rank should be accorded respect and obedience. str_npc_kassim_to_lord_f|Captain, this one is nothing and unfit for you, or indeed our troop, to follow. str_npc_lethaldiran_to_lord_f|Captain, I could have him out of the way in a jiffy, with none the wiser as to how it happened. Just say the word. str_npc_jocelyn_to_lord_f|This request is quite reasonable and honorable. I urge you to comply with my Lord's wishes. str_npc_alistair_to_lord_f|I cannot comprehend this fellow's objection to a few dead peasants, unless perhaps their taxes are in arrears or he has exhausted the village's supply of nubile virgins. str_npc_rayne_to_lord_f|Be ever wary of Lords and their plots and schemes, Captain. Many come to grief through agreeing to follow a lord. str_npc_julia_to_lord_f|Captain, if we run about at the beck and call of lords, the gods only know what trouble we'll fall into! You'd do better to take them prisoner and make them dance to your own tune! str_npc_fred_to_lord_f|These Pendor lords appear always to put their own petty aims ahead of the prosperity of their fiefs. I do not understand such stupidity. str_npc_ediz_to_lord_f|Amongst the Singalians, we have no lords. We killed the last one over a hundred years ago. str_npc_sara_to_lord_f|I have spent much time in the courts of Pendor. Do try, my Captain, for behavior appropriate to such a court. Discourtesy to a lord is never wise. str_npc_donavan_to_lord_f|His ambition likely exceeds the capacity of his purse. Demand an advance payment and see what he says. My guess is that he'll bluster but not come up with the gold. str_npc_diev_to_lord_f|You can always trust a lord to be a lord - be wary! str_npc_alyssa_to_lord_f|Thiss lord is a fool! I would ignore him if I were you. He iss far too sstupid to take sseriously! str_npc_roland_to_lord_f|It may be that this man speaks the truth, Captain, though I rather doubt it. Be careful what you promise him. str_npc_kaverra_to_lord_f|Hmph, if I were you, Captain, I'd pay no mind to this 'un. Lords is nuthin' but liars, that's what my granfer allus said. str_npc_siggy_to_lord_f|Another lord asking yet another favor. Don't you get tired of catering to their whims? I certainly do. str_npc_boadice_to_lord_f|These pathetic excuses for Pendor lords are as moronic as they are pretentious. Give this fool short shrift - you have no need of him.
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using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Audio; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GamerServices; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Media; namespace game0326 { /// summary /// ゲームメインクラス /// /summary public class Game1 Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game { /// summary /// グラフィックデバイス管理クラス /// /summary private GraphicsDeviceManager graphics = null; /// summary /// スプライトのバッチ化クラス /// /summary private SpriteBatch spriteBatch = null; /// summary /// GameMain コンストラクタ /// /summary public Game1() { // グラフィックデバイス管理クラスの作成 this.graphics = [[new]] GraphicsDeviceManager(this); // ゲームコンテンツのルートディレクトリを設定 this.Content.RootDirectory = "Content"; this.Window.Title = "ウインドウの[[タイトル]]はこのように変更することができる"; #if WINDOWS_PHONE // Windows Phone のデフォルトのフレームレートは 30 FPS this.TargetElapsedTime = TimeSpan.FromTicks(333333); #endif } /// summary /// ゲームが始まる前の初期化処理を行うメソッド /// グラフィック以外のデータの読み込み、コンポーネントの初期化を行う /// /summary protected override void Initialize() { // TODO ここに初期化ロジックを書いてください // コンポーネントの初期化などを行います base.Initialize(); } /// summary /// ゲームが始まるときに一回だけ呼ばれ /// すべてのゲームコンテンツを読み込みます /// /summary protected override void LoadContent() { // テクスチャーを描画するためのスプライトバッチクラスを作成します this.spriteBatch = new SpriteBatch(this.GraphicsDevice); // TODO this.Content を使用してゲームコンテンツを読み込む // ロジックを書いてください } /// summary /// ゲームが終了するときに一回だけ呼ばれ /// すべてのゲームコンテンツをアンロードします /// /summary protected override void UnloadContent() { // TODO ContentManager で管理されていないコンテンツを // ここでアンロードしてください } /// summary /// 描画以外のデータ更新等の処理を行うメソッド /// 主に入力処理、衝突判定などの物理計算、オーディオの再生など /// /summary /// param name="gameTime" このメソッドが呼ばれたときのゲーム時間 /param protected override void Update(GameTime gameTime) { // Xbox 360 コントローラ、Windows Phone の BACK ボタンを押したときに // ゲームを終了させます if (GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).Buttons.Back == ButtonState.Pressed) { this.Exit(); } // TODO ここに更新処理を記述してください // 登録された GameComponent を更新する base.Update(gameTime); } /// summary /// 描画処理を行うメソッド /// /summary /// param name="gameTime" このメソッドが呼ばれたときのゲーム時間 /param protected override void Draw(GameTime gameTime) { // 画面を指定した色でクリアします this.GraphicsDevice.Clear(Color.Black); // TODO ここに描画処理を記述します // 登録された DrawableGameComponent を描画する base.Draw(gameTime); } } }
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R.I.P.D. The Game 項目数：15 総ポイント：400 難易度：？？？ 製品情報：http //marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/RIPD-The-Game/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584113ee 配信日：2013年7月17日 DL費用：800MSP / 9.99ドル サイズ：1.20GB ジャンル：Shooter ☆国内未配信 ※2018年7月頃、配信終了 Chapati In My Pants Complete Your First Challenge 10 Naan Lethal Arrest 10 Deado Criminals 25 Lethal Dosa Execute 10 Deado Criminals 25 Vindaloose Cannon Beatdown 50 Deados Using Melee 10 Out of Batti Experience Send Hayes to Judgement 50 Locked and Laddu Fully Upgrade One Weapon 30 Bombay Away Use Salary to Purchase All Weapons 50 Chaat Through The Heart Fully Upgrade All Weapons 50 It s Not a Turmeric! Complete All Maps on the "HOT" Difficulty 30 Locha Me! Win Your First Bet 15 Curry, You Can t Be Serious Win Each Different Bet 25 I m Cumin For You! Unlock the Final Showdown with Hayes 20 Chicken 65 Kill 65 Deados 10 Puri Good Killer Soul Kill 100 Deados 25 Chapati Training Complete Every Challenge In One Level 25