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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