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Castle & Village | Keep | Towne | Dwelling
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Alistair the Bard
[You see ]a melancholy musician.
[hello]A fine day to thee {AvatarName}!
<job>I try to lift people's spirits through my music!
<bye>Good day to thee, friend!
<spir|musi>Once, this was a happy place, where all could come to shed the worries of the world for a brief time."[NL][NL][Wait]"But now, times have changed and all that remains are memories!
<memo>Memories of the good times.
<good|time>When Lord British ruled this land with a firm but just hand.
<just|hand>'Tis hard for a monarch to walk the line of power and fairness.
<line|mona|powe|fair>We miss the true ruler, and yet hope for his return!
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Stephen
[You see ]a large, jolly man with a very dirty apron.
[hello]
<job>I am the lower kitchen chef.
<bye>May thou stay as well fed as I am!
<apr>Well, what dost thou expect! I've been working in the kitchen!
<cook|chef>I love to cook, especially for banquets!
<kitc>'Tis small but well stocked.
<banq>Alas, we have not had one since the master left us.
<his|mast>Yes, 'tis very sad, though I hope for his return, so I may once again place roast pheasant before him!
<roas|phea>'Twas his favorite.
<stoc>We have many delicacies from every region of the Kingdom!
<deli>We even have pheasant!
<king|regi>All over!
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Treanna"[NL][NL][Flag 17][What is thy name?]
[You see ]a young girl.
[hello][Goto 1]
<job>I am the stable girl.
<bye>Goodbye.
<stab>Lord British's stables are home to many of the finest breeds in the land.
<val>[Goto 2]
<lord|brit>Alas, he is no longer with us.
<bree>We have prime examples of most of the major breeds."[NL][NL][Goto 2]
<smit>[Goto 5]
[Label 1]Greetings, {AvatarName}, nice to see thee again."[NL][NL]
[Label 2]What's thy favorite breed?
<{AnyElse}>Never heard of that one, must be one of Blackthorn's new creations!
<val>Hey, mine too!"[NL][NL][Goto 3]
<step|plou|moun>Well, they're well enough I suppose, but they hath not any true spirit!
[Label 3]Ever heard of a talking horse?
<{AnyElse}>[Goto 3]
<n>A mage from Paws name Bandaii claims one exists! I wish I could remember the horse's name....
<y>[Goto 4]
[Label 4]What was its name?
<{AnyElse}>No, that's not it.
<ed>Not that one!
<smit>[Goto 5]
[Label 5]That's it!"[NL][NL][...]"I have heard it lives in Iolo's barn, by his hut in the deep forest!"[NL][NL]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Margaret
[You see ]a sprightly old woman.
[hello]Aye, {AvatarName}, always a pleasure!
<job>I am the upper kitchen chef.
<bye>Drop by later for a hot bowl of soup.
<uppe|kitc|chef>We feed a whole lot o' folks here!
<folk>We serve mostly guards. Since Lord British left we get few visitors.
<visi>[Goto 1]
<brit>He took an expedition into the newfound Underworld and was killed!
<guar>They're a mangy lot, but I loves 'em.
<food|soup>[Goto 3]
<cold|day>The weather's turned quite bitter since those Shadowlords appeared!
<weat|shad>Indeed it has!
[Label 1][Flag 18]Art thou from around here?
<{AnyElse}>Nice to have thee, friend."[NL][NL][What is thy name?]
<y>I see.
[Label 2]'Tis a shame."[NL][NL]
[Label 3]Wouldst thou like some hot broth?
<{AnyElse}>Ah.
<y>'ere, 'ave some. It'll take the chill from thy bones on these cold days."[NL][NL][Give:][FOOD][...][Goto 4]
[Label 4]Wouldst thou pay 5 crowns to 'elp offset the cost?
<{AnyElse}>[--karma]Well, thanks anyway.
<y>[gold-005]Thanks.
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Desiree
[You see ]a scruffy young girl.
[hello]
<job>I help my grandmother prepare the meals!
<bye>See ya!
<gran>Her name is Margaret, and her broth is the best.
<prep|meal>It's hard work, for we feed a lot of hungry mouths.
<feed|hung|mout>Those guards eat like bottomless pits... But, none of them are as bad as Lord Stuart the Hungry!
<lord|stu>He travels around between the towns and castles and eats and eats until they throw him out!"[NL][NL][Wait]"I hear he's been working on a magic spell to create food!
<magi|spel|crea|food>It is not yet perfected, I'm told. Apparently, it only creates a small quantity, much too little for him!
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Drudgeworth
[You see ]a unkempt and pitiful soul with a distant stare.[NL][NL][Goto 1]
[hello]
<job>I didn't do it!"[NL][NL][Goto 2]
<bye>[Goto 4]
<sent>For a crime I did not commit.
<faul|comm|crim>I didn't mean to kill 'er! Honest!
<who|kill|her>Why doesn't they believes me?"[NL][NL][...][Goto 2]
<chuc>'Twer his fault really!
<help>Why, I can show ye where it's hidden!
<it|wher|hidd>Lets me out, I'll show ye."[NL][NL][...][Goto 3]
[Label 1]Hey, come 'ere!"[NL][NL][Wait]"Yer the first soul I've seen in months!"[NL][NL][Wait]"Won't ye stay and speak with me a while?
<{AnyElse}>[Goto 4]
<y>Chuckles 'ates me! Left me locked up 'ere well beyond me sentence!
[Label 2]Ye believes me, don't ye?
<{AnyElse}>[Goto 4]
<y>Then let me out. I can helps ye!
[Label 3]Ye will let me out, won't ye?
<{AnyElse}>[Goto 4]
<y>Aye, let's go then."[NL][End]
[Label 4]Then go! On yer wretched way, <PIGDOG>! Just ye wait 'til I get outta this hole! I'll teach ye to mess with ol' Drudgeworth!"[NL][End]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Saduj
[You see ]a shifty-eyed man.
[hello]
<job>I'm the gardener.
<bye>Be off!
<gard>Really! Just inspecting the plants.
<plan|insp>Thou knowest, watering and the like!
<wate|like>[Goto 1]
<blac|obje|hide|brit|cham>I know not what it is, but it rests in a sandalwood box.
<sand|box>If destroyed, there shall be no chance for that scourge British to return!"[NL][NL][Wait][Goto 6]
<join>[Goto 6]
[Label 1]What is the matter..."[NL][NL][...]"Dost thou not believe me?
<{AnyElse}>I see."[NL][NL][Goto 2]
[Label 2]For that matter, what art thou doing here?
<{AnyElse}>Likely story!"[NL][NL][Wait][Goto 3]
[Label 3]Art thou with the Oppression?
<{AnyElse}>Neither am I.
<y>[Goto 4]
[Label 4]Prove it! What's the password?
<{AnyElse}>Impostor!"[NL][End]
<impe>[Goto 5]
[Label 5]Greetings friend! Knowest thou of my mission?
<{AnyElse}>Oh.
<n>Blackthorn himself sent me here to find an object hidden in Lord British's chambers.
[Label 6]Might I join thee, that we might work together?
<{AnyElse}>Later perhaps.
<y>Good!"[NL][NL][Join]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Stillwelt
[You see ]a big, mean, nasty, ugly guard![NL][NL][Goto 1]
[hello]
<job>
<bye>Bye!
[Label 1]Hey, you!"[NL][NL][...]"Dost thou not know that this is a restricted area?
<{AnyElse}>[Goto 2]
[Label 2]Shut up!"[NL][NL][...]"Thou art not allowed up here!"[NL][NL][Goto 3]
[Label 3]Art thou going to leave on thy own or must I throw thee off the battlements?
<{AnyElse}>I didn't catch thy meaning. Didst thou understand me? I said..."[NL][NL][...][Goto 3]
<thro|n>[Combat]Thou hadst thy chance!"[NL][End]
<own|leav|y>Get off the roof, NOW!"[NL][End]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Chuckles
[You see ]a bouncing jester!
[hello]
<job>I am here to welcome and try to entertain!
<bye>Let me know if I might entertain thee again!
<welc>Welcome, welcome, welcome."[NL][NL][Wait]"Welcome to the castle of His Royal Majesty, His Eminence, The Immortal, currently missing, feared dead, Lord Cantabrigian British!"[NL][NL][Wait]"And, his trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent..."[NL][NL][Wait]"...Jester, Chuckles the Bumble..."[NL][NL][Wait]...That's ME!
<ente>[Goto 1]
<roya|maje|emin|immo|miss|dead|cant|brit>The same.
<cast>This one.
<drud>Who?
[Label 1]Ho eyo he hum!"[NL][NL][...]"Ho eyo he hum!"[NL][NL][...]"Ho eyo he hum!"[NL][NL][...]"Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce!"[NL][NL][...]"Didst thou enjoy that?
<{AnyElse}>Oh, I'll do it better this time!"[NL][NL][...][Goto 1]
<y>I thought thou might!
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Blackthorn
[You see ]the Dark Lord himself![NL][NL][...][Flag 17][Goto 5]
[hello]
<job>
<bye>
[Label 1]Greetings, {AvatarName}, what an unexpected pleasure!"[NL][NL][...]"Wilt thou be staying with us long?
<{AnyElse}>I beg to differ!"[NL][NL][...]"So very kind of thee to deliver thyself unto me!"[NL][NL][...]"Prepare now to meet thy fate![Combat]"[NL][End]
<y>[Goto 3]
[Label 3]Hast thou joined us in the Oppression?
<{AnyElse}>Then how considerate of thee to turn thyself in..."[NL][NL][...]"Guards! Seize this infidel![Combat]"[NL][End]
<y>[Goto 4]
[Label 4]Then, surely, thou dost know our password...."[NL][NL][...]"What is it?
<{AnyElse}>No, I'm afraid that is not it..."[NL][NL][...]"Guards! Seize this infidel![Combat]"[NL][End]
<impe>Fine! With thee on our side, we shall be invincible!"[NL][NL][...]"Please, feel free to roam my castle and grounds!"[NL][End]
[Label 5]Who dares approach the mighty Blackthorn?"[NL][NL][What is thy name?]"[NL][NL][Flag 17][...]"I think not, let's try again!"[NL][NL][...][Goto 5]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Gorn
[You see ]a mighty-thewed barbarian.[NL][NL][Goto 1]
[hello]
<job>[Goto 1]
<bye>Take care.
[Label 1]Ah, Brohm be praised! A soul to share my cell!"[NL][NL][...]"With me for an escape?
<{AnyElse}>Fool!"[NL][End]
<y>[Goto 2]
[Label 2]If I helps thee, wilt thou take me with thee?
<{AnyElse}>Hmmm."[NL][End]
<y>[Goto 3]
[Label 3]I've escaped many times, and been caught as many. I knows this castle likes the backs of me hands!"[NL][NL][Wait][Goto 4]
[Label 4]In the dead of night we must go out through a secret door that's here behinds me."[NL][NL][Wait]"Climbs up onto the roof and sneaks down the northern ladder."[NL][NL][Wait]"In Blackthorn's bedroom, go through a secret door, down the ladder on t'other side."[NL][NL][Wait]"Through the secret door to the north, down another ladder and out the back gates!"[NL][NL][Wait]"Wait there 'til morning when the drawbridge is lowered and flee for our lives!"[NL][NL][Wait]"Get all that down?
<{AnyElse}>[Goto 4]
<y>Get the keys I hid in the brazier and let's be off!"[NL][NL][Join]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]...."[NL][NL][...]"Thou art in grave danger!
[You see ]a scraggly, tortured soul in tattered garb.
[hello]
<job>I've been here oh so many months, and all for the breaking of a Law of Virtue!
<bye>Don't leave me here! Please unlock my chains!
<grav|dang>Guards, daemons and Shadowlords abound! Thou must leave before it's too late!
<guar|daem|shad>Yes, they come here often to beat and taunt me!
<brea|law|virt>It matters not, they are all a travesty!
<trav>They defile the foundations of Virtue!
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Kraw
[You see ]a simple man with a crooked back.
[hello]
<job>I tend the horses.
<bye>Farewell.
<hors|tend>Yes, we have a fine stable of thoroughbreds.
<stab|thor>Indeed, the finest. Why, we have not only the plough and mountain breeds, but even the purest breed of the High Steppes. "[NL][NL][Wait]"We lack only the Valorian warhorse, which we still seek!
<val>That breed we still lack.
<step|plou|moun>That breed we have.
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Weblock
[You see ]a mysterious old mage with a twisted, bony face.[NL][NL][Wait][Goto 1]
[hello]
<job>I am here to aid thee.
<bye>Watch thy step.
<aid>[Goto 2]
<blac>Try up the northern stairs to the throne room, but he usually does not see visitors!
<gorn|hass>He is a prisoner in the dungeon!
<kraw>He is likely in the stables.
<webl>'Tis I.
<gall>The chef is probably in the kitchen.
<foul>The jester is often hard to locate!
<thro>Try up the northern stairs.
<kitc>Go up the ladder in the main foyer.
<foye>Back down the stairs.
<dung>Take the stairs behind the guardposts, near the front gates.
<roof>Climb up a corner tower from the dungeon level.
<stab>Take the ladder down.
[Label 1]Please sign in."[NL][NL][What is thy name?]"[NL][NL][Goto 2]
[Label 2]Where or whom dost thou seek?"[NL][NL]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Gallrot
[You see ]fat and greasy man.
[hello]
<job>I make the slop that feeds this lot of mangy dogs.
<bye>Oh, bugger off then.
<food|slop>A little ol' horse meat, a few young children, that sort of thing."[NL][NL][Goto 1]
<meat|hors>It's cheap an' plentiful!
<youn|chil>When we can get 'em!
<cook|chef>I make the food here.
<mang|dog>Well, they may not really be dogs, but they sure is mangy!
[Label 1]Care to try some?
<{AnyElse}>Don't touch the stuff meself.
<y>Gulp..."[NL][NL][...]"Choke..."[NL][NL][...]"Gag..."[NL][NL][...]"Spit..."[NL][NL][...]"Aye, goes down a bit rough.
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Foulwell
[You see ]a pompous, silly man.
[hello]
<job>I entertain with tales of the inquisition.
<bye>Jingle, jingle!
<tale|inqu>Why, just the other day, we had a marvelous time, watching a young lady being drawn and quartered!
<lady|draw|quar>She refused to humble herself to a guard's advances!"[NL][NL][Wait][Goto 1]
[Label 1]Isn't that a riot?
<{AnyElse}>Perhaps then, thou wouldst find more humorous the one about the visitor who failed to laugh at the Royal Jester's stories."[NL][NL][Wait]"The cook's young nephew was a little brat. He didn't laugh at my jokes, so we threw 'im in the vat!"[NL][NL][...][Goto 3]
<y>[Goto 2]
[Label 2]Wouldst thou like to join us next time?
<{AnyElse}>Just watch thyself, friend!
<y>I'll be sure to look ye up.
[Label 3]Ho, ho, ha, ha, he, he..."[NL][NL][...]"How 'bout that one, like it?
<{AnyElse}>[Combat]GUARDS!
<y>I thank thee.
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Hassad
[You see ]an old and blind wizard.[NL][NL][Flag 17][Goto 2]
[hello]
<job>I am a prisoner, just as thou art now.
<bye>Farewell.
<pris>I was taken from my home in New Magincia.
<magi>Therein I led a peaceful life.
<life|peac>Until the Shadowlords found me.
<foun|shad>I have knowledge Blackthorn seeks.
<know|blac|seek>That is for me to know.
<powe|word|coun>[Flag 19]I don't know of what thou dost speak.
[Label 1]Is that thee {AvatarName}?
<{AnyElse}>Then what dost thou want?
<y>Oh, good.
[Label 2]Who is there?"[NL][NL][...][What is thy name?]"[NL][NL][...]What dost thou want?"[NL][NL]
[Label 3]I know of the Great Council, but what maketh thee ask me?
<{AnyElse}>I know nothing about it!
<kaik>She is a fine woman. If she has told thee of me, she must have great faith in thee."[NL][NL][Wait][Goto 4]
<dawn>[Goto 4]
[Label 4]I presume thou dost seek the Word of Power for the dungeon Hythloth. Are we where I may speak freely?
<{AnyElse}>Then I shall wait.
<y>The Word thou seeketh is <IGNAVUS>!
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Camile
[You see ]a young woman.
[hello][Goto 1]
<job>I keep the fields.
<bye>[Flag 19]Oh, by the way..."[NL][NL][What is thy name?]"[NL][End]
<fiel>Unlike the unfortunates living in other parts of the land, our crops grow true and strong!
<crop|true|stro>Indeed they do!
<unfo|othe|land>Surely, thou knowest of the ravages of the Dark Lord!
<shad|rava|dark>Blackthorn sends the Shadowlords unto many townes, but we lie too close to Lord British's castle.
<blac>The Dark Lord, ya fool!
<clos|brit|cast>It would seem as though they don't like to get too close to the castle of the True Master!
<true|mast>[Goto 4]
[Label 1]{AvatarName}, how art thou doing on this fine day?
<{AnyElse}>[Goto 2]
[Label 2]Hmmm... How hath thy journeys fared?
<{AnyElse}>I see, what canst I do for thee today?"[NL][NL]
[Label 3]Farewell, and a good day to thee, {AvatarName}."[NL][End]
[Label 4]Surely, thou dost agree Lord British is the rightful ruler?
<{AnyElse}>Begone, foolish knave!"[NL][End]
<y>Good.
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Phillip
[You see ]a sweaty and soiled farmer.
[hello]Aye up lad, what's goin' on?
<job>I work these fields, with me chum Dibbs.
<bye>[Flag 17][What is thy name?]"[NL][NL][Goto 1]
<chum|dibb>That's just me nickname for Christopher.
<chri>He works the fields with me.
<farm|fiel>It's an 'ard grind, but I shan't be doin' it long.
<long|it|grin>I've plans to become an artist!
<arti>'Till then I'll just keep workin' 'ere!
[Label 1]Cheerio!"[NL][End]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Christopher
[You see ]a dashing young farmer.
[hello]G'day, {AvatarName}!
<job>I fiddle in the fields to keep me fed.
<bye>Ta, mate.
<dibb>I see thou hast been speakin' with Phillip.
<phil>He's me mate!
<mate>Friend.
<fidd|fiel>I pride myself in a job well done, even if one does not enjoy it.
<enjo|job|done>What I really enjoy is writing works of fantasy.
<writ|fant>I'm currently working on an epic called 'Times of Lore!'
<time|lore>I hope to have it published soon.
<soon|publ>Through Origin, of course."[NL][NL][Goto 1]
[Label 1]Wilt thou buy it?
<{AnyElse}>Then I'll be of little help to thee in the future!
<y>Good!"[NL][NL][Flag 18][What is thy name?]"[NL][NL]"Enchanted, I'm sure, to have met such an enlightened soul.
[Label 2]What a nice chap thou art."[NL][NL]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Thentis
[You see ]a young farmer.
[hello]
<job>I am a farmer."[NL][NL][Goto 1]
<bye>Good journeys.
<resi>Never heard of it.
<blac>A fine man..."[NL][NL][...]"Cough, cough!
<dawn>To the others!
[Label 1]What dost thou do?
<{AnyElse}>[Goto 2]
[Label 2]Dost thou like it?
<{AnyElse}>[Goto 3]
[Label 3]Art thou helped, or hindered by the new laws?
<{AnyElse}>I said..."[NL][NL][...][Goto 3]
<help>Oh.
<hind>[Goto 4]
[Label 4]Then might I venture to say that thou doth oppose Blackthorn's new laws?
<{AnyElse}>I see.
<y>[Goto 5]
[Label 5]Art thou aware that this is heresy?
<{AnyElse}>It is!
<y>[Goto 6]
[Label 6]Dost thou know of the Resistance?
<{AnyElse}>Hmmm...
<y>[Goto 7]
[Label 7]Dost thou support it?
<{AnyElse}>Oh.
<y>[Goto 8]
[Label 8]Dost thou know their password?
<{AnyElse}>I see.
<y>[Goto 9]
<dawn>[Goto 10]
[Label 9]What is it?
<{AnyElse}>Hmmm...
<dawn>[Goto 10]
[Label 10]Good..."[NL][NL][...]"Sorry about all the questions, but we've got to be careful."[NL][NL][Wait]"If thou art with us, meet us by the well at midnight!"[NL][NL][Wait]"Mention the password to those attending, but no one else, for spies abound!"[NL][End]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Joshua"[NL][NL][Flag 8]"[NL][NL]
[You see ]a soiled farmer.
[hello]Greetings {AvatarName}!
<job>I am a farmer, of course!
<bye>Farewell.
<farm>Our crops grow well.
<crop>'Tis on account of the fine soil!
<soil>This soil grows the best crops.
<dawn>[Goto 1]
[Label 1]What didst thou say?
<{AnyElse}>Oh.
<dawn>[Goto 2]
[Label 2][Flag 19][What is thy name?]"[NL][NL][Flag 19]
[Label 3]Dost thou serve the Resistance?
<{AnyElse}>Oh.
<y>Good!"[NL][NL][...][Goto 4]
[Label 4]Shall I tell thee what I know?
<{AnyElse}>O.K.
<y>I've heard much of the Shadowlords."[NL][NL][Wait]"If faced in combat, thou art drawn into their plane of existance to do battle."[NL][NL][Wait]"It seems that they cannot be killed by normal means, so most who fight them die quickly."[NL][NL][Wait]"A few souls have lived to tell that if a Shadowlord is struck down, it will vanish into thin air!"[NL][NL][Wait]"Soon after, its twisted soul shall return anew!"[NL][NL][Wait]"One named Sutek knows how to destroy them, he lives on a remote isle in the south of the Great Sea!"[NL][End]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Leof
[You see ]a burly farm hand.
[hello]
<job>I work for Miss Vigil
<bye>Good day.
<miss|vigi>She owns the farm.
<farm>That's where I work.
<dawn>[Goto 1]
<resi>[Goto 2]
[Label 1]Yes, sunrise is beautiful."[NL][NL][...]"Hard to Resist, wouldst thou not agree?
<{AnyElse}>Indeed!
[Label 2]Whom dost thou resist?
<{AnyElse}>I see.
<blac>[Goto 3]
[Label 3]We too resist his foul, oppressive regime!"[NL][NL][Wait]"Hast thou ever faced a Shadowlord?
<{AnyElse}>We have heard that here upon the very surface of Britannia there is a place where their energies focus!"[NL][NL][Wait]"Just where it is we have not learned, but thou might learn more if thou dost seek out Sir Sean, who lives..."[NL][NL][Wait]"Ah yes, in the Lycaeum on Dagger Isle."[NL][NL][Wait]"If thou canst find him, ask of Stonegate!Mayhap those Spectres can be dispatched from this plane of existence!"[NL][End]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Vigil
[You see ]a strong, tall woman
[hello]
<job>I make my living by farming.
<bye>Good hunting!
<livi|farm>[Goto 1]
<adve|roam|land|warr>That was before!
<befo>Never mind.
<neve>That's right! Never mind!"[NL][End]
<dawn>[Goto 2]
<them|frie>Thentis, Joshua, and Leof!
<then|josh|leof>We adventured together!
<lear|much>That was before the Shadowlords!
<shad>My friends and I learned much about them before we retired. Talk to them!
[Label 1]I do now, but once I roamed the land as a warrior!"[NL][NL][...]"Dost thou believe me?
<{AnyElse}>Try me then, fool!"[NL][End]
<y>Thou art perceptive!
[Label 2]Hmmm..."[NL][NL][...]"I guess that thou art with the Resistance, yes?
<{AnyElse}>O.K. have it your way.
<y>[Goto 3]
[Label 3]Canst thou prove it?
<{AnyElse}>[Goto 3]
<y>I doubt it!"[NL][End]
<n>[Goto 4]
[Label 4]At least thou art honest!"[NL][NL][Wait]"I feel thou art trustworthy."[NL][NL][Wait]"Before, when my friends and I were a band of stalwart adventurers, we learned much!"[NL][NL]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Kurt
[You see ]a young boy
[hello]None
<job>I am the stable boy.
<bye>Good bye!
<stab|boy>I tend the horses.
<tend>I feed and groom them.
<feed>Oats and hay, mostly.
<oat>And hay.
<hay>And oats.
<groo>It's hard work but I enjoy the horses.
<hors>We have many breeds.
<bree>Well...."[NL][NL][...]"We have Ploughhorses, the Mountain breed, and those from the Steppes!"[NL][NL][Wait]"Unfortunately, we don't have any Valorian purebreds, But they do over in the castle!"[NL][NL][Wait][Goto 1]
<plou|moun|step>We have those.
<val|cast|Trea>I am sure Treanna would love to talk to thee about horses, especially Valorian horses!
[Label 1]Hast thou ever seen one?
My friend Treanna and I both love them. Treanna works in the castle and gets to see them every day!
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Sir Adam the Torch
[You see ]a man with singed eyebrows and charred clothes, holding a blackened box.
[hello]
<job>I seek to improve water travel!
<bye>See 'ya!
<wate|trav|blac|box>Look out, this might explode.
<expl>Should be safe enough, though. What harm could a fire do, especially on board a ship!?
<fire|ship>'Twas Squire Jimmy's fault, indeed. I told him to keep that torch away from my experiment, but nooo! He never listens!
<expe|idea>I found that a mixture of sulfur ash, mandrake, and the powder they fire cannons with will unleash great power when burned!
<unle|powe>Enough to make a ship sail sixscore knots faster!"[NL][NL][...]"For a second or two, anyway."[NL][NL][Wait][Goto 1]
[Label 1]This could be a great breakthrough, dost thou agree?
<{AnyElse}>Hmph!"[NL][End]
<Y>I wish I could convince Master Hawkins.
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Squire Jimmy
[You see ]a wide-eyed young boy[NL][NL][Flag 17]
[hello]
<job>I am apprenticed to Master Hawkins!
<bye>Come back and see us ever and anon!
<hawk>Hawkins, the third generation master shipwright!
<ship|mast|appr>His grandfather designed the HMS Cape, fastest ship that ever sailed! Now Master Hawkins and his servants ply the family trade.
<trad|serv|fami>Shipbuilding!
<Cape|HMS>Master Hawkins misplaced the plans for 'er long ago, and nothing since has been so fast. Still, we try many new ideas!"[NL][NL][Wait]
<idea>Ask Sir Adam!
[Label 1]I say, thou dost seem rather well-travelled. What news of the world hath thee?
<{AnyElse}>Ah, that's the same news as anyone else's. They teach us in school that 'tis all for the common good. I suppose that we're to believe what we're taught."[NL][NL][Wait][What is thy name?]"[NL][NL]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Flint
[You see ]a short, bearded stump of a man
[hello]
<job>I work me forge, craftin' fine ship parts!
<bye>Come back anytime, I'll be here.
<part|forg|ship>Nowadays, they're turnin' to all this newfangled magical stuff to run ships, an' away from the days of sweat and iron!
< swea|iron|stuf|magi|days>In my younger days, we thought it queer to use aught but what grew by the beaches in the vessels we made."[NL][NL][Wait]"And proud we were indeed of our handiwork, even when it sank."[NL][NL][Wait]"Then, just as I learned the craft, we began to make use of more iron and steel than wood. An' things were just fine up 'til now.
<til|unti|now>Now with all that magic, no one knows what's goin' on!
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Glinkie
[You see ]a wisened adventurer!
[hello]
<job>I've come to Paws to visit the guild.
<bye>Until we next meet.
<guil>I hear they have some of the best gems made.
<gem>I am searching for the mystic Shrine of Spirituality, and feel they would be of good use!
<spir|shri>I fear it was destroyed!
<dest>[Goto 1]
<word|powe>Whilst at the destroyed shrine, yell the word of power."[NL][NL][Wait]"Then meditate upon the Shrine's virtue with the proper Mantra for three cycles.
[Label 1]Dost thou know where to find it?
<{AnyElse}>Too bad.
<y>[Goto 2]
[Label 2]Where?
<{AnyElse}>I don't think so.
<moon|mid|gate|equa>[Goto 3]
[Label 3]Art thou saying that I must enter a Moongate to reach the Shrine of Spirituality?
<{AnyElse}>Oh.
<y>[Goto 4]
[Label 4]At midnight?
<{AnyElse}>Oh.
<y>Oh, no wonder I never found it!"[NL][NL][Wait]"Well, that one is likely safe then..."[NL][NL][Wait]"But, should thou see one destroyed..."[NL][NL][Wait]"Remember they can be restored with the Words of Power!
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Bandaii
[You see ]a mysterious mage.
[hello]
<job>I seek a magical beast.
<bye>Farewell friend.
<magi|beas>Since the last age, rumours abound of a legendary horse!
<rumo|lege|hors>I search for Smith, the notorious talking horse!
<smit|talk>I do not doubt the rumours, but this I must see for myself!"[NL][NL][Goto 1]
<magi|fly|carp>Yes, I once had a magic flying carpet."[NL][NL][Wait]"I wilt tell thee where it was, if thou wilt help me find the talking horse!
<iolo|hut>[Goto 3]
[Label 1]Dost thou believe in talking horses?
<{AnyElse}>Too bad.
<y>[Goto 2]
[Label 2]Hast thou seen one?
<{AnyElse}>Too bad.
<y>[Goto 3]
[Label 3]Was it Smith?
<{AnyElse}>Think of that, another!
<y>[Goto 4]
[Label 4]Where didst thou see him?
<{AnyElse}>Unlikely.
<iolo|hut>At last!"[NL][NL][...]"For thy efforts I will tell thee that I gave a magical carpet to Lord British himself!"[NL][NL][Wait]"He kept it in his private chamber atop his castle! If thou can get it, I'm sure thou can use it."[NL][End]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Ava
[You see ]a pretty young girl.
[hello]Welcome, {AvatarName}.
<job>My sister and I care for this temple.
<bye>Lead a life of Virtue.
<temp>The Temple of Virtue.
<sist>Leona.
<virt>Here, we hold the Eight Virtues sacred."[NL][NL][Goto 1]
<eigh|sacr>Indeed we do.
<fals|shar>[Goto 5]
<visi>Ask my sister!
[Label 1]Dost thou wish to make an offering?
<{AnyElse}>Do as thou wilt.
<y>[Goto 2]
[Label 2][Flag 19]We welcome thee."[NL][NL][...][What is thy name?]"[NL][NL][Flag 20][Goto 3]
[Label 3]We ask for 5 gold crowns, wilt thou give?
<{AnyElse}>As thou wilt.
<y>[gold-005]We thank thee.
[Label 4]We ask for 5 gold crowns, wilt thou give?
<{AnyElse}>As thou wilt.
<y>[gold-005][++karma][++karma][++karma][++karma][++karma]We thank thee.
[Label 5]Art thou the Avatar of legend?
<{AnyElse}>Virtue makes no mistakes."[NL][NL][...]"We shall tell thee what we know of the Shard of Falsehood."[NL][NL][Wait]"Ask my sister of her vision!
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Leona
[You see ]a pretty young girl.
[hello]
<job>We care for the temple.
<bye>Bye.
<temp>The Temple of Virtue.
<sist>Ava.
<fals|virt|shar>Talk with my sister.
<visi>In the deep of night, many moons ago, a vision came unto my sister and I..."[NL][NL][Wait]"We saw the Shard of Falsehood deep below a dungeon named Deceit."[NL][NL][Wait]"The path that was revealed traveled first southwest across many high peaks, opening to a large system of caverns."[NL][NL][Wait]"Then the way led southwest. At a major intersection it turned northwest, soon branching northeast."[NL][NL][Wait]"After a long journey northward, the passage turned west. Here the path went on to rocky hills to the southwest, then turned northwest."[NL][NL][Wait]"Over a lake it ran, unto a massive series of great falls, ending in a larger lake."[NL][NL][Wait]"Here, upon a small isle, lies the Shard of Falsehood!
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Ambrose
[You see ]a frail and injured fighter.
[hello]
<job>I am resting.
<bye>Good luck, thou shalt need it!
<rest>A long and brutal battle 'twas.
<long|brut|batt>I was deep below the surface of Britannia, in search of the fabled mystic weapons of the Avatar!
<myst|weap|avat>I had heard that they lay at the foundation of the Great Abyss!
<abys>Though the Abyss is gone, I descended through the mines of Hythloth to search out the mystics.
<sear|mine|hyth>Within the Underworld, where the Abyss once was, the lava still flows, north of the underground entrance of Hythloth."[NL][NL][Wait]"'Tis there, northward across cavernous peaks from the dungeon, amidst the boiling lava, that the mystic arms are said to lie!"[NL][NL][Wait][Goto 1]
[Label 1]Dost thou seek the fate of Lord British?
<{AnyElse}>I see.
<y>Remember only the Mystic arms work near great evil. Only such evil could hold our lord!
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Thorkin
[You see ]a broad-chested, burly man.
[hello]Ahar there, {AvatarName}.
<job>I be a blacksmith.
<bye>If'n ye haves need of a smithy, gimme a shout, matey!
<blac>I works metal fer The Rusty Bucket an' Buccaneer's Booty.
<forg|meta>Iron.
<rust|buck>I makes the iron rivets 'n bindins fer their ships.
<bucc|boot>I forge most all er' thems fine weapons.
<fine|weap>Sharp swords and nasty daggers!
<rive|bind|ship>Only the best.
<swor>Good fer slitt'n the gullet of a fat merchant."[NL][NL][Wait][Goto 1]
<dagg>Sharp 'n deadly!"[NL][NL][Wait][Goto 1]
[Label 1]Interested in makin' a purchase?
<{AnyElse}>[Goto 1]
<n>Too bad.
<y>Talk to Kitiara, I'm sure ye'll be more'n satisfied!"[NL][NL][Flag 8]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Scally
[You see ]a chubby old bard.
[hello]
<job>Likin' ye might expect, I entertain.
<bye>Farewell.
<expe|ente>Why, I is the best singer 'ere in this whole towne!"[NL][NL][Wait]"'Course, I is the only singer in this whole towne..."[NL][NL][Wait]"No matter..."[NL][NL][Wait][Goto 1]
<pira|davi>A real nasty ol' bloke I 'ear!
<nast|blok|crot|misb>Aye, but I've also 'eard he was a great inventor!
<inve>Some say he's made a strange tool to aid in navigation.
<tool|navi>I believes he called it a..."[NL][NL][...]"Err..."[NL][NL][...]"Ahh..."[NL][NL][...]"Umm..."[NL][NL][...]"...Sextant.
<sext|wher>No one knows just where ol' David's off to, but I've 'eard some speculat'n he's runnin' a lighthouse.
[Label 1]Wouldst ye likes me to sing ye a song, there mate?
<{AnyElse}>[Goto 1]
<n>Ah.
<y>"There once was a pirate named David, so crotchety and misbehav'd."[NL][NL][Wait]"And then one day, he sailed away, only to where, he would not say.
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Bidney
[You see ]a scruffy, smelly man.
[hello]
<job>I loves to drink!
<bye>Hic.
<drin>Rum, that's me favorite."[NL][NL][...]"Hic!"[NL][NL][...]"'Scuse me.
<rum>Yo ho ho!
<ho|yo>And a bottle of rum!
<bott>Of rum!"[NL][NL][...][Goto 1]
<moun|clim|grap>Grapple of Rum!"[NL][NL][...]"Hic!"[NL][NL][...][Goto 4]
<pira>[Goto 5]
[Label 1]Ey, got any?
<{AnyElse}>Hic, oh.
<y>[Goto 2]
[Label 2]Might I have a li'l taste?
<{AnyElse}>[Goto 3]
<y>[Goto 4]
[Label 3]Please?
<{AnyElse}>Grumble... Hic!
<y>Aye, thanks mate!... Hic!
[Label 4]Didst ye ask me 'bout mountain climb'n?
<{AnyElse}>I used to be a..."[NL][NL][...]"Hic..."[NL][NL][...]"Mountain climber..."[NL][NL][...]"Gave it up..."[NL][NL][...]"Too dangerous..."[NL][NL][...]"So, I 'came a pirate!
[Label 5]Gave me grapple to a man named Lord Michael..."[NL][NL][...]"Lived o'er at the Emapthical Abbeyneyney..."[NL][NL][...]"Hic... Zzzzz..."[NL][End]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Sven
[You see ]a swarthy pirate.
[hello]
<job>I'm a pirate!!!
<bye>I need a drink!
<pira>Aye, but once upon a time, I was a glassblower.
<glas>Used to make fine and wonderful things, I did.
<fine|wond|thin>Oh, sculptures, crystals and the like.
<scul|crys|like>Aye, fine they were too."[NL][NL][Wait]"But, there were'nt much money in it, so I 'came a pirate!
<glas|swor|weap>I once tried to make glass weapons, but all my attempts failed."[NL][NL][Wait]"I have heard, though, of magically enhanced crystalline swords of great power!
<magi|enha|crys|grea|powe>They were said to have been lost in the Serpent's Spine by the captain of a great airship.
<capt|air|ship>Airships sound like a heap of nonsense if thou wert to ask me!
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Lord Dalgrin
[You see ]a tall man in pirate attire.[NL][NL][Flag 18]"Greet'ns stranger, I am Lord Dalgrin."[NL][NL][What is thy name?]"[NL][NL]
[hello]
<job>[Goto 1]
<bye>Watch out fer them keel haulin' seadogs of that Blackthorn feller.
<bloo>Dead foes don't talk!
<pira>I plunder where'er the winds take me.
<wind|sea>I been 'round the world many a time!
<dead|foes>I've had my share.
<roun|worl|time|shar>More'n I can count."[NL][NL][...]"But today, I thinks I'll just relax an 'ave a drink with Tierra!
<drin>Rum, me thinks.
<rum>Smart arse!
<tier>Aye, she's a feisty wench..."[NL][NL][...]"But, give'r a drink and she'll oft'n 'ave a bit a news fer ya.
[Label 1]Avast ye mate, surely thou dost know who I am, don't ye?
<{AnyElse}>Why, I am the most bloodthirsty pirate to sail the seas.
[Label 2]Why, shiver me timbers, if it ain't ol' {AvatarName}!"[NL][NL]
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Tierra
[You see ]a feisty wench.
[hello]A goodly day unto thee {AvatarName}.
<job>[Flag 17]What makes ye think it's any o'thee business?
<bye>[Flag 18]Beat it!
<busi>None of yours.
<drin>Sure, I'll drinks with ye..."[NL][NL][...]If'n I canst only find my glass.
<glas>I left it round 'ere somewhere.
<roun|ere|some>I canst not seem to remember.
<reme>Speak'n of which..."[NL][NL][Flag 19][...]"I canst not remember yer name..."[NL][NL][...][What is thy name?]"[NL][NL][Flag 19]
[Label 1]{AvatarName}, thou ought to know by now."[NL][NL]
[Label 2]See ya later, {AvatarName}."[NL][End]
[Label 3]Dost ye think me pretty?
<{AnyElse}>[Goto 3]
<n>Thou hast the beauty of an orc thyself!"[NL][End]
<y>[Goto 4]
[Label 4]I likes thee, perhaps I canst help thee!"[NL][NL][Wait]"Dost ye wish ye couldst climb mountains?
<{AnyElse}>Well, Bidney here used to..."[NL][NL][Wait]"Talk to him 'bout mountain climb'n.
<name>["My name is "|"I am called "]Geoffrey
[You see ]a large and impressive fighter."[NL][NL][Wait]"{AvatarName}!"[NL][NL]"Greetings, and well met!"[NL][NL][Wait]"'Tis I, Geoffrey, thy old friend of battles past!"[NL][NL][Wait][Goto 1]
[hello]
<job>I await thy request to join with thee in battle!
<bye>Come for me soon!
<trou>With Blackthorn and the Shadowlords!
<blac>Indeed, what a tyrant!
<shad>Such foul spectres of Evil!
<tyra|spec|evil>[Goto 3]
<join>[Goto 4]
[Label 1]Have the years treated thee well?
<{AnyElse}>[Goto 1]
<n>That is unfortunate."[NL][NL][Goto 2]
<y>Ah, that is good."[NL][NL][Goto 2]
[Label 2]I presume thou hast heard of our troubles."[NL][NL]
[Label 3]Is it time we set off against them?
<{AnyElse}>[Goto 3]
<n>Soon, I hope.
<y>[Goto 4]
[Label 4]Shall I join thy party now?
<{AnyElse}>[Goto 4]
<n>Soon, I hope.
<y>I am eager for battle!"[NL][NL][Join]