Yzan Argenson/Dialogue
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The following is a transcript of Yzan Argenson's dialogue.
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Castaway
(#5) Yzan Argenson: [PlayerName]! You're alive! You must be freezing. Come, warm up by the fire, before you freeze to death! (→ #6)
(#6) Yzan Argenson: You look like you’re about to collapse from thirst. There’s a clean spring by the broken bridge you just crossed. Have a drink before you faint! (→ end)
(#7) Yzan Argenson: You look half-starved! Help yourself to the bread in the basket behind me. There's also plenty of Gaberries growing around here if you’re still hungry afterwards. (→ #8)
(#8) Multiple-choice:
- 0: Where are we, Yzan? The last thing I remember was our ship hitting a rock... (→ #9)
(#9) Yzan Argenson: We're not far from home. You can see the lighthouse from here, can't you? Eto made it out too, he's making his way home to Cierzo to go get help. (→ #10)
(#10) Multiple-choice:
- 0: Eto made it out alive too? Thank Elatt. (→ #11)
(#11) Yzan Argenson: He’s a Kazite, [PlayerName], he was born on a ship. This probably isn’t the first time he’s had to survive a shipwreck. (→ #12)
(#12) Yzan Argenson: If you’re still feeling too injured from the shipwreck, go ahead and sleep in one of the bedrolls I laid out, and I’ll keep watch for Eto and rescuers. (→ end)
(#13) Yzan Argenson: You’ll catch a cold if you wander around without any clothes. Here, they’re not much, but wear them. (→ #7)
Call to Adventure
(#0) Yzan Argenson: Get lost. We're through, [PlayerName]. (→ end)
(#1) Yzan Argenson: [PlayerName], I wish I could greet you with a smile, but... well, we both know that won’t happen. Elatt’s breath, what a disaster... (→ #2)
(#2) Multiple-choice:
- 0: How are you holding up? (→ #3)
- 1: Farewell. (→ end)
(#3) Yzan Argenson: Yesterday I was leading our most ambitious expedition in a decade. Now all that's left is this wreck and a tribe in mourning. I’m not holding up much better than you are. (→ #4)
(#4) Multiple-choice:
- 0: What happened? How did our ship sink so close to home? (→ #5)
- 1: Such is the way of the world... (→ #26)
(#5) Yzan Argenson: The lighthouse wasn’t lit at the time we made impact with the rocks, I’m certain. I remember thinking that we should have seen it by now, right before we hit the rock. (→ #6)
(#6) Yzan Argenson: We lost everyone below deck... Half the ship came apart before I was able to run aground. (→ #7)
(#7) Multiple-choice:
- 0: So we lost everything? All the coins? The spices? The armor and weapons? (→ #8)
(#8) Yzan Argenson: Unfortunately, yes. What little we could salvage from the wreck has gone to the families of my drowned men. My finances are reeling from this loss. I have barely enough left to start over. (→ #9)
(#9) Yzan Argenson: Still, we have no right to complain. All we lost was some coin and four months of time on this failed journey. My sailors lost their lives. (→ #10)
(#10) Multiple-choice:
- 0: Of course. Their families need all the help they can get right now. (→ #11)
- 1: Yzan, I have 5 days to gather 150 silver. Or I lose my home. (→ #25)
(#11) Yzan Argenson: Kind as ever, [PlayerName]. Even struggling with your own problems, you still open your heart to those in need. Your parents would be proud. (→ #12)
(#12) Yzan Argenson: This Blood Price on your head is disgusting. It's unfair to hold anyone responsible for the crimes of their ancestors. You weren't even born when that tragedy happened! (→ #13)
(#13) Multiple-choice:
- 0: I welcome the challenge. Besides, it's an excuse to get out there and find adventure. (→ #14)
- 1: I know. But I don't have a choice. (→ #24)
(#14) Yzan Argenson: More like find an early grave and lose a leg. “What doesn't kill you makes you stronger”? My prosthetic arm and leg are a testament to how stupid that sentiment is. (→ #15)
(#15) Yzan Argenson: Suffering doesn’t help anyone. Any system that forces pain upon anyone innocent has no right to exist. I often wonder if we're alive because of our tribal laws, or in spite of them. (→ #16)
(#16) Yzan Argenson: I'm sorry I don't have better news, [PlayerName]. Well, I guess it's up to us to pick up the pieces. Best of luck with squaring things with Rissa in the short term. (→ #17)
(#17) Multiple-choice:
- 0: I guess I truly am on my own, then... (→ #18)
- 1: I want my money back. Hand it over or I'll beat it out of you. (→ #20)
(#18) Yzan Argenson: Actually... I do have a small stash of goods I hid, in case of disaster. I hid it near the old shipwreck to the South. When you open it, remember that the Moon Commands the Stars. You'll know what I mean. (→ #19)
(#19) Yzan Argenson: Remember, take care of yourself and don’t be a tool for others, or you’ll end with missing limbs like me. Make your own path. (→ end)
(#20) Yzan Argenson: Wait, you're mugging me, [PlayerName]?! The last person in this place that really gives a damn about you? After all the crap we just went through?! (→ #21)
(#21) Multiple-choice:
- 0: Yeah. I'm mugging you. Now give me what you owe me! (→ #22)
- 1: I'm sorry, that wasn’t a funny joke. (→ #23)
(#22) Yzan Argenson: Fine! This is all I have, unless you're interested in a little fishing boat that you don't know how to steer. Take my 25 silver and buy yourself some decency. Get lost, [PlayerName]. (→ end)
(#23) Yzan Argenson: On any other day, it’d have laughed. But I lost a dozen sailors in this accident. I'm no mood for pranks. (→ #18)
(#24) Yzan Argenson: Of course you do. Your life is your own. You choose what to do and where to go. Just because a choice is hard doesn't mean you can't take it. (→ #16)
(#25) Yzan Argenson: How much?! Damn, that’s right, you haven't been able to make payments on your Blood Price while we were gone. You always get the short end of the stick, don't you? (→ #12)
(#26) Yzan Argenson: Aye. And we can either bow to it, or rise against it. I know which one I'd rather do. (→ #7)
Looking to the Future
(#0) Yzan Argenson: You’ve gotten approval from someone? Perfect. Now go to the palace and request citizenship from Queen Calixa. She doesn’t refuse those who’ve been vouched for. (→ #1)
(#1) Multiple-choice:
- 0: (Give 50 Silver) I’m sorry about earlier. Here, I’ll pay you back, plus interest. (→ #2)
- 1: (Say nothing.) (→ end)
(#2) Yzan Argenson: Maybe there’s some hope for you after all. Fine. It’s in the past now. (→ end)
(#3) Yzan Argenson: You will need someone with high status to vouch for you if you want to stay. We're facing an overpopulation crisis and we need to be sure our new people are actually useful. (→ #4)
(#4) Yzan Argenson: You should try Cyrene, by the entrance to the Palace, she'll approve you if you can help our army. Or you can always make a deal with Sir Montgomery, the Baron of the slums. He's usually outside his manor. (→ #1)
(#5) Yzan Argenson: Ah! [PlayerName]! You made it! Welcome, my friend, to the Heroic Kingdom of Levant! (→ #6)
(#6) Multiple-choice:
- 0: I'm just passing through. (→ #7)
- 1: I want to join Levant. (→ #8)
(#7) Yzan Argenson: Enjoy your stay, then, my friend. (→ end)
(#8) Yzan Argenson: Good to hear! We could always use someone who knows what they're doing. (→ #9)
(#9) Yzan Argenson: You will need someone with high status to vouch for you if you want to stay. We're facing an overpopulation crisis and we need to be sure our new people are actually useful. (→ #10)
(#10) Yzan Argenson: You should try Cyrene, by the entrance to the Palace, she'll approve you if you can help our army. Or you can always make a deal with Sir Montgomery, the Baron of the slums. He's usually outside his manor. (→ end)
(#11) Yzan Argenson: Well, look what the sand swept in. My favourite bandit. What brings you to my city, [PlayerName]? (→ #12)
(#12) Multiple-choice:
- 0: (Give 50 Silver) I’m sorry about earlier. Here, I’ll pay you back, plus interest. (→ #13)
- 1: (Say nothing.) (→ #14)
(#13) Yzan Argenson: Maybe there’s some hope for you after all. Fine. It’s in the past now. (→ #6)
(#14) Multiple-choice:
- 0: I'm just passing through. (→ #15)
- 1: I want to join Levant. (→ #16)
- 2: What can you tell me about The Heroic Kingdom? (→ #19)
(#15) Yzan Argenson: Sure, fine. Just be aware that in this city, thieves get locked up outdoors in the sun. Unless you’re looking for a nasty tan, behave yourself. (→ end)
(#16) Yzan Argenson: I suppose even I can't turn my nose up at an extra pair of hands, even when they're known to steal from me. (→ #17)
(#17) Yzan Argenson: You will need someone with high status to vouch for you if you want to stay. We're facing an overpopulation crisis and we need to be sure our new people are actually useful. (→ #18)
(#18) Yzan Argenson: You should try Cyrene, by the entrance to the Palace, she'll approve you if you can help our army. Or you can always make a deal with Sir Montgomery, the Baron of the slums. He's usually outside his manor. (→ end)
(#19) Yzan Argenson: The Heroic Kingdom doesn’t buy into the idea that we should only focus on survival. They believe in pushing progress to create an even better society. (→ #20)
(#20) Yzan Argenson: It’s a place where you can do what you were meant to do, without having to answer to oppressive tribal laws and the misdeeds of your ancestors. You succeed or fail on your own merits, no one else’s. (→ #14)
(#21) Yzan Argenson: Oh, great. It's you. Come to make my day even more awful? Well, too bad. I’m leaving Cierzo to go join the Heroic Kingdom of Levant. Maybe there people will treat me with some damn respect! (→ #22)
(#22) Yzan Argenson: The Heroic Kingdom doesn’t buy into the idea that we should only focus on survival. They believe in pushing progress to create an even better society. (→ #23)
(#23) Yzan Argenson: It’s a place where you can do what you were meant to do, without having to answer to oppressive tribal laws and the misdeeds of your ancestors. You succeed or fail on your own merits, no one else’s. (→ #24)
(#24) Multiple-choice:
- 0: (Give 50 Silver) I’m sorry about earlier. Here, I’ll pay you back, plus interest. (→ #25)
- 1: (Say nothing.) (→ #26)
(#25) Yzan Argenson: Maybe there’s some hope for you after all. Fine. It’s in the past now. (→ #33)
(#26) Yzan Argenson: I'm not going to forgive you, [PlayerName]. But if we meet again in Levant... maybe we can start over. (→ #27)
(#27) Yzan Argenson: If you plan to make the journey to Levant completely on foot, be prepared for a long, long journey. You’ll have to leave the Chersonese by going south east, then travel east through the entire Enmerkar Forest, and then finally south through the Abrassar Desert itself. (→ #28)
(#28) Yzan Argenson: If you have the courage to face the Abrassar desert and come to the Heroic Kingdom of Levant... I'll be waiting for you. (→ end)
(#29) Yzan Argenson: I take it you've heard the news, [PlayerName]? Come to see your old pal off? (→ #30)
(#30) Yzan Argenson: I've got one little fishing barge to my name, and by Elatt I'm going to use it. I'm leaving for the Heroic Kingdom of Levant, never to darken this stain of a city ever again. (→ #31)
(#31) Yzan Argenson: The Heroic Kingdom doesn’t buy into the idea that we should only focus on survival. They believe in pushing progress to create an even better society. (→ #32)
(#32) Yzan Argenson: It’s a place where you can do what you were meant to do, without having to answer to oppressive tribal laws and the misdeeds of your ancestors. You succeed or fail on your own merits, no one else’s. (→ #33)
(#33) Multiple-choice:
- 0: Why so far away? (→ #34)
- 1: You have a duty to your tribe! You can't abandon it like this! (→ #44)
- 2: Good choice. Go chase your own dreams! (→ #45)
(#34) Yzan Argenson: Levant believes that everyone deserves a shot at what they're best at, and doesn't have these backwards Tribal Laws to deal with. It's the rational place for a fresh start. (→ #35)
(#35) Yzan Argenson: And honestly, the farther away I am from my dolt of a brother and that tyrant Rissa, the better I'll sleep at night! (→ #36)
(#36) Multiple-choice:
- 0: I take it you're not going to forgive your brother, are you? (→ #37)
- 1: How do you plan on making it to Levant? The sea can only take you so close. I mean, it's in the middle of a desert! (→ #43)
(#37) Yzan Argenson: Not in a thousand years. Roland had one job, keep the lighthouse lit. And he couldn’t even manage that! This was preventable, dammit! (→ #38)
(#38) Yzan Argenson: This is the last time I let his foolishness and clumsiness hurt me. He can go feed a hyena with his own hide for all I care. I’m done with him. Now and forever. (→ #39)
(#39) Multiple-choice:
- 0: Can I come along? I want out of this place too. (→ #40)
- 1: I'm going to miss you, Yzan. Wind be at your back. (→ #42)
(#40) Yzan Argenson: I'd take you if I could, but you can't swim, and on a barge that small, you'd be nothing but a liability. I'm sorry, [PlayerName], but that's just not going to happen. If you manage to get to the Kingdom of Levant on your own somehow, though, I'll do my best to look out for you. (→ #41)
(#41) Yzan Argenson: If you plan to make the journey to Levant completely on foot, be prepared for a long, long journey. You’ll have to leave the Chersonese by going south east, then travel east through the entire Enmerkar Forest, and then finally south through the Abrassar Desert itself. (→ #28)
(#42) Yzan Argenson: Likewise, my friend. I hope we meet again under better circumstances. Wind be at your back. (→ #41)
(#43) Yzan Argenson: We'll go by ocean as far as we can, then leg it across the Abrassar desert on foot. We'll be rationing water the whole way. If I could afford it, I'd have bought potions to help with the heat... but we'll have to try our luck without them. (→ #39)
(#44) Yzan Argenson: Make me. This entire notion of Tribal Duty is oppressive at its core. My individual life is important, asking me to willingly sacrifice my wants and needs for the "collective good" is impossible. I refuse to be chained that way! (→ #36)
(#45) Yzan Argenson: That I will. I will chase the Levantine dream and make it my own. I'll take any risk over being trapped here by my brother's idiocy. (→ #36)
(#46) Yzan Argenson: Greetings. I hope you’re well! (→ end)
Tending the Flame
(#0) Yzan Argenson: How’ve you been, [PlayerName]? My crew and I are working on protecting travelers coming and going from the city. I want to tackle larger threats, but the rest of my people assure me that the animals here in Abrassar need to be treated with fear and respect. (→ #1)
(#1) Yzan Argenson: Maybe at some point we’ll be enough to clear out the old Sand Rose mine, or the Assassin Bug hive, but until then we’ll have to take what jobs we can. (→ end)
Mouths to Feed
(#0) Yzan Argenson: Because those damn Blues tried to starve us out, the slums went into open revolt... I had to kill my own starving countrymen to save the city. Dammit. I can never forgive them for this. (→ end)
(#1) Yzan Argenson: I hear you secured a new source of food for the Kingdom. Well done. My men and I are in your debt, [PlayerName]. (→ end)
(#2) Yzan Argenson: My troops have been recalled. The armies of the Collective demolished them in the field. Half of them are dead. (→ #3)
(#3) Yzan Argenson: So much for the Blue Chamber’s policy of unnecessary killing. Their troops have been slaughtering our people. They don’t even try to take prisoners anymore. (→ #4)
(#4) Yzan Argenson: Their true evil is laid bare now. I can never forgive them for what they’ve done to Levant. (→ end)