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25,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_TODO_01","Speak with Ernold."
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48,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_001","If anyone can find that treasure, it's us─but even if we don't, the adventure will be reward enough, I reckon."
49,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_002","The news of Doma and Ala Mhigo's liberation has kindled the flames of revolution in every corner of the Empire. I hear the imperial province of Dalmasca has already risen up in rebellion..."
50,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_010","...Which means the Garleans must surely have their hands full. What better time than now to indulge in such a diversion? Tell us, Arenvald─have we any clues as to where we might begin our search?"
51,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_011","Well, judging by how the other treasure hunters fared, nosing about the palace isn't like to get us anywhere, so...we'll probably need to, uh...ask around."
52,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_012","Would that be another way of saying no?"
53,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_013","Well... Heh heh heh! Yes."
54,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_014","I see. In that case, I shall pay a visit to the Allied archivists and request access to the records seized from the imperials."
55,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_015","The Garleans are meticulous about such things. If they uncovered the trove during their occupation, the event is certain to have been recorded."
56,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_016","In the meantime, the two of you can track down those who worked as palace servants and officials in Theodoric's day."
57,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_017","Given that they would have been at least twenty at the time, you will be looking for people who have seen forty summers or more. Anything they can tell you about the king and his bloody deeds may prove useful, so be sure to listen well."
58,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_018","Arenvald, pray try your luck in the Fringes and the Peaks whilst <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> makes the rounds in the Ala Mhigan Quarter."
59,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_019","Hah! And there I was thinking <Emphasis>I</Emphasis> was the party leader. Not that I mind, of course! Let's be about it, eh? We can meet afterwards at Gylbarde's Gate!"
60,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEMAN_000_030","...In the palace? No, not me, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>lass<Else/>lad</If>."
61,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEMAN_000_031","Surely you've heard stories of the mad king? He used to hold public executions up on the Divine Audience. Anyone─and I mean <Emphasis>anyone</Emphasis>─suspected of conspiring against the crown was flung from the top of those steps."
62,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEMAN_000_032","Suffice it to say that I stayed as far away from the palace as possible."
63,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEMAN_000_035","No, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>lass<Else/>lad</If>─I never set foot in the house of the King of Ruin. Who in their right mind would want to go anywhere near a man like him?"
64,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEWOMAN_000_040","You want to hear an old maid's stories, do you? Aye, well most of what I know of the mad king is common knowledge."
65,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEWOMAN_000_041","We'd only see His Royal Majesty when he deigned to attend the executions he'd ordered. And after a while, even watching his “enemies” die wasn't enough to coax him out of hiding."
66,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEWOMAN_000_042","They say he started seeing assassins in every shadow, and wouldn't set foot outside the palace walls. I was offered work there as a royal servant once, but the mere thought of it left me in a cold sweat..."
67,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEWOMAN_000_045","I was never desperate enough to accept a job at the palace. No amount of coin is worth your life."
68,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEHELLSGUARD_000_050","...Aye, I served at the pleasure of King Theodoric, and lived to tell the tale. One of the palace guards, I was."
69,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEHELLSGUARD_000_051","Truth be told, it was a dark chapter in my life, and one I'd sooner forget. Hardly a night went by when we didn't hear bloodcurdling screams echoing from the inner chambers─which, of course, we were under orders to ignore."
70,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEHELLSGUARD_000_052","So we'd stand still as statues, trying not to imagine what horrors were unfolding within...
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25,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_TODO_01,Speak with Ernold.
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48,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_001,"If anyone can find that treasure, it's us─but even if we don't, the adventure will be reward enough, I reckon."
49,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_002,The news of Doma and Ala Mhigo's liberation has kindled the flames of revolution in every corner of the Empire. I hear the imperial province of Dalmasca has already risen up in rebellion...
50,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_010,"...Which means the Garleans must surely have their hands full. What better time than now to indulge in such a diversion? Tell us, Arenvald─have we any clues as to where we might begin our search?"
51,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_011,"Well, judging by how the other treasure hunters fared, nosing about the palace isn't like to get us anywhere, so...we'll probably need to, uh...ask around."
52,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_012,Would that be another way of saying no?
53,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_013,Well... Heh heh heh! Yes.
54,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_014,"I see. In that case, I shall pay a visit to the Allied archivists and request access to the records seized from the imperials."
55,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_015,"The Garleans are meticulous about such things. If they uncovered the trove during their occupation, the event is certain to have been recorded."
56,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_016,"In the meantime, the two of you can track down those who worked as palace servants and officials in Theodoric's day."
57,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_017,"Given that they would have been at least twenty at the time, you will be looking for people who have seen forty summers or more. Anything they can tell you about the king and his bloody deeds may prove useful, so be sure to listen well."
58,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_018,"Arenvald, pray try your luck in the Fringes and the Peaks whilst Player makes the rounds in the Ala Mhigan Quarter."
59,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_019,"Hah! And there I was thinking *I* was the party leader. Not that I mind, of course! Let's be about it, eh? We can meet afterwards at Gylbarde's Gate!"
60,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEMAN_000_030,"...In the palace? No, not me, lass."
61,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEMAN_000_031,Surely you've heard stories of the mad king? He used to hold public executions up on the Divine Audience. Anyone─and I mean *anyone*─suspected of conspiring against the crown was flung from the top of those steps.
62,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEMAN_000_032,Suffice it to say that I stayed as far away from the palace as possible.
63,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEMAN_000_035,"No, lass─I never set foot in the house of the King of Ruin. Who in their right mind would want to go anywhere near a man like him?"
64,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEWOMAN_000_040,"You want to hear an old maid's stories, do you? Aye, well most of what I know of the mad king is common knowledge."
65,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEWOMAN_000_041,"We'd only see His Royal Majesty when he deigned to attend the executions he'd ordered. And after a while, even watching his “enemies” die wasn't enough to coax him out of hiding."
66,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEWOMAN_000_042,"They say he started seeing assassins in every shadow, and wouldn't set foot outside the palace walls. I was offered work there as a royal servant once, but the mere thought of it left me in a cold sweat..."
67,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEWOMAN_000_045,I was never desperate enough to accept a job at the palace. No amount of coin is worth your life.
68,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEHELLSGUARD_000_050,"...Aye, I served at the pleasure of King Theodoric, and lived to tell the tale. One of the palace guards, I was."
69,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEHELLSGUARD_000_051,"Truth be told, it was a dark chapter in my life, and one I'd sooner forget. Hardly a night went by when we didn't hear bloodcurdling screams echoing from the inner chambers─which, of course, we were under orders to ignore."
70,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEHELLSGUARD_000_052,"So we'd stand still as statues, trying not to imagine what horrors were unfolding within...
<sigh> If you're hells-bent on finding out what happened in the palace, head down the street here and ask old Ernold─he was the king's head scribe."
71,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEHELLSGUARD_000_055","You'll find Ernold down that way. If any man was privy to the king's secrets, it was him."
72,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_060","Yes, I am Ernold. ...What do you want with me?"
73,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_061","Hmmm, you would have me dredge up some decidedly unsavory memories. Yet if Ala Mhigo is to move forward, we must needs acknowledge the misdeeds of the past."
74,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_062","Very well, I shall tell you what I remember. I take it you know of Theodoric's paranoia and the public executions of his kinsmen?"
75,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_063","Those were terrible enough. But in his last days, the king's fevered mind settled upon an even grislier method of “disposal” which only a chosen few were unfortunate enough to witness."
76,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_064","His Majesty ordered the court thaumaturge to unleash a vile curse upon the remaining members of the royal family─a magic which transformed them into fiends of hideous aspect. The resulting...monstrosities were then cast into the darkness below the palace."
77,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_065","Even now, my sleep is troubled by nightmares. If others of Theodoric's blood were prone to share his madness, then mayhap it is a kindness that the monarchy ended with him."
78,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_070","It is my hope that Ala Mhigo shall never again suffer the likes of the King of Ruin. We forget at our peril..."
79,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_071","Ah, excellent timing as ever. We have but this moment returned from our own intelligence-gathering efforts."
80,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_080","Since we're all here, why don't we share what we've learned?"
81,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_081","Allow me to begin, then. As promised, I scoured the imperial records for any mention of fantastic treasures...and found precisely none."
82,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_082","It is just possible, I suppose, that a corrupt official deliberately hid the fact of the trove's discovery, hoping to enrich himself─but I find it rather unlikely that so valuable a find would stay secret for long. I conclude that our prize either does not exist, or that the imperials somehow overlooked it."
83,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_100_082","But what of you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>? Were your investigations any more fruitful?"
84,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_083","...Turned into <Emphasis>monsters</Emphasis>? And what could he mean by this “darkness beneath the palace,” I wonder..."
85,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_084","I met an old man in Ala Ghiri who spoke of the palace's subterranean prison, but he said naught of cursed abominations!"
86,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_085","The imperial archives were also silent on the subject of fiends inside the palace grounds."
87,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_086","Could this scribe fellow have been spinning <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>him</If> a yarn, do you think? Did you believe him, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>?"
88,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_Q1_000_000","Did you believe Ernold's tale?"
89,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_A1_000_001","His fear seemed genuine."
90,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_A1_000_002","He may have been lying..."
91,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_088","If he was afraid, that does lend credence to the tale─though I'm not sure how that helps us in our search."
92,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_089","Then we're back where we started..."
93,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_090","Do not be so hasty─Ernold's anecdote may very well have told us where the trove is hidden. But ere I share my theory, there is a matter I would clarify."
94,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_091","Arenvald, you spoke of light-hearted adventure, but I sense a deeper motive for this expedition. Why are you so intent on finding this treasure?"
95,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_092","...It wasn't all pretense, I swear it. But...you're right."
96,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_093","My father was in the imperial army, a man of Garlean blood. I trust you know what I mean when I say that my Ala Mhigan mother did not welcome my arrival?"
97,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_094","As I grew, she would check my brow over and over, convinced that a spot on my skin was an emerging third eye─like the kind you see in pureblood Garleans. My mother did not care for this taunting reminder of my heritage, and took up a knife...
71,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEHELLSGUARD_000_055,"You'll find Ernold down that way. If any man was privy to the king's secrets, it was him."
72,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_060,"Yes, I am Ernold. ...What do you want with me?"
73,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_061,"Hmmm, you would have me dredge up some decidedly unsavory memories. Yet if Ala Mhigo is to move forward, we must needs acknowledge the misdeeds of the past."
74,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_062,"Very well, I shall tell you what I remember. I take it you know of Theodoric's paranoia and the public executions of his kinsmen?"
75,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_063,"Those were terrible enough. But in his last days, the king's fevered mind settled upon an even grislier method of “disposal” which only a chosen few were unfortunate enough to witness."
76,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_064,His Majesty ordered the court thaumaturge to unleash a vile curse upon the remaining members of the royal family─a magic which transformed them into fiends of hideous aspect. The resulting...monstrosities were then cast into the darkness below the palace.
77,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_065,"Even now, my sleep is troubled by nightmares. If others of Theodoric's blood were prone to share his madness, then mayhap it is a kindness that the monarchy ended with him."
78,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_070,It is my hope that Ala Mhigo shall never again suffer the likes of the King of Ruin. We forget at our peril...
79,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_071,"Ah, excellent timing as ever. We have but this moment returned from our own intelligence-gathering efforts."
80,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_080,"Since we're all here, why don't we share what we've learned?"
81,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_081,"Allow me to begin, then. As promised, I scoured the imperial records for any mention of fantastic treasures...and found precisely none."
82,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_082,"It is just possible, I suppose, that a corrupt official deliberately hid the fact of the trove's discovery, hoping to enrich himself─but I find it rather unlikely that so valuable a find would stay secret for long. I conclude that our prize either does not exist, or that the imperials somehow overlooked it."
83,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_100_082,"But what of you, Player? Were your investigations any more fruitful?"
84,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_083,"...Turned into *monsters*? And what could he mean by this “darkness beneath the palace,” I wonder..."
85,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_084,"I met an old man in Ala Ghiri who spoke of the palace's subterranean prison, but he said naught of cursed abominations!"
86,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_085,The imperial archives were also silent on the subject of fiends inside the palace grounds.
87,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_086,"Could this scribe fellow have been spinning her a yarn, do you think? Did you believe him, Player?"
88,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_Q1_000_000,Did you believe Ernold's tale?
89,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_A1_000_001,His fear seemed genuine.
90,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_A1_000_002,He may have been lying...
91,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_088,"If he was afraid, that does lend credence to the tale─though I'm not sure how that helps us in our search."
92,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_089,Then we're back where we started...
93,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_090,"Do not be so hasty─Ernold's anecdote may very well have told us where the trove is hidden. But ere I share my theory, there is a matter I would clarify."
94,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_091,"Arenvald, you spoke of light-hearted adventure, but I sense a deeper motive for this expedition. Why are you so intent on finding this treasure?"
95,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_092,"...It wasn't all pretense, I swear it. But...you're right."
96,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_093,"My father was in the imperial army, a man of Garlean blood. I trust you know what I mean when I say that my Ala Mhigan mother did not welcome my arrival?"
97,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_094,"As I grew, she would check my brow over and over, convinced that a spot on my skin was an emerging third eye─like the kind you see in pureblood Garleans. My mother did not care for this taunting reminder of my heritage, and took up a knife...
War paint serves to cover the scar."
98,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_095","In the end, she turned me out into the street, and I was left to haunt the alleyways of Ala Mhigo, a feral child who got what he needed through begging, cunning, or worse."
99,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_096","The best I can say about the years that followed is that I survived. But I hated the animal I'd become. Eventually, I left the city behind me, and joined a group of refugees bound for the other side of the Wall. It was then that I turned to adventuring, and that road led me into the company of the Scions."
100,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_097","I tell you this so that you understand: I know all too well what poverty and hunger can do to a person."
101,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_098","I drew steel on ordinary folk for a measly crust of bread. With Theodoric's gold, I could spare my countrymen the shame of living like that."
102,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_099","Thank you, Arenvald, and I apologize─that cannot have been pleasant to recall. But I felt it best to be clear in our intentions."
103,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_100","Well, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>? Are you content to surrender the treasure to Arenvald's noble cause, and claim the thrill of adventure as your reward?"
104,"TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_101","Then I should be glad to tell you my theory on the resting place of the mad king's trove...if you are minded to hear it?"
98,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_095,"In the end, she turned me out into the street, and I was left to haunt the alleyways of Ala Mhigo, a feral child who got what he needed through begging, cunning, or worse."
99,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_096,"The best I can say about the years that followed is that I survived. But I hated the animal I'd become. Eventually, I left the city behind me, and joined a group of refugees bound for the other side of the Wall. It was then that I turned to adventuring, and that road led me into the company of the Scions."
100,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_097,I tell you this so that you understand: I know all too well what poverty and hunger can do to a person.
101,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_098,"I drew steel on ordinary folk for a measly crust of bread. With Theodoric's gold, I could spare my countrymen the shame of living like that."
102,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_099,"Thank you, Arenvald, and I apologize─that cannot have been pleasant to recall. But I felt it best to be clear in our intentions."
103,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_100,"Well, Player? Are you content to surrender the treasure to Arenvald's noble cause, and claim the thrill of adventure as your reward?"
104,TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_101,Then I should be glad to tell you my theory on the resting place of the mad king's trove...if you are minded to hear it?
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27 23 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_SEQ_23 26 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_TODO_02 Report to Arenvald.
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49 45 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_TODO_21 48 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_001 If anyone can find that treasure, it's us─but even if we don't, the adventure will be reward enough, I reckon.
50 46 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_TODO_22 49 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_002 The news of Doma and Ala Mhigo's liberation has kindled the flames of revolution in every corner of the Empire. I hear the imperial province of Dalmasca has already risen up in rebellion...
51 47 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_TODO_23 50 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_010 ...Which means the Garleans must surely have their hands full. What better time than now to indulge in such a diversion? Tell us, Arenvald─have we any clues as to where we might begin our search?
52 48 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_001 51 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_011 If anyone can find that treasure, it's us─but even if we don't, the adventure will be reward enough, I reckon. Well, judging by how the other treasure hunters fared, nosing about the palace isn't like to get us anywhere, so...we'll probably need to, uh...ask around.
53 49 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_002 52 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_012 The news of Doma and Ala Mhigo's liberation has kindled the flames of revolution in every corner of the Empire. I hear the imperial province of Dalmasca has already risen up in rebellion... Would that be another way of saying no?
54 50 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_010 53 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_013 ...Which means the Garleans must surely have their hands full. What better time than now to indulge in such a diversion? Tell us, Arenvald─have we any clues as to where we might begin our search? Well... Heh heh heh! Yes.
55 51 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_011 54 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_014 Well, judging by how the other treasure hunters fared, nosing about the palace isn't like to get us anywhere, so...we'll probably need to, uh...ask around. I see. In that case, I shall pay a visit to the Allied archivists and request access to the records seized from the imperials.
56 52 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_012 55 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_015 Would that be another way of saying no? The Garleans are meticulous about such things. If they uncovered the trove during their occupation, the event is certain to have been recorded.
57 53 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_013 56 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_016 Well... Heh heh heh! Yes. In the meantime, the two of you can track down those who worked as palace servants and officials in Theodoric's day.
58 54 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_014 57 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_017 I see. In that case, I shall pay a visit to the Allied archivists and request access to the records seized from the imperials. Given that they would have been at least twenty at the time, you will be looking for people who have seen forty summers or more. Anything they can tell you about the king and his bloody deeds may prove useful, so be sure to listen well.
59 55 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_015 58 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_018 The Garleans are meticulous about such things. If they uncovered the trove during their occupation, the event is certain to have been recorded. Arenvald, pray try your luck in the Fringes and the Peaks whilst Player makes the rounds in the Ala Mhigan Quarter.
60 56 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_016 59 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_019 In the meantime, the two of you can track down those who worked as palace servants and officials in Theodoric's day. Hah! And there I was thinking *I* was the party leader. Not that I mind, of course! Let's be about it, eh? We can meet afterwards at Gylbarde's Gate!
61 57 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_017 60 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEMAN_000_030 Given that they would have been at least twenty at the time, you will be looking for people who have seen forty summers or more. Anything they can tell you about the king and his bloody deeds may prove useful, so be sure to listen well. ...In the palace? No, not me, lass.
62 58 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_018 61 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEMAN_000_031 Arenvald, pray try your luck in the Fringes and the Peaks whilst <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> makes the rounds in the Ala Mhigan Quarter. Surely you've heard stories of the mad king? He used to hold public executions up on the Divine Audience. Anyone─and I mean *anyone*─suspected of conspiring against the crown was flung from the top of those steps.
63 59 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_019 62 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEMAN_000_032 Hah! And there I was thinking <Emphasis>I</Emphasis> was the party leader. Not that I mind, of course! Let's be about it, eh? We can meet afterwards at Gylbarde's Gate! Suffice it to say that I stayed as far away from the palace as possible.
64 60 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEMAN_000_030 63 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEMAN_000_035 ...In the palace? No, not me, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>lass<Else/>lad</If>. No, lass─I never set foot in the house of the King of Ruin. Who in their right mind would want to go anywhere near a man like him?
65 61 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEMAN_000_031 64 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEWOMAN_000_040 Surely you've heard stories of the mad king? He used to hold public executions up on the Divine Audience. Anyone─and I mean <Emphasis>anyone</Emphasis>─suspected of conspiring against the crown was flung from the top of those steps. You want to hear an old maid's stories, do you? Aye, well most of what I know of the mad king is common knowledge.
66 62 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEMAN_000_032 65 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEWOMAN_000_041 Suffice it to say that I stayed as far away from the palace as possible. We'd only see His Royal Majesty when he deigned to attend the executions he'd ordered. And after a while, even watching his “enemies” die wasn't enough to coax him out of hiding.
67 63 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEMAN_000_035 66 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEWOMAN_000_042 No, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>lass<Else/>lad</If>─I never set foot in the house of the King of Ruin. Who in their right mind would want to go anywhere near a man like him? They say he started seeing assassins in every shadow, and wouldn't set foot outside the palace walls. I was offered work there as a royal servant once, but the mere thought of it left me in a cold sweat...
68 64 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEWOMAN_000_040 67 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEWOMAN_000_045 You want to hear an old maid's stories, do you? Aye, well most of what I know of the mad king is common knowledge. I was never desperate enough to accept a job at the palace. No amount of coin is worth your life.
69 65 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEWOMAN_000_041 68 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEHELLSGUARD_000_050 We'd only see His Royal Majesty when he deigned to attend the executions he'd ordered. And after a while, even watching his “enemies” die wasn't enough to coax him out of hiding. ...Aye, I served at the pleasure of King Theodoric, and lived to tell the tale. One of the palace guards, I was.
70 66 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEWOMAN_000_042 69 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEHELLSGUARD_000_051 They say he started seeing assassins in every shadow, and wouldn't set foot outside the palace walls. I was offered work there as a royal servant once, but the mere thought of it left me in a cold sweat... Truth be told, it was a dark chapter in my life, and one I'd sooner forget. Hardly a night went by when we didn't hear bloodcurdling screams echoing from the inner chambers─which, of course, we were under orders to ignore.
71 67 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEWOMAN_000_045 70 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEHELLSGUARD_000_052 I was never desperate enough to accept a job at the palace. No amount of coin is worth your life. So we'd stand still as statues, trying not to imagine what horrors were unfolding within... <sigh> If you're hells-bent on finding out what happened in the palace, head down the street here and ask old Ernold─he was the king's head scribe.
68 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEHELLSGUARD_000_050 ...Aye, I served at the pleasure of King Theodoric, and lived to tell the tale. One of the palace guards, I was.
69 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEHELLSGUARD_000_051 Truth be told, it was a dark chapter in my life, and one I'd sooner forget. Hardly a night went by when we didn't hear bloodcurdling screams echoing from the inner chambers─which, of course, we were under orders to ignore.
70 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEHELLSGUARD_000_052 So we'd stand still as statues, trying not to imagine what horrors were unfolding within... <sigh> If you're hells-bent on finding out what happened in the palace, head down the street here and ask old Ernold─he was the king's head scribe.
72 71 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEHELLSGUARD_000_055 71 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_MIDDLEAGEHELLSGUARD_000_055 You'll find Ernold down that way. If any man was privy to the king's secrets, it was him. You'll find Ernold down that way. If any man was privy to the king's secrets, it was him.
73 72 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_060 72 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_060 Yes, I am Ernold. ...What do you want with me? Yes, I am Ernold. ...What do you want with me?
74 73 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_061 73 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_061 Hmmm, you would have me dredge up some decidedly unsavory memories. Yet if Ala Mhigo is to move forward, we must needs acknowledge the misdeeds of the past. Hmmm, you would have me dredge up some decidedly unsavory memories. Yet if Ala Mhigo is to move forward, we must needs acknowledge the misdeeds of the past.
75 74 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_062 74 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_062 Very well, I shall tell you what I remember. I take it you know of Theodoric's paranoia and the public executions of his kinsmen? Very well, I shall tell you what I remember. I take it you know of Theodoric's paranoia and the public executions of his kinsmen?
76 75 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_063 75 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_063 Those were terrible enough. But in his last days, the king's fevered mind settled upon an even grislier method of “disposal” which only a chosen few were unfortunate enough to witness. Those were terrible enough. But in his last days, the king's fevered mind settled upon an even grislier method of “disposal” which only a chosen few were unfortunate enough to witness.
77 76 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_064 76 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_064 His Majesty ordered the court thaumaturge to unleash a vile curse upon the remaining members of the royal family─a magic which transformed them into fiends of hideous aspect. The resulting...monstrosities were then cast into the darkness below the palace. His Majesty ordered the court thaumaturge to unleash a vile curse upon the remaining members of the royal family─a magic which transformed them into fiends of hideous aspect. The resulting...monstrosities were then cast into the darkness below the palace.
78 77 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_065 77 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_065 Even now, my sleep is troubled by nightmares. If others of Theodoric's blood were prone to share his madness, then mayhap it is a kindness that the monarchy ended with him. Even now, my sleep is troubled by nightmares. If others of Theodoric's blood were prone to share his madness, then mayhap it is a kindness that the monarchy ended with him.
79 78 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_070 78 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ERNOLD_000_070 It is my hope that Ala Mhigo shall never again suffer the likes of the King of Ruin. We forget at our peril... It is my hope that Ala Mhigo shall never again suffer the likes of the King of Ruin. We forget at our peril...
80 79 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_071 79 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_071 Ah, excellent timing as ever. We have but this moment returned from our own intelligence-gathering efforts. Ah, excellent timing as ever. We have but this moment returned from our own intelligence-gathering efforts.
81 80 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_080 80 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_080 Since we're all here, why don't we share what we've learned? Since we're all here, why don't we share what we've learned?
82 81 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_081 81 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_081 Allow me to begin, then. As promised, I scoured the imperial records for any mention of fantastic treasures...and found precisely none. Allow me to begin, then. As promised, I scoured the imperial records for any mention of fantastic treasures...and found precisely none.
83 82 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_082 82 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_082 It is just possible, I suppose, that a corrupt official deliberately hid the fact of the trove's discovery, hoping to enrich himself─but I find it rather unlikely that so valuable a find would stay secret for long. I conclude that our prize either does not exist, or that the imperials somehow overlooked it. It is just possible, I suppose, that a corrupt official deliberately hid the fact of the trove's discovery, hoping to enrich himself─but I find it rather unlikely that so valuable a find would stay secret for long. I conclude that our prize either does not exist, or that the imperials somehow overlooked it.
84 83 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_100_082 83 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_100_082 But what of you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>? Were your investigations any more fruitful? But what of you, Player? Were your investigations any more fruitful?
85 84 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_083 84 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_083 ...Turned into <Emphasis>monsters</Emphasis>? And what could he mean by this “darkness beneath the palace,” I wonder... ...Turned into *monsters*? And what could he mean by this “darkness beneath the palace,” I wonder...
86 85 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_084 85 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_084 I met an old man in Ala Ghiri who spoke of the palace's subterranean prison, but he said naught of cursed abominations! I met an old man in Ala Ghiri who spoke of the palace's subterranean prison, but he said naught of cursed abominations!
87 86 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_085 86 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_085 The imperial archives were also silent on the subject of fiends inside the palace grounds. The imperial archives were also silent on the subject of fiends inside the palace grounds.
88 87 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_086 87 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_086 Could this scribe fellow have been spinning <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>him</If> a yarn, do you think? Did you believe him, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>? Could this scribe fellow have been spinning her a yarn, do you think? Did you believe him, Player?
89 88 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_Q1_000_000 88 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_Q1_000_000 Did you believe Ernold's tale? Did you believe Ernold's tale?
90 89 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_A1_000_001 89 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_A1_000_001 His fear seemed genuine. His fear seemed genuine.
91 90 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_A1_000_002 90 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_A1_000_002 He may have been lying... He may have been lying...
92 91 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_088 91 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_088 If he was afraid, that does lend credence to the tale─though I'm not sure how that helps us in our search. If he was afraid, that does lend credence to the tale─though I'm not sure how that helps us in our search.
93 92 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_089 92 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_089 Then we're back where we started... Then we're back where we started...
94 93 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_090 93 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_090 Do not be so hasty─Ernold's anecdote may very well have told us where the trove is hidden. But ere I share my theory, there is a matter I would clarify. Do not be so hasty─Ernold's anecdote may very well have told us where the trove is hidden. But ere I share my theory, there is a matter I would clarify.
95 94 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_091 94 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_091 Arenvald, you spoke of light-hearted adventure, but I sense a deeper motive for this expedition. Why are you so intent on finding this treasure? Arenvald, you spoke of light-hearted adventure, but I sense a deeper motive for this expedition. Why are you so intent on finding this treasure?
96 95 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_092 95 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_092 ...It wasn't all pretense, I swear it. But...you're right. ...It wasn't all pretense, I swear it. But...you're right.
97 96 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_093 96 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_093 My father was in the imperial army, a man of Garlean blood. I trust you know what I mean when I say that my Ala Mhigan mother did not welcome my arrival? My father was in the imperial army, a man of Garlean blood. I trust you know what I mean when I say that my Ala Mhigan mother did not welcome my arrival?
98 97 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_094 97 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_094 As I grew, she would check my brow over and over, convinced that a spot on my skin was an emerging third eye─like the kind you see in pureblood Garleans. My mother did not care for this taunting reminder of my heritage, and took up a knife... War paint serves to cover the scar. As I grew, she would check my brow over and over, convinced that a spot on my skin was an emerging third eye─like the kind you see in pureblood Garleans. My mother did not care for this taunting reminder of my heritage, and took up a knife... War paint serves to cover the scar.
99 98 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_095 98 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_095 In the end, she turned me out into the street, and I was left to haunt the alleyways of Ala Mhigo, a feral child who got what he needed through begging, cunning, or worse. In the end, she turned me out into the street, and I was left to haunt the alleyways of Ala Mhigo, a feral child who got what he needed through begging, cunning, or worse.
100 99 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_096 99 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_096 The best I can say about the years that followed is that I survived. But I hated the animal I'd become. Eventually, I left the city behind me, and joined a group of refugees bound for the other side of the Wall. It was then that I turned to adventuring, and that road led me into the company of the Scions. The best I can say about the years that followed is that I survived. But I hated the animal I'd become. Eventually, I left the city behind me, and joined a group of refugees bound for the other side of the Wall. It was then that I turned to adventuring, and that road led me into the company of the Scions.
101 100 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_097 100 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_097 I tell you this so that you understand: I know all too well what poverty and hunger can do to a person. I tell you this so that you understand: I know all too well what poverty and hunger can do to a person.
102 101 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_098 101 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ARENVALD_000_098 I drew steel on ordinary folk for a measly crust of bread. With Theodoric's gold, I could spare my countrymen the shame of living like that. I drew steel on ordinary folk for a measly crust of bread. With Theodoric's gold, I could spare my countrymen the shame of living like that.
103 102 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_099 102 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_099 Thank you, Arenvald, and I apologize─that cannot have been pleasant to recall. But I felt it best to be clear in our intentions. Thank you, Arenvald, and I apologize─that cannot have been pleasant to recall. But I felt it best to be clear in our intentions.
104 103 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_100 103 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_100 Well, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>? Are you content to surrender the treasure to Arenvald's noble cause, and claim the thrill of adventure as your reward? Well, Player? Are you content to surrender the treasure to Arenvald's noble cause, and claim the thrill of adventure as your reward?
105 104 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_101 104 TEXT_STMBDB102_02963_ALPHINAUD_000_101 Then I should be glad to tell you my theory on the resting place of the mad king's trove...if you are minded to hear it? Then I should be glad to tell you my theory on the resting place of the mad king's trove...if you are minded to hear it?
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