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`Apr. 22, 2025` · [[Horseapple]] · #Fragment #Characters #Bannerlord
> [!location]- Info from:
> [[3-companion_strings-(Bannerlord)]]
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<!--companion #16, Cadugan, proud horse-thief -->
<string
id="str_npc_intro.16"
text="{=M5mMHrDL}Hallo, stranger! Have a drink on me, for on a day such as today, it is not fitting for anyone to stand glum and sober in my presence!" />
<string
id="str_npc_intro_response_1.16"
text="{=ZSR5CZxx}Very well. What makes today such a special day?" />
<string
id="str_npc_intro_response_2.16"
text="{=EfbhgTy0}I drink when I am thirsty, and not when some lout forces a cup into my hand." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_a.16"
text="{=IszNoAcX}Why, just a few hours ago, I stole my hundredth horse! And such a horse it was. I saw it in the train of a caravan coming into the city. It was as though the Heavens said to the four winds: 'Come together and form sinews and bone, and make its coat a shining grey, and a white blaze upon its nose! Alas, it was an unworthy animal. It threw me and returned to his owner. But still, a day worth remembering, is it not?" />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_b.16"
text="{=pZhCmnEO}My father was a servant of the fen Uvain. By the age of 15, it was clear that as a trainer of horses, I had no equal. Melidir fen Uvain made me an offer. serve him for three years, and they'd give me the pick of the herd. At the end of the third year, when I was to claim my reward, Melidir's stablemaster told me that he'd just given every horse in his herd as a gift to his son. If I wanted, I could have a goat." />
<string
id="str_npc_interrupt_1.16"
text="{=Y1R0x220}How droll of them..." />
<string
id="str_npc_interrupt_2.16"
text="{=IEO3gvnz}...." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_d.16"
text="{=gzs2h4eS}Well, they thought that was very funny. But they didn't laugh so much when I clubbed the groom and took their finest horse, a flaxen yearling. I have concluded that those who own the finest horses are those who most deserve to be parted from them. " />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_d.16"
text="{=s1cAUzB7}Alas, I have had better luck taking horses than keeping them. And sooner or later, if I keep this up, I suppose I must end up in a noose. One hundred horses is a good enough point at which to quit, is it not? I must look for honest work. I don't suppose you have any such work to offer?" />
<string
id="str_npc_signup.16"
text="{=JIl4An61}Far more than a horsethief, my good man. I am the prince of horsethieves! I have stolen Aserai mares from amid the tents and ridden them across the desert plans under the moon, I have taken Vlandian stallions from their paddocks, the sturdy ponies of the Khuzaits, and the steady geldings of the imperial lancers. Is there a bard in the house? Are you getting all this down, or shall I start again?" />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_2.16"
text="{=MlzMSNkQ}Also, as I told you, as of this afternoon I'm a reformed horsethief. You won't find a better judge of horses than me." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_response_1.16"
text="{=RUu7rzvX}Well. A man who knows horses is always welcome. I pay each week, not after every three years." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_response_2.16"
text="{=v2664Qeo}..." />
<string
id="str_npc_payment.16"
text="{=KYPP1pKE}That's grand. That's most generous. But I hope you'll forgive me if, given the harsh lessons I've learned in the past, if I ask for a small advance - {NPCPAYMENT}{GOLD_ICON}, if you don't mind." />
<string
id="str_npc_payment_response.16"
text="{=2JwZXgOZ}That's reasonable. Here's {NPCPAYMENT}{GOLD_ICON} for you. Make yourself ready." />
```
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