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`Apr. 24, 2025` · [[Horseapple]] · #Fragment #Characters #Bannerlord
> [!location]- Info from:
> [[3-companion_strings-(Bannerlord)]]
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<!-- companion #3, Haldaea -->
<string
id="str_npc_intro.4"
text="{=MjSlFqAl}Yes? I'll have you know, I'm not normally in the habit of talking to strangers in taverns." />
<string
id="str_npc_intro_response_1.4"
text="{=30PC7qqc}I find it a good way of picking up useful information." />
<string
id="str_npc_intro_response_2.4"
text="{=oxNAJ1Ha}In that case, I shall go bother someone else." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_a.4"
text="{=9vcC9WNE}Ah yes, I suppose it is. Well, if it interests you, my name is Haldaea, and I have resolved to become a warrior." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_b.4"
text="{=cXKvmJGb}I'm sure it has not escaped you that this empire of ours is in a dreadful state. Men have lost all sense of duty and self-respect, and regularly turn their tail in the face of rebels, barbarians, and other such rabble." />
<string
id="str_npc_interrupt_1.4"
text="{=Upr8OV6G}Sorry times indeed, madame. Pray continue." />
<string
id="str_npc_interrupt_2.4"
text="{=vqC3imQv}Rabble? Barbarians? These are my friends you're talking about!" />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_d.4"
text="{=2oniHsNe}My late husband, the Heavens bless his memory, raised a force of his own to help guard the frontier. He ensured his men exhibited a proper sense of discipline, duty, basic personal hygiene, and respect for our moral traditions. Alas, his career was cut short by an Aserai javelin, but I intend to continue in his footsteps. " />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_d.4"
text="{=xlJEkqH9}I intend to find the captain of a company who will take me on as an apprentice. I will thereupon master the arts of war, and raise a company of my own, and thus shame the males of the empire into recovering their lost manhood." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_response_1.4"
text="{=Db8cb8w6}Well, you have the right attitude. I might take you on." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_response_2.4"
text="{=v86ZaoFv}I think you are wasting your time, madame. Good day" />
<string
id="str_npc_signup.4"
text="{=cI8YERnL}If you do so, I promise to always be in the front rank of your battle line, to never shirk duty even in the face of death." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_2.4"
text="{=Ho8MFOOi} I will ensure that your men fear my scorn more than they do the spears of the enemy." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_response_1.4"
text="{=A7ToDPfN}Splendid. That's the spirit. Gather your belongings." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_response_2.4"
text="{=hR7mKQPs}Scorn alone does not make men brave, madame. I think you'd best find another captain." />
<string
id="str_npc_payment.4"
text="{=K0Eh3eYs}Splendid. I will need a small amount of money in advance - {NPCPAYMENT}{GOLD_ICON}. I have several servants, who have been with our family for years, who cannot accompany me. Honor and basic humanity require that I give them a small amount of money to get on their feet. " />
<string
id="str_npc_payment_response.4"
text="{=IcBPLx2R}Very well, here's {NPCPAYMENT}{GOLD_ICON}." />
```
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