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`Apr. 22, 2025` · [[Horseapple]] · #Fragment #Characters #Bannerlord
> [!location]- Info from:
> [[3-companion_strings-(Bannerlord)]]
```
<!-- companion #9, Lath, desert fugitive -->
<string
id="str_npc_intro.10"
text="{=EmTojvwy}Do you know who I am, traveler?" />
<string
id="str_npc_intro_response_1.10"
text="{=hcMJen3F}No, can't say that I do. So who are you?" />
<string
id="str_npc_intro_response_2.10"
text="{=Ac8dPtH8}I do not know, nor do I care to." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_a.10"
text="{=KU1nXWTK}The searing gravel plain knows me, as do the rippling sands and the shadowed canyon. I have faced the scouring sandstorm, the rushing flood, the killing heat of noontime, and they have all said to me, 'Pass safely, brother.'" />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_b.10"
text="{=iBoVz4wv}I am Lath, prince of the wastelands, lord of solitude, master of emptiness. If you wish to know my other names, you may ask my kinsmen, the leopard, the hyena and the gazelle." />
<string
id="str_npc_interrupt_1.10"
text="{=SPp4OsPO}Lath is fine. No need to speak to the hyenas. What do you do?" />
<string
id="str_npc_interrupt_2.10"
text="{=vT1fdgss}Master of empty talk, rather. Good day, sir." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_d.10"
text="{=GhmTenPP}Why, I roam the desert. I learns its secret ways, its hidden gifts, as a lover learns the secrets and gifts of his beloved." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_d.10"
text="{=Xi0A9Bb8}However, although the desert is bountiful, horses and steel must be bought with silver. So, I wish to inform you, my services are for hire." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_response_1.10"
text="{=qEsEzBME}Hmm. I could be interested. What can you offer me?" />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_response_2.10"
text="{=OGNIl4xM}I have no interest in your services." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup.10"
text="{=zbji14tF}I am a pathfinder and a scout." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_2.10"
text="{=JZU9vtFg}If you wish to pass swiftly through the desert, to find shelters to hide from your foes, to find water where others find only dust and death, then I am your man." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_response_1.10"
text="{=gMXTUU1O}Very well, I can offer you a place in my company." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_response_2.10"
text="{=gkOfyxfd}Perhaps at a later date." />
<string
id="str_npc_payment.10"
text="{=o7gJN0Kk}You will not regret your decision. One thing I must ask - before riding out, I need a new bridle and saddle. An advance of {NPCPAYMENT}{GOLD_ICON} should suffice." />
```
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