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`Apr. 24, 2025` · [[Horseapple]] · #Fragment #Characters #Bannerlord
> [!location]- Info from:
> [[3-companion_strings-(Bannerlord)]]
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<!-- companion #0, Petrys
Perk: Allows a player to greet new lords by acknowledging their ancestry, gaining an occasional meeting bonus
-->
<string
id="str_npc_intro.1"
text="{=Dr6ZjtKR}Greetings, wanderer. Might I know where you are from?" />
<string
id="str_npc_intro_response_1.1"
text="{=ZO6PptgQ}Oh, here and there. I'm a recent arrival in Calradia." />
<string
id="str_npc_intro_response_2.1"
text="{=6Yy1KWgT}Mind your own business, mate." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_a.1"
text="{=UlsvDHLV}Ah, a pity. If you were a native of Calradia, I would be most interested to know about your ancestry and some particulars of your place of birth. I am collecting notes on the lineages of this land, both of the great imperial families and of our barbarian brethren." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_b.1"
text="{=KoetJ3P0}I confess I find the barbarians particularly interesting, for they have many virtues that we in the Empire have lost - a certain honesty of spirit, I should say, not our thick stew of civilized intrigues." />
<string
id="str_npc_interrupt_1.1"
text="{=T8egZl6T}Yes. Please continue." />
<string
id="str_npc_interrupt_2.1"
text="{=yjkGHRkA}All very interesting to a scholar, I suppose, but not to me. Good day." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_d.1"
text="{=XAbqJNk5}The emperor Arenicos was very open to my ideas, and gave me leave to accompany his armies. But since this civil war began, commanders have become very wary - fearing that I may be a spy for one side or the other. I have had to spend my time in the library and not in the field, which is very discouraging to me." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_d.1"
text="{=R0oKayMF}If you are a wanderer, as you say, perhaps it would be to my advantage to go along with you, to collect such stories as I can. I may indeed be able to assist you in some way." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_later.1"
text="{=EGchHvKa}I've been about, in halls and gers and tents, collecting some fascinating accounts. But I'd still be interested in accompanying you, if you'll have me." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_response_1.1"
text="{=OVCdGjpT}Perhaps. What skills do you have to offer?" />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_response_2.1"
text="{=BMKqMpQ7}I'm most interested in the barbarian virtue of sticking axes in skulls. You don't look the type." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup.1"
text="{=gQa9XZfG}I can offer you my knowledge of the ancestries of the lords, chieftains, noyans, and other nobility of Calradia, both civilized and savage. You will find that it may please them if you claim to recognize, on first making their acquaintance, the name of their clan, and whether they are called 'The Boneless,' 'Nestbeard,' 'The Scratcher,' or some other charming sobriquet." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_2.1"
text="{=8HKl3HNH}The one thing I ask - other than food, shelter, and a few denars for pocket expenses, of course - is that I am not party to pillage and slave-taking." />
<!-- sets conditions-->
<string
id="str_npc_signup_response_1.1"
text="{=hyhYcrFp}Very well. Consider yourself hired." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_response_2.1"
text="{=iBHDCIwV}I don't take recruits who impose conditions on me. Good day to you." />
<string
id="str_npc_payment.1"
text="{=WzyHzNW3}Splendid, {?PLAYER.GENDER}madame{?}sir{\?}! There is one other small favor. I have incurred a few debts in this town, mostly due to the spilling of wine upon books. I would ask for an advance of {NPCPAYMENT} on my pay." />
<!-- requests payment-->
<string
id="str_npc_payment_response.1"
text="{=IcBPLx2R}Very well, here's {NPCPAYMENT}{GOLD_ICON}." />
```
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