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`Apr. 22, 2025` · [[Horseapple]] · #Fragment #Characters #Bannerlord
> [!location]- Info from:
> [[3-companion_strings-(Bannerlord)]]
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<!-- companion #10, Sabila, caravaneer's daughter. Lost a caravan. Added -->
<string
id="str_npc_intro.11"
text="{=kpD07Ib2}There is only one thing that I want to hear from anyone right now: that the news I have heard is false. That the warehouse in Makeb which I stored my pepper did not catch fire, and that I have not lost my fortune." />
<string
id="str_npc_intro_response_1.11"
text="{=bwb4nB4m} You invested your whole fortune in a single cargo of pepper?" />
<string
id="str_npc_intro_response_2.11"
text="{=mjiaqseL}I've heard bad luck is contagious. Good-bye." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_a.11"
text="{=UhEt737M}I did. Well, it was a risk - but a calculated one. If you are willing to listen to my story, I would welcome the chance to unburden my sorrows." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_b.11"
text="{=Gepa1szA}My father was a merchant. When he died, he left his children a small inheritance. Most went to my brothers. They headed east, to the lands of the Padishah, leaving me in charge of our interests in Calradia. For me to step into my father's shoes, and be treated as an equal by other merchants, I knew I had to make a lot of money in a short time or they would elbow me out of the market." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_d.11"
text="{=NMTS37x2}I had an opportunity to buy pepper from another trader who was selling at a discount, and needed cash. I of course inspected the pepper and its storage. I interviewed the watchmen at the warehouse. You can trust us madame,' they said. 'Rest assured your pepper is in good hands.' But one of them kept a brazier lit at night, for the warmth, and a camel kicked it into a bed of straw when he was off relieving himself. When he returned, the warehouse was in flames." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_d.11"
text="{=yYHCwEeo}Even now I feel I made a wise choice to buy the pepper -- wise, but unlucky. Such is fortune! Had I not seized this opportunity, other merchants would have mocked me, a woman too timid to succeed in a man's trade. Now they tut-tut, a rash woman who lacked a man's judgment. " />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_response_1.11"
text="{=SVOylcqx}If you know your way around caravans, I may have some work for you." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_response_2.11"
text="{=nYAU0zNC}A wise king once said: I ask only of my generals that they be lucky. Good day, madame." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup.11"
text="{=znWhtJxt}I do indeed. I pay attention to packing and loading in particular. It is a fine art, one which determines how fast a beast of burden can move, whether a caravan makes good time or is forever pausing to pick up a spilled load." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_2.11"
text="{=jEtASKar}If you carry many supplies, I can promise you -- as much as anyone can promise anything, in this uncertain world -- that I will repay my salary many times over." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_response_1.11"
text="{=odwyvxY1}Splendid. I have every confidence in you." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_response_2.11"
text="{=nNFSLJ2A}That is too specialized a skill, my lady. Good-bye." />
<string
id="str_npc_payment.11"
text="{=N91Wnhht}There is only one thing I must ask. I would like to leave this town with clean balance books. I would like to settle all my debts. An advance of {NPCPAYMENT}{GOLD_ICON} should be enough." />
```
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