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`Apr. 24, 2025` · [[Horseapple]] · #Fragment #Characters #Bannerlord
> [!location]- Info from:
> [[3-companion_strings-(Bannerlord)]]
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<!-- companion #2, Senon. Attached to army but still civilian
Perk: Speeds up siege-building, allows use of counterweight trebuchet
-->
<string
id="str_npc_intro.3"
text="{=Wnt5Ngzr}Greeting, {?PLAYER.GENDER}madame{?}sir{\?}. Are you by any chance in the market for an engineer?" />
<string
id="str_npc_intro_response_1.3"
text="{=6EeM0jbm}I might be. What do you have to offer?" />
<string
id="str_npc_intro_response_2.3"
text="{=APKQ8HuA}No, I'm not, I'm afraid. Good day to you." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_a.3"
text="{=a2rWCsZS}I hope you don't mind a little immodesty. If you're building, I'm one of the best you can hire. I can build any arch, any tower, any dome you might want. Every city around here has examples of my craft." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_b.3"
text="{=plzerw4U}If you're knocking down, I'm not just one of the best - I am the best. I do rams, mines, and of course catapults. Torsion and counterweight. You can ask any castellan in any town in Calradia... Well, maybe best not ask in this town, but any other town in Calradia." />
<string
id="str_npc_interrupt_1.3"
text="{=OGqp7v0p}I see. What happened here?" />
<string
id="str_npc_interrupt_2.3"
text="{=CKgC2JXg}You do not inspire me with confidence." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_d.3"
text="{=h4rt3qUq}They asked me to erect a counterweight trebuchet on one of the towers. And it's elementary, right? 'Counterweight' - that means for the throwing arm to go up, something else has to come down, right? So if you're standing around the trebuchet watching, you should pay attention to where you're standing when I pull the lanyard, right?" />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_d.3"
text="{=2MJElaJi}Well, the master of artillery here took the counterweight right on the skull. It was a 5-pound ball, so the counterweight weighed about as much as a small horse. You can imagine what that looked like. So they're not going to pay me - even though the ball, I'm proud to say, threw straight over 500 paces. Even with a bit of muck on it." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_response_1.3"
text="{=VC5CkkUD}That's very impressive! From a technical standpoint, that is." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_response_2.3"
text="{=j2auwAej}Above all, an engineer must be cautious. Good-day, sir." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup.3"
text="{=pgoFlK3o}At any rate, I got out of there when they were still bumbling about with a bucket and mop. But if there's an inquiry and people start looking for someone to blame, well, they'll probably decide to point the finger at the external contractor. So I wouldn't mind getting out of town." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_2.3"
text="{=QAuX5fN4}Take me on now, and you can have my services for a fraction of what they're worth. Believe me, in your line of work, there's no bigger expense than a lengthy siege. Unless you like drinking dirty water and squatting in muddy ditches, hiring me is an opportunity you can't afford to miss." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_response_1.3"
text="{=iwxJWG81}I can't pass up a bargain like that. I'd like to hire you." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_response_2.3"
text="{=KUKuUJaL}You try too hard to sell yourself. I guess I'm going to have to say 'no.'." />
<string
id="str_npc_payment.3"
text="{=YBtDZuCL}Excellent. I'd like an advance payment, not least because I'm going to need to get my equipment cleanred. Shall we say {NPCPAYMENT}?" />
<string
id="str_npc_payment_response.3"
text="{=IcBPLx2R}Very well, here's {NPCPAYMENT}{GOLD_ICON}." />
```
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