Isaiah

Forsaken Settlement — Initial conversation

• “Not now, not now... I'm far to busy.”
• “...Uh?”
• “Oh... you're an outsider.”
• “Sorry, it's not often that you get a tap on the shoulder from an unfamiliar hand, around these parts.”
• “My name is Isaiah. I'm sort of like the mayor around here, if a heap such as this could even be considered a village.”
• “I've been a bit stressed lately... hence the attitude.”
• “You see, things are not going so well around here.”
• “Even less "well" than usual, that is.”
• “It's all been going downhill. Food stores are low, the lights are getting dim, and sanity is slipping further.”
• “The pearls kept things barely functional. But, without them, there is no hope for us...”
  • Player responses: “Pearls?”
• “Yes, the Dusklight Pearls.”
• “A great treasure has long been said to hide in these woods.”
• “The dangers were known as well, of course, but the first of us to set up camp brought the pearls with us.”
• “The pearls have mysterious power. A power which could help resist the darkness.”
• “So, with the pearls in hand, we set up camp, and began to tame the wilds.”
• “Over time, others joined us. With more hands, we were sure to conquer the forest, and someday storm the great mansion hiding at its heart.”
• “But, we were fools...”
• “He could not leave us to our ways, the faceless Lord of the Manor.”
• “In the night, the pearls were taken, and scattered across the forest.”
• “Now, we grope about in the dark. Blindly grasping for our precious pearls, as the mask of sanity slips.”
• “And all for his sick amusement...”
  • Player responses: “Perhaps I could help you find them”; “Good luck with that”

Forsaken Settlement — Choice response

When: the player chooses “Perhaps I could help you find them”.

• “...You would help wretched fools like us?”
• “You made it here, and seem sane despite it...”
• “Perhaps you could do it.”
• “Please, if you do find the 3 missing Dusklight Pearls, bring them to me.”
• “We were fools to think we stood a chance out here.”
• “With it, you could venture to the manor, in our stead...”

Forsaken Settlement — Request or task

When: the player chooses “Perhaps I could help you find them”.

• “If you can bring me the pearls, I will give you my finest Enchanted Axe.”

Forsaken Settlement — Choice response

When: the player chooses “Good luck with that”.

• “There is no luck in these woods, stranger.”

Forsaken Settlement — Exchange and reward

When: The Dusklight Pearls ≥ 3.

• “...Can it really be?”
• “Those are... the Dusklight Pearls!”
• “I can't believe it... our doom will finally pass!”
• “Stranger... I cannot thank you enough. You have truly saved us.”
• “As promised, here. Take this.”
• “With it, perhaps you can seek the treasure of the woods, in our stead.”
• “The gods know, we never had a hope to speak of.”
• “May your fate fair better than ours.”

Forsaken Settlement — Conversation

When: The Dusklight Pearls ≥ 4.

• “Hello again, stranger.”
• “May your time here be brief, and merciful.”