ConversationsQQ_SavedVariables_v15 = { ["quest"] = { ["162658389-0-1261 Blackwood"] = { ["52420949-0-6664 Family Secrets"] = { ["info"] = { ["finisher"] = { [1] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, ["description"] = { [1] = "265851556-0-6664 Bastian recently learned that he was never supposed to stay with the Silvelles. He should have been taken in by his older sister Clairene, who is married to Count Auzin of Wayrest. Bastian wants to find out what happened.", }, ["starter"] = { [1] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, ["involved"] = { [1] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", [2] = "8290981-0-102899 Count Elmonde Auzin", [3] = "8290981-0-102900 Countess Clairene Auzin", }, }, ["steps"] = { [1] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-70002 Find Count Elmonde Auzin in Wayrest", }, ["optional"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-70008 Talk to Bastian Hallix", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-56285 Bastian asked me to accompany him to Wayrest. He hopes to find Count Elmonde Auzin, his sister's husband. Bastian thinks it might be wise to see what he knows before surprising a sister he's never met.", }, [2] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-70003 Talk to Count Elmonde Auzin", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-56286 We found Count Auzin at an inn in Wayrest. He looks rather distraught about something. I should speak to him.", }, [3] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-70009 Talk to Bastian Hallix", }, ["optional"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-70021 Talk to Bastian Hallix", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-56295 Count Auzin allowed Bastian's sister to believe he was dead—but that isn't important at the moment. Clairene has been captured by slavers. I should talk to Bastian about what we've learned.", }, [4] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-70039 Rescue Countess Clairene Auzin", }, ["hidden"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-70019 Rescue Countess Clairene Auzin", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-56288 Bastian believes the slavers who captured Countess Clairene may be hiding in this old mine. We should search for her.", }, [5] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-70007 Escort Countess Clairene Auzin out of the Mines", }, ["hidden"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-70071 Escort", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-56320 We found Bastian's older sister Clairene, tied to a post deep in the mine. We need to get her to safety before we can talk.", }, [6] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-70006 Listen to Bastian Hallix and Clairene Auzin", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-56291 Bastian and his sister Clairene are strangers to each other. A meeting such as this is something I need to see.", }, [7] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-70011 Talk to Bastian Hallix", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-56297 Bastian and his sister seem to be off to a good start. Bastian wants to speak to me now.", }, [8] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "121487972-0-14987 Talk to Bastian Hallix", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-56294 Bastian learned about his family and reunited with his older sister. I should speak to him about what comes next.", }, }, }, }, }, ["npc"] = { ["267200725-0-12 Stormhaven"] = { ["267200725-0-202 Koeglin Mine"] = { ["8290981-0-102900 Countess Clairene Auzin"] = { ["links"] = { ["55049764-4-13526 I thank you, stranger! Those slavers intended to demand a ruinous ransom for my return. Whether they meant to honor their word is another question entirely.\n\nLet's be on our way before more of them find us."] = { }, ["55049764-5-13526 Whoever you are, untie me so I can get away from these villains! I can see to it that you are well rewarded for your help!"] = { }, }, ["topics"] = { }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-5-13526 Whoever you are, untie me so I can get away from these villains! I can see to it that you are well rewarded for your help!", [2] = "55049764-4-13526 I thank you, stranger! Those slavers intended to demand a ruinous ransom for my return. Whether they meant to honor their word is another question entirely.\n\nLet's be on our way before more of them find us.", }, }, ["8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix"] = { ["links"] = { ["55049764-2-13471 I have so many questions, and no idea how to begin. Maybe … maybe you could speak to Clairene first? I feel like I could use a little more help. A word of introduction, I guess.\n\nBut let's make sure we're somewhere safe first."] = { ["Companion Menu"] = "", ["228103012-0-67889 Let's talk about our partnership."] = "", }, ["149328292-0-13103 What are the odds I'd find out I had a sister, only to learn the same day that she'd been captured by slavers?"] = { ["Companion Menu"] = "", ["228103012-0-67889 Let's talk about our partnership."] = "", }, ["149328292-1-13103 If these slavers have harmed a hair on Clairene's head, none of them are walking out of here. I swear it!"] = { ["Companion Menu"] = "", ["228103012-0-67889 Let's talk about our partnership."] = "", }, ["149328292-4-13103 Slavers in Stormhaven? Appalling. I mean, it's appalling anywhere, but this feels like it's right under the High King's nose."] = { ["Companion Menu"] = "", ["228103012-0-67889 Let's talk about our partnership."] = "", }, }, ["topics"] = { ["Companion Menu"] = { }, ["228103012-0-67889 Let's talk about our partnership."] = { }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "149328292-4-13103 Slavers in Stormhaven? Appalling. I mean, it's appalling anywhere, but this feels like it's right under the High King's nose.", [2] = "149328292-1-13103 If these slavers have harmed a hair on Clairene's head, none of them are walking out of here. I swear it!", [3] = "149328292-0-13103 What are the odds I'd find out I had a sister, only to learn the same day that she'd been captured by slavers?", [4] = "55049764-2-13471 I have so many questions, and no idea how to begin. Maybe … maybe you could speak to Clairene first? I feel like I could use a little more help. A word of introduction, I guess.\n\nBut let's make sure we're somewhere safe first.", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-33 Wayrest"] = { ["8290981-0-102899 Count Elmonde Auzin"] = { ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-67808 I, well, bribed him. Lady Hallix had set aside a very substantial fortune in the form of jewels from her dowry for Bastian's education and upbringing. I suggested to Lord Silvelle that he might be a wise steward of that fortune."] = { ["204987124-0-67808 Surely the king's officials knew Clairene was Lord Hallix's daughter."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67225 I'm afraid so. And I told the Silvelles to let Bastian believe he had no family left. It was the safest course. Are the gods punishing me now for that choice? Is it my fault that Clairene—?\n\nWait! You and Hallix seem able. You can save her!"] = { ["204987124-1-67225 How would keeping Bastian away from his sister be safer?"] = "", ["204987124-0-67225 We'll go to Koeglin Mine and find Clairene."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67807 He had no great liking for it. He was a staunch loyalist and took Lord Hallix's plot against the high king as a personal offense. It took a rather exceptional inducement to persuade him to take in young Bastian."] = { ["204987124-0-67807 What manner of inducement?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67809 I don't care for your insinuation. I love Clairene and I feared for her life.\n\nBut yes, I had my own title and family to think of. I was new to my title and it would have been irresponsible to not consider House Auzin's safety too."] = { ["204987124-0-67809 Was Lord Silvelle in on your scheme?"] = "", }, ["55049764-2-13513 This isn't a very good time, stranger. Be on your way, unless you bring some new tidings about my wife."] = { ["228103012-0-67217 Tidings about your wife? What's going on?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67217 She's been captured by slavers! Clairene was on her way to visit a friend near Koeglin when she was attacked. Luckily one of her guards managed to trail the slavers to Koeglin Mine.\n\nI must arrange a rescue at once. State your business—swiftly!"] = { ["204987124-0-67217 I'm here on behalf of Bastian Hallix. He is looking for his sister."] = "", }, ["55049764-1-13513 I truly never intended any harm to Clairene's brother. I thought I was keeping them both safe. And protecting her reputation, of course. Well, her reputation as the Countess Auzin.\n\nThere was no other choice, really."] = { ["228103012-0-67802 How would keeping Bastian away from his sister be safer?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67806 Yes, of course they did. I had to convince them that my new wife was appalled by what her father had done and repudiated the Hallix name.\n\nNot only was Clairene at risk—my own house might have fallen under suspicion of treason, too."] = { ["204987124-0-67806 Were you protecting yourself, or Clairene?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67219 Bastian Hallix? That's him over there, isn't it? He looks just like his father.\n\nI don't know how to say this, but … Clairene believes he died as an infant. After her family's scandal, I thought it best to distance her from the Hallix name."] = { ["204987124-0-67219 You told her Bastian was dead?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67802 After Lord Hallix's treason, some of the king's counselors argued for executing the whole family to make sure no threat to the king remained. \n\nThe only way to survive was to convince the king's officials that the Hallix family no longer existed."] = { ["204987124-1-67802 Was Lord Silvelle in on your scheme?"] = "", ["204987124-0-67802 Surely the king's officials knew Clairene was Lord Hallix's daughter."] = "", }, }, ["topics"] = { ["204987124-1-67802 Was Lord Silvelle in on your scheme?"] = { ["200879108-0-67807 He had no great liking for it. He was a staunch loyalist and took Lord Hallix's plot against the high king as a personal offense. It took a rather exceptional inducement to persuade him to take in young Bastian."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-67217 I'm here on behalf of Bastian Hallix. He is looking for his sister."] = { ["200879108-0-67219 Bastian Hallix? That's him over there, isn't it? He looks just like his father.\n\nI don't know how to say this, but … Clairene believes he died as an infant. After her family's scandal, I thought it best to distance her from the Hallix name."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-67217 Tidings about your wife? What's going on?"] = { ["200879108-0-67217 She's been captured by slavers! Clairene was on her way to visit a friend near Koeglin when she was attacked. Luckily one of her guards managed to trail the slavers to Koeglin Mine.\n\nI must arrange a rescue at once. State your business—swiftly!"] = "", }, ["204987124-0-67225 We'll go to Koeglin Mine and find Clairene."] = { }, ["204987124-0-67806 Were you protecting yourself, or Clairene?"] = { ["200879108-0-67809 I don't care for your insinuation. I love Clairene and I feared for her life.\n\nBut yes, I had my own title and family to think of. I was new to my title and it would have been irresponsible to not consider House Auzin's safety too."] = "", }, ["204987124-1-67225 How would keeping Bastian away from his sister be safer?"] = { ["200879108-0-67802 After Lord Hallix's treason, some of the king's counselors argued for executing the whole family to make sure no threat to the king remained. \n\nThe only way to survive was to convince the king's officials that the Hallix family no longer existed."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-67219 You told her Bastian was dead?"] = { ["200879108-0-67225 I'm afraid so. And I told the Silvelles to let Bastian believe he had no family left. It was the safest course. Are the gods punishing me now for that choice? Is it my fault that Clairene—?\n\nWait! You and Hallix seem able. You can save her!"] = "", }, ["228103012-0-67802 How would keeping Bastian away from his sister be safer?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-67807 What manner of inducement?"] = { ["200879108-0-67808 I, well, bribed him. Lady Hallix had set aside a very substantial fortune in the form of jewels from her dowry for Bastian's education and upbringing. I suggested to Lord Silvelle that he might be a wise steward of that fortune."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-67809 Was Lord Silvelle in on your scheme?"] = { ["200879108-0-67807 He had no great liking for it. He was a staunch loyalist and took Lord Hallix's plot against the high king as a personal offense. It took a rather exceptional inducement to persuade him to take in young Bastian."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-67808 Surely the king's officials knew Clairene was Lord Hallix's daughter."] = { ["200879108-0-67806 Yes, of course they did. I had to convince them that my new wife was appalled by what her father had done and repudiated the Hallix name.\n\nNot only was Clairene at risk—my own house might have fallen under suspicion of treason, too."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-67802 Surely the king's officials knew Clairene was Lord Hallix's daughter."] = { }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-2-13513 This isn't a very good time, stranger. Be on your way, unless you bring some new tidings about my wife.", [2] = "55049764-1-13513 I truly never intended any harm to Clairene's brother. I thought I was keeping them both safe. And protecting her reputation, of course. Well, her reputation as the Countess Auzin.\n\nThere was no other choice, really.", }, }, ["8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix"] = { ["links"] = { ["55049764-7-13471 Count Auzin told Clairene I was dead? And he conspired with Lord Silvelle to keep me in ignorance, too? What kind of life would I have had if these cowards had just told my sister and I the truth?"] = { ["Companion Menu"] = "", ["228103012-0-67226 The count says he did it to protect his wife. And you."] = "", ["228103012-0-67889 Let's talk about our partnership."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67251 It makes sense that the count wanted to protect my sister. I could almost forgive that. But I suspect he was also interested in protecting his own good name.\n\nI can't help but wonder about the life I could have had if he'd chosen differently."] = { ["204987124-0-67251 Did the Silvelles mistreat you?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67226 I … I suppose I can understand that. If the choice was telling a lie or risking the gallows for my sister, then Auzin made the right decision. It isn't cowardice to fear for someone you love.\n\nAnd it's clear that he fears for Clairene now."] = { ["204987124-0-67226 Count Auzin said the slavers are in Koeglin Mine."] = "", }, ["55049764-5-13471 Lord Silvelle told me more than once that I should be grateful that he didn't just drop me off at some orphanage or another. But this whole business of buried secrets and deliberate lies is infuriating, regardless of the reasons for it."] = { ["Companion Menu"] = "", ["228103012-0-67889 Let's talk about our partnership."] = "", ["228103012-0-67251 Do you believe Count Auzin's story?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67252 No. I was much better off than if I'd been left in an orphanage. But I wasn't family and I wasn't quite the help. If I hadn't met you, I would have spent the rest of my life looking after the Silvelles' interests without ever really belonging."] = { }, ["200879108-0-67227 I know the place. Bandits and outlaws often lair there.\n\nI'll sort out the rest of this later, after we make sure Clairene is safe. I couldn't bear it if I got so close to finding her, only to lose her now."] = { ["204987124-0-67227 To Koeglin Mine, then."] = "", }, ["55049764-8-13471 That must be Count Auzin. I confess that I've got a pit in my stomach over all of these … these family matters.\n\nHuh. Is it just me, or does he look upset about something? I wonder if I'm catching him at a bad time."] = { ["Companion Menu"] = "", ["228103012-0-67889 Let's talk about our partnership."] = "", }, }, ["topics"] = { ["204987124-0-67227 To Koeglin Mine, then."] = { }, ["228103012-0-67226 The count says he did it to protect his wife. And you."] = { ["200879108-0-67226 I … I suppose I can understand that. If the choice was telling a lie or risking the gallows for my sister, then Auzin made the right decision. It isn't cowardice to fear for someone you love.\n\nAnd it's clear that he fears for Clairene now."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-67251 Do you believe Count Auzin's story?"] = { ["200879108-0-67251 It makes sense that the count wanted to protect my sister. I could almost forgive that. But I suspect he was also interested in protecting his own good name.\n\nI can't help but wonder about the life I could have had if he'd chosen differently."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-67251 Did the Silvelles mistreat you?"] = { ["200879108-0-67252 No. I was much better off than if I'd been left in an orphanage. But I wasn't family and I wasn't quite the help. If I hadn't met you, I would have spent the rest of my life looking after the Silvelles' interests without ever really belonging."] = "", }, ["Companion Menu"] = { }, ["204987124-0-67226 Count Auzin said the slavers are in Koeglin Mine."] = { ["200879108-0-67227 I know the place. Bandits and outlaws often lair there.\n\nI'll sort out the rest of this later, after we make sure Clairene is safe. I couldn't bear it if I got so close to finding her, only to lose her now."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-67889 Let's talk about our partnership."] = { }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-8-13471 That must be Count Auzin. I confess that I've got a pit in my stomach over all of these … these family matters.\n\nHuh. Is it just me, or does he look upset about something? I wonder if I'm catching him at a bad time.", [2] = "55049764-7-13471 Count Auzin told Clairene I was dead? And he conspired with Lord Silvelle to keep me in ignorance, too? What kind of life would I have had if these cowards had just told my sister and I the truth?", [3] = "55049764-5-13471 Lord Silvelle told me more than once that I should be grateful that he didn't just drop me off at some orphanage or another. But this whole business of buried secrets and deliberate lies is infuriating, regardless of the reasons for it.", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-12 Stormhaven"] = { ["8290981-0-102899 Count Elmonde Auzin"] = { ["links"] = { ["55049764-0-13513 I cannot thank you enough for rescuing Clairene. I know I made a dreadful mistake in the past. I promise to make it up to both Clairene and her brother. \n\nBastian seems like a good man. I … I will be proud to call him brother, too."] = { }, }, ["topics"] = { }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-0-13513 I cannot thank you enough for rescuing Clairene. I know I made a dreadful mistake in the past. I promise to make it up to both Clairene and her brother. \n\nBastian seems like a good man. I … I will be proud to call him brother, too.", }, }, ["8290981-0-102900 Countess Clairene Auzin"] = { ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-67930 Sit down with Bastian and talk for days! I want to know everything about how he was raised and what family he found. Where has he been all this time?\n\nAnd I need to speak with my husband. Why did he tell me Bastian died? A mistake? Or not?"] = { ["204987124-0-67930 Count Auzin only meant to protect you."] = "", ["204987124-1-67930 Bastian was fostered by the Silvelle family. He worked for them."] = "", }, ["55049764-3-13526 I am Countess Clairene Auzin. I had hoped that my husband's troops would rescue me from that awful mine, but I don't recognize you. No matter—you have my deepest gratitude, strangers.\n\nHow did you know where to find me?"] = { ["228103012-0-67262 Count Auzin told us of the danger you were in."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67264 What? How is this … Bastian? My baby brother? I thought he was dead!\n\nBy the Eight, of course he looks familiar! He takes after our father. Oh, excuse me, please. I am quite overcome."] = { ["204987124-0-67264 He'd been told that you were dead, too."] = "", }, ["55049764-0-13526 A day that started in darkness and fear has brought me a miracle beyond imagining. The loss of my family all those years ago almost broke me. To find out now that I am not the only Hallix left? I hardly know what to think.\n\nHow is this possible?"] = { ["228103012-0-67930 What will you do now, Countess?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67262 Did he? Oh, I'd prayed that one of the guards had managed to get through to him! Elmonde must have … that is ….\n\nI'm sorry, but your companion—who is he? He looks just like someone I knew a long time ago."] = { ["204987124-0-67262 My companion is Bastian Hallix."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67933 I guessed as much. I remember the court officials who interrogated me after my father's treason. My life hung by a thread in those awful months.\n\nBut … it was wrong for Elmonde to mislead me so. It was my family, and my decision to make."] = { ["204987124-0-67933 Will you forgive your husband?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67931 Am I upset? Yes, of course. But I understand why Elmonde chose as he did. He's a good man.\n\nI … I only wish he'd told me sooner that my brother lived."] = { ["204987124-0-67931 Bastian was fostered by the Silvelle family. He worked for them."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67265 Look at him! He was so small when I left our home. Our parents were so excited to have another child, so late in their marriage.\n\nWhere has he been all this time? How did he come to find me now?"] = { ["204987124-0-67265 I'll let the two of you speak."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67934 The Silvelles of Daggerfall? Bastian stayed with them after Mother died, but he was to be sent to us just as soon as the king's officers satisfied themselves that I had no part in my father's conspiracy.\n\nI hope they were kind to him."] = { ["204987124-0-67934 Count Auzin only meant to protect you."] = "", }, }, ["topics"] = { ["204987124-0-67930 Count Auzin only meant to protect you."] = { }, ["228103012-0-67930 What will you do now, Countess?"] = { ["200879108-0-67930 Sit down with Bastian and talk for days! I want to know everything about how he was raised and what family he found. Where has he been all this time?\n\nAnd I need to speak with my husband. Why did he tell me Bastian died? A mistake? Or not?"] = "", }, ["204987124-0-67934 Count Auzin only meant to protect you."] = { ["200879108-0-67933 I guessed as much. I remember the court officials who interrogated me after my father's treason. My life hung by a thread in those awful months.\n\nBut … it was wrong for Elmonde to mislead me so. It was my family, and my decision to make."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-67262 Count Auzin told us of the danger you were in."] = { ["200879108-0-67262 Did he? Oh, I'd prayed that one of the guards had managed to get through to him! Elmonde must have … that is ….\n\nI'm sorry, but your companion—who is he? He looks just like someone I knew a long time ago."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-67931 Bastian was fostered by the Silvelle family. He worked for them."] = { }, ["204987124-0-67933 Will you forgive your husband?"] = { ["200879108-0-67931 Am I upset? Yes, of course. But I understand why Elmonde chose as he did. He's a good man.\n\nI … I only wish he'd told me sooner that my brother lived."] = "", }, ["204987124-1-67930 Bastian was fostered by the Silvelle family. He worked for them."] = { ["200879108-0-67934 The Silvelles of Daggerfall? Bastian stayed with them after Mother died, but he was to be sent to us just as soon as the king's officers satisfied themselves that I had no part in my father's conspiracy.\n\nI hope they were kind to him."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-67265 I'll let the two of you speak."] = { }, ["204987124-0-67264 He'd been told that you were dead, too."] = { ["200879108-0-67265 Look at him! He was so small when I left our home. Our parents were so excited to have another child, so late in their marriage.\n\nWhere has he been all this time? How did he come to find me now?"] = "", }, ["204987124-0-67262 My companion is Bastian Hallix."] = { ["200879108-0-67264 What? How is this … Bastian? My baby brother? I thought he was dead!\n\nBy the Eight, of course he looks familiar! He takes after our father. Oh, excuse me, please. I am quite overcome."] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-3-13526 I am Countess Clairene Auzin. I had hoped that my husband's troops would rescue me from that awful mine, but I don't recognize you. No matter—you have my deepest gratitude, strangers.\n\nHow did you know where to find me?", [2] = "55049764-0-13526 A day that started in darkness and fear has brought me a miracle beyond imagining. The loss of my family all those years ago almost broke me. To find out now that I am not the only Hallix left? I hardly know what to think.\n\nHow is this possible?", }, }, ["8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix"] = { ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-67941 For all I know, Elmonde Auzin saved my sister's life by lying to her. And it's obvious that he loves her with all his heart. They are happy together. For my sister's sake, I can set aside old sorrows.\n\nBut I am done with the Silvelles."] = { }, ["200879108-0-67286 Which is something the Silvelles could never do. She has a good heart, I believe.\n\nIt's strange. I left the Silvelles because I wanted to find my own place in the world. Discovering a family I thought I lost? It roots you properly. So to speak."] = { ["204987124-0-67286 Do you want to stay in Wayrest with her?"] = "", }, ["149328292-3-13103 I still don't know what, if anything, I want to do about Lord Silvelle. Perhaps Count Auzin had his reasons. Lord Silvelle's motives seem more selfish. The gall of misleading me all those years!"] = { ["Companion Menu"] = "", ["228103012-0-67889 Let's talk about our partnership."] = "", }, ["55049764-0-13471 I don't even know where to begin. My sister and I haven't seen each other in twenty-five years! She remembers me as a two-year-old child, and I don't remember her at all.\n\nWhat if we have nothing in common besides a name?"] = { ["228103012-0-67935 You'll figure it out."] = "", ["Companion Menu"] = "", ["228103012-0-67889 Let's talk about our partnership."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67284 Indeed. I confess, I was a little worried that she might not have much to say to me. After all, she's a countess, and we are strangers.\n\nClairene seems kind, though. I like her already. That feels rather good."] = { ["204987124-0-67284 She certainly seems willing to treat you as family."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67935 For the first time since we started down this road, I think I believe that, too.\n\nBut we have so much lost time to make up for. And the thought that I missed the chance to be a part of this family decades ago is almost too much to bear."] = { ["204987124-0-67935 Can you forgive Count Auzin for that?"] = "", }, ["55049764-1-13471 Clairene is a stranger to me, of course, but part of me feels like I know her, somehow. She said I favored my—our?—father. I've always wondered about that."] = { ["228103012-0-67284 She appears as pleased to find you as you are to find her."] = "", ["Companion Menu"] = "", ["228103012-0-67889 Let's talk about our partnership."] = "", }, ["55049764-2-13471 I have so many questions, and no idea how to begin. Maybe … maybe you could speak to Clairene first? I feel like I could use a little more help. A word of introduction, I guess.\n\nBut let's make sure we're somewhere safe first."] = { ["Companion Menu"] = "", ["228103012-0-67889 Let's talk about our partnership."] = "", }, }, ["topics"] = { ["204987124-0-67284 She certainly seems willing to treat you as family."] = { ["200879108-0-67286 Which is something the Silvelles could never do. She has a good heart, I believe.\n\nIt's strange. I left the Silvelles because I wanted to find my own place in the world. Discovering a family I thought I lost? It roots you properly. So to speak."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-67935 Can you forgive Count Auzin for that?"] = { ["200879108-0-67941 For all I know, Elmonde Auzin saved my sister's life by lying to her. And it's obvious that he loves her with all his heart. They are happy together. For my sister's sake, I can set aside old sorrows.\n\nBut I am done with the Silvelles."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-67935 You'll figure it out."] = { ["200879108-0-67935 For the first time since we started down this road, I think I believe that, too.\n\nBut we have so much lost time to make up for. And the thought that I missed the chance to be a part of this family decades ago is almost too much to bear."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-67286 Do you want to stay in Wayrest with her?"] = { ["116521668-0-14987 Not yet. Right now, I still want travel and adventure. Being part of my sister's family is something that will happen with time. \n\nThank you for seeing this through. I think I'd rather face a dozen Dragons than the ghosts of the past."] = "", }, ["Companion Menu"] = { }, ["228103012-0-67284 She appears as pleased to find you as you are to find her."] = { ["200879108-0-67284 Indeed. I confess, I was a little worried that she might not have much to say to me. After all, she's a countess, and we are strangers.\n\nClairene seems kind, though. I like her already. That feels rather good."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-67889 Let's talk about our partnership."] = { }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "149328292-3-13103 I still don't know what, if anything, I want to do about Lord Silvelle. Perhaps Count Auzin had his reasons. Lord Silvelle's motives seem more selfish. The gall of misleading me all those years!", [2] = "55049764-2-13471 I have so many questions, and no idea how to begin. Maybe … maybe you could speak to Clairene first? I feel like I could use a little more help. A word of introduction, I guess.\n\nBut let's make sure we're somewhere safe first.", [3] = "55049764-1-13471 Clairene is a stranger to me, of course, but part of me feels like I know her, somehow. She said I favored my—our?—father. I've always wondered about that.", [4] = "55049764-0-13471 I don't even know where to begin. My sister and I haven't seen each other in twenty-five years! She remembers me as a two-year-old child, and I don't remember her at all.\n\nWhat if we have nothing in common besides a name?", }, }, }, }, ["267200725-0-9 Grahtwood"] = { ["267200725-0-9 Grahtwood"] = { ["8290981-0-102716 Inalieth"] = { ["links"] = { ["55049764-3-13496 I may not be as spry as I once was. But I am still good with a bow and I know this part of the Grahtwood better than most. I can look out for myself if I need to."] = { }, }, ["topics"] = { }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-3-13496 I may not be as spry as I once was. But I am still good with a bow and I know this part of the Grahtwood better than most. I can look out for myself if I need to.", }, }, ["8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix"] = { ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-67889 I'm listening. What's on your mind?"] = { ["204987124-8-67889 Tell me something about yourself."] = "", ["204987124-7-67889 How do you feel about our friendship?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67212 That's the question, isn't it? Why did she send me to the Silvelles? Was her own situation too precarious? Did she not want the care of a child?\n\nOr perhaps she's dead. It's possible Inalieth is mistaken, and Lord Silvelle told me the truth."] = { ["204987124-2-67212 Remind me. Why didn't you know you had a sister?"] = "", ["204987124-1-67212 What do you know about Count Auzin?"] = "", ["204987124-0-67212 I hope you find answers."] = "", }, ["55049764-10-13471 I've been thinking about my sister Clairene. Why would Lord Silvelle tell me she was dead all those years ago? Why didn't I end up with her after my mother's death?\n\nI think it's time to get some answers. I'm missing some part of the story."] = { ["249936564-0-8193 What is it you want to do?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-67208 I don't. I know she's about eighteen years older than I am—I was a late-in-life child. \n\nAccording to my mother's servant Inalieth, Clairene went off to marry Elmonde Auzin soon after I was born. Just before the fall of House Hallix."] = { ["204987124-1-67208 What do you know about Count Auzin?"] = "", ["204987124-0-67208 Wouldn't your sister have tried to find you after your mother died?"] = "", ["204987124-2-67208 Remind me. Why didn't you know you had a sister?"] = "", }, ["3952276-1-8193 Clairene has had decades to reach out to me. Either she doesn't know I'm alive, or she wants nothing to do with me. Either way, my return may be unwelcome.\n\nI should approach the matter with care. Would you come to Wayrest with me?"] = { ["20958740-1-8193 I'll go to Wayrest and help you find some answers."] = "", }, ["3952276-0-8193 Now that I know Clairene is alive, I want to meet her. I don't hold any high expectations, but I need some answers. \n\nI want to begin by calling on her husband. Count Auzin. He's a well-known noble who often visits Wayrest on the realm's business."] = { ["20958740-0-8193 Why go through him?"] = "", }, ["55049764-9-13471 If Count Auzin's in Wayrest, we'll probably find him at the Cloudy Dregs Inn. Visiting nobles often stay there.\n\nI hope he can tell me something. After what I've learned about my mother's last wishes, I don't know what to think."] = { ["Companion Menu"] = "", ["228103012-0-67889 Let's talk about our partnership."] = "", ["228103012-0-67208 Do you have any memories of your sister?"] = "", }, }, ["topics"] = { ["20958740-0-8193 Why go through him?"] = { ["3952276-1-8193 Clairene has had decades to reach out to me. Either she doesn't know I'm alive, or she wants nothing to do with me. Either way, my return may be unwelcome.\n\nI should approach the matter with care. Would you come to Wayrest with me?"] = "", }, ["204987124-8-67889 Tell me something about yourself."] = { }, ["204987124-1-67212 What do you know about Count Auzin?"] = { }, ["Companion Menu"] = { }, ["204987124-0-67212 I hope you find answers."] = { }, ["204987124-7-67889 How do you feel about our friendship?"] = { }, ["204987124-2-67212 Remind me. Why didn't you know you had a sister?"] = { }, ["204987124-1-67208 What do you know about Count Auzin?"] = { }, ["20958740-1-8193 I'll go to Wayrest and help you find some answers."] = { }, ["204987124-2-67208 Remind me. Why didn't you know you had a sister?"] = { }, ["228103012-0-67889 Let's talk about our partnership."] = { ["200879108-0-67889 I'm listening. What's on your mind?"] = "", }, ["249936564-0-8193 What is it you want to do?"] = { ["3952276-0-8193 Now that I know Clairene is alive, I want to meet her. I don't hold any high expectations, but I need some answers. \n\nI want to begin by calling on her husband. Count Auzin. He's a well-known noble who often visits Wayrest on the realm's business."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-67208 Wouldn't your sister have tried to find you after your mother died?"] = { ["200879108-0-67212 That's the question, isn't it? Why did she send me to the Silvelles? Was her own situation too precarious? Did she not want the care of a child?\n\nOr perhaps she's dead. It's possible Inalieth is mistaken, and Lord Silvelle told me the truth."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-67208 Do you have any memories of your sister?"] = { ["200879108-0-67208 I don't. I know she's about eighteen years older than I am—I was a late-in-life child. \n\nAccording to my mother's servant Inalieth, Clairene went off to marry Elmonde Auzin soon after I was born. Just before the fall of House Hallix."] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-10-13471 I've been thinking about my sister Clairene. Why would Lord Silvelle tell me she was dead all those years ago? Why didn't I end up with her after my mother's death?\n\nI think it's time to get some answers. I'm missing some part of the story.", [2] = "55049764-9-13471 If Count Auzin's in Wayrest, we'll probably find him at the Cloudy Dregs Inn. Visiting nobles often stay there.\n\nI hope he can tell me something. After what I've learned about my mother's last wishes, I don't know what to think.", }, }, }, }, }, ["subtitles"] = { ["267200725-0-12 Stormhaven"] = { ["267200725-0-202 Koeglin Mine"] = { [1] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-7-12826 I'll be just a step behind you.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, }, [2] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-2-13475 Even an old sack might have treasure inside.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, }, [3] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-13523 Anything useful?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, }, [4] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41104 I feel like we must be getting close. Hurry!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "149328292-9-12828 Courage brings victory.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41102 You won't get away with kidnapping a countess! If you had any brains, you'd flee now.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-102900 Countess Clairene Auzin", }, }, [5] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41106 Did my husband send—oh, never mind. Let's get out of here!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-102900 Countess Clairene Auzin", }, }, [6] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41130 There's the door!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-102900 Countess Clairene Auzin", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-33 Wayrest"] = { [1] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-2-12826 What did I miss?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, }, [2] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41083 You there! Do you bring news? Or are you here to deliver a demand?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-102899 Count Elmonde Auzin", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41084 He looks upset. Maybe you should sound him out?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, }, [3] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41086 You … you … let your own wife believe that her brother was dead?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41087 I made the decision many years ago, when I was young and new to my title. And newly married to a woman I only wanted to protect.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-102899 Count Elmonde Auzin", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41088 You left a young child with strangers! They brought me up as … as a glorified servant.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41089 They were to use the funds you had to see to your education. And raise you as a gentleman.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-102899 Count Elmonde Auzin", }, [5] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41090 It should have been her decision, not yours. Bah. I am going to find my sister. For her sake, not yours.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-12 Stormhaven"] = { [1] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-2-13511 Right behind you, partner.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, }, [2] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41091 This looks like the right place. I'm not the praying sort, but I'm praying my sister is unharmed. Slavers are no joke.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, }, [3] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41110 I can't believe that I am free! How can I thank my gallant rescuers?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-102900 Countess Clairene Auzin", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "149328292-8-12826 What's new?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, }, [4] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-5-12828 Huzzah!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, }, [5] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41114 Bastian? The last time I saw you, you were only a toddler. I did not even know that you were alive.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-102900 Countess Clairene Auzin", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41113 I only just learned that you were alive. I wish … I wish I'd known sooner.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41116 You look so much like our father! But you probably have no memories of him, do you?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-102900 Countess Clairene Auzin", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41118 Sadly, I do not. Nor you, Clairene. I would … I would like to find out what I've missed.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, [5] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41120 I as well. Oh, I have so many questions for you! Did you know you have a niece and nephew to meet?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-102900 Countess Clairene Auzin", }, [6] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41121 I would like that. And I have many questions for you, too. But first let me speak to my friend here.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, }, [6] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-13508 I have a gift for you. A keepsake.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-100208 Bastian Hallix", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41122 Clairene! Are you all right?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-102899 Count Elmonde Auzin", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41123 Clairene, I've been worried sick! Thank the Eight that you are all right.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-102899 Count Elmonde Auzin", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41124 All is well, Elmonde. The heroes you sent succeeded. And … I have something extraordinary to tell you.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-102900 Countess Clairene Auzin", }, [5] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41125 I know, my dear. I know. An old wrong can be set right today.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-102899 Count Elmonde Auzin", }, [6] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41127 I feared for your life. I know I should have told you about Bastian. But I will earn your forgiveness. And his. I promise you.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-102899 Count Elmonde Auzin", }, }, }, }, }, }