Event - The Cost of Knowledge.lua (26,973 bytes)
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[1] = "55049764-7-15728 Did you see the curse scatter the tome's pages? Any number of those secrets could raise our family from obscurity. Father would want us to do everything we could to gather them.\n\nPlease, speak with Mouth Gilvas, he'll know what to do.",
[2] = "55049764-6-15728 Take great care when handling these relics. They aren't simple trifles. Truth be told, I wish collecting them weren't necessary. Too much magical power in one place can be disastrous.",
[3] = "55049764-5-15728 It's horrible, seeing my father in this state. I did everything I could to ease his pain. If you have the relics, please give them to Tralise.",
[4] = "55049764-4-15728 Tread carefully in the halls of Bastion Nymic. Find the phylactery and bring it back as quickly as you can. The sooner we end this nonsense with Father, the sooner we can gather the scattered pages.",
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["200879108-0-78051 He's always obsessed over the founding members of House Telvanni and has long believed that they took their most powerful secrets to the urn. When he caught wind of a lost journal kept in an Apocryphal vault, well, he couldn't resist."] =
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["204987124-0-78051 And those scattered pages you mentioned?"] = "",
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["200879108-0-78044 Of course. After all, in these lands your family standing determines your worth. Sorry, that's not a judgment on you.\n\nIt's just the three of us. After Mother's passing, Father dedicated himself to his research. Which, as you can see, led us here."] =
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[1] = "55049764-6-15729 I love my sister, but she's wrong. Our focus should be on freeing our father from this curse. We can't afford to waste time searching for scattered pages just yet. Traveler, you may be our only hope. May I ask for your aid?",
[2] = "55049764-5-15729 My sister and I will remain here and prepare the ritual to counteract the curse. While we won't be able to break it outright, hopefully we can lessen the pain. Speak with me again once you've gathered the relics.",
[3] = "55049764-4-15729 You're back! I hope that means you've acquired the necessary relics. Unfortunately, in my haste, I failed to consider all the tools necessary for the ritual. My deepest apologies.\n\nTraveler, I must ask you to venture into Apocrypha.",
[4] = "55049764-3-15729 Venture into Apocrypha and retrieve the phylactery. It should be kept somewhere within Bastion Nymic. My sister and I will stay here and prepare the ritual to free my father from this curse.",
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["200879108-0-77938 Yensa believes Nisfarik stored his most potent phylactery within Bastion Nymic. We'd go to retrieve it ourselves, but we must stay and begin preparations. I worry I've already asked too much of you, but please, traveler. There isn't much time."] =
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["200879108-0-78202 Like I said, he did everything he could, including selling off some of Mother's prized relics. The list is a promise I've made to get them back. Properly, of course. Between my sister and me, I'm certain we can bring renown back to our family name."] =
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["200879108-0-78199 After Mother passed, the magisters treated us like urchins who merely fed off her fame. Father did everything he could to keep the family afloat while my sister and I finished our schooling. Since then, he vowed to never go to them for aid."] =
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["200879108-0-77939 Thank you. Yensa and I will prepare the ritual. When you return we can begin immediately."] =
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["3952276-0-8733 I believe we can siphon the energy of this curse and place it on similarly powerful Telvanni relics. It would wound my father's pride beyond repair if we asked the magisters directly for aid, so I propose we borrow them instead."] =
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["228103012-0-78197 I have a few questions."] = "",
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["228103012-0-77935 Here are the relics you asked for. What else do you need?"] = "",
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["200879108-0-78198 I can't even begin to tally the amount of coin my father has spent on fruitless maps in search of Apocryphal relics. Of course, given time, one would eventually succeed. We trudged through a mountain of ichor for that cursed tome and for what?"] =
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["204987124-0-78198 What did he expect to get out of it?"] = "",
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["3952276-1-8733 It wasn't long ago that these relics were in my family's possession. Had we not fallen out of favor, well, that's neither here nor there. I promise to return them.\n\nHere's a list of all the necessary relics. You'll be compensated, of course."] =
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["20958740-1-8733 I'll acquire the relics."] = "",
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["200879108-0-78201 Adoration? Reverence? What else could a Telvanni Master want? This tome was said to contain powerful secrets forgotten to even the most venerated of magisters. So, in his eyes, it was a shortcut."] =
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["204987124-0-78201 It seems you don't agree?"] = "",
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["200879108-0-78200 I won't defend my father's preening. It's been years since my mother passed and he is still struggling to climb out of her shadow. While I may not agree with his methods, I'd never leave him in this state."] =
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["249936564-0-8733 What's to be done?"] = "",
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["200879108-0-78197 Of course. I can't imagine being in your position, so please, ask away. I'll do my best to dispel any concerns you may have."] =
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["description"] = "103224356-0-62864 Tralise needs one more relic for the ritual, an ancient phylactery kept in Apocrypha. I can find it within Bastion Nymic.",
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["text"] = "115740052-0-48665 Come, proxy. Fate dictates that I join you at this location.",
["name"] = "8290981-0-112894 Leramil the Wise",
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["text"] = "115740052-0-47704 In desperation, all things consume one another.",
["name"] = "8290981-0-113289 Sotha Sil",
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["text"] = "115740052-0-47705 Is this a sign of imperfection, or is this the fundamental truth of creations? Is it separate from the morality of the mortal world?",
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