Katrin/Interactions

This is the list of interactions with Katrin. Contents 1 Introduction 2 Reencounter 3 Retirement 4 Rehire 5 Gathering Information 6 Right to Rule 7 Awarding a Fief 8 Story: Uxkhal 9 Story Recap 10 Like Quotes 10.1 Bunduk 11 Dislike Quotes 11.1 Baheshtur (Battle Dislike) 11.2 Firentis (Map Dislike) 11.3 Right to Rule Objection: Lezalit 11.4 Hunger 11.5 Heavy Casualties 12 As an Enemy Introduction[] Hello there, laddie. Have a drink on me. What's the occasion? "Why, I managed to sell my wagon and pots, (lad/lass). For once I've got money to spend and I intend to make the best of it." "For 30 years I followed the armies of this land, selling them victuals and drink, watching their games of dice and finding them girls, and nary a denar was left in my purse at the end." "It's no kind of life, victualling the armies. You earn a bit here and a bit there as the soldiers spend their money, and then along comes one defeat and you have to start over, endebting [sic] yourself to buy a new wagon and new oxen. So I've decided to get out of the business, but army life is all I know." What will you do now? Why, I'll be a soldier myself! Help my old hands to a bit of loot to comfort me in my retirement. Two boys I bore, both soldiers' brats, and they became soldiers themselves. One had his head split by a Khergit war club, the other died of the pox, but at least they didn't die hungry. I know how to swing a blade, staunch a wound, and feed an army on the march. It would be a foolish captain who passed up the opportunity to hire an experienced campaigner like me! Say, laddie, don't you command a war party of your own, now? It sounds like you'll be useful. You are hired. Hey thank you captain. But before joining up with you, I would ask for a payment of 100 denars. I know that in war parties soldiers can go on for weeks without seeing any wages. I am wise enough to sign anywhere without having myself covered. Very well, here's 100 denars. Make yourself ready. We leave soon. Good! Give me a few moments to prepare and I'll be ready to move. Sorry. I can't afford that at the moment. Sorry, madame. We've already got as many in out company as we can handle. (Decline) Very interesting, madame, but I have work to do. (Decline) I think not, madame. (Decline) Reencounter[] I've been around and about. But it's a rare captain who'll take on an old bag of bones like me as a fighter, even if I could whip half the boys in his outfit. Retirement[] You did an old woman a great service by taking her into your company. But I'm afraid I'm finding this life no more to my liking than driving a wagon. Too much cold, too much hunger, and at the end all I see in front of me is a hole in the ground. So I'll be off, although I don't know where. Rehire[] Captain! So good to see you! People say that you've been making gold hand over foot. I'm a fidgety old bag of bones, I'll admit. I left you because I wasn't satisfied with the warrior's life, but I spend a bit of time in town and I realize that there are worse things in life than a full belly, honest companions, and the joy of seeing the enemy run before you. So, would you be hiring again? Gathering Information[] Laddie -- I was thinking that it's been a while since I visited my kinfolk in Praven. They've been kind enough to me over the years, helping me out during the lean times, so I feel I'd like to share some of my newfound fortune with them. I've also bought wholesale enough times from the Praven grain merchants for them to trust me. I'd reckon they might be persuaded to spill a few tidbits about events in the (faction), if that would interest you. Right to Rule[] Why, that's a fine idea, laddie! I suppose I shall have to learn to call you 'Majesty', or 'Your Grace', then... Of course, I would! Let me see your hand, there... Aha! You've got the 'Mark of Kings.' That what we call it in Praven, anyway. I hear in Suno it's the 'Emperor's Line,' but they call everything differently over there. Anyway, yours is very long -- I'd say that it means that you're meant to rule! It's your destiny! In fact, I think I can even recall a prophecy to that effect. Hmmm, how did it go... I can't recall now, but if you let me go back to my home, I could find an old graybeard who remembers it in full. And, I could put it around that you've got the mark of kings on your hand! There's many where I come from who are waiting for a just ruler, and a man's hands tell all that's worth knowing about him. Give me a few weeks, and I'll reckon I can have quite a few expecting you to be their next king. Awarding a Fief[] Ay! You'd grant old Katrin a title of nobility? Well, I'd be daft to turn you down, now wouldn't I? My, the strange turns that life takes... Fancy this old bag of bones becoming a great peer of the realm of Calradia. Story: Uxkhal[] I see the mountains. We must be getting near home. I'm from Uxkhal. You know the saying, sir -- 'Barley grown in Uxkhal is made into ale in Praven, and we're all the better for it.' Not sure what that means, sir, but it's true about the barley. And wheat, and oats. We grow more grain here in the Vale of Uxkhal then all the rest of Calradia put together, and our ale is the best, too. You can see it in the soil here -- rich and black, and smells of good harvests and full bellies. The Swadian king will tell you that Praven was the biggest city in Calradia back under the Empire, and that's why he should rule the whole land today. Mind you, I don't care much about politics, sir -- I've sold provisions to every army that ever marched in Calradia, and I tell you that I wouldn't give a single one of them a single biscuit unless I had the cold, hard denars in my hand first. Why these high and mighty kings and nobles can't pay their bills. I'll never know. But I prattle on a bit, there, don't I? Story Recap[] I was born in the train of an army, and lived all my days in the train of an army. My folk are from Praven, however, so I guess that's as much home to me as anywhere. Like Quotes[] Bunduk[] Ach, captain! A fight like that one sets my old joints a-creaking. Still, we licked them pretty good, didn't we? Old Bunduk in particular showed them a thing or two, I thought. Not bad for the pair of us, I thought, given that between us we've probably seen close to a hundred winters. Dislike Quotes[] Baheshtur (Battle Dislike)[] Captain. I don't much care for that Baheshtur. After that last battle, he went around muttering some heathen incantation, as he went through the slain looking for the loot. He said it was a prayer of thanksgiving for victory, but it didn't sound like that to me. Captain, I don't want him raising up ghosts of the dead to make trouble for us on our travels. I think you had best be rid of him. Firentis (Map Dislike)[] Begging your pardon, captain, but I can't keep silent. That man, Firentis -- he killed his own brother. He's a kinslayer, cursed by heaven, and he'll bring misfortune and sorrow upon us, that's for certain. I don't like being around him and I don't think he should be with us. That's all. Sorry for troubling you. Right to Rule Objection: Lezalit[] I hear that Lezalit is off and about telling folks that you're going to make yourself king and then lead an army over the mountains. Shall there be no end to these wars, laddie? I was thinking that if you made yourself king, then maybe you'd give us a bit of peace. But I guess the heavens have made Calradian blood to be split, and Calradian bones to be broken, and there's no getting round their decree. Hunger[] Excuse me, captain. It's not good that we run out of food. I've followed armies and warbands for 30 years, and the least the soldiers expect of a leader is to feed them, pay them, and do his best to keep their sorry skins intact as best he can. Heavy Casualties[] Excuse me, captain. It's not good that we turn every battle into a bloodbath for our side. I've followed armies and warbands for 30 years, and the least the soldiers expect of a leader is to feed them, pay them, and do his best to keep their sorry skins intact as best he can. As an Enemy[] Great heaven, {laddie/lassie}. So now it looks like you and I are enemies. Didn't I say that life takes us on some very strange turns? Destiny sometimes has a cruel sense of humor -- I'll say that much.