Borcha/Interactions

This is a list of interactions with Borcha. Contents 1 Introduction 2 Reencounter 3 Retirement 4 Rehire 5 Gathering Information 6 Right to Rule 7 Awarding a Fief 8 Story: Dashbigha 9 Story Recap 10 Like Quotes 10.1 Marnid 10.2 Retreating 11 Dislike Quotes 11.1 Deshavi (Map Dislike) 11.2 Klethi (Battle Dislike) 11.3 Right to Rule Objection: Alayen 11.4 Hunger 11.5 Not Paid 12 As an Enemy Introduction[] Ho there, traveller. You wouldn't by chance be in the market for a tracker, would you? Perhaps. What's the urgency? Well, (sir/madame), it's a long story... I had a bit of a misunderstanding here in (town) about a horse that I found tied up outside the inn. It was the spitting image of a beast that threw me a few days back and ran off. Naturally I untied it for a closer look. As it turns out, the horse belonged to a merchant, a pinch-faced old goat who wouldn't accept that it all was a simple misunderstanding, and went off to get the guard. But if I was with a larger group who could vouch for me, they might let it pass. I'd be very grateful to you Perhaps. But how do I know that there won't be a 'misunderstanding' about one of my horses? Sir -- I'm offended that you would even think such a thing. I'd be most indebted to you, and you'll see that I show my gratitude. I've ridden over a fair amount of rough country in my time, more often than not in a hurry. I'm a good tracker and I've got a good eye for terrain. So what do you say? Good. You can be useful to us. I will be very useful to you, sir, you can bet on that. Just one more thing before we leave, would you mind lending me 300 denars? I am ashamed to say it, but I have made myself a bit of debt here, staying in this tavern over the last few weeks and the tavern owners no longer believe that I am loaded with gold as I used to tell them. You know, things could get ugly here if they see me leaving with you before paying them. Very well, here's 300 denars. Now, fall in with the rest. I'd prefer not to take the risk. Good day, sir. I'll do no such thing. I have better things to do then to help thieves avoid justice. Step back, sir, and keep your hand away from my purse. Reencounter[] I've been here and about, you know, doing my best to keep out of trouble. I'm desperately in need of work, however. Retirement[] I'm a bit tired of marching up and down the land, shedding my blood for someone else's cause. The loot is good, but I think I've got enough of that, now. I'm going to head back to my village, take a wife, settle down, maybe raise horses if I can afford it. Rehire[] Boss -- it's good to see you again. I know we had our differences in the past, but to tell you the truth, those were some of the best days I've known. And, to tell you the truth, I've had a bit of difficulty finding work. Listen, if you'd be willing to have me back, I'd be willing to sign up with your company again. Gathering Information[] Well, Boss, as it happens, I have a few cousins over in Ichamur, unlike some in my family, they can still stand the sight of me. They deal in horses --- I've even been able to supply them with stock from time to time -- and so they get to pick up a bit of the gossip round the castles and great halls of the (faction). I could go over there for a few days and tell you what I find out. Right to Rule[] That's a great idea, Boss. All these kings and khans and landed nobles who rule now, with their prisons and gibbets and scaffolds, the whippings and brandings and hangings for any man who might be driven by the crying of his children to steal a loaf of bread, or maybe a horse -- Calradia deserves something better. Sure would, Boss. But let me tell you what might bring others to your cause -- particularly us poor folk. They tell us that in the old days, each new Emperor who took the throne would issue a great amnesty for all but the worst prisoners in his dungeons, give people a second chance to make something of themselves -- like you gave me a second chance, Boss. If I could go about this land for a few weeks, telling the common folk that you were going to amnesty their kinfolk like the emperors of old -- well, they would start talking of you as the Emperor, and that would pave your way to the throne. Shall I do that, Boss? Awarding a Fief[] You'd make me lord of (fief), Boss? Well, that would be the kindest thing that anyone has ever done for me in a long time. Heh. I'll make the most of it -- you can count on that. I have to say, though -- I'm not sure how the other lords of this realm will react, when they find old Borcha in their august company. Story: Dashbigha[] Boss -- did you know that I was born around here, in the high steppe? This is where I got my eye for horseflesh, because this is good land for horses, although a hard land for men. I suppose that's why the Khergits like it. Well, Khergits always lived here, even back in the old days, as the Emperor gave them gold and lands to keep out the other tribes. I'm told my grandfather was a Khergit chieftain, although my mother didn't know him, any more than I knew my father. When my mother was a lass, the Khergits started coming over the mountains in larger numbers, and now there's a Khergit Khan in Tulga. They go easy on us farming folk, and don't ask for much in tax -- not that we would be able to pay in any case. The land isn't good enough for most crops. Frankly, it's only good for horse-rearing, and that only for half of the year, in the winter after the rains. In the summer they take their herds back into the mountains. Caravans come over the hills and bring spice to Tulga, but we don't see much of that money down in the villages. Story Recap[] I'm from the high steppe, near Dashbigha. Like Quotes[] Marnid[] Boss. Marnid back there didn't go badly in that last fight at all. He's a good egg, too. Without good honest souls like him to bring silver into Calradia, scoundrels like me would have a hard time in life, I'll warrant. I'm glad to have him with us. Retreating[] Boss -- just so you know, I've got no problem if we run from battle. Living to fight another day makes good sense to me. Dislike Quotes[] Deshavi (Map Dislike)[] Captain -- no offense, but I'm a bit tired of Deshavi, who puts on airs like she's something better than your humble servant Borcha. She's a common bandit, just like myself, and she has no right to tell me to keep my distance from her, as she did just now. Klethi (Battle Dislike)[] Oy -- boss, I don't fancy myself a sensitive soul, but I don't particularly like how Klethi went about cutting the throats of the enemy wounded, back there. The way she whistles cheerfully as she does it -- it puts a chill down my spine, it does. Right to Rule Objection: Alayen[] Boss -- you've given leave to Alayen to go tell the nobles that they will have rights over pasture, market and forest? I can't say I like that. Give him his way, and he'll set up gibbets in every village in the land, where there will dangle some poor sod like me who thought he might pick up a bow, head to the woods and put a bit of meat on his table. Hunger[] Oy -- boss. Please don't take this the wrong way, but it's a hard life and it's a bit much that we run of food. Take a little more care in the future, captain, if you don't mind my saying. Not Paid[] Oy -- boss. Please don't take this the wrong way, but it's a hard life and it's a bit much that we not be able to pay the men. Take a little more care in the future, captain, if you don't mind my saying. As an Enemy[] I'm sorry that we meet like this, boss. There's no question that I owe my rise in life to you. You doubtless think me ungrateful. However, one has to follow one's destiny -- isn't that correct?