Unwavering Resolve/Plot Details

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===Cutscenes===
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===Game Script===
=== The Rider Cometh ===
Odin : Thou wouldst see my knight unfettered?
Odin : Ahahahahahaha!!!
Thou knowest not what folly thou speakest.
Odin : My knight is one with me, to wander the nether plains for all eternity.
Thou shalt receive a reward to meet the measure of thy deeds...
=== Unwavering Resolve, 1st Time ===
Odin : Fool! Who art thou, to make such a brazen plea?
Odin : I grant thee such a boon as befits thy worth.
Claim it, and begone from here.
=== 2nd Time ===
Odin : Fool! Who art thou, to make such a brazen plea?
Odin : The fool who repeateth his words is but twice the fool.
Odin : Thou dost think to curry my favor, but I grow only wroth with thine obstinance.
Odin : Take thy reward and begone from this place.
=== 3rd Time === 
Odin : Doth a suckling infant speak demands unto a king? Doth a grain of sand gainsay the river?
Thou knowest not thy place.
Odin : ...
Odin : Still thou wouldst persist in this futile endeavor?
Odin : Thou art either bold or foolish, or mayhap the twain.
Not unlike another I know...
Odin : It would seem thy fate remains to be writ.
Odin : Take thy reward and begone from this place.
=== 4th Time ===
Odin : A thousand eternities might pass, then a thousand more, ere thou wouldst be worthy of that which thou dost now entreat.
Reck ye now thine folly?
Odin : Yet, knowing this, thy desire burns still?
Odin : Thou dost amuse me, mortal.
Odin : Take thy reward and begone from this place.
=== 5th Time ===
Odin : Thy blade is tempered true.
Can the same be said of thy desire?
Odin : Then let it consume thee whole, 'til not flesh and sinew but sheer, unbated rage guides thy blade.
Then, and not before, shall thy plea find audience.
Odin : And yet, for the momentary amusement thou hast afforded me, I would grant thee guerdon.
=== 6th Time ===
Odin : Ahahahahahaha!!!
With each frenzied thrust, thou givest thyself over further to thy rage!
Odin : ...And yet, I am not sated.
Odin : Thou dost amuse me, and naught more.
Accept my boon and begone.
=== 7th Time ===
Odin : His kingdom lost, his name forgotten...that one's release will afford thee naught.
Odin : Wherefore dost thou persist in this folly?
Odin : ...Thine is but rage for rage's sake?
Odin : Ahahahahahaha!!! Thou showest promise yet!
Odin : Take thy reward and begone from this place.
=== 8th Time ===
Odin : ...
Odin : Bestraught of wit and senses, the piteous mortal knoweth not why he doth battle...
Odin : ...I would hear his name.
Odin : Player Name...
Mayhap I have erred in my judgement of thee.
=== 9th Time ===
Odin : ...
Odin : I know not from what fount thy frenzy upspringeth...
But thou dost fight with an ardour that exceedeth mortal bounds.
Odin : Not since he who I did claim as my own have I seen the like of thee.
Odin : Take thy reward and begone from this place.
Reward is Selected
Odin : For what end, for whose gain dost thou brandish thy blade?
Odin : Dost thou claim this thy true desire?
Then forswear all ties to that which maketh thee mortal, and come unto me once more.
=== 10th Time ===
Odin : Be thou worthy of the favour thou desirest of me?
Odin : Be thou worthy of that which I would make of thee?
Odin : ...The hour of judgement is nigh.
Odin : Take thy reward and begone from this place.
Reward is Selected
Odin : Delay not in thy return. Mine ears thirst for thy blade's uplifted sword-song.
=== Unwavering Resolve, Alternate Choices ===
==== Absolute Prescience ====
Odin : What wouldst thou make of such knowledge?
Wouldst thou reshape the future in thine own twisted image, that not a child be born, not a nation rise save by thy sanction?
Odin : To the hoodman in the den of serpents, blindness in not a curse but a blessing.
If thou wouldst claim thyself a worthy steward o'er what is to come, prove it unto me with thy blade.
Odin : I grant thee such a boon as becometh thee.
Accept it graciously, and begone from this place. 
==== Absolute Prescience #2 ====
Odin : Through the ages, much have I seen
fool women, their eyes cast open to what has yet to pass, struck mad by the horrors they did gaze upon.
Odin : Canst thou succeed where thy craven forbears did fail?
Odin : Thou must truly know what thou desirest ere it be granted thee.
Odin : I grant thee such a reward as becometh thee.
Accept it graciously, and begone from this place. 
Reward is Selected
Odin : Very well.
Rejoice, for I grant unto thee thy desire.
Odin : Reflect upon the true nature of thy desire, then seek me anew.
==== Absolute Prescience #3 ====
Odin : Seek not further knowledge, for it will not avail thee naught.
Strive instead to employ what thou has already been granted.
Odin : Seek wings to take flight, and pay me visit in my nether abode.
Shouldst thou prove unworthy, thy bones shall litter the halls of Asgarth!
Odin : I grant such a reward as becometh thee.
Accept it graciously, and begone from this place.
Reward is Selected
Odin : Very well.
Rejoice, for I grant unto thee thy desire.
Odin : Give thyself over to the ravenous flames of ambition...
Odin : ...and the power to achieve they aims shall be thine.
Odin : Reflect upon the true nature of thy desire, then seek me anew.
Absolute Prescience is removed from the list of options after being chosen three times.
==== Boundless Power ====
Odin : What wouldst thou make of such Power?
Soil the field with the blood of thine enemies, that the rivers run crimson for summers after?
Odin : With great power comes greater responsibility.
If thou wouldst still have my boon, prove they worth with thy blade.
Odin : I grant thee such a reward as becometh thee.
Accept it graciously, and begone from this place. 
==== Boundless Power #2 ====
Odin : Through the ages, much have I seen.
Witless monarchs, gifted authority absolute, who succeeded only in plumbing the depths of corruption and depravity.
Odin : Canst thou succeed where thy forbears, o'ercrowed by vice, did fail?
Odin : Thou must truly know what thou desirest ere it be granted thee.
Odin : I grant thee such a reward as becometh thee.
Accept it graciously, and begone from this place.
==== Boundless Power #3 ====
Odin : Seek not further power, for it will not avail one who grasps not what (she/he) already possess'st.
Odin : Seek wings to take flight, and pay me visit in my nether abode.
Shouldst thou prove unworthy, thy bones shall litter the halls of Asgarth!
Odin : I grant such a reward as becometh thee.
Accept it graciously, and begone from this place.
Reward is Selected
Odin : Very well.
Rejoice, for I grant unto thee thy desire.
Odin : Give thyself over to the ravenous flames of ambition...
Odin : ...and the power to achieve they aims shall be thine.
Odin : Reflect upon the true nature of thy desire, then seek me anew.
"Boundless Power" is removed from the list of options after being chosen three times.
==== Peerless Ingenuity ====
Odin : What wouldst thou make of this ingenuity?
Wouldst thou enslave bird and beast, bend the very laws of nature to serve thy base desires?
Odin : In all things, there is order.
If thou wouldst have the sun rise in the west, and rivers flow from ocean to hill, then by thy blade prove unto me thy worth.
Odin : I grant such a reward as becometh thee.
Accept it graciously, and begone from this place.
Reward is Selected
Odin : Very well.
Rejoice, for I grant unto thee thy desire.
Odin : Lay bare before me they unfettered desire, that thou might claim what thou truly seekest.
==== Peerless Ingenuity #2 ====
Odin : Through the ages, much have I seen
Fool women, clever beyond their means, fostering only ruin where they would spur advancement.
Odin : Canst thou succeed where thy forbears in their ignorance failed?
Odin : Thou must truly know what thou desirest ere it be granted thee.
Odin : I grant thee such a reward as becometh thee.
Accept it graciously, and begone from this place. 
Reward is Selected
Odin : Very well.
Rejoice, for I grant unto thee thy desire.
Odin : Reflect upon the true nature of thy desire, then seek me anew.
==== Peerless Ingenuity #3 ====
Odin : Seek not further genius, for it will not avail thee naught.
Strive instead to employ what thou has already been granted.
Odin : Seek wings to take flight, and pay me visit in my nether abode.
Shouldst thou prove unworthy, thy bones shall litter the halls of Asgarth!
Odin : I grant such a reward as becometh thee.
Accept it graciously, and begone from this place.
Reward is Selected
Odin : Very well.
Rejoice, for I grant unto thee thy desire.
Odin : Give thyself over to the ravenous flames of ambition...
Odin : ...and the power to achieve they aims shall be thine.
Odin : Reflect upon the true nature of thy desire, then seek me anew.
"Peerless Ingenuity" is removed from the list of options after being chosen three times.
==== Consummate Passion ====
Odin : What wouldst thou make of such passion?
Seize the hearts of those around thee, that they would gladly die a thousand deaths to be but graced with thy smile?
Odin : Fickle and heedless is the mortal heart.
If thou wouldst govern the ungovernable, prove they worth unto me with thy blade.
Odin : I grant such a reward as becometh thee.
Accept it graciously, and begone from this place.
Reward is Selected
Odin : Very well.
Rejoice, for I grant unto thee thy desire.
Odin : Lay bare before me thy unfettered desire, that thou might claim what thou truly seekest.
==== Consummate Passion #2 ====
Odin : Through the ages, much have I seen
Fool women who strove to be loved my all, only to die alone, despis'd by even their once-truest companions.
Odin : Canst thou succeed where thy forbears in their covetousness failed?
Odin : Thou must truly know what thou desirest ere it be granted thee.
Odin : I grant thee such a reward as becometh thee.
Accept it graciously, and begone from this place. 
Reward is Selected
Odin : Very well.
Rejoice, for I grant unto thee thy desire.
Odin : Reflect upon the true nature of thy desire, then seek me anew.
==== Consummate Passion #3 ====
Odin : Seek not further passion, for it will not avail thee naught.
Strive instead to employ what thou has already been granted.
Odin : Seek wings to take flight, and pay me visit in my nether abode.
Shouldst thou prove unworthy, thy bones shall litter the halls of Asgarth!
Odin : I grant such a reward as becometh thee.
Accept it graciously, and begone from this place.
Reward is Selected
Odin : Very well.
Rejoice, for I grant unto thee thy desire.
Odin : Give thyself over to the ravenous flames of ambition...
Odin : ...and the power to achieve they aims shall be thine.
Odin : Reflect upon the true nature of thy desire, then seek me anew.
"Consummate Passion" is removed from the list of options after being chosen three times.
==== Undying Glory ====
Odin : What wouldst thou make of such glory?
Wouldst thou have minstrels sing thy praises even as their throats parch with thirst, and thy subjects laud thy mercy even as they huddle starving in the streets?
Odin : The brightest sun casts the darkest shadows.
Shouldst thou seek glory still, prove they worth unto me with thy blade.
Odin : I grant such a reward as becometh thee.
Accept it graciously, and begone from this place.
Reward is Selected
Odin : Very well.
Rejoice, for I grant unto thee thy desire.
Odin : Lay bare before me they unfettered desire, that thou might claim what thou truly seekest.
==== Undying Glory #2 ====
Odin : Through the ages, much have I seen
Queens of ruined nations, demanding the undying devotion of their subjects who lay starving in the streets..
Odin : Wilt thou not but repeat the mistakes of thy thrice-prideful forbears?
Odin : Thou must truly know what thou desirest ere it be granted thee.
Odin : I grant thee such a reward as becometh thee.
Accept it graciously, and begone from this place. 
Reward is Selected
Odin : Very well.
Rejoice, for I grant unto thee thy desire.
Odin : Reflect upon the true nature of thy desire, then seek me anew.
==== Undying Glory #3 ====
Odin : Seek not further glory, for it will not avail thee naught.
Strive instead to employ what thou has already been granted.
Odin : Seek wings to take flight, and pay me visit in my nether abode.
Shouldst thou prove unworthy, thy bones shall litter the halls of Asgarth!
Odin : I grant such a reward as becometh thee.
Accept it graciously, and begone from this place.
Reward is Selected
Odin : Very well.
Rejoice, for I grant unto thee thy desire.
Odin : Give thyself over to the ravenous flames of ambition...
Odin : ...and the power to achieve they aims shall be thine.
Odin : Reflect upon the true nature of thy desire, then seek me anew.
"Undying glory" is removed from the list of options after being chosen three times.
=== Unwavering Resolve, All Alternate Choices Exhausted ===
Odin : Excellent!
Thou hast done well to entertain me for the nonce.
Odin : Thou hast proven thyself worthy of my boon.
Speak unto me thy wish.
"The release of thy knight." is the only available option
Odin : Much have I journeyed, much experienced, mighty ones many proved.
In strength of spirit, thou surpass'st them all.
Odin : Thy appeal is heard.
Odin : In all things, there is order.
One star from the heavens falls, and another is birthed in its stead.
Odin : Such is my bargain.
In return for that one's soul, I would claim thine.
* Yes... my leige.
* I will never serve you!
"I will never serve you!" is selected.
Odin : Ahahahahahaha!
What fool woman is this, that would gainsay a god?
Odin : Thy coveted prize sits on a pedestal before thee.
Claim it or turn away, it matters not to me..
Odin : But know this, brave fool. As sure as the sun must surrender to the pitch of night, the day will come when thy soul is mine.