Gate of Memoirs/Path of Broken Promises

A wandering figure tries to make sense of a chaotic world while a lone sentinel continues to find corpses. Who will find who first?
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Earth Lament"	Music: "Earth Lament"
 	
*...help me...please...so c-cold...
 	
*Haido: Hello there fair stranger! You look like you could use some cheer!
 	
*...please...
 	
*Haido: Why of course! Let me liven this rainy night with a song!
*Haido: Oh the weather outside is frightful...but the fire is so delightful...
*Haido: Oh my! He fell asleep! He must be really tired.
*Haido: They must have had a roaring party. Look at all the fires still ablaze!
*Haido: I don't suppose anyone knows where jolly Nick might have gone...anyone?
*Haido: He's easy to spot: big belly, loud laugh, big red sack of toys? Anyone?
*Haido: No? Oh well, I guess the party might have been too much. I suppose I'll keep looking then!
*Haido: And a merry holiday to all!
 	
**Lightning in the distance*
 	
*Silvie: The tracks lead h...what happened?! Who did this?!
 	
*B...bandits milady...then another...came much later..
 	
*Silvie: Another? Who was this?
 	
*H-He was tall, milady...skin white as snow...wore dark clothes, like a soldier...he saw the old man at the town center...
*Sang a song...blackest magic, I swear! Took the fight out of all of us left here...couldn't run, couldn't shout for help. Just let the old man die...
*Then ... he left. Said he was looking for Nick...
 	
*Silvie: He must know something about the workshop!
 	
*Begging your pardon, but...we need to go. Far from this place.
 	
*Silvie: I understand. Safe travels to you.
*Silvie: But why? I don't understand.
*Silvie: The bandits came first, then the stranger...it doesn't make any sense...
*Silvie: He's after Nick, they all are. I have to find Nick first. That will lead me to all the answers.
*Silvie: Oh, I just hope I can find him in time!