Chancellor Gascone Dusant

Chancellor Gascone Dusant is a Breton member of the Clockwork Apostles residing in the Brass Fortress, Clockwork City.
==Quests==
===The Strangeness of Seht===
Chancellor Gascone Dusant is present as Shadow of Sotha Sil is reveiled.
===Deepening Shadows===
Provost Varuni Arvel sends the Vestige to check Gascone's rectory for the Chancellor, where they are confronted by Shrike Talon. Afterwards they will join Dalomar and Snuffler tracking Dusant through Slag town to the Ventral Terminus, where the Chancellor is located. He will refuse to come out, but will speak through the audiometer. The Vestige must traverse the Vetral Termanus; ultimatly using a gigantic Fabricant called the Imperfect to smash through a solid rock wall, only to find the Chancellor has fled. Regrouping with Provost Varuni Arvel, the Vestige then tracks through the Congress of Calibration where, after encountering several Gloam Crows, they find Gascone. The quest ends with the decision to end the Chancellor's life or spare him.
===Unto the Dark===
If Gascone is killed during Deepening Shadows, his brain will be revived by the Clockwork Clinician at the Clockwork Basilica and he can be spoken to using a tok-plug, which must be retrieved, otherwise an imprisoned Gascone can be interrogated for instructions to enter the Evergloam.
==Dialogue==
;Chancellor Gascone Dusant can be heard discussing the Whispering Shadows with other Clockwork Basilica aids:
: Chancellor Gascone Dusant: "As I said before, those tarnished redundants down in the slums are no concern of yours. I've instructed the constabulary to keep a strict eye on them."
: Lector Tanel Sadryon: "Yes, that Constable Baldan's done an admirable job. Even so, tarnished and exodromals enter the basilica far too often."
: Adjunct Diwa: "And what of these rumors? Black-robed figures lurking on the edge of the Radius?"
: Chancellor Gascone Dusant: "Honestly, Diwa, settle the boilers, hmm? I will never let tarnished, or exodromals, or mysterious robed ghosts disrupt our work. Believe me."
;In Search of a Sponsor
:"Ah. You must be Lord Fyr's … associate. I'm afraid I can't be seen talking to an outsider. Appearances. I'm sure you understand. So, yes… off you go."
;The Strangeness of Seht
: Sotha Sil: "Arrrgh!"
: Provost Varuni Arvel: "What is that? What's happening?"
: Chancellor Gascone Dusant: "After him! Someone seize that imposter!"
After Shadow of Sotha Sil is defeated:
: Chancellor Gascone Dusant: "I haven't the time to discuss this, Varuni. Wittingly or unwittingly Lord Seht no longer serves the people of Clockwork City. Now if you'll excuse me."
: Provost Varuni Arvel: "Gascone, where are you going? When news of this gets out-. We need to issue a statement or at least gather the congress for an emergency session."
: Chancellor Gascone Dusant: "I have urgent matters to attend to! Make whatever statement you like. I will... I will return soon."
;Deepening Shadows
: Ventral Audiometer: "What? Who's out there?"
: "Begone, whoever you are! I sealed the door, and it shall remain sealed for as long as necessary!"
:: Chancellor Gascone? Varuni sent me to find you. We have some questions.
:: "Questions? You think I'm foolish enough to let you in? No, this door will remain closed. I just need time to work this out—to smooth things over. Simple. Now, leave me be!"
::: What have you done? Did you make a deal with these shadow cultists?
::: "Who I keep council with is none of your concern!
:::: You're just like Varuni. So uptight. So naive! If you value your life, you'll leave this place. Now."
speaking into the audiometer again::
: "I already told you, I'm not coming out! Begone"
Gascone commenting on on your progress through the Ventral Terminus:
: "So, you found a way in after all. Impressive. Too bad it's a dead end. Unless you can smash through solid bedrock, you'll never find me."
: "Plotting something are we? Well, that rusty heap has been gathering dust for decades. You may as well just give up!"
: "What … what have you done?"
: "Slag that Imperfect, and kill the interloper! They're getting too close!"
: "Oh, did your new toy wind down? What a shame! May as well give up!"
: "You don't understand, I had to do this. You are ruining everything!"
: "Enough! Re-route the charge gate and stop this thing!"
at the main gate:
: Moraz Goldtongue: "You summon me again? I grow tired of this, mortal!"
: Chancellor Gascone Dusant: "Enough talk, you horn-capped buffoon! Just help me!"
: Chancellor Gascone Dusant: "How did you …? I yield! Just follow me outside, all right? I promise, I will explain everything."
: "I know how this looks, but you have to understand. Those shadow cultists meant to slit my throat. I had to leave! My life was in danger, don't you see that?"
:: Start talking.
:: "Fine. I made a bargain with Clavicus Vile. I know. Questionable. Just hear me out! All he wanted was a key. If I got it for him, he'd make me the ruler of Clockwork City. Unfortunately, someone stole the key before I could deliver it."
::: Who stole this key?
::: "Some daft talking crows! After that terrible business with the Shadow, I returned to my office to think. I arrived just in time to see one of those disgusting birds make off with the artifact! I panicked and ran here to hide."
:::: And what of the shadow imposter? Did you know Sotha Sil had been replaced?
:::: "On my life, I did not! I wanted to heal the city, not destroy it! If I had known, I swear, I never would have gone through with it."
::::: Tell me about this key you lost.
::::: "It's ornate. Covered in Daedric runes. One of the factotums found it in the Fundament and placed it in the salvage gallery for sorting. I snatched it up shortly thereafter. I thought it was safe in my office … but those slagging crows!
::::::: Crows?
::::::: "Yes! Daft talking crows. They plucked it right out of my bureau and flew off with it. Those Whispering Shadows cultists will never find it now."
::::: Who are these cultists who were chasing you? Do they serve Clavicus Vile?
::::: "No. They serve that Shadow creature … or someone worse.
:::::: Clavicus Vile never told me why he wanted the key, but I think he means to give it to those cultists' master. When they learned I lost the key, they grew furious and resolved to kill me."
::::::: But these skaafin serve Clavicus Vile, don't they? If they knew you'd lost the key, why take you in?
::::::: "Why kill me when they can bend me to their will? I'm in Vile's debt now, don't you see? The skaafin only protect me like dogs protect sheep—keeping me safe until shearing season. Until the slaughter. Even so, I'd rather be a slave than a dead man."
::::: You endangered everyone in Clockwork City.
::::: "Yes, my methods were… unconventional. I admit it. But you have to understand—I didn't do this for me! I did it for the City. Look around! Blood-thirsty fabricants, barren wastes, crumbling towers …. This is all Sotha Sil's fault!"
:::::: How is it Sotha Sil's fault?
:::::: "He abandoned us! While he tinkers away in the Centralis, we scrape by, eating nutriment paste and hiding from killer machines. Is that fair? Should we thank him for that?' My eyes are open. The people of Clockwork City deserve better."
::::::: And you're the one to give it to them?
::::::: "I thought so. Look, bartering with Clavicus Vile was unwise, I know. Offering Daedric artifacts to dark Princes… it was a mistake. Even so, I can be a useful ally. I know our enemy better than anyone. You need me!"
:::::::: I believe you. We need your knowledge to spot the Shadow of Sotha Sil.
:::::::: "You've made the right choice. Take me back to the Brass Fortress. I will admit to my crimes. Perhaps I can help you in due course."
:::::::: You sold out the city to the Daedra. You don't deserve to live.
:::::::: chooseing this option, the Vestige slits Gascone's throat, killing him
If you spare the Chancellor:
: Chancellor Gascone Dusant: "Once we arrive at the basilica I can explain everything to Varuni. Maybe she'll understand."
: Proctor Luciana Pullo: "Chancellor Gascone!"
: Chancellor Gascone Dusant: "Oh no. Luciana, just let me expla-"
: Proctor Luciana Pullo: "Shut that lying mouth of yours or I'll shut it for you. Permanently."
: Proctor Luciana Pullo: "Thank you for digging this traitorous mongrel out of the Terminus. Varuni wants to speak with you back at the basilica."
Upon returning to the Brass Fortress and entering the Ineluctable Fold you'll hear upon entering:
: Chancellor Gascone Dusant: "I told you what I know, Varuni. I'm trying to make this right."
speaking to Chancellor Gascone Dusant before speaking to Varuni:
: "Your dedication to finding me was impressive, I'll give you that."
After speaking to Varuni:
;Lost in the Gloam
: "Trading one cage for another. At least there are less Daedra in here."
;Unto the Dark
;If Gastone is alive:
: "Ah, you again. I suppose I should thank you for sparing me, for all the good it will do. That lumbering pile of scrap, Luciana, means to lock me in deep storage, I know it!Just leave me to my hand-wringing, all right?"
:: Maybe we can help each other. I'm going after the Shadow, but I need information.
:: "Information? I've been locked in this bleak little room since we parted ways. What could I possibly know? I heard the omnivox squawking earlier. Is that what this is about? It is …. Oh my. The cultists locked you out of the Cogitum, didn't they?"
::: Yes. The Shadow is headed for Sotha Sil. I need to know how the cultists move around the city.
::: "Hmm. I could help you, but I'd need something in return. One of Clavicus Vile's Skaafin enforcers stalks the Mechanical Fundament, carrying a peculiar contract. Kill this Daedra, bring me the contract, and I'll tell you everything I know."
;if killed, Gascone's revived corpse threw a tok-plug:
: "Resident corpse, Gascone Dusant, memory outlay primed. Submit query."
:: How do the Whispering Shadows cultists travel through the city so quickly?
:: "Assembling summary. Sub-heading, Whispering Shadows. Sub-heading, movement. Sub-heading Clockwork City. Cultists use Gloaming Gates. Pools of darkness that channel Nocturnal's power. They serve as portals to many places, including Evergloam."
::: Evergloam?
::: "Assembling response. Subject: Evergloam. A twilight plane of Oblivion peopled by Nocturnal Shrikes, phantoms, and beastly simulacra. Passing through Evergloam allows cultists to travel great distances without detection."
:::: Where can I find one of these Gloaming Gates?
:::: "Accessing visio-spatial memory. Mapping complete. Two gates exist in the Radius—one west, one east, hidden in cave networks controlled by Whispering Shadows. These gates may not allow passage to the uninitiated. Incomplete data."
;If Gastone is alive:.
: "Ah, you again. I suppose I should thank you for sparing me, for all the good it will do. That lumbering pile of scrap, Luciana, means to lock me in deep storage, I know it! Just leave me to my hand-wringing, all right?"
:: Maybe we can help each other. I'm going after the Shadow, but I need information.
:: "Information? I've been locked in this bleak little room since we parted ways. What could I possibly know?I heard the omnivox squawking earlier. Is that what this is about? It is …. Oh my. The cultists locked you out of the Cogitum, didn't they?"
::: Yes. The Shadow is headed for Sotha Sil. I need to know how the cultists move around the city.
::: "Hmm. I could help you, but I'd need something in return. One of Clavicus Vile's Skaafin enforcers stalks the Mechanical Fundament, carrying a peculiar contract. Kill this Daedra, bring me the contract, and I'll tell you everything I know."
;the Vestige can ask questions:
:::: *[Persuade] I did you a favor when I spared your life. Tell me what you know. 
:::: *[Persuade] Sorry, there's no time. I did you a favor when I spared your life. Tell me what you know.
:::: True. I suppose. Despite what you may think. I love this city. I can't be a party to it's destruction. Seek out Gloaming Gates-impossibly deep pools of shadow. the cultists use them to travel great distances. You can too.
:::: Tell me about this contract.
:::: "I'm reluctant to discuss it, but I suppose I must. When I struck my bargain with Clavicus Vile, I signed a magical contract in blood—forever binding myself to the Prince's will. As long as Vile's servants hold the contract, my soul is forfeit."
::::: So this is an actual, physical document?
::::: "Yes. I too thought it odd that the Daedra would conduct such a transaction through literal means, but there you have it. My crimes may well result in my death, but you can at least save my soul."
after retrieving the contract:
:::: "Did you find it? The contract?"
::::: Here you go.
::::: "Thank you. Now, I believe I owe you some information. Seek out Gloaming Gates—impossibly deep pools of shadow. The cultists use them to travel great distances. You can too."
persuading or retrieving the contract:
: Where can I find these Gloaming Gates?
: "I know of two—one east, one west. Look for the hidden caves where the shadows gather in force. Once you find a gate, you need only let yourself sink into it.I can't promise you'll like where you end up."
:: Explain.
:: "The gates weave in and out of Nocturnal's realm of Evergloam. You can use them to reach your ultimate destination, just as the cultists do. But you must first traverse the Evergloam to find other connected gates."
::: I'll be off then.
::: "Seht bless your labors. I mean that. Hate me if you must, but I truly hope you can stop this madness."
==Appearances==
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Category:Clockwork City: Clockwork Apostles Members
Category:Clockwork City: Brass Fortress Characters