Ode to the Serpents/Plot Details

===Cutscenes===
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===Game Script===
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!Ode to the Serpents - Aht Urhgan Whitegate
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|Fari-Wari is talking to a Hume woman Shaeema and a Mithra Rhub Wusthamoi.
Shaeema: And then what happened?
Fari-Wari: Well, my dear... 
Fari-Wari: I ducked and weaved a deadly dance among those hulking brutes, and when my flashing blade finally stilled, I was standing before a small mountain of stinking Troll corpses. 
Shaeema: Wow! You're amazing, Mister Fari-Wari!
Rhub Wusthamoi: Not only do you compose stirring ballads, but you yourself could play the part of the hero!
Fari-Wari: Now, now, you'll make me blush...
Rhub Wusthamoi: Tell us more! 
Did you brave the terrors of Halvung all alone?
Fari-Wari: Why of course. 
Well, my attendant <Player's Name> was there...
Fari-Wari: But I may as well have been alone.
Fari-Wari: That bubbling attendant of mine was constantly losing her way, and even tried walking up to a Troll to ask directions! 
Such an adorable fool.
Shaeema: Ahahaha!
Fari-Wari: But with my extensive combat training from the Order of Militant Bards, a score or more smelly beastmen is nothing I can't handle.
Fari-Wari:And <Player's Name> was most contrite and apologetic once I'd save her skin from an unfortunate flaying. 
Her expression was realyy quite priceless...
Fari-Wari: Allow me to recreate the scene...
Player has had enough and walks up to him.
Fari-Wari: Hm...? Oh!
Fari-Wari: When did you get here!?
Shaeema: Mister Fari-Wari, who is this person?
Fari-Wari: Um...well...yes... 
This is the attendant I mentioned...
Shaeema: Oh! The one who brought the Trolls down on you...
Rhub Wusthamoi: The adorable fool who you saved from an unfortunate flaying?
Fari-Wari: Ah! Let it not be so...!
Shaeema: ?
Fari-War: I...that is to say...
Fari-Wari: I...hehe...oh dear...
Fari-Wari: My most humble apologies, my dears, but it seems Fari-Wari the Eloquent must return to his quill and parchment. 
I shall regale you with heroic tales another time...
Shaeema: Awww...
Rhub Wusthamoi: No more stories?
Fari-Wari: Ahem.
Please excuse an entertainer's proclivity for embellishment.
Fari-Wari:Who were those ladies, you ask?
Fari-Wari: Ah, do you recall my recent penned epic "Saga of the Skyserpent"?
It's been rather well received by the locals...
Fari-Wari: Wherever I go, I'm surrounded by legions of Fari-Wari fans.
Fari-Wari: I've even had one enthusiastic Mithran child peeking into my room at night... from the third-floor window, no less!
Fari-Wari: And there's also a Hume lady whose aim, it seems, is to keep my mailbox full to bursting with an endless stream of love letters.
Fari-Wari: But a bard's life is more than just basking in the accolades of countless admires.
Fari-Wari: No, a minstrel may not rest on his laurels when there are sequels to be scribbled.
Fari-Wari: That's right, Fari-Wari is once again dipping his quill into the ink of inspiration!
Fari-Wari: I have already begun laying the groundwork for the next chapter in my saga. 
Fari-Wari: Do you remember the lovely Biyaada, 
senior adjutant to Skyserpent General Rughadjeen?
Fari-Wari: She has promised to be my muse, and relate the continuation of her Serpent Generals story.
Fari-Wari: Is it not perfect?
Fari-Wari: That small gathering of fans was nothing more than a coincidence.
Fari-Wari: In truth, I am here to meet Biyaada as soon as her shirt on the wall is over.
Fari-Wari: I'm sure you would love to hear the rest of the tale, yes?
Fari-Wari: Oh, that piercing gaze!
Not to worry, I'll not be sending you off to fight fiends in foul fortresses this time around.
Fari-Wari: And speaking of the lady herself...
Fari-Wari: Come now, <Player's Name>. 
Feel free to join me in this moment of literary history. 
And by "free," I mean your presence won't be paid for.
Fari-Wari: Ah, the breathtaking Biyaada! 
It seemsa thousand winters have frozen my heart since last I gazed pon the warmth of your smile!
Biyaada: Ah...I'm sorry to keep you waiting.
Biyaada: Hello, aren't you the mercenary I met last time? 
<Player's Name>, wasn't it?
Biyaada: General Rughadjeen commends you on your bravery.
Fari-Wari: Why, that was but a trifle!
Biyaada: Fari-Wari here has not stopped hounding me for information about the other Serpent Generals.
Biyaada: I am not disinclined to cooperate...
Biyaada: Especially if such a work would spread the fame and glory of the Skyserpent General.
Fari-Wari: Exactly, exactly!
Biyaada: Now, where would you like me to start?
Fari-Wari: Why, where you left off, my dear!
Biyaada: And where was that again?
Fari-Wari: Such insensitivity! 
General Rughadjeen had just encountered Gadalar on the eastern front...
Biyaada: Ah, now I remember. 
I think I can pick up the tale.
Biyaada: The Skyserpent General had found his first recruit...
Scene shifts to Rughadjeen and Gadalar standing back to back surrounded by Yagudo.
Gadalar: Damn you, Rughadjeen! 
I thought I told you to stay out of my way!
Gadalar: I can handle these pawns!
Rughadjeen: Perhaps.
Rughadjeen: General Gadalar.
Too often you place yourself in danger to shield your troops from harm...
Gadalar: Shield my...!?
Rughadjeen: You should place more trust in your men. 
They will fight all the more ferociously when allowed to stand alongside their general.
Gadalar: Hmph. 
A nice theory!
Rughadjeen: And you could unleash the full fury of your fiery incantations if I held the enemy at a distance with my blade.
Gadalar: Bah, do as you wish.
Gadalar: Don't blame me when your eyebrows are singed off by my Salamander Flame.
Rughadjeen: Ha, I'll take my chances.
Rughadjeen swings his great sword, then the screen if filled with Gadalar's flames.
Scene shift to the royal palace and the five generals standing in a semi-circle. They raise their weapons into the air touching each other,
Biyaada: In this way, General Rughadjeen sought put the nation's mightiest heroes and brought them here to serve in the capital.
Biyaada: Including the Skyserpent himself, these heroes are five in number.
Biyaada: The same number of serpents said to serve Zahak, the symbol of Aht Urhgan...
Biyaada: The legend of these servants gave rise to their collective title: 
Biyaada: The Serpent Generals.
Scene shifts back to the restaurant.
Biyaada: And that's how the story ends.
Fari-Wari: Wh-what!? 
That's the end!?
Fari-Wari: That's all?
Biyaada: Is there a problem?
Fari-Wari: A problem? This is a travesty! 
You've skipped over all the vital elements in the tale!
Biyaada: Vital elements?
Fari-Wari: Hm? You know, the friendships and the falling out, the anger and the passion... 
everything that makes a story worth hearing!
Biyaada: I don't know that it was all that dramatic...
Fari-Wari: You see what I'm getting at, don't you, <Player's Name>?
Biyaada: You want to hear more? 
I'm afraid I don't know much about any other of the generals beside General Rughadjeen.
Biyaada: Well, I am an adjutant to Skyserpent General Rughadjeen. 
I can't be expected to have intimate knowledge of...
Biyaada: Of course! 
Biyaada: Why don't you speak with the generals themselves?
Fari-Wari: Speak to the generals!?
Biyaada: I'd be happy to make the introductions.
Fari-Wari: I really don't think that will help...
Scene shift to Al Zabi. Fari-Wari is talking to Gadalar, who has his back to him.
Fari-Wari: Flameserpent General!
What can you tell me about the formation of the Serpent Generals?
Gadalar: Don't call me that...
Fari-Wari: Hm? If I could just here the Flameserpent General's...
Gadalar: I told you not to call me that!
Gadalar begins casting a fire spell. Fari-Wari runs for his life. He doesn't make it far...
Fari-Wari: Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow...
Fari-Wari collapses unconscious in a ball of flames.
Scene shifts back to the restaurant.
Fari-Wari: And so, I barely lived past my initial greetings...
Fari-Wari: I seems, my dear Biyaada, you are my only safe source of inspiration.
Biyaada: ...
Fari-Wari: But a bard must risk life and limb to craft a believable tale!
Biyaada: Oho...
Fari-Wari: Now whose life and limbs do I risk...?
Fari-Wari: My loyal attendant!
 
Fari-Wari: You shall loosen the forked tognues of the Serpent Generals, and gather those vital elements in my place!
Fari-Wari: I beg of you!
(Agree to help)
Fari-Wari: Excellent! 
A fitting response from the attendant of Fari-Wari the Courageous (and seldom Cowardly)!
Biyaada: Just a moment.
Biyaada: No matter how famous (or infamous) our bard friend is, <Player's Name> is only recognized as a simple mercenary.
Biyaada: I doubt the generals will make time for idle chit-chat over chai and sutlac...
Fari-Wari: But my saga...
Fari-Wari: There must be something we can do.
Biyaada: You ask for much...
Fari-Wari: So all is lost?
Fari-Wari: My masterpiece...melting away before me like morning mist...
Biyaada: I did not say that is was impossible.
Biyaada: I have it! 
If we cannot reach the generals, perhaps their aides would be more accessible?
Biyaada: As luck would have it, I'm well acquainted with Gaweesh and Talhaal, the adjutants for the Galeserpent and Stoneserpent Generals. 
Biyaada: Shall I write you a letter of introduction?
Fari-Wari: !!!
Fari-Wari: My sweet savior! 
Your fine favor has my spirits soaring in joyous rapture!
Biyaada: Y-you're welcome...?
Fari-Wari: Did you hear, my stalwart attendant?
Fari-Wari: You have free reign to interview the generals; subordinates!
Fari-Wari: Once again, the success of the ballad of the century rests on your steady shoulders!
Obtained key item: Biyaada's Letter. 
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!Ode to the Serpents - Aht Urhgan Whitegate
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