Futhark

## **First Encounter**

*The sound of clattering rocks disturbs the ubiquitous silence. Approaching the end of a path, you come upon a child playing with some oddly shaped stones. "I'm Futhark. I'm waiting here for my mother. She's been gone a while now." He scratches his head. "Or maybe she's going to leave soon?" He gestures towards his collection of glowing stones. "I have a lot of these stones. And while I wait, I play. Do you want some stones so you can play while you wait too?"*

* **TAKE 3 RANDOM COMMON RUNESTONES**
* **TAKE 1 SPECIFIC COMMON RUNESTONE**
* **TAKE 1 RANDOM RARE RUNESTONE**
* **LEAVE**

## **Encounters**

#### Random Encounter Dialogs (Prior to completing Quest: Regrets)

Random #1: *"Hello, noble knight. For a moment, I thought you might be my mother, finally returning. Silly me."
"I haven't seen her for a while. But that's OK. I have my stones. Do you want some?"*

Random #2: *"Hello, noble knight. Would you like some of my stones? I found some pretty ones recently"
"Just don't take all of them. I want to save some to give to my mother when she gets back!"*

Random #3: *"Sometimes, I think the stones might be magical. See these markings? I don't know what they are, but when they glow, they look so pretty..."*

*--Random dialogs all lead to these conversation options--*

* **TAKE 3 RANDOM COMMON RUNESTONES**
* **TAKE 1 SPECIFIC COMMON RUNESTONE**
* **TAKE 1 RANDOM RARE RUNESTONE**
* **LEAVE**

#### Stitches

	+ **"HERE. THIS IS THE STONE THAT CAUSED ALL THE PROBLEMS."***The boy takes the Runestone into his hand and looks at it with curiosity. He clearly wants to say something, but before he has a chance to do so, you hear a voice:* [Shadowy Presence] *"There you are!" It's Holda. She's trying to get to you, but her unnaturally-old body doesn't comply with her will.* [Futhark] *"Mom!" You watch them hug. You hear Holda apologizing to her son and you hear him apologizing in return. Their reunion takes awhile yet somehow you're unable to just leave. After quite a long time, Futhark comes up to you and grabs you by the hand. He leads you to his mother.* [Shadowy Presence] *"Thank you for this. You can't image how much this means to us."* [NPC Saved] [Completed Quest: Regrets]
	+ **"YES.WE'VE MANAGED TO FREE YOU OF THAT RUNESTON'S POWER."***The boy clearly wants to ask what happened with the stone, but before he has a chance to do so, you hear a voice:* [Shadowy Presence] *"There you are!" It's Holda. She's trying to get to you, but her unnaturally-old body doesn't comply with her will.* [Futhark] *"Mom!" You watch them hug. You hear Holda apologizing to her son and you hear him apologizing in return. Their reunion takes awhile yet somehow you're unable to just leave. After quite a long time, Futhark comes up to you and grabs you by the hand. He leads you to his mother.* [Shadowy Presence] *"Thank you for this. You can't image how much this means to us."* [NPC Saved] [Completed Quest: Regrets]
* **"JUST TAKE IT."***You see a faint smile on the Blacksmith's face.* [Blacksmith] *"Thanks, I'll be glad to study it. I've never seen anything quite like it."* [Futhark] *"Uhh..."* [Blacksmith] *"The boy's waking up. Good. That means my job here is done. See you back at the village." The Blacksmith wave you goodbye and leaves.* [Futhark] *"I... feel weird... is everything OK?"*"YES.WE'VE MANAGED TO FREE YOU OF THAT RUNESTON'S POWER."*The boy clearly wants to ask what happened with the stone, but before he has a chance to do so, you hear a voice:* [Shadowy Presence] *"There you are!" It's Holda. She's trying to get to you, but her unnaturally-old body doesn't comply with her will.* [Futhark] *"Mom!" You watch them hug. You hear Holda apologizing to her son and you hear him apologizing in return. Their reunion takes awhile yet somehow you're unable to just leave. After quite a long time, Futhark comes up to you and grabs you by the hand. He leads you to his mother.* [Shadowy Presence] *"Thank you for this. You can't image how much this means to us."* [NPC Saved] [Completed Quest: Regrets]
* **"DESTROY IT."***The Blacksmith isn't very happy to hear that.* [Blacksmith] *"Well, it's a Runestone I've never seen before... feels like a waste. But you're the boss, maybe you're right that it's the best thing to do here."* [Futhark] *"Uhh..."* [Blacksmith] *"The boy's waking up. Good. That means my job here is done. See you back at the village." The Blacksmith wave you goodbye and leaves.* [Futhark] *"I... feel weird... is everything OK?"*"YES.WE'VE MANAGED TO FREE YOU OF THAT RUNESTON'S POWER."*The boy clearly wants to ask what happened with the stone, but before he has a chance to do so, you hear a voice:* [Shadowy Presence] *"There you are!" It's Holda. She's trying to get to you, but her unnaturally-old body doesn't comply with her will.* [Futhark] *"Mom!" You watch them hug. You hear Holda apologizing to her son and you hear him apologizing in return. Their reunion takes awhile yet somehow you're unable to just leave. After quite a long time, Futhark comes up to you and grabs you by the hand. He leads you to his mother.* [Shadowy Presence] *"Thank you for this. You can't image how much this means to us."* [NPC Saved] [Completed Quest: Regrets]

#### Regrets (Complete)

* **TAKE 2 SPECIFIC RARE RUNESTONES**
* **LEAVE**