Havelock

**Havelock** is a character in *Phoenotopia: Awakening*, seen in the Forgotten Pier reminiscing his past. Weary from a lifelong pursue of the beast who killed his brother decades ago, Havelock now finds solace in watching fish at the pier.

## Side Quest

Lately, the water quality near the Forgotten Pier has become more and more toxic, killing the coral reefs around causing all the fish to flee. Upon agreeing to investigate, Gail would receive the Old Key from Havelock, which leads to the Green Slargummy boss fight in Subterra. After its defeat, the water once again becomes habitable and small fish start showing up. Havelock gives Gail his Serpent Rod as gratitude for returning the water to normal.

## Dialogues

### "What brings you here?"

(Fishing) Used to be there were lots of fish here. You could catch quite the plentiful bounty...

(Just looking) Looking, eh? Used to be there was quite a beautiful coral reef here.

One could look at it for days...

But then the Aqua Line started to emit some vile green water.

Now the coral reef has died, and all the fish have fled.

I've a mind to investigate the deeper part of the Aqua Line. Get rid of whatever is causing that green water...

I even have a key back from when I used to work in it!

But my memory fails me... I can't recall which door in the Aqua Line this key actually opens!

You can't enter the deep part of Aqua Line from this side. I've tried.

Ah well... Perhaps it's more trouble than it's worth.

Even destroyed, this place holds its own kind of beauty...

### Requesting the Old Key

The key? Do you mean to explore the deeper regions of the Aqua Line?

It's dangerous, you know. They closed it down for a reason!

Still... There's a strong determined look in your eye. One I haven't seen in many years.

Perhaps you will be the one to do it.

Don't expect me to come in after you if you get lost in there!

This key opens something deep in Daea's Aqua Line.

Reaching that area may lead you to the mystery of the green water.

However, it's no good trying to enter from this side.

Daea's Aqua Line must be entered from within the city.

Once there, you must navigate the underground canals and find what that key opens.

### Story of the Serpent Rod

Fishing rod caught your eye, eh? I built it from a beast I hunted!

I had a brother once... He was fatally bitten by a sea serpent.

I vowed vengeance, and chased it! But it was an elusive creature.

I traveled from country to country in pursuit. Some places I visited were no country at all!

The beast and I had many skirmishes. In some, it had the upper hand. In others, I.

I think it was twenty years before I finally prevailed over the beast!

That serpent's whisker is what makes up the body of this fishing rod.

By then, I was a man with no home nor country. A vagrant upon the land! A sailor upon the sea.

Wandering from coast to coast, I found that one is never without a meal so long as one knows how to fish.

This rod is the culmination of my decades of self-sufficiency on the waters.

In a weird way, that serpent sustains me still...

Ho ho ho! My story got long-winded, I apologize.

Perhaps, in my old age, I find comfort in having my story heard...

You know what... Why don't you take my fishing rod?

Ho ho ho! It would even be a great honor to me!

A man gets to my age, he wonders what he's passed on...

### After purifying the water

I see the water is clear now. Some small fish have even started to return...

Not just anyone can brave the dark, unafraid of what lurks below!

You've got guts, Gail! I thank you.

### Departing

Looking at the waves used to spurn me to anger. Now they bring me tranquility.

I'm old. I know what's coming...

Ho ho ho! I wish I could say I was unafraid...

Half the time, it scares me. The other half, I welcome it.

Much like how the water ebbs and flows, man is always between two natures.

## Trivia

* Strangely enough, Havelock claims that the Old Key would lead Gail to the mystery of the green water in Forgotten Pier despite never recalling which door in Subterra the Old Key actually opens