Nihlathak (NPC)

**Nihlathak** is a NPC.

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Why would you seek this place, stranger? Are you a vulture come to loot the bodies of our fallen warriors?
Regardless, this is no place to make a name for yourself. The mountain is ours to protect.
It is only a matter of time before Hell's legions are routed.*"

#### Introduction (Necromancer)

* "*Ah, a Necromancer. While I admire your courage and seeking out the darkest side of magic,
we really have little need for your skill. The Battle will turn soon enough without your mettle,
yet I should have expected to see your kind here, you're like a moth to the flame, drawn to all it's dead,
it feeds your in more ways than one, does it not?*"

#### Introduction (Assassin)

* "*Well, well. An assassin. Well I'm sure we are all grateful for your presence
in our troubled town, you need not have made the journey. I can personally say that your skills are not required here.
You would serve your clan better elsewhere.*"

#### Gossip

* "*Qual-Kehk is useless. He has blindly sent our warriors to their deaths, assuming Baal's legions would fight as men do. Of course, everyone knows they do not.*"
* "*The demon hordes have grown powerful beyond measure, aided by our foolish mistakes. But I may have found a way to correct those mistakes...*"
* "*If you have nothing useful for me, be on your way!*"
* "*The Council of Elders always believed itself prepared for the coming of the Three. Obviously, we were not prepared enough.*"
* "*Oh yes...I remember our warriors as children. Malah would set their broken bones and give them powders for their fevers. Now, they return to her with wounds that will never heal.
I am tired...Please...leave me.*"
* "*I have long been criticized, but especially of late -- since the deaths of my fellow Elders. Through it all, I have learned one thing. Each man must do what's right, no matter what others may think.*"

#### Gossip (About Nihlathak)

Anya:

* "*Nihlathak was the last of our Elders, whose charge it was to safeguard the mountain. He alone tried to guide us through the most desperate time in our history -- but he was just as helpless as the rest of us. I cannot forgive his betrayal, but I can learn from it."*

Larzuk:

* "*Nihlathak's despair is infectious -- and his behavior does not befit an Elder of his stature. I think we'd be better off without him."*

### Quests

#### Siege on Harrogath

After Initiate:

* "*After so many have died, who are you to think you can accomplish what our warriors could not?*"

Early Return:

* "*What are you still doing here? I thought you were going off to die.
Go...Be quick about it.*"

Upon Completion:

* "*Ending the siege does not earn immediate respect, outsider. Respect only comes with sacrifice -- something I'm sure you know nothing of.*"

#### Rescue on Mount Arreat

After Initiate:

* "*You have proven you can take life, warrior, but can you save it as well?*"

Early Return:

* "*Did you ever stop to think why these demons are capturing Qual-Kehk's men?
Why they are attacking us? Have you considered what Baal wants with the mountain?
No. You've not. You have no idea what you are dealing with.*"

Upon Completion:

* *"So. You brought the lost sheep home to the shepherd.
Well done."*

#### Prison of Ice

After Initiate:

* "*Anya! Who have you been talking to? Likely, It was that meddling Malah.
Well, I'll tell you what really happened. Anya came to me for guidance, after receiving a vision that her mother and younger brother were trapped in the lands beyond the Ice Caves. She had decided to go rescue them.
I told her that her quest was a foolish one and that she would be safer staying within the city walls. However, she is a willful girl and would not listen to me.
The next morning, she was gone. No one is more distraught than I over losing her.
However, if you feel the need to be Malah's errand child, I won't try to stop you.*"

Early Return:

* "*Look, I've told you! She's dead! If you knew what was good for you, you'd concentrate your efforts on saving Harrogath -- not on lost causes like Anya.*"

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