Elder Atik

Elder Atik is the village Elder of the Village of Rihhm.

## Quotes

* **When greeted (if tribute is taken)** - What! Tribute not enough now?
* **When greeted** - He happily greets you
* **When greeted (if village has been terraformed)** - 'Greetings friend, what can I do for you today?'
* **When asked about Rihhm** - Rihhm is a small village, we do what we can to survive in these harsh lands mostly through farming, though the land is not fertile.
* **When asked about The Farrad Desert** - The Farrad Desert is a place of great history, the great wall of Farrad is among the most ancient sites, but there are more. Most come through Farrad for the great artifact market or the scorpion pits, few notice us here.
* **When asked about The East** - The Eastlands are harsh and warm, home to the great Lost Jungle the mighty Dunelands and the harsh Farrad Desert that we currently stand within.
* **When asked about The Village Champion (if there is no champion)** - Rihhm is currently without a champion, though we will find another soon no doubt.
* **When asked about The Village Champion** - The current village champion is VILLAGECHAMPIONNAME a tough local boy is he.
* **When asked 'What is this red crop you grow here?'** - Redweed, yes it is not the best tasting food for a soup but it is certainly a stubborn one, it is the only thing that grows here and we have nowhere else to go and nothing else to eat, eating is not a particularly pleasurable time for us but we survive.
* **When asked 'Tell me about the old bell tower'** - The bell tower has been used in times of danger, but is mostly used to detect high winds which sometimes sweep in out of nowhere.
* **When asked 'Tell me about Rihhm's snail racing' (If 4-yearly snail racing circuit is active)** - Snail racing is a special pass time of us Rihhm folk, you are lucky to be here now, we are having our once every four years snail racing circuit its a wonderful tradition.
* **When asked 'Tell me about Rihhm's snail racing'** - Snail racing is a special pass time of us Rihhm folk, every four years we have ourselves much bigger races, we're not sure when it started but we've been racing snails in our village for quite some time.
* **When asked 'Tell me about the Storyteller's Hut'** - Ah yes, the old storyteller, my uncle. Most of what he says isn't even made up, but his memory stretches back further than most here.
* **When asked for a trade route** - Rihhm would be pleased to trade with you, although we have little to offer besides our crops.
* **When asked to cancel a trade route** - It is a shame that you wish to end the trade caravan but who are we to argue with you my YOURLORDLYTITLE
* **When asked for tribute** - We have not the strength to oppose the mighty YourKingdomName but we beg you reconsider, we will give you tribute each year my YOURLORDLYTITLE but know that we folk of Rihhm will resent you.
* **When cancelling tribute** - Thank you my YOURLORDLYTITLE, you will not regret this.

## Refusal to Speak

If you have a relation of -5 or worse with the Village of Rihhm Elder Atik will point blank refuse to speak to you.

## References

* If Arsam the All-Knowing is asked 'Who is their leader' in reference to Rihhm he will say 'Elder Atik, he is a humble man.'

## Ceremonies

During any Royal Ceremonies you launch, if you have a trade deal with Rihhm there is a 1 in 20 chance that Elder Atik will arrive as one of your guests. He typically brings a small gift of some form but never anything big.