{"speaks": "Grumnyr", "text": "Move on, you sluggards. Let\u2019s claim these lands for the Master!", "replies": "Surhan", "reply": "Be careful. We were warned that there are still elves in this valley."}
{"speaks": "Surhan", "text": "Be careful. We were warned that there are still elves in this valley.", "replies": "Grumnyr", "reply": "No matter. We\u2019ll tear them to pieces if they dare oppose us!"}
{"speaks": "Grumnyr", "text": "No matter. We\u2019ll tear them to pieces if they dare oppose us!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "A host of humans in the southern dunes... It has been quite a long time since any of them have wandered here in such numbers."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "A host of humans in the southern dunes... It has been quite a long time since any of them have wandered here in such numbers.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "According to our laws, we should always grant refuge to wanderers \u2014 but I sense hostility from this group. It would be wise to observe them for a while, but let us be prepared for the worst nonetheless."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "According to our laws, we should always grant refuge to wanderers \u2014 but I sense hostility from this group. It would be wise to observe them for a while, but let us be prepared for the worst nonetheless.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Our laws are very clear and strict on this matter. We shall not let hostile outsiders enter our valley. Repel them!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Our laws are very clear and strict on this matter. We shall not let hostile outsiders enter our valley. Repel them!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Argh! I have been... defeated..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Argh! I have been... defeated...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "They have summoned reinforcements! Our group is not strong enough to defend the valley against a full-sized army!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "They have summoned reinforcements! Our group is not strong enough to defend the valley against a full-sized army!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We defeated them in time. But... that raiding party was quite large and well-organized for a tribe of humans, and their metalwork seems beyond the capabilities of regular sand-dwellers. This does not bode well..."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "The patrol group that was sent to replace yours in the southern zone should have arrived this morning. I begin to worry about them.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Fire! Fire on the horizon! Call out the fighters, invaders draw near!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Fire! Fire on the horizon! Call out the fighters, invaders draw near!", "replies": "V\u00f3lrand", "reply": "Indeed, sir! It\u2019s an entire human army burning forests and pillaging villages in the border hills! They have even impaled the skulls of our fallen kin on their banners!"}
{"speaks": "V\u00f3lrand", "text": "Indeed, sir! It\u2019s an entire human army burning forests and pillaging villages in the border hills! They have even impaled the skulls of our fallen kin on their banners!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "An entire army? That\u2019s impossible \u2014 humans are not capable of raising troops in such numbers!"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "An entire army? That\u2019s impossible \u2014 humans are not capable of raising troops in such numbers!", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "We must prepare to fight. We will not allow even an army to dispossess us. Men, to arms!"}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "We must prepare to fight. We will not allow even an army to dispossess us. Men, to arms!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "But my lord, if these invaders could trap our best patrollers, how can we prevail against them while so short of recruits and supplies?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "But my lord, if these invaders could trap our best patrollers, how can we prevail against them while so short of recruits and supplies?", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "Young Galas, I understand your worries. But it is time for you to learn the first duty of a commander, which is to not be defeated in mind before you engage in battle."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "Young Galas, I understand your worries. But it is time for you to learn the first duty of a commander, which is to not be defeated in mind before you engage in battle.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I accept your instruction."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I accept your instruction.", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "So, there is yet human civilization on this continent. I wonder why we have not encountered them before?"}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "So, there is yet human civilization on this continent. I wonder why we have not encountered them before?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "It must be that they are a new tribe, only recently come into its power... an evil power that is not from our world. Look!"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "It must be that they are a new tribe, only recently come into its power... an evil power that is not from our world. Look!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Would that my fears had proven false..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Would that my fears had proven false...", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Galas, are you\u2014 Are you purposely sending civilians to their deaths?!"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Galas, are you\u2014 Are you purposely sending civilians to their deaths?!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Er... No! They are supposed to deliver supplies to the front line and tend to injured soldiers, not engage in combat! Somebody must have misunderstood my orders \u2014 I will ask our officials to put a halt to this egregious waste of precious elf lives immediately."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Er... No! They are supposed to deliver supplies to the front line and tend to injured soldiers, not engage in combat! Somebody must have misunderstood my orders \u2014 I will ask our officials to put a halt to this egregious waste of precious elf lives immediately.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "(<i>suspicious</i>) Very... well..."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "(<i>suspicious</i>) Very... well...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "The humans are retreating, after having almost defeated us?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "The humans are retreating, after having almost defeated us?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Their remaining forces are retreating. It seems we have won, for now."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Their remaining forces are retreating. It seems we have won, for now.", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but some of the other patrol leaders claim that the invaders are merely regrouping and preparing to strike again with greater numbers. Many of your peers abandoned their posts, and Adel and his hunters have not returned from their expedition yet... This is no mere skirmish, Galas. I do not think we shall be able to hold against them."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but some of the other patrol leaders claim that the invaders are merely regrouping and preparing to strike again with greater numbers. Many of your peers abandoned their posts, and Adel and his hunters have not returned from their expedition yet... This is no mere skirmish, Galas. I do not think we shall be able to hold against them.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Would it be possible to obstruct the valley entrances and repel them? How many more of those winged creatures could they have at their disposal?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Would it be possible to obstruct the valley entrances and repel them? How many more of those winged creatures could they have at their disposal?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "If we trust the scouts\u2019 word, they could be hundreds. Perhaps thousands. Their own sorcerers would be able to bring down or bypass any sort of obstacle we might raise within the scarce time we have before their next assault. I would be inclined to suggest fleeing."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "If we trust the scouts\u2019 word, they could be hundreds. Perhaps thousands. Their own sorcerers would be able to bring down or bypass any sort of obstacle we might raise within the scarce time we have before their next assault. I would be inclined to suggest fleeing.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Do you say we should abandon our home? Where would we go? Our people are not as adept as those humans to surviving the desert\u2019s perils!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Do you say we should abandon our home? Where would we go? Our people are not as adept as those humans to surviving the desert\u2019s perils!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "We would certainly not survive the desert from whence the humans came, especially since we don\u2019t know how many more warriors follow their back trail. However, we have no reports of enemies approaching from the north \u2014 we have not been menaced by anything from that direction in centuries. It may be that any possibility of escaping the imminent slaughter lies there. If our historical records are correct, the caverns should take us far from this valley. It is my hope that the humans and their fell allies are not informed of any of this."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "We would certainly not survive the desert from whence the humans came, especially since we don\u2019t know how many more warriors follow their back trail. However, we have no reports of enemies approaching from the north \u2014 we have not been menaced by anything from that direction in centuries. It may be that any possibility of escaping the imminent slaughter lies there. If our historical records are correct, the caverns should take us far from this valley. It is my hope that the humans and their fell allies are not informed of any of this.", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "North, you say... It is true that it has seemed more tranquil in my lifetime. Is it your intention to destroy any evidence of there being this underground escape route in the northern pass? Even if that worked... it would be a harsh, irrevocable choice."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "North, you say... It is true that it has seemed more tranquil in my lifetime. Is it your intention to destroy any evidence of there being this underground escape route in the northern pass? Even if that worked... it would be a harsh, irrevocable choice.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "The ancestors of our people spent much of their lives hiding beneath the surface when this valley was just barely apt for sustaining them. If we manage to survive, we might in time be fortunate enough to find a new home to settle in. If we fail, at least we will die with our heads held high."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "The ancestors of our people spent much of their lives hiding beneath the surface when this valley was just barely apt for sustaining them. If we manage to survive, we might in time be fortunate enough to find a new home to settle in. If we fail, at least we will die with our heads held high.", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "You bring hard counsel, but I see its wisdom."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "You bring hard counsel, but I see its wisdom.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "We are between a rock and a hard place \u2014 either death by the hands of the invaders, or the perils of the underground tunnels."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "We are between a rock and a hard place \u2014 either death by the hands of the invaders, or the perils of the underground tunnels.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Most of our people lack experience traveling at night, let alone under the earth!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Most of our people lack experience traveling at night, let alone under the earth!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "I fear we have no other alternatives left. Unless the civilians think it a better course to stand and fight to our death and be expunged from the green world without trace."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "I fear we have no other alternatives left. Unless the civilians think it a better course to stand and fight to our death and be expunged from the green world without trace.", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "It will be necessary, however, to provide a distraction until we evacuate all of our people to the caves. Have you thought on that, my lady?"}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "It will be necessary, however, to provide a distraction until we evacuate all of our people to the caves. Have you thought on that, my lady?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "I have, indeed. But..."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "I have, indeed. But...", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "Some of us must stay here to spoil their attack. We shall do it."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "Some of us must stay here to spoil their attack. We shall do it.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "But\u2014 my lord?"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "But\u2014 my lord?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "My lord... Why?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "My lord... Why?", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "Because it is all I can do for our future. Many of us are too old to long survive the desert wastes, including myself \u2014 but here we can die well. Galas, you are a brave warrior, albeit unseasoned \u2014 and more to the point, you have the intelligence to lead brave warriors. I pass to you the war-leadership of the elves of the Valley of Elynia."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "Because it is all I can do for our future. Many of us are too old to long survive the desert wastes, including myself \u2014 but here we can die well. Galas, you are a brave warrior, albeit unseasoned \u2014 and more to the point, you have the intelligence to lead brave warriors. I pass to you the war-leadership of the elves of the Valley of Elynia.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "But I am simply a patrol leader! I ... I am not ready for such a responsibility!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "But I am simply a patrol leader! I ... I am not ready for such a responsibility!", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "None of us are ever ready for such a burden, but we must bear it nevertheless. Now, go! May fate reunite us in time, young Galas."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "None of us are ever ready for such a burden, but we must bear it nevertheless. Now, go! May fate reunite us in time, young Galas.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Ugh. I am finished..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Ugh. I am finished...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Anlind\u00eb! No! We need you! Who will guide us with wisdom now?!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Anlind\u00eb! No! We need you! Who will guide us with wisdom now?!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "It is my end..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "It is my end...", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Galas? Galas, no!"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Galas? Galas, no!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "I have fallen this day. But, young Galas, you are the brightest of our young. Lead our people in my place!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "I have fallen this day. But, young Galas, you are the brightest of our young. Lead our people in my place!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "L\u00e9dinor, no!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "L\u00e9dinor, no!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We could not protect enough of our civilians. They have been burned alive with their villages!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We could not protect enough of our civilians. They have been burned alive with their villages!", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "We have failed to protect our people and the legacy of our civilization."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We lost our home... many of our children and elders... and our lord, at the hands of those fiends... What will we do now? Where will we go?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Don\u2019t despair, Galas. This is not the first time our civilization has been through trials like this. Invaders may defile our lands, the suns may burn our forests to the ground, but as long as we stand we may be yet able to find a new place to call our home."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Don\u2019t despair, Galas. This is not the first time our civilization has been through trials like this. Invaders may defile our lands, the suns may burn our forests to the ground, but as long as we stand we may be yet able to find a new place to call our home.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I profoundly hope so... Anlind\u00eb, you mentioned something about an evil force before counseling flight. What did you mean?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I profoundly hope so... Anlind\u00eb, you mentioned something about an evil force before counseling flight. What did you mean?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "There is some great evil aiding those humans. Not merely ordinary necromancers and war-beasts, but something worse... something I believed had been vanquished by our civilization before. I need to ponder this further. Now, I suggest we proceed as swiftly as we may. Our valley..."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "There is some great evil aiding those humans. Not merely ordinary necromancers and war-beasts, but something worse... something I believed had been vanquished by our civilization before. I need to ponder this further. Now, I suggest we proceed as swiftly as we may. Our valley...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I would prefer to not think about it."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I would prefer to not think about it.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Undead! There are undead here!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Undead! There are undead here!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "They must have settled in here only recently, or they would have surely announced their presence in our valley before."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "They must have settled in here only recently, or they would have surely announced their presence in our valley before.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "If we press forward, we may be able to find and strike their master down. Not that we have much of a choice now, with everyone trapped underground"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "If we press forward, we may be able to find and strike their master down. Not that we have much of a choice now, with everyone trapped underground", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Who is this foul enemy that seeks our death?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Who is this foul enemy that seeks our death?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Have you elves not realized the folly of trifling with the forces that lay in the darkest depths of Irdya? I am Mal Keshar, and these caverns belong to me now. Leave at once or meet your doom!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Have you elves not realized the folly of trifling with the forces that lay in the darkest depths of Irdya? I am Mal Keshar, and these caverns belong to me now. Leave at once or meet your doom!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Mal Keshar? That name..."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Mal Keshar? That name...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I said, <b>leave</b>!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I said, <b>leave</b>!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Listen, necromancer. We seek no quarrel with you. We have lost our home to foes of a power possibly greater than yours. Returning is not an option. If you want us gone, you will have to allow us passage through these caves."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Listen, necromancer. We seek no quarrel with you. We have lost our home to foes of a power possibly greater than yours. Returning is not an option. If you want us gone, you will have to allow us passage through these caves.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Galas, you are not expecting that to work, are you\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Galas, you are not expecting that to work, are you\u2014", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Ha, ha, ha, ha! Greater than mine, you say? My, you are but a young little elf of the forests! I had thought your kind\u2019s existence had ended for good after the Golden Age! I am truly amazed! Let us put an end to your aimless wandering, then. At least you shall perish at the hands of a figure of legend rather than savage orcs or humans of the sands!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Ha, ha, ha, ha! Greater than mine, you say? My, you are but a young little elf of the forests! I had thought your kind\u2019s existence had ended for good after the Golden Age! I am truly amazed! Let us put an end to your aimless wandering, then. At least you shall perish at the hands of a figure of legend rather than savage orcs or humans of the sands!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "His banter is truly obnoxious."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "His banter is truly obnoxious.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Anlind\u00eb, do you think we may be able to destroy this lich?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Anlind\u00eb, do you think we may be able to destroy this lich?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Incapacitate, perhaps; but if it\u2019s the same lich I am thinking of, it might not be within our power to banish him permanently from the physical realm."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Incapacitate, perhaps; but if it\u2019s the same lich I am thinking of, it might not be within our power to banish him permanently from the physical realm.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "I have not employed this kind of magic in a lifetime, but as our young leader said, we do not have much of a choice now."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "I have not employed this kind of magic in a lifetime, but as our young leader said, we do not have much of a choice now.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I cannot... believe it..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I cannot... believe it...", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "You are a relic from an era long gone, Mal Keshar, or should I say... Malin Keshar? The one who fell to the darkness fighting a noble cause with tainted means. Your life story has served as a cautionary tale for an eternity, and you are now the unliving proof that the glories of the Golden Age are dead. Yes, destroying you would rid this ruined land of a threat that pales in comparison to what roams above the surface as we speak..."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "You are a relic from an era long gone, Mal Keshar, or should I say... Malin Keshar? The one who fell to the darkness fighting a noble cause with tainted means. Your life story has served as a cautionary tale for an eternity, and you are now the unliving proof that the glories of the Golden Age are dead. Yes, destroying you would rid this ruined land of a threat that pales in comparison to what roams above the surface as we speak...", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "... Although I have to admit that the notion of allowing those fiends to fight you is more than a little amusing. It\u2019s a pity that your existence is a crime... against nature... that we cannot let go unpunished."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "... Although I have to admit that the notion of allowing those fiends to fight you is more than a little amusing. It\u2019s a pity that your existence is a crime... against nature... that we cannot let go unpunished.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I sense hesitation in your words. Why is that? Does your kind still remember what Wesnoth did to us all?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I sense hesitation in your words. Why is that? Does your kind still remember what Wesnoth did to us all?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Wesnoth?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Wesnoth?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "The name of an empire long dead. It\u2019s not important."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "The name of an empire long dead. It\u2019s not important.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Are you not curious about what has transpired in the expanse it once covered? You came to me fleeing a mighty foe; did it come from those lands? South of the Swamps of Dread, and west of the Silver Lands?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Are you not curious about what has transpired in the expanse it once covered? You came to me fleeing a mighty foe; did it come from those lands? South of the Swamps of Dread, and west of the Silver Lands?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "That is not important\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "That is not important\u2014", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I know many things. I know your kind always punished necromancers for disturbing the dead. You thought us the foulest evil imaginable, but you were wrong. I have seen and learned of things that even I would consider abominable. For all this eternity after the Fall, I have been haunting the sands by night, slaughtering orcs in their sleep and hoarding every piece of information I can gather about the new empire that has arisen amidst the debris of the past epoch."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I know many things. I know your kind always punished necromancers for disturbing the dead. You thought us the foulest evil imaginable, but you were wrong. I have seen and learned of things that even I would consider abominable. For all this eternity after the Fall, I have been haunting the sands by night, slaughtering orcs in their sleep and hoarding every piece of information I can gather about the new empire that has arisen amidst the debris of the past epoch.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Alas, you have waited long enough to end this and it\u2019s rather unmannerly of me to keep interrupting you. Go ahead, finish me once and for all!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Alas, you have waited long enough to end this and it\u2019s rather unmannerly of me to keep interrupting you. Go ahead, finish me once and for all!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "No. What do you know, necromancer? Tell us."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "No. What do you know, necromancer? Tell us.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "It was a few centuries ago... A malign shadow emanating from the Vast Ocean covered the lands, and an evil presence infected every living creature. Humans from the coastal regions began raiding and destroying what human, elvish, and orcish settlements they could find that would not join them in alliance. In time, they would bring new allies from beyond this world \u2014 demons. Your people still remember them, don\u2019t you?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "It was a few centuries ago... A malign shadow emanating from the Vast Ocean covered the lands, and an evil presence infected every living creature. Humans from the coastal regions began raiding and destroying what human, elvish, and orcish settlements they could find that would not join them in alliance. In time, they would bring new allies from beyond this world \u2014 demons. Your people still remember them, don\u2019t you?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "We... our sages do, but... How can this be possible? The Demon Lord was vanquished by the Lady of Light long ago!"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "We... our sages do, but... How can this be possible? The Demon Lord was vanquished by the Lady of Light long ago!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Lady of Light?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Lady of Light?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Ah, but that was a mere foretaste of our doom. Something or someone apparently opened a portal \u2014 a new one \u2014 to the very heart of Inferno, unleashing the forces of evil and allowing them to cross the barrier dividing our realm from theirs. This may have been done from our world, or it may not. Arrogant unscrupulous magi cast us into this chaotic future before when they raised the two unnatural suns, after all. But yes... the humans are building a new empire of blood and destruction, and from what I gather you are the victims of its northwards expansion."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Ah, but that was a mere foretaste of our doom. Something or someone apparently opened a portal \u2014 a new one \u2014 to the very heart of Inferno, unleashing the forces of evil and allowing them to cross the barrier dividing our realm from theirs. This may have been done from our world, or it may not. Arrogant unscrupulous magi cast us into this chaotic future before when they raised the two unnatural suns, after all. But yes... the humans are building a new empire of blood and destruction, and from what I gather you are the victims of its northwards expansion.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Then these caves are definitely not safe anymore. We need to escape \u2014 but supposing we can, for how long will we be able to avoid our enemy?"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Then these caves are definitely not safe anymore. We need to escape \u2014 but supposing we can, for how long will we be able to avoid our enemy?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "You would be killed, tortured, or converted by them in a matter of hours, perhaps minutes, even seconds. You are few to their many, and lack the power necessary to combat the demonic hordes. Not even I have <i>that</i> fabled power \u2014 but I care little about it. I do not fear an end to my undeath. I have nothing left; all that I once loved has been scoured away by pitiless time."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "You would be killed, tortured, or converted by them in a matter of hours, perhaps minutes, even seconds. You are few to their many, and lack the power necessary to combat the demonic hordes. Not even I have <i>that</i> fabled power \u2014 but I care little about it. I do not fear an end to my undeath. I have nothing left; all that I once loved has been scoured away by pitiless time.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Anlind\u00eb, what is the point of fleeing from those fiends to a new and safe home like cowards if they will surely find us again? For how long can we delay our downfall? Why are we not fighting the enemy?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Anlind\u00eb, what is the point of fleeing from those fiends to a new and safe home like cowards if they will surely find us again? For how long can we delay our downfall? Why are we not fighting the enemy?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Our kin tried before, Galas, and we became the witnesses to their failure. We have no aid or craft that they did not."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Our kin tried before, Galas, and we became the witnesses to their failure. We have no aid or craft that they did not.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Perhaps this will interest you: the wielders of the Union did not die after that catastrophe you insist on only vaguely referencing throughout this conversation. Have you all forgotten that they roamed Irdya for many centuries before, even exceeding the notorious lifespan of your kind?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Perhaps this will interest you: the wielders of the Union did not die after that catastrophe you insist on only vaguely referencing throughout this conversation. Have you all forgotten that they roamed Irdya for many centuries before, even exceeding the notorious lifespan of your kind?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "The Union?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "The Union?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Your elder druids and sorceresses should remember that this Lady of Light did not save you from that evil unaided. What won your victory was nothing else than the power of the Union, at hands of the Master of Darkness <i>and</i> the Lady of Light \u2014 a human and an elven lady. And you should remember that they were blessed \u2014 or cursed \u2014 with eternal life."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Your elder druids and sorceresses should remember that this Lady of Light did not save you from that evil unaided. What won your victory was nothing else than the power of the Union, at hands of the Master of Darkness <i>and</i> the Lady of Light \u2014 a human and an elven lady. And you should remember that they were blessed \u2014 or cursed \u2014 with eternal life.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Some sources say they descended deep into the very heart of the world... and vanished into eternal slumber. It is said that the bright presence of the Lady of Light still radiates from the earth where the two figures of legend now lie dormant. Some claim to have followed them before they both disappeared; if my memory still serves after all this time, I would probably be able to pinpoint their location if I had the chance to approach that region."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Some sources say they descended deep into the very heart of the world... and vanished into eternal slumber. It is said that the bright presence of the Lady of Light still radiates from the earth where the two figures of legend now lie dormant. Some claim to have followed them before they both disappeared; if my memory still serves after all this time, I would probably be able to pinpoint their location if I had the chance to approach that region.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Would you be willing to lead us there?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Would you be willing to lead us there?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "... Times have changed, and so have our needs and methods... If Galas thinks the necromancer can help us find the power that can protect the remains of our civilization..."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "... Times have changed, and so have our needs and methods... If Galas thinks the necromancer can help us find the power that can protect the remains of our civilization...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "He, he, he, he... yes... yes! I may be able to help you, as long as you abide by my conditions."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "He, he, he, he... yes... yes! I may be able to help you, as long as you abide by my conditions.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "And what would those be?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "And what would those be?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Protection is all I want."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Protection is all I want.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "What do you think, Galas? You have lost everything \u2014 well, mostly. I lost everything too, except for my unfinished business with the orcs, and this knowledge that could be placed at your service on these very simple terms. It\u2019s your decision to make, young boy."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "What do you think, Galas? You have lost everything \u2014 well, mostly. I lost everything too, except for my unfinished business with the orcs, and this knowledge that could be placed at your service on these very simple terms. It\u2019s your decision to make, young boy.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I accept."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I accept.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "This chest is empty."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Ah, the surface! And the sunlight! Scorching hot sand everywhere as usual \u2014 how unpleasant.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Definitely not, unless your intention is to retrace your steps across the surface... and risk facing the demons again without the tactical advantage of your towers and forests. Small orcish tribes like the one ahead generally lack any proper military discipline. Your forest-loving kin should be able to crush them with ease."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Definitely not, unless your intention is to retrace your steps across the surface... and risk facing the demons again without the tactical advantage of your towers and forests. Small orcish tribes like the one ahead generally lack any proper military discipline. Your forest-loving kin should be able to crush them with ease.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "That isn\u2019t exactly motivating. They have lived in these sands for an epoch or more. They are not the intruders."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "That isn\u2019t exactly motivating. They have lived in these sands for an epoch or more. They are not the intruders.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Galas, if you want to lead our people... you will need to become accustomed to making hard decisions like this. There is much at stake \u2014 either the lives of a few orcs who would have no qualms about murdering us in our sleep, or the lives of our civilians and children, and our hope of protecting and rebuilding our civilization."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Galas, if you want to lead our people... you will need to become accustomed to making hard decisions like this. There is much at stake \u2014 either the lives of a few orcs who would have no qualms about murdering us in our sleep, or the lives of our civilians and children, and our hope of protecting and rebuilding our civilization.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I would never choose the orcs\u2019 lives over ours... Let us prepare for the assault, then."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I would never choose the orcs\u2019 lives over ours... Let us prepare for the assault, then.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "If it is your wish to ride sand lions, so be it. I\u2019m sure you won\u2019t mind if I dispatch a few bats and possibly one or two skeletal riders to scout ahead."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "If it is your wish to ride sand lions, so be it. I\u2019m sure you won\u2019t mind if I dispatch a few bats and possibly one or two skeletal riders to scout ahead.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Our agreement did not include allowing you to make use of your foul sorcery in our presence."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Our agreement did not include allowing you to make use of your foul sorcery in our presence.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Did it include <i>forbidding</i> me from doing so, though?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Did it include <i>forbidding</i> me from doing so, though?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Let him do as he wishes."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Let him do as he wishes.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "female^Ahhh, the refreshing feeling of my feet in the water... I miss our peaceful valley..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "female^Ahhh, the refreshing feeling of my feet in the water... I miss our peaceful valley...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Those hostile spirits... Is this a trick of yours, Mal Keshar?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Those hostile spirits... Is this a trick of yours, Mal Keshar?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "No. They are corrupted souls who have haunted the desert for an eternity, victims of the destruction that turned Irdya into an endless desert. Physical weapons are of little use against them and they always find a way back \u2014 unless, of course, they are banished from our world by spellcasters capable of wielding the arcane fire... or possibly, a necromancer and his minions."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "No. They are corrupted souls who have haunted the desert for an eternity, victims of the destruction that turned Irdya into an endless desert. Physical weapons are of little use against them and they always find a way back \u2014 unless, of course, they are banished from our world by spellcasters capable of wielding the arcane fire... or possibly, a necromancer and his minions.", "replies": "second_unit", "reply": "Hah, the scouts weren\u2019t hallucinating after all! It\u2019s a party of bold little elves heading for our precious oasis. Go get them!"}
{"speaks": "second_unit", "text": "Hah, the scouts weren\u2019t hallucinating after all! It\u2019s a party of bold little elves heading for our precious oasis. Go get them!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Yes, yes, this is more like old times!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Yes, yes, this is more like old times!", "replies": "Karun Baghar", "reply": "Elves in <i>my</i> oasis... And you brought a <i>necromancer</i> with you, no less! Begone!"}
{"speaks": "Karun Baghar", "text": "Elves in <i>my</i> oasis... And you brought a <i>necromancer</i> with you, no less! Begone!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Any last words, <i>orc</i>?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Any last words, <i>orc</i>?", "replies": "Karun Baghar", "reply": "Damn... you\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Karun Baghar", "text": "Damn... you\u2014", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "The chieftain kept a small hoard of gold in his tent. We shall surely find a use for it."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "The chieftain kept a small hoard of gold in his tent. We shall surely find a use for it.", "replies": "second_unit", "reply": "The chieftain kept a small hoard of gold in his tent. We shall surely find a use for it."}
{"speaks": "second_unit", "text": "The chieftain kept a small hoard of gold in his tent. We shall surely find a use for it.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "The oasis is ours now, but we may not tarry long. Our people can replenish supplies and grab anything of value left behind by the orcs, but it is imperative that we continue scouting ahead and clearing the path."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "The oasis is ours now, but we may not tarry long. Our people can replenish supplies and grab anything of value left behind by the orcs, but it is imperative that we continue scouting ahead and clearing the path.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Is this what we have been reduced to? Looters and scavengers?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Is this what we have been reduced to? Looters and scavengers?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Mal Keshar, where should we head now?"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Mal Keshar, where should we head now?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "West."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "West.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "First west, then we can resume traveling northwest. The sands north of here are especially unpleasant, with absolutely no sources of water or food for your troops for miles and miles. Your people would surely starve and perish. On the other hand, the sands and mountains to the west are all that stands between us and a river, and then a green valley leading to the very heart of Irdya."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "First west, then we can resume traveling northwest. The sands north of here are especially unpleasant, with absolutely no sources of water or food for your troops for miles and miles. Your people would surely starve and perish. On the other hand, the sands and mountains to the west are all that stands between us and a river, and then a green valley leading to the very heart of Irdya.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "The sooner we find land that isn\u2019t completely covered in sand and infested with orcs..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "The sooner we find land that isn\u2019t completely covered in sand and infested with orcs...", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Humans ahead. They appear to be bandits\u2014 Oh, damn it, they spotted us!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Humans ahead. They appear to be bandits\u2014 Oh, damn it, they spotted us!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "There are bandits ahead\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "There are bandits ahead\u2014", "replies": "second_unit", "reply": "What is this? Are those... elves? Like in the stories?"}
{"speaks": "second_unit", "text": "What is this? Are those... elves? Like in the stories?", "replies": "Aetheran", "reply": "Undead! They have brought the damned spawns of darkness with them!"}
{"speaks": "Aetheran", "text": "Undead! They have brought the damned spawns of darkness with them!", "replies": "Merghyn", "reply": "Come on, men, it\u2019s time to smash some bones!"}
{"speaks": "Merghyn", "text": "Come on, men, it\u2019s time to smash some bones!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I don\u2019t suppose we would make a much better impression without the necromancer\u2019s minions marching amongst us, would we?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I don\u2019t suppose we would make a much better impression without the necromancer\u2019s minions marching amongst us, would we?", "replies": "Garren", "reply": "Damn you... pointy-eared demons... ack\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Garren", "text": "Damn you... pointy-eared demons... ack\u2014", "replies": "Garren", "reply": "(<i>spits blood</i>) Go to hell, necromancer... ack\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Garren", "text": "(<i>spits blood</i>) Go to hell, necromancer... ack\u2014", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Now, don\u2019t make this more difficult than it needs to be. You are a strong man \u2014 I would hate to waste your useful build tearing you to pieces before dealing the killing blow."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Now, don\u2019t make this more difficult than it needs to be. You are a strong man \u2014 I would hate to waste your useful build tearing you to pieces before dealing the killing blow.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Mal Keshar, stop it. You are not allowed to torture our opponents... or... raise them as undead, for that matter."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Mal Keshar, stop it. You are not allowed to torture our opponents... or... raise them as undead, for that matter.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "What does it matter? These are merely barbarians. They know no laws and no honor."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "What does it matter? These are merely barbarians. They know no laws and no honor.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Allow him to die in peace."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Allow him to die in peace.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Pah, let one of your own finish the job instead. Such a waste."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Pah, let one of your own finish the job instead. Such a waste.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "(<i>sighs</i>) Orcs, humans... Would that we weren\u2019t forced to kill everything in our way."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "(<i>sighs</i>) Orcs, humans... Would that we weren\u2019t forced to kill everything in our way.", "replies": "Neryan", "reply": "Hey, elves."}
{"speaks": "Neryan", "text": "Hey, elves.", "replies": "Neryan", "reply": "Ha, ha... Great job, disposing of those invaders was taking us a bit too long. Ahhhh... How may we repay you? Where is your leader?"}
{"speaks": "Neryan", "text": "Ha, ha... Great job, disposing of those invaders was taking us a bit too long. Ahhhh... How may we repay you? Where is your leader?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "That would be me, lord Galas of the elves of the Valley of Elynia. Your men control this pass, I presume?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "That would be me, lord Galas of the elves of the Valley of Elynia. Your men control this pass, I presume?", "replies": "Neryan", "reply": "Yes... yes, we do. These lands belong to my people, the Eisenstone clan. We do not normally allow visitors in our territory because of... reasons... but perhaps we could make an exception for you and your advisor."}
{"speaks": "Neryan", "text": "Yes... yes, we do. These lands belong to my people, the Eisenstone clan. We do not normally allow visitors in our territory because of... reasons... but perhaps we could make an exception for you and your advisor.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "(<i>coughs</i>)"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "(<i>coughs</i>)", "replies": "Neryan", "reply": "... And the necromancer too, of course. We can provide you with food and water for your soldiers at affordable prices... if you are interested, that is!"}
{"speaks": "Neryan", "text": "... And the necromancer too, of course. We can provide you with food and water for your soldiers at affordable prices... if you are interested, that is!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Thanks for the offer, but we will need supplies and safe passage for a much larger number of people... through your lands, if you don\u2019t mind."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Thanks for the offer, but we will need supplies and safe passage for a much larger number of people... through your lands, if you don\u2019t mind.", "replies": "Neryan", "reply": "... Lord Galas of the elves! Yes, yes, well... we have heard the rumors. Your people hunt down every human who approaches your sacred valley seeking shelter from the demons... You hunt our species like animals, yes, you do. What makes you think we will allow your <i>army</i> to take our lands and lives now, huh? Isn\u2019t that what you came here for?"}
{"speaks": "Neryan", "text": "... Lord Galas of the elves! Yes, yes, well... we have heard the rumors. Your people hunt down every human who approaches your sacred valley seeking shelter from the demons... You hunt our species like animals, yes, you do. What makes you think we will allow your <i>army</i> to take our lands and lives now, huh? Isn\u2019t that what you came here for?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Our intentions are not..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Our intentions are not...", "replies": "Neryan", "reply": "<b>Enough!</b> If you know what\u2019s good for you and your kind, you will turn back <i>now</i> or leave through the southwestern pass. Come on, men."}
{"speaks": "Neryan", "text": "<b>Enough!</b> If you know what\u2019s good for you and your kind, you will turn back <i>now</i> or leave through the southwestern pass. Come on, men.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Their intentions are more transparent than they realize \u2014 of course they were trying to set a trap for us. Well... Although they have a few necromancers on their side, getting rid of them should be relatively easy."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Their intentions are more transparent than they realize \u2014 of course they were trying to set a trap for us. Well... Although they have a few necromancers on their side, getting rid of them should be relatively easy.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "What other options do we have, Mal Keshar?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "What other options do we have, Mal Keshar?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Choosing that option would do little good for your popularity after accepting my offer, he, he."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Choosing that option would do little good for your popularity after accepting my offer, he, he.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Ha ha ha ha ha! I knew you wouldn\u2019t turn down the possibility of a good fight, boy!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Ha ha ha ha ha! I knew you wouldn\u2019t turn down the possibility of a good fight, boy!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We shall do this on my terms, though. That means: no killing unless strictly necessary, no torturing captured enemies, and no raising corpses. In particular, no harm must come to the clan leader. We may only assume control of their lands temporarily in order to allow our people through."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We shall do this on my terms, though. That means: no killing unless strictly necessary, no torturing captured enemies, and no raising corpses. In particular, no harm must come to the clan leader. We may only assume control of their lands temporarily in order to allow our people through.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "A sound plan, young leader, but... proving a point to those barbarians, is it really worth it?"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "A sound plan, young leader, but... proving a point to those barbarians, is it really worth it?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Only time will tell for sure."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Only time will tell for sure.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "That is an ill-advised choice, Galas. Proving a point to those barbarians isn\u2019t really worth it."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "That is an ill-advised choice, Galas. Proving a point to those barbarians isn\u2019t really worth it.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Only time will tell for sure."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Only time will tell for sure.", "replies": "Neryan", "reply": "All right, elf lord! You got me and my people... Go ahead and serve us to your starving subjects, what do I care."}
{"speaks": "Neryan", "text": "All right, elf lord! You got me and my people... Go ahead and serve us to your starving subjects, what do I care.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Of course... It didn\u2019t occur to me that we could deal with our food shortage by feeding upon our prisoners. Sadly, I had a different fate in mind for you and your people, and honestly, I have to wonder where the absurd notion of elves hunting humans for food originated in the first place. Unarye, take this woman and the local necromancers to our camp."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Of course... It didn\u2019t occur to me that we could deal with our food shortage by feeding upon our prisoners. Sadly, I had a different fate in mind for you and your people, and honestly, I have to wonder where the absurd notion of elves hunting humans for food originated in the first place. Unarye, take this woman and the local necromancers to our camp.", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "Yes, my lord."}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "Yes, my lord.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Let us prepare things for the arrival of our main host."}
{"speaks": "Murlin", "text": "As if we didn\u2019t have enough to worry about with the forest demons roaming about. What is it now, Drel? Another undead incursion?", "replies": "Drel", "reply": "Yes, brother! It looks like the boys didn\u2019t kill that necromancer quite right."}
{"speaks": "Drel", "text": "Yes, brother! It looks like the boys didn\u2019t kill that necromancer quite right.", "replies": "Falghur", "reply": "There they are! Onwards, you pathetic vermin! The elves must not be allowed near the Heart Mountains before the Warlord arrives! For the glory of the Chaos Empire!"}
{"speaks": "Falghur", "text": "There they are! Onwards, you pathetic vermin! The elves must not be allowed near the Heart Mountains before the Warlord arrives! For the glory of the Chaos Empire!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "It appears they are better informed of our movements than I imagined. No matter \u2014 their current numbers hardly pose a threat to our forces."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "It appears they are better informed of our movements than I imagined. No matter \u2014 their current numbers hardly pose a threat to our forces.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "To arms."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "To arms.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Ah, so it <i>is</i> revenge that you seek now?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Ah, so it <i>is</i> revenge that you seek now?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Seeing as how every single one of our military leaders has fallen prey to the same thirst for demonic blood as you, Galas, I guess... (<i>sighs</i>) I hope your tactical judgment can still be trusted."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Seeing as how every single one of our military leaders has fallen prey to the same thirst for demonic blood as you, Galas, I guess... (<i>sighs</i>) I hope your tactical judgment can still be trusted.", "replies": "Jan-Belrid", "reply": "Ah, what do we have here? <i>More</i> fresh recruits for my army, yes... yes! The Chaos Empire and their demons have come to visit us! Yes! Such a marvelous occasion!"}
{"speaks": "Jan-Belrid", "text": "Ah, what do we have here? <i>More</i> fresh recruits for my army, yes... yes! The Chaos Empire and their demons have come to visit us! Yes! Such a marvelous occasion!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "For our fallen comrades!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "For our fallen comrades!", "replies": "Jan-Belrid", "reply": "The cold embrace of death... again..."}
{"speaks": "Jan-Belrid", "text": "The cold embrace of death... again...", "replies": "Falghur", "reply": "Quickly, report back to the Warlord\u2014 Ack!"}
{"speaks": "Falghur", "text": "Quickly, report back to the Warlord\u2014 Ack!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "It can\u2019t be helped... The winged demons can fly high enough to remain out of our spellcasters\u2019 and archers\u2019 reach."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "It can\u2019t be helped... The winged demons can fly high enough to remain out of our spellcasters\u2019 and archers\u2019 reach.", "replies": "Murlin", "reply": "No! W\u2014 Wait! I have something... so\u2014 something that could help you on your way! Just... please! Don\u2019t kill me or the rest of us! Please!"}
{"speaks": "Murlin", "text": "No! W\u2014 Wait! I have something... so\u2014 something that could help you on your way! Just... please! Don\u2019t kill me or the rest of us! Please!", "replies": "Murlin", "reply": "No! W\u2014 Wait! I have something... so\u2014 something that could help you on your way! Just... please! Don\u2019t kill me, or my brother, or the rest of us! Please!"}
{"speaks": "Murlin", "text": "No! W\u2014 Wait! I have something... so\u2014 something that could help you on your way! Just... please! Don\u2019t kill me, or my brother, or the rest of us! Please!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Galas! Oh, leader! What is your decision on the matter of this vile human\u2019s fate?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Galas! Oh, leader! What is your decision on the matter of this vile human\u2019s fate?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Your sardonic remarks aren\u2019t really appreciated, Mal Keshar."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Your sardonic remarks aren\u2019t really appreciated, Mal Keshar.", "replies": "Murlin", "reply": "I swear! He\u2014 Here, take this!"}
{"speaks": "Murlin", "text": "I swear! He\u2014 Here, take this!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "You may go now."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "You may go now.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "A ring of regeneration? That would explain why he was able to resist for so long in spite of his frail build. Well, it\u2019s up to you to decide who should take it, Galas."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "A ring of regeneration? That would explain why he was able to resist for so long in spite of his frail build. Well, it\u2019s up to you to decide who should take it, Galas.", "replies": "Murlin", "reply": "Fools! You are no better than the hounds of the Chaos Empire! You\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Murlin", "text": "Fools! You are no better than the hounds of the Chaos Empire! You\u2014", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Ah, well. You cannot make friends with every sand-dweller, Galas!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Ah, well. You cannot make friends with every sand-dweller, Galas!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "It is all over, at last. Mal Keshar, those mountains...?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "It is all over, at last. Mal Keshar, those mountains...?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Everything in the distance seems so lush and alive!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Everything in the distance seems so lush and alive!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "It\u2019s beautiful."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "It\u2019s beautiful.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "The Chaos Empire lies south of here. (<i>sighs</i>) We had such an uplifting victory... Do we really need to find those two heroes to forge a new future for our race? Perhaps we have been merely misled by our misfortune and the grim stories told by the Eisenstone humans... We could find the ocean and sail towards the horizon and then..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "The Chaos Empire lies south of here. (<i>sighs</i>) We had such an uplifting victory... Do we really need to find those two heroes to forge a new future for our race? Perhaps we have been merely misled by our misfortune and the grim stories told by the Eisenstone humans... We could find the ocean and sail towards the horizon and then...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "... The Chaos humans and their demonic allies would find you one way or another."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "... The Chaos humans and their demonic allies would find you one way or another.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "The Moon Valley is only a few days away from us, young Galas!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "The Moon Valley is only a few days away from us, young Galas!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I know, I know..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "(<i>shivering slightly</i>) I\u2019m beginning to regret my choice. It gets colder and darker the further we proceed, and our people are nearly starving.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "It is far too late to turn back, young leader! Besides, we are mere hours away from the edge of the plateau, if I\u2019m not mistaken. "}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "It is far too late to turn back, young leader! Besides, we are mere hours away from the edge of the plateau, if I\u2019m not mistaken. ", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Hard to tell with this fog. Incidentally, are you absolutely certain there is nothing we can do about that, Anlind\u00eb?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Hard to tell with this fog. Incidentally, are you absolutely certain there is nothing we can do about that, Anlind\u00eb?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "I would greatly prefer if our spell casters saved their energies for fending off any hostile creatures we may come across\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "I would greatly prefer if our spell casters saved their energies for fending off any hostile creatures we may come across\u2014", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Well, I don\u2019t recognize that creature, but it sure sounded hostile to me! Shall we keep moving?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Well, I don\u2019t recognize that creature, but it sure sounded hostile to me! Shall we keep moving?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "I support the motion..."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "I support the motion...", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Mal Keshar, you did not say at any point that we were walking straight into enemy territory!"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Mal Keshar, you did not say at any point that we were walking straight into enemy territory!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Huh? Indeed, I did not. This region was completely uninhabited last time my minions surveyed it."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Huh? Indeed, I did not. This region was completely uninhabited last time my minions surveyed it.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "And when... exactly... was that?"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "And when... exactly... was that?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "... A hundred years ago, perhaps? It\u2019s hard to tell when you have dwelt underground for thousands of years in solitude\u2014 Why are you looking at me like that?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "... A hundred years ago, perhaps? It\u2019s hard to tell when you have dwelt underground for thousands of years in solitude\u2014 Why are you looking at me like that?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "If you say so. Backtracking at this point might not be the wisest choice, after all."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "If you say so. Backtracking at this point might not be the wisest choice, after all.", "replies": "Isselial", "reply": "The elves from the desert sanctuary are intruding in our domain? Then what are you waiting for, fools? Get them!"}
{"speaks": "Isselial", "text": "The elves from the desert sanctuary are intruding in our domain? Then what are you waiting for, fools? Get them!", "replies": "Skaellar", "reply": "As you command, sir."}
{"speaks": "Skaellar", "text": "As you command, sir.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Mal Keshar, why are your bats and spirits being completely useless around these cliffs? We need to cover as much ground as possible and you aren\u2019t precisely helping."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Mal Keshar, why are your bats and spirits being completely useless around these cliffs? We need to cover as much ground as possible and you aren\u2019t precisely helping.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Have you ever tried flying during a storm? Perhaps you should give that a try one day so you learn to leave these things to me instead of spouting orders like a spoiled brat."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Have you ever tried flying during a storm? Perhaps you should give that a try one day so you learn to leave these things to me instead of spouting orders like a spoiled brat.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "... Fair enough."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "... Fair enough.", "replies": "Igrim-Gaher", "reply": "Why... Yechnagoth will avenge me! Just you wait\u2014 Ack\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Igrim-Gaher", "text": "Why... Yechnagoth will avenge me! Just you wait\u2014 Ack\u2014", "replies": "Isselial", "reply": "Y\u2014 you dare step on s\u2014 sacred soil! You sh\u2014 shall pay dearly for this t\u2014 transgression, unworthy heathens!"}
{"speaks": "Isselial", "text": "Y\u2014 you dare step on s\u2014 sacred soil! You sh\u2014 shall pay dearly for this t\u2014 transgression, unworthy heathens!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Not if we take you out first!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Not if we take you out first!", "replies": "Isselial", "reply": "N\u2014 no... M\u2014 my project... incomplete... F\u2014 forgive me, Uria..."}
{"speaks": "Isselial", "text": "N\u2014 no... M\u2014 my project... incomplete... F\u2014 forgive me, Uria...", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "I wonder what manner of hideous creature those miscreants might be keeping inside. Perhaps it\u2019s worth investigating."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "I wonder what manner of hideous creature those miscreants might be keeping inside. Perhaps it\u2019s worth investigating.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "It\u2019s somewhat heavier than the weapons we used to train with before E\u00e4roldil\u2019s accident, but I think I will manage somehow. Now, could we please leave this cavern before whatever is making those unnerving noises decides it\u2019s time for dinner?"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "It\u2019s somewhat heavier than the weapons we used to train with before E\u00e4roldil\u2019s accident, but I think I will manage somehow. Now, could we please leave this cavern before whatever is making those unnerving noises decides it\u2019s time for dinner?", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Whoah. The view here is amazing. You all have to see this!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Whoah. The view here is amazing. You all have to see this!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Everything in the distance seems so lush and alive!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Everything in the distance seems so lush and alive!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "It\u2019s beautiful."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "It\u2019s beautiful.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Do we really need to find those two heroes to forge a new future for our race? Perhaps there is another option. We could find the ocean and sail towards the horizon and then..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Do we really need to find those two heroes to forge a new future for our race? Perhaps there is another option. We could find the ocean and sail towards the horizon and then...", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "... No matter how far away we get from this continent, it will only be a matter of time before the Chaos Empire extends its reaches and wages genocide on us again. Our descendants would not be particularly accepting of our decision knowing that we had the choice to prevent their downfall."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "... No matter how far away we get from this continent, it will only be a matter of time before the Chaos Empire extends its reaches and wages genocide on us again. Our descendants would not be particularly accepting of our decision knowing that we had the choice to prevent their downfall.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I know... It was just wishful thinking. Let us continue and find that valley."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "The valley of the Moon. Thousands of years ago, the people then living near here believed the end of the world had come. Rocks fell from the sky, which was dark for many days thereafter. There were earthquakes and other signs. When the sun returned, there being at that time only one, they found a vast smoking crater here; and that night there was blood on the face of the Greater Moon\u2014", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Orcs! This valley is infested with orcs!"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Orcs! This valley is infested with orcs!", "replies": "Diglet", "reply": "Intruders! Alert the chieftain!"}
{"speaks": "Diglet", "text": "Intruders! Alert the chieftain!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "So, this was your cunning plan all along, Mal Keshar? To lead us to orcish territory and use us as fodder for their grunts? To expand your undead army?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "So, this was your cunning plan all along, Mal Keshar? To lead us to orcish territory and use us as fodder for their grunts? To expand your undead army?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Ha, ha, ha! I could have killed you all in your sleep had that been my intention! What would be the point of bringing you to this place when ancient dead warriors abound nowadays? Speak, elf!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Ha, ha, ha! I could have killed you all in your sleep had that been my intention! What would be the point of bringing you to this place when ancient dead warriors abound nowadays? Speak, elf!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Control your temper, you two! Those orcs should be our only concern right now. We have come this far and the sands we left behind hold no promise. If we want to lead our people to a new and hopeful future, we must fight. Unless Mal Keshar knows an alternate route?"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Control your temper, you two! Those orcs should be our only concern right now. We have come this far and the sands we left behind hold no promise. If we want to lead our people to a new and hopeful future, we must fight. Unless Mal Keshar knows an alternate route?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "There certainly <i>are</i> other ways to reach the depths if you search for them amidst the tall cliffs of this region, but we will invariably come across unwelcoming natives who will not think twice before killing you and your subjects. Your people are not accustomed to the cold and steep heights of Irdya. If you were to ask me, I\u2019d say you could use this valley to your advantage. Let the orcs fall and perish under the might of the last forest elves of the Great Continent!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "There certainly <i>are</i> other ways to reach the depths if you search for them amidst the tall cliffs of this region, but we will invariably come across unwelcoming natives who will not think twice before killing you and your subjects. Your people are not accustomed to the cold and steep heights of Irdya. If you were to ask me, I\u2019d say you could use this valley to your advantage. Let the orcs fall and perish under the might of the last forest elves of the Great Continent!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I do understand that this is our best option for now \u2014 it is to be expected from such a desperate and foolish quest. Let us prepare for battle, then. To arms!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I do understand that this is our best option for now \u2014 it is to be expected from such a desperate and foolish quest. Let us prepare for battle, then. To arms!", "replies": "Kal Magar", "reply": "Intruders, you say? What have the scouts been up to all this time, that this was allowed to happen? Get rid of them <b>now</b>!"}
{"speaks": "Kal Magar", "text": "Intruders, you say? What have the scouts been up to all this time, that this was allowed to happen? Get rid of them <b>now</b>!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "That did sound very convincing and leader-like, Mal Keshar. I am impressed."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "That did sound very convincing and leader-like, Mal Keshar. I am impressed.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "The Short Darkness begins to shroud the land, giving the orcs a new advantage."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "The Short Darkness begins to shroud the land, giving the orcs a new advantage.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "The combination of the might of the undead and the effectiveness of our hunters will be a great help in surviving the darkness."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "The combination of the might of the undead and the effectiveness of our hunters will be a great help in surviving the darkness.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Ahh, the Long Darkness approaches, at last! The undead hordes shall rise and crush these repulsive orcs!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Ahh, the Long Darkness approaches, at last! The undead hordes shall rise and crush these repulsive orcs!", "replies": "Kal Magar", "reply": "So, our best warriors were unable to repel you, little elves? No matter \u2014 my bodyguards will send you to hell! Haw, haw, haw!"}
{"speaks": "Kal Magar", "text": "So, our best warriors were unable to repel you, little elves? No matter \u2014 my bodyguards will send you to hell! Haw, haw, haw!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Uh-oh."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Uh-oh.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Ah, the boy was right. It was a trap, and look \u2014 the orcs are calling upon reinforcements!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Ah, the boy was right. It was a trap, and look \u2014 the orcs are calling upon reinforcements!", "replies": "Barglor", "reply": "Ouch! I\u2019m vanquished..."}
{"speaks": "Barglor", "text": "Ouch! I\u2019m vanquished...", "replies": "Durbaghar", "reply": "Help!! Ack\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Durbaghar", "text": "Help!! Ack\u2014", "replies": "Kal Magar", "reply": "... My guards... are a bunch of incompetent... idiotic... fools... Argghhh\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Kal Magar", "text": "... My guards... are a bunch of incompetent... idiotic... fools... Argghhh\u2014", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Our job here is finished. To the caves!"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "I feel some kind of strong presence in this place. We should determine its nature before we allow our people to follow.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Wait, I hear steps..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Wait, I hear steps...", "replies": "Kyra", "reply": "Surprise, forest dwellers. Didn\u2019t expect us here, uh?"}
{"speaks": "Kyra", "text": "Surprise, forest dwellers. Didn\u2019t expect us here, uh?", "replies": "Kairus", "reply": "Kill them! It\u2019s the Emperor\u2019s command!"}
{"speaks": "Kairus", "text": "Kill them! It\u2019s the Emperor\u2019s command!", "replies": "Verne", "reply": "You, elves! If you still place any value on your lives you shall stop and leave now!"}
{"speaks": "Verne", "text": "You, elves! If you still place any value on your lives you shall stop and leave now!", "replies": "Goliath", "reply": "Puny elves and undead! Have you come to challenge me?"}
{"speaks": "Goliath", "text": "Puny elves and undead! Have you come to challenge me?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Eh... Those fists seem very strong! (<i>looks aside</i>) What <i>is</i> this thing, Anlind\u00eb?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Eh... Those fists seem very strong! (<i>looks aside</i>) What <i>is</i> this thing, Anlind\u00eb?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Some kind of dwarvish warrior \u2014 at least, judging by the runes engraved on its armor. Stay back!"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Some kind of dwarvish warrior \u2014 at least, judging by the runes engraved on its armor. Stay back!", "replies": "Goliath", "reply": "The Master says you must all die! For the Chaos Empire!"}
{"speaks": "Goliath", "text": "The Master says you must all die! For the Chaos Empire!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Argh, just what we need \u2014 a massive metal foe. It will surely crush us if we don\u2019t act fast!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Argh, just what we need \u2014 a massive metal foe. It will surely crush us if we don\u2019t act fast!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "At last, it\u2019s over."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "At last, it\u2019s over.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "That was a close call. But who knows how many other metallic giants might have been brought to this place by the enemy? Let us leave this chamber and continue exploring, but be on your keenest guard."}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "Welcome, friends. It\u2019s been a long time since yer kinsmen last visited us... But tell me, what\u2019re yer names? What brings ye here to the depths o\u2019 the kingdom o\u2019 Herthgar? And most importantly... <b>why is that accursed lich in this chamber?!</b>", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We can explain, Your Highness! I am Galas, leader of the elves from the Valley of Elynia. This is Anlind\u00eb and..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We can explain, Your Highness! I am Galas, leader of the elves from the Valley of Elynia. This is Anlind\u00eb and...", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "The lich is Mal Keshar, our guide and... quite an important ally of ours. We would not be standing here in one piece without his help."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "The lich is Mal Keshar, our guide and... quite an important ally of ours. We would not be standing here in one piece without his help.", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "I ha\u2019 heard enough o\u2019 this old vile creature ye brought into my domain! Dinna\u2019 ye realize how dangerous it is to deactivate our defenses just to let yer pet in? I would nae tolerate this folly if ye weren\u2019t from the Quenoth kin!"}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "I ha\u2019 heard enough o\u2019 this old vile creature ye brought into my domain! Dinna\u2019 ye realize how dangerous it is to deactivate our defenses just to let yer pet in? I would nae tolerate this folly if ye weren\u2019t from the Quenoth kin!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I beg your pardon, Your Highness, but what are you talking about?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I beg your pardon, Your Highness, but what are you talking about?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "King, your fellow dwarves spoke of elves from the desert when they first met us. Am I to assume that they identified themselves as the \u2018Quenoth\u2019 people? Did they truly come from the desert to visit you?"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "King, your fellow dwarves spoke of elves from the desert when they first met us. Am I to assume that they identified themselves as the \u2018Quenoth\u2019 people? Did they truly come from the desert to visit you?", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "Ye ask too many questions..."}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "Ye ask too many questions...", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "Aye, they were the Quenoth elves o\u2019 the desert. It was a few centuries ago that they helped our brethren in the south and opened the route for the restoration of our kingdom. Ye nae heard o\u2019 them before? That\u2019s unexpected. So, from whence d\u2019ye come? I hadn\u2019t stopped to wonder why ye seem so different from what our historians describe..."}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "Aye, they were the Quenoth elves o\u2019 the desert. It was a few centuries ago that they helped our brethren in the south and opened the route for the restoration of our kingdom. Ye nae heard o\u2019 them before? That\u2019s unexpected. So, from whence d\u2019ye come? I hadn\u2019t stopped to wonder why ye seem so different from what our historians describe...", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "I reckon ye\u2019re not from the desert then?"}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "I reckon ye\u2019re not from the desert then?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "That\u2019s correct. We actually come from a secluded valley far from here, in which our ancestors found a favorable environment to settle. We were invaded by an army of the same force that I see has already arrived at your doors, the Chaos Empire. But I had never heard before of any large population of our kind living in the desert. What is this that you did not tell me before, Anlind\u00eb?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "That\u2019s correct. We actually come from a secluded valley far from here, in which our ancestors found a favorable environment to settle. We were invaded by an army of the same force that I see has already arrived at your doors, the Chaos Empire. But I had never heard before of any large population of our kind living in the desert. What is this that you did not tell me before, Anlind\u00eb?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "There was a... civil war, some time after the Fall, Galas. You have to understand that such a world-changing event had similar consequences for every other civilization on the Great Continent and beyond. After the matter was settled and the flames of conflict subsided, our ancestors parted ways; two groups, different directions. We are the direct descendants of the group led by Lord Telchior of Thelien. No-one ever heard from the other group again, until now."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "There was a... civil war, some time after the Fall, Galas. You have to understand that such a world-changing event had similar consequences for every other civilization on the Great Continent and beyond. After the matter was settled and the flames of conflict subsided, our ancestors parted ways; two groups, different directions. We are the direct descendants of the group led by Lord Telchior of Thelien. No-one ever heard from the other group again, until now.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "That would explain why many of the foes we have fought thus far are aware of our existence... Your Highness, what was the fate of the Quenoth elves?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "That would explain why many of the foes we have fought thus far are aware of our existence... Your Highness, what was the fate of the Quenoth elves?", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "It\u2019s said they were in search of a new home in the Far North, led by a young boy much like ye, by the name of Kalehssar. Our kin sent a soldier along them who eventually returned to tell quite the unusual tale. To put things into perspective, ye ha\u2019 to realize that much o\u2019 the green in the land was still desert back then. I ken it ha\u2019 been a few centuries, but aye, things ha\u2019 changed fast since then. Some believe an otherworldly force works to fix this fractured world bit by bit..."}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "It\u2019s said they were in search of a new home in the Far North, led by a young boy much like ye, by the name of Kalehssar. Our kin sent a soldier along them who eventually returned to tell quite the unusual tale. To put things into perspective, ye ha\u2019 to realize that much o\u2019 the green in the land was still desert back then. I ken it ha\u2019 been a few centuries, but aye, things ha\u2019 changed fast since then. Some believe an otherworldly force works to fix this fractured world bit by bit...", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "Och, that nae the tale I was going to tell! Anyway, they didnae continue north. They were attacked by humans led by a wretched abomination posing as their goddess, Eloh! But the humans were nae match for young Kalehssar and his conviction, indeed. Then they were contacted by merfolk! Who guided them to Zokan... Zothan... some island in the ocean. There, they slew the impersonator Yechnagoth, the Eater of Souls! And this feat dispelled a curse that kept the minds o\u2019 the peoples over the sands tied to the monster\u2019s will!"}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "Och, that nae the tale I was going to tell! Anyway, they didnae continue north. They were attacked by humans led by a wretched abomination posing as their goddess, Eloh! But the humans were nae match for young Kalehssar and his conviction, indeed. Then they were contacted by merfolk! Who guided them to Zokan... Zothan... some island in the ocean. There, they slew the impersonator Yechnagoth, the Eater of Souls! And this feat dispelled a curse that kept the minds o\u2019 the peoples over the sands tied to the monster\u2019s will!", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "But \u2019tis just a story from a lunatic who barely made it back home. The poor thing provided them with a vivid account of the journey, though. Ye may ask Althurin later for all the details I omitted for the sake o\u2019 brevity, if ye\u2019re so inclined. (<i>laughs</i>)"}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "But \u2019tis just a story from a lunatic who barely made it back home. The poor thing provided them with a vivid account of the journey, though. Ye may ask Althurin later for all the details I omitted for the sake o\u2019 brevity, if ye\u2019re so inclined. (<i>laughs</i>)", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Sounds quite impressive for a mere band of elves."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Sounds quite impressive for a mere band of elves.", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "Ah, but it wasn\u2019t just a band o\u2019 them! They brought all o\u2019 their people for the journey! Anyway..."}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "Ah, but it wasn\u2019t just a band o\u2019 them! They brought all o\u2019 their people for the journey! Anyway...", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "What do you know about the Chaos Empire?"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "What do you know about the Chaos Empire?", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Murderers and thieves aided by the so-called \u201cmother of all demons\u201d from beyond this world. That\u2019s what they are."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "Murderers and thieves aided by the so-called \u201cmother of all demons\u201d from beyond this world. That\u2019s what they are.", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "Aye... About two hundred years ago, they forced the southern clans in Gnalvarden to abandon their caves and move here. But far too many were slaughtered or captured before their king acceded to evacuate. The Chaos fiends even got their claws on some mighty war contraptions our brethren designed. And the poor engineers... we never heard o\u2019 them again."}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "Aye... About two hundred years ago, they forced the southern clans in Gnalvarden to abandon their caves and move here. But far too many were slaughtered or captured before their king acceded to evacuate. The Chaos fiends even got their claws on some mighty war contraptions our brethren designed. And the poor engineers... we never heard o\u2019 them again.", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "We ha\u2019 been told a powerful warlord is bringing an army to strike against Herthgar, as if there were anything in these caves that could be useful to them. Heh. The point is, I heard yer people are looking for a new home, but we cannae provide ye with one here and now. However, the Far North has remained relatively peaceful for a couple o\u2019 centuries, and I\u2019m sure the humans would welcome ye in their country. I just cannae guarantee that it will last for long..."}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "We ha\u2019 been told a powerful warlord is bringing an army to strike against Herthgar, as if there were anything in these caves that could be useful to them. Heh. The point is, I heard yer people are looking for a new home, but we cannae provide ye with one here and now. However, the Far North has remained relatively peaceful for a couple o\u2019 centuries, and I\u2019m sure the humans would welcome ye in their country. I just cannae guarantee that it will last for long...", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "Och, if ye can forgive me, there are so many things to do before we do battle with the demons... If there\u2019s anything left to discuss, it must wait till dinner."}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "Och, if ye can forgive me, there are so many things to do before we do battle with the demons... If there\u2019s anything left to discuss, it must wait till dinner.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "It is no problem, Your Highness. We are grateful for your counsel."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "It is no problem, Your Highness. We are grateful for your counsel.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "What do we do now?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "What do we do now?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "I don\u2019t think the dwarf king is going to be of help to us. He seems largely ignorant of less mundane affairs... We\u2019ll need to search for the Lady of Light and her consort on our own. But... his advice is sound, actually. If there are humans in the Far North, there might be a chance for our people to survive the forthcoming invasion if we send them to those lands."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "I don\u2019t think the dwarf king is going to be of help to us. He seems largely ignorant of less mundane affairs... We\u2019ll need to search for the Lady of Light and her consort on our own. But... his advice is sound, actually. If there are humans in the Far North, there might be a chance for our people to survive the forthcoming invasion if we send them to those lands.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I shall lead an expedition to the Far North, then."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I shall lead an expedition to the Far North, then.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Galas, as the regent lord appointed by Lord L\u00e9dinor, you should be beside us when we find her. It will be an important first meeting after all this time since the fall of our ancestors..."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Galas, as the regent lord appointed by Lord L\u00e9dinor, you should be beside us when we find her. It will be an important first meeting after all this time since the fall of our ancestors...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Well, in that case... Inodien? Would you lead our main host and civilians to the humans?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Well, in that case... Inodien? Would you lead our main host and civilians to the humans?", "replies": "Inodien", "reply": "M\u2014 my lord, are you suggesting that I..."}
{"speaks": "Inodien", "text": "M\u2014 my lord, are you suggesting that I...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "If it weren\u2019t for Lady Unarye and you, we would have lost many more men and women to the sands. Your leadership in my absence was essential to our survival."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "If it weren\u2019t for Lady Unarye and you, we would have lost many more men and women to the sands. Your leadership in my absence was essential to our survival.", "replies": "Inodien", "reply": "Yes, my lord. I\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Inodien", "text": "Yes, my lord. I\u2014", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "If I am allowed to interrupt, lord Galas... I may ha\u2019 heard of this \u201cLady of Light\u201d before."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "If I am allowed to interrupt, lord Galas... I may ha\u2019 heard of this \u201cLady of Light\u201d before.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Oh! Now the dwarf decides to be useful! Why didn\u2019t you say so before?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Oh! Now the dwarf decides to be useful! Why didn\u2019t you say so before?", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Ye... never said exactly what ye were lookin\u2019 for in these caves."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "Ye... never said exactly what ye were lookin\u2019 for in these caves.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "What do you know about her?"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "What do you know about her?", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "We ha\u2019 some lore about this elvish heroine... from a hundred years or so after the first cataclysm... \u2019Tis quite confusin\u2019, really, but it\u2019s not the point. My late master once told me a fascinatin\u2019 story of what he found while explorin\u2019 the deepest caves in these mountains. He was but a lad back then, though quite a well-versed one in the art of runecraftin\u2019. He was searchin\u2019 for rare metals that can only be found near the warmer caves where lava occasionally spurts from below and strange ferocious monsters lurk behind every corner."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "We ha\u2019 some lore about this elvish heroine... from a hundred years or so after the first cataclysm... \u2019Tis quite confusin\u2019, really, but it\u2019s not the point. My late master once told me a fascinatin\u2019 story of what he found while explorin\u2019 the deepest caves in these mountains. He was but a lad back then, though quite a well-versed one in the art of runecraftin\u2019. He was searchin\u2019 for rare metals that can only be found near the warmer caves where lava occasionally spurts from below and strange ferocious monsters lurk behind every corner.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "It was around those parts that with his runic artifacts he detected a strong power like he\u2019d never seen before, hidin\u2019 beneath. He said that he could see a light in the darkness of the abyss, and he felt there was somethin\u2019 alive there... Alas, he didn\u2019t have the resources or time to proceed further down. Even till his death he wondered what mighta\u2019 been there."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "It was around those parts that with his runic artifacts he detected a strong power like he\u2019d never seen before, hidin\u2019 beneath. He said that he could see a light in the darkness of the abyss, and he felt there was somethin\u2019 alive there... Alas, he didn\u2019t have the resources or time to proceed further down. Even till his death he wondered what mighta\u2019 been there.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "... That could be the lead we needed. Did your master by any chance leave indications as to how to reach those caves?"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "... That could be the lead we needed. Did your master by any chance leave indications as to how to reach those caves?", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Aye, he did. I could guide ye, as well. It\u2019s not exactly advisable to explore the uncharted depths of the heart of Irdya if ye\u2019re not a dwarf."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "Aye, he did. I could guide ye, as well. It\u2019s not exactly advisable to explore the uncharted depths of the heart of Irdya if ye\u2019re not a dwarf.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "If that is a thing you can do... I mean, without the king taking offense to this plan..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "If that is a thing you can do... I mean, without the king taking offense to this plan...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Pfft, we wouldn\u2019t need to rely on you if I were allowed to turn the elves into undead. Why would you want to risk your life on our mission, anyway?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Pfft, we wouldn\u2019t need to rely on you if I were allowed to turn the elves into undead. Why would you want to risk your life on our mission, anyway?", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "As I said before, our loremasters have recorded the history of this sorceress. From what I figure she\u2019s probably the most powerful one ever seen by any dwarf, orc, or even elf. \u2019Tis said she was cursed to live for the rest of eternity as punishment for the arts she delved into. My master took an interest in those stories after his discovery in the deep... And I want to find out the truth."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "As I said before, our loremasters have recorded the history of this sorceress. From what I figure she\u2019s probably the most powerful one ever seen by any dwarf, orc, or even elf. \u2019Tis said she was cursed to live for the rest of eternity as punishment for the arts she delved into. My master took an interest in those stories after his discovery in the deep... And I want to find out the truth.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "And in any case, ye all saved our lives, and in particular mine \u2014 I am indebted for ye saving me from the followers of Uria. Sending ye on a suicidal mission now would not be good form, would it?"}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "And in any case, ye all saved our lives, and in particular mine \u2014 I am indebted for ye saving me from the followers of Uria. Sending ye on a suicidal mission now would not be good form, would it?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Hm, fair enough, Althurin. We\u2019ll gladly accept your help."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Your archers are renowned for being as accurate and deadly at night as they are under the light of the suns, and yet you fear the dark depths beneath the surface!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I wonder if we\u2019ll ever come across the people who built those structures. Our enemies roam these caves too in search of the two heroes... Whoever would be more apt for aiding us in our mission than the dwarves?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I wonder if we\u2019ll ever come across the people who built those structures. Our enemies roam these caves too in search of the two heroes... Whoever would be more apt for aiding us in our mission than the dwarves?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Eh, if they had to abandon their posts there is probably not much they can do for us. See, for all we know they have either all been slaughtered or converted to the Chaos Empire and their ridiculous cult. Not that they would be of much help anyway. They would rather tend to their own matters than deal with outsiders, especially elves. Not too different from your people in that regard."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Eh, if they had to abandon their posts there is probably not much they can do for us. See, for all we know they have either all been slaughtered or converted to the Chaos Empire and their ridiculous cult. Not that they would be of much help anyway. They would rather tend to their own matters than deal with outsiders, especially elves. Not too different from your people in that regard.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "It is true that historically they have refused to assist those whom they deem of very little utility for their ends, but given the ongoing Chaos infestation, we may be able to take advantage of that."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "It is true that historically they have refused to assist those whom they deem of very little utility for their ends, but given the ongoing Chaos infestation, we may be able to take advantage of that.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "He, he, surely they would admit elves and undead into their domains, yes..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "He, he, surely they would admit elves and undead into their domains, yes...", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Elves! Undead! Begone dark treacherous ones, or we kill you!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Elves! Undead! Begone dark treacherous ones, or we kill you!", "replies": "Kwurg", "reply": "Ugh. It hurts a lot..."}
{"speaks": "Kwurg", "text": "Ugh. It hurts a lot...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "If only trolls weren\u2019t so quick to assume ill intentions on our part... I understand that they are protecting their territory and would never be willing to negotiate with those who consort with the undead, but..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "If only trolls weren\u2019t so quick to assume ill intentions on our part... I understand that they are protecting their territory and would never be willing to negotiate with those who consort with the undead, but...", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "I have to agree with the sentiment. These creatures have lived for longer than our own species, as though they were created to guard the very earth from intruders who may threaten the balance of nature. Slaying them feels utterly wrong in that sense."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "I have to agree with the sentiment. These creatures have lived for longer than our own species, as though they were created to guard the very earth from intruders who may threaten the balance of nature. Slaying them feels utterly wrong in that sense.", "replies": "Hazor", "reply": "Look, over there! The heathens from the valley still live!"}
{"speaks": "Hazor", "text": "Look, over there! The heathens from the valley still live!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "These accursed humans brought a whole battalion into the caves. How bothersome."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "These accursed humans brought a whole battalion into the caves. How bothersome.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "(<i>confused</i>) ... Elves? And with undead marching amongst their ranks? \u2019Tis a strange sight... We thought that yer race was still an enemy of necromancy and their practitioners! Though, ye helped our kin three centuries ago... Would ye help us now?"}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "(<i>confused</i>) ... Elves? And with undead marching amongst their ranks? \u2019Tis a strange sight... We thought that yer race was still an enemy of necromancy and their practitioners! Though, ye helped our kin three centuries ago... Would ye help us now?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Centuries? Well... sure, we have helped each other in times of need throughout history. Why would we not help you?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Centuries? Well... sure, we have helped each other in times of need throughout history. Why would we not help you?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Anlind\u00eb?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Anlind\u00eb?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Sssh."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Sssh.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Excellent! As ye can see, there are these foul men from the lands of Chaos, tryin\u2019 to take over our tunnels. They\u2019re everywhere! It\u2019d be a boon if ye can help us repel \u2019em from here. Yes... Our brethren ha\u2019 been eager to hear of the mighty desert heroes again!"}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "Excellent! As ye can see, there are these foul men from the lands of Chaos, tryin\u2019 to take over our tunnels. They\u2019re everywhere! It\u2019d be a boon if ye can help us repel \u2019em from here. Yes... Our brethren ha\u2019 been eager to hear of the mighty desert heroes again!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Rest assured we shall do our best."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Rest assured we shall do our best.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Argh... I need... I need\u2019a report this news to the king. I hafta make it there. Please stand fast, friend elves. I shall be back with ye soon."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "Argh... I need... I need\u2019a report this news to the king. I hafta make it there. Please stand fast, friend elves. I shall be back with ye soon.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Dwarf-friends, ye made it. Now, follow me to the Throne Room, King Asthorgar awaits. He\u2019ll be pleased to hear and see news of ye and yer kind again."}
{"speaks": "second_unit", "text": "Wait, I think I found something here...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "It\u2019s hard to believe we\u2019ve made it this far, in spite of all the obstacles in our way."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "It\u2019s hard to believe we\u2019ve made it this far, in spite of all the obstacles in our way.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hah. You would never have survived the trials of the desert and the confrontations with those demons without me around, ready to save your useless posteriors."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hah. You would never have survived the trials of the desert and the confrontations with those demons without me around, ready to save your useless posteriors.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "These passages appear to have been used relatively recently. We should be on the watch for enemies."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "These passages appear to have been used relatively recently. We should be on the watch for enemies.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Right. Let us proceed cautiously, then."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Right. Let us proceed cautiously, then.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "What did you want to ask me, Galas?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "What did you want to ask me, Galas?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "... Nothing important. Let\u2019s go."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "... Nothing important. Let\u2019s go.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "What is this? The ruins of an ancient city, here?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "What is this? The ruins of an ancient city, here?", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Hm, the runes on the floor and walls aren\u2019t dwarvish. This is quite interestin\u2019."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "Hm, the runes on the floor and walls aren\u2019t dwarvish. This is quite interestin\u2019.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Huh? A goblin? How did you get here?"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Huh? A goblin? How did you get here?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "You have nothing to fear, goblin. We are not here to kill you."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "You have nothing to fear, goblin. We are not here to kill you.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "What, are you serious? He is a <i>goblin</i>, a miniature orc!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "What, are you serious? He is a <i>goblin</i>, a miniature orc!", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "I used to live in the northlands, in a small town populated by goblins, goblins like me! But then, those foul humans came and ransacked it all! They killed everyone, those \u2018Chaos\u2019 people... I escaped, and tried to find a safe place to live, deep in these caves..."}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "I used to live in the northlands, in a small town populated by goblins, goblins like me! But then, those foul humans came and ransacked it all! They killed everyone, those \u2018Chaos\u2019 people... I escaped, and tried to find a safe place to live, deep in these caves...", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "And then those horrors came here too! They woke up all those dangerous beasts from underground, and then they tried to turn me into their slave! Oh... so horrible..."}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "And then those horrors came here too! They woke up all those dangerous beasts from underground, and then they tried to turn me into their slave! Oh... so horrible...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Seeing as how peril lurks behind every corner around here, would you perhaps prefer to join us? We could provide you with protection from those demons and the undead, if you agree to help us as well."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Seeing as how peril lurks behind every corner around here, would you perhaps prefer to join us? We could provide you with protection from those demons and the undead, if you agree to help us as well.", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "Really?! Oh... Yes! Yes, I would be very thankful if you let me join you, yes! Hang on, let me pack my things..."}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "Really?! Oh... Yes! Yes, I would be very thankful if you let me join you, yes! Hang on, let me pack my things...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "This is a very bad idea, Galas! Galas! Are you even listening to me?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "This is a very bad idea, Galas! Galas! Are you even listening to me?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "It\u2019s just a little goblin and his ferocious mount. What harm could possibly come of letting them fight alongside us? I would be far more concerned if we didn\u2019t already allow a necromancer in our ranks..."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "It\u2019s just a little goblin and his ferocious mount. What harm could possibly come of letting them fight alongside us? I would be far more concerned if we didn\u2019t already allow a necromancer in our ranks...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hmph. <small>Such careless words coming from an elf, <small>elves these days...</small></small>"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hmph. <small>Such careless words coming from an elf, <small>elves these days...</small></small>", "replies": "Mal Em-Nonaluz", "reply": "The elves are here? Well, well, where the hell are our dear warlord\u2019s troops? I suppose I will have to make do with what little I have, as usual."}
{"speaks": "Mal Em-Nonaluz", "text": "The elves are here? Well, well, where the hell are our dear warlord\u2019s troops? I suppose I will have to make do with what little I have, as usual.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "This is bad news. It appears the Chaos Empire\u2019s forces somehow managed to get a head start. We need to stop them and secure these caves before they can advance any further!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "This is bad news. It appears the Chaos Empire\u2019s forces somehow managed to get a head start. We need to stop them and secure these caves before they can advance any further!", "replies": "Mal Em-Nonaluz", "reply": "You may take me down and win this battle, elf... but know this... The Warlord... the Warlord is coming... Flee while you can, and you may yet be able to enjoy your lives a few days more!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Em-Nonaluz", "text": "You may take me down and win this battle, elf... but know this... The Warlord... the Warlord is coming... Flee while you can, and you may yet be able to enjoy your lives a few days more!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "These fiends seem so confident in the might of this warlord of theirs. It\u2019s rather troubling."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "These fiends seem so confident in the might of this warlord of theirs. It\u2019s rather troubling.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Necromancers... there surely is no end to their arrogance, not even as they\u2019re dyin\u2019 \u2014 again. Ye shouldn\u2019t give their words too much credit, lord Galas."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "Necromancers... there surely is no end to their arrogance, not even as they\u2019re dyin\u2019 \u2014 again. Ye shouldn\u2019t give their words too much credit, lord Galas.", "replies": "second_unit", "reply": "There they are! Get them!"}
{"speaks": "second_unit", "text": "There they are! Get them!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "This path goes even deeper underground. I hesitate to continue."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "This path goes even deeper underground. I hesitate to continue.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "There is no reason to hesitate, Galas. Wherever the Lady of Light is, we will be safe."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "There is no reason to hesitate, Galas. Wherever the Lady of Light is, we will be safe.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I hope so..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I hope so...", "replies": "unit", "reply": "This path goes even deeper underground."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "This path goes even deeper underground.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "We must continue. I feel we are <i>very</i> close to our destination now."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Well, here we are. I guess I was wrong to expect our heroes to be sleeping right by the entrance.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Whoah, this place is much larger on the inside!"}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "Whoah, this place is much larger on the inside!", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "This is... I can\u2019t believe I\u2014 <b>we</b> are about to meet one of our ancestors and her human companion, in life! I wonder what they look like?"}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "This is... I can\u2019t believe I\u2014 <b>we</b> are about to meet one of our ancestors and her human companion, in life! I wonder what they look like?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I imagine they look like every other elf or human sorcerer, just... much more powerful, and maybe even terrifying?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I imagine they look like every other elf or human sorcerer, just... much more powerful, and maybe even terrifying?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Huh?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Huh?", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "Someone bumped into me!"}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "Someone bumped into me!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Who is there?!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Who is there?!", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "Sorry! I saw you coming into this temple and I thought... well, the other elves scare me, and you saved me from the undead back there, so..."}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "Sorry! I saw you coming into this temple and I thought... well, the other elves scare me, and you saved me from the undead back there, so...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Begone, goblin! This is no place for such a lowly creature like you!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Begone, goblin! This is no place for such a lowly creature like you!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Oh, he can come with us. I am sure the Lady of Light will not mind the intrusion of a goblin and his pet wolf considering the... circumstances. <i>(glares at Mal Keshar)</i>"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Oh, he can come with us. I am sure the Lady of Light will not mind the intrusion of a goblin and his pet wolf considering the... circumstances. <i>(glares at Mal Keshar)</i>", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "Oh, many thanks, my lady! I had never been treated so well by non-goblins! Many thanks!"}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "Oh, many thanks, my lady! I had never been treated so well by non-goblins! Many thanks!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "<i>(grumble, grumble)</i>"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "<i>(grumble, grumble)</i>", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We should be wary of any traps or enchantments set up to protect our heroes from hostile outsiders. Anlind\u00eb, could you inspect that gate?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We should be wary of any traps or enchantments set up to protect our heroes from hostile outsiders. Anlind\u00eb, could you inspect that gate?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Sure."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Sure.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "These bones appear to have belonged to a dwarf."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "These bones appear to have belonged to a dwarf.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "The chest is empty."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "The chest is empty.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Nothing but bugs and dust in this barrel."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Nothing but bugs and dust in this barrel.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "There is a stone tablet nearby."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "There is a stone tablet nearby.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "There doesn\u2019t seem to be anything else special about this gate. <small><i>(aside)</i> Why does it only mention her...</small>"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "There doesn\u2019t seem to be anything else special about this gate. <small><i>(aside)</i> Why does it only mention her...</small>", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I believe we fit the description, but I am unsure about the healing part. Still, we have faced all kinds of trials and braved numerous dangers to get here \u2014 there is no turning back now. Onwards!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I believe we fit the description, but I am unsure about the healing part. Still, we have faced all kinds of trials and braved numerous dangers to get here \u2014 there is no turning back now. Onwards!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hello there! Anybody at home?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hello there! Anybody at home?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "... There is no-one here. But... how? Did we arrive too late?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "... There is no-one here. But... how? Did we arrive too late?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "We are the Forest Elves of the Valley of Elynia! You must let us pass!"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "We are the Forest Elves of the Valley of Elynia! You must let us pass!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Enough of this nonsense!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Enough of this nonsense!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Malin Keshar! What do you think you are doing?!"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Malin Keshar! What do you think you are doing?!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Something I should have done long ago! Unto me, whip of the Dark Gods!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Something I should have done long ago! Unto me, whip of the Dark Gods!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "No need to thank me. Behold!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "No need to thank me. Behold!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Come forth, Light of the First Gods! Awaken your blessed emissary from her millennial sleep!"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Come forth, Light of the First Gods! Awaken your blessed emissary from her millennial sleep!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... Who has... awakened me?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... Who has... awakened me?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "<i>(points at Galas)</i>"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "<i>(points at Galas)</i>", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "<i>(points at Galas)</i>"}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "<i>(points at Galas)</i>", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... Elves? Huh... I must be dreaming..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... Elves? Huh... I must be dreaming...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Actually, no, not at all."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Actually, no, not at all.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Necromancer! Your kind is not welcome here! Say your last words!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Necromancer! Your kind is not welcome here! Say your last words!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "No, he doesn\u2019t mean any harm, Lady Elynia! He is our ally!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "No, he doesn\u2019t mean any harm, Lady Elynia! He is our ally!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "<i>Ally</i>, you say? Who are you, strangers, and why have you come to interrupt my sleep?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "<i>Ally</i>, you say? Who are you, strangers, and why have you come to interrupt my sleep?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Right, right, I forgot to introduce ourselves. I am Lord Galas of the Elves of the Valley of Elynia, my lady, and these are Anlind\u00eb, my loyal advisor and leader of the Elven Council at Telchior\u2019s Hold; Lady Unarye, High Sorceress of our people; Althurin, High Runemaster of the Dwarvish Kingdom of Herthgar; and this is\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Right, right, I forgot to introduce ourselves. I am Lord Galas of the Elves of the Valley of Elynia, my lady, and these are Anlind\u00eb, my loyal advisor and leader of the Elven Council at Telchior\u2019s Hold; Lady Unarye, High Sorceress of our people; Althurin, High Runemaster of the Dwarvish Kingdom of Herthgar; and this is\u2014", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Mal Keshar, the Harbinger of Dread \u2014 a title I just made up so I don\u2019t seem out of place among those big names."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Mal Keshar, the Harbinger of Dread \u2014 a title I just made up so I don\u2019t seem out of place among those big names.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "<i>(appalled)</i> I\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "<i>(appalled)</i> I\u2014", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "And I\u2019m Igor! But I fear I don\u2019t have any titles or feats to brag about..."}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "And I\u2019m Igor! But I fear I don\u2019t have any titles or feats to brag about...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I mean, I appreciate that you would name a valley after me, but... Lord Galas, do you even realize that you are standing beside two criminals condemned by elvenkind? How could this depravity come to be?! Is this truly Telchior\u2019s legacy?! How am I supposed to trust the elves of this time now?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I mean, I appreciate that you would name a valley after me, but... Lord Galas, do you even realize that you are standing beside two criminals condemned by elvenkind? How could this depravity come to be?! Is this truly Telchior\u2019s legacy?! How am I supposed to trust the elves of this time now?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Because... I presume it has been long since the Fall, hasn\u2019t it? And you are a descendant of Lord Telchior of Thelien, aren\u2019t you, Lord Galas?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Because... I presume it has been long since the Fall, hasn\u2019t it? And you are a descendant of Lord Telchior of Thelien, aren\u2019t you, Lord Galas?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Uhh... perhaps? I beg your pardon, my lady, but the only person here whom I am aware has committed past crimes against elvenkind is Mal Keshar, and I have specifically allowed him amongst us so he could guide us to the Heart Mountains, and to you."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Uhh... perhaps? I beg your pardon, my lady, but the only person here whom I am aware has committed past crimes against elvenkind is Mal Keshar, and I have specifically allowed him amongst us so he could guide us to the Heart Mountains, and to you.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "So you were raised unaware of the most crucial chapter of your people\u2019s history... That... actually makes sense. Why are you all here today?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "So you were raised unaware of the most crucial chapter of your people\u2019s history... That... actually makes sense. Why are you all here today?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Because the demons have returned, my lady; this time in greater numbers, and backed by an empire established by the humans of the southern deserts during the last few centuries. They decimated our defenses, razed our lands, and slaughtered countless innocent civilians before we finally left our home to request help from you and the Master of Darkness... who... seems to be absent for some reason?"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Because the demons have returned, my lady; this time in greater numbers, and backed by an empire established by the humans of the southern deserts during the last few centuries. They decimated our defenses, razed our lands, and slaughtered countless innocent civilians before we finally left our home to request help from you and the Master of Darkness... who... seems to be absent for some reason?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "I... I never imagined\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "I... I never imagined\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It pains me to have to admit this truth to you... After our victory against the Demon Lord Zhangor in Wesmere, many elves \u2014 your ancestors, lord Galas \u2014 were convinced that we were like gods, immortal and invincible, the exclusive wielders of the only power that could rival the demon\u2019s own. But it was only by sheer fortune that we survived that battle; and our lives, even though they truly exceed the norm of our kind in span, are as fragile as those of everyone else. We learned this the only possible way: by one of us dying."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It pains me to have to admit this truth to you... After our victory against the Demon Lord Zhangor in Wesmere, many elves \u2014 your ancestors, lord Galas \u2014 were convinced that we were like gods, immortal and invincible, the exclusive wielders of the only power that could rival the demon\u2019s own. But it was only by sheer fortune that we survived that battle; and our lives, even though they truly exceed the norm of our kind in span, are as fragile as those of everyone else. We learned this the only possible way: by one of us dying.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "As to how it happened... <i>(sighs)</i> I suppose I might as well tell you of the world-changing events that led up to it. Our stories are more closely intertwined than you might suspect, lord Galas, and because our people have apparently forgotten the tragedies that befell us all at the end of times, I shall try my best to provide you with my own abridged account. You have to know the truth that Anlind\u00eb has kept from you for so long."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "As to how it happened... <i>(sighs)</i> I suppose I might as well tell you of the world-changing events that led up to it. Our stories are more closely intertwined than you might suspect, lord Galas, and because our people have apparently forgotten the tragedies that befell us all at the end of times, I shall try my best to provide you with my own abridged account. You have to know the truth that Anlind\u00eb has kept from you for so long.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "But I must warn you: if the lorekeepers of elvenkind chose to not pass this knowledge on to you and your forefathers, it would be highly unwise of us to do otherwise now that our civilization is once again on the brink of extinction, and susceptible to the influence of demons hailing from Inferno."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "But I must warn you: if the lorekeepers of elvenkind chose to not pass this knowledge on to you and your forefathers, it would be highly unwise of us to do otherwise now that our civilization is once again on the brink of extinction, and susceptible to the influence of demons hailing from Inferno.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Which is why all of you standing before me now are forever bound to keep this a secret. Sit down, and listen well..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Once upon a time, the Great Continent was dominated by many human kingdoms united under a single banner, the banner of the Empire of Wesnoth; but elves and dwarves were here first, and inhabited the vast green forests and tall mountains ranges. Although they had come to see the humans of Wesnoth as valuable friends, many remembered that the humans first arrived to the continent with legions of orcs in pursuit. But by the Golden Age, we had all managed to set our differences aside and prosper together.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "South of the Heart Mountains lay one of the greatest and oldest domains of our kind, Wesmere. For long it served as the capital of our civilization, with its elven council \u2014 the Ka\u2019lian \u2014 holding greater authority than our own kings and lords. The members of the Ka\u2019lian valued knowledge over all other things, and they sought to plunder all the secrets of Irdya for the greater good. In time, this would bring about our downfall."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "South of the Heart Mountains lay one of the greatest and oldest domains of our kind, Wesmere. For long it served as the capital of our civilization, with its elven council \u2014 the Ka\u2019lian \u2014 holding greater authority than our own kings and lords. The members of the Ka\u2019lian valued knowledge over all other things, and they sought to plunder all the secrets of Irdya for the greater good. In time, this would bring about our downfall.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "But the first step towards ending our peaceful lives was taken not by elvenkind, but by the Empire of Wesnoth. At the time, the human Emperor saw his popularity among his subjects dwindle. He saw fit to take advantage of an otherwise unremarkable incursion of undead in orcish territory, led by a powerful necromancer said to have been destroyed countless times before. You must still remember this, Mal Keshar."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "But the first step towards ending our peaceful lives was taken not by elvenkind, but by the Empire of Wesnoth. At the time, the human Emperor saw his popularity among his subjects dwindle. He saw fit to take advantage of an otherwise unremarkable incursion of undead in orcish territory, led by a powerful necromancer said to have been destroyed countless times before. You must still remember this, Mal Keshar.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I have lived for, uh, I don\u2019t know, thousands of years, and you suddenly expect me to remember one specific instance of me terrorizing those despicable creatures!? Pfft."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I have lived for, uh, I don\u2019t know, thousands of years, and you suddenly expect me to remember one specific instance of me terrorizing those despicable creatures!? Pfft.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It served as the perfect excuse for the Emperor of Wesnoth to take the fate of Irdya into his own hands. He ordered his magi to gather masters and students from all academies throughout the land; together, they lifted a mountain into the skies to shine forth and force all soldiers of darkness to retreat underground until the end of times. That is Naia, the second sun."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It served as the perfect excuse for the Emperor of Wesnoth to take the fate of Irdya into his own hands. He ordered his magi to gather masters and students from all academies throughout the land; together, they lifted a mountain into the skies to shine forth and force all soldiers of darkness to retreat underground until the end of times. That is Naia, the second sun.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Centuries later, things... happened in Wesmere. There is no-one still alive who remembers exactly how it all began, and in the end, Argan and I had to rely on hearsay to put together the pieces of the puzzle."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Centuries later, things... happened in Wesmere. There is no-one still alive who remembers exactly how it all began, and in the end, Argan and I had to rely on hearsay to put together the pieces of the puzzle.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "As part of their experiments seeking to unveil the nature of our reality, the most skilled sorcerers in Wesmere discovered a way to open portals to another world; and from one of those portals emerged a young elf seer who warned them of disasters to come; disasters that he claimed would destroy all elvish civilization, and with it, the knowledge hoarded by the good people of Wesmere. He promised them protection and <i>more</i> knowledge in exchange for being worshiped as a god. That was Zhangor, and that was the pact he proposed to elvish civilization."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "As part of their experiments seeking to unveil the nature of our reality, the most skilled sorcerers in Wesmere discovered a way to open portals to another world; and from one of those portals emerged a young elf seer who warned them of disasters to come; disasters that he claimed would destroy all elvish civilization, and with it, the knowledge hoarded by the good people of Wesmere. He promised them protection and <i>more</i> knowledge in exchange for being worshiped as a god. That was Zhangor, and that was the pact he proposed to elvish civilization.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Knowledge begets power, and power begets ambition; the offer was only too enticing for the lords of Wesmere. Those who disagreed with the Ka\u2019lian\u2019s decision to accept the Demon Lord as their god would be the first to meet him... as offerings. As part of his requirements, these blood sacrifices were to remain a secret concealed from the rest of the world; and because of this, for a long time, we remained unaware of the corruption that took root in Wesmere."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Knowledge begets power, and power begets ambition; the offer was only too enticing for the lords of Wesmere. Those who disagreed with the Ka\u2019lian\u2019s decision to accept the Demon Lord as their god would be the first to meet him... as offerings. As part of his requirements, these blood sacrifices were to remain a secret concealed from the rest of the world; and because of this, for a long time, we remained unaware of the corruption that took root in Wesmere.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Zhangor\u2019s claims would prove true after but a few years following this. A nobleman by the name of Dantair became Emperor of Wesnoth six years later, since the previous holder of the title had left no heirs to take the throne. The mysterious circumstances of his decease led people to suspect Dantair of regicide. With Wesnoth\u2019s civil unity at stake, two years later Dantair saw no option but to quell his detractors with a decree for the immediate creation of Gaia, the third sun."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Zhangor\u2019s claims would prove true after but a few years following this. A nobleman by the name of Dantair became Emperor of Wesnoth six years later, since the previous holder of the title had left no heirs to take the throne. The mysterious circumstances of his decease led people to suspect Dantair of regicide. With Wesnoth\u2019s civil unity at stake, two years later Dantair saw no option but to quell his detractors with a decree for the immediate creation of Gaia, the third sun.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "But his confidence in this plan was too great. As Wesnoth had only seen threats of mundane origins for two centuries and the old masters had long since passed away, the human magi were no longer the impressive force that once created Naia. Dantair went ahead with his plan and took measures to ensure nobody could possibly interfere. Thus, to my heart\u2019s pain, I came to witness the mayhem..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "But his confidence in this plan was too great. As Wesnoth had only seen threats of mundane origins for two centuries and the old masters had long since passed away, the human magi were no longer the impressive force that once created Naia. Dantair went ahead with his plan and took measures to ensure nobody could possibly interfere. Thus, to my heart\u2019s pain, I came to witness the mayhem...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The magi realized only too late that they were unable to tether Gaia up in the skies. Their failure resulted in the Fall of the third sun, and the end of an era that later came to be known as the Golden Age."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The magi realized only too late that they were unable to tether Gaia up in the skies. Their failure resulted in the Fall of the third sun, and the end of an era that later came to be known as the Golden Age.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The earth-shattering force of the impact caused cataclysms and eruptions all over Irdya, destroying forests, cities, rivers, even mountains. The Great Continent was entirely reshaped, and the fruits of civilization were destroyed all at once. Perhaps for the best, Dantair did not live to see the full extent of the damage he caused \u2014 he and his magi were murdered by the panicked people of Wesnoth, and thus their sad story came to a swift end amidst the destruction."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The earth-shattering force of the impact caused cataclysms and eruptions all over Irdya, destroying forests, cities, rivers, even mountains. The Great Continent was entirely reshaped, and the fruits of civilization were destroyed all at once. Perhaps for the best, Dantair did not live to see the full extent of the damage he caused \u2014 he and his magi were murdered by the panicked people of Wesnoth, and thus their sad story came to a swift end amidst the destruction.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "So it\u2019s true, after all."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "So it\u2019s true, after all.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The humans were far from the only ones to suffer the calamities that resulted from their prideful actions. Elves, dwarves, humans, and orcs... they all fought among themselves for the scarce resources left after everything green perished. Naia and Sela also contributed by drying up every source of water on the surface. And while we at Lintanir Forest had to cope with this for some time until the situation proved unsustainable, Wesmere stood intact through everything, protected by Zhangor\u2019s arcane magic. The unholy sacrifices continued, and soon he saw that he would be left with nothing to rule if the Wesmere population waned further; his thirst for blood became increasingly difficult to quench."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The humans were far from the only ones to suffer the calamities that resulted from their prideful actions. Elves, dwarves, humans, and orcs... they all fought among themselves for the scarce resources left after everything green perished. Naia and Sela also contributed by drying up every source of water on the surface. And while we at Lintanir Forest had to cope with this for some time until the situation proved unsustainable, Wesmere stood intact through everything, protected by Zhangor\u2019s arcane magic. The unholy sacrifices continued, and soon he saw that he would be left with nothing to rule if the Wesmere population waned further; his thirst for blood became increasingly difficult to quench.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Luckily for him, many outsiders sought shelter in Wesmere after the Fall. He came up with a simple but effective solution to his dilemma: all foreigners, be it elves or members of any other race, were declared heretics unworthy of his gift of life. The pain and agony of the unfortunate souls captured by the elves continued to feed him and cause his power to grow stronger and stronger; and when his prey stopped coming to Wesmere, he sent hunters beyond their borders to obtain more sacrifices for him."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Luckily for him, many outsiders sought shelter in Wesmere after the Fall. He came up with a simple but effective solution to his dilemma: all foreigners, be it elves or members of any other race, were declared heretics unworthy of his gift of life. The pain and agony of the unfortunate souls captured by the elves continued to feed him and cause his power to grow stronger and stronger; and when his prey stopped coming to Wesmere, he sent hunters beyond their borders to obtain more sacrifices for him.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Finally, Lintanir became inhospitable and we were forced to ask refuge of the Ka\u2019lian. Argan and I led my people out of the ruins of the northern forests, and after a long journey across the ravaged land, we arrived at the eastern frontier of Wesmere. Then, we were ambushed."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Finally, Lintanir became inhospitable and we were forced to ask refuge of the Ka\u2019lian. Argan and I led my people out of the ruins of the northern forests, and after a long journey across the ravaged land, we arrived at the eastern frontier of Wesmere. Then, we were ambushed.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Many of our people were already weak due to the long march from Lintanir, unable to fend off the forces sent after us by Zhangor\u2019s cultists. Those who didn\u2019t die during the confrontation were captured and sacrificed to the demon, as my husband later found out. ... He risked his life to infiltrate the capital and obtain intelligence on our enemy."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Many of our people were already weak due to the long march from Lintanir, unable to fend off the forces sent after us by Zhangor\u2019s cultists. Those who didn\u2019t die during the confrontation were captured and sacrificed to the demon, as my husband later found out. ... He risked his life to infiltrate the capital and obtain intelligence on our enemy.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Thus we found ourselves faced with a difficult choice: either we could stop our brethren, the elves of the forest where I grew up, and release them from this unprecedented evil at all costs; or instead, we could avoid the onslaught and abandon their lands, thus perpetuating the Demon Lord\u2019s cruel rule through inaction."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Thus we found ourselves faced with a difficult choice: either we could stop our brethren, the elves of the forest where I grew up, and release them from this unprecedented evil at all costs; or instead, we could avoid the onslaught and abandon their lands, thus perpetuating the Demon Lord\u2019s cruel rule through inaction.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Had we chosen the latter, elvenkind would likely have flourished once again... as the slaves of the Demon Lord, bound by that fateful pact for the rest of eternity. You certainly wouldn\u2019t be here now."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Had we chosen the latter, elvenkind would likely have flourished once again... as the slaves of the Demon Lord, bound by that fateful pact for the rest of eternity. You certainly wouldn\u2019t be here now.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Destiny works in mysterious ways, and it was only by chance that we made contact with the elves led by Lord Quetor\u2019el of Aethenwood before they could be lured into a trap by Wesmere. Even though their military proficiency paled in comparison to that of Lintanir or Wesmere, their larger numbers proved essential to make our plan work. Our combined forces laid siege to Wesmere for nearly a year before Zhangor realized that the devotion and fear of his followers would never suffice to turn the tide in his favor."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Destiny works in mysterious ways, and it was only by chance that we made contact with the elves led by Lord Quetor\u2019el of Aethenwood before they could be lured into a trap by Wesmere. Even though their military proficiency paled in comparison to that of Lintanir or Wesmere, their larger numbers proved essential to make our plan work. Our combined forces laid siege to Wesmere for nearly a year before Zhangor realized that the devotion and fear of his followers would never suffice to turn the tide in his favor.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "He then revealed his true form to the world, and proceeded to slaughter all from the skies \u2014 even his own subjects. The great power he unleashed upon Irdya did not only kill almost every living creature within range, but it also tore the forest ground asunder, while his fire and lightning took care of the rest. His power had allowed Wesmere to survive the events of the Fall, and then turned it all into a dead wasteland."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "He then revealed his true form to the world, and proceeded to slaughter all from the skies \u2014 even his own subjects. The great power he unleashed upon Irdya did not only kill almost every living creature within range, but it also tore the forest ground asunder, while his fire and lightning took care of the rest. His power had allowed Wesmere to survive the events of the Fall, and then turned it all into a dead wasteland.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "With little chance of prevailing, Argan and I called upon the Union of Light and Darkness, risking our own destruction by overexertion, and challenging a foe without precedent in Irdya\u2019s recorded history. Of course, we did defeat Zhangor in the end, but our power was not enough to counteract his impressive regeneration ability and allow us to kill him; which is why we could only tear his hideous body apart, seal every piece, and send them all back to Inferno."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "With little chance of prevailing, Argan and I called upon the Union of Light and Darkness, risking our own destruction by overexertion, and challenging a foe without precedent in Irdya\u2019s recorded history. Of course, we did defeat Zhangor in the end, but our power was not enough to counteract his impressive regeneration ability and allow us to kill him; which is why we could only tear his hideous body apart, seal every piece, and send them all back to Inferno.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Victory was ours, but the cost was much greater than we anticipated, and less than five hundred elves of Wesmere survived Zhangor\u2019s display of power, many of them priests and warriors. They surrendered and begged for forgiveness, and we did spare the civilians\u2019 lives."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Victory was ours, but the cost was much greater than we anticipated, and less than five hundred elves of Wesmere survived Zhangor\u2019s display of power, many of them priests and warriors. They surrendered and begged for forgiveness, and we did spare the civilians\u2019 lives.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "But the surviving priests, warriors, and Ka\u2019lian members met a different fate, for we could not risk the possibility of them sparking another civil war or bringing Zhangor or other demons back to Irdya. No... we had no choice but to execute them, and then burn their bodies to ashes in case Zhangor\u2019s magic could still be at work."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "But the surviving priests, warriors, and Ka\u2019lian members met a different fate, for we could not risk the possibility of them sparking another civil war or bringing Zhangor or other demons back to Irdya. No... we had no choice but to execute them, and then burn their bodies to ashes in case Zhangor\u2019s magic could still be at work.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "In hindsight, it\u2019s ironic that we despised the humans so much after their hubris caused the end of all civilizations. Our kin in Wesmere represented the entirety of our race to the rest of the world, and their transgressions were far worse in that they were fully aware of the implications of what they were doing. And in both cases, it was ultimately the flaws of just a few select individuals that doomed the rest. Perhaps, if Zhangor and the Ka\u2019lian had not conspired to destroy the integrity of elvenkind from within, we would have been able to rebuild what we lost, given sufficient time."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "In hindsight, it\u2019s ironic that we despised the humans so much after their hubris caused the end of all civilizations. Our kin in Wesmere represented the entirety of our race to the rest of the world, and their transgressions were far worse in that they were fully aware of the implications of what they were doing. And in both cases, it was ultimately the flaws of just a few select individuals that doomed the rest. Perhaps, if Zhangor and the Ka\u2019lian had not conspired to destroy the integrity of elvenkind from within, we would have been able to rebuild what we lost, given sufficient time.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Although we elves rarely suffer from lapses of judgment like this, whenever it happens, the results are catastrophic for everyone involved. The recurrence of events like this throughout our history is unsettling, and it\u2019s why I fear something like this may happen again if the creatures of Inferno get involved. We had to forbid telling the more shameful details of this story to anyone, elf or otherwise, at least for a few generations. But I expected our lorekeepers to at least have the sense to educate our future leaders about our past mistakes!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Although we elves rarely suffer from lapses of judgment like this, whenever it happens, the results are catastrophic for everyone involved. The recurrence of events like this throughout our history is unsettling, and it\u2019s why I fear something like this may happen again if the creatures of Inferno get involved. We had to forbid telling the more shameful details of this story to anyone, elf or otherwise, at least for a few generations. But I expected our lorekeepers to at least have the sense to educate our future leaders about our past mistakes!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "To be fair, my lady, I have only recently been given this title by our previous lord L\u00e9dinor, who... stayed behind in the Valley, in an attempt to give us an opportunity to flee. We all owe our lives to his noble sacrifice."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "To be fair, my lady, I have only recently been given this title by our previous lord L\u00e9dinor, who... stayed behind in the Valley, in an attempt to give us an opportunity to flee. We all owe our lives to his noble sacrifice.", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "My lady, how does this relate to Anlind\u00eb or the death of the Master of Darkness?"}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "My lady, how does this relate to Anlind\u00eb or the death of the Master of Darkness?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I... I will get to the last part soon. As for <i>her</i>... Telchior was responsible for sparing her life. She was amongst the cultists serving Zhangor in Wesmere, one of the few who survived the final battle."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I... I will get to the last part soon. As for <i>her</i>... Telchior was responsible for sparing her life. She was amongst the cultists serving Zhangor in Wesmere, one of the few who survived the final battle.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "I am fully aware of the crimes I committed while under Zhangor\u2019s command, my lady. But had I not obeyed the orders given to me, my family and I would have paid the price in blood. Not that any of that helped in the end... I can only hope their deaths turned out to be less painful than how they would have been on the altar."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "I am fully aware of the crimes I committed while under Zhangor\u2019s command, my lady. But had I not obeyed the orders given to me, my family and I would have paid the price in blood. Not that any of that helped in the end... I can only hope their deaths turned out to be less painful than how they would have been on the altar.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Why did the elves part ways?"}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "Why did the elves part ways?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Would that you were a little more patient... After we had finished dealing with the survivors, Anlind\u00eb tried to convince us to head back northeast instead of retreating to the south. Telchior and his people accepted her counsel, albeit reluctantly, while Quetor\u2019el returned south. Argan and I would have followed Quetor\u2019el\u2019s group, but the lengthy war and the final battle had weakened us, both physically and mentally. We chose a third option, which was to descend into the depths of the Heart Mountains. Along the way we were joined by a few elves, and later dwarves."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Would that you were a little more patient... After we had finished dealing with the survivors, Anlind\u00eb tried to convince us to head back northeast instead of retreating to the south. Telchior and his people accepted her counsel, albeit reluctantly, while Quetor\u2019el returned south. Argan and I would have followed Quetor\u2019el\u2019s group, but the lengthy war and the final battle had weakened us, both physically and mentally. We chose a third option, which was to descend into the depths of the Heart Mountains. Along the way we were joined by a few elves, and later dwarves.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Bear in mind that the dwarvish settlements underground weren\u2019t exempt of the disasters of the Fall, and strong and frequent earthquakes persisted through all those years. But still, we wanted to learn more about the catalyst of elvenkind\u2019s destruction. We remembered that some time before the catastrophe, the dwarves had unearthed the ruins of a civilization suspected to predate ours by eons. Seeing as how the elves no longer needed us, we decided to try and find those ruins."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Bear in mind that the dwarvish settlements underground weren\u2019t exempt of the disasters of the Fall, and strong and frequent earthquakes persisted through all those years. But still, we wanted to learn more about the catalyst of elvenkind\u2019s destruction. We remembered that some time before the catastrophe, the dwarves had unearthed the ruins of a civilization suspected to predate ours by eons. Seeing as how the elves no longer needed us, we decided to try and find those ruins.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Instead of finding them, we became lost in the depths, and eventually... one of those earthquakes caused the floor beneath our feet to collapse, leaving nothing below but a deep chasm. I held on to a ledge in time and survived, but Argan... he fell into the darkness. I could not... find him afterwards..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Instead of finding them, we became lost in the depths, and eventually... one of those earthquakes caused the floor beneath our feet to collapse, leaving nothing below but a deep chasm. I held on to a ledge in time and survived, but Argan... he fell into the darkness. I could not... find him afterwards...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "He always managed to escape the worst situations, but never something like that... I still hoped... I hoped he might have survived somehow, but... after some time \u2014 I don\u2019t know how much \u2014 I realized that I was waiting for the impossible."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "He always managed to escape the worst situations, but never something like that... I still hoped... I hoped he might have survived somehow, but... after some time \u2014 I don\u2019t know how much \u2014 I realized that I was waiting for the impossible.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The few of our followers who were still with me at the time convinced me that the situation was hopeless, and with Irdya ruined and perishing, I thought that my only option was to sleep. Perhaps, at some point later, if the world ever recovered..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The few of our followers who were still with me at the time convinced me that the situation was hopeless, and with Irdya ruined and perishing, I thought that my only option was to sleep. Perhaps, at some point later, if the world ever recovered...", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "The world <i>is</i> coming back to life, my lady, slowly but surely. Although for a good part of our journey we saw only dunes and dry plains, we also found green hills and valleys before proceeding underground. We have seen but a tiny fraction of our world in its present state, but the country of the northern humans is rumored to be thriving with life, and to support the Chaos Empire\u2019s armies there must also be lands like that to the south."}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "The world <i>is</i> coming back to life, my lady, slowly but surely. Although for a good part of our journey we saw only dunes and dry plains, we also found green hills and valleys before proceeding underground. We have seen but a tiny fraction of our world in its present state, but the country of the northern humans is rumored to be thriving with life, and to support the Chaos Empire\u2019s armies there must also be lands like that to the south.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Who is leading this empire against us, though?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Who is leading this empire against us, though?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "All their demons and humans appear to serve an emperor of some sort, but they also worship two names that were once subjects of myth: Uria and Yechnagoth. It is important to keep in mind that the dwarves learned that a creature also called Yechnagoth attempted to eradicate a people of the desert, elves who I presume are descended from Quetor\u2019el\u2019s band."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "All their demons and humans appear to serve an emperor of some sort, but they also worship two names that were once subjects of myth: Uria and Yechnagoth. It is important to keep in mind that the dwarves learned that a creature also called Yechnagoth attempted to eradicate a people of the desert, elves who I presume are descended from Quetor\u2019el\u2019s band.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "She had the power to corrupt the souls of all surface-dwellers but those elves, and if the story is true, she also knew the name of this Demon Lord Zhangor. Though her dark influence ebbed away once she was slain by Kalehssar, the humans in the south remained under the control of a powerful group of cultists. We believe \u2019tis these people who later gave rise to the empire."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "She had the power to corrupt the souls of all surface-dwellers but those elves, and if the story is true, she also knew the name of this Demon Lord Zhangor. Though her dark influence ebbed away once she was slain by Kalehssar, the humans in the south remained under the control of a powerful group of cultists. We believe \u2019tis these people who later gave rise to the empire.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Yechnagoth, the Eater of Souls... and Uria, the Mother of Demons. This is deeply troubling. Simple humans clearly cannot control the forces of Inferno alone, so it might be... that Uria is more real than we thought. I need to ponder this later. For now, let us go."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Yechnagoth, the Eater of Souls... and Uria, the Mother of Demons. This is deeply troubling. Simple humans clearly cannot control the forces of Inferno alone, so it might be... that Uria is more real than we thought. I need to ponder this later. For now, let us go.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "So you will help us?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "So you will help us?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It\u2019s my mission as the Protector of the Elves of Irdya. It would be dishonorable of me to shirk my sworn duty \u2014 for longer than I already did, anyway. I shall help you, even... even without Argan by my side."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It\u2019s my mission as the Protector of the Elves of Irdya. It would be dishonorable of me to shirk my sworn duty \u2014 for longer than I already did, anyway. I shall help you, even... even without Argan by my side.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Thank you, my lady."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Thank you, my lady.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Although everyone refers to me as the \u2018Lady of Light\u2019, it\u2019s not really a title or rank, Lord Galas. You may call me Elynia if you wish. Now, guide me to the other elves. And... I want to see the surface again."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Although everyone refers to me as the \u2018Lady of Light\u2019, it\u2019s not really a title or rank, Lord Galas. You may call me Elynia if you wish. Now, guide me to the other elves. And... I want to see the surface again.", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "Yes! The surface! It\u2019s been so long since I last saw it."}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "Yes! The surface! It\u2019s been so long since I last saw it.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Pah, finally. After such a long talk I\u2019d be surprised if there were still any life left out there."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I\u2019m fairly certain we have been to this intersection countless times before. How much deeper could the last home of our heroes be?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Yes, indeed, I recognize this presence. We must be finally there."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Yes, indeed, I recognize this presence. We must be finally there.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "You magic-skilled people can perceive things which are beyond me."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "You magic-skilled people can perceive things which are beyond me.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Indeed, lad. Magic skill lets ye ken things whose existence is normally ignored by common folk. Every rock in these caves, even the air... everything is imbued with an ancient magic not known to any living dwarf in this age. \u2019Tis a dangerous place to senselessly wander without nature\u2019s permission."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "Indeed, lad. Magic skill lets ye ken things whose existence is normally ignored by common folk. Every rock in these caves, even the air... everything is imbued with an ancient magic not known to any living dwarf in this age. \u2019Tis a dangerous place to senselessly wander without nature\u2019s permission.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Fair enough. I hope we find them soon, before we run out of food and torches..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Fair enough. I hope we find them soon, before we run out of food and torches...", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "And before the Chaos army reaches Herthgar, I would add. While the might of the dwarves and their many inventions may normally provide an insurmountable obstacle to invaders from the surface, I have this disquieting feeling that the enemy that approaches is much unlike the other commanders we have faced thus far."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "And before the Chaos army reaches Herthgar, I would add. While the might of the dwarves and their many inventions may normally provide an insurmountable obstacle to invaders from the surface, I have this disquieting feeling that the enemy that approaches is much unlike the other commanders we have faced thus far.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "You too will perish at our hands if you insist on hindering us, demon."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "You too will perish at our hands if you insist on hindering us, demon.", "replies": "Mena", "reply": "So be it! I would rather die than surrender to you, Irdyan scum!"}
{"speaks": "Mena", "text": "So be it! I would rather die than surrender to you, Irdyan scum!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Die, vermin!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Die, vermin!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Oh, Uria... I have... failed... All our efforts... fruitless..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Oh, Uria... I have... failed... All our efforts... fruitless...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "That structure at the center of the chamber..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "That structure at the center of the chamber...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Anlind\u00eb?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Anlind\u00eb?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "We found it, Galas! This is the final resting place of the Lady of Light and the Master of Darkness! That strong magic comes from within the structure. We need to find a way to enter."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "We found it, Galas! This is the final resting place of the Lady of Light and the Master of Darkness! That strong magic comes from within the structure. We need to find a way to enter.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hm, it\u2019s evident they did not want anybody waking them from their slumber. The entrance seems to be completely blocked, and the six pillars around the structure appear to be part of some kind of magic seal."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hm, it\u2019s evident they did not want anybody waking them from their slumber. The entrance seems to be completely blocked, and the six pillars around the structure appear to be part of some kind of magic seal.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "They carved glyphs in them! Ancient dwarvish runes! This musta\u2019 been the work of our kin from ages past. I ha\u2019 heard of this kind of seal before... There may be trigger runes around the area, mayhap designed to be activated by specific people."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "They carved glyphs in them! Ancient dwarvish runes! This musta\u2019 been the work of our kin from ages past. I ha\u2019 heard of this kind of seal before... There may be trigger runes around the area, mayhap designed to be activated by specific people.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Yes. Hm, I imagine that the Lady of Light would mandate the glyphs to react only to the presence of elvenkind and their allies, so... that may explain why the demons were unable to do anything here. That said, if our arrival had been delayed long enough, they might have eventually figured out a way to violate the seal\u2019s magic."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Yes. Hm, I imagine that the Lady of Light would mandate the glyphs to react only to the presence of elvenkind and their allies, so... that may explain why the demons were unable to do anything here. That said, if our arrival had been delayed long enough, they might have eventually figured out a way to violate the seal\u2019s magic.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "All we have to do, then, is to search for the triggers in these caves?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "All we have to do, then, is to search for the triggers in these caves?", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Aye, aye... Well, there\u2019s no guarantee that they may ha\u2019 carved them in accessible locations close to this chamber, but \u2019tis a good starting point as any."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "Aye, aye... Well, there\u2019s no guarantee that they may ha\u2019 carved them in accessible locations close to this chamber, but \u2019tis a good starting point as any.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Sure, let\u2019s do it!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Sure, let\u2019s do it!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Careful, elf \u2014 the earth itself does not seem pleased with our intrusion into its eternal domain. As far as it is concerned, we are unwelcome parasites not unlike the demons we just vanquished."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Careful, elf \u2014 the earth itself does not seem pleased with our intrusion into its eternal domain. As far as it is concerned, we are unwelcome parasites not unlike the demons we just vanquished.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Perhaps if I was allowed to concentrate for a while, I would be able to pinpoint the precise location of the glyphs using magic."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Perhaps if I was allowed to concentrate for a while, I would be able to pinpoint the precise location of the glyphs using magic.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Really? That would be a great help!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Really? That would be a great help!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I am not completely sure it\u2019s possible, but I can try."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I am not completely sure it\u2019s possible, but I can try.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Yes, I found them!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Yes, I found them!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Thanks, Mal Keshar. This will certainly make our mission much easier. Now we only need to clear the path leading to each glyph."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Thanks, Mal Keshar. This will certainly make our mission much easier. Now we only need to clear the path leading to each glyph.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Hmm... This gate seems magical in nature. It glows blue in a pulsating and mesmerizing fashion, and my hands are unable to reach the metal bars, as though they were enveloped by an invisible shield."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Hmm... This gate seems magical in nature. It glows blue in a pulsating and mesmerizing fashion, and my hands are unable to reach the metal bars, as though they were enveloped by an invisible shield.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "This bridge seems extremely unsafe..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "This bridge seems extremely unsafe...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "At long last! Let us go, now."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "At long last! Let us go, now.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I have been waiting for this for too long."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I have been waiting for this for too long.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Wait, Galas, before continuing... only the two of us should enter."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Wait, Galas, before continuing... only the two of us should enter.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "... Why?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "... Why?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "The regent lord of the elves is surely the only appropriate person to greet the Lady of Light and the Master of Darkness after such a long time, but since you don\u2019t have any magical ability, my presence may be required to wake our heroes from their eternal sleep. It is not proper that anybody else should be present around the greatest sages in the history of elvenkind on this singular occasion."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "The regent lord of the elves is surely the only appropriate person to greet the Lady of Light and the Master of Darkness after such a long time, but since you don\u2019t have any magical ability, my presence may be required to wake our heroes from their eternal sleep. It is not proper that anybody else should be present around the greatest sages in the history of elvenkind on this singular occasion.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I must say, I never expected such words from you, Anlind\u00eb. After so long, we are finally here, but not only thanks to you \u2014 we owe a great debt to Lady Unarye and Mal Keshar as well, and this is why I must ask them to accompany us as well."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I must say, I never expected such words from you, Anlind\u00eb. After so long, we are finally here, but not only thanks to you \u2014 we owe a great debt to Lady Unarye and Mal Keshar as well, and this is why I must ask them to accompany us as well.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Ah, so would I. Galas, you really are an example to follow for the other elves!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Ah, so would I. Galas, you really are an example to follow for the other elves!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "But I\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "But I\u2014", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "You will allow them to come with us. This is an order, Anlind\u00eb."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "You will allow them to come with us. This is an order, Anlind\u00eb.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "... As you command, <i>my lord</i>."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Just as I feared, they managed to take down Herthgar\u2019s defenses and surround the capital.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "It matters little. We shall drive them out of the caves regardless of their numbers! Maybe we could even manage to turn them to our side in death, he he."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "It matters little. We shall drive them out of the caves regardless of their numbers! Maybe we could even manage to turn them to our side in death, he he.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "So those are the demons you have fought? They are not as impressive as I expected."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "So those are the demons you have fought? They are not as impressive as I expected.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "They shall pay with their accursed blood if our good king was captured or murdered!"}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "They shall pay with their accursed blood if our good king was captured or murdered!", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "Ye ha\u2019 nae reason to fear, Althurin! Well, at least I am still alive!"}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "Ye ha\u2019 nae reason to fear, Althurin! Well, at least I am still alive!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Your Highness, what is the situation?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Your Highness, what is the situation?", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "Our main defenses ha\u2019 fallen and if we are to ha\u2019 any hope o\u2019 fending off these demented barbarians and their ever-increasing numbers, we\u2019ll need all the help we can muster!"}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "Our main defenses ha\u2019 fallen and if we are to ha\u2019 any hope o\u2019 fending off these demented barbarians and their ever-increasing numbers, we\u2019ll need all the help we can muster!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We will help you, and we shall die fighting if it is necessary."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We will help you, and we shall die fighting if it is necessary.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Galas, this is suicidal! Just look at their numbers \u2014 if the dwarves did not manage to hold out on their own, the odds our small group will be of any help are unreasonably low. Look \u2014 they are already closing in on us from behind!"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Galas, this is suicidal! Just look at their numbers \u2014 if the dwarves did not manage to hold out on their own, the odds our small group will be of any help are unreasonably low. Look \u2014 they are already closing in on us from behind!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We cannot leave the dwarves to perish alone! We are indebted to Althurin for helping us find Elynia, and his people <i>need us now</i>! Besides, if Herthgar is to fall, what obstacles shall be left to impede their advance towards the northlands?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We cannot leave the dwarves to perish alone! We are indebted to Althurin for helping us find Elynia, and his people <i>need us now</i>! Besides, if Herthgar is to fall, what obstacles shall be left to impede their advance towards the northlands?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Lord Galas is right \u2014 we must fight."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Lord Galas is right \u2014 we must fight.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "My lady? But our numbers are small, and we are still weak!"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "My lady? But our numbers are small, and we are still weak!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hah! You elves might be weak, but my minions are as strong as ever. Let the slaughter commence!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hah! You elves might be weak, but my minions are as strong as ever. Let the slaughter commence!", "replies": "Alazar", "reply": "Your doom is at hand, dwarf king! If you surrender now, the Warlord might show some mercy and spare the lives of your underlings."}
{"speaks": "Alazar", "text": "Your doom is at hand, dwarf king! If you surrender now, the Warlord might show some mercy and spare the lives of your underlings.", "replies": "Wygerm", "reply": "We\u2019ll rip you to pieces if you don\u2019t accept the offer!"}
{"speaks": "Wygerm", "text": "We\u2019ll rip you to pieces if you don\u2019t accept the offer!", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "We\u2019ll never surrender to ye and yer loathsome vermin! We shallna\u2019 give our domain to those who kill everything in sight, dabble in the darkest of arts, and nae ken any diplomacy other than that done wi\u2019 fire and swords! May Herthgar be destroyed and forgotten, but it shallna\u2019 be remembered as a kingdom of cowards!"}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "We\u2019ll never surrender to ye and yer loathsome vermin! We shallna\u2019 give our domain to those who kill everything in sight, dabble in the darkest of arts, and nae ken any diplomacy other than that done wi\u2019 fire and swords! May Herthgar be destroyed and forgotten, but it shallna\u2019 be remembered as a kingdom of cowards!", "replies": "Alazar", "reply": "So be it! Your pride and arrogance has sealed your fate! Attack! Wipe these bearded children out of this place! For Uria! For the Empire!"}
{"speaks": "Alazar", "text": "So be it! Your pride and arrogance has sealed your fate! Attack! Wipe these bearded children out of this place! For Uria! For the Empire!", "replies": "Gythrn", "reply": "It matters not. We shall flood the caverns with the elves\u2019 blood, and bring that creature to the Warlord."}
{"speaks": "Gythrn", "text": "It matters not. We shall flood the caverns with the elves\u2019 blood, and bring that creature to the Warlord.", "replies": "Oddis", "reply": "Aye."}
{"speaks": "Oddis", "text": "Aye.", "replies": "Alazar", "reply": "Aye."}
{"speaks": "Alazar", "text": "Aye.", "replies": "Armiza'ar", "reply": "Aye!"}
{"speaks": "Armiza'ar", "text": "Aye!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "So annoying."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "So annoying.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "If I might make a suggestion \u2014 using the corpses of the fallen as a barrier could delay our enemies enough to let our best warriors do their duty from safe positions."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "If I might make a suggestion \u2014 using the corpses of the fallen as a barrier could delay our enemies enough to let our best warriors do their duty from safe positions.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "The idea sickens me; many of the corpses will be those of our kinsmen. But... I have to admit it\u2019s an option."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "The idea sickens me; many of the corpses will be those of our kinsmen. But... I have to admit it\u2019s an option.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Why are you even fighting alongside us, lich? Are the struggles of my people entertaining to you?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Why are you even fighting alongside us, lich? Are the struggles of my people entertaining to you?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Or perhaps you seek redemption? But I find that unlikely."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Or perhaps you seek redemption? But I find that unlikely.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Why do you want to know?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Why do you want to know?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Lord Galas and Anlind\u00eb seem to consider you an equal, but in truth you are a menace to our lifestyle. Your mere existence would not have been tolerated in the past \u2014 and surely you remember that I was once charged with the task of destroying you..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Lord Galas and Anlind\u00eb seem to consider you an equal, but in truth you are a menace to our lifestyle. Your mere existence would not have been tolerated in the past \u2014 and surely you remember that I was once charged with the task of destroying you...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "The angry assailants over there seem really interested in chopping off your head, you know. Shouldn\u2019t you focus on the mission at hand instead of blabbering about your precious past like an elderly lady?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "The angry assailants over there seem really interested in chopping off your head, you know. Shouldn\u2019t you focus on the mission at hand instead of blabbering about your precious past like an elderly lady?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "What is it with these demons and their endless numbers?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "What is it with these demons and their endless numbers?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We must persevere. We cannot lose this battle!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We must persevere. We cannot lose this battle!", "replies": "Denathor", "reply": "Forgive me, my King..."}
{"speaks": "Denathor", "text": "Forgive me, my King...", "replies": "Armiza'ar", "reply": "A curse upon you, heretics!"}
{"speaks": "Armiza'ar", "text": "A curse upon you, heretics!", "replies": "Oddis", "reply": "May Yechnagoth swallow your souls!"}
{"speaks": "Oddis", "text": "May Yechnagoth swallow your souls!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "I shall be avenged!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "I shall be avenged!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Today, you might win the battle, but you will never win the war!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Today, you might win the battle, but you will never win the war!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "<i>Ack!</i> Your efforts are in vain \u2014 you\u2019re just delaying the inevitable!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "<i>Ack!</i> Your efforts are in vain \u2014 you\u2019re just delaying the inevitable!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "At last, we have defeated them! They are retreating!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "At last, we have defeated them! They are retreating!", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "No, lad \u2014 I reckon they are preparin\u2019 to retaliate. The way they fight, I doubt we\u2019ve even seen a hair o\u2019 their assault force."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "No, lad \u2014 I reckon they are preparin\u2019 to retaliate. The way they fight, I doubt we\u2019ve even seen a hair o\u2019 their assault force.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "The enemy troops are retreating!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "The enemy troops are retreating!", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "\u2019Tis doesn\u2019t sound good, lad. They must be preparin\u2019 to retaliate. The way they fight, I doubt we\u2019ve even seen a hair o\u2019 their assault force."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "\u2019Tis doesn\u2019t sound good, lad. They must be preparin\u2019 to retaliate. The way they fight, I doubt we\u2019ve even seen a hair o\u2019 their assault force.", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "I ha\u2019 to admit that we gravely underestimated the threat posed by the Chaos Empire. Our losses ha\u2019 been too great... <i>(sighs)</i> At this point, I say we must leave. Mayhap our kin to the northwest would allow us to regroup there."}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "I ha\u2019 to admit that we gravely underestimated the threat posed by the Chaos Empire. Our losses ha\u2019 been too great... <i>(sighs)</i> At this point, I say we must leave. Mayhap our kin to the northwest would allow us to regroup there.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "So, Herthgar has fallen."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "So, Herthgar has fallen.", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "Dinnae say that! Sure, our home ha\u2019 fallen, but Herthgar is more than just stone and marble. We\u2019ll figure out something later. And as much as it troubles me to think about it, the northern humans will ha\u2019 to deal with these bloodthirsty barbarians somehow. I ken that will be their next move, aye."}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "Dinnae say that! Sure, our home ha\u2019 fallen, but Herthgar is more than just stone and marble. We\u2019ll figure out something later. And as much as it troubles me to think about it, the northern humans will ha\u2019 to deal with these bloodthirsty barbarians somehow. I ken that will be their next move, aye.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Most of our people went north. It is worrying that we haven\u2019t heard anything of them ever since we parted ways, but assuming that nothing bad has occurred to them, we need to warn them of this development, quickly."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Most of our people went north. It is worrying that we haven\u2019t heard anything of them ever since we parted ways, but assuming that nothing bad has occurred to them, we need to warn them of this development, quickly.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "How prepared are the northerners to deal with an invasion from the Chaos Empire, King Asthorgar? Do you think they would be able to defend the Far North with the elves\u2019 and dwarves\u2019 aid?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "How prepared are the northerners to deal with an invasion from the Chaos Empire, King Asthorgar? Do you think they would be able to defend the Far North with the elves\u2019 and dwarves\u2019 aid?", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "Dwarves, elves, and humans united under a single banner? I find that highly improbable, lass! I ken it ha\u2019 been thousands o\u2019 years since the last alliance, and it didna\u2019 turn out very well in the end. And in any case, we ha\u2019 our own battles to fight here. I ken the humans will do well on their own as long as they arena\u2019 caught unprepared, but... <i>(shrugs)</i>"}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "Dwarves, elves, and humans united under a single banner? I find that highly improbable, lass! I ken it ha\u2019 been thousands o\u2019 years since the last alliance, and it didna\u2019 turn out very well in the end. And in any case, we ha\u2019 our own battles to fight here. I ken the humans will do well on their own as long as they arena\u2019 caught unprepared, but... <i>(shrugs)</i>", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We will warn them and seek their help regardless. We can\u2019t keep running away from the enemy like rats; there <i>has</i> to be some way to stop them before there is no more land left on the continent for us."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We will warn them and seek their help regardless. We can\u2019t keep running away from the enemy like rats; there <i>has</i> to be some way to stop them before there is no more land left on the continent for us.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "My king, d\u2019ye really think we can vacate Herthgar before the demons return?"}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "My king, d\u2019ye really think we can vacate Herthgar before the demons return?", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "We must at least try \u2014 I fear we dinna\u2019 have a choice at this point."}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "We must at least try \u2014 I fear we dinna\u2019 have a choice at this point.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "King, if you attempt to evacuate, it is quite likely that the enemy forces will manage to sneak up on your people from behind and perpetrate yet another slaughter. But there is a simple solution to this quandary \u2014 I believe Mal Keshar could lend me his minions to aid in setting up an ambush to keep the enemy from advancing."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "King, if you attempt to evacuate, it is quite likely that the enemy forces will manage to sneak up on your people from behind and perpetrate yet another slaughter. But there is a simple solution to this quandary \u2014 I believe Mal Keshar could lend me his minions to aid in setting up an ambush to keep the enemy from advancing.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "What? But... Anlind\u00eb, you can\u2019t possibly fend off those fiends alone! Odds are... you won\u2019t be able to get back to us. Don\u2019t do the same as Lord L\u00e9dinor... please..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "What? But... Anlind\u00eb, you can\u2019t possibly fend off those fiends alone! Odds are... you won\u2019t be able to get back to us. Don\u2019t do the same as Lord L\u00e9dinor... please...", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Our Lady of Light once said that there things more important in this world than the lives of the few. For me, the safety of our people is far more important than my own, and as you already know, I have a debt to repay. Our past will never cease to haunt me, and I certainly will never be able to repair the great damage we caused back then; but if I am going to die, I would prefer it to be for your sake."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Our Lady of Light once said that there things more important in this world than the lives of the few. For me, the safety of our people is far more important than my own, and as you already know, I have a debt to repay. Our past will never cease to haunt me, and I certainly will never be able to repair the great damage we caused back then; but if I am going to die, I would prefer it to be for your sake.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "If the circumstances hadn\u2019t conspired against it, I would have done it back in the Valley instead of L\u00e9dinor, but you were too young, and I first had to make sure you were ready. Since then, you have proven yourself to be a fierce warrior and a capable leader, Galas; I\u2019m proud of you."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "If the circumstances hadn\u2019t conspired against it, I would have done it back in the Valley instead of L\u00e9dinor, but you were too young, and I first had to make sure you were ready. Since then, you have proven yourself to be a fierce warrior and a capable leader, Galas; I\u2019m proud of you.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "This is insane! What purpose does it serve to throw your life away like this?! Let Mal Keshar dispatch his minions; there is absolutely no need for you to get involved\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "This is insane! What purpose does it serve to throw your life away like this?! Let Mal Keshar dispatch his minions; there is absolutely no need for you to get involved\u2014", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "And leave them to be quickly disposed of by the enemy? We cannot afford such a risk right now, Galas! Your survival... you are far more important! There is a much greater foe hiding in these caves, and sooner or later he will catch up with us, and Elynia is in no condition to fight anyone."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "And leave them to be quickly disposed of by the enemy? We cannot afford such a risk right now, Galas! Your survival... you are far more important! There is a much greater foe hiding in these caves, and sooner or later he will catch up with us, and Elynia is in no condition to fight anyone.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What? But I\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What? But I\u2014", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "I have seen your performance in this battle, my lady, and I regret saying this but... I saw you do far better in Wesmere. It\u2019s plainly evident that you have been dormant for too long."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "I have seen your performance in this battle, my lady, and I regret saying this but... I saw you do far better in Wesmere. It\u2019s plainly evident that you have been dormant for too long.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "About my words... it is not necessary to take them to heart. Anlind\u00eb, we will need all available spellcasters on the front line if our plans come to fruition. The ill-gotten power you wield is far superior than the norm for our kin, and combined with the might of the undead, it could offer us an unprecedented tactical advantage. How may I persuade you to reconsider?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "About my words... it is not necessary to take them to heart. Anlind\u00eb, we will need all available spellcasters on the front line if our plans come to fruition. The ill-gotten power you wield is far superior than the norm for our kin, and combined with the might of the undead, it could offer us an unprecedented tactical advantage. How may I persuade you to reconsider?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "You cannot. I feel that my mission and my fate lies here, in the very heart of Irdya. Allow me to protect elvenkind a last time, my lady; I shall obliterate every demon, every cultist, and every dark soldier who dares to approach this keep; and even if it is to be with my dying breath, I shall vanquish their Warlord, and turn fate in our favor."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "You cannot. I feel that my mission and my fate lies here, in the very heart of Irdya. Allow me to protect elvenkind a last time, my lady; I shall obliterate every demon, every cultist, and every dark soldier who dares to approach this keep; and even if it is to be with my dying breath, I shall vanquish their Warlord, and turn fate in our favor.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "You have lived for so long, and you have seen so much, so many things that were never even recorded in books... I don\u2019t understand why... why do you want it to end like this?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "You have lived for so long, and you have seen so much, so many things that were never even recorded in books... I don\u2019t understand why... why do you want it to end like this?", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Picture living for thousands of years knowing it was only made possible by the suffering and death of millions of innocent souls. Eternal life becomes a disillusioning burden as time passes by and you see... you see everything turn to dust. And then your memories begin to fade away as well... You eventually forget all positive experiences and can only recall the horrors that haunt you in your sleep."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Picture living for thousands of years knowing it was only made possible by the suffering and death of millions of innocent souls. Eternal life becomes a disillusioning burden as time passes by and you see... you see everything turn to dust. And then your memories begin to fade away as well... You eventually forget all positive experiences and can only recall the horrors that haunt you in your sleep.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "At least none of you will have to live with the knowledge that you were accomplices of the evil that brought elvenkind to its knees."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "At least none of you will have to live with the knowledge that you were accomplices of the evil that brought elvenkind to its knees.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "So be it. Your sacrifice won\u2019t be forgotten, and I swear that I will not rest until the last of our enemies is reduced to cinders on the ground. May the Lords of Light guide you in your last mission."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We made it! And there are no signs of demons.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Ah, I can feel the wind in my hair again... It is cold, but it\u2019s a refreshing change from the stale air of the deep caverns."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Ah, I can feel the wind in my hair again... It is cold, but it\u2019s a refreshing change from the stale air of the deep caverns.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "You know, returning to the surface doesn\u2019t seem all that great to me, but at least it\u2019s not the desert."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "You know, returning to the surface doesn\u2019t seem all that great to me, but at least it\u2019s not the desert.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I wish Anlind\u00eb was here with us to breathe the fresh air and contemplate the beautiful landscape."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I wish Anlind\u00eb was here with us to breathe the fresh air and contemplate the beautiful landscape.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "So do I."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "So do I.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "May your soul find peace, Anlind\u00eb."}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "The exit\u2019s to the north. But before we proceed, I must warn ye: it ha\u2019 been long since we last walked these caves, so we should be prepared to deal with anything that might be awaitin\u2019 down the road.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Such as an unexpected encounter with Chaos troops? We are accustomed to that kind of thing after our quest underground."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Such as an unexpected encounter with Chaos troops? We are accustomed to that kind of thing after our quest underground.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We must make haste, though. We don\u2019t know for how long Anlind\u00eb\u2019s strategy is going to work and provide us with safe passage."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We must make haste, though. We don\u2019t know for how long Anlind\u00eb\u2019s strategy is going to work and provide us with safe passage.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Indeed... I would be unable to bear the thought of her sacrifice turning out to be in vain after so much."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Indeed... I would be unable to bear the thought of her sacrifice turning out to be in vain after so much.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hmph, I sure hope she has put my minions to good use. I had grown fond of some of them. Ah well, there will be plenty of opportunities to raise more later."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hmph, I sure hope she has put my minions to good use. I had grown fond of some of them. Ah well, there will be plenty of opportunities to raise more later.", "replies": "Karshas", "reply": "Damned creatures! You kill our children! You pay with your blood!"}
{"speaks": "Karshas", "text": "Damned creatures! You kill our children! You pay with your blood!", "replies": "Yreul", "reply": "Fat chance, dimwit. Get out of the way this instant, unless you would rather be ground into dust!"}
{"speaks": "Yreul", "text": "Fat chance, dimwit. Get out of the way this instant, unless you would rather be ground into dust!", "replies": "Yreul", "reply": "Hah! So they are coming to us now! What\u2019s your clever plan, rats? I am certain the captain will be very pleased to see your impaled heads topping our banners!"}
{"speaks": "Yreul", "text": "Hah! So they are coming to us now! What\u2019s your clever plan, rats? I am certain the captain will be very pleased to see your impaled heads topping our banners!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We\u2019ll have to deal with this scum first, lest they bring news of us to their superiors."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We\u2019ll have to deal with this scum first, lest they bring news of us to their superiors.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Defeated... by rats!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Defeated... by rats!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "This is turning out to be harder than we expected."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "This is turning out to be harder than we expected.", "replies": "Lilith", "reply": "There they are! Don\u2019t let them cross the bridge!"}
{"speaks": "Lilith", "text": "There they are! Don\u2019t let them cross the bridge!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hm, I see \u2014 they are the rearguard of our \u2018friends\u2019. Their blockade would be far more effective if they just demolished the bridge, so surely their captain is right across."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hm, I see \u2014 they are the rearguard of our \u2018friends\u2019. Their blockade would be far more effective if they just demolished the bridge, so surely their captain is right across.", "replies": "Lagonus", "reply": "I swear to Uria, this is the end of the road for you, insolent maggots! Prepare to die!"}
{"speaks": "Lagonus", "text": "I swear to Uria, this is the end of the road for you, insolent maggots! Prepare to die!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Wishful thinking, filth!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Wishful thinking, filth!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "How could I fail like this? Forgive me, Master... <i>(gurgle)</i>"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "How could I fail like this? Forgive me, Master... <i>(gurgle)</i>", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "The imp\u2019s body is dissolving into slime!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "The imp\u2019s body is dissolving into slime!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "This is truly disgusting."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "This is truly disgusting.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I can hear their main assault force approaching from behind. Oh, forgive me, Anlind\u00eb..."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "What in the world are those creatures doing?", "replies": "Durcanos", "reply": "I\u2019m na\u2019 sure, they seem to be laying larvae on the flooded western keep."}
{"speaks": "Durcanos", "text": "I\u2019m na\u2019 sure, they seem to be laying larvae on the flooded western keep.", "replies": "Marlin", "reply": "My lady, we swear we winna\u2019 rest until either we ha\u2019 spilled all the the blood o\u2019 those wretched freaks, or our dead bodies are all layin\u2019 on the floor. We\u2019ll fight for ye. May the glorious ruins of Herthgar be our tomb!"}
{"speaks": "Marlin", "text": "My lady, we swear we winna\u2019 rest until either we ha\u2019 spilled all the the blood o\u2019 those wretched freaks, or our dead bodies are all layin\u2019 on the floor. We\u2019ll fight for ye. May the glorious ruins of Herthgar be our tomb!", "replies": "Laveri", "reply": "Ah, the stench of death and decay that fills this place only intensifies my hunger. Let us make haste and finish this once and for all so we can have our well-deserved feast!"}
{"speaks": "Laveri", "text": "Ah, the stench of death and decay that fills this place only intensifies my hunger. Let us make haste and finish this once and for all so we can have our well-deserved feast!", "replies": "Izkotep", "reply": "Look, the elvish witch is on the dwarvish capital\u2019s keep!"}
{"speaks": "Izkotep", "text": "Look, the elvish witch is on the dwarvish capital\u2019s keep!", "replies": "Laveri", "reply": "Graaargh, kill her, now! And the elf leader too! And find the filthy faerie of the forests \u2014 but remember the Warlord\u2019s orders: trap the creature, but she must not come to harm! We need her alive and intact."}
{"speaks": "Laveri", "text": "Graaargh, kill her, now! And the elf leader too! And find the filthy faerie of the forests \u2014 but remember the Warlord\u2019s orders: trap the creature, but she must not come to harm! We need her alive and intact.", "replies": "Izkotep", "reply": "Attack now! You know what to do!"}
{"speaks": "Izkotep", "text": "Attack now! You know what to do!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Their final assault begins. Hopefully we\u2019ll manage to give Galas and the rest enough time to escape unnoticed."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Their final assault begins. Hopefully we\u2019ll manage to give Galas and the rest enough time to escape unnoticed.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Aaargh!! It\u2019s pointless! <i>(spits)</i> Killing me won\u2019t do anything to weaken our forces! We are unstoppable!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Aaargh!! It\u2019s pointless! <i>(spits)</i> Killing me won\u2019t do anything to weaken our forces! We are unstoppable!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Great. Nobody informed me that there was <i>another</i> alternate entrance to this chamber in the west. We ought to seal that somehow."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Great. Nobody informed me that there was <i>another</i> alternate entrance to this chamber in the west. We ought to seal that somehow.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Their commander, at last! Come and fight me, fiend! This place shall be your grave!"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Their commander, at last! Come and fight me, fiend! This place shall be your grave!", "replies": "Chaos Warlord", "reply": "<i>(muffled metallic voice)</i> You should do like your friends and run away, little worm, unless you would prefer me to tear your frail body to pieces and delight in your suffering."}
{"speaks": "Chaos Warlord", "text": "<i>(muffled metallic voice)</i> You should do like your friends and run away, little worm, unless you would prefer me to tear your frail body to pieces and delight in your suffering.", "replies": "Chaos Warlord", "reply": "Trying to divert my attention is futile. I already know where your friends are; it is all in your weak and permeable mind. Your pointless sacrifice does not fool our Master either, and neither will it save the cowards from his wrath. We\u2019ll find them all in due time."}
{"speaks": "Chaos Warlord", "text": "Trying to divert my attention is futile. I already know where your friends are; it is all in your weak and permeable mind. Your pointless sacrifice does not fool our Master either, and neither will it save the cowards from his wrath. We\u2019ll find them all in due time.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Not if I can stop you first!"}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "Not if I can stop you first!", "replies": "Chaos Warlord", "reply": "You will never succeed in slaying me with such pitiful weapons and spells."}
{"speaks": "Chaos Warlord", "text": "You will never succeed in slaying me with such pitiful weapons and spells.", "replies": "Chaos Warlord", "reply": "By the power you have bestowed upon me, Uria, may the spells conferring life to the dead be canceled now!"}
{"speaks": "Chaos Warlord", "text": "By the power you have bestowed upon me, Uria, may the spells conferring life to the dead be canceled now!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "I am... sorry, Galas... I... failed..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "I am... sorry, Galas... I... failed...", "replies": "Chaos Warlord", "reply": "You still draw breath? This is an infuriating waste of my time."}
{"speaks": "Chaos Warlord", "text": "You still draw breath? This is an infuriating waste of my time.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "... Heh."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "... Heh.", "replies": "Chaos Warlord", "reply": "What is this?!"}
{"speaks": "Chaos Warlord", "text": "What is this?!", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "I\u2019m not... leaving this world... without taking you with me..."}
{"speaks": "Anlind\u00eb", "text": "I\u2019m not... leaving this world... without taking you with me...", "replies": "Chaos Warlord", "reply": "Do you truly believe it will be all over just like this? How na\u00efve of someone like you, a past servant of Zhangor."}
{"speaks": "Chaos Warlord", "text": "Do you truly believe it will be all over just like this? How na\u00efve of someone like you, a past servant of Zhangor.", "replies": "Anlind\u00eb", "reply": "Death will take us all now... None of that matters anymore."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Behold! Our capital city, Raelthyn.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "It certainly is an impressive and beautiful city. So, where are we going?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "It certainly is an impressive and beautiful city. So, where are we going?", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "The members of the Council gather in Adavyan\u2019s Keep, the fortress at the heart of the city. They will be waiting for lord Galas, but I don\u2019t think they\u2019ll let the faerie and the necromancer in. So, they should wait here while we\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "The members of the Council gather in Adavyan\u2019s Keep, the fortress at the heart of the city. They will be waiting for lord Galas, but I don\u2019t think they\u2019ll let the faerie and the necromancer in. So, they should wait here while we\u2014", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "That is not up for you to decide, whelp. We are coming with him."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "That is not up for you to decide, whelp. We are coming with him.", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "Hey!"}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Hey!", "replies": "Quor", "reply": "Hold on! Who goes there?"}
{"speaks": "Quor", "text": "Hold on! Who goes there?", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "It is I, Erathan. I bring the elves\u2019 leader with me for a meeting with the Council."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "It is I, Erathan. I bring the elves\u2019 leader with me for a meeting with the Council.", "replies": "Cain", "reply": "It\u2019s a faerie! And... a lich!? Seize them!"}
{"speaks": "Cain", "text": "It\u2019s a faerie! And... a lich!? Seize them!", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "No! The lich is their servant! He\u2019s perfectly safe, don\u2019t worry about it. Just\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "No! The lich is their servant! He\u2019s perfectly safe, don\u2019t worry about it. Just\u2014", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "<b>I AM NOT THEIR SERVANT!</b>"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "<b>I AM NOT THEIR SERVANT!</b>", "replies": "Cain", "reply": "Alert the central garrison! We need reinforcements!"}
{"speaks": "Cain", "text": "Alert the central garrison! We need reinforcements!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What are you doing?!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What are you doing?!", "replies": "Inodien", "reply": "Lord Galas! We were worried about you. Is that... Oh, Bright Gods, is that... the Lady of Light? So you actually did it! We\u2014 What are these people doing? Release the lich and the Lady, you fools! They are our allies!"}
{"speaks": "Inodien", "text": "Lord Galas! We were worried about you. Is that... Oh, Bright Gods, is that... the Lady of Light? So you actually did it! We\u2014 What are these people doing? Release the lich and the Lady, you fools! They are our allies!", "replies": "Cain", "reply": "Oh... Oh! Apologies sirs, please don\u2019t tell the captain about this incident! Or anyone else, really."}
{"speaks": "Cain", "text": "Oh... Oh! Apologies sirs, please don\u2019t tell the captain about this incident! Or anyone else, really.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Hmph."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Hmph.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "You lowly fools ought to be thankful that we both have a compassionate disposition towards lesser beings like you, or you\u2019d be begging us to spare your useless lives\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "You lowly fools ought to be thankful that we both have a compassionate disposition towards lesser beings like you, or you\u2019d be begging us to spare your useless lives\u2014", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "That\u2019s quite enough, Mal Keshar. Inodien, do you think the Grand Council could allow Mal Keshar and Lady Elynia\u2019s presence? I would rather have them by my side if we are to discuss the present state of affairs with the northerners."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "That\u2019s quite enough, Mal Keshar. Inodien, do you think the Grand Council could allow Mal Keshar and Lady Elynia\u2019s presence? I would rather have them by my side if we are to discuss the present state of affairs with the northerners.", "replies": "Inodien", "reply": "Yes, I am absolutely certain they will, lord Galas. They have expressed an interest in seeing her \u2014 she\u2019s quite a legend around here amongst the more educated Aragwaith leaders, it seems. Follow me."}
{"speaks": "De'Arthian", "text": "Welcome, Lord Galas, to the Grand Council. We must say, we feel greatly honored by your presence here, in the Grand Council Chamber. To think that the forest elves managed to survive and thrive in the middle of the southeastern desert! It is truly a disgrace that we did not find out of your community before. All these blood and tears could have been avoided had we gone searching for civilizations hiding amidst the cruel sands.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Thank you for your hospitality, my lord. It\u2019s our pleasure to meet such a fine people as well."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Thank you for your hospitality, my lord. It\u2019s our pleasure to meet such a fine people as well.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "So, Lord Inodien came to us with the bulk of your... not very impressive army, and he also brought your civilians. He has asked us for shelter since your people lost their home in your war against the Chaos Empire."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "So, Lord Inodien came to us with the bulk of your... not very impressive army, and he also brought your civilians. He has asked us for shelter since your people lost their home in your war against the Chaos Empire.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Pardon me, sir, but it is not a war! Our home and most of our forces fell victim to a large-scale invasion by the Chaos Empire started with no provocation whatsoever. We were completely unaware of their existence until their troops set foot in our lands."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Pardon me, sir, but it is not a war! Our home and most of our forces fell victim to a large-scale invasion by the Chaos Empire started with no provocation whatsoever. We were completely unaware of their existence until their troops set foot in our lands.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "And then your people hid underground, and found this pet lich of yours who is \u2014 for some unfathomable reason \u2014 allowed to walk around freely rather than punished for his crimes against nature. Who allowed him into the council chamber anyway?"}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "And then your people hid underground, and found this pet lich of yours who is \u2014 for some unfathomable reason \u2014 allowed to walk around freely rather than punished for his crimes against nature. Who allowed him into the council chamber anyway?", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "I did, and we have already discussed this before \u2014 countless times, I must add. Mal Keshar and the Lady of Light shall be considered our friends for as long as the elves treat them as such."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "I did, and we have already discussed this before \u2014 countless times, I must add. Mal Keshar and the Lady of Light shall be considered our friends for as long as the elves treat them as such.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "... Very well, then."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "... Very well, then.", "replies": "Illana", "reply": "Say, Lord Galas, Lady of Light, and I ask this on a purely hypothetical basis: What possible benefit would allowing your people to settle lands within our borders give us? Why should we cede resources that could be put to better use serving our people?"}
{"speaks": "Illana", "text": "Say, Lord Galas, Lady of Light, and I ask this on a purely hypothetical basis: What possible benefit would allowing your people to settle lands within our borders give us? Why should we cede resources that could be put to better use serving our people?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "That is an excellent question, my lady. So, allow me to ask: for how long have you been struggling against the Chaos Empire\u2019s advances into the northern lands? Your messenger Erathan made it sound like you\u2019ve been aware of them for quite a while."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "That is an excellent question, my lady. So, allow me to ask: for how long have you been struggling against the Chaos Empire\u2019s advances into the northern lands? Your messenger Erathan made it sound like you\u2019ve been aware of them for quite a while.", "replies": "Aleazar", "reply": "We had dealt non-violently with them for years before they decided to cease all trading and communication with us. Still, they have not proven to be an actual threat thus far, beyond a few occasional skirmishes in Glamdrol. The dwarf kingdoms of Valgran and Herthgar shield us from potential attacks coming from the Heart Mountains, and the southeastern desert is an effective natural barrier against invaders."}
{"speaks": "Aleazar", "text": "We had dealt non-violently with them for years before they decided to cease all trading and communication with us. Still, they have not proven to be an actual threat thus far, beyond a few occasional skirmishes in Glamdrol. The dwarf kingdoms of Valgran and Herthgar shield us from potential attacks coming from the Heart Mountains, and the southeastern desert is an effective natural barrier against invaders.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Herthgar fell just a week ago, and the enemy is now recruiting orcish mercenaries to their cause. How long do you think it will take them to penetrate the Aragwaith country? Adopting a defensive stance and hoping for the best is exactly what resulted in Herthgar\u2019s doom."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Herthgar fell just a week ago, and the enemy is now recruiting orcish mercenaries to their cause. How long do you think it will take them to penetrate the Aragwaith country? Adopting a defensive stance and hoping for the best is exactly what resulted in Herthgar\u2019s doom.", "replies": "De'Arthian", "reply": "And your proposal is...?"}
{"speaks": "De'Arthian", "text": "And your proposal is...?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "My proposal is as follows: we shall pledge allegiance to the Grand Council as long as our people are granted lands to live in the Aragwaith country; furthermore, we shall officially declare war against the Chaos Empire, and we expect you to do likewise. We intend to cooperate fully with the war efforts, placing our army at your disposal."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "My proposal is as follows: we shall pledge allegiance to the Grand Council as long as our people are granted lands to live in the Aragwaith country; furthermore, we shall officially declare war against the Chaos Empire, and we expect you to do likewise. We intend to cooperate fully with the war efforts, placing our army at your disposal.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "That is quite a bold proposal, elf lord. However, if the enemy is as strong as it\u2019s been rumored, can we really expect to win a war against them with our combined forces alone?"}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "That is quite a bold proposal, elf lord. However, if the enemy is as strong as it\u2019s been rumored, can we really expect to win a war against them with our combined forces alone?", "replies": "Illana", "reply": "Even if the Chaos Empire is already trying to undermine the Far North\u2019s political stability by enlisting orcs, we might still be able to turn the majority of them to our side if we play our cards cautiously. The western clans might agree to join us in alliance if we give them something in exchange... such as some of the Empire-controlled lands."}
{"speaks": "Illana", "text": "Even if the Chaos Empire is already trying to undermine the Far North\u2019s political stability by enlisting orcs, we might still be able to turn the majority of them to our side if we play our cards cautiously. The western clans might agree to join us in alliance if we give them something in exchange... such as some of the Empire-controlled lands.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "That might actually work... We can keep the fertile areas and hand them barren wastelands to keep them content."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "That might actually work... We can keep the fertile areas and hand them barren wastelands to keep them content.", "replies": "Illana", "reply": "We can and should work out the details later."}
{"speaks": "Illana", "text": "We can and should work out the details later.", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "Lord Galas, perhaps you would prefer to take some time to consider the proposal. Once we officially sign the pact, there will be no going back for us or your people. Nonetheless, I would like to put forth a clause of our own."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "Lord Galas, perhaps you would prefer to take some time to consider the proposal. Once we officially sign the pact, there will be no going back for us or your people. Nonetheless, I would like to put forth a clause of our own.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Sure."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Sure.", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "We want the Lady of Light, and the lich Mal Keshar and all necromancers under his control to pledge unconditional allegiance to the Grand Council of the Northern Peoples. This also means that their actions will be governed by the Council rather than the elves\u2019 leadership."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "We want the Lady of Light, and the lich Mal Keshar and all necromancers under his control to pledge unconditional allegiance to the Grand Council of the Northern Peoples. This also means that their actions will be governed by the Council rather than the elves\u2019 leadership.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I am sure they will accede. My condition is that their safety be guaranteed at all times, as this was also Mal Keshar\u2019s condition for assisting us on the way to Herthgar. And if I must participate in field missions, I shall be allowed to have them by my side as I deem necessary or convenient."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I am sure they will accede. My condition is that their safety be guaranteed at all times, as this was also Mal Keshar\u2019s condition for assisting us on the way to Herthgar. And if I must participate in field missions, I shall be allowed to have them by my side as I deem necessary or convenient.", "replies": "Aleazar", "reply": "Very well, then. This has been a pleasantly productive discussion, everyone. We shall give Lord Galas one week to make his decision. But... it would be highly beneficial for us to strike a deal with the orcs first, as time is of the essence and we need to secure their support before the Chaos Empire does."}
{"speaks": "Aleazar", "text": "Very well, then. This has been a pleasantly productive discussion, everyone. We shall give Lord Galas one week to make his decision. But... it would be highly beneficial for us to strike a deal with the orcs first, as time is of the essence and we need to secure their support before the Chaos Empire does.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "I say we assign Lord Galas the task of negotiating with the orcs. May this serve to the Council as proof of his commitment and loyalty."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "I say we assign Lord Galas the task of negotiating with the orcs. May this serve to the Council as proof of his commitment and loyalty.", "replies": "Illana", "reply": "Agreed."}
{"speaks": "Illana", "text": "Agreed.", "replies": "De'Arthian", "reply": "Agreed."}
{"speaks": "De'Arthian", "text": "Agreed.", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "(<i>sighs</i>) Agreed."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "(<i>sighs</i>) Agreed.", "replies": "Aleazar", "reply": "Agreed!"}
{"speaks": "Aleazar", "text": "Agreed!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Galas, why are you doing this? First you decide to lead the elves to war without consulting with Lord Inodien and the others, then you treat me... <b>us</b> as mere possessions to barter for political favors! Have you lost your senses?!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas, why are you doing this? First you decide to lead the elves to war without consulting with Lord Inodien and the others, then you treat me... <b>us</b> as mere possessions to barter for political favors! Have you lost your senses?!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I am truly sorry, my la\u2014 Elynia, but..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I am truly sorry, my la\u2014 Elynia, but...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I understand that you are intent on avenging Anlind\u00eb, but isn\u2019t the safety of your people a more pressing matter right now? How can you... How can you do <b>this</b> to them after going through so much to escape from the followers of Uria!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I understand that you are intent on avenging Anlind\u00eb, but isn\u2019t the safety of your people a more pressing matter right now? How can you... How can you do <b>this</b> to them after going through so much to escape from the followers of Uria!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Elynia, do you really believe the Aragwaith country can withstand a full-scale invasion from the Empire if the dwarves couldn\u2019t? Gnalvarden, Aidal, Herthgar, all their larger kingdoms have fallen over time. The Aragwaith don\u2019t take the Empire\u2019s threat seriously and only see this war as a convenient opportunity to keep their complacent troops entertained, as well as to deal with the orcs. They also expect us elves to do most of the work for them so they will have even fewer of us to accommodate in these lands."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Elynia, do you really believe the Aragwaith country can withstand a full-scale invasion from the Empire if the dwarves couldn\u2019t? Gnalvarden, Aidal, Herthgar, all their larger kingdoms have fallen over time. The Aragwaith don\u2019t take the Empire\u2019s threat seriously and only see this war as a convenient opportunity to keep their complacent troops entertained, as well as to deal with the orcs. They also expect us elves to do most of the work for them so they will have even fewer of us to accommodate in these lands.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "My comrades, childhood friends, the lord who I served faithfully all these years... the woman who cared for me as if I were her own son... They are all dead. Why would I want to perpetuate this living hell, Elynia? Do you really believe the humans will be as charitable as to allow us to dwell in their territory without a steep price to pay? And, what will we do when the Chaos Emperor comes knocking on our door?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "My comrades, childhood friends, the lord who I served faithfully all these years... the woman who cared for me as if I were her own son... They are all dead. Why would I want to perpetuate this living hell, Elynia? Do you really believe the humans will be as charitable as to allow us to dwell in their territory without a steep price to pay? And, what will we do when the Chaos Emperor comes knocking on our door?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "A war against the Empire could last for years, possibly decades... Our people..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "A war against the Empire could last for years, possibly decades... Our people...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "That is why we must figure out a way to put an end to this madness. Together."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "That is why we must figure out a way to put an end to this madness. Together.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Wait, you are not thinking of..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Wait, you are not thinking of...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Taking the fight to their Emperor?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Taking the fight to their Emperor?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I cannot go with you, Galas. It has been far too long since I last participated in a mission like that... And I am far too weak from the amount of time I spent slumbering underground... And if it comes to that, I can\u2019t summon the power of the Union again. Not without... Argan..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I cannot go with you, Galas. It has been far too long since I last participated in a mission like that... And I am far too weak from the amount of time I spent slumbering underground... And if it comes to that, I can\u2019t summon the power of the Union again. Not without... Argan...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I cannot be the elves\u2019 living weapon again. I am sorry, Galas."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I cannot be the elves\u2019 living weapon again. I am sorry, Galas.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Fair enough. I will be taking Mal Keshar with me, anyway."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Fair enough. I will be taking Mal Keshar with me, anyway.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Who will lead the elves in your absence?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Who will lead the elves in your absence?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Lord Inodien will replace me as the regent lord once we finish dealing with the orcs and humans. Don\u2019t worry \u2014 I am sure you will make a fine advisor to him and Lady Unarye."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Lord Inodien will replace me as the regent lord once we finish dealing with the orcs and humans. Don\u2019t worry \u2014 I am sure you will make a fine advisor to him and Lady Unarye.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "It was not so long ago that he was but a meek kid who let the priestess make all decisions for him. Heh. He has truly become something, don\u2019t you think?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "It was not so long ago that he was but a meek kid who let the priestess make all decisions for him. Heh. He has truly become something, don\u2019t you think?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Yes. And that\u2019s exactly what troubles me."}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "Our forefathers could never ha\u2019 imagined their legacy would meet such a shameful end. Shameful, I say! I canna\u2019 wait to see the faces of our kin in Valgran \u2014 surely they will be amused to see the King of Herthgar become the head of a band of homeless beggars! PAH!", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "My king, you didn\u2019t seem too bothered about the situation back in\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "My king, you didn\u2019t seem too bothered about the situation back in\u2014", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "And what did ye expect me to do, Althurin? Act pessimistic in front of our people right before leading them out o\u2019 the caves on a suicide mission?! \u2019Course that was na\u2019 option."}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "And what did ye expect me to do, Althurin? Act pessimistic in front of our people right before leading them out o\u2019 the caves on a suicide mission?! \u2019Course that was na\u2019 option.", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "I apologize for venting like this, Galas, lady, I just couldna\u2019 hold my frustration any longer. (<i>sighs</i>)"}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "I apologize for venting like this, Galas, lady, I just couldna\u2019 hold my frustration any longer. (<i>sighs</i>)", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "Though, mayhap there is a silver lining to all this. What d\u2019ye think, Galas?"}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "Though, mayhap there is a silver lining to all this. What d\u2019ye think, Galas?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "It is our hope that the northerners will acknowledge the threat and help us retaliate, Majesty. It would be highly unreasonable on their part to turn a blind eye to the destruction that the Chaos Empire has and will continue to wreak."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "It is our hope that the northerners will acknowledge the threat and help us retaliate, Majesty. It would be highly unreasonable on their part to turn a blind eye to the destruction that the Chaos Empire has and will continue to wreak.", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "Only a complete fool wouldna\u2019 take ye and yer people seriously, Galas. Would that we had the men and resources to aid ye in this crusade... Still, Althurin would like to hand ye a gift as token of our gratitude. Use it wisely."}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "Only a complete fool wouldna\u2019 take ye and yer people seriously, Galas. Would that we had the men and resources to aid ye in this crusade... Still, Althurin would like to hand ye a gift as token of our gratitude. Use it wisely.", "replies": "King Asthorgar", "reply": "I wouldna\u2019 be surprised if our children a few generations from now spoke legends about the exploits of the Elves of the Valley of Elynia against the dark Empire in the south. Farewell! May the Bright Gods let our paths cross again!"}
{"speaks": "King Asthorgar", "text": "I wouldna\u2019 be surprised if our children a few generations from now spoke legends about the exploits of the Elves of the Valley of Elynia against the dark Empire in the south. Farewell! May the Bright Gods let our paths cross again!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Farewell, friends."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Farewell, friends.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Farewell, Elynia! I wish we had more time to exchange notes about our cultures\u2019 respective brands of magic."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "Farewell, Elynia! I wish we had more time to exchange notes about our cultures\u2019 respective brands of magic.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Bye, Althurin. May we meet a second time."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Bye, Althurin. May we meet a second time.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "So, now we need to find the rest of the elves. Any ideas?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "So, now we need to find the rest of the elves. Any ideas?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We should be able to find the northern country\u2019s capital if we follow the dwarves\u2019 instructions. It\u2019s supposed to be only about three days from here if we avoid stopping to rest during daytime. I\u2019m just unsure about walking through human lands with a lich among us..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We should be able to find the northern country\u2019s capital if we follow the dwarves\u2019 instructions. It\u2019s supposed to be only about three days from here if we avoid stopping to rest during daytime. I\u2019m just unsure about walking through human lands with a lich among us...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I am ready to banish him from this world if you wish, my lord."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I am ready to banish him from this world if you wish, my lord.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "You... don\u2019t need to call me \u2018lord\u2019. It doesn\u2019t sit well with me, considering how much older you... I mean, no offense my lady, but..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "You... don\u2019t need to call me \u2018lord\u2019. It doesn\u2019t sit well with me, considering how much older you... I mean, no offense my lady, but...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Hahahaha! I did notice it makes you uncomfortable, young Galas. I have been but a homeless wanderer for so long, I think it only proper for me to defer to the last regent lord of my kin \u2014 but if you wish me to stop then I will... (<i>moves closer</i>) on the condition that you call me Elynia like I said before."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Hahahaha! I did notice it makes you uncomfortable, young Galas. I have been but a homeless wanderer for so long, I think it only proper for me to defer to the last regent lord of my kin \u2014 but if you wish me to stop then I will... (<i>moves closer</i>) on the condition that you call me Elynia like I said before.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "(<i>blushing</i>) I will... try."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "(<i>blushing</i>) I will... try.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Pffft, what is this? You both have fancy titles to flaunt around, and instead opt for this trite fraternization thing? This is a waste of everyone\u2019s time."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Pffft, what is this? You both have fancy titles to flaunt around, and instead opt for this trite fraternization thing? This is a waste of everyone\u2019s time.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "As if you ever cared about anyone\u2019s titles or ranks, Mal Keshar."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "As if you ever cared about anyone\u2019s titles or ranks, Mal Keshar.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Someone is observing us."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Someone is observing us.", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "Outsiders! What brings you to Aragwaith territory?"}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Outsiders! What brings you to Aragwaith territory?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "You don\u2019t need to point your bow at us, sir. We come in peace, as refugees!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "You don\u2019t need to point your bow at us, sir. We come in peace, as refugees!", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "Is that a lich behind you?! This is unexpected. But nothing we cannot handle!"}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Is that a lich behind you?! This is unexpected. But nothing we cannot handle!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Someone ought to teach you to pick your fights more cautiously, whelp\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Someone ought to teach you to pick your fights more cautiously, whelp\u2014", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "No! Please, listen to us. We are elves! You may have heard of a large number of us coming to this country seeking refuge from a war in the southern lands."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "No! Please, listen to us. We are elves! You may have heard of a large number of us coming to this country seeking refuge from a war in the southern lands.", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "... Elves? Refugees, you say? Hah! Elves, indeed \u2014 those pointy-eared creatures that don\u2019t exist but in tall tales of a past age."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "... Elves? Refugees, you say? Hah! Elves, indeed \u2014 those pointy-eared creatures that don\u2019t exist but in tall tales of a past age.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Sssht, quiet you two!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Sssht, quiet you two!", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "Elves, with a subservient lich and a faerie of the forest walking among them. This is quite the odd picture \u2014 it\u2019s almost entertaining. You, faerie, what do you have to say in defense of you and your friends?"}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Elves, with a subservient lich and a faerie of the forest walking among them. This is quite the odd picture \u2014 it\u2019s almost entertaining. You, faerie, what do you have to say in defense of you and your friends?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Perhaps we can make a deal. These seem to be difficult times for your country. I can tell from your worn attire that you were involved in some sort of skirmish recently. Was it against human invaders from the south? Our people are well acquainted with their tactics and weapons, as they lost their home to none other than those barbarians and their demon allies. Perhaps there is some task we could assist you with in exchange for guaranteeing us safe passage through the northern marchlands?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Perhaps we can make a deal. These seem to be difficult times for your country. I can tell from your worn attire that you were involved in some sort of skirmish recently. Was it against human invaders from the south? Our people are well acquainted with their tactics and weapons, as they lost their home to none other than those barbarians and their demon allies. Perhaps there is some task we could assist you with in exchange for guaranteeing us safe passage through the northern marchlands?", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "Hah! You read me well, faerie. To tell you the truth, we were sent by the Grand Council of the Northern Peoples to Herthgar, to escort your leader back to the Council for an audience. But it seems you came to us instead. I take it that something bad happened back there. Lord Galas, right?"}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Hah! You read me well, faerie. To tell you the truth, we were sent by the Grand Council of the Northern Peoples to Herthgar, to escort your leader back to the Council for an audience. But it seems you came to us instead. I take it that something bad happened back there. Lord Galas, right?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Yes, sir. The kingdom of Herthgar has fallen to the Chaos Empire."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Yes, sir. The kingdom of Herthgar has fallen to the Chaos Empire.", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "Huh. So that\u2019s how dire the situation is. Very well, then, elf lord \u2014 we can escort you to our capital, Raelthyn, but we cannot guarantee your safety right now. You see, a group of orcish mercenaries allied with these \u2018Chaos\u2019 fiends set up camp north of the river. Just as we managed to cross, their saurian allies arrived and seized control of the bridge. There is a mountain pass we can use but... none of you seem adequately equipped for an expedition like that. So, my proposal is as follows: you repel the invaders, and we\u2019ll take you to Raelthyn."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Huh. So that\u2019s how dire the situation is. Very well, then, elf lord \u2014 we can escort you to our capital, Raelthyn, but we cannot guarantee your safety right now. You see, a group of orcish mercenaries allied with these \u2018Chaos\u2019 fiends set up camp north of the river. Just as we managed to cross, their saurian allies arrived and seized control of the bridge. There is a mountain pass we can use but... none of you seem adequately equipped for an expedition like that. So, my proposal is as follows: you repel the invaders, and we\u2019ll take you to Raelthyn.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Seems like a sound plan to me."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Seems like a sound plan to me.", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "I thought so. We\u2019ll be watching you from close range."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "I thought so. We\u2019ll be watching you from close range.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "They do not seem to trust us much, do they?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "They do not seem to trust us much, do they?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Would <i>you</i> trust people who consort with necromancers, Galas? We should be thankful they didn\u2019t decide to kill us on sight."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Would <i>you</i> trust people who consort with necromancers, Galas? We should be thankful they didn\u2019t decide to kill us on sight.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hey, don\u2019t be so sure of yourself, girl. He seemed to take offense at your presence as well."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hey, don\u2019t be so sure of yourself, girl. He seemed to take offense at your presence as well.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It sounds like forest faeries have become a more common sight in the northern forests for some reason. I understand that these humans might not trust them, but... we might be able to enlist their help somehow."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It sounds like forest faeries have become a more common sight in the northern forests for some reason. I understand that these humans might not trust them, but... we might be able to enlist their help somehow.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "It\u2019s interesting that he did not pay any attention to our goblin friend."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "It\u2019s interesting that he did not pay any attention to our goblin friend.", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "I feared for my life for a moment there... <i>phew</i>."}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "I feared for my life for a moment there... <i>phew</i>.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Well, now... This mission will be pleasant to accomplish \u2014 for me at least."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Well, now... This mission will be pleasant to accomplish \u2014 for me at least.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "What are those creatures he mentioned, the \u2018saurians\u2019?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "What are those creatures he mentioned, the \u2018saurians\u2019?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Treacherous scaled pests that frolic in swampy waters and impale you with their rusty spears from beneath the surface. They rarely pose a threat on their own, until they swarm you in numbers."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Treacherous scaled pests that frolic in swampy waters and impale you with their rusty spears from beneath the surface. They rarely pose a threat on their own, until they swarm you in numbers.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Well, let\u2019s be about it, then."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Well, let\u2019s be about it, then.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We did it. Now what?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We did it. Now what?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I assume their military is preoccupied dealing with the Chaos Empire\u2019s forces elsewhere."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I assume their military is preoccupied dealing with the Chaos Empire\u2019s forces elsewhere.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "That was not too difficult. But why did they set things up so we\u2019d have to do the dirty work for them, I wonder? They could have sent a real escort to Herthgar rather than those three individuals alone. Perhaps their military is preoccupied dealing with the Chaos Empire\u2019s forces elsewhere."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "That was not too difficult. But why did they set things up so we\u2019d have to do the dirty work for them, I wonder? They could have sent a real escort to Herthgar rather than those three individuals alone. Perhaps their military is preoccupied dealing with the Chaos Empire\u2019s forces elsewhere.", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "I must admit, I\u2019m pleasantly surprised by your performance in battle, lord Galas. Very well, then, let us proceed to Raelthyn."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "I must admit, I\u2019m pleasantly surprised by your performance in battle, lord Galas. Very well, then, let us proceed to Raelthyn.", "replies": "second_unit", "reply": "What the hell? Are those elves? And undead at their command? This is most unusual!"}
{"speaks": "second_unit", "text": "What the hell? Are those elves? And undead at their command? This is most unusual!", "replies": "Arghalon", "reply": "The lich wants to see our leader\u2019s head on a stake! Go get them, you useless scum!"}
{"speaks": "Arghalon", "text": "The lich wants to see our leader\u2019s head on a stake! Go get them, you useless scum!", "replies": "Grilock", "reply": "Already working on it, boss!"}
{"speaks": "Grilock", "text": "Already working on it, boss!", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "This feels so wrong..."}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "This feels so wrong...", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Gaaargh... How could this happen to me!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Gaaargh... How could this happen to me!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "You wose-born fiends may take me down, but at the end of the day, the Chaos Empire will prevail! It\u2019s not too late for your people yet... join them and perhaps they\u2019ll spare your miserable lives!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "You wose-born fiends may take me down, but at the end of the day, the Chaos Empire will prevail! It\u2019s not too late for your people yet... join them and perhaps they\u2019ll spare your miserable lives!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Hah! Is this why you and your people chose to serve them? It\u2019s appalling that orcs would rather surrender to a band of bloodthirsty humans than fight back. What has the world come to?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Hah! Is this why you and your people chose to serve them? It\u2019s appalling that orcs would rather surrender to a band of bloodthirsty humans than fight back. What has the world come to?", "replies": "unit", "reply": "You... clearly haven\u2019t seen the full extent of their power. The followers of Uria... they are not a threat to be taken lightly, elf. You\u2019ll rue the day you decided to cross them."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "You... clearly haven\u2019t seen the full extent of their power. The followers of Uria... they are not a threat to be taken lightly, elf. You\u2019ll rue the day you decided to cross them.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Awww, look it\u2019s a bunny! It\u2019s nice to see that these cute little fur balls still exist."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Awww, look it\u2019s a bunny! It\u2019s nice to see that these cute little fur balls still exist.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Why would you ask me to murder such an adorable creature! Have someone else do it."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Why would you ask me to murder such an adorable creature! Have someone else do it.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What... Why? What possessed me to do such a horrible thing?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What... Why? What possessed me to do such a horrible thing?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Blargh, get that thing out of my sight!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Blargh, get that thing out of my sight!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Yes! YES!"}
{"speaks": "Illana", "text": "We have sent our declaration of war to the Chaos outpost near Dervale. I believe we already have troops stationed in Aran-Balgur, Ardgam and Aran-Nitar, ready for combat. Also, the dwarves of Valgran agreed to send us a few experts and supplies. Now that the pact is sealed, all that remains to be decided is the elves\u2019 role in all of this.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Well, about that..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Well, about that...", "replies": "De'Arthian", "reply": "So you intend to infiltrate the Empire\u2019s lands and assassinate their Emperor! Hah! You elves sure are full of surprises! I never expected such an audacious plan from your people!"}
{"speaks": "De'Arthian", "text": "So you intend to infiltrate the Empire\u2019s lands and assassinate their Emperor! Hah! You elves sure are full of surprises! I never expected such an audacious plan from your people!", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "Lady of Light, I am inclined to suggest that you stay in the northlands with us where we may be able to make better use of your services."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "Lady of Light, I am inclined to suggest that you stay in the northlands with us where we may be able to make better use of your services.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I would normally agree with that, but I am certain you and Lady Illana have also felt the dark presence that enshrouds the lands to the south of the Heart Mountains. Have you not?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I would normally agree with that, but I am certain you and Lady Illana have also felt the dark presence that enshrouds the lands to the south of the Heart Mountains. Have you not?", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "It is a power beyond our understanding, yes. We have consulted our best sorcerers about it over the years, and none of them have managed to descry the secrets it guards. The situation in this regard is quite reminiscent of the stories from over three hundred years ago."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "It is a power beyond our understanding, yes. We have consulted our best sorcerers about it over the years, and none of them have managed to descry the secrets it guards. The situation in this regard is quite reminiscent of the stories from over three hundred years ago.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "And I believe this is the real reason you acceded to declare war on the Chaos Empire. Sooner or later you will want us to investigate anyway, so why not allow us to do so now that the Empire and their demon allies will have their hands busy dealing with the Alliance\u2019s forces? If you want to look at it another way, it also serves to keep a dangerous criminal away from the country. (<i>points at Mal Keshar</i>)"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "And I believe this is the real reason you acceded to declare war on the Chaos Empire. Sooner or later you will want us to investigate anyway, so why not allow us to do so now that the Empire and their demon allies will have their hands busy dealing with the Alliance\u2019s forces? If you want to look at it another way, it also serves to keep a dangerous criminal away from the country. (<i>points at Mal Keshar</i>)", "replies": "Illana", "reply": "You do make a valid point. Very well, then. We authorize you and the lich Mal Keshar to assist Lord Galas in infiltrating the Chaos Empire. Erathan will accompany you."}
{"speaks": "Illana", "text": "You do make a valid point. Very well, then. We authorize you and the lich Mal Keshar to assist Lord Galas in infiltrating the Chaos Empire. Erathan will accompany you.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Erathan? But... he... (<i>deep sigh</i>) Fair enough."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Erathan? But... he... (<i>deep sigh</i>) Fair enough.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "I don\u2019t think..."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "I don\u2019t think...", "replies": "Illana", "reply": "Yes, Lord Torancyn?"}
{"speaks": "Illana", "text": "Yes, Lord Torancyn?", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "... Never mind, it\u2019s not important. <small>Not anymore.</small>"}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "... Never mind, it\u2019s not important. <small>Not anymore.</small>", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "Don\u2019t worry, Lord Galas. I am willing to risk my life if needed to ensure no harm comes to you or your advisors."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Don\u2019t worry, Lord Galas. I am willing to risk my life if needed to ensure no harm comes to you or your advisors.", "replies": "Delarel", "reply": "And thus, the Council has spoken."}
{"speaks": "Delarel", "text": "And thus, the Council has spoken.", "replies": "Aleazar", "reply": "I cannot believe we just approved this."}
{"speaks": "Aleazar", "text": "I cannot believe we just approved this.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Well, well. This has certainly been an interesting and productive council for everyone, and I for one am looking forward to tearing those demons apart now that we are done with the incessant chit-chat."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Well, well. This has certainly been an interesting and productive council for everyone, and I for one am looking forward to tearing those demons apart now that we are done with the incessant chit-chat.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I could not possibly enjoy massacring living creatures by the hundreds, no matter how evil they might be \u2014 but I can\u2019t say I will miss doing this diplomacy thing either."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I could not possibly enjoy massacring living creatures by the hundreds, no matter how evil they might be \u2014 but I can\u2019t say I will miss doing this diplomacy thing either.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I have been through worse, trust me. At least this time we didn\u2019t have to wait <i>years</i> for a decision to be made."}
{"speaks": "Quogar Ratham", "text": "I must admit, it <b>is</b> a tempting deal... for other orcs, maybe, not us! We are not dogs who do all the hard work for inferior creatures like you in exchange for scraps. If we decide we want more lands and riches, we will take them by force on our own!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "\u2018Inferior\u2019 creatures, you say? How dare you insult us, when it is only thanks to our sacrifices that you may yet have a chance to maintain your lifestyle?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "\u2018Inferior\u2019 creatures, you say? How dare you insult us, when it is only thanks to our sacrifices that you may yet have a chance to maintain your lifestyle?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Oh Galas, I told you, using words and diplomacy with these illiterate beasts will not get us anywhere."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Oh Galas, I told you, using words and diplomacy with these illiterate beasts will not get us anywhere.", "replies": "Quogar Ratham", "reply": "Ha, and what do you propose then, lich? You\u2019d rather kill us? What benefit would <b>that</b> bring you?"}
{"speaks": "Quogar Ratham", "text": "Ha, and what do you propose then, lich? You\u2019d rather kill us? What benefit would <b>that</b> bring you?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I could at least quench my thirst! It has been days since I last felled one of your kind..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I could at least quench my thirst! It has been days since I last felled one of your kind...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Squabbling like children will not get us anywhere! This is not the time for resurrecting ancient conflicts. We must focus on fighting the real enemy that threatens all life on the Great Continent \u2014 that includes you, orcs."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Squabbling like children will not get us anywhere! This is not the time for resurrecting ancient conflicts. We must focus on fighting the real enemy that threatens all life on the Great Continent \u2014 that includes you, orcs.", "replies": "Quogar Ratham", "reply": "As if I would believe your fantasy tales, faerie. It\u2019s obvious that you\u2019re trying to trick us to obtain cheap war-beasts to solve your own problems."}
{"speaks": "Quogar Ratham", "text": "As if I would believe your fantasy tales, faerie. It\u2019s obvious that you\u2019re trying to trick us to obtain cheap war-beasts to solve your own problems.", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "Our problems will eventually be yours as well. If you refuse to take part in our alliance, then we\u2019ll not insist further \u2014 but know that you will receive no help from us when you and your people see the truth."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Our problems will eventually be yours as well. If you refuse to take part in our alliance, then we\u2019ll not insist further \u2014 but know that you will receive no help from us when you and your people see the truth.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Are those war drums I hear? So was it your plan all along to lure us into your domain to dispose of us, orc?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Are those war drums I hear? So was it your plan all along to lure us into your domain to dispose of us, orc?", "replies": "Quogar Ratham", "reply": "It is not, you decrepit sack of bones! Where do they come from?"}
{"speaks": "Quogar Ratham", "text": "It is not, you decrepit sack of bones! Where do they come from?", "replies": "Tan Zalfargat", "reply": "Hail there, \u2018friend\u2019!"}
{"speaks": "Tan Zalfargat", "text": "Hail there, \u2018friend\u2019!", "replies": "Quogar Ratham", "reply": "What are you doing in <b>my</b> lands again?! Exactly how many times do I have to rub your face in the mud before you\u2019ll give up your obsession with overthrowing me, you thick-headed turd!?"}
{"speaks": "Quogar Ratham", "text": "What are you doing in <b>my</b> lands again?! Exactly how many times do I have to rub your face in the mud before you\u2019ll give up your obsession with overthrowing me, you thick-headed turd!?", "replies": "Tan Zalfargat", "reply": "Ha, see who speaks \u2014 the weakling who\u2019s got a soft spot for the humans and their new tree-shagger friends! Sorry, but this time I don\u2019t come alone. You see, cousin..."}
{"speaks": "Tan Zalfargat", "text": "Ha, see who speaks \u2014 the weakling who\u2019s got a soft spot for the humans and their new tree-shagger friends! Sorry, but this time I don\u2019t come alone. You see, cousin...", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "I see the Emperor was right to suspect that the elves would team up with the northerners. Very well, heathens! This is the last time your kind escapes the power of Uria and the Dark Lady! You shall not escape the might of the Iron Council again!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "I see the Emperor was right to suspect that the elves would team up with the northerners. Very well, heathens! This is the last time your kind escapes the power of Uria and the Dark Lady! You shall not escape the might of the Iron Council again!", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "What is that lich rambling about?"}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "What is that lich rambling about?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Iron Council? Hah! The Chaos Emperor must be getting desperate if he would resort to sending one of their foulest priests of Yechnagoth! I presume that our suicidal lady gave your precious Warlord a hard time?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Iron Council? Hah! The Chaos Emperor must be getting desperate if he would resort to sending one of their foulest priests of Yechnagoth! I presume that our suicidal lady gave your precious Warlord a hard time?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Yechnagoth? But... She was vanquished... wasn\u2019t she?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Yechnagoth? But... She was vanquished... wasn\u2019t she?", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Those are blatant lies made up by heretics like you, elf. Her power still lives, and is greater now than ever thanks to Uria\u2019s grace! Tanstafaal! Give them a taste of her power!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Those are blatant lies made up by heretics like you, elf. Her power still lives, and is greater now than ever thanks to Uria\u2019s grace! Tanstafaal! Give them a taste of her power!", "replies": "Tanstafaal", "reply": "As you command, my master. By Eloh\u2019s wrath I shall make you suffer for your betrayal!"}
{"speaks": "Tanstafaal", "text": "As you command, my master. By Eloh\u2019s wrath I shall make you suffer for your betrayal!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Curse the Dark Gods... those are elvish warriors! What is this new enemy we are facing?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Curse the Dark Gods... those are elvish warriors! What is this new enemy we are facing?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Althurin mentioned a rebel faction betraying the Quenoth elves while under Yechnagoth\u2019s control. These spectres must have been created from their lingering souls \u2014 it\u2019s unlikely that anyone else in this era worships this \u2018Eloh\u2019 figure. I fear we have no choice but to fight them."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Althurin mentioned a rebel faction betraying the Quenoth elves while under Yechnagoth\u2019s control. These spectres must have been created from their lingering souls \u2014 it\u2019s unlikely that anyone else in this era worships this \u2018Eloh\u2019 figure. I fear we have no choice but to fight them.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I don\u2019t like the sound of this. Orc chieftain, you and your people had better stay clear of this battle. It is not yours to fight."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I don\u2019t like the sound of this. Orc chieftain, you and your people had better stay clear of this battle. It is not yours to fight.", "replies": "Quogar Ratham", "reply": "Bah, I\u2019m not running away like a puny elf just because of an undead incursion. I shall fight by your side. Odds are you will perish without our \u2018help\u2019 anyway, heh heh."}
{"speaks": "Quogar Ratham", "text": "Bah, I\u2019m not running away like a puny elf just because of an undead incursion. I shall fight by your side. Odds are you will perish without our \u2018help\u2019 anyway, heh heh.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "You pathetic piece of\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "You pathetic piece of\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Malin, for the sake of... Can you not at least put your issues from your past life aside for a <i>short</i> while?!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Malin, for the sake of... Can you not at least put your issues from your past life aside for a <i>short</i> while?!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "To arms!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "To arms!", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "By the power bestowed upon me by the Dark Lady, I call forth the shadows from beyond the veil! May these plains be devoid of joy and peace! May they see only darkness and decay!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "By the power bestowed upon me by the Dark Lady, I call forth the shadows from beyond the veil! May these plains be devoid of joy and peace! May they see only darkness and decay!", "replies": "Quogar Ratham", "reply": "Blargh! Where did this accursed fog come from?!"}
{"speaks": "Quogar Ratham", "text": "Blargh! Where did this accursed fog come from?!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Argh. This was <b>not</b> supposed to be my final day!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Argh. This was <b>not</b> supposed to be my final day!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The orcish chieftain has fallen. It\u2019s unlikely we\u2019ll ever manage to obtain the orcs\u2019 support now. Our mission has failed!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The orcish chieftain has fallen. It\u2019s unlikely we\u2019ll ever manage to obtain the orcs\u2019 support now. Our mission has failed!", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Say, Lady of Light... Elynia is your name, right? Do you feel lonely? Without your dear partner, the fabled Master of Darkness?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Say, Lady of Light... Elynia is your name, right? Do you feel lonely? Without your dear partner, the fabled Master of Darkness?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "How I feel is none of your business."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "How I feel is none of your business.", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Ever since that fateful day you have asked yourself time and again why it had to happen. You are haunted by lingering doubt that you didn\u2019t do enough. You could have saved him, really... and that festers, because deep down, you still don\u2019t know how to move forward without him. Elynia, let me tell you this: Uria knows <i>many</i> things about the past, present, and future."}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Ever since that fateful day you have asked yourself time and again why it had to happen. You are haunted by lingering doubt that you didn\u2019t do enough. You could have saved him, really... and that festers, because deep down, you still don\u2019t know how to move forward without him. Elynia, let me tell you this: Uria knows <i>many</i> things about the past, present, and future.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Elynia, focus on the battle at hand and pay no attention to this wretched scum."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Elynia, focus on the battle at hand and pay no attention to this wretched scum.", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "You and the other heathens don\u2019t believe Uria is real; I can assure you otherwise. She is as real as she is beautiful, Elynia. And she can answer all your questions \u2014 especially those pertaining to Argan\u2019s fate in the depths of Irdya. You have only to come see our Master, and he will take you to her palace in Inferno."}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "You and the other heathens don\u2019t believe Uria is real; I can assure you otherwise. She is as real as she is beautiful, Elynia. And she can answer all your questions \u2014 especially those pertaining to Argan\u2019s fate in the depths of Irdya. You have only to come see our Master, and he will take you to her palace in Inferno.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "<b>Elynia!</b> I said, don\u2019t listen to our enemy!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "<b>Elynia!</b> I said, don\u2019t listen to our enemy!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>startled</i>) Huh?! Yes, yes... I am sorry, Galas, I... really shouldn\u2019t heed his words..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>startled</i>) Huh?! Yes, yes... I am sorry, Galas, I... really shouldn\u2019t heed his words...", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Oh, Elynia, we all know your curiosity is insatiable. And, our Master is patient..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Oh, Elynia, we all know your curiosity is insatiable. And, our Master is patient...", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "It is truly a pity that I must report back to our Master. But worry not, Elynia, for I will be back... eventually... Ha, ha, ha, ha!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "It is truly a pity that I must report back to our Master. But worry not, Elynia, for I will be back... eventually... Ha, ha, ha, ha!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Damn that wretched necromancer! He used the darkness to escape. Elynia, are you all right?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Damn that wretched necromancer! He used the darkness to escape. Elynia, are you all right?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I... think so... I feel a little lightheaded, that\u2019s all."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I... think so... I feel a little lightheaded, that\u2019s all.", "replies": "Tan Zalfargat", "reply": "Huh? <b>WHAT?!</b> I should have known better than to trust a lich. I guess I\u2019ll have to finish this by myself."}
{"speaks": "Tan Zalfargat", "text": "Huh? <b>WHAT?!</b> I should have known better than to trust a lich. I guess I\u2019ll have to finish this by myself.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Rest in peace, Tanstafaal. Even if you betrayed our kinsmen, to roam the world in undeath is not a fate I would wish for anyone."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Rest in peace, Tanstafaal. Even if you betrayed our kinsmen, to roam the world in undeath is not a fate I would wish for anyone.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Their devotion to an impostor goddess has allowed them to persist in this world for centuries. It\u2019s quite perturbing to see."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Their devotion to an impostor goddess has allowed them to persist in this world for centuries. It\u2019s quite perturbing to see.", "replies": "Quogar Ratham", "reply": "Well, well, now you are finished. Your undead companions have either been smashed to dust or have fled in shame, and we have got you cornered. Any last words?"}
{"speaks": "Quogar Ratham", "text": "Well, well, now you are finished. Your undead companions have either been smashed to dust or have fled in shame, and we have got you cornered. Any last words?", "replies": "Tan Zalfargat", "reply": "Bah, I still stand on my feet \u2014 that is enough to defeat you! This time I will not be merciful with you or your kin!"}
{"speaks": "Tan Zalfargat", "text": "Bah, I still stand on my feet \u2014 that is enough to defeat you! This time I will not be merciful with you or your kin!", "replies": "Quogar Ratham", "reply": "So, how many more upstarts like this should I expect now that those dark cultists have infiltrated our lands? I suppose there is some value in uniting our forces under a single banner after all."}
{"speaks": "Quogar Ratham", "text": "So, how many more upstarts like this should I expect now that those dark cultists have infiltrated our lands? I suppose there is some value in uniting our forces under a single banner after all.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "So you will accept the Grand Council\u2019s proposal, then?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "So you will accept the Grand Council\u2019s proposal, then?", "replies": "Quogar Ratham", "reply": "Of course. As long as you people honor the pact, so shall we."}
{"speaks": "Quogar Ratham", "text": "Of course. As long as you people honor the pact, so shall we.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "... Pah! You are all such disgusting creatures. You and everyone else who allies with these orcs."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "... Pah! You are all such disgusting creatures. You and everyone else who allies with these orcs.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Galas, about that suicidal infiltration mission of yours..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas, about that suicidal infiltration mission of yours...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Yes?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Yes?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I have decided to go with you after all. I don\u2019t necessarily agree that your plan is a good idea, but... There is something deeply troubling about this Chaos Empire. Even though Mal Keshar is a truly powerful lich and I am sure there are many capable warriors amongst our people\u2019s ranks, I feel there is something more to the followers of Uria than I first thought. Something... ominous."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I have decided to go with you after all. I don\u2019t necessarily agree that your plan is a good idea, but... There is something deeply troubling about this Chaos Empire. Even though Mal Keshar is a truly powerful lich and I am sure there are many capable warriors amongst our people\u2019s ranks, I feel there is something more to the followers of Uria than I first thought. Something... ominous.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Elynia, if the Chaos Emperor is after you like the lich\u2019s words implied, I think it would be preferable if you stayed here in the north\u2019s safety \u2014 I mean, compared to the lands of Chaos."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Elynia, if the Chaos Emperor is after you like the lich\u2019s words implied, I think it would be preferable if you stayed here in the north\u2019s safety \u2014 I mean, compared to the lands of Chaos.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I thought you wanted me by your side anyway, Galas, if only to provide you with useful counsel now that Anlind\u00eb is gone. Besides, what is there to stop me from following your trail after you departure?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I thought you wanted me by your side anyway, Galas, if only to provide you with useful counsel now that Anlind\u00eb is gone. Besides, what is there to stop me from following your trail after you departure?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I do need your help. I really do."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I do need your help. I really do.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Well, then."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Well, then.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "And... I hope you can forgive me for not consulting you about our mission before."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "And... I hope you can forgive me for not consulting you about our mission before.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Oh, don\u2019t worry. (<i>chuckles</i>) I have a whole eternity ahead of me to decide."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Oh, don\u2019t worry. (<i>chuckles</i>) I have a whole eternity ahead of me to decide.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I... That\u2019s not very reassuring. But I am taking that as a \u2018yes\u2019."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I... That\u2019s not very reassuring. But I am taking that as a \u2018yes\u2019.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>smiles</i>) Just remember to trust me as you would a friend, Galas. I promise to do my very best to help you, no matter what situation you get us into."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>smiles</i>) Just remember to trust me as you would a friend, Galas. I promise to do my very best to help you, no matter what situation you get us into.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "No, I will not forgive you, Galas! I hope your death will be as painful as it will be ironic."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Huh?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Is anybody there?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Is anybody there?", "replies": "Zirshe", "reply": "A large Chaos battalion has set up camp near the mountains. It is paramount that we block their advance here. Charge!"}
{"speaks": "Zirshe", "text": "A large Chaos battalion has set up camp near the mountains. It is paramount that we block their advance here. Charge!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "So, what are we going to do? Run across the battlefield with wild abandon?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "So, what are we going to do? Run across the battlefield with wild abandon?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Well, our priority is to sneak past the enemy lines and make it to the mountain pass. We are not meant to actively participate in this battle, but helping our allies on our way to enemy territory would be highly beneficial to everyone."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Well, our priority is to sneak past the enemy lines and make it to the mountain pass. We are not meant to actively participate in this battle, but helping our allies on our way to enemy territory would be highly beneficial to everyone.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Let us see if we can... The followers of Uria seem to have sent more battle-hardened troops this time."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Let us see if we can... The followers of Uria seem to have sent more battle-hardened troops this time.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "No matter. I trust that you two can handle it."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "No matter. I trust that you two can handle it.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "And so it begins..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "And so it begins...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Galas?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Galas? Is something the matter? You seem pale."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas? Is something the matter? You seem pale.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "No... (<i>shakes head</i>) no, not really."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "No... (<i>shakes head</i>) no, not really.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Galas, if you feel weak or ill, or need to rest, just remember that I am here to help you."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas, if you feel weak or ill, or need to rest, just remember that I am here to help you.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "This is such a disgrace. Why am I even allowing this elf to command me like a minion when <b>I</b> should be the one ordering his corpse around. Elynia! Help me! You have the power to put an end to my suffering!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "This is such a disgrace. Why am I even allowing this elf to command me like a minion when <b>I</b> should be the one ordering his corpse around. Elynia! Help me! You have the power to put an end to my suffering!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Normally, I would be happy to oblige. But as it turns out, Galas is quite fond of you for reasons I can\u2019t even begin to understand. He would not be pleased if he found out I turned his necromancer friend into a steaming pile of ash."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Normally, I would be happy to oblige. But as it turns out, Galas is quite fond of you for reasons I can\u2019t even begin to understand. He would not be pleased if he found out I turned his necromancer friend into a steaming pile of ash.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Pah, you sound so sure of yourself. Hear me, then: some day, this kid will bite the dust, and I will be free to do as I wish. Then we shall duel to the death and show the world that not even the Lady of Light can banish Mal Keshar the Eternal from Irdya. Just you wait."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Pah, you sound so sure of yourself. Hear me, then: some day, this kid will bite the dust, and I will be free to do as I wish. Then we shall duel to the death and show the world that not even the Lady of Light can banish Mal Keshar the Eternal from Irdya. Just you wait.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Oh, please. It\u2019s not as if Anlind\u00eb cast some sort of curse on you that compels you to obey and follow Galas as long as he lives... right?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Oh, please. It\u2019s not as if Anlind\u00eb cast some sort of curse on you that compels you to obey and follow Galas as long as he lives... right?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "... right."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "... right.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "We are almost there..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "We are almost there...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Galas, are you sure we should proceed south before finishing the battle here?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas, are you sure we should proceed south before finishing the battle here?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We shall stay for a little longer."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We shall stay for a little longer.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Very well, then."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Very well, then.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "The alliance forces are being decimated! We must fall back and call for reinforcements now, otherwise the legions of Uria will surely lay waste to the Aragwaith country!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "The alliance forces are being decimated! We must fall back and call for reinforcements now, otherwise the legions of Uria will surely lay waste to the Aragwaith country!", "replies": "Zirshe", "reply": "Look out! They brought numbers of some sort of metallic war-beast with them!"}
{"speaks": "Zirshe", "text": "Look out! They brought numbers of some sort of metallic war-beast with them!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What in the world are those things? Wait, could it be those creatures Lord Torancyn mentioned?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What in the world are those things? Wait, could it be those creatures Lord Torancyn mentioned?", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "Indeed. \u2018Shaxthals\u2019, as the enemy calls them. The name supposedly means \u2018Invincibles\u2019 in some dead language. Rumor has it that all settlements upon which they are unleashed fall in a matter of hours, leaving no survivors; thus their existence remains one of the best guarded secrets of the Chaos Empire."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Indeed. \u2018Shaxthals\u2019, as the enemy calls them. The name supposedly means \u2018Invincibles\u2019 in some dead language. Rumor has it that all settlements upon which they are unleashed fall in a matter of hours, leaving no survivors; thus their existence remains one of the best guarded secrets of the Chaos Empire.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I simply cannot begin to fathom the sort of twisted mind that would create a new form of life for the express purpose of slaughtering whole civilizations. These are slaves!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I simply cannot begin to fathom the sort of twisted mind that would create a new form of life for the express purpose of slaughtering whole civilizations. These are slaves!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hm. Their flesh begins to disintegrate once you breach their metallic exteriors. And it seems they don\u2019t even have a skeleton inside, much like insects. Pah! What a waste of time. I can\u2019t work with this!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hm. Their flesh begins to disintegrate once you breach their metallic exteriors. And it seems they don\u2019t even have a skeleton inside, much like insects. Pah! What a waste of time. I can\u2019t work with this!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I would not let you anyway."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I would not let you anyway.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Oh, Elynia, you truly are the life of the party."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Oh, Elynia, you truly are the life of the party.", "replies": "Ben", "reply": "Your boldness has sealed your doom, elf. Even if you manage to survive the trials that await you at the Pass of Ilgrid, the Master and the Warlord will ensure you pay dearly for your insolence, yes..."}
{"speaks": "Ben", "text": "Your boldness has sealed your doom, elf. Even if you manage to survive the trials that await you at the Pass of Ilgrid, the Master and the Warlord will ensure you pay dearly for your insolence, yes...", "replies": "Ben", "reply": "Heh, heh, I am not telling you heathens anything... May Uria bless the souls of the fallen!"}
{"speaks": "Ben", "text": "Heh, heh, I am not telling you heathens anything... May Uria bless the souls of the fallen!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "So he committed suicide. The coward."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "So he committed suicide. The coward.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I suppose it comes with the territory of worshiping demon goddesses that instigate death and destruction on a world scale. The things I have heard from the northerners\u2019 spies are truly horrifying."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I suppose it comes with the territory of worshiping demon goddesses that instigate death and destruction on a world scale. The things I have heard from the northerners\u2019 spies are truly horrifying.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Such as?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Such as?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Binding the souls of fallen powerful demons to the bodies of other creatures like humans, orcs, even beasts; pulling the spirits of deceased warriors of past ages back into this world; torturing and experimenting on large numbers of all manner of living creatures and feeding upon their energy... Galas?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Binding the souls of fallen powerful demons to the bodies of other creatures like humans, orcs, even beasts; pulling the spirits of deceased warriors of past ages back into this world; torturing and experimenting on large numbers of all manner of living creatures and feeding upon their energy... Galas?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Perhaps he would prefer to not be reminded of his comrades\u2019 fate back at your eponymous valley, don\u2019t you think?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Perhaps he would prefer to not be reminded of his comrades\u2019 fate back at your eponymous valley, don\u2019t you think?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Yes... that was highly improper of me. I am sorry, Galas."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Yes... that was highly improper of me. I am sorry, Galas.", "replies": "Zulthor", "reply": "Argh, such a shameful death! I beg your mercy, Uria..."}
{"speaks": "Zulthor", "text": "Argh, such a shameful death! I beg your mercy, Uria...", "replies": "Obandur", "reply": "Yechnagoth shall feast on your souls some day, you unworthy fools... some day... some... day..."}
{"speaks": "Obandur", "text": "Yechnagoth shall feast on your souls some day, you unworthy fools... some day... some... day...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "How about we make sure to cut their windpipes open from now on so they cannot give these irritating cookie-cutter dying speeches?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "How about we make sure to cut their windpipes open from now on so they cannot give these irritating cookie-cutter dying speeches?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Well..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Well...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "... I..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "... I...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "(<i>chuckles</i>) I doubt I will ever convince you otherwise. Very well, you may come with us if you wish. But understand that the odds are not in our favor; it\u2019s likely you will never see your loved ones again."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "(<i>chuckles</i>) I doubt I will ever convince you otherwise. Very well, you may come with us if you wish. But understand that the odds are not in our favor; it\u2019s likely you will never see your loved ones again.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Perhaps\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Perhaps\u2014", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Only time can tell... what fate has in store for us..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Have any of you heard anything like that before?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "No, not really. Whatever it is, it must be enormous. Be on your keenest guard, everyone."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "No, not really. Whatever it is, it must be enormous. Be on your keenest guard, everyone.", "replies": "Mal Laraghor", "reply": "There they are, those foul miscreants. You know what to do. Crush them! Crush them all!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Laraghor", "text": "There they are, those foul miscreants. You know what to do. Crush them! Crush them all!", "replies": "Mal Laraghor", "reply": "Damn you, pathetic sub-creatures\u2014 Noooo!!!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Laraghor", "text": "Damn you, pathetic sub-creatures\u2014 Noooo!!!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Only a creature heavy as a mountain would make such loud steps. Wait. Is that... Look, over there!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Only a creature heavy as a mountain would make such loud steps. Wait. Is that... Look, over there!", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "It\u2019s none other than the elves\u2019 popular comedy trio: the young lord, his pet lich, and the Lady of Light. I see you have finally decided to accept our invitation. How considerate of you. Trust me, our Master is <i>dying</i> to see your faces."}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "It\u2019s none other than the elves\u2019 popular comedy trio: the young lord, his pet lich, and the Lady of Light. I see you have finally decided to accept our invitation. How considerate of you. Trust me, our Master is <i>dying</i> to see your faces.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Enough with the grating quips, you pathetic zealot. Did you not learn to not trifle with us after last time?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Enough with the grating quips, you pathetic zealot. Did you not learn to not trifle with us after last time?", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Me? <i>Pathetic</i>, you say? Ho! You are but a stain on the long line of grand necromancers who have ever walked the land. Look at yourself \u2014 allying with these pitiful vermin. For what purpose? What has possessed you to defer to the will of Xia\u2019el\u2019s children?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Me? <i>Pathetic</i>, you say? Ho! You are but a stain on the long line of grand necromancers who have ever walked the land. Look at yourself \u2014 allying with these pitiful vermin. For what purpose? What has possessed you to defer to the will of Xia\u2019el\u2019s children?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "<b>Shut up!</b> I am <b>not</b> a mindless servant following the orders of a cult of degenerates worshiping a deceased goddess. I am my <b>own</b> person, I have chosen my own fate, and, before you know it, the entirety of Irdya shall kneel before me... starting with <b>you!</b>"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "<b>Shut up!</b> I am <b>not</b> a mindless servant following the orders of a cult of degenerates worshiping a deceased goddess. I am my <b>own</b> person, I have chosen my own fate, and, before you know it, the entirety of Irdya shall kneel before me... starting with <b>you!</b>", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Let us put an end to this folly. Take that foul behemoth down and capture the dark priest!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Let us put an end to this folly. Take that foul behemoth down and capture the dark priest!", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Oh Galas, sweet, little misguided Galas. Don\u2019t you feel his power around you? How can you expect to strike him down when he is already peering into your head?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Oh Galas, sweet, little misguided Galas. Don\u2019t you feel his power around you? How can you expect to strike him down when he is already peering into your head?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I don\u2019t know what you are talking about."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I don\u2019t know what you are talking about.", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "You only waste your time fighting his power. Do you not know why he is called the Voice of Uria? Do you not know what fate awaits those fools who choose to ignore his sacred words?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "You only waste your time fighting his power. Do you not know why he is called the Voice of Uria? Do you not know what fate awaits those fools who choose to ignore his sacred words?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Galas, what is this lich talking about?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas, what is this lich talking about?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I have no idea. It\u2019s just more of his religious bravado."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I have no idea. It\u2019s just more of his religious bravado.", "replies": "Kalazar", "reply": "Master, nooooooooooo... (<i>gurgle</i>)"}
{"speaks": "Kalazar", "text": "Master, nooooooooooo... (<i>gurgle</i>)", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We still have the lich left to deal with!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We still have the lich left to deal with!", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Today is not the day you will see me fall, heretics. Send my regards to our Master... if you can get to the Heart alive, that is..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Today is not the day you will see me fall, heretics. Send my regards to our Master... if you can get to the Heart alive, that is...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Damn it all! He did it again! Why do you keep allowing this to happen, Galas!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Damn it all! He did it again! Why do you keep allowing this to happen, Galas!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Hey, I am not the spell-caster here!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Behold, the great forest of Wesmere! Home to the Ka\u2019lian, the Great Council of the Elves \u2014 as well as the sacred capital of the Blood Apostle, the Fair Leader of the Wise People, the Ninth Bane of Inferno and Herald of Irdya\u2019s New Awakening, Demon Lord Zhangor!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... Never utter his titles again, Malin Keshar, unless you would rather see me test your silly theory about transcending life and death."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... Never utter his titles again, Malin Keshar, unless you would rather see me test your silly theory about transcending life and death.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "So this is the place. It is quite... desolated now."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "So this is the place. It is quite... desolated now.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Nothing was left of the former glory of Wesmere after that night. Trees, beasts, elves and all other civilized life... all that stood in Zhangor\u2019s path of destruction was burned to ashes, leaving nothing behind for us to bury as elvish custom demands. That would have been the end of all elvish civilization if Argan and I... if we hadn\u2019t..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Nothing was left of the former glory of Wesmere after that night. Trees, beasts, elves and all other civilized life... all that stood in Zhangor\u2019s path of destruction was burned to ashes, leaving nothing behind for us to bury as elvish custom demands. That would have been the end of all elvish civilization if Argan and I... if we hadn\u2019t...", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "Well, we didn\u2019t come here to weep for the fallen of wars past. The enemy knows we are here and will be searching for us shortly, I imagine. Where should we head to?"}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Well, we didn\u2019t come here to weep for the fallen of wars past. The enemy knows we are here and will be searching for us shortly, I imagine. Where should we head to?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I... well, I am not sure if it\u2019s still intact, but back then there used to be a cave system leading to the lands of Wesnoth. If we can find it, we might be able to use it to skirt the Chaos patrols... that is, assuming they are unaware of its existence in the first place."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I... well, I am not sure if it\u2019s still intact, but back then there used to be a cave system leading to the lands of Wesnoth. If we can find it, we might be able to use it to skirt the Chaos patrols... that is, assuming they are unaware of its existence in the first place.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "That does seem highly unlikely, don\u2019t you think? How long has it been again? Thousands, millions of years? Does anyone know?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "That does seem highly unlikely, don\u2019t you think? How long has it been again? Thousands, millions of years? Does anyone know?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Anyway, if we make it past the end of the caverns, we will be halfway to the empire\u2019s capital, and... the Chaos Emperor. It seems odd they would choose the ruins of the old empire\u2019s capital to establish their own. Anything of value that was left in it after the Fall must have been taken by scavengers and thieves since then."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Anyway, if we make it past the end of the caverns, we will be halfway to the empire\u2019s capital, and... the Chaos Emperor. It seems odd they would choose the ruins of the old empire\u2019s capital to establish their own. Anything of value that was left in it after the Fall must have been taken by scavengers and thieves since then.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Let us find that cave, then\u2014 Wait, why is the ground glimmering under the moonlight?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Let us find that cave, then\u2014 Wait, why is the ground glimmering under the moonlight?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It would seem our \u2018friends\u2019 have been busy at work in the ruins. All these structures are artificial in nature and weren\u2019t here at the time. What purpose could they serve?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It would seem our \u2018friends\u2019 have been busy at work in the ruins. All these structures are artificial in nature and weren\u2019t here at the time. What purpose could they serve?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "It should be dawn by now \u2014 the moon has set and Naia should have already appeared in the sky."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "It should be dawn by now \u2014 the moon has set and Naia should have already appeared in the sky.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Zhangor\u2019s curse, a side-effect of the powerful magic he used to tear the earth asunder. Even Argan with his thorough understanding of dark magic could not properly explain what Zhangor did that night. It seemed as though the very fabric of reality was coming apart with each successive blow. I fear that no matter what we do, the suns will never touch these lands ever again \u2014 perhaps for the best."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Zhangor\u2019s curse, a side-effect of the powerful magic he used to tear the earth asunder. Even Argan with his thorough understanding of dark magic could not properly explain what Zhangor did that night. It seemed as though the very fabric of reality was coming apart with each successive blow. I fear that no matter what we do, the suns will never touch these lands ever again \u2014 perhaps for the best.", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "Those infernal flying creatures! What are they?! How can they float if they are as heavy as their land cousins?!"}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Those infernal flying creatures! What are they?! How can they float if they are as heavy as their land cousins?!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "They come from the holes in the ground, like ants!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "They come from the holes in the ground, like ants!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Pah, just what we needed... let us hope they don\u2019t come in similar numbers."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Pah, just what we needed... let us hope they don\u2019t come in similar numbers.", "replies": "Oz-Deamal", "reply": "The rebels are here, huh? Grargh, why do I get to do all the hard work around here while those lazy bastards in Kalari sleep off? Don\u2019t let any single one of them escape!"}
{"speaks": "Oz-Deamal", "text": "The rebels are here, huh? Grargh, why do I get to do all the hard work around here while those lazy bastards in Kalari sleep off? Don\u2019t let any single one of them escape!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Ugh, does this ever stop? We probably should take care of that imp and his minions before proceeding underground."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Ugh, does this ever stop? We probably should take care of that imp and his minions before proceeding underground.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Phew! That was a close call. But I doubt your plan will help us much now, Elynia."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Phew! That was a close call. But I doubt your plan will help us much now, Elynia.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Well, look at it this way. Once we leave these plains, sooner or later we will have to endure the desert. I would rather fight demons and these metallic fiends for a while underground than let the suns burn my wings and skin off. Surely you will agree with me on this."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Well, look at it this way. Once we leave these plains, sooner or later we will have to endure the desert. I would rather fight demons and these metallic fiends for a while underground than let the suns burn my wings and skin off. Surely you will agree with me on this.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "... Yes... Yes, you are right."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "... Yes... Yes, you are right.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "There may not be any living trees left on these plains, but those alien structures sure play the part."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "There may not be any living trees left on these plains, but those alien structures sure play the part.", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "There\u2019s something very wrong going on here... Why are there dead tree-folk wandering around?"}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "There\u2019s something very wrong going on here... Why are there dead tree-folk wandering around?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Is that... Could it be? A dragon\u2019s corpse?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Is that... Could it be? A dragon\u2019s corpse?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Not quite. There once was a race of dragon-like creatures, the Drakes. Most of them were quite large and could fly and breath fire, so they would easily pass for dragons to a casual observer. Ah, it\u2019s a pity that none of them survived the events of the Fall... as far as I know, at least."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Not quite. There once was a race of dragon-like creatures, the Drakes. Most of them were quite large and could fly and breath fire, so they would easily pass for dragons to a casual observer. Ah, it\u2019s a pity that none of them survived the events of the Fall... as far as I know, at least.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Hm. I would not be surprised if they still existed somewhere on Irdya. It is a quite large world, after all, and they proved to be quite adaptable in the past."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Hm. I would not be surprised if they still existed somewhere on Irdya. It is a quite large world, after all, and they proved to be quite adaptable in the past.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I said we should take down the imp and his lackeys before continuing!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I said we should take down the imp and his lackeys before continuing!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "That stomping... It sounds like two or three more of those giant imps are coming! We ought to hurry and seal up the entrance!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "That stomping... It sounds like two or three more of those giant imps are coming! We ought to hurry and seal up the entrance!", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "Look! A huge swarm of drones approaches!"}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Look! A huge swarm of drones approaches!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We\u2019re not equipped to handle a threat of this scale! We should have found the cave entrance faster..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Hail, Althurin! What business brings you to enemy territory, so far from the Heart Mountains?", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "I would like to ask ye the same question if I may, lord Galas. We received word that the Alliance of the Peoples of the Far North sent a team of assassins to the Chaos capital, but they did not tell us ye were part of it. This is a pleasant surprise!"}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "I would like to ask ye the same question if I may, lord Galas. We received word that the Alliance of the Peoples of the Far North sent a team of assassins to the Chaos capital, but they did not tell us ye were part of it. This is a pleasant surprise!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Althurin, did the King really send you to these lands knowing that you might never be able to return?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Althurin, did the King really send you to these lands knowing that you might never be able to return?", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Uh, no, it\u2019s not like that, fair lady. In truth, I volunteered for this mission out of my own volition, along with the others. The idea did not come from our King either \u2014 it\u2019s the Valgran council\u2019s response to the Alliance\u2019s call for help. So... What do ye say, lord Galas, have ye concocted an action plan yet?"}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "Uh, no, it\u2019s not like that, fair lady. In truth, I volunteered for this mission out of my own volition, along with the others. The idea did not come from our King either \u2014 it\u2019s the Valgran council\u2019s response to the Alliance\u2019s call for help. So... What do ye say, lord Galas, have ye concocted an action plan yet?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I have to admit we haven\u2019t. We were hoping to get to the Heart region and assess the situation first."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I have to admit we haven\u2019t. We were hoping to get to the Heart region and assess the situation first.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Oh ho! Well, ye might be interested in knowing that the legions of Uria appear to be fully preoccupied with the Alliance\u2019s troops in the Glamdrol region. The Empire\u2019s lands are very poorly guarded right now, and even though the enemy\u2019s prepared to defend the capital against potential attacks, their numbers are not too impressive. If we act fast, they will not have the time to call for reinforcements from the border outposts. On the other hand, we\u2019ve heard dark rumors..."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "Oh ho! Well, ye might be interested in knowing that the legions of Uria appear to be fully preoccupied with the Alliance\u2019s troops in the Glamdrol region. The Empire\u2019s lands are very poorly guarded right now, and even though the enemy\u2019s prepared to defend the capital against potential attacks, their numbers are not too impressive. If we act fast, they will not have the time to call for reinforcements from the border outposts. On the other hand, we\u2019ve heard dark rumors...", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "The Chaos Emperor is in the capital, guarding what is said to be a large portal to Inferno. If this is true..."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "The Chaos Emperor is in the capital, guarding what is said to be a large portal to Inferno. If this is true...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Failing to take the Emperor down <i>and</i> close the portal would have disastrous consequences for everyone, indeed. Say, Althurin, do you have the resources to mount a distraction?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Failing to take the Emperor down <i>and</i> close the portal would have disastrous consequences for everyone, indeed. Say, Althurin, do you have the resources to mount a distraction?", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Hm... The thing is, we don\u2019t have much ourselves, as we were only intended to serve as support. I figure a distraction is not out of the question, but it probably won\u2019t help for long. What do you suggest?"}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "Hm... The thing is, we don\u2019t have much ourselves, as we were only intended to serve as support. I figure a distraction is not out of the question, but it probably won\u2019t help for long. What do you suggest?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I believe I might have a plan that will allow us to get into the capital without having to face the entirety of their defenses, but I will need your help and Mal Keshar\u2019s."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I believe I might have a plan that will allow us to get into the capital without having to face the entirety of their defenses, but I will need your help and Mal Keshar\u2019s.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hah! My help, you say? If you have to stoop to ask <i>me</i> for assistance then you must have truly run out of ideas!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hah! My help, you say? If you have to stoop to ask <i>me</i> for assistance then you must have truly run out of ideas!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It involves raising many undead soldiers, disguising a few, and unleashing them on nearby enemy settlements while we flank the capital from two different directions. Hopefully this will keep most of their available troops entertained while we deal with the Emperor and his men ourselves. We will need you to assault the capital together with us, though."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It involves raising many undead soldiers, disguising a few, and unleashing them on nearby enemy settlements while we flank the capital from two different directions. Hopefully this will keep most of their available troops entertained while we deal with the Emperor and his men ourselves. We will need you to assault the capital together with us, though.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "The longer my minions are allowed to roam free without my supervision, the more destructive and disorganized they become. Don\u2019t take me wrong, though; there\u2019s nothing I enjoy more than a chaotic bloodbath, but I would be concerned about this interfering with your \u2018plan\u2019 somehow."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "The longer my minions are allowed to roam free without my supervision, the more destructive and disorganized they become. Don\u2019t take me wrong, though; there\u2019s nothing I enjoy more than a chaotic bloodbath, but I would be concerned about this interfering with your \u2018plan\u2019 somehow.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Not at all. In fact, the more noise they make and the more dark soldiers of Uria they strike off the face of Irdya the better. Surely a necromancer of your caliber can figure something out."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Not at all. In fact, the more noise they make and the more dark soldiers of Uria they strike off the face of Irdya the better. Surely a necromancer of your caliber can figure something out.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "He he he he, yes, yes! I will make sure to not disappoint."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "He he he he, yes, yes! I will make sure to not disappoint.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I suppose it\u2019s time to get moving then. We have a long day ahead of us."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I am starting to think that this wasn\u2019t such a good idea after all. The place reeks of decomposing flesh and sewage \u2014 I can hardly breathe! This impenetrable darkness does not help matters either.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hey, the stench of putrefaction never hurt anybody before \u2014 not me, at least. But you are right, this darkness is... unnatural. We ought to be careful."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hey, the stench of putrefaction never hurt anybody before \u2014 not me, at least. But you are right, this darkness is... unnatural. We ought to be careful.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The more I see the horrors created by the demons and the Chaos humans, the more I fear for Irdya\u2019s fate. What will become of the prosperous northlands if we cannot put a stop to their invasion at its source? Why do they do this? Is there a purpose to this senseless decay and destruction? What are they going to do next if they manage to turn the entire continent into a barren wasteland?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The more I see the horrors created by the demons and the Chaos humans, the more I fear for Irdya\u2019s fate. What will become of the prosperous northlands if we cannot put a stop to their invasion at its source? Why do they do this? Is there a purpose to this senseless decay and destruction? What are they going to do next if they manage to turn the entire continent into a barren wasteland?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I... I\u2019m feeling ill..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I... I\u2019m feeling ill...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Galas? Oh, please, not again. We need to be moving, and fast. I don\u2019t know for certain how long it will take those demons to find another way into these caves."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas? Oh, please, not again. We need to be moving, and fast. I don\u2019t know for certain how long it will take those demons to find another way into these caves.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "G\u2014 Galas!? I... What should I do?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "G\u2014 Galas!? I... What should I do?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "N\u2014 n\u2014 never! Ack!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "N\u2014 n\u2014 never! Ack!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Elynia, can\u2019t you see the darkness is trying to get into his body?! Do something to dispel the shadows or we\u2019ll lose him!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Elynia, can\u2019t you see the darkness is trying to get into his body?! Do something to dispel the shadows or we\u2019ll lose him!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "No... <b>No!</b> I will <b>not</b> do it!!! Please!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "No... <b>No!</b> I will <b>not</b> do it!!! Please!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Galas, please don\u2019t die, we need you! Why, why couldn\u2019t I see this? Right in front of me... For how long?!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas, please don\u2019t die, we need you! Why, why couldn\u2019t I see this? Right in front of me... For how long?!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Don\u2019t despair, we have not lost him yet. He\u2019s still alive, just unconscious. Just... make sure to keep him by your side until we find a way back to the surface. Your light might be the only thing that can protect him from the darkness of this place."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Don\u2019t despair, we have not lost him yet. He\u2019s still alive, just unconscious. Just... make sure to keep him by your side until we find a way back to the surface. Your light might be the only thing that can protect him from the darkness of this place.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I understand. Let\u2019s not tarry here any longer."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I understand. Let\u2019s not tarry here any longer.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Ugh, carrying Galas around is exhausting. Perhaps you could lend me a hand, Mal Keshar?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Ugh, carrying Galas around is exhausting. Perhaps you could lend me a hand, Mal Keshar?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "That had better not be a poor attempt at cracking a joke at my expense."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "That had better not be a poor attempt at cracking a joke at my expense.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I... What? Oh! ... Of course not, you fool! I am asking you to help me!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I... What? Oh! ... Of course not, you fool! I am asking you to help me!", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "I sorely regret accepting the council\u2019s mission to follow you people. This is a truly dreadful place to be for someone who is neither a necromancer nor a walking light source."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "I sorely regret accepting the council\u2019s mission to follow you people. This is a truly dreadful place to be for someone who is neither a necromancer nor a walking light source.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Soooo, Elynia... How did you not see the shadows closing in on Galas?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Soooo, Elynia... How did you not see the shadows closing in on Galas?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You have to understand I spent... who knows how many thousands of years asleep underground, Mal Keshar. I have not fully regained control of my powers, and perhaps I never will. I don\u2019t understand the magic that the enemy used against Galas, and it\u2019s probable that only someone well attuned to the essence of darkness like yourself can sense its power."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You have to understand I spent... who knows how many thousands of years asleep underground, Mal Keshar. I have not fully regained control of my powers, and perhaps I never will. I don\u2019t understand the magic that the enemy used against Galas, and it\u2019s probable that only someone well attuned to the essence of darkness like yourself can sense its power.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "It worries me that Yechnagoth was said to possess the ability to infect people\u2019s minds with her darkness. Do you believe she could have survived the fight with those elves and be behind this? Mal Hekuba did say her power still lives thanks to Uria."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "It worries me that Yechnagoth was said to possess the ability to infect people\u2019s minds with her darkness. Do you believe she could have survived the fight with those elves and be behind this? Mal Hekuba did say her power still lives thanks to Uria.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It is a possibility we should consider, indeed. But I\u2019m not looking forward to confronting another false god."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It is a possibility we should consider, indeed. But I\u2019m not looking forward to confronting another false god.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "This is taking us far too long. Make haste, you fools!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "This is taking us far too long. Make haste, you fools!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Argh! We have spent far too long in these caves and the darkness has surrounded us! Elynia, do something!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Argh! We have spent far too long in these caves and the darkness has surrounded us! Elynia, do something!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I am sorry, Galas... This is all my fault..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I am sorry, Galas... This is all my fault...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "What in name of the Dark Gods is that thing? It seems to be filled with larvae of those hideous creatures. Shall we destroy it?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "What in name of the Dark Gods is that thing? It seems to be filled with larvae of those hideous creatures. Shall we destroy it?", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "It shouldn\u2019t hurt to get rid of a few of them before they have a chance to hatch."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "It shouldn\u2019t hurt to get rid of a few of them before they have a chance to hatch.", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "Please do not forget that we came to these lands to accomplish a specific goal. Disposing of every single foe we encounter is an impossible task and can only serve to delay us."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Please do not forget that we came to these lands to accomplish a specific goal. Disposing of every single foe we encounter is an impossible task and can only serve to delay us.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Right, right, but it will prove impossible to get through these caverns otherwise, what with them constantly crawling out of the walls. Besides, I could use the entertainment."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Right, right, but it will prove impossible to get through these caverns otherwise, what with them constantly crawling out of the walls. Besides, I could use the entertainment.", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "Where are you going? We didn\u2019t come here to fight these creeps! We ought to focus on getting back to the surface."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Where are you going? We didn\u2019t come here to fight these creeps! We ought to focus on getting back to the surface.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Wait! We can\u2019t leave Elynia behind in the alien hive!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Wait! We can\u2019t leave Elynia behind in the alien hive!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Wait! We can\u2019t leave Mal Keshar behind in the alien hive!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Wait! We can\u2019t leave Mal Keshar behind in the alien hive!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Galas, please wake up..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas, please wake up...", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "(<i>irritated</i>) He still hasn\u2019t regained consciousness? Huh. I have to say, I always thought you elves were more resilient than this. For how much longer do you believe we are going to have to wait here in the open, faerie?"}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "(<i>irritated</i>) He still hasn\u2019t regained consciousness? Huh. I have to say, I always thought you elves were more resilient than this. For how much longer do you believe we are going to have to wait here in the open, faerie?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "For as long as need be, of course. But if you really want us to go\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "For as long as need be, of course. But if you really want us to go\u2014", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "You know, human guy, you are a very obnoxious character. If you don\u2019t think you can help us then perhaps you should have stayed back in your cozy home in the Far North. Or at the very least keep your mouth shut!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "You know, human guy, you are a very obnoxious character. If you don\u2019t think you can help us then perhaps you should have stayed back in your cozy home in the Far North. Or at the very least keep your mouth shut!", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "Huh, <i>you</i> of all people are calling me obnoxious, lich? I knew you were not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I may have overestimated your self-awareness."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Huh, <i>you</i> of all people are calling me obnoxious, lich? I knew you were not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I may have overestimated your self-awareness.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Never mind what I just said, I will shut your mouth myself\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Never mind what I just said, I will shut your mouth myself\u2014", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "Please stop! You don\u2019t need to fight each other! We\u2019re all in this together, aren\u2019t we?"}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "Please stop! You don\u2019t need to fight each other! We\u2019re all in this together, aren\u2019t we?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Yes, please. If you really must kill each other, do so in silence. I am trying to focus on bringing Galas back."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Yes, please. If you really must kill each other, do so in silence. I am trying to focus on bringing Galas back.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Could you two just <b>behave</b> for a moment? I am trying to focus here on bringing Galas back. If you really must kill each other, do so in silence."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Could you two just <b>behave</b> for a moment? I am trying to focus here on bringing Galas back. If you really must kill each other, do so in silence.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "What... happened to me?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "What... happened to me?", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "Oh, master Galas! I\u2019m really happy to see you awake again!"}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "Oh, master Galas! I\u2019m really happy to see you awake again!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Elynia, what happened? Where are we? Why... Weren\u2019t we in the caves?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Elynia, what happened? Where are we? Why... Weren\u2019t we in the caves?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "\u201cWhat happened?\u201d Why the hell are you asking <b>us</b>?! What happened to you, is the question!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "\u201cWhat happened?\u201d Why the hell are you asking <b>us</b>?! What happened to you, is the question!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Galas, I thought for a moment you would never open your eyes again! What did the darkness do to you?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas, I thought for a moment you would never open your eyes again! What did the darkness do to you?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "You... you would not believe me if I told you. You would think I was insane, or that I had been possessed by the enemy."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "You... you would not believe me if I told you. You would think I was insane, or that I had been possessed by the enemy.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Really kid, there is nothing to hide. We saw the shadows trying to enter your body. I mean, I saw them. Elynia did not."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Really kid, there is nothing to hide. We saw the shadows trying to enter your body. I mean, I saw them. Elynia did not.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Galas, please tell us. We are your friends \u2014 we have followed you this far, and we will help you no matter what."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas, please tell us. We are your friends \u2014 we have followed you this far, and we will help you no matter what.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I should not have turned a deaf ear to the warnings... Coming to these lands on this assassination mission was ill-advised. Elynia, I saw him... I saw the dark Emperor... that metal-covered face and... He tried to tear into my mind, boasting about his power... He tried to convince me to kill you. He... he almost took control of my body."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I should not have turned a deaf ear to the warnings... Coming to these lands on this assassination mission was ill-advised. Elynia, I saw him... I saw the dark Emperor... that metal-covered face and... He tried to tear into my mind, boasting about his power... He tried to convince me to kill you. He... he almost took control of my body.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I tried to resist his power, but..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I tried to resist his power, but...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I am not strong enough to do this, Elynia. I\u2014 I am not strong enough to avenge Anlind\u00eb... I am not..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I am not strong enough to do this, Elynia. I\u2014 I am not strong enough to avenge Anlind\u00eb... I am not...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Galas, don\u2019t feel guilty. What you experienced... Very few people have ever managed to fend off that kind of magic. You should be proud of what you did. Even if it could have killed you, you stayed loyal to your friends long enough for me to realize what was going on and protect you with my light."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas, don\u2019t feel guilty. What you experienced... Very few people have ever managed to fend off that kind of magic. You should be proud of what you did. Even if it could have killed you, you stayed loyal to your friends long enough for me to realize what was going on and protect you with my light.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I am truly sorry for causing you so much trouble Elynia. I really am."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I am truly sorry for causing you so much trouble Elynia. I really am.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We have a mission to complete, don\u2019t we? Please don\u2019t fret about it. Some day, your kinsmen will tell stories of how the Grand Lord Galas of the Elves helped save Irdya from certain destruction by the creatures of Uria. I think it will be worth it. Just... try to stay close to us at all times and let Malin and I protect you from the darkness. Would that be all right with you?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We have a mission to complete, don\u2019t we? Please don\u2019t fret about it. Some day, your kinsmen will tell stories of how the Grand Lord Galas of the Elves helped save Irdya from certain destruction by the creatures of Uria. I think it will be worth it. Just... try to stay close to us at all times and let Malin and I protect you from the darkness. Would that be all right with you?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Yes, I will do as you say, Elynia. Thank you... thank you all..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Yes, I will do as you say, Elynia. Thank you... thank you all...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Pah, suit yourself."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "There it is, the Heart of the Chaos Empire.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I figured the rumors weren\u2019t too far from the truth, but this is ridiculous. How can these people afford such a ludicrous construction in the middle of the desert? Perhaps they only ever enlisted Uria\u2019s demons in the first place as cheap work force..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I figured the rumors weren\u2019t too far from the truth, but this is ridiculous. How can these people afford such a ludicrous construction in the middle of the desert? Perhaps they only ever enlisted Uria\u2019s demons in the first place as cheap work force...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "The dwarven scouts report that another large battalion departed for the northwest just a few hours ago. So... I believe the time has come."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "The dwarven scouts report that another large battalion departed for the northwest just a few hours ago. So... I believe the time has come.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Looking at it in hindsight, there really was no way our infiltration mission wouldn\u2019t turn into a full-fledged assault on the enemy capital. Perhaps it\u2019s better this way, after all. Now, Galas, will you do the honors?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Looking at it in hindsight, there really was no way our infiltration mission wouldn\u2019t turn into a full-fledged assault on the enemy capital. Perhaps it\u2019s better this way, after all. Now, Galas, will you do the honors?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Eh..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Eh...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You know, ask us whether we are ready and then give us an overly dramatic discourse about the importance of this battle for the future of Irdya. It\u2019s the kind of thing a good leader is expected to do."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You know, ask us whether we are ready and then give us an overly dramatic discourse about the importance of this battle for the future of Irdya. It\u2019s the kind of thing a good leader is expected to do.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Right. Are we all ready for the battle ahead?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Right. Are we all ready for the battle ahead?", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "Yes! I\u2019m ready, master Galas!"}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "Yes! I\u2019m ready, master Galas!", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "My bow obediently awaits your orders, Lord Galas."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "My bow obediently awaits your orders, Lord Galas.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Let\u2019s get this over with!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Let\u2019s get this over with!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>nods</i>)"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>nods</i>)", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Then the battle for Irdya begins now. <b>Charge!!!</b>"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Then the battle for Irdya begins now. <b>Charge!!!</b>", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "Wait, and what about the dramatic discourse the lady mentioned?"}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "Wait, and what about the dramatic discourse the lady mentioned?", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "It appears Lord Galas has just given the order, lads. Ye know what to do! Don\u2019t hold back! Kill every single one of these fiends! Avenge our fallen brethren! For the King! For Herthgar! <b>Charge!!!</b>"}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "It appears Lord Galas has just given the order, lads. Ye know what to do! Don\u2019t hold back! Kill every single one of these fiends! Avenge our fallen brethren! For the King! For Herthgar! <b>Charge!!!</b>", "replies": "Ilrymaea", "reply": "The elf lord and his consorts approach from the northeast, sir!"}
{"speaks": "Ilrymaea", "text": "The elf lord and his consorts approach from the northeast, sir!", "replies": "Limzer", "reply": "Dwarves! Dwarves on the northwestern hills! We are under attack!"}
{"speaks": "Limzer", "text": "Dwarves! Dwarves on the northwestern hills! We are under attack!", "replies": "General Erval", "reply": "Oh, ha ha! Are they truly this na\u00efve? Do they believe we were not prepared for this contingency? Prepare for battle! Crush all these vermin to the ground! For Yechnagoth! For the glory of Uria and the Chaos Empire!"}
{"speaks": "General Erval", "text": "Oh, ha ha! Are they truly this na\u00efve? Do they believe we were not prepared for this contingency? Prepare for battle! Crush all these vermin to the ground! For Yechnagoth! For the glory of Uria and the Chaos Empire!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>bitterly</i>) And so my time has come again to serve as the elves\u2019 living weapon. Even if I can hardly stand this much death and destruction..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>bitterly</i>) And so my time has come again to serve as the elves\u2019 living weapon. Even if I can hardly stand this much death and destruction...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I hope you can forgive me for bringing you here."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I hope you can forgive me for bringing you here.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Oh, Galas, don\u2019t fret about it \u2014 by now this almost feels like daily routine. Besides, I told you before, I would have come on my own anyway."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Oh, Galas, don\u2019t fret about it \u2014 by now this almost feels like daily routine. Besides, I told you before, I would have come on my own anyway.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "<b>For Herthgar!!!</b>"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "<b>For Herthgar!!!</b>", "replies": "unit", "reply": "For Lord L\u00e9dinor and our fallen comrades!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "For Lord L\u00e9dinor and our fallen comrades!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "He, he, he, he... It\u2019s about time this place got a do-over befitting of gods who relish in death and destruction, don\u2019t you think?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "He, he, he, he... It\u2019s about time this place got a do-over befitting of gods who relish in death and destruction, don\u2019t you think?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "For Anlind\u00eb!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "For Anlind\u00eb!", "replies": "General Erval", "reply": "Let us show these non-believers the real might of the Empire!"}
{"speaks": "General Erval", "text": "Let us show these non-believers the real might of the Empire!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Galas, enemy troops are coming from behind!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas, enemy troops are coming from behind!", "replies": "Umlayla", "reply": "Surprise, Irdyan maggots!"}
{"speaks": "Umlayla", "text": "Surprise, Irdyan maggots!", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "Uh-oh."}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "Uh-oh.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Brace yourselves, boys! The Long Dark is upon our heels and ready to liven up this hell of a battle!"}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "Brace yourselves, boys! The Long Dark is upon our heels and ready to liven up this hell of a battle!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Even though it\u2019s taking us much longer than expected, the Chaos Emperor has yet to make an appearance. What if our information is incorrect and he is not even in the capital?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Even though it\u2019s taking us much longer than expected, the Chaos Emperor has yet to make an appearance. What if our information is incorrect and he is not even in the capital?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Nah, he\u2019s probably in his chamber running in circles and flailing his arms like a lunatic while begging the goddesses for forgiveness! (<i>cackles</i>) He knows we\u2019ve won this fight."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Nah, he\u2019s probably in his chamber running in circles and flailing his arms like a lunatic while begging the goddesses for forgiveness! (<i>cackles</i>) He knows we\u2019ve won this fight.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Hm, yes. He is most certainly down there. He... and something else whose nature I cannot ascertain yet. Mal Keshar, you can feel it too, right?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Hm, yes. He is most certainly down there. He... and something else whose nature I cannot ascertain yet. Mal Keshar, you can feel it too, right?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I try not to worry too much about these things, girl. Besides, what power could possibly stop two walking legends like us?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I try not to worry too much about these things, girl. Besides, what power could possibly stop two walking legends like us?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Do you see how this dark fortress crumbles down already? Tell your goddess that <b>this</b> is the fate that awaits those who dare cross the peoples of Irdya!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Do you see how this dark fortress crumbles down already? Tell your goddess that <b>this</b> is the fate that awaits those who dare cross the peoples of Irdya!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "If you meet your demon gods on the other side, tell them I will not stop until I have erased the very last trace of their influence on Irdya! Begone, filth!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "If you meet your demon gods on the other side, tell them I will not stop until I have erased the very last trace of their influence on Irdya! Begone, filth!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "We\u2019ve failed the Master... How can this be... No... no!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "We\u2019ve failed the Master... How can this be... No... no!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Yes, <b>yes</b>, <b>YES! AhahahahahahahaHAHAHAHAHA!!!</b>"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Yes, <b>yes</b>, <b>YES! AhahahahahahahaHAHAHAHAHA!!!</b>", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Quickly! We have no time to waste."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Quickly! We have no time to waste.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You know, Galas... It\u2019s very strange for somebody like me to say this but..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You know, Galas... It\u2019s very strange for somebody like me to say this but...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "What is it?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "What is it?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... Just stay close to me at all times. It would do us no good if the shadows took over your body again."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... Just stay close to me at all times. It would do us no good if the shadows took over your body again.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "... Very well."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "... Very well.", "replies": "Althurin", "reply": "Alas, if Galas and the Lady are to succeed in their mission we must stay here and fend off the enemy reinforcements. I can\u2019t help but wonder what kind of foe awaits that courageous bunch in there..."}
{"speaks": "Althurin", "text": "Alas, if Galas and the Lady are to succeed in their mission we must stay here and fend off the enemy reinforcements. I can\u2019t help but wonder what kind of foe awaits that courageous bunch in there...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "This is hopeless, Galas. We took too long, and now enemy reinforcements are approaching from all directions!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "A presence... A strong, dark presence fills this whole place, as if the floor and walls had a life of their own. I don\u2019t like this.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "... It\u2019s that voice again."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "... It\u2019s that voice again.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Reveal yourself, coward who hides in the darkness! We have come here to put an end to your reign of chaos and suffering!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Reveal yourself, coward who hides in the darkness! We have come here to put an end to your reign of chaos and suffering!", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "That metallic laughter sure sounded real to me."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "That metallic laughter sure sounded real to me.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "He seems to want us to move forward, so let us be on the look out for traps. And... we need to find a way to open this gate."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "He seems to want us to move forward, so let us be on the look out for traps. And... we need to find a way to open this gate.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Oh, please, courtesy is wasted in a place like this. Just blast them down or something."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Oh, please, courtesy is wasted in a place like this. Just blast them down or something.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Never! Onwards, everyone!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Never! Onwards, everyone!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Lord L\u00e9dinor! Is that really you? What have these beasts done to you?!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Lord L\u00e9dinor! Is that really you? What have these beasts done to you?!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "He seems extremely unwell \u2014 no doubt he has been constantly tortured by his captors during all this time. I will have to treat him before he\u2019ll be able to stand on his own again."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "He seems extremely unwell \u2014 no doubt he has been constantly tortured by his captors during all this time. I will have to treat him before he\u2019ll be able to stand on his own again.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "If only we could take him back outside... Damn it!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "If only we could take him back outside... Damn it!", "replies": "Ra'aldir", "reply": "Seize the Lady of Light and kill the intruders!"}
{"speaks": "Ra'aldir", "text": "Seize the Lady of Light and kill the intruders!", "replies": "Ra'aldir", "reply": "You... you will not succeed... You can\u2019t kill... the Emperor..."}
{"speaks": "Ra'aldir", "text": "You... you will not succeed... You can\u2019t kill... the Emperor...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I don\u2019t suspect anyone has actually tried before."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I don\u2019t suspect anyone has actually tried before.", "replies": "Mal Vritra", "reply": "Ah, every story has to come to an end someday... even yours, Lady of Light..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Vritra", "text": "Ah, every story has to come to an end someday... even yours, Lady of Light...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Not this again..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Not this again...", "replies": "Cragworg", "reply": "Your foolishness ends here with your death, enemies of Uria! Her Voice requests that we prevent your advance towards the Gate of Inferno at all costs!"}
{"speaks": "Cragworg", "text": "Your foolishness ends here with your death, enemies of Uria! Her Voice requests that we prevent your advance towards the Gate of Inferno at all costs!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "You mean the Chaos Emperor, right? I can\u2019t believe your kind lets a lesser monster like him order you around like dogs."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "You mean the Chaos Emperor, right? I can\u2019t believe your kind lets a lesser monster like him order you around like dogs.", "replies": "Aelyriun-Balal", "reply": "Don\u2019t you dare speak ill of the Voice of Uria, elf scum! Cragworg, crush these disgusting vermin!"}
{"speaks": "Aelyriun-Balal", "text": "Don\u2019t you dare speak ill of the Voice of Uria, elf scum! Cragworg, crush these disgusting vermin!", "replies": "Aelyriun-Balal", "reply": "Not the Lady of Light, you worthless idiot!"}
{"speaks": "Aelyriun-Balal", "text": "Not the Lady of Light, you worthless idiot!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Is this our curse? To fight countless big shot enemies with death wishes?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Is this our curse? To fight countless big shot enemies with death wishes?", "replies": "Aelyriun-Balal", "reply": "Oh, Uria, I... have... failed..."}
{"speaks": "Aelyriun-Balal", "text": "Oh, Uria, I... have... failed...", "replies": "Cragworg", "reply": "(<i>spits blood</i>) You have not seen the last of me! I am not... dying... today... (<i>collapses</i>)"}
{"speaks": "Cragworg", "text": "(<i>spits blood</i>) You have not seen the last of me! I am not... dying... today... (<i>collapses</i>)", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Ugh. Hopefully that\u2019s the last time we will need to fight one of these drooling imps. Now, where do we go from here?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Ugh. Hopefully that\u2019s the last time we will need to fight one of these drooling imps. Now, where do we go from here?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "They seemed determined not just to prevent our progress towards the \u2018Gate\u2019, but also to impede our access to the dungeon on this level. May I suggest we investigate and possibly release any prisoners kept captive?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "They seemed determined not just to prevent our progress towards the \u2018Gate\u2019, but also to impede our access to the dungeon on this level. May I suggest we investigate and possibly release any prisoners kept captive?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Yes, sounds good to me."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Yes, sounds good to me.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I think I just heard a voice calling for help."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I think I just heard a voice calling for help.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Galas, do you really want us to explore the whole place? We do not have all the time in the world, you know. Besides, I doubt the prisoners can be of much help. <small>Not alive, at least...</small>"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Galas, do you really want us to explore the whole place? We do not have all the time in the world, you know. Besides, I doubt the prisoners can be of much help. <small>Not alive, at least...</small>", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "It would be highly inhumane for us to leave them abandoned to their own luck!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "It would be highly inhumane for us to leave them abandoned to their own luck!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Very well, boy, do as you wish. I don\u2019t really care! Should we lose precious time due to your insistence on helping all living things, that shall be <i>your</i> problem to deal with, not mine."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Very well, boy, do as you wish. I don\u2019t really care! Should we lose precious time due to your insistence on helping all living things, that shall be <i>your</i> problem to deal with, not mine.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I wonder if that\u2019s all of them... It seems odd that the dungeon is almost completely empty. Perhaps they saw us coming and moved all of their prisoners elsewhere?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I wonder if that\u2019s all of them... It seems odd that the dungeon is almost completely empty. Perhaps they saw us coming and moved all of their prisoners elsewhere?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Why would they bother? They have never seemed to be the kind who would take prisoners in the first place; Lord L\u00e9dinor\u2019s presence here is highly unusual."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Why would they bother? They have never seemed to be the kind who would take prisoners in the first place; Lord L\u00e9dinor\u2019s presence here is highly unusual.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Yes, and that is... Hold on, I hear movement."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Yes, and that is... Hold on, I hear movement.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "So I guess we don\u2019t need to find a way to open that gate after all!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "So I guess we don\u2019t need to find a way to open that gate after all!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "And deeper underground we go. (<i>sighs</i>) Perhaps we should focus on finding that \u2018Gate\u2019 and close it off somehow before confronting the Emperor. Elynia, would you be able to do that?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "And deeper underground we go. (<i>sighs</i>) Perhaps we should focus on finding that \u2018Gate\u2019 and close it off somehow before confronting the Emperor. Elynia, would you be able to do that?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "... Elynia?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "... Elynia?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "So, you mean..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "So, you mean...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "This whole city is the Gate."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "It has been a while since we last encountered an enemy other than those mindless hive creatures, and the stench of decay is only getting worse. Are we sure we are going in the right direction?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Oh, we certainly are heading towards a powerful dark presence. Whether it is the Chaos Emperor himself or not\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Oh, we certainly are heading towards a powerful dark presence. Whether it is the Chaos Emperor himself or not\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Galas, Lord L\u00e9dinor seems to be regaining consciousness."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas, Lord L\u00e9dinor seems to be regaining consciousness.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "My lord! Are you all right?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "My lord! Are you all right?", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "Oh, young Galas, that is a... silly question to ask... (<i>coughs</i>) To say that I have felt better in my life would be quite an understatement. But... I am alive at least. I never expected to see you here, and... I hear this radiant lady is the Lady of Light, the savior of elf-kind? How can this be? I... I always thought..."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "Oh, young Galas, that is a... silly question to ask... (<i>coughs</i>) To say that I have felt better in my life would be quite an understatement. But... I am alive at least. I never expected to see you here, and... I hear this radiant lady is the Lady of Light, the savior of elf-kind? How can this be? I... I always thought...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Oh, my lord, it is a long and sorrowful story. I suppose it rests on me to bring you up to speed. Do you think you will be able to walk on your own, sir?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Oh, my lord, it is a long and sorrowful story. I suppose it rests on me to bring you up to speed. Do you think you will be able to walk on your own, sir?", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "I am old and tortured, but not useless yet. Yes, I can walk, and perhaps I may still be of help."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "I am old and tortured, but not useless yet. Yes, I can walk, and perhaps I may still be of help.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Let us get moving then."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Let us get moving then.", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "So that is why Anlind\u00eb is not here... Oh, Galas, would that I had foreseen this. It\u2019s not fair. I should have died in her place, making a last stand against our enemies! Instead, I was captured and brought to this living hell."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "So that is why Anlind\u00eb is not here... Oh, Galas, would that I had foreseen this. It\u2019s not fair. I should have died in her place, making a last stand against our enemies! Instead, I was captured and brought to this living hell.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Why would they do this? Were any other elves captured? Did the demons want anything specific from you, perhaps to make an example for the rest of our people?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Why would they do this? Were any other elves captured? Did the demons want anything specific from you, perhaps to make an example for the rest of our people?", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "Oh, I fear I was never allowed to see or be seen by any other prisoners back in the Valley, my fair lady. Then I was brought here tied and blindfolded. Although there certainly used to be other people in the dungeon, not a single one of them sounded like one of our own. As for why they kept me alive... Ugh... (<i>holds head</i>)"}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "Oh, I fear I was never allowed to see or be seen by any other prisoners back in the Valley, my fair lady. Then I was brought here tied and blindfolded. Although there certainly used to be other people in the dungeon, not a single one of them sounded like one of our own. As for why they kept me alive... Ugh... (<i>holds head</i>)", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "These fiends, they have no compassion for any living creature, not even those from their own ranks. You don\u2019t want to hear of the atrocities they do to their prisoners... I am sure you recall the stories we tell about orcs mutilating their enemies and boiling them alive? Compared to the things they do to you in here \u2014 the things they <i>make</i> you do \u2014 I assure you, becoming an orc\u2019s dinner... would be a far preferable fate to even witnessing all this..."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "These fiends, they have no compassion for any living creature, not even those from their own ranks. You don\u2019t want to hear of the atrocities they do to their prisoners... I am sure you recall the stories we tell about orcs mutilating their enemies and boiling them alive? Compared to the things they do to you in here \u2014 the things they <i>make</i> you do \u2014 I assure you, becoming an orc\u2019s dinner... would be a far preferable fate to even witnessing all this...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I... Lord L\u00e9dinor, pardon me. I should not have asked."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I... Lord L\u00e9dinor, pardon me. I should not have asked.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Do they seriously expect these two to prevent our advance somehow?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Do they seriously expect these two to prevent our advance somehow?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Ah, that\u2019s much better!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Ah, that\u2019s much better!", "replies": "Urunur", "reply": "It\u2019s the heathens! Keep them entertained!"}
{"speaks": "Urunur", "text": "It\u2019s the heathens! Keep them entertained!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "What is this now? Keep us entertained for what?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "What is this now? Keep us entertained for what?", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "I suppose it\u2019s too late to turn back now."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "I suppose it\u2019s too late to turn back now.", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "A woman? The warlord is actually a <i>woman</i>?"}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "A woman? The warlord is actually a <i>woman</i>?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Huh? The warlord is actually a woman? Pah, not that it makes any difference."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Huh? The warlord is actually a woman? Pah, not that it makes any difference.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Galas, the elf leader. You have no idea how long I\u2019ve been waiting to meet you. It\u2019s too bad that the elven witch could not make it \u2014 she seemed too infatuated with self-sacrifice for that, much like you."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Galas, the elf leader. You have no idea how long I\u2019ve been waiting to meet you. It\u2019s too bad that the elven witch could not make it \u2014 she seemed too infatuated with self-sacrifice for that, much like you.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "So you are the monster who killed Anlind\u00eb. I shall make sure you meet your due punishment, and I am <i>not</i> planning on dying tonight!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "So you are the monster who killed Anlind\u00eb. I shall make sure you meet your due punishment, and I am <i>not</i> planning on dying tonight!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Alas, lord of the elves, there is no weapon nor magical power left on this ruined world able to destroy me. You will only waste the last minutes of your life!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Alas, lord of the elves, there is no weapon nor magical power left on this ruined world able to destroy me. You will only waste the last minutes of your life!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "No, we will prevail. No matter how many times your kind tries, you cannot escape justice at our hands. You will be banished from Irdya all the same!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "No, we will prevail. No matter how many times your kind tries, you cannot escape justice at our hands. You will be banished from Irdya all the same!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Ah, the formidable Lady of Light... I am truthfully disappointed to see you are but a brash, ignorant creature, just like the rest. You should be taught to not defy the power of Uria."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Ah, the formidable Lady of Light... I am truthfully disappointed to see you are but a brash, ignorant creature, just like the rest. You should be taught to not defy the power of Uria.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "You all appear to be under the misconception that your pitiful war will make a difference; but to her, you are completely beneath notice. We have been kept distracted by more important matters, but since you decided to come to our domain in person, I suppose it rests upon me to put an end to this folly."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "You all appear to be under the misconception that your pitiful war will make a difference; but to her, you are completely beneath notice. We have been kept distracted by more important matters, but since you decided to come to our domain in person, I suppose it rests upon me to put an end to this folly.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "No. It is time for <i>you</i> to meet your fate!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "No. It is time for <i>you</i> to meet your fate!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I did warn you... You cannot destroy me."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I did warn you... You cannot destroy me.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Galas, you know that normally I would approve of sticking around to enact some form of revenge, but the harsh reality of the situation is..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Galas, you know that normally I would approve of sticking around to enact some form of revenge, but the harsh reality of the situation is...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Everyone, cover your eyes!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Everyone, cover your eyes!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "What is this...? Do you really think such a cheap trick is going to stop me!? (<i>holds her head</i>)"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "What is this...? Do you really think such a cheap trick is going to stop me!? (<i>holds her head</i>)", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "She seems disoriented. Is this what we are doing now, Elynia? Fleeing from the enemy like cowards?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "She seems disoriented. Is this what we are doing now, Elynia? Fleeing from the enemy like cowards?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We\u2019re not fleeing from her \u2014 we are just advancing to a more tactically advantageous position! Mal Keshar, take care of the enchantment shielding the gate!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We\u2019re not fleeing from her \u2014 we are just advancing to a more tactically advantageous position! Mal Keshar, take care of the enchantment shielding the gate!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Enough! By the power you have bestowed upon me, Uria, may the spells conferring life to the dead be canceled now!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Enough! By the power you have bestowed upon me, Uria, may the spells conferring life to the dead be canceled now!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Oh no..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Oh no...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Her power is too great! I... cannot..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Her power is too great! I... cannot...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Time for us to leave!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Time for us to leave!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "What exactly do you intend to accomplish with this, Elynia? Could you at least tell me what your plan is for once?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "What exactly do you intend to accomplish with this, Elynia? Could you at least tell me what your plan is for once?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Oh, you mean that as if you never did anything of the sort before? We have no time to waste here, I will explain later!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Oh, you mean that as if you never did anything of the sort before? We have no time to waste here, I will explain later!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "So <i>that</i> is your plan, Lady of Light. I see..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "So <i>that</i> is your plan, Lady of Light. I see...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "So will you explain your plan now?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "So will you explain your plan now?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I... am not completely sure yet if it is possible, but... even without Argan\u2019s assistance, I may be able to summon the Union again somehow, if we can concentrate for a few minutes."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I... am not completely sure yet if it is possible, but... even without Argan\u2019s assistance, I may be able to summon the Union again somehow, if we can concentrate for a few minutes.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We? I don\u2019t think I can..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We? I don\u2019t think I can...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Not you! Malin and me."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Not you! Malin and me.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Wait, what?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Elynia, what you are saying is simply preposterous! How could I possibly serve as a substitute for Argan\u2019s powers! Unless...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "As we descend deeper into this fortress, we get ever closer to Inferno, and to the source of their power. You are one of the most powerful dark sorcerers ever born from Irdya. My hope is that together we might be able to tap into the darkness of the demons\u2019 homeland... possibly at the risk of our own lives. It\u2019s either that or allow the demoness to erase you and me from existence."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "As we descend deeper into this fortress, we get ever closer to Inferno, and to the source of their power. You are one of the most powerful dark sorcerers ever born from Irdya. My hope is that together we might be able to tap into the darkness of the demons\u2019 homeland... possibly at the risk of our own lives. It\u2019s either that or allow the demoness to erase you and me from existence.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I am not sure... if I even want to do this anymore. I am no hero! I should kill you and take the prize to hell with me! Actually, I guess that\u2019s exactly where we are headed, so..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I am not sure... if I even want to do this anymore. I am no hero! I should kill you and take the prize to hell with me! Actually, I guess that\u2019s exactly where we are headed, so...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You did many things in the past, most of them crimes against people and life. But now, at the end of all things, you guided Galas and his loyal followers to the depths of Irdya, awoke me from my long slumber, and fought the hordes of Chaos alongside us all the while. Redeeming yourself will take much more than this, but I can assure you that turning your back on us now will only result in your destruction at the hands of Uria\u2019s servants."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You did many things in the past, most of them crimes against people and life. But now, at the end of all things, you guided Galas and his loyal followers to the depths of Irdya, awoke me from my long slumber, and fought the hordes of Chaos alongside us all the while. Redeeming yourself will take much more than this, but I can assure you that turning your back on us now will only result in your destruction at the hands of Uria\u2019s servants.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Would you prefer that fate over fighting a just cause one final time?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Would you prefer that fate over fighting a just cause one final time?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Pah! To the Dark Gods with you and your stupid and pretentious motivations! I will help, but only because I am curious to see if I can really harness this legendary power! <small>I can\u2019t possibly refuse the offer of unlimited power after all these eons...</small>"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Pah! To the Dark Gods with you and your stupid and pretentious motivations! I will help, but only because I am curious to see if I can really harness this legendary power! <small>I can\u2019t possibly refuse the offer of unlimited power after all these eons...</small>", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>smiles</i>) I knew you would listen to reason, Malin."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>smiles</i>) I knew you would listen to reason, Malin.", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "How can you people hand your lives to this lich on a silver platter like that! It defies all logic!"}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "How can you people hand your lives to this lich on a silver platter like that! It defies all logic!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Just like this mission, then?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Just like this mission, then?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Despite every obstacle placed just for you, you still believe you can continue and kill the Chaos Emperor in his own lair. I sorely underestimated your foolishness."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Despite every obstacle placed just for you, you still believe you can continue and kill the Chaos Emperor in his own lair. I sorely underestimated your foolishness.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Elynia, are we are close enough to Inferno already? There is absolutely no way we will be able to advance with her in our way!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Elynia, are we are close enough to Inferno already? There is absolutely no way we will be able to advance with her in our way!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We can try... but while we focus, you will need to protect us from the Warlord\u2019s forces."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We can try... but while we focus, you will need to protect us from the Warlord\u2019s forces.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "You heard her \u2014 protect them at all costs!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "You heard her \u2014 protect them at all costs!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Very well, Elynia... let us hope that your theory is correct and will not result in our destruction."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Very well, Elynia... let us hope that your theory is correct and will not result in our destruction.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... I hope so as well."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... I hope so as well.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It worked! Malin, it worked!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It worked! Malin, it worked!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Yes... <b>YES!</b> Tremble before us, pathetic worms, and prepare to meet your gods!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Yes... <b>YES!</b> Tremble before us, pathetic worms, and prepare to meet your gods!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hah! Our attacks actually have an effect on her now!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hah! Our attacks actually have an effect on her now!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We should not be attacking her directly, it is pointless! Let Elynia and Mal Keshar deal with her instead!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We should not be attacking her directly, it is pointless! Let Elynia and Mal Keshar deal with her instead!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "This is not over yet!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "This is not over yet!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "The coward is fleeing! We must not allow her to escape!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "The coward is fleeing! We must not allow her to escape!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "What the...?! Look, this place is floating over an infinite void!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "What the...?! Look, this place is floating over an infinite void!", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "Dear Lords of Light!"}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Dear Lords of Light!", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "Wait, I can see stars in it! So... the sky is below us? Are we walking upside-down then, or... Aaaargh, I\u2019m so confused!!!"}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "Wait, I can see stars in it! So... the sky is below us? Are we walking upside-down then, or... Aaaargh, I\u2019m so confused!!!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "So this is what the bridge between our worlds looks like. Mal Keshar, we probably should avoid sending spirits across the void, lest them become trapped in it."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "So this is what the bridge between our worlds looks like. Mal Keshar, we probably should avoid sending spirits across the void, lest them become trapped in it.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hm, indeed, that is a risk we cannot afford right now."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hm, indeed, that is a risk we cannot afford right now.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Darkness unto the enemies of Uria!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Darkness unto the enemies of Uria!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I doubt she will be able to keep this up for much longer."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I doubt she will be able to keep this up for much longer.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "You just don\u2019t know when to give up."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "You just don\u2019t know when to give up.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Neither do you. By now you have surely seen that the power of the Union can destroy you easily. Accept your fate and fight us instead of fleeing like a lowly rat!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Neither do you. By now you have surely seen that the power of the Union can destroy you easily. Accept your fate and fight us instead of fleeing like a lowly rat!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "By... (<i>clutching her face</i>) By the power you have bestowed upon me, Uria, may... the spells conferring life to the dead... be canceled now!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "By... (<i>clutching her face</i>) By the power you have bestowed upon me, Uria, may... the spells conferring life to the dead... be canceled now!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "My minion! You will pay for that, repulsive wench!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "My minion! You will pay for that, repulsive wench!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "My minions! You will pay for that, repulsive wench!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "My minions! You will pay for that, repulsive wench!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Go on, Elynia. Do what you must do. Now that I have failed, there\u2019s no purpose left for me..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Go on, Elynia. Do what you must do. Now that I have failed, there\u2019s no purpose left for me...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Who are you?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Who are you?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Why would I tell you?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Why would I tell you?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I would feel much better about ending your miserable life if you did."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I would feel much better about ending your miserable life if you did.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Where is your master hiding?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Where is your master hiding?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "She\u2019s not going to answer. Off with her head!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "She\u2019s not going to answer. Off with her head!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "You are not going to do it, are you? I can give you an answer... but only if you swear you will spare my life."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "You are not going to do it, are you? I can give you an answer... but only if you swear you will spare my life.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Don\u2019t listen to her lies, Elynia! You know these creatures cannot be trusted!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Don\u2019t listen to her lies, Elynia! You know these creatures cannot be trusted!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Tell me what you know and you can keep what little life you have left, as long as you get out of my sight as quickly as you can. Now out with it."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Tell me what you know and you can keep what little life you have left, as long as you get out of my sight as quickly as you can. Now out with it.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "But she..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "But she...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Very well, then. Now, go."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Very well, then. Now, go.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Why would you do this, Elynia? That woman is Anlind\u00eb\u2019s murderer!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Why would you do this, Elynia? That woman is Anlind\u00eb\u2019s murderer!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I cannot bring myself to kill someone so much weaker than I. It would be unfair... and cruel. You remember how the lich Mal Keshar came to be, do you not? Let yourself succumb to wrath and you become as bad as the foul-minded creatures you fight."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I cannot bring myself to kill someone so much weaker than I. It would be unfair... and cruel. You remember how the lich Mal Keshar came to be, do you not? Let yourself succumb to wrath and you become as bad as the foul-minded creatures you fight.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Now, it\u2019s time to go find the answers we seek. Let us see... if the Chaos Emperor can be stopped before the madness of this place consumes us as well."}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "I didn\u2019t think the demons\u2019 homeland would be such a... cold... place\u2014 <b>ATCHOO!!!</b>", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I have to say, I never expected Inferno to be such a cold place."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I have to say, I never expected Inferno to be such a cold place.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Yes, there does not appear to be anything but more snow in the distance. Who knew!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Yes, there does not appear to be anything but more snow in the distance. Who knew!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I assume this is but a small land in a much larger realm. The stories speak of far more varied locations, much like Irdya itself."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I assume this is but a small land in a much larger realm. The stories speak of far more varied locations, much like Irdya itself.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Surely the Emperor chose this location in order to have a nigh-on unlimited water supply for his ostentatious capital, then."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Surely the Emperor chose this location in order to have a nigh-on unlimited water supply for his ostentatious capital, then.", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "Come to think of it, there <b>is</b> nothing but snow in sight, indeed. Does anyone else find this troubling?"}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "Come to think of it, there <b>is</b> nothing but snow in sight, indeed. Does anyone else find this troubling?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You are right, the solitude of this place doesn\u2019t bode well."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You are right, the solitude of this place doesn\u2019t bode well.", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "I spot a few foes over there."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "I spot a few foes over there.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I spot a few foes over there."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I spot a few foes over there.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "It\u2019s that infuriating laugh again! Oh, I swear, the moment I get my hands on that pretentious bastard..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "It\u2019s that infuriating laugh again! Oh, I swear, the moment I get my hands on that pretentious bastard...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The protection enchantment shielding this gate is far too strong. May I suggest searching for another way to open it?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The protection enchantment shielding this gate is far too strong. May I suggest searching for another way to open it?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Union?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Union?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I would rather avoid unnecessary use of it while we are in this place... I hope you can understand why."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I would rather avoid unnecessary use of it while we are in this place... I hope you can understand why.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "... Yes... I <i>think</i> I see where this is going. Very well, then. Let us do things your way."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "... Yes... I <i>think</i> I see where this is going. Very well, then. Let us do things your way.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hey, what do we have here... Cockatrices! There are cockatrices roaming about this place!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hey, what do we have here... Cockatrices! There are cockatrices roaming about this place!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Huh?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Huh?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Bird-like creatures which are said to have the ability to turn any living thing to stone with a single glance. They are not natural denizens of our world, being instead the product of forbidden sorcery."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Bird-like creatures which are said to have the ability to turn any living thing to stone with a single glance. They are not natural denizens of our world, being instead the product of forbidden sorcery.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Yes, yes \u2014 all right, attention everyone! Avoid direct eye contact with these pests or you <i>will</i> regret it!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Yes, yes \u2014 all right, attention everyone! Avoid direct eye contact with these pests or you <i>will</i> regret it!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I believe I can remove the effects of their magic with a spell. However, should any victim come to harm while petrified..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I believe I can remove the effects of their magic with a spell. However, should any victim come to harm while petrified...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I can\u2019t... help you... now..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I can\u2019t... help you... now...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "This is quite obviously an invitation into a trap. Shall we heed it?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "This is quite obviously an invitation into a trap. Shall we heed it?", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "This whole place feels like a trap to me. On the other hand, if we don\u2019t come to him..."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "This whole place feels like a trap to me. On the other hand, if we don\u2019t come to him...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "... he will come to us. Even then, I think we should first look around for anything that could help us \u2014 weapons, information, anything."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "... you betrayed... me...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "No, Argan. You are the one who betrayed me... me and the peoples of Irdya as well. The peoples we swore to defend until the end of time. You betrayed everything we stood for..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "No, Argan. You are the one who betrayed me... me and the peoples of Irdya as well. The peoples we swore to defend until the end of time. You betrayed everything we stood for...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "I did nothing but choose the right path for your sake. And this is how you repay me... Then again, I guess I had this coming ever since... then..."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "I did nothing but choose the right path for your sake. And this is how you repay me... Then again, I guess I had this coming ever since... then...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "No, you never deserved any of this. If... None of this... none of this would have happened if I..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "No, you never deserved any of this. If... None of this... none of this would have happened if I...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "In the end... it is not your fault..."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "In the end... it is not your fault...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "You said that Uria turned you into this. What does she really want? What\u2019s her goal in enslaving and desecrating Irdya?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "You said that Uria turned you into this. What does she really want? What\u2019s her goal in enslaving and desecrating Irdya?", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Well... she will... she will avenge me... that is for sure. And now without the Union, you cannot\u2014 (<i>cough</i>) you cannot defeat... her... Even if you manage to find her... in the heart of... Urvatha... it would be suicide..."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Well... she will... she will avenge me... that is for sure. And now without the Union, you cannot\u2014 (<i>cough</i>) you cannot defeat... her... Even if you manage to find her... in the heart of... Urvatha... it would be suicide...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Elynia... I beg of you... please forgive me. I allowed this to happen. I allowed her... to become who she is now... and control me... Promise me that you will never... you will never... become..."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Elynia... I beg of you... please forgive me. I allowed this to happen. I allowed her... to become who she is now... and control me... Promise me that you will never... you will never... become...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Become... become what? Argan?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Become... become what? Argan?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Argan? What do you mean? What am I supposed to do? Argan?!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Argan? What do you mean? What am I supposed to do? Argan?!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Argan! No, no, this can\u2019t be happening, you can\u2019t be doing this, I am trying to heal you, don\u2019t you see? I..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Argan! No, no, this can\u2019t be happening, you can\u2019t be doing this, I am trying to heal you, don\u2019t you see? I...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Why don\u2019t you say anything? Argan!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Why don\u2019t you say anything? Argan!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Mal Keshar, don\u2019t you just stand there and watch, help me! Help him!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Mal Keshar, don\u2019t you just stand there and watch, help me! Help him!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "There is nothing I can do. His spirit left us too quickly, and to pull him back into the physical realm after that... You do remember why that is the greatest taboo of all, right?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "There is nothing I can do. His spirit left us too quickly, and to pull him back into the physical realm after that... You do remember why that is the greatest taboo of all, right?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "At least he may finally rest now."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "At least he may finally rest now.", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "Argan\u2019s journal \u2014 it was hidden beneath his robes. Elynia, my lady, if you allow me to speak my opinion: we should keep it, it may contain information that could prove useful later."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "Argan\u2019s journal \u2014 it was hidden beneath his robes. Elynia, my lady, if you allow me to speak my opinion: we should keep it, it may contain information that could prove useful later.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Very well... But..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Very well... But...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... I should be the one to carry this with me, no-one else."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... I should be the one to carry this with me, no-one else.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Uh-oh."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Uh-oh.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "The stronghold is crumbling down! We must leave immediately!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "The stronghold is crumbling down! We must leave immediately!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "At least the Master of Darkness will have a proper burial."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "There he is. There doesn\u2019t appear to be anyone else around. Would it be possible for you two, perhaps, to strike him down from afar while he has his back turned?", "replies": "Chaos Emperor", "reply": "I was certain that you would not fail your word, Galas. At long last you and your loyal companions have made it to my lair, overcoming every obstacle in your way. Well done."}
{"speaks": "Chaos Emperor", "text": "I was certain that you would not fail your word, Galas. At long last you and your loyal companions have made it to my lair, overcoming every obstacle in your way. Well done.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "So we have. Now it\u2019s down to you and us."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "So we have. Now it\u2019s down to you and us.", "replies": "Chaos Emperor", "reply": "Not exactly. You allow yourselves to be deceived by appearances."}
{"speaks": "Chaos Emperor", "text": "Not exactly. You allow yourselves to be deceived by appearances.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Who are you in truth? Reveal your identity, scum! We should at least be allowed to know the name of the wretched creature hiding behind that mask!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Who are you in truth? Reveal your identity, scum! We should at least be allowed to know the name of the wretched creature hiding behind that mask!", "replies": "Mal Myaramor", "reply": "<b>AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!</b>"}
{"speaks": "Mal Myaramor", "text": "<b>AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!</b>", "replies": "Chaos Emperor", "reply": "Have you not told them yet, Elynia? What do you expect to accomplish by withholding the truth from your allies?"}
{"speaks": "Chaos Emperor", "text": "Have you not told them yet, Elynia? What do you expect to accomplish by withholding the truth from your allies?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Told us what, exactly?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Told us what, exactly?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Oh, Galas. I am so sorry. All this time, I wanted to believe otherwise... I wanted..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Oh, Galas. I am so sorry. All this time, I wanted to believe otherwise... I wanted...", "replies": "Chaos Emperor", "reply": "To escape the truth is what you wanted."}
{"speaks": "Chaos Emperor", "text": "To escape the truth is what you wanted.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Why... did this happen... When... Why could I never find you...?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Why... did this happen... When... Why could I never find you...?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I cannot... believe this. So my suspicions were true. And you... Elynia... you knew this! You led us here when you knew his identity and never saw fit to reveal it! Why?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I cannot... believe this. So my suspicions were true. And you... Elynia... you knew this! You led us here when you knew his identity and never saw fit to reveal it! Why?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Having heard about Yechnagoth, I tried my hardest to believe that the power that enshrouded the lands of Uria was not his doing, and\u2014 and perhaps..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Having heard about Yechnagoth, I tried my hardest to believe that the power that enshrouded the lands of Uria was not his doing, and\u2014 and perhaps...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "You are but a foul impostor created by Uria to lead our Lady astray! There is no chance I will ever accept that the Master of Darkness who once protected Irdya has turned to evil! You shall pay for each and every one of your misdeeds!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "You are but a foul impostor created by Uria to lead our Lady astray! There is no chance I will ever accept that the Master of Darkness who once protected Irdya has turned to evil! You shall pay for each and every one of your misdeeds!", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Oh, but I am very real. While I cannot deny that she made me who I am now, you are deeply mistaken if you think I am not the true Master of Darkness. Even now in these dark times, I continue to look out for Irdya; but instead of wandering the earth as an aimless soul, I follow the path that was laid before us by the Guardian of Life herself. I am her Voice, and I carry out her will for the sake of our future."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Oh, but I am very real. While I cannot deny that she made me who I am now, you are deeply mistaken if you think I am not the true Master of Darkness. Even now in these dark times, I continue to look out for Irdya; but instead of wandering the earth as an aimless soul, I follow the path that was laid before us by the Guardian of Life herself. I am her Voice, and I carry out her will for the sake of our future.", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Elynia, have you not wondered yourself countless times whether it was destiny or a true coincidence that made our paths cross on Irdya? Did you not ask me once why we, mere mortals, had been blessed with an ultimate power beyond our comprehension? Why, even now that you have witnessed how by Uria\u2019s grace I overcame the limits of my frail vessel, you continue to renounce her will? We were born to be together, to fight together, to save this doomed reality together! What should I do to persuade you to embrace our glorious destiny under her command?"}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Elynia, have you not wondered yourself countless times whether it was destiny or a true coincidence that made our paths cross on Irdya? Did you not ask me once why we, mere mortals, had been blessed with an ultimate power beyond our comprehension? Why, even now that you have witnessed how by Uria\u2019s grace I overcame the limits of my frail vessel, you continue to renounce her will? We were born to be together, to fight together, to save this doomed reality together! What should I do to persuade you to embrace our glorious destiny under her command?", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Or perhaps, you truly believe I am an impostor like this elf claims."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Or perhaps, you truly believe I am an impostor like this elf claims.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "No, Argan. I believe you. I have always believed you. I believe you even now, at the end. I loved you, and I still love you."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "No, Argan. I believe you. I have always believed you. I believe you even now, at the end. I loved you, and I still love you.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Which is why I must put an end to your suffering."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Which is why I must put an end to your suffering.", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "I see. If there is nothing I can do to make you accept the truth, then you will have to die as well. As much as it pains me to even consider the possibility... Uria\u2019s will reigns supreme."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "I see. If there is nothing I can do to make you accept the truth, then you will have to die as well. As much as it pains me to even consider the possibility... Uria\u2019s will reigns supreme.", "replies": "Mal Myaramor", "reply": "One last chance to retract your words, unbelievers!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Myaramor", "text": "One last chance to retract your words, unbelievers!", "replies": "An-Laila", "reply": "O Voice that speaks the will of the Mother of Urvatha, what is your command?"}
{"speaks": "An-Laila", "text": "O Voice that speaks the will of the Mother of Urvatha, what is your command?", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Kill them."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Kill them.", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Kill them all."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Kill them all.", "replies": "Mal Myaramor", "reply": "Thus you have sealed your fate! Ack\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Mal Myaramor", "text": "Thus you have sealed your fate! Ack\u2014", "replies": "An-Laila", "reply": "Go on, destroy the container of my soul if you must. As long as Uria exists, I can be brought back..."}
{"speaks": "An-Laila", "text": "Go on, destroy the container of my soul if you must. As long as Uria exists, I can be brought back...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Why did it have to come to this, my beloved Elynia? Why must we face each other as enemies now, after spending so many thousands of years apart?"}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Why did it have to come to this, my beloved Elynia? Why must we face each other as enemies now, after spending so many thousands of years apart?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Oh, right! Are you saying I shouldn\u2019t take all the attempts on my life by your subjects as a sign of hostility? Or that I should allow you to continue this new pitiful existence of yours?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Oh, right! Are you saying I shouldn\u2019t take all the attempts on my life by your subjects as a sign of hostility? Or that I should allow you to continue this new pitiful existence of yours?", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "You say that as though you have not let that mediocre necromancer become an ally and friend of yours. Is his existence in undeath not far more pitiful than mine? My body was not just rebuilt, but also improved! I can understand your distrust of this new form of technology, but no-one will force you to change your beautiful body if you don\u2019t wish to transcend its limitations \u2014 as long as you devote your life and soul to our one true goddess."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "You say that as though you have not let that mediocre necromancer become an ally and friend of yours. Is his existence in undeath not far more pitiful than mine? My body was not just rebuilt, but also improved! I can understand your distrust of this new form of technology, but no-one will force you to change your beautiful body if you don\u2019t wish to transcend its limitations \u2014 as long as you devote your life and soul to our one true goddess.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Exactly who are you calling mediocre, you miserable piece of\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Exactly who are you calling mediocre, you miserable piece of\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "If this goddess of yours truly cared for all life on Irdya, she would not be using you to destroy it! Are you not the Chaos Emperor? Did you not command your legions to raze and desecrate the earth?! How can you... how can you speak as if all this destruction were for the greater good!?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "If this goddess of yours truly cared for all life on Irdya, she would not be using you to destroy it! Are you not the Chaos Emperor? Did you not command your legions to raze and desecrate the earth?! How can you... how can you speak as if all this destruction were for the greater good!?", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Every day and every night without you has been a nightmare..."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Every day and every night without you has been a nightmare...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "I hoped that the nightmare would end tonight. But no, you had to choose the path of the infidels. And on top of that, you had to choose <i>him</i>, of all creatures \u2014 a lowly mundane elf of the forest with no remarkable qualities whatsoever."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "I hoped that the nightmare would end tonight. But no, you had to choose the path of the infidels. And on top of that, you had to choose <i>him</i>, of all creatures \u2014 a lowly mundane elf of the forest with no remarkable qualities whatsoever.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "How dare <i>you</i>, of all people, appeal to jealousy now after all we\u2019ve been through?! And in any case, he is nothing but my friend!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "How dare <i>you</i>, of all people, appeal to jealousy now after all we\u2019ve been through?! And in any case, he is nothing but my friend!", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Your ploy to draw power from me and into the lich to gain control of the Union was quite ingenious. I would have never expected any less from you, my love. Still, I fear that I must revoke your magic privileges before anyone else gets hurt."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Your ploy to draw power from me and into the lich to gain control of the Union was quite ingenious. I would have never expected any less from you, my love. Still, I fear that I must revoke your magic privileges before anyone else gets hurt.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "ARGH! He\u2019s reaching into my mind!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "ARGH! He\u2019s reaching into my mind!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Malin!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Malin!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I cannot... control my body..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I cannot... control my body...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "You people surely would not murder your own allies, right?"}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "You people surely would not murder your own allies, right?", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "Argh!!! Get out of... my head!!!"}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "Argh!!! Get out of... my head!!!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Elynia! He... he\u2019s doing it again... NO!!!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Elynia! He... he\u2019s doing it again... NO!!!", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "Galas! It cannot end like this \u2014 you must fight back!"}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "Galas! It cannot end like this \u2014 you must fight back!", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "I really do not want to do this to you, Elynia, and I am sure you would be unable to live with yourself if your friends were to perish because of one single misguided choice. I offer you one more chance to accept Uria as our true protector\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "I really do not want to do this to you, Elynia, and I am sure you would be unable to live with yourself if your friends were to perish because of one single misguided choice. I offer you one more chance to accept Uria as our true protector\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Never! Do you really believe I would choose two people over the fate of Irdya? Who do you take me for?!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Never! Do you really believe I would choose two people over the fate of Irdya? Who do you take me for?!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I... ugh\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I... ugh\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "\u2014 I <b>don\u2019t</b> have time for <b>THIS!</b>"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "\u2014 I <b>don\u2019t</b> have time for <b>THIS!</b>", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Oh... Oh. You learned to block their spell. That is such a pity \u2014 I had hoped Uria would at least allow me to keep you as a garden ornament."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Oh... Oh. You learned to block their spell. That is such a pity \u2014 I had hoped Uria would at least allow me to keep you as a garden ornament.", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Perhaps you will learn to not regard the undead as companions now that you realize how easy it is to turn them against their masters."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Perhaps you will learn to not regard the undead as companions now that you realize how easy it is to turn them against their masters.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Why... did it have to end like this..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Why... did it have to end like this...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "No, Galas!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "No, Galas!", "replies": "Erathan", "reply": "So this is the end of the road for me..."}
{"speaks": "Erathan", "text": "So this is the end of the road for me...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Oh, the sweet, cold embrace of death... it has been far too long..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Oh, the sweet, cold embrace of death... it has been far too long...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Our foolishness allowed the Warlord to take one of our friends away from us. But I will not let you take advantage of us again, Argan. Not today!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Our foolishness allowed the Warlord to take one of our friends away from us. But I will not let you take advantage of us again, Argan. Not today!", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "No! This light... I cannot\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "No! This light... I cannot\u2014", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "I... I recognize that voice..."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "I... I recognize that voice...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Elynia... You saved me again..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Elynia... You saved me again...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I\u2019m sorry it took me so long, Galas, but with Mal Keshar under his control..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I\u2019m sorry it took me so long, Galas, but with Mal Keshar under his control...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Mal Keshar! Is he... gone?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Mal Keshar! Is he... gone?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "If he truly is as powerful as he likes to make himself out to be, there might be a chance his soul is still intact, but whether it will return to this body..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "If he truly is as powerful as he likes to make himself out to be, there might be a chance his soul is still intact, but whether it will return to this body...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "You made a fatal mistake in coming to Inferno, Elynia. As long as you are in the same realm as I, I too can use the Union against you."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "You made a fatal mistake in coming to Inferno, Elynia. As long as you are in the same realm as I, I too can use the Union against you.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>defiant</i>) Then one of us must die first."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>defiant</i>) Then one of us must die first.", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "You are... hurting me..."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "You are... hurting me...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Elynia... Why do you do this?"}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Elynia... Why do you do this?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "We were meant to be together... for the rest of eternity... Do you not love me anymore, Elynia?"}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "We were meant to be together... for the rest of eternity... Do you not love me anymore, Elynia?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You... You\u2019ve become a monster! An abomination! Do you really not realize what you\u2019ve done, what... what Uria has done to you?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You... You\u2019ve become a monster! An abomination! Do you really not realize what you\u2019ve done, what... what Uria has done to you?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Excuse me, did I miss anything? ... Oh! I guess you haven\u2019t managed to strike down that pompous fool yet. Good, good."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Excuse me, did I miss anything? ... Oh! I guess you haven\u2019t managed to strike down that pompous fool yet. Good, good.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Mal Keshar! Thank the Lords of Light \u2014 I thought I would never hear you speak again. Do you think you can still help us somehow?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Mal Keshar! Thank the Lords of Light \u2014 I thought I would never hear you speak again. Do you think you can still help us somehow?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Help you? HA! Of course I can help you! It will take much more than some unfathomable ancient power to put me out of commission, boy."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Help you? HA! Of course I can help you! It will take much more than some unfathomable ancient power to put me out of commission, boy.", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "Look out! Those creatures emerge from his body with each hit!"}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "Look out! Those creatures emerge from his body with each hit!", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Energy... Yes... Feed me more energy..."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Energy... Yes... Feed me more energy...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "No... Noooooo!!! My power... falters..."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "No... Noooooo!!! My power... falters...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It\u2019s\u2014 it\u2019s tearing me apart\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It\u2019s\u2014 it\u2019s tearing me apart\u2014", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "What just happened?"}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "What just happened?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The prophecy... has been broken."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "We must not waste any more time, unless we want to be buried alive!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... I know."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... I know.", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "Huh?"}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "Huh?", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "Lava! These tunnels are flooding with lava!"}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "Lava! These tunnels are flooding with lava!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "It\u2019s troubling that I am actually considering the possibility of returning to Inferno to escape this insanity."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "It\u2019s troubling that I am actually considering the possibility of returning to Inferno to escape this insanity.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Nonsense! We just must make haste and get to the surface! There ought to be an exit through the hive itself."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Nonsense! We just must make haste and get to the surface! There ought to be an exit through the hive itself.", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "May I ask if anyone else heard that creature?"}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "May I ask if anyone else heard that creature?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "What creature? Where?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "What creature? Where?", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "On the way to this section, in the snow-covered area... It may have been just my imagination, but I believe I heard somebody scream furiously from above."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "On the way to this section, in the snow-covered area... It may have been just my imagination, but I believe I heard somebody scream furiously from above.", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "Ugh... This is no place for an elder like me. I feel ill. Perhaps it would be best for you if\u2014"}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "Ugh... This is no place for an elder like me. I feel ill. Perhaps it would be best for you if\u2014", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "<b>NO!</b> ... I mean... I apologize for that, my lord, but I must beg of you to keep going. I don\u2019t want to lose anyone else after all we have been through."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "<b>NO!</b> ... I mean... I apologize for that, my lord, but I must beg of you to keep going. I don\u2019t want to lose anyone else after all we have been through.", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "... Fair enough. (<i>coughs</i>)"}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "... Fair enough. (<i>coughs</i>)", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "(<i>coughs</i>)"}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "(<i>coughs</i>)", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Is something the matter, old elf?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Is something the matter, old elf?", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "It\u2019s only getting worse... it feels as if something wanted to burst out of my head. I pray to the Lords of Light that I may survive this ordeal..."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "It\u2019s only getting worse... it feels as if something wanted to burst out of my head. I pray to the Lords of Light that I may survive this ordeal...", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "I can\u2019t... continue... Galas, please go on without me..."}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "I can\u2019t... continue... Galas, please go on without me...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I refuse, my lord. I\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I refuse, my lord. I\u2014", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "<b>ARGH!</b> Galas, please\u2014 I\u2014 I remember that voice now\u2014"}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "<b>ARGH!</b> Galas, please\u2014 I\u2014 I remember that voice now\u2014", "replies": "L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "Her voice... She is\u2014"}
{"speaks": "L\u00e9dinor", "text": "Her voice... She is\u2014", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Ehhhhh... yuck. I thought it was only a figure of speech."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Ehhhhh... yuck. I thought it was only a figure of speech.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Your vassal? Are you... No... It can\u2019t be..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Your vassal? Are you... No... It can\u2019t be...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Galas... I fear that no matter what we try, we may never get L\u00e9dinor back. Uria must have infected his body in some way before we found him. This is\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas... I fear that no matter what we try, we may never get L\u00e9dinor back. Uria must have infected his body in some way before we found him. This is\u2014", "replies": "Corrupted L\u00e9dinor", "reply": "This is only the beginning, Lady of Light. The beginning of your downfall. Everything and everyone you hold dear shall perish in time. I\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Corrupted L\u00e9dinor", "text": "This is only the beginning, Lady of Light. The beginning of your downfall. Everything and everyone you hold dear shall perish in time. I\u2014", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Take your words to the grave, spawn of Uria!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Take your words to the grave, spawn of Uria!", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "That was terrifying... I fear now to think of who\u2019ll be next..."}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "That was terrifying... I fear now to think of who\u2019ll be next...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "He said he remembered her, Uria... She must have done this to him. It\u2019s the only explanation... the only logical explanation..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "He said he remembered her, Uria... She must have done this to him. It\u2019s the only explanation... the only logical explanation...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We... really ought to make haste and get out of this dreadful place... lest we find out the exact method Uria uses to possess people like this."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We... really ought to make haste and get out of this dreadful place... lest we find out the exact method Uria uses to possess people like this.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "No! The tunnel is collapsing on us! We weren\u2019t fast enough\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "No! The tunnel is collapsing on us! We weren\u2019t fast enough\u2014", "replies": "Lord Mizgill", "reply": "There they are, the heathens! The Iron Council wants their heads. Get to it!"}
{"speaks": "Lord Mizgill", "text": "There they are, the heathens! The Iron Council wants their heads. Get to it!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "(<i>shakes head</i>) Not again..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "(<i>shakes head</i>) Not again...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Your emperor has fallen and this fortress is crumbling with him. Flee and get out of our way or we will have to destroy you!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Your emperor has fallen and this fortress is crumbling with him. Flee and get out of our way or we will have to destroy you!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Keep moving!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Keep moving!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We can\u2019t leave Lord L\u00e9dinor behind! We must\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We can\u2019t leave Lord L\u00e9dinor behind! We must\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It\u2019s hopeless, Galas... Please, you must understand..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It\u2019s hopeless, Galas... Please, you must understand...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Come on, boy, you ought to know better than this by now, after seeing what became of the Master of Darkness."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Come on, boy, you ought to know better than this by now, after seeing what became of the Master of Darkness.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I am sorry, my lord. I am so sorry..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I understand that you wish to travel with me, Mal Keshar. But, what about you Galas? What will become of the elves who followed you to the Northlands?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I have served my people long enough, I would say. To be honest, once Lord Inodien and Lady Unarye became more involved, my presence in our councils became somewhat redundant. And without Anlind\u00eb to guide my decisions anymore... Regardless, I was appointed by Lord L\u00e9dinor; now that my own appointed successors lead our people and the Chaos Emperor is no more, I feel I have fulfilled my duty."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I have served my people long enough, I would say. To be honest, once Lord Inodien and Lady Unarye became more involved, my presence in our councils became somewhat redundant. And without Anlind\u00eb to guide my decisions anymore... Regardless, I was appointed by Lord L\u00e9dinor; now that my own appointed successors lead our people and the Chaos Emperor is no more, I feel I have fulfilled my duty.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "So..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "So...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "For the first time in ages, I feel free and able to make my own choices again without the weight of an entire civilization resting on my shoulders. So, I must ask you... Would it be all right if I accompanied you on your next journey, Elynia? Because I suspect you are not planning on sitting here idly."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "For the first time in ages, I feel free and able to make my own choices again without the weight of an entire civilization resting on my shoulders. So, I must ask you... Would it be all right if I accompanied you on your next journey, Elynia? Because I suspect you are not planning on sitting here idly.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... If that is what you want."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... If that is what you want.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "There is a place I would like to visit... That island Althurin mentioned, Zocthanol."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "There is a place I would like to visit... That island Althurin mentioned, Zocthanol.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I fear that the collapse of the Heart fortress may have erased much information about the origins of Uria and Yechnagoth that could have helped us otherwise. However, the Quenoth elves did establish their new home on that island after destroying Yechnagoth; it is possible that they may have found out more about the nature of our enemies since then. I want to meet Quetor\u2019el\u2019s lore-keepers and see what else they might know that could help us."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I fear that the collapse of the Heart fortress may have erased much information about the origins of Uria and Yechnagoth that could have helped us otherwise. However, the Quenoth elves did establish their new home on that island after destroying Yechnagoth; it is possible that they may have found out more about the nature of our enemies since then. I want to meet Quetor\u2019el\u2019s lore-keepers and see what else they might know that could help us.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "That seems fair enough. But, how are we going to get there?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "That seems fair enough. But, how are we going to get there?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Uh, we\u2019ll sail across the ocean, of course. Surely our northern friends won\u2019t mind if we borrow a ship or two."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Uh, we\u2019ll sail across the ocean, of course. Surely our northern friends won\u2019t mind if we borrow a ship or two.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "There is something unsettling about all this, though. Even though we set Argan free from his suffering, and the destruction of his capital severed the connection Irdya had with Inferno, the demons of Uria continue to roam our world in large numbers, just as before. Is she still able to influence our world? Are there other gateways to Inferno still intact elsewhere? And we never really saw the Chaos Warlord again. If she somehow survived\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "There is something unsettling about all this, though. Even though we set Argan free from his suffering, and the destruction of his capital severed the connection Irdya had with Inferno, the demons of Uria continue to roam our world in large numbers, just as before. Is she still able to influence our world? Are there other gateways to Inferno still intact elsewhere? And we never really saw the Chaos Warlord again. If she somehow survived\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Then we\u2019ll have to deal with her again, eventually. I know..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Then we\u2019ll have to deal with her again, eventually. I know...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "And then there is that Mal Hekuba and the Iron Council. I don\u2019t suspect they will give up easily, and we <i>are</i> still in enemy territory."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "And then there is that Mal Hekuba and the Iron Council. I don\u2019t suspect they will give up easily, and we <i>are</i> still in enemy territory.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Between the ongoing war and the loss of their capital, my hope is that they will be too preoccupied struggling against the Alliance in the north to hunt us down. (<i>sighs</i>)"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Between the ongoing war and the loss of their capital, my hope is that they will be too preoccupied struggling against the Alliance in the north to hunt us down. (<i>sighs</i>)", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I understand your concern, but there is hardly anything we can do with the scarce information we possess regarding Uria and her followers right now."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I understand your concern, but there is hardly anything we can do with the scarce information we possess regarding Uria and her followers right now.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "What about you, Igor? What will you do next?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "What about you, Igor? What will you do next?", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "Well... I actually wonder how I survived all that... I feel like a legend now, heh. But... perhaps it\u2019s time I find a nice place to settle in and live the rest of my days in peace, you know? Obviously not here, not in these lands with those wicked men everywhere. Could I follow you on a journey a last time? If that\u2019s all right with you, that is."}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "Well... I actually wonder how I survived all that... I feel like a legend now, heh. But... perhaps it\u2019s time I find a nice place to settle in and live the rest of my days in peace, you know? Obviously not here, not in these lands with those wicked men everywhere. Could I follow you on a journey a last time? If that\u2019s all right with you, that is.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Oh, of course it is. I would not even think of abandoning you and your trusty steed now that we have been reduced to such a small band of fugitives. (<i>turns menacingly</i>) I do need to raise a new army to protect us, after all."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Oh, of course it is. I would not even think of abandoning you and your trusty steed now that we have been reduced to such a small band of fugitives. (<i>turns menacingly</i>) I do need to raise a new army to protect us, after all.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>glaring</i>) Don\u2019t you dare."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>glaring</i>) Don\u2019t you dare.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "You always ruin everything for me. Why do I even tolerate this, I wonder..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "You always ruin everything for me. Why do I even tolerate this, I wonder...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "It is fine, Igor. We will miss you when we finally part ways."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "It is fine, Igor. We will miss you when we finally part ways.", "replies": "Igor", "reply": "Oh, I\u2019ll miss you too, friends. (<i>sniffles</i>)"}
{"speaks": "Igor", "text": "Oh, I\u2019ll miss you too, friends. (<i>sniffles</i>)", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Let us return to the Far North, then. I would like to pay a visit to our people as well."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Let us return to the Far North, then. I would like to pay a visit to our people as well.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hah! So you do miss being in a position of power after all!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hah! So you do miss being in a position of power after all!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "No, no, it\u2019s nothing like that. I just want to speak to my comrades again \u2014 it has been far too long since I last saw their faces."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We are travelers. We don\u2019t plan to stay in your town for more than one night. You don\u2019t need to know who we are.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "As I said, we don\u2019t plan to stay for more than one night. Just let us in."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "As I said, we don\u2019t plan to stay for more than one night. Just let us in.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Eh?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Eh?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You are not alerting the entire town of his presence, are you? Such a handsome man could spend the night doing... more worthwhile things than fighting us..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You are not alerting the entire town of his presence, are you? Such a handsome man could spend the night doing... more worthwhile things than fighting us...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Henchmen? Do you see anyone else accompanying us?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Henchmen? Do you see anyone else accompanying us?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Well, then."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Well, then.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Cursed, you say?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Cursed, you say?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Clad in black armor, bearing flags with impaled skulls at the top, and said to smell especially funny?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Clad in black armor, bearing flags with impaled skulls at the top, and said to smell especially funny?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "They are our enemies as well. We have had some encounters with them before. Perhaps we could be of help, <i>if</i> you would let us inside your walls."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "They are our enemies as well. We have had some encounters with them before. Perhaps we could be of help, <i>if</i> you would let us inside your walls.", "replies": "Morzey", "reply": "Let them come in at once! We are in need of all the help we can get if we want to live another day."}
{"speaks": "Morzey", "text": "Let them come in at once! We are in need of all the help we can get if we want to live another day.", "replies": "Morzey", "reply": "Strangers, please help us. I am sure the gate guards already told you of the situation..."}
{"speaks": "Morzey", "text": "Strangers, please help us. I am sure the gate guards already told you of the situation...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Yes, they did."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Yes, they did.", "replies": "Morzey", "reply": "Well, well. I have heard of necromancers helping the northern country\u2019s cause, so I... suppose you can be trusted. Although, if you turn out to be working for our enemies we would be doomed either way. I beg of you to aid us in this battle; all we have left nowadays is the town militia, for which we can barely afford proper weapons."}
{"speaks": "Morzey", "text": "Well, well. I have heard of necromancers helping the northern country\u2019s cause, so I... suppose you can be trusted. Although, if you turn out to be working for our enemies we would be doomed either way. I beg of you to aid us in this battle; all we have left nowadays is the town militia, for which we can barely afford proper weapons.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We\u2019ll help you. Just don\u2019t ask names."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We\u2019ll help you. Just don\u2019t ask names.", "replies": "Morzey", "reply": "That\u2019s... a very dubious request..."}
{"speaks": "Morzey", "text": "That\u2019s... a very dubious request...", "replies": "Morzey", "reply": "Blast it, they arrived sooner than I expected. To arms!"}
{"speaks": "Morzey", "text": "Blast it, they arrived sooner than I expected. To arms!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We failed to protect the town..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We failed to protect the town...", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Curse you, heretics! The Iron Council shall punish you for your deeds!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Curse you, heretics! The Iron Council shall punish you for your deeds!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I do not think so."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I do not think so.", "replies": "Morzey", "reply": "We will be eternally thankful for your help, travelers! If there is anything we can do in return..."}
{"speaks": "Morzey", "text": "We will be eternally thankful for your help, travelers! If there is anything we can do in return...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "No problem; we just need provisions and directions for our journey to the northern country."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "No problem; we just need provisions and directions for our journey to the northern country.", "replies": "Morzey", "reply": "Traveling north, eh? There is a mountain pass to the northeast \u2014 it used to be a very accessible trading route before the war began. Nowadays it is plagued by dark cultists and their undead minions, and the Grand Council has done nothing to clean it up."}
{"speaks": "Morzey", "text": "Traveling north, eh? There is a mountain pass to the northeast \u2014 it used to be a very accessible trading route before the war began. Nowadays it is plagued by dark cultists and their undead minions, and the Grand Council has done nothing to clean it up.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Thanks for the information, we may as well take that path then."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Thanks for the information, we may as well take that path then.", "replies": "Morzey", "reply": "Are you sure?"}
{"speaks": "Morzey", "text": "Are you sure?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "We <i>control</i> the dead. We need not worry about them."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "We <i>control</i> the dead. We need not worry about them.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Oh, no! We have run out of time, and their reinforcements have arrived!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "This place gives me chills. Perhaps this path was not a good choice after all.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "... and who called upon you?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "... and who called upon you?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "So it is as the townsfolk warned us \u2014 this pass is infested with undead. We\u2019ll have to give them a final rest before we can proceed any further."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "So it is as the townsfolk warned us \u2014 this pass is infested with undead. We\u2019ll have to give them a final rest before we can proceed any further.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Aww, this will be boring."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Aww, this will be boring.", "replies": "Mal Ciphan", "reply": "Ahhh, the traitors! Never again will you see the sunlight, for I shall feed your impious souls to Yechnagoth!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Ciphan", "text": "Ahhh, the traitors! Never again will you see the sunlight, for I shall feed your impious souls to Yechnagoth!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "The same old tune. These goons should seek a new job or something."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "The same old tune. These goons should seek a new job or something.", "replies": "Nyadien", "reply": "You, Galas! You abandoned us in the valley! You left us all to die!"}
{"speaks": "Nyadien", "text": "You, Galas! You abandoned us in the valley! You left us all to die!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Nyadien? But..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Nyadien? But...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Do you know him?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Do you know him?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Yes, he was the leader of the patrol group that replaced mine just before the loyalists invaded our valley."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Yes, he was the leader of the patrol group that replaced mine just before the loyalists invaded our valley.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Elf, know that Galas did not have the power to stop that invasion, but the Chaos Empire no longer has a leader. There is nothing that should force you to roam this world anymore!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Elf, know that Galas did not have the power to stop that invasion, but the Chaos Empire no longer has a leader. There is nothing that should force you to roam this world anymore!", "replies": "Nyadien", "reply": "I will personally make sure you don\u2019t go unpunished, traitor!"}
{"speaks": "Nyadien", "text": "I will personally make sure you don\u2019t go unpunished, traitor!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "It is a waste of time to try to deal with this pile of bones. The necromancer who raised him probably used some malign spell to infect his soul with hatred towards every elf who outlived him."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "It is a waste of time to try to deal with this pile of bones. The necromancer who raised him probably used some malign spell to infect his soul with hatred towards every elf who outlived him.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "I am vanquished, but I curse your race to never see a day of peace or joy again for the rest of eternity!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "I am vanquished, but I curse your race to never see a day of peace or joy again for the rest of eternity!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "So many times... I forget how many times they have said that."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "So many times... I forget how many times they have said that.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "There is a storm approaching."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "There is a storm approaching.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "This doesn\u2019t seem good at all \u2014 the storm has finally reached this pass and we\u2019ll be buried under the snow. We should not have tarried here for so long!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I don\u2019t like this... There are signs of a recent battle in this area.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Quickly, let us investigate what happened here. I hope it\u2019s not too late."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Quickly, let us investigate what happened here. I hope it\u2019s not too late.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We are sworn allies of the peoples of the Far North, and the undead support us against our enemies."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We are sworn allies of the peoples of the Far North, and the undead support us against our enemies.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "This fortress barely stands. What vile creatures have come to plague the northern country?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "This fortress barely stands. What vile creatures have come to plague the northern country?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We must help these poor people and try to negotiate a deal with our kinsmen. We must not allow another civil war to tear our civilization apart! Otherwise..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We must help these poor people and try to negotiate a deal with our kinsmen. We must not allow another civil war to tear our civilization apart! Otherwise...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Our sacrifices would have been in vain."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Our sacrifices would have been in vain.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We\u2019ll help you defend your fortress until those reinforcements arrive."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We\u2019ll help you defend your fortress until those reinforcements arrive.", "replies": "Unid\u00eb", "reply": "Who is it that helps the human sub-people defend their town against the true rulers of the forest?"}
{"speaks": "Unid\u00eb", "text": "Who is it that helps the human sub-people defend their town against the true rulers of the forest?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I am Galas, an elf of the Valley of Elynia like you. What is the reason for this unnecessary bloodshed?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I am Galas, an elf of the Valley of Elynia like you. What is the reason for this unnecessary bloodshed?", "replies": "Unid\u00eb", "reply": "We are at war with those who have taken the life of Lord Inodien and his successor! Are you supporters of their foul cause too?"}
{"speaks": "Unid\u00eb", "text": "We are at war with those who have taken the life of Lord Inodien and his successor! Are you supporters of their foul cause too?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "You know me well, Unid\u00eb \u2014 I would not support anyone, elf or otherwise, who would threaten the life of our leaders and our civilization. However, you are not doing any good by murdering innocent humans and elves."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "You know me well, Unid\u00eb \u2014 I would not support anyone, elf or otherwise, who would threaten the life of our leaders and our civilization. However, you are not doing any good by murdering innocent humans and elves.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "There must be a way to solve this problem without resorting to fighting. In these grim times, with war already raging in the outer lands, the last thing we need is conflict between ourselves as well. It will be our definitive doom. The traitors must be judged by elvish law, not by chaos and death."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "There must be a way to solve this problem without resorting to fighting. In these grim times, with war already raging in the outer lands, the last thing we need is conflict between ourselves as well. It will be our definitive doom. The traitors must be judged by elvish law, not by chaos and death.", "replies": "Unid\u00eb", "reply": "Who do you think you are to give me orders? I am in charge of our people now, and I do not listen to those who ally themselves with this worthless human scum and their foul dark sorcerers."}
{"speaks": "Unid\u00eb", "text": "Who do you think you are to give me orders? I am in charge of our people now, and I do not listen to those who ally themselves with this worthless human scum and their foul dark sorcerers.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Diplomacy isn\u2019t going to work, of course \u2014 this petty elf has a death wish."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Diplomacy isn\u2019t going to work, of course \u2014 this petty elf has a death wish.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Avoid killing their leaders at all costs. If we want to solve this conflict, we\u2019ll need the Grand Council to negotiate with the faction leaders, and without them, I fear that their successors may incite an even worse bloodshed. I only wish we could stop our kinsmen without resorting to violence."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Avoid killing their leaders at all costs. If we want to solve this conflict, we\u2019ll need the Grand Council to negotiate with the faction leaders, and without them, I fear that their successors may incite an even worse bloodshed. I only wish we could stop our kinsmen without resorting to violence.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "As it seems now, there is no other option for us than to hold out against their troops until help arrives. To arms!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "As it seems now, there is no other option for us than to hold out against their troops until help arrives. To arms!", "replies": "Unid\u00eb", "reply": "Though our enemies will not die by my hand, my brethren will avenge me! May this be the last day the traitors live to see the light of Naia and Sela!"}
{"speaks": "Unid\u00eb", "text": "Though our enemies will not die by my hand, my brethren will avenge me! May this be the last day the traitors live to see the light of Naia and Sela!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We shouldn\u2019t have allowed her to die. Now it will be nigh impossible to put an end to this!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We shouldn\u2019t have allowed her to die. Now it will be nigh impossible to put an end to this!", "replies": "Cel\u00e1n", "reply": "Alas, I have fallen before putting an end to this conflict."}
{"speaks": "Cel\u00e1n", "text": "Alas, I have fallen before putting an end to this conflict.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We shouldn\u2019t have allowed him to die. Now it will be nigh impossible to put an end to this!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We shouldn\u2019t have allowed him to die. Now it will be nigh impossible to put an end to this!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "I die... for our people!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "I die... for our people!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Ahh, great. Now we are killing other elves."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Ahh, great. Now we are killing other elves.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "The situation is not improving. If those reinforcements don\u2019t arrive soon we won\u2019t be able to hold this place for much longer!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "The situation is not improving. If those reinforcements don\u2019t arrive soon we won\u2019t be able to hold this place for much longer!", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "Elves, stop this brutal bloodshed! You have slaughtered many innocent northerners; humans, orcs, and elves alike. This dreadful display breaches the treaty we signed with Lord Galas!"}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "Elves, stop this brutal bloodshed! You have slaughtered many innocent northerners; humans, orcs, and elves alike. This dreadful display breaches the treaty we signed with Lord Galas!", "replies": "Unid\u00eb", "reply": "We do not listen to human sub-people!"}
{"speaks": "Unid\u00eb", "text": "We do not listen to human sub-people!", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "Then you shall listen to your own authorities. I came as soon as I could to bring order to this chaos. You have not only disobeyed the will of your former leader, Lord Galas; you also ignored the advice and command of Elynia, the Lady of Light herself."}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "Then you shall listen to your own authorities. I came as soon as I could to bring order to this chaos. You have not only disobeyed the will of your former leader, Lord Galas; you also ignored the advice and command of Elynia, the Lady of Light herself.", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "In light of these events and the terms of the treaty, the Grand Council has decided to banish the elvish kind from the northern country. You shall put an end to your civil war and prepare to leave our territory before five days have passed, or we shall order our own troops to deal with you. We do not want to do this, and you are well aware that you are at a numerical disadvantage."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "In light of these events and the terms of the treaty, the Grand Council has decided to banish the elvish kind from the northern country. You shall put an end to your civil war and prepare to leave our territory before five days have passed, or we shall order our own troops to deal with you. We do not want to do this, and you are well aware that you are at a numerical disadvantage.", "replies": "Cel\u00e1n", "reply": "Did one of your kind kill the puny \u2018lord\u2019 of these rebels as part of a ruse to banish us from the forests, then?"}
{"speaks": "Cel\u00e1n", "text": "Did one of your kind kill the puny \u2018lord\u2019 of these rebels as part of a ruse to banish us from the forests, then?", "replies": "Kar-velgan", "reply": "Listen, wose-born scum: Inodien was slain by no elf, human or orc!"}
{"speaks": "Kar-velgan", "text": "Listen, wose-born scum: Inodien was slain by no elf, human or orc!", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "We have good reasons to think that the Chaos Empire sent forth their mercenaries for the purpose of causing this revolt and sending us all to our doom. But we are not letting that happen, at least not today."}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "We have good reasons to think that the Chaos Empire sent forth their mercenaries for the purpose of causing this revolt and sending us all to our doom. But we are not letting that happen, at least not today.", "replies": "Unid\u00eb", "reply": "This is not fair! Why should we pay for crimes committed by outsiders?"}
{"speaks": "Unid\u00eb", "text": "This is not fair! Why should we pay for crimes committed by outsiders?", "replies": "Kar-velgan", "reply": "Your hands are not clean, elf! How do you even dare to ignore that fact in front of the bearers of the law?"}
{"speaks": "Kar-velgan", "text": "Your hands are not clean, elf! How do you even dare to ignore that fact in front of the bearers of the law?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It is true. We have spilled much elvish blood with this fight. Galas and I shall leave these lands as soon as we can."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It is true. We have spilled much elvish blood with this fight. Galas and I shall leave these lands as soon as we can.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "What? And how are we going to travel to Zocthanol Isle then?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "What? And how are we going to travel to Zocthanol Isle then?", "replies": "Unid\u00eb", "reply": "I swear that my people will never forget this, the most vile of treacheries. I shall withdraw my troops and my people from this accursed country today, but I do intend to return some day to demand proper justice!"}
{"speaks": "Unid\u00eb", "text": "I swear that my people will never forget this, the most vile of treacheries. I shall withdraw my troops and my people from this accursed country today, but I do intend to return some day to demand proper justice!", "replies": "Cel\u00e1n", "reply": "If the Lady of Light is willing to depart from these lands to never return because of our own misdeeds, then we shall abandon the country as well. Come with me, men!"}
{"speaks": "Cel\u00e1n", "text": "If the Lady of Light is willing to depart from these lands to never return because of our own misdeeds, then we shall abandon the country as well. Come with me, men!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Elynia? Can you tell us your plan?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Elynia? Can you tell us your plan?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "There is a port to the west in the Bay of Tirigaz. It\u2019s controlled by orcs, but perhaps we can find a way to bribe them so they lend us ships and provisions. It is the only port that doesn\u2019t belong to the Aragwaithi nowadays."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "There is a port to the west in the Bay of Tirigaz. It\u2019s controlled by orcs, but perhaps we can find a way to bribe them so they lend us ships and provisions. It is the only port that doesn\u2019t belong to the Aragwaithi nowadays.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "That will be my job to do."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "That is the sound of those blasted creatures!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Um... that\u2019s unusual. Could they be behind the death of Inodien? But then..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Um... that\u2019s unusual. Could they be behind the death of Inodien? But then...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... The Chaos Empire must not be in disarray as we thought."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... The Chaos Empire must not be in disarray as we thought.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "They shall pay for the senseless destruction and bloodshed they caused. Let us get rid of them before they bring more strife to this country!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "They shall pay for the senseless destruction and bloodshed they caused. Let us get rid of them before they bring more strife to this country!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Don\u2019t die yet, vermin! We want some answers before crushing your useless skull against the rocks!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Don\u2019t die yet, vermin! We want some answers before crushing your useless skull against the rocks!", "replies": "Darglen", "reply": "... And do you really believe I would speak? Heh... you can torture me as much as you want, but you won\u2019t get anything from me!"}
{"speaks": "Darglen", "text": "... And do you really believe I would speak? Heh... you can torture me as much as you want, but you won\u2019t get anything from me!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Stupid..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Stupid...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Let him."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Let him.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "That bastard... Hekuba... He and the Iron Triad must be behind this. But what are they trying to accomplish?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "That bastard... Hekuba... He and the Iron Triad must be behind this. But what are they trying to accomplish?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "They want to take revenge on us and our kind after Argan\u2019s death, of course. It seems that as long as their cult exists, so will the Chaos Empire."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "They want to take revenge on us and our kind after Argan\u2019s death, of course. It seems that as long as their cult exists, so will the Chaos Empire.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "This was the last one, and it doesn\u2019t seem like there are any more groups coming here."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "This was the last one, and it doesn\u2019t seem like there are any more groups coming here.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Let\u2019s not worry a lot about them. These pathetic weaklings are nothing compared to the hordes we fought before."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Let\u2019s not worry a lot about them. These pathetic weaklings are nothing compared to the hordes we fought before.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Let\u2019s proceed to Tirigaz now, quickly."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Let\u2019s proceed to Tirigaz now, quickly.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Why don\u2019t we go after their leaders and put an end to this stupid war <i>now</i>?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Why don\u2019t we go after their leaders and put an end to this stupid war <i>now</i>?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "No... That would be a highly reckless choice. We don\u2019t know what kind of enemies we might be facing other than Mal Hekuba \u2014 you have not forgotten our last encounter with him, have you? We are at a disadvantage without more information about them \u2014 their leaders, their weapons, their plans. This is why we must find Zocthanol first."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "No... That would be a highly reckless choice. We don\u2019t know what kind of enemies we might be facing other than Mal Hekuba \u2014 you have not forgotten our last encounter with him, have you? We are at a disadvantage without more information about them \u2014 their leaders, their weapons, their plans. This is why we must find Zocthanol first.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Sigh. Very well, then."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Sigh. Very well, then.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "We have wasted far too much time dealing with these pests. Look! A large swarm is approaching from the south!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "We have wasted far too much time dealing with these pests. Look! A large swarm is approaching from the south!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Indeed. This... this was not a very prudent idea."}
{"speaks": "Tan-Vatar", "text": "We care nothing for your stupid conflicts on the eastern borders. You trespassed our frontiers and broke our treaty, and now you ask from us the very lands you took by force; after raiding our southern garrison, no less! If you believe we will accede now\u2014", "replies": "Ishkaal", "reply": "To the Dark Gods with you and your treaty! The words of an orc are no more meaningful than his fetid breath! Maybe you\u2019ll admit your defeat once we have razed every single one of your precious buildings to the ground. Go ahead, Rishix! Teach them a lesson!"}
{"speaks": "Ishkaal", "text": "To the Dark Gods with you and your treaty! The words of an orc are no more meaningful than his fetid breath! Maybe you\u2019ll admit your defeat once we have razed every single one of your precious buildings to the ground. Go ahead, Rishix! Teach them a lesson!", "replies": "Rishix", "reply": "We\u2019ll make these puny dirt-dwellers rue the day they were born!"}
{"speaks": "Rishix", "text": "We\u2019ll make these puny dirt-dwellers rue the day they were born!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "That city to the northwest... is it the port of Tirigaz?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "That city to the northwest... is it the port of Tirigaz?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Yes... it wasn\u2019t so well fortified during my time. So many things have changed since then."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Yes... it wasn\u2019t so well fortified during my time. So many things have changed since then.", "replies": "Vuruk", "reply": "Hello, strangers! Are you loyal to the Grand Council?"}
{"speaks": "Vuruk", "text": "Hello, strangers! Are you loyal to the Grand Council?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Yes, we are."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Yes, we are.", "replies": "Vuruk", "reply": "Those vile saurians hold the port of Tirigaz under siege, leaving me unable to reach the city to deliver some important news to our lord. I think I speak for all of us when I say that your help would be very appreciated. I need to get to the city keep, but the journey across isn\u2019t safe while those vermin roam about our lands!"}
{"speaks": "Vuruk", "text": "Those vile saurians hold the port of Tirigaz under siege, leaving me unable to reach the city to deliver some important news to our lord. I think I speak for all of us when I say that your help would be very appreciated. I need to get to the city keep, but the journey across isn\u2019t safe while those vermin roam about our lands!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The enemies of our friends are our enemies. We can help you."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The enemies of our friends are our enemies. We can help you.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "(<i>whispering</i>) I am curious about their motives... Don\u2019t you think your trust in the orcs could be misplaced?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "(<i>whispering</i>) I am curious about their motives... Don\u2019t you think your trust in the orcs could be misplaced?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We must stop and repel those saurians before they take over Tirigaz or the northern town that provides resources to the port."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We must stop and repel those saurians before they take over Tirigaz or the northern town that provides resources to the port.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Vuruk, what is it that you need to report to the lord of Tirigaz?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Vuruk, what is it that you need to report to the lord of Tirigaz?", "replies": "Vuruk", "reply": "Hmm... I fear it is nothing I\u2019m allowed to share with anyone but Lord Tan-Vatar and his trusted commanders, at least not at this time."}
{"speaks": "Vuruk", "text": "Hmm... I fear it is nothing I\u2019m allowed to share with anyone but Lord Tan-Vatar and his trusted commanders, at least not at this time.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Fair enough."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Fair enough.", "replies": "Ishkaal", "reply": "Come in aid of your kin, friends from the deep sea!"}
{"speaks": "Ishkaal", "text": "Come in aid of your kin, friends from the deep sea!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Ah, ha, ha, hah! They have the support of some wild creatures from the ocean! Nothing we cannot handle."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Ah, ha, ha, hah! They have the support of some wild creatures from the ocean! Nothing we cannot handle.", "replies": "Ishkaal", "reply": "This is turning out to be much harder than we expected..."}
{"speaks": "Ishkaal", "text": "This is turning out to be much harder than we expected...", "replies": "Vuruk", "reply": "Arthol is being ransacked by the saurians! Now there\u2019s no hope for Tirigaz!"}
{"speaks": "Vuruk", "text": "Arthol is being ransacked by the saurians! Now there\u2019s no hope for Tirigaz!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Tirigaz has been captured! Our mission has failed, and we won\u2019t be able to reach Zocthanol now!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Tirigaz has been captured! Our mission has failed, and we won\u2019t be able to reach Zocthanol now!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We let the orcish messenger perish on the battlefield! The lord of Tirigaz is not going to like this..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We let the orcish messenger perish on the battlefield! The lord of Tirigaz is not going to like this...", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Damn you, dirt-dwellers!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Damn you, dirt-dwellers!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "I have been struck down by the damned minions of a lich! This is not fair!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "I have been struck down by the damned minions of a lich! This is not fair!", "replies": "Ishkaal", "reply": "Noooooo! You\u2019ll suffer for this atrocity!"}
{"speaks": "Ishkaal", "text": "Noooooo! You\u2019ll suffer for this atrocity!", "replies": "second_unit", "reply": "Ha, ha, ha! Die, fool!"}
{"speaks": "second_unit", "text": "Ha, ha, ha! Die, fool!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "No! The city will fall... without my leadership... *ack*"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "No! The city will fall... without my leadership... *ack*", "replies": "Ishkaal", "reply": "Take that, orcish scum! Your leader is dead now, and your city is ours!"}
{"speaks": "Ishkaal", "text": "Take that, orcish scum! Your leader is dead now, and your city is ours!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The commander of the defense of Tirigaz has been slain! The city won\u2019t resist for much longer now..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The commander of the defense of Tirigaz has been slain! The city won\u2019t resist for much longer now...", "replies": "Ishkaal", "reply": "Crush their villages into the ground!"}
{"speaks": "Ishkaal", "text": "Crush their villages into the ground!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "These villages belong to the lord of Tirigaz! We must protect them, not capture them!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "These villages belong to the lord of Tirigaz! We must protect them, not capture them!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "(<i>jumps in</i>) Wheeeeeeee!!!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "(<i>jumps in</i>) Wheeeeeeee!!!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Yes! We did it!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Yes! We did it!", "replies": "Tan-Vatar", "reply": "This is an important battle you\u2019ve helped us win, travelers. The city of Tirigaz shall be eternally thankful for your assistance."}
{"speaks": "Tan-Vatar", "text": "This is an important battle you\u2019ve helped us win, travelers. The city of Tirigaz shall be eternally thankful for your assistance.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It is our duty to assist our allies in these times. However, I believe this soldier has something to tell you..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It is our duty to assist our allies in these times. However, I believe this soldier has something to tell you...", "replies": "Vitork", "reply": "Vuruk, brother, you made it! Did you discover anything new?"}
{"speaks": "Vitork", "text": "Vuruk, brother, you made it! Did you discover anything new?", "replies": "Vuruk", "reply": "Ha, indeed! I need to talk with you about it later, but now I must report to the chieftains."}
{"speaks": "Vuruk", "text": "Ha, indeed! I need to talk with you about it later, but now I must report to the chieftains.", "replies": "Tan-Vatar", "reply": "I see you helped Vuruk return home safe and sound. Well done! So, what can we do for you to repay our debt?"}
{"speaks": "Tan-Vatar", "text": "I see you helped Vuruk return home safe and sound. Well done! So, what can we do for you to repay our debt?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Um, we are currently looking for transportation services. We must sail the open ocean to find a certain island..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Um, we are currently looking for transportation services. We must sail the open ocean to find a certain island...", "replies": "Tan-Vatar", "reply": "I mean no offense, but only fools would dare sail the <i>open ocean</i>! Nobody has ventured into farther waters and returned in one piece, ever! Nobody knows exactly what kind of creatures inhabit the Vast Sea! Nobody knows for certain what lies beyond the horizon, but it surely can\u2019t be good, you see! Why would anyone want to travel so far into unknown waters, when there are plenty of safer unexplored lands awaiting back whence you came?"}
{"speaks": "Tan-Vatar", "text": "I mean no offense, but only fools would dare sail the <i>open ocean</i>! Nobody has ventured into farther waters and returned in one piece, ever! Nobody knows exactly what kind of creatures inhabit the Vast Sea! Nobody knows for certain what lies beyond the horizon, but it surely can\u2019t be good, you see! Why would anyone want to travel so far into unknown waters, when there are plenty of safer unexplored lands awaiting back whence you came?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "We have a mission to complete, but much like Vuruk\u2019s, it is not something we should discuss with..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "We have a mission to complete, but much like Vuruk\u2019s, it is not something we should discuss with...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We know the location of a certain isle where some people who once lived on the Great Continent went to. We need to gather some information from them \u2014 as part of a mission for the Grand Council."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We know the location of a certain isle where some people who once lived on the Great Continent went to. We need to gather some information from them \u2014 as part of a mission for the Grand Council.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Uh, huh."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Uh, huh.", "replies": "Tan-Vatar", "reply": "The Grand Council? Why didn\u2019t you say so in the first place! We\u2019ll do anything we can to help you in your mission. It\u2019ll be difficult to gather an appropriate crew for you, but at least I can give you one of our fastest transport vessels."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "This place appears to be abandoned... Are you sure this is the correct island?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Not completely... but it\u2019s possible that the Quenoth elves just avoid these shores for some reason."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Not completely... but it\u2019s possible that the Quenoth elves just avoid these shores for some reason.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Let\u2019s explore and try to find them, then."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Let\u2019s explore and try to find them, then.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Maybe we should return to the ship. I\u2019m not really sure about going into the forest at night, it could be dangerous."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Maybe we should return to the ship. I\u2019m not really sure about going into the forest at night, it could be dangerous.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Why are you hesitating now?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Why are you hesitating now?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Do you remember when we almost lost you in the caves beneath Wesmere? I don\u2019t want to risk that occurring again. We don\u2019t know why we haven\u2019t found any elves here and..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Do you remember when we almost lost you in the caves beneath Wesmere? I don\u2019t want to risk that occurring again. We don\u2019t know why we haven\u2019t found any elves here and...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Is there something you haven\u2019t told me?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Is there something you haven\u2019t told me?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Galas, I\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas, I\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I hear something moving among the trees."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I hear something moving among the trees.", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "Who are you and where do you come from? You don\u2019t seem to be of our kin."}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "Who are you and where do you come from? You don\u2019t seem to be of our kin.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We are elves! There\u2019s no need to point at us with those arrows and swords, either; we\u2019re clearly at a disadvantage here."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We are elves! There\u2019s no need to point at us with those arrows and swords, either; we\u2019re clearly at a disadvantage here.", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "You do not look or dress like our people. Is this some kind of joke? We are pretty sure we\u2019ve never seen your faces on this island."}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "You do not look or dress like our people. Is this some kind of joke? We are pretty sure we\u2019ve never seen your faces on this island.", "replies": "Hara", "reply": "They are probably impostors sent by Uria to destroy our home!"}
{"speaks": "Hara", "text": "They are probably impostors sent by Uria to destroy our home!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Let us explain..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Let us explain...", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "Arrest them!"}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "Arrest them!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Stop!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Stop!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>spreading her wings</i>) How can you <b>not</b> recognize your sylvan ancestors, young girl? Have the Quenoth elves completely forgotten their history after all this time?!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>spreading her wings</i>) How can you <b>not</b> recognize your sylvan ancestors, young girl? Have the Quenoth elves completely forgotten their history after all this time?!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>in a calm, sad tone</i>) When did you last see the essence of the forest blazing in the dark?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>in a calm, sad tone</i>) When did you last see the essence of the forest blazing in the dark?", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "Come with me."}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "Lord Gaellis, son of Kalehssar, we found these two strangers on the southeastern shores. They came from the northern seas, and seem to bring the light of Eloh with them.", "replies": "Gaellis", "reply": "No land dwellers have set foot on this island for a long time. The last recorded landing was centuries ago, when our own kin came here seeking a new home; they made sure no-one was left behind on the continent. Tell us, who are you?"}
{"speaks": "Gaellis", "text": "No land dwellers have set foot on this island for a long time. The last recorded landing was centuries ago, when our own kin came here seeking a new home; they made sure no-one was left behind on the continent. Tell us, who are you?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Sir, I am Galas, son of Valthir, and this is..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Sir, I am Galas, son of Valthir, and this is...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Elynia, daughter of Deni\u00e9th-Isal."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Elynia, daughter of Deni\u00e9th-Isal.", "replies": "Maina", "reply": "You bear a strong resemblance to us. Spread your wings, Elynia. Albeit unusually pale, your face is that of an elf; but your clothes, and your wings... they are very unlike our own. Where do you come from?"}
{"speaks": "Maina", "text": "You bear a strong resemblance to us. Spread your wings, Elynia. Albeit unusually pale, your face is that of an elf; but your clothes, and your wings... they are very unlike our own. Where do you come from?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "From the Great Continent \u2014 from the region we call the Far North, beyond the tall Heart Mountains that grasp the sky and guard the green lands. There, the suns\u2019 light has not been enough to burn those beautiful forests forever. We are different to you, indeed; we are forest elves, and we have come to seek your help against the great evil that has befallen Irdya."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "From the Great Continent \u2014 from the region we call the Far North, beyond the tall Heart Mountains that grasp the sky and guard the green lands. There, the suns\u2019 light has not been enough to burn those beautiful forests forever. We are different to you, indeed; we are forest elves, and we have come to seek your help against the great evil that has befallen Irdya.", "replies": "Gaellis", "reply": "Forest elves? How is that possible? The last our people saw of the Great Continent were vast deserts plagued with foul orcs, necromancers, and human barbarians. There\u2019s no green life left on it anymore!"}
{"speaks": "Gaellis", "text": "Forest elves? How is that possible? The last our people saw of the Great Continent were vast deserts plagued with foul orcs, necromancers, and human barbarians. There\u2019s no green life left on it anymore!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Maybe your people didn\u2019t travel far enough! Most of the central region fits your description, but there are a few secluded valleys where life has continued to thrive, and the Far North is vast enough to allow both humans and orcs to live relatively at peace with each other."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Maybe your people didn\u2019t travel far enough! Most of the central region fits your description, but there are a few secluded valleys where life has continued to thrive, and the Far North is vast enough to allow both humans and orcs to live relatively at peace with each other.", "replies": "Gaellis", "reply": "That is\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Gaellis", "text": "That is\u2014", "replies": "Inara", "reply": "Kalehssar, the Blade of Eloh, destroyed the dark force that once reigned over Irdya and attempted to erase the last remnants of our kind. What new foe threatens to put an end to our peace now, daughter of the forests?"}
{"speaks": "Inara", "text": "Kalehssar, the Blade of Eloh, destroyed the dark force that once reigned over Irdya and attempted to erase the last remnants of our kind. What new foe threatens to put an end to our peace now, daughter of the forests?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The creature slain by his hand was but a servant of a far greater power. The fight is not over yet, and although we have recently vanquished another... minion of hers, the influence she exerts on this world remains as strong as ever."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The creature slain by his hand was but a servant of a far greater power. The fight is not over yet, and although we have recently vanquished another... minion of hers, the influence she exerts on this world remains as strong as ever.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I realize that this may sound overly dramatic, but I speak the truth, for I am the slayer of Zhangor, and Eloh guided me back to you in this era because you have the missing page of our civilization\u2019s history: Kalehssar fought Yechnagoth, the Eater of Souls, and defeated her on this island nearly four centuries ago. The enemy we face now is none other than Uria, who has amassed an empire of human followers on the Great Continent. Even now as we speak, they work with the forces of Inferno and their unspeakable creations to destroy all that is left in the world!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I realize that this may sound overly dramatic, but I speak the truth, for I am the slayer of Zhangor, and Eloh guided me back to you in this era because you have the missing page of our civilization\u2019s history: Kalehssar fought Yechnagoth, the Eater of Souls, and defeated her on this island nearly four centuries ago. The enemy we face now is none other than Uria, who has amassed an empire of human followers on the Great Continent. Even now as we speak, they work with the forces of Inferno and their unspeakable creations to destroy all that is left in the world!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I cannot do miracles. If you need more proof of our claims\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I cannot do miracles. If you need more proof of our claims\u2014", "replies": "Maina", "reply": "At the end of the previous era, you were sent by Eloh to protect elvenkind from the Demon Lord. Now, you have returned to us to protect all Irdya from the Fallen Goddess... Elynia, the power you wield has not been seen by our kin for eons, as much of our forefathers\u2019 knowledge perished with them when the spawn of Uria destroyed their forests. You are a rare gem among the entire elvish civilization, and we have no reason to distrust you. We listen to the call of our forest ancestors, and we agree to help you."}
{"speaks": "Maina", "text": "At the end of the previous era, you were sent by Eloh to protect elvenkind from the Demon Lord. Now, you have returned to us to protect all Irdya from the Fallen Goddess... Elynia, the power you wield has not been seen by our kin for eons, as much of our forefathers\u2019 knowledge perished with them when the spawn of Uria destroyed their forests. You are a rare gem among the entire elvish civilization, and we have no reason to distrust you. We listen to the call of our forest ancestors, and we agree to help you.", "replies": "Maina", "reply": "Don\u2019t we all?"}
{"speaks": "Maina", "text": "Don\u2019t we all?", "replies": "Gaellis", "reply": "What kind of help do you need?"}
{"speaks": "Gaellis", "text": "What kind of help do you need?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Necromancy is the least of evils now that Uria\u2019s minions plague the Great Continent. In our long journey to this island, we have not only been assisted by the orcs of the Far North, but also by a lich who helped us defeat the Chaos Emperor. We will need his help here, so I request that we are allowed to bring our orcish and undead allies to this island."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Necromancy is the least of evils now that Uria\u2019s minions plague the Great Continent. In our long journey to this island, we have not only been assisted by the orcs of the Far North, but also by a lich who helped us defeat the Chaos Emperor. We will need his help here, so I request that we are allowed to bring our orcish and undead allies to this island.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It is true that many necromancers have worked together with Uria\u2019s minions to bring doom to the natural inhabitants of the continent, including your own ancestors. But it\u2019s also true that knowing whether a creature walks the path of Light or the path of Darkness does not suffice to distinguish evil from good. As for the orcs, they have been our allies even in the past, back when there was only one sun and all elves lived in the forests of Irdya."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It is true that many necromancers have worked together with Uria\u2019s minions to bring doom to the natural inhabitants of the continent, including your own ancestors. But it\u2019s also true that knowing whether a creature walks the path of Light or the path of Darkness does not suffice to distinguish evil from good. As for the orcs, they have been our allies even in the past, back when there was only one sun and all elves lived in the forests of Irdya.", "replies": "Maina", "reply": "We shall allow the orcs and the undead to come to assist you once you tell us exactly what you are going to do, but beware that our warriors and priests are ready to take care of them should they do anything suspicious."}
{"speaks": "Maina", "text": "We shall allow the orcs and the undead to come to assist you once you tell us exactly what you are going to do, but beware that our warriors and priests are ready to take care of them should they do anything suspicious.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We require access to the place where Yechnagoth was destroyed."}
{"speaks": "Maina", "text": "It is certainly unfortunate that you couldn\u2019t find a solution to this problem. Everything seems peaceful and good from our current location, but if Uria\u2019s minions win the war and take over the continent, it will only be a matter of time until they come to claim this island. And what if Yechnagoth is able to control the surface creatures of the continent again?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "At least we know that her soul is no longer in this world. There\u2019s a faint possibility that they might be unable to use her heart for anything yet. We must make haste and instruct our allies to purge the remains of Wesmere."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "At least we know that her soul is no longer in this world. There\u2019s a faint possibility that they might be unable to use her heart for anything yet. We must make haste and instruct our allies to purge the remains of Wesmere.", "replies": "Gaellis", "reply": "A few of our people expressed interest on joining your group to help you in this quest, and learn more about the state of the lands whence we came a couple of centuries ago."}
{"speaks": "Gaellis", "text": "A few of our people expressed interest on joining your group to help you in this quest, and learn more about the state of the lands whence we came a couple of centuries ago.", "replies": "Dela", "reply": "Eloh would want us to help our kin in these dark times."}
{"speaks": "Dela", "text": "Eloh would want us to help our kin in these dark times.", "replies": "Vordel", "reply": "Our numbers are very small, and we don\u2019t have the resources to support an army, but we have the knowledge, and the faith to try to make a difference on the battlefield."}
{"speaks": "Vordel", "text": "Our numbers are very small, and we don\u2019t have the resources to support an army, but we have the knowledge, and the faith to try to make a difference on the battlefield.", "replies": "Naron", "reply": "It would be an honor to fight alongside you, sir."}
{"speaks": "Naron", "text": "It would be an honor to fight alongside you, sir.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Fight, indeed. We have spent too much time far from \u2018home\u2019 \u2014 who knows what\u2019s become of it since we left."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Fight, indeed. We have spent too much time far from \u2018home\u2019 \u2014 who knows what\u2019s become of it since we left.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "The honor is ours. We appreciate and accept your help on this day, but we are even more grateful for the day on which you released Irdya from the eternal nightmare of Yechnagoth\u2019s control."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "The honor is ours. We appreciate and accept your help on this day, but we are even more grateful for the day on which you released Irdya from the eternal nightmare of Yechnagoth\u2019s control.", "replies": "Maina", "reply": "Young Galas, what you three have done for us is no small deed either. Although your journey is not quite complete yet, by defeating Uria\u2019s designated sovereign of Chaos, you proved that her forces are not invincible, and rekindled that flame of hope everyone needed. You truly are the heroes of the forest elves of this era."}
{"speaks": "Maina", "text": "Young Galas, what you three have done for us is no small deed either. Although your journey is not quite complete yet, by defeating Uria\u2019s designated sovereign of Chaos, you proved that her forces are not invincible, and rekindled that flame of hope everyone needed. You truly are the heroes of the forest elves of this era.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Thank you."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Thank you.", "replies": "Gaellis", "reply": "Kyara is one of our most skilled archers, and she has expressed her desire to join you in your quest. Seeing as how you will need all the help you can get, we thought you might welcome her support."}
{"speaks": "Gaellis", "text": "Kyara is one of our most skilled archers, and she has expressed her desire to join you in your quest. Seeing as how you will need all the help you can get, we thought you might welcome her support.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You can come with us if you wish, but you need to be aware of the dangers that lie in our way."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You can come with us if you wish, but you need to be aware of the dangers that lie in our way.", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "I <i>am</i> aware. I\u2019ve already talked with Lord Galas about it \u2014 I just want to be of help to our forest cousins in this struggle for our future."}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "I <i>am</i> aware. I\u2019ve already talked with Lord Galas about it \u2014 I just want to be of help to our forest cousins in this struggle for our future.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Well, we must now prepare for departing tomorrow in the morning. A long voyage back home awaits us..."}
{"speaks": "Horo", "text": "I don\u2019t like this place. It feels as if something is waiting to ambush us in the darkness.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Heh, darkness. These elves aren\u2019t very smart after all. Why would they think that sending one of their sun-loving youths would be of any help to us?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Heh, darkness. These elves aren\u2019t very smart after all. Why would they think that sending one of their sun-loving youths would be of any help to us?", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "Keep your mouth shut, decrepit lich! We are being <i>far</i> more lenient than anyone would be with those who deal with your unnatural minions and these filthy apes."}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "Keep your mouth shut, decrepit lich! We are being <i>far</i> more lenient than anyone would be with those who deal with your unnatural minions and these filthy apes.", "replies": "Horo", "reply": "Who are you calling \u201cfilthy apes\u201d, you..."}
{"speaks": "Horo", "text": "Who are you calling \u201cfilthy apes\u201d, you...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Calm down, everyone! If we are to explore these caverns, we\u2019ll need to stay together."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Calm down, everyone! If we are to explore these caverns, we\u2019ll need to stay together.", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "What are you looking for? Some kind of artifact? Rocks? Spiders?"}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "What are you looking for? Some kind of artifact? Rocks? Spiders?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We believe these caves beneath the dark citadel may have once been used by our enemies. If that is the case, they may have left behind scrolls, artifacts, or anything else that could provide us with hints."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We believe these caves beneath the dark citadel may have once been used by our enemies. If that is the case, they may have left behind scrolls, artifacts, or anything else that could provide us with hints.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "This is no time to fight amongst ourselves. Just stay alert and let us see what we can find."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "This is no time to fight amongst ourselves. Just stay alert and let us see what we can find.", "replies": "Horo", "reply": "We will help you as best we can, elf."}
{"speaks": "Horo", "text": "We will help you as best we can, elf.", "replies": "Horo", "reply": "A giant spider. Just a bothersome giant spider."}
{"speaks": "Horo", "text": "A giant spider. Just a bothersome giant spider.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Look out, there are undead sentinels standing in our way!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Look out, there are undead sentinels standing in our way!", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "This is impossible! Our druids purged any evil creatures left on this island after Kalehssar\u2019s victory!"}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "This is impossible! Our druids purged any evil creatures left on this island after Kalehssar\u2019s victory!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Above the surface, they might have been unable to detect these slumbering minions. Yes, it appears our presence is what has awakened them after so long."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Above the surface, they might have been unable to detect these slumbering minions. Yes, it appears our presence is what has awakened them after so long.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "There was very little strength left in this guardian. I wonder who was the master of these minions before the place was abandoned?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "There was very little strength left in this guardian. I wonder who was the master of these minions before the place was abandoned?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Argan, of course. There\u2019s no doubt about it."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Argan, of course. There\u2019s no doubt about it.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Not bad for a sun-loving little girl."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Not bad for a sun-loving little girl.", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "Shut up, necromancer."}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "Shut up, necromancer.", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "Now what?"}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "Now what?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "If our past experiences with this sort of fortress are anything to go by, this is most likely not the dead end it appears to be. Let us check the cave to the east."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "If our past experiences with this sort of fortress are anything to go by, this is most likely not the dead end it appears to be. Let us check the cave to the east.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Hm... I don\u2019t know what I was thinking; there is no point in following this stream."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Hm... I don\u2019t know what I was thinking; there is no point in following this stream.", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "These accursed bats are everywhere!"}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "These accursed bats are everywhere!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "It\u2019s a cave, what did you expect? Rabbits?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "It\u2019s a cave, what did you expect? Rabbits?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Ghouls. I guess this is Argan\u2019s old lair."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Ghouls. I guess this is Argan\u2019s old lair.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Yes, it seems to be... Let\u2019s get rid of its current residents and inspect those chambers."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Yes, it seems to be... Let\u2019s get rid of its current residents and inspect those chambers.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Elynia, you should check this crystal; it may have information we need."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Elynia, you should check this crystal; it may have information we need.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "That\u2019s strange. Why would Argan keep something he obviously couldn\u2019t use in his lair?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "That\u2019s strange. Why would Argan keep something he obviously couldn\u2019t use in his lair?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It could be... that he foresaw me coming to this place and wanted to help me, even if he couldn\u2019t break free from Uria\u2019s control."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It could be... that he foresaw me coming to this place and wanted to help me, even if he couldn\u2019t break free from Uria\u2019s control.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "It\u2019s more likely that he wanted to set a trap for us or anyone else who would manage to find this place."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "It\u2019s more likely that he wanted to set a trap for us or anyone else who would manage to find this place.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I don\u2019t believe he truly intended to cause me any harm with his actions... I\u2019ll take the spell, it could be of use later."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I don\u2019t believe he truly intended to cause me any harm with his actions... I\u2019ll take the spell, it could be of use later.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Elynia, don\u2019t\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Elynia, don\u2019t\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I don\u2019t feel any different, but... I guess I need to figure out exactly how this power works, now."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I don\u2019t feel any different, but... I guess I need to figure out exactly how this power works, now.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hmph. In my times, you didn\u2019t acquire magic abilities from a rock. Well, be careful if you ever attempt to use that spell; knowing who might have put it there, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s safe. And more generally, while it is known that powerful mages can learn to travel great distances like that, many of them also disappear on occasion and are never heard of again."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hmph. In my times, you didn\u2019t acquire magic abilities from a rock. Well, be careful if you ever attempt to use that spell; knowing who might have put it there, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s safe. And more generally, while it is known that powerful mages can learn to travel great distances like that, many of them also disappear on occasion and are never heard of again.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "There doesn\u2019t seem to be much more to see here. That\u2019s unfortunate."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "There doesn\u2019t seem to be much more to see here. That\u2019s unfortunate.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "This reminds me that the \u2018First\u2019 is also described in the ruins of a hidden city beneath the Heart Mountains. It is said that he created ten powerful demons, the Original Ten. All this would imply that all elves and other faerie creatures are descended, or at least created in the image of this mysterious wielder of the Arcane Flame, sister of Uria and Yechnagoth, and one of the Original Ten."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "This reminds me that the \u2018First\u2019 is also described in the ruins of a hidden city beneath the Heart Mountains. It is said that he created ten powerful demons, the Original Ten. All this would imply that all elves and other faerie creatures are descended, or at least created in the image of this mysterious wielder of the Arcane Flame, sister of Uria and Yechnagoth, and one of the Original Ten.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Eloh. That\u2019s her name \u2014 a name that was seldom heard in my times, for nearly nothing was known for certain about her and the myths neglected explaining the origin of every other race on Irdya. I suppose that Zhangor\u2019s influence upon Wesmere may have resulted in the reintroduction of that name to our kin\u2019s lore. Regardless, even though linguistics are not my specialty, I suspect that\u2019s still not her true name, much like the case of Yechnagoth."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Eloh. That\u2019s her name \u2014 a name that was seldom heard in my times, for nearly nothing was known for certain about her and the myths neglected explaining the origin of every other race on Irdya. I suppose that Zhangor\u2019s influence upon Wesmere may have resulted in the reintroduction of that name to our kin\u2019s lore. Regardless, even though linguistics are not my specialty, I suspect that\u2019s still not her true name, much like the case of Yechnagoth.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What you have learned here about all this... it would probably be best to keep it a secret for now, especially the allusions to other worlds. In these times when demons roam and spoil Irdya at will, realizing that they might be more closely related to us than we suspected, and that there might be more awaiting out there... it could be devastating to our cultures, to say the least. Perhaps after all this is over..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What you have learned here about all this... it would probably be best to keep it a secret for now, especially the allusions to other worlds. In these times when demons roam and spoil Irdya at will, realizing that they might be more closely related to us than we suspected, and that there might be more awaiting out there... it could be devastating to our cultures, to say the least. Perhaps after all this is over...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "<i>(snicker)</i> And you say that Argan never intended to cause you any harm? All that we have found proves that he really wanted to destroy your kind after all! Using the powers of an ancient demon, no less!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "<i>(snicker)</i> And you say that Argan never intended to cause you any harm? All that we have found proves that he really wanted to destroy your kind after all! Using the powers of an ancient demon, no less!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I don\u2019t believe that any of this was done out of his own volition. He was... under Uria\u2019s control."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I don\u2019t believe that any of this was done out of his own volition. He was... under Uria\u2019s control.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "So, have you forgotten what he said? \u201cI guess I had this coming ever since then.\u201d I know, his last words were very vague, but it certainly sounded like he was well aware of what he was doing the whole time. Perhaps it was not his intention to cause harm to <i>you</i> in particular, but the damage he caused throughout the continent, in the name of Uria, to the things you protect... did it not affect you? Furthermore, it seemed like Uria felt his loss. If he was a mere puppet of hers, would she have resented his death so much?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "So, have you forgotten what he said? \u201cI guess I had this coming ever since then.\u201d I know, his last words were very vague, but it certainly sounded like he was well aware of what he was doing the whole time. Perhaps it was not his intention to cause harm to <i>you</i> in particular, but the damage he caused throughout the continent, in the name of Uria, to the things you protect... did it not affect you? Furthermore, it seemed like Uria felt his loss. If he was a mere puppet of hers, would she have resented his death so much?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You know nothing."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You know nothing.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I saw enough. I heard enough."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I saw enough. I heard enough.", "replies": "Horo", "reply": "<i>(nervously)</i> We should return to the surface before we run out of provisions."}
{"speaks": "Horo", "text": "<i>(nervously)</i> We should return to the surface before we run out of provisions.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Elynia... if I\u2019m not mistaken, we found a journal in the Heart, and you have kept it all this time with you, correct?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Elynia... if I\u2019m not mistaken, we found a journal in the Heart, and you have kept it all this time with you, correct?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I... the elf who suggested that we take the journal, he was under Uria\u2019s control, wasn\u2019t he? It might not truly be Argan\u2019s."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I... the elf who suggested that we take the journal, he was under Uria\u2019s control, wasn\u2019t he? It might not truly be Argan\u2019s.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I am sure it is. I knew L\u00e9dinor well enough, and I\u2019m sure that was him speaking, not Uria. It was later that his face and demeanor changed completely. No matter what Uria said, I\u2019m certain that L\u00e9dinor was struggling to overcome her control all that time, resisting it long enough to help us, even though he knew she would succeed in the end. If he had told us about it, he would have collapsed much earlier."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I am sure it is. I knew L\u00e9dinor well enough, and I\u2019m sure that was him speaking, not Uria. It was later that his face and demeanor changed completely. No matter what Uria said, I\u2019m certain that L\u00e9dinor was struggling to overcome her control all that time, resisting it long enough to help us, even though he knew she would succeed in the end. If he had told us about it, he would have collapsed much earlier.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We are descendants of Eloh, and as the Quenoth elves know, not even Yechnagoth\u2019s mind control can work on us that easily."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We are descendants of Eloh, and as the Quenoth elves know, not even Yechnagoth\u2019s mind control can work on us that easily.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I know you are probably hesitant about reading Argan\u2019s journal because you fear to learn more about how much of a monster he became..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I know you are probably hesitant about reading Argan\u2019s journal because you fear to learn more about how much of a monster he became...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "If you prefer, I could read it for you, and keep any details besides what is relevant to our quest from reaching anyone."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "If you prefer, I could read it for you, and keep any details besides what is relevant to our quest from reaching anyone.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "<i>(with a calmer expression)</i> Very well."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "<i>(with a calmer expression)</i> Very well.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "In the meantime, perhaps you could socialize with the locals or something. Perhaps try to have fun and smile? It really helps when you\u2019ve lived for so long \u2014 I should be one to know. While you do that, I\u2019ll be <i>killing</i> myself reading a damn book; I haven\u2019t found any good reading material since the Fall, you know? It seems like everyone suddenly forgot how to read and write after the Wesnothians singlehandedly ended the world!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "In the meantime, perhaps you could socialize with the locals or something. Perhaps try to have fun and smile? It really helps when you\u2019ve lived for so long \u2014 I should be one to know. While you do that, I\u2019ll be <i>killing</i> myself reading a damn book; I haven\u2019t found any good reading material since the Fall, you know? It seems like everyone suddenly forgot how to read and write after the Wesnothians singlehandedly ended the world!", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "... You are already dead."}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "... You are already dead.", "replies": "Horo", "reply": "We have spent too much time in these caverns, and many of my men are starving."}
{"speaks": "Horo", "text": "We have spent too much time in these caverns, and many of my men are starving.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "<i>(sighs, staring at the ceiling)</i> Why do we always have a time limit of some sort for everything we do?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "The fog is so thick I can barely see anything in the distance. It\u2019s rather unsettling...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Indeed. We should explore this peninsula carefully and stay together. Maybe we can find an abandoned castle or village where we can rest while we plan our next course of action."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Indeed. We should explore this peninsula carefully and stay together. Maybe we can find an abandoned castle or village where we can rest while we plan our next course of action.", "replies": "Horo", "reply": "The air is unusually dense. There\u2019s something more about this place I don\u2019t like."}
{"speaks": "Horo", "text": "The air is unusually dense. There\u2019s something more about this place I don\u2019t like.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "We may soon find out..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "We may soon find out...", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "What kind of infernal spawn is that thing?!"}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "What kind of infernal spawn is that thing?!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Shaxthals. We are definitely not alone here."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Shaxthals. We are definitely not alone here.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We\u2019ll have to fight our way through this place then."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We\u2019ll have to fight our way through this place then.", "replies": "Horo", "reply": "Yes, we did it!"}
{"speaks": "Horo", "text": "Yes, we did it!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Let\u2019s leave this land as quickly as possible."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Let\u2019s leave this land as quickly as possible.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Galas?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Galas?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "... Elynia?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Galas... you too...", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Well done, Kendria. Well done."}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Well done, Kendria. Well done.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "What are you talking about..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "What are you talking about...", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Let him be. After all, it would be bad form to not tell them our plans before disposing of their souls, wouldn\u2019t it?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Let him be. After all, it would be bad form to not tell them our plans before disposing of their souls, wouldn\u2019t it?", "replies": "Nar-hamoth", "reply": "We would have killed you on sight, rats, but our master greatly wanted to see your faces one last time."}
{"speaks": "Nar-hamoth", "text": "We would have killed you on sight, rats, but our master greatly wanted to see your faces one last time.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You... don\u2019t have... a master... We killed... him..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You... don\u2019t have... a master... We killed... him...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "We have reserves, my dear."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "We have reserves, my dear.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "You...?!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "You...?!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "As you can see, I am in charge of this place and the Chaos Empire now. It is my intention to show you my gratitude for giving me this perfect opportunity to cleanse the path for Uria to do her will."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "As you can see, I am in charge of this place and the Chaos Empire now. It is my intention to show you my gratitude for giving me this perfect opportunity to cleanse the path for Uria to do her will.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Irdya, like many other worlds, has certain anomalies which result in spatial connections forming between it and Inferno, where Uria and her subjects live. These anomalies are very well protected and guarded by ancient demons who do not allow anyone to traverse the breach in either direction."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Irdya, like many other worlds, has certain anomalies which result in spatial connections forming between it and Inferno, where Uria and her subjects live. These anomalies are very well protected and guarded by ancient demons who do not allow anyone to traverse the breach in either direction.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Long ago, a group of sorcerers on this earth created a number of artifacts that could be used to open or close portals from one location of Irdya to another. Theoretically, those artifacts could also be used to create new, unguarded connections between Irdya and Inferno."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Long ago, a group of sorcerers on this earth created a number of artifacts that could be used to open or close portals from one location of Irdya to another. Theoretically, those artifacts could also be used to create new, unguarded connections between Irdya and Inferno.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "The artifacts were replicas of an original that was thought lost long ago. We learned that, after changing owners many times throughout its winding history, it came to be used as a symbol of the nation that would become responsible for creating Naia. At some point, somebody ordered its destruction so it would never again be misused by anyone in the land."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "The artifacts were replicas of an original that was thought lost long ago. We learned that, after changing owners many times throughout its winding history, it came to be used as a symbol of the nation that would become responsible for creating Naia. At some point, somebody ordered its destruction so it would never again be misused by anyone in the land.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I literally wasted my life trying to find it. In the end, <i>it</i> found <i>me</i> instead, long after I gave up on my search! But of course, its bearer unwittingly brought it before my eyes while wielding a power I could not withstand, the power of the Union. Does this sound familiar to you?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I literally wasted my life trying to find it. In the end, <i>it</i> found <i>me</i> instead, long after I gave up on my search! But of course, its bearer unwittingly brought it before my eyes while wielding a power I could not withstand, the power of the Union. Does this sound familiar to you?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Had Argan known that the artifact existed, and that his companion had always carried it with her, we would have settled this matter long ago. There would have been no need to trace the rifts created by Naia and her fallen sister. Instead of searching for the Ruby of Fire, we should have searched for the staff that once belonged to the Enchantress Niryone of Wesmere!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Had Argan known that the artifact existed, and that his companion had always carried it with her, we would have settled this matter long ago. There would have been no need to trace the rifts created by Naia and her fallen sister. Instead of searching for the Ruby of Fire, we should have searched for the staff that once belonged to the Enchantress Niryone of Wesmere!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Well done... then... It\u2019s... yours... now... What are you waiting for?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Well done... then... It\u2019s... yours... now... What are you waiting for?", "replies": "Nar-hamoth", "reply": "Now that we have the artifact, we can use it to merge this pitiful world with Inferno..."}
{"speaks": "Nar-hamoth", "text": "Now that we have the artifact, we can use it to merge this pitiful world with Inferno...", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "... dispel the curse of Iluvia..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "... dispel the curse of Iluvia...", "replies": "Mal Kendria", "reply": "... and reunite Uria and the other Guardians..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Kendria", "text": "... and reunite Uria and the other Guardians...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "... to restore the Initial Order."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "... to restore the Initial Order.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Give me this."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Give me this.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Now this belongs to us."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Now this belongs to us.", "replies": "Mal Kendria", "reply": "Yes! It belongs to us! May I borrow it for a second, my lady?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Kendria", "text": "Yes! It belongs to us! May I borrow it for a second, my lady?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "This is not over yet!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "This is not over yet!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "How did you\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "How did you\u2014", "replies": "Mal Kendria", "reply": "Kill the intruders! Kill them all! NOW!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Kendria", "text": "Kill the intruders! Kill them all! NOW!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "By the power you have bestowed upon me, Uria, may the spells conferring life to the dead be canceled now!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "By the power you have bestowed upon me, Uria, may the spells conferring life to the dead be canceled now!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "AGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "AGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What is this...?!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What is this...?!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Unbind the dust from this world and smite the unworthy descendants of Xia\u2019el!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Unbind the dust from this world and smite the unworthy descendants of Xia\u2019el!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "This... is this the kind of powers possessed by Uria?!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "This... is this the kind of powers possessed by Uria?!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "We need to get out of this place, quickly!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "We need to get out of this place, quickly!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Kendria, call upon our new weapon."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Kendria, call upon our new weapon.", "replies": "Mal Kendria", "reply": "But we... we haven\u2019t finished\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Mal Kendria", "text": "But we... we haven\u2019t finished\u2014", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Reinforcements! Don\u2019t allow them to escape!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Reinforcements! Don\u2019t allow them to escape!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "That corridor is clear! It\u2019s our only hope!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "That corridor is clear! It\u2019s our only hope!", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "More reinforcements! Strike down those heathens, now!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "More reinforcements! Strike down those heathens, now!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "We weren\u2019t fast enough \u2014 now they are coming from that corridor as well!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "We must make haste before their reinforcements catch up with us. Which direction should we go?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "A slight breeze comes from the passage to our left; we should follow it."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "A slight breeze comes from the passage to our left; we should follow it.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "These passages are eerily vacant. I feel we are being led into a trap of some sort..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "These passages are eerily vacant. I feel we are being led into a trap of some sort...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Mal Keshar, we\u2019ll need some reinforcements to get through!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Mal Keshar, we\u2019ll need some reinforcements to get through!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Things are looking rather grim... We have not fully recovered from that demon\u2019s attack, and her guards are in hot pursuit. Our backup has most certainly been scattered or slaughtered by now. What do you plan to do now that this has turned into a suicide mission?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Things are looking rather grim... We have not fully recovered from that demon\u2019s attack, and her guards are in hot pursuit. Our backup has most certainly been scattered or slaughtered by now. What do you plan to do now that this has turned into a suicide mission?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "A gate! Let\u2019s strike it down\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "A gate! Let\u2019s strike it down\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It\u2019s an ambush!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It\u2019s an ambush!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Damn them all! I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll be able to keep on with this for much longer."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Damn them all! I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll be able to keep on with this for much longer.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "It\u2019s running away!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "It\u2019s running away!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I just hope it\u2019s sufficiently damaged so that it won\u2019t attack us from behind again. We need to advance, quickly."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I just hope it\u2019s sufficiently damaged so that it won\u2019t attack us from behind again. We need to advance, quickly.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "You fools thought you could escape <i>so</i> easily from us, didn\u2019t you? I have not forgotten what you did to me. How does it feel to be at a disadvantage now?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "You fools thought you could escape <i>so</i> easily from us, didn\u2019t you? I have not forgotten what you did to me. How does it feel to be at a disadvantage now?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "It doesn\u2019t have to be like this. Just give me the staff back and <b>I</b> will spare your life like you did with mine."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "It doesn\u2019t have to be like this. Just give me the staff back and <b>I</b> will spare your life like you did with mine.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Elynia!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Elynia!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Follow this rail, quickly!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Follow this rail, quickly!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "There are more of those biomechanical creatures pursuing us now. Oh, well, this entire plan was doomed to failure from the very beginning \u2014 I don\u2019t know what I was thinking!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "What now?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Let\u2019s keep moving. Hopefully there is an exit somewhere ahead. Elynia\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Let\u2019s keep moving. Hopefully there is an exit somewhere ahead. Elynia\u2014", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "MOVE!"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "MOVE!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Uria be damned! It\u2019s a dead end."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Uria be damned! It\u2019s a dead end.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "It\u2019s more like a trap\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "It\u2019s more like a trap\u2014", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "\u2014I knew it. We are trapped."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "\u2014I knew it. We are trapped.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Not quite \u2014 there seems to be a passage behind that crack on the wall!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Not quite \u2014 there seems to be a passage behind that crack on the wall!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Elynia, the teleportation spell you learned back in Zocthanol! Can you use it?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Elynia, the teleportation spell you learned back in Zocthanol! Can you use it?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I\u2014 I don\u2019t know, it wasn\u2019t really made to transport more than one person, and I haven\u2019t had a chance to try it myself."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I\u2014 I don\u2019t know, it wasn\u2019t really made to transport more than one person, and I haven\u2019t had a chance to try it myself.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "This is probably not the best moment to fiddle with unpredictable kinds of magic like this. As I said before, many mages have disappeared attempting to master the power of teleportation."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "This is probably not the best moment to fiddle with unpredictable kinds of magic like this. As I said before, many mages have disappeared attempting to master the power of teleportation.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "It\u2019s an option to consider, nonetheless..."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "It\u2019s an option to consider, nonetheless...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "This place stinks of <i>blood</i>. What\u2019s with that water?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "This place stinks of <i>blood</i>. What\u2019s with that water?", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "I fear that it <i>is</i> blood, in fact. Something is really wrong. No single creature could contain so much of it. Who knows what kinds of twisted experiments these fiends do in here?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "I fear that it <i>is</i> blood, in fact. Something is really wrong. No single creature could contain so much of it. Who knows what kinds of twisted experiments these fiends do in here?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "There truly appears to be no way out of this chamber. What do we do?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "There truly appears to be no way out of this chamber. What do we do?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I\u2019ll tell you what: we shall create our own exit from this accursed place by tearing it all down from the inside!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I\u2019ll tell you what: we shall create our own exit from this accursed place by tearing it all down from the inside!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "G\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "G\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "NO!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "NO!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "You opted for doing this the hard way after all, didn\u2019t you? The staff \u2014 hand it over now."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "You opted for doing this the hard way after all, didn\u2019t you? The staff \u2014 hand it over now.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "\u2014I..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "\u2014I...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Elynia... we must..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Elynia... we must...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "\u2014I... I damn you, Elyssa... I damn you and your kind... for this..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "\u2014I... I damn you, Elyssa... I damn you and your kind... for this...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "My dear, we were damned long ago by the First Gods. Your petty words are irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Hand it over now."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "My dear, we were damned long ago by the First Gods. Your petty words are irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Hand it over now.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Elynia, the spell!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Elynia, the spell!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Don\u2019t you see? We aren\u2019t that different after all. You just lost your new beloved just like you lost Argan. I lost <i>much</i> more than that long ago. You think he was important because you never had to endure the cruelty and ruthlessness of the beasts that dare call themselves \u2018humans\u2019."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Don\u2019t you see? We aren\u2019t that different after all. You just lost your new beloved just like you lost Argan. I lost <i>much</i> more than that long ago. You think he was important because you never had to endure the cruelty and ruthlessness of the beasts that dare call themselves \u2018humans\u2019.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Stop listening to her, Elynia!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Stop listening to her, Elynia!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "What a waste. Don\u2019t think you\u2019ll find anything of value in Wesmere."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "What a waste. Don\u2019t think you\u2019ll find anything of value in Wesmere.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "That\u2019s it. We are now utterly lost in these infested passages... and the worst part is that I was the one who devised this disastrous rescue plan."}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "She hasn\u2019t wanted to talk to us for days. Is our destination...?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Yes, I gather that her plan is still to strike at Wesmere before the Northlanders have an opportunity to launch a proper offensive or even hear of our situation. Damn, for all I know our messengers and their ship could have been destroyed by the enemy already."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Yes, I gather that her plan is still to strike at Wesmere before the Northlanders have an opportunity to launch a proper offensive or even hear of our situation. Damn, for all I know our messengers and their ship could have been destroyed by the enemy already.", "replies": "Horo", "reply": "I heard that the Grand Council has been hesitant about pressing on this war ever since your victory in the Empire\u2019s so-called capital. They think they\u2019ve won already."}
{"speaks": "Horo", "text": "I heard that the Grand Council has been hesitant about pressing on this war ever since your victory in the Empire\u2019s so-called capital. They think they\u2019ve won already.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Is everyone ready for battle?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Is everyone ready for battle?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Our scouts didn\u2019t go unnoticed, and they found a couple of well-armed enemy outposts ahead. This will most certainly not be a safe journey across the dry remains of Wesmere."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Our scouts didn\u2019t go unnoticed, and they found a couple of well-armed enemy outposts ahead. This will most certainly not be a safe journey across the dry remains of Wesmere.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Has it even occurred to you that our little struggle in their headquarters on that accursed peninsula has put their forces in motion again to protect what little remains of Yechnagoth?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Has it even occurred to you that our little struggle in their headquarters on that accursed peninsula has put their forces in motion again to protect what little remains of Yechnagoth?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Of course it has. But there\u2019s no time to discuss this now. Let\u2019s move out."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Of course it has. But there\u2019s no time to discuss this now. Let\u2019s move out.", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "These disgusting demons are vanquished at last!"}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "These disgusting demons are vanquished at last!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Yes, but we must proceed quickly and cautiously to the northeast nevertheless. More troops will come if we give them the opportunity to regroup."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Yes, but we must proceed quickly and cautiously to the northeast nevertheless. More troops will come if we give them the opportunity to regroup.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Onwards we go, now!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Onwards we go, now!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "We cannot advance without securing our path first!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "We cannot advance without securing our path first!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "It\u2019s still my opinion that we are running a large risk with your current plan."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "It\u2019s still my opinion that we are running a large risk with your current plan.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Was it any better to not take risks at all in that fortress, though?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Was it any better to not take risks at all in that fortress, though?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I don\u2019t know what you are trying to imply, but I may as well remind you that I wasn\u2019t the only one to hesitate and that <i>he</i> would not have survived the attempt without his lower half like I did. It was <i>your</i> assigned task to practice that spell beforehand and <i>you</i> failed to do so \u2014 don\u2019t involve me in <i>your</i> mistakes."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I don\u2019t know what you are trying to imply, but I may as well remind you that I wasn\u2019t the only one to hesitate and that <i>he</i> would not have survived the attempt without his lower half like I did. It was <i>your</i> assigned task to practice that spell beforehand and <i>you</i> failed to do so \u2014 don\u2019t involve me in <i>your</i> mistakes.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "<i>(glaring at Mal Keshar)</i> ..."}
{"speaks": "Horo", "text": "There\u2019s an alarming amount of movement in the southern hills. It would seem an entire battalion has been following our steps since we left Kalari Peninsula.", "replies": "Haldaran", "reply": "To arms! For the Dark Lady!"}
{"speaks": "Haldaran", "text": "To arms! For the Dark Lady!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I sort of expected that. It might prove tricky to advance with those buffoons on our heels. On the other hand, the fortress ahead doesn\u2019t seem to be very well guarded."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I sort of expected that. It might prove tricky to advance with those buffoons on our heels. On the other hand, the fortress ahead doesn\u2019t seem to be very well guarded.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Very well, then. Let\u2019s take them down."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Very well, then. Let\u2019s take them down.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I do feel something is amiss, though. We should be cautious... especially since our leader appears to be giving us commands without thinking things through."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I do feel something is amiss, though. We should be cautious... especially since our leader appears to be giving us commands without thinking things through.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "If you think <i>you</i> could do a better job at leading the orcs..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "If you think <i>you</i> could do a better job at leading the orcs...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "It\u2019s not my intention to have <i>anything</i> to do with them at all. I just want to make sure you keep your feet on the ground \u2014 well, whenever that is an appropriate thing to do, anyway."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "It\u2019s not my intention to have <i>anything</i> to do with them at all. I just want to make sure you keep your feet on the ground \u2014 well, whenever that is an appropriate thing to do, anyway.", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "What did you say about the fortress not being well guarded, lich?"}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "What did you say about the fortress not being well guarded, lich?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I stand corrected. We <i>may</i> need a better strategy."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I stand corrected. We <i>may</i> need a better strategy.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "We have failed... H\u2014 how? *Ugh*"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "We have failed... H\u2014 how? *Ugh*", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Forgive us, Lady..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Forgive us, Lady...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "You are about to find out that Yechnagoth is no more, fool."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "You are about to find out that Yechnagoth is no more, fool.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "I depart from this world to embrace the power of Uria..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "I depart from this world to embrace the power of Uria...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Not likely, but you will certainly embrace the cold touch of death on the other side, heh, heh."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Not likely, but you will certainly embrace the cold touch of death on the other side, heh, heh.", "replies": "Elgamal", "reply": "You... You haven\u2019t seen the full extent of her power... You haven\u2019t seen the great things she\u2019s done for us... You understand nothing... Nothing... at all..."}
{"speaks": "Elgamal", "text": "You... You haven\u2019t seen the full extent of her power... You haven\u2019t seen the great things she\u2019s done for us... You understand nothing... Nothing... at all...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Now that you\u2019re dead, all that has suddenly become irrelevant, hasn\u2019t it?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Now that you\u2019re dead, all that has suddenly become irrelevant, hasn\u2019t it?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It\u2019s over now, fiends. Flee while you can, and make sure the Triad hears of your shameful defeat at our hands."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It\u2019s over now, fiends. Flee while you can, and make sure the Triad hears of your shameful defeat at our hands.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It\u2019s over now. There\u2019s nobody left to obstruct our path but those artificial abominations."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It\u2019s over now. There\u2019s nobody left to obstruct our path but those artificial abominations.", "replies": "Horo", "reply": "<i>(snicker)</i>"}
{"speaks": "Horo", "text": "<i>(snicker)</i>", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "So, Wesmere is just ahead. What are you going to do now, lass?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "So, Wesmere is just ahead. What are you going to do now, lass?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I want to discuss some plans with the three of you right now, in fact. Come with me."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "You seem even more upset than usual, Elynia. What would the matter be this time?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I don\u2019t think I could bear more losses after what happened to Galas. My plan was not to <i>fight</i> in enemy lands, but rather to <i>infiltrate</i>. This battle was not part of the plan \u2014 we were to part ways right before reaching this fort."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I don\u2019t think I could bear more losses after what happened to Galas. My plan was not to <i>fight</i> in enemy lands, but rather to <i>infiltrate</i>. This battle was not part of the plan \u2014 we were to part ways right before reaching this fort.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Wait... You planned to enter the hive on your own, without us? That\u2019s just... stupid! You don\u2019t know for sure what lurks beneath besides the Shaxthal creatures we have encountered so far! What if that woman or Mal Hekuba are awaiting there?!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Wait... You planned to enter the hive on your own, without us? That\u2019s just... stupid! You don\u2019t know for sure what lurks beneath besides the Shaxthal creatures we have encountered so far! What if that woman or Mal Hekuba are awaiting there?!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I was hoping you could provide me with a few of your best undead warriors, in fact."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I was hoping you could provide me with a few of your best undead warriors, in fact.", "replies": "Horo", "reply": "Lady, that\u2019s suicidal! From what we\u2019ve heard, <i>nobody</i> could survive a confrontation with those horrors without support! Allow us to protect you until you reach the entrance to the caves at the very least!"}
{"speaks": "Horo", "text": "Lady, that\u2019s suicidal! From what we\u2019ve heard, <i>nobody</i> could survive a confrontation with those horrors without support! Allow us to protect you until you reach the entrance to the caves at the very least!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I refuse to send any undead down there unless you allow me to go with you."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I refuse to send any undead down there unless you allow me to go with you.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What\u2019s your motivation, Malin? What makes you want to accompany me now that neither Galas nor Anlind\u00eb exist in this world?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What\u2019s your motivation, Malin? What makes you want to accompany me now that neither Galas nor Anlind\u00eb exist in this world?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I have been tempted to ask you the same question for a while, actually. I know you cared about the boy much like you cared about Argan, and I have sensed your grief following his death. And yet, somehow you have been in denial about it \u2014 perhaps <i>afraid</i> to admit that losing him had a greater effect on your self than losing Argan. I suppose it could just be a matter of time, seeing as how Argan disappeared from your life much longer ago."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I have been tempted to ask you the same question for a while, actually. I know you cared about the boy much like you cared about Argan, and I have sensed your grief following his death. And yet, somehow you have been in denial about it \u2014 perhaps <i>afraid</i> to admit that losing him had a greater effect on your self than losing Argan. I suppose it could just be a matter of time, seeing as how Argan disappeared from your life much longer ago.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "But even though you want to pretend none of this is the truth, your demeanor makes it all evident to us. Now you seem to seek vengeance against Uria\u2019s followers, especially Elyssa. What\u2019s the point of wasting the gift of eternal life to pursue such an ephemeral goal, I ask?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "But even though you want to pretend none of this is the truth, your demeanor makes it all evident to us. Now you seem to seek vengeance against Uria\u2019s followers, especially Elyssa. What\u2019s the point of wasting the gift of eternal life to pursue such an ephemeral goal, I ask?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You have not answered... my question..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You have not answered... my question...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Probably because I don\u2019t need to. I don\u2019t have a motive to do anything anymore. My foolish mission to erase the orcish species from Irdya failed too long ago!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Probably because I don\u2019t need to. I don\u2019t have a motive to do anything anymore. My foolish mission to erase the orcish species from Irdya failed too long ago!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Is it redemption that you seek?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Is it redemption that you seek?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I don\u2019t know! That\u2019s what you asked when I first met you, remember?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I don\u2019t know! That\u2019s what you asked when I first met you, remember?", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "We aren\u2019t accomplishing anything. My lady, please reconsider\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "We aren\u2019t accomplishing anything. My lady, please reconsider\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We\u2019ll secure the hive entrance together, but from that point onwards it will be only Mal Keshar and I, and whoever wants to go with us except for you two."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We\u2019ll secure the hive entrance together, but from that point onwards it will be only Mal Keshar and I, and whoever wants to go with us except for you two.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We are going to need some capable soldiers alive to alert the Grand Council if neither we nor our messengers make it back. I want you to immediately head back to the Far North should we not return to the surface within one day."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We are going to need some capable soldiers alive to alert the Grand Council if neither we nor our messengers make it back. I want you to immediately head back to the Far North should we not return to the surface within one day.", "replies": "Horo", "reply": "Very well, then. I am... unsure about what strategy \u2014 if any at all \u2014 you have in mind to defeat or destroy whatever you are going to face in that place, but... Your quest is noble. I wish you the best of luck to complete it."}
{"speaks": "Horo", "text": "Very well, then. I am... unsure about what strategy \u2014 if any at all \u2014 you have in mind to defeat or destroy whatever you are going to face in that place, but... Your quest is noble. I wish you the best of luck to complete it.", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "If I ever return to our island, I\u2019ll make sure our people hear of your bravery and your many sacrifices. I am sure you\u2019ll succeed in this last mission, my lady."}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "If I ever return to our island, I\u2019ll make sure our people hear of your bravery and your many sacrifices. I am sure you\u2019ll succeed in this last mission, my lady.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Thank you... It really means a lot to me."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "This putrid place seems much larger than it was the last time we set foot on it.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Clearly, our \u2018friends\u2019 have been busy at work here \u2014 it\u2019s quite a maze. It will be no easy task to find Yechnagoth\u2019s heart, whatever it looks like. Of course, I imagine it must give off an evil presence of some kind."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Clearly, our \u2018friends\u2019 have been busy at work here \u2014 it\u2019s quite a maze. It will be no easy task to find Yechnagoth\u2019s heart, whatever it looks like. Of course, I imagine it must give off an evil presence of some kind.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I\u2019m certain we\u2019ll be able to tell once we find it."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Which way should we go?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Let\u2019s go to the right. I think I heard something coming from that direction."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Let\u2019s go to the right. I think I heard something coming from that direction.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Hold on... I hear something."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Hold on... I hear something.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... What is that mechanical voice?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... What is that mechanical voice?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Whatever it is, it sounds like bad news for us."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Whatever it is, it sounds like bad news for us.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "It\u2019s a very large, suspiciously vacant chamber. He he, what do you think, Elynia?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "It\u2019s a very large, suspiciously vacant chamber. He he, what do you think, Elynia?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "... And, now we\u2019re trapped. How predictable."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "... And, now we\u2019re trapped. How predictable.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I know. Let us be on guard for whatever those voices were talking about."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I know. Let us be on guard for whatever those voices were talking about.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "\u2014Uria be damned!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "\u2014Uria be damned!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hey, that conspicuous glowing orb embedded in its torso seems important!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hey, that conspicuous glowing orb embedded in its torso seems important!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Yes. It must be the very thing we have been searching for. Our timing couldn\u2019t be any worse... Destroy it! Destroy it at all costs!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Yes. It must be the very thing we have been searching for. Our timing couldn\u2019t be any worse... Destroy it! Destroy it at all costs!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "This appears to be causing some damage to the beast!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "This appears to be causing some damage to the beast!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Very well \u2014 let\u2019s do some more!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Very well \u2014 let\u2019s do some more!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It\u2019s working! Strike it down now!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It\u2019s working! Strike it down now!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "\u2014Malin? Are you all right?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "\u2014Malin? Are you all right?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "This... this place is not doing me any good... There is a greater force at work in here, pulling our souls into it..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "This... this place is not doing me any good... There is a greater force at work in here, pulling our souls into it...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I should be able to heal you, just\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I should be able to heal you, just\u2014", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I don\u2019t think that will help for long. I\u2019m going to lend you a hand while I can..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I don\u2019t think that will help for long. I\u2019m going to lend you a hand while I can...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The energy is filling the place!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The energy is filling the place!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "<i>We</i>? What about <i>you</i>?!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "<i>We</i>? What about <i>you</i>?!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "<i>I</i>? What about <i>you</i>?!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "<i>I</i>? What about <i>you</i>?!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Surely you realize that I am well past my time to roam this earth \u2014 I am as old as a fossil, and our little fight with Elyssa and Argan in the frontier between Inferno and Irdya has truly had a long-lasting effect on my powers... The power that\u2019s consuming this place now is tearing into my very soul... It hurts."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Surely you realize that I am well past my time to roam this earth \u2014 I am as old as a fossil, and our little fight with Elyssa and Argan in the frontier between Inferno and Irdya has truly had a long-lasting effect on my powers... The power that\u2019s consuming this place now is tearing into my very soul... It hurts.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "But\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "But\u2014", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "You and I... we have many followers from diverse backgrounds. I am sure that, should you need a new necromancer to help you, many will be willing to take up my position. Just make sure to not get yourself killed and don\u2019t forget that you are here fighting for a greater cause, one that transcends the fate of Irdya."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "You and I... we have many followers from diverse backgrounds. I am sure that, should you need a new necromancer to help you, many will be willing to take up my position. Just make sure to not get yourself killed and don\u2019t forget that you are here fighting for a greater cause, one that transcends the fate of Irdya.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>in tears</i>) Argan\u2019s journal... Where is it?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>in tears</i>) Argan\u2019s journal... Where is it?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Kyara\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Kyara\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Malin..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Malin...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "How could I let this happen? NO!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "How could I let this happen? NO!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We must get out of here."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We must get out of here.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I must get out of here."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I must get out of here.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "That way..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "That way...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The spell... I must use the spell..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The spell... I must use the spell...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... must..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Kendria", "text": "My lady, we have been looking for you! We have just received excellent news\u2014", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "She\u2019s not dead."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "She\u2019s not dead.", "replies": "Mal Kendria", "reply": "B\u2014 but, the Wesmere facility was vaporized after the destruction of the core!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Kendria", "text": "B\u2014 but, the Wesmere facility was vaporized after the destruction of the core!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "That\u2019s right, but she is not dead. I can feel her. I don\u2019t know where she is, but she\u2019s certainly not dead."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "That\u2019s right, but she is not dead. I can feel her. I don\u2019t know where she is, but she\u2019s certainly not dead.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "She\u2019s not."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "She\u2019s not.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I believe the Norsulans haven\u2019t resolved the contamination issue yet. It\u2019s not the best moment to make risky choices like that with our limited resources; we need to reclaim some land and complete the construction of the other hives."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I believe the Norsulans haven\u2019t resolved the contamination issue yet. It\u2019s not the best moment to make risky choices like that with our limited resources; we need to reclaim some land and complete the construction of the other hives.", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "As for the original..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "As for the original...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "She said we should not do anything with it yet."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "She said we should not do anything with it yet.", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "I see. Well, that\u2019s all I wanted to know."}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "I see. Well, that\u2019s all I wanted to know.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Don\u2019t forget that you have a mission to carry out, too."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Don\u2019t forget that you have a mission to carry out, too.", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "I am aware, <i>my lady</i>. I am well aware."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I remember hearing of the mandate issued to destroy the Sceptre of Fire back in the day...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I\u2019m curious about why you decided to betray your people by keeping the Sceptre\u2019s core to yourself, Elynia."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I\u2019m curious about why you decided to betray your people by keeping the Sceptre\u2019s core to yourself, Elynia.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "That\u2019s nothing of your concern."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "That\u2019s nothing of your concern.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "It is not, really? Because to me, it seems that you carry with you a dangerous artifact that these people <i>need</i> for some vaguely-defined purpose that will most certainly bring no good to this world! Destroying it would be the most logical choice right now."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "It is not, really? Because to me, it seems that you carry with you a dangerous artifact that these people <i>need</i> for some vaguely-defined purpose that will most certainly bring no good to this world! Destroying it would be the most logical choice right now.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... I beg to differ, but with the Union gone it may well be the only great power remaining on Irdya that we could use to fight Uria and the Iron Triad, unless you know something I am not aware of \u2014 which I find unlikely."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... I beg to differ, but with the Union gone it may well be the only great power remaining on Irdya that we could use to fight Uria and the Iron Triad, unless you know something I am not aware of \u2014 which I find unlikely.", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "This isn\u2019t the best moment to argue over this."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "There seem to be some hostile animals ahead. I\u2019d better move carefully...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I think I can see a village to the northeast..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I think I can see a village to the northeast...", "replies": "Aethyr", "reply": "Halt! Who goes there?"}
{"speaks": "Aethyr", "text": "Halt! Who goes there?", "replies": "Devon", "reply": "Don\u2019t pay any attention to that \u2014 it\u2019s just another of those disgusting forest creatures."}
{"speaks": "Devon", "text": "Don\u2019t pay any attention to that \u2014 it\u2019s just another of those disgusting forest creatures.", "replies": "Aethyr", "reply": "But she\u2019s injured\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Aethyr", "text": "But she\u2019s injured\u2014", "replies": "Devon", "reply": "It\u2019s a trick! They lure you into the dark to do whatever they please with your dead body\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Devon", "text": "It\u2019s a trick! They lure you into the dark to do whatever they please with your dead body\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... I need help. Could any of you please\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... I need help. Could any of you please\u2014", "replies": "Devon", "reply": "Begone, unless you want us to slice your throat open!"}
{"speaks": "Devon", "text": "Begone, unless you want us to slice your throat open!", "replies": "Luddry", "reply": "What\u2019s going on here?"}
{"speaks": "Luddry", "text": "What\u2019s going on here?", "replies": "Aethyr", "reply": "Chief, this lass here, she\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Aethyr", "text": "Chief, this lass here, she\u2014", "replies": "Luddry", "reply": "You look oddly familiar. What\u2019s your name?"}
{"speaks": "Luddry", "text": "You look oddly familiar. What\u2019s your name?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I am Elynia, the\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I am Elynia, the\u2014", "replies": "Luddry", "reply": "The Lady of Light, as I recall. You weren\u2019t of much help to us in the country."}
{"speaks": "Luddry", "text": "The Lady of Light, as I recall. You weren\u2019t of much help to us in the country.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... Excuse me? I don\u2019t know you."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... Excuse me? I don\u2019t know you.", "replies": "Luddry", "reply": "Of course you don\u2019t know me, because you and your friends were too busy battling the dark soldiers to help us civilians in Ardgam. That was my hometown, and my family was trapped, helpless, amidst the fire. What\u2019s your purpose here, and why should we help you??"}
{"speaks": "Luddry", "text": "Of course you don\u2019t know me, because you and your friends were too busy battling the dark soldiers to help us civilians in Ardgam. That was my hometown, and my family was trapped, helpless, amidst the fire. What\u2019s your purpose here, and why should we help you??", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I would like to know where I am, and if it would be possible, I\u2019d also like some help to get to the Grand Council. This is a matter of the utmost importance..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I would like to know where I am, and if it would be possible, I\u2019d also like some help to get to the Grand Council. This is a matter of the utmost importance...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "\u2014Are you even listening to me?!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "\u2014Are you even listening to me?!", "replies": "Luddry", "reply": "I don\u2019t feel particularly inclined to help you \u2014 at least not right now. If you really need to get to those useless elders, you are on your own. We don\u2019t have any time for this nonsense, as we need to defend <i>our</i> town by our own means right now."}
{"speaks": "Luddry", "text": "I don\u2019t feel particularly inclined to help you \u2014 at least not right now. If you really need to get to those useless elders, you are on your own. We don\u2019t have any time for this nonsense, as we need to defend <i>our</i> town by our own means right now.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It feels like I\u2019ve been in a similar situation before..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It feels like I\u2019ve been in a similar situation before...", "replies": "Aethyr", "reply": "Can you help us? I know our leader appears to be very resentful of you, but it\u2019s said that the evil mage Daent has returned from the land of the dead to get his revenge upon us, for banishing him from the village. The rumors of the power he has amassed since then are terrifying."}
{"speaks": "Aethyr", "text": "Can you help us? I know our leader appears to be very resentful of you, but it\u2019s said that the evil mage Daent has returned from the land of the dead to get his revenge upon us, for banishing him from the village. The rumors of the power he has amassed since then are terrifying.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Hm... Well, I may be able to provide you with my assistance if you would help me in exchange. Really, I\u2019m not asking for much. "}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Hm... Well, I may be able to provide you with my assistance if you would help me in exchange. Really, I\u2019m not asking for much. ", "replies": "Devon", "reply": "We can\u2019t make any promises, faerie. Our leader isn\u2019t that kind of person \u2014 you\u2019ll have to figure out how to solve your problems on your own."}
{"speaks": "Devon", "text": "We can\u2019t make any promises, faerie. Our leader isn\u2019t that kind of person \u2014 you\u2019ll have to figure out how to solve your problems on your own.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "So be it, then."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "So be it, then.", "replies": "Luddry", "reply": "Argh! I\u2019m done for."}
{"speaks": "Luddry", "text": "Argh! I\u2019m done for.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I don\u2019t suppose these people would want to help me now that they are leaderless..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I don\u2019t suppose these people would want to help me now that they are leaderless...", "replies": "Devon", "reply": "<i>Thanks</i> for your absolutely <i>useless</i> help, faerie."}
{"speaks": "Devon", "text": "<i>Thanks</i> for your absolutely <i>useless</i> help, faerie.", "replies": "Daent", "reply": "Arise! Arise once again, fallen warriors of times long past! Arise!"}
{"speaks": "Daent", "text": "Arise! Arise once again, fallen warriors of times long past! Arise!", "replies": "Daent", "reply": "Ah, you have been sent by my brother to destroy me, isn\u2019t that right?"}
{"speaks": "Daent", "text": "Ah, you have been sent by my brother to destroy me, isn\u2019t that right?", "replies": "Daent", "reply": "Well, less chatter and more action, I say! You all shall embrace undeath soon, no matter whether you want or not!"}
{"speaks": "Daent", "text": "Well, less chatter and more action, I say! You all shall embrace undeath soon, no matter whether you want or not!", "replies": "Daent", "reply": "Ahhh, you think you can destroy me, don\u2019t you? Well\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Daent", "text": "Ahhh, you think you can destroy me, don\u2019t you? Well\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Enough of this."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Enough of this.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "That wasn\u2019t too hard."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "That wasn\u2019t too hard.", "replies": "Devon", "reply": "Heh. I admit I didn\u2019t expect this to work out with a faerie leading those impressionable fools."}
{"speaks": "Devon", "text": "Heh. I admit I didn\u2019t expect this to work out with a faerie leading those impressionable fools.", "replies": "Luddry", "reply": "Well done, everybody. As for you, faerie... What is it that you needed from us again?"}
{"speaks": "Luddry", "text": "Well done, everybody. As for you, faerie... What is it that you needed from us again?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I also have a name, as I told you before."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I also have a name, as I told you before.", "replies": "Luddry", "reply": "I suggest that you get to the point before I change my mind."}
{"speaks": "Luddry", "text": "I suggest that you get to the point before I change my mind.", "replies": "Aethyr", "reply": "But sir, her help in defeating the undead was..."}
{"speaks": "Aethyr", "text": "But sir, her help in defeating the undead was...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I need to know exactly where I am, and I must also meet with the Grand Council of the Northern Peoples as soon as I may, for which I could need some help depending on our location."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I need to know exactly where I am, and I must also meet with the Grand Council of the Northern Peoples as soon as I may, for which I could need some help depending on our location.", "replies": "Luddry", "reply": "I see. Well, we also need to arrange a meeting with the Council for our own purposes. Sending some of our most capable hunters with you along with our messengers might not be a bad idea after all, as you seem to excel in the arts of healing and the northern forests are not particularly safe nowadays."}
{"speaks": "Luddry", "text": "I see. Well, we also need to arrange a meeting with the Council for our own purposes. Sending some of our most capable hunters with you along with our messengers might not be a bad idea after all, as you seem to excel in the arts of healing and the northern forests are not particularly safe nowadays.", "replies": "Luddry", "reply": "And welcome to the Heart Forest."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Frankly, when the village chief said \u2018capable\u2019 I was expecting something better.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "It\u2019d be a grave mistake to underestimate us, lass. Life \u2019round here ain\u2019t easy these days, and we have to be prepared to deal with anything."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "It\u2019d be a grave mistake to underestimate us, lass. Life \u2019round here ain\u2019t easy these days, and we have to be prepared to deal with anything.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I\u2019m well aware of that, having lived in the wilderness myself before, but these are mostly novices and untrained youths!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I\u2019m well aware of that, having lived in the wilderness myself before, but these are mostly novices and untrained youths!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "The chief wouldn\u2019t want to send off veterans on the chance that our home is attacked again. Anyway, we\u2019d better get going. Look out for the trolls that control this road \u2014 they hunt unwary travelers and eat them alive."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "The chief wouldn\u2019t want to send off veterans on the chance that our home is attacked again. Anyway, we\u2019d better get going. Look out for the trolls that control this road \u2014 they hunt unwary travelers and eat them alive.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Blast! I wasn\u2019t counting on this happening!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Blast! I wasn\u2019t counting on this happening!", "replies": "Reck", "reply": "Reck don\u2019t like humans on his base. We smash them!"}
{"speaks": "Reck", "text": "Reck don\u2019t like humans on his base. We smash them!", "replies": "Reck", "reply": "Reck dying... and don\u2019t know why."}
{"speaks": "Reck", "text": "Reck dying... and don\u2019t know why.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "That big troll was hoarding a considerable amount of gold in these ruins."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "That big troll was hoarding a considerable amount of gold in these ruins.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "I hear some commotion ahead..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "I hear some commotion ahead...", "replies": "Quorren", "reply": "Drop everything you\u2019re carrying with you gal, and we <i>may</i> spare your pretty neck!"}
{"speaks": "Quorren", "text": "Drop everything you\u2019re carrying with you gal, and we <i>may</i> spare your pretty neck!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We don\u2019t have time for this\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We don\u2019t have time for this\u2014", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "We can\u2019t just leave that poor girl at their mercy! We must help her!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "We can\u2019t just leave that poor girl at their mercy! We must help her!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>sigh</i>) Of course, that\u2019s what I was planning to do anyway."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>sigh</i>) Of course, that\u2019s what I was planning to do anyway.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Alas! I never got a chance to see the great towers of the capital!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Alas! I never got a chance to see the great towers of the capital!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "We shouldn\u2019t have let this happen!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "We shouldn\u2019t have let this happen!", "replies": "Allyna", "reply": "Oh, thank you for saving my life, sir, I\u2019ll be forever grateful! Is there anything I could do to repay you?"}
{"speaks": "Allyna", "text": "Oh, thank you for saving my life, sir, I\u2019ll be forever grateful! Is there anything I could do to repay you?", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Hm, actually, it is this lass here who is leading us..."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Hm, actually, it is this lass here who is leading us...", "replies": "Allyna", "reply": "Oh, I see! I beg your pardon, my lady."}
{"speaks": "Allyna", "text": "Oh, I see! I beg your pardon, my lady.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "May I ask what business brings a young girl like you to such a dangerous location alone? What\u2019s your name, anyway?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "May I ask what business brings a young girl like you to such a dangerous location alone? What\u2019s your name, anyway?", "replies": "Allyna", "reply": "I\u2019m Allyna of Dalbloom, from the eastern border. It\u2019s a very tiny village, so you may not have heard of it before. I was sent on a mission to deliver an important message to the Grand Council of the\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Allyna", "text": "I\u2019m Allyna of Dalbloom, from the eastern border. It\u2019s a very tiny village, so you may not have heard of it before. I was sent on a mission to deliver an important message to the Grand Council of the\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Sure, we also need to deliver our own messages to them. I would strongly suggest that you join us \u2014 it\u2019s a miracle that you have made it this far through these uncivilized lands in one piece. What do you think?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Sure, we also need to deliver our own messages to them. I would strongly suggest that you join us \u2014 it\u2019s a miracle that you have made it this far through these uncivilized lands in one piece. What do you think?", "replies": "Allyna", "reply": "Yes! \u2014I mean, if it doesn\u2019t bother you, of course. Sure it is uncivilized around here \u2014 I don\u2019t think I have ever seen a town get ransacked like that before..."}
{"speaks": "Allyna", "text": "Yes! \u2014I mean, if it doesn\u2019t bother you, of course. Sure it is uncivilized around here \u2014 I don\u2019t think I have ever seen a town get ransacked like that before...", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "What are you talking about?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "What are you talking about?", "replies": "Allyna", "reply": "The bridge town ahead was captured by a large armed band. I turned back as soon as I could, but some of their brutes chased me, and then I found you!"}
{"speaks": "Allyna", "text": "The bridge town ahead was captured by a large armed band. I turned back as soon as I could, but some of their brutes chased me, and then I found you!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Sounds like we may have to cleanse the town a bit before proceeding, then."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Sounds like we may have to cleanse the town a bit before proceeding, then.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Good plan. Gods, I never thought Talwyn would fall like that..."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Good plan. Gods, I never thought Talwyn would fall like that...", "replies": "Dremorran", "reply": "No! All our efforts have been in vain!"}
{"speaks": "Dremorran", "text": "No! All our efforts have been in vain!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Onwards we go, to the capital!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Onwards we go, to the capital!", "replies": "Allyna", "reply": "So are you truly the Lady of Light? I\u2019ve heard many amazing stories about you! Do you mind if I ask you some questions?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Finally, the walls of Raelthyn! It\u2019s a pity it\u2019s too dark to see the glory of the capital city!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I have been here before. Now, let\u2019s move."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I have been here before. Now, let\u2019s move.", "replies": "Lord Durstrang", "reply": "Halt! Who goes there?"}
{"speaks": "Lord Durstrang", "text": "Halt! Who goes there?", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "I\u2019m a humble messenger from the small village of Suthwood in the Heart Forest. We came here to meet with the Grand Council."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "I\u2019m a humble messenger from the small village of Suthwood in the Heart Forest. We came here to meet with the Grand Council.", "replies": "Lord Durstrang", "reply": "You and who else?"}
{"speaks": "Lord Durstrang", "text": "You and who else?", "replies": "Lord Durstrang", "reply": "Seize the traitor!"}
{"speaks": "Lord Durstrang", "text": "Seize the traitor!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Traitor? Who?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Traitor? Who?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Exactly what in the world is going on here?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Exactly what in the world is going on here?", "replies": "Lord Durstrang", "reply": "You, faerie, are accused of betraying the Alliance of the Peoples of the Far North, leading an elvish faction found to be collaborating with our enemies in times of war, and disclosing vital tactical information which jeopardizes the safety of the Aragwaith country and our allies."}
{"speaks": "Lord Durstrang", "text": "You, faerie, are accused of betraying the Alliance of the Peoples of the Far North, leading an elvish faction found to be collaborating with our enemies in times of war, and disclosing vital tactical information which jeopardizes the safety of the Aragwaith country and our allies.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Certainly, this must be some kind of misunderstanding... I would never shift my allegiances against what\u2019s best for the free civilizations of Irdya!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Certainly, this must be some kind of misunderstanding... I would never shift my allegiances against what\u2019s best for the free civilizations of Irdya!", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "Imprisoning her will not be necessary. Allow her to come to the Grand Council."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "Imprisoning her will not be necessary. Allow her to come to the Grand Council.", "replies": "Lord Durstrang", "reply": "But, my lord..."}
{"speaks": "Lord Durstrang", "text": "But, my lord...", "replies": "Valen", "reply": "A trial won\u2019t be required either. She\u2019s been framed by the enemy."}
{"speaks": "Valen", "text": "A trial won\u2019t be required either. She\u2019s been framed by the enemy.", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "Elynia, we have been eagerly awaiting your return. It\u2019s been a long time..."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "Elynia, we have been eagerly awaiting your return. It\u2019s been a long time...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Lord Arnesius, it\u2019s good to see you again. Something terrible has happened..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Lord Arnesius, it\u2019s good to see you again. Something terrible has happened...", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "Yes, yes... Valen has told us everything, and there\u2019s more you need to know as well. Come with us."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "Yes, yes... Valen has told us everything, and there\u2019s more you need to know as well. Come with us.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "My Lord, I\u2014 our messengers were promised an audience with the Council as well..."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "My Lord, I\u2014 our messengers were promised an audience with the Council as well...", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "That will have to wait while we discuss some war matters, but since you have come from so far protecting her, you may also come and listen."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "That will have to wait while we discuss some war matters, but since you have come from so far protecting her, you may also come and listen.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Very well, my lord."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "We\u2019d like to start by apologizing for our actions, or more accurately, our lack thereof. Had we understood the importance of your mission to Zocthanol we\u2019d have sent a whole fleet with you, and Galas\u2019 demise could have surely been avoided.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I... I don\u2019t think that would have made a great difference. The storm that caught us was a trap set up by our enemies."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I... I don\u2019t think that would have made a great difference. The storm that caught us was a trap set up by our enemies.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "As soon as we got word of your plan to assault the Wesmere hive on your own, we sent a platoon in your aid, but their path was obstructed by those Shaxthal creatures, who took over the Bay of Glamdrol to the south-west."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "As soon as we got word of your plan to assault the Wesmere hive on your own, we sent a platoon in your aid, but their path was obstructed by those Shaxthal creatures, who took over the Bay of Glamdrol to the south-west.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "By the time the soldiers arrived, it was already too late. Not only did we not find you or the lich Mal Keshar, but the plains had completely disappeared."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "By the time the soldiers arrived, it was already too late. Not only did we not find you or the lich Mal Keshar, but the plains had completely disappeared.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "But... disappeared?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "But... disappeared?", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "Everything vanished at the center of the explosion from which you escaped. The hive, the rocks, the clouds \u2014 everything had completely disappeared, according to the reports we got. The area surrounding the massive crater turned into a vast ashy desert devoid of any traces of life, artificial or otherwise. They also said the air itself had turned thin as in the tallest peaks of the Heart Mountains. We could only assume you had also been caught in the explosion and were destroyed along with the necromancer."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "Everything vanished at the center of the explosion from which you escaped. The hive, the rocks, the clouds \u2014 everything had completely disappeared, according to the reports we got. The area surrounding the massive crater turned into a vast ashy desert devoid of any traces of life, artificial or otherwise. They also said the air itself had turned thin as in the tallest peaks of the Heart Mountains. We could only assume you had also been caught in the explosion and were destroyed along with the necromancer.", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "With the ongoing war, we couldn\u2019t spend much time or resources in searching for you, so we decided to seek assistance from a seer who could tell us what happened and why. That\u2019s when we found Valen, who has been of great help to us this past year."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "With the ongoing war, we couldn\u2019t spend much time or resources in searching for you, so we decided to seek assistance from a seer who could tell us what happened and why. That\u2019s when we found Valen, who has been of great help to us this past year.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Hold on..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Hold on...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "That isn\u2019t possible! A year? But\u2014 it has been\u2014 it has been less than a month!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "That isn\u2019t possible! A year? But\u2014 it has been\u2014 it has been less than a month!", "replies": "Valen", "reply": "For you, my lady, time only continued to flow after the point you reappeared in our country\u2019s borders, but for us, time has gone by as usual. It\u2019s been a little more than a year since the destruction of Wesmere."}
{"speaks": "Valen", "text": "For you, my lady, time only continued to flow after the point you reappeared in our country\u2019s borders, but for us, time has gone by as usual. It\u2019s been a little more than a year since the destruction of Wesmere.", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "We suspect you were at the very center of the explosion, which may have caused an anomaly that brought you forward in time."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "We suspect you were at the very center of the explosion, which may have caused an anomaly that brought you forward in time.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... Actually, it may be my own fault. I used a teleportation spell I had just learned, without mastering it first, just as I felt as though my very existence had come to an end..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... Actually, it may be my own fault. I used a teleportation spell I had just learned, without mastering it first, just as I felt as though my very existence had come to an end...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "But the entire place vanishing doesn\u2019t make sense... How could that happen?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "But the entire place vanishing doesn\u2019t make sense... How could that happen?", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "There are many things we still haven\u2019t learned about our enemies that are, perhaps, essential for putting an end to this war."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "There are many things we still haven\u2019t learned about our enemies that are, perhaps, essential for putting an end to this war.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Where\u2019s Kyara? And Horo? We sent them to you after securing the Chaos outpost in Wesmere!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Where\u2019s Kyara? And Horo? We sent them to you after securing the Chaos outpost in Wesmere!", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "I fear we have never heard those names before."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "I fear we have never heard those names before.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "Assuming they stumbled upon the same class and number of enemies as our men did, it\u2019s very likely they didn\u2019t make it."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "Assuming they stumbled upon the same class and number of enemies as our men did, it\u2019s very likely they didn\u2019t make it.", "replies": "Valen", "reply": "If you can provide me with more information, I may be able to find out what occurred to them, but it will take time."}
{"speaks": "Valen", "text": "If you can provide me with more information, I may be able to find out what occurred to them, but it will take time.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "While Valen was trying to determine your whereabouts, new riots took place between the elves in the lands to the east. There are rumors of a certain rose-haired faerie allying herself with the leaders of the Chaos Empire, which is why you and your people have become rather unpopular amongst our peers."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "While Valen was trying to determine your whereabouts, new riots took place between the elves in the lands to the east. There are rumors of a certain rose-haired faerie allying herself with the leaders of the Chaos Empire, which is why you and your people have become rather unpopular amongst our peers.", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "The elves are once again divided and fighting their own kinsmen on the eastern border of our country, but one of the factions is clearly at an advantage thanks to their alliance with the Empire. We suspect they may be planning to invade us next, taking advantage of the tight situation on the southern borders."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "The elves are once again divided and fighting their own kinsmen on the eastern border of our country, but one of the factions is clearly at an advantage thanks to their alliance with the Empire. We suspect they may be planning to invade us next, taking advantage of the tight situation on the southern borders.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "Furthermore, it is said a great explosion took place in Glamdrol a few days ago. We haven\u2019t received any confirmation yet, but we fear it\u2019s of a similar nature to the one which destroyed Wesmere. If that\u2019s true, then we have just lost our largest western garrison."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "Furthermore, it is said a great explosion took place in Glamdrol a few days ago. We haven\u2019t received any confirmation yet, but we fear it\u2019s of a similar nature to the one which destroyed Wesmere. If that\u2019s true, then we have just lost our largest western garrison.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I see..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I see...", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "It\u2019s of utmost importance that the situation in the east is cleared up. The friendly elvish faction has asked us for aid, but as it is now we are unable to gather the complete Council to come to an agreement. We currently don\u2019t have many men to spare, so it has been suggested that you could lead a militia in order to assist them, and hopefully discover the identity of this mysterious impersonator."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "It\u2019s of utmost importance that the situation in the east is cleared up. The friendly elvish faction has asked us for aid, but as it is now we are unable to gather the complete Council to come to an agreement. We currently don\u2019t have many men to spare, so it has been suggested that you could lead a militia in order to assist them, and hopefully discover the identity of this mysterious impersonator.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I think I\u2019ve had enough experience with leading militiamen in the forests for my liking, and I highly doubt they could stand a chance against those demons and biomechanical creatures."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I think I\u2019ve had enough experience with leading militiamen in the forests for my liking, and I highly doubt they could stand a chance against those demons and biomechanical creatures.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Eh?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Eh?", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "It was never our intention to send you alone with barely-trained fighters. Amongst your messengers was one of Mal Keshar\u2019s very own disciples, a woman by the name of Zynara. She\u2019s willing to assist by leading a new undead horde against our enemies for you."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "It was never our intention to send you alone with barely-trained fighters. Amongst your messengers was one of Mal Keshar\u2019s very own disciples, a woman by the name of Zynara. She\u2019s willing to assist by leading a new undead horde against our enemies for you.", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "If you agree to help us, we will also make sure to keep you informed of any important events from the main battle front, sending you messages through Valen. You\u2019ll also be able to communicate with us this way."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "If you agree to help us, we will also make sure to keep you informed of any important events from the main battle front, sending you messages through Valen. You\u2019ll also be able to communicate with us this way.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "There\u2019s a very important journal we retrieved from the Chaos capital, and Mal Keshar told me before his destruction that he passed it to Kyara, the desert elf, in case neither of us would make it back from the hive. It is my hope that she and Horo are still alive somewhere, or that at the very least they passed the journal to another trustworthy person. I will agree to lead the expedition on the condition that you also do your best to locate it."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "There\u2019s a very important journal we retrieved from the Chaos capital, and Mal Keshar told me before his destruction that he passed it to Kyara, the desert elf, in case neither of us would make it back from the hive. It is my hope that she and Horo are still alive somewhere, or that at the very least they passed the journal to another trustworthy person. I will agree to lead the expedition on the condition that you also do your best to locate it.", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "That\u2019s a fair deal, although I would first like to know what this journal contains that makes it such a great priority for you, over your reputation and people."}
{"speaks": "Arnesius", "text": "That\u2019s a fair deal, although I would first like to know what this journal contains that makes it such a great priority for you, over your reputation and people.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Mal Keshar didn\u2019t get a chance to talk with me about the contents of the journal besides the location of the hive, where the heart of Yechnagoth was supposedly stored. Before his destruction, he referred to \u201ca greater cause, one that transcends the fate of Irdya\u201d \u2014 I have a feeling that it\u2019s about something he read in it. The journal was written by the Chaos Emperor himself, so the information within should be accurate and relevant for our purposes."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Mal Keshar didn\u2019t get a chance to talk with me about the contents of the journal besides the location of the hive, where the heart of Yechnagoth was supposedly stored. Before his destruction, he referred to \u201ca greater cause, one that transcends the fate of Irdya\u201d \u2014 I have a feeling that it\u2019s about something he read in it. The journal was written by the Chaos Emperor himself, so the information within should be accurate and relevant for our purposes.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "That is, assuming the heart of the colossal creature we destroyed in Wesmere was truly Yechnagoth\u2019s."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "That is, assuming the heart of the colossal creature we destroyed in Wesmere was truly Yechnagoth\u2019s.", "replies": "Valen", "reply": "I\u2019ll do whatever it takes to find out about that journal, my lady."}
{"speaks": "Valen", "text": "I\u2019ll do whatever it takes to find out about that journal, my lady.", "replies": "Arnesius", "reply": "Very well, then. Tomorrow we\u2019ll provide you with further instructions for your mission. We\u2019ll talk with the messengers from Suthwood now."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "It\u2019s really been a long trip. Are we there yet?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "No, but we should reach Dalbloom in the middle of the night if we keep our pace and don\u2019t stop to rest."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "No, but we should reach Dalbloom in the middle of the night if we keep our pace and don\u2019t stop to rest.", "replies": "Allyna", "reply": "Ah, if you only knew how to use the Ruby\u2019s power to its full extent, we could have avoided all this."}
{"speaks": "Allyna", "text": "Ah, if you only knew how to use the Ruby\u2019s power to its full extent, we could have avoided all this.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Right. But\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Right. But\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "<i>(disconcerted)</i> You can\u2019t possibly know about the Ruby of Fire! Who are you?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "<i>(disconcerted)</i> You can\u2019t possibly know about the Ruby of Fire! Who are you?", "replies": "Allyna", "reply": "I\u2019m sorry for lying to you. I really like you, but... I needed you to come here."}
{"speaks": "Allyna", "text": "I\u2019m sorry for lying to you. I really like you, but... I needed you to come here.", "replies": "Zynara", "reply": "An impostor!"}
{"speaks": "Zynara", "text": "An impostor!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "No, I simply needed to disguise myself as a helpless human girl so I\u2019d be allowed to travel with you and guide you to this place."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "No, I simply needed to disguise myself as a helpless human girl so I\u2019d be allowed to travel with you and guide you to this place.", "replies": "Elorran", "reply": "The Lady of Light."}
{"speaks": "Elorran", "text": "The Lady of Light.", "replies": "Tara", "reply": "It is an honor to meet you."}
{"speaks": "Tara", "text": "It is an honor to meet you.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What do you want from us?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What do you want from us?", "replies": "Elorran", "reply": "We just want your staff, or to be more specific, the gem decorating its top: the Ruby of Fire."}
{"speaks": "Elorran", "text": "We just want your staff, or to be more specific, the gem decorating its top: the Ruby of Fire.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You already tried this once and didn\u2019t succeed; what makes you think this time will be any different?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You already tried this once and didn\u2019t succeed; what makes you think this time will be any different?", "replies": "Elorran", "reply": "Actually... I presume you speak of someone else?"}
{"speaks": "Elorran", "text": "Actually... I presume you speak of someone else?", "replies": "Zynara", "reply": "My lady, we are wasting precious time here! Let us purge the Northlands of this blight!"}
{"speaks": "Zynara", "text": "My lady, we are wasting precious time here! Let us purge the Northlands of this blight!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The power of the Ruby of Fire is too great and too evil for it to fall into the wrong hands. You fiends shall not obtain it as long as I live!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The power of the Ruby of Fire is too great and too evil for it to fall into the wrong hands. You fiends shall not obtain it as long as I live!", "replies": "Elorran", "reply": "So be it, then. I was hoping to achieve something with a more civilized approach, but I guess diplomacy has become a thing of the past on this world as well."}
{"speaks": "Elorran", "text": "So be it, then. I was hoping to achieve something with a more civilized approach, but I guess diplomacy has become a thing of the past on this world as well.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I\u2019m truly sorry. It wasn\u2019t my intention for things to come to this."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I\u2019m truly sorry. It wasn\u2019t my intention for things to come to this.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "What... was that?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "What... was that?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I\u2019m not sure. There\u2019s something very... unusual about these demons, aside from the fact that there are two faerie beings allied with them."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I\u2019m not sure. There\u2019s something very... unusual about these demons, aside from the fact that there are two faerie beings allied with them.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Did you all hear that?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Did you all hear that?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "That\u2019s the sound of bad news \u2014 Shaxthal creatures are approaching."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "That\u2019s the sound of bad news \u2014 Shaxthal creatures are approaching.", "replies": "Zynara", "reply": "They have arrived!"}
{"speaks": "Zynara", "text": "They have arrived!", "replies": "Elorran", "reply": "Curse Uria! They have found us!"}
{"speaks": "Elorran", "text": "Curse Uria! They have found us!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Those metallic beasts don\u2019t seem interested in us as much as they are interested in our foes, but why?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Those metallic beasts don\u2019t seem interested in us as much as they are interested in our foes, but why?", "replies": "Elorran", "reply": "Lady of Light, I\u2019d like to call a truce. These creatures are our enemies too, and we don\u2019t really want to get involved in a slaughter."}
{"speaks": "Elorran", "text": "Lady of Light, I\u2019d like to call a truce. These creatures are our enemies too, and we don\u2019t really want to get involved in a slaughter.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Why should my side accede? Don\u2019t you all work for Uria?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Why should my side accede? Don\u2019t you all work for Uria?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "We don\u2019t! We are struggling <i>against</i> her!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "We don\u2019t! We are struggling <i>against</i> her!", "replies": "Zynara", "reply": "My lady, those demons cannot be trusted! They must be staging a trap, posing as enemies of Uria!"}
{"speaks": "Zynara", "text": "My lady, those demons cannot be trusted! They must be staging a trap, posing as enemies of Uria!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "My lady?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "My lady?", "replies": "Zynara", "reply": "My lady, you must decide now!"}
{"speaks": "Zynara", "text": "My lady, you must decide now!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Let us cooperate with these strange demons and repel the Shaxthal incursion before they infest the countryside. We\u2019ll decide what to do about them later."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Let us cooperate with these strange demons and repel the Shaxthal incursion before they infest the countryside. We\u2019ll decide what to do about them later.", "replies": "Zynara", "reply": "This is ridiculous! My master must have overestimated your ability to command!"}
{"speaks": "Zynara", "text": "This is ridiculous! My master must have overestimated your ability to command!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Your master would have been destroyed if Galas and Anlind\u00eb hadn\u2019t been at the command of the elvish troops. They gave him a chance to redeem himself. If it weren\u2019t for that, none of us would be here today discussing this."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Your master would have been destroyed if Galas and Anlind\u00eb hadn\u2019t been at the command of the elvish troops. They gave him a chance to redeem himself. If it weren\u2019t for that, none of us would be here today discussing this.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Very well, let\u2019s do this!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Very well, let\u2019s do this!", "replies": "Elorran", "reply": "My people! Now that Uria knows we are plotting against her, they are doomed without my guidance!"}
{"speaks": "Elorran", "text": "My people! Now that Uria knows we are plotting against her, they are doomed without my guidance!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Yes! We did it! We did it together!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Yes! We did it! We did it together!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Am I right in assuming that the village of Dalbloom doesn\u2019t truly exist anymore, and it\u2019s just the name of an ancient stronghold from the times before the Fall?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Am I right in assuming that the village of Dalbloom doesn\u2019t truly exist anymore, and it\u2019s just the name of an ancient stronghold from the times before the Fall?", "replies": "Elorran", "reply": "That\u2019s right. We needed you to come here, away from the Alliance\u2019s troops, and away from the Chaos forces. Or at least, we <i>thought</i> they would not be roaming around these parts. It\u2019s alarming that their war beasts have come this far within the human country."}
{"speaks": "Elorran", "text": "That\u2019s right. We needed you to come here, away from the Alliance\u2019s troops, and away from the Chaos forces. Or at least, we <i>thought</i> they would not be roaming around these parts. It\u2019s alarming that their war beasts have come this far within the human country.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "May I know why you believe acquiring the Ruby of Fire will do good to your cause, whatever it is?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "May I know why you believe acquiring the Ruby of Fire will do good to your cause, whatever it is?", "replies": "Tara", "reply": "My lady, Elorran is one of the few demon lords who refused to heed Uria\u2019s call to war against the good peoples of Irdya. He came to me seeking support for his mission. Our intention was to contact you and destroy that artifact you hold."}
{"speaks": "Tara", "text": "My lady, Elorran is one of the few demon lords who refused to heed Uria\u2019s call to war against the good peoples of Irdya. He came to me seeking support for his mission. Our intention was to contact you and destroy that artifact you hold.", "replies": "Elorran", "reply": "According to what Anya heard, you set foot in the Kalari stronghold once, and confronted the Iron Council. You know well by now that the Ruby isn\u2019t a mere piece of magic jewelry, but you may still be unaware of the full extent of its power. Long ago, a group of human sorcerers created it and killed Irdya\u2019s Gatekeeper, the creature that was charged with the task of guarding the entrance to Inferno. That disaster and the unexplained disappearance of Inferno\u2019s very own Gatekeeper on the other side eventually brought this world to Uria\u2019s attention."}
{"speaks": "Elorran", "text": "According to what Anya heard, you set foot in the Kalari stronghold once, and confronted the Iron Council. You know well by now that the Ruby isn\u2019t a mere piece of magic jewelry, but you may still be unaware of the full extent of its power. Long ago, a group of human sorcerers created it and killed Irdya\u2019s Gatekeeper, the creature that was charged with the task of guarding the entrance to Inferno. That disaster and the unexplained disappearance of Inferno\u2019s very own Gatekeeper on the other side eventually brought this world to Uria\u2019s attention.", "replies": "Elorran", "reply": "The many Gatekeepers were created from the ancient Guardian of Secrets, Uria\u2019s sister. They were assigned to different locations to protect them from external interference, preventing anything from entering or leaving Inferno. Uria has figured this out, and she wants the Ruby of Fire to create a path to allow her to enter and invade a world much like yours, called Ethea. We do not know yet what her motives are \u2014 there may be something there which she could use against the few remaining gods who may oppose her."}
{"speaks": "Elorran", "text": "The many Gatekeepers were created from the ancient Guardian of Secrets, Uria\u2019s sister. They were assigned to different locations to protect them from external interference, preventing anything from entering or leaving Inferno. Uria has figured this out, and she wants the Ruby of Fire to create a path to allow her to enter and invade a world much like yours, called Ethea. We do not know yet what her motives are \u2014 there may be something there which she could use against the few remaining gods who may oppose her.", "replies": "Tara", "reply": "To that end she is using Irdya to test her forces and breed a massive army of biomechanical creatures for use against those who will defend Ethea."}
{"speaks": "Tara", "text": "To that end she is using Irdya to test her forces and breed a massive army of biomechanical creatures for use against those who will defend Ethea.", "replies": "Elorran", "reply": "Although some of us think the right being <i>could</i> use the power of the Ruby to destroy or incapacitate Uria, nobody wants to run the risk and unwittingly deliver the artifact to her by failing in such a suicidal mission. Hence we want to destroy it."}
{"speaks": "Elorran", "text": "Although some of us think the right being <i>could</i> use the power of the Ruby to destroy or incapacitate Uria, nobody wants to run the risk and unwittingly deliver the artifact to her by failing in such a suicidal mission. Hence we want to destroy it.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "We really need your help..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "We really need your help...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The Ruby of Fire\u2014 this staff, originally owned by my master, the Great Sorceress Niryone... it belongs to me. I have sacrificed much keeping it away from those who could threaten the future of the peoples of Irdya. Surely we can thwart Uria\u2019s plans in a different way."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The Ruby of Fire\u2014 this staff, originally owned by my master, the Great Sorceress Niryone... it belongs to me. I have sacrificed much keeping it away from those who could threaten the future of the peoples of Irdya. Surely we can thwart Uria\u2019s plans in a different way.", "replies": "Elorran", "reply": "We aren\u2019t the only group that has stood against her rule, but we are one of the few to survive to this day. We\u2019ve seen her real power, and only the wielder of the Union could possibly stand a chance against her \u2014 if only that power hadn\u2019t fallen into her hands following your short incursion into her territory."}
{"speaks": "Elorran", "text": "We aren\u2019t the only group that has stood against her rule, but we are one of the few to survive to this day. We\u2019ve seen her real power, and only the wielder of the Union could possibly stand a chance against her \u2014 if only that power hadn\u2019t fallen into her hands following your short incursion into her territory.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What do you mean\u2014 she cannot use that power, right?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What do you mean\u2014 she cannot use that power, right?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Not yet..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Not yet...", "replies": "Tara", "reply": "What she expects to find on Ethea may be another artifact that could enable her to wield the Union."}
{"speaks": "Tara", "text": "What she expects to find on Ethea may be another artifact that could enable her to wield the Union.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I\u2019m not convinced destroying the Ruby is the solution. What if there\u2019s an equivalent somewhere else on Irdya, or on another world?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I\u2019m not convinced destroying the Ruby is the solution. What if there\u2019s an equivalent somewhere else on Irdya, or on another world?", "replies": "Elorran", "reply": "That\u2019s a risk we\u2019ll have to take. As things stand right now, Uria <i>is</i> more likely to obtain the Ruby than any other alternative in order to accelerate her plans."}
{"speaks": "Elorran", "text": "That\u2019s a risk we\u2019ll have to take. As things stand right now, Uria <i>is</i> more likely to obtain the Ruby than any other alternative in order to accelerate her plans.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The elves... the people whom I swore to protect ages ago need me at this very moment. Let me use the power of the Ruby once more, and then we\u2019ll make sure it will never be used again."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The elves... the people whom I swore to protect ages ago need me at this very moment. Let me use the power of the Ruby once more, and then we\u2019ll make sure it will never be used again.", "replies": "Tara", "reply": "My lord, we won\u2019t be able to convince her to do otherwise."}
{"speaks": "Tara", "text": "My lord, we won\u2019t be able to convince her to do otherwise.", "replies": "Elorran", "reply": "<i>(sighs)</i> Your tenacity has not gone unnoticed, Lady of Light. Uria knows you are a formidable enemy, albeit notably foolish at times. Do what you feel is right, and then come back to us as soon as you may so we can put an end to her plans together. Anya will go with you; her necklace will allow you to find us, no matter the distance or the time."}
{"speaks": "Elorran", "text": "<i>(sighs)</i> Your tenacity has not gone unnoticed, Lady of Light. Uria knows you are a formidable enemy, albeit notably foolish at times. Do what you feel is right, and then come back to us as soon as you may so we can put an end to her plans together. Anya will go with you; her necklace will allow you to find us, no matter the distance or the time.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I will... go with her? Yes! I mean... if that\u2019s not a problem."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I will... go with her? Yes! I mean... if that\u2019s not a problem.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We are heading towards a war zone and we welcome the support of every man or woman who can wield a weapon, cast a spell, or tend to the injured. However, I am... unsure about allowing a young girl like Anya to accompany us."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We are heading towards a war zone and we welcome the support of every man or woman who can wield a weapon, cast a spell, or tend to the injured. However, I am... unsure about allowing a young girl like Anya to accompany us.", "replies": "Tara", "reply": "You might underestimate her now because making use of her magic before would have blown her cover, but I assure you, she is an excellent spellcaster under the right circumstances."}
{"speaks": "Tara", "text": "You might underestimate her now because making use of her magic before would have blown her cover, but I assure you, she is an excellent spellcaster under the right circumstances.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Don\u2019t say that! It\u2019s rather embarrassing..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Don\u2019t say that! It\u2019s rather embarrassing...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Very well, Lord Elorran. I swear I will do my best to keep the Ruby away from our enemies."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Very well, Lord Elorran. I swear I will do my best to keep the Ruby away from our enemies.", "replies": "Zynara", "reply": "Dealing with demons... (<i>sigh</i>) This can\u2019t end well..."}
{"speaks": "Zynara", "text": "Dealing with demons... (<i>sigh</i>) This can\u2019t end well...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I would like to keep our pact a secret between us. Even if the Grand Council understood, there seems to be a fair chance they could fall and provide Uria\u2019s henchmen with information about our plans. No-one should speak of this."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I would like to keep our pact a secret between us. Even if the Grand Council understood, there seems to be a fair chance they could fall and provide Uria\u2019s henchmen with information about our plans. No-one should speak of this.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Understood, my lady."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Understood, my lady.", "replies": "Zynara", "reply": "Understood..."}
{"speaks": "Zynara", "text": "Understood...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Well, let\u2019s continue onwards. Hopefully we won\u2019t come across any more interruptions."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Well, let\u2019s continue onwards. Hopefully we won\u2019t come across any more interruptions.", "replies": "Elorran", "reply": "There is an army of hostile elves approaching... Things would have worked out much better if this Lady of Light had not turned out to be such a dreadful disappointment as a leader and a tactician."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "There are so many different flowers in this field! It\u2019s beautiful!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Indeed it is."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Indeed it is.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "My lady, there are encampments ahead, apparently occupied by elves! This doesn\u2019t look right!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "My lady, there are encampments ahead, apparently occupied by elves! This doesn\u2019t look right!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Certainly not \u2014 they shouldn\u2019t be this close to Aragwaithi territory, so I presume they belong to the hostile faction. Everyone prepare for battle, and let\u2019s hope for the best."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Certainly not \u2014 they shouldn\u2019t be this close to Aragwaithi territory, so I presume they belong to the hostile faction. Everyone prepare for battle, and let\u2019s hope for the best.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "May the Lords of Light protect us..."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "May the Lords of Light protect us...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I wish we could just entirely avoid casualties, but that\u2019s not going to happen."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I wish we could just entirely avoid casualties, but that\u2019s not going to happen.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I fear for the fate of the elves who sent that call for help to the Council..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I fear for the fate of the elves who sent that call for help to the Council...", "replies": "Telan", "reply": "Who is it that dares defy the power of the Lady of Light?"}
{"speaks": "Telan", "text": "Who is it that dares defy the power of the Lady of Light?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You, I presume. I am the only Lady of Light that there is on Irdya, and you have been deceived into fighting against me and the Grand Council of the Northern Peoples in favor of a dark cause, one that betrays the memory of our civilization and our leaders."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You, I presume. I am the only Lady of Light that there is on Irdya, and you have been deceived into fighting against me and the Grand Council of the Northern Peoples in favor of a dark cause, one that betrays the memory of our civilization and our leaders.", "replies": "Telan", "reply": "You are nothing but a blatant impostor working for the human bastards \u2014 a dirty, treacherous impostor!"}
{"speaks": "Telan", "text": "You are nothing but a blatant impostor working for the human bastards \u2014 a dirty, treacherous impostor!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Take her back to the encampment! I need to ask a few questions..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Take her back to the encampment! I need to ask a few questions...", "replies": "Telan", "reply": "I refuse to answer to the likes of you!"}
{"speaks": "Telan", "text": "I refuse to answer to the likes of you!", "replies": "Unid\u00eb", "reply": "The traitors... they have slain me..."}
{"speaks": "Unid\u00eb", "text": "The traitors... they have slain me...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Those elves who willingly choose to support the forces that seek to destroy our world don\u2019t deserve to live."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Those elves who willingly choose to support the forces that seek to destroy our world don\u2019t deserve to live.", "replies": "Zynara", "reply": "(<i>mumbling</i>) That seems rather hypocritical coming from you."}
{"speaks": "Zynara", "text": "(<i>mumbling</i>) That seems rather hypocritical coming from you.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I can hear you, Zynara."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I can hear you, Zynara.", "replies": "Ethanin-Adrael", "reply": "I shall not fall today!"}
{"speaks": "Ethanin-Adrael", "text": "I shall not fall today!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "How do you do that, girl?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "How do you do that, girl?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Do what?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Do what?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You seem able to heal your own wounds without any effort. I haven\u2019t heard of other faeries of the deep forest having that power."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You seem able to heal your own wounds without any effort. I haven\u2019t heard of other faeries of the deep forest having that power.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Ah. Well, I have had this ability for as long as I can remember."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Ah. Well, I have had this ability for as long as I can remember.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "This conflict didn\u2019t begin just now. When Galas and I last visited the northern country, a civil war was already raging due to Inodien\u2019s death. The rumors pointed at the Iron Council\u2019s intrusion in our lands and affairs, but we didn\u2019t have the opportunity to confirm anything."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "This conflict didn\u2019t begin just now. When Galas and I last visited the northern country, a civil war was already raging due to Inodien\u2019s death. The rumors pointed at the Iron Council\u2019s intrusion in our lands and affairs, but we didn\u2019t have the opportunity to confirm anything.", "replies": "Zynara", "reply": "Ah, the struggle that resulted in the banishment of the elves from the country. I remember that."}
{"speaks": "Zynara", "text": "Ah, the struggle that resulted in the banishment of the elves from the country. I remember that.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Much elvish blood has been shed today. I swear that whoever is behind this shall pay with their own life \u2014 no matter what it takes."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Much elvish blood has been shed today. I swear that whoever is behind this shall pay with their own life \u2014 no matter what it takes.", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "Elynia! I\u2019m so glad to see you again after so long..."}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "Elynia! I\u2019m so glad to see you again after so long...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Unarye, what happened? We were heading towards the eastern forest to meet with you when we stumbled upon this incursion. How could our enemies advance this far?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Unarye, what happened? We were heading towards the eastern forest to meet with you when we stumbled upon this incursion. How could our enemies advance this far?", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "Indeed we owe you a few explanations, and I apologize for being unable to arrive earlier, but our forces have been severely weakened. Come with me, and I\u2019ll explain all."}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "Indeed we owe you a few explanations, and I apologize for being unable to arrive earlier, but our forces have been severely weakened. Come with me, and I\u2019ll explain all.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "My lady, do you know this elf?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "My lady, do you know this elf?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "She is one of Galas\u2019 friends, Unarye, and she\u2019s been collaborating with the Grand Council ever since we left to infiltrate the Empire. I know she can be trusted. Now, let\u2019s go."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "She is one of Galas\u2019 friends, Unarye, and she\u2019s been collaborating with the Grand Council ever since we left to infiltrate the Empire. I know she can be trusted. Now, let\u2019s go.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "My lady, I\u2019ve just heard rumors that the elves are already advancing towards Raelthyn."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "My lady, I\u2019ve just heard rumors that the elves are already advancing towards Raelthyn.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "That explains why they haven\u2019t crushed us yet despite our poor performance. This was a foolish move. It\u2019s best that we fall back to aid in the defense of the central region, quickly."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Everyone here is restless, and the elvish leader is nowhere to be seen...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Ah, here she comes!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Ah, here she comes!", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "I apologize once again for keeping you all waiting."}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "I apologize once again for keeping you all waiting.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It\u2019s no problem, really."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It\u2019s no problem, really.", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "The reason we moved out of the way to the Aragwaith country is that we originally thought our fallen kin would chase us and leave the humans alone. As we all just saw, of course, we were mistaken. Our own people have managed to retrieve some valuable information from the enemy settlements, though. Listen carefully..."}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "The reason we moved out of the way to the Aragwaith country is that we originally thought our fallen kin would chase us and leave the humans alone. As we all just saw, of course, we were mistaken. Our own people have managed to retrieve some valuable information from the enemy settlements, though. Listen carefully...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We are listening, my friend."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We are listening, my friend.", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "The impostor who calls herself the Lady of Light has amassed a varied army of elves, humans, barbarians and Shaxthal creatures, apparently as part of a plan to reorganize the Chaos forces and strike the human country from the east while keeping their troops busy in the west. Not only have they gotten support from Inodien\u2019s successors, but they have also made contact with elvish and human barbarians from lands farther to the east \u2014 peoples whose existence was unknown to us thus far."}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "The impostor who calls herself the Lady of Light has amassed a varied army of elves, humans, barbarians and Shaxthal creatures, apparently as part of a plan to reorganize the Chaos forces and strike the human country from the east while keeping their troops busy in the west. Not only have they gotten support from Inodien\u2019s successors, but they have also made contact with elvish and human barbarians from lands farther to the east \u2014 peoples whose existence was unknown to us thus far.", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "Their base of operations is said to be located in Telchior\u2019s Hold in the Valley of Elynia \u2014 the very place whence we fled under Galas\u2019 command following the Chaos invasion. Something deeply wrong must have occurred there after our departure. As I recall, the last time we met you mentioned that Lord L\u00e9dinor was possessed by Uria."}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "Their base of operations is said to be located in Telchior\u2019s Hold in the Valley of Elynia \u2014 the very place whence we fled under Galas\u2019 command following the Chaos invasion. Something deeply wrong must have occurred there after our departure. As I recall, the last time we met you mentioned that Lord L\u00e9dinor was possessed by Uria.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "That\u2019s correct, indeed."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "That\u2019s correct, indeed.", "replies": "Lord Ardami\u00e9n", "reply": "The information we have could be a fabrication intended to mislead us into thinking the valley has some relevance in the greater scheme of things, but it\u2019s not possible to disregard the danger this foul new alliance poses. If the northern lands fall now, the Chaos Empire will have won the war even without their Emperor or capital."}
{"speaks": "Lord Ardami\u00e9n", "text": "The information we have could be a fabrication intended to mislead us into thinking the valley has some relevance in the greater scheme of things, but it\u2019s not possible to disregard the danger this foul new alliance poses. If the northern lands fall now, the Chaos Empire will have won the war even without their Emperor or capital.", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "We are in the middle of restructuring our forces to protect the eastern front for as long as we can, even if the Grand Council isn\u2019t available to coordinate efforts with us."}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "We are in the middle of restructuring our forces to protect the eastern front for as long as we can, even if the Grand Council isn\u2019t available to coordinate efforts with us.", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "Elynia, you lead many capable warriors and you have the support of the undead. If you could infiltrate the valley in the meantime and vanquish the impostor, we could put an end to the war on this front."}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "Elynia, you lead many capable warriors and you have the support of the undead. If you could infiltrate the valley in the meantime and vanquish the impostor, we could put an end to the war on this front.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "But... I know nothing of the valley other than that it lies in the middle of the desert \u2014 fighting in such an environment could be disastrous!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "But... I know nothing of the valley other than that it lies in the middle of the desert \u2014 fighting in such an environment could be disastrous!", "replies": "Miryath", "reply": "The impersonator is a coward and she isn\u2019t going to lead her minions on the front line. If anything can be done about her, it\u2019ll have to be at her base."}
{"speaks": "Miryath", "text": "The impersonator is a coward and she isn\u2019t going to lead her minions on the front line. If anything can be done about her, it\u2019ll have to be at her base.", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "You are a powerful warrior and you have more experience in these matters than any of us present. You helped Galas and Mal Keshar infiltrate the Chaos Empire before. I\u2019m sure you will be successful in this task."}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "You are a powerful warrior and you have more experience in these matters than any of us present. You helped Galas and Mal Keshar infiltrate the Chaos Empire before. I\u2019m sure you will be successful in this task.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Very well. We\u2019ll travel to your old home to purge this plague and strike down the false Lady of Light."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Very well. We\u2019ll travel to your old home to purge this plague and strike down the false Lady of Light.", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "Thank you, Elynia \u2014 thank you all. I\u2019m sure that under your command the mission will be a success. Now, I must go to discuss our plans with our field commanders."}
{"speaks": "Zynara", "text": "The desert... I never thought I\u2019d have to see it again.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Ugh. I feel unwell in these dry and bright lands."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Ugh. I feel unwell in these dry and bright lands.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It can\u2019t be helped. Dark faeries are frail creatures that revel in the shadows of the greatest and densest forests. Really, the desert is no place for you. I am sorry for dragging you along."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It can\u2019t be helped. Dark faeries are frail creatures that revel in the shadows of the greatest and densest forests. Really, the desert is no place for you. I am sorry for dragging you along.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Oh, my lady, don\u2019t worry about me. I just need some time to adapt to this environment, that is all."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Oh, my lady, don\u2019t worry about me. I just need some time to adapt to this environment, that is all.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "My lady, if you\u2019ll allow me to complain... we can\u2019t just march across the desert without stopping to rest!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "My lady, if you\u2019ll allow me to complain... we can\u2019t just march across the desert without stopping to rest!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Excellent!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Excellent!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "A word of caution, though. Ever since the Fall, the many victims of the disasters which devastated Irdya have been endlessly wandering across lands like this, preying on the souls of the living."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "A word of caution, though. Ever since the Fall, the many victims of the disasters which devastated Irdya have been endlessly wandering across lands like this, preying on the souls of the living.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Understood, my lady."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Understood, my lady.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Time to get moving."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Time to get moving.", "replies": "second_unit", "reply": "I banish you from this world! Go now to your deserved rest!"}
{"speaks": "second_unit", "text": "I banish you from this world! Go now to your deserved rest!", "replies": "Zynara", "reply": "Begone, wandering spirit!"}
{"speaks": "Zynara", "text": "Begone, wandering spirit!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Ahhhh... There\u2019s no feeling like putting my feet under refreshing, flowing water... I miss the northern forests..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Ahhhh... There\u2019s no feeling like putting my feet under refreshing, flowing water... I miss the northern forests...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Where do you come from, anyway? You couldn\u2019t have spent your whole life traveling with Elorran and Tara."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Where do you come from, anyway? You couldn\u2019t have spent your whole life traveling with Elorran and Tara.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Oh... Of course not. It\u2019s just... it\u2019s complicated."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Oh... Of course not. It\u2019s just... it\u2019s complicated.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "If you don\u2019t feel like telling me more about yourself right now, I can understand \u2014 I\u2019m just curious, that\u2019s all."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "If you don\u2019t feel like telling me more about yourself right now, I can understand \u2014 I\u2019m just curious, that\u2019s all.", "replies": "Bratar", "reply": "Chief! The faerie! The faerie and her pets are approaching from the northwest!"}
{"speaks": "Bratar", "text": "Chief! The faerie! The faerie and her pets are approaching from the northwest!", "replies": "Pigork", "reply": "SHUT UP, you disgusting INSECT!"}
{"speaks": "Pigork", "text": "SHUT UP, you disgusting INSECT!", "replies": "Zynara", "reply": "A sandstorm! We won\u2019t be able to continue marching like this!"}
{"speaks": "Zynara", "text": "A sandstorm! We won\u2019t be able to continue marching like this!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "This small inconvenience shall not stop us! Onwards!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "This small inconvenience shall not stop us! Onwards!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "My lady, are you sure this is a good plan?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "My lady, are you sure this is a good plan?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It\u2019s better than tarrying here for too long, so it\u2019s good enough for me!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It\u2019s better than tarrying here for too long, so it\u2019s good enough for me!", "replies": "Gargaz", "reply": "Argh! No!"}
{"speaks": "Gargaz", "text": "Argh! No!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Blast it! Their messenger escaped!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Blast it! Their messenger escaped!", "replies": "Pigork", "reply": "... useless... insects..."}
{"speaks": "Pigork", "text": "... useless... insects...", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Maybe this wasn\u2019t such a good idea after all."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Maybe this wasn\u2019t such a good idea after all.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I wasn\u2019t counting on that messenger and his swift mount. Regardless, our presence here was both predicted and awaited \u2014 this decidedly spells bad news."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I wasn\u2019t counting on that messenger and his swift mount. Regardless, our presence here was both predicted and awaited \u2014 this decidedly spells bad news.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "But I told you so!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "But I told you so!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I <i>did</i> expect a trap from the very beginning too, girl. We\u2014 I have been in situations like this before..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I <i>did</i> expect a trap from the very beginning too, girl. We\u2014 I have been in situations like this before...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Valen just informed me that the impostor\u2019s forces are advancing towards Raelthyn. That can only mean Unarye and her troops fell in battle. This is hopeless."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "According to the map Unarye gave us, the valley entrance is just ahead.", "replies": "Zynara", "reply": "Good."}
{"speaks": "Zynara", "text": "Good.", "replies": "Zynara", "reply": "Don\u2019t you think it is unsafe to be here all alone, though?"}
{"speaks": "Zynara", "text": "Don\u2019t you think it is unsafe to be here all alone, though?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "There\u2019s nothing suspicious around here, so... No, I don\u2019t think so. We are both capable of defending ourselves against desert animals."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "There\u2019s nothing suspicious around here, so... No, I don\u2019t think so. We are both capable of defending ourselves against desert animals.", "replies": "Zynara", "reply": "I see..."}
{"speaks": "Zynara", "text": "I see...", "replies": "Mal Zynavu", "reply": "Well, let\u2019s see how you fare on your own against <i>me</i>!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Zynavu", "text": "Well, let\u2019s see how you fare on your own against <i>me</i>!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "\u2014<b>Who</b> are you in truth? <b>ANSWER!</b>"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "\u2014<b>Who</b> are you in truth? <b>ANSWER!</b>", "replies": "Mal Zynavu", "reply": "It saddens me to admit that my master was a very misguided person \u2014 his destruction was only a matter of time. Uria\u2019s power is the greatest force that\u2019s ever graced us. We could avoid wasting so many lives all over the continent if everyone accepted her offer and joined her cause."}
{"speaks": "Mal Zynavu", "text": "It saddens me to admit that my master was a very misguided person \u2014 his destruction was only a matter of time. Uria\u2019s power is the greatest force that\u2019s ever graced us. We could avoid wasting so many lives all over the continent if everyone accepted her offer and joined her cause.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "So <b>you</b> were in the country working for the Triad all this time? <b>YOU BETRAYED US!</b>"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "So <b>you</b> were in the country working for the Triad all this time? <b>YOU BETRAYED US!</b>", "replies": "Mal Zynavu", "reply": "I am not the only one! Even those pitiful northerners have grown weary of this pointless war and seek easier alternatives. Now, give me that staff. Oh, and don\u2019t forget you are not in possession of godlike powers anymore \u2014 I can and will kill you if you don\u2019t concede."}
{"speaks": "Mal Zynavu", "text": "I am not the only one! Even those pitiful northerners have grown weary of this pointless war and seek easier alternatives. Now, give me that staff. Oh, and don\u2019t forget you are not in possession of godlike powers anymore \u2014 I can and will kill you if you don\u2019t concede.", "replies": "Mal Zynavu", "reply": "<i>They</i> are also willing to help..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Zynavu", "text": "<i>They</i> are also willing to help...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Anya! Durvan! How did you know? I\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Anya! Durvan! How did you know? I\u2014", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "My lady, we\u2019d never leave you alone in the darkness. After all, it <i>is</i> our element!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "My lady, we\u2019d never leave you alone in the darkness. After all, it <i>is</i> our element!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "There\u2019s a lot of movement in the hills to the south, my lady. The northern defense line is preparing for battle, and so should we!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "There\u2019s a lot of movement in the hills to the south, my lady. The northern defense line is preparing for battle, and so should we!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I didn\u2019t come from so far to the former home of my people to be defeated by a traitor and coward."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I didn\u2019t come from so far to the former home of my people to be defeated by a traitor and coward.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I <i>have</i> done this before, thanks to Argan and Malin. Although I am not as good as them with spirits, unfortunately..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I <i>have</i> done this before, thanks to Argan and Malin. Although I am not as good as them with spirits, unfortunately...", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Your staff... the Ruby\u2019s glowing!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Your staff... the Ruby\u2019s glowing!", "replies": "Gerumanen", "reply": "I can see her friends there... he, he..."}
{"speaks": "Gerumanen", "text": "I can see her friends there... he, he...", "replies": "Mal Zynavu", "reply": "Ignore them \u2014 strike down the faerie first!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Zynavu", "text": "Ignore them \u2014 strike down the faerie first!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Who is your leader? Who is awaiting us in the valley and who is my impersonator?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Who is your leader? Who is awaiting us in the valley and who is my impersonator?", "replies": "Mal Zynavu", "reply": "I work for the Iron Council! I have no idea who\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Mal Zynavu", "text": "I work for the Iron Council! I have no idea who\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You... are... <b>LYING</b>!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You... are... <b>LYING</b>!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "How could you..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "How could you...", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "It\u2019s over now."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "It\u2019s over now.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "My lady..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "My lady...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Just \u2018Elynia\u2019 will do, friends."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Just \u2018Elynia\u2019 will do, friends.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "What should we do now?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "What should we do now?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "There is no turning back, and the impostor must be preparing to confront us or flee from the valley. Whichever is the case, I am going to find her and burn her to ashes. You must contact Elorran immediately to notify him of Zynara\u2019s betrayal. It\u2019s very probable that he is in danger."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "There is no turning back, and the impostor must be preparing to confront us or flee from the valley. Whichever is the case, I am going to find her and burn her to ashes. You must contact Elorran immediately to notify him of Zynara\u2019s betrayal. It\u2019s very probable that he is in danger.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Very well!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Very well!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Everyone else, prepare for what I hope will be our last battle."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Everyone else, prepare for what I hope will be our last battle.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Yes, my lady!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Yes, my lady!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "The main troops are coming..."}
{"speaks": "Adel", "text": "Sirs, the impostor has arrived with her army! The northern defense line is\u2014", "replies": "Kaerus-Aganan", "reply": "Ha! Ha! That is no army. I thought the northern elves would be more kind to their so-called savior! Ha!"}
{"speaks": "Kaerus-Aganan", "text": "Ha! Ha! That is no army. I thought the northern elves would be more kind to their so-called savior! Ha!", "replies": "Lady of Light", "reply": "Behold, the usurper arrived to challenge us in our own headquarters. What a pitiful effort! To arms! Take her down and bring me her head and the staff she stole from me!"}
{"speaks": "Lady of Light", "text": "Behold, the usurper arrived to challenge us in our own headquarters. What a pitiful effort! To arms! Take her down and bring me her head and the staff she stole from me!", "replies": "Kethael", "reply": "Yes, my lady."}
{"speaks": "Kethael", "text": "Yes, my lady.", "replies": "Midnolan", "reply": "As you command, my lady!"}
{"speaks": "Midnolan", "text": "As you command, my lady!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Indeed, something is seriously amiss about these elves. If only we could prove she is the impostor, perhaps they would then listen to reason."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Indeed, something is seriously amiss about these elves. If only we could prove she is the impostor, perhaps they would then listen to reason.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "What do you suggest, my lady... Elynia?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "What do you suggest, my lady... Elynia?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Stay clear of her and allow me to confront her by myself."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Stay clear of her and allow me to confront her by myself.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Very well..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Very well...", "replies": "Kaerus-Aganan", "reply": "Protect the Lady of Light! Argh\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Kaerus-Aganan", "text": "Protect the Lady of Light! Argh\u2014", "replies": "unit", "reply": "I\u2014 the Lady of Light... why..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "I\u2014 the Lady of Light... why...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "The impostor escaped!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "The impostor escaped!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "This isn\u2019t good. Since we couldn\u2019t unmask her in front of her subjects, they will summon reinforcements and fight us to the death. We must retreat immediately!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "This isn\u2019t good. Since we couldn\u2019t unmask her in front of her subjects, they will summon reinforcements and fight us to the death. We must retreat immediately!", "replies": "Lady of Light", "reply": "I shall never be defeated by vile impostors like you!"}
{"speaks": "Lady of Light", "text": "I shall never be defeated by vile impostors like you!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Do you truly believe your own lies? Why don\u2019t you show these elves what you are capable of? Your great powers as the Lady of Light? <i>Who</i> are you, and why are you posing as me?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Do you truly believe your own lies? Why don\u2019t you show these elves what you are capable of? Your great powers as the Lady of Light? <i>Who</i> are you, and why are you posing as me?", "replies": "Lady of Light", "reply": "Your end is at hand. I shall not answer. Guards! Kill her!"}
{"speaks": "Lady of Light", "text": "Your end is at hand. I shall not answer. Guards! Kill her!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Back, you fools!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Back, you fools!", "replies": "Eldulas", "reply": "What is this? She emanates such a radiant light!"}
{"speaks": "Eldulas", "text": "What is this? She emanates such a radiant light!", "replies": "Lady of Light", "reply": "Do not hesitate! Kill her! <b>Now!</b>"}
{"speaks": "Lady of Light", "text": "Do not hesitate! Kill her! <b>Now!</b>", "replies": "Vinon", "reply": "Who... Who should we trust?"}
{"speaks": "Vinon", "text": "Who... Who should we trust?", "replies": "Anariel", "reply": "My lady... Elynia! The Lady of Light! I remember you!"}
{"speaks": "Anariel", "text": "My lady... Elynia! The Lady of Light! I remember you!", "replies": "Lady of Light", "reply": "No..."}
{"speaks": "Lady of Light", "text": "No...", "replies": "Eldulas", "reply": "... We have been deceived..."}
{"speaks": "Eldulas", "text": "... We have been deceived...", "replies": "Lady of Light", "reply": "NO!"}
{"speaks": "Lady of Light", "text": "NO!", "replies": "Vinon", "reply": "What have we done?"}
{"speaks": "Vinon", "text": "What have we done?", "replies": "Lady of Light", "reply": "This is <i>not</i> over yet!"}
{"speaks": "Lady of Light", "text": "This is <i>not</i> over yet!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "We still need to defeat the other commanders!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "We still need to defeat the other commanders!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Their reinforcements have arrived and they have surrounded the valley! This is hopeless!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Their reinforcements have arrived and they have surrounded the valley! This is hopeless!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "That fiend retreated into the Shaxthal hive."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "That fiend retreated into the Shaxthal hive.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Her crimes against the unity of the elvish civilization must not go unpunished. I shall pursue her underground if need be."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Her crimes against the unity of the elvish civilization must not go unpunished. I shall pursue her underground if need be.", "replies": "Anariel", "reply": "My lady, we cannot let you go underground alone! It\u2019s become an exceedingly dangerous place since the new hive was completed."}
{"speaks": "Anariel", "text": "My lady, we cannot let you go underground alone! It\u2019s become an exceedingly dangerous place since the new hive was completed.", "replies": "Eldulas", "reply": "We haven\u2019t seen him or her ourselves yet, but the humans have been spreading rumors of the arrival of a powerful ally of the impostor! They might be awaiting you!"}
{"speaks": "Eldulas", "text": "We haven\u2019t seen him or her ourselves yet, but the humans have been spreading rumors of the arrival of a powerful ally of the impostor! They might be awaiting you!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "My lady, I\u2014 I mean Elynia, let us go with you, please!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "My lady, I\u2014 I mean Elynia, let us go with you, please!", "replies": "Vinon", "reply": "If there\u2019s anything else we can do to try to amend our grave mistake..."}
{"speaks": "Vinon", "text": "If there\u2019s anything else we can do to try to amend our grave mistake...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Let\u2019s go together."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "What is this place?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "According to Unarye, the valley was only slightly habitable at first; the elves had to seek refuge in the caverns during the day, while they worked to adapt the surface land to their needs at night. It appears that the Chaos Empire saw fit to turn the place into a Shaxthal hive."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "According to Unarye, the valley was only slightly habitable at first; the elves had to seek refuge in the caverns during the day, while they worked to adapt the surface land to their needs at night. It appears that the Chaos Empire saw fit to turn the place into a Shaxthal hive.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Although Shaxthal creatures are particularly weak against our fire, it\u2019s essential that we remain together as we proceed further underground."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Although Shaxthal creatures are particularly weak against our fire, it\u2019s essential that we remain together as we proceed further underground.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "What was that?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "What was that?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I am not sure, but I fear we have wasted too much time in these caves. Whatever happens next is surely our fault."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Another gate...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Look! It\u2019s the impostor again!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Look! It\u2019s the impostor again!", "replies": "Lady of Light", "reply": "I have to destroy her... yes, I have to... I must not fail this time..."}
{"speaks": "Lady of Light", "text": "I have to destroy her... yes, I have to... I must not fail this time...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "So here you are, traitor."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "So here you are, traitor.", "replies": "Lady of Light", "reply": "I AM NOT A TRAITOR! I\u2019LL DESTROY YOU THIS TIME!"}
{"speaks": "Lady of Light", "text": "I AM NOT A TRAITOR! I\u2019LL DESTROY YOU THIS TIME!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I have had enough of this \u2014 surround her and strike her down! Do not let her get away!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I have had enough of this \u2014 surround her and strike her down! Do not let her get away!", "replies": "Lady of Light", "reply": "No... Let me go!"}
{"speaks": "Lady of Light", "text": "No... Let me go!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You and your accursed allies have been conspiring against us and the Grand Council of the Northern Peoples, sowing strife and destruction. Whoever you are, your heinous deeds make you unworthy of my mercy. You no longer deserve a place amongst elvenkind."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You and your accursed allies have been conspiring against us and the Grand Council of the Northern Peoples, sowing strife and destruction. Whoever you are, your heinous deeds make you unworthy of my mercy. You no longer deserve a place amongst elvenkind.", "replies": "Lady of Light", "reply": "... Elynia... please..."}
{"speaks": "Lady of Light", "text": "... Elynia... please...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Leave this world <b>now</b>, and never return again!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Leave this world <b>now</b>, and never return again!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>confused</i>) What is this?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>confused</i>) What is this?", "replies": "Ivyel", "reply": "... Please... don\u2019t... attack me..."}
{"speaks": "Ivyel", "text": "... Please... don\u2019t... attack me...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "But... how... how is this possible?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "But... how... how is this possible?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "This doesn\u2019t make sense!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "This doesn\u2019t make sense!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Who is that?!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Who is that?!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>angry</i>) I know you... You are one of the members of the Iron Council, Mal Hekuba!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>angry</i>) I know you... You are one of the members of the Iron Council, Mal Hekuba!", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Did you miss me, Elynia?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Did you miss me, Elynia?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... I couldn\u2019t possibly wish harder for you and your friends\u2019 destruction."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... I couldn\u2019t possibly wish harder for you and your friends\u2019 destruction.", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Ha, ha, but that\u2019s not going to happen in your lifetime, or is it?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Ha, ha, but that\u2019s not going to happen in your lifetime, or is it?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Where are you? Stop fooling around and show yourself, you\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Where are you? Stop fooling around and show yourself, you\u2014", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "I understand that you must be confused and enraged after losing your friends to such a pointless cause, and traveling so far only to slaughter the same people whom you once vowed to protect!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "I understand that you must be confused and enraged after losing your friends to such a pointless cause, and traveling so far only to slaughter the same people whom you once vowed to protect!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "It appears to be just an illusion..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "It appears to be just an illusion...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Destroying you is NOT a pointless cause!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Destroying you is NOT a pointless cause!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I still have the Ruby of Fire!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I still have the Ruby of Fire!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What are you babbling about?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What are you babbling about?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Are you working against Uria\u2019s will, then?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Are you working against Uria\u2019s will, then?", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "(<i>losing his temper</i>) We cannot speak to her directly! We can only do so through that treacherous wench, who keeps the Dark Lady\u2019s heart within her for her own purposes!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "(<i>losing his temper</i>) We cannot speak to her directly! We can only do so through that treacherous wench, who keeps the Dark Lady\u2019s heart within her for her own purposes!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... We... We destroyed Wesmere... Yechnagoth\u2019s heart wasn\u2019t there?! What did we destroy when we..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... We... We destroyed Wesmere... Yechnagoth\u2019s heart wasn\u2019t there?! What did we destroy when we...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "What are we going to do now?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "What are we going to do now?", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Those bastards can\u2019t get away with this! My lady, we must do something!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Those bastards can\u2019t get away with this! My lady, we must do something!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I don\u2019t think we have the power necessary to destroy the artifacts that Mal Hekuba is going to use to..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I don\u2019t think we have the power necessary to destroy the artifacts that Mal Hekuba is going to use to...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Of course we do! We didn\u2019t come all the way from the northern lands risking that blasted Ruby for nothing! Whatever that lich is going to do, it will destroy us all if we don\u2019t stop him now!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Of course we do! We didn\u2019t come all the way from the northern lands risking that blasted Ruby for nothing! Whatever that lich is going to do, it will destroy us all if we don\u2019t stop him now!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The last time we fought against that power, I lost a friend, and the vast plains of Wesmere vanished with his remains..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The last time we fought against that power, I lost a friend, and the vast plains of Wesmere vanished with his remains...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Any course of action at this point will inevitably lead to someone\u2019s destruction, but I\u2019m sure we can do it this time! If the lich is going to create a... path to Inferno, as Elorran said, perhaps we can cause it to collapse at the other side!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Any course of action at this point will inevitably lead to someone\u2019s destruction, but I\u2019m sure we can do it this time! If the lich is going to create a... path to Inferno, as Elorran said, perhaps we can cause it to collapse at the other side!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "I don\u2019t truly understand most of this nonsense about hearts and Yechnagoth, but I reckon we need to destroy the lich and the impostor \u2014 and we can\u2019t do that without your help, Elynia."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "I don\u2019t truly understand most of this nonsense about hearts and Yechnagoth, but I reckon we need to destroy the lich and the impostor \u2014 and we can\u2019t do that without your help, Elynia.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "We don\u2019t have much time! That thing we just fought could be back at any moment!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "We don\u2019t have much time! That thing we just fought could be back at any moment!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I appreciate your support... I don\u2019t think I could have come this far alone. And I don\u2019t want to force you to follow me..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I appreciate your support... I don\u2019t think I could have come this far alone. And I don\u2019t want to force you to follow me...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Of course not! We are your friends!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Of course not! We are your friends!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Let\u2019s find that foul fiend and destroy him once and for all."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Let\u2019s find that foul fiend and destroy him once and for all.", "replies": "Alareanthalcan", "reply": "They are getting closer to the control chamber! Get them, quickly!"}
{"speaks": "Alareanthalcan", "text": "They are getting closer to the control chamber! Get them, quickly!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I don\u2019t like the sound of that..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I don\u2019t like the sound of that...", "replies": "Stalygvan", "reply": "You! You can\u2019t stop our master! You can\u2019t\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Stalygvan", "text": "You! You can\u2019t stop our master! You can\u2019t\u2014", "replies": "Kardas", "reply": "My lady! At last, I found you! I know where the lich is!"}
{"speaks": "Kardas", "text": "My lady! At last, I found you! I know where the lich is!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Speak."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Speak.", "replies": "Kardas", "reply": "The catacombs below guard an artifact of some sort. Nobody knows exactly what it is, but we know the entrance is protected by a gate controlled by three crystals found near this guard post."}
{"speaks": "Kardas", "text": "The catacombs below guard an artifact of some sort. Nobody knows exactly what it is, but we know the entrance is protected by a gate controlled by three crystals found near this guard post.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Let\u2019s find those crystals, then."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Let\u2019s find those crystals, then.", "replies": "Elathea", "reply": "May Uria punish you all for this\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elathea", "text": "May Uria punish you all for this\u2014", "replies": "Dorghazaquiel", "reply": "Nooooaaagh... it hurts!!!"}
{"speaks": "Dorghazaquiel", "text": "Nooooaaagh... it hurts!!!", "replies": "Alareanthalcan", "reply": "Even though I have fallen, you are no match for my master\u2019s power!"}
{"speaks": "Alareanthalcan", "text": "Even though I have fallen, you are no match for my master\u2019s power!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We\u2019ll see about that very soon."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We\u2019ll see about that very soon.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "What in blazes is that creature?!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "What in blazes is that creature?!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Don\u2019t meet its gaze! It will drain your life force!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Don\u2019t meet its gaze! It will drain your life force!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Hm, what is this? There seems to be something at the bottom..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Hm, what is this? There seems to be something at the bottom...", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "I wouldn\u2019t get too close if I were you. It could be another one of those biomechanical abominations."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "I wouldn\u2019t get too close if I were you. It could be another one of those biomechanical abominations.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I mean, it doesn\u2019t look like there are any creatures in the water anyway. (<i>touches the water</i>)"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I mean, it doesn\u2019t look like there are any creatures in the water anyway. (<i>touches the water</i>)", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Anya, what are you doing?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Anya, what are you doing?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Er, ummm... nothing! I just\u2014 <b>AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!</b>"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Er, ummm... nothing! I just\u2014 <b>AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!</b>", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I don\u2019t really know? The current dragged me into a small chamber that seems to be right below where you are. I think I may be able to get back to you? Good thing I can swim."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I don\u2019t really know? The current dragged me into a small chamber that seems to be right below where you are. I think I may be able to get back to you? Good thing I can swim.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Yes, you can swim... but I cannot. You should return to us before anything happens to you down there."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Yes, you can swim... but I cannot. You should return to us before anything happens to you down there.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Nah, it will be fine. Don\u2019t worry about me. I am just going to do a little exploring down here and come back."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Nah, it will be fine. Don\u2019t worry about me. I am just going to do a little exploring down here and come back.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "So, how was your little adventure?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "So, how was your little adventure?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Well, I found this on an altar! It\u2019s so shiny!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Well, I found this on an altar! It\u2019s so shiny!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... A seashell pendant? How did it find its way here, so far from the ocean?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... A seashell pendant? How did it find its way here, so far from the ocean?", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "It could be some kind of keepsake the elves brought here when they first arrived?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "It could be some kind of keepsake the elves brought here when they first arrived?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "That is the most likely answer, yes."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "That is the most likely answer, yes.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Do you think it has magical properties? Maybe I can summon water creatures! Or water... projectiles of some kind? Perhaps I can shoot bubbles!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Do you think it has magical properties? Maybe I can summon water creatures! Or water... projectiles of some kind? Perhaps I can shoot bubbles!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "No... I am afraid there is no magic in this pendant at all."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "No... I am afraid there is no magic in this pendant at all.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Wh... what."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Wh... what.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Did I actually just risk my life fighting that... giant... spider... to obtain a completely mundane pendant?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Did I actually just risk my life fighting that... giant... spider... to obtain a completely mundane pendant?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "So it would seem."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "So it would seem.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "... Oh well... At least it\u2019s pretty! I\u2019m going to keep it if you don\u2019t mind."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "... Oh well... At least it\u2019s pretty! I\u2019m going to keep it if you don\u2019t mind.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Sure. Just... don\u2019t do that again, please? You had us really worried for a moment there."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Sure. Just... don\u2019t do that again, please? You had us really worried for a moment there.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I know, I\u2019m sorry..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I know, I\u2019m sorry...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "It is probably too late to stop that lich by now..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "It is probably too late to stop that lich by now...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Make haste!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "This goes deeper and deeper\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... I fear we don\u2019t have much more time. Just where in this accursed place are you, Hekuba?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... I fear we don\u2019t have much more time. Just where in this accursed place are you, Hekuba?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Be careful. I\u2019m sure he is in this chamber, somewhere..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Be careful. I\u2019m sure he is in this chamber, somewhere...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Most likely on that tall platform at the center. We need to get up there somehow."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Most likely on that tall platform at the center. We need to get up there somehow.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "What\u2019s that noise?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "What\u2019s that noise?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... That energy... It\u2019s the same..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... That energy... It\u2019s the same...", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Elynia? What\u2019s happening?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Elynia? What\u2019s happening?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... A dark energy emanates from those spires... It\u2019s the same energy that was released in Wesmere when we destroyed the creature within the hive. "}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... A dark energy emanates from those spires... It\u2019s the same energy that was released in Wesmere when we destroyed the creature within the hive. ", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "How should we destroy them?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "How should we destroy them?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Search the chamber \u2014 there must be some mechanism controlling them."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Search the chamber \u2014 there must be some mechanism controlling them.", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Welcome to your end, heathens!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Welcome to your end, heathens!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "What kind of evil magic is this?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "What kind of evil magic is this?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Is he... fused with one of the spires?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Is he... fused with one of the spires?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "What if you don\u2019t truly control it? You said you cannot speak to Uria directly \u2014 what if her will is <i>your</i> destruction?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "What if you don\u2019t truly control it? You said you cannot speak to Uria directly \u2014 what if her will is <i>your</i> destruction?", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Insolent girl! You shall all die!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Insolent girl! You shall all die!", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "YOU SHALL ALL DIE NOW!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "YOU SHALL ALL DIE NOW!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "What are we going to do now?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "What are we going to do now?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Everyone, stay away from the spires and the portal! I must think of something..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Everyone, stay away from the spires and the portal! I must think of something...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "There\u2019s no use in attacking those structures \u2014 the energy they release in retaliation could kill us all!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "There\u2019s no use in attacking those structures \u2014 the energy they release in retaliation could kill us all!", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Attacking me is futile!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Attacking me is futile!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The more time passes, the more energy fills the place and binds our worlds together. I must go and try to destroy that lich by myself."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The more time passes, the more energy fills the place and binds our worlds together. I must go and try to destroy that lich by myself.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Elynia? No! If you go he will\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Elynia? No! If you go he will\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I am well aware, but I\u2019m also the only one who can wield this staff and not become corrupted by the power of the Ruby. Using it to vanquish this evil... if my own sacrifice is necessary, I will gladly accept my fate. There\u2019s nothing left in Irdya for me now, and there will certainly be nothing for you all if this fiend succeeds."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I am well aware, but I\u2019m also the only one who can wield this staff and not become corrupted by the power of the Ruby. Using it to vanquish this evil... if my own sacrifice is necessary, I will gladly accept my fate. There\u2019s nothing left in Irdya for me now, and there will certainly be nothing for you all if this fiend succeeds.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I\u2014 I\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I\u2014 I\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You cannot go with me, for someone must survive the ordeal to pass the news on to our allies. You are a very smart girl, and I\u2019m sure you all will be able to escape together with your power."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You cannot go with me, for someone must survive the ordeal to pass the news on to our allies. You are a very smart girl, and I\u2019m sure you all will be able to escape together with your power.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I must go now."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I must go now.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Elynia, my lady... Good luck!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Elynia, my lady... Good luck!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "(<i>tearful</i>) Elynia! Don\u2019t die up there! Please!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "(<i>tearful</i>) Elynia! Don\u2019t die up there! Please!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>muttering to herself</i>) I can only try."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>muttering to herself</i>) I can only try.", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "And just what are you doing now?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "And just what are you doing now?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I\u2019m going to destroy you!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I\u2019m going to destroy you!", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "How pathetic."}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "How pathetic.", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Have you not learned anything after your friends\u2019 vain sacrifices, Elynia? Have you not learned to GIVE UP?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Have you not learned anything after your friends\u2019 vain sacrifices, Elynia? Have you not learned to GIVE UP?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "ELYNIA!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "ELYNIA!", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Why won\u2019t you just accept your fate and <b>DIE</b>?!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Why won\u2019t you just accept your fate and <b>DIE</b>?!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "We must do something!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "We must do something!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "If Elynia herself doesn\u2019t have the power to destroy that lich, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything we can do about it..."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "If Elynia herself doesn\u2019t have the power to destroy that lich, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything we can do about it...", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "It\u2019s too late to stop me!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "It\u2019s too late to stop me!", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "There\u2019s absolutely <i>nothing</i> you can do!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "There\u2019s absolutely <i>nothing</i> you can do!", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Have you had enough already?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Have you had enough already?", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "No?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "No?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... I..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... I...", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Stupid little vermin..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Stupid little vermin...", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Ah, Ivyel, at long last! It\u2019s good to see you again... This pitiful creature is hindering me. Could you sweep her away for me?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Ah, Ivyel, at long last! It\u2019s good to see you again... This pitiful creature is hindering me. Could you sweep her away for me?", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "... What\u2019s this?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "... What\u2019s this?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... I cannot be defeated by the likes of you..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... I cannot be defeated by the likes of you...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... I am the Lady of Light..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... I am the Lady of Light...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... even without my former power, I shall destroy you..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... even without my former power, I shall destroy you...", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "Of course not. TAKE HER DOWN!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "Of course not. TAKE HER DOWN!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "What\u2019s she going to do? Does she have a plan?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "What\u2019s she going to do? Does she have a plan?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I am not sure. It appears she wants to attack the infiltrator creature..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I am not sure. It appears she wants to attack the infiltrator creature...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "This is <i>your</i> end, Mal Hekuba..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "This is <i>your</i> end, Mal Hekuba...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... Irdya is not yours to destroy!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... Irdya is not yours to destroy!", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "AAAAAAAARRGH!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Hekuba", "text": "AAAAAAAARRGH!", "replies": "Mal Hekuba", "reply": "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I don\u2019t want to kill you.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "... Because it\u2019s all I have left, my dear."}
{"speaks": "Mal Kendria", "text": "My lady, you have finally returned! I was concerned for you, since you left without notice! What do you have there?", "replies": "Mal Kendria", "reply": "The Ruby of Fire! You retrieved it, my lady! Was the faerie elf already dead, or did you kill her yourself?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Kendria", "text": "The Ruby of Fire! You retrieved it, my lady! Was the faerie elf already dead, or did you kill her yourself?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "She destroyed Hekuba for us first in the elves\u2019 valley. Naturally, she paid the price."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "She destroyed Hekuba for us first in the elves\u2019 valley. Naturally, she paid the price.", "replies": "Mal Kendria", "reply": "So they destroyed each other? Excellent news!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Kendria", "text": "So they destroyed each other? Excellent news!", "replies": "Mal Kendria", "reply": "So, what are we going to do now?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Kendria", "text": "So, what are we going to do now?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Where is Nar-hamoth?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Where is Nar-hamoth?", "replies": "Mal Kendria", "reply": "I believe he\u2019s busy battling the allied forces remaining near the Bay of Glamdrol. Should you require his immediate presence here with us, I can summon him\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Mal Kendria", "text": "I believe he\u2019s busy battling the allied forces remaining near the Bay of Glamdrol. Should you require his immediate presence here with us, I can summon him\u2014", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "That shall not be necessary. Not anymore."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "That shall not be necessary. Not anymore.", "replies": "Mal Kendria", "reply": "That\u2019s amazing!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Kendria", "text": "That\u2019s amazing!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "(<i>whispering</i>) Bind the soul to stone, turn the memories to dust..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "(<i>whispering</i>) Bind the soul to stone, turn the memories to dust...", "replies": "Mal Kendria", "reply": "M-m-my lady..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Kendria", "text": "M-m-my lady...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "(<i>whispering</i>) ... erase the spirit and shed the hollow shell."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "(<i>whispering</i>) ... erase the spirit and shed the hollow shell.", "replies": "Mal Kendria", "reply": "... Elyssa... <small>I feel... <small>unwell...</small></small>"}
{"speaks": "Mal Kendria", "text": "... Elyssa... <small>I feel... <small>unwell...</small></small>", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Goodbye, Kendyare."}
{"speaks": "Eluclya", "text": "My lady, since you are returning to the Far North we thought we should let you know you can count on our help. Should you need fighters or a healer...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I appreciate your offer, and you can come with us if you wish."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I appreciate your offer, and you can come with us if you wish.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Elynia, I\u2019m not sure leaving most of our men behind is actually a good idea."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Elynia, I\u2019m not sure leaving most of our men behind is actually a good idea.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I prefer that they stay here to investigate the ruins for us and assist the elves should the Empire send more troops back here. Anya can teleport them back to us later if necessary. We don\u2019t have much time and we have already tarried here for too long because of my incompetence."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I prefer that they stay here to investigate the ruins for us and assist the elves should the Empire send more troops back here. Anya can teleport them back to us later if necessary. We don\u2019t have much time and we have already tarried here for too long because of my incompetence.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Don\u2019t say such things \u2014 it\u2019s not your fault! Teleportation is a very complicated and dangerous skill to learn for those who weren\u2019t born with the ability!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Don\u2019t say such things \u2014 it\u2019s not your fault! Teleportation is a very complicated and dangerous skill to learn for those who weren\u2019t born with the ability!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "If you say so, girl. (<i>smiling</i>) I suppose it\u2019s not my place to argue with a creature of the darkness."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "If you say so, girl. (<i>smiling</i>) I suppose it\u2019s not my place to argue with a creature of the darkness.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Let\u2019s return."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Let\u2019s return.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Very well!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Very well!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Where are we? Where is everyone?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Where are we? Where is everyone?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "This does not bode well."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "This does not bode well.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "That trail... No..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "That trail... No...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Please tell me they\u2019re not..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Please tell me they\u2019re not...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Search the settlement for survivors, gather any living humans from the nearby villages, and try to locate Elorran and Tara\u2019s remains."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Search the settlement for survivors, gather any living humans from the nearby villages, and try to locate Elorran and Tara\u2019s remains.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Elynia...? What\u2019s your plan?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Elynia...? What\u2019s your plan?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We will make the demons pay for this atrocity. That is all I know and care about for the moment."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We will make the demons pay for this atrocity. That is all I know and care about for the moment.", "replies": "General Ramzal", "reply": "I\u2019ve been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to behold the Lady of Light\u2019s impaled torso, but that won\u2019t happen now, for my presence is required in Kalari. But please, go on without me; just make sure to leave a trophy for me to claim."}
{"speaks": "General Ramzal", "text": "I\u2019ve been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to behold the Lady of Light\u2019s impaled torso, but that won\u2019t happen now, for my presence is required in Kalari. But please, go on without me; just make sure to leave a trophy for me to claim.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "What was that explosion? The volcano?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "What was that explosion? The volcano?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "No. It was much farther from this region..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "No. It was much farther from this region...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The explosion definitely came from Raelthyn. There\u2019s an enormous cloud of smoke coming from that direction. This... I suppose this explains why I couldn\u2019t contact Valen yesterday."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The explosion definitely came from Raelthyn. There\u2019s an enormous cloud of smoke coming from that direction. This... I suppose this explains why I couldn\u2019t contact Valen yesterday.", "replies": "Vrenmark", "reply": "Ah, yes, you can kill me now, but at the end of the day\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Vrenmark", "text": "Ah, yes, you can kill me now, but at the end of the day\u2014", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Elynia, can I talk to you for a moment?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Elynia, can I talk to you for a moment?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You mean... Well, yes, of course."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You mean... Well, yes, of course.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "(<i>aside</i>) We found a witness. He claims a demon and a faerie were amongst the many victims of a number of mechanical birds who descended from the sky, killing and devouring everybody in their path, making sure to leave no whole corpses behind. Elorran and Tara..."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "(<i>aside</i>) We found a witness. He claims a demon and a faerie were amongst the many victims of a number of mechanical birds who descended from the sky, killing and devouring everybody in their path, making sure to leave no whole corpses behind. Elorran and Tara...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>aside</i>) I understand. Why... Why did it have to end like this...? Just when I thought we had a chance to rally demonkind against Uria..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>aside</i>) I understand. Why... Why did it have to end like this...? Just when I thought we had a chance to rally demonkind against Uria...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Elynia?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Elynia?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Yes?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Yes?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "What are we going to do now?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "What are we going to do now?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I don\u2019t know anymore. If Raelthyn has fallen, then all hope is lost; the Chaos Empire has won the war, and Uria is now able to do whatever she wants with Irdya and her next target with that artifact in her possession. We might be able to survive the upcoming onslaught for a while if we go back with Unarye, assuming they haven\u2019t also been crushed by these relentless hordes coming out of damned nowhere..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I don\u2019t know anymore. If Raelthyn has fallen, then all hope is lost; the Chaos Empire has won the war, and Uria is now able to do whatever she wants with Irdya and her next target with that artifact in her possession. We might be able to survive the upcoming onslaught for a while if we go back with Unarye, assuming they haven\u2019t also been crushed by these relentless hordes coming out of damned nowhere...", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "What if we left the Great Continent instead?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "What if we left the Great Continent instead?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The elves in Zocthanol Isle told us their merfolk allies had evidence that only the Great Northern Ice Plains remain besides this continent. We would quickly perish there, so that\u2019s not an option. And what would the point be if Uria presumably has the power to destroy Irdya itself?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The elves in Zocthanol Isle told us their merfolk allies had evidence that only the Great Northern Ice Plains remain besides this continent. We would quickly perish there, so that\u2019s not an option. And what would the point be if Uria presumably has the power to destroy Irdya itself?", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "You aren\u2019t suggesting we just sit here and do nothing, are you?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "You aren\u2019t suggesting we just sit here and do nothing, are you?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... guess I am."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... guess I am.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Elynia, please! Just... let\u2019s go back to Raelthyn."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Elynia, please! Just... let\u2019s go back to Raelthyn.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "To see more of this? Do you really want to see more senseless destruction? Do you really want me to lead you to another devastated battlefield littered with dismembered corpses?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "To see more of this? Do you really want to see more senseless destruction? Do you really want me to lead you to another devastated battlefield littered with dismembered corpses?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I feel this is not over yet. Let\u2019s go back. Please..."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "I can barely see through this fog and smoke, but, those are the city walls.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Who said that?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Who said that?", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Uh, I haven\u2019t said anything..."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Uh, I haven\u2019t said anything...", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "This has only just begun. Who are you and why have you come to this capital of destruction\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "This has only just begun. Who are you and why have you come to this capital of destruction\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I know you. Aren\u2019t you\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I know you. Aren\u2019t you\u2014", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "The Lady of Light! We are saved! Hear, everyone, the gods have finally answered our prayers! She has returned!"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "The Lady of Light! We are saved! Hear, everyone, the gods have finally answered our prayers! She has returned!", "replies": "Avethan", "reply": "All hail the Lady of Light!"}
{"speaks": "Avethan", "text": "All hail the Lady of Light!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "You appear to be quite popular here."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "You appear to be quite popular here.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "This is rather unexpected given the circumstances of my previous return, but that was a long time ago, after all. If I\u2019m not mistaken you are Irylean, one of Galas\u2019 old advisors?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "This is rather unexpected given the circumstances of my previous return, but that was a long time ago, after all. If I\u2019m not mistaken you are Irylean, one of Galas\u2019 old advisors?", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Indeed I was, my lady, but ever since Lord Galas stepped down I retired to this once prosperous land. The demons\u2019 assault was completely unexpected, but we are all doing our best to repel their forces. Sadly, there have been rumors that many members of the Grand Council were killed by the initial charges that destroyed the walls."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "Indeed I was, my lady, but ever since Lord Galas stepped down I retired to this once prosperous land. The demons\u2019 assault was completely unexpected, but we are all doing our best to repel their forces. Sadly, there have been rumors that many members of the Grand Council were killed by the initial charges that destroyed the walls.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "The fog has lifted!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "The fog has lifted!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Lords of Light, what has happened to the capital?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Lords of Light, what has happened to the capital?", "replies": "Vaenceth", "reply": "Lady of Light, the Grand Council\u2014or what remains of it anyway\u2014sent me with a message for you, from our seer."}
{"speaks": "Vaenceth", "text": "Lady of Light, the Grand Council\u2014or what remains of it anyway\u2014sent me with a message for you, from our seer.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Valen? Is she\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Valen? Is she\u2014", "replies": "Vaenceth", "reply": "She\u2019s alive and well, but she needs your help\u2014 we all need your help. Our highest walls were struck down by strange exploding creatures of the enemy \u2014 and our scouts have spotted more of the things approaching the capital."}
{"speaks": "Vaenceth", "text": "She\u2019s alive and well, but she needs your help\u2014 we all need your help. Our highest walls were struck down by strange exploding creatures of the enemy \u2014 and our scouts have spotted more of the things approaching the capital.", "replies": "Vaenceth", "reply": "If we are to defend Raelthyn, we must ensure they don\u2019t reach and destroy the main keep where the remaining Grand Council members are. Should we lose the keep..."}
{"speaks": "Vaenceth", "text": "If we are to defend Raelthyn, we must ensure they don\u2019t reach and destroy the main keep where the remaining Grand Council members are. Should we lose the keep...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "That would be a huge blow against everyone\u2019s morale, I know."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "That would be a huge blow against everyone\u2019s morale, I know.", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "I didn\u2019t expect more of them to be heading here! I saw them in action... Attempting to stop them might not have been my brightest plan."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "I didn\u2019t expect more of them to be heading here! I saw them in action... Attempting to stop them might not have been my brightest plan.", "replies": "Vaenceth", "reply": "Lord Torancyn said we should take them down no matter the cost."}
{"speaks": "Vaenceth", "text": "Lord Torancyn said we should take them down no matter the cost.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What a suicidal approach. Of course this is hardly a problem when all involved are undead, but we\u2019ll never reach the other drones before they get to the keep. I assume his plan is to sacrifice his own people; he should hope there are desperate souls willing to give up their lives for the city amongst his troops. Irylean?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What a suicidal approach. Of course this is hardly a problem when all involved are undead, but we\u2019ll never reach the other drones before they get to the keep. I assume his plan is to sacrifice his own people; he should hope there are desperate souls willing to give up their lives for the city amongst his troops. Irylean?", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "I\u2019m at your service, my lady. And I presume the good people of Arphalad are as well."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "I\u2019m at your service, my lady. And I presume the good people of Arphalad are as well.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I suggest you reconsider your retirement. If we succeed here, I may require your help for a personal quest of mine. But for now, we need to take down those creatures and force their leaders to retreat or else, and you will help us."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I suggest you reconsider your retirement. If we succeed here, I may require your help for a personal quest of mine. But for now, we need to take down those creatures and force their leaders to retreat or else, and you will help us.", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Of course, my lady."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "Of course, my lady.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It\u2019s time to get moving."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It\u2019s time to get moving.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "Here they come."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "Here they come.", "replies": "Valen", "reply": "Haven\u2019t we lost enough soldiers and citizens defending the city yet? You should have rallied any necromancers you could find in the nearby towns instead."}
{"speaks": "Valen", "text": "Haven\u2019t we lost enough soldiers and citizens defending the city yet? You should have rallied any necromancers you could find in the nearby towns instead.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "The last one I trusted ended up betraying the Lady of Light, or that\u2019s what you told us. What makes you think that we can ever accept their help again?"}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "The last one I trusted ended up betraying the Lady of Light, or that\u2019s what you told us. What makes you think that we can ever accept their help again?", "replies": "Valen", "reply": "The notion that not all of them are like-minded."}
{"speaks": "Valen", "text": "The notion that not all of them are like-minded.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "I\u2019m not taking my chances. Especially not now that Arnesius and Illana\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "I\u2019m not taking my chances. Especially not now that Arnesius and Illana\u2014", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "Let\u2019s just proceed with the plan and be done with it."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "Let\u2019s just proceed with the plan and be done with it.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "Very well, the last one of those bastards is down!"}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "Very well, the last one of those bastards is down!", "replies": "Valen", "reply": "Lord Torancyn, please tell the Lady of Light... the journal... I\u2019m sorry..."}
{"speaks": "Valen", "text": "Lord Torancyn, please tell the Lady of Light... the journal... I\u2019m sorry...", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "I never expected the heart of our country to be my last battlefield... Alas, Raelthyn will fall... without me..."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "I never expected the heart of our country to be my last battlefield... Alas, Raelthyn will fall... without me...", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Lord Torancyn was slain in battle. This is hopeless."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "Lord Torancyn was slain in battle. This is hopeless.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "Do the rest of you fiends want to come and taste our steel?"}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "Do the rest of you fiends want to come and taste our steel?", "replies": "Valen", "reply": "They appear to be retreating."}
{"speaks": "Valen", "text": "They appear to be retreating.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "The fiends retreat; that\u2019s rather odd."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "The fiends retreat; that\u2019s rather odd.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Look to the northeast!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Look to the northeast!", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Ha! It was about time!"}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "I don\u2019t think any number of words could suffice to express our gratitude for your intervention, Lady Unarye. I am glad the elves are soon to be united under a single banner again; perhaps the costs will be compensated before long.", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "I would also hope so, my lord, but we have to be realistic: we cannot win this war, and our chances of survival don\u2019t look good either now that our enemies are roaming and ravaging our lands unimpeded. According to Elynia we are running out of time \u2014 for all we know Uria could already be on Irdya."}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "I would also hope so, my lord, but we have to be realistic: we cannot win this war, and our chances of survival don\u2019t look good either now that our enemies are roaming and ravaging our lands unimpeded. According to Elynia we are running out of time \u2014 for all we know Uria could already be on Irdya.", "replies": "Valen", "reply": "I am truly sorry my vision can\u2019t penetrate the veil beyond our frontiers with the old Chaos Empire."}
{"speaks": "Valen", "text": "I am truly sorry my vision can\u2019t penetrate the veil beyond our frontiers with the old Chaos Empire.", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "There\u2019s no need to apologize, my lady. We are powerless against this creature and her minions."}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "There\u2019s no need to apologize, my lady. We are powerless against this creature and her minions.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We might be powerless as you say, but there\u2019s still something I want to try. Valen, you told me you had found something; is it the journal I asked you to search?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We might be powerless as you say, but there\u2019s still something I want to try. Valen, you told me you had found something; is it the journal I asked you to search?", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "We were meant to send reinforcements to Astar. You can probably guess the rest."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "We were meant to send reinforcements to Astar. You can probably guess the rest.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Of course. Nevertheless, I shall go there with Irylean and whoever else is willing to join us along the way. That journal is far too important to lose."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Of course. Nevertheless, I shall go there with Irylean and whoever else is willing to join us along the way. That journal is far too important to lose.", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "I guess there\u2019s no point in stopping you. But I would like to remind you that we need more men and women capable of defending this city, here. If Adavyan\u2019s Keep falls..."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "I guess there\u2019s no point in stopping you. But I would like to remind you that we need more men and women capable of defending this city, here. If Adavyan\u2019s Keep falls...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... So does the Far North; I have heard the legend before. Consider this, though, what is the point of defending this place with a thousand swords if Uria can blast the entire fortress to smithereens in a blink?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... So does the Far North; I have heard the legend before. Consider this, though, what is the point of defending this place with a thousand swords if Uria can blast the entire fortress to smithereens in a blink?", "replies": "Torancyn", "reply": "I\u2019ll ponder that when I deem it convenient to do so, Lady of Light. I declare this council meeting over now. May the Lords of Light protect you on your way."}
{"speaks": "Torancyn", "text": "I\u2019ll ponder that when I deem it convenient to do so, Lady of Light. I declare this council meeting over now. May the Lords of Light protect you on your way.", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "Elynia, I fear I cannot be of much help at this time. My people are still fighting the Chaos armies and doing their best to keep them away from Raelthyn. I\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "Elynia, I fear I cannot be of much help at this time. My people are still fighting the Chaos armies and doing their best to keep them away from Raelthyn. I\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Don\u2019t worry, Unarye. I understand. I am sure we\u2019ll be able to do this without Raelthyn\u2019s help."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Don\u2019t worry, Unarye. I understand. I am sure we\u2019ll be able to do this without Raelthyn\u2019s help.", "replies": "Unarye", "reply": "I\u2019ll see you again soon then, friend."}
{"speaks": "Unarye", "text": "I\u2019ll see you again soon then, friend.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It is time for us to go."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It is time for us to go.", "replies": "Valen", "reply": "Would that your demonic ally hadn\u2019t been forced to leave us so soon, don\u2019t you think?"}
{"speaks": "Valen", "text": "Would that your demonic ally hadn\u2019t been forced to leave us so soon, don\u2019t you think?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "How did you\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "How did you\u2014", "replies": "Valen", "reply": "Elynia, I am a seer. As I said, my vision is limited and I can\u2019t help you with what lies within enemy territory, but the Demon Lord who helped you through this young lady\u2019s hands worked within our frontiers. I saw him, and I saw you."}
{"speaks": "Valen", "text": "Elynia, I am a seer. As I said, my vision is limited and I can\u2019t help you with what lies within enemy territory, but the Demon Lord who helped you through this young lady\u2019s hands worked within our frontiers. I saw him, and I saw you.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Why didn\u2019t you tell us this before? We thought\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Why didn\u2019t you tell us this before? We thought\u2014", "replies": "Valen", "reply": "That the Grand Council wouldn\u2019t understand? Yes, and that was a correct assessment, especially now that Torancyn is the Supreme Lord of the Aragwaith \u2014 he would certainly not permit this. But with Lord Arnesius dead, I no longer have any obligations to anybody, and most importantly, I no longer speak in the name of the law. There is something I must tell you before I depart from this doomed land."}
{"speaks": "Valen", "text": "That the Grand Council wouldn\u2019t understand? Yes, and that was a correct assessment, especially now that Torancyn is the Supreme Lord of the Aragwaith \u2014 he would certainly not permit this. But with Lord Arnesius dead, I no longer have any obligations to anybody, and most importantly, I no longer speak in the name of the law. There is something I must tell you before I depart from this doomed land.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I listen."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I listen.", "replies": "Valen", "reply": "The night before the demons attacked this region, someone communicated with me directly; someone by the name of Ergea, Demon Lord of the Storms. She warned me of what was about to take place in Raelthyn. She warned me of a portal to Kalari built in Aran-Balgur, a stronghold lost to the forces of Uria not long after the fall of the Emperor. And finally, she told me to instruct the Lady of Light to meet with her in the Pass of Sorrows, north from Kalari Peninsula."}
{"speaks": "Valen", "text": "The night before the demons attacked this region, someone communicated with me directly; someone by the name of Ergea, Demon Lord of the Storms. She warned me of what was about to take place in Raelthyn. She warned me of a portal to Kalari built in Aran-Balgur, a stronghold lost to the forces of Uria not long after the fall of the Emperor. And finally, she told me to instruct the Lady of Light to meet with her in the Pass of Sorrows, north from Kalari Peninsula.", "replies": "Valen", "reply": "She left my room as swiftly as she appeared and I haven\u2019t heard of her since."}
{"speaks": "Valen", "text": "She left my room as swiftly as she appeared and I haven\u2019t heard of her since.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Anya, do you know anything about this Ergea?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Anya, do you know anything about this Ergea?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "No... I\u2019m not sure. I think I heard Elorran mention a Demon Lord of the Storms once, but I don\u2019t know anything about her faction or allegiances. There\u2019s also this thing about working in secrecy since Uria has turned rebellious factions in her favor before \u2014 Elorran chose to work on his own to minimize the risk of betrayal."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "No... I\u2019m not sure. I think I heard Elorran mention a Demon Lord of the Storms once, but I don\u2019t know anything about her faction or allegiances. There\u2019s also this thing about working in secrecy since Uria has turned rebellious factions in her favor before \u2014 Elorran chose to work on his own to minimize the risk of betrayal.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Girl, if you had mentioned this before I might have outright refused to support him. Of course, he remained loyal to his cause until the very end. I guess... I never expected such heroism from a member of the species Uria uses to facilitate our destruction."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Girl, if you had mentioned this before I might have outright refused to support him. Of course, he remained loyal to his cause until the very end. I guess... I never expected such heroism from a member of the species Uria uses to facilitate our destruction.", "replies": "Valen", "reply": "My lady, I fear it is not my place to tell you what you should do next, given that I lack further information and I haven\u2019t been able to contact or see this demoness again. I advise you do what you feel is right; the future is not my domain, and anything beyond Irdya is beyond my reach."}
{"speaks": "Valen", "text": "My lady, I fear it is not my place to tell you what you should do next, given that I lack further information and I haven\u2019t been able to contact or see this demoness again. I advise you do what you feel is right; the future is not my domain, and anything beyond Irdya is beyond my reach.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The last time I was told to do what I felt was right I ended up causing a catastrophe... Fair enough. Thank you for this information and your support, Valen. May the Lords of Light guide your path, wherever you plan to go next."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The last time I was told to do what I felt was right I ended up causing a catastrophe... Fair enough. Thank you for this information and your support, Valen. May the Lords of Light guide your path, wherever you plan to go next.", "replies": "Valen", "reply": "Farewell, Lady of Light. May you all find your destiny."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "This is taking too long \u2014 I begin to worry for Elynia...", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Nah, there she comes."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Nah, there she comes.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Elynia, you are back! Is that... the journal?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Elynia, you are back! Is that... the journal?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "That\u2019s correct."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "That\u2019s correct.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "So, is that General Bardyl fellow going to help us assault Aran-Balgur then?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "So, is that General Bardyl fellow going to help us assault Aran-Balgur then?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Indeed he is, but not specifically because of my advice; he was already giving consideration to the idea because of a rumor that\u2019s been running through his troops as of late. It appears someone successfully \u2018interrogated\u2019 a captured enemy soldier and got some information about the source of the local raids and the ongoing invasion. What they know suggests that there is indeed a portal in Aran-Balgur."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Indeed he is, but not specifically because of my advice; he was already giving consideration to the idea because of a rumor that\u2019s been running through his troops as of late. It appears someone successfully \u2018interrogated\u2019 a captured enemy soldier and got some information about the source of the local raids and the ongoing invasion. What they know suggests that there is indeed a portal in Aran-Balgur.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I shudder to wonder exactly how this information was obtained. I know from experience that the men in the service of the Empire are either completely ignorant of their superiors\u2019 plans, or instructed to commit suicide before being captured, and the sorcerers and demons are too powerful to contain."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I shudder to wonder exactly how this information was obtained. I know from experience that the men in the service of the Empire are either completely ignorant of their superiors\u2019 plans, or instructed to commit suicide before being captured, and the sorcerers and demons are too powerful to contain.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I guess now we should all advance towards Aran-Balgur?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I guess now we should all advance towards Aran-Balgur?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Exactly. And we should be careful."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Exactly. And we should be careful.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "So it rests on us and our followers, I take it."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "So it rests on us and our followers, I take it.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Exactly."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Exactly.", "replies": "General Bardyl", "reply": "And so, it begins."}
{"speaks": "General Bardyl", "text": "And so, it begins.", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "If you don\u2019t mind me asking, sir, are you sure about this?"}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "If you don\u2019t mind me asking, sir, are you sure about this?", "replies": "General Bardyl", "reply": "Of course I am. The Grand Council has neglected us for long enough, and those damned bastards from hell are getting increasingly bored of playing with us. As much as I find her kind disgusting, if the faerie\u2019s troops and power are as impressive as she promised we\u2019ll recover Aran-Balgur before long. And if there\u2019s a portal in there and we can destroy it, we\u2019ll regain the Council\u2019s blessing as well."}
{"speaks": "General Bardyl", "text": "Of course I am. The Grand Council has neglected us for long enough, and those damned bastards from hell are getting increasingly bored of playing with us. As much as I find her kind disgusting, if the faerie\u2019s troops and power are as impressive as she promised we\u2019ll recover Aran-Balgur before long. And if there\u2019s a portal in there and we can destroy it, we\u2019ll regain the Council\u2019s blessing as well.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Lord Nar-hamoth demands the blood of the northern scum! Charge!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Lord Nar-hamoth demands the blood of the northern scum! Charge!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I remember that name \u2014 I believe it\u2019s one of the fiends of the Iron Triad."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I remember that name \u2014 I believe it\u2019s one of the fiends of the Iron Triad.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "So the rumors Elorran heard are true? That guy is said to be the least competent Demon Lord of all, and yet Uria trusts him over most for some reason."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "So the rumors Elorran heard are true? That guy is said to be the least competent Demon Lord of all, and yet Uria trusts him over most for some reason.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We\u2019ll soon see how competent he is on the battlefield, then."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We\u2019ll soon see how competent he is on the battlefield, then.", "replies": "Nar-hamoth", "reply": "So you finally decided to challenge me directly? Hopefully this will be an entertaining fight! For the glory of the mother of Urvatha!"}
{"speaks": "Nar-hamoth", "text": "So you finally decided to challenge me directly? Hopefully this will be an entertaining fight! For the glory of the mother of Urvatha!", "replies": "Nar-hamoth", "reply": "Die, pathetic Irdyan rats! DIE!"}
{"speaks": "Nar-hamoth", "text": "Die, pathetic Irdyan rats! DIE!", "replies": "Nar-hamoth", "reply": "Ha! Not bad, but I was just warming up! Now, let us see if you can handle THIS!"}
{"speaks": "Nar-hamoth", "text": "Ha! Not bad, but I was just warming up! Now, let us see if you can handle THIS!", "replies": "Nar-hamoth", "reply": "You do not tire of combat easily, eh? I\u2019m impressed! Shall we have a third round then?"}
{"speaks": "Nar-hamoth", "text": "You do not tire of combat easily, eh? I\u2019m impressed! Shall we have a third round then?", "replies": "Nar-hamoth", "reply": "Ha! Your strength and resourcefulness have not gone unnoticed by the Guardian of Life! I too can respect an enemy that perseveres against impossible odds, Elynia-Thanadria."}
{"speaks": "Nar-hamoth", "text": "Ha! Your strength and resourcefulness have not gone unnoticed by the Guardian of Life! I too can respect an enemy that perseveres against impossible odds, Elynia-Thanadria.", "replies": "Nar-hamoth", "reply": "Alas, that stubbornness of yours shall be your and your kind\u2019s undoing!"}
{"speaks": "Nar-hamoth", "text": "Alas, that stubbornness of yours shall be your and your kind\u2019s undoing!", "replies": "Nar-hamoth", "reply": "Hm. Very impressive, indeed. Despite being such lowly rats, you sure seem to be capable of grand feats when given the right motivation. Ahh, yes, as that hapless bastard Argan found out the hard way. Would that we had not met each other as enemies in a never-ending war, don\u2019t you agree? It is just as unfortunate that my presence is currently required elsewhere..."}
{"speaks": "Nar-hamoth", "text": "Hm. Very impressive, indeed. Despite being such lowly rats, you sure seem to be capable of grand feats when given the right motivation. Ahh, yes, as that hapless bastard Argan found out the hard way. Would that we had not met each other as enemies in a never-ending war, don\u2019t you agree? It is just as unfortunate that my presence is currently required elsewhere...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Stop him before he escapes!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Stop him before he escapes!", "replies": "Nar-hamoth", "reply": "I shall eagerly await the day we meet again!"}
{"speaks": "Nar-hamoth", "text": "I shall eagerly await the day we meet again!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... Fleeing the battlefield seems a conventional tactic for the highest-ranking servants of Uria. Mal Hekuba did so in both of our previous face-to-face encounters as well. I don\u2019t think we ever got a taste of his true might before he decided to fuse his own putrid body with those artifacts."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... Fleeing the battlefield seems a conventional tactic for the highest-ranking servants of Uria. Mal Hekuba did so in both of our previous face-to-face encounters as well. I don\u2019t think we ever got a taste of his true might before he decided to fuse his own putrid body with those artifacts.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "That may have been for the best, though."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "That may have been for the best, though.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Perhaps. Still, I would be grateful if I never had to deal with their limitless arrogance again."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Perhaps. Still, I would be grateful if I never had to deal with their limitless arrogance again.", "replies": "General Bardyl", "reply": "This operation was a disastrous mistake. Their shock troops are heading here now, and the faerie\u2019s reinforcements are all but useless. Perhaps if we surrender they\u2019ll at least spare our lives."}
{"speaks": "General Bardyl", "text": "This operation was a disastrous mistake. Their shock troops are heading here now, and the faerie\u2019s reinforcements are all but useless. Perhaps if we surrender they\u2019ll at least spare our lives.", "replies": "General Bardyl", "reply": "Well played, faerie. Not only you deliberately misled us about your numbers, but you also omitted the fact that you consort with necromancers. This changes everything."}
{"speaks": "General Bardyl", "text": "Well played, faerie. Not only you deliberately misled us about your numbers, but you also omitted the fact that you consort with necromancers. This changes everything.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Not necessarily. Today\u2019s events would indicate that together we can build a formidable opposition force. Is this not what you wanted? An opportunity to retake Aran-Balgur, your former home? Is it not what your men desire as well? Or would you prefer to stay here and defend Astar against an enemy with a plan? Tell me, how many soldiers have deserted since the Glamdrol incident?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Not necessarily. Today\u2019s events would indicate that together we can build a formidable opposition force. Is this not what you wanted? An opportunity to retake Aran-Balgur, your former home? Is it not what your men desire as well? Or would you prefer to stay here and defend Astar against an enemy with a plan? Tell me, how many soldiers have deserted since the Glamdrol incident?", "replies": "General Bardyl", "reply": "I specifically pointed out your deception; I did not say I would retract, and that\u2019s not an option at this point unless I were looking for a mutiny. I\u2019m done speaking to you for now."}
{"speaks": "General Bardyl", "text": "I specifically pointed out your deception; I did not say I would retract, and that\u2019s not an option at this point unless I were looking for a mutiny. I\u2019m done speaking to you for now.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Elynia, are you sure about this? You did admit before that your judgment might not be\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Elynia, are you sure about this? You did admit before that your judgment might not be\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I\u2019m not really heeding my judgment anymore, girl. It\u2019s just a hunch I have... I have to return to Kalari and find this Demon Lord of the Storms, if it\u2019s the last thing I do."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Aran-Balgur is really impressive. How could it fall to Uria\u2019s forces?", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Some people say the lord of the stronghold was brutally killed by the Chaos thugs on the battlefield some time after their Emperor fell. The man left in charge in his place wasn\u2019t very bright, and couldn\u2019t stand a chance when the angry enemy troops arrived. Others say they found the descendant of the architect who helped build its walls a century ago, and forced him to reveal the plans with all the secret passages and weak points."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Some people say the lord of the stronghold was brutally killed by the Chaos thugs on the battlefield some time after their Emperor fell. The man left in charge in his place wasn\u2019t very bright, and couldn\u2019t stand a chance when the angry enemy troops arrived. Others say they found the descendant of the architect who helped build its walls a century ago, and forced him to reveal the plans with all the secret passages and weak points.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Regardless of the rumors, the fact is that they killed everyone. See the stains on the exterior walls? Everyone says it\u2019s the blood of the former occupants. Some believe that the General\u2019s family was amongst them."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Regardless of the rumors, the fact is that they killed everyone. See the stains on the exterior walls? Everyone says it\u2019s the blood of the former occupants. Some believe that the General\u2019s family was amongst them.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I guess... that explains why he\u2019s such an unpleasant person."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I guess... that explains why he\u2019s such an unpleasant person.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I hope everyone is ready for the battle ahead of us."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I hope everyone is ready for the battle ahead of us.", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "We are, my lady. What are your orders?"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "We are, my lady. What are your orders?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Just assist our allies with the siege and deal with whatever creatures guard the keep and the rumored portal. We ought to make this quick, for the demoness that awaits us at the other end might not be too patient, and this mission has delayed us too much already."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Just assist our allies with the siege and deal with whatever creatures guard the keep and the rumored portal. We ought to make this quick, for the demoness that awaits us at the other end might not be too patient, and this mission has delayed us too much already.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "You haven\u2019t changed your mind..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "You haven\u2019t changed your mind...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Indeed, I have not."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Indeed, I have not.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I don\u2019t like that sound..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I don\u2019t like that sound...", "replies": "General Bardyl", "reply": "It is time. At last... I\u2019ll have my revenge..."}
{"speaks": "General Bardyl", "text": "It is time. At last... I\u2019ll have my revenge...", "replies": "Horo", "reply": "And what about us?"}
{"speaks": "Horo", "text": "And what about us?", "replies": "General Bardyl", "reply": "You two shall be allowed to leave once the battle is over \u2014 that is, assuming you survive."}
{"speaks": "General Bardyl", "text": "You two shall be allowed to leave once the battle is over \u2014 that is, assuming you survive.", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "What if we lose?"}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "What if we lose?", "replies": "General Bardyl", "reply": "Should it come to that, you\u2019d best hope those fiends will be swift to end your pitiful lives."}
{"speaks": "General Bardyl", "text": "Should it come to that, you\u2019d best hope those fiends will be swift to end your pitiful lives.", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "That\u2019s truly motivating..."}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "That\u2019s truly motivating...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Durvan, what are you going to do after this is over? You said earlier you had some doubts about Elynia\u2019s plan, and you..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Durvan, what are you going to do after this is over? You said earlier you had some doubts about Elynia\u2019s plan, and you...", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Yes, I won\u2019t be going with you. Her plan just seems too risky... What the hell is she thinking? Didn\u2019t you say Elorran himself knew his kinsmen couldn\u2019t be trusted? Besides, I won\u2019t be very useful once you arrive there. From what I\u2019ve heard, the natives hate us, and motivating and talking to people is really all I have done ever since I joined Elynia."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Yes, I won\u2019t be going with you. Her plan just seems too risky... What the hell is she thinking? Didn\u2019t you say Elorran himself knew his kinsmen couldn\u2019t be trusted? Besides, I won\u2019t be very useful once you arrive there. From what I\u2019ve heard, the natives hate us, and motivating and talking to people is really all I have done ever since I joined Elynia.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "But..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "But...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Heh, yes... But you were really brave in the valley..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Heh, yes... But you were really brave in the valley...", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "I was really <i>stupid</i>! I hadn\u2019t heard of that guy and his fate yet!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "I was really <i>stupid</i>! I hadn\u2019t heard of that guy and his fate yet!", "replies": "General Bardyl", "reply": "Blast it, we have wasted our explosives on the battlefield instead of saving them for the main keep! We can\u2019t continue like this \u2014 retreat!"}
{"speaks": "General Bardyl", "text": "Blast it, we have wasted our explosives on the battlefield instead of saving them for the main keep! We can\u2019t continue like this \u2014 retreat!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "But... how?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "But... how?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Shapeshifters. They are somewhat different to other demons in that the more mature individuals are much harder to kill without arcane magic than the rest. (<i>disgusted</i>) It\u2019s said they are basically extinct, but some demon lords still keep them as slaves."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Shapeshifters. They are somewhat different to other demons in that the more mature individuals are much harder to kill without arcane magic than the rest. (<i>disgusted</i>) It\u2019s said they are basically extinct, but some demon lords still keep them as slaves.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "How do you know that?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "How do you know that?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Well, Elorran did tell me a lot of things about them..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Well, Elorran did tell me a lot of things about them...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "(<i>muttering to herself, aside</i>) ... mainly because I am one of them."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "(<i>muttering to herself, aside</i>) ... mainly because I am one of them.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Finally, that thing was a real nuisance."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Finally, that thing was a real nuisance.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Are you leaving now, Elynia?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Are you leaving now, Elynia?", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "All right, then."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "All right, then.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "As much as I dislike General Bardyl and his people, we wouldn\u2019t have achieved this victory without them. I think it\u2019s best to assist them until the battle is over. But I\u2019ll keep the portal in mind if things don\u2019t go as planned later."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "As much as I dislike General Bardyl and his people, we wouldn\u2019t have achieved this victory without them. I think it\u2019s best to assist them until the battle is over. But I\u2019ll keep the portal in mind if things don\u2019t go as planned later.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Let us find that portal."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I guess I have to admit I am hesitant to continue...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "He said it was a greater cause, after all. I fear that once we step into this portal... We might never come back to these lands alive."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "He said it was a greater cause, after all. I fear that once we step into this portal... We might never come back to these lands alive.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Why do you want to come, anyway? Haven\u2019t all my decisions led to awful disasters since we began? All our victories have been small in the grand scheme of things, and many have died because of my desire for answers... and revenge."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Why do you want to come, anyway? Haven\u2019t all my decisions led to awful disasters since we began? All our victories have been small in the grand scheme of things, and many have died because of my desire for answers... and revenge.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Elynia... While all that is true, you can\u2019t deny you have helped us all do more good than any of us alone could otherwise. No-one is perfect..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Elynia... While all that is true, you can\u2019t deny you have helped us all do more good than any of us alone could otherwise. No-one is perfect...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... not even gods, as it turns out."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... not even gods, as it turns out.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "... But most importantly, we work as a team! I for one promise I won\u2019t give up in the face of danger\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "... But most importantly, we work as a team! I for one promise I won\u2019t give up in the face of danger\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Yes, I know. Galas never gave up either..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Yes, I know. Galas never gave up either...", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "Nor did Mal Keshar."}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "Nor did Mal Keshar.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... That is true... too true."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... That is true... too true.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I understand that you won\u2019t be joining us in this suicidal mission, Durvan, so... What will you do?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I understand that you won\u2019t be joining us in this suicidal mission, Durvan, so... What will you do?", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Eh, I will just stay safe and sound here and help defend the castle until I find a way to return home. Maybe try to convince that general or Lord Torancyn\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Eh, I will just stay safe and sound here and help defend the castle until I find a way to return home. Maybe try to convince that general or Lord Torancyn\u2014", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "<i>Supreme</i> Lord Torancyn. (<i>snickers</i>)"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "<i>Supreme</i> Lord Torancyn. (<i>snickers</i>)", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "... They might be willing to send someone to check the situation in Kalari if you can secure the portal from the other side."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "... They might be willing to send someone to check the situation in Kalari if you can secure the portal from the other side.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I hope that is the case, yes. Bardyl seemed rather grateful for our assistance at the end of the day."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I hope that is the case, yes. Bardyl seemed rather grateful for our assistance at the end of the day.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I doubt Bardyl will understand that I simply could not tarry here for longer than strictly necessary, especially since \u2018my\u2019 little band failed to live up to his expectations. And Torancyn... I wouldn\u2019t bet on his support at this point."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I doubt Bardyl will understand that I simply could not tarry here for longer than strictly necessary, especially since \u2018my\u2019 little band failed to live up to his expectations. And Torancyn... I wouldn\u2019t bet on his support at this point.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Many of our men seem willing to follow you. I just don\u2019t know what their motivation is \u2014 money, bloodshed, adventure? It\u2019s rather strange, really. But I\u2019m sure you could use their help."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Many of our men seem willing to follow you. I just don\u2019t know what their motivation is \u2014 money, bloodshed, adventure? It\u2019s rather strange, really. But I\u2019m sure you could use their help.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What will you do, Horo, Kyara?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What will you do, Horo, Kyara?", "replies": "Horo", "reply": "Well, returning home is out of the question for me with Tirigaz gone. Those vermin will surely head back here as soon as they hear of our victory, presumably led by that hideous demon midget... Right now, there\u2019d be nothing more satisfying for me than breaking his stumpy neck and wearing his hollow skull as a helmet."}
{"speaks": "Horo", "text": "Well, returning home is out of the question for me with Tirigaz gone. Those vermin will surely head back here as soon as they hear of our victory, presumably led by that hideous demon midget... Right now, there\u2019d be nothing more satisfying for me than breaking his stumpy neck and wearing his hollow skull as a helmet.", "replies": "Kyara", "reply": "As soon as I may, I\u2019m returning to Quenoth Isle to spread the word about all these events... Perhaps, if the war comes to an end first, we could even send some people back here, to trade with the humans and orcs... I know that\u2019s all very unlikely with the current state of things, but... (<i>shrugs</i>) dreaming never hurt anybody."}
{"speaks": "Kyara", "text": "As soon as I may, I\u2019m returning to Quenoth Isle to spread the word about all these events... Perhaps, if the war comes to an end first, we could even send some people back here, to trade with the humans and orcs... I know that\u2019s all very unlikely with the current state of things, but... (<i>shrugs</i>) dreaming never hurt anybody.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I guess so..."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "There\u2019s absolutely <i>nothing</i> hinting at this place having served as a Chaos base of any sort in recent times. It\u2019s completely deserted and ruined. I fear we have been misled. We might not even be in Kalari for all I know.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "No. I recognize that mountain range to the south. We... we never saw what lay north of it. We are a little farther from Kalari than I expected, but it\u2019s not like any of us\u2014or our allies\u2014knew exactly where the Pass of Sorrows is. Let us proceed south, carefully."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "No. I recognize that mountain range to the south. We... we never saw what lay north of it. We are a little farther from Kalari than I expected, but it\u2019s not like any of us\u2014or our allies\u2014knew exactly where the Pass of Sorrows is. Let us proceed south, carefully.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The solitude of this place is unsettling."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The solitude of this place is unsettling.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Ugh. The fog is getting thicker..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Ugh. The fog is getting thicker...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Elynia, Irylean... you should see this."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Elynia, Irylean... you should see this.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "These ruins appear to be centuries old \u2014 probably older than the Chaos Empire itself. I imagine they have remained untouched by our enemies because of their inconvenient location. What may have become of their former denizens?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "These ruins appear to be centuries old \u2014 probably older than the Chaos Empire itself. I imagine they have remained untouched by our enemies because of their inconvenient location. What may have become of their former denizens?", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "There\u2019s a large monolith over there."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "There\u2019s a large monolith over there.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I don\u2019t understand this inscription \u2014 some glyphs vaguely resemble the ancient ceremonial Elvish script, but I don\u2019t recognize the rest."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I don\u2019t understand this inscription \u2014 some glyphs vaguely resemble the ancient ceremonial Elvish script, but I don\u2019t recognize the rest.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Wait..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Wait...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Wh\u2014 What\u2019s going on?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Wh\u2014 What\u2019s going on?", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "This pass is inhabited by restless spirits of the past! My lady!"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "This pass is inhabited by restless spirits of the past! My lady!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "There seem to be more undead creatures crawling out of the caverns to the south. Perhaps if we can clear them out we\u2019ll find a way out of this valley."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "There seem to be more undead creatures crawling out of the caverns to the south. Perhaps if we can clear them out we\u2019ll find a way out of this valley.", "replies": "Algessel", "reply": "Thank... you..."}
{"speaks": "Algessel", "text": "Thank... you...", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "The lich\u2019s staff is glowing! What could it possibly mean?"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "The lich\u2019s staff is glowing! What could it possibly mean?", "replies": "Vissalen", "reply": "Free..."}
{"speaks": "Vissalen", "text": "Free...", "replies": "Vissalen", "reply": "... at last..."}
{"speaks": "Vissalen", "text": "... at last...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Who are you?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Who are you?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Argan..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Argan...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Elynia..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Elynia...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I\u2014 I am fine. Don\u2019t worry about it."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I\u2014 I am fine. Don\u2019t worry about it.", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "We don\u2019t know what lies outside. Are you sure you want to proceed, my lady?"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "We don\u2019t know what lies outside. Are you sure you want to proceed, my lady?", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Very well."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "Very well.", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "A lone troll?"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "A lone troll?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "He bears an unusual sigil on his armor for a troll..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "He bears an unusual sigil on his armor for a troll...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Hail there, whoever you are. Are you our enemy?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Hail there, whoever you are. Are you our enemy?", "replies": "Cron", "reply": "Cron works for no-one but the storm lady."}
{"speaks": "Cron", "text": "Cron works for no-one but the storm lady.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "(<i>whispering</i>) Elynia, would that be..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "(<i>whispering</i>) Elynia, would that be...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>whispering</i>) Yes, I think so."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>whispering</i>) Yes, I think so.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Cron, if you allow me to ask, where is this person? We... may or may not have arranged a meeting with her, here. This is a quite urgent matter, and... Are you even listening to me?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Cron, if you allow me to ask, where is this person? We... may or may not have arranged a meeting with her, here. This is a quite urgent matter, and... Are you even listening to me?", "replies": "Cron", "reply": "(<i>pointing at the sky</i>) There."}
{"speaks": "Cron", "text": "(<i>pointing at the sky</i>) There.", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "(<i>whispering</i>) All right... I <i>think</i> these two look rather frightening..."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "(<i>whispering</i>) All right... I <i>think</i> these two look rather frightening...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Ergea, Demon Lord of the Storms, I suppose?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Ergea, Demon Lord of the Storms, I suppose?", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "That is correct, Elynia, the Lady of Light. I have been eagerly awaiting this moment for weeks. What took you and your party so long? I heard you hired the services of the northerners to prepare an assault to the gateway fortress, instead of infiltrating it on your own. That wasteful spectacle could have ruined our plans."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "That is correct, Elynia, the Lady of Light. I have been eagerly awaiting this moment for weeks. What took you and your party so long? I heard you hired the services of the northerners to prepare an assault to the gateway fortress, instead of infiltrating it on your own. That wasteful spectacle could have ruined our plans.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "And your plans are intended to help us, or is this just part of a convoluted scheme to catch me off-guard near your headquarters?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "And your plans are intended to help us, or is this just part of a convoluted scheme to catch me off-guard near your headquarters?", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "My priority is putting a halt to Uria\u2019s schemes, preferably while keeping collateral damage to a minimum. There just are not a lot of people these days who can truly be trusted. I had to ask the human seer to deliver my message to you because sensing people\u2019s intentions is not one of your powers, and you have committed too many mistakes as of late in that vein, much like Elorran."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "My priority is putting a halt to Uria\u2019s schemes, preferably while keeping collateral damage to a minimum. There just are not a lot of people these days who can truly be trusted. I had to ask the human seer to deliver my message to you because sensing people\u2019s intentions is not one of your powers, and you have committed too many mistakes as of late in that vein, much like Elorran.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Elorran...?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Elorran...?", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "I tried to warn him that Zhangor sent his new pets after him, but that fool never allowed my minions to approach him or his informants. I assume he never told you that\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "I tried to warn him that Zhangor sent his new pets after him, but that fool never allowed my minions to approach him or his informants. I assume he never told you that\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Repeat that name."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Repeat that name.", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "Zhangor?"}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "Zhangor?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "How...?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "How...?", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "He recently became the Fist of Uria. I thought Elorran and you of all people on Irdya would be aware of this."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "He recently became the Fist of Uria. I thought Elorran and you of all people on Irdya would be aware of this.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Elynia? You don\u2019t look good..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Elynia? You don\u2019t look good...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Wh\u2014 why...? Why is he here? Why is he... on Irdya... again? I\u2014 I did everything within my power to... to..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Wh\u2014 why...? Why is he here? Why is he... on Irdya... again? I\u2014 I did everything within my power to... to...", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "Destroying a shapeshifter of his level is nigh impossible; and frankly, you never truly learned to employ the Power of the Union effectively. Argan and you played around with it like children instead of working towards harnessing its full potential. But I don\u2019t blame you. There is a lot you need to learn right now, and I can help you with that. However, we are running out of time."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "Destroying a shapeshifter of his level is nigh impossible; and frankly, you never truly learned to employ the Power of the Union effectively. Argan and you played around with it like children instead of working towards harnessing its full potential. But I don\u2019t blame you. There is a lot you need to learn right now, and I can help you with that. However, we are running out of time.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Will you help me?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Will you help me?", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "I came to seek your help only because our goals converge on the ultimate purpose of ending this war. I can only help you if you are willing to help us \u2014 and first I need to speak to you in private."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "I came to seek your help only because our goals converge on the ultimate purpose of ending this war. I can only help you if you are willing to help us \u2014 and first I need to speak to you in private.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... Very well."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Still awake? You haven\u2019t slept well in months.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I just can\u2019t get to sleep knowing that we are in this land, Anya \u2014 it brings back bad memories."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I just can\u2019t get to sleep knowing that we are in this land, Anya \u2014 it brings back bad memories.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I understand."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I understand.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I am still worried about tomorrow. Ergea said reinforcements were coming for us, but we have not gotten confirmation from Aran-Balgur and that damned portal closed on its own. And regardless, it would be foolish to rely on Bardyl and his people."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I am still worried about tomorrow. Ergea said reinforcements were coming for us, but we have not gotten confirmation from Aran-Balgur and that damned portal closed on its own. And regardless, it would be foolish to rely on Bardyl and his people.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "We still have the undead, and surely Ergea wouldn\u2019t lie to us?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "We still have the undead, and surely Ergea wouldn\u2019t lie to us?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I suppose not, but her sources might not necessarily be the most reliable. For all we know, they could have already betrayed her. They might be leading us to a slaughter, and\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I suppose not, but her sources might not necessarily be the most reliable. For all we know, they could have already betrayed her. They might be leading us to a slaughter, and\u2014", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "(<i>holding Elynia\u2019s hand</i>) I am sure... that with Ergea\u2019s power and yours, we can do this. The bulk of their forces went north, the Triad is now missing that disgusting lich... and we will be joined by those reinforcements soon \u2014 I hope. And if we are meant to die here, then we\u2019ll all die fighting for a just cause."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "(<i>holding Elynia\u2019s hand</i>) I am sure... that with Ergea\u2019s power and yours, we can do this. The bulk of their forces went north, the Triad is now missing that disgusting lich... and we will be joined by those reinforcements soon \u2014 I hope. And if we are meant to die here, then we\u2019ll all die fighting for a just cause.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... Well, yes..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... Well, yes...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "But somehow, I feel that everything will go well!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "But somehow, I feel that everything will go well!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I got the impression that she\u2019s simply been through too much in her life, and it\u2019s surely not her fault. From what I gather, Urvatha, the world we usually call Inferno... is decidedly not the best place to live. Demon Lords competing for succession and killing each other all the time, oppressing and enslaving their subjects, and Uria coercing them into doing her bidding by abusing the ancient powers she was granted by destiny... "}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I got the impression that she\u2019s simply been through too much in her life, and it\u2019s surely not her fault. From what I gather, Urvatha, the world we usually call Inferno... is decidedly not the best place to live. Demon Lords competing for succession and killing each other all the time, oppressing and enslaving their subjects, and Uria coercing them into doing her bidding by abusing the ancient powers she was granted by destiny... ", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I can only say that Ergea is a much nicer person in reality if you know how to approach her."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I can only say that Ergea is a much nicer person in reality if you know how to approach her.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Hm. (<i>smiling</i>) I guess you would have enjoyed talking with Elorran, too."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Hm. (<i>smiling</i>) I guess you would have enjoyed talking with Elorran, too.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I guess."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I guess.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "So, why did you not tell us that you were a shapeshifter?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "So, why did you not tell us that you were a shapeshifter?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "(<i>surprised</i>) I... What are you talking about?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "(<i>surprised</i>) I... What are you talking about?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I did hear your quiet remark when we were fighting those creatures in Aran-Balgur. Having spent a considerable part of my life in the wild, did you expect any less? I imagine your sense of hearing is just as good despite your smaller ears."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I did hear your quiet remark when we were fighting those creatures in Aran-Balgur. Having spent a considerable part of my life in the wild, did you expect any less? I imagine your sense of hearing is just as good despite your smaller ears.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Well... I... I think I have never felt comfortable with my heritage. After all... it is the very reason of my abandonment as a child..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Well... I... I think I have never felt comfortable with my heritage. After all... it is the very reason of my abandonment as a child...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I can only wonder why I wasn\u2019t raised by my real parents. Who were they? Could they still be out there, alive? But on second thought... perhaps I don\u2019t want to know."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I can only wonder why I wasn\u2019t raised by my real parents. Who were they? Could they still be out there, alive? But on second thought... perhaps I don\u2019t want to know.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "If I had told you from the very beginning that I am a shapeshifter, you would have never trusted me. How can you trust a creature who could be concealing their true appearance and nature?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "If I had told you from the very beginning that I am a shapeshifter, you would have never trusted me. How can you trust a creature who could be concealing their true appearance and nature?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Are you, though?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Are you, though?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Sigh. I guess I still am. I simply can\u2019t act differently after all I have been through. I have lived for longer than any of you, even Ergea. It\u2019s been so long, I have already forgotten most of the good things... even Argan..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Sigh. I guess I still am. I simply can\u2019t act differently after all I have been through. I have lived for longer than any of you, even Ergea. It\u2019s been so long, I have already forgotten most of the good things... even Argan...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "At this point it\u2019s easier to recall my worst decisions, the utter destruction of an era of balance and life, the fall of my people, the horrors wrought by Zhangor... the blood of my husband, in my own hands and drawn with my own power... and my... friends... killed or destroyed in front of me... before I could do... do anything to prevent it..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "At this point it\u2019s easier to recall my worst decisions, the utter destruction of an era of balance and life, the fall of my people, the horrors wrought by Zhangor... the blood of my husband, in my own hands and drawn with my own power... and my... friends... killed or destroyed in front of me... before I could do... do anything to prevent it...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... I fear it, Anya... I fear what I could do if I allowed myself to be controlled by my emotions."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... I fear it, Anya... I fear what I could do if I allowed myself to be controlled by my emotions.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Elynia... I\u2019m sorry, I did not mean to make you feel like this."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Elynia... I\u2019m sorry, I did not mean to make you feel like this.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... No, I am the one who should apologize. Perhaps if I shared my feelings with other people more often, I..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... No, I am the one who should apologize. Perhaps if I shared my feelings with other people more often, I...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I haven\u2019t lived for a thousand years, but I know that it is true \u2014 you would feel much better with yourself if you talked with us instead of blindly killing creature after creature to relieve your pain."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I haven\u2019t lived for a thousand years, but I know that it is true \u2014 you would feel much better with yourself if you talked with us instead of blindly killing creature after creature to relieve your pain.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Perhaps... you could do that? Talk with us more often?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Perhaps... you could do that? Talk with us more often?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Yes, I could... If we survive this encounter, that is."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Yes, I could... If we survive this encounter, that is.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "But you must promise!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "But you must promise!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... I promise."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... I promise.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "(<i>smiling</i>)"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "(<i>smiling</i>)", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "If I may ask, for how long have you been serving under Ergea\u2019s banner and why?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "If I may ask, for how long have you been serving under Ergea\u2019s banner and why?", "replies": "Cron", "reply": "Cron works for the storm lady since his home in the mountains was taken by the flying metal-shells. He was promised things in return for protection."}
{"speaks": "Cron", "text": "Cron works for the storm lady since his home in the mountains was taken by the flying metal-shells. He was promised things in return for protection.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Protection?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Protection?", "replies": "Cron", "reply": "The storm lady does not trust the masked men and their rusty swords. She prefers help from Cron and the lizard people of the swamps. She feels safer this way."}
{"speaks": "Cron", "text": "The storm lady does not trust the masked men and their rusty swords. She prefers help from Cron and the lizard people of the swamps. She feels safer this way.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What kind of things did she promise to you?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What kind of things did she promise to you?", "replies": "Cron", "reply": "The lady promised us a new home if we can help her kill the Iron Council and their leader, Zhangor."}
{"speaks": "Cron", "text": "The lady promised us a new home if we can help her kill the Iron Council and their leader, Zhangor.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Hm, is her intention to seize Kalari for her own people and allies then?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Hm, is her intention to seize Kalari for her own people and allies then?", "replies": "Cron", "reply": "Cron must not discuss the storm lady\u2019s plans with anyone else."}
{"speaks": "Cron", "text": "Cron must not discuss the storm lady\u2019s plans with anyone else.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... Fair enough."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... Fair enough.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "There\u2019s a lot of things awaiting us tomorrow, and we will need all the help we can get. Do you think your people will accede?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "There\u2019s a lot of things awaiting us tomorrow, and we will need all the help we can get. Do you think your people will accede?", "replies": "Cron", "reply": "Cron is very sure they will, but they are not many, and they cannot help as much as they want."}
{"speaks": "Cron", "text": "Cron is very sure they will, but they are not many, and they cannot help as much as they want.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "A little help is better than nothing \u2014 Ergea said we would be getting reinforcements, but I don\u2019t find that likely to happen."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "A little help is better than nothing \u2014 Ergea said we would be getting reinforcements, but I don\u2019t find that likely to happen.", "replies": "Cron", "reply": "The storm lady always says the truth."}
{"speaks": "Cron", "text": "The storm lady always says the truth.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Yes... that\u2019s very true... Too true, perhaps."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Yes... that\u2019s very true... Too true, perhaps.", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "You seem very weary, my lady. Shouldn\u2019t you be getting some sleep?"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "You seem very weary, my lady. Shouldn\u2019t you be getting some sleep?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Yes... But you know the situation with that. So, do you think your disciples will be able to help? Can they be trusted?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Yes... But you know the situation with that. So, do you think your disciples will be able to help? Can they be trusted?", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "They have proven to be quite reliable thus far, haven\u2019t they? Unfortunately, I can\u2019t know whether they intend to betray us at the end like your previous assistant did, my lady. If they were consorting with our enemy they\u2019d make sure we wouldn\u2019t find out until it was too late."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "They have proven to be quite reliable thus far, haven\u2019t they? Unfortunately, I can\u2019t know whether they intend to betray us at the end like your previous assistant did, my lady. If they were consorting with our enemy they\u2019d make sure we wouldn\u2019t find out until it was too late.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Indeed. That\u2019s why I am worried. If only Galas were still with us... He always seemed to make the right choices."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Indeed. That\u2019s why I am worried. If only Galas were still with us... He always seemed to make the right choices.", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Hm... perhaps."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "Hm... perhaps.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "If you don\u2019t mind the question, why did you retire before?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "If you don\u2019t mind the question, why did you retire before?", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "I guess it was a combination of circumstances... I felt Galas\u2019 decision to delegate the government of your people to those four was horribly ill-advised. Then you all decided to go south and... I knew that wouldn\u2019t end well for me. From what I heard that fellow Erathan didn\u2019t fare well in the capital."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "I guess it was a combination of circumstances... I felt Galas\u2019 decision to delegate the government of your people to those four was horribly ill-advised. Then you all decided to go south and... I knew that wouldn\u2019t end well for me. From what I heard that fellow Erathan didn\u2019t fare well in the capital.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "That\u2019s unfortunately true. And I suppose I owe you an apology for forcing you to come here."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "That\u2019s unfortunately true. And I suppose I owe you an apology for forcing you to come here.", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Bah, nobody can force me to go anywhere if I don\u2019t want to!"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "Bah, nobody can force me to go anywhere if I don\u2019t want to!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "So, what were your motives?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "So, what were your motives?", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "My lady, I am old, and I already spent enough time in the Far North to know that it could never be my home. Plus, it is because of these bastards that my master\u2019s time in this world came to such an abrupt end. You know what I mean with this \u2014 I have seen it in your eyes, your thirst for revenge and how you quench it with the blood of your enemies..."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "My lady, I am old, and I already spent enough time in the Far North to know that it could never be my home. Plus, it is because of these bastards that my master\u2019s time in this world came to such an abrupt end. You know what I mean with this \u2014 I have seen it in your eyes, your thirst for revenge and how you quench it with the blood of your enemies...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I do not want to talk of that now."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I do not want to talk of that now.", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Well... my apologies if I have offended you, my lady. It was not my intention. I\u2019ll just... go back to watching over the encampment, silently, as usual."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "Well... my apologies if I have offended you, my lady. It was not my intention. I\u2019ll just... go back to watching over the encampment, silently, as usual.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "So, did you solve your little problem with that staff?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "So, did you solve your little problem with that staff?", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Well, yes. It\u2019s quite interesting, actually. It turns out that with some adjustments to my shielding spell, I can channel the staff\u2019s aura and become immune to poison myself!"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "Well, yes. It\u2019s quite interesting, actually. It turns out that with some adjustments to my shielding spell, I can channel the staff\u2019s aura and become immune to poison myself!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... And that would be why you asked me to heal you from the symptoms of a \u2018cold\u2019 at least ten times during the day, right?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... And that would be why you asked me to heal you from the symptoms of a \u2018cold\u2019 at least ten times during the day, right?", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "... Right."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "... Right.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I mean, if you think it\u2019s safe to use the artifact like that, I\u2019m in no place to stop you. My knowledge of necromancy is not exhaustive enough to know exactly how that staff works or whether it might be hazardous to its user. Just... be careful when using it near our people, please?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I mean, if you think it\u2019s safe to use the artifact like that, I\u2019m in no place to stop you. My knowledge of necromancy is not exhaustive enough to know exactly how that staff works or whether it might be hazardous to its user. Just... be careful when using it near our people, please?", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "I will be, my lady, don\u2019t worry!"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "I will be, my lady, don\u2019t worry!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Anya..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Anya...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Yes?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Yes?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Good night."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Good night.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Sleep well!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Sleep well!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It\u2019s time, Cron. Please take care of Anya in my absence."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It\u2019s time, Cron. Please take care of Anya in my absence.", "replies": "Cron", "reply": "Cron will do his best to make sure nothing bad happens to the storm lady\u2019s friends."}
{"speaks": "Cron", "text": "Cron will do his best to make sure nothing bad happens to the storm lady\u2019s friends.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Hm."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Hm.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Elynia, are you there?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Elynia, are you there?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "... Elynia?"}
{"speaks": "Teremor", "text": "What brings you here?", "replies": "Ryghel", "reply": "The captain said we are not supposed to let anyone in for now! You\u2019ll have to wait until he comes back from his inspection."}
{"speaks": "Ryghel", "text": "The captain said we are not supposed to let anyone in for now! You\u2019ll have to wait until he comes back from his inspection.", "replies": "Vyrelyam", "reply": "Time is of the essence. Do you really wish to anger your masters by making them wait more than is absolutely necessary?"}
{"speaks": "Vyrelyam", "text": "Time is of the essence. Do you really wish to anger your masters by making them wait more than is absolutely necessary?", "replies": "Teremor", "reply": "Look, wench, our masters can go to hell for all I care. You can either deliver your damn message to the captain and convince him to let you pass, or just forget about it. Unless you would prefer to entertain us for a while in exchange for letting you pass, heh heh."}
{"speaks": "Teremor", "text": "Look, wench, our masters can go to hell for all I care. You can either deliver your damn message to the captain and convince him to let you pass, or just forget about it. Unless you would prefer to entertain us for a while in exchange for letting you pass, heh heh.", "replies": "Vyrelyam", "reply": "I want to speak to your captain. Where is he?"}
{"speaks": "Vyrelyam", "text": "I want to speak to your captain. Where is he?", "replies": "Ryghel", "reply": "He\u2019s probably in the storerooms right now. Go to your right and turn at the last passage down the corridor."}
{"speaks": "Ryghel", "text": "He\u2019s probably in the storerooms right now. Go to your right and turn at the last passage down the corridor.", "replies": "Captain Verathorn", "reply": "Who goes there?"}
{"speaks": "Captain Verathorn", "text": "Who goes there?", "replies": "Vyrelyam", "reply": "Sir, I have been sent by the Demon Lord of the Storms to bring a message to\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Vyrelyam", "text": "Sir, I have been sent by the Demon Lord of the Storms to bring a message to\u2014", "replies": "Captain Verathorn", "reply": "Is it anything you aren\u2019t allowed to pass on to me?"}
{"speaks": "Captain Verathorn", "text": "Is it anything you aren\u2019t allowed to pass on to me?", "replies": "Captain Verathorn", "reply": "The Fire does not want to see anyone right now in her chamber, or anywhere else for that matter. She said so herself: \u201cI don\u2019t want anyone coming into this fortress tonight\u201d. Maybe those deaf sluggards at the main gate need a lesson or two...?"}
{"speaks": "Captain Verathorn", "text": "The Fire does not want to see anyone right now in her chamber, or anywhere else for that matter. She said so herself: \u201cI don\u2019t want anyone coming into this fortress tonight\u201d. Maybe those deaf sluggards at the main gate need a lesson or two...?", "replies": "Captain Verathorn", "reply": "What\u2019s your name, girl?"}
{"speaks": "Captain Verathorn", "text": "What\u2019s your name, girl?", "replies": "Vyrelyam", "reply": "Vyrelyam, sir."}
{"speaks": "Vyrelyam", "text": "Vyrelyam, sir.", "replies": "Captain Verathorn", "reply": "I hadn\u2019t seen your face around before. But there\u2019s something oddly familiar about it..."}
{"speaks": "Captain Verathorn", "text": "I hadn\u2019t seen your face around before. But there\u2019s something oddly familiar about it...", "replies": "Vyrelyam", "reply": "Is that so? ... Perhaps you may also recall torturing an elf or two..."}
{"speaks": "Vyrelyam", "text": "Is that so? ... Perhaps you may also recall torturing an elf or two...", "replies": "Captain Verathorn", "reply": "YOU\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Captain Verathorn", "text": "YOU\u2014", "replies": "Vyrelyam", "reply": "Well... that didn\u2019t work as planned. We must find a way to open that gate by ourselves."}
{"speaks": "Vyrelyam", "text": "Well... that didn\u2019t work as planned. We must find a way to open that gate by ourselves.", "replies": "Irumia", "reply": "There she is!"}
{"speaks": "Irumia", "text": "There she is!", "replies": "Melor", "reply": "Your illusions can\u2019t deceive me, faerie witch!"}
{"speaks": "Melor", "text": "Your illusions can\u2019t deceive me, faerie witch!", "replies": "Teremor", "reply": "Seize her, quickly!"}
{"speaks": "Teremor", "text": "Seize her, quickly!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "There goes our infiltration plan. To arms!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "There goes our infiltration plan. To arms!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "elynia^This is not the right corridor. We must find a way leading to the transport room."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "elynia^This is not the right corridor. We must find a way leading to the transport room.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "elynia^That is not the right corridor. We must find a way leading to the transport room."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "elynia^That is not the right corridor. We must find a way leading to the transport room.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Just a bunch of gold coins. Too bad that they are rather weighty and we have no use for them at this time."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Just a bunch of gold coins. Too bad that they are rather weighty and we have no use for them at this time.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "There\u2019s nothing in this chest."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "There\u2019s nothing in this chest.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "This potion flask seems important. Let the Lady of Light come to examine it."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "This potion flask seems important. Let the Lady of Light come to examine it.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Hm, this might prove useful later."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Hm, this might prove useful later.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We must all enter the transport room together \u2014 nobody should be left behind."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We must all enter the transport room together \u2014 nobody should be left behind.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I recognize this corridor. Onwards!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I recognize this corridor. Onwards!", "replies": "Mal Gulgolet", "reply": "The Lady of Light and her foolish new cohorts, eh? We should have known that Ergea and her kind couldn\u2019t be trusted. Hopefully you enjoy their company, for we intend to send you all to the abyss together, and not precisely to die..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Gulgolet", "text": "The Lady of Light and her foolish new cohorts, eh? We should have known that Ergea and her kind couldn\u2019t be trusted. Hopefully you enjoy their company, for we intend to send you all to the abyss together, and not precisely to die...", "replies": "Mal Gulgolet", "reply": "The Lady of Light, eh? We should have known that Ergea and her kind couldn\u2019t be trusted. Too bad that your cohorts didn\u2019t make it; we wanted to send you all to the abyss together, and not precisely to die..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Gulgolet", "text": "The Lady of Light, eh? We should have known that Ergea and her kind couldn\u2019t be trusted. Too bad that your cohorts didn\u2019t make it; we wanted to send you all to the abyss together, and not precisely to die...", "replies": "Mal Gulgolet", "reply": "Our <i>masters</i> are busy with their own inscrutable plans, and the fortress defenses are already disposing of your pathetic allies above. But it is not <i>your</i> place to ask questions here. Now..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Gulgolet", "text": "Our <i>masters</i> are busy with their own inscrutable plans, and the fortress defenses are already disposing of your pathetic allies above. But it is not <i>your</i> place to ask questions here. Now...", "replies": "Mal Gulgolet", "reply": "Would you prefer to go down fighting, or surrender and let us take you to the Fire?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Gulgolet", "text": "Would you prefer to go down fighting, or surrender and let us take you to the Fire?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I\u2019ll let you have a guess."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I\u2019ll let you have a guess.", "replies": "Mal Gulgolet", "reply": "... heh. The Fire was right... about you..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Gulgolet", "text": "... heh. The Fire was right... about you...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Those passages appear to lead somewhere."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Those passages appear to lead somewhere.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "A secret passage. Not particularly ingenious. Although... it might lead to the cave Ergea mentioned."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "A secret passage. Not particularly ingenious. Although... it might lead to the cave Ergea mentioned.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Wait. There\u2019s someone else in here..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Wait. There\u2019s someone else in here...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It\u2019s the other necromancer, member of the Iron Triad. Perhaps, if we take her down... we might be able to force her to give us some directions."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It\u2019s the other necromancer, member of the Iron Triad. Perhaps, if we take her down... we might be able to force her to give us some directions.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It\u2019s the other necromancer, member of the Iron Triad. Perhaps, if I take her down... I might be able to force her to give me some directions."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It\u2019s the other necromancer, member of the Iron Triad. Perhaps, if I take her down... I might be able to force her to give me some directions.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You are the other necromancer from the Iron Triad, aren\u2019t you? Where is your master hiding? Where is the Ruby of Fire?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You are the other necromancer from the Iron Triad, aren\u2019t you? Where is your master hiding? Where is the Ruby of Fire?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Are you going to answer?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Are you going to answer?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I don\u2019t have time for this."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I don\u2019t have time for this.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Devoid of her own will... and turned into a living puppet... Suddenly, defeating her does not seem to be much of an achievement. I don\u2019t think I saw anything like this the last time I was here. Why would they do this to her, though?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Devoid of her own will... and turned into a living puppet... Suddenly, defeating her does not seem to be much of an achievement. I don\u2019t think I saw anything like this the last time I was here. Why would they do this to her, though?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Indeed, let us continue down this passage. If Ergea\u2019s instructions are correct, there is a large stone chamber ahead."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Indeed, let us continue down this passage. If Ergea\u2019s instructions are correct, there is a large stone chamber ahead.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I should just continue down this passage. If Ergea\u2019s instructions are correct, there is a large stone chamber ahead."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I should just continue down this passage. If Ergea\u2019s instructions are correct, there is a large stone chamber ahead.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "We are trapped in this chamber..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "We are trapped in this chamber...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I am trapped in this chamber..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I am trapped in this chamber...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>chuckles</i>) That\u2019s were you want us to go. Isn\u2019t that correct... Elyssa?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>chuckles</i>) That\u2019s were you want us to go. Isn\u2019t that correct... Elyssa?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>chuckles</i>) That\u2019s were you want me to go. Isn\u2019t that correct... Elyssa?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>chuckles</i>) That\u2019s were you want me to go. Isn\u2019t that correct... Elyssa?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You could have opened the gate for me, at the very least."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You could have opened the gate for me, at the very least.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... So you want me to proceed alone. Very well, then."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I will be truly disappointed if you aren\u2019t waiting behind that gate...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Hm..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Hm...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I have been awaiting this moment for so long, Elyssa. Or should I call you Yechnagoth?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I have been awaiting this moment for so long, Elyssa. Or should I call you Yechnagoth?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Yechnagoth is no more."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Yechnagoth is no more.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Do you truly believe that such cheap tricks can stop me?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Do you truly believe that such cheap tricks can stop me?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I suppose I may as well call you an impostor then. I have read Argan\u2019s journal \u2014 you weren\u2019t destined to possess those powers."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I suppose I may as well call you an impostor then. I have read Argan\u2019s journal \u2014 you weren\u2019t destined to possess those powers.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "It was never my choice, dear. And even if it were the case, I have never actually <i>claimed</i> to be Merthiaal."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "It was never my choice, dear. And even if it were the case, I have never actually <i>claimed</i> to be Merthiaal.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I have to admit that you are quite agile for a winged faerie."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I have to admit that you are quite agile for a winged faerie.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Alas, that will not be sufficient to defeat me."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Alas, that will not be sufficient to defeat me.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I had hoped you would have learned new tricks since we last met."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I had hoped you would have learned new tricks since we last met.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "As much as I would not mind to keep doing this forever..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "As much as I would not mind to keep doing this forever...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You purposefully misled us by removing any references to the final whereabouts of Yechnagoth\u2019s heart from Argan\u2019s journal, didn\u2019t you?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You purposefully misled us by removing any references to the final whereabouts of Yechnagoth\u2019s heart from Argan\u2019s journal, didn\u2019t you?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I admit that I took some pages from Argan\u2019s journal some time before you acquired it from him, yes; I also changed a few other things for your <i>convenience</i>."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I admit that I took some pages from Argan\u2019s journal some time before you acquired it from him, yes; I also changed a few other things for your <i>convenience</i>.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You killed Galas before my very eyes. You are responsible for Mal Keshar\u2019s destruction. And for the deaths of millions."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You killed Galas before my very eyes. You are responsible for Mal Keshar\u2019s destruction. And for the deaths of millions.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "(<i>chuckles</i>) It was all part of the plan! All those deaths were necessary to appease Uria and prepare our vast stage for this day \u2014 the vast stage we normally call \u2018Irdya\u2019. My business with that elf you secretly loved was not personal."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "(<i>chuckles</i>) It was all part of the plan! All those deaths were necessary to appease Uria and prepare our vast stage for this day \u2014 the vast stage we normally call \u2018Irdya\u2019. My business with that elf you secretly loved was not personal.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "How did you\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "How did you\u2014", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Those who can harness the Aspect of Darkness can read into the minds of weaker creatures at will. Did you not know this?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Those who can harness the Aspect of Darkness can read into the minds of weaker creatures at will. Did you not know this?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Of course you didn\u2019t. You have wasted your entire life pursuing the most banal objectives. You never bothered to try to understand that power you had. Argan and you could have done great things if you had learned what the Union truly entails."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Of course you didn\u2019t. You have wasted your entire life pursuing the most banal objectives. You never bothered to try to understand that power you had. Argan and you could have done great things if you had learned what the Union truly entails.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "You have lived awake for over eight hundred years, and yet... you are still an incompetent little brat. Such is the curse of eternal youth, I guess?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "You have lived awake for over eight hundred years, and yet... you are still an incompetent little brat. Such is the curse of eternal youth, I guess?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Are you not exhausted already? You sure are persistent. I could end you with a single strike if I wanted..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Are you not exhausted already? You sure are persistent. I could end you with a single strike if I wanted...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "THEN WHY DON\u2019T YOU DO IT?!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "THEN WHY DON\u2019T YOU DO IT?!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Is that what you truly want, then? Do you seek the cold touch of death?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Is that what you truly want, then? Do you seek the cold touch of death?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "And yet, you fear it. You haven\u2019t been able to bring yourself to put an end to this, but why?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "And yet, you fear it. You haven\u2019t been able to bring yourself to put an end to this, but why?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Is it that you are unable to assume responsibility for your own decisions anymore?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Is it that you are unable to assume responsibility for your own decisions anymore?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I see. Frankly, this is quite disappointing. I thought Argan and Galas saw <i>something</i> in you besides your pretty face and hair."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I see. Frankly, this is quite disappointing. I thought Argan and Galas saw <i>something</i> in you besides your pretty face and hair.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Oh, my bad. I forgot to mention that... You really want to know, don\u2019t you? Yes, Galas <i>did</i> want to reciprocate your feelings, but he never did so... because you were too busy grieving over Argan\u2019s death like a little girl."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Oh, my bad. I forgot to mention that... You really want to know, don\u2019t you? Yes, Galas <i>did</i> want to reciprocate your feelings, but he never did so... because you were too busy grieving over Argan\u2019s death like a little girl.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Perhaps, if you were not so stupid and ignorant of your own power... you would have been able to save Argan in the first place. Don\u2019t you think?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Perhaps, if you were not so stupid and ignorant of your own power... you would have been able to save Argan in the first place. Don\u2019t you think?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Shut..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Shut...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "UP!!!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "UP!!!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... What\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... What\u2014", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Heh, heh, heh..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Heh, heh, heh...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Good..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Good...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "But still not sufficient to defeat a Guardian of Darkness, my dear."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "But still not sufficient to defeat a Guardian of Darkness, my dear.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I had thought that this would be a fair fight, but in the end it was merely a foolish hope. What do you think?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I had thought that this would be a fair fight, but in the end it was merely a foolish hope. What do you think?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "On the other hand, you are still alive and able to stand. I am impressed."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "On the other hand, you are still alive and able to stand. I am impressed.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What... are you... waiting for..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What... are you... waiting for...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Heh."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Heh.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Sweet dreams, my dear."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "My scouts have just informed me that the bulk of the region\u2019s defenses are already in motion and heading for our present location. They shall be here in just a few hours. It is possible that someone betrayed us, or...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "... She is not coming back, is she?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "... She is not coming back, is she?", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "She must have had a good reason for leaving us like this, Anya. Well... I hope so, anyway. My lady, what about those reinforcements?"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "She must have had a good reason for leaving us like this, Anya. Well... I hope so, anyway. My lady, what about those reinforcements?", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Let us get moving then. Anya shall lead the way!"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "Let us get moving then. Anya shall lead the way!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I... shall?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I... shall?", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "That\u2019s what Elynia said in that note, did she not? But you don\u2019t need to worry about the management aspect \u2014 we can help you with that. Your darkness powers and teleportation should be advantageous in the front line, but it\u2019s more important that these men are led by someone with whom they are already well familiarized besides Elynia herself \u2014 another <i>someone</i> they can relate to, if you catch my drift."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "That\u2019s what Elynia said in that note, did she not? But you don\u2019t need to worry about the management aspect \u2014 we can help you with that. Your darkness powers and teleportation should be advantageous in the front line, but it\u2019s more important that these men are led by someone with whom they are already well familiarized besides Elynia herself \u2014 another <i>someone</i> they can relate to, if you catch my drift.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "... Wait... you mean..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "... Wait... you mean...", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Yes!"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "Yes!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "(<i>annoyed</i>) Your rationale seems rather perverse, and it\u2019s slightly offensive considering I have never... unlike... Ack! How about... we just... move on?!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "(<i>annoyed</i>) Your rationale seems rather perverse, and it\u2019s slightly offensive considering I have never... unlike... Ack! How about... we just... move on?!", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "I support the motion. This is no time for such frivolous chatter."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "I support the motion. This is no time for such frivolous chatter.", "replies": "Jarayavel", "reply": "So bold\u2014 argh..."}
{"speaks": "Jarayavel", "text": "So bold\u2014 argh...", "replies": "Mereldyan", "reply": "The Fist shall not tolerate your intrusion..."}
{"speaks": "Mereldyan", "text": "The Fist shall not tolerate your intrusion...", "replies": "Elesmeera", "reply": "No, n\u2014 please no! My fair lady of the Storms, I\u2014 I did not have a choice! The Fist\u2014 I\u2014 I\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elesmeera", "text": "No, n\u2014 please no! My fair lady of the Storms, I\u2014 I did not have a choice! The Fist\u2014 I\u2014 I\u2014", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "You betrayed me and my people. There is only one possible punishment for such a grave misdeed under my rule and you are well aware what it is."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "You betrayed me and my people. There is only one possible punishment for such a grave misdeed under my rule and you are well aware what it is.", "replies": "Elesmeera", "reply": "No! I beg you\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elesmeera", "text": "No! I beg you\u2014", "replies": "Cyrelean", "reply": "The old order is coming to an end at last, and in time, freedom will be ours!"}
{"speaks": "Cyrelean", "text": "The old order is coming to an end at last, and in time, freedom will be ours!", "replies": "Sergalyr", "reply": "Let us purge the foul worshipers of Uria and reclaim our ancestors\u2019 lands!"}
{"speaks": "Sergalyr", "text": "Let us purge the foul worshipers of Uria and reclaim our ancestors\u2019 lands!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I don\u2019t understand... It should be dawn already!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I don\u2019t understand... It should be dawn already!", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "The... day of the Longest Night... This does not bode well."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "The... day of the Longest Night... This does not bode well.", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "We failed to secure that portal in time! Without those reinforcements we will never make it! Retreat!"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "We failed to secure that portal in time! Without those reinforcements we will never make it! Retreat!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Uh... It seems we arrived just in time."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Uh... It seems we arrived just in time.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Durvan! I thought you would be on your way back home by now!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Durvan! I thought you would be on your way back home by now!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "I changed my mind, I guess? I can\u2019t shake off the feeling that I\u2019ll regret this later, though. Where is Elynia?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "I changed my mind, I guess? I can\u2019t shake off the feeling that I\u2019ll regret this later, though. Where is Elynia?", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "We don\u2019t know."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "We don\u2019t know.", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "You may discuss that at a later time. For now, it is of utmost importance that we distract or take down Kalari\u2019s military. I am confident that the Alliance troops Sir Durvan has amassed shall serve us well for this mission."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "You may discuss that at a later time. For now, it is of utmost importance that we distract or take down Kalari\u2019s military. I am confident that the Alliance troops Sir Durvan has amassed shall serve us well for this mission.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "It\u2019s really General Bardyl and Elynia who should get the credit, not me. I merely asked him to lend us a hand, and he gladly acceded, most likely in return for Elynia\u2019s support during the siege of Aran-Balgur. And incidentally, I\u2019m no Sir."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "It\u2019s really General Bardyl and Elynia who should get the credit, not me. I merely asked him to lend us a hand, and he gladly acceded, most likely in return for Elynia\u2019s support during the siege of Aran-Balgur. And incidentally, I\u2019m no Sir.", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "You may discuss that at a later time. For now, it is of utmost importance that we distract or take down Kalari\u2019s military. However, I expected Sir Durvan to provide us with more numerous troops than this."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "You may discuss that at a later time. For now, it is of utmost importance that we distract or take down Kalari\u2019s military. However, I expected Sir Durvan to provide us with more numerous troops than this.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "General Bardyl wouldn\u2019t accede to spending more lives on a pointless mission after Elynia decided to part ways with him before they could properly reclaim Aran-Balgur. So, I had to make do with low-ranking militiamen and some orcish mercenaries. And incidentally, I\u2019m no Sir."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "General Bardyl wouldn\u2019t accede to spending more lives on a pointless mission after Elynia decided to part ways with him before they could properly reclaim Aran-Balgur. So, I had to make do with low-ranking militiamen and some orcish mercenaries. And incidentally, I\u2019m no Sir.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Time is of the essence, Durvan. We need to get moving while the darkness can provide us with an advantage."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Time is of the essence, Durvan. We need to get moving while the darkness can provide us with an advantage.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Sure, these men and women thirst for the blood of these fiends. Lead the way!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Sure, these men and women thirst for the blood of these fiends. Lead the way!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "So, Elynia went on a mission to infiltrate the Iron Council\u2019s citadel? What kind of nonsense is that?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "So, Elynia went on a mission to infiltrate the Iron Council\u2019s citadel? What kind of nonsense is that?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "According to Ergea she went to locate some kind of weapon buried beneath Kalari. I am really worried for her. She just left during the night without telling anyone about her plans. What are we supposed to do now? I mean, other than perpetuating this bloodshed. Ergea says it\u2019s important and that it might be her only chance to succeed. But who knows what kind of abominations await in that place."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "According to Ergea she went to locate some kind of weapon buried beneath Kalari. I am really worried for her. She just left during the night without telling anyone about her plans. What are we supposed to do now? I mean, other than perpetuating this bloodshed. Ergea says it\u2019s important and that it might be her only chance to succeed. But who knows what kind of abominations await in that place.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "And then there is this inexplicable unending darkness. It <i>is</i> our element, yet I can\u2019t help but find all this dreadfully unnatural and foreboding."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "And then there is this inexplicable unending darkness. It <i>is</i> our element, yet I can\u2019t help but find all this dreadfully unnatural and foreboding.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Yes... yes, it is. Maybe I shouldn\u2019t have allowed Ergea to convince me to come here."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Yes... yes, it is. Maybe I shouldn\u2019t have allowed Ergea to convince me to come here.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Ah, so you came back to us because she asked you to?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Ah, so you came back to us because she asked you to?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Hm. I see."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Hm. I see.", "replies": "Cron", "reply": "Cron likes the sound of bones breaking under his hammer."}
{"speaks": "Cron", "text": "Cron likes the sound of bones breaking under his hammer.", "replies": "Cron", "reply": "Cron enjoys crushing insolent vermin to death."}
{"speaks": "Cron", "text": "Cron enjoys crushing insolent vermin to death.", "replies": "second_unit", "reply": "Get away from me, you beast!"}
{"speaks": "second_unit", "text": "Get away from me, you beast!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Ummm... Hello?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Ummm... Hello?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I was wondering if you are a Naiad? I was told by Tara that your kind are hardly ever seen by anyone at all..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I was wondering if you are a Naiad? I was told by Tara that your kind are hardly ever seen by anyone at all...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Uhhh... yes... the ocean. It looks really ominous here at night, doesn\u2019t it?..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Uhhh... yes... the ocean. It looks really ominous here at night, doesn\u2019t it?...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "<i>(sighs)</i> I\u2019m sorry, I should not have bothered you. I guess I will leave you to... whatever it is you are doing..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "<i>(sighs)</i> I\u2019m sorry, I should not have bothered you. I guess I will leave you to... whatever it is you are doing...", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "You truly are a curious creature, Anya, daughter of Mintha. I had never heard before of one born of faerie and demonkind. I suppose it\u2019s only natural that both rarely mingle due to their innate hatred of each other. Although it makes you wonder... because in the very beginning all of us, even humans, were considered \u2018demons\u2019 anyway, were we not? We were the spirits brought to life by the Tree."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "You truly are a curious creature, Anya, daughter of Mintha. I had never heard before of one born of faerie and demonkind. I suppose it\u2019s only natural that both rarely mingle due to their innate hatred of each other. Although it makes you wonder... because in the very beginning all of us, even humans, were considered \u2018demons\u2019 anyway, were we not? We were the spirits brought to life by the Tree.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "That name... how can you possibly know that name? I don\u2019t... I don\u2019t understand\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "That name... how can you possibly know that name? I don\u2019t... I don\u2019t understand\u2014", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "I have been keeping an eye on the Lady of Light and her allies for longer than even the Demon Lord and you have. I have seen her rise from the very depths of Irdya, do battle against unfathomable foes hailing from a time and place beyond the Veil, make her way through the accursed hordes of the Mother of Urvatha with the help of the most improbable allies, and carry out her sworn duty despite it taking the heaviest toll of all."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "I have been keeping an eye on the Lady of Light and her allies for longer than even the Demon Lord and you have. I have seen her rise from the very depths of Irdya, do battle against unfathomable foes hailing from a time and place beyond the Veil, make her way through the accursed hordes of the Mother of Urvatha with the help of the most improbable allies, and carry out her sworn duty despite it taking the heaviest toll of all.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "I guided you towards a relic from the Golden Age as a reward for your unfaltering optimism in the face of adversity."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "I guided you towards a relic from the Golden Age as a reward for your unfaltering optimism in the face of adversity.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "It doesn\u2019t do anything, though. Elynia said there\u2019s no magic in it."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "It doesn\u2019t do anything, though. Elynia said there\u2019s no magic in it.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "But does it need to be magic to feel precious to you? Does every experience along your journey need to be viscerally gratifying in order for you to build an emotional attachment to those memories?"}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "But does it need to be magic to feel precious to you? Does every experience along your journey need to be viscerally gratifying in order for you to build an emotional attachment to those memories?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I... suppose you are right. It reminds me so much of her somehow... Oh gods, I hope she is all right..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I... suppose you are right. It reminds me so much of her somehow... Oh gods, I hope she is all right...", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "The only thing left for me to do is to assist you in this upcoming battle however I can so that you may see the light of day again. I must warn you first, though, the power that was conferred upon me by the Goddess is very limited, and time is running short. I can give you the answer to one question about the past, and a last blessing."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "The only thing left for me to do is to assist you in this upcoming battle however I can so that you may see the light of day again. I must warn you first, though, the power that was conferred upon me by the Goddess is very limited, and time is running short. I can give you the answer to one question about the past, and a last blessing.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "One question?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "One question?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "This is so unexpected... I don\u2019t know what I should ask..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "This is so unexpected... I don\u2019t know what I should ask...", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "What does your heart tell you?"}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "What does your heart tell you?", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "Their long and grueling journey eventually led them to the great eucalyptus forests of Glamdrol. There it is that they finally found shelter from the scourge of Uria \u2014 but not before exhausting all their remaining energy. Shapeshifters may be durable creatures, but that does not make them immortal. On the contrary, constant punishment under their masters only makes them weaker and more prone to diseases specific to their kind. The Nameless One was no exception in this regard."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "Their long and grueling journey eventually led them to the great eucalyptus forests of Glamdrol. There it is that they finally found shelter from the scourge of Uria \u2014 but not before exhausting all their remaining energy. Shapeshifters may be durable creatures, but that does not make them immortal. On the contrary, constant punishment under their masters only makes them weaker and more prone to diseases specific to their kind. The Nameless One was no exception in this regard.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "Ready for their eternal rest, the demon collapsed on the cold forest ground next to a spearmint patch, hopeful that the soothing aroma would ease the pain that was yet to come. They closed their eyes, and the world disappeared. The cold slowly subsided and gave way to a comforting warmth. Never in their life had the Nameless One imagined that the embrace of death could feel so welcoming compared to anything else they experienced."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "Ready for their eternal rest, the demon collapsed on the cold forest ground next to a spearmint patch, hopeful that the soothing aroma would ease the pain that was yet to come. They closed their eyes, and the world disappeared. The cold slowly subsided and gave way to a comforting warmth. Never in their life had the Nameless One imagined that the embrace of death could feel so welcoming compared to anything else they experienced.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "The language barrier did little to stop the pair from finding a common ground. The shapeshifter figured out soon enough that Mintha had her own particular ways to communicate with others, and she was eager to be around someone who did not avoid her just because of who she was. While she could not tell them her own story, she was happy to listen to the Nameless One tell her all about the vast unknown that lay far beyond Irdya. And she in turn showed them Irdya as it was, and as it is \u2014 a world of endless strife, yet also endless beauty."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "The language barrier did little to stop the pair from finding a common ground. The shapeshifter figured out soon enough that Mintha had her own particular ways to communicate with others, and she was eager to be around someone who did not avoid her just because of who she was. While she could not tell them her own story, she was happy to listen to the Nameless One tell her all about the vast unknown that lay far beyond Irdya. And she in turn showed them Irdya as it was, and as it is \u2014 a world of endless strife, yet also endless beauty.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "In time, the shapeshifter and the nymph grew enamored of each other. To the Nameless One, the notion of having a child of their own volition was completely alien, for their kind only bred when required to do so by the Demon Lords, and only with each other. Nevertheless, they promptly found themselves acquiescing to Mintha\u2019s heart desire, and her body would be the one to carry the creature born from their love."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "In time, the shapeshifter and the nymph grew enamored of each other. To the Nameless One, the notion of having a child of their own volition was completely alien, for their kind only bred when required to do so by the Demon Lords, and only with each other. Nevertheless, they promptly found themselves acquiescing to Mintha\u2019s heart desire, and her body would be the one to carry the creature born from their love.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "What happened next?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "What happened next?", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "I apologize. Like I said, I can only answer one question about the past."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "I apologize. Like I said, I can only answer one question about the past.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Well, excuse me if I don\u2019t believe you right now! Surely your goddess must have imparted the full story to you!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Well, excuse me if I don\u2019t believe you right now! Surely your goddess must have imparted the full story to you!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "...", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "If you must hear the whole story I am afraid you are going to have to ask the Goddess for the rest."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "If you must hear the whole story I am afraid you are going to have to ask the Goddess for the rest.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Well, I would if I knew who she is or how to communicate with her!!!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Well, I would if I knew who she is or how to communicate with her!!!", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "Our kind knows her as Xia\u2019el. Her true name is known by only a counted few, and her domain lies somewhere completely beyond our reach."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "Our kind knows her as Xia\u2019el. Her true name is known by only a counted few, and her domain lies somewhere completely beyond our reach.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "If that is so then how am I supposed to get there and punch her in the face for telling me an incomplete story?!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "If that is so then how am I supposed to get there and punch her in the face for telling me an incomplete story?!", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "Everything is possible if you set your mind to it!"}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "Everything is possible if you set your mind to it!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Don\u2019t you <i>dare</i> be all sarcastic like some kind of ancient mythical... water faerie... that knows better than a child like me... Argh! I just... I don\u2019t need this right now. I\u2019m sorry for sounding so frustrated. It\u2019s all just... a lot for me to handle."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Don\u2019t you <i>dare</i> be all sarcastic like some kind of ancient mythical... water faerie... that knows better than a child like me... Argh! I just... I don\u2019t need this right now. I\u2019m sorry for sounding so frustrated. It\u2019s all just... a lot for me to handle.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "Of all the questions you could have asked, are you absolutely sure that is the one you want answered?"}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "Of all the questions you could have asked, are you absolutely sure that is the one you want answered?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I... Well... That just came to mind, that\u2019s all. Should I ask something else\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I... Well... That just came to mind, that\u2019s all. Should I ask something else\u2014", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "One question, not two. You already asked the question, and so I must deliver the answer."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "One question, not two. You already asked the question, and so I must deliver the answer.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "Elynia-Thanadria did have all kinds of lovers back during the Golden Age, both before and after meeting Argan. Her first lover was a young human by the name of\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "Elynia-Thanadria did have all kinds of lovers back during the Golden Age, both before and after meeting Argan. Her first lover was a young human by the name of\u2014", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "NO! Stop! I changed my mind, I don\u2019t want to know. That\u2019s not what I really meant to ask specifically anyway."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "NO! Stop! I changed my mind, I don\u2019t want to know. That\u2019s not what I really meant to ask specifically anyway.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "I know the answer to your real question though."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "I know the answer to your real question though.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Huh?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Huh?", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "You wanted to know if she ever had a more intimate relationship with other faeries, did you not?"}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "You wanted to know if she ever had a more intimate relationship with other faeries, did you not?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! Look over there, it\u2019s one of those... demolisher monsters! It\u2019s very, veeeeery slowly heading towards us!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! Look over there, it\u2019s one of those... demolisher monsters! It\u2019s very, veeeeery slowly heading towards us!", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "That is an interesting question for you ask. I did not take you for someone who would be interested in the history of this world."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "That is an interesting question for you ask. I did not take you for someone who would be interested in the history of this world.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "... Look, I know I\u2019m more than a bit dumb at times\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "... Look, I know I\u2019m more than a bit dumb at times\u2014", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "What I mean is you are an <i>outsider</i>. You may have been born on Irdya, but you do not feel as though you belong here, do you?"}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "What I mean is you are an <i>outsider</i>. You may have been born on Irdya, but you do not feel as though you belong here, do you?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "... I guess I really... don\u2019t. How can you read me so well? I mean, besides the whole business with you spying on us."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "... I guess I really... don\u2019t. How can you read me so well? I mean, besides the whole business with you spying on us.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "There is something surprisingly relatable about you, even though my life so far has been one of complete solitude and yours the opposite. Perhaps it is the fact that we are both daughters of the Darkness in some way. Water and Earth have got to meet each other at some point, after all. But I digress."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "There is something surprisingly relatable about you, even though my life so far has been one of complete solitude and yours the opposite. Perhaps it is the fact that we are both daughters of the Darkness in some way. Water and Earth have got to meet each other at some point, after all. But I digress.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "The Demon Lord Zhangor may be many things, but a patient schemer he is not. He was provided information about a pivotal event by a source that transcends time, and he did as he saw fit with that information. His thirst for power led him to establish his cult in Wesmere, but he was largely ignorant of what he was doing beyond attempting to become something he is not and will likely never become: a god. So, the answer to your question is no."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "The Demon Lord Zhangor may be many things, but a patient schemer he is not. He was provided information about a pivotal event by a source that transcends time, and he did as he saw fit with that information. His thirst for power led him to establish his cult in Wesmere, but he was largely ignorant of what he was doing beyond attempting to become something he is not and will likely never become: a god. So, the answer to your question is no.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "But who was responsible then? It all seems so contrived \u2014 both the creation of the second sun and the Fall of the third. The Wesnothians could not possibly have figured it out all on their own, could they?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "But who was responsible then? It all seems so contrived \u2014 both the creation of the second sun and the Fall of the third. The Wesnothians could not possibly have figured it out all on their own, could they?", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "One question, one answer."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "One question, one answer.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Oh, come on!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Oh, come on!", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "This may be worth pondering, though. Some believe their lives are entirely their own doing, that destiny does not exist and that our reality is merely the product of happenstance. The possibility of an unseen force with many hands and eyes having the power to weave the threads of fate into something larger would be too terrifying to consider for mere mortals, after all."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "This may be worth pondering, though. Some believe their lives are entirely their own doing, that destiny does not exist and that our reality is merely the product of happenstance. The possibility of an unseen force with many hands and eyes having the power to weave the threads of fate into something larger would be too terrifying to consider for mere mortals, after all.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I\u2019m not sure I understand what you are suggesting... That all events as they have come to pass were preordained by an entity with a will of its own?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I\u2019m not sure I understand what you are suggesting... That all events as they have come to pass were preordained by an entity with a will of its own?", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "But even if you consider the existence of such a being, is there anyone who can tell you for certain that this hypothetical agent is not being manipulated by a higher entity themselves?"}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "But even if you consider the existence of such a being, is there anyone who can tell you for certain that this hypothetical agent is not being manipulated by a higher entity themselves?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "... This is seriously messing with my head. Can we <i>please</i> stop now? I don\u2019t want to go into battle with a migraine."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "... This is seriously messing with my head. Can we <i>please</i> stop now? I don\u2019t want to go into battle with a migraine.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "...", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "...", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "... There has been cake in the citadel countless times, so I would venture to say there may be some in there right now."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "... There has been cake in the citadel countless times, so I would venture to say there may be some in there right now.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "YES!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "YES!", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "It is time, then. The Demon Lord Ergea has already informed you of what you must do next. I shall do my part."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "It is time, then. The Demon Lord Ergea has already informed you of what you must do next. I shall do my part.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "Old allies want to support you in the upcoming battle. They may struggle on land, but the Iron Council\u2019s citadel is built on the riverside. You may be able to use this to your advantage later."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "Old allies want to support you in the upcoming battle. They may struggle on land, but the Iron Council\u2019s citadel is built on the riverside. You may be able to use this to your advantage later.", "replies": "Orion", "reply": "The reckoning with these monsters is at hand, brothers and sisters!"}
{"speaks": "Orion", "text": "The reckoning with these monsters is at hand, brothers and sisters!", "replies": "Luna", "reply": "Purge the unholy beasts from our waters and help the northerners seize Uria\u2019s dark citadel!"}
{"speaks": "Luna", "text": "Purge the unholy beasts from our waters and help the northerners seize Uria\u2019s dark citadel!", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "And now, I shall fight alongside you."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "And now, I shall fight alongside you.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Oh! We would be honored to have you by our side... er..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Oh! We would be honored to have you by our side... er...", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "Daeira. Few creatures on this world have ever heard my name and even fewer have lived to tell others of my existence."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "Daeira. Few creatures on this world have ever heard my name and even fewer have lived to tell others of my existence.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Um... all right! I think I\u2019ve kept Ergea and the others waiting long enough, so... time to go, I think."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Um... all right! I think I\u2019ve kept Ergea and the others waiting long enough, so... time to go, I think.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "And now, I must leave. Farewell, Anya, and may Xia\u2019el\u2019s blessings accompany you on this fight."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "And now, I must leave. Farewell, Anya, and may Xia\u2019el\u2019s blessings accompany you on this fight.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "... I think I\u2019ve kept Ergea and the others waiting long enough."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "... I think I\u2019ve kept Ergea and the others waiting long enough.", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "Taking their river settlements, vanquishing their leaders, and leaving their troops in utter disarray ought to be enough to keep the Iron Council distracted for a short interval. It is time to take the fight to the citadel itself."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "Taking their river settlements, vanquishing their leaders, and leaving their troops in utter disarray ought to be enough to keep the Iron Council distracted for a short interval. It is time to take the fight to the citadel itself.", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "The situation is not as favorable as I wished. We ought to take the fight closer to the Iron Council\u2019s citadel if we want to keep their attention away from Elynia."}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "Ah, it is you.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I believe you wanted to see me, my lady."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I believe you wanted to see me, my lady.", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "That is correct. Have the preparations for my arrival on Ethea been completed yet? I believe there is a certain nuisance remaining to be eliminated."}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "That is correct. Have the preparations for my arrival on Ethea been completed yet? I believe there is a certain nuisance remaining to be eliminated.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I have been awaiting your order to destroy the Gatekeeper, my lady."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I have been awaiting your order to destroy the Gatekeeper, my lady.", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "Hm, hm, I appreciate your obedience, but in this case I would have preferred if you did it as soon as the breach was opened."}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "Hm, hm, I appreciate your obedience, but in this case I would have preferred if you did it as soon as the breach was opened.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I assumed you would wait until you gathered further information on the Guardian of Water, my lady. Is he not..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I assumed you would wait until you gathered further information on the Guardian of Water, my lady. Is he not...", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "Yes. He is already there."}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "Yes. He is already there.", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "Will you please stop wasting everyone\u2019s time and destroy that hideous thing at once? And... once you are done, come back to me."}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "Will you please stop wasting everyone\u2019s time and destroy that hideous thing at once? And... once you are done, come back to me.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Yes. As you command, my lady."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Yes. As you command, my lady.", "replies": "Sheelevrea", "reply": "Hahahaha! Look, it is Uria\u2019s little pet! Isn\u2019t she adorable?"}
{"speaks": "Sheelevrea", "text": "Hahahaha! Look, it is Uria\u2019s little pet! Isn\u2019t she adorable?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "You are obstructing the way. Get out."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "You are obstructing the way. Get out.", "replies": "Halbadrel", "reply": "As you wish."}
{"speaks": "Halbadrel", "text": "As you wish.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "...!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "...!", "replies": "Ethealim", "reply": "Are you deceiving yourself?"}
{"speaks": "Ethealim", "text": "Are you deceiving yourself?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Who are you?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Who are you?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I asked the question first. I was told Gatekeepers are not sentient creatures."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I asked the question first. I was told Gatekeepers are not sentient creatures.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "You are mistaken. I am neither thing."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "You are mistaken. I am neither thing.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I am not human. Not anymore."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I am not human. Not anymore.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I was not destined by the Tree to inherit Darkness... but that\u2019s irrelevant either way. I have transcended the definition of a \u2018human\u2019 and become something different."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I was not destined by the Tree to inherit Darkness... but that\u2019s irrelevant either way. I have transcended the definition of a \u2018human\u2019 and become something different.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "My... heart...?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "My... heart...?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Damn you, Zhangor. Damn you and your stinking lies."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Damn you, Zhangor. Damn you and your stinking lies.", "replies": "Sheelevrea", "reply": "Ahahahaha! Hey, hey! Did you have fun down there? Hahahahaha!"}
{"speaks": "Sheelevrea", "text": "Ahahahaha! Hey, hey! Did you have fun down there? Hahahahaha!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Not really. There was only one Gatekeeper and I was prepared to perform many more soul bind spells tonight."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Not really. There was only one Gatekeeper and I was prepared to perform many more soul bind spells tonight.", "replies": "Halbadrel", "reply": "That seems rather wasteful and improbable. Lord Zhangor said you needed Uria\u2019s help to cast those."}
{"speaks": "Halbadrel", "text": "That seems rather wasteful and improbable. Lord Zhangor said you needed Uria\u2019s help to cast those.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Zhangor, you say?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Zhangor, you say?", "replies": "Sheelevrea", "reply": "Hahahahaha!"}
{"speaks": "Sheelevrea", "text": "Hahahahaha!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Ah, I see. Good to know it was he who sent you here, but I fear you have been misinformed about the power I wield. Regardless, I have to wonder: why here, in my domain?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Ah, I see. Good to know it was he who sent you here, but I fear you have been misinformed about the power I wield. Regardless, I have to wonder: why here, in my domain?", "replies": "Halbadrel", "reply": "Lord Zhangor wanted us to keep you in check, naturally. There are various disturbing rumors running around surrounding your habits and plans, you see."}
{"speaks": "Halbadrel", "text": "Lord Zhangor wanted us to keep you in check, naturally. There are various disturbing rumors running around surrounding your habits and plans, you see.", "replies": "Sheelevrea", "reply": "Some say you like inviting people to dine in your cell. They say... that you invite humans and demons... to eat their succulent flesh when you are... hungry! Hahahahaha!"}
{"speaks": "Sheelevrea", "text": "Some say you like inviting people to dine in your cell. They say... that you invite humans and demons... to eat their succulent flesh when you are... hungry! Hahahahaha!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "(<i>monotone</i>) Ha, ha, ha. I can see why some of you might believe such a thing. But trust me, I am not the one who revels in chaos, destruction, and depravity. Perhaps you should be watching <i>him</i> instead. Nonetheless..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "(<i>monotone</i>) Ha, ha, ha. I can see why some of you might believe such a thing. But trust me, I am not the one who revels in chaos, destruction, and depravity. Perhaps you should be watching <i>him</i> instead. Nonetheless...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I absolutely <i>detest</i> your obnoxious laugh, girl."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I absolutely <i>detest</i> your obnoxious laugh, girl.", "replies": "Halbadrel", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Halbadrel", "text": "...", "replies": "Halbadrel", "reply": "Lord Zhangor will hear of this."}
{"speaks": "Halbadrel", "text": "Lord Zhangor will hear of this.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Please, <i>do</i> send him my regards."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Please, <i>do</i> send him my regards.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "The Gatekeeper on Ethea is no more, my lady. The breach from Urvatha is now clear for you to cross."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "The Gatekeeper on Ethea is no more, my lady. The breach from Urvatha is now clear for you to cross.", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "Hm, hm, I see. Well done, my Fire. Your success pleases me... greatly. Hm... I have a question for you."}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "Hm, hm, I see. Well done, my Fire. Your success pleases me... greatly. Hm... I have a question for you.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Yes, my lady?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Yes, my lady?", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "Lord Zhangor informed me earlier of a... <i>revolt</i> organized by the stormkind witch. But from what he said I gather that the once-blessed faerie is directly involved as well. What do you know about this?"}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "Lord Zhangor informed me earlier of a... <i>revolt</i> organized by the stormkind witch. But from what he said I gather that the once-blessed faerie is directly involved as well. What do you know about this?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "The faerie was supposed to lead the Irdyan troops from the North but abandoned her duty on the surface before their arrival. She made it to the ruined training chamber and confronted me."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "The faerie was supposed to lead the Irdyan troops from the North but abandoned her duty on the surface before their arrival. She made it to the ruined training chamber and confronted me.", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "Ah, hm, yes. Everyone had been looking forward to that confrontation ever since it was foretold by the Seer \u2014 it was an inevitability. Well, I assume you made her pay dearly for her meddling. Is she..."}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "Ah, hm, yes. Everyone had been looking forward to that confrontation ever since it was foretold by the Seer \u2014 it was an inevitability. Well, I assume you made her pay dearly for her meddling. Is she...", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "No! I would not tolerate you wearing the scalp of that wretched creature anywhere near me; not to mention that some of your followers could get the wrong idea... Do you not think we have enough already with Ergea\u2019s betrayal?"}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "No! I would not tolerate you wearing the scalp of that wretched creature anywhere near me; not to mention that some of your followers could get the wrong idea... Do you not think we have enough already with Ergea\u2019s betrayal?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "My apologies, my lady."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "My apologies, my lady.", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "Moving on..."}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "Moving on...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Yes, my lady?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Yes, my lady?", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "I have transferred Irdya\u2019s control to Lord Zhangor. You are relieved from your duty as my Fire."}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "I have transferred Irdya\u2019s control to Lord Zhangor. You are relieved from your duty as my Fire.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "M\u2014 my lady?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "M\u2014 my lady?", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "I refuse to acknowledge your reaction as one of surprise, Elyssa. Did you truly think I would ask you to lend him the bulk of the Triad\u2019s troops without an ulterior reason? This is all part of a plan that is now mostly irrelevant to you. Your duty now is to serve him just as you have served me all these years."}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "I refuse to acknowledge your reaction as one of surprise, Elyssa. Did you truly think I would ask you to lend him the bulk of the Triad\u2019s troops without an ulterior reason? This is all part of a plan that is now mostly irrelevant to you. Your duty now is to serve him just as you have served me all these years.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "But you promised that Irdya would be under my control soon... Zhangor would assist you on Ethea!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "But you promised that Irdya would be under my control soon... Zhangor would assist you on Ethea!", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "You ought to watch your tone, girl \u2014 do not forget that I can end your life and destroy your soul at any time I please. If you want the ball of dirt you call Irdya, you will have to strike a bargain with your new lord. Do you understand?"}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "You ought to watch your tone, girl \u2014 do not forget that I can end your life and destroy your soul at any time I please. If you want the ball of dirt you call Irdya, you will have to strike a bargain with your new lord. Do you understand?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I... understand, my lady."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I... understand, my lady.", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "Excellent then. Hm, hm, I am sure Zhangor will be as pleased as I to count on your assistance with exterminating the vermin brought by the faerie. We will meet again in the future, <i>perhaps</i>. Ha, ha, ha, ha!"}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "Excellent then. Hm, hm, I am sure Zhangor will be as pleased as I to count on your assistance with exterminating the vermin brought by the faerie. We will meet again in the future, <i>perhaps</i>. Ha, ha, ha, ha!", "replies": "memory!Elyssa", "reply": "What brings you here?"}
{"speaks": "memory!Elyssa", "text": "What brings you here?", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Do I really need a reason? Uria is busy unearthing some ruins on Urvatha \u2014 she will not notice my absence. I just wanted to see you."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Do I really need a reason? Uria is busy unearthing some ruins on Urvatha \u2014 she will not notice my absence. I just wanted to see you.", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "I have to admit that I expected a warmer reception."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "I have to admit that I expected a warmer reception.", "replies": "memory!Elyssa", "reply": "I suppose... it\u2019s hard to be enthusiastic about a visit from someone who has only spoken to me through crystal projections for over a century. It almost feels as though we are strangers... meeting for the first time..."}
{"speaks": "memory!Elyssa", "text": "I suppose... it\u2019s hard to be enthusiastic about a visit from someone who has only spoken to me through crystal projections for over a century. It almost feels as though we are strangers... meeting for the first time...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Does it now?"}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Does it now?", "replies": "memory!Elyssa", "reply": "I missed you... I really, really did."}
{"speaks": "memory!Elyssa", "text": "I missed you... I really, really did.", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "But..."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "But...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "I see..."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "I see...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "How have things been around here? Any progress?"}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "How have things been around here? Any progress?", "replies": "memory!Elyssa", "reply": "With Nar-hamoth around I haven\u2019t been able to continue with my search. But I went to Ghoram-Dul the other day and asked the Seer about her and\u2014"}
{"speaks": "memory!Elyssa", "text": "With Nar-hamoth around I haven\u2019t been able to continue with my search. But I went to Ghoram-Dul the other day and asked the Seer about her and\u2014", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Not the faerie. The hive in the Grenmar region. I believe its construction should be nearly finished by now?"}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Not the faerie. The hive in the Grenmar region. I believe its construction should be nearly finished by now?", "replies": "memory!Elyssa", "reply": "Did you come here just to ask me about such banal matters, or because you wanted to see me?"}
{"speaks": "memory!Elyssa", "text": "Did you come here just to ask me about such banal matters, or because you wanted to see me?", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Do I have to choose between those two options? I did not expect you to be so demanding from your superiors, girl."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Do I have to choose between those two options? I did not expect you to be so demanding from your superiors, girl.", "replies": "memory!Elyssa", "reply": "<i>Superiors</i>, you say?"}
{"speaks": "memory!Elyssa", "text": "<i>Superiors</i>, you say?", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "I do not have all the time in the world for your empty questions. Will you answer, or\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "I do not have all the time in the world for your empty questions. Will you answer, or\u2014", "replies": "memory!Elyssa", "reply": "Uria sent you, didn\u2019t she? She sent you to keep track of my activities, as if I needed another Shadow of hers around here."}
{"speaks": "memory!Elyssa", "text": "Uria sent you, didn\u2019t she? She sent you to keep track of my activities, as if I needed another Shadow of hers around here.", "replies": "memory!Elyssa", "reply": "Oh, but of course. \u2018Shadow\u2019 really suits you better than it does that brainless brute, except most of the scum in this place prefers to add \u2018Master\u2019 to it for some stupid reason."}
{"speaks": "memory!Elyssa", "text": "Oh, but of course. \u2018Shadow\u2019 really suits you better than it does that brainless brute, except most of the scum in this place prefers to add \u2018Master\u2019 to it for some stupid reason.", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "You seem agitated\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "You seem agitated\u2014", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "El\u2014 Elyssa\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "El\u2014 Elyssa\u2014", "replies": "memory!Elyssa", "reply": "GET OUT!"}
{"speaks": "memory!Elyssa", "text": "GET OUT!", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Elyssa... There is something I need to know."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Elyssa... There is something I need to know.", "replies": "memory!Elyssa", "reply": "I thought I told you to go away. I am not interested in helping you anymore."}
{"speaks": "memory!Elyssa", "text": "I thought I told you to go away. I am not interested in helping you anymore.", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "I <i>need</i> your help. Please... You are the only one I could ever trust who can use the powers of Darkness to block the Seer\u2019s vision. I <i>need</i> to find my wife\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "I <i>need</i> your help. Please... You are the only one I could ever trust who can use the powers of Darkness to block the Seer\u2019s vision. I <i>need</i> to find my wife\u2014", "replies": "memory!Elyssa", "reply": "Why did you not try to find her before surrendering your free will to Uria? If you truly loved the Lady of Light, the first thing you should have done was\u2014"}
{"speaks": "memory!Elyssa", "text": "Why did you not try to find her before surrendering your free will to Uria? If you truly loved the Lady of Light, the first thing you should have done was\u2014", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "I already told you... I did not choose to be stranded on Urvatha for so long. Uria does not want me to find Elynia yet. I am worried that her plans could jeopardize your own safety. You must do something for me..."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "I already told you... I did not choose to be stranded on Urvatha for so long. Uria does not want me to find Elynia yet. I am worried that her plans could jeopardize your own safety. You must do something for me...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "If you find Elynia, you must kill her."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "If you find Elynia, you must kill her.", "replies": "memory!Elyssa", "reply": "... Why?"}
{"speaks": "memory!Elyssa", "text": "... Why?", "replies": "memory!Elyssa", "reply": "You... You are in even worse shape than I thought. I simply cannot fathom what is going through Uria\u2019s mind as of late. Why would she trust <i>you</i> with the command of the Empire like this?"}
{"speaks": "memory!Elyssa", "text": "You... You are in even worse shape than I thought. I simply cannot fathom what is going through Uria\u2019s mind as of late. Why would she trust <i>you</i> with the command of the Empire like this?", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "No. Listen. You can consult with the Seer later \u2014 I am sure she knows of the voice as well, but she has always refused to speak with me. I have a suspicion about that voice..."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "No. Listen. You can consult with the Seer later \u2014 I am sure she knows of the voice as well, but she has always refused to speak with me. I have a suspicion about that voice...", "replies": "memory!Elyssa", "reply": "Does Uria need to know?"}
{"speaks": "memory!Elyssa", "text": "Does Uria need to know?", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "No."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "No.", "replies": "memory!Elyssa", "reply": "Very well, then. I hope the Seer will not inform her about this, though."}
{"speaks": "memory!Elyssa", "text": "Very well, then. I hope the Seer will not inform her about this, though.", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "I do not think she has found out about your search yet, has she? You know the Seer is as much your ally as she is Uria\u2019s \u2014 she does not take sides. She will not betray you, but not specifically because of your affiliation with Darkness. If that were all it took to communicate with her, I would not need your help for that."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "I do not think she has found out about your search yet, has she? You know the Seer is as much your ally as she is Uria\u2019s \u2014 she does not take sides. She will not betray you, but not specifically because of your affiliation with Darkness. If that were all it took to communicate with her, I would not need your help for that.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "This is all your fault, Argan."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "This is all your fault, Argan.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I shouldn\u2019t be the one to deal with this..."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "I\u2019m not sure this is a good idea.", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "This fortress is key to the defense of the Kalari region and guards an entrance to the underground complex. If we intend to assist Elynia..."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "This fortress is key to the defense of the Kalari region and guards an entrance to the underground complex. If we intend to assist Elynia...", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "I know, I know. It just seems such a contrived plan. Do we have any idea who controls it at this particular time?"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "I know, I know. It just seems such a contrived plan. Do we have any idea who controls it at this particular time?", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "No."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "No.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Durvan is meeting with us again soon. Let us not waste any more of his time."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Durvan is meeting with us again soon. Let us not waste any more of his time.", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Fair enough."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "Fair enough.", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "I am concerned that sooner or later we are going to have to face against the Storm Sisters. We are rather ill-prepared for such a confrontation, but there is no helping it."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "I am concerned that sooner or later we are going to have to face against the Storm Sisters. We are rather ill-prepared for such a confrontation, but there is no helping it.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Who are they?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Who are they?", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "Zhangor\u2019s loyal enforcers. Regrettably, they are from my own clan. We had... different ideas as to how to handle Zhangor\u2019s rise to power. They opted to side with him, pledging their assassin skills to his service in order to ensure that my fellow stormkind and others do not step out of line. Shortly before battle I received reports indicating that they are roaming the skies of Kalari Central hunting down anyone suspected of rebellious conduct."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "Zhangor\u2019s loyal enforcers. Regrettably, they are from my own clan. We had... different ideas as to how to handle Zhangor\u2019s rise to power. They opted to side with him, pledging their assassin skills to his service in order to ensure that my fellow stormkind and others do not step out of line. Shortly before battle I received reports indicating that they are roaming the skies of Kalari Central hunting down anyone suspected of rebellious conduct.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "I imagine your head is quite highly priced right now."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "I imagine your head is quite highly priced right now.", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "Yes, it is. I am expecting them to be awaiting us in the fortress keep."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "Yes, it is. I am expecting them to be awaiting us in the fortress keep.", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Bah, we will make short work of them, for sure!"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "Bah, we will make short work of them, for sure!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "That thing... are those... human... bodies... protruding from it?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "That thing... are those... human... bodies... protruding from it?", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "Since he lacks the special connection with the Tree that Uria does have, he is limited to the possibilities offered by the technology Chaos had already appropriated for imitating her perverse creations. Unfortunately for his innocent victims, their fate is not any less horrifying or irreversible."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "Since he lacks the special connection with the Tree that Uria does have, he is limited to the possibilities offered by the technology Chaos had already appropriated for imitating her perverse creations. Unfortunately for his innocent victims, their fate is not any less horrifying or irreversible.", "replies": "General Ramzal", "reply": "Come and face me, wind witch! I\u2019ve always been curious to see whether your kind has the guts to rise against their more powerful masters."}
{"speaks": "General Ramzal", "text": "Come and face me, wind witch! I\u2019ve always been curious to see whether your kind has the guts to rise against their more powerful masters.", "replies": "General Ramzal", "reply": "You are messing with the wrong crowd, little faerie. You should consider returning to whatever putrid bog you came from, before you get hurt!"}
{"speaks": "General Ramzal", "text": "You are messing with the wrong crowd, little faerie. You should consider returning to whatever putrid bog you came from, before you get hurt!", "replies": "General Ramzal", "reply": "Disgusting double-crossing hag\u2014"}
{"speaks": "General Ramzal", "text": "Disgusting double-crossing hag\u2014", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "You should have returned to whatever filthy cavern you crawled out from!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "You should have returned to whatever filthy cavern you crawled out from!", "replies": "General Ramzal", "reply": "Damn you, miserable faerie-born creature\u2014"}
{"speaks": "General Ramzal", "text": "Damn you, miserable faerie-born creature\u2014", "replies": "Cron", "reply": "Cron doesn\u2019t like the foul-mouthed human and his annoying blast stick."}
{"speaks": "Cron", "text": "Cron doesn\u2019t like the foul-mouthed human and his annoying blast stick.", "replies": "General Ramzal", "reply": "Just what do you think you are doing with that ridiculous hammer?"}
{"speaks": "General Ramzal", "text": "Just what do you think you are doing with that ridiculous hammer?", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "That disgusting human filth could not possibly be in command of this fortress alone. We ought to enter the keep and locate their true leader."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "That disgusting human filth could not possibly be in command of this fortress alone. We ought to enter the keep and locate their true leader.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "As you say, then, but we should make this quick. I\u2019ll lead the way."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "As you say, then, but we should make this quick. I\u2019ll lead the way.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "This place is so unbearably bright even though the longest night isn\u2019t over yet. Where does all this light come from?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "This place is so unbearably bright even though the longest night isn\u2019t over yet. Where does all this light come from?", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "Hm."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "Hm.", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Perhaps it\u2019s some kind of beacon built into the ceiling structure whose light is directed at us using mirrors. I have heard of some temples in the North using that kind of trick, expensive as it may be."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "Perhaps it\u2019s some kind of beacon built into the ceiling structure whose light is directed at us using mirrors. I have heard of some temples in the North using that kind of trick, expensive as it may be.", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Don\u2019t all these creatures worship darkness, though?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Don\u2019t all these creatures worship darkness, though?", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "That is incorrect. While Uria\u2019s minions on Irdya were mostly Merthiaal worshipers for historical reasons, recently she has\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "That is incorrect. While Uria\u2019s minions on Irdya were mostly Merthiaal worshipers for historical reasons, recently she has\u2014", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "Uria be damned... Why did it have to be you?"}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "Uria be damned... Why did it have to be you?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Wait... Where did Daeira go?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Wait... Where did Daeira go?", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Who?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Who?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "The water faerie! She was with us just a few moments ago!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "The water faerie! She was with us just a few moments ago!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Uh... Did I miss something? I don\u2019t know who you\u2019re talking about."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Uh... Did I miss something? I don\u2019t know who you\u2019re talking about.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Argh, never mind! I\u2019ll explain later."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Argh, never mind! I\u2019ll explain later.", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "Hem\u00e9rilyel is physically frail, but her magic is too strong. We must destroy her protection glyphs, but that may prove impossible without the assistance of someone who is as versed in the ways of Darkness as she is in the path of Light."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "Hem\u00e9rilyel is physically frail, but her magic is too strong. We must destroy her protection glyphs, but that may prove impossible without the assistance of someone who is as versed in the ways of Darkness as she is in the path of Light.", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Er, why are you looking at me? Perhaps Anya should try instead?"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "Er, why are you looking at me? Perhaps Anya should try instead?", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "It\u2019s working! Anya!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "It\u2019s working! Anya!", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "Excellent."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "Excellent.", "replies": "Hem\u00e9rilyel", "reply": "Is this the game you are playing now, Ergea? Allying yourself with this Irdyan scum so they can die for you?"}
{"speaks": "Hem\u00e9rilyel", "text": "Is this the game you are playing now, Ergea? Allying yourself with this Irdyan scum so they can die for you?", "replies": "Hem\u00e9rilyel", "reply": "No... not the darkness... no... please!"}
{"speaks": "Hem\u00e9rilyel", "text": "No... not the darkness... no... please!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Look, it\u2019s another garden!"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Look, it\u2019s another garden!", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "There must be a way to open these walls again\u2014 Anya, where are you going?"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "There must be a way to open these walls again\u2014 Anya, where are you going?", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "I\u2014 All right. Durvan, can you help\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "I\u2014 All right. Durvan, can you help\u2014", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Oh, very well, then. I suppose Cron can help me\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "Oh, very well, then. I suppose Cron can help me\u2014", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "What now?"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "What now?", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "This garden cannot physically be here \u2014 I fear that it might be an illusion cast by Zhangor."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "This garden cannot physically be here \u2014 I fear that it might be an illusion cast by Zhangor.", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "More specifically, our Seer said\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "More specifically, our Seer said\u2014", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "No... That cannot be right."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "No... That cannot be right.", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "No..."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "No...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Who is there?!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Who is there?!", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "Zhangor."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "Zhangor.", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "Anya, teleport us away from this place at once."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "Anya, teleport us away from this place at once.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "... Elynia..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "... Elynia...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Are those...?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Are those...?", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "The same abominations he sent after Elorran. We could not be more unprepared for this encounter."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "The same abominations he sent after Elorran. We could not be more unprepared for this encounter.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "(<i>muttering to herself</i>) Elynia, why couldn\u2019t you be here, now..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Your recovery took longer than I expected. Save your energy for later, dear.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What have you done..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What have you done...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I would greatly prefer that you learned some self-constraint and resisted the temptation to blast everything in sight. Trust me, I have been there \u2014 I know what it feels like..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I would greatly prefer that you learned some self-constraint and resisted the temptation to blast everything in sight. Trust me, I have been there \u2014 I know what it feels like...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "... but I will not tolerate such displays of weakness from the predestined Guardian of Earth, and I will not hesitate to rip your heart out of your chest if you fail to show some respect for yourself."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "... but I will not tolerate such displays of weakness from the predestined Guardian of Earth, and I will not hesitate to rip your heart out of your chest if you fail to show some respect for yourself.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... Guardian... of Earth..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... Guardian... of Earth...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Ah yes, I almost forgot \u2014 you are still a stupid and ignorant elf. I still don\u2019t understand how you lived for longer than any of us and yet your awakening has only just taken place. Then again, you were blessed by Iluvia..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Ah yes, I almost forgot \u2014 you are still a stupid and ignorant elf. I still don\u2019t understand how you lived for longer than any of us and yet your awakening has only just taken place. Then again, you were blessed by Iluvia...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Yes, that must be it. The powers conferred by the Union atrophied your heart."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Yes, that must be it. The powers conferred by the Union atrophied your heart.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... What... am I?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... What... am I?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "An abomination. A creature that violates the laws of nature for the purpose of protecting it in some way. That\u2019s the farce set up by the First Gods. Your energy heart draws from an unlimited power source and provides you with vast potential according to the aspect that Irdya\u2019s seed itself assigned to you: some degree of control over earth, absolute command of the arcane flame and all the creatures whose life force is based on it, and immortality at an inconvenient cost."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "An abomination. A creature that violates the laws of nature for the purpose of protecting it in some way. That\u2019s the farce set up by the First Gods. Your energy heart draws from an unlimited power source and provides you with vast potential according to the aspect that Irdya\u2019s seed itself assigned to you: some degree of control over earth, absolute command of the arcane flame and all the creatures whose life force is based on it, and immortality at an inconvenient cost.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Didn\u2019t you ever wonder why no other elves had your unprecedented affinity with the faerie realm? Why your abnormally long life has been an endless strife? Why you could never conceive children? Why every single person you ever loved died?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Didn\u2019t you ever wonder why no other elves had your unprecedented affinity with the faerie realm? Why your abnormally long life has been an endless strife? Why you could never conceive children? Why every single person you ever loved died?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... The necromancer... The necromancer I vanquished..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... The necromancer... The necromancer I vanquished...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Argan told me about that. Just another conceited sorcerer with his mouth full of air in the end. People tend to overestimate the dying words of those skilled in the forbidden arts, mostly out of fear. No, my dear, you were always cursed before even meeting that insignificant necromancer. You could even say Irdya herself cursed you, and that would not be entirely inaccurate."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Argan told me about that. Just another conceited sorcerer with his mouth full of air in the end. People tend to overestimate the dying words of those skilled in the forbidden arts, mostly out of fear. No, my dear, you were always cursed before even meeting that insignificant necromancer. You could even say Irdya herself cursed you, and that would not be entirely inaccurate.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Every guardian that has existed shares your curse. Even I do, in spite of my condition as an unwilling usurper."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Every guardian that has existed shares your curse. Even I do, in spite of my condition as an unwilling usurper.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Why did you not kill me?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Why did you not kill me?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Because that would be a terrible waste of potential. Trust me, I could not wish harder for the day your soul is permanently destroyed, but this is not the most appropriate moment for that."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Because that would be a terrible waste of potential. Trust me, I could not wish harder for the day your soul is permanently destroyed, but this is not the most appropriate moment for that.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Ah yes, I forgot to mention that clause... Naturally-born guardians like you awaken once their soul fully merges with their energy heart, and the only way to kill a guardian is through their heart, so... (<i>smirking</i>)"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Ah yes, I forgot to mention that clause... Naturally-born guardians like you awaken once their soul fully merges with their energy heart, and the only way to kill a guardian is through their heart, so... (<i>smirking</i>)", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I should destroy you right now. You are the abomination, not me."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I should destroy you right now. You are the abomination, not me.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "And then who would help you fight our common enemy? Do you even know what turned him into the monster you fought in Wesmere?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "And then who would help you fight our common enemy? Do you even know what turned him into the monster you fought in Wesmere?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Zhangor? Ergea said he is a shapeshifter. Isn\u2019t that the true form of a shapeshifter?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Zhangor? Ergea said he is a shapeshifter. Isn\u2019t that the true form of a shapeshifter?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Ha, ha, your ignorance is as limitless as the powers you will eventually master and use against me. No, shapeshifters do not have a true form beyond that which they individually choose for themselves; granted, they are nearly indistinguishable from humans or elves during childhood."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Ha, ha, your ignorance is as limitless as the powers you will eventually master and use against me. No, shapeshifters do not have a true form beyond that which they individually choose for themselves; granted, they are nearly indistinguishable from humans or elves during childhood.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Zhangor chose a form that is as hideous as his soul. He might have taken some inspiration from the Gatekeeper he slew in Urvatha \u2014 the Gatekeeper whose heart he consumed and absorbed into his body."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Zhangor chose a form that is as hideous as his soul. He might have taken some inspiration from the Gatekeeper he slew in Urvatha \u2014 the Gatekeeper whose heart he consumed and absorbed into his body.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "There is another Guardian of Earth like me?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "There is another Guardian of Earth like me?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "It is rather disappointing, really. I am fairly certain she would be a more competent aid than you."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "It is rather disappointing, really. I am fairly certain she would be a more competent aid than you.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What do you want me to do?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What do you want me to do?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "First, we must destroy Zhangor, together. Then, we can decide who gets to inherit Irdya through an old-fashioned duel between just the two of us."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "First, we must destroy Zhangor, together. Then, we can decide who gets to inherit Irdya through an old-fashioned duel between just the two of us.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What... do you intend to do with Anya?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What... do you intend to do with Anya?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "She can be my apprentice if she wishes. Otherwise, she can live as long as she doesn\u2019t try to interfere with my own plans. "}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "She can be my apprentice if she wishes. Otherwise, she can live as long as she doesn\u2019t try to interfere with my own plans. ", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "It is said that Uria wants to invade that world, Ethea; that she might find a way to harness the Union, and you intend to sit here and do nothing other than solving your irrelevant quarrel with Zhangor?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "It is said that Uria wants to invade that world, Ethea; that she might find a way to harness the Union, and you intend to sit here and do nothing other than solving your irrelevant quarrel with Zhangor?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "It is not as irrelevant as you think. Anyway, Uria has various options to choose from on Ethea, and I suspect she will opt for all of them: the body of the Union, for starters; then there is the Seed of Life, and whoever the goddesses designated as the rightful heiress of the Aspect of Life, if anyone at all. But Uria will not be alone in her quest, for the new Guardian of Water on Norsula also plans business with Ethea. In fact, he is already there."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "It is not as irrelevant as you think. Anyway, Uria has various options to choose from on Ethea, and I suspect she will opt for all of them: the body of the Union, for starters; then there is the Seed of Life, and whoever the goddesses designated as the rightful heiress of the Aspect of Life, if anyone at all. But Uria will not be alone in her quest, for the new Guardian of Water on Norsula also plans business with Ethea. In fact, he is already there.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "In the worst case, one will win and reshape our reality at their whim. In the best case, they will only manage to destroy themselves along with Ethea. It is pretty pointless to intervene either way. Uria promised to me I would inherit this world before she decided to exhume the present you left for her, and now that she will be too busy confronting the Norsulan and his forces..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "In the worst case, one will win and reshape our reality at their whim. In the best case, they will only manage to destroy themselves along with Ethea. It is pretty pointless to intervene either way. Uria promised to me I would inherit this world before she decided to exhume the present you left for her, and now that she will be too busy confronting the Norsulan and his forces...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You may call me ignorant and stupid, but I don\u2019t fail to notice you refer to Uria with disdain. What is stopping you from taking her on directly? Have you been on her side all this time merely because you fear her?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You may call me ignorant and stupid, but I don\u2019t fail to notice you refer to Uria with disdain. What is stopping you from taking her on directly? Have you been on her side all this time merely because you fear her?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Do not forget who is in charge, my dear. I can end your life in an instant if you decide to be uncooperative. We are doing this on <i>my</i> terms."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Do not forget who is in charge, my dear. I can end your life in an instant if you decide to be uncooperative. We are doing this on <i>my</i> terms.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>gasping for air</i>) ... I..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>gasping for air</i>) ... I...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "And from now on, you shall remain completely silent unless I require you to speak. Do you understand?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "And from now on, you shall remain completely silent unless I require you to speak. Do you understand?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Of course you do."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Of course you do.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I forgot to mention that you are also bound to follow me wherever I go, all thanks to a very simple spell. If you attempt to escape you\u2019ll just feel even <i>more</i> pain. And you surely do not want that, do you?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I forgot to mention that you are also bound to follow me wherever I go, all thanks to a very simple spell. If you attempt to escape you\u2019ll just feel even <i>more</i> pain. And you surely do not want that, do you?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Why are you attacking me?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Why are you attacking me?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Yet another of Zhangor\u2019s tricks. He really pays attention to detail, but turning every single one of my allies against me will not suffice to stop me."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Yet another of Zhangor\u2019s tricks. He really pays attention to detail, but turning every single one of my allies against me will not suffice to stop me.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "The Union was not enough to destroy that demon."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "The Union was not enough to destroy that demon.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I thought I commanded you to remain silent."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I thought I commanded you to remain silent.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "If you truly wanted to kill me you would have done so already. You want my help against Zhangor, but there is nothing I can offer that you do not already have. You even have the Ruby of Fire!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "If you truly wanted to kill me you would have done so already. You want my help against Zhangor, but there is nothing I can offer that you do not already have. You even have the Ruby of Fire!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "A weapon. A catalyst of destruction that is much safer to use for our kind than our own inner power. I intend to tear Zhangor apart with it, but the fact that he is a creature of both light and darkness puts me at a disadvantage. To counteract his power I need the assistance of someone well versed in the path of Light, and he knows that; hence he secured the support of Demon Lord Hem\u00e9rilyel and her subordinates and brought them with him."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "A weapon. A catalyst of destruction that is much safer to use for our kind than our own inner power. I intend to tear Zhangor apart with it, but the fact that he is a creature of both light and darkness puts me at a disadvantage. To counteract his power I need the assistance of someone well versed in the path of Light, and he knows that; hence he secured the support of Demon Lord Hem\u00e9rilyel and her subordinates and brought them with him.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "As the Lady of Light you used to be, you understand the powers of light better than I do, and you control an aspect that is also affiliated with it."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "As the Lady of Light you used to be, you understand the powers of light better than I do, and you control an aspect that is also affiliated with it.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Ergea said I would find a power beneath Kalari that would allow us to turn the tide of war in our favor and purge Uria\u2019s influence from Irdya. Was she... lying?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Ergea said I would find a power beneath Kalari that would allow us to turn the tide of war in our favor and purge Uria\u2019s influence from Irdya. Was she... lying?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "That demoness asked our Seer many things and failed to understand nearly all of them. About the particular thing you ask, she was... right, in a way."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "That demoness asked our Seer many things and failed to understand nearly all of them. About the particular thing you ask, she was... right, in a way.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "The power to end this was always within you, dear. Who knows how things would have turned out if you had healed Argan instead of killing him! The Lady of Light and the Master of Darkness, wielding the Union <i>and</i> the Aspect of Earth against Uria! But since you did not follow that road, you might as well say I am the power you sought."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "The power to end this was always within you, dear. Who knows how things would have turned out if you had healed Argan instead of killing him! The Lady of Light and the Master of Darkness, wielding the Union <i>and</i> the Aspect of Earth against Uria! But since you did not follow that road, you might as well say I am the power you sought.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You sound decidedly bitter whenever you mention Argan. What is..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You sound decidedly bitter whenever you mention Argan. What is...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "None of your business. Keep your mouth shut."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "None of your business. Keep your mouth shut.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Why do you want Irdya so much?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Why do you want Irdya so much?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Will you ever stop asking questions?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Will you ever stop asking questions?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "The underground portion of this citadel is larger than you may have suspected, and it can take a whole day to cover it entirely. Teleporting around here is an impossibility since your last intrusion, so we\u2019ll need to create some shortcuts ourselves."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "The underground portion of this citadel is larger than you may have suspected, and it can take a whole day to cover it entirely. Teleporting around here is an impossibility since your last intrusion, so we\u2019ll need to create some shortcuts ourselves.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I haven\u2019t done this in a while."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I haven\u2019t done this in a while.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Destroy that wall."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Destroy that wall.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Excellent. You will eventually learn to focus your energy for more productive purposes."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Excellent. You will eventually learn to focus your energy for more productive purposes.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "That crack was not there before. But it matters little \u2014 we can continue descending by our own means. There is another corridor right below this area if I\u2019m not mistaken..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "That crack was not there before. But it matters little \u2014 we can continue descending by our own means. There is another corridor right below this area if I\u2019m not mistaken...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "That should do just fine. There is an underground river just adjacent to the corridor that we can follow."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "That should do just fine. There is an underground river just adjacent to the corridor that we can follow.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "This passage leads to another corridor where we will surely find more opposition. It might be a good idea to summon some help to clear the path ahead."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "This passage leads to another corridor where we will surely find more opposition. It might be a good idea to summon some help to clear the path ahead.", "replies": "Jeru'unog", "reply": "Cowards! The Fire must be extinguished for her betrayal! Go, find her!"}
{"speaks": "Jeru'unog", "text": "Cowards! The Fire must be extinguished for her betrayal! Go, find her!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "That must be yet another of those minor Demon Lords. I wonder what kind of story Zhangor made up for them."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "That must be yet another of those minor Demon Lords. I wonder what kind of story Zhangor made up for them.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You <i>are</i> betraying Uria by plotting against Zhangor."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You <i>are</i> betraying Uria by plotting against Zhangor.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Only if she wants to put it in that light. Ergea explained to you how the succession system works on Urvatha; did you forget?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Only if she wants to put it in that light. Ergea explained to you how the succession system works on Urvatha; did you forget?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Not really. But I would appreciate it if you stopped reading my thoughts and memories at every opportunity."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Not really. But I would appreciate it if you stopped reading my thoughts and memories at every opportunity.", "replies": "Jeru'unog", "reply": "Defeated by a faerie and a human! How can this be?"}
{"speaks": "Jeru'unog", "text": "Defeated by a faerie and a human! How can this be?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I am <b>not</b> human."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I am <b>not</b> human.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "... So, you obtain the power of a god and still manage to drag your feet all over the place for an eternity? Seriously? You don\u2019t even walk!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "For the last time, Durvan, I am <b>not</b> a goddess! This is ridiculous!", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "Well... there\u2019s not much you can do about it at this point, anyway. Everyone saw the darkness stuff you did with the remaining monsters, and rumors spread like\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "Well... there\u2019s not much you can do about it at this point, anyway. Everyone saw the darkness stuff you did with the remaining monsters, and rumors spread like\u2014", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "A disease! I do not even know what I actually did! I only want to leave this dreadful place and rest!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "A disease! I do not even know what I actually did! I only want to leave this dreadful place and rest!", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "This is the most auspicious moment to storm the citadel if that is what you want to do. And if you play the part you may be able to obtain support from Uria\u2019s converts. Once they realize that the Fist and the Iron Council have been lying to them, the Chaos Empire\u2019s social structure shall shatter. But we ought to plant the seed of distrust now, while Elynia and the Fire prepare to vanquish the usurper."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "This is the most auspicious moment to storm the citadel if that is what you want to do. And if you play the part you may be able to obtain support from Uria\u2019s converts. Once they realize that the Fist and the Iron Council have been lying to them, the Chaos Empire\u2019s social structure shall shatter. But we ought to plant the seed of distrust now, while Elynia and the Fire prepare to vanquish the usurper.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "... Assuming they are even alive."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "... Assuming they are even alive.", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "Is that what you want?"}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "Is that what you want?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "... Yes."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "... Yes.", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "Then, please, help us. Help us storm the citadel. Help us uproot Uria\u2019s evil influence on Irdya, and advance the long path that lies ahead for you as the Guardian of Darkness."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "Then, please, help us. Help us storm the citadel. Help us uproot Uria\u2019s evil influence on Irdya, and advance the long path that lies ahead for you as the Guardian of Darkness.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I guess I should be thankful you are not calling me Merthiaal or anything like that."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I guess I should be thankful you are not calling me Merthiaal or anything like that.", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "The names of the guardians you know were the names they chose for themselves in the First Cycle. We may not call you by the name of the original Guardian of Darkness unless you choose to adopt her name instead of your own."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "The names of the guardians you know were the names they chose for themselves in the First Cycle. We may not call you by the name of the original Guardian of Darkness unless you choose to adopt her name instead of your own.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Is that how it really works? I prefer to keep my current name, then."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Is that how it really works? I prefer to keep my current name, then.", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Hey, Durvan, did you ever think you would fight at the side of two faerie goddesses against an endless horde of demons, imps, and devout worshipers of an evil demoness?"}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "Hey, Durvan, did you ever think you would fight at the side of two faerie goddesses against an endless horde of demons, imps, and devout worshipers of an evil demoness?", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "No. Well, now that you mention it... this will be quite the story to tell the folks in the Heart Forest. Nobody will ever believe me."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "No. Well, now that you mention it... this will be quite the story to tell the folks in the Heart Forest. Nobody will ever believe me.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Oh, hello again!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Oh, hello again!", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "Greetings."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "Greetings.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I thought something bad may have happened to you back there... You were with us and then disappeared? Why?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I thought something bad may have happened to you back there... You were with us and then disappeared? Why?", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "You need not worry about my wellbeing, Anya. I can easily escape from certain danger thanks to my intimate connection to the Aspect of Water. There is a large amount of it around these parts, after all."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "You need not worry about my wellbeing, Anya. I can easily escape from certain danger thanks to my intimate connection to the Aspect of Water. There is a large amount of it around these parts, after all.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Please don\u2019t tell me now that you are the Guardian of Water or some nonsense like that... I cannot take more of this right now."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Please don\u2019t tell me now that you are the Guardian of Water or some nonsense like that... I cannot take more of this right now.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "It would be a sin beyond measure for someone such as I to pretend to be a god in front of one. With that said, all faeriekind creatures are connected to one or two Aspects to some degree. For example, you are connected to both Darkness and Earth as the daughter of a forest faerie."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "It would be a sin beyond measure for someone such as I to pretend to be a god in front of one. With that said, all faeriekind creatures are connected to one or two Aspects to some degree. For example, you are connected to both Darkness and Earth as the daughter of a forest faerie.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Right, which reminds me I still don\u2019t know how the story of my parents ends. Then again... perhaps I don\u2019t want to know."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Right, which reminds me I still don\u2019t know how the story of my parents ends. Then again... perhaps I don\u2019t want to know.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Did you know I was meant to become the Guardian of Darkness, though?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Did you know I was meant to become the Guardian of Darkness, though?", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "Yes, I did. And I apologize for not revealing that to you \u2014 if I had, there is a good chance that you would have made all the wrong decisions."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "Yes, I did. And I apologize for not revealing that to you \u2014 if I had, there is a good chance that you would have made all the wrong decisions.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Meanwhile, Ergea hasn\u2019t apologized for keeping information from me... Which reminds me, we still have a battle to fight. I hope I can count on your help."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Meanwhile, Ergea hasn\u2019t apologized for keeping information from me... Which reminds me, we still have a battle to fight. I hope I can count on your help.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Meanwhile, Ergea hasn\u2019t apologized for keeping information from me... Well, it doesn\u2019t matter for now. We need to get back to the fight."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Meanwhile, Ergea hasn\u2019t apologized for keeping information from me... Well, it doesn\u2019t matter for now. We need to get back to the fight.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "Certainly."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "Certainly.", "replies": "Mal Ba'arth", "reply": "... It is true, then. The Dark Lady has finally arisen and come to reclaim this doomed world... But it is all in vain... all in vain..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Ba'arth", "text": "... It is true, then. The Dark Lady has finally arisen and come to reclaim this doomed world... But it is all in vain... all in vain...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "The citadel is ours! Now we should be able to find Elynia and\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "The citadel is ours! Now we should be able to find Elynia and\u2014", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "I fear that we will have to put that plan on hold, Anya. There are reports of more of those creatures coming from the hives around the citadel. People say they will be here in a matter of minutes."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "I fear that we will have to put that plan on hold, Anya. There are reports of more of those creatures coming from the hives around the citadel. People say they will be here in a matter of minutes.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "But we have only just won! Are they going to storm their own capital now?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "But we have only just won! Are they going to storm their own capital now?", "replies": "Durvan", "reply": "I would not put it past them to attempt to destroy the citadel in an attempt to ensure we cannot find Elynia... assuming she is even alive at this point."}
{"speaks": "Durvan", "text": "I would not put it past them to attempt to destroy the citadel in an attempt to ensure we cannot find Elynia... assuming she is even alive at this point.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Do <b>not</b> say that! Let\u2019s repel those awful creatures, then!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Do <b>not</b> say that! Let\u2019s repel those awful creatures, then!", "replies": "Irylean", "reply": "Easier said than done..."}
{"speaks": "Irylean", "text": "Easier said than done...", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "The Storm Sisters are now our prisoners, but we must destroy the last member of the Iron Council if we intend to seize the citadel."}
{"speaks": "Ergea", "text": "The Storm Sisters are now our prisoners, but we must destroy the last member of the Iron Council if we intend to seize the citadel.", "replies": "Ergea", "reply": "The last member of the Iron Council is no more, but as long as any of the Storm Sisters still roam about, there shall be no end to our struggles."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... We are not really trying to locate Zhangor, are we?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Of course we are. It is just taking us a while because he prefers to dwell in a very particular place... a place I also want you to see, before confronting him. I also want to give him a while to realize his mistake in interpreting the Seer\u2019s prophecy."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Of course we are. It is just taking us a while because he prefers to dwell in a very particular place... a place I also want you to see, before confronting him. I also want to give him a while to realize his mistake in interpreting the Seer\u2019s prophecy.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What mistake?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What mistake?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "The Seer said that on the Day of the Longest Night, the Angel of Blood would make a hasty attempt on the life of the New Guardian of Darkness, and fail. She also said that his actions would bring forth his own downfall."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "The Seer said that on the Day of the Longest Night, the Angel of Blood would make a hasty attempt on the life of the New Guardian of Darkness, and fail. She also said that his actions would bring forth his own downfall.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Of course you don\u2019t realize it because creatures like you lose track of time underground, but the Day of the Longest Night has been going on for <i>more than a day</i> already. And that is all because the New Guardian of Darkness the Seer mentioned cannot control her own powers, causing Irdya to be completely shrouded in darkness for longer than it should."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Of course you don\u2019t realize it because creatures like you lose track of time underground, but the Day of the Longest Night has been going on for <i>more than a day</i> already. And that is all because the New Guardian of Darkness the Seer mentioned cannot control her own powers, causing Irdya to be completely shrouded in darkness for longer than it should.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Zhangor decided to send his beasts after Ergea and your friend first, and then wait in his lair for me to go and challenge him \u2014 which would be a fairly predictable course of action for me. Or alternatively, he is waiting for Naia to rise up again so he can attack me then. All his actions suggest he wanted to subvert the prophecy. But he already confronted the New Guardian of Darkness and failed to kill her \u2014 granted, through his minions."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Zhangor decided to send his beasts after Ergea and your friend first, and then wait in his lair for me to go and challenge him \u2014 which would be a fairly predictable course of action for me. Or alternatively, he is waiting for Naia to rise up again so he can attack me then. All his actions suggest he wanted to subvert the prophecy. But he already confronted the New Guardian of Darkness and failed to kill her \u2014 granted, through his minions.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "The New Guardian of Darkness the Seer referred to is not me. It is the girl. And the Longest Night will not end until she can put an end to the turmoil in her own heart, figuratively speaking."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "The New Guardian of Darkness the Seer referred to is not me. It is the girl. And the Longest Night will not end until she can put an end to the turmoil in her own heart, figuratively speaking.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "How do you know all this?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "How do you know all this?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Ha, ha, ha! Don\u2019t forget I am a Guardian of Darkness \u2014 not the <i>newest</i> one, but I certainly <i>am</i> Merthiaal\u2019s heiress, Yarae\u2019s design be damned. Not only I can read into the minds of the weak, but I can also understand people\u2019s desires and motivations in general. It is possible to predict their actions in advance this way. Ah well, that last part is not one of the powers of a Guardian of Darkness, strictly speaking."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Ha, ha, ha! Don\u2019t forget I am a Guardian of Darkness \u2014 not the <i>newest</i> one, but I certainly <i>am</i> Merthiaal\u2019s heiress, Yarae\u2019s design be damned. Not only I can read into the minds of the weak, but I can also understand people\u2019s desires and motivations in general. It is possible to predict their actions in advance this way. Ah well, that last part is not one of the powers of a Guardian of Darkness, strictly speaking.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "And unfortunately, I also suspect Zhangor is already aware of our movements. Let\u2019s not make him wait more time than strictly necessary, shall we?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "And unfortunately, I also suspect Zhangor is already aware of our movements. Let\u2019s not make him wait more time than strictly necessary, shall we?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Where does that lead to?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Where does that lead to?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "It\u2019s an alternative path to an elevator shaft that will take us directly to the place I previously mentioned. While I don\u2019t mind stabbing whoever stands in our way, a more discreet approach will get us there faster."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "It\u2019s an alternative path to an elevator shaft that will take us directly to the place I previously mentioned. While I don\u2019t mind stabbing whoever stands in our way, a more discreet approach will get us there faster.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "These passages have gone unused for centuries \u2014 it\u2019s no wonder that most of their mechanisms have rusted beyond use. But I know a method that never fails..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "These passages have gone unused for centuries \u2014 it\u2019s no wonder that most of their mechanisms have rusted beyond use. But I know a method that never fails...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "These passages have gone unused for centuries \u2014 it\u2019s no wonder that most of their mechanisms have rusted beyond use. Just blast the wall down already."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "These passages have gone unused for centuries \u2014 it\u2019s no wonder that most of their mechanisms have rusted beyond use. Just blast the wall down already.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Perfect."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Perfect.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "That is not very useful\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "That is not very useful\u2014", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Hm, there is a hot current of air coming from another direction now."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Hm, there is a hot current of air coming from another direction now.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Ah. I remember now."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Ah. I remember now.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "We need to cross this inconvenient lava trench. Elynia, do your thing."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "We need to cross this inconvenient lava trench. Elynia, do your thing.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "My... thing?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "My... thing?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "You are the Guardian of <i>Earth</i>, dear. You are supposed to do more complicated things than blasting walls and vermin."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "You are the Guardian of <i>Earth</i>, dear. You are supposed to do more complicated things than blasting walls and vermin.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Do you really expect me to know how this works all of a sudden?! I did not ask to be given this role, and all I know is that the pain has not ceased! I cannot think clearly like this!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Do you really expect me to know how this works all of a sudden?! I did not ask to be given this role, and all I know is that the pain has not ceased! I cannot think clearly like this!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I <i>really</i> should just stab you in the chest and toss your useless bloody corpse into the lava."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I <i>really</i> should just stab you in the chest and toss your useless bloody corpse into the lava.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Keep moving."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Keep moving.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Well, this wall is not going to move by itself\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Well, this wall is not going to move by itself\u2014", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Well, that wall is not going to move by itself\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Well, that wall is not going to move by itself\u2014", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I stand corrected. That was very convenient."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I stand corrected. That was very convenient.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Of course. A cunning trap by Zhangor, I presume?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Of course. A cunning trap by Zhangor, I presume?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Who is that?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Who is that?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Engineer?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Engineer?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "You are not supposed to be around these levels, Engineer. Return to your workshop immediately."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "You are not supposed to be around these levels, Engineer. Return to your workshop immediately.", "replies": "Engineer Fendyrn", "reply": "I dinna\u2019 listen tae orders from ye anymore, witch. Yer time as the \u2018Warlord\u2019 ended with Lord Zhangor\u2019s arrival."}
{"speaks": "Engineer Fendyrn", "text": "I dinna\u2019 listen tae orders from ye anymore, witch. Yer time as the \u2018Warlord\u2019 ended with Lord Zhangor\u2019s arrival.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I believe I speak for Zhangor as well when I say that you are not supposed to be here. Return to your workshop immediately, or face the consequences."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I believe I speak for Zhangor as well when I say that you are not supposed to be here. Return to your workshop immediately, or face the consequences.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Is this insubordination I hear? This is your last chance."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Is this insubordination I hear? This is your last chance.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Oh gods... Is that..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Oh gods... Is that...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Elynia, this is extremely dangerous. Stay away from this lunatic and his hammer! You, fool... you have absolutely no idea with what kind of powers you are trifling."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Elynia, this is extremely dangerous. Stay away from this lunatic and his hammer! You, fool... you have absolutely no idea with what kind of powers you are trifling.", "replies": "Engineer Fendyrn", "reply": "<b>HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!!!</b>"}
{"speaks": "Engineer Fendyrn", "text": "<b>HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!!!</b>", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I have an idea... Malin once mentioned something specific about Galas\u2019 first encounter with your mechanical automatons."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I have an idea... Malin once mentioned something specific about Galas\u2019 first encounter with your mechanical automatons.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "And what would that be?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "And what would that be?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "They are particularly vulnerable in the neck region. Maybe if we could distract him, you could stab him with your weapon\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "They are particularly vulnerable in the neck region. Maybe if we could distract him, you could stab him with your weapon\u2014", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "That was already my plan, stupid! Just try to do your part right for once!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "That was already my plan, stupid! Just try to do your part right for once!", "replies": "Engineer Fendyrn", "reply": "<b>ACK!</b> What ha\u2019 ye done!!!"}
{"speaks": "Engineer Fendyrn", "text": "<b>ACK!</b> What ha\u2019 ye done!!!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Oops! It seems your armor suit and fancy hammer are not perfect substitutes for the power of a true Guardian of Darkness!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Oops! It seems your armor suit and fancy hammer are not perfect substitutes for the power of a true Guardian of Darkness!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Elynia, grab my hand!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Elynia, grab my hand!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Elyssa...?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Elyssa...?", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Is there something wrong, my love?"}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Is there something wrong, my love?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I... feel... strange."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I... feel... strange.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "My heart... it hurts..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "My heart... it hurts...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "That must be because you have spent too much time scurrying around. Just let yourself relax for a moment. We can reminisce about better times together..."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "That must be because you have spent too much time scurrying around. Just let yourself relax for a moment. We can reminisce about better times together...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "My memories have become so hazy... but... I... remember that sword... Elyssa has your sword..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "My memories have become so hazy... but... I... remember that sword... Elyssa has your sword...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Elynia, please, just..."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Elynia, please, just...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "... Zhangor."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "... Zhangor.", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "How..."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "How...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "<i>(metallic voice) I am not precisely myself, though.</i>"}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "<i>(metallic voice) I am not precisely myself, though.</i>", "replies": "Deathbringer", "reply": "But your guess was close enough. Congratulations, Guardian of Darkness."}
{"speaks": "Deathbringer", "text": "But your guess was close enough. Congratulations, Guardian of Darkness.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "So the rumors are true, after all \u2014 you go around possessing other creatures using your disgusting body ooze."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "So the rumors are true, after all \u2014 you go around possessing other creatures using your disgusting body ooze.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>enraged</i>) You were going to possess me..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>enraged</i>) You were going to possess me...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "(<i>enraged</i>) Not if I can kill <b>you</b> first."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "(<i>enraged</i>) Not if I can kill <b>you</b> first.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Is that..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Is that...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Hello?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Hello?", "replies": "Niryone", "reply": "Back from Filinor\u2019s class early?"}
{"speaks": "Niryone", "text": "Back from Filinor\u2019s class early?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "He twisted his ankle yesterday morning while hunting with Cerin, so he let us go after a short round of questions."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "He twisted his ankle yesterday morning while hunting with Cerin, so he let us go after a short round of questions.", "replies": "Niryone", "reply": "Bah. Figures. At least that means we can enjoy a nice midday meal together for a change."}
{"speaks": "Niryone", "text": "Bah. Figures. At least that means we can enjoy a nice midday meal together for a change.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Sure, that would be great! I\u2019m starving."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Sure, that would be great! I\u2019m starving.", "replies": "Niryone", "reply": "Don\u2019t come with me. It\u2019s too dangerous."}
{"speaks": "Niryone", "text": "Don\u2019t come with me. It\u2019s too dangerous.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Huh?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Huh?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Niry? Where did you go?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Niry? Where did you go?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Stop! Why are you doing this?!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Stop! Why are you doing this?!", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "Do you think our people will ever find peace again, Elynia?"}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "Do you think our people will ever find peace again, Elynia?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I...", "replies": "Galas", "reply": "It doesn\u2019t matter now, I guess."}
{"speaks": "Galas", "text": "It doesn\u2019t matter now, I guess.", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "Because I am dead."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "Because I am dead.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What is this place... Something feels amiss."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What is this place... Something feels amiss.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Elynia! Oh, I\u2019m so glad I could finally find you... Come with me, this way! Quickly!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Elynia! Oh, I\u2019m so glad I could finally find you... Come with me, this way! Quickly!", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "My hair gets so messy with all the wind in this desert. It\u2019s almost tempting to shave it... Do you think I would look too weird if I did that?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "My hair gets so messy with all the wind in this desert. It\u2019s almost tempting to shave it... Do you think I would look too weird if I did that?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Did we... Didn\u2019t we have this conversation already?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Did we... Didn\u2019t we have this conversation already?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I\u2019m just concerned that you might not like it if I do that... Your hair is always so fluffy and nice and beautiful..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I\u2019m just concerned that you might not like it if I do that... Your hair is always so fluffy and nice and beautiful...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... All right, that is not something I recall you saying..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... All right, that is not something I recall you saying...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "You promised..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "You promised...", "replies": "Argan", "reply": "You promised..."}
{"speaks": "Argan", "text": "You promised...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I must find Elyssa. She must be here, somewhere..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I must find Elyssa. She must be here, somewhere...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Why don\u2019t you say anything? Argan!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Why don\u2019t you say anything? Argan!", "replies": "Elynia2", "reply": "Argan\u2014 No..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia2", "text": "Argan\u2014 No...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Elyssa?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Elyssa?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "YOU KILLED HIM!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "YOU KILLED HIM!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Elyssa, I..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Elyssa, I...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Why\u2014 Why do you have to show me this again? WHY?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Why\u2014 Why do you have to show me this again? WHY?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Why couldn\u2019t you <b>save</b> him instead?!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Why couldn\u2019t you <b>save</b> him instead?!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "<i>(metallic voice) You are a disgrace to your sad excuse of a civilization!</i>"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "<i>(metallic voice) You are a disgrace to your sad excuse of a civilization!</i>", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Stop it... please... Zhangor is attempting to control you..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Stop it... please... Zhangor is attempting to control you...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "<i>(metallic voice) Nobody can control me!</i>"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "<i>(metallic voice) Nobody can control me!</i>", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... please..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... please...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... I know you\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... I know you\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... I know you loved Argan too."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... I know you loved Argan too.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "<i>(metallic voice) ... He wanted you to find me... and guide me... didn\u2019t he...</i>"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "<i>(metallic voice) ... He wanted you to find me... and guide me... didn\u2019t he...</i>", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "... You... you are not me. Why am I crying?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "... You... you are not me. Why am I crying?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "... Are these... my own tears?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "... Are these... my own tears?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "<i>(metallic voice) ... Try to remember... that you...</i>"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "<i>(metallic voice) ... Try to remember... that you...</i>", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "<i>... that I was once...</i>"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "<i>... that I was once...</i>", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "<i>(metallic voice) ... human\u2014</i>"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "<i>(metallic voice) ... human\u2014</i>", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "No... no..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "No... no...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "<i>(metallic voice) Uria demanded I kill them! It was... it was never my intention... please!</i>"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "<i>(metallic voice) Uria demanded I kill them! It was... it was never my intention... please!</i>", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Zhangor is trying to make us lose control..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Zhangor is trying to make us lose control...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "... He is trying to take us both at once... using the powers of the Gatekeeper..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "... He is trying to take us both at once... using the powers of the Gatekeeper...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "<i>(metallic voice) Why... why did you bring me back to life... WHY?!</i>"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "<i>(metallic voice) Why... why did you bring me back to life... WHY?!</i>", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "... He is using the powers of the Gatekeeper of Urvatha to tear into our minds... I should have known that he would try to do this..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "... He is using the powers of the Gatekeeper of Urvatha to tear into our minds... I should have known that he would try to do this...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "<i>(metallic voice) Elynia, grab my hand!</i>"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "<i>(metallic voice) Elynia, grab my hand!</i>", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Because..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Because...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Argan asked me to help you."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Argan asked me to help you.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "... I give up. You are beyond useless."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Blood?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Yes, more blood. You might want to get used to it \u2014 there is a lot of it in the place we are headed towards."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Yes, more blood. You might want to get used to it \u2014 there is a lot of it in the place we are headed towards.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "If we want to have any chance of killing that bastard for good, we must stick together and try to combine our powers and attacks in different ways. Your aspect is undeniably affiliated to the path of Light; mine is Darkness. Perhaps, even without the Union, we may be able to achieve something in some form."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "If we want to have any chance of killing that bastard for good, we must stick together and try to combine our powers and attacks in different ways. Your aspect is undeniably affiliated to the path of Light; mine is Darkness. Perhaps, even without the Union, we may be able to achieve something in some form.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "That is why you wanted me by your side, right?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "That is why you wanted me by your side, right?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Is that..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Is that...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Xia\u2019el, the Guardian of Earth. Her First Cycle self, to be precise. Don\u2019t feel too intimidated by her stature, though \u2014 I very much doubt this is to scale."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Xia\u2019el, the Guardian of Earth. Her First Cycle self, to be precise. Don\u2019t feel too intimidated by her stature, though \u2014 I very much doubt this is to scale.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "She is... she was a faerie? I am not sure what I was expecting."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "She is... she was a faerie? I am not sure what I was expecting.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Big shoes to fill? Then again, it looks like neither of you have ever worn shoes for reasons that are surely beyond my ability to comprehend. And again, most likely not to scale."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Big shoes to fill? Then again, it looks like neither of you have ever worn shoes for reasons that are surely beyond my ability to comprehend. And again, most likely not to scale.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "No, I mean... She looks so beautiful and dignified... but at the same time, she is... so..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "No, I mean... She looks so beautiful and dignified... but at the same time, she is... so...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Mundane? By now you should know gods come in all shapes and sizes. Although anyone can play god to a sufficiently ignorant crowd."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Mundane? By now you should know gods come in all shapes and sizes. Although anyone can play god to a sufficiently ignorant crowd.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I suppose you would know about that kind of thing."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I suppose you would know about that kind of thing.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "You don\u2019t need miracles, prophecies or mind control to rule over uncivilized brutes. You just need to establish clear boundaries and show your subjects the consequences for stepping out of line. Sooner or later someone will test your power regardless, so there is little point to claiming godhood unless you want to paint an even larger target on your back."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "You don\u2019t need miracles, prophecies or mind control to rule over uncivilized brutes. You just need to establish clear boundaries and show your subjects the consequences for stepping out of line. Sooner or later someone will test your power regardless, so there is little point to claiming godhood unless you want to paint an even larger target on your back.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Ignoring the entire Uria situation for a moment, what this world needs right now is not another false god. It just needs someone able to purge all the scum and build a new order from the ground up. If that someone happens to have god-like powers, then the job should be certainly much easier. But it does not have to be like that."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Ignoring the entire Uria situation for a moment, what this world needs right now is not another false god. It just needs someone able to purge all the scum and build a new order from the ground up. If that someone happens to have god-like powers, then the job should be certainly much easier. But it does not have to be like that.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "You don\u2019t need to play the role of the Guardian of Earth if that\u2019s not what you want."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "You don\u2019t need to play the role of the Guardian of Earth if that\u2019s not what you want.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I can feel the question lingering in the back of your head."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I can feel the question lingering in the back of your head.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "When my mentor realized the true nature of the Sceptre of Fire, she asked me to wield it against the enemies of Irdya... with her dying breath."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "When my mentor realized the true nature of the Sceptre of Fire, she asked me to wield it against the enemies of Irdya... with her dying breath.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "This cursed artifact is bad for your health. You must not use it ever again."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "This cursed artifact is bad for your health. You must not use it ever again.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I just said\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I just said\u2014", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "You can say anything you want, but it does nothing to change the fact that you are a creature of Light trying to wield a power that is harmful to your mind and soul."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "You can say anything you want, but it does nothing to change the fact that you are a creature of Light trying to wield a power that is harmful to your mind and soul.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Niryone\u2019s staff rightfully belongs to me\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Niryone\u2019s staff rightfully belongs to me\u2014", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I assure you, the <i>thing</i> lurking beneath the Ruby\u2019s lustrous surface does not care for any sentimental attachment you may have to it. Your mentor\u2019s intentions may have been noble, but if you want to save Irdya you are going to have to learn to let go of the past and not waste your potential living an eternal life of regret."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I assure you, the <i>thing</i> lurking beneath the Ruby\u2019s lustrous surface does not care for any sentimental attachment you may have to it. Your mentor\u2019s intentions may have been noble, but if you want to save Irdya you are going to have to learn to let go of the past and not waste your potential living an eternal life of regret.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "If you truly want to honor her memory... if you want to make your friends\u2019 sacrifices worth it, then it is time for you to become the Guardian of Earth we need instead of the Lady of Light who lost to her own Darkness. But if you don\u2019t feel up to the task then you are free to stay behind, drowning in an endless ocean of sorrow for what little is left of eternity."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "If you truly want to honor her memory... if you want to make your friends\u2019 sacrifices worth it, then it is time for you to become the Guardian of Earth we need instead of the Lady of Light who lost to her own Darkness. But if you don\u2019t feel up to the task then you are free to stay behind, drowning in an endless ocean of sorrow for what little is left of eternity.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Hm. He is not here like I expected. I suppose his intention is to make some kind of dramatic entrance later."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Hm. He is not here like I expected. I suppose his intention is to make some kind of dramatic entrance later.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Elynia, there is something here you should see."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Elynia, there is something here you should see.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What is that in the middle of the blood lake?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What is that in the middle of the blood lake?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Doing that would destroy Zhangor for sure, but Uria is not on Irdya, and the loss would be little more than a minor inconvenience to her in the long term. But if you feel particularly selfish about your pitiful existence, this is an option for you to consider."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Doing that would destroy Zhangor for sure, but Uria is not on Irdya, and the loss would be little more than a minor inconvenience to her in the long term. But if you feel particularly selfish about your pitiful existence, this is an option for you to consider.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "That would be a coward\u2019s choice, don\u2019t you think?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "That would be a coward\u2019s choice, don\u2019t you think?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Possibly. But if the guardian in question feared the absolute end of their own existence, then one could say that making the choice would take some degree of courage."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Possibly. But if the guardian in question feared the absolute end of their own existence, then one could say that making the choice would take some degree of courage.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "What is your choice?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "What is your choice?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Do not worry, it is not a binding decision, yet."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Do not worry, it is not a binding decision, yet.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Is that the only possible use for the power stored in this place? To destroy all life in our world so it can start anew?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Is that the only possible use for the power stored in this place? To destroy all life in our world so it can start anew?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "If Merthiaal\u2019s cautionary story is any indication, yes. But Uria believes otherwise. She believes that the seeds can be used for other things if the aspect you control is either Life or Existence, based on the efforts of her predecessor \u2014 or the very unreliable information we have about them, anyway. But her attempts to find the seed on Urvatha have proven fruitless so far, and her patience is wearing thin. As ludicrous as it sounds, she no longer wants to find <i>just</i> the Body of the Union on Ethea."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "If Merthiaal\u2019s cautionary story is any indication, yes. But Uria believes otherwise. She believes that the seeds can be used for other things if the aspect you control is either Life or Existence, based on the efforts of her predecessor \u2014 or the very unreliable information we have about them, anyway. But her attempts to find the seed on Urvatha have proven fruitless so far, and her patience is wearing thin. As ludicrous as it sounds, she no longer wants to find <i>just</i> the Body of the Union on Ethea.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I see. Then, there is no point in doing anything with ours."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I see. Then, there is no point in doing anything with ours.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I suppose. There is so much we still don\u2019t know about our own creation..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I suppose. There is so much we still don\u2019t know about our own creation...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Come to think of it, we should be thankful that Delethia\u2019s actions ensured we would not get a proper Guardian of Existence for this cycle who could turn out to be an even more powerful deranged psychopath than Uria. Well, probably. That girl, Anya... her sole existence raises many questions we thought we had already answered."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Come to think of it, we should be thankful that Delethia\u2019s actions ensured we would not get a proper Guardian of Existence for this cycle who could turn out to be an even more powerful deranged psychopath than Uria. Well, probably. That girl, Anya... her sole existence raises many questions we thought we had already answered.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "... But of course. The bastard\u2019s plans aren\u2019t as aligned with Uria\u2019s own as I originally thought."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "... But of course. The bastard\u2019s plans aren\u2019t as aligned with Uria\u2019s own as I originally thought.", "replies": "Zhangor", "reply": "What a glorious day for Irdya! So, at long last, Argan\u2019s little girl solved the puzzle!"}
{"speaks": "Zhangor", "text": "What a glorious day for Irdya! So, at long last, Argan\u2019s little girl solved the puzzle!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "You are a disgusting liar and a traitor, Zhangor."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "You are a disgusting liar and a traitor, Zhangor.", "replies": "Zhangor", "reply": "Excellent. That makes us equals in the eyes of the Lady of Light. Or should I now call her the Guardian of Earth on Irdya?"}
{"speaks": "Zhangor", "text": "Excellent. That makes us equals in the eyes of the Lady of Light. Or should I now call her the Guardian of Earth on Irdya?", "replies": "Zhangor", "reply": "Ah yes, Elynia... I have not forgotten what you and Argan did to me. Do you have any idea what it feels like to live for hundreds of years in agonizing pain with your limbs scattered across the land and buried deep in the ground? Do you?"}
{"speaks": "Zhangor", "text": "Ah yes, Elynia... I have not forgotten what you and Argan did to me. Do you have any idea what it feels like to live for hundreds of years in agonizing pain with your limbs scattered across the land and buried deep in the ground? Do you?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "You\u2019ve got nothing to fear; this time I shall make sure <i>nothing</i> remains of your wretched body for Uria to bring back."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "You\u2019ve got nothing to fear; this time I shall make sure <i>nothing</i> remains of your wretched body for Uria to bring back.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "And I shall make sure your soul is destroyed forever as well."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "And I shall make sure your soul is destroyed forever as well.", "replies": "Zhangor", "reply": "Without the Union? Go ahead, try your best!"}
{"speaks": "Zhangor", "text": "Without the Union? Go ahead, try your best!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "What are you trying to do now?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "What are you trying to do now?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "His body is affixed to the ground, just avoid getting hit by his lightning!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "His body is affixed to the ground, just avoid getting hit by his lightning!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Oh, is that what we are doing now, Zhangor? I expected you to be more creative than this in a real fight."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Oh, is that what we are doing now, Zhangor? I expected you to be more creative than this in a real fight.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Destroying these things is increasing my power somehow..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Destroying these things is increasing my power somehow...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "There is something about the energy released by these cores, although I have a feeling Zhangor benefits from it as well."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "There is something about the energy released by these cores, although I have a feeling Zhangor benefits from it as well.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Oh dear gods, will this ever stop?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Oh dear gods, will this ever stop?", "replies": "Zhangor", "reply": "What is the matter, Guardians? Do you fear killing those of your own kin now? Have you not become accustomed to it over the course of your pathetic lives?"}
{"speaks": "Zhangor", "text": "What is the matter, Guardians? Do you fear killing those of your own kin now? Have you not become accustomed to it over the course of your pathetic lives?", "replies": "unit", "reply": "You abandoned me..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "You abandoned me...", "replies": "unit", "reply": "You left me to die..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "You left me to die...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Your imitation of Argan is once again absolutely pathetic."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Your imitation of Argan is once again absolutely pathetic.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "You betrayed me..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "You betrayed me...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "This cheap trick will not break me down this time."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "This cheap trick will not break me down this time.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "You killed me..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "You killed me...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I could slaughter a whole host of these stupid elves a thousand times, Zhangor. Is this all you\u2019ve got?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I could slaughter a whole host of these stupid elves a thousand times, Zhangor. Is this all you\u2019ve got?", "replies": "unit", "reply": "You failed to protect me..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "You failed to protect me...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I no longer care for any of this, Zhangor. I no longer care."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I no longer care for any of this, Zhangor. I no longer care.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "You are no small part of the cause of my departure from this world, you know."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "You are no small part of the cause of my departure from this world, you know.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I could not care less about a walking joke like you."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I could not care less about a walking joke like you.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "You could have prevented my death, Elynia. You could have\u2014"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "You could have prevented my death, Elynia. You could have\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "No... there was nothing I could do. Stop this!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "No... there was nothing I could do. Stop this!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "... You were too late to save me, Elynia. If only you had not allowed him into your heart\u2014"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "... You were too late to save me, Elynia. If only you had not allowed him into your heart\u2014", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "NO! I don\u2019t want to remember this! I\u2019LL KILL YOU!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "NO! I don\u2019t want to remember this! I\u2019LL KILL YOU!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "With your power you surely could have banished those foul creatures to whence they came. Useless child."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "With your power you surely could have banished those foul creatures to whence they came. Useless child.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "... You peered into places you shouldn\u2019t have, Zhangor."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "... You peered into places you shouldn\u2019t have, Zhangor.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "I wonder what became of my kind under your command..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "I wonder what became of my kind under your command...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "...", "replies": "unit", "reply": "HA! I hope you enjoyed your stay with us, sweetheart."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "HA! I hope you enjoyed your stay with us, sweetheart.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "I\u2019LL KILL YOU!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "I\u2019LL KILL YOU!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "That couldn\u2019t possibly be my own memory... I don\u2019t think..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "That couldn\u2019t possibly be my own memory... I don\u2019t think...", "replies": "unit", "reply": "For someone who wants so much to stop Uria, you are hardly any different from her kind."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "For someone who wants so much to stop Uria, you are hardly any different from her kind.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "... You are not wrong."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "... You are not wrong.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Taking advantage of my prot\u00e9g\u00e9\u2019s heart so soon after my death... You truly are a shameless creature."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Taking advantage of my prot\u00e9g\u00e9\u2019s heart so soon after my death... You truly are a shameless creature.", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I\u2019ve had enough. You will not break me again."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I\u2019ve had enough. You will not break me again.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "... Is this..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "... Is this...", "replies": "unit", "reply": "Child..."}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "Child...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "M\u2014 mother...? No... NO! STOP!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "M\u2014 mother...? No... NO! STOP!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "They are manifestations of Zhangor\u2019s will \u2014 not even real shapeshifters!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "They are manifestations of Zhangor\u2019s will \u2014 not even real shapeshifters!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "They are manifestations of Zhangor\u2019s will \u2014 not even real shapeshifters!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "They are manifestations of Zhangor\u2019s will \u2014 not even real shapeshifters!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Brace yourself!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Brace yourself!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Wh\u2014 what is... happening to him..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Wh\u2014 what is... happening to him...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "This is getting out of hand. We need to defeat him here and now!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "This is getting out of hand. We need to defeat him here and now!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "... to his body..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "... to his body...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Elyssa? Are you still with me?"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Elyssa? Are you still with me?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Is this... Is this the fate of our kind should we allow emotions to overpower our minds?"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Is this... Is this the fate of our kind should we allow emotions to overpower our minds?", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "No... Zhangor devoured the heart of a Gatekeeper. He became like this of his own volition. Focus, Elyssa."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "No... Zhangor devoured the heart of a Gatekeeper. He became like this of his own volition. Focus, Elyssa.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "FOCUS!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "FOCUS!", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "He\u2019s preparing to unleash a devastating attack, watch out!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "He\u2019s preparing to unleash a devastating attack, watch out!", "replies": "Zhangor", "reply": "... You... CANNOT..."}
{"speaks": "Zhangor", "text": "... You... CANNOT...", "replies": "Zhangor", "reply": "... destroy ME..."}
{"speaks": "Zhangor", "text": "... destroy ME...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "Do you think we can do it? He should not be able to focus us anymore!"}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "Do you think we can do it? He should not be able to focus us anymore!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "No... I\u2019m not ready yet! Just keep striking at him with all you have!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "No... I\u2019m not ready yet! Just keep striking at him with all you have!", "replies": "Zhangor", "reply": "(<i>feminine voice</i>) ... I am... the Angel of Blood..."}
{"speaks": "Zhangor", "text": "(<i>feminine voice</i>) ... I am... the Angel of Blood...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "You are nothing but a sad memory of who you once were. It seems Uria did not do such a good job in bringing you back from your grave."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "You are nothing but a sad memory of who you once were. It seems Uria did not do such a good job in bringing you back from your grave.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Perhaps she was aware that you would eventually betray her. Or perhaps she did not have the same infatuation she had with Argan."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Perhaps she was aware that you would eventually betray her. Or perhaps she did not have the same infatuation she had with Argan.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "What I do know for sure..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "What I do know for sure...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "... is that you are done. Elynia!"}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "... is that you are done. Elynia!", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Pierce into the heart of stone..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Pierce into the heart of stone...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... release the soul back to the void..."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "... release the soul back to the void...", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "... break the curse of Yarae..."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "... break the curse of Yarae...", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "... dispel the spirit from this world."}
{"speaks": "Elyssa", "text": "Elynia?", "replies": "Elynia", "reply": "I am here."}
{"speaks": "Elynia", "text": "I am here.", "replies": "Elyssa", "reply": "Have I mentioned yet how much I despise you?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Oh. It is you again. I thought you disappeared for good this time.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "It has been a while."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "It has been a while.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "Did you find the cake you wanted?"}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "Did you find the cake you wanted?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "No... I did not. I have hardly eaten anything in weeks. My mind has just been... sort of wandering off constantly. I feel like I shouldn\u2019t be here."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "No... I did not. I have hardly eaten anything in weeks. My mind has just been... sort of wandering off constantly. I feel like I shouldn\u2019t be here.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "You seem even more despondent than before."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "You seem even more despondent than before.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "... This whole situation is just too overwhelming. I feel lost. Ergea is not helpful \u2014 she wants me to play a role that wasn\u2019t meant for me."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "... This whole situation is just too overwhelming. I feel lost. Ergea is not helpful \u2014 she wants me to play a role that wasn\u2019t meant for me.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "This is about Elynia, am I correct?"}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "This is about Elynia, am I correct?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "What do you mean?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "What do you mean?", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "You feel lost without her."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "You feel lost without her.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I have been thinking about what you said about destiny... You know, after becoming this... thing... I became, I somehow feel even less in control of my life than I was before."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I have been thinking about what you said about destiny... You know, after becoming this... thing... I became, I somehow feel even less in control of my life than I was before.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "How so, exactly?"}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "How so, exactly?", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "Would that be your actual heart, or the divine instrument demonkind calls the Energy Heart?"}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "Would that be your actual heart, or the divine instrument demonkind calls the Energy Heart?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I can\u2019t even tell the difference anymore."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I can\u2019t even tell the difference anymore.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "I can only speculate about the nature and extent of your powers, but I would expect Guardians of Darkness to be better in touch with the notion of agency seeing as how their domain revolves around the matters of mind. If the gift you now possess comes with greater self-awareness, then it is up to you to make use of it in a way that can advance your own existence towards a positive outcome."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "I can only speculate about the nature and extent of your powers, but I would expect Guardians of Darkness to be better in touch with the notion of agency seeing as how their domain revolves around the matters of mind. If the gift you now possess comes with greater self-awareness, then it is up to you to make use of it in a way that can advance your own existence towards a positive outcome.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "But what if the only path forward I see involves leaving people behind?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "But what if the only path forward I see involves leaving people behind?", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "The future is constantly clouded in darkness, but you need not be afraid of the core substance of your being, do you? We are not always given a choice, but when we are, it is up to us to make the right one \u2014 and a Guardian\u2019s choices carry more weight upon our reality than anyone else\u2019s."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "The future is constantly clouded in darkness, but you need not be afraid of the core substance of your being, do you? We are not always given a choice, but when we are, it is up to us to make the right one \u2014 and a Guardian\u2019s choices carry more weight upon our reality than anyone else\u2019s.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "Have you pondered the matter of destiny yet?"}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "Have you pondered the matter of destiny yet?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I... uh... What do you mean?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I... uh... What do you mean?", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "I must not have talked to you about it. My apologies. You need not worry about it for now."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "I must not have talked to you about it. My apologies. You need not worry about it for now.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I have so many questions..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I have so many questions...", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "Xia\u2019el does not have answers for you anymore, sadly."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "Xia\u2019el does not have answers for you anymore, sadly.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Am I ever going to find out what happened to my parents after I was born?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Am I ever going to find out what happened to my parents after I was born?", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "As a matter of fact, yes. I opted not to tell you the entire story out of concern for your emotional state in battle, but I can finish it now if you would like."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "As a matter of fact, yes. I opted not to tell you the entire story out of concern for your emotional state in battle, but I can finish it now if you would like.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "What?! You knew the rest of the story but didn\u2019t tell it to me?! I thought you said you were just a medium and you didn\u2019t have it!"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "What?! You knew the rest of the story but didn\u2019t tell it to me?! I thought you said you were just a medium and you didn\u2019t have it!", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "I said your question was already answered, and it was. I never specified whether I was able to intentionally postpone delivering a non-essential part of the answer or not. I apologize, but it had to be done."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "I said your question was already answered, and it was. I never specified whether I was able to intentionally postpone delivering a non-essential part of the answer or not. I apologize, but it had to be done.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "(<i>sighs</i>) I understand. And... I\u2019m sorry for my outburst."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "(<i>sighs</i>) I understand. And... I\u2019m sorry for my outburst.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "So, let us pick up from where we left last time..."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "So, let us pick up from where we left last time...", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "The hearts of Mintha and the Nameless One were overflowing with newfound happiness and purpose after conceiving a child that they could call their own. The offspring would be a new free creature born of faerie and demonkind, a unique combination completely unheard of before. The future of the two lovers seemed bright for once."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "The hearts of Mintha and the Nameless One were overflowing with newfound happiness and purpose after conceiving a child that they could call their own. The offspring would be a new free creature born of faerie and demonkind, a unique combination completely unheard of before. The future of the two lovers seemed bright for once.", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "When the Demon Lord Nar-hamoth found the corpse of his former slave he could only growl and trample the forest in frustration for being denied his revenge."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "When the Demon Lord Nar-hamoth found the corpse of his former slave he could only growl and trample the forest in frustration for being denied his revenge.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I don\u2019t know what I was expecting... I\u2014 I think I know exactly which forest that was. I had been there before... I... I..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I don\u2019t know what I was expecting... I\u2014 I think I know exactly which forest that was. I had been there before... I... I...", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "They would not have been able to tell you."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "They would not have been able to tell you.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "That entire forest... it doesn\u2019t exist anymore... the entire place... Oh gods..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "That entire forest... it doesn\u2019t exist anymore... the entire place... Oh gods...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I could\u2019ve killed him. I could\u2019ve killed Nar-hamoth..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I could\u2019ve killed him. I could\u2019ve killed Nar-hamoth...", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "You did not know."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "You did not know.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Heh, but it wouldn\u2019t have changed anything, would it..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Heh, but it wouldn\u2019t have changed anything, would it...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "They could have both taken me with them deep into the country and we would have all survived together..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "They could have both taken me with them deep into the country and we would have all survived together...", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "It was a risk they chose not to take."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "It was a risk they chose not to take.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Choices, huh... it\u2019s all down to choices... Do they even matter in the end?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Choices, huh... it\u2019s all down to choices... Do they even matter in the end?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "What am I supposed to do now?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "What am I supposed to do now?", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "I think you already know what you are going to do. It is not even going to be a choice, is it?"}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "I think you already know what you are going to do. It is not even going to be a choice, is it?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "What do you mean?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "What do you mean?", "replies": "Daeira", "reply": "What you do next is a constant. No matter how you get here, you always do what you want to do, as well as what is expected of you. They do not <i>have</i> to be mutually exclusive concepts, after all."}
{"speaks": "Daeira", "text": "What you do next is a constant. No matter how you get here, you always do what you want to do, as well as what is expected of you. They do not <i>have</i> to be mutually exclusive concepts, after all.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I suppose so..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I suppose so...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "How long have I spent staring into this pond?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "How long have I spent staring into this pond?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "No matter how much I want, Irdya will never be my true home. I\u2019ve always been an outcast. I don\u2019t belong with either species. And I don\u2019t want to take part in Ergea\u2019s plans anymore."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "No matter how much I want, Irdya will never be my true home. I\u2019ve always been an outcast. I don\u2019t belong with either species. And I don\u2019t want to take part in Ergea\u2019s plans anymore.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "At least on Ethea I might be able to find Elynia... and tell her... that I want to be with her..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "At least on Ethea I might be able to find Elynia... and tell her... that I want to be with her...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Yes, I do. I really do."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Yes, I do. I really do.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "... I guess it\u2019s both."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "... I guess it\u2019s both.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "Oh dear gods... Am I really speaking to myself now?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "Oh dear gods... Am I really speaking to myself now?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "... Forgive me, Durvan, Ergea, Irylean..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "... Forgive me, Durvan, Ergea, Irylean...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "... What if Elynia rejects me? What if I am not actually supposed to do this?"}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "... What if Elynia rejects me? What if I am not actually supposed to do this?", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "That is correct. I..."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "That is correct. I...", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I will do this."}
{"speaks": "Anya", "text": "I will do this.", "replies": "Anya", "reply": "I am sorry, Elynia. But... I need you..."}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "Ha ha ha ha ha! It has been hundreds of years since my last visit to Silida, and yet, nothing has changed. I am so delighted to see your subjects here, Xia\u2019el \u2014 it is such a warm welcome. Did you miss me?", "replies": "Aradellys", "reply": "What brings you here?"}
{"speaks": "Aradellys", "text": "What brings you here?", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "We had a pact of neutrality and mutual respect, Xia\u2019el. You would not interfere with my plans, and I would let you govern your precious people here in peace. But it has come to my attention that there has been a breach of terms on <i>your</i> part. My Seer just revealed some... <i>troubling</i> things to me."}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "We had a pact of neutrality and mutual respect, Xia\u2019el. You would not interfere with my plans, and I would let you govern your precious people here in peace. But it has come to my attention that there has been a breach of terms on <i>your</i> part. My Seer just revealed some... <i>troubling</i> things to me.", "replies": "Aradellys", "reply": "My only intention was to fulfill my duty as the Guardian of Earth and point my children on Irdya in the correct direction. That is to say, as far away from your grasp as possible so they may stage your ultimate downfall."}
{"speaks": "Aradellys", "text": "My only intention was to fulfill my duty as the Guardian of Earth and point my children on Irdya in the correct direction. That is to say, as far away from your grasp as possible so they may stage your ultimate downfall.", "replies": "Aradellys", "reply": "Even the new Guardian of Water? I received word that he is already there."}
{"speaks": "Aradellys", "text": "Even the new Guardian of Water? I received word that he is already there.", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "...", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "(<i>enraged</i>) I see how it is, then! But tell me, Aradellys, did you forget the Rule of One?"}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "(<i>enraged</i>) I see how it is, then! But tell me, Aradellys, did you forget the Rule of One?", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "Your insolence cannot go unpunished. Even though I knew from the very beginning that things would come to this... I cannot allow you to interfere with my plans any further. You are a poor excuse for a Guardian of Earth, and this is not even your rightful domain. The true Guardian of Earth is awake, so your purpose in this universe has been fulfilled."}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "Your insolence cannot go unpunished. Even though I knew from the very beginning that things would come to this... I cannot allow you to interfere with my plans any further. You are a poor excuse for a Guardian of Earth, and this is not even your rightful domain. The true Guardian of Earth is awake, so your purpose in this universe has been fulfilled.", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "Now that you have helpfully advanced <i>my</i> pieces to the world on which I needed them in the first place, the game is over for you. After all, <i>there can only be one</i>."}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "Now that you have helpfully advanced <i>my</i> pieces to the world on which I needed them in the first place, the game is over for you. After all, <i>there can only be one</i>.", "replies": "Aradellys", "reply": "I am willing to face oblivion at your hand for my transgressions. But you shall spare my people."}
{"speaks": "Aradellys", "text": "I am willing to face oblivion at your hand for my transgressions. But you shall spare my people.", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "Hm, hm, what makes you think that I have to keep my word anymore?"}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "Hm, hm, what makes you think that I have to keep my word anymore?", "replies": "Aradellys", "reply": "Please, if there is anything left of the kind Lyphanea in your heart, you shall spare my people as we agreed\u2014"}
{"speaks": "Aradellys", "text": "Please, if there is anything left of the kind Lyphanea in your heart, you shall spare my people as we agreed\u2014", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "If it helps, your subjects will be able to enjoy whatever afterlife is in store for them. But you... <b>will not.</b> Farewell, Xia\u2019el. Your reign on Silida is over."}
{"speaks": "Uria", "text": "If it helps, your subjects will be able to enjoy whatever afterlife is in store for them. But you... <b>will not.</b> Farewell, Xia\u2019el. Your reign on Silida is over.", "replies": "Uria", "reply": "Soon there will be a reckoning, Elynia-Thanadria \u2014 mark my words. Do not forget who made the resurrection of your new ally possible in the first place..."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "Cursed beasts!", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "I won\u2019t go down like this, felled by an orc\u2019s blade!"}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "I won\u2019t go down like this, felled by an orc\u2019s blade!", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "So it seems..."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "So it seems...", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "Perhaps it would be a suitable end. The orcs were the ones who provoked this journey of mine. Would it not be fitting for them to end my quest as well?"}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "Perhaps it would be a suitable end. The orcs were the ones who provoked this journey of mine. Would it not be fitting for them to end my quest as well?", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "Yes... yes. The book. That half-rotten, tattered tome which I gave my blood and soul for. I forsook my people, my family, my home... to follow that damned necromancer! And in the end, he betrayed me too, just like Drogan, just like Dela..."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "Yes... yes. The book. That half-rotten, tattered tome which I gave my blood and soul for. I forsook my people, my family, my home... to follow that damned necromancer! And in the end, he betrayed me too, just like Drogan, just like Dela...", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "Everyone has betrayed me. I am alone. All that is left..."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "Everyone has betrayed me. I am alone. All that is left...", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "Leave me while I prepare."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "Leave me while I prepare.", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "... I suppose I have never been one for regrets..."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "... I suppose I have never been one for regrets...", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "I feel... different. Where am I?"}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "I feel... different. Where am I?", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "Why is my body still intact? Am I still alive? Or..."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "Why is my body still intact? Am I still alive? Or...", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "... something isn\u2019t quite right."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "... something isn\u2019t quite right.", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "I see, accepting death was not enough. To become a lich, I must master it."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "I see, accepting death was not enough. To become a lich, I must master it.", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "First comes the flesh, the physical form of life. Blood is the crux of life for mortal creatures, but if I wish to ascend beyond that..."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "First comes the flesh, the physical form of life. Blood is the crux of life for mortal creatures, but if I wish to ascend beyond that...", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "The flesh dies, and then..."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "The flesh dies, and then...", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "Drain the blood, strip away the meat, and all that is left is the bone."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "Drain the blood, strip away the meat, and all that is left is the bone.", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "I remember a time when I thought skeletons were repulsive, sickening things. I suppose it\u2019s only natural for the living to fear the most prominent figure of death. Even if I grew out of such a naive thought... I suppose I couldn\u2019t have expected Drogan and Dela to follow suit so easily. My family and friends, yes, but they were nothing but simpletons. If only they had tried to understand me instead of shunning me outright."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "I remember a time when I thought skeletons were repulsive, sickening things. I suppose it\u2019s only natural for the living to fear the most prominent figure of death. Even if I grew out of such a naive thought... I suppose I couldn\u2019t have expected Drogan and Dela to follow suit so easily. My family and friends, yes, but they were nothing but simpletons. If only they had tried to understand me instead of shunning me outright.", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "I do not really regret following my own path that much."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "I do not really regret following my own path that much.", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "The physical form collapses altogether. What remains?"}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "The physical form collapses altogether. What remains?", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "The soul. Dela always said I was a creature without a soul. I suppose she was jesting at the time, but maybe not after I killed Drogan."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "The soul. Dela always said I was a creature without a soul. I suppose she was jesting at the time, but maybe not after I killed Drogan.", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "Bah! I don\u2019t deserve this, and I certainly don\u2019t answer to someone like her. I have only ever fought to protect my people and my family, but the only thing I received in return was scorn and exile. My own sister thought I was a monster for using my power to save our town. My people would rather feed themselves to orcs than follow my \u2018sorcerous ways\u2019. Drogan, Dela... all of them! They are the ones without souls, not me!"}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "Bah! I don\u2019t deserve this, and I certainly don\u2019t answer to someone like her. I have only ever fought to protect my people and my family, but the only thing I received in return was scorn and exile. My own sister thought I was a monster for using my power to save our town. My people would rather feed themselves to orcs than follow my \u2018sorcerous ways\u2019. Drogan, Dela... all of them! They are the ones without souls, not me!", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "I should not really care anymore. I don\u2019t care anymore. According to them, I have forsaken my soul already. So what does it matter?"}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "I should not really care anymore. I don\u2019t care anymore. According to them, I have forsaken my soul already. So what does it matter?", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "I should not regret anything. I\u2019m not really one for regrets..."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "I should not regret anything. I\u2019m not really one for regrets...", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "These thralls contain only a meager amount of energy, but enough to sustain me."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "These thralls contain only a meager amount of energy, but enough to sustain me.", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "The flesh appears, distorted and warped, but somehow strangely familiar."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "The flesh appears, distorted and warped, but somehow strangely familiar.", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "I feel an aching in my bones, as if they are crumbling inside me."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "I feel an aching in my bones, as if they are crumbling inside me.", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "Cold... it\u2019s so very cold. Not a biting chill, but a numbness, an emptiness that eats at me from within..."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "Cold... it\u2019s so very cold. Not a biting chill, but a numbness, an emptiness that eats at me from within...", "replies": "Malin Keshar", "reply": "These runes seem to be useful."}
{"speaks": "Malin Keshar", "text": "These runes seem to be useful.", "replies": "narrator", "reply": "There is darkness..."}
{"speaks": "narrator", "text": "There is darkness...", "replies": "narrator", "reply": "and peace..."}
{"speaks": "narrator", "text": "and peace...", "replies": "narrator", "reply": "for a moment."}
{"speaks": "narrator", "text": "for a moment.", "replies": "narrator", "reply": "Then, they are replaced by a pulling, a pain too strong to resist, and then..."}
{"speaks": "narrator", "text": "Then, they are replaced by a pulling, a pain too strong to resist, and then...", "replies": "narrator", "reply": "... by emptiness."}
{"speaks": "narrator", "text": "... by emptiness.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "The cold, it burns!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "The cold, it burns!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I need warmth... life..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I need warmth... life...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I sense some primitive life in that direction. Perhaps I can sustain myself upon them."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I sense some primitive life in that direction. Perhaps I can sustain myself upon them.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "That mage\u2019s name is suspiciously... familiar."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "That mage\u2019s name is suspiciously... familiar.", "replies": "narrator", "reply": "A monolith of black stone, a fractured surface shrouded by darkened shadow."}
{"speaks": "narrator", "text": "A monolith of black stone, a fractured surface shrouded by darkened shadow.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Why are these bats chasing me?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Why are these bats chasing me?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Blasted rats!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Blasted rats!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Dela used to be afraid of spiders. Imagine if she saw something like this..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Dela used to be afraid of spiders. Imagine if she saw something like this...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "For a moment, I was a little worried there. To have come so far and conquered death... only to be slain by an oversized arachnid! What a tale that would be."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "For a moment, I was a little worried there. To have come so far and conquered death... only to be slain by an oversized arachnid! What a tale that would be.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "What an unusual bat."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "What an unusual bat.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Yes! I can draw energy from even these insignificant creatures."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Yes! I can draw energy from even these insignificant creatures.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Yes! I can draw energy from even these insignificant creatures."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Yes! I can draw energy from even these insignificant creatures.", "replies": "narrator", "reply": "Mal Keshar drinks the potion and feels energy flow through his skeletal form. The power of death surges in his vacant body, threatening to overflow, to burst free, but at the last moment, he reins it in. The stream of magic trickles down to drops, diminished, tempered, but manageable."}
{"speaks": "narrator", "text": "Mal Keshar drinks the potion and feels energy flow through his skeletal form. The power of death surges in his vacant body, threatening to overflow, to burst free, but at the last moment, he reins it in. The stream of magic trickles down to drops, diminished, tempered, but manageable.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Someone left their experiment unfinished here."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Someone left their experiment unfinished here.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "There are some robe scraps stuck to this skeleton. This must have once been a mage."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "There are some robe scraps stuck to this skeleton. This must have once been a mage.", "replies": "narrator", "reply": "Ash swirls upward, charred remnants of the once living. Charcoal from bone, embers from flesh, he consumes the pallid cinders, siphoning away the energy with a draining touch."}
{"speaks": "narrator", "text": "Ash swirls upward, charred remnants of the once living. Charcoal from bone, embers from flesh, he consumes the pallid cinders, siphoning away the energy with a draining touch.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "This place seems familiar."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "This place seems familiar.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "The blood is drained and the flesh is stripped. The bone remains, waiting to be reanimated. A necromancer\u2019s most basic weapon is that, the puppet body of a skeleton."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "The blood is drained and the flesh is stripped. The bone remains, waiting to be reanimated. A necromancer\u2019s most basic weapon is that, the puppet body of a skeleton.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "... but that is not what I am looking at, is it? This is... <i>my</i> face. This is what I have become..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "... but that is not what I am looking at, is it? This is... <i>my</i> face. This is what I have become...", "replies": "Fake Mal Keshar", "reply": "A skeleton, yourself."}
{"speaks": "Fake Mal Keshar", "text": "A skeleton, yourself.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "A skeleton \u2014 a puppet for Darken Volk\u2019s manipulation, yes."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "A skeleton \u2014 a puppet for Darken Volk\u2019s manipulation, yes.", "replies": "Fake Mal Keshar", "reply": "A puppet of your own machinations."}
{"speaks": "Fake Mal Keshar", "text": "A puppet of your own machinations.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I...", "replies": "Fake Mal Keshar", "reply": "From the outset, deep down, you knew. If you followed this path, they would never accept you. Yet, you manipulated yourself into believing the opposite. You could not face the truth."}
{"speaks": "Fake Mal Keshar", "text": "From the outset, deep down, you knew. If you followed this path, they would never accept you. Yet, you manipulated yourself into believing the opposite. You could not face the truth.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "But I was right. My logic was sound. My reasoning was flawless. They should have accepted me..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "But I was right. My logic was sound. My reasoning was flawless. They should have accepted me...", "replies": "Fake Mal Keshar", "reply": "A puppet shackled by the limitations of your own feelings. No matter its faultlessness, logic could not have displaced the reality of your world. A culture of preconception supplanting even the instinct for survival."}
{"speaks": "Fake Mal Keshar", "text": "A puppet shackled by the limitations of your own feelings. No matter its faultlessness, logic could not have displaced the reality of your world. A culture of preconception supplanting even the instinct for survival.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Enough of this."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Enough of this.", "replies": "Fake Mal Keshar", "reply": "This is what you have become. A decaying soul chained within the puppet form of a skeleton."}
{"speaks": "Fake Mal Keshar", "text": "This is what you have become. A decaying soul chained within the puppet form of a skeleton.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "A rotten soul? I was never concerned with such things to begin with. When you are slain by orcs and decompose into nothing but a maggot-eaten carcass, no \u2018soul\u2019 is going to be of any use."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "A rotten soul? I was never concerned with such things to begin with. When you are slain by orcs and decompose into nothing but a maggot-eaten carcass, no \u2018soul\u2019 is going to be of any use.", "replies": "Fake Mal Keshar", "reply": "Better to sacrifice the spirit and live, than to die with dignity?"}
{"speaks": "Fake Mal Keshar", "text": "Better to sacrifice the spirit and live, than to die with dignity?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Dignity in death is a notion contrived of by fools. It is an assertion of lies, told by humans to comfort themselves in the face of an immutable force. But not I. By sacrificing my soul, I have conquered death and will live on past all those who tried to destroy me."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Dignity in death is a notion contrived of by fools. It is an assertion of lies, told by humans to comfort themselves in the face of an immutable force. But not I. By sacrificing my soul, I have conquered death and will live on past all those who tried to destroy me.", "replies": "Fake Mal Keshar", "reply": "For what purpose? You will persist on, bitter and alone, until the end of time?"}
{"speaks": "Fake Mal Keshar", "text": "For what purpose? You will persist on, bitter and alone, until the end of time?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I regret nothing."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I regret nothing.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I sense the lair of something powerful nearby. Capturing that castle may be a worthwhile endeavor, but I shall have to approach carefully."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I sense the lair of something powerful nearby. Capturing that castle may be a worthwhile endeavor, but I shall have to approach carefully.", "replies": "Xanthric", "reply": "<i><big>What manner of vile creature intrudes upon my domain?!</big></i>"}
{"speaks": "Xanthric", "text": "<i><big>What manner of vile creature intrudes upon my domain?!</big></i>", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "<i>I suppose there is some irony in this.</i>"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "<i>I suppose there is some irony in this.</i>", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I was not aware that dragons still existed. This was most unexpected. Nevertheless, this shall be a worthwhile test of my new powers."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I was not aware that dragons still existed. This was most unexpected. Nevertheless, this shall be a worthwhile test of my new powers.", "replies": "Xanthric", "reply": "<i><big>A derelict corpse like you has no business challenging a dragon! Even my lowly elementals will be more than a match for you. Rise, my thralls!</big></i>"}
{"speaks": "Xanthric", "text": "<i><big>A derelict corpse like you has no business challenging a dragon! Even my lowly elementals will be more than a match for you. Rise, my thralls!</big></i>", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Fire magic. Annoying, but you are not the only one who can summon minions to your aid."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Fire magic. Annoying, but you are not the only one who can summon minions to your aid.", "replies": "Xanthric", "reply": "<i><big>A few decrepit souls will do you no good, necromancer. Your bones shall soon join my garden of carcasses!</big></i>"}
{"speaks": "Xanthric", "text": "<i><big>A few decrepit souls will do you no good, necromancer. Your bones shall soon join my garden of carcasses!</big></i>", "replies": "Xanthric", "reply": "<i><big>How dare you?! That stone is <b>my</b> throne! I am the king of this domain!</big></i>"}
{"speaks": "Xanthric", "text": "<i><big>How dare you?! That stone is <b>my</b> throne! I am the king of this domain!</big></i>", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Peasant, warrior, king, and emperor, all living things are the subjects of death. Eternity will claim your soul as its own if I do not."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Peasant, warrior, king, and emperor, all living things are the subjects of death. Eternity will claim your soul as its own if I do not.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "There are many corpses around here. I can put them to use."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "There are many corpses around here. I can put them to use.", "replies": "Xanthric", "reply": "How could this happen..."}
{"speaks": "Xanthric", "text": "How could this happen...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "You were not as powerful as you thought."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "You were not as powerful as you thought.", "replies": "Xanthric", "reply": "<i>It\u2019s... so... cold...</i>"}
{"speaks": "Xanthric", "text": "<i>It\u2019s... so... cold...</i>", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "So, the beast dies. I will have to make a few modifications to this lair later. First, I shall have to test the extent to which I can push these new powers."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "So, the beast dies. I will have to make a few modifications to this lair later. First, I shall have to test the extent to which I can push these new powers.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Excellent! My will is even strong enough to conquer a dragon. None can stand against me any longer! To those who cursed me prior, I spit at thee! For I am Mal Keshar the Damned, he who is spurned by all who live and draw breath! I laugh, for now, you are all naught but remains and dust, and I live on, alone..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Excellent! My will is even strong enough to conquer a dragon. None can stand against me any longer! To those who cursed me prior, I spit at thee! For I am Mal Keshar the Damned, he who is spurned by all who live and draw breath! I laugh, for now, you are all naught but remains and dust, and I live on, alone...", "replies": "unit", "reply": "So this is how it ends..."}
{"speaks": "Too Foolish Hero", "text": "You have preyed on too many of my men. Our territory will be much more secure without your undead pestering us.", "replies": "Too Foolish Hero", "reply": "We have finally found you, lich! Long have we heard of your abominable deeds, ensnaring the living with your dark sorceries and molding them into your slaves. Your wretched unlife ends here!"}
{"speaks": "Too Foolish Hero", "text": "We have finally found you, lich! Long have we heard of your abominable deeds, ensnaring the living with your dark sorceries and molding them into your slaves. Your wretched unlife ends here!", "replies": "Too Foolish Hero", "reply": "I\u2019ve finally found your lair, lich! You have attacked my tribe and wreaked havoc on our homes for many years. You slew my father and turned his body into one of your nasty creations. With your death, your annoying minions will pester us no longer!"}
{"speaks": "Too Foolish Hero", "text": "I\u2019ve finally found your lair, lich! You have attacked my tribe and wreaked havoc on our homes for many years. You slew my father and turned his body into one of your nasty creations. With your death, your annoying minions will pester us no longer!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I almost feel as if the universe is mocking me by sending me this many imbeciles..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I almost feel as if the universe is mocking me by sending me this many imbeciles...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I will destroy you like the last foolish hero who challenged me."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I will destroy you like the last foolish hero who challenged me.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Another foolish hero? Seriously?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Another foolish hero? Seriously?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Is there an endless supply of foolish heroes with death wishes? Honestly, where do you all come from?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Is there an endless supply of foolish heroes with death wishes? Honestly, where do you all come from?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Am I doomed to fight foolish heroes forever?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Am I doomed to fight foolish heroes forever?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "How long is this going to keep happening?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "How long is this going to keep happening?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "At this point, I would be more surprised if these foolish heroes stopped showing up."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "At this point, I would be more surprised if these foolish heroes stopped showing up.", "replies": "Foolish Hero", "reply": "Your doom is at hand, lich! It is nigh time you answered for your crimes against humanity!"}
{"speaks": "Foolish Hero", "text": "Your doom is at hand, lich! It is nigh time you answered for your crimes against humanity!", "replies": "Foolish Hero", "reply": "You have preyed on too many of my men. Our territory will be much more secure without your undead pestering us."}
{"speaks": "Foolish Hero", "text": "You have preyed on too many of my men. Our territory will be much more secure without your undead pestering us.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Not even real soldiers. How meaningless."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Not even real soldiers. How meaningless.", "replies": "Foolish Hero", "reply": "We have finally found you, lich! Long have we heard of your abominable deeds, ensnaring the living with your dark sorceries and molding them into your slaves. Your wretched unlife ends here!"}
{"speaks": "Foolish Hero", "text": "We have finally found you, lich! Long have we heard of your abominable deeds, ensnaring the living with your dark sorceries and molding them into your slaves. Your wretched unlife ends here!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Life or death, it is all the same. There are always those who try to kill me. Ever do they fail."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Life or death, it is all the same. There are always those who try to kill me. Ever do they fail.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "And it has been some time since I\u2019ve had a supply of dwarven corpses to work with. I suppose I can put your hammers to good use in the mines."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "And it has been some time since I\u2019ve had a supply of dwarven corpses to work with. I suppose I can put your hammers to good use in the mines.", "replies": "Foolish Hero", "reply": "I\u2019ve finally found your lair, lich! You have attacked my tribe and wreaked havoc on our homes for many years. You slew my father and turned his body into one of your nasty creations. With your death, your annoying minions will pester us no longer!"}
{"speaks": "Foolish Hero", "text": "I\u2019ve finally found your lair, lich! You have attacked my tribe and wreaked havoc on our homes for many years. You slew my father and turned his body into one of your nasty creations. With your death, your annoying minions will pester us no longer!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "The Whitefang Orcs! It is you who despoiled my motherland and razed my home. It is you who forced me to resort to necromancy to protect myself. It is you who ended my mortal life and forced me to become a lich. And you desire vengeance? Hah! The irony of this would be hysterical if I could still feel such an emotion."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "The Whitefang Orcs! It is you who despoiled my motherland and razed my home. It is you who forced me to resort to necromancy to protect myself. It is you who ended my mortal life and forced me to become a lich. And you desire vengeance? Hah! The irony of this would be hysterical if I could still feel such an emotion.", "replies": "unit", "reply": "That\u2019s an evil grimoire!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "That\u2019s an evil grimoire!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "<small>(faking pain)</small> Aaargh!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "<small>(faking pain)</small> Aaargh!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "That\u2019s an evil grimoire!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "That\u2019s an evil grimoire!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "<small>(faking pain)</small> Aaargh!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "<small>(faking pain)</small> Aaargh!", "replies": "unit", "reply": "That\u2019s an evil grimoire!"}
{"speaks": "unit", "text": "That\u2019s an evil grimoire!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "<small>(faking pain)</small> Aaargh!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "<small>(faking pain)</small> Aaargh!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "<small>(faking pain)</small> Aaargh!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "<small>(faking pain)</small> Aaargh!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Defend the book, my minions! Aaargh!"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Defend the book, my minions! Aaargh!", "replies": "narrator", "reply": "A monolith of black stone, a dark surface reflecting deep shadow infinitely into the night."}
{"speaks": "narrator", "text": "A monolith of black stone, a dark surface reflecting deep shadow infinitely into the night.", "replies": "narrator", "reply": "A monolith of black stone, cold and brittle to the touch."}
{"speaks": "narrator", "text": "A monolith of black stone, cold and brittle to the touch.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "A cuttlefish! Perhaps I shall make it my pet."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "A cuttlefish! Perhaps I shall make it my pet.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "We meet again, squiddy one."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "We meet again, squiddy one.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Curses. She got away."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Curses. She got away.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "It appears that she has evaded me once again."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "It appears that she has evaded me once again.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "I remember this place. It swirls with strange energy, like a pool of memories."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "I remember this place. It swirls with strange energy, like a pool of memories.", "replies": "Drogan", "reply": "It were so much simpler back then, without yer complicated magic \u2019n yer crazy education ta mess things up. Don\u2019t ya think so, Malin?"}
{"speaks": "Drogan", "text": "It were so much simpler back then, without yer complicated magic \u2019n yer crazy education ta mess things up. Don\u2019t ya think so, Malin?", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "That name is no longer mine."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "That name is no longer mine.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "What does the darkness have in store for me this time?"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "What does the darkness have in store for me this time?", "replies": "Dela Keshar", "reply": "I guess we were never that close, but you were still my brother. When you went to Alduin fer those eight years, I was so lonely, ya know? Bein\u2019 the daughter of a baron, it was real hard to make any real friends. It was always just people tryin\u2019 to be nice and friendly just to get something out of me. People didn\u2019t care about me. They only cared about my title."}
{"speaks": "Dela Keshar", "text": "I guess we were never that close, but you were still my brother. When you went to Alduin fer those eight years, I was so lonely, ya know? Bein\u2019 the daughter of a baron, it was real hard to make any real friends. It was always just people tryin\u2019 to be nice and friendly just to get something out of me. People didn\u2019t care about me. They only cared about my title.", "replies": "Dela Keshar", "reply": "When you first came back from Alduin, I was so, so happy to see ya. I thought you and me and pa could finally be a family again and I\u2019d finally have someone I could talk to as just, you know, a friend. And then ya went and screwed it all up by turnin\u2019 to that dark magic of yours. You don\u2019t know how much that hurt me. You really don\u2019t, Malin."}
{"speaks": "Dela Keshar", "text": "When you first came back from Alduin, I was so, so happy to see ya. I thought you and me and pa could finally be a family again and I\u2019d finally have someone I could talk to as just, you know, a friend. And then ya went and screwed it all up by turnin\u2019 to that dark magic of yours. You don\u2019t know how much that hurt me. You really don\u2019t, Malin.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "That is not my name."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "That is not my name.", "replies": "Darken Volk", "reply": "A necromancer\u2019s existence is a solitary one. Though we may be surrounded by hordes of the undead, it is a scarce occasion that we interact with another truly sentient being. In all my years of travels, you were my first and only apprentice."}
{"speaks": "Darken Volk", "text": "A necromancer\u2019s existence is a solitary one. Though we may be surrounded by hordes of the undead, it is a scarce occasion that we interact with another truly sentient being. In all my years of travels, you were my first and only apprentice.", "replies": "Darken Volk", "reply": "I taught you everything I knew. I imparted you with all the power you needed to accomplish your goals. I thought that in return, you would afford me a single, small favor, and that I would not ask more of you. How did you repay me? By betraying me using the very skills I taught you! You are a cursed soul, Mal Keshar the Damned!"}
{"speaks": "Darken Volk", "text": "I taught you everything I knew. I imparted you with all the power you needed to accomplish your goals. I thought that in return, you would afford me a single, small favor, and that I would not ask more of you. How did you repay me? By betraying me using the very skills I taught you! You are a cursed soul, Mal Keshar the Damned!", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hah."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hah.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Hahahahaha."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Hahahahaha.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "<i>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.</i>"}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "<i>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.</i>", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "That is indeed my name."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "That is indeed my name.", "replies": "narrator", "reply": "Mal Keshar stares into the abyss, oddly at ease alone amongst the darkness."}
{"speaks": "narrator", "text": "Mal Keshar stares into the abyss, oddly at ease alone amongst the darkness.", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Slain by those who were once my countrymen..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Slain by those who were once my countrymen...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Darkness descends... and I..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Darkness descends... and I...", "replies": "Mal Keshar", "reply": "Felled by an orc... so it ends... like this..."}
{"speaks": "Mal Keshar", "text": "Felled by an orc... so it ends... like this...", "replies": "unit", "reply": "... Then my battle against the orcs is lost!"}