FormID: 01000EE6 HCTopics GREETING 0 I just follow Captain Palenix's orders. You should speak with him.
FormID: 01000EF7 HCTopics GREETING 0 Yes? Do you need something from the Highland Company Retainers? I am their Captain; Sabinus Palenix.
FormID: 01000EF9 HCTopics HCScreamerS10Master 0 ... And Ignatius recommended us as guards for the old castle, did he? Well, we're retainers now - and we have our responsibilities to fulfil.
FormID: 01000EF9 HCTopics HCScreamerS10Master 1 Right now, we have been hired by Lady Valga - the Countess of Chorrol - to destroy an undead creature hiding beneath her township.
FormID: 01000EF9 HCTopics HCScreamerS10Master 2 Before you ask: we are still here in the lodge because we are waiting for a tardy shipment of restorative potions.
FormID: 01000EF9 HCTopics HCScreamerS10Master 3 It would be irresponsible of me to send the men down there without those potions... so here we wait.
FormID: 01000EF9 HCTopics HCScreamerS10Master 4 It is our policy to finish one task before moving onto another; and a live-in guard position at a castle would obviously preclude doing other jobs.
FormID: 01000EF9 HCTopics HCScreamerS10Master 5 Once our current task is complete, we might well consider your offer of work; but I'm afraid I don't know when that might be.
FormID: 01000EFB HCTopics HCScreamerS10Creature 0 Ahhh, I see your type now: an adventurer of some kind. You don't know the meaning of the word 'patience'.
FormID: 01000EFB HCTopics HCScreamerS10Creature 1 Well, by all means have at the beastly revenant yourself, if you want. The men are getting restless cooped up here.
FormID: 01000EFB HCTopics HCScreamerS10Creature 10 Best of luck to you.
FormID: 01000EFB HCTopics HCScreamerS10Creature 2 It would be good to have this... task... behind us. You would receive the payment originally due to us, too; if you can destroy it.
FormID: 01000EFB HCTopics HCScreamerS10Creature 3 The beast is a walking corpse called 'Screamer'. A horrible thing. It moans constantly, without drawing breath - so to speak.
FormID: 01000EFB HCTopics HCScreamerS10Creature 4 It has taken up residence in the hollows beneath Chorrol: there is a fissure under the outer wall of the town that leads down there.
FormID: 01000EFB HCTopics HCScreamerS10Creature 5 Its moans carry an unnaturally long way, and the townsfolk say that if you listen to them long enough you start to hear a horrific screaming instead.
FormID: 01000EFB HCTopics HCScreamerS10Creature 6 Hence the name 'Screamer'. It's more than just a... haunting noise, though: its calls seem to be attracting other undead monstrosities.
FormID: 01000EFB HCTopics HCScreamerS10Creature 7 They are massing beneath the town. You can see why Lady Valga would want to be rid of the beast.
FormID: 01000EFB HCTopics HCScreamerS10Creature 8 Here, do you have a map of the area? I'll show you where the entrance is.
FormID: 01000EFB HCTopics HCScreamerS10Creature 9 Take this key too: the entrance has been sealed to keep the thing inside; and to stop anyone from the town wandering in.
FormID: 01001F3F HCTopics GREETING 0 Yes, Master Hoarfrost? Do you need something?
FormID: 01001F42 HCTopics HCEnchant 0 Certainly. May I see the item in question?
FormID: 01001F43 HCTopics HCCreateSpell 0 Of course. What kind of spell did you have in mind?
FormID: 01002009 HCTopics HCGDS10Blacksmith 0 A blacksmith is essential for the proper running of a castle, really. The guardsmen need their equipment kept in top condition.
FormID: 01002009 HCTopics HCGDS10Blacksmith 1 Not to mention the services a smith could provide to you personally; if you had arms and armour of your own that needed attention, for example.
FormID: 01002009 HCTopics HCGDS10Blacksmith 2 In the days of the late Master Callonus, it was always the blacksmith who arranged the trading of arms and armour for the entire castle, so...
FormID: 01002009 HCTopics HCGDS10Blacksmith 3 Having a blacksmith here would make it easier for you to trade your own personal arms and armour also.
FormID: 01002009 HCTopics HCGDS10Blacksmith 4 Now, there is a young man I know called Bodean Monsey. He was also in the care of the orphanage I used to work for.
FormID: 01002009 HCTopics HCGDS10Blacksmith 5 Hardly ever saw him, actually; he was always off badgering the local smith to teach him the trade. *Passionate* about smithing, is young Bodean.
FormID: 01002009 HCTopics HCGDS10Blacksmith 6 He's now apprenticed to the blacksmith at Anvil Castle; although the last time I saw him he said he felt a little 'limited' by the arrangement.
FormID: 01002009 HCTopics HCGDS10Blacksmith 7 I saw Bodean's work - and he is gifted, I can tell you. He would be perfect for the position - and quite amenable, I'm sure.
FormID: 0100200A HCTopics GREETING 0 Yes? Do you need something from me?
FormID: 0100200F HCTopics GREETING 0 Yes? Can I help you?
FormID: 01002825 HCTopics GREETING 0 Hello to you, Master Hoarfrost. Do you need something?
FormID: 01002ED5 HCTopics GREETING 0 Leave me be, churl. I have no time for the likes of you.
FormID: 010036A7 HCTopics GREETING 0 Master Hoarfrost; hello! Do you need something?
FormID: 010036A8 HCTopics GREETING 0 The Master of the castle! Can I help you with something?
FormID: 01003D81 HCTopics GREETING 0 Yes? Do you need something from me?
FormID: 010044E5 HCTopics GREETING 0 Master Hoarfrost. You wished to discuss the candidates I had in mind for positions here? Well, before that, there is one thing...
FormID: 010044E5 HCTopics GREETING 1 But... no. It's not important; it can wait. We should focus on filling these positions first.
FormID: 010044E7 HCTopics HCGDS10AssistantMage 0 Ah, yes: an assistant mage. The late Mistress Callonus employed an assistant to keep track of the more mundane aspects of her magical research...
FormID: 010044E7 HCTopics HCGDS10AssistantMage 1 Trips to nearby towns for relevant supplies, recharging enchanted items - that sort of thing. Magic-related services.
FormID: 010044E7 HCTopics HCGDS10AssistantMage 2 Even if you do not find yourself in need of such services very often, I believe you would find the person I have in mind to be a real asset here.
FormID: 010044E7 HCTopics HCGDS10AssistantMage 3 She can grant you access to 'privileges' normally only enjoyed by those select few admitted to the Arcane University in the Imperial City.
FormID: 010044E7 HCTopics HCGDS10AssistantMage 4 And she is a unique individual. A very powerful mage. Her name is Estirdalin, and I have crossed paths with her on more than one occasion.
FormID: 010044E7 HCTopics HCGDS10AssistantMage 5 I have always... been very impressed by her.
FormID: 010044E7 HCTopics HCGDS10AssistantMage 6 She boards at the Mages Guild Hall in Cheydinhal, though I believe she feels... somewhat stifled there.
FormID: 010044E7 HCTopics HCGDS10AssistantMage 7 She would welcome the freedom a position here would provide, I'm sure. The Mages Guild is very strict these days.
FormID: 010044E8 HCTopics GREETING 0 Master Hoarfrost. Did you wish to discuss the candidates I had in mind for positions here?
FormID: 01005055 HCTopics HCStoreIngreds 0 Very well, I shall store all your alchemical ingredients away for you.
FormID: 01005617 HCTopics HCEstirdalinNoServices 0 Apologies, Master Hoarfrost, but I will have to ask you to come see me in the Mage's Study from 8am to 8pm; I can help you then.
FormID: 01006F0F HCTopics GREETING 0 There's someone there, isn't there. Did you want something from me?
FormID: 01008D45 HCTopics HCConduitTopic 0 I can sense nothing dark or dangerous in the Conduit. Its mystical teleportation properties remain, but its once necromantic nature is just gone.
FormID: 01008D45 HCTopics HCConduitTopic 1 By all accounts it sounds as if the souls of Furius Hoarfrost, and of all the others cursed to haunt this place, have passed on through the Conduit.
FormID: 01008D45 HCTopics HCConduitTopic 2 Passed through the veil of death to the great beyond. After all, it was intended as a conduit to the gods, was it not?
FormID: 01008D45 HCTopics HCConduitTopic 3 It should be perfectly safe to use now, in any case.
FormID: 01008D45 HCTopics HCConduitTopic 4 It seems that using the Conduit to teleport to the chamber here in the castle will leave a mystical mark at the location you teleported from.
FormID: 01008D45 HCTopics HCConduitTopic 5 Passing through this portal you speak of in the secret chamber should return you to that mystical mark. Quite a useful item, that Conduit.
FormID: 01008D4D HCTopics HCHauntingTopic 0 It's a weight off my shoulders to hear that the curse has been lifted, I can tell you that. I hope the souls of my parents can rest peacefully now.
FormID: 01008D4D HCTopics HCHauntingTopic 1 Thank you for all you've done; from the bottom of my heart - and the hearts of my men.
FormID: 01009E89 HCTopics GREETING 0 Is there something I can do for you, brother?
FormID: 01009E8A HCTopics GREETING 0 Is there something I can do for you, sister?
FormID: 01009E8C HCTopics HCGDS10Priest 0 Ah, yes... You may remember me lamenting the state of the chapel here in the castle yard. Physically, the place is fine; but spiritually...
FormID: 01009E8C HCTopics HCGDS10Priest 1 Spiritually, the altar within lies empty of the Grace of the Nine. We need a priest to bless and restore the chapel to its rightful state.
FormID: 01009E8C HCTopics HCGDS10Priest 2 The chapel's altar cannot be used until then.
FormID: 01009E8C HCTopics HCGDS10Priest 3 A resident priest would be a great comfort to many here in the castle; especially considering the... history of this place.
FormID: 01009E8C HCTopics HCGDS10Priest 4 Their healing hands are always welcome too, of course. Now, my old friend Faric - Prior Faric, I should say - would be ideal.
FormID: 01009E8C HCTopics HCGDS10Priest 5 He's under Abbot Crowley at the remote Yellowleaf Chapel; out in County Cheydinhal, west of Lake Arrius.
FormID: 01009E8C HCTopics HCGDS10Priest 6 I don't know how agreeable he will be to the idea of leaving Yellowleaf Chapel; it's a place he helped build, after all.
FormID: 01009E8C HCTopics HCGDS10Priest 7 It is my hope that our long friendship will go some way to persuading him. Just be sure to stress that it would be a great favour to me.
FormID: 01009EDC HCTopics GREETING 0 Hello there, brother! Can I help you with something?
FormID: 01009EDE HCTopics GREETING 0 Hello there, sister! Can I help you with something?
FormID: 01009EE0 HCTopics HCPriorFaricHealTopic 0 Certainly. Please, hold still...
FormID: 0100AB43 HCTopics GREETING 0 Please, stranger: I just want to be left alone.
FormID: 0100BF18 HCTopics HCDS100AltarTopic 0 I have blessed and restored the altar here in the chapel. It is again fit to pray at.
FormID: 0100BF18 HCTopics HCDS100AltarTopic 1 Now, I don't share the commonly held belief that the 'unlawful' should be barred from praying at altars of the Nine Divines.
FormID: 0100BF18 HCTopics HCDS100AltarTopic 2 How are the wicked supposed to repent and pray for forgiveness if they are forbidden from praying?
FormID: 0100BF18 HCTopics HCDS100AltarTopic 3 No, in a chapel under my sole care, you will find that you may pray at the altar regardless of how well or poorly you are viewed by 'common law'.