CharChasingWyrm

10 > Bombastine

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful!

10 > Lodun

You provoke me at your peril!

10 > Luscinia

Don't follow me. This is NOT your concern.

10 > Mathila

Chase me!

10 > Sythel

Stop following me!

20 > Bombastine

I see you, chasing me!

20 > Lodun

You play with fire, fool!

20 > Luscinia

This is futile. Stop.

20 > Mathila

You can't catch me!

20 > Sythel

I know what you're planning!

30 > Bombastine

You wish you were this fast.

30 > Lodun

You would goad a DRAGON?!

30 > Luscinia

Leave me alone. No further warnings.

30 > Mathila

Look how big I am!

30 > Sythel

You don't have to do this.

40 > Bombastine

You're beneath me and you always will be.

40 > Lodun

For this shall you lament and repent!

40 > Luscinia

You are only making things worse!

40 > Mathila

Well? Come on, then!

40 > Sythel

Get back!

FightHowStart

10 > Teshin

You will need my Orvius to challenge this Orowyrm. Find it.

20 > Teshin

Our mutual friend waits with my Orvius. If you desire to subdue this Orowyrm, take it.

30 > Teshin

The Orowyrm must be subdued, for that, I offer you my Orvius. The rest is up to you.

MoodIntro

10 > Bombastine

I am better than any of them! Fate and small, jealous others have conspired to inflict this upon me! You! Will you defy their cruelty and aid me?

10 > Lodun

I've seen YOU drifting among the isles of MY kingdom! If it weren't for that manic little IMP! He's got it in for you. If you're not a complete idiot you'll see that we should... HELP... one another.

10 > Luscinia

I am Sorrow, and suffering is my lot, but today the burden is too much to bear. If my pain is avenged, perhaps... perhaps it will be lifted a little?

10 > Mathila

There's no excuse for negativity in this wonderful kingdom. I think someone like you wants to be part of the solution, and I'm happy to say I can help.

10 > Sythel

Can I trust you? I have to. They're everywhere. Plotting against me. I need you to destroy them. Every single last one!

20 > Bombastine

Duviri has owed me for an age, short-changed me at every turn. We shall set things to rights. Let us collect.

20 > Lodun

Another day, another insult to my dignity... my right! Return me to my rightful place OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES!

20 > Luscinia

I have grieved for long enough, while others in Duviri have laughed at my pain. Today, we shall turn the world upside down.

20 > Mathila

You can't dwell on your woes for ever! It's time to spread some positivity for a change. Oh don't worry. I'm on this journey with you.

20 > Sythel

They've kept me locked up inside my own mind all these years. Frightening me with their tricks. Now I need you to make THEM afraid.

RegularPatrol

20 > DomThrax

For that, Drifter, I shall break something of yours.

30 > Bombastine

That witch Luscinia's poured poison in the King's ear with her harpy's verse. After all, I've done for the arts they mean to kill me! Stop his ingrate thugs!

30 > DomThrax

Look: They died with my name on their lips.

30 > Lodun

The imp's grown suspicious of me. His spies approach even now to *surveil*. ME! One more BUCKET OF PISS splashed in my face for the world to see. Take care of this before we're both in the stocks.

30 > Luscinia

The hollow ones mock my pain. Find out whether their hearts can be broken.

30 > Mathila

Either you keep stewing over your grudges against the King's Dax, or you channel that energy into something positive. It's up to you!

30 > Sythel

The Dax know EVERYTHING! Why did you let them find out our plan? You've got to wipe them out, quickly! Come on! Let's get cutting throats!

40 > Bombastine

Hah! 'Dax'. She has them wrapped around her little finger. "Oh boys, go smack Bombastine's bot-bot for me." They won't be expecting YOU.

40 > DomThrax

You shall have to do away with a greater number than that to trouble me.

40 > Lodun

The imp thinks he can send his clanking cretins to haul ME away? As if I were nothing but a filthy tam-snaffler? RIP THEIR ARMS AND LEGS OFF!

40 > Luscinia

The Dax. Responsible for so. Much. Sadness. And yet they have rarely answered for it. Redress the balance.

40 > Mathila

The Dax hurt you. Give yourself permission to hurt them back. It's what you need.

40 > Sythel

It's only a matter of time before the Dax find out what we're up to. There's a bunch of them nearby, acting suspicious. You need to get them before they get us.

TrigHappy

40 > Teshin

Mathila's Orowyrm seeks to inflict her idea of happiness on all of Duviri. Subdue this tyranny.

50 > Teshin

Mathila the Orowyrm rejoices in her dominion. The Void itself is her plaything today.

CharGrapWyrm

50 > Bombastine

This is not a free ride.

50 > Lodun

You! DARE?!

50 > Luscinia

Another burden.

50 > Mathila

Oh, that tickles!

50 > Sythel

Augh! It's crawling on me!

60 > Bombastine

No hangers-on!

60 > Lodun

Aagh! Begone, vermin!

60 > Luscinia

I will not carry you.

60 > Mathila

You'd better hold tight!

60 > Sythel

No! Please! Don't hurt me!

70 > Bombastine

Off you get, leech.

70 > Lodun

Miserable! TICK!

70 > Luscinia

I will make you regret this.

70 > Mathila

And where do you think you're going?

70 > Sythel

I... I don't want this!

80 > Bombastine

Get your filthy hands off me!

80 > Lodun

Off! OFF!

80 > Luscinia

Enough!

80 > Mathila

Oh no you don't!

80 > Sythel

Eurgh, its fingers are like slugs!

StealObject

50 > Bombastine

The King expects me to do my best work on a pittance. You can see how unjust that is, can't you? I refuse to live in penury! Fetch me some more suitable reward.

50 > DomThrax

Double the bounty on that thieving scum.

50 > Lodun

Our kingly imp's got something precious of mine, and I want it back. Find that boot-licking treasurer's stash!

50 > Luscinia

Others find comfort in material things. Seek them out for me, my dark angel, that I might drown my misery in excess.

50 > Sythel

The King can't find out what we're doing here. Oh Void. What if he already suspects? We'll have to make it look like a simple robbery. You don't mind stealing, do you?

60 > DomThrax

I shall simply have to kill you and take it back.

70 > DomThrax

I shall extract its value out of your stinking hide.

80 > DomThrax

Oh! A pretender and a thief. What a worm you are.

TrigAngry

60 > Teshin

Subdue Lodun's Orowyrm before all Duviri is consumed by his anger.

70 > Teshin

Lodun is filled with fury. He will scorch the earth.

DefendBuilding

70 > Bombastine

The dwelling should be rightfully mine, obviously! We shall claim it, you and I. And if the Dax object, give them your worst.

70 > Lodun

That imp knows that I am the rightful heir. His minions have murdered my sage and even now set fire to his records house. Therein are the laws of Duviri succession, soon to ash! Hurry! You must stop them!

70 > Luscinia

This place... holds memories. Sweet ones, of a life that might have been. I can't bear to see the Dax swarming here. Dispatch them.

70 > Sythel

I'm going to need somewhere to run to. In case this all goes wrong. A place to hide. Yes. I know just the place. But they're already there. One step ahead of us. Keep it safe for me!

90 > DomThrax

Well. What was the point of that, exactly?

100 > DomThrax

Allow me to assist your faltering recollection: Duviri is mine. I break what I like.

110 > DomThrax

No amnesty for insurrectionists.

120 > DomThrax

I am the King, and The King's word is LAW! Everybody knows that! Everybody!

TrigFear

80 > Teshin

All Duviri lives in terror of the Orowyrm Sythel. Subdue her so that Duviri may have calm, if only for a day.

100 > Teshin

The Orowyrm Sythel flies in the stark terror of the storm, lightning-fanged. All fear her.

CharFirstHealth

90 > Bombastine

I'll devour everything that makes you, you.

90 > Lodun

Will you just PISS OFF?

90 > Luscinia

I feel you will regret this rashness.

90 > Mathila

I feel radiant!

90 > Sythel

Oh Void, oh no. Oh nononono!

100 > Bombastine

I'll take your face and make it my new mask!

100 > Lodun

You cross a deadly line, fool.

100 > Luscinia

You have suffered. You shall suffer again.

100 > Mathila

Yes! YES! Release your negativity!

100 > Sythel

Get them away from me!

110 > Bombastine

Well, aren't you persistent.

110 > Lodun

A FATAL mistake, as you will soon LEARN!

110 > Luscinia

Tuneless, tone-deaf ingrates!

110 > Mathila

Growth through conflict!

110 > Sythel

Thrax! Majesty! HELP MEEE!

120 > Bombastine

What enviable determination.

120 > Lodun

You've had your fun. Now I have MINE!

120 > Luscinia

I will no longer be victim to your pathetic cruelty!

120 > Mathila

Keep going! I am LOVING this!

120 > Sythel

There's no way out of here.

VIPKill

90 > Bombastine

I'm will not be 'kept in my place' by swaggering bullies! Just because I wasn't born with strength of arm, they feel like they can push me around? Teach them that my worth and talent are worth far more than their... engorged biceps!

90 > Lodun

The king's bounty has risen on both of our heads! You'll need to deal with this before we go any further.

90 > Luscinia

In my time as the King's captive songbird there have been many jailors... many tormentors. One of them now walks nearby. Let them taste the bitterness I have lived with all these years!

90 > Mathila

Dax Officers are meant to set a good example for the rest of us. This one needs to be punished. Think how happy she'll be when she's learned her lesson!

90 > Sythel

I feel sick. The King suspects. I'm sure of it. He's going to send an assassin after me. Any moment now. You have to get to the assassin first.

100 > Mathila

I cannot abide a bully, especially not a bully in uniform. Teach that Dax Officer not to push the little people around.

130 > DomThrax

Ah. My fallen friend. You shall be avenged.

140 > DomThrax

Well. He failed me. So he's better off dead.

150 > DomThrax

You! How dare you! He was better than you! Finer.

160 > DomThrax

I had such high hopes for that one. Ah well.

MedusaLock

110 > Bombastine

I can hear them now. Little children laughing at me because they could solve the maze and I couldn't. I won't have it. Solve the wretched thing!

110 > Lodun

Grah! I can never work these STUPID mazes out! Wait. YOU can do it for me!

110 > Luscinia

A Royal maze. I think... I think I lost something precious in a maze like that, long ago... please, would you quest on my behalf, for some small piece of sweetness?

110 > Mathila

I think some simple little challenges will perk you right up. Ouu, why not have a go at this Royal Maze?

110 > Sythel

I'm scared of mazes. You never know what might be skulking at the center. You go look. I'll wait.

120 > Bombastine

I grew up hearing stories of these odd configurations. How riches awaited those clever enough to solve them. Show me what that feels like!

120 > Lodun

While I deal with whichever of the Imp's INCOMPETENT ministers set this travesty up, YOU can take it back down again.

120 > Luscinia

Secrets are lost in mazes like this. Sometimes souls are, too. Perhaps some wait for us there, now. Let us look. What choice do we have, after all?

120 > Mathila

Royal Mazes teach independence and build character! Don't give up! Keep trying!

120 > Sythel

One day I might be locked up in one of those mazes. Then you'll have to get me out. I need to know you can do that. Show me.

170 > DomThrax

Bra-vo. Aren't you clever.

180 > DomThrax

I must admit: watching you fumble your way through that was becoming embarrassing.

190 > DomThrax

Took you long enough.

200 > DomThrax

How to keep an idiot occupied...

TrigEnvy

110 > Teshin

The Orowyrm Bombastine is as jealous as his master. He craves the validation of victory.

120 > Teshin

Bombastine's bitter envy seethes with venom and spite.

CharSecondHealth

130 > Bombastine

Did SHE put you up to this?

130 > Lodun

You mock me for the last time!

130 > Luscinia

Misery shall have company. I swear it.

130 > Mathila

Are you as excited as I am?

130 > Sythel

Got to get OUT!

140 > Bombastine

This isn't fair! I deserve this victory!

140 > Lodun

Your confidence is misplaced!

140 > Luscinia

You should have fled while you still could!

140 > Mathila

Nearly got you there!

140 > Sythel

What happened to my legs? What happened to ME?

150 > Bombastine

You wouldn't take these liberties with any OTHER wyrm!

150 > Lodun

I'll pound you to a sodding paste! Just wait!

150 > Luscinia

I shall provide you with reasons aplenty to mourn.

150 > Mathila

Am I going too easy on you?

150 > Sythel

I'm going to be trapped in this ugly form forever and ever!

160 > Bombastine

Don't you DARE deny me this!

160 > Lodun

I'll grab you by the heels and smash your shitty brains out on a rock!

160 > Luscinia

Back into the pit with you!

160 > Mathila

Come on! You can do it!

160 > Sythel

I'll drag you down with me! Don't think I won't!

PowerGrid

130 > Bombastine

Mmmm. Cunning devices like this feed Duviri with power, just so those witless peasants can piss it away. It's wasted on them. Recalibrate it in MY favor!

130 > Lodun

Damnation! This ABSURD contraption has broken down AGAIN! Fix it for me. I need all the power I can get!

130 > Luscinia

This structure and I share much. Both of us once useful, both of us discarded, both of us now derelict. Both... forgotten. Might you bring it to life again? That one of us may live on?

130 > Mathila

I can tell you want to be useful to the Duviri community, and fixing that generator would be a wonderful use of your time.

130 > Sythel

I don't like this. Broken-down machinery is suspicious. It attracts attention. Hurry, fix it before someone sees!

140 > Bombastine

The King has these generators built, and then he lets them go to rack and ruin. Get it running again. Give me a taste of his power.

140 > Lodun

Fix this blasted generator! I'm going to find whoever let it break down in the first place, and WHIP THEM RAW!

140 > Luscinia

If this ruin could flow with power again, perhaps this purgatory may hold just a little warmth for one such as me. Will you make it right? I hardly dare to ask.

140 > Mathila

A broken-down generator. What a useful metaphor for the isolated soul! Reconnect it, and reconnect the currents of your own heart.

140 > Sythel

I think this generator pumps the air in Duviri. And it's... broken? Oh Void. I can't breathe. My head's spinning. I'm going to die. Fix it!

210 > DomThrax

Execution was far too kind. I should have set you on a treadmill.

220 > DomThrax

You are no hero. You are merely... an errand runner.

230 > DomThrax

Are you not degraded by such work? I shall never understand the common mind.

240 > DomThrax

Oh. I was hoping you'd fry yourself alive.

TrigSorrow

130 > Teshin

Luscinia's coils are wracked with sorrow on this day. Her heart is ice, her breath a blizzard.

140 > Teshin

The Wyrm of Sorrow is ravening with despair. She will make all Duviri mourn with her.

FirstEngage

150 > DomThrax

Bring it on! I never get tired of watching you die!

160 > DomThrax

Oh, Orowyrm? Looksee. Your main course just rang the dinner bell!

170 > DomThrax

You really want to be crushed, burned and humiliated? Very well. I shall indulge your cravings.

GuardedChests

150 > Bombastine

The Dax have been collecting tribute from the peasants. What about ME? I think you should collect tribute from THEM. I'll make better use of it, naturally.

150 > Lodun

Oh, that Imp has gone too damn far this time! He's had his Dax confiscate MY BELONGINGS! POUND THEM INTO THE DIRT AND GET MY GOODS BACK!

150 > Luscinia

The Dax are guarding their pay chests. Blood money, every coin of it. Repay them for the misery they have caused.

150 > Mathila

Find out what's inside this chest, and as you do, ask yourself: what painful truths am I locking up inside my own wounded soul?

150 > Sythel

Listen. If I'm ever going to get out of here, set up someplace new, I'm going to need funds. Maybe...maybe you could find some Dax pay chests. They won't miss them.

160 > Bombastine

'There goes raggle-taggle Bombastine, with nothing to his name but bad verses and bile!' Get me money, Drifter. I want to drip with gold.

160 > Lodun

I'm the rightful king of Duviri, so the Imp's taxes are MY taxes. If these Dax have a PROBLEM with that, then you can make problems FOR them, can't you?

160 > Luscinia

Thrax melted down my jewellery for coin to pay his thugs. Misery for misery. Let me see them dead. Whatever they have is yours.

160 > Mathila

Sometimes joy is there for the taking, and sometimes nasty surprises lie in wait! You need to learn the difference. Not for me; for yourself.

160 > Sythel

You know what's in those chests the Dax are guarding? Evidence, that's what. I need it. Even if you have to go through them to get it.

250 > DomThrax

Peasant! Stupid thieving peasant!

260 > DomThrax

I shall retrieve that and tear off the thieving fingers that stole it!

270 > DomThrax

That is  not yours, you putrid dimwit!

280 > DomThrax

You evince a sad desperation for all that is mine. Would it then please you, should I spit upon you?

CharThirdHealth

170 > Bombastine

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?

170 > Lodun

THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE LIMIT!

170 > Luscinia

SORROW WILL DEVOUR YOU, BONES AND ALL.

170 > Mathila

I SHALL ENGULF YOU WITH MY JOY!

170 > Sythel

I'M DYING! DYYYYING!

180 > Bombastine

YOU WON'T TAKE MY VICTORY!

180 > Lodun

YOU BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELF!

180 > Luscinia

YOUR EFFORTS ARE WASTED. SORROW IS ETERNAL.

180 > Mathila

LET ME SEE THAT SMILE!

180 > Sythel

YOU'LL BE IN HERE WITH ME FOR ETERNITY! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?

190 > Bombastine

YOU KNOW I'M BETTER THAN YOU! AND YOU HATE IT!

190 > Lodun

BASTARDS! MISERABLE CONNIVING BASTARDS!

190 > Luscinia

THIS PAIN WILL PASS. YOURS WILL NOT.

190 > Mathila

OH, RAPTURE!

190 > Sythel

DISGUSTING LITTLE MANIKINS ALL OVER ME! AAAH!

200 > Bombastine

I'M WINNING TODAY AND THAT'S FINAL!

200 > Lodun

RIGHT! THAT'S IT! THAT'S THE END!

200 > Luscinia

ALL HEARTS CAN BREAK. EVEN YOURS.

200 > Mathila

SUCH CATHARSIS!

200 > Sythel

I'm so scared I'm so scared I'M SO SCARED

DaxTowers

170 > Bombastine

Those sentries look down on me. "There goes Bombastine," they say. "Fire a shot over his head and watch him jump!" Well, today, you're taking them down to MY level.

170 > Lodun

Smug Dax sentries sitting up there, thinking they're safe. Never been in a real fight in their rotten lives! Go and batter the hell out of them!

170 > Luscinia

From their high perch cruel Dax led by a cruel King ruin and victimize all. Justice is unknown in this cold place, yet I beg: cast them down. For once let THEM be the ones to mourn.

170 > Mathila

When you have a heart full of light, toxic people can be SO irritating. Arrogant sentries, for example. I think you'd learn a lot from teaching them some manners.

170 > Sythel

It makes your flesh creep. Walking under those towers. Knowing a Dax could pick you off any time he wanted. I can't stand it! You have to clear them out!

180 > Bombastine

Ah! I know those Dax. They're the ones that like to use me as a target in their spitting contests. Even the score, would you? Oh, I've dreamed of this.

180 > Lodun

Nothing galls my arse like the sight of a Dax sentry lording it over the rest of us from on high. Up you go. Beat them to a pulp.

180 > Luscinia

The King watches me... day and night. The Dax... the ones in the high towers... they are the King's eyes. Blind him.

180 > Mathila

Some people really do think they are above others! I'm hesitant to send you into this combat experience at this stage of your personal journey, but it's for the best.

180 > Sythel

Urgh. Watchful eyes always looking down at you. Making your skin crawl. Get rid of those sentries!

290 > DomThrax

All it requires is one fortunate shot, and your Drifting days are over.

300 > DomThrax

Pointless. You remain massively outnumbered.

310 > DomThrax

Oh, dear. I lost a sentry post. I may wet myself.

320 > DomThrax

One day, so I swear, your head shall adorn that very tower.

ChasePhase

180 > Teshin

The Orowyrm cannot be subdued out in the open. Use the Orvius and find a way to force it back to its lair.

190 > Teshin

To tame a wild kaithe, it must be ridden. The Orowyrm is no different.

GhostAmbush

190 > Bombastine

The spirits of the greedy dead rise, wanting me to return what is obviously mine! Well, I'm keeping IT ALL! You! Banish them!

190 > Lodun

A legion of FARTY LITTLE ANCESTOR PHANTASMS is attempting to deny me my birthright. Some nonsense about ineligible bloodlines. Purge them!

190 > Luscinia

The ghosts of my past will not let me rest. I sob and I scream and still they haunt me. Please! Banish these shades and let my soul live?

190 > Mathila

Not everyone is strong enough to confront the darkness within. Are you going to keep putting it off, or are you going to take action?

190 > Sythel

They're coming. Out of the ground. The unhallowed earth. Shadows. Moving. I can't look at them. MAKE THEM GO AWAY!

200 > Bombastine

How the shades envy the living. Craving our life, our warmth. Sorry, ghostlings. I feel you, really I do, but I'm going to ask my friend here to put you down.

200 > Lodun

That gormless CHILD in the Palace is letting his night-terrors run free. While diddums slurps his cup of warm milk show them what a real nightmare looks like.

200 > Luscinia

The 'King' has many petty demons. You are stronger than he. Tear them to shreds.

200 > Mathila

It's time for you to face the shadows - oh, but don't be afraid. Everything is joy! You just have to be strong enough to see it.

200 > Sythel

My own nightmares are bad enough. I don't want Thrax's crawling inside my head too. Kill them kill them KILL THEM!

330 > DomThrax

Mmm. Thank you.

340 > DomThrax

You do have your uses.

350 > DomThrax

I should allow you to dispatch vermin more often.

360 > DomThrax

Good luck getting rid of their stench.

FirstMount

200 > Teshin

Good. Now, overcome its mind.

210 > Teshin

You've mounted the beast, but are you in control?

220 > Teshin

You are nothing more than a passenger. Seize control.

230 > Teshin

Master the brute while you can!

CharOnDefeat

210 > Bombastine

IT'S NOT FAIIIIRRR!

210 > Lodun

I'M BURNING!

210 > Luscinia

WE ARE UNITED!

210 > Mathila

IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!

210 > Sythel

I KNEW IT!

KingOfTheHill

210 > Bombastine

It is unjust that Thrax has the sole power of life and death. I want some too. Nearby a man is marked for execution. Save his life, that I may also, rightly, be thought of as Lord of Life and Death.

210 > Lodun

I find ONE citizen willing to support my claim, and the bastard Dax are trying to kill him! Keep him alive!

210 > Luscinia

A man insulted my singing. Thrax has decreed he must die. More pain, of which I am the source and font. I beg of you, spare that man. Spare me just one more misery to live with.

210 > Mathila

Maybe helping people who are REALLY suffering would put your woes in perspective? Oh, maybe you could find time to rescue a condemned man?

210 > Sythel

I ordered a man executed. I was sure he was conspiring against me. But now... I'm... I'm afraid he might be... innocent. You have to stop the Dax. Before it's too late.

220 > Bombastine

People owe you their life, don't they, Drifter? How does that feel? Save a condemned criminal for me. I want to see the pathetic gratitude in his eyes.

220 > Lodun

Thrax has a prisoner. The Imp wants him dead. I want him alive. I respect your skill, the Imp does not. Clear?

220 > Luscinia

A man nearby is marked for execution. I would have him die in pain for what he has done. So... spare him today so he may face an even darker fate.

220 > Mathila

I know the King never makes mistakes, but his officials are only human. They're holding an innocent man. I know you'll do the right thing.

220 > Sythel

The Dax want to kill one of MY prisoners. You mustn't let them. I need him alive for... secret reasons.

370 > DomThrax

You sentimental sap!

380 > DomThrax

I kill who I please. I killed you often enough.

390 > DomThrax

You have saved nothing.

400 > DomThrax

You are soft. As. Pudding.

PortalEncounter

230 > Bombastine

Thrax's 'power' is rooted in the Undercroft. Pfeh. Without it, he's not that big of a deal. Not really. Perhaps you should make your way inside for a little... takeover bid.

230 > Lodun

The blasted Undercroft! Nothing but a haphazard mass of chaos under the Imp's rule! Get a portal open. I have HAD ENOUGH. We are FIXING this mess.

230 > Luscinia

The Undercroft is in agony! The Paradox, twisting the Void, tearing me in two impossible directions... oh, get inside and put an end to it!

230 > Mathila

The Undercroft is a messy, chaotic place, and you will need to work SO hard to keep it together in there, but I believe in you. You've got this!

230 > Sythel

You have to go to the place where bad dreams are real. The Undercroft. Whatever's wrong there, make it right. Hurry!

240 > Bombastine

Ah, the Undercroft. A seething mass of Void-ridden potential, spiced with childish nightmares. Give me some.

240 > Lodun

The Imp allows chaos to brood under his very nose! If I had my way I'd have all those Undercroft portals BRICKED UP! Get in there and find out what's wrong this time!

240 > Luscinia

Duviri pretends it never happened, but the Undercroft remembers. The tragedy... the Zariman. Whatever calm you can bring to that tormented place, please: do so.

240 > Mathila

It's time for you to descend into the Undercroft and make things right. It may not be what you want, but it IS what you need.

240 > Sythel

Everyone's afraid of the Undercroft. Even Thrax. It's too close to the Void. To... to HIM. That's why I'm sending YOU in there.

250 > Bombastine

I want what a man of my talent and worth rightly deserves, and that includes the Undercroft that Thrax guards so jealously. Off you pop.

250 > Lodun

The Undercroft is an ulcer in the guts of Duviri. Something's happening down there. I can feel it. SORT IT OUT, for Void's sake!

250 > Luscinia

Acrithis tells me the Void is emotion's keeper. Nowhere is the Void stronger than in the Undercroft. Why does it howl so? Please... answer its cry.

250 > Mathila

The Undercroft is a source of unbridled negativity. We are about joy and nothing but joy. So your path is clear, isn't it?

250 > Sythel

I can't go near the Undercroft portals. Can't bear to think about what... might... come out of them. It's going to have to be you.

260 > Bombastine

Whoever controls the Undercroft grasps all of Duviri by the roots. I won't let its reputation stand in the way of claiming what's mine. Get in and do what you have to.

260 > Lodun

Does that brat on the throne have ANY IDEA how often I've had to send forces into the Undercroft to clean up his mess? Maybe you'll do a better job. See what's amiss.

260 > Luscinia

I heard that in the Undercroft, we may prevent tragedies from ever occurring. If that is true... please, see what lies under its veil.

260 > Mathila

I foresee your life journey taking you into the Undercroft. Don't dwell on the choices that led you there. Just be in the moment, and act mindfully.

260 > Sythel

Oh no. Oh no no. There's something wrong in the Undercroft. I can't go down there. Not after what I saw that time.

410 > DomThrax

What have you done?

420 > DomThrax

You are to stay OUT of the Undercroft.

430 > DomThrax

Do NOT venture there again. There shall be no further warnings.

440 > DomThrax

That place is forbidden for a REASON!

ControlPhase

240 > Teshin

You have control. Cut the ties that bind.

250 > Teshin

Now, use the beast. Destroy Thrax's bonds.

EnterArena

251 > Teshin

Quickly, take the beast through the portal.

252 > Teshin

Force the beast back to its domain.

253 > Teshin

Force the creature through that portal. Only in its lair will it be vulnerable.

ArenaPhase

260 > Teshin

An enemy that cannot retreat is the most dangerous, for they have nothing left to lose.

270 > Teshin

This ruin offers little shelter. Stay mobile.

280 > Teshin

The beast is cornered. Wear it down, but be alert. Wyrms have many tricks.

HiddenChest

270 > Bombastine

When people have more wealth than they can spend, they hide it. People like that make me sick. I want you to find what they stashed and give it to me!

270 > Lodun

Wait. You're near where the succession scrolls are hidden. If that wretched Imp hasn't burned them all, that is. What are you waiting for? Find them!

270 > Luscinia

Thrax has had many secrets buried over the years. Evidence of his cruelty. Fragments of ruined lives. Bring those secrets to light again.

270 > Mathila

You won't be happy until you can stand on your own two feet. Something's hidden nearby. YOU are going to find it. By yourself.

270 > Sythel

I need protection. Talismans. Incantations. Weapons. Whatever you can find. Search around. There has to be something I can use!

280 > Bombastine

By sacred law, any treasure dug up in Duviri is automatically the property of the King! Not today, 'your Majesty'. Today it's finders keepers.

280 > Lodun

MY REGALIA! This is where the bastard Imp hid it! Find it, and I'll get you a front row seat at my coronation!

280 > Luscinia

If what Acrithis says is true, there are secrets buried in Duviri that reveal an even greater mystery. If I can understand WHY I am... I might be more able to bear it.

280 > Mathila

This challenge requires patience. Persistence. Oh, and just a little pinch of perspective.

280 > Sythel

I locked something up near here, I know I did. Books. Dried roots. A prisoner? Can't be sure. But I need to find it again.

450 > DomThrax

Nothing but a dog, grubbing in the dirt.

460 > DomThrax

Someone toss this ragged beggar a coin.

470 > DomThrax

Oh, well done. You found it. Now look for your dignity.

480 > DomThrax

It is very much like watching a rat run a maze.

HiddenChestCombat

290 > Bombastine

Sometimes the only thing standing between a man and the wealth he deserves is a bunch of idiots in armor. I'm sure you can handle them.

290 > Lodun

We're not going to fire a revolution sitting on our arses! Weapons out, take down a few Dax, ferret out their chests. LET'S GO!

290 > Luscinia

What little I had to call my own, Thrax took from me. Please, take my possessions back from the Dax. They may be dust and mold now, but they are still mine.

290 > Mathila

You can't expect everything in life to be handed to you on a plate! You'll appreciate what you have all the more if you fight for it. Like now!

290 > Sythel

Too many people. With grudges. Reasons to hate me. Wanting me dead. Going to need leverage. Funds. Find me some funds even if you have to murder a few Dax to do it.

300 > Bombastine

So many beautiful masks I might wear, all jealously hoarded by those Dax imbeciles. As if they could ever use them! Take them, Drifter. For ME.

300 > Lodun

All that peasant tribute going to the Dax instead of me, Lodun! The True King! IT PISSES ME OFF! KILL THEM AND FIND WHERE THEY'VE HIDDEN IT!

300 > Luscinia

There are songs Thrax forbade me to sing. He took them from me. Locked them up. If they have not rotted away, I would dearly love to see them again.

300 > Mathila

Along life's path, there are many hidden riches by the wayside. You just have to be brave enough to seize the moment.

300 > Sythel

Thrax could have me executed with a snap of his fingers. I need something I can use against him. Whatever these Dax are guarding has to be important.

490 > DomThrax

The Orokin knew exactly what to do with your sort.

500 > DomThrax

Feel good, do we? See how bright you feel when you're dangling from a gibbet!

510 > DomThrax

What an irredeemable thug you are.

520 > DomThrax

Void, I despise you.

StatuePhase

290 > DomThrax

Look at the beautiful Wyrmlings! How loyal they are!

300 > DomThrax

The little ones would gladly die for their creator!

310 > DomThrax

Wyrmlings only emerge when fresh meat is nearby.

340 > Teshin

Find a way to stop its spawn!

HiddenChestBoss

310 > Bombastine

Some people have it all. This fellow, for instance. Strong. Fast. He even has Void powers. What I wouldn't do to have what he has. You're going to kill him and TAKE what he has.

310 > Lodun

That's him. Thrax's enforcer. MY REPLACEMENT. For two pins, I'd come down there and smash his face in myself! But I can't, so you have to. Help yourself to his chest.

310 > Luscinia

How many times did I dream of escape, only for one of those hulking brutes to bar my path? Show no mercy. Whatever he guards, you may keep.

310 > Mathila

One can't keep a Krubie and never let it bite. I suppose I'd better let you off the leash, shouldn't I? Fight the bad man and take the goodies.

310 > Sythel

I can't bear the sight of those things. Thrax's favored. Like something out of a vapor vision. You're going to have to kill it. And take whatever it was put here to guard.

320 > Bombastine

That oaf bars my way every time I try to return to the Palace! Wouldn't he look so much better coughing his last while you loot his chest of goods?

320 > Lodun

I TOLD the Imp these Void-sodden travesties were a STUPID idea. 'But they're so strong, Lodun!' Kill one. Take what it's guarding. Prove me right!

320 > Luscinia

Centurions and Legates. A child's idea of strength. Break his toys and scatter them. Make his wealth your own.

320 > Mathila

Today, you fight miscreants and claim your reward! Life is a glorious adventure. I do hope you understand.

320 > Sythel

Thrax brought monsters to life to defend his Kingdom. But you're stronger than Thrax, aren't you? You're a monster-killer. Treasure-finder. Aren't you? Well?

530 > DomThrax

Interesting! I'm learning so much about your weaknesses.

540 > DomThrax

Do you suppose that you have won, worm? Excellent.

550 > DomThrax

Good fight! I loved the part where you flailed about like a fish on a mudbank!

560 > DomThrax

I suppose not even you can lose all the time.

HorseStatue

320 > Teshin

The Kaithes are your salvation!

330 > Teshin

Find a mount or perish!

ShrineArtifact

330 > Bombastine

I've often wondered what power the Otherworld spirits could offer a man like me. Nothing ventured, nothing gained... rebuild one of the lost shrines and let's see what happens.

330 > Lodun

If I have to summon the ghosts of the past to back up my claim to the throne, I WILL! All YOU need to do is put the shrine back together.

330 > Luscinia

The monuments to the lost now lie in ruins. If you could reassemble one, just one... it might make a difference.

330 > Mathila

Someone's left that shrine in disrepair. It doesn't matter who. If you truly want to be happy, you need to be the bigger person and mend it.

330 > Sythel

There's a broken shrine nearby. That's bad. Leave a shrine broken, and THINGS will come after you. All bony hands and snaking tongues and... Please. Put it back together.

340 > Bombastine

That meddlesome witch Acrithis says there is hidden knowledge in the old shrines. Assemble one. She can't keep it all for herself.

340 > Lodun

The relics of my ancestors, shattered! He's trying to erase my proof of ancestry! Rebuild my great-grandmother's shrine AT ONCE!

340 > Luscinia

A gravestone is a sorrowful sight, but sadder still is the rubble where a stone once stood. Let them not be forgotten kind Drifter, rebuild.

340 > Mathila

That shrine's broken. The easy thing to do would be to let someone else fix it. But that wouldn't make you happy.

340 > Sythel

There's a shrine. And I thought it was cursed. So I broke it. Into bits. And now I think I'm cursed. Just.. just put it back together for Void's sake.

570 > DomThrax

Play with fire, burn your fingers. Will you ever learn?

580 > DomThrax

Now whatever made you think that was a good idea?

590 > DomThrax

I declared the Shrines forbidden because I know better than you do. Do not test me.

600 > DomThrax

You seem more apt to stacking alphabet blocks, I think you would agree.

DomOroTaunts

350 > DomThrax

You're pathetic and helpless, and nobody cares about you.

360 > DomThrax

You're getting nooo-wheeere! Anyone with half a brain would just give up.

370 > DomThrax

You were livestock. Slaughtered at my command every day. Why pretend you're anything else?

380 > DomThrax

Your struggles are always entertaining. But we both know they're useless.

HorseRacing

350 > Bombastine

The mark of true nobility is an affinity for horseflesh, you know. I want to be the patron of champions. All YOU have to do is win.

350 > Lodun

He treated his bloody Kaithes better than he treated me, his own executioner! I want YOU to outrace his champion. That'll wipe the smirk off Thrax's mewling face!

350 > Luscinia

Was there ever a time when Duviri was a happy place? Laughter, Lunaro, games and races? Help me remember. Surely a running Kaithe feels no sorrow.

350 > Mathila

Your pain doesn't make you special, you know. What you need is a little exercise! Take that Kaithe of yours for a run!

350 > Sythel

Kaithes terrify me. I keep dreaming I'm at a race, and those pounding hooves trample me to pulp. Maybe if you ran a race... and that DIDN'T happen... it might be okay?

360 > Bombastine

How would it be... to own the fastest Kaithe in all Duviri? Glorious. Make a little boy's dream come true.

360 > Lodun

Thrax has a favorite, Kaithe. None but his own dainty arse may sit upon it. I want YOU to ride it and beat the King's own record! That'll teach the little toe-rag.

360 > Luscinia

I cannot bear to see the Kaithes neglected, but I am no rider. Perhaps you can bring them joy, even on this dark day.

360 > Mathila

Think how lucky you are! You get to ride free across beautiful Duviri! Maybe a race would help you keep that in mind?

360 > Sythel

That Kaithe might be mad. Void-struck. Dangerous. You'd better ride all the crazy out of it. Wear it out. To be safe.

610 > DomThrax

Behold the adoring crowds.

620 > DomThrax

Well done... Kaithe!

630 > DomThrax

Aww. You failed to break your neck.

640 > DomThrax

I should lay tripwires down. To make this interesting.

Herding

370 > Bombastine

Some days I yearn for the simple life of a farmer. No reason why I shouldn't HAVE that, of course. Why don't you round me up a herd of my own?

370 > Lodun

You see how the Imp neglects his duties? Beasts left to roam at will, eating and shitting wherever they like! IT'S MADDENING! ROUND THOSE STINKING THINGS UP!

370 > Luscinia

Poor lost Tamms. Where can their mistress be? It would be too sad a fate if the wolves took them. Round them up, good drifter.

370 > Mathila

Look. Tamms running wild. They'd be happier in the safety of a pen, and in their hearts they know it. So you can round them up with a clear conscience.

370 > Sythel

Don't tell me Tamms are harmless. I've seen the way they look at me. All that CHEWING. Round them up and keep them away from me!

380 > Bombastine

I want EVERYTHING. Every coin, every thread, every blade of grass. The Tamms in the field! Yes! Steal them for me!

380 > Lodun

That stunted brat can't even keep the Tamms in order. If you don't sort them out sharpish, we'll be tripping over the brainless things for weeks!

380 > Luscinia

I understand how the Tamms feel, lost and listless. Be kind, Drifter. Bring them home.

380 > Mathila

Oh Barris, have you let the Tamms out again? He takes his responsibilities SO seriously. I'm sure he wouldn't mind you helping him out, this once.

380 > Sythel

The Tamms are plotting something. They're out of their pens. I don't like it. Round them up. Put them back.

650 > DomThrax

Mucking about with farm animals. That really is all you're good for.

660 > DomThrax

Ranch work. A peasant you are and a peasant you shall always be.

670 > DomThrax

Oh, bra-vo, shepherd. Perhaps you should retire and become a dung-shoveler!

680 > DomThrax

Congratulations, Drifter. Finally you have found creatures who look up to you.

Courier

390 > Bombastine

For too long, have I been denied the recognition I deserve. Look at these yokels: agog to hear my latest play. Here: deliver the manuscript.

390 > Lodun

I've written that impish brat of a King an ultimatum. You! Deliver it! IN PERSON!

390 > Luscinia

These are the ashes of someone dear to me. Someone... gone from me. I beseech you: take them to their final rest? I cannot bear the loss one moment longer.

390 > Mathila

Party invitations! Splendid! Best deliver them as quickly as you might.

390 > Sythel

I found this in one of the crypts. It's put a curse on me, I know it! I need to you take it to a safe place and leave it there.

400 > Bombastine

I have written a letter explaining Luscinia's TRUE character for those who need to know. Deliver it. I'll see that songbird roasted yet.

400 > Lodun

Here! The proofs of my royal ancestry! Take them where they need to go!

400 > Luscinia

I have written down my memories of life under Thrax, so even if I perish, the truth shall not. Take it to a safe place for me.

400 > Mathila

Be a dear and run these cake recipes over to the needful souls on the other side of Duviri?

400 > Sythel

Acrithis lent me these books. She said they came from the Scholar himself. Bad things in them. Void things. You need to take them away!

690 > DomThrax

You will run errands for absolutely anyone, won't you?

710 > DomThrax

I find myself bored. Execute somebody. Anyone will do.

720 > DomThrax

Straight ahead, keep going, off the edge of the world, can't miss it, goodbye.

OroDefeated

390 > Teshin

Bravely done. For this one night at least, Duviri is calm.

400 > Teshin

Emotion is no longer in turmoil. The calm of the true warrior has prevailed.

410 > DomThrax

What happened? My head... Why can't I remember?

420 > DomThrax

What did you do? I'm... sleepy.

430 > DomThrax

I feel... nothing.

MirrorPortal

401 > Bombastine

Something's calling for you through the Void mirror. Aren't YOU special? Get rid of those Dax and see what's so urgent.

401 > Lodun

I don't know what Void-cursed nonsense that mirror is harboring, and I don't care. I just want it dealt with. Get rid of those Dax and find out what it wants!

401 > Luscinia

The Other Side reaches out to you, through the King's mirror, defying the Dax. Answer their need!

401 > Mathila

Dearest, you've a friend calling from the other side! What fun! Attend to the mirror, and do enjoy yourself.

401 > Sythel

Something's trying to reach you. Through the mirror. The GUARDED mirror. This is YOUR problem! Deal with it!

402 > Bombastine

Hours I've spent gazing into Void mirrors, and here you are, with some mysterious benefactor gazing back! Deal with those, Dax, and see what your friend wants.

402 > Lodun

One of the Imp's mirrors is up ahead. Slaughter the guards and find out what it wants from you. (aside) When I'm King, I'll have them all smashed!

402 > Luscinia

The Other Side has known much sorrow. I feel it in my heart. From the far side of the mirror, they call to you. Find them!

402 > Mathila

Now, one never turns aside a friendly hand. A dear friend is calling to you from beyond the mirror. Do the polite thing.

402 > Sythel

One of us has to kill those Dax. Look into that mirror. See whatever's waiting there. You. Obviously. Not me.

730 > DomThrax

Witchcraft. You should be hung.

740 > DomThrax

Be warned, Drifter. Your Void-meddlings are forbidden by my law.

750 > DomThrax

What goblins and doppelgangers are you consorting with?

760 > DomThrax

Do not do that again. One of you is quite enough.

ArchgunDrop

410 > Teshin

The Tenno seek to assist you. The weapon they have sent is inelegant, but devastating.

420 > Teshin

A Tenno archgun has manifested. They must feel the situation is truly desperate.

430 > Teshin

Through the Paradox, the Tenno have sent a formidable weapon. Let us hope it turns the tide.

CharacterConclusion

410 > Bombastine

I'll see she never sings again. It was ME that gave her that voice... it's I who deserve the stage, not that ungrateful harpy! Me, me, me!

410 > Lodun

I was the rightful heir, but the boy was chosen... why is this always happening to me? What is wrong with me? Am I not... GOOD ENOUGH FOR ALL OF YOU?

410 > Luscinia

It's too much! The sadness - nobody else can bear it like I can. They aren't strong enough! It's me. It has to be me!

410 > Mathila

I tried! So help me, I tried! I have all this JOY in my SOUL and yet when I try to SHARE IT, NOBODY WANTS TO KNOW! WELL, TRY IGNORING ME NOW!

410 > Sythel

You! You were never on my side to start with, were you? All along you've been plotting with them... siding with them... preparing to betray me! IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO BE AFRAID!

420 > Bombastine

It's not fair! The things I did were supposed to break her, not make her his favorite! I was meant to be the one who was loved! Me! IT'S NOT FAAAAAIR!

420 > Lodun

I could have been a good King! But I'll never get the chance, because they HATE ME! EVERYONE HATES ME! WELL, GUESS WHAT? I HATE MYSELF MORE!

420 > Luscinia

I'm sorry! I dragged you into this... this spiral... and now I've just doomed us both! It's too much!

420 > Mathila

I get it! I do! You all want Happiness, but none of you wants to put in the work! DO YOU THINK THIS BEAUTIFUL LIGHT IN MY HEART JUST GOT THERE BY ITSELF? DO YOU??

420 > Sythel

Who are you? Who are you really? Why do I hear whispers in my head when I look at you? WHY ARE YOUR EYES LIKE THAT?

IntroBombastine

430 > Mother

Bombastine, Duviri's preening peacock, was consumed by Envy. Oh, many envied him, but he cared nothing for that.

440 > Mother

Bombastine was envious. Of what? Anything.Wherever his gaze fell, it seemed other people had it better.

IntroLodun

430 > Mother

Hear now of the one they called Lodun — the high and mighty prince of... nothing. For within him burned a fire and a fury he could not control.

440 > Mother

Lodun of Duviri was nicknamed 'the Prince of Fire'. A mocking title, for he ruled over nothing, least of all himself.

IntroLuscinia

430 > Mother

Sorrow is a poison, and yet some drink it like wine. One such was Luscinia.

440 > Mother

Sorrow is the bitter spice without which life is too sweet. Luscinia indulged in it... to excess.

IntroMathila

430 > Mother

When happy Mathila wanted to see nothing but happiness wherever she went, it soon caused problems.

440 > Mother

Unfortunately, Mathila was convinced she knew what would make people happy better than they did.

IntroSythel

430 > Mother

One haunted day in Duviri, Sythel awoke with the thought: if I could destroy what I fear, I wouldn't have to fear it anymore!

440 > Mother

Afraid to go outside and afraid to be shut in, Sythel lived a timorous life. Usually, she was too scared to act... but not always.

PhaseABombastine

450 > Mother

Bombastine was never satisfied. He wanted more... for all that others had was an affront to his being.

460 > Mother

Oh, Bombastine was admired, even loved. But others were loved more, and that was poison to him.

PhaseALodun

450 > Mother

As the never-to-be king's fortune rose, so too did his fire... his indignation... his Anger.

460 > Mother

The most petty and trivial things could spark Lodun's anger. But the flames quickly rose.

PhaseALuscinia

450 > Mother

Perhaps Luscinia's misery would end if she inflicted suffering upon others? Others who deserved it?

460 > Mother

Thoughts of revenge come easily to a heart turned bitter and cold.

PhaseAMathila

450 > Mother

To the Happy mind, all things seem simple. Problems could be solved simply by making them go away.

460 > Mother

Like a child hiding its face in play, Mathila hid from the truth. Nothing but joy mattered.

PhaseASythel

450 > Mother

Sythel looked in horror upon what had been done in her name. Surely there would be consequences!

460 > Mother

Like the first rumblings of a landslide, the ominous consequences of Sythel's actions began to build.

PhaseBBombastine

470 > Mother

With sweet words, he persuaded others to his side. But his thoughts were only ever of himself.

480 > Mother

Behind his acts of kindness and generosity lay but one thought: how can this performance benefit me?

PhaseBLodun

470 > Mother

So everything was met with Anger. And Anger was his undoing.

480 > Mother

Now anger is a powerful weapon, be sure of that. But it burns friend and foe alike.

PhaseBLuscinia

470 > Mother

At first, Luscinia felt some comfort from her actions. At least she was doing something. But her sorrow grew.

480 > Mother

Revenge may bring some relief at first. But as Luscinia found, it is often cold comfort.

PhaseBMathila

470 > Mother

Mathila did not understand that you cannot bring Happiness to the world by making unhappiness a crime.

480 > Mother

Why could other people not simply be as Happy as Mathila was? Why did they have to be so difficult?

PhaseBSythel

470 > Mother

Another might have taken courage from seeing the things she feared exterminated, but not Sythel.

480 > Mother

Sythel's fear spiraled. The more she tried to be bold, the greater grew her fear of being found out.

PhaseCBombastine

490 > Mother

With each new conquest, never once did he think: 'Surely that is enough. Surely now I can stop.'

500 > Mother

Like a child becoming bored with each new toy, Bombastine moved from one fixation to the next.

PhaseCLodun

490 > Mother

Friends and family were scorched and retreated away from him, so his rage became like a stone in his chest, weighing him down.

500 > Mother

The more Lodun's anger drove people away, the more certain he became that he was right.

PhaseCLuscinia

490 > Mother

Luscinia wept for those she was hurting. She tried to dismiss it as weakness, but her heart rebelled.

500 > Mother

Sorrow had made Luscinia compassionate. She could not give pain without feeling it.

PhaseCMathila

490 > Mother

If she doubted, she hid it. Her failures merely made her more determined to succeed.

500 > Mother

Mathila's plans were failing, but she put a brave face on it. With a whistle, she went back to work.

PhaseCSythel

490 > Mother

Her brutal actions had consequences. Like a deadly pestilence, Sythel's fear spread across Duviri.

500 > Mother

Sythel left fear in her wake. Doors were closed and windows barred, and voices spoke in whispers.

PhaseDBombastine

510 > Mother

Demented beyond hope of return, Bombastine set his heart on the throne. Was he not as good a king as Thrax?

520 > Mother

If Bombastine could only have loved himself, he might not have yearned to become someone else.

PhaseDLodun

510 > Mother

Lodun turned his anger inward... and found the source. Not the world of folly and betrayal but his own shortcomings.

520 > Mother

In his heart, Lodun knew he was angry with his own powerlessness. And no amount of screaming could remedy that.

PhaseDLuscinia

510 > Mother

Luscinia had set her feet upon a dark path, but she had to walk it to the very end.

520 > Mother

As if with a prophet's gift, Luscinia could see disaster looming, but she could not turn aside.

PhaseDMathila

510 > Mother

Mathila embraced optimism with the zeal of a fanatic. Her plan would work. Duviri would be Happy.

520 > Mother

Mathila understood that one sometimes has to be cruel to be kind. If happiness required force, so be it.

PhaseDSythel

510 > Mother

Fear ruled Duviri... and yet Sythel, the embodiment of fear, was more afraid than ever.

520 > Mother

All Duviri now lived in terror of Sythel. What a long shadow this scrawny little figure had cast!

PhaseEBombastine

530 > Mother

And so the envy that might have motivated him to better himself hurled him headlong into disaster.

540 > Mother

Bombastine thought his self-doubt was his alone. If only he had known how many others suffered it too.

PhaseELodun

530 > Mother

He became an enemy to even himself.

540 > Mother

He saw there was nothing righteous or noble about his anger. It was just the raving of a petty, paltry man.

PhaseELuscinia

530 > Mother

One final act, then. One last howl into the storm. Misery would have company, at least.

540 > Mother

Even as she prepared to risk everything on a final reckless gamble, Luscinia already knew the outcome.

PhaseEMathila

530 > Mother

Now no rational person could look upon this chaos and feel Happiness. So Mathila abandoned rationality.

540 > Mother

Joy and madness are both known to laugh aloud. Mathila leapt from one into the embrace of the other.

PhaseESythel

530 > Mother

Sythel was afraid to go on, but she was even more afraid to stop. Her fears were allying against her now.

540 > Mother

Even as her plans led to disaster after disaster, Sythel was more afraid of what might still come to pass.

TransBombastine

550 > Mother

What dragon is Envy? A hunger never sated, a gift never enough. It darkens the sunny days with a wanting that never is met.

TransLodun

550 > Mother

The fire within Lodun was his Anger. Unable to control it, thus, was he consumed. Behold the great dragon of Lodun!

TransLuscinia

550 > Mother

Sadness is the dragon that devours itself. It spawns many children - lethargy, self-pity, self-doubt.

TransMathila

550 > Mother

Happiness becomes a dragon when you allow it to master you. The indulgent, the cowardly, the indolent... to whose skirts do they cling?

556 > Mother

The Tales of Duviri

TransSythel

550 > Mother

For an instant, as she shed her pitiful human form, Sythel was no longer afraid, for she had become fear.