Bestowal dialogue
"Our message comes to the Entwash Vale at an inopportune time, for Orcs have already besieged the city of Eaworth. The Riders Four must now join with Reeve Ingbert and his allies to break the siege...."
Background
The trap has been set, soon to be sprung against the Orcs besieging Eaworth.
Objective 1
Talk to Burnoth.
- Burnoth, son of Baldeg: 'I believe we are nearly ready, <name>; however, would you stay and speak with me a moment before checking in with the others?'
Objective 2
Hear Burnoth's tale.
- Burnoth, son of Baldeg says, "Do you wish to know why it is that I believe we will have victory here?"
- Burnoth, son of Baldeg says, "Madness though it may seem to you, I believe it is because I refuse to die so far from home."
- Burnoth, son of Baldeg says, "We all have our reasons to live, and those things drive us to survive. For Hutha, it is the bond of brotherhood. For Léofdag, it is redemption. For Ulf, it is vengeance. For Reeve Ingbert, it is for honour and his people."
- Burnoth, son of Baldeg says, "What is my reason, you ask? Perhaps you have heard me call my horse by the ignoble name of Prancey? Brynmód is his right name, but Prancey is the name given him by my daughter, Céolwen."
- Burnoth, son of Baldeg says, "Not long after I came to Aldburg, I met a lady named Merewen, the daughter of one of Lord Éomer's counselors. We fell in love and were wed."
- Burnoth, son of Baldeg says, "Merewen bore us a daughter...Céolwen is now three-and-a-half summers. I swear to you that I will not die in these lands, parted from them."
- Burnoth, son of Baldeg says, "My life will end in Aldburg, beside my wife and daughter, be it in peacetime or in war."
- Burnoth, son of Baldeg says, "Now you know all that is worth knowing about me."
- Ingbert, Reeve of the Entwash Vale says, "Ho there, my friends! Is all in order?"
- Ingbert, Reeve of the Entwash Vale says, "My men are prepared. One force awaits within the hall, another in the northern end of the city. They simply await your call."
- Burnoth, son of Baldeg says, "Indeed, I was just about to send <name> here to check in with Ulf and Léofdag."
- Ingbert, Reeve of the Entwash Vale says, "Good...if we survive this, there will be a feast in your honour!"
Objective 3
Talk to Burnoth.
- Burnoth, son of Baldeg: '<name>, go down into the southern end of the village and speak with Ulf and Léofdag. Make certain they are ready, the go to the gate to watch for Hutha's return.'
Objective 4
Talk to Ulf the Reaver in the southern end of Eaworth.
- Ulf the Reaver: 'All is in readiness here, <name>
- 'Stay a moment, though, I once told you that I would not speak of my past. it is rare indeed that I do so, and only with those I trust. You have earned my trust.
- 'You deserve to know a little, at least, of what drives me onward….'
Objective 5
Hear Ulf's tale.
- Ulf the Reaver says, "I told you of the day Lord Éomer found me, but I did not tell you "why" I was hunting Orcs near the Argonath."
- Ulf the Reaver says, "My birth name was Wigelm, son of Widere. My father was of the Rohirrim, my mother of the Dunlendings."
- Ulf the Reaver says, "By the time I was seventeen, I had married a girl named Atta. We had three sons: Wigbrit, Dermod, and Egric."
- Ulf the Reaver says, "Then ten years ago, I lost everything...."
- Ulf the Reaver says, "Thane Gladsúnu of Gapholt called a weapontake to cleanse the Orcs of the Misty Mountains from the area...."
- Ulf the Reaver says, "I joined the Thane's company of one-hundred and twenty men, and we drove the Orcs back into their caves...only we learned too late that it had been a trap."
- Ulf the Reaver says, "The Orcs ambushed us within their caverns, and only twenty of us returned alive...though many of us wished we had not."
- Ulf the Reaver says, "We returned to our homes to find them burnt to the ground and our families slain. My wife and sons lay before me, dead, in the midst of a dozen Dunlendings."
- Ulf the Reaver says, "I do not remember what happened next...I simply awoke later amid the severed heads of the Dunlendings, with a large gash upon my face. Wigelm died then, and Ulf the Reaver was born."
- Ulf the Reaver says, "I can only barely remember what my wife and sons looked like...all I know now is the desire to shed the blood of my enemies."
- Ulf the Reaver says, "The rest of my story you know already."
Objective 6
Speak with Ulf the Reaver.
- Ulf the Reaver: 'You should find Léofdag and learn the state of his company.
- 'I believe he is posted near the southen gate.'
Objective 7
Speak with Léofdag near the southern gate of Eaworth.
- Léofdag, son of Winedag: 'Ah, <name>, you have come to check on our readiness? Indeed, all is prepared here.
- 'However, do you have a moment to speak with me?'
Objective 8
Hear Léofdag's tale.
- Léofdag, son of Winedag says, "Do you wish to know why I volunteered to ride with Burnoth? You know already of my great shame, and that is the gist of it...."
- Léofdag, son of Winedag says, "I have been spurned by nearly all of my friends and companions in arms, save those I ride with now, yet that matters not to me."
- Léofdag, son of Winedag says, "My dear Fleda sees past my shame, and even stands staunchly in my defence with her uncle...I need not prove my worth to her."
- Léofdag, son of Winedag says, "My daughters, however, must bear the brunt of my shame. They are both of marrying age, but no man will have them because of me."
- Léofdag, son of Winedag says, "Léofwen, the elder, declares that she cares not and remains ever faithful to her father, but I have seen great desire in her eyes when she looks upon the children in the village."
- Léofdag, son of Winedag says, "My younger daughter, Wynith, however, scorns me for her plight. I must prove to her and to the men of Aldburg once more that I am worthy of honour...as in my youth."
- Léofdag, son of Winedag says, "Do you see this scarf I wear? It was given to me by my Fleda and is my most prized possession...I wear it now as a token of my oath to redeem my honour."
- Léofdag, son of Winedag says, "I can truly say now that I am an open book to you."
Objective 9
Speak with Léofdag.
- Léofdag, son of Winedag: 'Now all we must do is… wait! What is that? I think I see Hutha approaching!'
Objective 10
- Defend Eaworth and spring the trap
Defend Eaworth and spring the trap.
- Hutha, son of Hengest says, "Beware! The Orcs are coming!"
- Léofdag, son of Winedag says, "Fall back to the next position...and watch those arrows!"
- Retreat with the Riders to the next defensive position!
- Ulf the Reaver says, "Fall back to the next position!"
- Retreat with the Riders to the next defensive position!
- Ingbert, Reeve of the Entwash Vale says, "Fall back! Fall back!"
- Fall back with the Riders to the next defensive position
- Ingbert, Reeve of the Entwash Vale says, "Loose!"
- You have defeated the Orc-assault
Objective 11
Reeve Ingbert is outside the Mead Hall of Eaworth.
You should speak with Reeve Ingbert.
- Ingbert, Reeve of the Entwash Vale: 'You and Burnoth's Riders have done my people a great service, <name>. We will consider the captain's warnings.'
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