Bestowal Dialogue
Flowers for Eshtali
"Eshtali lies in the tombs of Esh-kimâkhi. In the fight to liberate Kûr Anzar, there was scarcely enough time to think, let alone mourn the dead. Now that the immediate threat is over, we mourn our fallen and remind ourselves why they still take such firm residence in our hearts."
Background
Eshtali lies in the tombs of Esh-kimâkhi. In the fight to liberate Kûr Anzar, there was scarcely enough time to think, let alone mourn the dead. Now that the immediate threat is over, we mourn our fallen and remind ourselves why they still take such firm residence in our hearts.
Objective 1
Join Mizâdi at Eshtali's tomb.
Objective 2
- Speak with Mizâdi by Eshtali's tomb
Speak with Mizâdi by Eshtali's tomb.
- Mizâdi: 'Please, place the flowers on the centre of his sarcophagus.'
Objective 3
Place the flowers on Eshtali's tomb.
Objective 4
Listen to Mizâdi.
- Mizâdi says, A queen's burden, like a widow's, is quite lonely and heavy.
- Mizâdi says, But, after a while, it becomes a familiar weight, not even wholly unwanted.
- Mizâdi says, There are two things that can happen with such a burden.
- Mizâdi says, Either your shoulders broaden, or your back buckles.
- Mizâdi says, My back shall not break, <name>. I will not allow it.
- Mizâdi says, So it is a weight with which I have grown comfortable.
- Mizâdi says, I just miss him, <name>.
- Mizâdi says, I miss Eshtali.
- Mizâdi says, He was handsome and brave.
- Mizâdi says, He was not a soldier, and for that I loved him all the more.
- Mizâdi says, He was a farmer, and he was mine.
- Mizâdi says, I wish I could remember what his face looked like.
- Mizâdi says, It shames me greatly that I cannot.
- Mizâdi says, The cruel man?
- Mizâdi says, That was not my Eshtali.
- Mizâdi says, That was my father.
- Mizâdi says, But that is a story for another time, or perhaps never.
- Mizâdi says, It is hard to speak of him sometimes.
- Mizâdi says, To speak of Eshtali... it rubs my soul raw.
- Mizâdi says, But I have a duty to remember him as best I can.
Objective 5
Offer comfort to Mizâdi.
- Mizâdi: 'Thank you. Come, we should return to Kûr Anzar before dusk floods Esh-kimâkhi.'
- Completed:
- Instance: Flowers for Eshtali
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