Lobart

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LobartI don't believe it! The bastard is running around in MY clothes!
LobartHey, you!
LobartSince you were here the last time, some of my stuff has been missing from my chest!
LobartYou should be making yourself useful around here, not sniffing around in my house, you lazy bum!
LobartYou give me back my clothes right now!
MeHere, take them back.
LobartIf you want them, you can PAY for them!
Lobart(curt) Now go make yourself useful!
MeI don't have them any more.
LobartYou already sold them, huh? (ranting) I'll teach you, laddie!
MeForget it!
Lobart(ranting) I'll teach you, laddie!
LobartWhy are you hanging around on my land?
Lobart(appraising) Whose side are you on? The rebelling farmers or the King?
LobartWhat can I do for you?
MeI'm for the peasants!
LobartHa! That damned warmonger Onar will drag us all into the grave!
LobartWhat do you think, how long will the paladins just stand by?
LobartAfter what Onar has done, the whole city is in an uproar.
MeI'm for the King!
Lobart(contemptuous) 'For the King!' That's what the city guard said when they took half my sheep.
LobartBut where are those bastards when we have to keep the bandits off our backs? Where will they be when the orcs invade us?
LobartI'll tell you: in the city, behind thick walls.
LobartSo, leave me alone with the King.
MeI don't understand ...
LobartWhat?! Don't mess with me, boy! I want to know where you stand! So, who are you for?!
MeI need some sensible clothes!
LobartI can give you clean farmer's work clothes.
LobartCan you pay for them, then?
LobartYou could work off a part of the price ... if you're someone who is LOOKING for work.
MeHow much for the work clothes?
LobartWell, we'll see ...
LobartYou've worked the field for me.
LobartYou helped my wife.
LobartVino says you were a real help to him. And that's saying something - he doesn't usually hold with day laborers.
LobartMaleth says you chased the bandits off. The bastards have caused us a lot of trouble. Thanks to you we're rid of them!
LobartIt's not going to get any cheaper.
MeGive me the work clothes, then.
LobartWell, my boy. Honesty is the best policy. Here you go!
LobartThere is a chest in my house where you will find clean things.
LobartBut don't even think about taking anything else without asking!
LobartYou don't have enough gold!
MeThat's still too expensive.
LobartSuit yourself ...
MeWhat's going on here, anyway?
LobartDon't you know what's going on? Boy, where are you FROM? We're on the edge of a civil war!
LobartUp till now all the farmers looked at the tribute to the city as fair taxation.
LobartBut since the paladins have come to Khorinis, the city guards visit us more and more often - and little by little, they're taking everything.
LobartIf it goes on like this, soon we won't have anything left for ourselves.
LobartSome farmers are starting to rebel! Onar was the first of them!
MeTell me more about this Onar ...
LobartYou're a mercenary, aren't you? So what else could I tell you about your boss?
LobartOnar is the biggest farmer here in the area. He has broken with the city.
LobartThey say he's hired mercenaries to keep the city guard off his back!
LobartCan't blame him.
LobartIn any case, no royal soldier dares to set foot on his farm any more.
MeWho are those mercenaries that Onar hired?
LobartI don't know much about the fellows. Supposedly, a lot of them are former prisoners from the mining colony.
Lobart(scornful) Everybody knows what you can expect from them ...
MeWhat about you? Whose side are you on? Peasants or King?
LobartI'm too close to the city to really have a choice.
LobartBut I'm glad about that. I wouldn't know how to decide.
LobartThe King is bleeding us dry, and Onar sets his mercenaries on anyone who won't join him.
LobartThat's why most of the other farmers are still undecided, but sooner or later they'll HAVE to choose one side or the other.
MeI'm looking for work.
LobartI can't use another farmhand. But I could offer some work to a day laborer.
LobartWhat I mean is, you can lend a hand in the field. And there are certainly a few other things to do around here.
LobartI could pay you with gold. Or give you a few decent things to wear.
LobartThe things are worth a fair bit. I can't give them to you for nothing, but I can sell them to you cheap, if you work for me.
LobartBy the looks of you, I should say: take the clothes.
LobartBut you already have clothes, so you probably want the gold.
LobartAnyway - the small turnip field next to the barn needs to be harvested.
MeAll right ...
LobartThen hurry it up a bit, before I change my mind.
MeI'm supposed to pull turnips? You've got to be kidding!
LobartReal man's work isn't for such a 'fine gentleman', eh?
LobartGet out into the field or get off of my farm!
LobartI don't have anything else for you to do at the moment.
MeHere are your turnips!
LobartHey, you're not all that worthless after all.
LobartTake them to my wife in the house and tell her to cook them.
MeWhat about my pay?
LobartI can give you 5 gold pieces.
Lobart... or sell you the clothes cheaper, what's it to be?
LobartBut that's not even 20 of them!
LobartDid you eat the rest?! I hope not, my boy, otherwise you can forget your pay!
LobartGet out there, and get more! Go back to work or I'll make you!
MeGive me 5 gold pieces!
LobartHere.
LobartAnd don't drink it all at once.
MeMake me a better price for the togs!
LobartGood! I'll give them to you for 10 gold pieces less.
MeHave you got anything else for me to do?
LobartFirst get the turnips in from the field. Then we'll see.
LobartI don't, but you can ask my wife or the boys in the fields. Maybe they need some help.
MeAndre sent me to you. Is there anything I can do for you?
LobartYeah, sure. Those damned field raiders are making me sick.
LobartDo them all in. I don't care how!
MeI've done away with the things!
LobartWell done. You're not a bad exterminator. I'll recommend you around. Here, take this as payment.
MeI think I've done away with the things!
LobartDon't try to fool me. I can still see them. Either you kill the critters, or we can forget the whole thing.
MeHow's your farm?
LobartI can't stand it any more.
LobartAll of a sudden these fellows in black hoods showed up and posted themselves on the road, and on my farm.
LobartThey spent a long time talking to Vino and then they disappeared with him.
LobartA short time later, my wife took deathly ill again. She spends most of the time just lying in bed. That happens to her frequently.
LobartI'm falling apart here!
MeWhy don't you take your wife to the healer?
LobartWe ought to go to the city to see Vatras about it, but I won't budge an inch from my farm as long as things are so chaotic here.
MeHave you talked to the men in black?
LobartSure. There was no way to prevent it.
LobartI think they're looking for someone.
MeWhy don't you do anything about those black robes?
LobartI'd surely love to. But I saw how they burned one of the townspeople alive. Just like that.
LobartWhy should I risk my life?
MeWhat was their business with Vino?
LobartThey didn't say. They just took him with them.
MeWhere did they drag Vino off to?
LobartThey went up that hill with him.
MeVino isn't going to come back.
MeHe is dead.
MeThey drove him insane.
LobartBy Innos. Hopefully, this nightmare will be over soon.
MeWatch out for your farm!
LobartI'll try.
MeYou've got an orc problem.
Lobart(ranting) Damnit. Doesn't the stress ever end?
LobartIf this goes on, my farm won't be worth 3 gold coins.
MeI got rid of the orcs on your land.
LobartDon't let anyone say that the paladins don't do anything for us small farmers.
LobartThank Innos. I can't give you much, but I hope you'll appreciate my gesture of gratitude.