Hero	Text	Audio
Lee	Ah. It's good that you've come.
Me	What's up?
Lee	I found this in the old chapel.
Lee	It's a magic rune. I think it will teleport you straight back here to the farm.
Lee	I thought you might be able to use it.
Lee	Are you here to bring the money for Onar?
Lee	I already told you not to do anything stupid here.
Lee	Onar has heard that you've earned yourself quite a record in the meanwhile .
Lee	Accordingly, he wants more money now.
Me	How much?
Lee	I thought you were smarter than that.
Lee	Then I have good news for you.
Lee	Suddenly, there is no one left who saw you commit murder.
Lee	None of the people will now testify that they saw you stealing.
Lee	There is no one left who SAW how you beat up one of the farmers.
Lee	Apparently, all the charges against you have dissolved into thin air.
Lee	That's one way of getting around problems like that.
Lee	In any case, you no longer have to pay.
Lee	But mind your step in future.
Lee	One thing is clear: You must, nevertheless, pay your fines in full.
Lee	So, what about it?
Me	How much was that again?
Lee	Who the devil let YOU in here - (surprised) - YOU are the new fellow who has been causing trouble?
Lee	I had heard from Gorn that you were still alive, but that you would come here ... anyway ...
Lee	It is good that you have come to me before everything becomes even worse for you.
Lee	The mercenaries are tough lads and the farmers here aren't exactly squeamish, but you can't just go around killing people.
Lee	To say nothing of the other mischief you've done here.
Lee	I can help you get out of this mess with a clean slate.
Lee	It's gonna cost you, though. Onar is a greedy man, and only if HE turns a blind eye will the matter be forgotten.
Lee	It's a good thing you've come. I have heard that you stole something here.
Lee	And knocked the farmers around.
Lee	AND killed a few sheep.
Lee	You just can't pull that kind of thing around here. In such cases, Onar insists that I bring the culprit to account.
Lee	That means: you pay, and he pockets the cash - but then at least the matter is forgotten.
Lee	If you get involved in a duel with the mercenaries, that's one thing ...
Lee	But if you beat up a farmer, they run straight to Onar. And he expects me to do something.
Lee	Not to mention that he isn't exactly thrilled when someone kills his sheep.
Lee	You'll have to pay a penalty. Onar pockets the money himself as a rule - but it's the only way to settle the matter.
Lee	Onar expects me to protect his farm. And that includes his sheep.
Lee	You will have to pay him compensation!
Me	How much?
Me	I want to pay the penalty!
Lee	Good! I'll see to it that Onar gets the money. You can consider the matter forgotten.
Me	I don't have enough gold!
Lee	Then go get it as soon as possible.
Lee	But just don't think you can steal it here on the farm. If you get caught, things will be even worse for you.
Lee	Who the devil let YOU in here - (surprised) - What are you doing here? I thought you were dead!
Me	What makes you think that?
Lee	Gorn told me that it was you who brought down the Barrier.
Me	Yes, that was me all right.
Lee	I never would have thought that a man could survive something like that. What brings you here? You aren't here without a reason ...
Me	I absolutely must talk to the paladins in town. Can you help me get to them?
Lee	(distrustful) What's your business with the paladins?
Me	That's a long story ...
Lee	I've got time.
Me	(sighs) Xardas sent me on a mission. He wants me to obtain a powerful amulet, the Eye of Innos.
Lee	So you're still allied with that necromancer. I see. And the paladins have this amulet?
Me	As far as I know - yes.
Lee	I can help you get to the paladins. But first you need to become one of us.
Me	How can you help me get to the paladins?
Lee	Trust me. I've got a plan. I think you're the right man for it ...
Lee	I'll take you to the paladins and you'll do me a favor. But first, join us!
Me	What exactly are you doing here?
Lee	Quite simple: I'm gonna see to it that we all get off this island.
Lee	Onar hired us to defend his farm, and that's exactly what we're gonna do.
Lee	But our reward is more than just our pay. By helping the farmers, we cut the city off from its provisions.
Lee	And the less the paladins have to eat, the sooner they'll listen when I finally make them an offer of peace.
Lee	Too bad that you had to join up with them of all people.
Me	What is your offer going to look like?
Lee	Essentially, it will be about our pardons and free passage to the mainland. You'll learn more when the time comes.
Me	I want to join you!
Lee	I'd hoped you'd say that! I can use every able man here.
Lee	The last mercenaries I accepted have done nothing but stir up trouble!
Lee	In principle, you can start right away. Well, first there's one or two things that we need to get straight, but it's no big deal ...
Me	What do I have to 'get straight' before I can join you?
Lee	Onar, the landowner, is the one who employs us. You can only stay on the farm with his approval.
Lee	And then there's the boys. I can only accept you if a majority of the mercenaries agree that you join us.
Lee	But don't go to Onar before everything is straightened out. He's a very impatient fellow ...
Me	How can I convince the mercenaries to vote me in?
Lee	By doing what is expected of you as a mercenary, I should say.
Lee	Talk to Torlof. He's usually outside in front of the house. He'll put you to the test.
Lee	If you can pass that, you should have earned a large part of the necessary respect.
Lee	He'll tell you everything else you need to know.
Me	What do you know about the 'Ring of Water'?
Lee	(laughs) I might have known. You just have to mingle in everything, don't you?
Me	Come on, tell me.
Lee	I'm only marginally involved in this. I know that this secret guild exists here and that the Water Mages are behind it.
Lee	Since the fall of the Barrier, I am no longer bound to the agreement that I came to with the Water Mages back then.
Lee	Of course, I still help when I can. But most of the time, I have my own problems and barely any time for other things.
Lee	If you want to know more about it, you should probably talk to Cord. He's one of them, as far as I know.
Me	I'm ready to join you!
Lee	Not before you have passed Torlof's test.
Lee	Then you've passed Torlof's test?
Me	Yes.
Lee	That's good.
Lee	What do the other mercenaries say?
Me	I'm not quite sure whether enough of them are on my side.
Lee	Then talk to Torlof, he knows just about everything that's being said here on the farm.
Me	Most of them are on my side.
Lee	Good, then go see Onar now. I've already talked with him.
Lee	But you'll have to negotiate your pay yourself.
Lee	Have you seen Onar?
Me	He agrees.
Lee	Welcome aboard, lad!
Lee	Here, take some decent armor first!
Lee	I'm glad to have you with us.
Lee	I already have your first assignment.
Lee	It has to do with the paladins. It's time you went to see them.
Lee	You wanted to go there anyway.
Lee	I see you've placed yourself in the service of the paladins.
Lee	You entered the monastery? (laughs) I'd have expected anything but that.
Lee	Well, you can't become a mercenary any more now.
Lee	But who knows, maybe you can do one or two things for me - or me for you.
Lee	We'll see. In any case, I wish you all the best.
Lee	But don't even think of pulling the wool over my eyes, got it?
Me	And how can I get to the paladins now?
Lee	Very simple. You'll take our peace offering to them.
Lee	I know Lord Hagen, the commander of the paladins, from my time in the royal army.
Lee	I know how he thinks - he doesn't have enough men. He'll accept the offer. At least he'll listen to you.
Lee	I've written a letter - here.
Lee	In any case, that should get you admitted to see the leader of the paladins.
Me	I brought Lord Hagen your peace offering.
Lee	What did he say?
Me	He said we would grant absolution to you, but not to your people.
Lee	That stubborn fool. Most of the men in the KING's army are bigger cut-throats than my men.
Me	What are you going to do now?
Lee	I'll have to find another way to get us out of here. If need be, we'll capture the ship. I'll have to think about it.
Lee	Pulling my own head out of the noose and abandoning my men is out of the question.
Me	Why do you want to go to the mainland so badly?
Lee	As you know, I served the King as a general.
Lee	But his sycophants betrayed me, because I knew something I shouldn't have known.
Lee	They tossed me into the mining colony, and the King allowed it.
Lee	I've had a lot of time to think about it.
Lee	I shall avenge myself.
Me	(astonished) On the King?
Lee	(determined) On the King! And on all his sycophants. They will all bitterly regret what they did to me ...
Me	I'm going to head for the Valley of Mines.
Lee	I didn't think you would stay on the farms for long.
Lee	If you go back to the colony, keep an eye out for Gorn. The paladins are holding him prisoner there.
Lee	Gorn is a good man and I could really use him here, so if you get a chance to free him, take it.
Me	I have freed Gorn.
Lee	Yes, he already told me. Good work.
Lee	He's worth more than Sylvio and his boys put together.
Me	Gorn told you about me?? What happened to him?
Lee	You remember him, don't you?
Me	Sure.
Lee	He got caught by the paladins and was sent back to the Valley of Mines with a penal convoy.
Lee	If the road to the Valley of Mines weren't plastered with paladins and orcs, I'd have sent a couple of the boys already to free him.
Lee	But the way things are, there's no point. Poor devil.
Me	Let me think ...
Lee	Big, dark, bad, with a big axe - he reconquered our ore mine with you back in the colony.
Me	Onar now has a few sheep less thanks to Bullco ...
Lee	Oh, leave me alone with that shit! I have enough trouble as it is.
Me	Me too. Bullco seems to have a problem with me. He wants me to leave the farm ...
Lee	Yes, and? Assert yourself.
Lee	You can tell him he should restrain himself, otherwise I'll deduct the lost sheep from his pay ...
Me	I've come from the Valley of Mines. The castle there was attacked by dragons!
Lee	So it's true! Lares said that rumors about dragons are circulating through the city ... I didn't believe it ...
Lee	What about the paladins?
Me	They've been thoroughly decimated.
Lee	Good! Maybe now Lord Hagen will think again about my offer ...
Lee	And if not ... (hard) Then we'll find another way to get out of here ...
Lee	Good! Maybe that will make Lord Hagen move to the Valley of Mines with his men ...
Lee	The fewer paladins stay here, the better.
Me	What about some better armor?
Lee	You fulfilled your assignment.
Lee	I have some better armor for you here. That is, if you have the wherewithal.
Lee	Torlof has an assignment from Onar that should have been taken care of some time ago.
Lee	Take care of that first - then we'll talk about better armor!
Me	Give me the armor.
Lee	Here you go. Some good armor.
Lee	But it isn't a gift! First I want to see some gold!
Me	Do you have better armor for me?
Lee	I sure do.
Me	Give me the heavy armor.
Lee	Here. Very good armor. It's the same that I wear.
Lee	You know how it works. First the gold!
Me	Don't you have anything else for me to do?
Lee	You can't get enough, eh? You're in plenty of trouble as it is. What else do you want, then?
Me	Another assignment. I'm a mercenary, remember?
Lee	All right. I've got something. It's just the thing for you.
Lee	I have a debt to settle with the judge in town. I'd actually prefer to do it myself.
Lee	But the paladins wouldn't let me within a stone's throw of his house.
Lee	The thing has to be handled with a bit of consideration. So pay attention. You'll go to the judge and offer him your services.
Lee	You'll try to win his trust and carry out some dirty work for him, until you find something to incriminate him.
Lee	The swine has done so many dirty jobs that it stinks to high heaven.
Lee	Bring me something I can use to blacken his name with the militia, so that he spends the rest of his life molding in the slammer.
Lee	But I don't want you to kill him. That would be too quick. I want him to suffer, understand?
Lee	Do you think you can do that?
Me	No problem. How much?
Lee	Your reward depends on what you bring me. So make an effort.
Me	I'm not going to do that. I won't play doormat for that swine.
Lee	Don't make such a fuss. Anyway, he's the one who busted you and had you tossed through the Barrier. Or have you forgotten that?
Lee	Do what you want, but I think you'll make the right decision.
Me	I found something to incriminate the judge.
Lee	Really? What is it?
Me	He hired a few thugs to mug the governor of Khorinis.
Me	Shortly afterwards, he had them arrested and pocketed all the gold.
Me	I brought you the written order the judge gave those thugs as evidence.
Lee	Show me.
Lee	At last. That should be enough to make him bleed. I'm impressed.
Lee	I'm willing to shell out quite a bit for that. Here's your reward.
Lee	And not a word about this to anyone, got it?
Lee	That's terrific. But the matter has resolved itself. The judge is dead.
Lee	Some idiot blew him away. Oh, well. That's fine with me, too.
Lee	Here's a few coins. That's all this note is worth to me now.
Me	What about Bennet?
Lee	So you heard about that. The bastards have locked him up, just like that.
Lee	As if I didn't have enough problems with my own people - now I have to take care of the paladins, too.
Me	What will you do about Bennet?
Lee	I don't know yet. A few of the boys would like to run to the city and knock Lord Hagen's teeth down his throat.
Lee	Luckily, we don't have enough people for an operation like that, and besides it's not my style.
Me	Are you going to stay here and see what happens, then?
Lee	Certainly not.
Lee	Lares is still in the city and trying to find out how we can get Bennet out of there.
Lee	Until that happens, I'm trying to calm my people. I only hope that Lares doesn't take too long.
Lee	Oh, yes. Before I forget ... Buster wants to talk to you. He wouldn't tell me what it was about. Maybe you should go see him!
Me	Can I help you in this matter with Bennet?
Lee	Sure, a bit of intelligence and sanity certainly wouldn't hurt in this matter.
Lee	Innos knows, there are enough idiots running around here.
Lee	Go to the city and see if you can find a way to get Bennet out of there.
Lee	But don't be too long about it, I don't know how much longer I can keep the men under control.
Me	Any news about Bennet?
Lee	At least he doesn't seem to have suffered any lasting damage in jail.
Lee	Good work.
Lee	No, we still don't know enough.
Me	What has happened in the meantime?
Lee	Sylvio, the bastard, has heard about the dragons in the Valley of Mines and has made everyone here on the farm totally crazy about it.
Lee	He's tried to convince the boys to follow him to the Valley of Mines. He's promised them fame, honor, gold and all sorts of things.
Lee	A lot of them have no interest in getting killed for Sylvio, but there were quite a few idiots who fell for his drivel.
Lee	The end of the story is that they got outfitted by Bennet and then set off.
Lee	(dismissively) Ah. Basically, I'm glad that Sylvio is finally gone from the farm.
Me	Can you train me?
Lee	I can show you how to fight with a two-hander.
Lee	But I don't have the time to teach you the basics as well.
Lee	As soon as you have reached a certain level of skill, I'll take you in hand. Until then, you'll have to find another teacher.
Lee	I've heard you're pretty good. But I bet I can still teach you a thing or two.
Lee	So, if you want, I can teach you something. That'll cost you a bit, though.
Me	How much?
Lee	1000 gold pieces and we're in business.
Me	That's too expensive for me.
Lee	Think about it. Teachers of my caliber are hard to find.
Me	Deal. Here's the gold.
Lee	All right, I promise you: I'm worth the price.
Me	Let's start with the training.
Lee	Now you are a real master in two-handed combat.
Lee	You no longer need a teacher.
Lee	Now you are a real master in two-handed combat.
Lee	You no longer need a teacher.
Me	The lizard people are distributing dragon eggs all over the country.
Lee	I might have known. It's time we got out of here.
Me	So what am I supposed to do with them?
Lee	Smash them. What else?
Lee	Maybe the shells can be used for making armor or something like that.
Lee	They look pretty stable. Talk to Bennet about it.
Me	How's it going on the farm?
Lee	Well, since Sylvio left, we've finally had some peace around here.
Me	That doesn't sound too bad.
Lee	Unfortunately, we don't have less work. The men are becoming more and more discontent, because they now have to do the work of Sylvio's men on top of their own.
Lee	But let me worry about that. I can handle it.
Me	Do you have an idea how I could take over the paladins' ship?
Lee	Do you think I'd still be here if I did? That thing is better guarded than the ore transports were in the Old Camp.
Me	There must be a way to get on the ship.
Lee	Sure. Getting on board is easy.
Lee	After all, we have the judge in our power. You should go to him and squeeze a letter of authorization for the ship out of him.
Lee	I have a forged letter of authorization here. With that the ship's guards will let you pass.
Lee	But that isn't everything. To navigate the ship, you need a captain, a crew and so on.
Lee	There's a whole string of requirements involved.
Me	Do you know anyone who could navigate the ship?
Lee	As far as I know, Torlof used to go to sea. He knows what's what.
Me	Who should I hire as a crew?
Lee	You'll have to decide that for yourself. But I would only take people that I trust. Do you have enough people you can trust?
Lee	If you need a smith in your crew, you should ask Bennet. He is certainly the best you'll find.
Me	The written authorization did the trick. The ship's mine now. The judge was very cooperative.
Lee	Well. Your long period of humiliation with the bastard has finally paid off.
Me	I want to steal the ship.
Lee	And how is that supposed to happen?
Me	Piece of cake - I go there, show them your papers, and take the ship.
Lee	If you say so. Here, I hope you know what you're doing.
Me	Would you accompany me on the ship?
Lee	Are you kidding? Of course I'm in. I have a few old scores to settle on the mainland.
Lee	Besides, I can teach you one and two-handed combat. I could be very useful to you.
Me	The ship is full now, but I'll be back if there is an opening.
Me	Go pack your things, then!
Lee	What? Right now?
Me	Yes, I'm planning to get out of here, and if you want to join me, come down to the harbor. We'll meet at the ship.
Lee	I've waited a long time for this moment. I'll be there.
Me	I'll let you know if I can use you.
Lee	You must know what you want. But you can never have enough good fighters around.
Lee	(grins) Unless they're utter morons like Sylvio.
Me	I can't use you after all!
Lee	Suit yourself, you know where to find me!
Me	I can use you after all!
Lee	I knew you needed me! I'll see you on the ship.
Lee	You know what, screw you. First you say I should come, then you send me away again.
Lee	Find yourself another idiot!