Description

Settlements

Pravend

Drapand Castle

Aldric

Head of Clan

Character of Vlandia.

 <!-- Aldric, patriarch of clan 2. Weak, not especially cruel -->
<NPCCharacter id="lord_4_3"
name="{=vEsKYrFR}Aldric"
age="45"
voice="ironic"
default_group="Cavalry"
is_hero="true"
culture="Culture.vlandia"
occupation="Lord"
face_mesh_cache="true">

From companion_strings.XML (character likely removed):

<!-- companion #6, Ewyn, Geroian by birth, merchant had a factor in Sarghert. Sent to meet a groom but the ship was taken at sea, had no capacity to ransom her as property seized by Aldric of Tihr
Perk, surgery
Alternative - expelled from family for falling in love with poor boy
Start - imperial city
Lore - wishes to harm Aldric
-->
<string
id="str_npc_intro.7"
text="{=s0TgECe7}Hello. Come any closer and I'll stick a knife in your belly, but if you remain where you are, I see no reason not to have a pleasant chat." />
<string
id="str_npc_intro_response_1.7"
text="{=ziu66P84}I'll stand where I am. So, why so friendly a greeting?" />
<string
id="str_npc_intro_response_2.7"
text="{=clatEXV2}I'm backing away now, lady. Good day to you." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_a.7"
text="{=2fa1Ai55}Well, there was a time when I was less wary of strangers, but I've learned since that many of those who approach me in an inn or on the road have unworthy motives. It's a bit of a tale, but I will tell you if you're interested." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_b.7"
text="{=DdYimYLm}I had a bit of a protected upbringing, you see. I am a great-niece of Aldric, lord of Sarghert. My father died in his wars, but I was considered a member of his household, and I was to be married to a horseman in his retinue. Alas, I fell in love with one of the common soldiers. He was high-spirited, handsome - the kind of boy who imagined the evils of this world could never touch him." />
<string
id="str_npc_interrupt_1.7"
text="{=TGYJUUn0}Go on." />
<string
id="str_npc_interrupt_2.7"
text="{=D33fIGQe}Never mind." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_d.7"
text="{=dagVYLDb}I spent a great deal of time in the barracks, and learned much of the knowledge that a soldier's woman should know. But I was foolish to think Aldric would never learn of our liaisons. He thought it no doubt a disgrace for his family, and perhaps he was jealous of my lover, for I had seen Aldric cast an eye my way himself. He had my lover accused of theft, and hanged, and dipped in tar. Every night I wake from a dream in which I see the body of my lover black and twisting in the wind as it hangs from the gate." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_d.7"
text="{=Jk83lyZl}I fled Sarghert. In a tavern in Bostrum, I found myself a surgeon who agreed to take me on as apprentice. I followed the empire's armies, and I found that my knowledge learned in the barracks of Sarghert had a use. I became a surgeon's apprentice, removing arrows from ribcages or trepanning a skull." />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_response_1.7"
text="{=bsnUJ7Br}Those are useful skills. Are you looking for work?" />
<string
id="str_npc_backstory_response_1.7"
text="{=jb3TXFa9}A sad tale, my dear, but Calradia is full of them. Good day." />
<string
id="str_npc_signup.7"
text="{=a6Yqb6nY}I am. " />
<string
id="str_npc_signup_2.7"
text="{=!} " />
<!--
My father always told me that vengeance and the punishment of wrongdoing was a thing for lords. We as merchants are builders. We make the wealth that creates cities. When injustice tears us down, we grit our teeth and rebuild again.
I do not pursue Aldric's death, but if it were to come to pass, I cannot deny that I would be glad of it.

Ethild

Noble

 Character of Vlandia.

 <!-- Elthild, more astute than husband, but equally unscrupulous -->
<NPCCharacter id="lord_4_4"
name="{=Pya9aCTd}Elthild"
age="45"
voice="earnest"
is_hero="true"
default_group="Infantry"
is_female="true"
culture="Culture.vlandia"
occupation="Lord"
face_mesh_cache="true">

Megenhelda

Noble

 Character of Vlandia.

  name="{=36Y88cTv}Megenhelda"
age="22"
voice="ironic"
is_female="true"
default_group="Cavalry"
is_hero="true"
culture="Culture.vlandia"
occupation="Lord"
face_mesh_cache="true">

Furnhard

Noble

 Character of Vlandia.

 <!-- Furnhard, as debauched as his father-->
<NPCCharacter id="lord_4_8"
name="{=GK1k9K4j}Furnhard"
age="26"
voice="ironic"
default_group="Cavalry"
is_hero="true"
culture="Culture.vlandia"
occupation="Lord"
face_mesh_cache="true">

Liena

Vassal

 Character of Vlandia.

 <!-- Liena, Heiress for clan 2. Saving grace of her family -->
<NPCCharacter id="lord_4_11"
name="{=zUJKwx5J}Liena"
age="24"
voice="earnest"
default_group="Cavalry"
is_hero="true"
is_female="true"
culture="Culture.vlandia"
occupation="Lord"
face_mesh_cache="true">