Business with Orcs

Questor Offer

Ah, [your first name], I am glad you're here. If you are available for hire, I am looking for someone to purvey a special [item] to an acquaintance of mine. The reward, I think, you will find to be extremely liberal, to compensate for the danger of the mission. Are you interested?

Refuse Quest

Really? Too busy, perhaps. That is a shame.

Accept Quest

Excellent. Here's the [item]. Now, [contact] needs to have it in [contact's place] in [quest time] days. That ought to be plenty of time, I hope. [contact] will be easy to find -- just look for a [contact] at [contact's town]. By the way, you may encounter some orcs who do not want this shipment made. I trust you know how to deal with their kind. Good luck.

Quest Fail

Speed is vital, [your first name]. Orcs have been seen prowling around [quest giver's place] at night. You had best get on the road before they become bolder.

Quest Complete

Ah, good to see you [your first name]. And the [item] too. Excellent. Here's a little trinket for your trouble. I hope you like red. Take care of yourself.

Rumors During Quest

[quest giver] is still in the smuggling business, I hear.

I hear the guards chased off a couple of orcs last night. I wonder what would bring them into town?

Rumors Postfailure

Someone found a very lovely [item] around here recently.

I hear [quest giver] is mad as hell at some [your race] adventurer.

Rumors Postsuccess

Some [contact] was just here, waving around some [item].

Some jewelry store has reported the theft of a big ruby, I hear.

Questor Postsuccess

I hear that your mission was a success, [your first name]. That's good. Very good.

I was pleased to hear of the success of the delivery. What can I do for you?

Questor Postfailure

You're the courier who couldn't complete the delivery, yes? Wouldn't I be a fool to waste my breath on you again? That's a rhetorical question, by the way.

Quest Log Entry

[the quest date]: [quest giver] has hired me to deliver a [item] to someone in [contact's place] named [contact]. [He/she] will meet me at [contact's town] in [quest time] days to reward me if I have not already been minced by the orcs who are also after the [item].

Message 1012

You don't want to have anything to do with that orc-lover from [orsinium's place].

[orsinium] of [orsinium's place]? They say [he/she] actually talks to orcs.

Message 1013

[orsinium] is well-known in [orsinium's place] as an orc sympathizer.

I know for a fact that [orsinium] is a filthy orc-lover. I've seen [him/her] myself, meeting with the brutes outside of [orsinium's place]. [He/she] should be run out of town, if you ask me.

Message 1015

[quest giver] will deny it, but they say [he/she]'s in the smuggling business.

[quest giver] is said to be involved in a smuggling ring, bringing in loot plundered out of old Orsinium.

Message 1016

[quest giver] will bring the orcs down on all of us if he keeps dealing in plunder from Orsinium. [orsinium] has accused [quest giver] publicly, but nothing's been done about it, of course.

I don't know where [quest giver] gets it from, but I've seen [him/her] wearing some exquisite antique jewelry lately. Ancient Orsinium craftsmanship, if I'm not mistaken.

Message 1020

I'm glad you sought me out, [your name]. You should know that the [item] you are carrying was stolen from Orsinium, the ancient capital of the orcs. [quest giver], like most people, treats orcs as beneath contempt, hence they are forced to resort to violence to recover their stolen property. However, I hope that you are more enlightened than your employer. If you give me the [item], I will see that it is returned to its rightful owners.

Message 1021

Do you give the [item]?

Message 1022

I'm glad I was right about you. Thank you, [your first name]. We will not forget this.

Message 1023

That is most regrettable. Well, we all have our reasons. I hope you can live with this decision.

Message 1030

As the orc crumples to the ground, it gasps in a barely comprehensible accent, "[orsinium] ... go ... [orsinium] ..." -- Symbols used in the QRC file: -- -- [he/she] occurs 6 times. -- [him/her] occurs 2 times. -- [your first name] occurs 5 times. -- [your name] occurs 1 time. -- [the quest date] occurs 1 time. -- [your race] occurs 1 time. -- [contact] occurs 2 times. -- [quest time] occurs 2 times. -- [contact's place] occurs 2 times. -- [orsinium's place] occurs 6 times. -- [quest giver's place] occurs 1 time. -- [contact's town] occurs 5 times. -- [item] occurs 12 times. -- [orsinium] occurs 7 times. -- [quest giver] occurs 11 times.