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{{Infobox event
{{Infobox event
| event = The Prisoner
| event = The Prisoner
| image = Thelonelycost.png
| image = Dwemerald.png
| author = Douglas Austin
| author = Douglas Austin
| type = Opportunity
| type = Opportunity
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== Choices ==
== Choices ==


'''1."Are you feeling alright? We have to hurry!"'''
''1. They set out again in the morning, to find what the person has bid them fetch.''
: ''Choosing this option leads to another choice.''
 
::1.1 ''"Well...hate to say it, after we've come all this way, but...We can't rightly go and desecrate a hero's tomb."''
::''1.1 <q>This is wrong.</q>''
:::{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
:::{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
| <strong>Outcome</strong>
| <strong>Outcome</strong>
|-
|-
| Return to the mystic empty-handed. The hero recognizes their voice as the one that had cast the curse. The mystic then reveals to be an evil overlord and that the whole thing was a plan to restore their power. After the explanation, a [[battle]] between the heroes and the mystic starts.  
| Return to the quest-giver empty handed, then battle them when they reveal their true identity. The following is added to the hero's [[history]]:
''<q>They lived a long time beneath a curse, but at last buried it with the body of its caster.</q>''
The following is added to the companion's history:
''<q>They helped lift a deathcurse on one of their company, foiling the plot of an ancient and evil conqueror and burning them with their cottage.</q>''
|}
|}
::1.2 ''"I know it's not right to desecrate the dead...but this is about preserving the living."''
 
::''1.2 "Well... ''this person'' doesn't need it. Let's start digging."''
:::{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
:::{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
| <strong>Outcome</strong>
| <strong>Outcome</strong>
|-
|-
| Battle a spectral hero. Leads to a calamity, improving your enemies.
| Battle the ghost of the hero whose tomb was desecrated. One calamity card for every monster type is added. The following is added to the hero's history:
''<q>Because of their decisions, an ancient and evil conqueror was set free upon the world. Ever after, they would be haunted by the misstep, and treat each choice with greater discretion.</q>''
The following is added to their companion's history:
''<q>They lived a long time beneath a curse, shedding it only to loose its vicious caster upon the world. The exchange would never sit well with them.</q>''
|}
|}


'''2."Something about this is just...weird. Let's think on it."'''
''2. "Something about the way they... it feels ''off''. I'll find another answer.''
{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
:{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
| <strong>Outcome</strong>
| <strong>Outcome</strong>
|-
|-
| Decline the opportunity
| The opportunity is declined.
|}
|}


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
Choosing Option 1.1 adds the following text to the hero's [[history]]:
''She lived a long time beneath a curse, but at last buried it with the body of its caster.''
And their companion obtains the following text in their history:
''He helped lift a deathcurse on one of his company, foiling the plot of an ancient and evil conqueror and burning them with their cottage.''


Facing the Mystic makes the heroes refer to the game as "Wildermyth". A metajoke about the game itself.
Facing the Mystic makes the heroes refer to the game as "Wildermyth". A metajoke about the game itself.
If Option 1.2 is chosen, the legacy aspect <code>legacy_unlockedVultureLord</code> is added to the hero, allowing future campaigns to reference this event in one way or another.


Before update 0.13+109 Darrel Trace this event was named "The Lonely Cost"
Before update 0.13+109 Darrel Trace this event was named "The Lonely Cost"
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== Images ==
== Images ==


<gallery>
<gallery mode=packed heights=150px>
File:Dwemerald.png|The dwemerald
File:Thelonelycost.png
</gallery>
</gallery>


[[Category:Event]]
[[Category:Event]]
[[Category:Proud]]

Revision as of 22:43, 16 February 2021

The Prisoner
Dwemerald.png
Author
Douglas Austin
Event type
Opportunity

The heroes seek out an exiled hermit in order to lift a mysterious curse.

Choices

1. They set out again in the morning, to find what the person has bid them fetch.

1.1 This is wrong.
1.2 "Well... this person doesn't need it. Let's start digging."

2. "Something about the way they... it feels off. I'll find another answer.

Trivia

Facing the Mystic makes the heroes refer to the game as "Wildermyth". A metajoke about the game itself.

If Option 1.2 is chosen, the legacy aspect legacy_unlockedVultureLord is added to the hero, allowing future campaigns to reference this event in one way or another.

Before update 0.13+109 Darrel Trace this event was named "The Lonely Cost"

Images