>[!quote]+
*Ah...there you are. I knew you would come. What is it you intend? To deny us, and our ways? Like the dogmatic brutes of the [[Golden Order]]?*
>>[!quote]+ *That's right.*
>>*I see. Then you must kill me. For I am the companion of [[Godwyn|Godwyn, Prince of Death]]. I wished to be a mother to [[Those Who Live in Death]]. So it is, that any loathing, any hatred that overshadows them... I must bear, as a matter of duty, with my own flesh.*
>>
>>*Go on, kill me. You deny us, do you not? Because we deign to live in [[Death]], and wish our Lord to rise to glory.*
>
>>[!quote]+ *No, I want to be held.*
>>*You are an odd one. I am the guardian of [[Those Who Live in Death]]. They call me a foul and rotten witch. Yet you still wish to be held by me?*
>[!quote]+ Talk in secret 1
*Have you ever seen a [[hallowbrand]]? [[Night of the Black Knives|Night of Black Knives]], his flesh was marked with the [[half-wheel wound of the centipede]]. [[Godwyn|Godwyn's]] hallowbrand has since been recovered at the [[Roundtable Hold]]. But there is another hallowbrand out there somewhere. And I must find it. Before the time comes we receive our [[Lord]].*
>[!quote]+ Talk in secret 2
>*When [[Godwyn]] died, a [[hallowbrand]] scored his flesh. But another exists. Another mark in the shape of the [[half-wheel wound of the centipede]]. And I must find it. Before the time comes we receive our [[Lord]]. My hands will be dirtied once more by the deed. Will you still let me hold you, even then?*
>[!quote]+ Give her [[Cursemark of Death]]
>*...! This...is the other [[hallowbrand]]. How did you... Oh, my utmost thanks. With this, [[Godwyn]] can take his rightful place as [[First of the Dead]]. And claim a second, illustrious life. You are my-- our true [[champion]]. And though I can't be of any use to you... Can I hold you tight, if only for a moment?* (RECEIVE [[RADIANT BALDACHIN'S BLESSING]])
>[!quote]+ Talk in secret 3
*I will soon lay with [[Godwyn]]. And it will surely stir within me. the new life of the golden prince, and first Dead of the [[demigods]], as the rune of [[Those Who Live in Death]]. Please, do one thing for me. Brandish this child, my [[Runes|rune]], and take for yourself the throne. Stay the persecution of [[Those Who Live in Death]]. By becoming our [[Elden Lord]].* (RECEIVE [[Mending Rune of the Death-Prince]] )
>[!quote]+ Talk in secret 4
*I will soon lay with [[Godwyn]]. To conceive my child, [[Mending Rune of the Death-Prince|the rune]]. Brandish my [[runes|rune]], and take for yourself the throne. Stay the persecution of [[Those Who Live in Death]]. By becoming our [[Elden Lord]].*
>[!quote]+ Talk in secret 5
>*This is goodbye, my dear. But I am satisfied. I choose to lie with [[Godwyn]] of my own will. Not the remains of one chosen for me. And I will bear a child. Who will inherit your warmth, too. What greater blessing could there be, but to be born a Deathbed Companion?*
>[!location] [[Prince of Death's Throne]]
>[!questline]
>Preceded by: [[Dialogue - Fia @ Roundtable Hold]]
>Followed by: [[Age of the Duskborn]]
#source #dialogue #fia #deeproot_depths