>[!quote]+ *Greetings, great [[champion]] called by [[grace]]. I am [[Fia, the Deathbed Companion|Fia]]. Circumstances have compelled my stay at the [[Roundtable Hold]]. Great [[champion]], would you allow me to hold you, but briefly? Perhaps you might share with me some of your lifely vigour, and your stout-heartedness. Doing so will grant me the warmth of a [[champion]]. And you, I am sure, will bear a [[baldachin's blessing]]. Do you think it vulgar, perhaps? Where I come from, it is a sacred act.* > >>[!quote]+ Refuse *I understand. Your disdain is only natural. But should you change your mind... Come pay me another visit.* *Oh, my dear... Had a change of heart already?* > >>[!quote]+ Let her hold you *Ah, my thanks, great [[champion]]. You are...very warm... What you felt light up inside you was a [[baldachin's blessing]]. Though it is but a fleeting thing, I am afraid. Come back to me, should you require another. I will take you in my arms as often as you need.* >[!quote]+ Ask to be held, while still bearing a blessing. >*I am pleased to see you again. Would you like me to hold you, once more? The [[Baldachin's Blessing|blessing]] is still aflame in your breast, dear. Would you like to be held, regardless?* >>[!quote]+ *Now, come closer... You are so...very warm...* > >>[!quote]- Refuse *Then good day to you, my dear.* >[!quote]+ Talk in secret *I was known as a Deathbed Companion, where I come from. After I received the warmth and lifely vigour from a number of [[champions]], I lay with the remains of an exalted noble, to grant him another chance at life. To do so is the purpose of my being. But before I could bear the noble into new life, I was awakened by the [[guidance of grace]], and chased from my birthplace. Pray, be kind. Despite all that, I still wish to be a Deathbed Companion. So please, let me hold you like this, as often as it takes.* >[!quote]+ Black knifeprint >*My dear... Have you ever heard of [[black knifeprints]]? Dear [[Rogier]] likes to talk of them when abed. And the [[Night of the Black Knives|Night of Black Knives]], in which [[Godwyn|the first]] of the [[Demigods]] was slain. The [[black knives]] wielded by the [[Black Knife Assassins|assassins]] who committed the act, along with the impressions they made, somehow hide the truth of the conspiracy. These grand affairs are hardly my forté... But dear [[Rogier]] began to weep as he spoke...* >[!quote]+ >*In truth I've heard tell from someone else, about the [[black knifeprints]] that fascinate dear [[Rogier]] so. But It wouldn't be right to give this to him, stuck as he is in the [[Roundtable Hold]]. Perhaps you could make use of it?* (RECEIVE [[KNIFEPRINT CLUE]]) >[!quote]+ About Rogier >*I heard that you lent a hand to dear [[Rogier]]. He seemed positively elated. He must be possessed of great mental fortitude. It anchors his will, and sustains him, despite his grievous wounds. You truly are a [[champion]]. To dear Rogier, and myself, too.* (RECEIVE [[SACRIFICIAL TWIG]]) >[!quote]+ Return dagger to owner >*My dear... Might I ask something of you? Could you please find the owner of [[Weathered Dagger|this dagger]], and return it to them? A certain person gave it to me, as a gift. It's a very precious thing. It must have a special place in the owner's heart. So I would like for the original owner to have it back, if you wouldn't mind.* > *I'd like you to find the owner of the dagger I gave you, and return it to them. It's a very precious thing. It must have a special place in the owner's heart.* >[!quote]+ In the other room, after killing [[D(arian), Hunter of the Dead|D]] *Finally, it is returned to its rightful place. The stolen hallowbrand, of the exalted noble. And now, I must bid you goodbye as well. Though I ask you deliver this message to the [[Roundtable Hold]]. I am [[Fia, Deathbed Companion]]. Hark, Roundtable. Disturb not the Death of [[Godwyn]], the exalted. [[Those Who Live in Death|We, who humbly live in Death]]... Live in waiting, to one day welcome our Lord. What right does anyone have to object? Our Lord will rise. The Lord of the many, and the meek.* >[!location] [[Roundtable Hold]] >[!questline] >Preceded by: N/A >Followed by: [[Dialogue - Fia @ Roundtable Hold]] #source #dialogue #fia #roundtable_hold