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    Synopsis:

    Karlach interacts with her parents tombstones. Throughout this convo she speaks with meaning, but doesn't get too emotional. Tenderness without a lot of sadness. She's had a long time to come to terms with the loss of her parents - this is more of a homecoming.

    How to trigger:

    1. Load CTY_Main_A.
    2. Have Karlach in your party.
    3. goto 5; 39; 31
    4. Interact with any of the two revealed tombstones.


  • 18.
    Karlach
    : Here lie Pluck and Caerlack Cliffgate. My parents. Hi mum. Hi dad.devnoteCOM
    • 26.
      Karlach
      : Sorry I haven't visited. I've been... away. But I'm back now! And I brought friends.
      • 1.
        Karlach
        : I miss you so much. But I'm happy. And getting up to some really important shit. Maybe you can see for yourselves. I don't know.devnote
        • 5.
          Karlach
          : You're with me here, anyway. Taters.devnote
          • 24. Player: 'Taters'?
            • 17.
              Karlach
              : Meant 'I love you' in the Cliffgate household. I can't even remember how it started anymore. Lost family lore.
              • 11.
                Karlach
                : There was a lot of silly nonsense in our house. My mates used to say we had our own personal language. I guess I'm the last remaining speaker.devnote
                • Link to Node 14
          • 8. Player: I'm glad we came here.
            • 4.
              Karlach
              : Me too. Didn't realise how nice it'd feel to come say hello.
              • 2. [Jump] Jump to Node 14 (1)
          • 10. Player: May I ask how your parents died?
            • 12.
              Karlach
              : I was a teenager when mum passed - bad fever. A good healer could've saved her, but she slipped away before we found one who'd take our gold.
              • 15.
                Karlach
                : Dad went a few years later. He was on an errand for work, travelling the Risen Road. His cart overturned and caught him just so.
                • 6.
                  Karlach
                  : I was on my own after that. Fell in with Gortash not long after. If my folks had been alive, they would've sniffed him out straight away.
                  • 0.
                    Karlach
                    : But. They weren't.devnote
                    • 14.
                      Karlach
                      : Mum used to say there was no such thing as death. That there was only change.
                      • 20.
                        Karlach
                        : Dad thought that was a load of woo. That gone meant gone, unless you'd struck a deal with one of the gods. Said he had better things to do in life than beg favours off immortals.
                        • 22.
                          Karlach
                          : I'm not sure what I believe.
                          • 3. Player: It's the ultimate mystery. There are many possibilities, but we'll never know until we get there.
                            • 16.
                              Karlach
                              : Something to look forward to. Bit morbid, but true all the same.
                              End
                          • 21. Player: Your mum was right. Our bodies become soil, water, air. We don't die, we just change.
                            • 23.
                              Karlach
                              : Nice thought, isn't it? This grass could be my mum's hair. The air in my lungs might be my dad telling me 'taters'. I like that.
                              End
                          • 7. Player: I agree with your dad. Death is the end of life - it's harsh, but true.
                            • 25.
                              Karlach
                              : Classic Pluck Cliffgate. Harsh but honest. He may be right - but then again, he may not. Only one way to find out, huh?
                              End
                          • 13. Player: There is no need to wonder. Our souls travel to the City of Judgement and are then taken by the gods.
                            • 28.
                              Karlach
                              : If they deign to choose us. There's no guarantee, is there? And I've made little effort to attract the loyalty of anyone but you.
                              • 19.
                                Karlach
                                : Hopefully there's more waiting for me than that. Very hopefully.
                                End
                          • 27. [Jump] Jump to Node 9 (1)
          • 9. Player: Leave.
            End