Stranger in a Strange Land

Cut Down By Some Miserable S--ts

The last objective during Contract: The Phantom of Eldberg involves claiming a reward for banishing a troublesome wraith from the Eldberg Lighthouse. You reconvene with Jorund at his longhouse tavern in the village of Arinbjorn in northwest Ard Skellig. After speaking to Jorund, two warriors approach you. These two bigots are known to you, since they hassled you at the start of the contract. They aren’t letting up now, either.

After some harsh words are exchanged, choose a conversation as you wish. Either option results in a fight to the death, with Jorund by your side against Kori and his easily-lead brother, Kraki. Despite your prowess with a blade, the combat ends with Kori cutting down Jorund. Finish off the two fools immediately afterward. Jorund asks for a last nip before he visits the afterlife, and passes away. Wait, what’s that commotion outside?

Leave the longhouse tavern, where you’re stopped by a mob of angry villagers. Kori’s father Leif brandishes you a murderer. You may answer them as you wish, but you are made to stand and defend your actions before the jarl—alarmingly named Madman Lugos. You’re not expecting a fair trial.

The Very Devil We Speak Of

You have no weapons, and you’re languishing in prison. Run past the rock-crackers and speak to a bare-chested man named Simun Brambling. He has little to say except for the need to escape. Head to the prison gate and speak to the guard. It seems your trial has been postponed… by at least a year. You can:

• (Axii Delusion Level 3) Befuddle the guard into letting you out of the prison.
• Tell the guard you have no time, or that you can make a deal. Either offering falls on deaf ears.
• Talk to Simun and take his offer. He agrees to help you convince the guard to let you out, but you’ll owe him a favor (Secondary Quest: An Unpaid Debt) he’ll ask you for later on.
• Or, you can start punching any other prisoners, engaging in a fistfight. Win, and the guards are impressed, taking you to see Lugos.

You are brought before the Jarl where Leif is making an impassioned plea for your head. He asks you for your opinion. Answer how you wish (it makes no difference) you’re found guilty of murder, and sentenced to death by suffocation. Or by paying Kori and Kraki’s weight in silver. Neither option is terribly appealing, so you’re surprised when Lugos pays off Leif. You are now in Lugos’ debt of pride.

• A debt that must be paid. Secondary Quest: The Cave of Dreams now begins.
• If you already completed Secondary Quest: The Cave of Dreams, you are simply let go as your debt to Lugos has already been paid in full.