While the population of Crucible is not robust, there are plenty of other survivors to be found. All named NPCs can be interacted with, appear in network posts, and can inboxed but engagement may be limited. Threaded interactions may be resolved summary style.
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eaters of sin
The so-called Sin Eaters are long-term residents of the Lonely Fortress and are so named by their preference to indulge in creature comforts to keep their servitors at bay.
Siegfried
The Kindred Scholar
RoleRecord keeping
TemperamentFriendly/Arrogant
Location(s)Library
A demonologist who has been exiled in the Crucible for a significant period of time compared to the others. He is invested studying the Crucible and their purpose within it. As the elder, he is somewhat the de facto voice of leadership among the fortress residents.
Edvin
The Lamenting Baron
Role:Steward
Temperament:Evasive/Haughty
Location(s):Tower Study
A melancholic noble who has lived within the Lonely Fortress for some time. He somewhat oversees (or mostly complains) over stewardship duties around the keep and organizes dinner parties. Mostly yells at people to clean up after themselves.
Mathilde
The Rottflower Prophet
Role:Herbalist/Healer
Temperament:Direct/Kind
Location(s):Greenhouse
A woods witch that cultivates an exotic herb garden collected from egregore-tainted flora. She serves as the spiritual guide and healer to fortress residents, often spearheading experimental rituals to try and bring equilibrium to the egregore.
Romilly
The Sorrow-eater
Role:Companion
Temperament:Friendly/Nurturing
Location(s):Velvet Parlor
A low-born entertainer who apprentices with Mathilde as a healer. She provides council and physical comfort to residents, believing that only love can beat out the darkness that prevails over all exiles. She treats the egregore like an entity to be worshiped, lovingly referring to it as Gregor.
yorick
The Gatekeeper
Role:Lift Operator
Temperament:Friendly/Snarky
Location(s):Lift station, front gate, ramparts.
A cheeky bard that manages the exit ways of the fortress. He knows the keep, the undercroft, and surrounding areas better than the back of his hand. Collects secrets and trinkets, but don't you dare call him a thief. Sometimes provides the musical entertainment to fortress gatherings.
[ Mathilde is more than welcome to any questions Brienne has to ask. She will welcome her into her solar, which is full of plants and herbs both native to the Crucible and elsewhere. Despite the frigid winter ravaging the landscape, the woods witch's garden is warm and humid with no visible means as to how she keeps the frost from destroying her plants.
She'll sit the girl down and offer her some tea to calm her nerves to answer her questions: ]
(have any of them offered themselves to the briar lord?)
Mathilde will break this news the same way she did with Steve and inform Brienne that the rest of the veteran exiles in the fortress except for Yorick have offered themselves to the Briar lord at least once.
She will confirm she has given herself to the Briar Lord twice and will show Brienne the deep pitted scar in her chest to prove it. She will also explain that not all return, but some do and that they will feel different if they do. She explains this carefully as to not instill too much hope or fear in Brienne's decision to move forward.
(how public must it all be?)
Mathilde will explain in the past they would treat things with ceremony because they want to do all they can to honor each other for the sacrifice they're about to give, but this practice is more a custom desired by the exiles involved and is not necessary to the pact itself.
She will menton if Brienne does not want anyone else present, arrangements can be made to distract the rest of the exiles and ensure that she enters the chapel alone.
(will they call another meeting to tell everyone what she's done?)
Yes, they will need to inform the exiles of the decision eventually but can wait until after it's done. Mathilde will ask if there is any message Brienne would like to leave if she intends on pursuing this alone and ensures that she will pass it along to her companions.
(if she is yet maiden, will that offer a better result as well?)
Mathilde explains that virginal purity has nothing to do with the pact and will not yield any different result than if she or Romilly volunteered themselves.
Once Mathilde has answered all of Brienne's questions (and offered more information than she even knew to look for), she sites quietly for a time to mull them over. The sight of Mathilde so bared to her makes her blush, and so does the fact that the exiles prefer to do it all together.
But, ultimately, Brienne is doing this in the hopes that her friends and companions won't have to suffer any more. So she agrees to do the meeting and the ritual in the usual way, with respect to the sacrifices that have come before hers. It's obviously not what she prefers, but she is a mulishly stubborn girl, even with regard to her own desires.
She made the choice, and she will not shy from it.
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im going to answer these per npc, mathilde first.
She'll sit the girl down and offer her some tea to calm her nerves to answer her questions: ]
(have any of them offered themselves to the briar lord?)
Mathilde will break this news the same way she did with Steve and inform Brienne that the rest of the veteran exiles in the fortress except for Yorick have offered themselves to the Briar lord at least once.
She will confirm she has given herself to the Briar Lord twice and will show Brienne the deep pitted scar in her chest to prove it. She will also explain that not all return, but some do and that they will feel different if they do. She explains this carefully as to not instill too much hope or fear in Brienne's decision to move forward.
(how public must it all be?)
Mathilde will explain in the past they would treat things with ceremony because they want to do all they can to honor each other for the sacrifice they're about to give, but this practice is more a custom desired by the exiles involved and is not necessary to the pact itself.
She will menton if Brienne does not want anyone else present, arrangements can be made to distract the rest of the exiles and ensure that she enters the chapel alone.
(will they call another meeting to tell everyone what she's done?)
Yes, they will need to inform the exiles of the decision eventually but can wait until after it's done. Mathilde will ask if there is any message Brienne would like to leave if she intends on pursuing this alone and ensures that she will pass it along to her companions.
(if she is yet maiden, will that offer a better result as well?)
Mathilde explains that virginal purity has nothing to do with the pact and will not yield any different result than if she or Romilly volunteered themselves.
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But, ultimately, Brienne is doing this in the hopes that her friends and companions won't have to suffer any more. So she agrees to do the meeting and the ritual in the usual way, with respect to the sacrifices that have come before hers. It's obviously not what she prefers, but she is a mulishly stubborn girl, even with regard to her own desires.
She made the choice, and she will not shy from it.