Jaret, King of Storms

• When the player speaks with the NPC for the first time:

^ Well, hello there.

^ You're just a fleshy bit of flotsam, washed ashore with the rest of us, hmm?

^ You'll want shelter, you'll want sanctuary. But what is a sanctuary without faith?

^ There's an empty sanctuary up the beach. You can claim it for your creed.

^ Tell me: do you keep the new gods?

• If the player answers "Yes" to "Do you keep the new gods?":

^ Most men follow the three deities: The King, The Knight, and The Judge.

^ The King lends wisdom to men who lead, The Knight protects warriors in combat, and The Judge guides those who maintain order.

^ Are you a follower of The Three, then?

• If the player answers "Yes":

^ You're a follower of The Three, as I suspected.

^ Here is a Candelabra of the Three, icon of your creed.

• If the player answers "No":

^ You don't keep the new gods? Rare...

^ So are you a pilgrim of Devara? Your sort has been dying out for centuries, I'm afraid.

• If the player answers "Yes" to "Are you a pilgrim of Devara?":

^ Followers of the Goddess of Light worship Devara, deity of humility, kindness, and forgiveness.

^ Her creed is perhaps the oldest known creed, though this could be a consequence of its clerics' meticulous recordkeeping.

^ Are you a pilgrim of Devara's Light, then?

• If the player answers "Yes":

^ A follower of the Goddess of Light. Your journey will be difficult.

^ Accept this Earthen Vessel, it will bring Devara's blessing to the vacant sanctuary ahead.

• If the player answers "No":

^ No...?

^ Do you hold no gods at all? You're either brave, foolish, or from the North.

^ You don't look particularly brave, but you don't seem particularly foolish, either. Are you a Mountainsmith?

• If the player answers "Yes" to "Are you a Mountainsmith?":

^ Men from the mountains of the northern continent of Markdor are Iron Ones.

^ They believe in no gods, believing instead in the iron will of man. They love steel but hate magic.

^ Are you a member of The Iron Ones, then?

• If the player answers "Yes":

^ You're a member of the Iron Ones, eh? No gods will help you here.

^ Accept this Metal Icon then.

• If the player answers "No":

^ No? What was your creed, then?

^ (Player is given the option to select one of the previous Creeds)

• When the player speaks with the NPC at the Shivering Shore:

^ You survived a shipwreck, didn't you?

^ This island is full of shipwrecked sailors like you.

^ I stand here on the beach. I see men drown, I see men survive, but I never see rescue.

^ Perhaps this island is cursed. But weren't you already thinking that?

^ But have I seen a princess? Perhaps... perhaps.

^ Why is a princess so important? Living or dead, we're all the same flesh.

^ Maybe I'm your princess, adorned in the skin of a decrepit old man! Heh heh heh.

^ Well, go find your princess. You know what they say: "a quest goes a long way to keepin' the madness at bay!"

^ Sanctuary is simple, but salvation is not.

• When the player speaks with the NPC at Bandit's Pass:

^ Well, well, well...

^ Looks like this is the end of the road for you, friend.

^ If memory serves me right, the obelisk here is your door into the castle.

^ The key, however... now that's a different story.

^ Perhaps you should search the area below those seaside ruins, where a forgotten feast festers.

^ I think it always helps to go back to the start.

^ But you started off this island. Can't go back there, can you?

• When the player speaks with the NPC at Siam Lake:

^ Well. Look how far we've come.

^ I've been on this island for a long, long time.

^ The air, the salt of the sea, it all hangs to me like an ancient crust.

^ And the shipwrecked, like you. So many shipwrecked sailors. So much fleshy flotsam.

^ Fleshy flotsam... with a shared secret.

^ You are all the betrayed, you are.

^ I've seen slaves and whores masquerading as nobles.

^ I've seen soldiers and sailors wrecked from the same ship with different ideas as to what their mission was.

^ You sad, sad wanderers.

^ Do you know by whom you were betrayed?

^ And why?

^ You had your princess to find. Or did you?

^ We'll meet again soon.

• When the player speaks with the NPC at The Still Palace:

^ It's time you knew my name.

^ There was a time when I held many titles.

^ Men knew me by other names as well.

^ But titles, fame, infamy... it is worthless here.

^ On this island, Jaret is my name.

^ Envy is such a thing.

^ A man envies his neighbor, whose wife is very beautiful.

^ A lord envies a king, who commands nobles.

^ A king envies a god, to whom all men must bow.

^ And a god envies... a god envies what a god cannot have.

^ I wanted so much from life. Satisfaction eluded me.

^ And the things I prayed for... well... would you believe a god actually answered my prayers?

^ These things... this life... this island... such is my reward.

^ Fantastic power, a lifetime of servitude, and a purgatorial existence in this still place.

^ The god of this island is the god that answered my prayers.

^ His existence is one of insatiable lust for something a god can never have: to be born of light.

^ He preyed on the greedy, collecting on the debts of kingdoms and countries in some mad, mad hope of collecting that thing he shall never have.

^ Alas... we are born of Salt, bound by Sanctuary.

^ We are the eternally dead.

^ This god... this demon... I want him to remain nameless.

^ His lust for power is fueled by terror and infamy.

^ Men at sea can fear the Kraeken, but give this vile god no name.

^ Go on.