The Scarecrow
Locations
Village of Smiles
Castle of Storms
Ziggurat of Dust
Crypt of Dead Gods
The Still Palace
NPC Type
Story/Questline
Limited Availability
Yes
Notes
This NPC is the mouthpiece for the true antagonist of the game.
Missing dialogue with The Scarecrow will lock the player into the Salvation ending.
^ The Scarecrow's final location will allow the player to choose their ending, assuming they have met with the Scarecrow at all other locations.
^ Choosing the Dominion ending will grant the player the Overlord's Armor Set in NG+.
Dialogue
When the player speaks with the NPC at the Village of Smiles:
^ Curiosity.
^ What creature persists in the face of such suffocating despair?
^ The others have begun to kneel.
^ Will it join them?
If the player answers "Yes":
^ No...
^ Words are nothing without fear.
^ I see in it a shred of courage, and this offends Me.
^ In time, it will kneel.
^ And when it kneels, it will kneel not in acquiescence, but in the darkest despair it will ever know.
If the player answers "No":
^ Such a brave, foolish curiosity.
^ It will struggle then. And it will bleed. And it will fall.
^ And one day, when it finds itself beaten and broken, gasping for air, choking on its own blood and tears...
^ ...that will be the day that it kneels.
^ And I will consume it.
When the player speaks with the NPC at the Castle of Storms:
^ It persists.
^ Does it wish to know Me?
If the player answers "Yes":
^ While they scurry to and fro, I am.
^ While they cherish their petty deities, idols, and false lords, I am.
^ While they fight their trivial wars, live and die for mortal kings and scoundrels, I am.
^ All priests of false gods kneel to Me.
^ All kings of empires great and small kneel to Me.
^ Life kneels to Me.
^ Death kneels to Me.
If the player answers "No":
^ It will know me in time.
^ It sees before it a mere vessel, yet it hears My true voice.
^ In time, it will see Me.
^ It will shut its eyes and cover its ears, yet it will see Me, and it will hear Me.
When the player speaks with the NPC at the Ziggurat of Dust:
^ Does it know what I have done?
If the player answers "Yes":
^ It thinks it knows? Amusing.
^ I take the things I desire.
^ I have taken so many things from so many people.
^ Souls like scraps, bound in dying flesh: I claim them.
^ Kingdoms of dust and lies, petty princes, corrupt lords: I claim them.
If the player answers "No":
^ I take the things I desire.
^ I have taken so many things from so many people.
^ Souls like scraps, bound in dying flesh: I claim them.
^ Kingdoms of dust and lies, petty princes, corrupt lords: I claim them.
When the player speaks with the NPC at the Crypt of Dead Gods:
^ It persists and persists, but for what?
^ Survival or dominion?
^ It can flee and survive.
^ Or it can remain and claim rule.
^ It will find both of these feats impossible.
^ What does it strive for then: survival, or dominion?
If the player answers "Survival":
^ This island is My domain.
^ Those who wish to flee must earn their escape.
^ This is impossible. It will discover this.
^ What stands before it is a puppet. The puppet is My voice.
^ Find Me...
If the player answers "Dominion":
^ This island is My domain.
^ I rule this island, and from this island, I rule all man.
^ Is My power the true object of its desire?
^ Strive...
^ My power is Mine alone. It will not claim it.
^ What stands before it is a puppet. The puppet is My voice.
^ Find Me...
When the player speaks with the NPC at The Still Palace:
^ ...