#duskwight things

[louvel-roche]

Prompt #5: Vault

Rocks and rubble. Countless stones and a layer of dust. Everything looked the same as it had a year ago, and a year before that. An untouched tomb of collapsed stone surrounding things long forgotten by most. A quiet prayer was offered to the mass of crumbled earth, grey eyes tracing each uneven cut and curve of the wall before them. The echoes of the caves died down, bringing a wave of serene silence, offering a brief time for the dead to speak if they were so willing. They were not. With silence maintained, a collection of flowers was placed at the foot of the cave in, to be left to wither and wilt among the dry, dusty remains of so many flowers left before.

[redbellybandit]

From NPC Faucertaux in Quarrymill:

Mayhap you've heard the tales, but the place they call Redbelly Hive wasn't always a wretched nest of scum and villainy. In the old days, it was home to a hamlet called Boughbury, where Hyur and Elezen alike lived a life of peace. That was before the Calamity came and all hells broke loose. Those Redbelly whoresons moved in when the villagers fled, and they've had their run of the place ever since.

The reason I'm quoting this is because I've already been having thoughts of a Redbelly-related backstory for Cindrelle, through family if not her directly, and this just gave me about a million more reasons to go through with it.

Maybe it is just because Quarrymill has lotsa people from Boughbury, but I have to say I am vaguely creeped by the way 'duskwight' 'bandit' and 'whoreson' seem to be interchangable terms among the NPCS. Especially coming out of a main storyline quest where those same bandits were the NPCs that showed up to help w/ fighting the empire. Props to the game for actively showing the bias of different NPCs, though.