BEGIN ~X#KIVAN~

REPLACE ~BVICON~
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 0 // from:
SAY ~Stay away from me darthiir!~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END
END

REPLACE ~BVICON~
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 8 // from:
SAY ~Feeble darthiir, you are not good enough to lick my boots.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END
END

REPLACE ~BVICON~
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 9 // from:
SAY ~Stay away from me darthiir~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END
END

REPLACE ~BVICON~
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 10 // from:
SAY ~Darthiiri make good sport...~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END
END

APPEND ~BKIVAN~

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("KiFriendTalk","GLOBAL",2)
~ THEN BEGIN KIPC1
SAY ~* Smiles* For a bookworm you are well at ease outdoors, my young friend. I can see only the smallest indications that you are not accustomed to walking the beast's trails and sleeping under the dome adorned by the stars.~ [KIVAN99]
IF ~Race(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~I might have been raised by a human, but my blood is no different than that of a forest lord.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC1","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC1.1
IF ~Race(Player1,HALF_ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~I might have been raised by a human, but my blood is no different than that of a forest lord.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC1","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC1.1
IF ~Race(Player1,ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~We are kin, elf. I am at home in the forest.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC1","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC1.2
IF ~Race(Player1,HALF_ELF)~ THEN REPLY ~We are kin, elf. I am at home in the forest.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC1","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC1.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~They say one yearns for something one cannot have. I was cooped up in Candlekeep for what seemed like ages to me. Now I enjoy the freedom of the wide world beyond, forest and city alike.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC1","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC1.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~To tell you the truth, the only reason we did not make it to the closest inn is that I do not have enough coin to spare. Dome adorned by stars! How about a bedroll adorned by ants and other crawling things? I bet they traveled far and wide to assemble here...~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC1","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC1.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Hey, watch your tongue, pointy-eared beauty of the night. Next time you'll call me a bookworm, I'll boot you out!~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC1","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC1.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am not as unversed in the ways of wilderness as you think I am. I have been beyond the library walls.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC1","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC1.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC1.1
SAY ~I thought so, <CHARNAME>. But you are taking me for someone I am not. I am but a simple soldier, not a noble.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Really? I am disappointed.~ GOTO KIPC1.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It was only a guess.~ GOTO KIPC1.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I was speaking figuratively. An old scroll I read once called Elves "forest lords" and I liked it. Oh... I am afraid I am a hopeless bookworm, Kivan.~ GOTO KIPC1.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC1.2
SAY ~We are akin then, and more than merely in appearance. You remind me of myself on my first ranging. I wonder if, like me, you feel that it is time for you to start living. And if I am not mistaken you are quite pleased with thischange.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Both pleased and scared to tell you the truth.~ GOTO KIPC1.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Nay, it all went so terribly wrong, Kivan! Gorion is dead, I am on the road with chanced comrades, someone is after me... Might be for you that seems like living, for myself I have to say that I want no part of it. But I am afraid I have no choice in the matter.~ GOTO KIPC1.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Of course I am pleased: I am finally on my way to glory! The bards will be singing of my valor all over the Sword Coast, you will see! Mayhaps even in Baldur's Gate! They might even mention some of my companions. Stick with me, Elf, and we shall give this country a shake!~ GOTO KIPC1.12
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC1.3
SAY ~You remind me of myself on my first ranging. I wonder if like me, you feel that it is time for you to start living. And if I am not mistaken you are quite pleased with that change.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Both pleased and scared to tell you the truth.~ GOTO KIPC1.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Nay, it all went so terribly wrong, Kivan! Gorion is dead, I am on the road with chanced comrades, someone is after me... Might be for you that seems like living, for myself I have to say that I want no part of it. But I am afraid I have no choice in the matter.~ GOTO KIPC1.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Of course I am pleased: I am finally on my way to glory! The bards will be singing of my valor all over the Sword Coast, you will see! Mayhaps even in Baldur's Gate! They might even mention some of my companions. Stick with me, Elf, and we shall give this country a shake!~ GOTO KIPC1.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC1.4
SAY ~If you feel that way, you conceal it well. I hope that one day you will stop looking at the dirt and notice the stars.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC1.5
SAY ~Angry words will not make you friends, and friends you need <CHARNAME>.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC1.6
SAY ~Of course you were. It is only that you remind me of myself on my first ranging. I wonder if like me, you feel that it is time for you to start living. And if I am not mistaken you are quite pleased with that change.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Both pleased and scared to tell you the truth.~ GOTO KIPC1.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Nay, it all went so terribly wrong, Kivan! Gorion is dead, I am on the road with chanced comrades, someone is after me... Might be for you that seems like living, for myself I have to say that I want no part of it. But I am afraid I have no choice in the matter.~ GOTO KIPC1.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Of course I am pleased: I am finally on my way to glory! The bards will be singing of my valor all over the Sword Coast, you will see! Mayhaps even in Baldur's Gate! They might even mention some of my companions. Stick with me, Elf, and we shall give this country a shake!~ GOTO KIPC1.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC1.7
SAY ~Then you have a wrong attitude, <CHARNAME>. There are things more important than breeding for a road companion.~
IF ~Gender(Player1,MALE)~ THEN REPLY ~I did not mean it that way, Kivan. I know little about you and I filled the white spots the best I could. And I was mistaken, which made me grunt.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC1","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC1.13MALE
IF ~Gender(Player1,FEMALE)~ THEN REPLY ~I did not mean it that way, Kivan. I know little about you and I filled the white spots the best I could. *Blush* Call it romantic misconception, and do not begrudge it to me.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC1","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC1.13FEMALE
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I grow tired of your tone, Kivan. I had men wiser than you to teach me and I am no child to listen to scolding.~ GOTO KIPC1.14
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC1.8
SAY ~You surprised me, however. May be I ought to tell you more of myself later to satisfy your curiosity. But for now that is enough talking. It is to the night we should listen, not to our voices.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC1.9
SAY ~Your valor is unquestionable, <CHARNAME>. I think you have read useful books, but it is time for you to start living. And if I am not mistaken you are quite pleased with that change.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Both pleased and scared to tell you the truth.~ GOTO KIPC1.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Nay, it all went so terribly wrong, Kivan! Gorion is dead, I am on the road with chanced comrades, someone is after me... Might be for you that seems like living, for myself I have to say that I want no part of it. But I am afraid I have no choice in the matter.~ GOTO KIPC1.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Of course I am pleased: I am finally on my way to glory! The bards will be singing of my valor all over the Sword Coast, you will see! Mayhaps even in Baldur's Gate! They might even mention some of my companions. Stick with me, Elf, and we shall give this country a shake!~ GOTO KIPC1.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC1.10
SAY ~Then you are much wiser than I was. But enough talking. It is to the night we should listen, not to our voices.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC1.11
SAY ~I wish I could console you, <CHARNAME>, yet I cannot. I know the pain and the emptiness of a loss and the hopelessness all too well. However, we must keep going if only to avenge those who were so mercilessly erased from the world.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC1.12
SAY ~I envy you, my friend. Your dreams are the dreams of youth. I stay by your side, because I need help fulfilling my grim designs. It is not glory I seek, but revenge.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC1.13MALE
SAY ~No offense taken. You surprised me, that is all. May be I ought to tell you more of myself later. But for now that is enough talking. It is to the night we should listen, not to our voices.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC1.13FEMALE
SAY ~No offense taken. You surprised me, that is all. May be I ought to tell you more of myself later, to prevent further...romantic misconceptions. But for now that is enough talking. It is to the night we should listen, not to our voices.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC1.14
SAY ~A wise man likes to learn and a fool man likes to teach. Which makes both of us fools I suppose. Let us stop this conversation afore the words become harsher.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("KiFriendTalk","GLOBAL",4)
~ THEN BEGIN KIPC2
SAY ~The stars are falling. A rare and precious sight, yet it fills my soul with sadness and longing.~ [KIVAN99]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, is there a thing, person or natural phenomenon, that makes you feel joyous? I'd go to great lengths to find it! 'Cause elf, your moodiness is unbearable.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC2","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC2.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Hmm... falling stars? Yes, yes, very beautiful. Now, could you please stop gazing at the sky and start watching out for a foe in the darkness?~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC2","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC2.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~The stars are falling. As we all may fall and die. Does that sadden you, Kivan?~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC2","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC2.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Why? Because melancholy suits you so well?~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC2","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC2.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Everything is a precious sight for you! Yesterday it was some half-dried stream, and three days before - morning dew, and I misremember what you were at awe of last week…~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC2","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC2.4
IF ~Class(Player1,BARD)~ THEN REPLY ~Oh, falling stars! I have written a song about the stars once. Care to listen?~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC2","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC2.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC2.1
SAY ~Ed' i'ear ar' elenea! By the sea and stars! Do you not understand that you have promised me this thing already, <CHARNAME>?~
IF ~Gender(Player1,MALE)~ THEN REPLY ~Tazok…but in the mean time, is there something else that would cheer you up?~ GOTO KIPC2.3
IF ~Gender(Player1,FEMALE)~ THEN REPLY ~Tazok…but in the mean time, is there something else...that I can give you so you could forget your sorrow for a moment?~ GOTO KIPC2.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It is your enemy's head, is not it? Kivan, you scare me sometimes.~ GOTO KIPC2.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC2.2
SAY ~I have spoken out of turn it seems. Let us move onward.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC2.3
SAY ~<CHARNAME>, when I was watching the falling stars my heart reminded me of Daoine Teague Feer. But I felt naught but sorrow, recalling what once had been my greatest joy.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~What is Daoine Teague Feer?~ GOTO KIPC2.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Nothing makes us more sorrowful than a memory of past happiness on a day of misery.~ GOTO KIPC2.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Elf, quit it. I am not into wiping my companions' tears.~ GOTO KIPC2.2
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC2.4
SAY ~The beauty of the world does not touch your heart? Then what does?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Nothing. Kivan, we have no time for a small talk.~ GOTO KIPC2.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Fire. Death. Destruction.~ GOTO KIPC2.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I love nature, Kivan, just not as…deeply as you do. Nevertheless, you are right: the falling stars are precious sight. But why do you feel sad?~ GOTO KIPC2.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Sorry for snapping at you…I am tired. You have an eye for beauty, Kivan and I appreciate you sharing it with me. This star shower is magnificent indeed! But…but you still look sad…~ GOTO KIPC2.3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC2.5
SAY ~You know, that I enjoy your singing, mellonamin.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Here it is:
Drink for Ieriyn
The Sailor's Star
For fair Ieriyn
Who smiles from afar
Dream of Ieriyn,
Wed to the North
Sing to Ieriyn
Who leads us forth…~ GOTO KIPC2.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~On the other thought…I'd rather not sing tonight. My sweet voice is going to break as a wave at the solemn cliff of your face. What is it, Kivan?~ GOTO KIPC2.3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC2.6
SAY ~<CHARNAME>, I just scared myself. When I was watching the falling stars my heart reminded me of Daoine Teague Feer. But I felt naught but sorrow, recalling what once had been my greatest joy.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~What is Daoine Teague Feer?~ GOTO KIPC2.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Nothing makes us more sorrowful than a memory of past happiness on a day of misery.~ GOTO KIPC2.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Elf, quit it. I am not into wiping my companions' tears.~ GOTO KIPC2.2
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC2.7
SAY ~Daoine Teague Feer is a celebration of Shilmista and my people's love for it. There is a sacred hill we call Daione Dun - the Hill of the Stars. It raises high in the middle of the Forest of Shadows and its top is so close to the sky, that one can almost touch the stars from atop of it.~
= ~My people gather there sometimes on a starlit night, led by our liege, and we sing to Shilmista. When the song ends, the king showers us with the stardust and gives us his blessing. The world turns a-glitter and the voice of Shilmista whispers to every heart. It feels like standing under the fall of myriads of stars. It is the most beautiful memory I have and yet I am disquieted by it.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Some celebration! No wonder you are gloomy. I thought elves are supposed to have fun in life.~ GOTO KIPC2.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Nothing makes us more sorrowful than a memory of past happiness on a day of misery.~ GOTO KIPC2.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It sounds so beautiful, Kivan. As for the sadness I hear in your voice - I have a name for it: nostalgia. You are homesick, that's all.~ GOTO KIPC2.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC2.8
SAY ~I do not miss the place <CHARNAME>. However, I do miss those whose shadows still linger there. My Deheriana, my brothers, my father…You have your own ghosts, though, <CHARNAME> and you have no need to meet with mine.~
= ~Khila amin - follow me, we should catch up with the rest.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC2.9
SAY ~Such things fascinate you? Do you truly know your heart, my young friend? Wait until you become intimately familiar with them; may be then you shall learn to be terrified by these words.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC2.10
SAY ~Ieriyn will be Y'landrothiel in Elven tongue… Stars…There is a sacred hill in Shilmista - we call Daione Dun - the Hill of the Stars. It rises high in the middle of the Forest of Shadows and its top is so close to the sky, that one can almost touch the stars from atop of it.~
= ~My people gather there sometimes on a starlit night, led by our liege, and we sing to Shilmista celebrating Daoine Teague Feer. When the song ends, the king showers us with the stardust and gives us his blessing. The world turns a-glitter and the voice of Shilmista whispers to every heart. It feels like standing under the fall of myriads of stars. It is the most beautiful memory I have and yet I am disquieted by it.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Some celebration! No wonder you are gloomy. I thought elves are supposed to have fun in life.~ GOTO KIPC2.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Nothing makes us more sorrowful than a memory of past happiness on a day of misery.~ GOTO KIPC2.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It sounds so beautiful, Kivan. As for the sadness I hear in your voice - I have a name for it: nostalgia. You are homesick, that's all.~ GOTO KIPC2.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC2.11
SAY ~I do not miss the place <CHARNAME>. However, I do miss those, whose shadows still linger there. My Deheriana, my brothers, my father…You have your own ghosts, though, <CHARNAME> and you have no need to meet with mine. Khila amin - follow me, we should catch up with the rest.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~Global("KiDance","GLOBAL",1)
~ THEN BEGIN KIPC3
SAY ~Can you hear the tune that the wind of <MONTHNAME> whistles to the dancing leaves?~ [KIVAN99]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Now that you have mentioned it, indeed, it sounds like a tune. Beautiful.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC3","LOCALS",1) SetGlobal("KiDance","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO KIPC3.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Must be Shaundakul singing for fair Aerdrie Faenya.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC3","LOCALS",1) SetGlobal("KiDance","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO KIPC3.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, when I met you, I thought that you are a strong and SILENT type. First impressions can be so misleading!~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC3","LOCALS",1) SetGlobal("KiDance","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO KIPC3.3
IF ~Class(Player1,BARD)~ THEN REPLY ~I think...I think I can repeat the tune...it's very...hummable...*hum quietly*~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC3","LOCALS",1) SetGlobal("KiDance","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO KIPC3.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC3.1
SAY ~Lle merna salk? Would you like to dance with the leaves?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Never in my life!~ GOTO KIPC3.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I would rather just watch.~ GOTO KIPC3.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Would not that be a strange thing to do?~ GOTO KIPC3.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC3.2
SAY ~*Smiles* It has come to us from the times further removed than the Time of Troubles, when Shaundakul, the Lord of Wanderers, loved fair Aerdrie Faenya.~
= ~Lle merna salk? Can I be so bold as to ask you if you would like to dance with the leaves?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Never on my life!~ GOTO KIPC3.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I would rather just watch.~ GOTO KIPC3.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Would not that be a strange thing to do?~ GOTO KIPC3.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC3.3
SAY ~That was not an idle question, my Lady. But I can see that you are indisposed to any conversation.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC3.4
SAY ~*Smiles* You have a good ear, My Lady. I know this tune...Lle merna salk?~
= ~Can I be so bold as to ask you if you would like to dance with the leaves?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Never in my life!~ GOTO KIPC3.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I would rather just watch.~ GOTO KIPC3.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Would not that be a strange thing to do?~ GOTO KIPC3.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC3.5
SAY ~A pity.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC3.6
SAY ~Are you sure? Come, I will show you how, if you want.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Leave me be, Kivan.~ GOTO KIPC3.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It is something…ahem…traditional?~ GOTO KIPC3.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC3.7
SAY ~Strange? No, hardly. It is an ancient custom. I fear that you will need a sage to tell you the true meaning of it, but for me it was always consecrated to Khalreshaar, the Lady of the Forest.~
= ~Only…only I have not talked to her for a long time. Lle merna salk? Would you honor me and share the dance?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~For the Lady of the Forest - anything! Lead on, ranger.~ GOTO KIPC3.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~If you insist…~ GOTO KIPC3.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~The answer is still no!~ GOTO KIPC3.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC3.8
SAY ~Yes, it is an ancient custom. I fear that you will need a sage to tell you the true meaning of it, but for me it was always consecrated to Khalreshaar, the Lady of the Forest.~
= ~Only…only I have not talked to her for a long time. Would you honor me and share the dance?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~For the Lady of the Forest - anything! Lead on, ranger.~ GOTO KIPC3.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~If you insist…~ GOTO KIPC3.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~The answer is still no!~ GOTO KIPC3.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC3.9
SAY ~For the Lady... Follow me and the leaves, <CHARNAME>.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC3.10
SAY ~Follow me and the leaves, <CHARNAME>.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END


IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("KiFriendTalk","GLOBAL",6)
~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4
SAY ~Do you know what "Shilmista" means in Common tongue?~ [KIVAN99]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Shilmista? That's where you are hailing from, right? Please, tell me what it means, Kivan.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC4","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC4.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I don't know. It sounds like a rustle of leaves to my ear.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC4","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC4.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~The Forest of Shadows…~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC4","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC4.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I do not know and I do not want to know.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC4","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC4.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.1
SAY ~Yes, it is the name of my native land, mellonamin. It means the "Forest of Shadows". Lately I have been pondering…~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, please, ponder in silence!~ GOTO KIPC4.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~About the forest's name? Do you...do you see some hidden meaning in it?~ GOTO KIPC4.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*sigh and wait patiently for the elf to continue *~ GOTO KIPC4.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.2
SAY ~Yes it does. It means the "Forest of Shadows". That is where I was born and grew up, <CHARNAME>. Lately I have been pondering…~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, please, ponder in silence!~ GOTO KIPC4.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~About the forest's name? Do you...do you see some hidden meaning in it?~ GOTO KIPC4.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*sigh and wait patiently for the elf to continue *~ GOTO KIPC4.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.3
SAY ~Yes, it means the Forest of Shadows. Of late I often think that for me it is indeed full of shadows.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Small wonder! Every tree throws a shadow. I imagine that a whole forest would have great many shadows~ GOTO KIPC4.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Hmmm?~ GOTO KIPC4.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Shadows from the past?~ GOTO KIPC4.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Is that yet another "weep along" session? A jolly wench without much remorse is what you need, elf. I'll buy one for ye.~ GOTO KIPC4.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.4
SAY ~I lived long in solitude and it seems that I am now prone to talking excessively. Forgive me, <CHARNAME>, I shall leave you to your privacy.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.5
SAY ~Not hidden, rather…personal. For me it is indeed full of shadows.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Small wonder! Every tree throws a shadow. I imagine that a whole forest would have great many shadows~ GOTO KIPC4.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Hmmm?~ GOTO KIPC4.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Shadows from the past?~ GOTO KIPC4.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Is that yet another "weep along" session? A jolly wench without much remorse is what you need, elf. I'll buy one for ye.~ GOTO KIPC4.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.6
SAY ~Yes, every tree casts a shadow. But Shilmista is also full of shadows of those whom I loved and who are with me no more.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Shadows come to dance, my Lord,
dance my Lord, dance my Lord,
shadows come to stay, my Lord,
stay, my Lord, stay, My Lord….~ GOTO KIPC4.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Do you mean Deheriana, Kivan?~ GOTO KIPC4.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*you sigh quietly but do not interrupt the elf.*~ GOTO KIPC4.11
IF ~Gender(Player1,FEMALE)~ THEN REPLY ~Oh, Kivan! *You take the elf's hand into yours and squeeze it gently* I ever feel so sorry for the sufferings you have endured.~ GOTO KIPC4.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.7
SAY ~Shilmista is a great forest full of wondrous trees, and every one casts a shadow. It is also full of shadows of those whom I loved and who are with me no more.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Shadows come to dance, my Lord,
dance my Lord, dance my Lord,
shadows come to stay, my Lord,
stay, my Lord, stay, My Lord….~ GOTO KIPC4.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Do you mean Deheriana, Kivan?~ GOTO KIPC4.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*you sigh quietly but do not interrupt the elf.~ GOTO KIPC4.11
IF ~Gender(Player1,FEMALE)~ THEN REPLY ~Oh, Kivan! *You take elf's hand into yours and squeeze it gently* I ever feel so sorry for the sufferings you have endured.~ GOTO KIPC4.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.8
SAY ~You have a sensitive heart, <CHARNAME>. Indeed, Shilmista is full of shadows of those whom I loved and who are with me no more. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Shadows come to dance, my Lord,
dance my Lord, dance my Lord,
shadows come to stay, my Lord,
stay, my Lord, stay, My Lord….~ GOTO KIPC4.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Do you mean Deheriana, Kivan?~ GOTO KIPC4.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*you sigh quietly but do not interrupt the elf.~ GOTO KIPC4.11
IF ~Gender(Player1,FEMALE)~ THEN REPLY ~Oh, Kivan! *You take elf's hand into yours and squeeze it gently* I ever feel so sorry for the sufferings you have endured.~ GOTO KIPC4.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.9
SAY ~Stop singing it! That is an ill song and it forebodes evil things. My shadows are not ominous, <CHARNAME>. They belong to my brothers who had fallen defending Shilmista against Orkish invasion and to the woman I love. Yes, the shadow of my beautiful Deheriana waits for me there. I shall bring her the heart of her torturer and beg for forgiveness.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am sorry, Kivan. The song came to my lips against my will.~ GOTO KIPC4.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Your brothers? Invasion in Shilmista? Would you tell me more about it, Kivan? I confess, I do not know much about your native land. And even less about you…~ GOTO KIPC4.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~* Stifle a yearn *  No singing, huh? Should we get moving?~ GOTO KIPC4.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Wait, Kivan...you said you'd want to beg Deheriana for forgiveness?~ GOTO KIPC4.16
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.10
SAY ~Yes, the shadow of my beautiful Deheriana waits for me there perhaps. I shall bring her the heart of her torturer and beg for forgiveness. There are two more shadows walking lightly among the trees - they belong to my brothers who had fallen defending Shilmista against Orkish invasion.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Your brothers? Invasion in Shilmista? Would you tell me more about it, Kivan? I confess, I do not know much about your native land. And even less about you…~ GOTO KIPC4.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~* Stifle a yearn *  All this talk about shadows wears me off. Should we get moving?~ GOTO KIPC4.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Wait, Kivan...you said you'd want to beg Deheriana for forgiveness?~ GOTO KIPC4.16
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.11
SAY ~Deheriana, my beautiful Deheriana...The shadow of my beautiful Deheriana waits for me there perhaps. I shall bring her the heart of her torturer and beg for forgiveness. There are two more shadows walking lightly among the trees - they belong to my brothers who had fallen defending Shilmista against Orkish invasion.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Your brothers? Invasion in Shilmista? Would you tell me more about it, Kivan? I confess, I do not know much about your native land. And even less about you…~ GOTO KIPC4.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~* Stifle a yearn *  All this talk about shadows wears me off. Should we get moving?~ GOTO KIPC4.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Wait, Kivan...you said you'd want to beg Deheriana for forgiveness?~ GOTO KIPC4.16
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.12
SAY ~Nostaler...Kind one, do not feel for me, but for the one I failed. The shadow of my beautiful Deheriana waits for me there perhaps. I shall bring her the heart of her torturer and beg for forgiveness. There are two more shadows walking lightly among the trees - they belong to my brothers who had fallen defending Shilmista against Orkish invasion.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Your brothers? Invasion in Shilmista? Would you tell me more about it, Kivan? I confess, I do not know much about your native land. And even less about you…~ GOTO KIPC4.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~* Stifle a yearn *  All this talk about shadows wears me off. Should we get moving?~ GOTO KIPC4.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Wait, Kivan...you said you'd want to beg Deheriana for forgiveness?~ GOTO KIPC4.16
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.13
SAY ~When one is young, songs are ever so close and their dark meaning is of little concern. I delayed us long enough with my memories, mellonamin…my friend. We shall move on and leave talking for later.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.14
SAY ~There was a great war in Shilmista some years ago. A sect worshiping Talona, the human goddess who had deserved her title as the Lady of Poison, created a secret enclave in the Snowflake Mountains, bordering Shilmista.~
= ~They were poised to conquer the whole region: the Elven forest of Shilmista, the human settlement of Carradoon, and Edificiant Library. We fought bravely the orcish host they assembled, and the attack was repelled…but alas, the cost we paid for freeing our homeland was many lives.~
= ~My father, Echtellion, and my two brothers - Tinuvil and Arenel - were among the fallen.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~My condolences, Kivan. Time and distance are the great healers of the heart's aches. Is that why you left Shilmista?~ GOTO KIPC4.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It is sad, but they had fallen valiantly in battle. What about the rest of your family?~ GOTO KIPC4.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan you also said you'd want to beg Deheriana for forgiveness?~ GOTO KIPC4.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You look distressed, Kivan. I'd like to know more about you, but may be it is better to leave it for another day. Shall we rejoin the rest of the group?~ GOTO KIPC4.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Why do I get the feeling that if you had a sister she would have been kidnapped by demons, and if you had children they would have been cursed. You attract misery, Kivan, like honey attracts flies.~ GOTO KIPC4.19
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.16
SAY ~<CHARNAME>, could we leave this talk for another day? After years of silence I feel strange talking about my past…~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~As you wish.~ GOTO KIPC4.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Stifle a yawn*  All this talk about shadows wears me off. Should we get moving?~ GOTO KIPC4.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It must be painful for you. But whenever you need to talk - you have my ear.~ GOTO KIPC4.18
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.17
SAY ~I am guilty, <CHARNAME> and I were given my life back by Shevarash to correct the wrong I have done. I shall explain everything to you one day. Somehow I feel that you are given a strange power to judge people and their deeds.~
= ~I wish I knew what is the source of this power…But, please, do not make me to talk about that now. I…I…cannot…~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~As you wish.~ GOTO KIPC4.20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Stifle a yawn *  All this talk about shadows wears me off. Should we get moving?~ GOTO KIPC4.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It must be painful for you. But whenever you need to talk - you have my ear.~ GOTO KIPC4.18
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.18
SAY ~I forgot what it means to have a friend…Thank you for your consideration. I shall explain everything to you one day. Somehow I feel that you are given a strange power to judge people and their deeds. I wish I knew what is the source of this power…~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.19
SAY ~One in three died in that war. We are but a small nation. I am different from others only in that I let my wife to be taken away from me...I shall explain everything to you one day. Somehow I feel that you are given a strange power to judge people and their deeds. I wish I knew what is the source of that power. ~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC4.20
SAY ~Amin hiraetha…I am sorry…I shall explain everything to you one day. Somehow I feel that you are given a strange power to judge people and their deeds. I wish I knew what is the source of this power…~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("KiFriendTalk","GLOBAL",10)
~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5
SAY ~I have noticed that you are the only one who does not try to change the subject when I mention Deheriana.~ [KIVAN99]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It might be because that look on your face, Kivan. You...do not seem alive.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC5","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC5.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am your friend, Kivan, and it seems to me that there is something weighing heavily on you in connection with Deheriana. It is obvious that you loved her, yet you told me that you were feeling guilty. Why?~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC5","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC5.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I had been very patient, yes. But now I just have to tell you to SHUT UP.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC5","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC5.3
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5.1
SAY ~<CHARNAME>, I can never forget one thing. When the orcs had surrounded us, I had my dagger pressed against Deheriana's neck. But I hesitated and I lost my chance to save her.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan! Listen to me. What if you had killed her and then there would have been a chance for both of you to escape? Kivan, death is irreversible. You have done the right thing by staying your hand!~ GOTO KIPC5.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~By all gods, Kivan… Why do you do it to yourself?~ GOTO KIPC5.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I can call you a coward or I can call you an idiot. You pick. What did she get instead, Kivan? Tortures? Was she raped?~ GOTO KIPC5.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5.2
SAY ~You are right, mellonamin. When the orcs had surrounded us, I had my dagger pressed against Deheriana's neck. But I hesitated and I lost my chance to save her.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan! Listen to me. What if you had killed her and then there would have been a chance for both of you to escape? Kivan, death is irreversible. You have done the right thing by staying your hand!~ GOTO KIPC5.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~By all gods, Kivan… Why do you do it to yourself?~ GOTO KIPC5.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I can call you a coward or I can call you an idiot. You pick. What did she get instead, Kivan? Tortures? Was she raped?~ GOTO KIPC5.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5.3
SAY ~Uuma dela. Do not worry. I shall not bother you any longer.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5.4
SAY ~<CHARNAME>, if I had another moment, she would have died by my hand and I would have followed her. You know what happened instead? She begged the beasts for mercy...to spare me.~
= ~Tazok found it comical and ordered me to be beaten in front of Deheriana and pretended that her pleas might touch his heart. If only she tried a little harder…~
= ~But I was weak; at length I fainted. When I came back...When I came back... ~
= ~She was lying on the ground, or at least what once was her was laying there - a misshapen piece of flesh, torn, cut, burned… Tazok was wearing a fresh pair of elven ears on his necklace - he told me that it was a trophy for the one who takes the first turn... ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, please, stop it! STOP IT!~ GOTO KIPC5.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*wait for the Elf to continue*~ GOTO KIPC5.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, it is terrible! Oh, gods, there is more to it?~ GOTO KIPC5.7
IF ~Gender(Player1,FEMALE)~ THEN REPLY ~You try to hold Kivan as you would a child.  You wish that this was only over a scraped knee, but know that it is not.  You stroke his hair in hopes that you are doing the right thing.~GOTO KIPC5.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Sounds like fun!~ GOTO KIPC5.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5.5
SAY ~You want to know? Deheriana begged the beasts for mercy...to spare me.~
= ~Tazok found it comical and ordered me to be beaten in front of Deheriana and pretended that her pleas might touch his heart. If only she tried a little harder…~
= ~But I was weak; at length I fainted. When I came back...When I came back... ~
= ~She was lying on the ground, or at least what once was her was laying there - a misshapen piece of flesh, torn, cut, burned… Tazok was wearing a fresh pair of elven ears on his necklace - he told me that it was a trophy for the one who takes the first turn... ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, please, stop it! STOP IT!~ GOTO KIPC5.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*wait for the Elf to continue*~ GOTO KIPC5.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, it is terrible! Oh, gods, there is more to it?~ GOTO KIPC5.7
IF ~Gender(Player1,FEMALE)~ THEN REPLY ~You try to hold Kivan as you would a child.  You wish that this was only over a scraped knee, but know that it is not.  You stroke his hair in hopes that you are doing the right thing.~GOTO KIPC5.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Sounds like fun!~ GOTO KIPC5.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5.6
SAY ~What, you are not entertained by listening of my past any longer?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~How can you say that! I just...I cannot see you reliving this nightmare all over again. Please, Kivan, why are you doing it to yourself?~ GOTO KIPC5.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I cannot listen, Kivan, it is too vile a tale. ~ GOTO KIPC5.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yeah, I am bored.~ GOTO KIPC5.3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5.7
SAY ~It became my only goal to not pass out and be entertaining enough as a victim. The world became a blur, but I forced myself on my feet after each hit; I screamed until my voice failed... but Tazok finally grew bored by the spectacle and ordered Deheriana killed. There were enough volunteers.~
= ~As soon as I felt that she was dead my spirit left me too. They left both of us for corpses. But I did not die.~
= ~Why did I not die with her?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~How would I know? Your survival skills are admirable for a flimsy Elf. That's why I still tolerate you in the group.~ GOTO KIPC5.11
IF ~Gender(Player1,FEMALE)~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, I weep with you and for you. Yours is a cruel fate, and I do not know why it was bestowed upon you. All I can do is to fight by your side and that I shall do!~ GOTO KIPC5.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I think you know the answer, Kivan. Is not that why you are so devoted to Shevarash, the God of Vengeance?~ GOTO KIPC5.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~May be it was Deheriana's love that returned you to life? You have done what you could to protect her, ranger. Have your revenge if you must, but I think that was not what Deheriana meant for you.~ GOTO KIPC5.13
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5.8
SAY ~*Kivan carefully frees himself from your embrace and touches your cheek*  I am sorry, <CHARNAME> - and thank you for being compassionate. There is little left to tell.~
= ~It became my only goal then to keep awake and be entertaining enough as a victim. The world became blur, but I was forcing myself on my feet after each hit, I was yelling until my lips were able to move...until Tazok was finally bored by the spectacle and ordered Deheriana killed. There were enough volunteers.~
= ~As soon as I felt that she is dead my spirit left me too. They left both of us for corpses. But I did not die. Why did not I die with her?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~How would I know? Your survival skills are admirable for a flimsy Elf. That's why I still tolerate you in the group.~ GOTO KIPC5.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, I weep with you and for you. Yours is a cruel fate, and I do not know why it was bestowed upon you. All I can do is to fight by your side and that I shall do!~ GOTO KIPC5.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I think you know the answer, Kivan. Is not that why you are so devoted to Shevarash, the God of Vengeance?~ GOTO KIPC5.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~May be it was Deheriana's love that returned you to life? You have done what you could to protect her, ranger. Have your revenge if you must, but I think that was not what Deheriana meant for you.~ GOTO KIPC5.13
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5.9
SAY ~*turns very pale* Fun? I charge blood price for entertaining crowds in such a way!~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5.10
SAY ~You will do me no kindness by making me return to my silent torture. Often when I close my eyes to reverie that day comes alive again. And I seek for the answer and I cannot find it. Will you listen to me?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~No, I have no desire to listen to this.~ GOTO KIPC5.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I will…but what do you expect of me? An absolution?~ GOTO KIPC5.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I..I understand. Go on, and gods have mercy on us.~ GOTO KIPC5.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5.11
SAY ~You think I live because my body was stronger than the inflicted wounds? I am not so sure.  I had betrayed the one I loved to the most horrifying end. But I did it unknowingly. I feel that Shevarash - the God of Vengeance, gave my life back to me so I might redeem myself by avenging my wife's death.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I think what you have done cannot be forgiven, Kivan. Do not distract yourself with thoughts of redemption, Elf. Live with what you have done…or have not done.~ GOTO KIPC5.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It is plausible. Seek your vengeance, help me kill some evil monsters, and you will feel better. After all, you did not have much of a choice, and you have done what you could to protect your Deheriana, ranger.~ GOTO KIPC5.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~May be you are wrong?  May be it was Deheriana's love that returned you to life, not the will of Shevarash? You have done what you could to protect her, ranger. Have your revenge if you must, but I think that was not what Deheriana meant for you.~ GOTO KIPC5.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Your obsession with revenge comes from some sinister and dark source, Kivan. Perhaps from Tazok himself or from his masters. Maybe your torture is not over and you are still their toy?~ GOTO KIPC5.17
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5.12
SAY ~ Yes, I had betrayed the one I loved to the most horrifying end and Shevarash gave my life back to me so I might redeem myself and avenge my wife's death. That's what I think...~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~What you have done cannot be forgiven, Kivan. Even if Shevarash gave you your life, it's only so you suffer for what you have done! Do not distract yourself with thoughts of redemption, Elf.~ GOTO KIPC5.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It is plausible. Seek your vengeance, help me kill some evil monsters, and you will feel better. After all, you did not have much of a choice, and you have done what you could to protect your Deheriana, ranger.~ GOTO KIPC5.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~May be you are wrong?  May be it was Deheriana's love that returned you to life, not the will of Shevarash? You have done what you could to protect her, ranger. Have your revenge if you must, but I think that was not what Deheriana meant for you.~ GOTO KIPC5.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Your obsession with revenge comes from some sinister and dark source, Kivan. Perhaps from Tazok himself or from his masters. Maybe your torture is not over and you are still their toy?~ GOTO KIPC5.17
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5.13
SAY ~Why would Deheriana want me to walk the Toril without her by my side?  Thank you, <CHARNAME>, for the sweet words, but if Deheriana forgave me my weakness, she would be waiting for me in Arvanaith even now, hoping like me that my duty to Shevarash will not take much longer. Shevarash will not let me depart, until I redeem myself by avenging my wife.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5.14
SAY ~No, I do not seek an absolution. I would like to know what another living being thought about my doom.  That day…once I saw that Deheriana was left untouched while they concentrated their efforts on me, it became my only goal to keep awake and be entertaining enough as a victim.~
= ~The world became blur, but I was forcing myself on my feet after each hit, I was yelling until my lips would not move. When Tazok was finally bored by the spectacle, he ordered Deheriana killed. As soon as her lifeless body hit the ground my spirit left me too. They left both of us for dead. But I did not die. Why?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~What you have done cannot be forgiven, Kivan. Even if Shevarash gave you your life, it's only so you suffer for what you have done! Do not distract yourself with thoughts of redemption, Elf.~ GOTO KIPC5.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It is plausible. Seek your vengeance, help me kill some evil monsters, and you'd feel better. After all, you did not have much of a choice, and you have done what you could to protect your Deheriana, ranger.~ GOTO KIPC5.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~May be you are wrong?  May be it was Deheriana's love that returned you to life, not the will of Shevarash? You have done what you could to protect her, ranger. Have your revenge if you must, but I think that was not what Deheriana meant for you.~ GOTO KIPC5.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Your obsession with revenge comes from some sinister and dark source, Kivan. Perhaps from Tazok himself or from his masters. Maybe your torture is not over and you are still their toy?~ GOTO KIPC5.17
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5.15
SAY ~You words ring true and they add up to the pain I ever feel in my heart. I am not sure if I can live with my guilt for much longer.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5.16
SAY ~Ranger…yes. Ranger guides and protects and yet I led the most precious traveler I knew to her death and failed to protect her. I am surprised that you still place your trust in my skills.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC5.17
SAY ~*turns very pale* If that is so, they will find out soon enough that I charge blood price for entertaining crowds in such a way.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~Global("KiFriendTalk","GLOBAL",8)~ THEN BEGIN KIPC6
SAY ~I wanted to ask you,  <CHARNAME>... What are you thinking of when you are watching sunsets? There was an emotion written on your face I did not quite understand.~ [KIVAN99]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Sunsets fill me with strange foreboding. I see blood and the end of all things when I watch the sun go down in the phantasmagoria of scarlet and red and purple.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC6","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC6.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I forget for a moment the trials we face, and I enjoy the warmth of colors. It is a bitter-sweet feeling.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC6","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC6.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I see the sun setting and clouds turning pink…I am thinking that it is going to be dark soon and we should be thinking of setting up a camp.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC6","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC6.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Of killing nosey elves. As usual.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC6","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIPC6.3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC6.1
SAY ~May be you feel that way because of your recent loss, <CHARNAME>? You dread the most innocent and beautiful sight, thinking it to be an ill omen….~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It is not just Gorion's death. It is something deeper, something at the very core of my heart.~ GOTO KIPC6.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~How do you know what I feel, elf?~ GOTO KIPC6.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Good old Kivan…always ready to lift my spirit, do not ye?~ GOTO KIPC6.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC6.2
SAY ~You are luckier than I am then. I see the sky smeared with blood…Deheriana's blood.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Come, elf, the sun has set, and we are to face the night.~ GOTO KIPC6.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~We shall avenge Gorion's and your Deheriana's death. May be then the sunset will not be an ominous sight for you.~ GOTO KIPC6.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Good old Kivan…always ready to lift my spirit, do not ye?~ GOTO KIPC6.6
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC6.3
SAY ~I apologize for intruding.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC6.4
SAY ~You do not need to explain me how it feels, I knew the same pain and solitude after I parted with the soul of my soul.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Come, elf, the sun has set, and we are to face the night.~ GOTO KIPC6.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~We shall avenge Gorion's and your Deheriana's death. May be then the sunset will not be an ominous sight for you.~ GOTO KIPC6.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Sad and pathetic we both are…~ GOTO KIPC6.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~No, Kivan, I cannot explain it, but I simply * know * that it is something different…~ GOTO KIPC6.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC6.5
SAY ~I knew the same pain and solitude after I parted with the soul of my soul.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Come, elf, the sun has set, and we are to face the night.~ GOTO KIPC6.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~We shall avenge Gorion's and your Deheriana's death. May be then the sunset will not be an ominous sight for you.~ GOTO KIPC6.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Sad and pathetic we both are…~ GOTO KIPC6.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~No, Kivan, I cannot explain it, but I simply * know * that it is something different…~ GOTO KIPC6.10
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC6.6
SAY ~Being cheerful when your heart is weeping is a clever deception, but as any deception it will be over sooner or latter. You will have to face your dread and find the root of it.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC6.7
SAY ~Yes, the shadows are growing and the night is coming. The sky is smeared with blood and so should be our hands. Let us hope that it will be blood of our enemies, not of our dying friends, whom we failed to protect and to heal.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC6.8
SAY ~<CHARNAME> I hope that such a day will come. Maybe we will stand together then, watching the sun set while dreaming of the dawn... as befit a happy person.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC6.9
SAY ~ Perhaps today, in the night we are. But tomorrow mayhaps we shall stand together, watching the sunset and dreaming of the next morning's dawn as befit a happy person.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC6.10
SAY ~Whatever it is, I hope that we shall stand together yet, watching the sunset and dreaming of the next morning's dawn as befit a happy person.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~Global("KiBhaal","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7
SAY ~Our elders often told us about monsters and prepared us to face evil sooner or later. Yet, I can hardly imagine that someone can be ready for the horror you have went through. Sarevok, the man who killed your stepfather and did everything to kill you as well, is your half-brother! Evil cannot come closer than that. Is that why you are so quiet and sad?~ [KIVAN99]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~My half-brother killed my stepfather - which makes the whole thing a family matter, Kivan. I will not have the prying eyes of a stranger looking into it.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC7","LOCALS",1) SetGlobal("KiBhaal","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO KIPC7.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes, it is disturbing. I lived for so long thinking myself an orphan and alone in the world…Now I found out who my real father is and that I have a stepbrother. Neither discovery cheered me up.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC7","LOCALS",1) SetGlobal("KiBhaal","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO KIPC7.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And if it was only Sarevok…the letter mentioned that there are others. I probably have a very large family! All Bhaal's brood too. I feel that I am in for some more unpleasant surprises.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC7","LOCALS",1) SetGlobal("KiBhaal","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO KIPC7.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I do not consider Sarevok to be my relative, Kivan.  Moreover - my brother! We share some odd spiritual background, by a whim of a dead deity, that is all. I only want to avenge the death of my true father - Gorion.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC7","LOCALS",1) SetGlobal("KiBhaal","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO KIPC7.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Evil can be closer, Kivan. Look at me. My own soul is a game board; the game started long ago, but I did not know that I was a player. My opponent knew and he is a few turns ahead of me.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC7","LOCALS",1) SetGlobal("KiBhaal","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO KIPC7.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am happy to discover my true heritage and I have no problems with my brother. I think we can get along just fine, as soon as I convince him to drop the absurd idea of killing me. We will...unlock power of Bhaal or somethin'.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC7","LOCALS",1) SetGlobal("KiBhaal","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO KIPC7.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7.1
SAY ~May be you should try to discuss the matter with Sarevok then, <CHARNAME>.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Great idea, Kivan! Sarevok was very talkative last time I met him.~ GOTO KIPC7.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, I really do not want to talk about it.~ GOTO KIPC7.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~What do you want to hear? That I am exuberant to discover being some sort of an underdog demi-god? Or that I am terrified out of my wits? Or that I think it to be excellent news that I either have to be a kinslayer or to fall victim to one?~ GOTO KIPC7.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7.2
SAY ~My friend, do not lose the sight of hope. I lived long surrounded by family and then I lost…I lost them all. Yours is a better story: you are finding your family after many years of not knowing that you had any. Maybe you will find soul mates among the other Bhaalspawn? Someone you will be proud to call your brother or sister? You seem to be able to conquer your ominous heritage, why not the others?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Erm...the encounter with Sarevok was not very encouraging, Kivan.~ GOTO KIPC7.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Or maybe I can somehow influence their lives? You are right, Kivan. The Bhaal's blood does not mean that we must all be like him.~ GOTO KIPC7.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I do not consider Sarevok or any other Bhaalspawn to be my relative, Kivan.  We share some odd spiritual background, by a whim of a dead deity, that is all. My only family member is Gorion. All I want to do is to avenge his death.~ GOTO KIPC7.3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7.3
SAY ~Vengeance is the thing for someone who has nothing else left to live for, <CHARNAME>.  Are you sure that you are ready to walk the path of revenge? ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am sure, Kivan. ~ GOTO KIPC7.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Am I talking to Kivan the Ranger? THE Kivan who dreams only of revenge?~ GOTO KIPC7.12
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7.4
SAY ~Your soul is not a game board,  <CHARNAME>. It is yours and only yours, no matter who planted the seed of which you sprouted into being.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Of course. Yet I fear that I am mad at Gorion for not telling me about my heritage. I might have done some things differently.~ GOTO KIPC7.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It matters! I am a demi-god, Kivan, and I am searching to explore my divinity. I wish to know the rules of the game for it is the way to great power.~ GOTO KIPC7.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes, but sometimes I fear that it can be changed inside me, go tainted or something like that…~ GOTO KIPC7.14
IF ~InParty("MINSC")~ THEN REPLY ~Shhh...let's not talk about *wishper very quietly* seeds...You know how Boo is.~ GOTO KIPC7.15
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7.5
SAY ~If you search to unlock the power which nests within you, do so carefully. It is a hellfire, <CHARNAME> and it can burn those who are close to you and those you do not even know.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7.6
SAY ~And here I was under the impression that it was his sword that did all the talking!~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7.7
SAY ~Forgive me my insistence then. I am worried about you, mellonamin.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7.8
SAY ~I want to hear whatever you wish to say. I am worried about you, mellonamin.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~The news disturbed me, Kivan. I lived for so long thinking myself an orphan and alone in the world…Now I found out who my real father is and that I have a stepbrother. Somehow neither discovery cheered me up.~ GOTO KIPC7.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Right. You want to know what I think? Here it is. Sarevok is my brother, but that's not the worst of it! The letter mentioned that there are others. I probably have a very large family! All Bhaal's brood too. I feel that I am in for some more unpleasant surprises.~ GOTO KIPC7.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, I do not consider Sarevok to be my relative.  Moreover - my brother! We share some odd spiritual background, by a whim of a dead deity, that is all. I only want to avenge the death of my true father - Gorion.~ GOTO KIPC7.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Evil can be closer, Kivan. Look at me. My own soul is a game board; the game has started long ago, but I did not know that I was a player. My opponent knew and he is few turns ahead of me.~ GOTO KIPC7.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I am happy to discover my true heritage and I have no problems with my brother. I think we can get along just fine, as soon as I convince him to drop the absurd idea of killing me. We will...unlock power of Bhaal or somethin'.~ GOTO KIPC7.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7.9
SAY ~You have found an enemy instead of a brother. But... Thank the gods, <CHARNAME>, that we have enemies, for it means that we might also have friends.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7.10
SAY ~I recognize the sparkle of hope in your eyes,  <CHARNAME>. I am glad that your melancholy passed.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7.11
SAY ~Then let the gods have mercy on you…on us. Let us not loose mercy ourselves. Walking through the dark requires bravery, strength and the love of light, least the darkness consumes your soul.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7.12
SAY ~You are talking to me, yes. Why do you think I shall endorse someone's desire for revenge? I have walked this path for years and I know all too well how destructive and painful it is, mellonamin.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You suffer because of your loss. Once Deheriana is avenged….~ GOTO KIPC7.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, I understand all that. And still I want to punish the one who killed my stepfather.~ GOTO KIPC7.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Shevarash does not smile upon you now.~ GOTO KIPC7.17
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7.13
SAY ~You have grown since I met you, <CHARNAME>, and faced many perils with dignity and bravery. For someone less sturdy and mature a truth like that might have been overwhelming.~
= ~Gorion loved you.~
= ~He simply wished to give you a life as normal as possible, I am sure about that.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7.14
SAY ~Every one of us is in such danger. We all know temptations. Listen to your heart, be vigilant, <CHARNAME>, but do not be afraid of yourself.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7.15
SAY ~*Smiles* Yes, he is one hungry hamster...it always surprises me that Boo does not grow bigger than Minsc.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7.16
SAY ~Then I shall finally do what I want the most - I will join Deheriana in Arvanaith. Yours is a different path, mellonamin. You have not tasted life and love yet. Remember that.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC7.17
SAY ~Shevarash never smiles, <CHARNAME>. Five thousand years ago he swore a solemn vow not to smile until Lloth and her followers are destroyed. He is true to his word.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

END

APPEND ~KIVANJ~

//////DREAM SCRIPT//////////////////
IF WEIGHT #-2 ~Global("KIPC8","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8
SAY ~'Quel undome, a'maelamin Deheriana. Good night, my beloved Deheriana.~ [KIVAN99]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Every morning I hear you say "good morning" to your dead wife-and every night you bid her to have a good night. It makes me sad.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC8","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO KIPC8.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You are a widower, elf! A WIDOWER! Denial is not going to help anything. Deheriana is dead, Kivan. Dead!~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC8","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO KIPC8.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Do I have a new person in the group? Who's Deheriana?~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC8","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO KIPC8.3
IF ~Gender(Player1,FEMALE)~ THEN REPLY ~'Quel undome, a'maelamin. Quel kaima, Kivan, lle anta esta. Good night, my beloved. Sleep well, Kivan, you need to rest. Shhh, Kivan. I am not teasing you... but I hear you tell her "good morning" every time the sun rises and "good night" every time you go to sleep. I wish it was answered at least once.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC8","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO KIPC8.4
IF ~Gender(Player1,FEMALE)~ THEN REPLY ~You miss her so much, Kivan. I wish there could be something...~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIPC8","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO KIPC8.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.1
SAY ~Do not be saddened, my friend. Those are my beautiful moments. Once, I was looking for excuses to talk to Deheriana, and I would not sleep until she passed by, and I could bid her "good night", hear her voice and see her smile.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Alright, alright. That is enough!~ GOTO KIPC8.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~All the time I have known you, Deheriana was a constant in your life. It is strange to hear that there were days, when you were uncertain about her love.~ GOTO KIPC8.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~How did you meet her, Kivan? If you do not mind me asking about it...~ GOTO KIPC8.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.2
SAY ~I am not in denial, <CHARNAME>. I know that she has departed, yet I think she might hear me…and we will be joined again as soon as Shevarash allows me to leave.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Alright, alright. That is enough!~ GOTO KIPC8.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes, yes of course. Can we talk of something other than Deheriana? Or at least about something Deheriana-related, but happy? For one thing, can you tell me how you met her, Kivan?~ GOTO KIPC8.8
IF ~Gender(Player1,FEMALE)~ THEN REPLY ~Sorry. I see your longing for her every day and the fact that I am helpless to do anything about it makes me feel...well, helpless and frustrated. Kivan, I wish there could be something...~ GOTO KIPC8.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.3
SAY ~And some people complain that I speak of Deheriana way too often! Deheriana is… was an elf from Shilmista… But she cannot join our group, <CHARNAME>. Deheriana was slain by Tazok and his cronies many years ago, and that is why I seek vengeance on Tazok, the half-ogre, and the Brigands who served him.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.4
SAY ~I know that you did not mean it as a cruel jape, <CHARNAME>. Your voice was kind - a reflection of the generosity of your heart… I listened and I thought that was something Deheriana might have done.  Your friendship is the finest thing that happened to me since I was separated from Deheriana.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~If I might ask…how long has it been since Deheriana departed?~ GOTO KIPC8.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Blush* I am only doing what I would have done for * any * friend…~ GOTO KIPC8.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You will always have my friendship and my loyalty, Kivan. We are fighting the same battle, shoulder to shoulder.  We have a common enemy. We…~ GOTO KIPC8.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I…I…my heart…never mind my heart, elf. It is really a stolid thing...that heart of mine, and will make a poor subject for a conversation. Maybe you can tell me more of Deheriana instead? How did you meet?~ GOTO KIPC8.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.5
SAY ~My gentle friend... you have done so much for me and so subtly already. Your friendship is the finest thing that happened to me since I was separated from Deheriana.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~If I might ask…how long has it been since Deheriana departed?~ GOTO KIPC8.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Blush* I am only doing what I would have done for *any* friend…~ GOTO KIPC8.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You will always have my friendship and my loyalty, Kivan. We are fighting the same battle, shoulder to shoulder.  We have a common enemy. We…~ GOTO KIPC8.11
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And I value your frienship. Maybe we can talk awhile? You can tell me more of Deheriana...How did you meet her?~ GOTO KIPC8.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.6
SAY ~I do sound and look sheepish, I guess. But so does almost anyone who is in love.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.7
SAY ~Even the greatest river flowing wide across the plains is but a small seep in its beginning. So is love. I thirst to drink from the trickle of the first tenderness as much as from the stream of passion in its full flood.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Well, whatever. Try not to drown, elf. ~ GOTO KIPC8.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Speaking of seeps... How did you meet Deheriana, Kivan? If you do not mind me asking about it.~ GOTO KIPC8.8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.8
SAY ~I met Deheriana during the war in Shilmista. Everyone then became a fighter, elders and children, nobles and commoners alike. She was among our spellcasters - a small group and vulnerable, but lots of our hope was placed into their power.~
= ~So a fighter's eyes were always on them to protect and to lend them cover… I saw Deheriana…it was hard not to notice her. In the moments of deepest despair, when all was but lost, I looked at her and my spirit soared, and I cared not for hurts.~
= ~Like a young birch tree, golden and green, she stood, and her voice was clear as morning dew, even as her chants brought death to our foes.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And after the war was over…~ GOTO KIPC8.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Now you are making me wish she was alive, I could have used another skilled person around here…~ GOTO KIPC8.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Did not gazing at her divert you? From the battle, I mean.~ GOTO KIPC8.14
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.9
SAY ~Fifteen years or close enough.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Fift…. Blast you elf! Faerun is not a place for you! Get away from here! Go to Evermeet! Gods be good, I wish I could shake you or something!~ GOTO KIPC8.15
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~What are fifteen years for a long-living elf… Time and distance heal any wounds.~ GOTO KIPC8.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It seems like a very long mourning period, my friend. Have you not thought to start your life over? To love again?~ GOTO KIPC8.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Do not believe in the partings, comrade. They are but a dream, I swear. Keep faith in the road, it is the only thing which will not run out on you.~ GOTO KIPC8.18
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.10
SAY ~I know, arwen en amin…my Lady. You honor me with your friendship.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.11
SAY ~Yes, that is all true, My Lady. I am happy that it is you whom the fate decreed to be my ally that day you have passed through High Hedge.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.12
SAY ~After the war was over we buried our dead with honors… My mother could not be consoled in her grief for my father and my brothers who had fallen.~
= ~She convinced the rest of my kin to leave for Evermeet. I stayed behind, for after the freezing winter I saw the new spring coming and Deheriana was smiling every time she met me and I bid her to have a fair day.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.13
SAY ~If Deheriana were alive, you would love her for more than her skill, <CHARNAME>. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.14
SAY ~*Smiles* The archer follows the same pattern in battle,  <CHARNAME>. Notch. Draw. Loose. Of course, I had no time to steal a glance at her in the heat of battle, and more often than not she would be out of my sighting range…but sometimes I was lucky.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.15
SAY ~<CHARNAME>, I do not understand how I managed to upset you so with my words. But indeed I was thinking of going on a journey after Tazok is dead.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.16
SAY ~A year lasts as long for an elf as for a dwarf, a gnome, a halfling or a human, <CHARNAME>. Time and distance heal…yes, but only love revives.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Love? Do you think you might love again?~ GOTO KIPC8.17
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You sound like a person who has hope…I like that new tone in your voice.~ GOTO KIPC8.19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Of course. But we have no time to discuss it right now, Kivan.~ GOTO KIPC8.20
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.17
SAY ~No, not "again". I have never stopped loving Deheriana, <CHARNAME>. I think that my life was given back to me by Shevarash to avenge Deheriana's death. After that's done...After I will face Tazok in a battle I shall return to my love.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.18
SAY ~The roads are difficult, but life would be a hardship if there were no roads.… I love this hymn to Shaundakul as well. We are akin in many ways, <CHARNAME>.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.19
SAY ~I have to thank you for giving me hope. Your skills and those of our friends make me feel that the battle is half-won already and the time when I will see my dear Deheriana again is nigh.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIPC8.20
SAY ~Yes, we shall go. This conversation makes me feel wonderfully alive though.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

//////DREAM SCRIPT//////////////////
IF WEIGHT #-2 ~
Global("KiSo","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN BEGIN KiSo
SAY ~When you sing, <CHARNAME>, I forget all the terrible things that have happened to me. ~  [KIVAN99]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Then I will sing for you until my voice fails me, ranger.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KiSo","GLOBAL",2) ~ GOTO KiSo1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~That’s the highest praise a bard can hope for.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KiSo","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO KiSo2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Because listening to my voice is the cruelest torture?~ DO ~SetGlobal("KiSo","GLOBAL",2) ~ GOTO KiSo3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~That’s it for now, though. We need our sleep.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KiSo","GLOBAL",2)~ GOTO KiSo4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo4
SAY ~Good night then, songstress.~
IF ~~THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo2
SAY ~They say that the minstrel’s soul goes into her songs, and you have a beautiful heart, <CHARNAME>.~
IF ~~THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT

END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo3
SAY ~ *Smile* You are fishing for a complement, songstress. Here it is for you: they say that the minstrel’s soul goes into her songs, and you have a beautiful heart, <CHARNAME>. ~
IF ~~THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1.5
SAY ~*Smile* I must have. I am sorry if I have offended you with this silliness. ~
IF ~~THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1.8
SAY ~Namaarie, <CHARNAME> ar' quel fara. Farewell, <CHARNAME> and good hunting.~
IF ~~THEN DO ~LeaveParty() EscapeArea()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1.12
SAY ~Everything. Trust me, <CHARNAME>, that should I lay with you tonight, you will not like it.~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO KiSo1.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1.9
SAY ~<CHARNAME>...I am sure you will find a man, who will love you as strongly as you deserve to be loved.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes, yes of course I will.~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Sigh*~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, there is no need for polite banalities. Good night.~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Do not worry about it, Kivan. You have done the right thing. As always.~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1
SAY ~I would not want you to-~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You would not want me to strain my lungs? Kivan, to bring you back to the world of living, I would give the blood from my veins...~ GOTO KiSo1.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I know all too well, that you do not want anything from me. Let us go to sleep before I start weeping.~ GOTO KiSo1.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Are you sure that you do not want a special song from me? The one whispered into your ear on the pillow?~ GOTO KiSo1.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Why? I am a bard and I like that my songs cheer you up!~ GOTO KiSo2
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1.1
SAY ~I should have talked to you about it long ago. I have noticed how you look at me, <CHARNAME>. Am I mistaken, or are you...are you in love with me? ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Close your eyes and whisper* Yes, Kivan, I love you.~ GOTO KiSo1.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You must have gone crazy alone in the woods! ~ GOTO KiSo1.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I...I th-think so. Sorry. I am so sorry. ~ GOTO KiSo1.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I do not love you...at least I do not love you the way Deheriana must have. But on many a cold night, I laid alone watching the trembling stars and wished to share the blankets with you.~ GOTO KiSo1.7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1.2
SAY ~<CHARNAME>, I do not think that you are the type to be forward with a man you barely know.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Are you an oak tree? Do you not have eyes? Do you not have heart? Do you not understand a single thing? ~ GOTO KiSo1.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You had Deheriana to love you and to love, my sweet elf. But on a cold night, do you not wish for a bit of warmth? I do, and I lie alone, watching the trembling stars, and wishing to share the blankets with you.~ GOTO KiSo1.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You know nothing, Kivan! ~ GOTO KiSo1.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Well, maybe I am a lightskirt. Not all of us were born Deherianas... ~ GOTO KiSo1.1
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1.4
SAY ~I was afraid to hear that. You know that I will never be able to love you, <CHARNAME>, but you have my friendship. Is there anything I can do for you? I will leave....~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You had Deheriana to love you and to love, my sweet elf. But on a cold night, do you not wish for a bit of warmth? I do, and I lie alone, watching the trembling stars, and wishing to share the blankets with you.~ GOTO KiSo1.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes, please, leave. ~ GOTO KiSo1.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~No, you do not have to leave. I can control myself. ~ GOTO KiSo1.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kiss me, Kivan...Just once...A cold friendly kiss, nothing more. ~ GOTO KiSo1.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, you are always so dramatic! Believe me, I see no tragedy in an unrequited love if it is directed toward a worthy man. You will never use me or mock my feelings. And I am quite grateful that my heart can love someone so deeply...so fully...~ GOTO KiSo1.15
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1.6
SAY ~You need not apologize, <CHARNAME>, if it is anybody’s fault, it is mine, for not noticing earlier and not discouraging you, for I will never be able to love you. But you have my friendship. Is there anything I can do for you? I will leave....~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You had Deheriana to love you and to love, my sweet elf. But on a cold night, do you not wish for a bit of warmth? I do, and I lie alone, watching the trembling stars, and wishing to share the blankets with you.~ GOTO KiSo1.7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes, please, leave. ~ GOTO KiSo1.8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~No, you do not have to leave. I can control myself. ~ GOTO KiSo1.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kiss me, Kivan...Just once...A cold friendly kiss, nothing more. ~ GOTO KiSo1.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Love for a noble man is no tragedy, even if it is unrequited. You will never use me or mock my feelings. I am grateful that my heart can love someone so deeply...so fully...so passionately. Listen to it. It says "Kivan" with every beat. *You press Kivan's palm to your chest* I am proud of my love for you.~ GOTO KiSo1.11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1.7
SAY ~Do not ask for such a thing...a wrong thing.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~What can be wrong with being a man and a woman for once? ~ GOTO KiSo1.12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Cup Kivan’s face with your palms* How do you know it is wrong if you did not try it?~ GOTO KiSo1.13
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You are right of course. Sorry. Won’t happen again. Good night.~ GOTO KiSo1.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1.10
SAY ~ <CHARNAME>...*Kivan leans over intending to touch your cheek with his lips.*~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~See, it did not hurt you any. Good night, silly elf. ~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Sigh*~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*You move your head quickly, and catch Kivan’s kiss with your lips.* Just so I remember the taste of your lips, ranger.~ GOTO KiSo1.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*You pull away* It was stupid of me to ask, it was insipid of me to hope, it was mad of me to dream...but you have done the right thing. As always. I have sobered up now. Good night, ranger~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1.11
SAY ~ <CHARNAME>, a man will come who will put the world at your feet. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Grumble* Yes, and I will have no use for him. That’s how it usually goes. ~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Sigh* I would trade the world for one kiss...your kiss. ~ GOTO KiSo1.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Of course. And he will ride a white horse and wear shiny armor. You are no idiot, Kivan, so stop talking like one. ~ DO ~RestParty()~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1.13
SAY ~ <CHARNAME>, it would surprise me, if you did not know it. It would surprise me if you did not know how bitter it will taste to you, if I take you in my arms right now, and close my eyes and pretend that you are Deheriana..~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes, I know. And still I want it. ~ GOTO KiSo1.14
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Sigh* If that’s the only way you can make yourself to touch a woman.... ~ GOTO KiSo1.9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Call me any name you want, Kivan. I love you enough for both of us...Oh...that was quite a slip of the tongue.~ GOTO KiSo1.15
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1.14
SAY ~Then you do not know. I will not have you learn it from me, girl. *Kisses you on the forehead* Go sleep, <CHARNAME> and dream of new love, not of a burnt man, with little life left in him.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1.15
SAY ~ I have not felt loved so unconditionally since Deheriana’s departure.... ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~No, not since. You have never been loved like this. ~ GOTO KiSo1.16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Sigh* I will settle for one kiss...your kiss. ~ GOTO KiSo1.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And to be loved by Kivan one has to be Deheriana.~ GOTO KiSo1.17
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1.17
SAY ~I love you, <CHARNAME> as tenderly as a brother loves his sister or as a dearest friend...and maybe more than that. I love you enough to not have you learn from me how bitter it is to bed a man, whose heart is far away. *Kisses you on the forehead* Go to sleep, <CHARNAME> and dream of new love, not of a burnt man, with little life left in him.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1.16
SAY ~ Oh, Seldarine....~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Deheriana will have you for the eternity in Arvanaith. I ask but for a single night...a single hour of love even...if she would begrudge me a night. ~ GOTO KiSo1.18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Sigh* I will settle for one kiss...one kiss. ~ GOTO KiSo1.10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~ I... I did not mean to torment you like this. Won’t happen again. Good night.~ GOTO KiSo1.9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiSo1.18
SAY ~I thought I loved you, <CHARNAME> as tenderly as a brother loves his sister or as a dearest friend. But I fooled myself. I...I simply love you and there is no denying it. ~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("KivanLover", "GLOBAL",1) RestParty()~
EXIT
END
END

APPEND ~BKIVAN~

//////At Waking//////////////////
IF WEIGHT #-2 ~Global("KiMA","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN BEGIN KiMorning
SAY ~I could not reverie with you settled in my arms, and I could not make myself to let you out of my embrace. So I tried to sleep. When I woke...*Kivan slides his fingers through your hair* I still could not believe that it was not a dream.~  [KIVAN99]
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*You stretch lazily and kiss Kivan* That should make it real for you.~ GOTO KiMA1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~
I woke...his head on my shoulder
I woke to hear him breath
I woke both younger and older
I woke and said: "I am his."~ GOTO KiMA2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Then I should not let you wake up. Not yet.~ GOTO KiMA3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~If it is easier for you...let it be a dream. Neither by word nor by deed I shall hint at what has come to pass between you and me.~ GOTO KiMA4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiMA1
SAY ~<CHARNAME>...*Kivan caresses your cheek*~
IF ~~ THEN GOTO KiMA3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiMA2
SAY ~*Smile* So, am I making it into a song?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Oh, I made many a song of you already...Listen:
A ranger walks alone,
Turned from fire to stone
One name on his lips,
One name in his heart,
He makes mine beat
And breaks it apart.
~ GOTO KiMA5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~No. I simply want to enjoy your love, without thinking how to put it in words others will understand.~ GOTO KiMA6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*Smile back* Perhaps. Want to give me some more material?~ GOTO KiMA7
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiMA3
SAY ~Amin mela lle, sullar en amin.... I love you, my dream.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiMA4
SAY ~No, I will not allow you to do this yet again. Amin mela lle, sullar en amin.... I love you, my dream...and I will not hide it.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiMA5
SAY ~Songstress, I had been made flesh again yestereve; has your heart healed?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I would not know. I gave it away - to someone who would keep it safer and treat it gentler than I did. *Smile* Mayhap he can give me his own so I would not die heartless?~ GOTO KiMA8
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I think that its wounds are closing but more poultice is needed. *Kiss Kivan shyly*~ GOTO KiMA3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~The hands of the ranger are the hands of the healer. I am well now, and better than ever.~ GOTO KiMA9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiMA6
SAY ~You are wise, for I am not the sort of man to be put in verses.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Oh, that is not true. I sang about you before. 
A ranger walks alone,
Turned from fire to stone
One name on his lips,
One name in his heart,
He makes mine bleed
And breaks it apart.
~ GOTO KiMA5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You are wrong, but your love is too precious to me to sell it in the smoked rooms of the common inns or even in the great halls of the King’s. Let another minstrel to make a lay about us.~ GOTO KiMA3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You are right. There is nothing about you that’s worth a decent song. *Ruffle Kivan’s hair* And you look like a mess. *Laugh* But I love you.~ GOTO KiMA3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Ah, Kivan, I can be lazing in your arms and chatting with you for days on end, but we must go.~ GOTO KiMA9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiMA7
SAY ~*Kivan gives you a slow kiss* Does that suffice?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes, thank you. I will try to make it through the day before begging you for more. Except maybe... *Kiss Kivan quickly and hotly on the lips* Yes, that's good.~ GOTO KiMA9
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~*You wrap your hands around Kivan* Not nearly, beloved.~ GOTO KiMA3
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiMA8
SAY ~He already did.~
IF ~~ THEN
EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KiMA9
SAY ~Then we should raise and fight our battles. But not before I take another kiss from your gentle lips.~
IF ~~ THEN
EXIT
END


IF WEIGHT #-2
~Global("KiDrunk","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN BEGIN KIXA2
SAY ~*Moans* O, Seldarine… my head…~ [KIVAN99]
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("KiDrunk","GLOBAL",2)~ EXTERN ~BXANNN~ DrunkXan
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIXA2PC
SAY ~Seldarine be merciful...~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~It might be for the best for you to forget, but the rest of us are going to keep the fondest memories…~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIXA2","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIXA2.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes, it is for the best if you forget…and I would have both of you to never touch a drop if you are willing to continue on traveling together.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIXA2","LOCALS",1) SetGlobalTimer("DRUNKELVES","GLOBAL",360)~  GOTO KIXA2.2
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIXA2.1
SAY ~Oh, no…I hope we did not…ahem…inconvenience the rest of you? Excessively?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Nope, but I significantly expanded my Elven vocabulary. Say, Kivan, what does "llatarala menatira" mean? It sounds quite lovely and rolls of the tongue so pleasantly…~ GOTO KIXA2.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Let's just say that a certain rumor about Elves dancing in the moonlight proved to be true. We all very much enjoyed the show.~ GOTO KIXA2.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Do not worry about that, Kivan. Let us move on~ GOTO KIXA2.5
END


IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIXA2.2
SAY ~That wine was too strong, I am afraid. I hope we did not…ahem…inconvenience the rest of you? Excessively?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Nope, but I significantly expanded my Elven vocabulary. Say, Kivan, what does "llatarala menatira" mean? It sounds quite lovely and rolls of the tongue so pleasantly…~ GOTO KIXA2.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Let's just say that a certain rumor about Elves dancing in the moonlight proved to be true. We all very much enjoyed the show.~ GOTO KIXA2.4
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Do not worry about that, Kivan. Let us move on~ GOTO KIXA2.5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIXA2.5
SAY ~Thank you, my friend. Xan, I am sorry.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~False()~ THEN BEGIN KIXA2.4PC
SAY ~Would you…would you excuse me, <CHARNAME>? I require some privacy to collect my thoughts.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIXA2.3
SAY ~* blushes deeply * You do not need to know this particular expression, trust me...~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF WEIGHT #-2 ~Global("KivMont","GLOBAL",1)~ THEN BEGIN KIMO1
SAY ~Those are…~ [KIVAN 99]
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("KivMont","GLOBAL",2)~ EXTERN ~BMONTA~ KiTools
END

IF ~False()~ THEN BEGIN KIMO1PC
SAY ~I assure you-~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You two, shut up! Now!~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIMO1","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIMO1.1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Monty, what have you gone and done again, you fuzzy-footed wonder?~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIMO1","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIMO1.2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, you are quite right. Montaron, there is no place here for such filth. Either it goes or you do.~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIMO1","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIMO1.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, ye are plain impossible. I will not have ye pestering my dear friend, Montaron!~ DO ~SetGlobal("KIMO1","LOCALS",1)~ GOTO KIMO1.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIMO1.1PC
SAY ~I-~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Monty, what have you gone and done again, you fuzzy-footed wonder?~  GOTO KIMO1.5
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, you are quite right. Montaron, there is no place here for such filth. Either it goes or you do.~ GOTO KIMO1.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, ye are plain impossible. I will not have ye pestering my dear friend, Montaron!~ GOTO KIMO1.4
END


IF ~False()~ THEN BEGIN KIMO1.2PC
SAY ~<CHARNAME>-~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Relax, Kiv. No harm done. The halfling has…peculiar tastes but he's not half that bad…no pun intended.~  GOTO KIMO1.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, you are quite right. Montaron, there is no place here for such filth. Either it goes or you do.~ GOTO KIMO1.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, ye are plain impossible. I will not have ye pestering my dear friend, Montaron!~ GOTO KIMO1.4
END

IF ~False()~ THEN BEGIN KIMO1.5PC
SAY ~<CHARNAME>-~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Relax, Kiv. No harm done. The halfling has…peculiar tastes but he's not half that bad…no pun intended.~  GOTO KIMO1.6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Kivan, you are quite right. Montaron, there is no place here for such filth. Either it goes or you do.~ GOTO KIMO1.3
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Don't ye <CHARNAME> me, elf. Ye are plain impossible. I will not have ye pestering my dear friend, Montaron!~ GOTO KIMO1.4
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN KIMO1.6
SAY ~I trust you know what you are doing and whom you granted refuge among us. I will not intervene again.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~False()~ THEN BEGIN KIMO1.3PC
SAY ~Good.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~ActionOverride("Montaron",LeaveParty())
ActionOverride("Montaron",EscapeArea()) ActionOverride("Xzar",LeaveParty())
ActionOverride("Xzar",EscapeArea())~
EXIT
END

IF ~False()~ THEN BEGIN KIMO1.4
SAY ~If that is how it stands I shall denounce our allegiance. Beware the one you called your friend.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~ActionOverride("Kivan",LeaveParty()) ActionOverride("Kivan",EscapeArea())~
EXIT
END
END

//////DREAM SCRIPT////
CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-2 ~Global("KIBR2","LOCALS",1)~ THEN ~KIVANJ~ KIBR2
~Mani naa lle umien Branwen? Branwen, what are you doing? Why are you putting vials into my pack?~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIBR2","LOCALS",2)~
== ~BBRANW~ ~'tis my opinion that you need a potion to help you sleep peacefully. Now it's handy.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I rarely sleep, Branwen. Elves reverie instead….~
== ~BBRANW~ ~Whatever you do, 'tis no good if you moan.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I dreamt a dream, Branwen, that is all. You need not worry about it.~
== ~BBRANW~ ~I thought elves do not sleep. How can you dream then?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I can sleep if I choose to… The reverie is akin to sleep but is quite unlike it.~
= ~An elf relives his memories during the reverie. It is very life-like, very vivid. We need it to remember our past, our desires and those who have departed.  But we can dream as well, mostly when we are truly asleep. ~
== ~BBRANW~ ~Nevermind, just drink one of those before doing whatever you need to do to keep on going, and I am Auril if you won't be better for it.~
DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT

////////DREAM SCRIPT//////
CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-2 ~Global("KIGA1","LOCALS",1)~ THEN ~KIVANJ~ KIGA1
~It seems that we are to be treated with another recital. Oh, the joy of having a bard with us!~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIGA1","LOCALS",2)~
== ~BGARRI~ ~Might be that this song will touch even your grim heart, ranger.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I find that highly unlikely. Your repertoire is all made of love verses and drinking songs.~
== ~BGARRI~ ~Not nearly, you stubborn-headed elf. Listen, all! For our brave fighter I shall sing something different from the usual:~
== ~BGARRI~ ~Be you still, be you still, trembling heart;
Remember the wisdom out of the old days:
Him who trembles before the flame and the flood,
And…ahem…the winds…the winds that blow…~
= ~Ahem, I think I cannot remember how it goes from here… It has been some time since I…~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Do not torture yourself so. It goes like that:~
= ~And the winds that blow through the starry ways,
Let the starry winds and the flame and the flood
Cover over and hide, for he has no part
With the lonely, majestical multitude. ~
= ~Thank you, Garrick, that was a worthy song.~
== ~BGARRI~ ~I can see that you appreciate the art of poetry more than you care to admit, my secretive friend.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I beg you not to take me for a connoisseur, bard. ~
DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT

////////DREAM SCRIPT/////
CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-2 ~Global("KIIM1","LOCALS",1)~ THEN ~KIVANJ~ KIIM1
~*Smiles* M'lady Imoen, I have heard that it does not befit a human maiden to watch a male undress.~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIIM1","LOCALS",2)~
== ~BIMOEN2~ ~Oh, well, yeah… sorry 'bout that Kivan! I don't mean to intrude, or anything...but...um...what's that pendant on your neck?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~A ranger's insignia, Imoen.~
== ~BIMOEN2~ ~Uhm? What?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~*Sighs* It is customary for a ranger to choose an animal to identify himself as he walks the land.~
= ~I would carve or paint it as my mark to let others know my trail. This will help others to discover my fate if I become lost or will tell a weary traveler who had done him the kindness of equipping a road cabin with food and firewood. ~
== ~BIMOEN2~ ~Interesting. Yours looks like an eagle to me.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Falcon, to be more precise. It is not an unusual choice for a foolish youngster who dreams of valor and great feats.~
== ~BIMOEN2~ ~You think you were a bit of a dreamer in your youth? Anyhow, it looks pretty, this carving. Rogues should get one too! Actually, I remember there was a legend of a thief who left an imprint of a crimson cloak as his signature!~
= ~Hmm, what would I choose for a sigil? Oh, I know! Guess, Kivan, what will be my sign?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~A sly red fox?~
DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT

////////DREAM SCRIPT///////
CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-2 ~Global("KISA1","LOCALS",1)~ THEN ~KIVANJ~ KISA1
~Well, Safana, my understanding is that you have found yourself in the harem of an awful Pasha Uzef, with no more than a wisp of silk on your body to shield you, and a terrifying eunuch guarded the doors, day and night.~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KISA1","LOCALS",2)~
== ~BSAFAN~ ~My windows opened up on the cliff wall, with a sheer drop of eighty feet. A waterfall was weeping at my fate and I was nearly going mad, listening to its sorrow. There was a moment when I stood on the window sill and thought of taking my own life.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~And in that crucial moment you had one of those brilliant ideas which saved your life and the life of your lovers on numerous occasions.~
== ~BSAFAN~ ~That's exactly what happened! Know what I did?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I suspect that you pulled a few strings of silk from your flatteringly revealing gown, braided them together and strangled the seven-feet tall eunuch with it when he came to escort you to the Pasha.~
== ~BSAFAN~ ~However did you know? Anyway, then I took the eunuch's sword and shield and fought my way through the guards, and finally it was only Pasha Uzef who stood in my way.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~And he was a fearsome swordsman, and his eyes shone as two coals.~
== ~BSAFAN~ ~Oh yes. It's almost as though you were there. We had been inflicting blows on each other to no avail for a long time, and then he dropped his sword a my feet and knelt. "Lady Safana," he told me, "my love for you is too strong for me to live without your favor.~
= ~Where is your dagger, my lady? I beg you to pierce my heart and end my suffering!"~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Ed' i'ear ar' elenea! By the sea and stars!  Safana, you waste your talents. Were you a bard, people would pay dearly to listen to your tales. ~
DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT

////////DREAM SCRIPT///////
CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-2 ~Global("KISH1","LOCALS",1)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KISH1
~Shar Teel, do stop this folly. * Kivan throws his sword on the ground* A practice fight is a practice fight, but you are trying to hurt me. Your sword has an edge, and I do not believe that you forgot it.~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KISH1","LOCALS",2)~
== ~BSHART~ ~You knew it has an edge! What are we, small children to fight with blunted blades? Defend yourself, coward!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I will not take a wound so you might exorcise your demons. My sword is on the ground and I will not lift it. The practice is over.~
== ~BSHART~ ~You might call yourself an Elf, but you are just as full of it as a human man! * Spits * You are afraid that a woman can beat you!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~That is not true. Shayleigh of Shilmista is a far better sword than I. My wife would put an arrow through mine in full flight. I have no problem with you being female; I have a problem with you treating me as a real enemy in a mock fight.~
== ~BSHART~ ~Words, words and more words. I knew I should not have wasted my time on a flimsy Elf. You cannot even put up decent resistance. It is true what they say of your kin: you have water in your veins, not blood!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~You must have suffered much, Shar Teel, to become this bitter, but I am not kind enough to see beyond the rough façade and try to heal your soul. I pray that you meet someone who would.~
== ~BSHART~ ~You know that you are insufferably stupid? Even for a man?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Say what you want, Shar Teel. I just do not care.~
DO ~RestParty()~
EXIT



CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("AJANTIS")
See("AJANTIS")
!StateCheck("AJANTIS",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("KIAJ1","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIAJ1
~Young knight, you spend a fair amount of time practicing your swordplay, but I have never seen you taking a shot at a mark. You have no love for archery?~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIAJ1","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BAJANT~ ~Aye, my good Elf, arrows and bolts are not my favorite weaponry. Melee is a noble fight, and it gladdens my heart to advance my learning of it, but spitting arrows from afar is not much to my liking.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I take it that you consider archery an occupation for the fainthearted?~
== ~BAJANT~ ~Nay, not for the craven. I am schooled enough in the arts of war to value each man and I do not belittle my fellows for the way they choose to take down foes. But Kivan, my blood boils when I charge in the midst of the enemy host. What a way to win a spectacular victory!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Some battles can be won by stealth; some - by a few words on a piece of paper and some by an arrow sent to hit the mark. Take my advice - train yourself in every possible way, Ajantis.~
== ~BAJANT~ ~Arrows, quills, and dusty scrolls… Ranger, you know nothing of a knight's honor. A paladin's cause is just, his blade is blessed and he is sworn to die on the field of glory, not to scheme and hide, like a rogue.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~And many die nobly and valiantly, without advancing their cause a single step. I care not if it will be my sword or my arrow that will take Tazok's life. I care not if my name is unsung.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("ALORA")
See("ALORA")
!StateCheck("ALORA",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("KIAL1","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIAL1
~What would you be doing with my sword, halfling lass?~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIAL1","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BALORA~ ~Huh, training of course.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Alora, the blade is what? ..three inches taller than you? You will not be able to lift it, let alone wield it efficiently. If you are interested in weapons with a longer reach, I suggest that you try a light spear or a…~
== ~BALORA~ ~But not a longsword? That's soooo unfair! Sooo unfair *starts sobbing*~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Alora, I do not understand…How did I cause those tears? After all for you, a short sword must feel just like greatsword to an Elf… so in a way you do wield a longsword…Alora? Please, do not cry.~
== ~BALORA~ ~Stop babying me! You are becoming just like my parents: "Alora, do not cry! Alora, do not go there! Alora do not touch this!" I am a woman grown, not some dull-witted child!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I was not babying you, I was merely offering advice.~
== ~BALORA~ ~You weren't? Oh, sweet! Now, can I look at the sword? It has those funny little letters on it and I thought it's Elvish. Like in a book. Huh, I've never read Elvish before on a sword. It's so much more fun!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~They are Elven runes, correct. They spell… Aiya, tampa!  ALORA, DO NOT! You know, Alora, you can play with the blade, and I shall go scout around. I…I cannot watch.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("ALORA")
See("ALORA")
!StateCheck("ALORA",STATE_SLEEPING)
AreaType(FOREST)
Global("KIAL2","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIAL2
~I cannot help but wonder how a woman grown could amuse herself by tickling someone with a blade of grass?~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIAL2","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BALORA~ ~Oh, that can be a very grown-up thing to do, Kivan. ~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Care to explain?~
== ~BALORA~ ~Take for example a very sad guy who has as much fun in his life as a basilisk watching itself in a looking glass. So if somebody puts a smile on that guy's face that would be a mature thing to do, no?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Indeed. Do continue.~
== ~BALORA~ ~And that's where tickling kicks in! Nobody can resist smiling if…~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~You do not understand, lass. Smiles do not come that easy sometimes.~
= ~* quietly * I pray that you will never understand it, Alora.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("BRANWEN")
See("BRANWEN")
!StateCheck("BRANWEN",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("KIBR1","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIBR1
~I have not traveled North, my Lady Branwen, yet I have heard a word of the harsh beauty of your native land.~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIBR1","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BBRANW~ ~'twas truth you have heard. Northeim Isles rise from the cold sea, as castles here in the South, pink and gray and speckled with shining crystals.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~And the sea breaks against the cliffs…a magnificent sight indeed.~
== ~BBRANW~ ~The cliffs are as unyielding as the warriors of my land. They sail the sea in longboats, their prowls and sails painted red, the color of blood and honor.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~And the dark blue waters of the deepest fiords color the eyes of the daughters of Northeim?~
== ~BBRANW~ ~Perchance you have heard songs of the Northerners?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~No, it was only a guess.~
EXIT



CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("CORAN")
See("CORAN")
!StateCheck("CORAN",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("CoranHasBaby","GLOBAL",1)
Global("KICO1","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KICO1
~It lightens my heart to see you with the child, Coran.~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KICO1","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BCORAN~ ~A woman finally captured my heart for the rest of my life, Kivan! I should be crying my eyes out, but instead I feel…almost jubilant.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I am glad to hear that, mellonamin.~
== ~BCORAN~ ~You are smiling, Kivan. Albeit sadly, but still - smiling. I hope you are not gloating at me becoming a mother hen all of a sudden.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~No, of course not. I find joy in seeing you to attain the peace of mind, Coran.~
== ~BCORAN~ ~If Namara takes after me, and I find quite a resemblance already, my future would be anything but peaceful, I am afraid.~
= ~I can already imagine walking guard around my little cabin and shooting an arrow or two in the air to shoo away the most eager suitors…~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])
InParty("CORAN")
See("CORAN")
!Global("CoranMatch","GLOBAL",1)
!StateCheck("CORAN",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("CoranHasBaby","GLOBAL",1)
Global("KICO2","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KICO2
~Tell me, Coran, why will not you stay with Brielbara? I had noticed that you were not completely untouched by her charms, and if I erred in this, why did you not do it for the child's sake?~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KICO2","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BCORAN~ ~Ranger, Brielbara would have cursed me if I had stayed. Maybe not the first day or the first month, but eventually she would have.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~What happened to you that you think so poorly of yourself?~
== ~BCORAN~ ~A rogue like me has more freedom than anybody else - yet something has to give. One cannot build life-long happiness with a tumbleweed for a husband.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~You sound almost sad, Coran. Perhaps you will reconsider one day and return. I advise you to do it sooner, rather than later.~
== ~BCORAN~ ~Once I was foolish enough to put "I'll be back soon" into all my letters. I even believed it. But she came to her senses and settled with someone of her own feather...and didn't even know how helplessly I felt, crumpling her last note in my hand.~
= ~"Be free, be happy and be loved," it said. I've smartened up since. I never write letters and I never return.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~May I give you a word of advice, Coran? If someone captures your wandering soul and you will fall in love truly and deeply - do not part with her. It goes against elven tradition - but do not part with the one you love. ~
= ~It is your swordhand that protects her, not a promise of a future meeting and words sent from afar.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("CORAN")
See("CORAN")
!StateCheck("CORAN",STATE_SLEEPING)
Alignment("CORAN",CHAOTIC_NEUTRAL) Global("BRIEL_STAY","GLOBAL",2)
Global("KICO3","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KICO3
~Coran, you are my kin, and for that I shall disregard your remark, and trouble me no more with fool's talk. I have no interest in your affairs.~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KICO3","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BCORAN~ ~Oh, by the Golden Rose! You do not want to listen about Berta, well do not then! But why bristle like a hedgehog that lost a mushroom? I am sure you went wenching yourself. How good is that if you keep it a secret? Relax tell me a story or two!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~*grinding his teeth* I had a wench once, who was bitten bloody by five bandits, and still she continued to plead them to spare my life. Is that enough? Or do you want more stories about me wenching?~
== ~BCORAN~ ~That's rather grim. No wonder you are such a grouch. *Shrugs* But the past is the past. Gotta move on, Kivan.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~What?~
== ~BCORAN~ ~You are talking of that dead girl of yours. Now, the memory is all nice and good, but it makes me shiver to think that you are into her still.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~*quietly* Deheriana is the most beautiful, the most noble, the most intelligent…~
== ~BCORAN~ ~And the most dead. Nay, give me a living, warm girl, laughing and smelling of good wine and sweet perfume over some bloody ghost any time…~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Can you kindly shut up?~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("DYNAHEIR")
See("DYNAHEIR")
!StateCheck("DYNAHEIR",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("KIDY1","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIDY1
~Long is the way from Rashemen to Baldur's Gate.~[KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIDY1","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BDYNAH~ ~What thou wish to inquire about is my purpose in coming here.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~True.~
== ~BDYNAH~ ~My purpose is knowledge. In that I am no different than anyone else. The Great Orthlor gave me a glimpse of words of a truth-seer and I seek more knowledge about it.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Prophecy… are you following some prophecy, Dynaheir? You show a curious interest in the young <CHARNAME> - do you think that -~
== ~BDYNAH~ ~I know not yet. The word is dark and clear it is not.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~You have to tell <CHARNAME> of your suspicions.~
== ~BDYNAH~ ~To what end? Suspicion only clouds minds, and plays tricks with observations. <CHARNAME> has eyes to see. I desire not to dim the light to anyone with an incautious word.~
== ~BKIVAN~ IF ~ReputationGT("KIVAN",12)~ THEN ~It is something ominous then? I have come to like our young friend. You are on <CHARNAME>'s side, are you not?~
== ~BDYNAH~ IF ~ReputationGT("KIVAN",12)~ THEN ~Thou know that I am on the side that does justice and peace.~
== ~BKIVAN~ IF ~ReputationGT("KIVAN",12)~ THEN ~That I never doubted, Dynaheir.~
== ~BKIVAN~ IF ~!ReputationGT("KIVAN",12)~ THEN ~It is something ominous then? Your words may bring <CHARNAME> to think of the way <PRO_HESHE> directs <PRO_HISHER> companions. I disagree with <PRO_HISHER>  choices as of late.~
== ~BDYNAH~ IF ~!ReputationGT("KIVAN",12)~ THEN ~So do I, Kivan. Still, a mere suspicion wilst not do. I dread that the day may come when someone whom <CHARNAME> loves more than I, will reveal the prophecy to <PRO_HIMHER> without caution.~
== ~BKIVAN~ IF ~!ReputationGT("KIVAN",12)~ THEN ~We shall see.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("EDWIN")
See("EDWIN")
!StateCheck("EDWIN",STATE_SLEEPING)
AreaType(FOREST)
Global("KIED1","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIED1
~Edwin, the color of your garment is exceptionally bright. I suggest that you cover it with a dark cloak before every foe in this forest is informed of our arrival.~[KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIED1","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BEDWIN~ ~A Red Wizard of Thay wears his robes proudly and cannot be persuaded to obscure them (must I explain everything to some elfling?)~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Even if they endanger the Red Wizard and his company?~
== ~BEDWIN~ ~I am only in danger of being annoyed to death by your stupidity, Elf. This forest contains no foes that I cannot take down with my awesomely powerful magic. As for the company - I have not yet traveled with a less fitting band of sidekicks and dull-wits.~
= ~I do not give a fig if you live or die.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Is that so? Edwin, I erred. Of course you should have your red robes as visible as possible. Such an intricate design, such cut!~
= ~May I suggest that you walk in front of the group. Then all of us will have a chance to enjoy the view and to witness the display of your arts should a pack of wolves or a group of bandits come our way.~
== ~BEDWIN~ ~That won't be necessary. (What an idiot! But eating out of my palm. Hmm, I should invent some answer so not to appear a coward, and of course I am NOT a coward…) Humble as you all are compared to me, I do not wish to subject you to an excessive display of my greatness.~
= ~I will fight along side with the rest.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I feel honored. And a good thing it is that your robes are so…outstanding. ~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("EDWIN")
See("EDWIN")
!StateCheck("EDWIN",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("KIED2","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIED2
~Edwin, you are completely devoid of ethics and morals. You display all the sins ascribed to my kin, combined with those of the human race: lust for power, arrogance developed from fear of your own imperfection, the cowardice of an ephemeral creature, a tongue which spouts lies.~[KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIED2","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BEDWIN~ ~You should keep your views to yourself, Kivan. Maybe then people will start taking you seriously instead of pitying you.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I loathe your company, wizard…and my eyes are too sensitive to stand your presence. Was it in a crow's nest that you have acquired your taste for bright colors and glimmering golden trinkets?~
== ~BEDWIN~ ~Fool Elf, my look and style are perfect. I am sure that you have no clue. Just look at those colors you are wearing! Mud with dust. And you dare to suggest an imbalance in my ensemble?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Imbalance? Have you been befriending druids perchance, Edwin?~
== ~BEDWIN~ ~You do not suggest seriously that I might have to pay attention to anything the tree-hugging rabble has to say?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Oh, forgive me, Edwin. Indeed, you are the sort who listens to his own voice exclusively. Then you must have come up with a concept of the world's balance on your own.~
== ~BEDWIN~ ~I have an intelligent concept of the world's balance (do I even dare to hope that someone can understand a scheme so perfectly devised?)~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~With yourself as the Supreme Ruler of the World?~
== ~BEDWIN~ ~Well, this simple yet insightful supposition from your part leads me to believe you are not as hopelessly foolish as I originally thought.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Shall we continue this conversation another day perhaps? I am in no mood for jokes right now. ~
EXIT


CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("FALDORN")
See("FALDORN")
!StateCheck("FALDORN",STATE_SLEEPING)
AreaType(FOREST)
Global("KIFA1","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIFA1
~Look, it is an almarol cedar. Seedling, how did you come to grow so far from home? Do you mark a grave of a lonely traveler like me?~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIFA1","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BFALDO~ ~Dare not to touch that branch, Elf! If you are in need to break anything, break your arm!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I think it will take you slightly beyond your field of expertise, however.~
== ~BFALDO~ ~I do not mind that, Elf. I know that the fair folk’s perception of nature is different than that of other races. I expect a twist.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Faldorn, your cunning in protecting all things living is commendable, but it is misdirected. I am but enjoying the scent of the plant, which is common in my homeland, and is rare outside it.~
== ~BFALDO~ ~Whatever, just don't you harm it!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~*Dreamily* I once cut a branch of it to put it in the betrothal wreath for my bride.~
== ~BFALDO~ ~*Snorts* How typical! To hurt a plant for a moment's need and then cast it away after it dried.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~The wreath I made, the wreath of Shilmista, does not wither, Faldorn, for as long as the lovers, who made it, are true to each other.~
= ~I found it, Faldorn, after I returned...returned to where Deheriana and I were captured by the bandits. It was still green and fresh when I set it to the river waters saying my farewells to her...~
EXIT


CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~Global("KIIM1","LOCALS",2) CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("IMOEN2")
See("IMOEN2")
!StateCheck("IMOEN2",STATE_SLEEPING)
 Global("KIIM2","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIIM2
~How may I assist you, Imoen?~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIIM2","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BIMOEN2~ ~Uhm? Oh, no, it's nothing. Only… only I caught a glimpse of your hands when you were shooting the bow. Wanted to see the Elven technique and all.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I would gladly train you, Imoen.~
== ~BIMOEN2~ ~Thanks. But I was thinking about those scars, you have. That must have hurt so…~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~An adventurer's road is a dangerous one, Imoen. You will receive wounds yourself sooner or later and once they heal there will be scars.~
== ~BIMOEN2~ ~You think I will have scars? I thought magical healing removes all traces. There are salves and potions…~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Imoen, any wound leaves a trace. *Kivan flexes his fingers* I thought that I would never be able to shoot a bow, not the way my wrists were smashed and my arms were burned by Tazok's men.~
= ~I saw my own blackened bones…an ugly sight. Yet I can, though my fingers lost their former agility.~
== ~BIMOEN2~ ~Ewww… Kivan, I am sorry, I did not want to remind you…~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~The memory is ever with me Imoen. The body heals, but the deepest wounds, they will not close. ~
== ~BIMOEN2~ ~*Quietly* You mean the wounds inflicted onto a person's soul?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Yes.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("IMOEN2")
See("IMOEN2")
!StateCheck("IMOEN2",STATE_SLEEPING)  Global("KIIM2","LOCALS",1)
AreaType(DUNGEON)
Global("KIIM3","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIIM3
~Be careful, child. It is slippery here.~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIIM3","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BIMOEN2~ ~Child! Me? Child? Hmmmph! I can't be so much younger than you! How old are you, anyway?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I have seen two hundred and twenty four summers, Imoen.~
== ~BIMOEN2~ ~Two hundred… Wow, you ARE old!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Now, that is music to my ears.~
== ~BIMOEN2~ ~Huh? Oh, well. Anyway, I am already twenty. Well, I will be on my next name day. That's in Kythorn…very soon. At least Gorion thought I might have been born in Kythorn.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~It is very fitting for a fair maiden to be born in the Time of Flowers.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("JAHEIRA")
See("JAHEIRA")
!StateCheck("JAHEIRA",STATE_SLEEPING)
InParty("KHALID")
See("KHALID")
!StateCheck("KHALID",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("KIJA1","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIJA1
~Jaheira, I had been wrong about you and I want to apologize. Amin hiraetha…I'm sorry.  I thought the criticism you bestow on everyone is a sign of bad temper. Then I noticed that you do it out of the love you have for your friends.~
= ~Take <CHARNAME>… I have seen you exhibit almost motherly tenderness, yet it is also <CHARNAME> who gets the most of your…ahem…advice.~[KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIJA1","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BJAHEI~ ~I speak my mind freely and I care for my friends. If someone is unhappy with that…well that's their problem, not mine.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Indeed. I guess, what I wanted to say is that <CHARNAME> is lucky to have such a considerate guardian.~
== ~BJAHEI~ ~Khalid and I had been entrusted with the care of <CHARNAME> long ago by Gorion, a man whom I respected deeply. We will never back away from our promise to him.~
= ~<CHARNAME>'s own qualities are exceptional, but the child requires guidance, and that we are willing to give.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~You called <CHARNAME> a child. Why? I believe <PRO_HESHE> has come of age.~
== ~BJAHEI~ ~Indeed. Yet I still remember <CHARNAME> bursting into the Friendly Arm Inn, seeking out Khalid and I. An inexperienced novice, lost and scared...rather different than now, I must admit. Proper tutelage does wonders.~
= ~However, old habits die hard, and now and then I do forget that the child is grown. ~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~It is an understandable slip of the tongue. Especially since <CHARNAME> grew up so rapidly and so irreversibly.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("JAHEIRA")
See("JAHEIRA")
!StateCheck("JAHEIRA",STATE_SLEEPING)
AreaType(FOREST)
Global("KIJA2","GLOBAL",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIJA2
~*Sighs* Shilmista is the most beautiful place in the world…~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIJA2","GLOBAL",1)~
== ~BJAHEI~ ~Elf, all the forests are equally beautiful.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~You are right, of course, Jaheira, but my homeland… my homeland feels different. After traveling far and wide I shall consider a blade of grass from Shilmista a thing of wonder. There are true miracles in Shilmista as well.~
== ~BJAHEI~ ~By miracles do you mean that dandelions grow in the Forest of Shadows as well as grass?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~No that is not what I meant, Jaheira.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("JAHEIRA")
See("JAHEIRA")
!StateCheck("JAHEIRA",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("KIJA2","GLOBAL",1)
Global("KIJA3","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIJA3
~Have you ever heard of Syldritch Trea, Jaheira? The sentinel grove of Shilmista?~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIJA3","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BJAHEI~ ~No, but I think that I am about to hear about it. What specimens of the trees compose that grove?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Ancient oaks, Jaheira. When my people are in danger, they can be wakened and then they fight alongside Elves.~
== ~BJAHEI~ ~It is…very interesting.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~King Elbereth and his human friend, priest Cadderly, called the trees to our side when we fought an invading army of orcs and goblins led by evil Talona followers.~
== ~BJAHEI~ ~You have witnessed this? ~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Yes, I have fought alongside with the trees of my forest, Jaheira. I will never forget it, no matter how far I am from home.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("KAGAIN")
See("KAGAIN")
!StateCheck("KAGAIN",STATE_SLEEPING)
AreaType(DUNGEON)
Global("KIKA1","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIKA1
~Why must we emulate the ways of the dwarven folk by crawling about these warrens?~ [DYNAH99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIKA1","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BKAGAI~ ~'Cause it's better than crawling under trees, like some pointy-eared worms.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~What does a blind mole know of a forest?~
== ~BKAGAI~ ~Look, the slanted-eyed boy is cranky! Run to your wet nurse, elf.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Dwarf, with a face like yours it is not surprising that your kin hides from the sunlight. Woe is me, for I have infravision and I am obliged to see your ugliness even now.~
== ~BKAGAI~ ~That can be fixed. I will be all too happy to rip your eyes out, tree-hugging scum!~
EXIT



CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("KHALID")
See("KHALID")
!StateCheck("KHALID",STATE_SLEEPING)
InParty("JAHEIRA")
See("JAHEIRA")
!StateCheck("JAHEIRA",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("KIKH1","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIKH1
~Lle naa belegohtar…you are a mighty warrior, Khalid~[KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIKH1","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BKHALI~ ~Oh, Kivan, thank you, but…that is not t-true. I am not a mighty warrior, really. I...I am still trying to cope...to cope...~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I know what you are going through, mellonamin, for I had been broken once myself. You will heal in time.~
= ~As for your skills, allow me to judge for myself. I have seen you in battle and I do not doubt your prowess. I wish you would put aside your doubts.~
== ~BKHALI~ ~I am d-doing what I can, that's all. My hand was once s-steadier. Perhaps I am f-finally gaining back some of m-my former ability.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Lle ume quel, Khalid. You do well, Khalid.~
== ~BKHALI~ ~Th-thank you!~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("MINSC")
See("MINSC")
!StateCheck("MINSC",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("KIMI1","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIMI1
~Minsc, who was your mentor when you started on your pass as a ranger?~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIMI1","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BMINSC~ ~Minsc doesn't remember much of his training.   Boo says it was a tiny person who taught him, but a great man at that.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Compared to you most humans and elves are small in stature, and compared to Boo they are all great.~
== ~BMINSC~ ~True! Minsc is large and strong! But my mentor was really small…Boo says he was a gnome.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~That would be the first gnome among rangers I hear of. Was he a Rashemi? Do you remember his name?~
== ~BMINSC~ ~Name? It slipped my mind. Maybe Boo remembers it? But he was a great ranger, he could fire his longbow while riding downhill on his horse, while wielding his sharp longsword called Dragon Tooth.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~If he is a gnome, than he has amazing stamina.~
== ~BMINSC~ ~That's how he was, Kivan, that's how he was. Boo can vouch for my every word.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("QUAYLE")
See("QUAYLE")
!StateCheck("QUAYLE",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("KIQU1","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIQU1
~Quayle, I need some silence. It would be very kind of you to…~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIQU1","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BQUAYL~ ~Silence is a gift, true. I remember my mentor, Gifos, used to tell me that to gift a man with a wise word is like giving him a silver coin, but to gift him with silence is to give him a gold piece.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~You mentor was a wise man.~
== ~BQUAYL~ ~You think so? Well, he was just an uneducated oaf compared to me. That's why we had to part. I was overshadowing him, the apprentice who outgrew his master and all that… What were we talking about?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~About silence being a precious commodity. I am starting to suspect that its value increases threefold with you around, gnome.~
== ~BQUAYL~ ~Oh, silence, yes. I once wrote a manuscript on silence. Do you want to hear an extract? Of course you want to…let me find it. It is somewhere in my pack.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Do you have a flask of air per chance in your pack as well?~
== ~BQUAYL~ ~A flask of air? Why have you a need of air? I mean even a person of not such high intelligence as I can figure out that there is a great deal of air all around us…~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I calculated that at the rate you are using up the air with your unstoppable chattering, we will have to lock some away for breathing purposes in three days.~
== ~BQUAYL~ ~In three days? Are you sure? I will need to re-check those calculations of yours. What equation did you use? Are you sure that storing air will solve the problem?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Oh, I think there is a far easier way to solve this puzzle.~
EXIT


CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("SKIE")
InParty("ELDOTH")
See("SKIE")
!StateCheck("SKIE",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("KISK1","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KISK1
~May I inquire why are you giggling m'lady? ~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KISK1","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BSKIE~ ~I thought…or never mind…You will laugh…~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Ranger's honor, I will not.~
== ~BSKIE~ ~I thought that you…you might be Shaundakul's avatar. You are tall and handsome and dark-haired. You are dressed in the plain leather and you step lightly…~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~And my tattered cloak swirls around me as if I am standing on the crossroad where the Twelve Winds meet. Do I look blurry, Skie?~
== ~BSKIE~ ~No, not really. You look very much flesh and blood to me. *blushes*~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I am glad to hear that. People often call me a ghost as of late.~
== ~BELDOT~ ~Skie? What do you think you are doing?~
== ~BSKIE~ ~Why, Eldoth dear, I am talking to Kivan. ~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Eldoth, I dislike the tone you are using.~
== ~BELDOT~ ~Dislike what you want, woodelf! Come along Skie, lest you acquire this barbarian's stench.~
== ~BSKIE~ ~Oh, Eldoth, you are jealous! That's so sweet… Please, stop being a grouch. You know that I love you and only you!~
== ~BELDOT~ ~You have to learn to appreciate how lucky you are to have me, Skie. Or one day you might lose me.~
== ~BSKIE~ ~I do know, please, believe me! I am so happy with you!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~* quietly * It is not my place to intervene.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("SKIE")
See("SKIE")
!StateCheck("SKIE",STATE_SLEEPING)
InParty("ELDOTH")
Global("KISK2","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KISK2
~My Lady Silvershield, may I offer you a word of practical advice?~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KISK2","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BSKIE~ ~* Giggles * It's about Eldoth, isn't it? Everybody is so very generous with the advice about Eldoth. Why, I will need a Bag of Holding soon to carry it 'round soon.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~No, it is not about Eldoth, it is about your cloak, my Lady. Its cut - ~
== ~BSKIE~ ~*Blushes* -is soooo last year. You have a sharp eye, elf. But you see, I had no time at all to pack with <CHARNAME> and Eldoth coming crushing in through the doors like a thunderstorm to rescue me…Oh, so exciting!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I meant that its cut is not suitable for a person on the road. It is too short to protect you from rain, and it is too thin to ward off cold. While we are in the city, maybe you can acquire a cloak of good stout wool.~
== ~BSKIE~ ~Oh, I saw those ones. But they all are so…brown. ~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~* Smiles privately * I am sure, that if you asked, m'lady, they would have shown you some in "adventurer's brown", "Cormanthyr green" and "road mud brown" ~
== ~BSKIE~ ~Hmmm…"adventurer's brown" sounds interesting. Maybe I'll take another look.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("TIAX")
See("TIAX")
!StateCheck("TIAX",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("KITI1","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KITI1
~I wonder, Tiax, if you are familiar with the history of the Drow nation?~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KITI1","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BTIAX~ ~Great Tiax is familiar with every piece of lore on Faerun.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Then you should have noticed that you have an ambition similar to those of the Tel'gothrim.~
== ~BTIAX~ ~Drow are nothing! Great Tiax spits on the Drow! They will bow to Tiax when their turn comes!~
== ~BVICON~ IF ~InParty("Viconia")~ THEN ~Yingil, should you meet a Drow, you won't live to tell the tale. I only keep you alive for I have never seen a fool wearing motley with such readiness. Beware the moment I tire of your japes.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Tiax, Drow are bred to lust for power and shy of no means to achieve it. Yet all Tel'gothrim achieved over the course of thousands of years is the existence in the bowels of Toril. What gives you hope that you shall succeed?~
== ~BTIAX~ ~Cyric will grant mighty Tiax all the world once the time is right!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~What can Cyric offer that Lloth cannot?~
== ~BTIAX~ ~Silence! Do not argue with the Great Tiax! All traitors! All conspire against the greatness that is Tiax!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Ah, I see...madness. Lle naa haran e' nausalle nogoth…You are a King in your imagination, Gnome.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("TIAX")
See("TIAX")
!StateCheck("TIAX",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("KITI2","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KITI2
~Your devotion to Cyric makes me doubt your trustworthiness.~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KITI2","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BTIAX~ ~Blind fool! Can you not see that to forsake Cyric is to invite your own destruction!? When Tiax rules, the land shall be covered with the graves of those who would not repent of their false deities!~
= ~Nay, Tiax shall not even allow them graves, for their stupidity would contaminate the earth itself! The unfaithful shall be torn limb from limb and cremated before the eyes of Tiax's loyal slaves, that they might learn the cost of rebellion! ~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~That you share your god's insanity makes you all the more pitiful. Keep your distance from me, for though <CHARNAME> may wish to have dealings with you, I do not.~
== ~BTIAX~ ~Tiax has noted your disobedience. When Tiax rules, you shall be dragged behind his chariot as a trophy of his victory! All hail Tiax, for none shall live save those who serve him! That, oh ye pointy-eared fool, does NOT include YOU!~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("VICONIA")
See("VICONIA")
!StateCheck("VICONIA",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("VIKI1","GLOBAL",1)
Global("KIVI1","GLOBAL",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIVI1
~You cannot even talk like a creature of light, Viconia. Foul words, threats and a snake's hiss - that's all you can produce. Funny it is that once I questioned my mentor if an Elven race can possibly walk the ways so different than the rest of the Corellon Larethian's children.~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIVI1","GLOBAL",1)~
== ~BVICON~ ~You were taught lies, darthiir. My nation was unjustly persecuted by your self-righteous kin. Lloth gave us the escape we needed, and a life in the world far gentler than your accursed surface.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~You were taught lies, Drow. Your people got corrupted into a race of merciless killers.~
== ~BVICON~ ~Is that so, iblith? When I walk the surface openly, I am chased everywhere. The only reason they cry for my blood, is that I am a black Elf, and you call * me * a merciless killer?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Yes, and I have my reasons. But I will not speak of it now, Viconia. We have already kept the rest waiting for far too long. I wish not for someone to suspect that I have befriended such scum as you.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("VICONIA")
See("VICONIA")
!StateCheck("VICONIA",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("KIVI1","GLOBAL",1)
Global("KIVI2","GLOBAL",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIVI2
~(*Quietly*) I have seen a small settlement, savaged by Drow once. I saw a girl no older than ten years, clutching a stuffed doll, her throat opened by a Drow's blade.~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIVI2","GLOBAL",1)~
== ~BVICON~ ~A female is a formidable opponent, no matter how old. Do you ask a goblin if he is fully grown before thrusting your spear through its heart?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~There was a Drow soldier, laying by her side, his amour and cruel weapons turned to dust by the rays of the noon sun. He was killed by a single thrust of a dagger through the back of his neck, a dagger which had also turned to dust.~
= ~My captain told me that it was not unusual for a Drow to murder his own out of envy or to promote himself.~
== ~BVICON~ ~You do not understand the ways of my people, Kivan, and no amount of explanation on my part will make it clear. Kivan, among the drow, there is a powerful drive to gain glory through the favor of the Spider Queen ... Nothing has greater precedence in their thought. ~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Custom cannot change an evil thing into a good one. Viconia, you could have been in the party that destroyed the village I am talking about, could not you?~
== ~BVICON~ ~*Hisses* Foolish iblith! I was of the House DeVir, the Fourth House of Menzzoberranzan and I am jalil: a female. I would not have BEEN in the raiding party! If anything I would have *lead* it!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Then do not say that you are persecuted unjustly by the surfacers, Viconia.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("VICONIA")
See("VICONIA")
!StateCheck("VICONIA",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("KIVI2","GLOBAL",1)
Global("KIVI3","GLOBAL",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIVI3
~Drow, I am not pleased by you standing so close to me. Move away.~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIVI3","GLOBAL",1)~
== ~BVICON~ ~So, the Elf male is rude! Were we in Menzoberranzan, I'd beat you to death for a tenth of this insult. No, I'd cut out your tongue first and make you eat it, piece by piece, choking on your own blood and flesh.~
= ~*She chuckles* I would have liked very much to see that.~
= ~But you would not dare even look at me there, let alone speak to me in such a manner. You would crawl by my feet and beg for my attention!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~We are not in Menzoberranzan. And I have no desire -~
== ~BVICON~ ~Ha! Do you even know what desire is? The longer I watch you, the firmer my conviction becomes that you are no man's friend and no woman's lover. Fury and emptiness you are, and nothing more.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Think what you want, vile beast. I questioned once <CHARNAME>'s decision to accept you as a companion and I will question it again once given the chance.~
== ~BVICON~ ~You forget yourself, Kivan. Is it your place to *question* your leader's decisions? I'll make sure that <CHARNAME> learns of this and then -~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~And then <CHARNAME> would torture me to death … were we in Menzoberranzan. But we are not in the Underdark, Viconia, and <CHARNAME> is no Matron Mother.~
= ~So shut your teeth! If you wish to keep your life, further you will restrain yourself from approaching me. I have no love for your kind, and Shevarash would bless me if I freed the world of your existence.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("VICONIA")
See("VICONIA")
!StateCheck("VICONIA",STATE_SLEEPING)
GlobalGT("Chapter","Global",4)
Global("KIVI3","GLOBAL",1)
Global("KIVI4","GLOBAL",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIVI4
~I went to the Flaming Fist quarters the other day, Viconia.~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIVI4","GLOBAL",1)~
== ~BVICON~ ~One as mindless as you should easily find employment with them. Perhaps they will even make you a captain?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~It is not for my sake that I went there.~
== ~BVICON~ ~Then that would be the first thing, darthiir, that you've done for someone other than yourself, your dead wife, or your foolish god. Don't tell me you, too, have adopted that tedious surface habit of "caring."  ~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~*quietly* Viconia, you cannot be further from the truth. I learned that you stand accused of a murder… That is why Flaming Fist was after you. You cannot ignore it! You have to confess your crime or prove your innocence to the authorities.~
== ~BVICON~ ~Pah! And for a moment I thought you spoke of something serious. You berate me, a jalil, for the sake of some petty human ... and a jaluk at that! That one was hardly worth the effort, but I sent him to the Nightbringer's sweet embrace all the same.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~So you did kill him!~
== ~BVICON~ ~Drop your eyes, jaluk! Are you going to run back to the mercenaries, then? Am I to be brought to your "justice", Kivan? You know that <CHARNAME> will be considered my accomplice.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Have you no honor at all? Would you point at <CHARNAME> who gave you shelter, witch?~
== ~BVICON~ ~Ha! ... To think that the same ancient blood flows in our veins, darthiir...~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~The thought that we share the same ancient blood makes me want to open my veins, Viconia and purge my body…~
== ~BVICON~ ~Oh, but that would be a mortal sin for a darthiir, if I'm not mistaken. Death ... if that what you want I'd be glad to be of assistance. . ~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("VICONIA")
See("VICONIA")
!StateCheck("VICONIA",STATE_SLEEPING)
GlobalGT("Chapter","Global",4)
Global("KIVI4","GLOBAL",1)
Global("KIVI5","GLOBAL",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIVI5
~Do not think I cannot see what you are trying to do, drow? You say you do not serve Lloth, but the tenets you are setting are of her design.~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIVI5","GLOBAL",1)~
== ~BVICON~ ~Mind your own business, jaluk.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~What lies are you telling our companions?~
== ~BVICON~ ~I tell no lies! Not all are as narrow minded as you, darthiir. I wish to learn more of the surfacers and so I speak to those who would listen.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~You learned enough of the surfacers, Viconia. You learned that they have mercy and they pity those whom they think a victim of unfair persecution. Not that you yourself understand what that is, but you are using it quite well to your own ends.~
== ~BVICON~ ~Is it so? Am I not hunted by the surfacers? Do they not wish to kill me?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~You are not innocent, drow.~
== ~BVICON~ ~Why would not you strike me then? Or kill me? Why won't you do to me what those bandits did to your wife? Did Deheriana angered them too somehow? Did they dislike her manners?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Stop it! Do not…do not sally her name! If you only try to use our companion's trust to harm anyone…~
== ~BVICON~ ~I tire from your pathetic threats, darthiir. *Spits* Empty threats.~
EXIT

CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("XAN")
See("XAN")
!StateCheck("XAN",STATE_SLEEPING)
TimeofDay(NIGHT)
AreaType(FOREST)
Global("KIXA1","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIXA1
~It is overcast and it seems that the world is mourning my lost Deheriana with me.~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIXA1","LOCALS",1) SetGlobal("ElvesDrink","GLOBAL",1)~
== ~BXANNN~ ~It is mourning our unhappy prospects. A shadow lies on my heart, Kivan, and I have a foreboding that we will not live to see another sunrise. Then you will rejoin with Deheriana in Arvandor and I shall pass without trace into the night - in the best case, that is.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Melancholy cloaks you tightly, mellonamin. Can I offer you a sip from my wineskin to lift your spirit somewhat? I am in need of that myself tonight, to be honest. It is certainly not Elverquisst, but it has a pleasant enough taste and does the job.~
== ~BXANNN~ ~There are worse things one can do afore his death than drink in a good company. Let us try that elixir of yours. ~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~They say it is not good to drink in silence. What do you think about this, Xan?~
== ~BXANNN~ ~I was pondering if I should be buried with a wine stain on my tunic. An uneasy thought. Another sip perhaps?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Let me tell you, Xan, that wine stain on your tunic…it is not…not going to be lonely…in your burial mound *laughs*.~
== ~BXANNN~ ~Seems that it…it got a litt'le friend! He-he. But I am not going to give them pleasure, and die tomorrow. O, no! I am so much smarter than this! I am gonna live for another century! Kivan, how did that wineskin get so light of a sudden?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I think…it is a good plan, Xan. What is the point to die tomorrow, when there are so many pleasures yet…? You know…girls…songs…wine…~
== ~BXANNN~ ~You got it right, mellonamin. How did it go? Live fast… die young…and something about good looking corpse… I can make a good-looking corpse…once I die of the ripe age that is…~
= ~Kivan, what you say we…we quit that aimless roaming in the woods and ride ahead? Two carefree men, a sword in hand, a song on our lips…mayhap some wench to bed…~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Jolly good idea, Xan! Only about the girl…I do not know…I do not think…I should…You do not happen to remember? Am I married or something?~
EXIT


CHAIN
IF WEIGHT #-1 ~CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])InParty("XZAR")
See("XZAR")
!StateCheck("XZAR",STATE_SLEEPING)
Global("XZKI1","GLOBAL",1)
Global("KIXZ1","LOCALS",0)~ THEN ~BKIVAN~ KIXZ1
~Xzar, what you say is generally devoid of meaning, but if you take to mumbling as well, then you cannot hope to convey your ideas at all.~ [KIVAN 99]
DO ~SetGlobal("KIXZ1","LOCALS",1)~
== ~BXZAR~ ~Eh? Did I say that? No, you misunderstood. It is another question altogether I have for you.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I am listening.~
== ~BXZAR~ ~You know! You know what I want to say! You are one of them, Elves!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I am an Elf, correct.~
== ~BXZAR~ ~Mystra…Mystra does not stand between the Elves and the Magic Weave… Elves take what magic they want. How, Kivan, how?~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I cannot offer you an opinion on the subject, Xzar. I am not proficient in the Arts.~
== ~BXZAR~ ~Bah! Can't weave, doesn't sing and cares not a whit for squirrels! I *do* hope that the next elf we catch is a more typical specimen.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I am afraid that your concept of elvenkind is at odds with reality.~
EXIT


CHAIN3 ~BXANNN~ DrunkXan
~Ooh! I think I am about to die. Strange, death is so close and it does not scare me a single bit. No, it is not death…Kivan? Kivan are you trying to pretend to be a *Gray * Elf? * tries to laugh * Ooooh!~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~Mellonamin, my complexion is the last thing that I am worried about right now…I am more concerned about my ability to fight.~
== ~BXANNN~ ~* Moans * Do I still remember my spells? Ooooh! Does not matter…my magic only delays the inevitable destruction of this group.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I think you were looking through your spell-book, Xan, but I cannot be sure…I cannot remember much from the last night, and I suspect it is for the best.~
== ~BKAGAI~ IF ~InParty("Kagain")~ THEN ~Elves! Bah! Went all queasy after a glass of wine. Heh! A single sip of dwarven ale - and you'd be dead. Hah!~
== ~BYESLI~ IF ~InParty("Yeslick")~ THEN ~'Tis strange that ye had such a strong reaction to the wine. I've drunk more wine than that and not got tipsy. When I really want to drink, I go fer dwarven ale!~
END ~BKIVAN~  KIXA2PC

CHAIN3 ~BKIVAN~ KIXA2.4
~*Moans * Oh, no…~
== ~BXANNN~ ~That is certainly not…possible.~
END  ~BKIVAN~ KIXA2.4PC



CHAIN3 ~BMONTA~ KiTools
~Me tools o' trade, ranger. Ye go 'bout yer business 'n' leave me ta mine.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~What sort of being are you to own tools invented by dark minds to inflict pain on the unfortunate?~
== ~BMONTA~ ~Pfeh! They was last used in th' 'peelin' o' taters fer dinner last night. So don't fret yerself; ye'd make such a sorry, sour meal, I would nay wanna dull they edge on ye.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~I am not unfamiliar with the feeling of these tools against my body.~
== ~BMONTA~ ~And still yappin' so? Not *these* tools, then.~
== ~BKIVAN~ ~All this is going into the fire and I am going to keep a very close eye on you…~
== ~BMONTA~ ~No, ye don't! Ye'll be at the fires first yerself, elf!~
END ~BKIVAN~ KIMO1PC

CHAIN3 ~BKIVAN~ KIMO1.1
~<CHARNAME> wake up! The halfling keeps a set of torture tools. Are you blind or are you devoid of morals?~
== ~BMONTA~ ~Stow it, <CHARNAME>! Yer new 'friend' here be takin' a sickly interest in me gear.~
END ~BKIVAN~ KIMO1.1PC

CHAIN3 ~BKIVAN~ KIMO1.2
~<CHARNAME> wake up! The halfling keeps a set of torture tools. Are you blind or are you devoid of morals?~
== ~BMONTA~ ~Nought more nor other 'n' what I been doin'. Yer elf be havin' a fit fer hisself, though.~
END  ~BKIVAN~ KIMO1.2PC

CHAIN3 ~BKIVAN~ KIMO1.3
~You are a fair commander, <CHARNAME>.~
== ~BMONTA~ ~Elf disease be catchin' I see. C'mon, Xzar. Let's go afore we starts huggin' trees 'n' shovin' dinner up our arses like these here.~
END  ~BKIVAN~ KIMO1.3PC

CHAIN3 ~BKIVAN~ KIMO1.5
~<CHARNAME>-~
== ~BMONTA~ ~Nought more nor other 'n' what I been doin'. Yer elf be havin' a fit fer hisself, though.~
END  ~BKIVAN~ KIMO1.5PC


