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Sten Dialogue Tree - Coggle Diagram

- - - - You came all the way for that? (-3)
      - You don't like me much, do you? (-3)
      - What was the question?
        Sten: ?
        
        "The arishok asked "What is the Blight?" By his curiosity, I am now here."
        
        What's an arishok (only appeasr once) (+3)
        Sten: ?
        
        Why does he care about the blight?
        Sten: ?
        
        Um, it could destroy the world?
        
        Ferelden is my home. (-3)
        
        I'm a Grey Warden. It's my job. (+4)
        Sten: ?
        
        Did you find the answer to his questions?
        
        Fine, let's drop this for now.
        
        So he's your king?
        
        What do you have, then? (to 3.1)
        
        Why would the qunari care about the blight? (to 3.1.1)
      - What was the answer?
        Sten: ?
        
        Don't you have to report back, then?
        Sten: "Yes."
        
        So what are you still doing here, then?
        Sten: "I cannot go home."
        
        ?
        
        I'm sorry. (+4)
        
        Well, you can stay with us. (+12)
        Sten: "...Thank you. Can we move on? We keep the darkspawn waiting."
        
        Why not? (-3)
        
        When are you going to do that?
        
        Well, I can see you're right on top of that. (-3)
        Sten: ?
- - - - Never mind, let's keep moving / True. Let's go / We should get moving. (End)
      - I need to know if i can trust you at my back (to 3)
        
        (3) Sten: "I am qunari. I have given my word to aid you. We are not people of idle promises." (end?)
      - Are you all right? You were in that cage for weeks (to 3) (+2)
        
        (3) Sten: "You are concerned? No need. I am fit enough to fight."
        
        We should get moving / Never mind, let's keep moving / True. Let's go (end)
        
        2 I've never seen a qunari before. Tell me about your people (to A)
        
        (A) "No."
        
        Never mind, let's keep moving. (end)
        
        No? Why not?
        Sten: "People are not simple. They cannot be summarized for easy reference in the manner of: "The elves are a lithe, pointy-eared people who excel at poverty." (back)
        
        Please? (back)
        
        I wasn't expecting that (back)
        
        You said you were in the army. (to B)
        
        (B) "I am."
        
        Have you ever fought in a war?
        
        ?
        
        2 more items...
        
        What made you decide to become a soldier?
        (adds remaining options to 3)
        
        Why would the qunari send soldiers here? (to C)
        
        (C) Sten: "The antaam are the eyes, hands, and mouth of the qunari. We are how my people know the world.
        
        5 more items...
        
        Why did you offer to help me?
        (Repeats branch without current phrase) Optional additional dialogues added to the branch in response to circular branches.
        
        Sten: ?
        The darkspawn are your enemy?
        
        Sten: ?
        For the moment? (back)
        
        A little hostile, aren't we? (added after asking him to tell about his people) (repeat)
        
        You know what? just follow orders and you'll be fine. (Ends conversation) (added after “So this is you being calm and helpful?”.)
      - What's your hurry (to 3)
- - - - B
        
        Why have magic at all, it it's so evil (end) (+7)
        
        Magic's not entirely evil, you know. (to C)
        
        C
        
        What do fish have to do with this (end)
        
        Everything is dangerous in excess (end)
        
        Knowledge is not as deadly as ignorance (+4) (end)
        
        Maybe we should stop talking about this (end) (-3)
    - - Mages are perfectly civilized people (-3) (to B)
      - Don't you think that view is a little harsh (-3) (to C)
      - Are you calling me a beast? (mages only)
        
        Moments when I am a beast, or moments where I'm not? (to B with 2) (+7)
        
        Are you shure you want to say that to my face (to B)
      - Maybe we should stop talking about this (end) (-3)
    - - Whatøs so terrible about magic? (to B)
        
        B
        
        It's a subject of concern to me (to C)
        
        And what is magic? (end)
        
        What is that supposed to mean? (end)
        
        What, did a mage kill your puppy or something? (-5 (end)
        
        I'm a mage, Sten
        (mage only) (to E)
        
        Oh, that's comforting (+7)
        (end)
        
        I'm trying to figure you out.
        
        (Any option) (end) (+7) (mages get +4)
        
        Becayse you're wrong. (-5) (to D)
        
        Ha Ha. Very funny. (end)
        
        That was easy (end) (-3)
        
        I'm serious! (end) (-3)
      - You qunari are remarkably closed-minded folk, aren't you? (-3) (to B)
      - That's hardly fair, Sten. (to B)
      - Mages aren't as dangerous as you say.
        
        This is an unusual case (if asked during the completion of the first part of The Arl of Redcliff, Broken Circle, or in the Brecilian Forest) (to C)
        
        C
        
        Where does all this venom come from? (end)
        
        You can't condemn all mages for the mistakes of a few. (-3) (to B)
        
        You can't have seen anything like this before. (-3) (end)
        
        Not all mages turn to blood magic. (to B)
        
        B
        
        That's more words thatn I've ever heard you speak before (+7) (end)
        
        But bees don't know the consequences like mages do. (end)
        
        What the Qunari do goes beyond caution though. (end) (-5)
        
        I suppose you have a point (end (+7)
        
        The Chantry still thinks magic is useful (to C)
  - - - And i supposed you think the qunari have found wisdom? (+6)
      - What makes you think we haven't?
        
        What do you mean by that? (+2)
        
        Sten:
        
        You need food, water, and shelter. Wisdom is optional. (-5)
        
        So there's no real point in talking to you about this. (-5)
        
        How are you supposed to find it, then? (+5)
        
        I suppose you think the Qunari are better? (+2)
        
        Fine, where do you find wisdom, then? (+6)
      - Where else would you find wisdom, if not the Chant? (+6)
      - Don't qunari have places of worship?
        
        Then what do you know about wisdom?
        
        I feel sorry for you, then (-3)
    - - What do you have against the Chantry?
      - That's a good one, were you saving that up? (+4)
      - That's the whole point of the Chant.
        
        The world needs help.
        
        The Maker isn't a derelict.
        
        What would you do, then?
        
        True, we have to save ourselves. (+4)
        
        So what happened? (+4)
        
        What does that have to do with the Chant? (-4)
        
        Are you finished yet? (-7)
        
        People don't make the world, Sten.
        
        Sometimes you need faith in a higher power to change. (-3)
        
        I hope the villager slapped him.
        
        I supposed you have a point. (+4)
    - - What do you mean?
      - Enough with the cryptic comments. Just tell me.
      - You think the Qunari are coming to convert us?
  - - - That's cryptic. (+4)
      - Are they like the darkspawn, then?
      - Do you mean they're abominations?
        
        So they're traitors? (+4)
        
        What did they do?
        
        Does that means there are no darkspawn in Seheron?
        
        What's so terrible about them?
        
        That's harsh.
        
        What do they want?
    - - It's not the same thing. Dawkspawn aren't intelligent.
      - Don't the Tal-Vashoth give reasons?
      - There has to be an explanation.
        
        To defend my people (+4)
        
        To get revenge (-3)
        
        Because I have to (+4)
        
        To prove myself (-3)
    - - A lot of what you've said about the Qunari sounds oppressive (-3)
      - They want things to change.
      - You're a soldier, what do you care about casualities? (-10)
      - You don't think they have any justification?
        
        Never mind.
        
        You're back to being cryptic, I see.
        
        I didn't mean to offend you by speaking of this (+7)
  - - - They were playing
      - That's not a real question, is it? (-3)
      - Don't tell me qunari children are always serious? (+7)
        
        What do qunari children do, if they don't play?
        
        You were a child once, you must remember it (+7)
        
        Wunari must lead very dull lives (-3)
        
        They must play sometimes.
        
        They're children. it's what they do (to A)
        
        A
        
        That's not what priests do. (to B)
        
        2 more items...
        
        Parents teach children to be adults, not priests (to C)
        
        1 more item...
        
        Well... ah... good question (+7) (to A)
        
        Every animal plays, Sten. (-3) (to A)
        
        What do they study?
        
        That's all they do?
        
        What do you mean, "their place in the world?" (to A)
        
        Qunari parents really treat their children this way? (to C)
        
        C
        
        What do Qunari call epople with children? (to D)
        
        1 more item...
        
        You must know what parents are. (-3) (to D)
        
        1 more item...
        
        Very funny, Sten. (-3) (return, without phrase)
        
        That explains a lot about you, Sten, (to A)
    - - What's that supposed to mean?
      - Cute (+7)
      - I'm serious
        
        Becoming a Grey Warden was a recent development (to A)
        
        A
        
        No one can tell me who I am. I have to decide tha myself (to B)
        
        B
        
        We aren't finished with our preparations yet.
        
        2 more items...
        
        We have to deal with Loghain first.
        
        1 more item...
        
        What's your rush? (-3)
        
        2 more items...
        
        It is my task, byt I'm not ready yet (-3)
        
        1 more item...
        
        Why would my people decide who I am? (to A)
        
        Sten, that argument makes no sense. (return, without phrase)
        
        I do know who and what I am (to B) (+4)
    - - Are you a slave?
      - 2 You don't belong to them.
      - What does that mean?
        
        ?
        
        1 That sounds terrible.
        
        You never do anything just for yourself?
        
        They made you, but they can't make decisions for you. (+4)
- - - - I am (name). Pleased to meet you.
      - And just what are you doing in there?
      - Qunari?
        
        Sten: "If you haven't heard of us, that is your own shortcoming. Though it matters little now. I will die soon enough."
        (if Morrigan is present.) Morrigan: "This is a proud and powerful creature, trapped as prey for the darkspawn. If you cannot see a use for him, I suggest releasing him for mercy's sake alone."
        Alistair: "Mercy? I wouldn't have expected that from you."
        Morrigan: "I would also suggest that Alistair take his place in the cage."
        Alistair: "Yes, that's what I would have expected."
        Sten: I suggest you leave me to my fate."
        
        I find myself in need of skilled help.
        
        What did you do to end up in here?
        
        "I have been convicted of murder. Have the villagers not spoken of this?"
        
        Aren't you interested in seeking atonement?
        
        "Death will be my atonement."
        
        3 more items...
        
        Who did you murder?
        
        Are you guilty?
        
        "Are you asking if I feel guilt, or if I am responsible for the deed? However I feel, whatever I've done, my life is forfeit now."
        
        2 more items...
        
        Capturing you must have been difficult.
        
        How long have you been here?
        
        I'll leave you alone, then.
        
        I could give you some food and water.
        
        I could end if for you now, if you prefer.
        
        I'll leave you, for now.
      - I'll leave you alone then.
- - - - Why did I let you out of that cage again?
        Sten: ?
        
        Well, I find plenty of things puzzling about tou, too.
        Sten: ?
        
        You like swords? me too! (+2)
        
        I dont think you're that simple. (+4)
        
        True enough (-3)
        
        I could put you back there (+2)
        
        Do I even want to know what the other things are?
        Sten: ?
        
        I guessed as much.
      - I wanted to discuss something you mentioned
        (see separate section below).
      - Let's go
    - - Why would you expect me to have feathers?
      - I know that the word means.
        Sten: ?
        
        I meant, why did you think I was callow?
        Sten: ?
      - Never mind, Sten.
  - - - Sten: "I came to your lands with seven of the Beresaad--my brothers--to seek answers about the Blight. We made our way across the Fereldan countryside without incident, seeing nothing of the threat we were sent to observe. Until the night we camped by Lake Calenhad. They came from everywhere: The earth beneath our feet, the air above us, our own shadows harbored the darkspawn. I saw the last of the creatures cut down, too late. I fell."
        
        What happened to the other Qunari?
        
        Sten: "I don't know how long I lay on the battlefield among the dead, nor do I know how the farmers found me. I only know that when I woke, I was no longer among my brothers. And my sword was gone from my hand."
        
        You probably dropped it on the battlefield.
        Sten: "Perhaps."
        
        Sten: " I searched for it. And when that failed, I asked my rescuers what had become of it."
        
        And then?
        
        Did the farmers know where it was?
        
        1 more item...
        
        You killed them over a lost sword? (repeat branch)
        
        What did you do?
        
        And you somehow thought the farmers killed your brothers?
        
        A few darkspawn beat you? That's pitiful. (-5)
        
        That sounds like what happened to me at Ostagar. (+12)
        Sten: "I heard stories of Ostagar. Your kith stood their ground when others fled. No one can do more than that."
        
        (if you asked about the farmers) Where do the farmers come in?
    - - What happened?
      - Why
        Sten: "Is it a human saying, "No good deed goes unpunished?"
        
        "They saved my life."
        
        Why don't you just tell me what happened?
        
        You killed them for that?
        Sten: "You could say that. Had they not shown me compassion, they would still live."
        
        That's not much of an explanation
        
        That's horrible!
      - I'm sure they deserved it.
  - - - Don't the qunari ever wqant to change their lot in life?
        
        he might be happier
        
        Maybe he was meant to be a merchant.
        
        We spend our lives learning everything else, why jnot this?
        
        Sten: ?
        
        I supposed that's true. (+7)
        
        Duty can be forgotten. (-5)
        
        You don't think happiness is important?
        
        You think birth should determine your destiny?
        
        How do you find your purpose if you don't look for it? (+7)
        
        But that makes the turtle stronger. (+4)
      - Is there anything you like about Ferelden?
        
        Cookies? (+11)
        
        The only thing you like about Ferelden is sweets? (+7)
        
        I never would have thought you'd have a sweet tooth. (+7)
        
        I'll keep that in mind.
      - You sound a bit homesick.
        
        You left out rotting garbage. (+4)
        
        Dogs don't smell that bad. (-3)
    - - What is the Qun, exactly? (end) (+7)
      - And you have it memorized?
        
        Not word-forword. (end) (-3)
        
        Of course i do. (end) (+4)
        
        Not really. (end) (-3)
      - Well, I'd know wisdom if I heard it. (end)
- - - - "You say you are a Grey Warden. I have heard stories of this order."
        
        What have you heard?
        Sten: "Great strategists and peerless warriors. That is what we hear of the Wardens."
        
        "So far I am not impressed."
        
        What, you think you could do better? (+2)
        
        I'm not here to impress you (+4)
        (appears to completely negate the -2 from "Why do you ask?" leaving net approval at +4 rather than +2)
        Sten: "Evidently not. It remains only to see what you ARE here for."
        
        I'm new to the Wardens. (-1)
        
        What does this have to do with anything?
        
        Wait, you doubht I'm really a Warden?
- - - - What changed your mind?
      - Thank you.
      - I'm not really a soldier, you know.
      - Why not?
        
        You think the Qunari will invade Ferelden?
        
        What are you talking about?
        
        I hope I won't see you then, too.
- - - - What are you talking about (-3) (to 2)
        
        (2)
        
        (If Sword of the Beresaad isn't completed or approval isn't high)
        I will not simply follow in your shadow as you run from battle.
        
        (Persuade) I'm not running, Sten (ends conversation if successful)
        
        (Intimidate) You've said your piece, now get back in line (ends conversation if successful)
        
        Well, there's nothing you can do about it. I'm in charge.
        
        What? (leads to duel with Sten, then 3)
        
        (3) I was wrong. You are strong enough. What now?
        
        3 more items...
        
        Just try it (leads to duel with Sten, then 3)
        
        You think anyone will follow you? (leads to duel with Sten, then 3)
        
        You're free to leave
        
        (If Sword of the Beresaad is completed or approval is high)
        The archdemon is out goal. And we are heading away from it. To find the charred remnants of a dead woman. You haven't thought this through.
        
        You just have to trust me
        Sten: "It is not an issue of trust, Kadan." (to 3)
        
        (3) "I trust you with my life. But this is not my life at risk. It is our goal."
        
        This is something we have to do to reach our goal (+2)
        
        1 more item...
        
        I havent forgotten what's at stake. Ferelden is my home.
        Sten: "Be careful, kadan."
        
        1 more item...
        
        I know. I don't intend to fail, Sten.
        Sten: "Be careful kadan."
        
        1 more item...
        
        There's nothing else we can do. We have to try something.
        Sten: "There is always another path." (to 3)
        
        This is a feint, Sten. Don't worry, I have a plan.
        Sten: It is, however, a wise plan?" (to 3)
        
        Consider this training for what's to come.
        Sten: "There is only so much one can prepare, kadan. Eventually one must step forward and accept what comes." (to 3)
      - It'll never see this coming (+2)
        
        This will help us to stop Loghain.
        Sten: "And that is more important than the Blight?"
        
        We can't del with the Blight while Loghain acts against us.
        
        We need the army.
        
        It's just something I have to do.
        
        He's still powerful (to 2)
        
        He killed Duncan (+2) (to 2)
        
        I don't fear him, I just need to stop him (to 2)
        
        We're not "running away" form anything (to 2)
        
        Truly. It would surprise me if my enemy counter-attacked by running away and climbing a mountain.
      - This is necessary
        Sten: "Is it? I see. I was mistaken, then. It seemed to me that we were climbing a mountain in the middle of nowhere on some frivolous whim of yours."
        
        ?
        
        Arl Eamon is ill. That's why we're here.
        
        Can you think of another way? (to 2)
        
        You already know this, Sten (to 2)
        
        The Ashes can heal him (to 2)
        
        What do you want, exactly? (to 2)
        
        You have a better idea?
        
        This isn't frivolous! (to 2)
      - Don't argue with me right now, Sten (-5)
        
        There's nothing aimless about this (to 2)
- - - - Absolutely.
      - So you're staying, then?
        
        I'm glad to have you, Sten.
        
        I don't want you to follow me anymore (Sten leaves)
      - You don't have to stay with us Sten.
        
        Just making Sure.
        
        What I mean is, You should go home. (Sten leaves)
      - I think we'd do better without you, actually. (Sten leaves)