Bakkin

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Bakkin is a human ghost found at Brandalf's Steading. In life, he was a member of the Durmand Priory and a great admirer of norn culture. He had hoped to make a legend for himself as the norn do, but died before gaining renown. In death, he solicits the Pact Commander to help him craft a powerful weapon to serve as his legacy instead.

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Shiverpeak Mountains

Dialogue[edit]

At the first location
(if norn)
Friend! I thought I'd be dead for a hundred years before communicating with the living! Come get warm. Freezing to death won't make your legend, believe me.
Talk more option tango.png And you are...?
Bakkin—please remember. If I'm forgotten, what will my life or death mean?
Talk more option tango.png That's our way—but you're not norn.
I admire your people. I tried to live like you, but I died before I could gain renown. I've been waiting ever since for someone alive to chronicle my deeds.
Talk more option tango.png Tell me.
I don't have a warrior's prowess, but I have Priory knowledge. Forces past left power echoes throughout these mountains. I'll use them to create a great weapon. My legacy.
Talk more option tango.png A worthy endeavor.
Will you join me and tell my story after?
Talk end option tango.png I'd be honored.
(otherwise)
Fortuitous! I thought I'd be dead for a hundred years before communicating with the living! Come get warm. Freezing to death won't make your legend, believe me.
Talk more option tango.png And you are...?
Bakkin—please remember. If I'm forgotten, what will my life or death mean?
Talk more option tango.png That's the norn way—but you're human.
I admire them and tried to be like them. But I died before I could gain renown. I've been waiting ever since for someone living to chronicle my deeds.
Talk more option tango.png What deeds?
I don't have a norn's prowess, but I have Priory knowledge. Forces past left power echoes throughout these mountains. I'll use them to create a great weapon. My legacy.
Talk more option tango.png Seems noble.
Will you join me and tell my story after?
Talk end option tango.png Why not.
At the second location
An incredible piece of architecture. The norn are good at so many things...
(if norn)
Talk more option tango.png We are, yes.
(otherwise)
Talk more option tango.png It's something.
I'd always imagined that transformation would be wondrous. Death is not quite what I had in mind.
Talk more option tango.png Why are we here?
Power echoes of the Snow Leopard surround this place. I suppose this is the last time I'll feel its wild spirit.
Talk end option tango.png Your story's not over yet, friend.
At the third location
As soon as I was stationed here, I discovered that the power of the dwarves still hums beneath these peaks.
Talk more option tango.png How long were you an explorer?
Three glorious months! I'd only just begun... I wish I could've had more adventures.
Talk end option tango.png I wish that, too.
At the fourth location
The Colossus of Cliffside—heard of it? Massive, tall as a mountain and twice as imposing? Well, it strode over this place ages ago. Its signature is unmistakable.
Talk more option tango.png I don't feel anything.
Really? There's much speculation about the Colossus's power, but nothing could have prepare me for the sheer magnitude!
Talk end option tango.png Don't let it distract you. Focus on your purpose.
At the fifth location
Am I trembling from the wind or from elemental exhilaration? I feel so powerful I could almost believe that I'm still alive!
Talk more option tango.png Keep your head.
I could never stand with norn warriors, though I tried my best. With this power though...
Talk more option tango.png But what about your legacy? Your weapon will help generations to come.
You're right. That is the greatest of accomplishments. Quickly, quickly, let the quest end someplace warmer!
Talk end option tango.png Onward!
At the final location (without an Oiled Orichalcum Torch Head)
I'm ready to fire the torch, but first I'll need an Oiled Orichalcum Torch Head.
Talk end option tango.png I'll be back soon.
At the final location (with an Oiled Orichalcum Torch Head)
With the echoes of so much power, this torch will live forever. But I... I'll never be this close to living again.
Talk more option tango.png You must leave to be remembered.
The legends never taught me what it feels like to make the hero's choice.
Talk more option tango.png Would you have lived your story any differently?
...No, I don't think I would have. It's been an honor and a privilege to share my last adventure with you. Take this torch, use it in your greatest deeds, and tell others of me!
Talk end option tango.png Good-bye, Bakkin.

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