Finish Marius, the Bard (or a prototype for it)

1 files changed, 53 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/npc/003-1/mariusthebard.txt b/npc/003-1/mariusthebard.txt
index b676bc306..3bddc1331 100644
--- a/npc/003-1/mariusthebard.txt
+++ b/npc/003-1/mariusthebard.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // Description:
 //    Marius the Bard is a bard. Helps player with the world's background story.
 
-003-1,88,135,0	script	Marius The Bard	NPC_WATER_SPLASH,{
+003-1,88,135,0	script	Marius The Bard	NPC_ELVEN_MAN_TRADER,{
 
 //hello;
     mesn;
@@ -22,23 +22,70 @@
         "Actually, nothing. Bye!",     L_Bye;
 
 L_Who:
-    mesq l("todo");
+    mes "";
+    mesn;
+    mesq l("I am a bard! I used to be an elf trader, but music got me for good.");
+    next;
+    mesq l("Now I travel by the world, composing songs about the things I see.");
+    next;
+    mesq l("I try to improve my skills every day. One day, I will sing a song no one will ever forget.");
     close();
 
 L_Where:
-    mesq l("todo");
+    mes "";
+    mesn;
+    mesq l("This is Tulishmar, the oldest of human cities.");
+    next;
+    mesq l("It is a port city at the south of the continent. Main economic activities are mining and spices trade.");
+    next;
+    mesq l("The biggest mine, where you could find Mana Stones in the past, is now entirely depleted. Not a single stone left.");
+    next;
+    mesq l("The magic council have only a handful set of them, and they let only the most skilled ones get it.");
+    next;
+    mesq l("If you want, you can ask there for one. They are at the big building at northwest.");
     close();
 
+// NOTE: Rewriting this song is always OK.
+// The last line is always bigger than the previous ones.
 L_Music:
-    mesq l("todo");
+    mes "";
+    mesn;
+    mesq l("I will sing a song about the Mana War and current times.");
+    next;
+    mes l("In times of famine, magic came to save us.");
+    mes l("But we took every stone, and restricted the magic.");
+    mes l("Ah! Greedy humans! Why had we to desire?");
+    mes l("Ah! Greedy humans! How ignorant were we, to ever do that?");
+    next;
+    mes l("Saul and Fefe did a great revolution,");
+    mes l("They wanted magic to be once again free!");
+    mes l("Ah! Greedy humans! Why did we had to fight?");
+    mes l("Ah! Greedy humans! Couldn't we happy with little?");
+    next;
+    mes l("The mana war stroke, and many people died,");
+    mes l("The Mana Stones were stolen, in evil hands have fallen!");
+    mes l("Ah! Greedy humans! Just how big is our greed?");
+    mes l("Ah! Greedy humans! Things will never be as they used to be!");
+    next;
+    mes l("The mage thief tried to all power absorb,");
+    mes l("But instead of dying a Monster King he became!");
+    mes l("Ah! Greedy humans! We pay the price for our actions,");
+    mes l("Ah! Greedy humans! The Monster War will now rage the globe!");
+    next;
+    mes l("But hope is not lost, said the Sages of Fate!");
+    mes l("Because heroes are not born, rather, they are made!");
+    mes l("Ah! Greedy humans! Stand up to save our world!");
+    mes l("Ah! Greedy humans! End this war which our greed has stroke!");
     close();
 
 L_Bye:
-    mesq l("todo");
+    mes "";
+    mesn;
+    mesq lg("Good bye my friend, and safe travels!");
     close();
 
 OnInit:
     .sex = G_MALE;
-    .distance = 3;
+    .distance = 5;
     end;
 }