 Hello dear children another day another chapter in the banner saga and off we go from the start She could use some more supplies in our cart Raven says Tightening his belt kind of miss having those other folks around They might not have been worth a damn in a fight, but they knew how to track animals and spot berries just about anywhere others agree Sounds like you need practice start hunting Hmm You send a few ravens who laugh with him don't come back empty-handed. No wait, that's not his voice You add choice words are mumble, but they follow orders Four hours later. They return each holding nothing more than a small rodent To them have split one Volker shakes her head and says pathetic The voice is hard, you know Look a city with ravens on top of it. That is not dark and evil A group of new recruits from ball guard and the previous car winner loosely gathered behind Morgan a skilled thrasher with a scar across his face It's like a good time to introduce myself Morgan. I Don't care. Oh No Thought you were with a leds clan But she's even worse than her father about trying to save everyone She didn't appreciate this chaotic gift of no God's no rules and plenty of chances for fighting There's a few rulers to being a raven. Most important is following my orders Of course, yeah, but what about his giant car that valkyries is like a round Something in his stone signals a primal warning inside you That has nothing to do with you human Well the way we see it Emotions to the fighters around him She's no longer around. Let's break it open and look at our riches We're mercenaries you idiots We're Peter and jobs Not still from who hired us Is any of this making sense to you? He knows her he's only interested in what you have to say Get past me and it's all yours. I was hoping you'd say that fine, oh Sigbjorn has come with me that is very surprising I thought he would stick around with the old one. I Have no idea who you are old man, but Let's find out. I don't mind though. I mean warrior like him he Oh, no, I'm mistaking the warriors I didn't actually mean to kill him. I was hoping that he'd back down, but hey If he doesn't want to I'll take care of him and Raven gets knocked down by the slot in here answer to me It sounds very scary in my in my mind probably not from my mouth, but Called a week Let's see them not I expected something More fleshy Well in good time, I suppose and there was even a song to end it all Blood and pain tampers a lot of people and readies them for promotions surprisingly enough Folkographs mogen by the hand pulls him up to stand in front of you. He's beaten but not broken. Ah Something you can respect good finally But for business if we let people think they can get away with challenging you the shoot made and says You don't the edge of one ox while staring down the man Let him live Blunt end of focus spear takes out mogen's legs and he falls to the ground several Ravens deliver kicks to his ribs and arms teaching him the consequences of Disobeying orders when they're finished. It's clear. He won't be worth much for days Well, so vine jet heroes Need to rest in camp Yeah, I kind of gathered that much a commotion draws your attention Into the nearby woods You're surprised to see a small group of dredge Some which you've never seen before Engaging one of the new recruits from ball guard How does fame slugs get here you asked to No answers the tattooed fighter is noticeably drunk, but he lobs to black actors in quick succession approaching scourge Exes find their mark shattering stone armor Continue watching the man's performance The one throws another axe against Corrin hit He can't his confidence is bolstered to the point of muttering a victory chant with his last axe in hand He leaves the weapon, but it goes wide The scourge closes the distance and slashes the man across the chest before signaling for reinforcements So he's dead now. Yeah, he's dead now This will be slightly more difficult than I would like it to be Hey, these things happen all the time after all We've got a falco We've got a bunch of other things and we've got a feather a scarlet feather no less Which is equal parts impressive and Morally ambiguous Wonder if he dies I very much do New kinds of dredge That is Slightly unnerving. I won't lie I don't like it when unknowns show up We will learn more about them soon enough right poor poor bolverk He is not in the best of positions currently, but hopefully it will not matter too much You dear boy. I think I will hurt and I will hurt badly Because you in turn hurt me A slab of rock Whoa, so he Pushes back does he? Not only is that rude it is as annoying Or is it the other way around I can never tell anyway, we seem to be Not at all in over our heads It's a simple enough battle just one slightly bigger dredge to slingshot thingies Are they females I wonder I know the dredge in the previous game were in fact females But when it comes to those I have No clue whatsoever. Actually, let's take your armor off But I think you're way more annoying than this guy mainly because he can summon reinforcements and reinforcements are Never something you want to engage with Wow I was both impressive and Really annoying, but I get it I absolutely do No, what else I get This guy's head as a trophy And I did not mean to click that surprisingly enough. Let's see then How much can we chip off the old block enough? But still Now his armor is all gone. I think we're going to have a lot of fun with this young fellow here Let's kill him into strikes Things are that will be most enjoyable. You hear you will absolutely be dead Sorry to say Wow six points of damage When did his armor get so low? No matter With one left This battle is practically over Unless southern reinforcements, you know That happens in games all the time, right? The exact amount We need it To do just that You like the songs Those are new Well before we didn't have much to sing about what with the bridge falling down The extra mercenary slowly gets to his feet gently rubbing his bruised chest Dane Broke my favorite flask and just when I could really use drink That stupid move will get you killed But it impresses the women I mean look at me. I'm a guy who needs fancy tricks to impress women Yeah, you are buddy Maybe not You give her a look and she just shrugs Name Zolley if you were interested I grew up in Bohr He could be talking to other of you, but you just stare at him until he away Nice to meet new people always I suppose Let's see We should probably level someone up like for example our poor injured Bolvark Actually, we can't level him up, but we can level up falcon or kumr Let's do Did I oh I can use the point Oh bother I think we are going to go with A bit more of this a bit more of that. Oh sure. Why not? So that is actually point I finally I knew Relax though. Now I do A few more points of damage You I will promote Because you my dear falca are an awesome shield maiden and that As they say is fat and you a kill Whatever will I do with you? That seems good and just I love it when Things are just Just is just is such a word Such a lovely word. It freaks of um Justice. Yeah Let's go without shall we Oh, yeah, I forgot to confirm silly little for me Let's get back on the road. Shall we? Maybe a day of rest. No, I think not We don't have the resources If only I knew I'll be playing with them. I should have figured it out Ravens in the air as ravens approach only says with a slur Is that a good sign? The small village head looks well fortified with a few bodies outside the fences being picked clean by the birds Your caravan moves closer but stays out of arrow range Whoever's in there wants to be left alone focuses But it could be our best chance for supplies around here Split and attack With practiced ease the ravens split and rush the village from three angles Arrows miss their marks at the unexpected charge and soon you are upon the battle-hardened villages I am leader of mercenaries So I fully suspect that attacking villages is Yeah, definitely in my portfolio Okay, that's certainly interesting Sure, I could go with you here and you might, uh, we'll go here Yeah, it's good, right Sure, sure it does Let's see. All right This will probably hurt. Oh, he deflected Lovely Absolutely lovely Hereby Let's see We're going to kill you You we are going to, you know, also kill with general ease you I think we will Almost kill Which is the same as killing you Only not as good Not as bloody, but I will get to you soon enough I'm sure of it And you lady archer, you are certainly yet another dead person It happens. Don't worry about it Actually, and we are going to just keep killing barricades Because it's a way of life With us. Ouch. I've actually heard Poor Echil What were we doing? Ah, yes, killing people. I don't know. I recall that You might have got to know Sorry I'm necessary need the supplies Can't buy them. You forgot totally that I should have Saved some renown and honestly, I would rather kill people than die myself Which makes me somewhat of a bastardly creature Or should I say Dastardly Yes, I think I will I am a dastardly creature You kick down the last of the barricades to find a dozen or so remaining villagers huddled together Some have bows, but no arrows. The others have thrown their blades to the ground A man steps forward I'm Friedrich the oldest of us He says We've been fighting of all types from Ormstall for two weeks now. Just trying to protect What's ours? He looks back at his people and says you won't find this digging for any of these Falka pulls your silence says They know how to fight so it'd be stronger if they joined us You pulled your beard Or I could make them gather food for us You say You're coming with us Without your blades and bows In what? We are fine slaves Friedrich turns to his people Is that how we remember it? They'll shout never In an attempt to grab their blades, but you and the ravens cut them all down with practiced ease I should have known that wasn't really an option Falka says and walks off to the ground Spa, an old wanderer who joined the ravens over half a century ago points to the tents on the edge of the village Looks like the merchants are still there Maybe they were being forced to stick around Oh merchants, lovely Let's take a look at what they've got, shall we? Lots of things that I have not to be renowned to buy Seriously, 20 supplies? Fine, I'll take five days' worth of supplies Just to keep my folks happy And well fed I'm truly a benevolent person And I think with this break we should continue I know old Bolverk is still with a slightly broken skull But honestly, I... I can't stop A scout points into the distance with a smile on his face While we're in that direction, you begin to hear the strangers bickering between two vile Oh, you've done it good Says one vile with a large shield and spear Kept on until others heard and came nosy about The other vile glances your way not politely and walks towards you while sheltering his axe Don't mind my brother Nock, he's a warrior Nock steps closer and shelves the other vile with his shield Jutt, vile, don't have brothers And it's warrior Ha, ha, how close that you were to amusement and confusion None of the other ravens seemed to know how to react either Are you two adult? Not the nicest way to say hello Nock says I'm just changing the voices Extending his handing greeting And if we were adult Jutt's eyes stepping forward and swatting Nock's hand Would we even know it? Nock says Well, you wouldn't Jutt, but I'd know The spectacle continues in most of the ravens and are laughing at the absurdity I'm not sure what you're after But we're not sharing food He just shakes his hand We're not after food, are we Nock? Nock says No, no, well, yes and no Jutt agrees Yes and no, that's right We fight with you Nock interrupts For you he means Jutt looks annoyed Nock, we fight for food But we fight with this lot You can join If you'll shut up Thank you Nock says but just slaps a hand over his brother's mouth Several mercenaries snort trying to hold back laughter The two vile smile like fools and fall in line I have no idea where they came from I like the comedic relief For some reason I'm actually not that far off with the voice Oh, is this a goldstone? I think it is Remember that last time we saw this foul fool Hey, Bulbark Shut up This is absolutely beautiful Was it a bird gall of some sort? I like how my banner is black by the way In the ghost of this dead bird has forgiven you for that win yet Spa asks The other ravens including Volker Look from the broken stone to you in shock Hey, the old man says We were here nearly 40 years ago Same spot as now Only a dozen of us left to do unkindness then Better men by twice than all of you There's rumbling but the ravens keep listening We'd run a job for a man Pfeffer or Finder Venner more like He says pitting in the memory Hup He says us up to take the fall for some of his other deals Gone bad We got surrendered here and this bear of a vow Nooses his mind He grabs a tree A whole tree And starts swinging Spa starts coughing But recovers Nearly killed us all But whole earring took a hit like no other And there you have it The excited ravens start asking you questions But Spa is all too happy to answer Study the bird shaped stone Earrings, the god known as the winter bird Stands proudly on an eternal perch of snow and ice Stories of seasons past Hunting rather mere Across the summer skies Of creating blizzards while flapping its wings To land in winter Cover the outscredged wings While walking around the stone Your food tumps and something hollow You clear away some ice And find a wooden box Probably left to some token of faith To a dead god Leaving anything behind for the dead is a waste You say immediately prying up in the box And pocketing the smallest item within Ooh, renowned, lovely I really, really appreciate the fact that they have Decided to quite Change the motif Of the gods stones In the first game They were mostly In the images of men As I recall Called to the gods stones They were mostly As I recall Called creeps and the cloaks And forces ravens to huddle together As wind whips around you Snow begins to blot out the worm scale mountains In the distance And you are forced to call for an early camp Rising from your sleep You begin pacing Occasionally drumming your fingers In the top of the large cart Emotion in camp draws Your attention Walking towards you, towards it You hear groans and see focus Shield rising and falling Erratically among some first Humans You snort but the shield Flips away revealing a dredge grunge staring up at you Stepping back you bump into another dredge Looking around the entire event camp Is a swarm of stone armoured bodies Desperately reaching for you When your axes lush out through nothing You realise you were dreaming Another expected sadness Wells in you Like you've let everyone down A few of your ravens are watching you Smirking but your growl But your growl makes them Look away You decide to walk the perimeter alone While everyone else slowly awakens Interesting enough Very interesting How much longer until you are alright Fine I suppose we can take two days of rest Well Survivor's camp His quest is getting better Around Hear you yelling A harsh voice reaches your ears Followed by the laughter of several others Your abrupt hold Or alerts folk who immediately Signals the ravens to find out and draw their weapons Investigate Over the next rise A group of ten-hugged fighters in a few vows Around half a dozen peasants In a broken war wagon A woman spots you and shouts Help us But a punch to the stomach Drops her to the snow The fighters turn ready to fight Just give us What's in the wagon Or rather Ha! One man says We were going to eat what's in that Wagon then we finished with these folks We're starving Run away now or die There's a raven banner brother The ravens as they say in the fight we want The others agree and the leader Resides to backing away slowly A few ravens follow them away While you deal with the women in the wagon Thank you The woman says Who was punched earlier says I'm sefa I know you don't want it around But if you're heading towards Bindle will follow your path Fine But your food is ours Payment for saving you And not her understanding But to your surprise the wagon is nearly empty We'll keep our distance Sefa says But we'll be behind you You grunt and walk off Oh, plus one supply So nice Half a day worth of supply says but A couple of raven scouts take off the check Take off the check Out the cluster of denser head Refugees from Ormstar One of them says upon returning They've got a sizable camp and seem disciplined They know we're here No sense in trying to avoid them We take the lead and approach the refugees Let's see what they have in mind for us A hooded man with a red spear greets you My name's Beck and this is Lofen Your bulwark of the ravens and Is this your wife? You're confused as much by his Questions as by the fact that no one Is with the man Val don't have wives The man gets a distant look in his eyes That's too bad A wife can make you twice the man you were on your own Well, he's never been a man A bad at times but mostly his Val and I'm Volker Nice to meet you Volker I'll get to my point I'm leading this large group of Trained fighters and tradesmen From Ormstar We're looking for a new home All it takes to survive out here But they're starting to lose faith in me You want us to reinforce your control? No I want you to take over Lead us someplace we can live Lofen and I weren't meant for Keeping others alive What do I get in return? For one, we won't kill you Ha! Seriously Max smiles but there is no Humor in his eyes We'll share the food we've collected You should there be a need He stops and confers with his spear Spawning you, Lofenis We'll even spread the word of how great the ravens are We'll take you as far as Bindle But kisses the metal of his spear and smiles You have my tanks Oh, Lofen tanks you as well Oh god These guys totally bonkers, isn't he? Now we've got a very sizable group Which I, by the way I like I actually very much do The yearning yielding Snowfall Is proving too much for the humans Who now venue attempt to follow your large footprints Intrude the sky in your surroundings Lack enough Contrast to know where you're going But it's all 2D Look at this Anyway, and it's cold The trees over here Folk manages to say Emotioning with her spear The forage blocks some of the wind But does nothing for visibility With no other options As you burrow into the snow Cloked in your bear fur I'm in the amateur Wake up here then bear You're being robbed Your orange rake off the foot Of snow covering you The unclear dreams still vivid at your mind Back uses his spear, Lofen Point east Those clansmen you say if they killed your guards And they're taking everything Folk is by your side in seconds Followed by the spearman You sprint along the snowy part of the sullen supply Straight into an ambush by the bandits Originally harassing the clansmen Safer turns And smirks An interesting plot twist But really That is not something you should have done Stealing from the ravens Over that wish I didn't get the opportunity to move the way I wanted No no no Is this one of mine Yeah, she's one of mine Why do I even have an archer What do I need an archer for Anyway Time to kill Off with your shield Oh I see so these are just fodder Cannon fodder Fair enough But I don't think it's going to be All that difficult Not once I'm done with all those Peasants This one for example This one is going to be just peachy Nice job random clansmen You've proven your skill And your Value To our great Mercenary Campaign Let's say I really need to get used to the fact that Bovork can actually hit Twice This will do me plenty of good Now that was just mean You know Let's see if I can end it Nice job He even got a promotion How good What an excellent Time to be alive right This life it never ceases to be An exciting one Killing people with axes With swords With pretty much everything you can Use to kill people Finally he breaks Something I wonder when where that went Oh Here it is Nasty nasty nasty And so was that trick I don't appreciate it Not one No What I did was Stupid Never mind though I think it's time for our Good berserker to Let loose Excellent Old shield master Can I save you But that is by no means Excellent I unlocked the berserker Achievement Which probably is as fun as it sounds Probably a loss of murder and mayhem I actually think I know what it is I think I was supposed to kill Four people with the berserker Class Which is to say with So far the only berserker in the game Bovork Who is now ready for promotion Which is fantastic As well 17 renown Excellent This is what helping folks get you You roar Grab all these supplies And bring them back to camp You tell the raven After hoisting a barrel on Each shoulder An impressive display of power Oh boy Let's see what Bovork can offer Bear rage The berserker weeps himself Into a fury terrifying nearby enemies And sending them fleeing In this array Let's get back on the road Perhaps a day of rest Would it do me good Yeah Well The guy was nice He was definitely a nice guy We're honest To the city Which makes me wonder What ever is going to happen here Nice enough The old wanderer fights his way Up next to you Can't see a damn thing In this mess And forgiving you yet after all Shouldn't you have died already Spark runs Soon enough I reckon Of course these old bones Won't be forming any mountain Brumbles more like His quints into the distance There's bound to be more people From Ormestal Trying to find a new home in Bindel Sparses Crowded towns Having always been good for us What's got you worried old man A bunch of ravens That lose upon a slew of scared men Women is what Won't take much to have the guards after us You dare let us in at all He has a point But there's a little There's little to be done about it The idea of being around so many others In such a confined space makes you tense You crave a long hunt And sleep in solitude I understand the need To sleep in solitude I'm in fact Begging to feel it myself I like the tower It is a nice tower All of these people are looking for food In the home Yeah, I fear that much From all the tense It's not easy to