Strife:The Start of Forever (Camonna Tong)

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Overview
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 * Quest Giver: Bobby.
 * Location(s): Vivec Temple Canton, Vivec St. Delyn Canton, Vivec Redoran Canton.
 * Prerequisite Quest: Satakal's Approach.
 * Next Quest: None.
 * Reward: REPLACE, promotion to Kingpin rank.
 * Optional Bonus: None.

Quest start
The party must follow Bobby to the Redoran canton...

Throughout the quest the party fight alongside Bobby, Balz, and J'Krin.

The journey to the vaults
''Bobby walks far ahead with purpose and no weapons drawn, an opposite to the Balz and J'Krin walking with crossbow and fists at the ready for any one made enemy that attempts to attack their friend. Passing through the High Fane, some Ordinators mobilise into action with seeming attempts at an arrest; there is 6 of them at the ready, blocking the cantons exit. The helmet-less captain shouts: "Get down, NOW! You are ALL wanted for 13 counts of murder, a million septims in theft and damages including dru-" interrupted by a wordless Bobby's gun ripping a bullet through him, causing the 5 to charge.'' The group fights 5 Ordinators.

After the fight, ''Bobby continues to walk onwards. Covered in blood he and the party terrify the more populated area of Vivec. People night trading in the walkways of the St. Delyn canton begin running away and screaming after looking on in horror at the murder of 6 Ordinators beforehand. The only that do not are a group of Dunmer blocking the way forwards for the party. One of them addresses Bobby: "You killed Eldrar; I will kill you, beat your corpse, and FUCKING THROW IT into the river." The group charges.'' The party fight 8 of Eldrar's old gang, armed with only simple weapons. 3 have Chitin Clubs, 4 have Iron Daggers, two have Chitin Shortswords, and the final carries 20 Chitin Throwing Stars. They all have a rolled health of d76+24.

''Again, after the fight, Bobby continues to walk onwards. The group gets to the Redoran Canton, the streets are empty and the interior is too as the group sees when they enter. Everything is left, like people were forced out suddenly.'' Note that at this time if players try doors to shops and houses they are locked. ''Bobby walks with a purpose through, up the waistworks, and into the plaza to get to one building; the Redoran Treasury. Bobby makes an attempt at opening the door, only to find though the handle turns, it has been barred from the other side. He pulls his gun, and shoots at the doors waist. Shouting emanates from inside: "STOP! This is an Ordinator and if you come inside we WILL be forced into using serious force!" Bobby reloads a ball bearing aiming at the door once more, shooting through. He charges at the door, it moves slightly. He reloads again, shooting. The party hear a thud of wood on the other side, no shouting now. Bobby charges the door once more, it easily swinging open and thrusting him into 7 Ordinators waiting on the other side in a small room with a window, desk, and vault ledgers.'' The group fights 7 Ordinators.

Redoran Vaults
''After the fight is over, Bobby doesn't wait for Balz, walking up to the gate and shooting the lock, barging inside. This time, J'Krin and Balz stand back. J'Krin in concern and Balz in confused horror as Bobby walks into the room, tipping the room upside down shooting off lock after lock to be able to search everywhere for something, leaving over high end ebony weapons and enchanted items to look for something. From a chest Bobby picks up an amulet, examining it, but then throwing it to the ground in anger, heading downstairs to the lower floor, rinsing and repeating the same strategy as before, as if looking for something like a rabid animal, even searching the bodies of now dead Ordinators. Bobby mutters to himself: "I-I can't believe it, where IS it..." Clenching his fists in silence, he stands in the middle of the lower vault. He looks over at the party, J'Krin, and Balz. "Look at me, look where this GOT me... By mother's name I never wanted to take my time going to work... I got a carriage, boat, and a headquarters from this, murdering on the streets whenever I want!" He grabs his head, beginning to yell. "What power, what coin, I have all the septims in the world! I am the high king! I run the criminal underworld, I decide who does what, where they do it, I move the skooma of Vvardenfell! What am I- I gonna run around and act like I'm some worker or mercenary somewhere for somebody else's gold? I make the coin, I roll the septims, the gold, all of it is ours!" He looks back at the party, he is sweating hard. He quietens down: "I've always been told... Tu'whacca is watching... You're going to die... No... no no no they don't understand..." Bobby spreads out his arms, looking into the ceiling "I AM the beast I worship!" Breathing heavily, he looks around to see a mortified Balz and J'Krin standing there. J'Krin begins to walk forwards, as Balz stops her instead, walking himself over to Bobby. "Bobby, Bodean..." He hugs Bobby. "PLease... I mean, you're clearly not okay, nor yourself... What is wrong..?" Bobby is stunned. After a minute of silence, he wells up, hugging Balz back. "T-The voices... Orvas... It never went away, it let something in. I went to Cyrdoiil on the return from Sentinel to find the one that gave it to him, I found him, but I-..." A pause goes by... "The power they gave me gives me more voices; to find a solution to the voices... It sounds stupid... Maybe it wasn't them..." Balz looks up at Bobby: "It doesn't matter, brother. You won't find it by yourself, and you won't fail with us around. When everything changes, you know who to turn to; we'll always be here. Come on, there's nothing to fear. Gulshun eb crun voshu ornim, being an Orc is to know loss brother... Let's go." Bobby nods; the pair begin to walk out. Bobby says to the players, we're leaving; grab what you want, I need none of it."'' The players may collect all loot from the vaults.

''The group begins to walk out together, walking up the stairs Bobby and Balz are walking side by side, with J'Krin and the party shortly behind. Crossing the upper office area, almost at the door, a spectral, blue arrow emerges from the window, passing seamlessly through, and hitting Bobby in the skull, carrying his body to the wall. As the arrow passes straight through the wall, Bobby does not, his head hitting the wall and body slumping to the ground. "BOBBY!" Balz yells sprinting over to the Redguard covered in his own blood, as J'Krin instead tackles Balz to the ground away from Bobby and round a corner, out of line of the window. Looking back at Bobby, there is a young Altmer-looking boy standing over the unmoving body. "Corrupted by the darkness you fall into an endless sleep and other paths that result in failure and unacceptance. Now play dead, subject of I, stop your hurting." Balz looks at the boy, shocked. The boy approaches the party: "I told you I'd see you soon. You get your contract, I got my fun. And it WAS fun watching you prance around robbing mortals. But that had to come to an end; he almost figured it out too. I met him in Cyrodiil as what he most wanted, I was the voice in his head, he had no power, no Heirloom." Vile walks over to Balz, who's being held back at this point by J'Krin. "I guess he found what he wanted; a stop to the voices. Little did he know, his heirloom was death..." Vile looks at the body of Bobby. "Oh Bobby, you think you lose and that's the end. It's not..." Vile casts a spell; Bobby disappears into a yellow goo into the ground, like there was never anything there. Vile turns to the party: "If you'd never killed him he'd have died of old age, and if you'd never joined your little gang he'd have died to guards.'' Note that if the party ask about their deaths or anyone else's, he can say: "Let's not get too ahead of outselves, shall we? ''Vile turns back to Balz, grinning wide: "Thanks, Balz. You were a real help. Bobby wouldn't have been here today without you..." Vile disappears, the room is silent.''