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Welcomed by the baron, he learns of the mysterious seed theft blamed on a wood spirit, just as a girl picking raspberries senses something strange.","summary_source":"graph_aggregator","summary_status":"generated","summary_verification":"unverified"},"summary":"In Dobrechti, Baron Dalmatia rages as planted barley seeds keep vanishing overnight, threatening starvation, and orders the townsfolk to guard the fields against monsters in the woods. Meanwhile, Vlad of Schoarra, Knight of House Vayezid, defeats surrounding bandits and delivers them to the local guards. Welcomed by the baron, he learns of the mysterious seed theft blamed on a wood spirit, just as a girl picking raspberries senses something strange.","key_events":["Lord welcomes knight and asks him to investigate spirit stealing seeds","Knight delivers captured bandits to town guards and requests to see lord","Lord orders all able-bodied men to guard barley fields and considers hiring mercenaries","Barley seeds in Dobrechti keep disappearing after planting, threatening starvation","Traveler confronts surrounding bandits demanding their lives for justice","Two travelers fail to make fire due to broken flint and argue while camping"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"NORTHERNMOST POINT IN THE EMPIRE'S CENTRAL REGION DOBRECHTI\nAGAIN!\nAGAIN!\n\nAGAIN!\nWHY IN GOD'S NAME DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING?!\nBARON OF DOBRECHTI DALMATIA\nWHO COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?!\n\nWHY IS IT THAT EVERY TIME WE PLANT BARLEY SEEDS, SOME FIEND COMES ALONG AND DIGS THEM ALL UP?!\nMY LORD...\nWE GUARDED THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT, BUT AT SUNRISE--\nI DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOUR PATHETIC EXCUSES!\n\nFORGIVE ME, SIR...\nSIGH\nBLOODY USELESS, THE WHOLE LOT OF YOU...\n\nLOOK AROUND YOU. NOT A RICH, GREEN PASTURE IN SIGHT.\nEVEN THE MISERABLE CLIMATE STANDS AGAINST US.\nALL WE HAVE ARE OUR DENSE FORESTS AND OUR BARLEY CROP...\nIF WE DON'T GET THOSE SEEDS INTO THE GROUND IN TIME, WE'LL STARVE TO DEATH.\n\nBUT MY LORD, WE'RE ALREADY SHORT ON MEN AS IT IS--\nTHEN PUT THE TOWNSPEOPLE IN SHACKLES IF YOU MUST! JUST GET MORE GUARDS!\n\nIF WE DON'T ACT SOON, WE WON'T LIVE TO SEE NEXT YEAR! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!\nIT'S THOSE MONSTERS IN THE WOODS RUINING OUR CROP! I'M SURE OF IT!\nGATHER EVERY ABLE-BODIED MAN IN TOWN AND GUARD THE BARLEY FIELDS WITH YOUR LIVES!\n\nYES, MY LORD.\nUGH, MY HEAD...\n\nPERHAPS I SHOULD LOOK INTO HIRING SOME MERCENARIES.\nTHOSE WRETCHED WOODS...\n\nTHEY'RE EVEN EERIER THAN USUAL TODAY.\nEpisode 97\n\nPEPPER, SALT, JERKY...\nWHAT'S THIS?\nMY PILGRIM'S TOKEN.\nFATHER ANDREA SIGNED IT FOR ME.\n\nHMM, I SEE.\nSO YOU REMEMBERED TO PACK ALL YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSIONS.\nAND YET...\n...HOW IS IT YOU COULDN'T THINK TO BRING ONE PIECE OF FLINT?\n\nYOU'RE ONE TO TALK. ALL YOU PACKED WAS THAT LOUSY FLINTSTONE.\nI'VE HAD A BUSY WEEK...\nAT LEAST I BROUGHT ONE!\n\nIT'S YOUR OWN FAULT FOR CRUSHING IT LIKE THIS!\nIT WAS DEFECTIVE TO BEGIN WITH.\nDEFECTIVE?! NONSENSE!\nYOU WENT AT IT LIKE YOU WERE HELL-BENT ON BREAKING IT!\nJUST GET BACK TO RUBBING THOSE STICKS.\nIF WE DON'T GET A FIRE GOING SOON, WE'LL FREEZE TO DEATH OUT HERE.\n\nHMPH...\nTHIS IS NEVER GOING TO WORK.\n\n?\nA-ARE YOU TIRED, SIR?\n\nL-LET ME TAKE OVER FOR YOU.\nOI. YOU THERE.\nWOULD YOU MIND LENDING US SOME FLINT IF YOU HAVE ANY?\n\nHUH?\nMY, MY!\nWHAT SHARP EARS YOU HAVE, YOUNG MAN.\n\nA-ARE THOSE BANDITS?!\nYOU SHOULD'VE RUN WHILE YOU HAD THE CHANCE.\n\nWHAT WERE YOU THINKING, JUST SITTING THERE, WAITING TO BE SURROUNDED?\n\nWITH A PRETTY FACE LIKE THAT, YOU'D FETCH A FINE PRICE AT ANY MARKET.\nI WONDER WHICH NOBLE FAMILY OUR DARLING YOUNG DANDY BELONGS TO.\n\nHEY, KID. TELL US WHO YOUR PARENTS ARE, AND WE MIGHT JUST GIVE YOU BACK TO THEM... FOR A PRICE.\nWELL?\nDO YOU HAVE ONE OR NOT?\nWHAT?\nI JUST ASKED IF YOU HAVE A PIECE OF FLINT.\n\nWHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?\nDO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO WE ARE?\n\nNEVER MIND.\nDON'T EVEN BOTHER WITH THE FLINT.\nWHEN I LEFT SCHOARRA, I PROMISED MYSELF SOMETHING.\n\nTO RESHARPEN MY RESOLVE TO DEFEND JUSTICE.\n\nHAND OVER EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT.\n\nTHAT INCLUDES YOUR LIVES, YOU WRETCHED SCOUNDRELS.\nHURK...\n\nTHOSE WOODS SEND CHILLS DOWN MY SPINE.\nIS IT JUST ME, OR DO THEY SEEM EVEN EERIER TODAY?\nAYE... LIKE SOMETHING COULD LEAP OUT OF THEM AT ANY MOMENT.\n\nDON'T SAY THAT, EVEN IN JEST.\nWITH ALL THE DREADFUL RUMORS GOING AROUND LATELY...\n\nWH-WHO GOES THERE?!\n\nWH-WHAT MONSTROSITY IS THAT?!\nWHOA, EASY THERE.\nNO BITING, REMEMBER?\n\nHUH...?\nA HORSE?\nLOWER YOUR SPEARS.\nI'VE BROUGHT YOU SOME OF THE BANDITS WHO'VE BEEN PLAGUING THESE PARTS.\n\nBANDITS...?\nYOU MEAN THOSE VILLAINS WHO SLAUGHTER INNOCENT TOWNSFOLK IN THE NEARBY VILLAGES?\n\nGASP\nI WISH TO SPEAK WITH YOUR LORD.\nI AM VLAD OF SCHOARRA...\nKNIGHT OF HOUSE VAYEZID.\n\nIMAGINE THAT!\nA BONA FIDE KNIGHT OF HOUSE VAYEZID, RIGHT HERE IN DOBRECHTI!\nI APPRECIATE YOUR WARM WELCOME.\n\nWELL, YOU WERE KIND ENOUGH TO BRING US THOSE TROUBLESOME BANDITS!\nAS THE LORD OF THIS TOWN, I COULDN'T POSSIBLY TURN YOU AWAY AT THE GATES!\nNOW, THEN!\nENOUGH WITH THE FORMALITIES. PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT.\n\nSO, NINE BANDITS, IS IT?\n15 IF YOU COUNT THOSE WHO WERE BEHEADED.\nA FEW OF THEM SLIPPED AWAY.\n\nHAHAHA! VERY IMPRESSIVE!\nI ASSURE YOU, YOU WILL BE GENEROUSLY REWARDED FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE!\nTHANK YOU.\nSO...\n...I SUPPOSE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE CRESTS TO ADD TO THAT STANDARD OF YOURS.\n\nINDEED...\nHOW FORTUNATE. AS IT HAPPENS, I HAVE A FAVOR TO ASK OF YOU.\nI TRUST IT WILL INTEREST A TRUE KNIGHT IN PURSUIT OF HONOR, SUCH AS YOURSELF.\n\nHE'S HOPING I'LL WORK FOR FREE.\nBEST TO COLLECT MY PAYMENT FOR CAPTURING THOSE BANDITS AND GET OUT OF HERE.\nMY MAIN CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS TO TRACK DOWN SOME TRACE OF THE VOICE.\nA MOST STRANGE THING HAS BEEN OCCURRING IN OUR LAND AS OF LATE.\n\nTHIS TIME OF YEAR IS TYPICALLY WHEN WE PLANT OUR BARLEY CROP,\nYET THE SEEDS HAVE BEEN DISAPPEARING AS SOON AS THEY'RE LAID ON THE GROUND.\nI HAVE GUARDS WATCHING THE FIELDS DAY AND NIGHT, BUT NO ONE HAS SEEN THE CULPRIT.\nIF SOME BEAST OR MONSTER WERE RESPONSIBLE, SURELY THE SOLDIERS WOULD HAVE OBSERVED IT BY NOW.\nSOME OF THE OLDER TOWNSFOLK BELIEVE IT'S THE WORK OF A SPIRIT DWELLING IN THE WOODS.\n\nA SPIRIT?!\n\nRASPBERRIES~♪\nRASPBERRIES~♫\nMMM, THEY'RE DELICIOUS!\n\nMOTHER WILL BE SO PLEASED.\n?\nWH-WHAT WAS THAT...?","bubble_count":128,"pages_count":44,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In Dobrechti, Baron Dalmatia rages as planted barley seeds keep vanishing overnight, threatening starvation, and orders the townsfolk to guard the fields against monsters in the woods.","spoiler_summary":"In Dobrechti, Baron Dalmatia rages as planted barley seeds keep vanishing overnight, threatening starvation, and orders the townsfolk to guard the fields against monsters in the woods. 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