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Expanded Mercenaries
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spokenword  [developer] 4 Nov, 2018 @ 7:28am
[spoilers] Second Mercenary backstory options
a recent question about romance options for the second mercenary and a trip back through the code prompted to document the various paths in case anyone's curious about exploring all of the mercenary storie (as mentioned in the mod description, conversations for mercenary 1 and 3 are singular, and it's only #2 that has branches based on their personality)

All five mercenary backstories and how to trigger them:
(names are my internal comments, not actually used in conversation)
  • A Father's Burden: your companion's father dreamed of creating a wall and making the Christians pay for it.
  • A Farm of her Own: your companion is the youngest of three sisters who all just dreamed of owning a place to call theirs.
  • A Game of Thralls: your companion is a former thrall who was freed from service in one thegn's household and is now looking for their purpose
  • Get Rich or Die In Valhalla: your companion is a wanderer, always fixed on what's over the horizon. They're just joining your hird because it's an adventure.
  • Birka's Crossing: your companion's seen enough killing already and they're hoping for this last score before settling down for good.
ask if they're looking for wealth: - if merc is Altruistic - then Birka's Crossing - else - and if merc is male - then A Father's Burden - and if merc is female - then A Farm of Her Own ask if they're looking to prove themselves - if merc is Cunning - then Get Rich or Die In Valhalla - else - then A Father's Burden ask if they're looking for glory - if merc is Peaceful - then Birka's Crossing - else - then A Game of Thralls