Frandar Hunding (Online)

"To choose for oneself is simple. To choose for a nation is hard. The heaviest blade is as a feather compared to the trust of one's people. Abide with me and listen carefully."

Yes. Please continue. "A tyrant threatens your people. If you submit to him and become his willing thrall, your people will be shown mercy. If you attack, you and your people will be driven from your homeland and exiled to the sea. What do you do?"

I would submit. "Submission would have brought peace, yes. But at what cost? All that Yokuda was and is finds its source in the blade. We could not waver. Even so, there is always cost. I chose the sword—many and many were lost. Was this the greater good?"

I would attack! "I too chose to attack—but all choices bear a cost, wayfarer. When the last sword was sheathed in the shadow of Mt Hattu, the dead were beyond counting. Many more were lost at sea during the exodus. Was the price of honor too high?"

"I know you … your spirit, but you belong in this place no more than the others, the invaders. Why do you come here? Why do you disturb my rest?"

I need to get into the Chamber of Passage. "Of all the places in this temple you do not belong, it is here you belong the least. But I sense that where the others have come to violate the chamber's security, you have come to restore it. I will give you my blessing if you prove worthy."

How do I prove myself worthy? "The invaders have taken my scrolls—four sacred writing from the Book of Circles. They describe the principles one must master in the various seasons of life. Recover the scrolls, place them on the appropriate pedestals, and earn my blessing."

I'll find and return the scrolls to their pedestals.

"The scrolls speak of the principles of Wisdom, Discipline, Sacrifice and Devotion, and the seasons of life in which I mastered these principles. Place them in the proper order in which they were mastered."

[Persuade] I'm here to help cleanse the Temple. You could at least give me a hint. "Look to the passing of time, to the order of the sun, stars, and moon for understanding."