- Kassandra: I admit, it doesn't sound good.
- Melanippos: Even you think I've been replaced. But I can't let him go. He's my golden demigod.
- Kassandra: Then you must have a plan.
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{{Era|Memories|ACOD}} | {{Era|Memories|ACOD}} | ||
{{Memory Infobox | {{Memory Infobox | ||
| image = ACOd-Melanipposforlorn.jpg | | image = ACOd-Melanipposforlorn.jpg | ||
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| next= | | next= | ||
| source = [[Kassandra]] | | source = [[Kassandra]] | ||
| location = | | location = [[Boeotia]], [[Greece]] | ||
| date = 427 BCE–426 BCE}} | | date = 427 BCE–426 BCE}} | ||
'''Brewing Love''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Kassandra]]'s genetic memories, relived by [[Layla Hassan]] through the Portable [[Animus|Animus HR-8.5]]. | '''Brewing Love''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Kassandra]]'s genetic memories, relived by [[Layla Hassan]] through the Portable [[Animus|Animus HR-8.5]]. | ||
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==Dialogue== | ==Dialogue== | ||
Kassandra made her way to the [[Gymnasium, Thebes|gymnasium in Thebes]] and found a forlorn looking man standing in the center of the building, cursing at himself. | Kassandra made her way to the [[Gymnasium, Thebes|gymnasium]] in [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] and found a forlorn looking man standing in the center of the building, cursing at himself. | ||
*'''Melannipos:''' ''You're a fool, Melanippos. A fool.'' | *'''Melannipos:''' ''You're a fool, Melanippos. A fool.'' | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Did you lose your pankration match?'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''Did you lose your [[pankration]] match?'' | ||
*'''Melannipos:''' ''Worse. I lost my one true love. My Drakon has found someone else—I just know it. he avoids me, and when we're together he's always distracted...'' | *'''Melannipos:''' ''Worse. I lost my one true love. My Drakon has found someone else—I just know it. he avoids me, and when we're together he's always distracted...'' | ||
<tabber> | <tabber> | ||
Sounds like it's over.= | Sounds like it's over.= | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''I admit, it doesn't sound good.'' | |||
*'''Melanippos:''' ''Even'' you ''think I've been replaced. But I can't let him go. He's my golden'' demigod. | |||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Then you must have a plan.'' | |||
|-|Don't lose hope.= | |-|Don't lose hope.= | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Maybe there's still a chance?'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''Maybe there's still a chance?'' | ||
*'''Melanippos:''' ''I can't leave this up to the whims of [[Tyche]]. I won't let Drakon go.'' | |||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Then what's your plan?'' | |||
</tabber> | </tabber> | ||
*'''Melanippos:''' ''I'm going to make a potion. It's a recipe that guarantees eternal love.'' | *'''Melanippos:''' ''I'm going to make a potion. It's a recipe that guarantees eternal love.'' | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''That's an honest way to save a relationship.'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''That's an honest way to save a relationship.'' | ||
*'''Melanippos:''' ''It's simple. I'll "borrow" his precious armor for a few days, coat the inside, and let the potion seep through his skin—straight to his heart.'' | *'''Melanippos:''' ''It's simple. I'll "borrow" his precious [[armor]] for a few days, coat the inside, and let the potion seep through his skin—straight to his heart.'' | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''So... Drakon will be left without his armor. Aren't you worried he'll be vulnerable?'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''So... Drakon will be left without his armor. Aren't you worried he'll be vulnerable?'' | ||
*'''Melanippos:''' ''Oh, he's the strongest, most | *'''Melanippos:''' ''Oh, he's the strongest, most ''chiseled'' man in Thebes. He'll be fine without it.'' | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Good to know.'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''Good to know.'' | ||
*'''Melanippos:''' ''My problem is the | *'''Melanippos:''' ''My problem is the ''last'' ingredient. I need to buy the rarest herb in Boeotia from my herbalist, but she hasn't come to Thebes in a while.'' | ||
(Accept – I'll find the herbalist for you) | |||
[[File:ACOD Brewing Love 3.png|thumb|250px|Kassandra agreed to help Melanippos]] | |||
I'll find the herbalist for you | |||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''I can find her for you. I must believe in love after all.'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''I can find her for you. I must believe in love after all.'' | ||
*'''Melanippos:''' ''Thank you, thank you.'' | *'''Melanippos:''' ''Thank you, thank you.'' | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Where will I find this herbalist?'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''Where will I find this herbalist?'' | ||
*'''Melanippos:''' ''She lives on a farm west of the city near the Tomb of Menoikeus.'' | *'''Melanippos:''' ''She lives on a [[Herbalist's Farm|farm]] west of the city near the [[Tomb of Menoikeus]].'' | ||
(If players choose "What is the herb for?") | (If players choose "What is the herb for?") | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Rare herb, huh? What is it?'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''Rare herb, huh? What is it?'' | ||
*'''Melanippos:''' ''A herb hot enough to | *'''Melanippos:''' ''A herb hot enough to ''impassion'' him. Red hot to make his affections—and his skin—sizzle.'' | ||
(If players choose "How did you meet Drakon?") | (If players choose "How did you meet Drakon?") | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Tell me how you met.'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''Tell me how you met.'' | ||
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(If players choose "Why do you love Drakon?") | (If players choose "Why do you love Drakon?") | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''You're going to a lot of effort for Drakon. Is he worth it?'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''You're going to a lot of effort for Drakon. Is he worth it?'' | ||
*'''Melanippos:''' ''He's a living, breathing | *'''Melanippos:''' ''He's a living, breathing [[Herakles]]—you tell me.'' | ||
(If players choose "Where is Drakon?") | (If players choose "Where is Drakon?") | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''If he's not here, where is he?'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''If he's not here, where is he?'' | ||
*'''Melanippos:''' ''Normally we're both here night and day. The only time he leaves is to perform at the training ground.'' | *'''Melanippos:''' ''Normally we're both here night and day. The only time he leaves is to perform at the [[Drakon's Training Site|training ground]].'' | ||
(Leave – "I'll go find the herbalist") | (Leave – "I'll go find the herbalist") | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''I'll go find that herb for you.'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''I'll go find that herb for you.'' | ||
Kassandra left the gymnasium and traveled to the [[Scorched Rolling Plains]] to find the herbalist. When she arrived at the farm she found a farmer surrounded by bandits. | Kassandra left the gymnasium and traveled to the [[Scorched Rolling Plains]] to find the herbalist. She spotted a farmhouse and beside it a silo that had a red cloth on it with the help of [[Ikaros]]. | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''This looks like the place.'' | |||
When she arrived at the farm she found a farmer surrounded by bandits. | |||
*'''Farmer:''' ''Don't. Don't.'' | *'''Farmer:''' ''Don't. Don't.'' | ||
*'''Archer:''' ''Then get her out of the house. You die if she doesn't.'' | *'''Archer:''' ''Then get her out of the house. You die if she doesn't.<br>The farm is'' ours. | ||
Kassandra fought the bandits and defeated them. | Kassandra fought the bandits and defeated them. | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Bandits! What a surprise...'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''Bandits! What a surprise...'' | ||
Kassandra freed the farmer who had been tied up. | Kassandra freed the farmer who had been tied up. | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''They're gone, you can come out now.'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''They're gone, you can come out now.'' | ||
[[File:ACOD - Boeotian herbalist.png|thumb|250px|Kassandra meeting the herbalist]] | |||
The herbalist opened the farmhouse door which had been barred against the bandits. | The herbalist opened the farmhouse door which had been barred against the bandits. | ||
*'''Farmer:''' ''Thank you, ''misthios''. If you hadn't intervened we'd surely be dead.'' | |||
*'''Farmer:''' ''Thank you, misthios. If you hadn't intervened we'd surely be dead.'' | |||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''They must have really wanted something from you.'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''They must have really wanted something from you.'' | ||
*'''Farmer:''' ''The farm. It's one of the few untouched by the war. Herbs aren't free, you know. They'd uproot 'em and sell 'em.'' | *'''Farmer:''' ''The farm. It's one of the few untouched by the war. Herbs aren't free, you know. They'd uproot 'em and sell 'em.'' | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Speaking of herbs, that's why I'm here. I need to buy one for a man named Melanippos. Says he knows you.'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''Speaking of herbs, that's why I'm here. I need to buy one for a man named Melanippos. Says he knows you.'' | ||
*'''Farmer:''' ''That troublemaker still wants to make the love potion?'' | *'''Farmer:''' ''That troublemaker still wants to make the love potion?'' | ||
The herbalist turned around and closed the door to the house. | The herbalist turned around and closed the door to the house. | ||
*'''Farmer:''' ''Well, he'll have it his way. I can sell you the herb he needs.'' | *'''Farmer:''' ''Well, he'll have it his way. I can sell you the herb he needs.'' | ||
<tabber> | <tabber> | ||
But I saved you.= | |-|But I saved you.= | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''I saved your farm. I feel like that deserves some gratitude.'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''I saved your farm. I feel like that deserves some gratitude.'' | ||
*'''Farmer:''' ''I have to make a living, don't I?'' | *'''Farmer:''' ''I have to make a living, don't I?'' | ||
{{#tag:tabber| | {{#tag:tabber| | ||
Fine, take your drachmae. [1000]= | Fine, take your drachmae. [1000]= | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Fine, here.'' | |||
*'''Farmer:''' ''Tell Melanippos to let it really soak in.'' | |||
{{!}}-{{!}} | {{!}}-{{!}} | ||
I'm leaving.= | I'm leaving.= | ||
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}} | }} | ||
|-|Here's the drachmae. [1000]= | |-|Here's the drachmae. [1000]= | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Fine, here's the [[drachma]]e.'' | |||
*'''Farmer:''' ''On second thought, you did save Episthenes and me.'' | |||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Thank you. I appreciate the gesture.'' | |||
|-|I'm not paying.= | |-|I'm not paying.= | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''I think exchanging herbs for your life is a fair trade.'' | |||
*'''Farmer:''' ''While I'm thankful for your help, I didn't ask for it. I can't be giving my herbs away for free in such trying times.'' | |||
{{#tag:tabber| | |||
Fine, take your drachmae. [1000]= | |||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Fine, here.'' | |||
*'''Farmer:''' ''Tell Melanippos to let it really soak in.'' | |||
{{!}}-{{!}} | |||
I'm leaving.= | |||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''I shouldn't have to pay anything. I risked my life for you.'' | |||
*'''Farmer:''' ''I never asked you to, but suit yourself. You won't find anyone else with this herb in Boeotia.'' | |||
}} | |||
</tabber> | </tabber> | ||
Kassandra came back later to pay for the herb. | Kassandra came back later to pay for the herb. | ||
*'''Farmer:''' Ready to pay now? | *'''Farmer:''' ''Ready to pay now?'' | ||
<tabber> | <tabber> | ||
Here, take it. [500]= | Here, take it. [500]= | ||
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*'''Kassandra:''' ''Thank you, I appreciate the gesture.'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''Thank you, I appreciate the gesture.'' | ||
|-|I'm leaving.= | |-|I'm leaving.= | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''I shouldn't have to pay after risking my life for you.'' | |||
*'''Farmer:''' ''Suit yourself, but no one else in Boeotia has this herb.'' | |||
Kassandra came back later to pay for the herb. | |||
*'''Farmer:''' ''Ready to pay now?'' | |||
(Back to dialogue choice one.) | |||
</tabber> | </tabber> | ||
Kassandra returned to Melanippos at the gymnasium with the herbs. | Kassandra returned to Melanippos at the gymnasium with the herbs. | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''There, your herb. It better be worth all the trouble.'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''There, your herb. It better be worth all the trouble.'' | ||
[[File:ACOD - Melanippos celebrating.png|thumb|250px|Melanippos rejoicing]] | |||
Melanippos was delighted and | Melanippos was delighted and begun to sing. | ||
*'''Melanippos:''' ''Yes, yes. Drakon is mine 'til the end of time. Maybe I'll take him for a moonlit walk at the [[Site of Iphigenia's Sacrifice]]... He won't have to go far from his training site.'' | |||
*'''Melanippos:''' ''Yes, yes. Drakon is mine 'til the end of time. Maybe I'll take him for a moonlit walk at the Site of Iphigenia's Sacrifice... He won't have to go far from his training site.'' | |||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''And his armor?'' | *'''Kassandra:''' ''And his armor?'' | ||
*'''Melanippos:''' ''It waits patiently for the potion in my house.'' | *'''Melanippos:''' ''It waits patiently for the potion in my house.'' | ||
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Good. Be sure | *'''Kassandra:''' ''Good. Be sure you take your time with it... for the potion to work best.'' | ||
==Outcome== | ==Outcome== | ||
Kassandra obtained the herbs [[Melanippos]] required to make his love potion. Melanippos stole [[Drakon]]'s armor to apply the potion and Drakon was | Kassandra obtained the herbs [[Melanippos]] required to make his love potion. Melanippos stole [[Drakon]]'s armor to apply the potion and Drakon was weakened when he and Kassandra finally met. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*This quest is missable: finishing [[The End of Drakon]] removes the quest. | *This quest is missable: finishing [[The End of Drakon]] removes the quest. | ||
*It is possible to avoid paying the herbalist for the herbs by killing her and looting them from her corpse. | *It is possible to avoid paying the herbalist for the herbs by killing her and looting them from her corpse. | ||
**Alternatively, saving her husband, walking away from the first offer and returning reduces her asking price by half. | |||
*Completing this quest strips Drakon of his armor, making him more vulnerable in a fight if not allowing for a one-hit assassination. | *Completing this quest strips Drakon of his armor, making him more vulnerable in a fight if not allowing for a one-hit assassination. | ||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180"> | |||
ACOD Brewing Love 1.png|Melanippos at the gymnasium | |||
ACOD Brewing Love 2.png|Kassandra meeting Melanippos | |||
ACOD Brewing Love 4.png|Melanippos giving Kassandra directions | |||
ACOD_Boeotia_-_Herbalist's_farmhouse.png|The farm at the outskirts of Thebes surrounded by bandits and a kneeling prisoner. | |||
ACOD Brewing Love 5.png|Kassandra outside the herbalist's home | |||
</gallery> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 01:43, 25 May 2026
Brewing Love was a virtual representation of one of Kassandra's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.
Description[edit | edit source]
While hunting for the Champions of Boeotia, especially Drakon, Kassandra met Melanippos, a man desperately in love with Drakon.
Dialogue[edit | edit source]
Kassandra made her way to the gymnasium in Thebes and found a forlorn looking man standing in the center of the building, cursing at himself.
- Melannipos: You're a fool, Melanippos. A fool.
- Kassandra: Did you lose your pankration match?
- Melannipos: Worse. I lost my one true love. My Drakon has found someone else—I just know it. he avoids me, and when we're together he's always distracted...
- Kassandra: Maybe there's still a chance?
- Melanippos: I can't leave this up to the whims of Tyche. I won't let Drakon go.
- Kassandra: Then what's your plan?
- Melanippos: I'm going to make a potion. It's a recipe that guarantees eternal love.
- Kassandra: That's an honest way to save a relationship.
- Melanippos: It's simple. I'll "borrow" his precious armor for a few days, coat the inside, and let the potion seep through his skin—straight to his heart.
- Kassandra: So... Drakon will be left without his armor. Aren't you worried he'll be vulnerable?
- Melanippos: Oh, he's the strongest, most chiseled man in Thebes. He'll be fine without it.
- Kassandra: Good to know.
- Melanippos: My problem is the last ingredient. I need to buy the rarest herb in Boeotia from my herbalist, but she hasn't come to Thebes in a while.
(Accept – I'll find the herbalist for you)
- Kassandra: I can find her for you. I must believe in love after all.
- Melanippos: Thank you, thank you.
- Kassandra: Where will I find this herbalist?
- Melanippos: She lives on a farm west of the city near the Tomb of Menoikeus.
(If players choose "What is the herb for?")
- Kassandra: Rare herb, huh? What is it?
- Melanippos: A herb hot enough to impassion him. Red hot to make his affections—and his skin—sizzle.
(If players choose "How did you meet Drakon?")
- Kassandra: Tell me how you met.
- Melanippos: It's a tale for the ages. I moved to Thebes with dreams of becoming a great champion. I came to this gym and saw him... A mighty warrior with an even mightier smile. I wanted to learn from the best, but the only muscle he truly worked on was my heart.
(If players choose "Why do you love Drakon?")
- Kassandra: You're going to a lot of effort for Drakon. Is he worth it?
- Melanippos: He's a living, breathing Herakles—you tell me.
(If players choose "Where is Drakon?")
- Kassandra: If he's not here, where is he?
- Melanippos: Normally we're both here night and day. The only time he leaves is to perform at the training ground.
(Leave – "I'll go find the herbalist")
- Kassandra: I'll go find that herb for you.
Kassandra left the gymnasium and traveled to the Scorched Rolling Plains to find the herbalist. She spotted a farmhouse and beside it a silo that had a red cloth on it with the help of Ikaros.
- Kassandra: This looks like the place.
When she arrived at the farm she found a farmer surrounded by bandits.
- Farmer: Don't. Don't.
- Archer: Then get her out of the house. You die if she doesn't.
The farm is ours.
Kassandra fought the bandits and defeated them.
- Kassandra: Bandits! What a surprise...
Kassandra freed the farmer who had been tied up.
- Kassandra: They're gone, you can come out now.
The herbalist opened the farmhouse door which had been barred against the bandits.
- Farmer: Thank you, misthios. If you hadn't intervened we'd surely be dead.
- Kassandra: They must have really wanted something from you.
- Farmer: The farm. It's one of the few untouched by the war. Herbs aren't free, you know. They'd uproot 'em and sell 'em.
- Kassandra: Speaking of herbs, that's why I'm here. I need to buy one for a man named Melanippos. Says he knows you.
- Farmer: That troublemaker still wants to make the love potion?
The herbalist turned around and closed the door to the house.
- Farmer: Well, he'll have it his way. I can sell you the herb he needs.
- Kassandra: I saved your farm. I feel like that deserves some gratitude.
- Farmer: I have to make a living, don't I?
- Kassandra: Fine, here.
- Farmer: Tell Melanippos to let it really soak in.
- Kassandra: I shouldn't have to pay anything. I risked my life for you.
- Farmer: I never asked you to, but suit yourself. You won't find anyone else with this herb in Boeotia.
- Kassandra: Fine, here's the drachmae.
- Farmer: On second thought, you did save Episthenes and me.
- Kassandra: Thank you. I appreciate the gesture.
- Kassandra: I think exchanging herbs for your life is a fair trade.
- Farmer: While I'm thankful for your help, I didn't ask for it. I can't be giving my herbs away for free in such trying times.
- Kassandra: Fine, here.
- Farmer: Tell Melanippos to let it really soak in.
- Kassandra: I shouldn't have to pay anything. I risked my life for you.
- Farmer: I never asked you to, but suit yourself. You won't find anyone else with this herb in Boeotia.
Kassandra came back later to pay for the herb.
- Farmer: Ready to pay now?
- Kassandra: Here's the drachmae.
- Farmer: On second thought, you did save Episthenes and me. Here, take the herb.
- Kassandra: Thank you, I appreciate the gesture.
- Kassandra: I shouldn't have to pay after risking my life for you.
- Farmer: Suit yourself, but no one else in Boeotia has this herb.
- Farmer: Ready to pay now?
Kassandra returned to Melanippos at the gymnasium with the herbs.
- Kassandra: There, your herb. It better be worth all the trouble.
Melanippos was delighted and begun to sing.
- Melanippos: Yes, yes. Drakon is mine 'til the end of time. Maybe I'll take him for a moonlit walk at the Site of Iphigenia's Sacrifice... He won't have to go far from his training site.
- Kassandra: And his armor?
- Melanippos: It waits patiently for the potion in my house.
- Kassandra: Good. Be sure you take your time with it... for the potion to work best.
Outcome[edit | edit source]
Kassandra obtained the herbs Melanippos required to make his love potion. Melanippos stole Drakon's armor to apply the potion and Drakon was weakened when he and Kassandra finally met.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- This quest is missable: finishing The End of Drakon removes the quest.
- It is possible to avoid paying the herbalist for the herbs by killing her and looting them from her corpse.
- Alternatively, saving her husband, walking away from the first offer and returning reduces her asking price by half.
- Completing this quest strips Drakon of his armor, making him more vulnerable in a fight if not allowing for a one-hit assassination.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Melanippos at the gymnasium -
Kassandra meeting Melanippos -
Melanippos giving Kassandra directions -
The farm at the outskirts of Thebes surrounded by bandits and a kneeling prisoner. -
Kassandra outside the herbalist's home
