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==Dialogue== | ==Dialogue== | ||
After escaping Notre Dame following his murder of Charles Gabriel Sivert, Arno returned to the Sanctuary and reported to the council. | |||
'''Mirabeau''': ''Parishioners found a body in Notre Dame today. The wags are already calling him The Penitent. I take it justice has been done?'' | |||
'''Arno''':'' Not entirely. Sivert had an accomplice the night of (Mister) De La Serre's murder. He struck the killing blow.'' | |||
The other Council members looked at Arno while Mirabeau frowned. | |||
'''Mirabeau''': ''This raises troubling questions--what have you learned?'' | |||
'''Arno''': ''He was working with a man called le Roi des Thunes.'' | |||
Guilliaume Beylier came alert. | |||
'''Beylier''': ''The King of Beggars? Are you sure?'' | |||
'''Arno''': ''You know him?'' | |||
'''Beylier''': ''Of him. The beggars pay him tribute, the man himself is a ghost. We've sent three Assassins after him. The first two found no trace. The third never returned.'' | |||
'''Arno''': ''I can find him. Sivert met with one of his lieutenants. I owe it to the memory of (Mister) De La Serre to uncover the truth.'' | |||
Mirabeau consented. | |||
'''Mirabeau''': ''Perhaps you can at that. You've proved yourself a true Assassin today--and a true Assassin must have the proper tools.'' | |||
Bellec motioned for Arno to stick out his left arm, to which he attacked the mechanism for a Phantom Blade. | |||
'''Arno''': ''So the concealed blade and the smoke bombs were just, what you had on hand then?'' | |||
'''Mirabeau''': ''The Phantom Blade. A modest little update from the traditional Assassin's blade. Where you're going, you may not wish to get too close to you enemies. Now then. Assassin, this Council charges you to go to la Cour des Miracles. Find there the Templar agent le Roi des Thunes. Learn his secrets and bring him peace.'' | |||
Arno departed the Sanctuary and traveled to les Cour des Miracles. Using Eagle Vision, he eventually located Aloys la Touche interrogating a beggar who refused to pay up. | |||
'''Beggar''': ''Please, no! I've done all I can, it's the times! No one wants to--'' | |||
'''La Touche''': ''His Grace doesn't care about excuses! He cares about results! And if you can't make your quotas, he makes...adjustments. Doctor cut his foot off.'' | |||
'''Arno''': ''There you are. Le Roi des Thunes' lieutenant, La Touche.'' | |||
Arno witnessed La Touche's henchmen amputate their victim. He moved closer to intervine, but was stopped by the Marquis de Sade. | |||
'''De Sade''':'' Oh, I wouldn't do that. Look.'' | |||
More guards walked in. De Sade sighed. | |||
'''De Sade''': ''Lovely, no? The good folk of Paris give more money to crippled beggars than whole ones. Le Roi des Thunes sees in that bit of trivia a chance to motivate his less successful employees.'' | |||
'''Arno''': ''That man--'' | |||
'''De Sade''': ''Has lost a foot. Now you can charge in there, cause a great disturbance, and send all the rats scurrying back to their holes. Or you can disappear into the swarm and follow the rats back to their king. Either way, that man has lost a foot.'' | |||
The beggar's foot was now hacked off. | |||
'''Doctor''': ''It's done.'' | |||
'''La Touche''':'' Take him to the clinic for a proper cauterization, then send him back to the street.'' | |||
'''Guard''': ''Come on, up you get.'' | |||
'''Arno''': ''I appreciate the advice.'' | |||
'''De Sade''': ''Not yet.'' | |||
Arno lost patience. | |||
'''Arno''': ''Who are you, precisely? And why help me?'' | |||
'''De Sade''': ''Oh, I've had my eye on you for some time now, Arno. I feel it my sovereign duty to aid all those who suffered in cruelest bondage with me at the Bastille. And I have a vested interest in seeing the King of Rats caught in a trap. As to my name, I have the pleasure of being Donatien Alphonse-Francois, Marquis de Sade. Do pay me a visit when you've tired of chasing vermin. Oh, he's left a lovely trail. Good luck.'' | |||
Arno tailed La Touche as he made his way back to his headquarters. | |||
'''La Touche''': ''Double-time, lads. His Grace isn't fond of tardiness.'' | |||
'''Guard''': ''Is it true what he did to Thierry?'' | |||
'''La Touche''': ''I remember the man's screams and how long they lasted. And that was for an accounting error.'' | |||
'''Guard''': ''You're joking. I thought he'd skimmed off the take or some such.'' | |||
'''La Touche''':'' No, he misplaced a 1 in a ledger.'' | |||
'''Guard''': ''Right. Double-time it is.'' | |||
They finally reached the clinic. | |||
'''La Touche''': ''Get him inside, quickly. Something doesn't feel right.'' | |||
'''Guard''': ''He's dead, sir.'' | |||
'''La Touche''': ''Then toss him in the gutter and get yerselves inside!'' | |||
They shut the gates. | |||
'''Beggar 1''': ''Quotas are up again. I don't know who His Grace's new friends are, but they're squeezing us drier than stones.'' | |||
'''Beggar 2''': ''Hope I've got enough...'' | |||
'''Beggar 3''': ''Wonder what they'll take this week?'' | |||
'''Beggar 2''': ''More "tribute" for His Grace.'' | |||
'''Beggar 4''': ''Better this than the king's "modifications".'' | |||
Arno snuck into the building, listening as La Touche gave more orders. | |||
'''Doctor''':'' What's the order for the unfortunate in bed 6?'' | |||
'''La Touche''': ''"Horribly burned in a fire that killed his family and drove him mad."'' | |||
'''Doctor''': ''A burn job? Do you know how hard those are to get right without burning half the district to ash?'' | |||
'''La Touche''': ''Use a few drops of the strong acid. Laymen can't tell the difference.'' | |||
Arno kicked open the door to La Touche's office, surprising La Touche, who attempted to defend himself. Arno twisted La Touche's hand, disarming him, then dragged him over to the wall. | |||
'''La Touche''':'' No! No, please!'' | |||
Arno strapped La Touche to his own rack. | |||
'''Arno''':'' Give me le Roi des Thunes, and I'll spare you your life.'' | |||
'''La Touche''': ''The catacombs! He's in the catacombs beneath the old Church!'' | |||
'''Arno''': ''La Touche, I expected a stronger spine than yours! What will your master say?'' | |||
'''La Touche''': ''Oh God... God help me!'' | |||
Arno escaped the area. | |||
==Outcome== | ==Outcome== | ||
Revision as of 01:38, 5 January 2015
The Kingdom of Beggars was a virtual representation of one of Arno Dorian's genetic memories, relived by a Helix initiate through the Helix Navigator.
Description
With Sivert dead, Arno set out to locate his accomplice, Le Roi des Thunes.
Dialogue
After escaping Notre Dame following his murder of Charles Gabriel Sivert, Arno returned to the Sanctuary and reported to the council.
Mirabeau: Parishioners found a body in Notre Dame today. The wags are already calling him The Penitent. I take it justice has been done?
Arno: Not entirely. Sivert had an accomplice the night of (Mister) De La Serre's murder. He struck the killing blow.
The other Council members looked at Arno while Mirabeau frowned.
Mirabeau: This raises troubling questions--what have you learned?
Arno: He was working with a man called le Roi des Thunes.
Guilliaume Beylier came alert.
Beylier: The King of Beggars? Are you sure?
Arno: You know him?
Beylier: Of him. The beggars pay him tribute, the man himself is a ghost. We've sent three Assassins after him. The first two found no trace. The third never returned.
Arno: I can find him. Sivert met with one of his lieutenants. I owe it to the memory of (Mister) De La Serre to uncover the truth.
Mirabeau consented.
Mirabeau: Perhaps you can at that. You've proved yourself a true Assassin today--and a true Assassin must have the proper tools.
Bellec motioned for Arno to stick out his left arm, to which he attacked the mechanism for a Phantom Blade.
Arno: So the concealed blade and the smoke bombs were just, what you had on hand then?
Mirabeau: The Phantom Blade. A modest little update from the traditional Assassin's blade. Where you're going, you may not wish to get too close to you enemies. Now then. Assassin, this Council charges you to go to la Cour des Miracles. Find there the Templar agent le Roi des Thunes. Learn his secrets and bring him peace.
Arno departed the Sanctuary and traveled to les Cour des Miracles. Using Eagle Vision, he eventually located Aloys la Touche interrogating a beggar who refused to pay up.
Beggar: Please, no! I've done all I can, it's the times! No one wants to--
La Touche: His Grace doesn't care about excuses! He cares about results! And if you can't make your quotas, he makes...adjustments. Doctor cut his foot off.
Arno: There you are. Le Roi des Thunes' lieutenant, La Touche.
Arno witnessed La Touche's henchmen amputate their victim. He moved closer to intervine, but was stopped by the Marquis de Sade.
De Sade: Oh, I wouldn't do that. Look.
More guards walked in. De Sade sighed.
De Sade: Lovely, no? The good folk of Paris give more money to crippled beggars than whole ones. Le Roi des Thunes sees in that bit of trivia a chance to motivate his less successful employees.
Arno: That man--
De Sade: Has lost a foot. Now you can charge in there, cause a great disturbance, and send all the rats scurrying back to their holes. Or you can disappear into the swarm and follow the rats back to their king. Either way, that man has lost a foot.
The beggar's foot was now hacked off.
Doctor: It's done.
La Touche: Take him to the clinic for a proper cauterization, then send him back to the street.
Guard: Come on, up you get.
Arno: I appreciate the advice.
De Sade: Not yet.
Arno lost patience.
Arno: Who are you, precisely? And why help me?
De Sade: Oh, I've had my eye on you for some time now, Arno. I feel it my sovereign duty to aid all those who suffered in cruelest bondage with me at the Bastille. And I have a vested interest in seeing the King of Rats caught in a trap. As to my name, I have the pleasure of being Donatien Alphonse-Francois, Marquis de Sade. Do pay me a visit when you've tired of chasing vermin. Oh, he's left a lovely trail. Good luck.
Arno tailed La Touche as he made his way back to his headquarters.
La Touche: Double-time, lads. His Grace isn't fond of tardiness.
Guard: Is it true what he did to Thierry?
La Touche: I remember the man's screams and how long they lasted. And that was for an accounting error.
Guard: You're joking. I thought he'd skimmed off the take or some such.
La Touche: No, he misplaced a 1 in a ledger.
Guard: Right. Double-time it is.
They finally reached the clinic.
La Touche: Get him inside, quickly. Something doesn't feel right.
Guard: He's dead, sir.
La Touche: Then toss him in the gutter and get yerselves inside!
They shut the gates.
Beggar 1: Quotas are up again. I don't know who His Grace's new friends are, but they're squeezing us drier than stones.
Beggar 2: Hope I've got enough...
Beggar 3: Wonder what they'll take this week?
Beggar 2: More "tribute" for His Grace.
Beggar 4: Better this than the king's "modifications".
Arno snuck into the building, listening as La Touche gave more orders.
Doctor: What's the order for the unfortunate in bed 6?
La Touche: "Horribly burned in a fire that killed his family and drove him mad."
Doctor: A burn job? Do you know how hard those are to get right without burning half the district to ash?
La Touche: Use a few drops of the strong acid. Laymen can't tell the difference.
Arno kicked open the door to La Touche's office, surprising La Touche, who attempted to defend himself. Arno twisted La Touche's hand, disarming him, then dragged him over to the wall.
La Touche: No! No, please!
Arno strapped La Touche to his own rack.
Arno: Give me le Roi des Thunes, and I'll spare you your life.
La Touche: The catacombs! He's in the catacombs beneath the old Church!
Arno: La Touche, I expected a stronger spine than yours! What will your master say?
La Touche: Oh God... God help me!
Arno escaped the area.
Outcome
Interrogating la Touche, Arno discovered the hiding place of le Roi des Thunes.