When she returned, the male hunter from Vithrloekr was sitting by the fire as well.
- Norse Man 2: ...four! No, FIVE of those brown beasts!
The first man laughed.
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Breaking Teeth, Not Hearts was a virtual representation of one of Eivor Varinsdottir's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan in 2020 through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.
Description[edit | edit source]
Eivor met with a man sitting at a campfire in Nyhofn.
Dialogue[edit | edit source]
In Nyhofn, Eivor came across a man singing by a campfire.
- Norse Man 1: O'er the waves we sail, cutting the ocean's skin... and when the dawn arrives, the time for hunt begins...
Around the man were several slain animals. He was apparently waiting for others.
- Norse Man 1: They are making me wait quite a while.
Eivor approached and spoke to the man.
- Eivor: Quite a number you've taken.
- Norse Man 1: It was not me alone. My friends and I won them. We call ourselves the Toothbreakers. Sadly, we were separated. By a beast, of a kind we've never seen. In one fell swoop, it tore our group apart. We are supposed to meet here, to hunt that creature before returning home. And so, I wait.
- Eivor: Wait in safety, then.
- Norse Man 1: Safe travels, and watch the woods.
Eivor left. She returned again after meeting and helping his friends.
When she returned, the female hunter with the pet turkey was sitting by the fire as well.
- Norse Woman: Arne, you are going to do just fine. Your skills will help us in the battle ahead! He will, right?
- Norse Man 1: Yes. Sure.
- Norse Woman: ...Arne really flew, I swear it! He just needed that little push...
- Norse Man 1: You do know this bird is not meant to fly?
- Norse Woman: Hogwash! Arne is a highly trained fowl. The rules of body and nature do not bind him! He will aid us in the hunt!
- Norse Man 1: I hope for his sake he flies fast.
When she returned, both of the man's companions were sitting by the fire as well. The male hunter mocked the female hunter's training of Arne.
- Norse Man 2: Have you been drinking pig piss? It is clear that your Arne cannot fly or fight!
- Norse Woman: Stop being an arse!
- Norse Man 2: By Odin! You lot have gone mad since I've been away!
- Norse Man 2: So, what is the plan?
- Norse Woman: To charge in headfirst, attack by surprise!
- Norse Man 2: That worked out well for us the last time.
- Norse Man 1: No, we should be more careful this time. We track it, then we corner it.
Eivor spoke to the first man again.
- Norse Man 1: Good stranger! Thank you for your help. I heard what happened! We are just about to set off on our grand hunt for the fearsome beast. If the thirst of the hunt itches your throat, will you join us?
The man stood, beginning the hunt in earnest and signaling his group to follow.
- Norse Man 1: Into the unknown we go! Join us, kinsman!
The man and his companions ran out of Nyhofn and Eivor followed.
- Norse Man 1: This beast bested us last time. We should be on our guard.
- Norse Man 1: Tracks. There is no mistaking it, it came from the same creature that attacked us.
The group came upon a deer that had been mauled. They examined it for a moment before following the tracks.
- Norse Woman: Grr!
- Norse Man 2: Ack! Hey! Please, can we get along? Your horseplay will be our death.
- Norse Man 1: So, what brings you here, kinsman? Was it the pull of the wilderness? The thrill of the hunt?
- Eivor: You could say that.
- Norse Man 1: Then you will not be disappointed! However, be warned. This beast is quick to bite, and fearless.
- Norse Man 1: Tracks. There is no mistaking it, it came from the same creature that attacked us.
The group came upon a deer that had been mauled. They examined it for a moment before following the tracks.
The tracks led downhill towards a small rock laden pond, where they heard the growl of a cougar.
- Norse Man 1: Can you hear it? It's close. I feel it.
The group ran up the hill on the other side of the water and encountered the cougar in a small clearing.
- Norse Man 1: There it is! Gods, it's even more ferocious than before!
They fought the cougar.
- Norse Man 1: That glorious pelt... O, what a price it would fetch!
Best us once, not twice!
Your teeth will look nice on a string around my neck!
Cull the storming beast, and skin him from his teeth!
Together, the group killed the beast.
- Norse Man 1: Good fighting! What a beast we felled! You showed true grit out there. Thank you for joining our hunt.
Eivor considered the hunt to herself.
- Eivor: Predator or prey... you are what you choose to do.
Eivor spoke with each of the Toothbreakers again before departing.
- Norse Man 1: We are done here. If we ever meet again back on familiar ground, you are welcome to join us.
- Norse Man 2: Th-that creature was even worse than a bear, truly. This wilderness is too much for me... I cannot wait to be back home.
- Norse Woman: Arne did so well! You too, of course! Now, we can return home with our head high.
- Norse Woman: Arne... o well. He lasted the longest, amongst the rest. Now, we can finally return home with our head high!
Outcome[edit | edit source]
Eivor joined the man and his companion(s), whom Eivor helped earlier, on a hunt and killed the cougar they were hunting.
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
Even though the man in Nyhofn can be spoken to at any time, this memory cannot be started without first completing "Flight of Fancy" or "Ursine Takeover". The game will only load the dialogue for the first hunter to return, then the "combined" dialogue of the male hunter mocking the female hunter's training of Arne, then the group planning the hunt. If both memories are completed before returning to Nyhofn, it will prioritize the first memory completed.
All of the dialogue is triggered by proximity, therefore any "earlier" dialogues not fully exhausted may prevent the later dialogues from firing at all, by occupying their "place" in the queue. Thus it is recommended that players fully listen to the lead hunter singing alone, then "They're making me wait an awful while," before talking to him directly as laid out on the page, complete a memory of their choosing, return to hear it, then complete the other. It is possible to keep passing back and forth through Nyhofn's main gate talking to Nessa—or Hilde if "Hunter's Repast has advanced to that stage—about returning to England, then declining, to force the hunter dialogues to advance, and reloading a save made just outside Nyhofn may trigger the first remark properly.
If "A Dead Man's Tale" is not completed before the support memories, only one hunter may return to the camp despite helping both, however it is still possible to leave this memory incomplete and have both return without issue. On a similar note, completing this memory before the other of the two support memories may prevent the second hunter from ever returning to Nyhofn.
During Flight of Fancy, Eivor can kill Arne. When Eivor returns to Nyhofn, though, the dialogue around the campfire will still play as though Arne is alive. He will still be treated as dead by the woman hunter in her final remarks after killing the cougar, speaking as though Arne died there rather than during Flight of Fancy.
It can be difficult to keep Arne alive while also dragging out the fight long enough to hear all of the lead hunter's battle cries—and even on Aesir difficulty he will be able to deal significant damage to the cougar by himself, resulting in a cutoff as soon as the cougar dies—however saving and reloading on the hill leading up on the other side of the rock laden pond will reset and stall Arne's A.I. while the hunters move normally. This may allow him to lag behind the humans significantly and stay well out of the cougar's range while the hunters close in. Hitting the lead hunter with fully powered hunter bow shots may stagger him while allowing his lines to trigger—and a well-timed 'Focus of the Nornir' ability can slow time while the dialogue plays out and ready fully powered shots in one stroke.
The hunters one-time parting remarks, if not exhausted when the cougar is killed, will remain available after they return to camp, where the cougar's corpse will spawn in perpetuity as a source of leather.
