Kobolds Ahoy

Loetrswys

The kobold crimes of late give us ample cause for concern.

• DE Diese Gegend ist ganz schön gefährlich geworden. Erst letzte Woche musste ich mitansehen, wie Kobolde eine Kutsche überfallen und die gesamte Ladung geklaut haben. ‘This area has become quite dangerous. Just last week I had to watch kobolds hold up a coach and steal the entire load.’ Here too, Loetrswys saw kobolds rob a coach. The English stays vague.
• FR Tenez, il y a quelques jours, j'ai même vu une ch-charrette se faire attaquer par des K-Kobolds ! ‘Why, a few days ago I even saw a c-cart being attacked by K-Kobolds!’ French gives a concrete incident: days ago she saw Kobolds attack a cart. English stays general.
• DE Erst letzte Woche musste ich mitansehen, wie Kobolde eine Kutsche überfallen und die gesamte Ladung geklaut haben. ‘Only last week I had to watch kobolds ambush a coach and steal the entire load.’ German gives a concrete incident: last week she watched kobolds rob a coach of its whole load.
• JA 最近、このあたりも物騒になって……ついこの間も、コボルド族に荷車が襲われたのを見ました。 ‘Lately this area has become dangerous too... just the other day I saw a cart being attacked by kobolds.’ Japanese gives a concrete incident: she recently saw kobolds attack a cart. English stays general.

Yet Weitzaren is content to pass them off as mere mischief-making. He cares more for the welfare of his mills than that of his workers.

• FR Moi, ça me p-préoccupe tellement que j'ai du mal à me concentrer sur le travail, m-mais Weitzaren dit qu'il n'y a aucun risque et r-refuse de faire quoi que ce soit... ‘It worries me so much I can hardly focus on my work, b-but Weitzaren says there's no risk and r-refuses to do anything at all...’ English accuses Weitzaren of valuing his mills over his workers; French says he refuses to do anything.
• DE Weitzaren, der Narr, findet das alles noch völlig harmlos und sieht absolut keinen Handlungsbedarf. ‘Weitzaren, the fool, still finds it all completely harmless and sees absolutely no need to act.’ English accuses Weitzaren of valuing his mills over his workers; German says he sees no need to act.
• JA なのに、ヴェイツアレンは大丈夫だとか、のん気なことばかり言って、取り合ってくれないんです。 ‘And yet Weitzaren only says carefree things like "it's fine" and won't take me seriously.’ English accuses Weitzaren of valuing his mills over his workers; Japanese says he will not take her seriously.

If only my beloved, Moegramm, knew of my plight, I am certain he would leap to my rescue all the way from his post at the Red Rooster Stead.

• JA 冒険者さん、「レッドルースター農場」にいる私のダーリン、「ムーグラム」にこのことを伝えてくれませんか？ ‘Adventurer, could you tell this to my darling, Moegramm, at the Red Rooster Stead?’
• FR Vous qui êtes aventurière/er, v-vous ne voudriez pas prévenir mon mari, Moegramm, à la m-métairie du Coq rouge, s'il vous plaît ? ‘You're an adventurer, aren't you? W-would you mind warning my husband, Moegramm, at the Red Rooster f-farm, please?’ Like in Japanese, they are plainly married.

He often calls me his “little lamb,” and I am certain my absence could only have made his heart grow fonder.

• FR Je suis sûre que lui, il fera q-quelque chose ! ‘I'm sure that he will do s-something!’ English hopes her absence made his heart grow fonder; French is sure he will do something.
• DE Auf ihn ist Verlass. ‘He can be relied on.’ English says he calls her his "little lamb"; German says he is reliable.
• DE Er wird sicher sofort etwas unternehmen! ‘He will surely do something right away!’ English hopes her absence made his heart grow fonder; German is sure he will act at once.
• JA 愛するダーリンは頼れる人ですから……きっと、すぐに何とかしてくれるはずなんです。 ‘My beloved darling is someone I can rely on, so... surely he'll do something about it right away.’ English says he calls her his "little lamb"; Japanese says her darling is reliable.

Moegramm

Indeed, the kobolds' steady incursions warrant wariness.

• FR On voit vraiment vagabonder ces coquins de Kobolds de plus en plus. ‘We're seeing those kobold crooks running rampant more and more.’ In every line, Moegramm starts many words with the same sound. The English keeps only 'warrant wariness'.

And now they frighten my poor little lamb, the soul I love more than any other on two legs! We must summon the Yellowjackets at once.

• JA 我が愛する妻のためにも、イエロージャケットに陳情したいところだが……このレッドルースター農場には衛兵がおらんでな。 ‘For the sake of my beloved wife, I'd like to petition the Yellowjackets... but there are no guards at this Red Rooster Stead.’ So Moegramm and Loetrswys are married. The English never says so.
• FR Je voudrais volontiers avertir les casaques jaunes pour apaiser mon épouse apeurée, mais malheureusement, il n'y a aucun contingent campé dans notre modeste métairie du Coq rouge. ‘I would gladly alert the Yellowjackets to calm my frightened wife, but sadly no troops are camped at our humble Red Rooster farm.’
• DE Meiner geliebten Frau möchte ich natürlich sofort eine ganze Einheit der Gelbjacken zur Unterstützung schicken, aber leider sind hier an der Gockelburg keine Soldaten stationiert. ‘Of course I'd like to send a whole unit of Yellowjackets at once to help my beloved wife, but sadly no soldiers are stationed here at the Gockelburg.’

I shall pen the missive warning Ostfyr of the kobolds' advance. You must deliver it to the La Thagran Checkpoint.

There is no time to spare. To reach the La Thagran Checkpoint, go first to Blind Iron Mines─Broenruht will guide you from there.

Broenruht

Bound for the La Thagran Checkpoint? You've come to the right mines.

You'll find most denizens of the dark will leave you be so long as you extend them the same courtesy, but kobolds can be a bit more belligerent. Still, nothing an adventurer of your venturesomeness can't handle, I suppose.

• DE Vor denen solltest du dich in Acht nehmen. ‘You should be on your guard against them.’ English shrugs that an adventurer can surely handle the kobolds; German warns you to be on guard.
• JA 十分、気を付けて通ってくれ。 ‘Be very careful going through.’ English shrugs that an adventurer can surely handle the kobolds; Japanese urges you to be very careful.
• FR Fais toutefois attention aux Kobolds. ‘Do watch out for the Kobolds, though.’ French ends on a warning that the ever more numerous Kobolds are aggressive; English ends by saying you can handle them.

Ostfyr

They say a messenger through the mines arrives faster than the crow flies from the Stead. It is good to see you.

• FR Tu m'apportes quelque chose ? ‘Are you bringing me something?’ English quips that a messenger through the mines beats the crow; French just asks if you bring something.
• DE Hm, hast du etwas für mich? ‘Hm, do you have something for me?’ English quips that a messenger through the mines beats the crow; German just asks if you have something for him.
• JA ふむ、何か届け物でもあるのか？ ‘Hmm, do you have some delivery for me?’ English quips that a messenger through the mines beats the crow; Japanese just asks if you bring a delivery.

I hadn't realized the extent of the kobold menace, but Moegramm's missive has opened my eyes.

Should we fail to bolster our patrols of the La Noscean lowlands now, we stand to lose the region altogether.

I have not forgotten when the kobolds sought to seize the west. 'Twould be best those there know their former nemesis has resurfaced.

• JA コボルド族といえば、かつては西ラノシア方面から攻撃をしかけてきたものだが……。 ‘Speaking of the kobolds, they used to launch attacks from the Western La Noscea side...’ English says the kobolds once sought to seize the west; Japanese says they once attacked from the western side.

Though Staelwyrn no doubt remains vigilant, I would ask you to visit Summerford Farms and remind him that sleeping dogs may not be content to lie.

Staelwyrn

Ostfyr's prudence befits his post. The watchman's always seen threats far over the horizon.

• FR Ostfyr t'envoie me demander de surveiller le moindre mouvement des Kobolds dans les environs, tu dis ? ‘Hello, [name]. Ostfyr sent you to ask me to watch for the slightest Kobold movement around here, you say?’ English praises Ostfyr's prudence as fitting his post; French asks if Ostfyr really sent you about the kobolds.
• DE Ostfyr meint also, die Kobolde könnten uns Ärger machen? ‘So Ostfyr thinks the Kobolds could make trouble for us?’ English praises Ostfyr's prudence as fitting his post; German asks if Ostfyr thinks the kobolds could cause trouble.
• DE Das sollen sie ruhig mal versuchen! ‘Just let them try!’ English remarks the watchman always sees distant threats; German defiantly dares the kobolds to try.
• JA コボルド族の動向に警戒しろと、イエロージャケットのオストフィルが言っていただと？ ‘Ostfyr of the Yellowjackets said to watch out for kobold movements?’ English praises Ostfyr's prudence as fitting his post; Japanese asks in surprise if Ostfyr said to watch the kobolds.

Which is all well and good, but the Sahagin swarmin' at our gates demand my immediate attention before ugly heads that haven't reared themselves in recent memory.

Still, I know better than to disregard the biddin' of the Yellowjackets.