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Nest We Forget
Side quest, level 16. 83rd of 102 in play order.
Quest giver: Falkbryda, Western La Noscea (X 22.8, Y 22.7).
Steps
- Remove the dodo's nest and dispatch dodos.
- Report to Falkbryda.
Journal
- Commander Falkbryda has a task for you, it seems. It is gratifying to know that at least one person in the encampment welcomes your presence.
- A bird in hand may be worth two in the bush, but the surfeit of nesting dodos draws predators to the camp. You are bid to remove the nest and smite any dodos that object.
- The nest is now but a memory. Deliver word of your success to Falkbryda.
- Falkbryda commends you on your speed, and proceeds to thank you with a tale of her encampment. Something tells you that there is still work to be done here.
Hidden
tells how Skull Valley got its name. The skulls of killed kobolds lined the valley floor. So no invader could pass without stepping on death.Spoiler about later in the story
Foreshadowing Falkbryda has more planned for you. She pays you at the end of Scythe Extra Large. She also gives the chart's last Aleport quest, I Hereby Relieve You.
makes the same point. The camp's own name reminds it of its purpose.Characters 2
Commander Falkbryda is at Camp Skull Valley. She wants to give you honest pay for honest work.
What you know from earlier quests 2
- #81 Mountains out of Molehills: S'nairoh
says Commander Falkbryda threatened to cut her pay if she caused another false alarm. After the hedgemole mix-up, S'nairoh expects the commander to cut it. - #82 Walk of Shame: Falkbryda has heard of your help to the Maelstrom. She dislikes that S'nairoh did not come herself, but notes her report is honest. She calls boredom a soldier's worst enemy. She cuts S'nairoh's pay but writes no formal blame. Her name means 'Falcon Bride'.
- #81 Mountains out of Molehills: S'nairoh
What you know from earlier quests 3
- #80 Keep Your Day Job: S'nairoh talks herself through arming the cannon while you fight; her partner C'mell is missing. The 'enemy' is only newborn puks, flying beasts that never threatened Aleport. She is let down: she joined the Maelstrom to fight, not to break up brawls.
- #81 Mountains out of Molehills: S'nairoh mistakes harmless hedgemoles for an attack of adamantoises (giant tortoises) and must stand down again. She hopes to become an officer, but fears losing pay she spends on ale. Blaming too much ale-fed blood, she rushes off to be treated with leeches.
- #82 Walk of Shame: S'nairoh asks you to carry her report to Commander Falkbryda at Camp Skull Valley. Too weak from leechings to go, she fears jail. Falkbryda says S'nairoh was once among the first promoted, but slipped at Aleport. Her pay is cut, without formal blame.
What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest
- Falkbryda: Dodos nest even inside the barracks, and she wants the nest gone before it draws dangerous beasts. She praises your speed. The camp guards against the kobolds of O'Ghomoro to the north; kobold skulls once lined the valley floor, giving its name.
What the French and German versions say 3
French
EN Nest We Forget
FR «Trop de nids tuent les nids», 'too many nests kill the nests'
The title copies the saying «trop d'impôt tue l'impôt», 'too much tax kills tax'. Too many dodos nest at the camp, and in the end the nest is destroyed.
German
EN Nest We Forget · 'The dodos brought by settlers now run feral, and keep us in meat, eggs, and headaches.'
DE „Camp Dodo-Dung“, 'Camp Dodo Dung' · „Kein sehr schöner Name, aber zum Glück hat man das Camp nicht danach benannt, was die Dodos so hinterlassen ...“, 'Not a very nice name, but luckily the camp was not named after what the dodos leave behind...'
Falkbryda is glad the camp escaped this name. The title gives it that very name.
EN 'The nest must be removed forthwith, before it draws beasts dangerous to men as well as birds.'
DE „Dodos und besonders ihre Jungen sind nämlich für eine äußerst aktive Verdauung bekannt ... Beseitige das Nest, damit die Bewohner des Camps wieder mit sauberen Schuhsohlen herumlaufen können.“, 'You see, dodos, and their young most of all, are known for a very active digestion... Remove the nest so the people of the camp can walk around with clean shoe soles again.'
Here the nest's problem is droppings, not predators.
Dialogue 6 lines
Accepting the quest
Falkbryda
Tarry a while, [name]. 'Twill not be said that an adventurer came to Camp Skull Valley and left without honest pay for honest work.
- FR Ce n'est pas tous les jours qu'une aventurière/ aventurier aussi chevronné(e) que toi passe au camp de la vallée du Crâne, et j'aimerais faire appel à tes services pour régler un problème de taille. ‘It is not every day that an adventurer as seasoned as you passes through Camp Skull Valley, and I would like to call on your services to settle a sizeable problem.’ French flatters you as a veteran and announces a big problem; English only promises honest pay for honest work.
We have a problem that other encampments may well find enviable. The dodos are so plentiful that they even nest within the barracks. The nest must be removed forthwith, before it draws beasts dangerous to men as well as birds.
- DE Dodos und besonders ihre Jungen sind nämlich für eine äußerst aktive Verdauung bekannt ... Beseitige das Nest, damit die Bewohner des Camps wieder mit sauberen Schuhsohlen herumlaufen können. ‘You see, dodos, and their young most of all, are known for a very active digestion... Remove the nest so the people of the camp can walk around with clean shoe soles again.’ Here the nest's problem is droppings, not predators.
- DE Dodos und besonders ihre Jungen sind nämlich für eine äußerst aktive Verdauung bekannt ... ‘Dodos, and especially their young, are known for an extremely active digestion, you see ...’ English jokes other camps might envy their problem; German jokes that dodos have a very active digestion.
- DE Beseitige das Nest, damit die Bewohner des Camps wieder mit sauberen Schuhsohlen herumlaufen können. ‘Remove the nest so that the camp's residents can walk around with clean soles again.’ English fears the nest will draw dangerous beasts; German wants residents to have clean shoe soles again.
Report to Falkbryda.
Falkbryda
Swiftly done! They do say that where a soldier dallies, an adventurer hurries.
- DE Das Dodo-Nest müffelt etwas ... ‘The dodo nest smells a bit ...’ English quotes a saying that adventurers hurry where soldiers dally; German says the dodo nest stinks a bit.
Peaceful as it may seem now, this encampment was built to ward against the kobolds of O'Ghomoro, to the north. We do not forget our purpose─you only need to look to our name.
- DE Ich frage mich, wie die vormaligen Bewohner es mit dieser Dodo-Sch... den Dodo-Nestern ausgehalten haben. ‘I wonder how the former occupants put up with this dodo-sh... these dodo nests.’ English notes the camp seems peaceful now; German wonders how earlier occupants endured the dodo nests.
- DE Mein Trupp ist erst vor kurzem hierher versetzt worden, als Ablösung. ‘My squad was only recently transferred here, as relief.’ English says they never forget their purpose; German says her squad was only recently posted here as relief.
The valley floor was once lined with the skulls of kobolds we slew, so that no invader might reach its southern mouth and the settlements beyond without treading on death with every step.
Nowadays, it seems we are in danger of treading on dodo eggs at every turn─or on the adders that feast on them. The dodos brought by settlers now run feral, and keep us in meat, eggs, and headaches.
- DE Kein sehr schöner Name, aber zum Glück hat man das Camp nicht danach benannt, was die Dodos so hinterlassen ... ‘Not a very nice name, but luckily the camp was not named after what the dodos leave behind...’ Falkbryda is glad the camp escaped this name. The title gives it that very name.
- JA そうまでして、この地を守ったのは入植者のためさ。 ‘We went that far to defend this land for the sake of the settlers.’ English jokes about treading on dodo eggs and adders; Japanese says they defended this land for the settlers.