Walk of Shame

Side quest, level 15. 82nd of 102 in play order.

Quest giver: S'nairoh, Western La Noscea (X 26.7, Y 25.5).

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Steps

Deliver the report to Commander Falkbryda.

Journal

A wan and listless S'nairoh has for you a new request, the first that does not involve slaying half a dozen beasts.
After the fireworks comes paperwork. S'nairoh has completed a report on the sordid incident of the hedgemoles. It falls upon you to deliver it to Commander Falkbryda at Camp Skull Valley.
The report is safely in the hands of Commander Falkbryda, whose steel-grey eyes appear to miss very little of the goings-on in Aleport. The docked pay and the hard words will, you hope, prompt S'nairoh to mend her ways.

Hidden

Lore Camp Skull Valley is now an important Maelstrom outpost. It was once just a circle of tents for a small Yellowjacket unit. The unit kept watch for kobold attacks.

Easter egg Falkbryda

is the commander who gets the report. The name Falkbryda means 'Falcon Bride' in the traditional Roegadyn language.

Spoiler about later in the story

Foreshadowing Remember Commander Falkbryda. She returns in the level 50 main story of patch 2.2, The Sea Rises. Once again, she is at Camp Skull Valley.

In-game text The

Hamlet Report you carry has a teasing item text. It says that after recent events, this report may read more like a letter saying sorry.

Title reference The 'walk of shame' is S'nairoh's

written report of her own big failure. She is too weak from the leeches to carry it herself. So she has you make the shameful walk for her.

Characters 2

S'nairoh
S'nairoh is pale and listless after the hedgemole mix-up. She has a new request that, for once, involves no beasts to slay.
What you know from earlier quests 2
- #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.
Falkbryda
Commander Falkbryda is at Camp Skull Valley, a Maelstrom outpost. S'nairoh fears what she may decide about her pay.
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #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.

What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest

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.
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'.

What the Japanese and German versions say 4

Japanese

EN 'I don't suppose I'd be spared a dock in pay. You don't think they'd clap me in the brig, do you?' · 'The docked pay and the hard words will, you hope, prompt S'nairoh to mend her ways.'

JA 「ああ、減給かなぁ……。減給……ううん、除隊かもなぁ……。」, 'Ah, a pay cut, I bet... A pay cut... no, maybe discharge...' · 「除隊は免れたス・ナイロ二等甲兵だが、どうやら減給は免れなかったようだ……。」, 'Storm Private S'nairoh escaped discharge, but it seems she did not escape the pay cut...'

除隊 (jotai) is discharge from the Maelstrom. The English S'nairoh fears the brig, a ship's jail.

EN 'Do you know what a soldier's greatest enemy is, [name]? Boredom.'

JA 「まったく、足元を見ずに、先のことを考えすぎなのだ。おのれの任務を着実にこなし続けてこそ、実力も実績も備わるというのに。」, 'Honestly, she's so busy thinking ahead that she doesn't watch her step. Yet it is only by carrying out one's own duties steadily, day after day, that one gains both skill and a track record.'

Falkbryda says this of S'nairoh. The English Falkbryda blames boredom instead.

German

Different

EN 'Unfortunate how she has gone to rack and ruin since she was posted to Aleport.' · 'Do you know what a soldier's greatest enemy is, [name]? Boredom.'

DE „Ihren Eifer in Ehren, aber ein Soldat, der Fehlalarm schlägt, ist ein großes Risiko. Was ist, wenn dadurch unsere Aufmerksamkeit von einem echten Angriff abgelenkt wird?“, 'All credit to her zeal, but a soldier who raises a false alarm is a big risk. What if it draws our attention away from a real attack?'

This is Falkbryda's worry. In English, one reply later, the trouble is boredom.

Different

EN 'I shall order the paymaster to dock her pay, but I'll not sign a censure.'

DE „Na ja, vielleicht braucht sie nur etwas Zeit, um sich an ihre neue Aufgabe zu gewöhnen. Ich werde mir die Sache mit der Soldkürzung noch einmal durch den Kopf gehen lassen.“, 'Well, maybe she just needs some time to get used to her new post. I'll reconsider the matter of the pay cut.'

Literally, she will 'let it go through the head once more', since S'nairoh may just need time. The English Falkbryda docks the pay at once.

Dialogue 8 lines

Accepting the quest

S'nairoh

Greetings, [name]. Will you deliver this in my stead to Camp Skull Valley? It's, er, my report to Commander Falkbryda.

DE Ich mache mir Sorgen wegen meiner Soldkürzung. ‘I'm worried about my pay cut.’ English asks you to deliver this to Camp Skull Valley; German says she is worried about her pay cut.
DE Beziehungsweise der Entlassung, die ich vielleicht sogar zu erwarten habe. ‘Or rather about the dismissal I may even be facing.’ English explains it is her report to the commander; German says she may even face dismissal.

I was as plain spoken as I could be, and I was going to report in person but...for some reason, I've barely the strength to visit the barber for leechings, let alone make the trip to Skull Valley.

DE Darin ist auch mein Versprechen, mich zu bessern. ‘It also contains my promise to mend my ways.’ English says she wrote as plainly as she could; German says the report contains her promise to improve.
JA とてもじゃないですが、自分で届けに行けません……。 ‘I simply cannot bring myself to go and deliver it myself...’ Japanese gives no reason — she just cannot face delivering it; English blames weakness from leechings.

I don't suppose I'd be spared a dock in pay. You don't think they'd clap me in the brig, do you?

JA ああ、減給かなぁ……。減給……ううん、除隊かもなぁ……。 ‘Ah, a pay cut, I bet... A pay cut... no, maybe discharge...’ 除隊 (jotai) is discharge from the Maelstrom. The English S'nairoh fears the brig, a ship's jail.
DE Vielleicht überlegt sie es sich noch mal. ‘Maybe she'll think it over again.’ English expects her pay to be docked; German hopes her superior may reconsider.
DE Mehr kann ich jetzt nicht tun. ‘There's nothing more I can do now.’ English fears being thrown in the brig; German says she can do nothing more now.
JA 減給……ううん、除隊かもなぁ……。 ‘Pay cut... no, maybe a discharge...’ English fears being thrown in the brig; Japanese fears being discharged.

Deliver the report to Commander Falkbryda

Falkbryda

Ah, an adventurer, and one whose name rings a bell. You have been of service to the Maelstrom, I hear. What brings you to Skull Valley?

A report from Private S'nairoh? It does her little credit that she did not make the trip herself. Stay while I peruse this.

Hm... She does not prevaricate at least, that one. Unfortunate how she has gone to rack and ruin since she was posted to Aleport. She was among the first in her shoal to be promoted to second class, yet now...

DE Ihren Eifer in Ehren, aber ein Soldat, der Fehlalarm schlägt, ist ein großes Risiko. ‘All credit to her zeal, but a soldier who sounds false alarms is a great risk.’ English says she has gone to ruin since posted to Aleport; German says a soldier raising false alarms is a big risk.
DE Was ist, wenn dadurch unsere Aufmerksamkeit von einem echten Angriff abgelenkt wird? ‘What if that draws our attention away from a real attack?’ English says she was among the first promoted to second class; German worries false alarms hide a real attack.
JA その点では評価できるのだが……肝心の仕事ぶりがこれでは、なかなか厳しいな。 ‘On that point I can give her credit, but... with her actual work being like this, it is rather hard.’ Japanese only says her actual work is poor; nothing about her decline since Aleport or her early promotion.

Do you know what a soldier's greatest enemy is, [name]? Boredom. I suspect S'nairoh has played the craven in fighting this foe.

JA まったく、足元を見ずに、先のことを考えすぎなのだ。おのれの任務を着実にこなし続けてこそ、実力も実績も備わるというのに。 ‘Honestly, she's so busy thinking ahead that she doesn't watch her step. Yet it is only by carrying out one's own duties steadily, day after day, that one gains both skill and a track record.’ Falkbryda says this of S'nairoh. The English Falkbryda blames boredom instead.
DE Immerhin ist sie ehrlich und macht keine Ausflüchte. ‘At least she is honest and makes no excuses.’ English says a soldier's greatest enemy is boredom; German praises S'nairoh for being honest and making no excuses.
DE Das sollte ich bei meiner Bewertung berücksichtigen ... ‘I should take that into account in my assessment ...’ English says S'nairoh gave in to boredom; German says Falkbryda will weigh her honesty in her assessment.
JA おのれの任務を着実にこなし続けてこそ、実力も実績も備わるというのに。 ‘It is only by steadily carrying out one's own duties that ability and achievements come, after all.’ English says S'nairoh gave in to boredom; Japanese says only steady work on one's duties brings skill and results.

I shall order the paymaster to dock her pay, but I'll not sign a censure. If she can stay out of the taverns and learn to keep herself busy, she may yet earn her salt.

DE Na ja, vielleicht braucht sie nur etwas Zeit, um sich an ihre neue Aufgabe zu gewöhnen. Ich werde mir die Sache mit der Soldkürzung noch einmal durch den Kopf gehen lassen. ‘Well, maybe she just needs some time to get used to her new post. I'll reconsider the matter of the pay cut.’ Literally, she will 'let it go through the head once more', since S'nairoh may just need time. The English Falkbryda docks the pay at once.
DE Ich werde mir die Sache mit der Soldkürzung noch einmal durch den Kopf gehen lassen. ‘I'll think the matter of the pay cut over once more.’ English orders her pay docked; German says Falkbryda will reconsider the pay cut.
DE Na ja, vielleicht braucht sie nur etwas Zeit, um sich an ihre neue Aufgabe zu gewöhnen. ‘Well, maybe she just needs some time to get used to her new task.’ English says she must stay out of taverns and keep busy; German says she may just need time to settle in.
JA 奴には、少し時間が必要そうだな。 ‘She seems to need a little time.’ English says she must stay out of taverns and keep busy; Japanese says she seems to need a little time.