vo_driving_first_run_begin_run_01_0=The time for denial has passed. You must face your failures... or be consumed by them.
vo_driving_first_run_begin_run_02_0=Onward once again, though all the world's horrors bar the way.
vo_driving_first_run_begin_run_03_0=The Flame - sacred and sputtering. The last hope for us all.
vo_driving_first_run_begin_run_04_0=Forward now, into the crumbling chaos of the world.
vo_driving_first_run_begin_run_05_0=When you are ready, this rutted roadway will finally take you home...
vo_driving_first_run_begin_run_06_0=This road is yours to travel, but you are not alone.
vo_driving_first_run_crossroads_01_0=The Crossroads - where lost souls hope to find their way.
vo_driving_first_run_crossroads_02_0=The Crossroads - a place <i>between places.</i>
vo_driving_first_run_crossroads_03_0=The Crossroads - who will step forward into the light?
vo_driving_first_run_crossroads_04_0=The Crossroads - a beacon for the broken and the battered.
vo_driving_first_run_crossroads_05_0=The Crossroads - wait by the lantern's light and welcome what help may come.
vo_driving_valley_graveyard_first_01_0=Each gravestone is more than a failure - it is a promise to do better.
vo_driving_valley_graveyard_after_01_0=Echoes of allies reverberating in the void.
vo_driving_valley_graveyard_after_02_0=To attempt and fail is no shameful thing.
vo_driving_valley_bridge_approach_01_0=You can feel it - a change in the air.
vo_driving_valley_bridge_approach_02_0=The winds whip more harshly on the far side of the brook.
vo_driving_valley_bridge_approach_03_0=The point of no return welcomes you with open arms...
vo_driving_valley_bridge_approach_04_0=Comforts are exhausted... ahead, only trial and tribulation.
vo_driving_valley_gaunt_barricade_pre_01_0=You see? Even your valley is not immune to the spreading stain.
vo_driving_valley_gaunt_barricade_pre_02_0=The bulwark of your denial is giving way...
vo_driving_valley_gaunt_barricade_post_01_0=Are you shaken? There is so much worse in store.
vo_driving_valley_gaunt_barricade_post_02_0=Push on to the Inn - rest and resupply await you.
vo_driving_biome_city_start_01_0=Behold the great cities of man - ruined and aflame.
vo_driving_biome_farm_start_01_0=The rancid crop grows unchecked and abhorent...
vo_driving_biome_forest_start_01_0=War rewards only resignation.
vo_driving_biome_cave_start_01_0=Tread carefully and quickly. This is swine country.
vo_driving_biome_mountain_start_01_0=At last the great Ziggurat - temple of failure and regret!  
vo_driving_biome_city_halfway_01_0=Rubble and flame... as far as the eye can see.
vo_driving_biome_city_halfway_02_0=Unhinged by the impending apocalypse, the fanatics burn book and building alike.
vo_driving_biome_city_halfway_03_0=Centuries of human learning and achievement, ruined by riotous contempt.
vo_driving_biome_city_halfway_04_0=The fanatics feed themselves to the fire, their flesh melting like candle wax...
vo_driving_biome_forest_halfway_01_0=Resigned to the end of things, they waited for death. And still they wait.
vo_driving_biome_forest_halfway_02_0=Emptied of mind and spirit by some existential shock,
vo_driving_biome_forest_halfway_02_1=the poor devils roam aimlessly amidst the trees.
vo_driving_biome_forest_halfway_03_0=These seasoned soldiers were deployed to a winding front... 
vo_driving_biome_forest_halfway_04_1=... meant to prevent the cult's descent from the Mountain.
vo_driving_biome_forest_halfway_04_0=When the cult came, no orders were shouted, no swords were drawn. 
vo_driving_biome_forest_halfway_04_1=There was only stupefying horror, and the catatonic lethargy that follows it.
vo_driving_biome_farm_halfway_01_0=Voracious and decadent, the landowners and peasants alike descended into an orgy of consumption.
vo_driving_biome_farm_halfway_02_0=They emptied their larders, gorging themselves as the world began to crumble.
vo_driving_biome_farm_halfway_03_0=First, they ate the rotten flesh of their animals. Then, still hungry, they turned upon themselves.
vo_driving_biome_farm_halfway_04_0=They thrill to the succulent flavour that grows up from some nightmare pit far beneath the earth.
vo_driving_biome_caves_halfway_01_0=Hidden in warrens and ancient waterways, the swine proliferate unseen and unchecked.
vo_driving_biome_caves_halfway_02_0=There are rumours these rancorous beasts have some demoniac spark of... otherworldly intelligence.
vo_driving_biome_caves_halfway_03_0=The swine were first reported by denizens of a small hamlet nestled on the western coast.
vo_driving_arrive_intersection_3way_01_0=Think carefully - today's oversight is tomorrow's regret.
vo_driving_arrive_intersection_3way_02_0=Myriad options require careful deliberation.
vo_driving_arrive_intersection_3way_03_0=The destination is never in question, only the route you take to get there.
vo_driving_arrive_intersection_3way_04_0=When deliberation is exhausted, trust your instincts.
vo_driving_arrive_intersection_3way_05_0=Consider all the variables... but do it quickly.
vo_driving_arrive_intersection_1way_01_0=A simple choice. At least, it should be.
vo_driving_arrive_intersection_1way_02_0=An elementary problem, is it not?
vo_driving_arrive_intersection_pause_x_seconds_01_0=We must keep moving...
vo_driving_arrive_intersection_pause_x_seconds_02_0=Destiny will not be denied.
vo_driving_arrive_intersection_pause_x_seconds_03_0=Procrastination of the inevitable is futility itself.
vo_driving_arrive_intersection_pause_x_seconds_04_0=Onward, while there is still time!
vo_driving_arrive_intersection_inventory_01_0=Your collection can wait - press onward!
vo_driving_arrive_intersection_inventory_02_0=Analysis is invaluable until it becomes an excuse for inaction.
vo_driving_arrive_intersection_inventory_03_0=All that matters is the flickering torch you bear...
vo_driving_road_barricade_faction_city_01_0=The hooded watchers howl to their horrid kin!
vo_driving_road_barricade_faction_farm_01_0=A festering impasse - tended by toothy fiends!
vo_driving_road_barricade_faction_forest_01_0=They stand guard even now, deathless and dreaming.
vo_driving_road_barricade_faction_cave_01_0=The pitiless stamp of cloven hooves can be heard ahead...
vo_driving_road_barricade_general_gaunts_01_0=The lost souls of a dying world - empty of hope and humanity.
vo_driving_road_barricade_general_gaunts_02_0=Stumbling and grasping, shadows of what they once were.
vo_driving_road_barricade_general_gaunts_03_0=Echoes of humanity, twisted by hopelessness...
vo_driving_road_barricade_general_pillagers_01_0=The worst kind of parasite - opportunists.
vo_driving_road_barricade_general_pillagers_02_0=Pillaging brigands, enriching themselves as the world collapses.
vo_driving_road_barricade_general_pillagers_03_0=It is low indeed to profit in destruction.
vo_driving_torchlight_first_75_0=Gather your resolve.
vo_driving_torchlight_first_50_0=Steady yourself...
vo_driving_torchlight_first_25_0=Do not despair.
vo_driving_torchlight_first_10_0=Oblivion closes in.
vo_driving_torchlight_first_0_0=The Flame is out - hope is lost!
vo_driving_game_loop_begin_driving_01_0=Up ahead - a light in the limitless expanse...
vo_driving_game_loop_begin_driving_02_0=Forward now, into oblivion's inky embrace.
vo_driving_game_loop_begin_driving_03_0=Push ahead, beyond the reach of this tenebrous malignity.
vo_driving_game_loop_into_valley_01_0=You came here seeking solace but found stagnation instead.
vo_driving_game_loop_into_valley_02_0=This place was beautiful once... what a pity.
vo_driving_game_loop_into_valley_03_0=The leaves fall, never to grow again.
vo_driving_game_loop_into_valley_04_0=Onward - and let us hope enough yet remains of the world...
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_01_0=I remember our first meeting on the steps of the University,
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_01_1=a collegial handshake that would doom us both.
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_02_0=Your insightful questions during my lectures gave me pause,
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_02_1=and I recognized in you something... of a kindred spirit.
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_03_0=Despite our differences in age and position, 
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_03_1=we shared a keen fascination for archaeology, folklore, and of course, occultism.
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_04_0=Interminable faculty socials became something of a delight,
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_04_1=knowing we'd abscond to a quiet table and 
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_04_2=lose ourselves in riveting discussion and passionate debate.
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_05_0=Commonalities between the mythos of ancient cultures was not a new area of study for either of us,
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_05_1=but it was there that we first noticed the pattern.
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_06_0=We spent long nights immersed in crumbling, worm-eaten volumes,
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_06_1=plumbing the forbidden secrets of antiquity.
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_07_0=Between semesters, we would spend our days rambling the woods,
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_07_1=talking excitedly of esoteric theory and ancient mysteries.
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_08_0=The University's resources were impressive... and yet, on occasion,
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_08_1=we relished in... firsthand experience.
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_09_0=You were my brightest student, my research partner, and my dearest friend.
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_10_0=It was you who found the cypher, scribbled hastily in the decaying margins of some long-forgotten tome. 
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_10_1=Scribbled... in blood.
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_11_0=Whether by providence or happenstance, 
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_11_1=we stumbled upon the mark of some strange power invoked the world over, reflected in cultures predating mankind itself.
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_11_2=The Iron Crown - enigmatic and ubiquitous.
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_12_0=A semicircle radiating five points of power,
vo_driving_game_loop_valley_lore_12_1=a symbol hidden deep in the iconography of every ancient empire...
vo_driving_game_loop_cathedral_approach_01_0=The caliginous cathedral - malign temple of the Iron Crown!
vo_driving_game_loop_cathedral_approach_02_0=Behold - the source of the stain, gateway to incomprehensible emptiness!
vo_driving_game_loop_cathedral_approach_03_0=The nightmare gate is revealed! Beyond, only infernal nihility and nonexistence!
vo_driving_game_loop_see_final_boss_1_01_0=Pity the Great Denier - chained by its own command!
vo_driving_game_loop_final_boss_1_begin_01_0=The mind must be freed of its self-imposed incarceration!
vo_driving_game_loop_final_boss_1_end_01_0=At last, the world's mind is free to remember a time before the cancerous corruption.
vo_driving_game_loop_run_end_victory_01_0=At last - the veil begins to lift!
vo_driving_game_loop_run_end_victory_02_0=The shadow's advance has been halted - for a time.
vo_driving_game_loop_run_end_victory_03_0=Success, so long pursued, is rewarded only with creeping revelation.
vo_driving_game_loop_run_end_victory_04_0=The Flame sears the skulking shadows from the darkened corners of the earth!
vo_driving_game_loop_run_end_failure_01_0=Do not despair. There is nobility in the attempt.
vo_driving_game_loop_run_end_failure_02_0=Remain undeterred and you will yet prevail.
vo_driving_game_loop_run_end_failure_03_0=Learn from each attempt. Deepen your understanding and victory will come.
vo_driving_game_loop_run_end_failure_04_0=Try and try again - you <i>will</i> break through this gloaming murk.
vo_driving_game_loop_run_end_failure_05_0=On and on, over and over, until the truth is laid bare and you are finally free.
vo_driving_game_loop_driving_post_run_results_01_0=The greatest horror, it would seem, is nothing at all.
vo_driving_game_loop_driving_post_run_results_02_0=An ocean of emptiness... slowly swallowing the world.
vo_driving_game_loop_driving_post_run_results_03_0=While the Flame still burns, hope remains.
vo_driving_game_loop_driving_post_run_results_04_0=A nebulous nightmare - an apocalypse that only we can oppose.
vo_driving_game_loop_driving_post_run_results_05_0=How many souls are lost forever in this lightless obscurity?
vo_driving_game_loop_driving_post_run_results_06_0=Stagnant and sprawling, this hellish abyss extends beyond sanity itself.
vo_driving_game_loop_driving_post_run_results_07_0=We travel though the incalculable dimensions of human weakness.
vo_driving_game_loop_driving_post_run_results_08_0=You have cowered in your crumbling denial long enough. 
vo_driving_game_loop_profile_level_up_01_0=The Flame grows stronger!
vo_driving_game_loop_profile_level_up_02_0=The odyssey strengthens you!
vo_driving_game_loop_profile_level_up_03_0=Knowledge and experience - twin yardsticks of progress.
vo_driving_game_loop_profile_level_up_04_0=Each milestone makes the next road just a little easier.
vo_driving_game_loop_approach_house_01_0=The seat of your denial - perched precariously in the murky gloaming.
vo_driving_game_loop_approach_house_02_0=Indistinct and ill-lighted - no comfort awaits you here...
vo_driving_game_loop_approach_house_03_0=The house on the borderlands, half swallowed by the stain.
vo_driving_game_loop_approach_house_04_0=Your sanctum, adrift in this bituminous nightmare.
vo_driving_game_loop_sign_denial_01_0=The shackles of denial must. be. destroyed.
vo_loot_generic_01_0=In this world, wealth is worthless without purpose.
vo_loot_generic_02_0=Scavenge what you can and be off once more.
vo_loot_generic_03_0=An unexpected find...
vo_loot_generic_04_0=Abandoned or forgotten - it is ours now.
vo_loot_generic_05_0=In crisis, no gain is insignificant.
vo_loot_loot_great_01_0=An impressive haul; put it to good use.
vo_loot_hero_point_01_0=The means of mastery!
vo_loot_hero_point_02_0=Experience, however painful, is the greatest teacher of all...
vo_loot_hero_point_03_0=By confronting the past, we learn to face the future.
vo_loot_relics_many_01_0=A fortune in memories long forgotten.
vo_loot_sc_upgrade_01_0=The wainwright awaits, eager to ply his trade.
vo_loot_trinket_good_01_0=An inkling of potency still lingers in some of these well-worn relics.
vo_loot_trinket_great_01_0=Amidst the spoils, an artifact of unparalled power!
vo_loot_inventory_full_01_0=Your coach is laden - you can carry no more.
vo_driving_loathing_level_01_0=The Loathing Abates...
vo_driving_loathing_level_02_0=The Loathing Festers...
vo_driving_loathing_level_03_0=The Loathing Whispers...
vo_driving_loathing_level_04_0=The Loathing Howls...
vo_driving_loathing_level_05_0=The Loathing Spreads...
vo_driving_loathing_level_06_0=The Loathing Consumes...
vo_curios_broken_clock_0=Despite being in perfect working order, it remains damnably stuck just before twelve.
vo_curios_caged_creature_0=An early experiment - gird yourself and don't stand too close.
vo_curios_faceless_facsimile_0=The theory at the time was that harm could be rendered to a subject... by proxy.
vo_curios_familiar_desk_0=The well-worn seat of our research, still littered with notes,
vo_curios_familiar_desk_1=diagrams, and dusty journals.
vo_curios_formless_sculpture_0=I regret ever buying that cursed clay from whence sprung this anathema.
vo_curios_hovering_polyhedra_0=Recovered from the sunken temple off the wind-whipped coast,
vo_curios_hovering_polyhedra_1=it emanates an antidiluvian power.
vo_curios_memories_of_a_dream_0=You painted without rest for days, babbling incoherently of distant, 
vo_curios_memories_of_a_dream_1=half-imagined places.
vo_curios_scary_song_0=We were able to replicate the Dark Song, albeit in a more... conventional key.
vo_curios_sealed_doorway_0=It would be... unwise to reopen this hateful portal, if memory serves. 
vo_curios_shamblers_altar_0=The inscription reads, "The sacrifice of Hope opens the gate to ruin.
vo_curios_shamblers_altar_1=Offer of yourself if you crave the Void."
vo_curios_thing_in_corner_0=We found the pathetic creature chained to an obelisk,
vo_curios_thing_in_corner_1=a half-mile beneath the old church ruins.
vo_curios_thought_experiment_0=We reasoned that the mind must be dissected if it is to be understood.
vo_curios_timeworn_volumes_0=A rare and impressive collection of folklore, 
vo_curios_timeworn_volumes_1=ancient wisdom, and... sinister secrets.
vo_curios_unsettling_portrait_0=A handsome rendering of some wealthy degenerate.
vo_curios_vintage_collection_0=There is something unearthly in the tannin of this unsavoury vintage.
vo_driving_node_destination_story_resist_01_0=Perhaps you are finding your courage at last.
vo_driving_node_destination_story_resist_02_0=Chaos must be met with unwavering resolve.
vo_driving_node_destination_story_resist_03_0=You will fight so that others may flee.
vo_driving_node_destination_story_assist_01_0=This is no place for decent folk.
vo_driving_node_destination_story_assist_02_0=Lost and desperate - they need your help.
vo_driving_node_destination_story_assist_03_0=Let us temper this world's cruelty, just a little.
vo_driving_node_destination_story_assist_04_0=The Flame sputters - you must give hope to get it.
vo_driving_node_destination_story_cosmic_01_0=Up ahead, the seat of our regretable research.
vo_driving_node_destination_hero_shrine_01_0=Look ahead - a place to reflect, remember, and reconcile.
vo_driving_node_destination_cultist_territory_01_0=The Avatars of Oblivion - clergy of the Spreading Stain.
vo_driving_node_destination_dungeon_01_0=I trust you have calculated your odds carefully... this will not be easy.
vo_driving_node_destination_watchtower_01_0=Reliable information brings accurate insight, after all.
vo_driving_node_destination_cache_01_0=Supplies this way, if you can make it.
vo_driving_node_destination_hoarder_01_0=Let us hope the madman's scrounging has borne fruit.
vo_driving_node_destination_field_hospital_01_0=If you hope to heal, you have chosen wisely.
vo_driving_node_destination_inn_01_0=At last, respite within reach.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_resist_general_01_0=They revel in debauchery, debasing themselves in the face of the end.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_resist_general_02_0=Your path lies through them, and so they must fall.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_resist_general_03_0=Pity a soul so twisted by despair.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_resist_general_04_0=To arms, though it brings no satisfaction.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_resist_city_01_0=Lament the knowledge taken by the fires of these fanatics.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_resist_city_02_0=Emboldened anarchists, desperate to excercise their nihilism.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_resist_farm_01_0=Plague Eaters - feeding on the tainted crop.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_resist_farm_02_0=Toothy and corpulent, slaves to their hunger.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_resist_forest_01_0=Slow, vacant, and resigned, the lost battalion shambles on.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_resist_forest_02_0=They had honour once. Now they have nothing at all.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_resist_cave_01_0=Swine folk, indulging their vileness in the dark.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_resist_cave_02_0=No choice - the brutish creatures must be confronted.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_assist_general_01_0=Let us hope their desperation can be eased.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_assist_general_02_0=Facing oblivion, these folk have kept their honour. Have you?
vo_driving_node_activate_story_assist_general_03_0=You must be strong enough to shoulder more than your share of the burden.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_assist_general_04_0=Desperate and wanting - will you rebuff their earnest pleas?
vo_driving_node_activate_story_assist_general_05_0=Look upon their noble struggle and be humbled by it.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_assist_general_06_0=Giving in to madness is easier than holding out against it. They are heroes.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_cosmic_general_01_0=An Academic's Study - full of the forbidden and the forgotten.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_cosmic_general_02_0=Rummage through the shelves laden with echoes of indistinct ideas.
vo_driving_node_activate_story_cosmic_general_03_0=This unkempt study evokes a feeling of the familiar, does it not?
vo_driving_node_activate_story_cosmic_general_04_0=A place of research and inquiry - a momument to a once-prestigious career.
vo_driving_node_activate_hero_shrine_general_01_0=Who will face the half-remembered horrors of their past?
vo_driving_node_activate_hero_shrine_general_02_0=We must understand the past if we are ever to be free of it.
vo_driving_node_activate_cultist_territory_general_01_0=Emptiness and dissolution have wormed their way into the world!
vo_driving_node_activate_cultist_territory_general_02_0=Behold - the infinite emptiness of the void!
vo_driving_node_activate_cultist_territory_general_03_0=Reality comes asunder before our eyes!
vo_driving_node_activate_cultist_territory_general_04_0=The beautiful illusion that was the world - fragmented and undone.
vo_driving_node_activate_dungeon_general_01_0=This is a den of absolute evil and wretchedness. Prepare yourself.
vo_driving_node_activate_dungeon_general_02_0=Foul winds and foul tidings - no doubt the source is within.
vo_driving_node_activate_dungeon_general_03_0=Beware what awaits you inside.
vo_driving_node_activate_dungeon_general_04_0=Steel yourself, the hulking horror inside will not fall easily.
vo_driving_node_activate_dungeon_city_01_0=The Library burns - and with it, the remains of philosophy, reason, and insight.
vo_driving_node_activate_dungeon_city_02_0=The conflagration must be stopped! The Librarian must. be. destroyed.
vo_driving_node_activate_dungeon_farm_01_0=The landowner's manor - do you hear the child's cries?
vo_driving_node_activate_dungeon_farm_02_0=The harvest is here - pity those with a place at the table.
vo_driving_node_activate_dungeon_forest_01_0=Within every Keep, a General and his loyal, lumbering guard.
vo_driving_node_activate_dungeon_forest_02_0=He has retreated, undying, into a dream - and there he must stay.
vo_driving_node_activate_watchtower_general_01_0=The value of such a view is matched only by its unsettling awfulness.
vo_driving_node_activate_watchtower_general_02_0=Everywhere, in all directions, destruction has claimed dominion.
vo_driving_node_activate_watchtower_general_03_0=Look to the horizon and lament.
vo_driving_node_activate_watchtower_general_04_0=The fog is parted; our way is made clear.
vo_driving_node_activate_cache_general_01_0=Perhaps I left this for you. Perhaps you left it for yourself.  
vo_driving_node_activate_cache_general_01_1=Perhaps it is not here at all.
vo_driving_node_activate_cache_general_02_0=My wealth and possessions, bundled into this meager pile.
vo_driving_node_activate_cache_general_03_0=Take up these goods and imbue them with purpose.
vo_driving_node_activate_cache_general_04_0=Karma abhors waste - best to take all you can.
vo_driving_node_activate_hoarder_general_01_0=His stifled smirking betrays a malign madness.
vo_driving_node_activate_hoarder_general_02_0=He struggles to decide what is real, holding back fits of laughter and tears.
vo_driving_node_activate_hoarder_general_03_0=He chatters incoherently - but his prices remain fixed.
vo_driving_node_activate_hoarder_general_04_0=His attention is unfocused, as though he is in two places at once.
vo_driving_node_activate_field_hospital_general_01_0=Joints ache and muscles burn; the body requires attention.
vo_driving_node_activate_field_hospital_general_02_0=She weeps for the fallen... and knows she will join them soon enough.
vo_driving_node_activate_field_hospital_general_03_0=She understands the futility of her work but undertakes it nonetheless.
vo_driving_node_activate_field_hospital_general_04_0=She heals the injuries of others while ignoring her own.
vo_inn_travelogue_01_0=Rest tonight, under the Mountain's unblinking gaze.
vo_inn_travelogue_02_0=The fire is lit, the table is set. The Inn awaits its favourite guests...
vo_inn_travelogue_03_0=There are yet places such as this, where a little light still gathers.
vo_inn_travelogue_04_0=Rest now, for a time.
vo_inn_travelogue_05_0=The roaring hearth does much for the weary body...
vo_inn_travelogue_05_1=... even more, perhaps, for the restless soul.
vo_inn_travelogue_06_0=Lower your guard, soften your gaze - it is safe here.
vo_inn_travelogue_07_0=We would come here in the summers of years gone to write, think, and rest.
vo_inn_travelogue_08_0=The place is a little worse for wear, but familiar nonetheless.
vo_inn_travelogue_09_0=The familar hearth crackles invitingly once again...
vo_inn_route_select_city_01_0=Our great cities burn. All that beauty and knowledge, ash on the wind.
vo_inn_route_select_city_02_0=Another nameless city, another inferno of mutilation and madness.
vo_inn_route_select_farm_01_0=The tainted crop continues to spread its tendrils of rot and pestilence.
vo_inn_route_select_farm_02_0=The farms and fields of our kingdom, overrun with putrescence and rot.
vo_inn_route_select_forest_01_0=Mud and rain. Resignation and death. This land is truely barren.
vo_inn_route_select_forest_02_0=Trenches and tents - the front lines of a war that was never fought.
vo_inn_route_select_cave_01_0=Unmapped, unexplored. A riskly proposition.
vo_inn_route_select_cave_02_0=Abandoned waterways, home now to far worse than rats.
vo_inn_route_select_open_01_0=The first of many forks in the road. Choose your path and ride out unbowed.
vo_inn_route_select_open_02_0=Everywhere in ruin, everywhere in need.
vo_inn_route_select_open_03_0=The provinces and cantrevs of our land, crumbling and undone.
vo_inn_route_select_open_04_0=Every road a winding torment. Every turn bent on our destruction.
vo_inn_route_select_open_05_0=Rain, fire, and rot. Is there no sanctuary from this madness?
vo_inn_route_select_open_06_0=Consider your position and plan accordingly.
vo_inn_sc_config_wainwright_general_01_0=Your coach must be maintained if it is to carry you where you must go.
vo_inn_sc_config_wainwright_general_02_0=Each improvement a new variable in the equation of your fate.
vo_inn_sc_config_wainwright_general_03_0=Planning and mindfulness, as vital to survival as sharpened steel.
vo_inn_sc_config_wainwright_general_04_0=The next stop is leagues away - plan accordingly.
vo_inn_sc_config_item_add_general_01_0=Good - an improvement.
vo_inn_sc_config_item_add_general_02_0=This will serve well.
vo_inn_sc_config_item_add_general_03_0=Any advantage is a good thing.
vo_inn_sc_config_item_add_general_04_0=Bolt it on and be off. The Mountain will not be denied.
vo_inn_sc_config_item_remove_general_01_0=Experimentation - your academic instincts serve you well.
vo_inn_sc_config_item_remove_general_02_0=Reconfigure - meet each challenge on its own terms.
vo_inn_sc_config_trophy_add_general_01_0=An accomplishment worth remembering!
vo_inn_sc_config_trophy_add_general_02_0=Let them know us by our reputation.
vo_inn_sc_config_pet_add_general_01_0=A little company for the long ride ahead.
vo_inn_sc_config_pet_add_general_02_0=It cannot fight, but perhaps it can calm.
vo_inn_shop_open_general_01_0=Conventional fare, but fairly priced.
vo_inn_shop_open_general_02_0=Precious relics remind us of a time before the end.
vo_inn_shop_open_general_03_0=Spend what you can, for wealth no longer has meaning - if indeed it ever did.
vo_inn_trainer_open_general_01_0=Learn what can be taught, that you may stand just a little taller at the end.
vo_inn_trainer_open_general_02_0=Listen, practice, improve.
vo_inn_trainer_open_general_03_0=One learns quickly when survival demands it.
vo_hoarder_purchase_combat_item_01_0=The tools of violence. Despicable and dangerous.
vo_hoarder_purchase_combat_item_02_0=A regrettably necessary acquisition.
vo_hoarder_purchase_rest_item_01_0=A bit of comfort on the road to damnation.
vo_hoarder_purchase_rest_item_02_0=Something to ease the rigours of the road.
vo_hoarder_purchase_trinket_01_0=Trinkets and baubles, paid for in blood.
vo_hoarder_purchase_trinket_02_0=... such power in such a little thing.
vo_hoarder_purchase_sc_upgrade_01_0=A sound investment in roads yet untraveled.
vo_hoarder_purchase_sc_upgrade_02_0=Anything that lets us travel further is worth the cost.
vo_hospital_quirk_remove_01_0=Even the worst habits can be overcome.
vo_hospital_quirk_remove_02_0=We need not be defined by our shortcomings.
vo_hospital_quirk_lock_01_0=We must preserve what is best in us.
vo_hospital_quirk_lock_02_0=Strength comes in many forms.
vo_hospital_disease_remove_01_0=The treatment is harsh, but undeniably effective.
vo_hospital_disease_remove_02_0=We can suffer no sickness on this pilgrimage.
vo_hospital_purchase_item_01_0=The odds of illness are high - best to be prepared.
vo_hospital_purchase_item_02_0=Tonics, tinctures, and remedies - the science of hope.
vo_recruit_hero_hellion_0=Beneath bloodlust and fury, there is emptiness... and shame.
vo_recruit_hero_leper_0=Making peace with adversity is the very essence of existence.
vo_recruit_hero_highwayman_0=Hunted, harried - a fugitive seeking to outpace the past.
vo_recruit_hero_jester_0=A murderous melody lingers long after the final chord has been struck.
vo_recruit_hero_graverobber_0=Avarice slips unseen into the catacombs of the mind.
vo_recruit_hero_plague_doctor_0=Indiscriminate science stains the surgeon's hands.
vo_recruit_hero_occultist_0=To know the abyss, one must embrace it.
vo_recruit_hero_man_at_arms_0=Pride - more devastating than the horrors of a hundred campaigns.
vo_recruit_hero_runaway_0=Nothing remains... save a burning will to survive.
vo_hero_story_failure_01_0=It is a difficult thing to face the past... and even moreso to reconcile with it.
vo_hero_story_failure_02_0=Acceptance requires honesty, painful as it might be.
vo_hero_story_failure_03_0=Only when we acknowledge the past can we be free from it.
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch1_slam_0=Highwayman\nChapter One: Freedom
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch1_fight_start_0=A prison riot! A fleeting chance to escape incarceration!
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch1_fight_reward_0=He would be a fugitive, a hunted man, but a free one nonetheless...
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch2_slam_0=Chapter Two: Laying Low
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch2_text_0=Harried by a pursuing garrison, he took refuge in the foetid canals of the city.
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch2_text_1=Concealment took its toll, and soon he began to see himself in the furtive, 
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch2_text_2=scurrying pests that formed an unfortunate portion of his meager diet.  
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch2_text_3=Freedom, once so fondly imagined, had become a vortex of degredation.
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch3_slam_0=Chapter Three: One Last Job
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch3_text_0=He was sick and starving.
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch3_text_1=And in desperation, offered his expertise to an unscrupulous malefactor.
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch3_text_2=Shackled once more to an unsavoury task by an advance of gold, 
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch3_text_3=he lined his belly, girded himself, and prepared for one. final. heist.
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch4_slam_0=Chapter Four: Highway Robbery
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch4_fight_start_0=The stagecoach arrived, and he set himself to the business of bloodshed and robbery!
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch4_fight_reward_0=He fulfilled his obligations with exceptional lethality,
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch4_fight_reward_1=but his grim satisfaction would prove short lived...
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch5_slam_0=Chapter Five: Shackled
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch5_text_0=The lifeless body of a woman and child, horribly mutilated by errant gunfire,
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch5_text_1=stared spectrally through the remnants of the coach door.
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch5_text_2=Arrested by the ghoulish sight, he felt the cold chains of remorse tighten around his heart.
vo_hero_story_highwayman_ch5_text_3=Guilt was a pursuer he could never outrun, a prison he would never escape.
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch1_slam_0=Plague Doctor\nChapter One: The Good Student
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch1_text_0=Brilliant and bold, her unconventional theories created nothing short of a scandal in her fourth year.
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch1_text_1=The mocking whispers and scornful glares of her peers and professors
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch1_text_2=had an ironically invigorating effect upon her 'extracurricular experiments.'
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch1_text_3=The mysteries of the human body - of life and death itself - hovered just beyond her scalpel's reach...
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch1_text_4=... if only she could acquire a corpse of sufficient freshness.
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch2_slam_0=Chapter Two: Head of the Class
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch2_fight_start_0=Her professor was a relic,
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch2_fight_start_1=hacking and wheezing his way through a hopelessly conventional curriculum!
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch2_fight_reward_0=She delighted in the combative debate, and, 
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch2_fight_reward_1=behind her bookish glasses, reveled in their outrage and confusion.
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch3_slam_0=Chapter Three: Extra Credit
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch3_text_0=By the second semester, her research was at a critical point.
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch3_text_1=And regular supply raids of the University laboratories had become necessary.
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch3_text_2=During one such expedition, she stumbled upon her professor,
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch3_text_3=awkwardly slumped over his podium, a bloody kerchief on the floor.
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch3_text_4=Here, then, was her ideal cadaver, her long-awaited opportunity. And she would not waste it.
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch4_slam_0=Chapter Four: Failing Grade
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch4_fight_start_0=Success! Vindication. The human machine restored to action! 
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch4_fight_reward_0=The shrieking was horrible, but the silence that followed... was even worse.
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch5_slam_0=Chapter Five: Do No Harm
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch5_text_0=Disposal of the body was a procedural affair,
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch5_text_1=a carboy of acid would dissolve the thing, and no evidence would remain.
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch5_text_2=In the weeks that followed, however, she found herself unable to focus,
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch5_text_3=instead sitting motionless at her desk, 
vo_hero_story_plague_doctor_ch5_text_4=paralyzed by the ceaseless wailing that reverberated in her mind.
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch1_slam_0=Grave Robber\nChapter One: Luxury's Lap
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch1_text_0=Born into money and married into more, she spent her days on horseback and her evenings in the ballroom.
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch1_text_1=She was the object of her husband's boorish lust and drunken temper,
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch1_text_2=placating his worst tendencies with a veneer of gracious deference.
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch1_text_3=All the while, indulging murderous fantasies of freedom...
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch1_text_4=and the fortune that would soon be hers.
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch2_slam_0=Chapter Two: Night Cap
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch2_fight_start_0=Night after night of disrespect and abuse - enough was enough.
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch2_fight_reward_0=She listened, smirking, as his empty apologies came in desperate, choking gags...
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch3_slam_0=Chapter Three: Embarassment of Riches
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch3_text_0=Years of decadence and financial mismanagement had left the estate in staggering debt.
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch3_text_1=Humiliated and facing eviction, she wandered the empty halls,
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch3_text_2=hurling inebriated indignities at the portrait of the deceased,
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch3_text_3=whose hand had rested so possessively upon her shoulder.
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch3_text_4=A gleam of gold on that painted paw reminded her that his rings were unaccounted for...
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch3_text_5=... and must have been buried with him.
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch4_slam_0=Chapter Four: Filthy Rich
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch4_fight_start_0=To preserve her standing, she would pilfer the rings from his fingers - the gold from his teeth!
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch4_fight_reward_0=She was awash in exhilaration, the glint in her eyes outshining the fistful of ill-gotten gains.
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch5_slam_0=Chapter Five: The Afterparty
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch5_text_0=Armed officials dispatched to oversee the eviction were shocked to find the front doors of the manor listlessly ajar.
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch5_text_1=The lavish carpets were lousy with dirt and leaves. 
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch5_text_2=A heap of heirlooms gleamed on the ballroom floor - rings and brooches in a careless pile. 
vo_hero_story_grave_robber_ch5_text_3=The lady of the manor, however... was nowhere to be found.  
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch1_slam_0=Occultist\nChapter One: The Ritual
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch1_text_0=On certain portentious evenings carefully selected for their astrological potency,
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch1_text_1=he would gather his devotees around the ancient onyx table, and, joining hands with them,
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch1_text_2=would send his spirit out in the void. Safely tethered by their vital energies,
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch1_text_3=he was free to wander the Outer Spheres in search of some dark communion and impossible power.
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch2_slam_0=Chapter Two: A Door in the Desert
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch2_text_0=He found himself in a vast expanse of windswept dunes.
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch2_text_1=Ahead, the stone spires of a pyramidal temple called down jagged bolts from a roiling, angry sky.
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch2_text_2=Undaunted, he crossed the threshold of the towering aperture, settled himself upon the central dais,
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch2_text_3=and prepared for the coming sacrifice.
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch3_slam_0=Chapter Three: Some Parts Must Die
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch3_fight_start_0=Terrible though it was, he would pay the price for power!
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch3_fight_reward_0=The emptiness in him called out across boundless gulfs of unknown space...
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch3_fight_reward_1=... for nature abhors a vacuum.
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch4_slam_0=Chapter Four: The Guest
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch4_fight_start_0=Drawing vitality from the assembled mediums, 
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch4_fight_start_1=he would hold fast against the thing, and harness a portion of its power!
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch4_fight_reward_0=Imbued with strange currents of infernal origin, his apotheosis was complete...
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch5_slam_0=Chapter Five: An Eternal Flame
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch5_text_0=Emerging from his trance, he met the charred, steaming corpses of his acolytes with a shudder.
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch5_text_1=He could sense the eldritch entity stalking the edges of his conciousness, probing for weaknesses.
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch5_text_2=He had become a beacon - a conduit to unknown regions...
vo_hero_story_occultist_ch5_text_3=... and would be assailed by those blasphemous forces all the rest of his days.
vo_hero_story_leper_ch1_slam_0=Leper\nChapter One: Shun Them Not
vo_hero_story_leper_ch1_fight_start_0=Despite the protestations of his royal advisors, he would visit with the sick and dying,
vo_hero_story_leper_ch1_fight_start_1=providing what comfort he could.
vo_hero_story_leper_ch1_fight_reward_0=The ailing and infirm were far less repulsive to him than the venomous whispers of his scoffing entourage...
vo_hero_story_leper_ch2_slam_0=Chapter Two: Infection
vo_hero_story_leper_ch2_text_0=Early signs could be ignored or concealed, but soon the reality was inescapable.
vo_hero_story_leper_ch2_text_1=Whether by some affliction of lineage or by direct transmission,
vo_hero_story_leper_ch2_text_2=symptoms of incurable disease began to openly manifest themselves.
vo_hero_story_leper_ch2_text_3=Wracked with pain, he summoned doctors and aides from the farthest reaches of his lands,
vo_hero_story_leper_ch2_text_4=all of whom concluded the worst: the King was dying.
vo_hero_story_leper_ch3_slam_0=Chapter Three: Treason
vo_hero_story_leper_ch3_text_0=Sedition, like any illness, spreads slowly.
vo_hero_story_leper_ch3_text_1=Rotten with a cynical opportunism born of longstanding entitlement,
vo_hero_story_leper_ch3_text_2=the scheming circle of advisors drafted mutinous plans.
vo_hero_story_leper_ch3_text_3=Though bedridden, he had long since divined their intent,
vo_hero_story_leper_ch3_text_4=and feared the disastrous results of their would-be rule.
vo_hero_story_leper_ch3_text_5=Summoning his blacksmith - and his strength - he hoisted his blade,
vo_hero_story_leper_ch3_text_6=and rose to meet the coming threat.
vo_hero_story_leper_ch4_slam_0=Chapter Four: The Purge
vo_hero_story_leper_ch4_fight_start_0=He had shown his compassion. Now... he would show his fury!
vo_hero_story_leper_ch4_fight_reward_0=His blade had broken, but so too the treasonous plot.
vo_hero_story_leper_ch5_slam_0=Chapter Five: A Beautiful View
vo_hero_story_leper_ch5_text_0=Satisfied that the spirit of his benevolent tenure would endure, he abdicated the throne.
vo_hero_story_leper_ch5_text_1=People gathered at windows and along the roads.
vo_hero_story_leper_ch5_text_2=Weeping, some threw petals at his feet, while others watched in reverent stoicism.
vo_hero_story_leper_ch5_text_3=As he walked beyond the city gates, he marveled at the beauty of the world,
vo_hero_story_leper_ch5_text_4=and was grateful for his many blessings.
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch1_slam_0=Hellion\nChapter One: The Eve of Glory
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch1_text_0=She was young to join the warband,
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch1_text_1=but any who challenged her readiness were met with clenched fists and violent indignation.
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch1_text_2=Having bloodied the last of her detractors, the matter was considered finally settled.
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch1_text_3=On the eve of battle, she joined her clanmates in raucous celebration,
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch1_text_4=her stein and her spirits overflowing with abundance.
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch2_slam_0=Chapter Two: The Brave
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch2_fight_start_0=She was the tip of the spear - poised to sunder the enemy line,
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch2_fight_start_1=to live forever in the songs of her people!
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch2_fight_reward_0=Her entire life spent in preparation, but when it mattered most... she had failed.
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch3_slam_0=Chapter Three: Night in the Woods
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch3_text_0=As the advancing army moved on, she huddled tightly in the tree's clammy roots,
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch3_text_1=hoping to be somehow swallowed up into the earth.
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch3_text_2=At dawn, she woke tormented by the exuberent cries of carrion crows,
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch3_text_3=come to feast upon the corpses of her kin.
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch3_text_4=When at last she stirred, the scavengers took flight,
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch3_text_5=repulsed by the sight of this undeserving revenant.
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch4_slam_0=Chapter Four: Shame and Exile
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch4_fight_start_0=She had shunned a warrior's death, and her cowardice would be impugned!
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch4_fight_reward_0=They cast her out. An exile - unwelcome, and unsung.
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch5_slam_0=Chapter Five: The Great Emptiness
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch5_text_0=Alone and unthethered, she wandered the countryside fighting for sport,
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch5_text_1=and soaking her wounds in wine. She sought death at every turn, 
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch5_text_2=desperate for a second chance to prove her mettle,
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch5_text_3=but it seemed even that terrible wraith had forsaken her.
vo_hero_story_hellion_ch5_text_4=Her isolation was absolute, her shame barely concealed by a fragile façade of fearlessness.
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch1_slam_0=Man-at-Arms\nChapter One: A Premature Promotion
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch1_text_0=The politics of a military career are perhaps as treacherous as war itself.
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch1_text_1=Though untested in combat, his acumen for advancement was unmatched.
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch1_text_2=Through a dubious campaign of influence and intimidation,
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch1_text_3=he had at last claimed a coveted command,
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch1_text_4=and was eager to bask in the glory of the victories that were sure to come.
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch2_slam_0=Chapter Two: A Leader of Men
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch2_fight_start_0=Behold the conquering General, marching his men to victory!
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch2_fight_reward_0=A rout, a massacre... a complete and total failure of command.
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch3_slam_0=Chapter Three: One Eye Open
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch3_text_0=Every night, the men of his regiment would interrupt his fitful convalescence.
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch3_text_1=Mutilated and maimed, the spectral garrison clawed at his bedcovers,
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch3_text_2=whispering their hateful truths in his ears.
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch3_text_3=The exhausted attendants in the field hospital would wake to the sound of his panicked screaming
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch3_text_4=and inglorious sobs. It was not the war that had taken his eye. It was pride.
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch4_slam_0=Chapter Four: Ghosts of the Past
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch4_fight_start_0=Demoted and disgraced, he returned to the battlefield,
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch4_fight_start_1=ready to endure the wrath of his regiment and grant them some small peace.
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch4_fight_reward_0=At last, he would sleep undisturbed, and 
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch4_fight_reward_1=perhaps find some comfort in that murky abyss of dreamless wonder.
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch5_slam_0=Chapter Five: In the Trenches
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch5_text_0=He resolved to spend his remaining years seeking atonement in the trenches of bloody battlefields the world over.
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch5_text_1=For him, there could be no respite from the horrors of war.
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch5_text_2=And when, at last, he was struck down, he would die alone and unremembered.
vo_hero_story_man_at_arms_ch5_text_3=Surely he deserved no better.
vo_hero_story_jester_ch1_slam_0=Jester\nChapter One: Some Strange Melody
vo_hero_story_jester_ch1_text_0=He was a layabout without aspiration or purpose,
vo_hero_story_jester_ch1_text_1=content to loiter on street corners languidly busking for passersby.
vo_hero_story_jester_ch1_text_2=Roughly ushered from the bustling commercial blocks,
vo_hero_story_jester_ch1_text_3=he wandered the forgotten corners of the city. 
vo_hero_story_jester_ch1_text_4=An intoxicating melody drifted over a nearby cemetery wall,
vo_hero_story_jester_ch1_text_5=and he stumbled deliriously amongst the tombstones in search of the performer...
vo_hero_story_jester_ch2_slam_0=Chapter Two: Music of the Night
vo_hero_story_jester_ch2_fight_start_0=He could learn this unearthly hymn... and claim it as his own!
vo_hero_story_jester_ch2_fight_reward_0=Ambition, so long dormant within him, had been roused.
vo_hero_story_jester_ch2_fight_reward_1=He delighted in fantasies of fame, renown... and respect.
vo_hero_story_jester_ch3_slam_0=Chapter Three: Play to the Crowd
vo_hero_story_jester_ch3_text_0=When word of his uncommon talent reached the palace,
vo_hero_story_jester_ch3_text_1=he was summoned to entertain King and Court.
vo_hero_story_jester_ch3_text_2=Anticipating an historic performance and enthused adulation,
vo_hero_story_jester_ch3_text_3=he was stunned to find himself instead the object of their debased ridicule.
vo_hero_story_jester_ch3_text_4=While his noble audience dined drunkenly, he was mocked, tortured,
vo_hero_story_jester_ch3_text_5=and subjected to an obscene array of dangerous and decadent humiliations...
vo_hero_story_jester_ch4_slam_0=Chapter Four: A Dark Song
vo_hero_story_jester_ch4_fight_start_0=He unleashed his resentment upon instrument and crowd,
vo_hero_story_jester_ch4_fight_start_1=playing the demoniac melody with unrestrained fury!
vo_hero_story_jester_ch4_fight_reward_0=This was the song of the dead - and it had exacted a fitting tribute.
vo_hero_story_jester_ch5_slam_0=Chapter Five: Finale
vo_hero_story_jester_ch5_text_0=Bowing low, he basked in the echoing applause of dripping blood.
vo_hero_story_jester_ch5_text_1=The scene of wholesale dismemberment drove him to fits of mirthless hysterics.
vo_hero_story_jester_ch5_text_2=He was laughing still as he placed the blade against his own hand,
vo_hero_story_jester_ch5_text_3=severing his connection to whatever twisted talent he had so fleetingly enjoyed.
vo_hero_story_jester_ch5_text_4=Aimlessly, he drifted from the hall,
vo_hero_story_jester_ch5_text_5=humming broken bars of a discordant melody he could not quite remember...
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch1_slam_0=Runaway\nChapter One: The Pigs of St. Martha's
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch1_fight_start_0=Her pious caretakers had marked her for the last time.
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch1_fight_start_1=Tonight, she would escape their cruelty at last.
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch1_fight_reward_0=She ran blindly into the rain,
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch1_fight_reward_1=the squeals of the pursuing Sisters lost in the howling wind.
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch2_slam_0=Chapter Two: Beloved
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch2_text_0=Good fortune is a rare and wonderous thing.
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch2_text_1=She straggled from place to place, drenched and hungry,
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch2_text_2=until a kindly woodsman and his wife happened upon her.
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch2_text_3=Childless themselves, they welcomed her into their home,
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch2_text_4=where she warmed herself in the glow of their hearth and hearts.
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch3_slam_0=Chapter Three: Drawn to the Flame
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch3_text_0=She would stay up long into the night, tending the fire.
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch3_text_1=Captivated by its shifting hues, she thrilled to the eerie dance of spark and ember,
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch3_text_2=running her fingers absentmindedly over the scars that patterned her arm.
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch3_text_3=The hearthlight seemed somehow alive, and in these private moments,
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch3_text_4=she yearned to reach out and be touched once again by its searing embrace.
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch4_slam_0=Chapter Four: Burnt Offering
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch4_fight_start_0=An accident, but surely there was time to contain the flames!
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch4_fight_reward_0=The walls were alight! There was no stopping it now...
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch5_slam_0=Chapter Five: Ashes
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch5_text_0=She stood in the center of the inferno, transfixed by its swirling, kaleidoscopic beauty...
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch5_text_1=Her rapturous fixation was cut short by a heavy beam falling from the ceiling, blocking the door.
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch5_text_2=Panicked, she dove headlong through a window as the cabin bloomed into a pyre.
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch5_text_3=Heaped upon the wet grass, she heard the screams of her adoptive parents...
vo_hero_story_runaway_ch5_text_4=... trapped and burning in their bedroom. 
vo_affinity_virtue_hopeful_01_0=Aspiration unites the hopeful!
vo_affinity_virtue_respectful_01_0=Tried and tested - a bond to be counted on!
vo_affinity_virtue_inseparable_01_0=Two facets of the same stone - never one without the other.
vo_affinity_virtue_amorous_01_0=While the heart still beats, desire will never die.
vo_affinity_affliction_nihilistic_01_0=There is nothing between them now - nothing at all.
vo_affinity_affliction_suspicious_01_0=Narrowed eyes, muttered threats. All trust is lost.
vo_affinity_affliction_envious_01_0=Each covets what the other has and plots to take it.
vo_affinity_affliction_resentful_01_0=Resentment - the slowest and deadliest poison of them all.
vo_affinity_affliction_hateful_01_0=Cruelty and callousness have claimed dominion here.
vo_affinity_affliction_tumultuous_01_0=Restless souls thrive in chaos they create.
vo_affinity_triggers_general_positive_01_0=Suffering strengthens the bond!
vo_affinity_triggers_general_negative_01_0=Animus grows in proportion to mounting pressure.
vo_battle_begins_antiquarian_01_0=She searches the dying world for the keys to her own salvation!
vo_battle_begins_antiquarian_02_0=Once she had a sliver of decency... now, only greed.
vo_battle_begins_antiquarian_03_0=The Antiquarian wants what we have - and she will not be denied.
vo_battle_begins_shambler_01_0=We tread beyond the realms of reason!
vo_battle_begins_shambler_02_0=The walker from beyond the stars - a shambling horror!
vo_battle_begins_shambler_03_0=A star-spawned child of the infinite void!
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_general_01_0=One less obstacle in our path.
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_general_02_0=Another impediment cleared with impunity.
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_general_03_0=Messy, but effective.
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_general_04_0=The work continues...
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_general_05_0=A righteous action!
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_first_01_0=Let us hope to finish this quickly.
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_first_02_0=A promising development...
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_first_03_0=Early results are... encouraging!
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_first_04_0=On to the next!
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_weak_01_0=A trivial worriment...
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_weak_02_0=Easily dispatched!
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_weak_03_0=A trifiling matter...
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_strong_01_0=A resounding response!
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_strong_02_0=They falter - so press your advance!
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_strong_03_0=Take heart! And do not relent!
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_2slot_01_0=All problems have their solutions... even the big ones.
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_2slot_02_0=Persistence will overcome even the greatest of threats.
vo_battle_hero_action_kill_monster_DOT_01_0=The smallest variable can make all the difference.
vo_battle_hero_action_crit_monster_01_0=A breakthrough!
vo_battle_hero_action_crit_monster_02_0=Excellent work!
vo_battle_hero_action_crit_monster_03_0=A brilliant conclusion!
vo_battle_hero_action_crit_monster_04_0=Lethality writ large!
vo_battle_hero_action_miss_monster_buff_01_0=A miscalculation, perhaps?
vo_battle_hero_action_miss_monster_buff_02_0=Mistimed, misdirected.
vo_battle_hero_action_debuff_monster_01_0=Weaken them, that another may finish the work!
vo_battle_hero_action_hero_dot_01_0=A slow dissection... an unavoidable end.
vo_battle_hero_action_heal_ally_DD_01_0=Dragged back from the brink!
vo_battle_hero_action_heal_self_DD_01_0=Self-reliance is a rare and wonderful thing.
vo_battle_hero_condition_crit_01_0=Steady yourself!
vo_battle_hero_condition_damage_big_01_0=This is no time to falter!
vo_battle_hero_condition_damage_DD_01_0=And now... the greatest test of all.
vo_battle_hero_condition_damage_deathblow_survive_01_0=A setback, nothing more.
vo_battle_hero_condition_death_damage_01_0=Let us hope they find peace.
vo_battle_hero_condition_death_heartattack_01_0=An unforeseen complication...
vo_battle_hero_condition_stress_attack_01_0=Anxiety foments insidious fears...
vo_battle_hero_condition_stun_01_0=Stumbling and stupefied!
vo_battle_hero_condition_dot_01_0=A slow suffering begins...
vo_battle_hero_condition_dd_return_01_0=Once again teetering on that terrible precipice...
vo_battle_ally_action_heal_hero_01_0=A little help, impeccably timed.
vo_battle_ally_action_heal_hero_stress_01_0=There is comfort in company.
vo_battle_ally_action_cure_hero_blight_01_0=Welcome relief from caustic agony...
vo_battle_ally_action_cure_hero_bleed_01_0=This wound at least has been tended to.
vo_battle_ally_action_cure_hero_burn_01_0=Extinguished at last!
vo_battle_ally_action_cure_hero_horror_01_0=The pulse slows - sanity returns.
vo_battle_ally_action_buff_hero_general_01_0=Empowered - emboldened!
vo_battle_ally_action_buff_hero_general_02_0=Cooperation is the key!
vo_battle_ally_action_buff_hero_general_03_0=In crisis, we can rely only upon each other.
vo_battle_round_action_retreat_fail_01_0=Fight on, there is no way out but through.
vo_battle_round_action_retreat_success_01_0=What matters most is we reach the Mountain - alive, if possible.
vo_battle_round_action_battle_round_05_0=An interminable conflict!
vo_battle_round_action_battle_round_07_0=Fight through the fatigue!
vo_battle_round_action_battle_round_09_0=Sweat-soaked brows, unsteady stances - exhaustion takes hold.
vo_battle_round_action_victory_nodeath_01_0=Cut down these nightmares and blaze the trail to your redemption.
vo_battle_round_action_victory_nodeath_02_0=The past is gone. Let it die.
vo_battle_round_action_victory_nodeath_03_0=We are the Flame, burning brightly for all the world to see.
vo_battle_round_action_victory_nodeath_04_0=Though unpleasant in the extreme, this work is noble... and necessary.
vo_battle_round_action_victory_death_01_0=We will see them again, I am sure of it.
vo_battle_round_action_victory_death_02_0=In life or in death, we are all prisoners here.
vo_battle_round_action_victory_death_03_0=For every miscalculation, a consequence.
vo_cinematic_denial_0=Ruin has found you at last.
vo_cinematic_denial_1=My protege - my friend - our calculations were correct:
vo_cinematic_denial_2=the ephemeral equation is unbalanced.
vo_cinematic_denial_3=The earth spins on a strange and terrifying new axis,
vo_cinematic_denial_4=and everywhere... unbridled consequence.
vo_cinematic_denial_5=The world is a wasteland of failures past, and yet you must ride out into it, unafraid.
vo_cinematic_denial_6=Take this - it is Hope. The very last of it. It is yours now.
vo_cinematic_denial_7=You were bold once. Be bold once more.
vo_cinematic_denial_8=Free yourself from this suffocating stillness,
vo_cinematic_denial_9=fix your gaze on the horizon, and face the fearsome truth...
vo_cinematic_denial_10=of the Darkest Dungeon.
