"novel" { "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Actor_Quartero" "Quartero" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Heading_generic" "Quartero Heading" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-1_Quartero_0" "Welcome to Quartero's Curios!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-2_Quartero_0" "Quartero the Unburdened, at your service!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-3_Quartero_0" "Welcome, hero! Come, step inside!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-4_Quartero_0" "The only catch... is there IS no catch! So one catch total!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-5_Quartero_0" "Everything here is priceless! And by that, I mean free!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-6_Quartero_0" "Quartero's Curios! Where the priceless has no price tag!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-7_Quartero_0" "My curse is your cornucopia!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-8_Quartero_0" "My treasures are priceless! Literally!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-9_Quartero_0" "Step right in!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-10_Quartero_0" "Welcome to my humble roadside emporium! Step onto my blankets!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-11_Quartero_0" "All of this could be yours!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-12_Quartero_0" "Tragic backstory available upon request! Or even if you don't!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-13_Quartero_0" "My generosity knows no bounds!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-14_Quartero_0" "Ah, a hero! Just the customer I can't refuse!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-15_Quartero_0" "All these item sets... and not a price tag in sight!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-16_Quartero_0" "Spoils and treasures for kings and conquerors!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-17_Quartero_0" "My generosity knows no bounds! Thanks to an eldritch curse!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-18_Quartero_0" "My generosity is limitless! Whether I like it or not!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-19_Quartero_0" "Welcome to Quartero's Curios! Where everything's FREE, and I'm legally obliged to pretend I'm happy about it." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-20_Quartero_0" "I am Quartero! Ask me about my tragic backstory!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_quartero_Dialogue_generic-21_Quartero_0" "My tragic backstory is included free with every purchase!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Actor_Quartero" "Quartero" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Heading_itemset-01" "Witch Doctor - Papa Wanga" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Heading_itemset-02" "Vengeful Spirit - Maledictions of Morrigan" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Heading_itemset-03" "Legion Commander - Drakon's Deed" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Heading_itemset-04" "Legion Commander - Drakon's Ire" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-ward__title_0" "Papa Wanga's Poppet" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-ward_Quartero_0" "Ah, a hero! Welcome to Quartero's Curios!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-ward_Quartero_1" "Come come, step right in, don't just stand there at the side of the road!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-ward_Quartero_2" "Step into my emporium! Over on this other side of the road!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-ward_Quartero_3" "My name is Quartero! I am the proprietor of this establishment." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-ward_Quartero_4" "Or at least the small patch of roadside I've appropriated for that purpose." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-ward_Quartero_5" "Here, let me roll out some blankets so you can get a better look at my priceless treasures." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-ward_Quartero_6" "Can I offer you anything? I have a tin of sardines I was eating, would you like one?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-ward_Quartero_7" "No? Alright. Let's get down to business!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-ward_Quartero_8" "I shouldn't even do this, but what the hell." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-ward_Quartero_9" "You see this little fellow? Yours. Free of charge. Just for being my first customer of the day." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-head__title_0" "Papa Wanga's Mask" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-head_Quartero_0" "May I be blunt? You look like a vagrant, dear." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-head_Quartero_1" "A heroic one, of course, in the wandering sense, but also, let's be clear, the homeless one." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-head_Quartero_2" "Luckily, that's where yours truly comes in. Here, try this voodoo mask on." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-head_Quartero_3" "Purely decorative. As long as you don't say any voodoo words over it. Then it WILL shrink your head." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-head_Quartero_4" "There. Now don't move. Let me look at you." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-head_Quartero_5" "Oh, yes. Yes yes yes. That... looks... stunning!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-belt__title_0" "Papa Wanga's Belt" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-belt_Quartero_0" "I'm sure you've guessed by now: I don't sell pantaloons to farmers here." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-belt_Quartero_1" "No, I provide the priceless to the truly exceptional." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-belt_Quartero_2" "Kings, conquerors, demigods... heroes like yourself." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-belt_Quartero_3" "Here, try this enormous bone phallus on." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-belt_Quartero_4" "Hm, yes. Yes, yes — on you it works. On you it works." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-back__title_0" "Papa Wanga's Backplate" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-back_Quartero_0" "Now, I suspect you're wondering: given my frankly devilish appearance..." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-back_Quartero_1" "The fact that these items are clearly priceless..." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-back_Quartero_2" "The fact that I haven't even MENTIONED a price yet..." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-back_Quartero_3" "And the fact that we're standing at a crossroads at midnight..." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-back_Quartero_4" "What, in a nutshell, is the CATCH?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-back_Quartero_5" "Let me snug up that belt for you. There." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-back_Quartero_6" "Yes. Yes, that backplate was made for you." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-back_Quartero_7" "That's a genuine person's skull wedged into it, by the way. I can't say whose, but someone VERY famous." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-shoulder__title_0" "Papa Wanga's Basket" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-shoulder_Quartero_0" "What's the catch, my dear hero? The catch is... that there IS no catch." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-shoulder_Quartero_1" "So: one catch total." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-shoulder_Quartero_2" "Everything I'm offering you here tonight — including this handsome voodoo coconut basket — is free." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-shoulder_Quartero_3" "Not a string attached. I couldn't tie a single thread to this transaction if I tried." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-shoulder_Quartero_4" "Even a modest ten percent gratuity would trigger a sharp pain deep inside my bones. What do you call it... the marrow, I think?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-shoulder_Quartero_5" "Yes, the marrow part would turn into boiling worms or something. It's happened several times, and let me assure you, it stings like you would not :hero_faceless_void::hero_undying::hero_crystal_maiden::hero_kunkka:ing believe." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-shoulder_Quartero_6" "And therein lies my tragic yet riveting backstory." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-shoulder_Quartero_7" "Don't worry, here it comes." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-weapon__title_0" "Papa Wanga's Staff" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-weapon_Quartero_0" "Here, let's add the staff. I'm going to step back, and turn around, and then pretend I'm seeing you for the first time with everything on. Okay, here we go." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-weapon_Quartero_1" "Oh, that looks fantastic on you! I insist you abscond with the entire set." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-weapon_Quartero_2" "And as mentioned, put your money away. I will not — CAN not — take a single solitary cent." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-weapon_Quartero_3" "As for that tale of woe I promised you, it's a doozy. A painful and frankly embarrassing memory for yours truly." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-weapon_Quartero_4" "In fact, I wouldn't burden you with it if I didn't technically HAVE—" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-01-weapon_Quartero_5" "Well, we'll get to that." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-shoulder__title_0" "Morrigan's Fury" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-shoulder_Quartero_0" "Could I trouble you to crouch a moment, darling? Let me get this Morrigan's Fury on you, and..." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-shoulder_Quartero_1" "There. Snug as a button." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-shoulder_Quartero_2" "Where was I? Ah, my tragic backstory, yes. Brace yourself for pathos, this one's going to pluck at the heart strings a bit." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-shoulder_Quartero_3" "Once upon a time, in a fantastical world, much unlike the grounded world of realism we live in now, I was a member of a famous adventuring party!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-shoulder_Quartero_4" "^-2.0We were fearless! Brazen! Reckless! Foolhardy! And if you sense these superlatives becoming less positive and beginning to nudge toward an inevitable and spectacular downfall..." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-shoulder_Quartero_5" "Don't worry, we're getting there." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-legs__title_0" "Vengeful Spirit - Titania's Fury Legs" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-legs_Quartero_0" "No, I wasn't the tank holding the front line, or the marksman providing ranged support from behind." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-legs_Quartero_1" "^-1.5Could I get you to lift a leg, dear? Feel free to steady yourself on my back, I'm sturdy as an oak. There, that's the Misery on." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-legs_Quartero_2" "No, I was something even MORE important! And even FURTHER back! The QUARTERMASTER." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-legs_Quartero_3" "^-3.0The logistical mastermind maintaining the party's battle readiness with my invaluable skills in procurement, repairs, and strategic rationing. Leading the charge, from behind." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-legs_Quartero_4" "^-1.0Castles, caves, dungeons! There was no quest that was too much for us! No obstacle that–" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-legs_Quartero_5" "^-2.0Well, I can see your eyes starting to wander, so let's cut to the chase: obviously there WAS a quest that was too much for us, so let's spill the tea and get to it." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-head__title_0" "Vengeful Spirit - Titania's Fury Head" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-head_Quartero_0" "Let's get this Morrigan's Measure on you. These are real Ostrivian swamp ostrich feathers, by the way. Or maybe it's Pellivian skybeaver. It's extinct, anyway." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-head_Quartero_1" "Wandering back to my tragic tale. From the very start, nothing went right." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-head_Quartero_2" "Behind every door, skeletons. Behind every secret passage, skeletons. Inside every treasure chest, skeletons." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-head_Quartero_3" "There should obviously be SOME skeletons, it was a dungeon, after all, but the skeleton-to-square-foot ratio here was absurd." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-head_Quartero_4" "Then half of the party melted into the unknowable shadows." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-head_Quartero_5" "^-1.0And of course there were skeletons there too, so we heard a lot of screaming from the unknowable shadows." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-head_Quartero_6" "More skeletons arrived, obviously. Everything went absolutely :hero_faceless_void::hero_abyssal_underlord::hero_chaos_knight::hero_kez:ing pear-shaped." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-weapon__title_0" "Vengeful Spirit - Titania's Fury Weapon" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-weapon_Quartero_0" "Hold on, I know there's a weapon that comes with this, where did I — there it is. Morrigan's Malice!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-weapon_Quartero_1" "Watch out, it's sharp. Also glowing. I wouldn't let the glowy parts touch your skin if I were you, pick it up by the hilt. There you go." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-weapon_Quartero_2" "Now, here's the wrinkle: Could I have brought them all back to full health with my bag of priceless tonics? Or given them a first-rate weapon, like that glowy number you're swinging around right now?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-weapon_Quartero_3" "Technically, yes. And more technically, they asked." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-weapon_Quartero_4" "Can I be blunt? They weren't going to make it. There's a dungeon crawl, and then there's just crawling through a dungeon." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-weapon_Quartero_5" "So, to spare you the saga, yours truly wisely decided..." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-02-weapon_Quartero_6" "...to hoard the supplies." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-arms__title_0" "Drakon's Deed Gauntlets" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-arms_Quartero_0" "The Drakon's Deed. You haven't taken your eyes off it since you got here." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-arms_Quartero_1" "Yes, it's free and yes, you can have it." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-arms_Quartero_2" "But the Drakon's Deed is the jewel of my collection, so I hope you appreciate it." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-arms_Quartero_3" "I'd never part with something this valuable if I wasn't being forced to at curse-point." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-arms_Quartero_4" "I'm spoiling my own tragic backstory. Let me hurry this along before I give away any more twists." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-arms_Quartero_5" "By the end, it was just me. And the boss monster of the dungeon. One of those vast incomprehensible eldritch horror things, you know the type." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-arms_Quartero_6" "Mouths where eyes should be and vice versa. I certainly wasn't going to fight the :hero_faceless_void::hero_ursa::hero_clinkz::hero_kunkka:ing thing." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-arms_Quartero_7" "I was just heading for the door when... it stopped me." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-arms_Quartero_8" "And GLOWERED at me with a thousand glowering eyeballs." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-head__title_0" "Drakon's Deed Helm" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-head_Quartero_0" "If you just lean forward slightly I can get this headpiece on you." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-head_Quartero_1" "Woof, this feels like it weighs eighty pounds, that can't be good for the spine." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-head_Quartero_2" "^-2.0Anyway: boss monster, stopped me, glowering, eyeballs. I don't mind telling you, for an ancient eldritchian horror, he had some VERY strong words for yours truly about my approach to teamwork." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-head_Quartero_3" "He seemed to think I was some kind of greedy coward." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-head_Quartero_4" "^-1.0He had me all wrong, of course, but he also had me wrapped up in his filthy tentacles at the bottom of his cave, so what was I supposed to do? At any rate, he CURSED me." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-head_Quartero_5" "Well, he insisted it wasn't a curse. More of a moral rebuke." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-legs__title_0" "Drakon's Deed Tassets" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-legs_Quartero_0" "To cut a tragic tale short: Because of what he deemed my appalling greed and cowardice, I would never be able to keep anything valuable again." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-legs_Quartero_1" "I am sentenced — doomed, really — to spend my life handing over all my best stuff — and I'm talking the really good shit here — to heroes like yourself." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-legs_Quartero_2" "Speaking of which, those knee plates are solid gold, so don't actually take a knee in them or you'll scuff the finish." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-legs_Quartero_3" "Hm. Yes, I hear the squeaking too. I'd just walk around in them a bit, you'll need to work the leather in." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-shoulders__title_0" "Drakon's Deed Pauldrons" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-shoulders_Quartero_0" "These pauldrons are solid bronze, by the way. If I had to guess, they couldn't weigh an ounce less than two hundred pounds." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-shoulders_Quartero_1" "Not a problem for a strapping hero like yourself, of course." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-shoulders_Quartero_2" "But if you DO start to feel a crippling pain in the shoulders, I think it's a safe guess it's the pauldrons. Bring them back in, we can hollow some of that bronze out." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-shoulders_Quartero_3" "Where was I? Right. Cursed forevermore by a protoplasmic horror to give away all my stuff." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-shoulders_Quartero_4" "And the worst part? Just so there's no mistaking any of this gift-giving for actual generosity..." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-shoulders_Quartero_5" "I am ALSO condemned to explain the awkward origin of my predicament to anyone who asks." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-shoulders_Quartero_6" "Plus anyone who doesn't ask." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-shoulders_Quartero_7" "WHICH I HAVE JUST DONE! In case any eldritch horrors are listening in like last time..." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-back__title_0" "Drakon's Deed Banners" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-back_Quartero_0" "So there you have it. Quartero the Former Quartermaster's tragic past." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-back_Quartero_1" "Condemned to give away priceless treasures to anyone who looks remotely heroic." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-back_Quartero_2" "And also doomed to share my frankly humiliating backstory, whether you ask for it or not." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-back_Quartero_3" "Heartbreaking stuff. For me, obviously." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-back_Quartero_4" "You're making out like a bandit here. If a watchman spotted any of this he'd accuse you of highway robbery." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-back_Quartero_5" "Speaking of which, how does that backpiece fit? That's real bronze, like the shoulders. Five hundred pounds, I'd bet. But you'll barely even feel the weight once you get moving in it." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-back_Quartero_6" "Though I'd move around mostly in the shade if I were you, that bronze is going to get hot in the sun." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-weapon__title_0" "Drakon's Deed Lance" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-weapon_Quartero_0" "Now we come to the piece de resistance: the Drakon's Deed Lance. What war ensemble would be complete without it?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-weapon_Quartero_1" "WHSSH! FWSHH! PWSSH! Look at this thing cut the air!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-weapon_Quartero_2" "A terrifying blur of flesh-rending points! Capable of delivering the kind of elevated slaughter one would almost feel honored to be on the receiving end of." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-weapon_Quartero_3" "Well, my dear. You've cleaned me out. The last of my gear, and... yes, there it is. My last sardine." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-weapon_Quartero_4" "And so, with my tale told and treasures distributed, we've reached the natural end of this unburdening." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-weapon_Quartero_5" "I leave you now to your fate... FAREWELL!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-weapon_Quartero_6" "And the caravan of concealment is on the :hero_faceless_void::hero_ursa::hero_clinkz::hero_kunkka:ing fritz again, so I'll be packing up and leaving like a common visible idiot." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-weapon_Quartero_7" "Ah! But might I return for another unburdening, before yon gibbous moon is full... two... no, three... in a few months? Might I be returning in a few months with more stuff?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-weapon_Quartero_8" "And WELL I MIGHT! FAREWELL!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-03-weapon_Quartero_9" "Ah, :hero_faceless_void::hero_ursa::hero_clinkz::hero_kunkka:. Let yourself out." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-arms__title_0" "Drakon's Ire Gauntlets" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-arms_Quartero_0" "Oh. You're back. I already rolled up all the store blankets, I wasn't expecting you... at this hour." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-arms_Quartero_1" "What time IS it? Am I just imagining it's three in the..." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-arms_Quartero_2" "No, no it is. It's three in the morning." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-arms_Quartero_3" "Well! Hello. What can I help you with?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-arms_Quartero_4" "I'll be honest, I figured we were done here. I gave you all my priceless items. I told you my curse-mandated tragic backstory." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-arms_Quartero_5" "Ah, I see. You want to see those gauntlets over there. The Drakon's Ire. Of course you do, they're flawless." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-arms_Quartero_6" "They're also in a glass case at the bottom of this pile of trunks I just packed." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-arms_Quartero_7" "Well, let me just unpack EVERYTHING then. Unless you wanted to come back — no." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-arms_Quartero_8" "Of course not. Right." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-head__title_0" "Drakon's Ire Helm" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-head_Quartero_0" "^-1.5So just the gauntlets then? Good. The Drakon's Ire helm is the best part of the set, I'd rather not—" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-head_Quartero_1" "Did I just say set? Damn." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-head_Quartero_2" "Alright, yes, these are part of a set. The best set I own, in fact." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-head_Quartero_3" "^-2.0It's just that — well, it's very similar to the item set I already gave you. I'd actually been hoping to find a DIFFERENT hero to give—" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-head_Quartero_4" "Well, I see your point. How about you give me back the other one and—" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-head_Quartero_5" "Right. Why not give EVERYTHING to you... and NOTHING to anyone else? That makes sense too." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-head_Quartero_6" "I suppose." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-head_Quartero_7" "Fine, let me take down this box and... no, not there. Maybe this heavy chest... nff! No." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-head_Quartero_8" "Tell you what, why don't I just unpack everything." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-legs__title_0" "Drakon's Ire Tassets" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-legs_Quartero_0" "You know, I could just refuse. What's the worst that could happen?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-legs_Quartero_1" "In fact, I WILL refuse. No." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-legs_Quartero_2" "I WON'T give you this AGGHHHHHH MY BONE MARROW" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-legs_Quartero_3" "Fine fine fine. Here, take the priceless tassets, they're yours." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-legs_Quartero_4" "I hope you appreciate this little loophole you've found, double-dipper." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-shoulders__title_0" "Drakon's Ire Pauldrons" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-shoulders_Quartero_0" "Let me tell you… you REMIND me of someone." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-shoulders_Quartero_1" "A good person? No, hero. A real piece of shit. Someone impetuous." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-shoulders_Quartero_2" "^-2.0Someone with no sense of decency. Someone willing to wake up a different someone at three in the gods-damn morning to shake him down for a stupid set of pauldrons." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-shoulders_Quartero_3" "I take that back. These pauldrons are exquisite. I found them, by the way. Here." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-shoulders_Quartero_4" "Anyway, you remind me of... of... " "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-shoulders_Quartero_5" "Well, if I'm being honest, you remind me of me." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-back__title_0" "Drakon's Ire Banners" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-back_Quartero_0" "You remind me of me — back before the curse, in my pre-curse days." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-back_Quartero_1" "^-1.0My pre-quartermaster days, even. When I was a young cutpurse on the mean streets of Cladd. Oh, those were some mean streets, hero." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-back_Quartero_2" "^-1.0For an upscale port town, I mean. Back then, the gelateria closed at 5pm and things could turn nasty." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-back_Quartero_3" "I ran with the Lantern Alley Boys. And I don't mind telling you, we were fast." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-back_Quartero_4" "Candlesticks, necklaces, snuffboxes — if it wasn't nailed down, we stole it. If it WAS nailed down, we brought Hammer Pete." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-back_Quartero_5" "Ah! Here we go. The Drakon's Ire Banners. They were just under all those heavy trunks I'd packed. It's always in the last place you'd... ever want to look." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-weapon__title_0" "Drakon's Ire Lance" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-weapon_Quartero_0" "I only ever got caught once. I was robbing a house so quickly I stepped on an over-varnished floor and cracked my head off a decorative bell." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-weapon_Quartero_1" "Woke the whole house up. The Lord even put out a bounty on me. And do you know what I did?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-weapon_Quartero_2" "I broke BACK into that manor at three in the morning, and stole the bounty too!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-weapon_Quartero_3" "^-2.0Kind of like what you're doing now, taking and taking and taking. It feels different on this side of the counter, but I've got to tell you, hero: I respect your moxie." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-weapon_Quartero_4" "Take it. Take everything. Take the Drakon's Ire Lance. No, I insist." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_fall_2025_Dialogue_itemset-04-weapon_Quartero_5" "Until we meet again... my dear hero." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Actor_Quartero" "Quartero" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Heading_itemset-01" "The Nether Beetle" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Heading_itemset-02" "The Molten Monarch" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Heading_itemset-03" "The Ember Enforcer" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Heading_itemset-04" "The Gilded Tyrant" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm01__title_0" "Nether Grubs" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm01_Quartero_0" "Hero! You're BACK! And you look TERRIBLE! (Laughing) Ah, perfect!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm01_Quartero_1" "Look at those rags you're wearing! Come, come, get IN here!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm01_Quartero_2" "I'll bet you're looking for a fresh batch of old Quartero's one-of-a-kind item sets. Well, you're... in... luck!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm01_Quartero_3" "Same terms as last time, you remember my tragic backstory, of course." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm01_Quartero_4" "The... one I spent an entire day telling you about? Yes? ...No." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm01_Quartero_5" "Well, I suppose it was a LOT to absorb." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm01_Quartero_6" "In short: I'm cursed to give away item sets, for free, or I'll die." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm01_Quartero_7" "Painfully." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm01_Quartero_8" "Ah, I see you've got your eye on my lunch. Well, I don't have to eat it if you want it as a ward." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm01_Quartero_9" "You're missing out, though. I mean, I'm a goat, I'll eat anything, but still." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm01_Quartero_10" "(Chewing) There's a... sweet shell, some crunchy bits, a... metallic note, I think? Definitely ham. There's a lot going on here." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm02__title_0" "Nether Horn" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm02_Quartero_0" "Here, why don't we try this Nether Horn on." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm02_Quartero_1" "Yes yes YES. Pretty slick, am I right?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm02_Quartero_2" "I managed to snag this little showstopper in a small village up in the mountains. Ruled by a SPIDER, if you can believe it." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm02_Quartero_3" "Not a tiny spider, either... No, that would be ridiculous." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm02_Quartero_4" "No, a big spider, with a king's crown on its head." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm02_Quartero_5" "And as I'm sure you can guess, there's an adventuresome tale in how I got it." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm02_Quartero_6" "I was sworn to secrecy, of course." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm02_Quartero_7" "But, if I've learned anything about you, you're not even listening right now, so here we go." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm02_Quartero_8" "Once upon a time..." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm03__title_0" "Nether Shell" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm03_Quartero_0" "Once upon a time... I gave you this free cape: the Nether Shell! Once owned... by the Spider King!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm03_Quartero_1" "Did this spider defy the odds and become a king? What an inspirational story THAT would be." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm03_Quartero_2" "But no. This story is about a lazy king who BECAME a spider." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm03_Quartero_3" "How? Well, some of the villagers said the king had been BITTEN by a spider." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm03_Quartero_4" "Other villagers said he'd been bitten by a witch, and THAT turned him into a spider, and I asked, so was it a SPIDER-witch, then?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm03_Quartero_5" "And they said no, just a regular witch, and I said well that doesn't make much sense, and they said that's funny, we didn't know you were such a :hero_faceless_void::hero_undying::hero_crystal_maiden::hero_kunkka:ing witch expert, and I was like, oh shit, I'm going to have to fight all these people." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm03_Quartero_6" "And then the leader said when a witch turns you into a frog does that make her a FROG-witch? And honestly, that helped me get there. You could see they'd put a... lot of thought into this." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm04__title_0" "Nether Bracers" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm04_Quartero_0" "Ah. The Nether Bracers! Look at the craftsmanship on those spikes. That's real beetle jaw. You can tell by the way it catches the light. (Whistles) Look at that shimmer." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm04_Quartero_1" "Anyway, while I was running from the villagers, guess who I bumped into? The king!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm04_Quartero_2" "And I figured, why not just ask him how he'd become a spider, and get this: he hadn't been BITTEN by a witch, just CURSED." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm04_Quartero_3" "So. Mystery solved, but also who cares, because the POINT is it turned out he had an ARMOR HOARD." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm04_Quartero_4" "This king loved armor. A LOT. He'd spent every coin in the realm on ruinously expensive item sets. And now, thanks to the witch's curse, he couldn't wear ANY of them." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm04_Quartero_5" "And your old pal Quartero was thinking, how tragic." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm04_Quartero_6" "But also, don't... mind... if I do." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm05__title_0" "Nether Wand 1" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm05_Quartero_0" "Here, give this Nether Wand a swing. Yes. Feel that balance? That's real cross-grained carapace steel." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm05_Quartero_1" "Anyway, he said I could have the whole set, and he'd even throw in the wands, and all I had to do was go on a quest to the Fountain of Babrasba and find him a magic elixir. Sounded easy enough..." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm05_Quartero_2" "...and then he got out the map." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm05_Quartero_3" "The fountain was in some tomb, in the middle of a cannibal jungle, on some godforsaken hellhole called Snake Island, and... no. Absolutely not." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm05_Quartero_4" "Look at these hands, hero. Look at these soft, soft hands. I don't do jungle tombs." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm05_Quartero_5" "No hero, I had a better plan. The witch who cursed him lived five minutes from the castle. Have you ever seen a witch? " "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm05_Quartero_6" "They're two hundred years old and they're made of balsa wood. I figured I'd just go find this witch..." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm05_Quartero_7" "And punch her so hard she'd die." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm06__title_0" "Nether Wand 2" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm06_Quartero_0" "And there's the other Nether Wand. I'm glad you're taking both, I'd hate to break up the set." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm06_Quartero_1" "Not easy to smuggle these out of the Burrowed Kingdoms anymore, either. Not since— Well, that's another story." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm06_Quartero_2" "Speaking of stories, where was I? Ah. Find the witch, punch her, lift the curse." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm06_Quartero_3" "That was the plan, anyway. As it happened, she wouldn't let me in her cottage." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm06_Quartero_4" "So. What I did was..." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm06_Quartero_5" "Hmm. Let me be careful here. I... went... BACK to the village, and bought several rounds of ale at the tavern for the many witnesses present." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm06_Quartero_6" "Yes. And WHILE I was there... you won't believe this... somebody burned her house down." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set01_itm06_Quartero_7" "Lifted the curse instantly." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm01__title_0" "Molten Maw" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm01_Quartero_0" "Ah, the Molten Maw. Here, lean forward, let's get this on you." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm01_Quartero_1" "Nffh! That is HEAVY!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm01_Quartero_2" "How's it feel? Can you see me out of the eyeholes?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm01_Quartero_3" "You look REALLY evil, by the way. I can't tell what face you're making under there, but from here you look terrifying." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm01_Quartero_4" "Also, legally, I feel like I should be very very clear about that last part I told you about the witch's house burning down while I was somewhere else with countless witnesses present." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm01_Quartero_5" "I don't think the witch is DEAD. (Chuckling) Nooo, hero. Are you kidding? That would be... murder." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm01_Quartero_6" "No, I think she lifted the curse, moved to a different town and changed her name." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm01_Quartero_7" "In fact that's almost certainly what happened. In fact that's what I told the constables." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm02__title_0" "Molten Maulers" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm02_Quartero_0" "Anyway, I went back to the king and he was a human again! Also dead." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm02_Quartero_1" "I guess what happened was, he must've run straight to his armory and started trying on all his precious armor, and I guess the witch came BACK to life briefly before dying again, because he suddenly turned back into a spider, then back into a human." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm02_Quartero_2" "And if you suddenly go from a PERSON-shaped body into a SPIDER body, and then back into a PERSON body, while you're still inside steel armor... Well, I'll spare you the details." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm02_Quartero_3" "He died instantly." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm02_Quartero_4" "But if you WANT the details, it exploded all the vertebrae in his spine while his organs got pushed up into his throat cavity and he choked to death while his back exploded." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm02_Quartero_5" "And, honestly, it took a surprisingly long time. A few minutes at least." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm02_Quartero_6" "Oh. Also, earlier... Did I say the witch came BACK from the DEAD? (Nervous chuckle) What I obviously meant... was... you look fantastic in those Molten Maulers." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm03__title_0" "Molten Mantle" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm03_Quartero_0" "At any rate, I can report that, unlike the witch, happily retired somewhere, I imagine, the king was dead." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm03_Quartero_1" "I was able to pry most of him out of this Molten Mantle here, let's get it on you, hm?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm03_Quartero_2" "Nffh! There! Snug as a button." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm03_Quartero_3" "There might still be a few chunks slopping around in there, you can keep those if you find any, the villagers and I found enough of him to bury." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm03_Quartero_4" "The point is, technically the king was 100% curse-free by the end, and a deal's a deal." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm03_Quartero_5" "So yours truly helped himself, as agreed, to any one item set of my choosing." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm03_Quartero_6" "Naturally I chose the Nether Beetle set. But then I also liked the look of the Molten Monarch set, so I figured, why not take BOTH for now so you could try them on, and I'd return whichever one you didn't like?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm03_Quartero_7" "And THAT gave me another idea, which is why not steal EVERYTHING, and I was just smashing a third set out of its glass case when some guards showed up." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm03_Quartero_8" "Now, I'll bet you're wondering. I said at the beginning that this story had a HAPPY ending. Yet here we are at the end of the tale and the entire cast is dead or missing." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set02_itm03_Quartero_9" "Ah! But YOU have two priceless item sets. And you lived handsomely ever after in them... the end." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm01__title_0" "Ember Mane" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm01_Quartero_0" "Ah, the Ember Enforcer! Go ahead, try it on!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm01_Quartero_1" "I know it looks like it's on fire. That is because it is on fire." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm01_Quartero_2" "But most of the heat radiates outward, so once you've got it on that should be the worst of the burns." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm01_Quartero_3" "Funny story behind this item set. I actually obtained it while trying to get my hands on a different set at Ultimyr University." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm01_Quartero_4" "I'd tried sneaking my way into the university disguised as a professor. \"Welcome to class! You there! Read that book! Good!\" and so on." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm01_Quartero_5" "I hadn't counted on a Gem of True Sight, which was judging every heart in the room for so much as a flicker of ill intent." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm01_Quartero_6" "Well, my heart must have been flickering like the dickens with shitty intentions, because I found myself in the university dungeon before I could snatch a single sabaton." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm02__title_0" "Ember Armor" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm02_Quartero_0" "Let's get this armor on you." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm02_Quartero_1" "Nffh! That is heavy." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm02_Quartero_2" "You must be roasting like a duck in there. Well, If it gets too hot just wave." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm02_Quartero_3" "Anyway, prison. I didn't care for it." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm02_Quartero_4" "I didn't like the cell. I didn't like the rats, or the bed, or the toilet next to the bed." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm02_Quartero_5" "But mostly I didn't like Dodrick. He was the jailer." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm02_Quartero_6" "I mean, I get it, it's prison, Quartero's not made of marshmallow jam. But, I mean... a simple BLANKET to keep me warm at night." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm02_Quartero_7" "I had one, yes, but two would have been even snugglier, and there was a whole pile of them in the linen closet." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm02_Quartero_8" "Or the food, hero. A bowl of gruel is literally water and gristle. It would have cost the prison essentially nothing to adopt a bottomless bowl policy." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm02_Quartero_9" "It was like Dodrick was going out of his way to make prison as unpleasant as possible." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm03__title_0" "Ember Sigil" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm03_Quartero_0" "Look at the glowing sigil on this backpiece!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm03_Quartero_1" "You know, it's odd, when I look directly at the sigil... It's like it fills my heart with... " "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm03_Quartero_2" "Oh, what's the word I'm looking for?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm03_Quartero_3" "Ah! Despair. That's it. Looking at it fills me with despair." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm03_Quartero_4" "Tell you what, I'm going to stop." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm03_Quartero_5" "Anyway, there I was, rotting away in the dungeon, lying on my filthy mattress next to my filthy toilet, when there, on the filthy wall, I spotted it." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm03_Quartero_6" "A summoning spell! I could summon a GENIE!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm03_Quartero_7" "I could wish that Dodrick would fall into his gruel cauldron and drown!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm03_Quartero_8" "And that his death spasms knocked over the pile of spare blankets and they all rolled into my cell!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm03_Quartero_9" "Also I could have just wished to not be in PRISON, obviously, but I was still VERY cross with Dodrick at the time and, well, not thinking straight." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm03_Quartero_10" "I fudged some of the syllables here and there, but basically got the spell right, and presto!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm04__title_0" "Ember Warkilt" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm04_Quartero_0" "Let me cinch the belt for you. There! Give the warkilt a twirl." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm04_Quartero_1" "Yes! Very nice twirling." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm04_Quartero_2" "Next time wear something under the warkilt, that was... a LOT for your old pal Quartero." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm04_Quartero_3" "Where was I in my gripping prison narrative? Right! The breakout! I'd summoned a wish-granting genie!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm04_Quartero_4" "Genie! I commanded, \"Heed my first wish!\"" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm04_Quartero_5" "Well, it turns out I didn't say every single little tiny syllable in the spell perfect." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm04_Quartero_6" "Because I hadn't summoned a wish-granting genie after all, but a much rarer people-murdering genie." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm04_Quartero_7" "I asked if he'd let me make a wish anyway as long as it didn't involve him not murdering someone, and he said no." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm04_Quartero_8" "In fact, ALL he wanted to know was which insolent fool had summoned him, because he said he was going to..." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm04_Quartero_9" "And I quote, \"pound out their skeleton and wear their skin like a jacket.\"" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm04_Quartero_10" "So I said, \"It was him.\"" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm04_Quartero_11" "And I pointed at Dodrick." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm05__title_0" "Magma Fang" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm05_Quartero_0" "I saved the best for last: the Magma Fang!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm05_Quartero_1" "So the best part about this weapon... other than it's a glowing axe the size of a horse, is... look closely. " "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm05_Quartero_2" "It's not even forged! It's just a massive shard of lava rock!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm05_Quartero_3" "And let me tell you, it cuts through prison bars like a hot knife through a surprised jailer." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm05_Quartero_4" "The murder genie melted the bars, grabbed Dodrick by the ankles, and smashed him against a wall until his skeleton came out." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm05_Quartero_5" "Now, technically my cell didn't have bars blocking the way out anymore. But it DID have a giant murder-genie in ember armor." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm05_Quartero_6" "And he'd just run out of people to murder, so I was hoping... he wouldn't... notice..." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm05_Quartero_7" "...He noticed me." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm05_Quartero_8" "So. I had a murder-genie stomping towards me holding that Magma Fang, wearing poor stupid Dodrick as a jacket. My back was against the wall. " "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm05_Quartero_9" "What could I do? I said the summoning spell again." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set03_itm05_Quartero_10" "Now I had TWO murder-genies in the room with me." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm01__title_0" "Golden Mane" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm01_Quartero_0" "Ah, the Gilded Tyrant! Volcanically gilded with mercury, I believe." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm01_Quartero_1" "Unbelievably toxic, of course, but it's not like you're going to put it in your mouth or anything..." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm01_Quartero_2" "Or on your skin or near your face... So! There I was. " "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm01_Quartero_3" "I'd said the summoning spell AGAIN, and what must have been the first murder-genie's SUPERVISOR showed up, because he was wearing the same armor as the FIRST guy... except it looked a lot more expensive." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm01_Quartero_4" "He was also just as angry as the first guy. \"What insolent fool summoned me, I will pound out their skeleton,\" all the same stuff. " "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm01_Quartero_5" "And I figured, well, it worked once, so I point at the first genie and I say: \"HE summoned you. Kill him.\"" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm01_Quartero_6" "Did it work?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm01_Quartero_7" "(Laughing)" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm01_Quartero_8" "It did not." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm02__title_0" "Golden Armor" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm02_Quartero_0" "Your eyes aren't deceiving you. Those glowing spikes on the shoulders? Oh yes. That's genuine Six-Hell crystallized brimstone." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm02_Quartero_1" "Each spike lovingly hammered by hand." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm02_Quartero_2" "...each hand lovingly attached to someone thrown screaming into a volcano, after every single spike." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm02_Quartero_3" "Put your ear close and listen. You hear that? " "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm02_Quartero_4" "That's right. Screams. Of pride, I imagine." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm02_Quartero_5" "At any rate, my clever plan was to use deception to pit the genies against each other. " "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm02_Quartero_6" "A real comedy of errors, like in those classic plays where a handsome rogue tricks two genies into killing each other, you know the ones." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm02_Quartero_7" "Of course, in THOSE plays it only works because nobody ever stops to compare notes and clear up the misunderstanding, which unfortunately these genies did almost instantly." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm02_Quartero_8" "Bazroth, the supervisor, and Griknok, his subordinate, hashed it all out before I was halfway to the door." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm02_Quartero_9" "And if there's one thing genies hate more than humans summoning them, it's apparently LYING about it." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm02_Quartero_10" "Because they started telling me they were going to do things to my skeleton that didn't seem possible if done in sequence. They were simply going to have to pick one." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm03__title_0" "Golden Sigil" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm03_Quartero_0" "Ah. Excellent eye, hero. I see you've zeroed in on the backpiece. That's the obsidian sigil of the Sixth Hell." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm03_Quartero_1" "I'm not sure which one, though. Hold on, I've got a sigil handbook around here somewhere." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm03_Quartero_2" "Let's see... here... ah. \"Nal Vorrth Oog-MUR-toh.\" Roughly translated, \"Throw all concerns into the wind.\"" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm03_Quartero_3" "Well that's nice. Hold on, I didn't see the umlaut over the O. Roughly translated, \"Throw all humans into the volcano.\" Hm." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm03_Quartero_4" "Let me wrap up that gripping prison tale. Where were we? Summoning spell, Griknok the murder-genie, dead jailer, SECOND summoning spell, Bazroth the supervisor, both of them about to kill me, me and my skin out of tricks." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm03_Quartero_5" "All set? Here we go!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm03_Quartero_6" "So there I was: out of tricks. Griknok stomped over to me and grabbed me by the throat. \"I'm going to enjoy this,\" he said." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm03_Quartero_7" "And hero? I believed him. He looked like he was about to have the time of his life." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm03_Quartero_8" "But then Bazroth said, \"Oh no, you don't. You know the rules.\" And Griknok grumbled and stepped aside, and then BAZROTH puts his hands around my throat." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm03_Quartero_9" "And I thought, \"the rules\"? THIS might be useful." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm04__title_0" "Golden Warkilt" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm04_Quartero_0" "Ahh. I see your gaze has fallen on the Golden Warkilt of Ugmörto." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm04_Quartero_1" "Your eyes have fine taste, hero. Smelted in magma drawn from the Six-Hell caldera, and cooled in the blood of the poor souls who made the shoulder spikes." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm04_Quartero_2" "See that belt sigil? That's not ornamentation, that's a containment rune." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm04_Quartero_3" "Nothing evil, it just... well, you know. Keeps everything contained down there." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm04_Quartero_4" "So. Why COULDN'T Griknok kill me?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm04_Quartero_5" "A very good question, and I needed a way to subtly insert it into the conversation, so I asked: \"Hey, why can't Griknok kill me?\"" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm04_Quartero_6" "Well, according to Bazroth, every genie is allowed to kill whoever summoned them. That's the rule." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm04_Quartero_7" "And because I'd told Griknok that stupid smelly Dodrick had summoned him, Griknok got to kill stupid smelly Dodrick." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm04_Quartero_8" "I'd summoned Bazroth, so Bazroth got to kill me. I guess that's why it was the first thing both of them asked." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm04_Quartero_9" "So I said, actually: I lied." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm04_Quartero_10" "I summoned Griknok. I'd done ALL the summoning so far. They'd killed stupid smelly Dodrick for nothing." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm04_Quartero_11" "And the genies didn't say ANYTHING after that, for a long long time." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm04_Quartero_12" "And then Griknok said \"Shit.\"" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm04_Quartero_13" "And then Bazroth, after a while, he also said \"Shit.\"" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm05__title_0" "Gilded Fang" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm05_Quartero_0" "Presenting the Gilded Fang!" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm05_Quartero_1" "Forged in the black fires of the Six-Hell Caldera, where only the heaviest metals survive." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm05_Quartero_2" "Hauled from the very throat of the vent, its edge cast and hardened in a cataclysm of molten stone and threaded with vein-gold from the mantle of the Sixth Hell." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm05_Quartero_3" "And that's a lot of technical mumbo-jumbo, but the gist is this axe is cool as hell and it's yours for free." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm05_Quartero_4" "I'll also throw in the thrilling conclusion to my prison tale. Both the genies seemed to think they were in a LOT of trouble, and they were begging me to sign some contract they'd written up on Dodrick's skin stating that Dodrick had summoned both of them." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm05_Quartero_5" "I gave the contract a once-over. It didn't look like there were any clauses hidden away in the fine print, so I added some." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm05_Quartero_6" "After all, I'd come to Ultimyr looking for some gear to steal, and then these two idiots show up wearing Six-Hell caldera armor. The shoulder guards alone were worth more than the entire university." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm05_Quartero_7" "So I told them I'd sign on one condition: that both of them immediately get nude. " "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm05_Quartero_8" "Griknok looked confused and a little scared, and wanted to know if he could ask why before he said yes. And I said calm down, I just want your armor, now take your clothes off." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm05_Quartero_9" "And hero? Take their clothes off they did. Stripped right down. Griknok was a little shyer about it than Bazroth. For good reason as it turned out." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm05_Quartero_10" "After which I signed the contract, sent them on their way back to Six-Hell, and here I am, giving the spoils... to you." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm05_Quartero_11" "I hope the harrowing story of their acquisition increases their value in your eyes, knowing as you now do the trials I undertook to get them t— No, I didn't think so. Weren't even listening, were you?" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_q02_set04_itm05_Quartero_12" "No, it's fine, it's late. Take it. I will see you in a few months." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_antique-200__title_0" "Antique 200" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_antique-200_Quartero_0" "You... are... KIDDING me. Level 200? How did you... how did you even do that? It only goes to Level 100! That's where it stopped! You are a machine, you know that? I'm impressed. I'm BEYOND impressed. Holy shit." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_antique-300__title_0" "Antique 300" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_antique-300_Quartero_0" "Level 300? That is... that is unHEARD of. I've never... I can't even... How good ARE you at this game? You must be just... (Whistles) Could I... could I have your autograph? It's not for me, it's for my sister Jolixia, she's a BIG fan." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_antique-01__title_0" "Antique Intro" "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_antique-01_Quartero_0" "Last time I came around I made sure to give everyone some chances to win free stuff, and the response was unanimous! Every single person was mad." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_antique-01_Quartero_1" "So! This time Quartero's going to make sure your first antique is an extra super-duper special one." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_antique-01_Quartero_2" "Then it's back to the usual stuff. But! You'll get more chances to win it." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_antique-01_Quartero_3" "Last but not least! Now you'll get to pick your treasure from an assortment of options." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_antique-01_Quartero_4" "Happy? Everybody... finally happy with how I'm giving away all my stuff? Super." "DOTA_VisualNovel_seasonal_winter_2025_Dialogue_antique-01_Quartero_5" "Anybody with further suggestions can mail them directly to Quartero at One Two Three Kiss My Purple Ass Lane." }