Kathryn's Backstory

Quest: Kathryn's Backstory

Location: None

Questgiver: Kathryn Hawklin

Other quest objects: None

There's no journal entries for this one, so think of it more as an Easter Egg. The PC must ask Kathryn to tell them a bit about herself, and progress through all three of her dialogues before they leave the Wyvernwater areas for the final time (the Lake stays open so it is possible to travel back until up to the final battle). The next time the PC travels from the Wyvernwater areas to the Thunderstone areas, they will be taken to a special Encounter: Road area where the party is attacked by a group of Fire Knives seeking the death of Kathryn. This is one of the toughest combats (but a great time to use a horse). The rewards are the loot found on the attackers, which usually includes some nice stuff.

Comments: Kathryn Hawklin was always penciled in to have a quest as part of her backstory. The original backstory was much more elaborate - remember all those references to unsafe streets at night, and Hawklin keeping his daughter locked up? Well originally Kathryn was a lycanthrope, and a sidequest was to find a way to make the lycanthropy controllable by gathering the necessary and finding a way to get Kathryn to Magnus to make it happen. This was cut since only a few players would see the quest, and it was long and complex in its entirety. Other things took precedence.