Player: hi
Bertha: Greetings Player. Looking for a {trade}, I hope. Business is not going well.
Player: Svargrond
Bertha: These barbarians are still adapting to the city life but they do quite well I guess. They still lack interest in real trading and ... let's say they are a bit limited in their horizon.
Player: Thais
Bertha: I guess whole Thais is laughing at the failure of our operations.
Player: Carlin
Bertha: Carlin expects wonders of me. However, as long as they don't send some considerable help, they can wait until moss is growing in their hair.
Player: Edron
Bertha: They promised me these frozen lands could become for Carlin what Edron is for Thais. What a cruel joke.
Player: dwarf
Bertha: Sadly I could not win many dwarfs for our mining operations. They are probably afraid of Thais's reaction if it becomes known that they are helping us. Player: elf
Bertha: The elves are of no great help. They do little to convince the spiritual leaders of the barbarians to help me.
Player: book
Bertha: My inventory of general goods and paperware is large, ask me for a {trade} to take a look.
Player: magic
Bertha: Ask a sorcerer or druid about that.
Player: yeti
Bertha: Another senseless tale of superstitious natives.
Player: cult
Bertha: Well, we heard of some strangers that travelled through this city. Not exchanging many words with the people here. The locals claim they headed straight to our old mines ...
Bertha: As far as I can tell though not much has changed at the mines. Our scouts are still attacked or even killed. So I assume the strangers were either killed or they are friends of the raiders ...
Bertha: I have no clue what has happened and I don't have the resources to find out.
Player: chakoya
Bertha: I think these chakoyas are only a tale to scare the local kids.
Player: barbarian
Bertha: All this cold seems to have frozen the brains of those people to solid ice.
Player: weapon
Bertha: Robert sells that. Go and ask him about that.
Player: Robert
Bertha: You can buy general goods from me. For weapons and armor you rather see my assistant Robert at the arena in the mountains to the west.
Player: equipment
Bertha: My inventory of general goods and paperware is large, ask me for a {trade} to take a look.
Player: jarl
Bertha: The jarl here is of no great help. Our equipment and wood is welcome but we get little profit out of these deals.
Player: raiders
Bertha: Their presence is bad enough. The fact that they occupied the mines and that they hate us non-natives of this frozen rock makes things only worse.
Player: mines
Bertha: The mines are actually Carlin's property. If only the queen were sending soldiers, to get them back from this rabble. Venore is probably planning to take over these mines just as we are talking.
Player: shaman
Bertha: That's how the local druids call themselves.
Player: Chyll
Bertha: That seems to be a god that the locals worship.
Player: Nibelor
Bertha: Nibelor is an isle on which the local druids dwell.
Player: years of serpents
Bertha: What a horrible threat those beasts have been. But if they hadn't vanished all of a sudden, we would never have stranded here.
Player: name
Bertha: I'm Bertha from Carlin.
Player: job
Bertha: I'm a trader by profession but here you could also call me the ambassador of Carlin. However, there is little I can do about our problems, and support from Carlin is virtually non-existent.
Player: mission or task
Bertha: Unless you can change the whole situation here, I don't have anything to do for you. Player: king
Bertha: The pompous king of Thais might be involved in the take-over of our mines.
Player: gods
Bertha: The gods seem to be far away in this corner of the world.
Player: magic
Bertha: Ask a sorcerer or druid about that.
Player: druids
Bertha: The druids of Carlin have quite good connections to the local druids here.
Player: Ferumbras
Bertha: Well, HE would only be needed to make things worse over here.
Player: Excalibug
Bertha: I toyed with the idea to spread the rumour that Excalibug might be hidden in the mines. I think if enough adventurers were lured into the mines, they might drive out the ones that occupy them now ...
Bertha: So do me a favour, when somebody asks about Excalibug, tell them it's down there in those mines.
Player: news
Bertha: News? Are you mocking me? Almost any news would be good news. As long as it concerns Carlin's affairs, nothing seems to change for the better.
Player: offer
Bertha: My inventory of general goods and paperware is large, ask me for a {trade} to take a look.
Player: how are you?
Bertha: It could definitely be better but thanks for asking. I hope you're fine yourself.
Player: bye
Bertha: Bye Player.