Other Side: Beren's Court

Other Side: Beren's Court
Type	Other Side Event
Previous	Other Side: Gods War Gate
Next	Other Side: Antler Society or ???
Conclusion	Other Side: Beren's Boon, or Other Side: Beren's Consolation

Dialogue

“	<Explorer> enters the citadel of Berenstead, reflected in eternal perfection in the divine realm. There <he/she> sees King Beren in his heyday, having humbled all his rivals. "What tribute do you bring me, outlander?" he asks. "I am no outlander," <Explorer> replies, "but a descendant, with a gift of warning." "All this glory will one day crumple to dust." Tests Oration vs. Confidence. "Do not humble your neighbors, but learn from them." Tests Oration vs. Bullheadedness. "The world is more complicated than we want to see." Tests Oration vs. Skepticism. "There will come a time when we value not gold, but hope." Tests Oration vs. Skepticism.	”
— Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out

Consequences

If you say, "All this glory will one day crumple to dust," Beren may take your words to heart and pledge to prepare his people for hardship as well as glory.

If you say "Do not humble your neighbors, but learn from them," then Beren may rebuke you and ask what need the royal clan has of humility? He may still feed you and send you on your way, progressing the event-chain. ALternatively, he will agree, and say that just as he came to understand the Rams, they should understand others as well.

"There will come a time when we value not gold, but hope," functions similarly, but prompts Beren to build ramparts for the future.

If you earn Beren's approval, he takes the Quester on a tour through the wildlands. Should the "Antler Society" appear, the Quester identifies them as something else...

Notes

If you bring Yatakan to visit Beren, the last sentence will be replaced by the following:

“	"'Outlander?' You don't recall our sparring practice?" Yatakan replies. Beren smiles but shakes his head. Yatakan sadly continues, "I bring a gift of warning."	”
— Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out

Advice

• "Though he did not serve Humakt, he was renowned for his honor." - Kerenna/Humakt devotee
• "Through Redalda, he joined Ernalda's many grooms." - Ernalda devotee
• "The Crown of Beren! We must keep searching for it." - Ancestor worshiper
• "'Outlander?' I suppose this shows that he is a god, and not the same as the Beren I once knew." - Yatakan
• "I wish he would remember me." - Yatakan, alternate
• "When events in the ordinary world take on extraordinary significance, they echo forever in the Gods Realm."
• "How far we have fallen."
• "He is as I always imagined him."