The Rogues' Camp

Quest · Chapter 3 · Old Camp

Start with: Thorus.

Route

  • Your report depends on whether you rescued, left, or killed the prisoner.
  • Brannok identifies Arlin as the person you need to track down.

Quest Parts

  • The Rogues' Camp:
  • I gotta find the rogues' camp.:
  • I gotta get access to the camp.:
  • I should find out what sort of guy Quentin is.:
  • I should report back to Thorus.:

A threat the Old Camp cannot classify

Thorus sends the hero to investigate the hidden camp because the Old Camp does not know what to call it. Its people are former bandits, but they have gathered members from the Blues, the Reds, and the Loons. They are not officially one of the established camps, yet they have begun to draw people away from them.

The assignment is meant to answer a practical question: are the rogues a temporary nuisance or a new faction? Thorus does not want a public confrontation before he knows the answer, so the hero must gain access, learn what Quentin is like, and return with an assessment rather than a rumor.

Arlin and the price of entry

Brannok controls the door and demands a favor involving Arlin, a prisoner held by the Old Camp. The choice to rescue, abandon, or kill Arlin shapes the report because it tells Quentin whether the hero handled the matter as an ally or as an executioner. The camp's security is measured through personal judgment before the hero is trusted with its politics.

Quentin rejects the idea that his people are poaching recruits. In his view, prisoners come to the canyon because they are tired of being ordered around by ore barons, guards, and mages. The camp is growing because the established factions have made obedience unbearable, not because Quentin needs to advertise.

A fourth faction in the making

Quentin is willing to coexist with the Old Camp as long as the Old Camp leaves him alone, but Lee and Thorus hear something more significant in that stance. A community that accepts anyone tired of the existing powers can become a fourth faction even without declaring itself one.

Reporting back to Thorus therefore gives the Old Camp more than the location of a hidden camp. It confirms that the Colony's conflict is producing a new political space—one held together by independence, secrecy, and the belief that no established leader should own the people who live there.

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