// creator  : weidu.exe (version 23100)
// argument : TOWNC01.DLG
// game		 : .
// source	 : ./DATA/DIALOG.BIF
// dialog	 : ./DIALOG.TLK
// dialogF  : (none)

BEGIN ~TOWNC01~ 2 // non-zero flags may indicate non-pausing dialogue

IF ~CalanderDayLT(3)
~ THEN BEGIN 0 // from:
  SAY #30834 /* ~Hear ye, hear ye! All the news that's fit to bellow!  Today's latest: diplomatic overtures in Riatavin! Council of Six foresees resolution to southern troubles!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #30835 /* ~Riatavin? What's going on there?~ */ GOTO 1
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #30836 /* ~This doesn't really mean that much to me.~ */ GOTO 2
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31399 /* ~Places to go, people to see.~ */ GOTO 14
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31400 /* ~What about Baldur's Gate? Heard anything from there?~ */ GOTO 46
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 1 // from: 0.0
  SAY #30837 /* ~Listen up, all. Riatavin and Trailstone petitioned to join Tethyr a few tendays ago, but talks collapsed under covenants gone bad. Now Riatavin wants back in.~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 2
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 2 // from: 61.0 27.2 10.2 1.0 0.1
  SAY #30838 /* ~The real tales behind the proclamations!  Each morning I've scuttlebutt on the fat and dirt on the pure. The call of the cock and I roll from my rock!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(6)
~ THEN BEGIN 3 // from:
  SAY #30839 /* ~Allo! Allo! More Tethyrian exiles landing in Athkatla! Hear ye! Hear ye! Expelled for familial misdeeds! Oh shudder to think of all the red ink!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #30841 /* ~Exiles? What's this all about then?~ */ GOTO 4
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #30843 /* ~Yeah, alright. That's too bad. But I'm still not interested.~ */ GOTO 5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 4 // from: 3.0
  SAY #30844 /* ~The Year of the Tankard has been a tough one for the rich and pampered trying to grind out a living on the backs of the poor down south.~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 20
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 5 // from: 78.2 21.0 16.1 3.1
  SAY #30845 /* ~Every morning I'm here, keeping the faith, protecting the righteous, and crucifying the guilty! Drop by to gnaw the fat and feast on the foolish!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(9)
~ THEN BEGIN 6 // from:
  SAY #30882 /* ~Hear ye! Hear ye! She's a scorcher this morn!  A dozen carracks hit the high seas for Maztica!  Waterdeep in a New Amn showdown for resources!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #30890 /* ~What of Maztica? Tell me more, crier.~ */ GOTO 7
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #30891 /* ~Another day, another story I don't care about.~ */ GOTO 8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 7 // from: 6.0
  SAY #30893 /* ~Helmsport is the apple of New Amn's eye. Enter Waterdeep, seeking to expand her influence and ruthlessly plunder under the guise of diplomacy.~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 9
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 8 // from: 92.0 27.1 23.0 6.1
  SAY #30898 /* ~Bad news travels fast and misfortune spreads like wildfire.  Your humble servant reads from the true book, bringing you the latest news of the Realms!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 9 // from: 7.0
  SAY #30900 /* ~The Council of Six send an armada of Helm-priests and sellswords to expel the Waterdhavian traders before the natives sniff the winds of change!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 22
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(12)
~ THEN BEGIN 10 // from:
  SAY #30903 /* ~Awake, all! Fresh from the messenger's mouth: Sixteen ships set sail, only eleven arrive! Over a thousand lost at sea! Tragedy! Mayhem! Oh the humanity!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #30911 /* ~ Ships lost at sea? What else happened, crier?~ */ GOTO 12
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #30912 /* ~"Who gives a damn?" is my apathetic refrain, crier.~ */ GOTO 14
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #30914 /* ~ I've other business to attend to right now.~ */ GOTO 2
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #30923 /* ~Any other recent news that might be of interest to me other than this political mumbo-jumbo?~ */ GOTO 11
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 11 // from: 10.3
  SAY #30925 /* ~Always!  But be a dear, be sincere and get your ass on outta here. Let's foreclose on this topic. It can change, change fast and change she will!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 12 // from: 10.0
  SAY #30929 /* ~Five ships lost to the sea's fury. The strongarms have now been sent to quell uprisings inland at Qoral and Drakmul.~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 13
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 13 // from: 12.0
  SAY #30936 /* ~Waterdhavians run amok in New Amn while the peace is policed!  Seems the New World has all the Old World problems!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 14
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 14 // from: 68.2 39.2 13.0 10.1 0.2
  SAY #30938 /* ~Every morning my soapbox is set, my mouth full of moxie and my head swims with tales from across Faerun! All true! All timely! All told with aplomb and vigor!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 15
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 15 // from: 32.0 19.0 14.0
  SAY #30944 /* ~Brought to you by the Mithrest: "When it's time for the best it's time for Mithrest,  Athkatla's finest!" Tell them I sent you and get no benefit whatsoever!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(15)
~ THEN BEGIN 16 // from:
  SAY #30947 /* ~Hear ye! Hear ye! The Rebellion she truly begins today! Today of all days! Riatavin and Trailstone have defected! 
~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #30950 /* ~Oh, oh. This doesn't sound good. What happened now?~ */ GOTO 24
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #30953 /* ~Whatever. I've got bigger fish to fry than standing around listening to yet another Athkatlan blowhard.~ */ GOTO 5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 17 // from: 25.0
  SAY #30958 /* ~ Well, welcome they are not! The arbitrators were taken hostage and then forced from the region under sordid threats of bodily harm! With no warning!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 18
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 18 // from: 17.0
  SAY #30964 /* ~Damage control for the Council now comes in the form of arbitrators sent to Darromar to restrict the involvement of the Tethyrian government.~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 26
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 19 // from: 26.0
  SAY #30968 /* ~With the dawn and a yawn comes new tales and old friends.   I'm all over it, like the stench on dung! Check here each morning for the latest on the latest!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 15
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 20 // from: 4.0
  SAY #31095 /* ~Noses are akimbo about Maztican gold falling into chubby fingers while Riatavin and Trailstone are left reading from the wrong books and the dogleg ledgers!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 21
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 21 // from: 20.0
  SAY #31096 /* ~ Judgement was swift on the deserving and bags packed doubletime! "Good riddance" the natives wailed from ramparts high!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 5
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 22 // from: 9.0
  SAY #31097 /* ~The Seven Heavens forbid if metal or magic should fall into the wrong hands in the colonies!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 23
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 23 // from: 45.2 39.1 33.1 22.0
  SAY #31098 /* ~Trouble is a-brewing, gathered friends, count on it! You heard it here first!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 8
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 24 // from: 16.0
  SAY #31099 /* ~Their petitions have been renegotiated and the Council is flabbergasted with this latest episode! A curse and a wail in protest as Amn is rent asunder!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 25
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 25 // from: 24.0
  SAY #31100 /* ~Prick up your ears and hear this woeful tale of loss. Half a tenday ago, the Council was talking with Riatavin about welcoming them back into the family fold.~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 17
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 26 // from: 33.2 18.0
  SAY #31101 /* ~This turn of events could draw Athkatla into a trade war! A war, alas friends, no one can win! Oh for grief if it's embargoes and sanctions!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 19
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(18)
~ THEN BEGIN 27 // from:
  SAY #31102 /* ~Awaken ye to the song of the sea!  The story was delivered by pearl! The council abandons hope on getting back Riatavin and Trailstone! Hear all about it!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31103 /* ~What happened there, Neckeith?~ */ GOTO 29
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31104 /* ~Again I awake to a new day not giving a damn one way or the other.~ */ GOTO 8
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31105 /* ~I've got other things to do right now.~ */ GOTO 2
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31106 /* ~Any other news? Perhaps about Candlekeep or word from the Gate?~ */ GOTO 28
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 28 // from: 27.3
  SAY #31107 /* ~Nothing new since the plague of iron, kobold.  But who is interested in affairs north when it all happens south? Hmmm? Let's foreclose on this topic now.~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 29 // from: 27.0
  SAY #31108 /* ~It's a blight on Amnian commerce! The Merchants' Chosen of Riatavin took the money, split the difference, and bit the hand that fed them all in one fell swoop!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 30
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 30 // from: 29.0
  SAY #31109 /* ~Now Riatavin is still bitter over its red ink in the Maztica deal. Riatavin's merchants are denying Amnian access to trade routes in their territory!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 31
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 31 // from: 30.0
  SAY #31110 /* ~This showdown promises to yield a mountain of gossip, rumor and lies before it plays out its final act! Someone is going to take a fine delivery!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 32
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 32 // from: 55.0 31.0
  SAY #31111 /* ~Visit the Town Crier for the word on the Athkatla's streets! Every morn I rise and shine feeling fine, ready to spread stories only as tall as your last deal!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 15
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(21)
~ THEN BEGIN 33 // from:
  SAY #31139 /* ~Harken to the chant of commerce and the breeze of barter!  Blood spilled on Council tile as diplomacy takes the backbench to outrage! Hear it here first!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31140 /* ~That can't be good. What's happening on the frontier?~ */ GOTO 35
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31141 /* ~This doesn't really concern me at all right now.~ */ GOTO 23
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31142 /* ~Does anyone really give any sort of damn about this Riatavin nonsense?~ */ GOTO 26
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31143 /* ~You must have some news other than this story, surely.~ */ GOTO 34
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 34 // from: 73.1 51.3 33.3
  SAY #31144 /* ~Some drunken sailor just walked by with your mam on one arm and a tankard of bathtub gin on the other. Now go away, kobold! You bother me.~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 35 // from: 33.0
  SAY #31146 /* ~The comely Queen Zaranda of Tethyr is outraged at the Council of Six, treating her Lady Haredown so shabbily, and by rote, her country!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 36
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 36 // from: 35.0
  SAY #31145 /* ~In retaliation for treating the Duchess of the Purple Marches like a common kobold, Queen Zaranda accepts petitions from the two renegade outposts!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 37
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 37 // from: 36.0
  SAY #31147 /* ~Riatavin now lays claim to land south of the Tejarn Hills! The Council lurches all trade to a deafening halt! Our Six are dragons, and wily ones at that!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 38
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 38 // from: 56.2 45.1 37.0
  SAY #31148 /* ~Each morn make the journey to learny about the privileged and the vagabonds! I have truth from the true book!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(24)
~ THEN BEGIN 39 // from:
  SAY #31151 /* ~Good business, gathered friends! I've got dirt that might hurt and you'll scarcely believe the cloak-and-dagger conspiracies! Two old adversaries resurface.~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31158 /* ~This sounds promising. Continue with your tale, crier.~ */ GOTO 41
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31225 /* ~Oh good. More boring crap to lull me to sleep.~ */ GOTO 23
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31226 /* ~Sorry, crier. I've other business to take care of right now.~ */ GOTO 14
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31227 /* ~What of other news?~ */ GOTO 40
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 40 // from: 39.3
  SAY #31229 /* ~How's this? Your mother was a jackal and your father was an ass, which make you, urchin interruptus, a jackass! Now stop disrupting my train of thought!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 41 // from: 39.0
  SAY #31232 /* ~A cauldron of cold intrigues! A witches brew of bad news! Cyricists of the Twin Towers of the Eternal Eclipse are wooing the ogre magi Sythsillis and Cyrvisnea.~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 42
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 42 // from: 41.0
  SAY #31236 /* ~Blackwill Akhlmere, of the horse-breeding Akhlmere empire, requires aid! The Giant's Eye Trading Company has run into Cyricists at the Mountain of Skulls.~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 43
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 43 // from: 42.0
  SAY #31241 /* ~Blackwill offers sellswords to the Sythillisian Empire for the attack on Murann. The Green Fields Consortium keeps a close eye on events!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 44
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 44 // from: 89.0 82.0 43.0
  SAY #31243 /* ~Ear to the ground and eyes wide round, check with me every morning for the true book lowdown on the high-born and the skinny on the fat! Good business!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(27)
~ THEN BEGIN 45 // from:
  SAY #31245 /* ~Good business! You could cook a hen's egg on your forehead this morn! Riatavin is in hot water this day! Caravans disrupted and contracts corrupted!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31388 /* ~Tell me more, crier.~ */ GOTO 48
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31371 /* ~This sounds like about the time I stop listening.~ */ GOTO 38
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31397 /* ~I've got other things on my mind than news.~ */ GOTO 23
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31398 /* ~Surely something else newsworthy happens in this country?~ */ GOTO 47
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 46 // from: 90.3 0.3
  SAY #31402 /* ~Yes, that's she's a bug-ridden, filth-infested dungheap and any from there are bastards of kobold siring! Stop talking! One mouthpiece at a time!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 47 // from: 45.3
  SAY #31406 /* ~It does, but I report on business, not when a rajah wipes his rump! In a city governed by commerce, it's the only thing the mobile venture to hear!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 48 // from: 45.0
  SAY #31408 /* ~The first caravans from the East arrive in Riatavin, and the Merchant's Chosen buys up all the shipping contracts, cargo and goods! Everything!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 49
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 49 // from: 48.0
  SAY #31411 /* ~A tall deal is made, but the future of the route is in limbo -- no place to be when shingles are hung out for barter and promise of profit!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 50
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 50 // from: 67.0 49.0
  SAY #31412 /* ~It'll be a cold day in the Nine Hells before I read from anything other than the clean book! Good business!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(30)
~ THEN BEGIN 51 // from:
  SAY #31414 /* ~Hear ye one and all! The mercantile families of Amn demand the Council declare war over the most grievous crime of all -- disruption of trade!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31415 /* ~Amn is going to war? I need to know more about this, crier.~ */ GOTO 54
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31416 /* ~War? Hopefully you'll get called into service, crier, so I don't have to listen to the sound of your voice every morning.~ */ GOTO 52
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31417 /* ~I've got other things to attend to right now.~ */ GOTO 53
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31418 /* ~What about the rest of the region? Any news from elsewhere?~ */ GOTO 34
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 52 // from: 51.1
  SAY #31419 /* ~No need to wish ill on your superiors. Check back on the morrow and the news of the day shall be your covenant! Good business to you!
~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 53 // from: 105.0 101.0 73.2 72.0 62.2 51.2
  SAY #31420 /* ~When you hear the bustle of barter break on yon horizon, I shall be on my soapbox, preaching from the true book!  Good business!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 54 // from: 51.0
  SAY #31421 /* ~Riatavin's purchase of caravan contracts has incurred the wrath of Amn's richest citizens. And upsetting the wealthy is none too wise!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 55
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 55 // from: 54.0
  SAY #31422 /* ~Riatavin has also moved the fiscal center south, away from greedy fingers and watchful eyes! Oh the plot she thickens by the minute!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 32
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(33)
~ THEN BEGIN 56 // from:
  SAY #31423 /* ~The sun rises today with fear in her eye!  The Council has moved on Riatavin!  Sellswords on the march by the hundreds!  Carnage! Murder!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31424 /* ~What's happening over there, crier?~ */ GOTO 59
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31425 /* ~Good. Let them all die for all I care.~ */ GOTO 57
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31426 /* ~Other matters are far more pressing at the moment, crier.~ */ GOTO 38
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31427 /* ~Why is it always about Riatavin and trade gossip? I'd like to hear about something else for a change.~ */ GOTO 58
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 57 // from: 90.1 56.1
  SAY #31428 /* ~It must be a constant effort to be a bastard all the time. Now hush, others have interest though you do not. Good business to you!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 58 // from: 56.3
  SAY #31429 /* ~Because, kid, grandpa's gas may be news in the sticks but here that hillbilly hobnail fails to impress! Understand? Good business!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 59 // from: 56.0
  SAY #31430 /* ~Two rich families -- the shipwrighting Argrims and the gold mining Lurraxols -- hired every sellsword in the kingdom to lay siege to Riatavin!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 60
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 60 // from: 59.0
  SAY #31431 /* ~Reclaiming their trade route access is all that matters!  A force of ten thousand lays in wait for the impending strike on Riatavin!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 61
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 61 // from: 98.0 77.0 60.0
  SAY #31432 /* ~Hold on to your hats for the conclusion of this tale of betrayal, loss, rage and redemption! It promises a climax of bloodshed and fortunes!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 2
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(36)
~ THEN BEGIN 62 // from:
  SAY #31434 /* ~Hear ye! Dawn arrives with the sweet chime of profit! Good business! The Shadow Thieves have entered the Riatavin fray!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31436 /* ~The Shadow Thieves? Tell me more, crier.~ */ GOTO 65
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31438 /* ~You've confused me with someone who gives a damn.~ */ GOTO 63
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31440 /* ~Places to go, people to see and they aren't around here.~ */ GOTO 53
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31442 /* ~Again it's Riatavin, ten days in a row! How about other stories for once?~ */ GOTO 64
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 63 // from: 62.1
  SAY #31444 /* ~Confusion must be your sole bedfellow, traveler.  If you had a brain you'd have it on the ground playing with it. Good business!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 64 // from: 99.3 78.3 62.3
  SAY #31446 /* ~There is a story about a clueless prat with a town crier's foot broken off in his arse. Step aside for those who'd hear the mouth that roars!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 65 // from: 62.0
  SAY #31447 /* ~Shadow Thief assassins failed in their attempt last eve to kill the rulers of Riatavin with poisoned food and special delivery scorpions!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 66
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 66 // from: 65.0
  SAY #31448 /* ~Ambushes on city streets fail miserably, and all attempts to infiltrate the enemy stronghold fail!  A crushing blow for the Shadows!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 67
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 67 // from: 66.0
  SAY #31449 /* ~Seven sets of severed feet are found in Riatavin alleys, and martial law is imposed in the Gateway City!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 50
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(39)
~ THEN BEGIN 68 // from:
  SAY #31450 /* ~General Craumerdaun is the dish from the right book this morn! Sellswords on the march and conflict brews hotter than Maztican talldark!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31451 /* ~This sounds like trouble, crier. Tell me more.~ */ GOTO 71
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31452 /* ~Oh well, another day, another whatever who cares?~ */ GOTO 69
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31453 /* ~This really doesn't have me all that interested, crier. I've other places to be.~ */ GOTO 14
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31454 /* ~I'm sure others ask you about other stories. Well, are there any?~ */ GOTO 70
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 69 // from: 102.2 99.2 93.2 90.2 68.1
  SAY #31455 /* ~Move away then, child, so the informed can stay informed and the moronic can manifest their ignorance in cross-eyed bliss.~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 70 // from: 68.3
  SAY #31459 /* ~Other criers deliver banality and belly laughs at the cost of truth, but yours truly only speaks from the right book!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 71 // from: 68.0
  SAY #31462 /* ~Local sellswords march to Eshpurta to join the wily General Craumerdaun in his charge against Riatavin.~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 72
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 72 // from: 71.0
  SAY #31463 /* ~Garrisons will join up along the Eshpurta and Gem Roads. The Citadel already marches upon Riatavin.  Woe to the Merchant's Chosen in the Gateway City!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 53
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(42)
~ THEN BEGIN 73 // from:
  SAY #31486 /* ~Dawn breaks as does news of the Sythillisians! Fort Ishla falls under a humanoid onslaught! No one is spared! An unparalleled tragedy!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31487 /* ~The Sythillisians? That doesn't sound good, crier.~ */ GOTO 75
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31488 /* ~Fort where? Isn't that Fort who-gives-a-crap?~ */ GOTO 34
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31489 /* ~I'd really like to hear this but I've got other things to take care of.~ */ GOTO 53
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31490 /* ~I want to hear about something else other than war and pestilence.~ */ GOTO 74
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 74 // from: 73.3
  SAY #31491 /* ~Pull my finger and you're guaranteed something special -- I had a feast of Maztican spiced noonmeats last eve! Now move aside!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 75 // from: 73.0
  SAY #31492 /* ~The Skullgnasher army of giants and the Spearbiter goblins laid waste to Fort Ishla!  The monsters have set their sights on slaughter!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 76
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 76 // from: 75.0
  SAY #31495 /* ~The Small Teeth bred the filthy legions that took our outpost! No Amnian soldier escaped the massacre -- a thousand families fatherless!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 77
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 77 // from: 76.0
  SAY #31497 /* ~Gambiton looks to be next as they slaughter and scorch all in their way! Pray to heaven because hell is on earth!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 61
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(45)
~ THEN BEGIN 78 // from:
  SAY #31502 /* ~Hear ye!  Sythillisians foreclose on Gambiton! The chatter of coins cannot stop the unholy onslaught of the humanoid war machine!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31505 /* ~This doesn't sound good at all, crier. What do you know of the conflict?~ */ GOTO 80
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31506 /* ~How do you say in Amnish--who gives a damn?~ */ GOTO 79
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31507 /* ~Sounds like a good story but I'm not much in the mood thanks.~ */ GOTO 5
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31509 /* ~Not again. How many times can war be news?~ */ GOTO 64
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 79 // from: 78.1
  SAY #31512 /* ~It's translated in the ancient tomes of yore as "Do us all a favor and shut the hell up."~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 80 // from: 78.0
  SAY #31515 /* ~Gambiton is trampled flat,  its people have all fled screaming! The King's Arch is destroyed and no one can escape to Esmeltaran!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 81
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 81 // from: 80.0
  SAY #31517 /* ~Heavy rains are pummeling the region out of season, thwarting Amnian efforts to reach the Hillfort Ishla and reckon the true caliber of damage!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 82
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 82 // from: 81.0
  SAY #31521 /* ~The only people who are rejoicing in Athkatla are the followers of Talos, thrilled with the destruction wrought from nature's blind, storming fury!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 44
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(48)
~ THEN BEGIN 83 // from:
  SAY #31549 /* ~Hear ye! Esmeltaran falls to the Sythillisians! Esmeltaran falls! Defenders of the city are crushed to pulp by the unstoppable force!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31550 /* ~More troubles, crier? Give me details.~ */ GOTO 87
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31552 /* ~I couldn't care less about any of this.~ */ GOTO 84
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31554 /* ~I'd like to stay around but duty calls.~ */ GOTO 85
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31555 /* ~What of elsewhere, crier? There's a big world out there.~ */ GOTO 86
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 84 // from: 102.1 99.1 83.1
  SAY #31557 /* ~Well, stop drinking turpentine and get yourself an honest profession. Step away so that the citizenry can gain proxy to the truth spoken from the right book!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 85 // from: 83.2
  SAY #31560 /* ~The duty of loafing elsewhere clogging walkways? Good business to you!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 86 // from: 83.3
  SAY #31561 /* ~Until you begin paying my bills, fueling my fireplace and tiling my roof, this is the only news you'll be getting from me!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 87 // from: 83.0
  SAY #31562 /* ~The Skullgnashers and Spearbiters descended upon Esmeltaran.  In a matter of hours the city was overrun with giants and goblins! Picture that!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 88
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 88 // from: 87.0
  SAY #31563 /* ~The castle of Dahaundar fell, so all that remains are giants, goblins and a few renegade Cyricists who allied with the monsters!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 89
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 89 // from: 88.0
  SAY #31568 /* ~Among the traitors who is the ex-commander of Hillfort Ishla, Captain Amlos Xornnag! A betrayal of the first order to Amnians everywhere!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 44
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(51)
~ THEN BEGIN 90 // from:
  SAY #31580 /* ~Good business! It's a hot one here, but not as hot as the standing air down south! The Amnish army reaches Hillfort Keshla!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31581 /* ~The army has reached Keshla? Tell me more, crier.~ */ GOTO 91
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31582 /* ~Imagine that: I couldn't care less if I tried.~ */ GOTO 57
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31583 /* ~Things to do, things to do.~ */ GOTO 69
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31584 /* ~Have you heard anything about the Gate or maybe Candlekeep?~ */ GOTO 46
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 91 // from: 90.0
  SAY #31588 /* ~Over half of Keshla's contingent has been assimilated into the big, bad band of bastards!  Battle plans are drawn up, and Riatavin is ripe for an ass-kicking!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 92
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 92 // from: 91.0
  SAY #31592 /* ~Three days march separates our brave lads form liberating the agitators! Three days to certain doom for the firebrands with an axe to grind!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 8
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(54)
~ THEN BEGIN 93 // from:
  SAY #31598 /* ~Heavens above she's a hot one this morn! Good business! Riders from the Amnian army reach Hillfort Torbold!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31600 /* ~Continue, crier.~ */ GOTO 96
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31602 /* ~Hillfort what? Why the hell would I give any kind of damn about that?~ */ GOTO 94
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31603 /* ~I'm pretty busy at the moment so I'll have to beg off this time.~ */ GOTO 69
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31604 /* ~I'm not from Athkatla, so I don't care about Athkatla. I need other news, crier.~ */ GOTO 95
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 94 // from: 93.1
  SAY #31605 /* ~You don't have to, pilgrim. Just don't feign surprise when your brain seeps out of your skull from neglect. Now step away so the real book can play!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 95 // from: 102.3 93.3
  SAY #31606 /* ~My arse talks to me. In a Maztican accent. How's that for other news?~ */
  IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 96 // from: 93.0
  SAY #31608 /* ~A third of Torbold's troops head east to join forces marching on Riatavin!  Soon after they depart for Keshla, straggling wounded arrive from Esmeltaran!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 97
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 97 // from: 96.0
  SAY #31610 /* ~The wounded alert Major Olehm of the lethal dangers to the west!  The Major sends his fastest scouts to catch up with the legion heading toward Keshla!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 98
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 98 // from: 97.0
  SAY #31609 /* ~Olehm now bolsters morale and readies his troops and fort for full scale war!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 61
END

IF ~CalanderDayLT(57)
~ THEN BEGIN 99 // from:
  SAY #31612 /* ~Good business!  News of Esmeltaran's fall reaches General Craumerdaun at Hillfort Keshla!  Hear it here first! Accept no imitations!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31626 /* ~This sounds like it's getting worse. Please continue.~ */ GOTO 100
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31611 /* ~I did hear it here first and I still don't care.~ */ GOTO 84
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31628 /* ~I have to get going, crier. Another time maybe.~ */ GOTO 69
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31629 /* ~How about something other than this trade war?~ */ GOTO 64
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 100 // from: 99.0
  SAY #31630 /* ~Poor roads can't deter the stalwart General Craumerdaun from marching to Esmeltaran!  The hardy contingent changes its course from Riatavin to the occupied city!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 101
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 101 // from: 100.0
  SAY #31631 /* ~The remaining troops stay in Keshla until their return! This is getting very intriguing! Intriguing indeed!
~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 53
END

IF ~True()~ THEN BEGIN 102 // from:
  SAY #31635 /* ~Hear ye!  More news of the scurrilous Sythillisian's Empire! Horrors abound as the legions of evil march on Imnescar!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31642 /* ~Tell me more of this scourge, crier.~ */ GOTO 103
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31643 /* ~I couldn't imagine being any more uninterested in this.~ */ GOTO 84
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31644 /* ~It sounds like a good story but I haven't the time at the moment.~ */ GOTO 69
  IF ~~ THEN REPLY #31645 /* ~How about some other story?~ */ GOTO 95
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 103 // from: 102.0
  SAY #31681 /* ~The ogre mage bitch Cyrvisnea marches on Imnescar with coalitions of kobolds and gripes of goblins! The Twin Towers forces lay in lurking wait!
~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 104
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 104 // from: 103.0
  SAY #31682 /* ~Just before dawn, the scourge strikes from the darkness! By highsun, the second army arrives! By day's end, the town lays in ruins!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 105
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 105 // from: 104.0
  SAY #31683 /* ~The only survivor of the unholy humanoid wrath is Hydcont Hall, where the citizenry flee the plague of evil!~ */
  IF ~~ THEN GOTO 53
END
