Relic Seeker Lemm

Still, I imagine you come across many interesting items in your travels. Maybe you'd care to part with some? I'll offer a fair trade for each.

Still, if you've managed to come upon any interesting trinkets during your travels, I may be willing to trade. Step over to the counter here and I'll see what you've got.

Pah! Scavengers and thieves. It's contemptible.

This place was dead empty when I moved in and there's no one left alive who'd lay claim to the tower.
If you fancy yourself a domicile in the city, go find somewhere else, preferably in another building.
I'm well content with just my relics. I'm not after neighbours.

I've little interest in weapons myself, but it may be an idea to hunt down that old Nailsmith.
His hut's on the outskirts of the city. Not that far from here. He might help add some sting to your weapon, provided he's feeling generous.

These relics have been through enough. They don't need you spreading your stench all over them! Crawl back to the Waterways or wherever you came from!

Impressive fountain isn't it? I'm sure we'd be able to appreciate it more if we weren't both getting drenched.
That knight up there was an important one. The plaque here mentions its 'sacrifice,' which carries something of an ominous tone.
Probably met some sort of horrible end, though it sounds like the knight's goal may have been achieved in the process.
In all the relics I've collected, I've yet to find a clue as to what that was.

Come and visit if you like. If you have relics, I mean. I'm not much for chatter.

First dialogue

Though they're common finds about the kingdom, I much enjoy the deciphering of their text.
Read together they paint a morbid tale. It seems fate was unkind to most who travel within Hallownest's ruin.

Second dialogue

I might not offer a lot for each but they're plentiful about the caverns and I doubt you'll find another willing to make trade for Geo.

Third dialogue

I don't know when I'll get to decipher this one. It's long hard work translating the many languages of the bugs that explore these caverns.

Fourth dialogue

You've a knack for finding these. Corpses must be frequent on your journey. No doubt your nail's created many more.

Fifth dialogue

This journal is of traditional stone type. Text endures well upon it.
In its declining age, this city switched from stone to parchment woven of spider's silk.
It's a small tragedy, but the moisture in these towers has rendered most of those texts illegible.

Sixth dialogue

Have you heard that saying about stone journals?
If danger lurks close by and your nail has dulled with wear, Just swing your journal at your foes with blunt and deadly flair.
S'a good one isn't it! And accurate. They sure have a heft to them.

Seventh dialogue

I've so many of these now. Once I get around to deciphering them all, I'll be the preeminent scholar on Hallownest's dead.

Eight dialogue and onward

It's quite incredible how many of these you've collected. You must have travelled the breadth of the kingdom to accrue such a haul.

First dialogue

Do you know of the Kingdom's five great knights? They're revered figures of Hallownest, often mentioned in the annals of the Kingdom, but only as a group.
Both their names and appearance seem to have been expunged from history.
So long has passed since their time. It'd be a grand achievement to discover their identities.

Second dialogue

Ah. I enjoy collecting their like, but there's little information to be gleaned of each.
Mind you, they do keep a nice shine about them and there's nothing wrong with appreciating something purely on aesthetic merits.

Third dialogue

Do you have anything else for me? If not, get your damp little self out of my home.

Fourth dialogue

Others have told me there's a statue out by the city's entrance depicting a large knightly figure. Could be one of the Kingdom's great five.
I'd have looked it over myself, but the gate's long been shut tight and it's too much hassle taking the long way round with all those blasted husks about.

Fifth dialogue

The shop'll be overflowing with these things soon. Gah! I'd never guessed so many would still be lying around.
If they're as common as you make them seem, maybe I've been offering too much for them?

Sixth dialogue

Seventh dialogue and onward

You're a talented collector, alright. The best I've met. If you keep at it, I worry I'll run out of space in the shop!

Hallownest's king was an elusive figure, deified by the citizens. With the king rarely seen, worship was offered through these idols.
There's an expert craft to them. Few alive could match this skill.

If you look closely, each of these idols is subtly different. There are fine engravings about them that take some time to decipher.
I suspect each was tailored to the owner. A personalised symbol of the king's omnipotence.

Have you visited the remnants of his palace? It's down below this city, in the bedrock of the kingdom.
Must've been an impressive sight in its time. Now there's nothing left.
It's a strange thing though. There are no signs of conflict around the area. It's as though the whole place just vanished.

I've often wondered the true visage of the king. Depictions are of an imposing, gleaming figure and a fiercely horned crown.
I suspect there's much embellishment in the imagery though. A ruler seeking worship tends to hide their blemishes. It'd do no good to appear a common bug.

With as many of these as you've delivered, the other Relic Seekers are like to think I've gone mad for the King!
Pah! Who am I kidding. They'll only be jealous of my collection. Find me more!

One large understanding can be gleamed though. This civilisation may claim itself the first, but something else did exist within this place before Hallownest.
Each egg offers a narrow glimpse into that forgotten age.

It's a rare chance to own two of these. I'll be the envy of all my colleagues, though my purse is feeling much lighter for it.
These eggs are the most desired find from time before Hallownest, but they're not the only remnant of that age.
You may have come upon them, those old statues that seem a store for soul? They too prove its existence, though in a larger, cruder form.

Third dialogue

An egg is a perfect protective form. In Hallownest we use stone journals or tablets, our text engraved atop. These eggs are far more secure. Their records are stored within.
In fear of damaging the eggs, I'm only able to access the outer layer, but it's clear those in the distant past could somehow access information stored even deeper within.
If only I could find a way to do so. Just think of the discoveries to be made!

Fourth dialogue

You must have some sort of sense about you? Or maybe these eggs are somehow drawn to you.
My fellows have claimed there's a will of sorts within each egg, that each seeks its own bearer, or reject them.
That'd be a subtle power indeed, and I remain sceptical. Relic Seekers are prone to confusing facts with fable.