Niles, the Interrogator
Counter-Thaumaturgy: Level 5
Deception: Level 4
Damage Types: Spell
Introduction: Huck, the Soldier
Can unlock 1 Magical Chest after Lockdown per Wing
Discovers a Blueprint Reveal upon completion of a Heist Contract Mission
Niles, the Interrogator Text Audio /272
Name
Luck is just another word for faith, which we all know is meaningless. You're telling everyone good nothing right now.
EntryBanterTullinaNilesReply
Tullina, might I slip into that brain of yours for just a moment? I wish to feel lithe. Provocative.
EntryBanterNilesToTullina
Oh, how one quivers with anticipation at the thought of such sweet fruits.
ExitBanterTullinaNilesReply
Glorious, glorious, glorious. I sup the wine of victory from fate's breast.
ExitBanterNilesToTullina
When we return, I shall paint it for you. A gift.
ExitBanterNilesToTullinaTwo
What exquisite torture it is to wait for one as beautiful as yourself.
SelectionBanterTullinaNilesReply
Until I wear you down.
SelectionBanterTullinaNilesReplyTwo
Ha! I doubt I'm making everyone--
SelectionBanterTullinaNilesReplyThree
Hello, hello... Ah, Tullina!
SelectionBanterNilesToTullina
What a pleasure to be called into service by your side.
SelectionBanterNilesToTullinaTwo
But it remains my pleasure, and for that, I simply must thank you.
SelectionBanterNilesToTullinaThree
Thank you.
SelectionBanterNilesToTullinaFour
Have I ever told you that your mind is incredibly ordered?
ExitBanterNilesToAdiyah
Or oppression. I know a little about that.
ExitBanterNilesToAdiyahTwo
Maraketh witch!
ExitBanterNilesToAdiyahThree
You cannot reject that which does not exist!
ExitBanterAdiyahNilesReply
You go on believing that.
ExitBanterAdiyahNilesReplyTwo
A prayer? I might as well ask the Solstice Rhoa for an albino egg! Equally absurd!
EntryBanterTibbsNilesReply
Tibbs, could you please lower your anxiety? It's seeping into my brain.
EntryBanterNilesToTibbs
And of course it was because of some god's intervention, right? So predictable.
ExitBanterTibbsNilesReply
This was a wondrous return to the glory days of the Templars.
ExitBanterNilesToTibbs
Well, all the killing and mind-crushing. It was... nostalgic.
ExitBanterNilesToTibbsTwo
Are you sure? Are there no... large words I should explain to you?
SelectionBanterTibbsNilesReply
Well... Not exactly...
SelectionBanterTibbsNilesReplyTwo
Well--
SelectionBanterTibbsNilesReplyThree
I-... I rescind my statement. I apologise for my preconceived notions.
SelectionBanterTibbsNilesReplyFour
I'm here, no need to make a fuss.
SelectionBanterNilesToTibbs
And to you. You know, I've always wondered, where do you get your clothes?
SelectionBanterNilesToTibbsTwo
Fascinating. To see a man of your stature wield a sewing needle must truly be something to behold.
SelectionBanterNilesToTibbsThree
The contrast, Most humourous.
SelectionBanterNilesToTibbsFour
No gods will ensure success. That's up to us.
EntryBanterKarstNilesReply
Confidence, not cockiness, will ensure success.
EntryBanterNilesToKarst
That is always what an interrogator wanted to hear: his own words repeated back to him with desperation.
EntryBanterNilesToKarstTwo
At last, a belief system I can get behind.
ExitBanterKarstNilesReply
Our persistence is rewarded. Even the supposed gods couldn't--
ExitBanterNilesToKarst
The locksmith. Good, good.
SelectionBanterKarstNilesReply
Of course. My apologies. I sense ...animosity.
SelectionBanterKarstNilesReplyTwo
It is a well-honed talent.
SelectionBanterKarstNilesReplyThree
A job. Splendid.
SelectionBanterNilesToKarst
It is me.
SelectionBanterNilesToKarstTwo
I don't believe that decision is yours to make.
SelectionBanterNilesToKarstThree
Indeed! Were it up to me, you would be forever at my side, like a loyal and adoring pup.
SelectionBanterNilesToKarstFour
Ah, Isla, our woman of science! It's the young ones that are wrong, not we.
SelectionBanterNilesToIsla
The same thing I always rant about, my dear.
SelectionBanterNilesToIslaTwo
Your machine is broken, and so are you!
SelectionBanterNilesToIslaThree
We've met a hundred times. We've gone on heists together.
SelectionBanterIslaNilesReply
Your thoughts... how vile! That is not how it works!
SelectionBanterIslaNilesReplyTwo
You stay away from me, witch!
SelectionBanterIslaNilesReplyThree
No useless prayers today. I put my faith in science!
EntryBanterNilesToIsla
Oh. Well that's refreshing.
EntryBanterNilesToIslaTwo
There's torture, and then there's nightmare. You are a demon with a pleasant smile.
EntryBanterNilesReply
That wasn't a compliment!
EntryBanterNilesReplyTwo
I... I really thought we were going to cash in our Markers on that one.
ExitBanterNilesToIsla
How was that according to plan?
ExitBanterNilesToIslaTwo
Wasn't terrified...
ExitBanterNilesToIslaThree
Can you do that without drills?
ExitBanterIslaNilesReply
That does sound safer.
ExitBanterIslaNilesReplyTwo
Speaking of, would you care to accompany on a date, Gianna?
EntryBanterGiannaNilesReply
If harm comes to you, Gianna, I will hold myself responsible.
EntryBanterNilesToGianna
Here! Yes, hello Gianna.
ExitBanterGiannaNilesReply
At last. So how about that Date, Gianna?
ExitBanterNilesToGiana
Ah, the thespian.
SelectionBanterNilesToGiannaThree
Wonderful. Just wonderful. And yourself? Wait, no, let me try to guess. I see... shoes. Boots. Steel toed. You wish to go hiking.
SelectionBanterNilesToGiannaFour
Well they're moving. Swiftly.
SelectionBanterNilesToGiannaFive
They're striking... some trousers. Black. Right in the in-seam. Over and over.
SelectionBanterNilesToGiannaSix
Yes. A vivid imagination. Just wonderful.
SelectionBanterNilesToGiannaSeven
I'm needed? Oh, lady Gianna, what an incomparable pleasure.
SelectionBanterNilesToGianna
My Oriathan rose, my shimmering jewel among the rhoa dung.
SelectionBanterNilesToGiannaTwo
Not including you, madam.
SelectionBanterNilesToKurai
So be it.
SelectionBanterNilesToKuraiTwo
Do you not?
EntryBanterVinderiNilesReply
Perhaps we should take mental fortitude into consideration for future expeditions.
EntryBanterNilesToVinderi
Oh, I stand by what I said.
EntryBanterNilesToVinderiTwo
Even if the gods did exist, which they don't, do you think they would care to hear your dull opines?
ExitBanterVinderiNilesReply
Oh, I'd love to see you try.
ExitBanterVinderiNilesReplyTwo
Humanity triumphs where the divine dare not tread.
ExitBanterNilesToVinderi
Precisely.
ExitBanterNilesToVinderiTwo
Yes, Vinderi, it is I.
SelectionBanterVinderiNilesReply
Let us put our differences aside. The job comes first.
SelectionBanterVinderiNilesReplyTwo
As am I.
SelectionBanterVinderiNilesReplyThree
A professional jackass.
SelectionBanterVinderiNilesReplyFour
Hello, hello. Ah. I see you'll employ absolutely any rabble.
SelectionBanterNilesToVinderi
You know it was. I know you know it was.
SelectionBanterNilesToVinderiTwo
Or else what, old man?
SelectionBanterNilesToVinderiThree
...good... GOD... What--...No! Vile! What monster pictures such a thing.
SelectionBanterNilesToVinderiFour
I'm going to be ill.
SelectionBanterNilesToVinderiFive
Exile, this is Vinderi. Expert demolitionist.
IntroductionVinderiNilesToExile
Years of exposure to fumes has... affected him.
IntroductionVinderiNilesToExileTwo
Ah, the Faridun.
SelectionBanterNilesToNenet
Out of curiosity, pariah, do the Faridun worship any gods?
SelectionBanterNilesToNenetTwo
You. I like you.
SelectionBanterNilesToNenetThree
Hmmm...
SelectionBanterNenetNilesReply
Oh - no - I was just -
SelectionBanterNenetNilesReplyTwo
Really? How... {strange}.
SelectionBanterNenetNilesReplyThree
Oh bleak one, when a man believes he is doomed, he usually finds a way to make it happen.
EntryBanterNilesToNenet
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EntryBanterNilesToNenetTwo
In your mythology, what happens to the Faridun after death?
EntryBanterNenetNilesReply
How come you and I never just talk?
ExitBanterNilesToNenet
Oh! Want to exchange bleak tales of oppression after this?
ExitBanterNilesToNenetTwo
There is no fate but what we make!
ExitBanterNenetNilesReply
You don't like me, I can tell.
IntroductionHuckNilesReply
Now you really don't like me. Why is that, I wonder?
IntroductionHuckNilesReplyTwo
That's my job.
EntryBanterHuckNilesReply
As we stride headlong into mortal peril, remember: on the other side of death is nothing. You will simply no longer be.
EntryBanterNilesToHuck
You minimise our actions. Nothing is blessed or cursed. We just did a good job.
ExitBanterHuckNilesReply
I worry I shall grow bored of success.
ExitBanterNilesToHuck
Oh yes. Violence, robbery... Nothing you're unaccustomed to, blackguard.
SelectionBanterHuckNilesReply
It is nothing to be ashamed of! Just as being an effective interrogator for the high templar himself is nothing to be ashamed of.
SelectionBanterHuckNilesReplyTwo
Far from it. It means we are capable of carrying out orders, no matter how immoral.
SelectionBanterHuckNilesReplyThree
I knew I would be required.
SelectionBanterNilesToHuck
No, my friend. Merely confidence. The idea that one can see events yet to unfold is a flight of fancy akin to that of divine intervention, spontaneous generation, or medicine. We are born, we live, we get a small cut, we die, and we are gone. That is how it has always been, and that is how it will always be.
SelectionBanterNilesToHuckTwo
The name's Niles. I'm the resident thought extractor. Not got much to say to you just yet. Still uncertain whether I interrogated you before the Templars exiled you. Would put us quite at odds, wouldn't it? But I interrogated so many, I hardly remember their faces anymore. If I don't remember you, it probably means you broke easily...
Introduction
I know a thing or two about figureheads using mystery to evoke faith. It's how they deceive the masses, you see. One can never find fault with a god if one never meets him! Who, then, spreads all these tales? A Karui told me that Tukohama cut Kitava's face with a tooth. I asked him, how do you know about it if you weren't there for it? So, he stabbed me.

That's what you'll get if you start asking around about the Boss. A stabbing. Only - unlike Karui - this knife won't come from the front.
The Boss
Ah yes, Exile, I was hoping you would aid me. I have a very simple mission: to prove that gods do not exist. Yes, yes, I know that you believe you have faced them yourself, but I am intent on proving the fraud. You are a victim, like many, of an elaborate facade painted for you by clever con artists. In order to expose them, I shall need a certain piece of equipment, the Thought Extractor. Forced confessions shall save us from mysticism!

Are you ready to see the light?
Rational Tools
I immediately performed my tests with the device we stole, of course, but the random people I accosted with the Thought Extractor truly believed divinity is real. I don't know what else I expected. Instead of finding the truth, all we did was dig up the false narrative they hold dear. In order for this plan to work, we would have to force confessions out of the ones responsible for the divine facade, but if we knew who they were, then we wouldn't need their confessions! The Thought Extractor is useless! We shall continue our search for the truth some other way.
Rational Tools
Interrogation is a flawed art, as we learned together, but now I know of a better method to prove that divinity is false. I have learned the location of a renowned Azmeri artefact known as Viridi's Finger. It supposedly causes enormous plants to grow from almost any soil. Once it is in our possession, we can prove once and for all that Viridi's Finger is a fake and expose the liars for what they are. Prepare yourself, Exile!
A Mundane Sample
Hmm. Viridi's Finger did indeed cause enormous plants to grow. You know what that means, don't you?

We've fallen into one of their traps. Clearly, someone has created this to fool us. I don't know whether it is some unknown species of plant, or some sort of hypnotizer, or perhaps some sort of illusion machine, but Viridi's Finger is too dangerous. I shall destroy it, so that no one else will ever be fooled by it again!
A Mundane Sample
It seems only I am privy to the truth of this world. Innocence doesn't exist, Sin doesn't exist, and the Templar faith is a lie. You can tell them I said so. I'll go down shouting it! And the Karui and Maraketh gods are probably fake, too. It's all a scam, you see. A convenient belief system to keep the rabble in check. The Karui way, Maraketh tradition, the Templars' militant faith, and the Azmeri—well, they're fine actually. Inoffensive. You won't catch me living in the forest, though.
The Truth
I don't know how you convinced a city full of people that you slew some sort of rampaging god, but I've seen artists' depictions of Kitava's supposed rampage. There is no way that the ground could support a being that large. Did you see the footprints? Clearly fake, carved by Templar artisans to deceive the populace. The river of blood was accomplished with diluted crimson mud from the Plains of Vastiri. It's really quite simple when you think about it.

As for your own experience, there are records of gasses seeping from the crypts that once caused a whole village to believe they were fish. They flopped on the ground, gasping for air. They even died! Have you considered you may be a victim of a similar occurrence?
Godslayer
When I was younger, I served next to some very powerful men. I once caught a stray thought from the High Templar Venarius. A simple picture, nothing more, possible to perceive only because of his overwhelming fear at that moment. I have to assume he was insane, because the image he had in mind was that of a single beleaguered jewel adrift on an ocean of madness. If that was how I saw the world, it would almost be a comfort to believe in gods. At least then there would be somebody who could stand against the tide... but even then... against what I saw...
Just an old man's idle fears. Pay no mind.
The Outer Realms
Together we shall seek the truth.
NilesContractSelectedOne
Time for us mortals to take action.
NilesContractSelectedTwo
We shall dispel many lies.
NilesContractSelectedThree
I knew you were going to pick me.
NilesBlueprintSelectedOne
I'll make them dance like puppets.
NilesBlueprintSelectedTwo
Oh, I'm on this team?
NilesBlueprintSelectedThree
I shall make it so.
NilesThaumaturgyShortOne
Of course.
NilesThaumaturgyShortTwo
Focusing...
NilesThaumaturgyShortThree
My mind shall dwarf theirs.
NilesThaumaturgyLongOne
I am a mental giant.
NilesThaumaturgyLongTwo
Allow me to focus...
NilesThaumaturgyLongThree
Right away!
NilesThaumaturgyShortAlarmOne
I'll try to be quick!
NilesThaumaturgyShortAlarmTwo
Of course!
NilesThaumaturgyShortAlarmThree
Mind control is a delicate art!
NilesThaumaturgyLongAlarmOne
I'll be as quick as I can!
NilesThaumaturgyLongAlarmTwo
Uggggh, if I must.
NilesThaumaturgyLongAlarmThree
Easily fooled.
NilesDeceptionShortOne
Practiced lies, deceived eyes.
NilesDeceptionShortTwo
Watch and learn.
NilesDeceptionShortThree
They'll never even suspect.
NilesDeceptionLongOne
This should be easy. Should be.
NilesDeceptionLongTwo
Just another form of mind control.
NilesDeceptionLongThree
I'll try!
NilesDeceptionShortAlarmOne
Fine!
NilesDeceptionShortAlarmTwo
Alright!
NilesDeceptionShortAlarmThree
This is a mess!
NilesDeceptionLongAlarmOne
This might still work!
NilesDeceptionLongAlarmTwo
Not a problem!
NilesDeceptionLongAlarmThree
I've already got a task!
NilesBusyOne
I can't really hear you.
NilesBusyTwo
I'm busy...
NilesBusyThree
Not yet!
NilesBusyFour
You have no idea what you're doing, do you?
NilesBusyFive
Buzz off, pest!
NilesBusyAlarmOne
Not now!
NilesBusyAlarmTwo
I'm focusing!
NilesBusyAlarmThree
Quit pestering me!
NilesBusyAlarmFour
Grrrr!
NilesBusyAlarmFive
Heretics!
NilesInterruptedOne
Infidels!
NilesInterruptedTwo
That hurt!
NilesInterruptedThree
Hey, stop it!
NilesInterruptedFour
Yeowch!
NilesInterruptedAlarmOne
Exile, save me!
NilesInterruptedAlarmTwo
I'm bleeding!
NilesInterruptedAlarmThree
Stabbed AGAIN?
NilesInterruptedAlarmFour
I {need} to {focus}!
NilesInterruptedAlarmFive
Commence the bloody work.
NilesCombatStartOne
Time for a tussle.
NilesCombatStartTwo
Torture quickened counts as combat.
NilesCombatStartThree
You can handle this, yes?
NilesCombatStartFour
I really don't want to get stabbed again.
NilesCombatStartFive
You have chosen death!
NilesCombatStartAlarmOne
I refuse to die here!
NilesCombatStartAlarmTwo
To battle!
NilesCombatStartAlarmThree
Clash of arms!
NilesCombatStartAlarmFour
Not today!
NilesCombatStartAlarmFive
Mortal strength carries the day.
NilesCombatEndOne
Glad you're on my side.
NilesCombatEndTwo
No afterlife for them. A shame.
NilesCombatEndThree
Thank God we survived. Wait, I didn't mean that!
NilesCombatEndFour
I didn't get stabbed?
NilesCombatEndFive
Well, glad that's over.
NilesCombatEndSix
All this gore reminds me of home.
NilesCombatEndSeven
Keep going! Run!
NilesCombatEndAlarmOne
We can't stop now!
NilesCombatEndAlarmTwo
What next?!
NilesCombatEndAlarmThree
It would seem our luck has not yet run out!
NilesCombatEndAlarmFour
Absolutely brutal.
NilesCombatEndAlarmFive
Lovely. Just lovely.
NilesLootOne
Don't you owe me a few markers?
NilesLootTwo
Avarice is not entirely without merit.
NilesLootThree
Not all treasure is silver and gold.
NilesLootFour
I'm unimpressed.
NilesLootFive
Leave it, there are more important matters!
NilesLootAlarmOne
Are you seriously doing that right now?
NilesLootAlarmTwo
Your avarice knows no bounds!
NilesLootAlarmThree
Pecuniary sloth!
NilesLootAlarmFour
Quit wasting time!
NilesLootAlarmFive
You do know we're about to get caught?
NilesAlertOne
I sense suspicion. They may be on to us.
NilesAlertTwo
To err is human, but one more mistake and we'll be ruined.
NilesAlertThree
They're about to notice us.
NilesAlertFour
Time to go, I take it?
NilesAlarmTriggeredOne
This was part of the plan, right?
NilesAlarmTriggeredTwo
Was that supposed to happen?
NilesAlarmTriggeredThree
Drat.
NilesAlarmTriggeredEarlyOne
Flee!
NilesAlarmTriggeredEarlyTwo
You've done it now!
NilesAlarmTriggeredEarlyThree
The inner sanctum...
NilesFinalRoomOne
Do what you must.
NilesFinalRoomTwo
I half expected us not to make it this far.
NilesFinalRoomThree
There may be traps. You go first.
NilesFinalRoomFour
Time to make an acquisition.
NilesFinalRoomFive
Hurry!
NilesFinalRoomAlarmOne
Don't waste time!
NilesFinalRoomAlarmTwo
Move like your life depends upon it!
NilesFinalRoomAlarmThree
What are you waiting for?!
NilesFinalRoomAlarmFour
Go get it!
NilesFinalRoomAlarmFive
You've got it!
NilesObjectiveOne
And without any divine aid!
NilesObjectiveTwo
Alright, then. We have it.
NilesObjectiveThree
Good, very good.
NilesObjectiveFour
Let's hope it's not too late!
NilesObjectiveAlarmOne
Where's the exit?!
NilesObjectiveAlarmTwo
Let's find Adiyah!
NilesObjectiveAlarmThree
There must be some kind of way out of here!
NilesObjectiveAlarmFour
Another ill-advised plan?
SelectionBanterKuraiNilesReply
Then I assume I'll get stabbed again.
SelectionBanterKuraiNilesReplyTwo
Yes, yes...
SelectionBanterKuraiNilesReplyThree
You handle the killing, and we'll do just fine.
NilesEntryBanterOne
Mortal planning is all we have. There is no fate.
NilesEntryBanterTwo
This will go as well as all our other misadventures.
NilesEntryBanterThree
I have a bad feeling about this one.
NilesEntryBanterFour
I sense a violent intent. Good, very good.
NilesEntryBanterFive
That made me nostalgic for my interrogator days.
NilesExitBanterOne
Hah! I survived! A great many betting rogues just lost a great many markers.
NilesExitBanterTwo
I'm going to sleep in tomorrow. I've earned it.
NilesExitBanterThree
Nothing quite like the thrill of avoiding death one more day!
NilesExitBanterFour
It's time for some mead.
NilesExitBanterFive

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