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    Rosandra's Avatar
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    Lady Smol
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    As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness typo

    Hi!

    I didn't manage to take a screenshot; however, part-way through the solo trial of the post-HW quest titled "As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness", after we rescue the second hostage, Artoirel has a dialogue appear as a drop-down banner where it says that they have "sounded the alarum". This should read alarm.

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    Rongway's Avatar
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    Cyrillo Rongway
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    This is not an error. Alarum is the archaic spelling of alarm. Please look up the words you want to report before reporting them. This game often uses the archaic spellings in order to give the dialog an old timey fantasy feel. Also use the search feature to make sure the issue (or non-issue) hasn't been raised before.

    Thread: Standing it down
    Quote Originally Posted by Catapult View Post
    In the quest "Standing it Down" the following text appears.

    Experienced Adventurer:
    Determined not to return empty-handed, we crept into the bandits' stronghold and set about locating the stolen goods. Long story short, alarums were raised, rogues were awoken, and we fled in a blind panic. I was separated from my employer in the confusion and I've not seen him since.
    Quote Originally Posted by unorigino View Post
    "Alarum" is an archaic form of the word alarm, and given the tone the game is going for, it's not an error.
    Merriam-Webster: Alarum definition
    Quote Originally Posted by Merriam-Webster Alarum definition
    alarm noun [note the lookup was for alarum]
    ə-ˈlärm
    variants or less commonly alarum
    ə-ˈlär-əm
    also
    -ˈler-
    -ˈla-rəm

    1 usually alarum [archaic] : a call to arms
    Quote Originally Posted by William Shakespeare
    … the angry trumpet sounds alarum …
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    Last edited by Rongway; 02-10-2024 at 09:35 AM.