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Side questLevel 15

Walk of Shame

Quest giver S'nairoh in Western La Noscea

Summary and analysis

SummaryAnalysis

S'nairoh asks you to carry her report to Commander Falkbryda at Camp Skull Valley. Too weak from leechings to go, she fears jail. Falkbryda says S'nairoh was once among the first promoted, but slipped at Aleport. Her pay is cut, without formal blame.

Private S'nairoh's blunders

Comic relief at Aleport's garrison that introduces Commander Falkbryda of Camp Skull Valley.

Aleport Docks

Aleport and Camp Skull Valley (Ch. 7): the coast where the envoy's tour begins, facing the Sahagin and pirate smugglers.

Pirates and the AdmiralBeast tribes and primals

What happens, step by step

  1. A wan and listless S'nairoh has for you a new request, the first that does not involve slaying half a dozen beasts.
  2. After the fireworks comes paperwork. S'nairoh has completed a report on the sordid incident of the hedgemoles. It falls upon you to deliver it to Commander Falkbryda at Camp Skull Valley.
  3. The report is safely in the hands of Commander Falkbryda, whose steel-grey eyes appear to miss very little of the goings-on in Aleport. The docked pay and the hard words will, you hope, prompt S'nairoh to mend her ways.
Remember this

Remember Commander Falkbryda. She returns in the level 50 main story of patch 2.2, The Sea Rises. Once again, she is at Camp Skull Valley.

Worth knowing

LorePirates and the AdmiralBeast tribes and primalsTrade and the city

Camp Skull Valley is now an important Maelstrom outpost. It was once just a circle of tents for a small Yellowjacket unit. The unit kept watch for kobold attacks.

Easter egg

Falkbryda is the commander who gets the report. The name Falkbryda means 'Falcon Bride' in the traditional Roegadyn language.

Remember this

Remember Commander Falkbryda. She returns in the level 50 main story of patch 2.2, The Sea Rises. Once again, she is at Camp Skull Valley.

In-game text

The Hamlet Report you carry has a teasing item text. It says that after recent events, this report may read more like a letter saying sorry.

Title reference

The 'walk of shame' is S'nairoh's written report of her own big failure. She is too weak from the leeches to carry it herself. So she has you make the shameful walk for her.

Characters

Who they are, and what they do in this quest.

S'nairoh

S'nairoh is pale and listless after the hedgemole mix-up. She has a new request that, for once, involves no beasts to slay.

S'nairoh asks you to carry her report to Commander Falkbryda at Camp Skull Valley. Too weak from leechings to go, she fears jail. Falkbryda says S'nairoh was once among the first promoted, but slipped at Aleport. Her pay is cut, without formal blame.

Falkbryda

Commander Falkbryda is at Camp Skull Valley, a Maelstrom outpost. S'nairoh fears what she may decide about her pay.

Falkbryda has heard of your help to the Maelstrom. She dislikes that S'nairoh did not come herself, but notes her report is honest. She calls boredom a soldier's worst enemy. She cuts S'nairoh's pay but writes no formal blame. Her name means 'Falcon Bride'.

Other languages

The game was written in Japanese and rewritten, not just translated, for each language. Here is what the other versions say, next to the English.

Japanese黒渦団新兵、落胆す
‘Maelstrom Recruit, Disheartened’
FrenchS'nairoh au rapport
‘S'nairoh Reporting’
GermanDer reumütige Sturmmariner
‘The Remorseful Storm Mariner’
English, S'nairoh

Greetings, your name. Will you deliver this in my stead to Camp Skull Valley? It's, er, my report to Commander Falkbryda.

German

Ich mache mir Sorgen wegen meiner Soldkürzung.

‘I'm worried about my pay cut.’

English asks you to deliver this to Camp Skull Valley; German says she is worried about her pay cut.

English, S'nairoh

Greetings, your name. Will you deliver this in my stead to Camp Skull Valley? It's, er, my report to Commander Falkbryda.

German

Beziehungsweise der Entlassung, die ich vielleicht sogar zu erwarten habe.

‘Or rather about the dismissal I may even be facing.’

English explains it is her report to the commander; German says she may even face dismissal.

English, S'nairoh

I was as plain spoken as I could be, and I was going to report in person but...for some reason, I've barely the strength to visit the barber for leechings, let alone make the trip to Skull Valley.

German

Darin ist auch mein Versprechen, mich zu bessern.

‘It also contains my promise to mend my ways.’

English says she wrote as plainly as she could; German says the report contains her promise to improve.

English, S'nairoh

I was as plain spoken as I could be, and I was going to report in person but...for some reason, I've barely the strength to visit the barber for leechings, let alone make the trip to Skull Valley.

Japanese

とてもじゃないですが、自分で届けに行けません……。

‘I simply cannot bring myself to go and deliver it myself...’

Japanese gives no reason — she just cannot face delivering it; English blames weakness from leechings.

English, S'nairoh

I don't suppose I'd be spared a dock in pay. You don't think they'd clap me in the brig, do you?

Japanese

ああ、減給かなぁ……。減給……ううん、除隊かもなぁ……。

‘Ah, a pay cut, I bet... A pay cut... no, maybe discharge...’

除隊 (jotai) is discharge from the Maelstrom. The English S'nairoh fears the brig, a ship's jail.

English, S'nairoh

I don't suppose I'd be spared a dock in pay. You don't think they'd clap me in the brig, do you?

German

Vielleicht überlegt sie es sich noch mal.

‘Maybe she'll think it over again.’

English expects her pay to be docked; German hopes her superior may reconsider.

English, S'nairoh

I don't suppose I'd be spared a dock in pay. You don't think they'd clap me in the brig, do you?

German

Mehr kann ich jetzt nicht tun.

‘There's nothing more I can do now.’

English fears being thrown in the brig; German says she can do nothing more now.

English, S'nairoh

I don't suppose I'd be spared a dock in pay. You don't think they'd clap me in the brig, do you?

Japanese

減給……ううん、除隊かもなぁ……。

‘Pay cut... no, maybe a discharge...’

English fears being thrown in the brig; Japanese fears being discharged.

English, Falkbryda

Hm... She does not prevaricate at least, that one. Unfortunate how she has gone to rack and ruin since she was posted to Aleport. She was among the first in her shoal to be promoted to second class, yet now...

German

Ihren Eifer in Ehren, aber ein Soldat, der Fehlalarm schlägt, ist ein großes Risiko.

‘All credit to her zeal, but a soldier who sounds false alarms is a great risk.’

English says she has gone to ruin since posted to Aleport; German says a soldier raising false alarms is a big risk.

English, Falkbryda

Hm... She does not prevaricate at least, that one. Unfortunate how she has gone to rack and ruin since she was posted to Aleport. She was among the first in her shoal to be promoted to second class, yet now...

German

Was ist, wenn dadurch unsere Aufmerksamkeit von einem echten Angriff abgelenkt wird?

‘What if that draws our attention away from a real attack?’

English says she was among the first promoted to second class; German worries false alarms hide a real attack.

English, Falkbryda

Hm... She does not prevaricate at least, that one. Unfortunate how she has gone to rack and ruin since she was posted to Aleport. She was among the first in her shoal to be promoted to second class, yet now...

Japanese

その点では評価できるのだが……肝心の仕事ぶりがこれでは、なかなか厳しいな。

‘On that point I can give her credit, but... with her actual work being like this, it is rather hard.’

Japanese only says her actual work is poor; nothing about her decline since Aleport or her early promotion.

English, Falkbryda

Do you know what a soldier's greatest enemy is, your name? Boredom. I suspect S'nairoh has played the craven in fighting this foe.

Japanese

まったく、足元を見ずに、先のことを考えすぎなのだ。おのれの任務を着実にこなし続けてこそ、実力も実績も備わるというのに。

‘Honestly, she's so busy thinking ahead that she doesn't watch her step. Yet it is only by carrying out one's own duties steadily, day after day, that one gains both skill and a track record.’

Falkbryda says this of S'nairoh. The English Falkbryda blames boredom instead.

English, Falkbryda

Do you know what a soldier's greatest enemy is, your name? Boredom. I suspect S'nairoh has played the craven in fighting this foe.

German

Immerhin ist sie ehrlich und macht keine Ausflüchte.

‘At least she is honest and makes no excuses.’

English says a soldier's greatest enemy is boredom; German praises S'nairoh for being honest and making no excuses.

English, Falkbryda

Do you know what a soldier's greatest enemy is, your name? Boredom. I suspect S'nairoh has played the craven in fighting this foe.

German

Das sollte ich bei meiner Bewertung berücksichtigen ...

‘I should take that into account in my assessment ...’

Japanese

おのれの任務を着実にこなし続けてこそ、実力も実績も備わるというのに。

‘It is only by steadily carrying out one's own duties that ability and achievements come, after all.’

English says S'nairoh gave in to boredom; German says Falkbryda will weigh her honesty in her assessment.

English says S'nairoh gave in to boredom; Japanese says only steady work on one's duties brings skill and results.

English, Falkbryda

Do you know what a soldier's greatest enemy is, your name? Boredom. I suspect S'nairoh has played the craven in fighting this foe.

Japanese

まったく、足元を見ずに、先のことを考えすぎなのだ。

‘Honestly, she doesn't watch her feet and thinks too much about what lies ahead.’

English names boredom as a soldier's greatest enemy; Japanese says she looks too far ahead, not at her feet.

English, Falkbryda

I shall order the paymaster to dock her pay, but I'll not sign a censure. If she can stay out of the taverns and learn to keep herself busy, she may yet earn her salt.

German

Na ja, vielleicht braucht sie nur etwas Zeit, um sich an ihre neue Aufgabe zu gewöhnen. Ich werde mir die Sache mit der Soldkürzung noch einmal durch den Kopf gehen lassen.

‘Well, maybe she just needs some time to get used to her new post. I'll reconsider the matter of the pay cut.’

Literally, she will 'let it go through the head once more', since S'nairoh may just need time. The English Falkbryda docks the pay at once.

English, Falkbryda

I shall order the paymaster to dock her pay, but I'll not sign a censure. If she can stay out of the taverns and learn to keep herself busy, she may yet earn her salt.

German

Ich werde mir die Sache mit der Soldkürzung noch einmal durch den Kopf gehen lassen.

‘I'll think the matter of the pay cut over once more.’

English orders her pay docked; German says Falkbryda will reconsider the pay cut.

English, Falkbryda

I shall order the paymaster to dock her pay, but I'll not sign a censure. If she can stay out of the taverns and learn to keep herself busy, she may yet earn her salt.

German

Na ja, vielleicht braucht sie nur etwas Zeit, um sich an ihre neue Aufgabe zu gewöhnen.

‘Well, maybe she just needs some time to get used to her new task.’

Japanese

奴には、少し時間が必要そうだな。

‘She seems to need a little time.’

English says she must stay out of taverns and keep busy; German says she may just need time to settle in.

English says she must stay out of taverns and keep busy; Japanese says she seems to need a little time.

Full dialogue

Read all 8 lines, with the notes

Highlighted words have a note: click one to open it under the line.

Accepting the quest

S'nairoh

I was as plain spoken as I could be, and I was going to report in person but...for some reason, I've barely the strength to visit the barber for leechings, let alone make the trip to Skull Valley.

Deliver the report to Commander Falkbryda

Falkbryda

Ah, an adventurer, and one whose name rings a bell. You have been of service to the Maelstrom, I hear. What brings you to Skull Valley?

Falkbryda

A report from Private S'nairoh? It does her little credit that she did not make the trip herself. Stay while I peruse this.

Later in the storyspoilers
Same NPC: On a Wing and a Prayer
Commander Falkbryda of Camp Skull Valley: she takes over S'nairoh's chain (Nest We Forget) and returns at the end of Ahldfoet's (Scythe Extra Large, I Hereby Relieve You).

Where it sits in the play order, on Quest Order Wiki