Ogden
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Ogden is the owner of the Tavern of the Rising Sun in Tristram. He gives good advice on several quests, though he does not possess the knowledge of Deckard Cain or Adria concerning things arcane. He also initiates the Skeleton King and Ogden's Sign Quests, and rewards the hero with the Harlequin Crest when his tavern sign is returned to him. He was presumably killed when Tristram was overrun by hellspawn, as a body is found where he stood, when the player goes to Tristram to rescue Deckard Cain in Diablo II.
Interestingly, Ogden's introductory dialogue suggests that he knows the player character and that they used to live in Tristram before. This is changed in Diablo II; according to Deckard Cain, no one knows where the mysterious hero who defeated Diablo came from.
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Thank goodness you've returned! Much has changed since you lived here, my friend. All was peaceful until the dark riders came and destroyed our village. Many were cut down where they stood, and those who took up arms were slain or dragged away to become slaves - or worse. The church at the edge of town has been desecrated and is being used for dark rituals. The screams that echo in the night are inhuman, but some of our townsfolk may yet survive. Follow the path that lies between my tavern and the blacksmith shop to find the church and save who you can.
Perhaps I can tell you more if we speak again. Good luck.
- Greetings, good master. Welcome to the Tavern of the Rising Sun!
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- Many adventurers have graced the tables of my tavern, and ten times as many stories have been told over as much ale. The only thing that I ever heard any of them agree on was this old axiom. Perhaps it will help you. You can cut the flesh, but you must crush the bone.
- Griswold the blacksmith is extremely knowledgeable about weapons and armor. If you ever need work done on your gear, he is definitely the man to see.
- Farnham spends far too much time here, drowning his sorrows in cheap ale. I would make him leave, but he did suffer so during his time in the Labyrinth.
- Adria is wise beyond her years, but I must admit - she frightens me a little.
- Well, no matter. If you ever have need to trade in items of sorcery, she maintains a strangely well-stocked hut just across the river.
- If you want to know more about the history of our village, the storyteller Cain knows quite a bit about the past.
- Wirt is a rapscallion and a little scoundrel. He was always getting into trouble, and it's no surprise what happened to him.
- He probably went fooling about someplace that he shouldn't have been. I feel sorry for the boy, but I don't abide the company that he keeps.
- Pepin is a good man - and certainly the most generous in the village. He is always attending to the needs of others, but trouble of some sort or another does seem to follow him wherever he goes...
- Gillian, my Barmaid? If it were not for her sense of duty to her grand-dam, she would have fled from here long ago.
- Goodness knows I begged her to leave, telling her that I would watch after the old woman, but she is too sweet and caring to have done so.
| Diablo I NPCs |
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| Diablo — Adria • Deckard Cain • Farnham • Gillian • Griswold • Kael Rills • Ogden • Pepin • Wirt Hellfire — Celia • Complete Nut • Lester |
