Petarus and Vanja

Petarus and Vanja

Areas: Highgate (Act 4), Highgate (Act 9)
Functions: jewelry, flask and gem vendor

Petarus and Vanja are an NPC that can be found in Highgate in Act 4 and Act 9. They also function as a vendor of magic/caster items as well as flasks.

They are a somewhat unusual couple - Petarus is an ex-Blackguard who decided to rescue Vanja, an exile soon to become a subject of Piety's experiments, and abandoned The Ebony Legion. They escaped to Highgate, and are inseparable ever since.

Lore

Petarus and Vanja been accepted into Highgate by Oyun as the first foreigners in two centuries - much to Kira's disgust. They are clearly very grateful for her aid, and besides Kira, they seem to be generally liked throughout Highgate, sharing knowledge and stories of the outside world with the long-isolated Maraketh people.

As Tasuni puts it, Petarus and Vanja seem to be "two mouths speaking from one mind" - they seem literally inseparable, even as far as completing each other's sentences while speaking. There is notable contrast in their character, and the mild-mannered Petarus sometimes appears a little overwhelmed by Vanja's energetic, strong-willed nature. But despite their near-constant bickering, they obviously care deeply for each other, and contrary to their sometimes slightly childish behaviour, they both appear to be quite intelligent and offer plenty of interesting information and insight.

Dialogues

Petarus is voiced by New Zealand actor, Simon Ward. Vanja is voiced by New Zealand actress, Torum Heng.

Introduction

Vanja: You are most welcome here, sister. What you did back there in Sarn, it was truly…

Petarus: terrifying. Don’t get me wrong. Piety, the rest, they had it coming. But there’s no-one like that here. These Maraketh, they’re good people. Vanja: She knows that! Please, sister, ignore Petarus.

Highgate

Petarus: My Grandfather was a captain in the Ebony Legion. My father too. And me. Just following the path that’d been laid out for me.

Vanja: Until you met me.

Petarus: Yes, until I met the most beautiful woman I’d ever seen.

Vanja: Behind bars. An exile waiting to become an experiment. Not quite how I imagined meeting the man of my dreams.

Petarus: I realized then that I wasn’t part of the Ebony Legion any more. I’d become a Blackguard, like every other damned legionnaire in Sarn, taking orders from a madman.

Vanja: Petarus freed me and led us here.

Petarus: I’d heard about the Maraheth from those few legionnaires who survived the assault on Highgate.

Vanja: And I talked them in the harbouring us.

Petarus: Vanja can be very persuasive when she wants to be.

Dialla

Petarus: Dialla was there when it all went bad. If anyone can help put things right, it’s…

Vanja: why would she? Wraeclast has been like this for almost three hundred years. What’s made her want to do something about it now?

Petarus: She’s the Gemling Queen, Vanja! There’s no way we could understand what goes on in that mind of hers.

Vanja: I know, and that’s precisely what worries me.

Kira

Vanja: Kira is a racist bully with that fancy hair crest of hers stuck so far up her…

Petarus: …come on, Vanja, she’s a warrior. It’s not her job to be nice. It’s her job to defend…

Vanja: …look all lithe and sweaty when you’re watching her train? That’s the only ‘job’ you’re interested in.

Petarus: I’m studying the Maraketh fighting style!

Vanja: Sure you are, sweetie.

Oyun

Vanja: Oyun gave us a home…

Petarus: …our lives back.

Vanja: Appreciate the good ones when you find them in Wraeclast.

Petarus: It’s not like there are many.

Tasuni

Petarus: Tasuni? He’s a conman.

Vanja: Petarus just don’t understand him.

Petarus: I understand that he gets his every need catered for by talking in riddles and telling lies…

Vanja: the truth about the Nightmare. He makes sense of the chaos, as best he can.

Petarus: How can we possibly know whether what he’s telling us is the truth or not?

Vanja: We can’t. But who else is there to ask?

Trading

Vanja: We’ve a few bits and pieces lying about that might help with what’s to come.

Petarus: “Bits and pieces?” I risked my neck to salvage those artefacts!

Vanja: I know, sweetie, and I really appreciate your… artefacts.

Petarus: You didn’t say that when I brought them in. You said, “Is that all?”

Vanja: You’d been gone for ages!

Petarus: And you think you could do a quicker job of it?

Vanja: Yes, if you’d let me, yes!

Petarus: No. Not for all the jewellery in the world. What if I lost you?

Vanja: Ok. I’m sorry. We have charms and regalia, sourced at great risk from some of the most dangerous places in Wraeclast. Better?

Petarus: Yes. Thank you.