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Frilan Ruman
Home Settlement Fharun Stronghold
Location Fharun Prison
Race Breton Gender Male
Health 39959
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Frilan Ruman

Frilan Ruman is a Breton prisoner located in Fharun Prison. If you managed to remain undetected by the Vosh Rakh he offer you a potion to protect you from the poison in the Chamber of Scorn. He also gives you a tip on how to disable the spike traps in the spike room.


Frilan Ruman
Home Settlement Fharun Stronghold
Location Fharun Prison
Race Breton Gender Male
Health 0 (Dead)
Frilan Ruman, slain

If you killed any Vosh Rakh in the stronghold, he is slain by them as a result, and is found dead upon arriving in the prison. His body cannot be looted, and if selected, a prompt appears and tells you he looks to be recently deceased.

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Dialogue[edit]

If dead:

<This man looks like he was only recently killed.>

If alive:

"Interesting use of a rope. Remarkably convenient, too. I'm surprised nobody tried that before.
Hmm, you're not a prisoner. I know everyone they tossed down here. And you're definitely not with the Vosh Rakh. All right, I give up. Who are you?"
I'm here to rescue the Orc chief. Who are you?
"Me? I'm no one. Just a humble engineer who build and maintained this prison. Before they tossed me into it, that is.
I've been able to avoid the dangerous prisoners, at least so far. Luckily, I literally know this place like the back of my hand."
You built this prison?
"Well, I designed it. But most of the heavy lifting was done by the Orcs of Clan Fharun. The chief hired me, despite my obvious non-Orcishness. He appreciated my expertise and sardonic sense of humor.
But it was those Vosh Rakh who imprisoned me."
Why would the Vosh Rakh imprison you?
"Well, not just me. They threw a lot of the clan members down here. And then, the bastards, they opened the cages. Let the actual prisoners loose. It was some kind of sick game to them.
But I never heard an alarm. You must be stealthy as a shadow."
I'm trying to get people out of here. Can you help me?
"Well, this elixir might come in handy.
There's a chamber you might come across. Fills with gas if the cell gates open accidentally. A failsafe measure, you see. Drink this potion and the gas won't bother you. I always carry a vial, just in case."
<Drink the potion.>
"Tastes like barf, but works like magic!
Oh, there's also a spike room. Amazing defense mechanism, unless you're in the chamber when it activates. Remember that it resets if you don't turn the three valves fast enough."
<Refuse the potion.> No thanks. I'll take my chances.
"Suit yourself. No skin off my nose if the poison melts your face.
Perhaps you'll take this advice. Beware the spike room. It's a defense mechanism that will skewer you if you're not careful. It resets if you don't turn the three valves fast enough."

Either option leads to this:

Is there any way around the spike room?
"No, not if you want to make it through the prison. But there's a fourth valve hidden around the wall near the exit gate. Close that valve before the others and the trap won't reset.
Consider this a reward for not getting me killed."

If spoken to again after completing Frilan's previous dialogue, he will have this to say:

"If I'm still employed when this debacle is over, I must remember to reset and update the various defenses. And I must do something about this well.
Sorry, can't help myself. Making improvements, that's just in my nature."