• 641
• Merchant
  I can't believe Admiral Gama and his fleet really made it all the way to India...! I still can't believe the sea from here even goes all the way to India, to be honest!

• 642
• Youth
  But he's brought a load of pepper back, so I guess we don't have a choice but to believe it! India, huh...
  maybe I'll set out to make my fortune too...

• 643
• Alvero
  Hey, have you heard?! The Gama fleet is back already! I'm going out into town to find out more!

• 644
• Juan
  Hey, wait! Alvero!

• 645
• Seafarer
  ...Is that true?!

• 646
• Soldier
  Yeah.
  Rumours coming from someone high in the navy suggest that they practically give pepper away in India.

• 647
• Seafarer
  Over here, of course, pepper is rarer than gold or silver! But in India...
  practically free...!

• 648
• Seafarer
  I don't have time for this, anyway.
  We're setting sail!

• 649
• Soldier
  What? Where to?

• 650
• Seafarer
  Where'd you think?! India!

• 651
• Soldier
  How does he plan on doing that, I wonder, without a port permit for the towns along the African coast...

• 652
• Alvero
  Wow.
  The town is on fire with talk of Gama's return!

• 653
• Juan
  It's all everyone is talking about!

• 654
• Alvero
  I'm not surprised.
  We went to the trouble of going through an Arab trader for our pepper and we still made a big profit, and in India the stuff is practically being sold for free! You can't blame everyone for getting so excited.

• 655
• Juan
  Does this mean you're going to India too, Alvero?

• 656
• Alvero
  If that's a possibility, sure, I'd like to set off right away! If we get there quickly enough and bring back a boatload of pepper we might even surprise my father with how much we make! Player, we should both set our sights on India, I think.
  Come on then, Juan! We are going to need connections and some backers!

• 657
• Juan
  Okay! See you, Player!

• 658
• Voice
  You there, sailor!

• 659
• Mercenary
  You're the one who went to Palma to trade for a hostage, right? Glad I found you here, then.
  I've got work for you.

• 660
• How will you respond?

• 661
• What kind of work?

• 662
• Not interested.

• 663
• Who are you, by the way?

• 664
• Eduardo
  You've forgotten who I am?! You, man, tell him!

• 665
• Mercenary
  Why me...?! This is Eduardo de Mascrenhas, the Raiding Chief of Baltazar's Orca Mercenary Fleet.
  Although he has been removed from active duty at the moment...

• 666
• Eduardo
  You can stop right there, thank you! Anyway, what matters here is that I am the one who recovered the hostage you lost to the Barbary pirates.
  Me! So you owe me a favour, the way I see it.

• 667
• Eduardo
  Gah! The impudence! If it wasn't for us your attempts to rescue the hostage would have failed miserably!

• 668
• Mercenary
  Ed, please.
  Don't take your frustration on being relieved of duty out on civilians...

• 669
• Eduardo
  Shut up! Keep out of this affair.

• 670
• Eduardo
  The job I need you to do is to take this wine barrel to a woman called Irene.
  She should be in a tavern in Marseilles.

• 671
• Mercenary
  The captain ordered us to deliver this wine directly or not at all! Mess this job up and...!

• 672
• Eduardo
  Oh, whatever! The captain stamped all over my promotion so he can't complain! Come on, lads, we're going back to Antwerp and getting back into the action!

• 673
• Mercenary
  I can see some sparks flying over this one!

• 674
• Irene
  Hi there.

• 675
• Handed over the Genever wine barrel!

• 676
• Irene
  Oh, this wine...
  It's from Baltazar, isn't it.
  Thank you for delivering it.
  Still, he's only just been sent back into action and he's already thinking about drink? I was worried about him, having known him for so long, but I guess that was just foolishness!

• 677
• How will you respond?

• 678
• You've known him a long time?

• 679
• Why were you worried?

• 680
• Irene
  He's been a regular here since I was a little girl...
  back when my father ran this place.
  He's always been a little blunt and tends to end up getting the jobs no one else wants.
  He's just been taken off pursuit of the Barbary pirates and sent to the battle lines in the Netherlands, for example.
  We've been hearing of Spanish ships being sunk one after another over there...
  and he didn't take all that many ships with him.

• 681
• Irene
  He's always been a little blunt and tends to end up getting the jobs no one else wants.
  He's just been taken off pursuit of the Barbary pirates and sent to the battle lines in the Netherlands, for example.
  We've been hearing of Spanish ships being sunk one after another over there...
  and he didn't take all that many ships with him.

• 22044
• After returning to Lisbon, Gama's fleet had already returned and the town was buzzing with talk of India.
  Upon hearing that pepper, which was normally being traded at the same price as gold and silver, was being almost given away, the people predicted that Portugal would enter a new Golden Age.

• 22045
• Alvero could not help but think of being rich and surpassing his father and planned a voyage to India.
  After making a pact with Player that they would go to India, he disappeared in order to find the materials and raise the money necessary for the voyage.

• 22046
• After returning to Lisbon, Player was approached by a man who looked like a mercenary.
  Upon closer inspection, the man was none other than Eduardo, the servant of Baltazar who they had met during the rescue of the hostage.
  Eduardo was determined to be repaid for helping them earlier and forced Player to accept a barrel of wine.
  Afterwards, he ordered that it be delivered to a woman named Irene at a tavern in Marseilles and with that, he left.

• 22047
• Left with no other choice, Player set out to deliver the wine barrel.
  Irene from the tavern and Baltazar were old friends.
  However, despite receiving the wine, the look on Irene's face did not change.
  Baltazar had confronted a superior officer because he had been removed from the fleet pursuing the Barbary pirates and sent to fight against the much weaker people of the Netherlands.
  Recently, there were rumours that large numbers of Spanish ships had been sunk in the North Sea, prompting Irene to worry about Baltazar.