Melve

Melve
Region	Vermund
Type	Village
Quests	In Dragon's Wake, Brothers Brave and Timid, Medicament Predicament, Nesting Troubles, Oxcart Courier, Readvent of Calamity, Home Is Where the Hearth Is
People	Ulrika, Lennart, Gregor, Tristan, Runne, Dudley, Ian, Flora, Sigurd

Melve is a small village in northern Vermund, south-west of the Borderwatch Outpost and north of Vernworth, best known as the place the dragon razed. Its burnt streets are where the Arisen first recovers lost memories, and the village becomes the setting for the first great dragon fight and for Ulrika's story.

Melve Map Location

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Melve Lore and History

Melve was left in ruins by the dragon's fire shortly before the Arisen arrives. Ulrika, a fighter who stood against the dragon during that attack, nurses the Arisen back to health in her house, and Gregor, a watchhead from the capital, then arrives to escort the Arisen to Vernworth on suspicion of being a false Arisen.

The village never quite recovers. With its defences weakened, monsters close in, a Lesser Dragon attacks a second time, and an official from Vernworth later blames Ulrika for the attacks and accuses her of plotting against the queen regent. In time, soldiers loyal to Queen Regent Disa occupy Melve and keep its people shut inside their homes.

Melve Quests

In Dragon's Wake brings the Arisen to Melve, where a flashback of the dragon attack plays out in the square before Ulrika and Gregor appear; Lennart must be spoken to at the inn before the march to the capital.

Several requests open up during that first visit. Ian, worried about his brother Norbert, starts Brothers Brave and Timid outside Tristan's Inn and leads the search for him in the forest. Flora, a girl from Vernworth, starts Medicament Predicament outside Runne's Apothecary and needs a Fruit Roborant. Lennart starts Nesting Troubles, asking the Arisen to blow up a Saurian nest across the river with explosive casks and then poison it. Oxcart Courier, given in Vernworth, ends here with a letter delivered to Ser Lennart.

Readvent of Calamity begins when the Arisen returns after taking on Captain Brant's work in the capital and finds a Lesser Dragon attacking Melve; the villagers fight alongside the Arisen until it flees or falls, after which Ulrika leaves the village and must be found in Harve Village. Home Is Where the Hearth Is follows once Melve is under the queen regent's soldiers: Lennart, waiting in Ulrika's house, asks for help to free the villagers, who leave for a new home once the soldiers are defeated, either by the Arisen or by the villagers themselves.

Shops and Places in Melve

Tristan's Inn sits beside the Melve Riftstone, and Tristan the innkeeper offers rest, storage and vocation changes. Runne's Apothecary, run by Runne, sells food, arrows, curatives, starter weapons and armour, and Dudley, a travelling merchant with a backpack, trades near the village entrance.

Ulrika's House stands at the highest point of the village, and Lennart's House and Dracanward also lie within Melve. The Melve Oxcart Station just outside the village links it with the North Vernworth Oxcart Station in the capital.

Sigurd, who teaches the Mystic Spearhand vocation, fights the Lesser Dragon alongside the villagers in Readvent of Calamity and can be spoken to in Melve afterwards.

Dudley

Name	Image	Type
Lustrous Targe		Shields
Ring of Aggression		Rings
Ring of Resolution		Rings
Steeled Virtue		Swords

Runne's Apothecary

Name	Image	Type
Apple		Curatives
Beseecher's Hood	-	Head Armor
Blighting Arrow		Implements
Chain Mail		Body Armor
Deepwood Jacket		Body Armor
Drenching Arrow		Implements
Explosive Arrow		Implements
Foot Soldier Armor		Body Armor
Fruit Roborant		Curatives
Grapes		Curatives
Hard-Leather Helm	-	Head Armor
Hide Cape		Cloaks
Iron Sword		Swords
Ironclad Staff		Staves
Landwalkers		Leg Armor
Lantern (Fueled)		Implements
Lantern Oil		Implements
Lupine Bow		Bows
Meadow Cloth		Body Armor
Modest Camping Kit		Implements
Napped-Leather Boots		Leg Armor
Ring of Accrual		Rings
Ring of Exultation		Rings
Round Shield		Shields
Salubrious Draught		Curatives
Scout's Hood	-	Head Armor
Sentry's Coif	-	Head Armor
Soft Neck Wrap		Cloaks
Soldier's Helm	-	Head Armor
Tarring Arrow		Implements
Throatcutters		Daggers