Rosen Cavalier Patrick (character)

This page is about the character and his story. For the boss fight, see Rosen Cavalier Patrick; for the quest, see Headless Knight.

Rosen Cavalier Patrick (the game's English text spells it "Rosen Cavailer Patrick") is a former knight of the Church whom the Courier meets in the ruins of Exilium in chapter 3. He has been cursed since his wedding night and is nailed to a stone wall without his head. He is polite, resigned and in love with the woman who did this to him, and his quest line is one of the sad stories that make up the base game's Tales. The walkthrough, flags and boss table are on Headless Knight; this page covers his dialog.

Story#

• First meeting. Patrick apologizes for his terrible appearance and says he too was a Church knight. The Courier can ask why he is nailed up. After that story a gold-colored follow-up option appears, asking why his fiancee did this.
• His tale. On the wedding night his fiancee Jenny cut off his head, pierced his heart and nailed him to the wall. The curse made it impossible for him to rest. She took the head away in search of a cure, the only person willing to help him. He says he does not blame her, because without the Red Star none of this would have happened, and being a monster or keeping your dignity is an easy choice.
• The ring request. He lost his wedding ring in the Chapel and wants to recite his vows and thank Jenny when she returns. The quest log entry is "Find the Wedding Ring" (message 20402).
• Returning the ring. After the Courier finds it, an option to "Take out the ring" appears. Handing it over completes flag 35009 and plays movie 1009 (story 3). The first spot (monster 3060) then disappears.
• Thanks. A second spot (monster 3072) has him express that he cannot show how grateful he is.
• His head. After you rest at an Exilium altar (flag 34001) the thank-you spot is replaced by a third (monster 3061). Its speaker regrets not finding the head sooner and says he would give his head again to save her. There the option "Return his head" completes flags 35023, 35030 and 90031, plays movie 1010 and removes monster 3061.
• The challenge. In the final scene (monster 3073, shown after flag 33006) the knight asks to fight the Courier as a knight, at the place where his love died, "in the name of my love".

Rewards#

The dialog flags give no item. The Tale quest 95031 is not set by any dialog: it is completed together with the boss's defeat flag 31004 when the duel is won (Headless Knight#Boss: Rosen Cavalier Patrick), and it counts for two achievements: Witness ("Finish all the Tales", needs 11) and "War and Destiny", which needs the quests of Rosen Cavalier Patrick, Vincent and Eleanor (see Vincent and Eleanor). The duel itself is the boss page Rosen Cavalier Patrick (hub: Bosses); winning it also gives the achievement Chivalry, which needs Normal difficulty or higher.

Hidden mechanics#

• The first dialog menu has a third option, "Don't be misled by those distractions. Let's go to the Chapel first." It ends the talk without setting the topic-read flags (90023, 90024), so it is the only way to skip his story entirely.
• The gold-colored "why did she do this" option only appears after you asked "why are you nailed here" (flag 35012 is needed).
• Patrick has four separate quest-driven spots in chapter 3, in this order: 3060 (hidden by 35009), 3072 (shown by 33005, hidden by 34001), 3061 (shown by 34001, hidden by 33006) and 3073 (shown by 33006, hidden by 35021). Which one you see depends on how far the quest has gone.
• In Arcade mode (stories 1001-1007) only the head spot (1003061) is copied.

Sources#

• Table StoryMonster: story 3, monsters 3060, 3061, 3072, 3073 (hero 20017); Arcade copy 1003061.
• Table StoryDialog: story 3 dialogs 31087-31100, 31168-31170, 31171, 31203, 32100, 32199, 33071-33199.
• Table StoryQuest: 35009 (movie 1009), 35010 (message 20402), 35012, 35023 (movie 1010), 35030 (removes monster 3061), 34001 (destroys monster 3072), 95031 (action type 30, achievements 12009 and 10017; listed in the boss row StoryMonster 3071 CompleteQuestId 31004;95031;31006). Table StorySave ids 7-9.
• Table Achievement ids 12009 "Witness" and 10017 "War and Destiny"; UIQuest 20402.