Stalwart village

Stalwart is a small village in White March next to Durgan's Battery. It's the first location you can visit in Pillars of Eternity: The White March - Part I.

Background
A former mining colony established in the White March by the Aedyr Empire, to supply ore to the empire. As long as the colonial presence remained in the Eastern Reach, the village saw a reliable amount of traffic from both sides of the March.

Stalwart has experienced difficulties in recent times due to the closure of the mines after the Aedyr Empire pulled out of the Eastern Reach. With no proper economy to anchor it in place, the village is facing oblivion. Each month more and more people leave, due to a lack of work or supplies necessary to sustain them. The combination of a particularly cold season that affected elk populations across the March and the aggression on part of the ogre clans and wolves are the primary reasons behind the recent difficulties.

To avoid that fate, Renengild, the mayor of the village has decided to reawaken the White Forge of Durgan's Battery and establish Stalwart as the sole supplier of Durgan steel or an approximation thereof. She contacts The Watcher for assistance after the first dozen attempts fail, as the village came under attack from an Ogre tribe, seemingly in retaliation for attempts to access the Battery. Although numerous adventuring parties have been trying to batter down the doors into the battery for over a year, none succeeded.


 * Once is completed

Stalwart is reinvigorated by the opening of Durgan's Battery and the influx of people and money into the town. Having completed her mission, Renengild stepped down as mayor, allowing the younger generation to take over. Houses ruined in the ogre attack have been torn down, replaced with yurts, while the Temple of Ondra has been rededicated to Abydon, in accordance with the Battery. The mines have also been opened, providing the Battery with a fresh source of ore for the Forges.

However, the influx of newcomers interested in making a life for themselves has caused tensions across the town, as old-time Stalwart residents are aggravated by the fact that newcomers are taking the best jobs, refuse to pay respects to Ondra, and overcrowd the town.

Points of interest

 * You enter the village as it is attacked by a war party of crag ogres. To properly meet the denizens, you need to find Darzir, the leader of the ogres, and turn him into kibble.
 * After the attack, the hut to the west is on fire. You can interact with it for a chance to save two villagers. See Durgan's Battery for details.
 * To the southwest, just next to the fishery, a villager runs away from a basket full of fish. Interact with it to meet Zahua, one of two companions available in the snowy wastes.
 * To the southeast is the Temple of Ondra. Approaching it will trigger a short cutscene with Ista and Okrun.
 * Yduran and his merchant cart is near the entrance to the village. Just a short way north is Thyrsc's house.
 * The village inherits much of its layout from the previous expansion, as expected. The notable changes are that the Temple of Ondra is replaced by the Temple of Abydon, and one of the ruined houses has been replaced by Hamond's Emporium.
 * As you enter the village, you are automatically caught in a cutscene, with Deryan calling upon the people of Stalwart to confront the Iron Flail, a Readceran army massing outside the town. They are, obviously skeptical.
 * The village inherits much of its layout from the previous expansion, as expected. The notable changes are that the Temple of Ondra is replaced by the Temple of Abydon, and one of the ruined houses has been replaced by Hamond's Emporium.
 * As you enter the village, you are automatically caught in a cutscene, with Deryan calling upon the people of Stalwart to confront the Iron Flail, a Readceran army massing outside the town. They are, obviously skeptical.

Characters

 * Companions:
 * Maneha: A potential companion, found to the left of the Temple of Ondra (spawns after visiting Taena)
 * Zahua: A potential companion, found to the left of the fishery, in the baskets of fish
 * Merchants:
 * Haeferic: The innkeeper of Gréf's Rest
 * Hamond: A trader opportunist appears in White March Part II
 * Yduran: Beside his caravan at the village's eastern entrance
 * Other:
 * Ailef: A Raedceran runaway slave hiding in Gréf's Rest
 * Andred & Byrhtwen: Playing "throwing daggers" in Gréf's Rest
 * Asca: The new Warden in White March Part II and successor of Tealdor
 * Darzir: Leading the crag ogre raiding party
 * Deryan, a new settler in White March Part II
 * Engrim and Masca in the Temple of Abydon
 * Feara: The only survivor of a failed relic hunter expedition, drowning her cares in Gréf's Rest
 * Grynde‎: In the fishery
 * Ista‎: On the jetty near the Temple of Ondra
 * Kern: A worried dwarf in Gréf's Rest during White March Part II
 * Keydy and Lurgolder: In the burning house
 * Lafda and Qexetl: In the Temple of Ondra
 * Nesta, emissary from Defiance Bay, appears in White March Part II
 * Okrun: Outside the Temple of Ondra
 * Owynna: Inn servant in Gréf's Rest
 * Reyfald: Outside of Gréf's Rest's front door
 * Renengild and Uldric: Inside Renengild's House
 * Taena: In her house
 * Tarfos, the new mayor in White March Part II
 * Tealdor: The Warden of Stalwart Village, found to the right of Renengild's House
 * Teanleycg: Playing dicegames in Gréf's Rest
 * Thyrsc: In his house

White March Story

 * Durgan's Battery
 * The Recluse of the White March
 * The Iron Flail

Side Quests

 * A Lovely Drop
 * Iron and Flame
 * Ready the Cannons
 * Regrets Worth Trading
 * The Burden of Memory
 * The One That Got Away
 * Whispers in the Dark

Tasks

 * Bleak Oath
 * Bounty: Brynlod
 * Bounty: Disciples of the True Flame
 * Bounty: Laenric
 * Bounty: Lafda
 * Bounty: Magran's Faithful
 * Bounty: Meztla
 * Bounty: Redwater Lagufaeth
 * Bounty: The Gleaming Society
 * Bounty: The Terror of Whitestone Hollow
 * Garodh's Chorus
 * The Thermal Pearl
 * Risk Tolerance
 * Sacred Instruments
 * The Fisherman's Penance
 * Wild Mylla

Enemies
On your first visite to Stalwart, you'll encounter several enemies during their attack.

Beasts: Wilder:
 * Exterior
 * Wolves
 * Winter Wolf
 * Crag Ogres
 * Crag Ogre
 * Crag Ogre Cannoneer
 * Crag Ogre Chanter
 * Darzir (Crag Ogre Leader)

Notable loot
Barrel: Barrel: Rat Nest: [Hidden stash in a tree stump in the northeastern corner] Crate: Crate: Crate: Barrel: Barrel: Barrel: Barrel: Barrel:
 * 1x Hammer and Chisel
 * 3x Meat
 * Random Currency
 * 1x Camping Supplies
 * 2x Fish
 * 4x Fish
 * 5x Tyn Hat
 * 1x (I'd better not ask what Zahua is fishing in there) //But it's fishy!!!
 * 6x Speckleback Jerky
 * 3x Brintwn Ban
 * 2x Ryngr Berries
 * 5x Fish
 * 1x Adra Ban

Plants

 * 4x Berath's Bell
 * 2x Brintwn Ban
 * 2x Ryngr Berries
 * 2x Tyn Hat