Herta

Herta, Earth Henchman
Herta is a henchman specializing in Earth Magic who is available for hire in the Nightfall Campaign.

Location

 * Note: Found in all towns and outposts of the following regions unless noted otherwise


 * Istan (except Chahbek Village)
 * Kourna
 * Vabbi
 * The Desolation
 * Realm of Torment

Skills Used
Nightfall Starting at level 17, she also uses: At level 20, she also uses these: Eye of the North

Evaluation
At level 20, her skill set includes one of the most powerful AoE spells in the game - the elite skill Sandstorm and her other damage skills are decent. With a little aid she can disrupt enemies through knockdown. She has good energy management and brings with her a defensive ward. As such, Herta can be quite valuable to a party.

Stoning requires weakness for its powerful secondary effect, but she does not have any capability of causing that condition. Bringing skills that complement Stoning makes her even more useful.

Dialogue

 * "I joined the Sunspears instead of the city guard. What did I know? I figured easy days, nights of uninterrupted sleep... the Sunspears had it all. I thought Istan more likely to face criminals than invasions. Guess I was wrong."

In the Throne of Secrets, as an NPC:
 * "It could have been worse, I suppose."

Quotes
Idle quotes:
 * "Even if you think you have nothing worth stealing, someone will come along and steal nothing at all."
 * "I really don't know what I'm doing here. This stuff is for heroes. Being a hero takes way too much effort. I'd rather just be me."
 * "It's hot. And depressing. But at least we haven't had an earthquake in a while."
 * "No, don't heal me, just let me die. I'm halfway there already so it would be a shame to waste the effort."
 * "The Sunspears have a twelve-step program. Step one, a whole lot of pain. Step two, some misery. Step three, no sleep. It sort of goes downhill from there."

Battle quotes:
 * "Begone, foul beast!"
 * "Do not lay a hand upon me creature!"
 * "Don't you DARE hurt my friend!"
 * "For Istan! Because, Dwayna knows, nobody else would have us."
 * "Go ahead and try. Maybe you'll hit me. Do you want me to stand still?"
 * "Hurts to slam your fist into a ten-ton block of stone, doesn't it? What, you're going to do it again?"
 * "I blame Kormir. She got me into all this!"
 * "I can't let you get away. I'm a Sunspear. Trust me, this wasn't my idea. But I signed the contract, I have to finish the deal."
 * "I could be home! Taking a nap! Washing my hair!"
 * "I didn't sign up for this!"
 * "Nope. Not dead yet."
 * "Not another fight. Grenth, I hate busy days."
 * "Oh, man. Don't make me start all over."
 * "This is all your fault!"
 * "This is one of those days when even killing you isn't going to cheer me up. What a waste."
 * "This whole thing is so depressing. Just get it over with quickly."
 * "Yup. You tried to hit me, and failed miserably. The lesson here is: never try."

Trivia

 * Herta's name is an anagram for the word "earth", which is the element of her specialty.
 * One of Herta's battle quotes is derived from the Homer Simpson quote: "Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.".