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
Starting at level 17, she also uses: At level 20, she also uses these:

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 little aid she can disrupt enemies throught knockdown.
 * She has good energy management.
 * She also provides defensive Ward for whole party.

Thus Herta is very good both as offensive and as well as defensive henchmen.

Usage Notes
Her skill requires weakness for its secondary powerfull effect which she herself cannot supply, thus its strongly advised ot use skills that cause weakness, especially Enfeebling Blood is well suited for tihs task.

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.".