Ottilia

Ottilia

Race

Norn

Location

Cragstead
(Wayfarer Foothills)

“

Ottilia is amazing... She's beautiful, and...not interested. But she helped me work through some angst about my family. My mom. I owe her.

— Braham Eirsson about Ottilia in The Battle for Cragstead

Ottilia is a norn from Cragstead in the Wayfarer Foothills. Braham Eirsson had a crush on her although she rejected his advances and instead helped him work through some angst about his distant mother Eir Stegalkin. Braham learned that Ottilia and her family had been taken prisoner after the Molten Alliance's raid on Cragstead. Her fate remains unknown.

Biography

Early years

Ottilia was born in the norn settlement of Cragstead in the Wayfarer Foothills and grew up with young Braham Eirsson. She became the object of Braham's affections but rejected his advances. Instead she helped him work though some angst about his distant mother Eir Stegalkin and earned his gratitude in the process.

Living World Season 1

In early 1326 AE, the Molten Alliance invaded Cragstead and overwhelmed the defenders. They took many norn as prisoners, including Ottilia and her family, transporting them to one of their hidden facilities to work as slave labor in the mines and to experiment on them. Upon liberating Cragstead with the help of the Pact Commander, Braham learned what had happened to Ottilia and swore to rescue her from the kidnappers.

While assaulting one of the Molten Furnaces and liberating the prisoners there with help from Rox and the Pact Commander, Braham asked one of the norn prisoners about Ottilia. The prisoner hesitated in answering Braham, urging the younger norn not to inquire about Ottilia's fate when they all needed to escape from the Molten Alliance. Ottilia was not among the prisoners whom the team liberated from the facility, and her fate remained unknown.

During the victory celebration held in Hoelbrak following the Molten facility's destruction and the liberation of prisoners, Braham attempted to write a love poem to Ottilia but found it difficult to express his feelings in the right way. In his poem, which he would ultimately discard and attempt to burn in the bonfire, Braham compared Ottilia's heart to an ice-covered meadow—beautiful but bitter.

Location

Historical location

Shiverpeak Mountains

• Wayfarer Foothills
  • Cragstead (during original Living World Season 1)

Historical dialogue

After Flame and Frost 2013

Speaking to Ottilia

I don't understand why we came back here. Everything's damaged. After seeing Hoelbrak, I can't imagine living anywhere else. It's so beautiful there, so vibrant and alive!

Isn't this your home?

Yes. But, if it weren't for Braham, I wouldn't be here at all. He found me, you know? No one has ever done anything like that for me before. He...he...he's amazing.

So it seems.

Yes, it is.

Conversation between Braham and Ottilia

Braham: Ottilia, how are you? Are you glad to be home?

Ottilia: I suppose. I'm glad you're here too.

Braham: Ummm...that's good. I'm glad you're here, too. I mean...

Ottilia: (laugh) You're adorable. I have to go help my father. See you later.

During Dragon Bash 2013

Conversation between Braham and Ottilia

Ottilia: I thought maybe...you know...we could go on a hunt together or something.

Braham: Uh...yeah, sure. So...what do you want to hunt? Jotun? Svanir?

Ottilia: Ooh, I know! I'd just love to have a new rabbit-fur vest. We could hunt rabbits!

Braham: Rabbits?

Ottilia: This'll be so much fun. I'll be ready at dawn tomorrow. See you then!

During Bazaar of the Four Winds

Conversation between Braham and Ottilia

Braham: I thought maybe, if you want, we could go to Wolf's shrine together today.

Ottilia: No, thanks. I went earlier and took all my gifts for Wolf then.

Braham: Well, maybe we could eat together this evening? The weather is fair.

Ottilia: I don't think so. I'm going with Ebbe. He's a merchant, and he sells furs in all the cities. What do you do?

Braham: I...what?

Ottilia: Exactly. Enjoy growing old in Cragstead like all the others. I'll send news of my travels. Promise!

During the Queen's Jubilee

Speaking to Ottilia

Did you hear? I'm going to Hoelbrak with this merchant I know. He travels the world.

Congratulations.

Gallery

• 

  Ottilia's appearance in Cragstead during the 2013 version of Living World Season 1.

Notes

• In the 2013 version of Living World Season 1, Ottilia was originally Braham Eirsson's crush who seemed to reciprocate his feelings at first; in contrast, in the 2022 rewrite she had already rejected him off screen and instead helped him cope with his feelings for Eir Stegalkin. In the 2013 version, their relationship grew cold over time, and Ottilia eventually left Braham behind to see the world with the fur trader Ebbe. Braham suffered from heartbreak and accompanied Rox to the Queen's Jubilee to take his mind off of the rejection. Siding with Braham, Rox called Ottilia a "vicious harpy who broke your heart" and urged him to forget about her.
• According to Narrative Director Bobby Stein, Ottilia's original 2013 arc and her connection to Braham was perceived as irrelevant to his arc and having no real substance, so it was rewritten for the 2022 re-release to match the Narrative Team's current writing standards. Ottilia's character was thus slightly reframed to downplay the "puppy love" angle and tie in more as a support system for Braham's strained relationship with his mother. Edits like these are intended to fix some of the things that, in the Narrative Team's opinion, either muddled the 2013 version of the story or were not landing as intended in order to better reflect artistic intent.

See also

• Half-Burnt Poetry