Editing Tsar Stepan (section)

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Tsar Stepan appears in {{DQ4 Chapter 2}}. Worried about his daughter's capricious behavior and her safety, he forbids her daughter from leaving the castle. This does not deter Alena, as she proceeds to kick down her bedroom wall and escape through the hole. Knowing now that nothing he does will stop his daughter, he allows Alena to explore the rest of the kingdom while being accompanied by Kiryl and Borya.

Later, Stepan has a prophetic vision of Estark, the Lord of the [[Nadiria|Underworld]], awakening from his thousand-year slumber and destroying the world. He is subsequently cursed by [[Psaro the Manslayer]] with loss of his voice so that he does not spread word of the events to come. One of his soldiers take off to the [[Desert Bazaar]] where he finds Alena and informs her of the situation. The trio return to the castle and, with information obtained from a bard named Josef Starling, find and bring him a cure for the curse, [[Birdsong nectar]]. Regaining his voice, Stepan informs Alena the contents of his vision. Now having more faith in his daughter and her ability to fend for herself, he allows her access to the [[Zamoksva/Endor Teleportal]] so that she may compete in the [[Tournament of Endor|Tournament]] of [[Endor]].

At the end of the chapter, Stepan and the rest of the castle denizens mysteriously disappear (save for a cat roaming on the castle roof). Alena and her companions set out to discover what happened. Stepan and the castle denizens return after the completion of the game.

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