Captain Bernard is a main character in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. He is the captain of the city guard of Rattay in 1403.
He is sworn to the service of Sir Hanush of Leipa, and to a lesser extent, Lord Hans Capon, heir to Rattay. He offers training in Defence, Axe, Polearms and Sword, and can also teach you how to combo and how to master strikes. While teaching you combos he also cures all your health problems.
Stats[]
| Sir Bernard's stats |
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| 6 | 8 | 21 |
Biography[]
Bernard is descended from Baron Urban of Oleshna, his great grandfather, which makes him a cousin of sorts to Sir MiIota of Oleshna and Baron Wolflin of Kamberg. He is a very gruff and bad tempered man (especially towards certain blacksmith's sons who tend to go off on their own quests instead of following orders) but he was an exceptionally skilled soldier. He takes a very dim view of the Skalitz refugees, although that is probably due to how many of them turned to thieving in order to survive, disrupting peace and order in the city.
He was dining with his lords when Henry returned from Skalitz in Awakening, and although he raged at the young blacksmith for disobeying orders, he agreed to train him in Train Hard, Fight Easy.
Bernard admonishes Henry for disobeying orders
After going through basic swordfighting techniques, Bernard took Henry to the archery range to practice shooting with a bow. There, Hans Capon and Henry exchanged words, and the young lord challenged the blacksmith to an archery competition.
The captain was furious at Henry for insulting a lord, but equally as exasperated at Hans for fighting with commoners, which Sir Hanush had expressly forbidden. By the sounds of it, it's not the first time Hans has come to blows with the local low-born folk.
Some time later, the stud farm at Neuhof is raided, and Bernard is the first to speak to one of the stable hands who fled. He alerts Lord Hanush immediately, and is dispatched, along with Henry, to investigate the massacre during The Hunt Begins. The captain is less than thrilled to have Henry in tow, but obeys his lord without complaint.
Captain Bernard informs Sir Hanush about the raid on Neuhof
Once at Neuhof, Bernard is horrified at the slaughter, and tries in vain to get information out of Zora, the widow of the horse master, and some of the stable hands. Unfortunately, although he is a skilled soldier, he is less adept at questioning grieving widows and terrified stable-boys. He dispatches his two soldiers to investigate, and is annoyed when Henry asks to help.
However, he does tell the young squire that he can take a look around, provided he doesn't get underfoot and returns as soon as he finds anything. He's not just making idle threats either - if you hurry off to perform your own investigation, he'll lose his temper at Henry when he next sees him during Ginger in a Pickle. However, he does praise Henry for a job well done, if he, after killing the bandits in the woods, reports to Bernard instead of searching the Bandit and finding the hoofpick.
The Captain enters Neuhof with Henry close behind
The Captain points out that if Henry had died, nobody would have known where he had even gone, and demands that he start learning to follow orders. But he eventually gives Henry permission to begin searching for the thugs, before they can cause any more trouble.
Bernard is dedicated to hunting down the bandit groups that plague the area. In Ruin, he will regularly tell Henry the general location of their camps, and let him decide how to take them out. His only condition is that Henry bring back the bandit leader's spurs to prove the bandit leader has been taken care of, and in turn he will pay 40 
. In addition, he is willing to pay 25 for every bandit's ear Henry brings him, to encourage him to wipe out the whole camp.
During Questions and Answers, Bernard delivers some troubling news to Sir Hanush and Sir Radzig. Bandits are still conducting their raids, even after their camp at Pribyslavitz was wiped out during Baptism of Fire. They have even attacked Merhojed but the villagers were able to hold them off, and even take a bandit prisoner. Bernard tells the Lords that he believes the bandits hit them hard and fast as a taunt, reminding them that they were still strong.
Bernard reports the attack on Merhojed
In Robber Baron, Baron Wolflin is pillaging some farms around Neuhof, and Sir Hanush dispatches Bernard, along with Sir Hans and Henry, to take care of his wayward relative. Bernard will tell the two young men about the rumours surrounding Wolfin and the curse that is on the Kamberg branch of his family. Although he is keen on ending his troublesome cousin once and for all, Henry may encourage him to try the diplomatic route. By this time, Bernard has developed a begrudging appreciation for Henry and his ability to solve problems.
Later, Bernard is present when Henry reveals that he knows the secret that Sir Radzig has been keeping from everyone in The Die is Cast. Bernard will also follow his Lord, Sir Divish, and the Rattay troops into battle in Payback, as they attack Vranik.
Bernard and the troops successfully took Vranik. However, they soon realized that Sir Istvan Toth has fled and was planning to take Talmberg castle. The lords mange to return to Talmberg but they have found it already taken by the bandits, they rush towards the castle but the gate closes and Sir Radzig has been captured. With Lady Stephanie and Sir Radzig in his possession Sir Istvan has an advantage. The lords prepare for a siege and sent Henry to recruit Konrad Kyeser to contract a trebuchet.
Quests[]
Notes[]
- Turing the quest Train Hard, Fight Easy, Captain Bernard will teach Feint and Perfect Block immediately. Afterwards, return anytime after speaking to the Bailiff of Rattay for the same quest (even after completing said quest) and the player can attempt to learn Master Strike. Note that one must fight Captain Bernard in a mock duel using your choice of weapon, and reduce him to 1/3 of his health in order to learn the Master Strike.
- While the quests The Hunt Begins and Ginger in a Pickle are in progress, Bernard will not be available for practice and training.
- It may occur on occasion that Bernard might not be going to the training arena for practice. If this happens, then a bug might be making him stay at his quarters (1st floor room with a bed, inside Hanush's keep which is in front of the tourney arena).
- To fix this, you may only need to speak with him, or simply complete one of his Ruin side quest objectives once.
- Bernard functions just like any other Rattay guard, and will run to the scene of any crimes Henry has committed and even attempt to arrest Henry. Take note that as an essential character Bernard cannot be attacked outside of combat training, and his strength stat is too high for Henry to ever successfully intimidate him during an arrest speech check.
- Take note that while training with Bernard, although Henry will never take health damage from being hit with wooden training swords and axes, Henry will take health damage when training with maces. This is because a safe training variant of the mace has not yet been implemented into the game and instead the bludgeon is used.
- Also bear in mind that any clothes and armor Henry is wearing while training with Bernard will be damaged when Henry is hit even though Henry will not take damage himself. Therefore it is advisable to not wear your best and most expensive armor while training and instead use a dedicated lower grade set.
- It is possible to force Cpt. Bernard to surrender during training fights, even with a wooden sword. If his stamina is exhausted, he'll take damage even from wooden swords or wooden axes. Once Henry has high vitality and agility stats, in connection with the Chain Strike perk, he is able to string together 8 to 10 chain strikes, exhausting Bernard's stamina and thus doing damage, even with a wooden training weapon.