Pentalla is a minor character in Horizon Forbidden West and a major character in The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes.
History[]
Pentalla is the cook in the Desert Clan settlement Salt Bite, working alongside Fikatta. Unlike the rest of her clan that prefers meat over other food sources, she is eager to sample a variety of foods to maximise the benefits of her dishes, believing that different foods can offer different benefits. She is determined that if she can change the attitude of just one of her fellow tribesmembers, she can change them all.[1]
Horizon Forbidden West[]
Pentalla was approached by Aloy as she was trying to convince Hekatta of the benefits of her cooking. Pentalla offered Aloy a free meal of Chef's Special in exchange for some Bird Meat and Bird Eggs. Seeing Aloy willing to eat the meal, Hekatta was convinced to try it herself.[2]
The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes[]
Pentalla approached Milduf, who was gagged and imprisoned for unknowingly stealing resources, awaiting his punishment of fighting in the Melee Pit. She removed his gag and gave him a bowl of Lizard Bites. Smitten so by her appearance that he couldn't summon a proper greeting, Milduf shoved a morsel from the bowl into his mouth. Caught off guard by the spice, Pentalla apologised that her apprentice may have over-spiced his food. As Milduf explained his purpose for being in the Clan Lands, Pentalla disappeared into the night.[3]
When Milduf was woken by Pentalla the next morning, she explained that she had spared him from the Melee Pit for now, but that it was now her responsibility to see Milduf's punishment through. The two then left Salt Bite together.[3] Pentalla explained to Milduf was she was taking him to the Memorial Grove for "a more fitting punishment." After an encounter with a Watcher, Milduf and Pentalla found the Runner's Wild was impassable due to an envoy of Bristlebacks, Behemoths and Leaplashers, forcing them to take a diversion through Stone Crest.[4]
Arriving at Stone Crest, the local Sky Tenakth cook refused to serve Milduf and Pentalla due to their tribal/clan origins. Pentalla revealed a white snowbird, claiming that Milduf hunted it. Sighing in defeat, the cook started preparing a Stuffed Snowbird for them, telling Milduf how rare this dish is and that he'd probably be the second foreigner to ever taste it. As they ate the meal, the cook shared some Sky Tenakth recipes with Milduf.[5]
Arriving at the Memorial Grove, Pentalla went inside to handle Milduf's trial while he waited outside.[6] The Marshals she met, who were impressed by Milduf's Meat in the Middle and the effect it had on the crowd, named Pentalla a Ration Improvement Envoy; in exchange for his freedom, Milduf was to guide her through the eastern tribal lands to collect intel on meal preparation techniques. Meeting him outside and explaining the result, Milduf fell to his knees as he thanked Pentalla.[7]
Milduf enjoyed the journey through the Shining Wastes back to Chainscrape as part of a Tenakth envoy, learning many uses for spikestalk from Pentalla. While he was sad to be leaving the Forbidden West, Milduf took Pentalla to the tavern to teach her some Oseram recipes and cooking techniques. These lessons were interrupted by Gilvarn, who started teasing him for not lasting long in the Forbidden West and having a woman as a captor.[8] Despite Milduf telling her not to, Pentalla stood up for him, starting a fight. As Milduf prepared to throw a baby potato, the fight was quickly stopped by Petra, who kicked Pentalla and Milduf out of the tavern. Happy to leave the tavern behind, the two made their way east to the cable car, with Pentalla eating her first Forge-Blackened Sirloin.[9]
Hitching a ride with a shipment heading east, Milduf and Pentalla made their way to the Royal Maizelands, where a Vanguard was waiting for them. While Pentalla took note on how the water trenches in the Maizelands could be recreated in the Lowlands, they took the elevators into Meridian and were greeted by Blameless Marad outside the Palace of the Sun, who took them to the royal kitchens. There, Milduf and Pentalla were told that they had been requested by Sun-King Avad to prepare a Tenakth meal for him. Milduf eagerly accepted, but Pentalla wanted to learn, not serve. Under Milduf's insistence that this was part of learning, she grabbed a bushel of redthorn pepper and two rats by the tails.[10] Horrified about the idea of serving rats to the Sun-King, Milduf poured kindleweed oil onto the coals ashen the rats. With Pentalla determined to still serve the rats to Avad, Milduf reminded her that he had her recipes and he would make them if she wouldn't, prompting her to storm out of the kitchen and spend the night in her chamber.[11]
As they made their way through the Gatelands, stopping at Lone Light on the way, Pentalla was less friendly to Milduf as she hunted turkey and Milduf gathered Wild Ember. Once they reached Daytower, Milduf got directions from a Nora huntress, who told him about Fens, the Master Cook, who lived an outcast life in the nearby Forsaken Village. Upon seeing an elder Nora warming his hands by a campfire, Milduf asked Fens to teach him his recipes, but Fens was reluctant to help outlanders as outlanders were responsible for the loss of Mother's Vigil.[12] Pentalla told Fens about her tribe historically greeting outsiders and other clan members with a blade, but that times are changing and they are stronger for what they share. Seeing the stars appearing above as a positive omen from All-Mother, he stood and took the two outlanders forage in the Valleymeet, with Fens easily taking down a chicken.[13] Taking Milduf and Pentalla to the Forsaken Village, Fens taught them how to make Fens' Fieldbird Stew, while also sharing other Nora recipes. Waking up the next morning, Fens was nowhere to be seen, having left behind a potion of Matriarch's Joy.[14]
Milduf and Pentalla made their way north, climbing icy cliffs into the Cut. Taking shelter in a cave during a blizzard, Pentalla confided her dislike of caves and frost to Milduf, telling him how they'll make a meal out of a mountain goat once the storm passes. Later on, as Pentalla went to kill a goat, they were interrupted by a Frostclaw. As it charged at Pentalla, Milduf took his griddle and slammed it against a cliff face, making a loud noise and cracking a layer of ice. Turning its attention to Milduf, the Frostclaw lunged at him, slamming into the cliff face as Milduf tumbled out of the way, narrowly escaping an avalanche that buried that Frostclaw. Pentalla was impressed, but the Frostclaw escaped with its plating now missing. The two now cornered, Pentalla slowed it down with a volley of arrows,[15] and it was finally taken down by a group of Banuk. They Banuk led Milduf and Pentalla to Song's Edge, where Milduf learned about Banuk recipes. Happy to meet some fellow Oseram at the outpost in Song's Edge, Milduf planned to join them on their way to Mainspring.[16]
On the day they were to depart, Milduf noticed that Pentalla's belongings weren't in the caravan. When he asked her why she wasn't packed, Pentalla, already knowing Oseram recipes, was intending to instead return to the Clan Lands and that Milduf's punishment was complete. Milduf, unable to say what he needed to say, started telling her about the big forge in Mainspring and that maybe that was something she wanted to see. However, Pentalla left Milduf to return home. Milduf was saddened that he was unable to tell Pentalla how he really felt about her.[16]
After returning to the Clan Lands, Pentalla became a teacher at the Memorial Grove. One day, Pentalla encountered Kari of the Quen tribe while out in the wilds. Learning that she was a cook, she had Kari write a letter to Milduf, containing Quen receipes.[17] The letter was handed over at an embassy and successfully passed along to Milduf.[18]
Associated Quests[]
Horizon Forbidden West[]
References[]
- ↑ Dialogue with Pentalla during The Taste of Victory.
- ↑ The Taste of Victory
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Page 35 of The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes.
- ↑ Page 50 of The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes.
- ↑ Page 51 of The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes.
- ↑ Page 62 of The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes.
- ↑ Page 63 of The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes.
- ↑ Page 76 of The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes.
- ↑ Page 77 of The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes.
- ↑ Page 94 of The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes.
- ↑ Page 95 of The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes.
- ↑ Page 116 of The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes.
- ↑ Page 133 of The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes.
- ↑ Page 117 of The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes.
- ↑ Page 136 of The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Page 137 of The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes.
- ↑ Page 153 of The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes.
- ↑ Page 152 of The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes.