Hjerson
Last updated 2026-08-06
Hjerson is an open-world NPC located in Nasha Town, Lempo Isle, Nod-Krai.
Location
Hjerson's location
Additional context
Profile
(To be added)
Appearance
(To be added)
Idle Quotes
Maybe I should get a new job...
- "*Sigh* Perhaps I should start writing novels instead."
Intel
Intel about Hjerson can be gathered by a Curatorium of Secrets member.
- A detective, as well as a writer of mystery novels
- Has solved several homicides, though none were cracked thanks to his deductions
- One of his muttered "inspirations for committing a crime" was once put into practice by the Black Sturgeon Gang
- This led directly to the gang's annihilation
Jahoda
- Jahoda: (Boss Nef said this guy's more or less in the same line of work as us, but... aren't detectives supposed to just solve cases, not actually make arrests? Wait... Is he something more than that, then?)
Dialogue
- Hjerson: If I'm not tailing some husband who's having an affair, I'm looking for earrings that someone lost on the road... If this is all a detective does, I'd be better off changing careers...
- (Available if Jahoda is in the party and after gathering his intel)
(Jahoda appears to have something on her mind...)
- Jahoda: Hey, Mr. Hjerson! We've found the novel you asked us to look for the last time. We'll have it sent it over to you when we get the chance.
- Hjerson: Really? Thank you so much. Once I'm done with my mystery novel, you'll be the first to read it!
- Jahoda: Sure... Sounds good...
- Jahoda: (A mystery novel, he said? Um, I don't really understand those... Maybe I'll give this one to Ineffa, she'll definitely enjoy it more than I will.)
- Jahoda: (Huh? Why isn't Hjerson saying anything now? Is he already thinking about the plot? Oh well, I'd better leave quietly...)
Is work not going so well?
- Hjerson: Real gift for understatement you've got. There's so little of it going around that "work" is turning into an occasional pastime.
- Hjerson: *sigh* Around here, even if a big case does occur, people would rather just round up all the suspects and "interrogate" them with the butt of a weapon than get a real detective to investigate.
- Hjerson: You'd be amazed how many criminals they end up catching — a decent chunk more than the number of people who actually commit any crimes, I'd wager.
- I take it you haven't gotten any big cases lately?
- Hjerson: Well, I mean, I guess, if you count... Not long ago, I helped a merchant from Sumeru find their lost Sumpter Beast. It fell asleep curled up down an alleyway.
- Hjerson: The Sumpter Beast was pretty big... So, I guess you could say that means the case was big too?
- Why do you want to change careers?
- Hjerson: Detectives aren't very popular in Nod-Krai. The only cases I get are for very minor problems.
- Hjerson: I often dream of cracking a really big case — pinpointing the one tiny hole in an otherwise airtight act of criminality... But now I'm starting to think that instead of dreaming about it, I should be writing it all down and turning it into a detective novel!
- Hjerson: At least in Nod-Krai, being a crime novelist sounds a lot more appealing than being a detective.
- Hjerson: In fact, I already have some ideas. You look like you've seen a few things. Why not be my first test audience?
- Sure thing. I'm all ears.
- Hjerson: Alright, first up is "The Rifthound of the Bashkirovs."
- Hjerson: The central conceit is this — a family who raises Rifthounds uses them to open rifts to a secret room where they can carry out murders without leaving a trace!
- Why not just let the Rifthounds do the murdering?
- Hjerson: Erm... That's a good question... Maybe I was too focused on explaining how the family could open the secret room... Alright, how about this one — "The Bakufu Food Taster Murders"
- Hjerson: A food taster for the Yashiro Commission uses their position to put poison in some Tricolor Dango personally prepared by the Shogun in an attempt to assassinate the head of the Commission...
- I don't think they'd be able to taste the food...
- Hjerson: Oh? I think I see what you're getting at... There's no way a food taster would be allowed to touch something made by the Shogun themselves, as that would be seen as disrespecting the latter, correct? I guess I need to brush up on Inazuman culture.
- Hjerson: I'm amazed how much you know about these things! Alright, this one's a surefire hit — "The Curious Case of the Liyue Bulle Fruit"!
- Bulle Fruit don't grow in Liyue...
- Hjerson: Oh, really? I always thought Bulle Fruit were a Liyue specialty...
- Hjerson: *sigh* I thought my fantasies would make for exciting detective novels, but it looks like becoming a crime writer isn't any easier than being an actual detective...
- Maybe we can skip this one...
- Hjerson: Really? *sigh* It looks like becoming a crime writer isn't any easier than being an actual detective...
- Maybe we can skip this one...
- Hjerson: Really? Hmm... Is the concept not exciting enough? I could always refine it a little...
- Sorry, I'm more of a non-fiction fan...
- Hjerson: Really? Well, that's a shame...
- Goodbye, and good luck.
- Hjerson: Goodbye, and good luck to you, too! That was the most touching blessing I've heard in quite some time. *sigh* I do hope that things start going well...
Trivia
- Hjerson's name and ambition of becoming a crime novelist are likely a reference to Sven Hjerson, a fictional Finnish detective created by Ariadne Oliver, a fictional character in the novels of Agatha Christie and a friend of Hercule Poirot.
- The title "The Rifthound of the Bashkirovs" is a reference to The Hound of the Baskervilles, a crime novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes.
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Hjerson |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 赫杰森 Hèjiésēn |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 赫傑森 Hèjiésēn |
| Japanese | ヒエルソン Hieruson |
| Korean | 예르손 Yereuson |
| Spanish | Hjerson |
| French | Hjerson |
| Russian | Гьерсон G'yerson |
| Thai | Hjerson |
| Vietnamese | Hjerson |
| German | Hjerson |
| Indonesian | Hjerson |
| Portuguese | Hjerson |
| Turkish | Hjerson |
| Italian | Hjerson |
Change History
Released in Version "Luna I"
References
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