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Overview

Greymane is a Story NPC in Crimson Desert. Warriors who safeguard Pailune. People of diverse backgrounds and abilities have gathered as if by fate, taking on dangerous tasks others dare not accept. Though their foremost mission is to protect Pailune's peace, they extend a helping hand to anyone in need, and their renown now spreads across all of Pywel.

Stats

Equipment

Greymane wears the following items:

Knowledge

Interacting with Greymane grants the following knowledge entries:

• Greymanes

Notes

• This NPC can be interacted with through the Trust system by greeting and giving gifts.

See Also

• NPCs - All NPCs in Crimson Desert

• Trust System - NPC relationship mechanics

Leadership

The Greymane warband is led by Kliff, widely regarded as the finest swordsman in Pailune. Kliff inherited command after the death of Gian, the legendary commander who originally unified the warband and used it to keep peace across the Pailune region. Gian's assassination by the Black Bears and the ambush that followed left Kliff as the senior surviving member.

Kliff is the son of Martinus. He leads the Greymanes with what the developers describe as a strong moral compass, choosing to protect the weak rather than pursue personal power. His first responsibility as acting leader is to track down the scattered survivors of the Black Bear ambush and rebuild the warband at its new base in Hernand.

Members

The Greymane roster mixes core story companions with a wider crew of recruited comrades who settle at the camp as the game progresses. The named members most closely tied to the protagonist are shown below. See the dedicated articles for full bios, stats, and combat details.

Beyond this named core, over twenty additional Greymanes can be recruited to the camp through faction quests such as the Embers of Return and Gathered Will mission lines, along with side recruits posted on the camp commission board.

Greymane Camp

After the Black Bears sack Pailune, the warband resettles inside the Duchy of Hernand and founds the Greymane Camp as their operating base. The camp begins as a small tent settlement above Howling Hill and is rebuilt into a fortified stronghold over the course of the story through the camp construction system.

Camp upgrades are funded with lumber, stone, and resources obtained by liberating occupied landmarks across Pywel and by completing faction missions. Each upgrade tier adds or unlocks services, enlarges the roster of available comrades, and improves passive rewards from dispatch missions. The camp becomes the hub for story cutscenes, companion meals that unlock backstory missions, and the central Trust-system interactions for Kliff and the other comrades.

Role in Story

The Greymanes drive the main story across the Prologue, twelve numbered chapters, and the Epilogue. In the Prologue, Kliff fights Myurdin of the Black Bears in the Hills of No Return during the quest In Ashes. The duel is an intentionally unwinnable fight: Kliff is thrown into the Nas River, survives, and washes up near Hernand determined to rebuild the warband.

Chapters 1 and 2 cover Kliff's arrival in Hernand, where he earns the locals' trust through small favors and establishes a foothold. Chapter 3 is the warband's rebuilding arc: after the Howling Hill camp expansion is completed in the Bustling Hill quest, the chapter closes with the narrative cutscene quest Greymanes Reunited. All gathered comrades share a feast at the newly expanded tent, formally marking the warband's return as a unified company.

From Chapter 4 onward the Greymanes fan out across the continent as Kliff forms alliances with regional factions, liberates blockaded settlements, and pursues the conspiracy that connects the Black Bears to deeper supernatural threats first studied by Gian. The Epilogue resolves the warband's arc: the standard ending has the comrades part ways once the conflict is settled, while the true ending, conditional on high companion Trust and specific story choices, keeps them together at a permanent settlement.

Camp Features

Greymane Camp offers a number of services that expand as the story progresses. Most are unlocked by story beats or by recruiting specific comrades through faction quests.

Building trust with the camp's residents through the Companion Trust system unlocks personal quests, improves dispatch performance, and is a prerequisite for the true Epilogue ending.