A Dark Thief |
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Required: quests quest. |
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→ Go to
Allelia Symiestra |
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[INFO]: You have to use ”/tellnpc” or the NPC tab to start the conversation. |
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YOU: about gossip |
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Allelia: I just heard that Taria Prestis is pregnant! Her husband, Barl, will make a great father. That is, if he ever gets time off from his work at the Eagle Bronze Doors. They say he does special missions inside the Stone Labyrinths. Certainly not a job for me, I'll tell you that much. |
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YOU: more gossip |
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-Allelia lifts her towel from the counter, folding it as she smiles.- |
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Allelia: Oh please, you would be shocked and embarrassed if you knew half of the things I've heard around here. |
Allelia: Care for a frothy mug and an ear full of gossip? |
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YOU: Yes, do tell. |
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Allelia: Oooh great! |
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YOU: What did you hear? |
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Allelia: Earlier today, this StoneHammer couple stopped in to dine. |
Allelia: They were dressed in expensive looking clothing and wore fine platinum jewellery. |
Allelia: They were whispering something about a thief and the guard's inability to capture him. |
Allelia: When I asked them if everything was alright, they just abandoned the discussion. |
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-Allelia leans forward and smiles.- |
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Allelia: I'd love to know more about what's going on outside. |
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YOU: Interesting, so who were these folks that you overheard? |
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Allelia: Hmm? |
Allelia: Oh shoot, I never got their names. |
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-Allelia's eyes suddenly light up as she looks at you.- |
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Allelia: Do me a favour, try talking to some of the guards and see what you can find out. |
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→ Go to
Rabartus Livrandar |
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YOU: Hey, I heard you are looking for a thief? |
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Rabartus: Yes, we are. |
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-Rabartus glances from side to side, then leans close.- |
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Rabartus: Look, while we want to catch him, we don't want him to know that were onto him either. |
Rabartus: Keep this under your hat, ok? |
Rabartus: If you see him, let one of us know right away. |
Rabartus: I was told he was a skinny little whisp of a man; a Dermorian in grungy, wrinkled clothes. |
Rabartus: From what I've heard, he looked more like a homeless alcoholic. |
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→ Go to
Bevon Damerr |
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YOU: Hey, I heard you are looking for a thief? |
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Bevon: Howdy. |
Bevon: Ya should talk to Remant 'bout this. |
Bevon: He should be over by the north gate with Finara. |
Bevon: Remant knows all 'bout this criminal, he interviewed the victim and a few witnesses himself. |
Bevon: Good day, and good luck. |
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→ Go to
Remant Tovere |
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YOU: Hey, I heard you are looking for a thief? |
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Remant: I am? |
Remant: That's certainly news to me… |
Remant: Oh right, yes! |
Remant: He is guilty of a crime or something like that. |
Remant: He stole something from somebody, now lets see, what was it, an axe? |
Remant: A barrel? |
Remant: No, that can't be right… |
Remant: Ah! |
Remant: I remember, he beat up a cute little groffel scout.. |
Remant: No wait? |
Remant: Eh… |
Remant: Maybe you should go talk to Finara or Rabartus instead. |
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→ Go to
Finara Plund |
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YOU: Hey, I heard you are looking for a thief? |
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Finara: Yes, we are. |
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-Finara looks into your eyes with a silent, unyielding gaze.- |
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Finara: There was a mugging over in Gugrontid, but not your typical roadside ambush. |
Finara: This criminal is violent and dangerous, so be aware of your surroundings when you pass. |
Finara: Be prepared to defend yourself. |
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YOU: Thanks for the warning, good day. |
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Finara: Hey, wait. |
Finara: Perhaps you could help us out. |
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-Finara pauses as she turns her head and looks through the gates, then returns her gaze to you again - this time with a slightly warmer expression.- |
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Finara: Yes, perhaps you would do… |
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-She smiles.- |
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Finara: I'm officially volunteering you for a job as an undercover agent. |
Finara: If you find any evidence, then make sure and return it to me, and me only. |
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YOU: Eh, Alright. What can I do? |
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Finara: Go to Malco Mokkar in Gugrontid… |
Finara: No, better yet, talk to Quasus and tell him you are working with us under cover. |
Finara: Mention the phrase “A Dark Thief”. |
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→ Go to
Quasus Adyum |
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YOU: I am working with Finara to catch a criminal. |
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Quasus: Is that so? |
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-Quasus gazes at you intensely for a moment.- |
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Quasus: If that's so prove it. |
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YOU: A Dark Thief |
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-Kra's eyes are dark and steadily focused as if trying to see something deep inside your being.- |
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Quasus: Let me give you a little background on the thief who attacked one of our citizens, then. |
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YOU: Ok, I'm listening. |
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Quasus: A week ago, Gardr had left to attend an auction in Hydlaa. |
Quasus: On the way, kra was attacked and robbed after making a large amount of money trading precious metals. |
Quasus: When I heard about this, I spoke with Gardr but kra didn't say much other than that kra was knocked out unexpectedly. |
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-Quasus sighs as kra looks into the distance, then returns kra's penetrating gaze to you.- |
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Quasus: This thief is smart, cunning, and dangerous. |
Quasus: Somehow he knew that Gardr had plenty of money at the time. |
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YOU: So, I'll start asking people if they saw anything? |
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Quasus: No, that approach would draw too much attention. |
Quasus: Go to Gardr and see if you can learn a little more about the attacker. |
Quasus: Maybe you can get Gardr to open up a little more. |
Quasus: Look, while I'm rather upset about what happened to Gardr, I'm a bit more concerned about the attacker's choice of weapon. |
Quasus: I have a very bad feeling about this criminal. |
Quasus: Whatever he used to attack Gardr, it should be given to the guards. |
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-Quasus looks at you with a firm, unshakable stare.- |
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→ Go to
Gardr Keck |
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YOU: Hey gemma. That's a nasty…bump on your head. |
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-Gardr looks around as if embarrassed, before regaining focus with kra's palm grinding over kra's scalp.- |
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Gardr: It's not that big, is it? |
Gardr: You must have heard about what happened to me I presume? |
Gardr: Lets not speak too loudly about this, ok? |
Gardr: It wasn't exactly my proudest moment, If you know what I mean. |
Gardr: How about you just forget about it? |
Gardr: I can always earn my money back, alright? |
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YOU: No, I can't let this go. I need to know more about it. |
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Gardr: By Talad! |
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-Gardr grinds kras jaw as kra watches you, then grumbles.- |
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Gardr: I was walking through the field by the howling well on my way to Hydlaa. |
Gardr: I was fine one moment, then next moment I couldn't see anything at all. |
Gardr: It was like the whole dome turned as black as soot. |
Gardr: I rubbed my eyes, not knowing why I couldn't see, then felt a sharp pain on the side of my head. |
Gardr: The next thing I knew, Laure was standing over me with a stupid little grin as I looked upward from the ground. |
Gardr: I was flat out on my back. |
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YOU: Do you suspect that she did it? |
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Gardr: I doubt it, why would she stick around? |
Gardr: She was acting overly nice as if she really cared, but I know her kind. |
Gardr: She hangs around with Ukabnu and those other troublemakers on the hill. |
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-Gardr points a thick, crusty finger towards the stony entrance.- |
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Gardr: I looked at my pouch and saw that I was missing my money. |
Gardr: She asked how much, and I told her, four hundred circles. |
Gardr: That was stupid of me. |
Gardr: After that she just walked away and left me in the grass. |
Gardr: She must know something that I don't. |
Gardr: Perhaps someone else saw something. |
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→ Go to
Laure Eves |
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YOU: Hey, I heard you spoke with Gardr after kra was robbed. |
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Laure: Gardr? |
Laure: You mean the kran who trades metals and ores? |
Laure: What's it to ya, rat face? |
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-Laure chuckles as she sizes you up.- |
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YOU: So what do you know about his assailant? |
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Laure: Ah, he was a small, slender fellow with a messy mop a hair and beard to match. |
Laure: That piece of garbage showed up here three days later, ya know. |
Laure: Came up from the road, blinded me, Ukabnu and a few of our friends. |
Laure: He killed them ya know; haven't seen 'em since. |
Laure: He went on and stole my money, then swiped Ukabnu's boots just ta throw a little salt in the wound. |
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-Laure stops and looks fearfully at Ukabnu as she begins to curse and spit - warning her to keep her mouth shut.- |
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Laure: Better move along now, Enkidukai. |
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-Laure whispers in a low tone:- |
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Laure: When he blinded us, I got a taste of something. |
Laure: Same raunchy taste and smell I got once before when I got into a scuffle with some pathetic dark mage. |
Laure: Might be one of Rulayne Ogrin's boys. |
Laure: If it is, I want his glyph, or whatever he's using. |
Laure: Got it? |
Laure: Now go! |
Laure: Scram! |
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→ Go to
Rulayne Ogrin |
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YOU: Someone has been blinding and robbing people. |
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-Rulayne watches you as his fists tighten.- |
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Rulayne: Blinding? |
Rulayne: You know, one of my students was robbed recently. |
Rulayne: She had a precious artefact that could possibly be misused to cast a blinding spell. |
Rulayne: It was an amulet that she wore around her neck. |
Rulayne: At the center was a black and red glyph, and around the circumference were a number of ornamental stones. |
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YOU: Do you know anything about this thief? |
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Rulayne: No. |
Rulayne: However, I do know that there was an incident over by the camp just past the pass. |
Rulayne: I heard something gruesome happened there, and got some funny looks from a few tree worshippers as they walked by. |
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-Rulayne Ogrin Ogrin rolls his eyes.- |
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Rulayne: You might want to check with Jardet Forsill in Hydlaa. |
Rulayne: The flower pickers were probably students of his. |
Rulayne: By the way, if you catch this thief of yours, return that amulet to me. |
Rulayne: It has sentimental value to my student. |
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→ Go to
Jardet Forsill |
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YOU: I'm investigating a dangerous thief. |
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-Jardet is pacing as he begins to talk.- |
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Jardet: I don't know anything about a thief. |
Jardet: I do know that there is a dangerous criminal on the loose, but the guards are after him. |
Jardet: I am sure they will bring him to justice, though… |
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-Jardet continues to pace as he looks at his feet, then stops and looks back at you.- |
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-His face looks troubled, his fists are clenched like rocks, his arms are stiff like oak branches.- |
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Jardet: I'm sorry, something truly terrible has happened; I just can't get it out of my mind. |
Jardet: Would you mind lending me your ear, so to speak? |
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YOU: Talk to me, what's troubling you? |
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Jardet: I'm not sure where to begin. |
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-Jardet takes a deep breath, then lets out a deep sigh.- |
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Jardet: Three days ago, I sent two new initiates of the Seeds of Wildwood out towards the Explorer's camp in search for a hidden garden - a holy place where they could commune with Xiosia. |
Jardet: They were supposed to return that evening but did not. |
Jardet: The next day, I sent two more followers out to see if they were lost. |
Jardet: When they reached the garden, they fell to their knees - completely shocked and horrified. |
Jardet: The initiates were… |
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-Jardet's composure suddenly changes as a wave of sadness hits him.- |
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YOU: It's ok, go on. |
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Jardet: They were tied to sacred trees, and their bodies were torn and bloody and were being picked at by a swarm of carnivorous birds. |
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-Jardet closes his eyes and tightens his grip around his staff as his sadness transforms into anger.- |
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Jardet: What sort of monster does something like this? |
Jardet: I could hardly believe what I had heard, so I went to the camp myself to retrieve their bodies. |
Jardet: The next day, I mourned for their loss in prayers, before having their remains delivered to the howling well for sanitary disposal. |
Jardet: Sadly, I completely forgot to purify the garden. |
Jardet: I had better make arrangements for that. |
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YOU: I'll bet you want revenge, some justice perhaps? |
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Jardet: No, on the contrary, I'm more interested in making sure that this doesn't happen again. |
Jardet: I believe in using peaceful methods first, then force only if needed. |
Jardet: The two most pressing things on my mind are obtaining whatever weapon was used, and arranging for a purification ritual. |
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YOU: How can I help? |
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Jardet: Well, I've done some investigating on my own, and found something interesting at the garden. |
Jardet: I found a worn pair of dice, and a sheet with odds for the Hydlaa tournament on it. |
Jardet: Darven Bounash normally makes similar lists with probability calculations for such tournaments - being a bit of a gambler. |
Jardet: I wonder if he might have been in contact with this murderer at some point. |
Jardet: Do me a favor. |
Jardet: Take these dice and this sheet, give them to Darven to see if he recognizes them. |
Jardet: You can usually find him in an alley, behind a fence or somewhere out of sight. |
Jardet: Remember, if you find out who did this, please, come to me directly and nobody else. |
Jardet: I want to destroy the weapon that was used. |
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→ Go to
Darven Bounash |
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YOU: Hey you, do these look familiar? |
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Darven: Yes, they're my lucky dice, and that sheet! |
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-Darven yanks the odds sheet from your hand.- |
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Darven: I remember writing this sheet… |
Darven: See that? |
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-Darven points to a smudge on the page.- |
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Darven: I remember scratching that number out, it was one heck of a mistake. |
Darven: Where did you find these? |
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YOU: Next to a pair of mutilated bodies. Care to explain? |
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Darven: That's very strange I wonder how they got there? |
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-Darven looks at you as if he's drawing a conclusion about your intentions, then throws his hands up and steps back!- |
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Darven: Now wait a minute! |
Darven: I didn't kill anybody! |
Darven: Don't go trying to pin stuff on me! |
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YOU: Then how did these items get there? |
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Darven: I sold this sheet to Lennston a week ago… |
Darven: That was before he cheated me in craps with some stupid parlour trick of his that caused me to black out. |
Darven: Ask the guards if you don't believe me, I heard they locked him up overnight for theft! |
Darven: You want to know about this mutilation? |
Darven: Talk to Lennston yourself, he lives right over there in that apartment! |
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YOU: Wait, which house? |
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-Rolls his eyes and shakes his head.- |
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Darven: Listen. |
Darven: Go into Stronghand Ridge, turn right and keep going until you run into the wooden fence. |
Darven: Make a left and follow the fence to the railing. |
Darven: Look over the railing and you'll see a yellow house with windowed alcoves in the roof. |
Darven: Hop the fence and leap from rooftop to rooftop until you get there. |
Darven: Then use the key to get in through the window…. |
Darven: Yes you heard right, the window. |
Darven: He told me once that he keeps the door booby-trapped. |
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YOU: Wait, I don't have a key! |
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Darven: Ah well, in that case, you'll need a hand-held exterior window opener. |
Darven: I think I have one, hold on. |
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-Darven turns and bends over, then back and hands you something.- |
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Darven: There you go. |
Darven: Make sure and return it to me when you're done. |
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→ Go to
Lennston |
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Lennston: You can stop right there! |
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YOU: So you're the one that robbed Gardr. |
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Lennston: What? |
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-Lennston whips his head around and stares at you angrily as an amulet with a black and red glyph in the center begins to glow.- |
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Lennston: You fool! |
Lennston: How dare you just barge into my apartment like this! |
Lennston: I'll learn ya a lesson or two! |
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-Lennston places his fingers on the edges of his amulet causing a dark cloud to swirl around its edges.- |
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-He begins to draw on some dark energy and cast a spell at you.- |
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-As it hits you it stuns you for few seconds.- |
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YOU: I might keep quiet for fifty circles. |
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Lennston: You want to what? |
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-Lennston grins slowly, tilting his head with a raised brow.- |
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Lennston: Well then, it seems I've misjudged you. |
Lennston: I was actually planning on pinning this on someone, but wasn't sure who to pin it on. |
Lennston: You want to help me aye? |
Lennston: Then you can let me kill you and I'll pin the crime on your corpse. |
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-Kill and loot Lennston Dashile- |
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-You looted a Amulet of Blindness- |
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-You looted a Bag of Circles- |
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-You looted a Amulet of Blindness- |
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-You looted a Bag of Circles- |
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[INFO]: You get two of each. |
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→ Go to
Darven Bounash |
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YOU: Here's your window opener back. |
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[INFO]: You don't actually give it, and end up keeping it, despite the following dialog. |
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Darven: Works like a charm, eh? |
Darven: You never know when you might need one of these. |
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-Darven slips the hammer into his belt.- |
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Darven: So, did you have any luck talking with him, or have you given up? |
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QUEST COMPLETED |
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Rewards: 2 Amulet of Blindness, 2 Bag of Circles, 10800 XP. |
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