Botany of the Deeps |
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Required: Ritual of Remembrance quest. |
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→ Go to
Crosh Dunehammer |
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YOU: Do you need any help down here? |
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Crosh: You again? |
Crosh: Look at this! |
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-Crosh studies you carefully then upends his mug. His face falls.- |
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Crosh: Empty. |
Crosh: Why are the mugs so small? |
Crosh: I've been here under Hydlaa now for… |
Crosh: for… |
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-Crosh scratches his head.- |
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Crosh: I don't really know anymore. |
Crosh: But I still can't leave here. |
Crosh: On duty. |
Crosh: No sign of any relief for me, oh no. |
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-He starts banging his free hand against the bottom of the mug.- |
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Crosh: Maybe you can help a hard pressed guard? |
Crosh: For the good of the city, y'know. |
Crosh: What do you say? |
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YOU: Sure, I can help you out. |
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Crosh: Well then, I was told something 'bout deep places. |
Crosh: Was told them nolthrir farm these weird submerged trees down in the lower levels or something, y'see? |
Crosh: Maybe I should get me some fruit from those to brew somethin' good. |
Crosh: Great taste, so I was told. |
Crosh: I think you should get it for me. |
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YOU: You'll have to tell me more about this fruit. |
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Crosh: More? |
Crosh: What do you need me to tell you more for? |
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-He stares at you for a few seconds, but then his eyes dart back to the mug once again.- |
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Crosh: Herbalists use it I think. |
Crosh: No idea why. |
Crosh: Not even sure o' the name. |
Crosh: Some cure or something. |
Crosh: Seems they're the only ones who can import it from the lower levels. |
Crosh: Limited availability! |
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-He lets out a really loud sigh.- |
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Crosh: You'd best be finding one of them to speak to. |
Crosh: Now off with you! |
Crosh: And remember, you better be careful and not say why you want it. |
Crosh: They can get awfully sensitive about their ingredients those fussy plant people can. |
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→ Go to
Aleena Arlavin |
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YOU: Hello, I'm trying to find out about a fruit herbalists use. I was told the nolthrir grow it on the lower levels. |
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Aleena: A fruit grown by the nolthrir? |
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-She looks up from chopping some leaves.- |
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Aleena: What an odd request. |
Aleena: Most outside of our trade wouldn't have any idea that we import ingredients from the nolthrir. |
Aleena: But with that said, they are experts at cultivating some quite unusual plants under the water there. |
Aleena: It's nice to meet someone who is aware of this, but I must ask, why do you need such a thing? |
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YOU: Uhm, a friend of mine is ill. An apprentice herbalist in Ojaveda said the fruit could help, but he didn't know the name. |
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Aleena: An apprentice? |
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-She looks up at you sharply, as though studying your face to spot if you are lying.- |
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Aleena: I suppose he has not kept up to date with his lessons then, but the enkidukai do seem to have a certain resilience to the maladies the fruit can cure. |
Aleena: It's a quite rare thing and hard to get hold of as well. |
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-She puts down her knife and counts with her fingers as she speaks.- |
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Aleena: Delicate. |
Aleena: Spoils easily. |
Aleena: Tough growing conditions. |
Aleena: Expensive to import. |
Aleena: Only a small crop each year. |
Aleena: The plant is called the deep tree and I hear it's quite beautiful, not that a dermorian could ever dive down to see them in their splendour. |
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YOU: Do you know how I could get hold of it? |
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Aleena: Not easily. |
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-She looks out over the rooftops in thought.- |
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Aleena: But a group of nolthrir traders did come up through the Winch a short while ago. |
Aleena: Jashoky mentioned to me that she hoped to buy some supplies from them, so you might be in luck if you can find her. |
Aleena: She won't be in Hydlaa though. |
Aleena: Check out along the road to Ojaveda. |
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→ Go to
Jashoky Dakarn |
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YOU: Hello. I'm trying to get hold of a deep tree fruit to help treat a friend's illness. |
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Jashoky: Well there's an odd thing. |
Jashoky: I just got a few in from some traders yesterday. |
Jashoky: Somethin' special about these fruits there is. |
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-She grins broadly.- |
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Jashoky: I was just about to start preparin' some for use, but trade with nolthrirs made me think about a few things. |
Jashoky: There's a lot we have in common, dermorians and nolthrir that is. |
Jashoky: We came from the same world, the same home. |
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-She looks a little lost in her thoughts as she continues.- |
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Jashoky: We dermorians didn't have a chance to bring anything with us, but the nolthrir did. |
Jashoky: They brought the plants they wanted and carried them through the portal. |
Jashoky: Things like the deep tree fruit are little pieces of Dermoria now, but you'll get your hands on it soon enough if you will help me with something. |
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YOU: Just tell me what you need. |
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Jashoky: Well, all these connections between dermorians and nolthrir and their plants got me wonderin' about the plants they have which we don't ever really see up here in the Dome. |
Jashoky: I been told the nolthrir are such good swimmers, not just because they got webbed toes and gills, but 'cause they practice so much as children. |
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-She laughs and starts taking a few things out from her pack.- |
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Jashoky: There's this game they play, weavin' in and out of some plant, swimming through tunnels made out of its branches, but I just can't remember the name of the thing. |
Jashoky: So you can go back into Hydlaa and check for the name at the library. |
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-She looks up toward the crystal to judge the time.- |
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Jashoky: If you don't wander off doing other things, you should be gettin' back just as I have this ready for you. |
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YOU: twisty |
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Jashoky: Twisty? |
Jashoky: Well, that does sound about right. |
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-She treats you to a huge smile.- |
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Jashoky: I just finished up with the juice as well. |
Jashoky: Look at the colour of this! |
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-She holds up a jar for you to see.- |
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Jashoky: It brewed perfectly. |
Jashoky: A few doses of this should help your friend. |
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-She hands you the juice.- |
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→ Go to
Crosh Dunehammer |
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YOU: I managed to find some deep tree juice for you. |
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Crosh: Some… |
Crosh: What's that y'say? |
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-He leans forward to stare at the jar.- |
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Crosh: Juice?! |
Crosh: No no no no. |
Crosh: I’m not going to drink that. |
Crosh: What use is 'juice' to me? |
Crosh: Go and find something to mix it with. |
Crosh: Cider would be about right I think. |
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-He waves his empty mug at you.- |
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Crosh: Go on, back to the place that sells the drinks again. |
Crosh: Speak to Alell-something. |
Crosh: Or whatever her name was. |
Crosh: Unless you know somewhere else to find me some! |
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→ Go to
Allelia Symiestra |
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YOU: Hello. I'm looking to purchase some cider. |
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Allelia: Cider? |
Allelia: It's not something I often stock. |
Allelia: I hear Brado usually stores some though, so I suggest you check in Ojaveda. |
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-She stops wiping a glass and smiles at you.- |
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Allelia: Unless you have some special reason for coming to me anyway. |
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YOU: I was looking for a cider I can flavour with nolthrir grown ingredients. |
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Allelia: So you have something special in mind then? |
Allelia: Well I suppose Brado's stock would serve, but I have something here that might as well. |
Allelia: It will cost you fifty tria though. |
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YOU: Here's your tria. |
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Allelia: Thank you. |
Allelia: Now be careful not to spill this. |
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→ Go to
Crosh Dunehammer |
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YOU: I have both the juice and some cider now. |
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Crosh: Took you long enough. |
Crosh: Let me see. |
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-He sniffs at the juice.- |
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Crosh: Not much of it is there? |
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-He shrugs and empties it into the cider mug.- |
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Crosh: Well, let's find out if it's any good then. |
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-He tips back the mug and gulps down several mouthfuls.- |
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Crosh: Hmm. |
Crosh: I guess you might call it… |
Crosh: Interesting. |
Crosh: It's not bad, but I expected more of a kick. |
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-He finishes the rest of the mug then scratches at his chin.- |
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Crosh: I wonder… |
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YOU: You wonder..? |
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Crosh: How was I to know how a drink made from things those nolthrir farm would taste? |
Crosh: I'm going to have to think about it for a while. |
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-He stares down into the now empty mug.- |
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Crosh: A really long while. |
Crosh: I've heard they're good with watery magic too you see, as well as farming these things. |
Crosh: Heard they can use it to divine the nature of things. |
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-He runs a finger round inside the mug, hunting for a few last drips of cider, then licks them from his fingertip.- |
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Crosh: Think that maybe that magic could have let someone know what this would taste like before it was drunk. |
Crosh: Hard to tell for me since all I do is guard down here, but maybe you should find out about it. |
Crosh: I'm sure there'd be someone at that magic shop just outside town who would know a thing or two. |
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-He uses his free hand to wave you away.- |
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Crosh: But I'm just going to have to think lots. |
Crosh: Best you leave me to me thinking. |
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-He tosses you a few coins.- |
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Crosh: And to me guarding of course! |
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QUEST COMPLETED |
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Rewards: Nothing. |
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