Polyuntri Stevald Serves Laanx |
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Required: Nkaw's Contrition quest, 1 Rat Eye, 1 Gobble Ear, 1 Consumer Leg, 1 Trepor Egg Sac, 1 Tefusang Skin, 1 Ulbernaut Claw. |
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→ Go to
Polyuntri Stevald |
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YOU: Do you have a task for me? |
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Polyuntri: You want a task you say. |
Polyuntri: I do not have anything for you right now. |
Polyuntri: I need nothing. |
Polyuntri: Laanx more than provides for me. |
Polyuntri: Well… |
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-Polyuntri ponders the situation.- |
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Polyuntri: That makes me think of something that troubles me. |
Polyuntri: My brother, Gregori Stevald, is Taskmaster of the Arena. |
Polyuntri: When we were children, my mother raised us in the faith of Laanx. |
Polyuntri: My father had long since disappeared following Diaboli festivals. |
Polyuntri: The church, under the guide of young Sharven, tended to our education while my mother worked as a scribe for the Vigesimi Aargol Stronghand, Amidison's father. |
Polyuntri: Do you care to hear more? |
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YOU: Yes, please continue. |
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Polyuntri: Good, I will continue. |
Polyuntri: At first, we did very well surpassing the other students, even the Xacha students. |
Polyuntri: But as we aged, our father's blood quickened within us and we began to act out. |
Polyuntri: Fighting was our biggest trouble, because we were so much larger than the others, and were often picked on for it. |
Polyuntri: Sharven was very strict on us, and while his discipline drove the faith into me. |
Polyuntri: it drove all hope of it out of Gregori. |
Polyuntri: To my surprise, Gregori was about age ten when he declared to me that he was going to run away as soon as he had the chance. |
Polyuntri: Do you care to hear the end? |
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YOU: Yes, please. |
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Polyuntri: Gregori said he believed Laanx hated him. |
Polyuntri: When he came of age, he took the hard path of becoming a gladiator, while I used mother's and Sharven's connections to land a job here, as a member of the Shadow Squadron. |
Polyuntri: Of course, many years have passed since then and both Gregori and I have risen in the ranks of our professions. |
Polyuntri: Gregori now oversees the Arena in Hydlaa, while I serve as primary advisor to Raithen, Commander of the Shadow Squadron. |
Polyuntri: My mother passed away five years ago and her last wish was that I bring Gregori back to the faith, because she thought it will be a guide for his actions in the future. |
Polyuntri: I would like to fulfill her desire and maybe you can help me. |
Polyuntri: Will you attempt this for me? |
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YOU: Yes, just tell me how. |
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Polyuntri: You are going to need help to do this, of course. |
Polyuntri: Go and speak to Sharven Xant-Areth: he may be able to advise you more in this regard. |
Polyuntri: Tell him Polyuntri sent you to discuss about Gregori. |
Polyuntri: Depart in peace, and may Laanx frighten the shadows from your path. |
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→ Go to
Sharven Xant-Areth |
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YOU: Polyuntri Stevald sent me. |
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Sharven: Polyuntri sent you? |
Sharven: It's a long time since I last spoke with him; what is this about? |
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YOU: To discuss Gregori's faith. |
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Sharven: Oh, yes. |
Sharven: Much time has passed, but the memory of Gregori's loss of faith still makes me sad. |
Sharven: I do not really know what the catalyst of his turn from the faith was. |
Sharven: Of course I was hard on him, but I was hard on his brother too, and look how well he turned out. |
Sharven: A finer worshipper of Laanx can hardly be found in all of Yliakum than Polyuntri Stevald. |
Sharven: Perhaps if you spoke to Gregori about Laanx, he could tell you when in his life…what action took place… |
Sharven: to cause him to start turning away from the faith. |
Sharven: If you can tell me that, I might be able to devise a means to restore his belief. |
Sharven: Depart in peace and may Laanx frighten the shadows from your path. |
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→ Go to
Gregori Stevald |
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YOU: Sharven and Polyuntri sent me. |
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Gregori: You must be as much a fool as my brother and that old dust-monger Sharven. |
Gregori: Do you think I will spill my soul to any reckless wanderer who comes up and asks? |
Gregori: Never mind; you clearly do. |
Gregori: If you want to know of such a private matter, you must earn my respect and trust, meddler. |
Gregori: I will give you the chance. |
Gregori: Will you take it? |
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YOU: yes, if that is what it will take. |
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Gregori: You are brave, I will give you that. |
Gregori: If you want my respect, you shall have to show your martial prowess; if you want my trust, you will have to display your wisdom. |
Gregori: First your prowess: go and find me a consumer leg, a trepor egg sac, a tefusang skin, a rat eye, a gobble ear, and an Ulbernaut claw. |
Gregori: When you get all these things, return and give them to me. |
Gregori: If you can do this, I will test your wisdom. |
Gregori: Start with the part from the easiest creature to kill. |
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YOU: The rat eye as you requested. |
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-Gregori grins.- |
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Gregori: I knew you wouldn't have problems with this. |
Gregori: The next might be a bit more difficult: the gobble ear. |
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YOU: Here is the gobble ear. |
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Gregori: Very well. |
Gregori: The next is a consumer leg. |
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YOU: I have your consumer leg. |
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Gregori: A consumer leg, good. |
Gregori: Do you also have the trepor egg sac? |
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YOU: The egg sac. |
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Gregori: Nice! |
Gregori: Now the tefusang skin. |
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YOU: The skin you wanted. |
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Gregori: Only one more monster part… |
Gregori: an ulbernaut claw. |
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YOU: The claw you requested. |
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Gregori: Well, you either have powerful friends or are mighty yourself. |
Gregori: I am glad you have satisfied this portion of your efforts to gain my respect and trust. |
Gregori: Now I will test your wisdom. |
Gregori: I will ask you a question. |
Gregori: If you can answer it, I will tell you how I first came to dislike Laanx. |
Gregori: Here is my question: Grimal Bloodaxe had a chest that was just a little too heavy for him to carry. |
Gregori: He added something to the chest and could then carry it. |
Gregori: What was it he added to the chest? |
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YOU: hole |
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Gregori: Yes, that is the correct solution. |
Gregori: Your wisdom impresses me. |
Gregori: Now I will tell you. |
Gregori: I first came to dislike Laanx when I snuck into Sharven's chamber at age ten. |
Gregori: I had seen Sharven use his holy symbol during ceremonies and it seemed an article of great power. |
Gregori: Sometimes it would even seem to glow as he spoke to us. |
Gregori: I wanted to be close to Laanx like Sharven was, so I decided to go looking for it. |
Gregori: I found it in one of his robes and put the platinum holy symbol around my neck. |
Gregori: All of a sudden I had a vision of a hideous tall figure robed in black with a platinum mask over its face. |
Gregori: The figure seemed to be waiting at a portal. |
Gregori: A Klyros came through and the masked figure spoke 'I'm Laanx, and I'm your god.' I saw the creature gaze resentfully and silently, and then sit on a rock with its chin in its hands. |
Gregori: Seeing that the creature refused to follow his orders, the robed figure became enraged and destroyed the creature by whispering a single word. |
Gregori: I, too, felt destroyed. |
Gregori: This must be boring you. |
Gregori: Are you sure you want to hear the rest? |
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YOU: Yes, please. |
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Gregori: I will continue. |
Gregori: When I awoke, I had a burn mark around my neck and my head throbbed. |
Gregori: Brought up amongst Xacha and Ylians with no Diaboli around to tell me better, I did not know the metal would make me THAT ill. |
Gregori: Of course my mother had told me to avoid precious metals, but you know how children are, and I had to learn it for myself. |
Gregori: The vision frightened me and as I was replacing the necklace, Sharven walked in. |
Gregori: Sharven reprimanded me harshly, making me polish sections of the exterior of the temple. |
Gregori: I was sick for weeks after, and was still forced to polish the rusty temple. |
Gregori: The whole holy symbol incident made me think that Laanx hated me. |
Gregori: That was the beginning and Sharven was always harder on me from then on. |
Gregori: So the two primary causes of my turning from Laanx were being burned by a holy symbol and Sharven's discipline. |
Gregori: Before that I had always had faith. |
Gregori: I have finished speaking of this. |
Gregori: Now leave me to my thoughts. |
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→ Go to
Sharven Xant-Areth |
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YOU: You were too hard on him when Gregori was burned by the holy symbol. |
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-Sharven listens as you explain in detail what Gregori told you.- |
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Sharven: Ah, I had hoped he would not say that. |
Sharven: I was too hard on him and Polyuntri. |
Sharven: Such an unfortunate incident. |
Sharven: Being burned because of a central symbol of the faith and having a priest be harsh toward you cannot be easy for a child to understand. |
Sharven: I was much harder on Gregori after that, as I recall and this probably reinforced his early thoughts that Laanx disliked him. |
Sharven: I am saddened by this news. |
Sharven: I am getting old now and I am sure this was a disappointment to Laanx as well. |
Sharven: I must make amends! |
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-Sharven takes out paper and a pen.- |
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Sharven: I shall pen a letter of apology to Gregori; in the mean time, if you will be so kind as to pick up an article I had commissioned for myself, I will be ready with the letter on your return. |
Sharven: I have asked Fholen Medraa to make a holy symbol for me out of jade; it should be finished now. |
Sharven: Take this note of assurance to him as payment, return and give me the necklace, and I will give you the letter for Gregori. |
Sharven: Fholen is often somewhere near the library. |
Sharven: Tell him I sent you. |
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→ Go to
Fholen Medraa |
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YOU: Sharven Xant-Areth sent me. |
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Fholen: Good. |
Fholen: I just finished his piece this morning, praise Laanx. |
Fholen: Do you have the note of assurance? |
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YOU: I have this note. |
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Fholen: Great then, here you are. |
Fholen: This necklace is some of my best work; be careful with it. |
Fholen: Depart in peace and may Laanx frighten the shadows from your path! |
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→ Go to
Sharven Xant-Areth |
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YOU: Here is the necklace. |
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-Sharven holds the necklace up to the light.- |
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Sharven: Indeed, it is very nice. |
Sharven: Here is the letter and the necklace. |
Sharven: I want you to give him this necklace first, then the letter. |
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→ Go to
Gregori Stevald |
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YOU: This is for you. |
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Gregori: A Symbol of Laanx? |
Gregori: You must be crazy. |
Gregori: And what is this letter you hold? |
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YOU: This is also for you. |
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Gregori: What does the old coot want now? |
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-Gregori opens and reads the letter. Clearly the letter has a deep personal impact. Gregori inspects the jade necklace before looking skyward.- |
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Gregori: If it is a truth that your priests are wise enough to see their folly, Laanx, I shall open my heart to you. |
Gregori: I do not understand why you visited a child with so harsh a vision, but judging by how my life has been since, you must have had a reason. |
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-Gregori eyes well up as he places the jade necklace around his neck.- |
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Gregori: Perhaps, Laanx, it is not for me to understand, but merely for me to contemplate. |
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-Gregori looks down.- |
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Gregori: You have proven yourself a fine messenger. |
Gregori: I will send you back with a letter for my brother, and a letter for Sharven and I am sure Laanx will reward you for your deed. |
Gregori: Depart in peace and may Laanx frighten the shadows from your path. |
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→ Go to
Sharven Xant-Areth |
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YOU: Here you go, this is for you. |
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Sharven: Indeed, you have wrought a fine work here friend. |
Sharven: I do not have much to give you, but here, take this. |
Sharven: It is the Platinum holy symbol Gregori burned himself with. |
Sharven: You may find a use for it later. |
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→ Go to
Polyuntri Stevald |
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YOU: I have a delivery for you. |
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-Polyuntri reads the letter.- |
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Polyuntri: Astounding news, you have exceeded expectations by far. |
Polyuntri: How shall I reward you? |
Polyuntri: Richly, I assume, would be best. |
Polyuntri: Here is a Battle Helm. |
Polyuntri: Also, if Raithen sent you to check up on the Shadow Squadron, as he likes to do occasionally, just tell him Polyuntri serves Laanx first. |
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QUEST COMPLETED |
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Rewards: 1 Platinum Holy Symbol of Laanx, 1 Battle Helm, 25 Faction with Iron Hand, 13600 XP. |
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