Tulok  

This mob is connected to a Forgotten Noble in Trakanon's Teeth and Spirit of Kotiz who is also found in TT. See my posts under these mobs for details.

Tulok is located on the Plateau in Emerald Jungle at location 4016, 3465. This puts him in a Ruin in the Top North West Corner.

He appears green on track to a level 70 Druid, however when conning him directly his name just appears in yellow - nothing else.

When you hail him he gives the following text:-

You say, 'Hail, Tulok'

Tulok says 'Ssssoo, what is a Halfling doing out this far from home? Now that you have. . .found me. . .what can I, Tulok, a mere [historian] do for you?'

You say, 'historian'

Tulok says 'During my long yearssss I have collected many talessss and other bitssss of hisssstory. For instancccce I have dissscovered more about the iksssar [dark lord] himssself, Venril Sssathir.'

You say, 'dark lord'

Tulok says 'Yesss. As Venril asssscended to the iksssar throne, he had many rebellionsss to crusssh beneath hisss heel. One uprising represssented the final obssstacle to controlling the entire continent. It wassss later known assss the [First Slaves' War].'

You say, 'first slaves war'

Tulok says 'Asss the forcesss of Venril marched acrossss the face of the continent, ssssome of the other races willingly ssssubmitted before them. Othersss fled entirely, leaving whole citiesss to rot. Still fewer joined together in hopes of sssstopping the iksssar horde. The War of the First Slave's would sssseee [froglok and giant] ally in desperation.'

You say, 'froglok and giant'

Tulok says 'Ccccorrect. froglok and Mountain giantsss allied to defend againssst the forcesss of the dark lord. During the war, however, there wasss an impasse. The froglokssss proved to be sssskillful tacticiansss. And of courssse the mountainousss terrain of the battlefield aided the giantsss' ability to fight. Till Venril had a [plan].'

You say, 'plan'

Tulok says 'Yesss. He sssent in a small cccadre of iksssar ssshock troopsss. While the majority of Venril'ssss forcesss kept the froglokkkk and mountain giant armiesss bussssy, the sssmall band of elite sssoldiers sssnuck into the giant fort and ssslew the leadersss of the rebellion. If you clossee your eyessss, I bet you can almossst hear the sssoundsss of battle drawing [closer].'

It appears that this is a shared task. I suspect the keyword Closer ports you into the instance.

The mission is actually called "One Shall Rule them All" - (shades of LotR there)

The mission text in the Quest Window is as follows:-

"You are part of an elite cadre of Iksar Troops who have been given a special assignment. Whilst the rest of the Iksar Army keeps much of the Giant & Froglok Forces occupied, you must sneak into the Giant Stronghold and assassinate the five leaders of the opposing forces. Without these important officials, the enemy will surely crumble.

Quickly head to the location of the Giant Fortress as our spies inform us that a Froglok Emissary is about to leave and seek out additional allies."

This mission starts in Frontier Mountains.

As an aside I wonder if the Froglok and Giant alliance is the "Ancient alliance" that is supposed to save Norrath - its a message displayed on occasion in the Loading screen. I know that Venril is very much connected with the ongoing story line involving the Dark Elf King.

Murril Merryweather
Spirit of Light
The Rathe

Edited, Sat Mar 11 15:05:51 2006