Library Book  

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Rating:
*****
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Time:7 hours
Level:16
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Quest
Quest Goal:
  • Experience
  • Faction
  • Loot
  • Money
  • Spell
Faction Required:
Peace Keepers (Min: Amiable)
Factions Raised:
Factions Lowered:
Quest Items:
Related Zones:
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Era:Original
Recommended:
Group Size:Solo
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:1
Appropriate Classes:
  • All
Appropriate Races:
  • All
Entered: Thu Sep 21 20:42:38 2000
Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
Rarnan Lapice is located at -725, -85 outside the Temple of Divine Light in Erudin. Requires amiable faction to Peacekeepers to complete the final turn-in.

You say, 'Hail, Rarnan Lapice'

Rarnan Lapice says 'It is good to meet you, ______. To enter the Temple of Divine Light is to invite Quellious into your body and soul. Tranquility is our way and, as such, we do all we can to uphold it. Are you a [cleric of Quellious], or am I mistaken?'

You say, 'I am a cleric of Quellious.'

Rarnan Lapice says 'I have a small task for you then. Go to the city library and ask the librarian for the book 'The Testament of Vanear'. I shall require it for further studies. Do not return empty-handed or you shall know my rage.'

Illithi Nollith is located at -1075, -220 in the Erudin City Library in Erudin.

You say, 'Hail, Illithi Nollith'

Illithi Nollith says 'Shhhh... Greetings, ______. Welcome to the Library of Erudin. Please respect the other patrons and speak softly.'

You say, 'I need the Testament of Vanear.'

Illithi Nollith says 'Oh my!! You have not heard?! The Testament of Vanear was stolen from the library! It was checked out by a man named Moodoro. He is an Erudite, but I believe he was executed for some crime. Now the book is lost forever. You should speak with Tol Nicelot. He used to know Moodoro. Tol is most likely upstairs.'

Tol Nicelot is located at -1095, -240 on the top floor of the library in Erudin.

You say, 'Hail, Tol Nicelot'

Tol Nicelot says 'I have no time to waste with strangers!'

You say, 'Did you know Moodoro?'

Tol Nicelot says 'Yes, I knew Moodoro Finharn. He used to be a good friend until he started visiting Qeynos and indulging in human vices. He was executed for crimes against the state. Not even his sister [Nolusia] could get the charge dropped. There have been some who say he escaped execution and lives in Qeynos. That is insane babbling.'

Moodoro Finharn is located at +165, +325 outside Crows Pub & Casino in North Qeynos.

You say, 'Hail, Moodoro Finharn'

Moodoro Finharn says 'Greetings, fellow traveler! I gotta tell ya. I love this town. Especially Crow's. Although the crowd seems a bit shadier than other places of the sort.'

You say, 'What Testament of Vanear?'

Moodoro Finharn says 'So you have heard that good old Moodoro has knowledge of the Testament of Vanear. I care little for that book. Of course I have it!! If you want it, I will sell it to you for two gold pieces.'

Give him 2 gold.

Moodoro Finharn says 'HA!! I hope you enjoy the book. It is missing pages 30 and 34. It is nothing more than garbage without them. A rogue ripped them from their bindings and sold them to [Ran].'

You receive a container called Testament of Vanear.

You say, 'Who is Ran?'

Moodoro Finharn says 'Ran Flamespinner is a librarian in Highpass Hold.'

Ran Flamespinner is located at -45, -345 in Highpass Keep.

You say, 'Hail, Ran Flamespinner'

Ran Flamespinner says 'I am very sorry to have to inform you that the library is off limits to strangers.'

You say, 'What Testament of Vanear?'

Ran Flamespinner says 'So, you seek the page 30 I recently purchased from an Erudite named Moodoro? He also had page 34, but refused to sell it to me. If you seek page 34, you will first have to find Moodoro. I had page 30 for but a few days when a man swiped it from the library's shelves. I believe he wore the garb of a guard of Qeynos. He darted away so fast I did not have time to cast a single spell! I believe he is still in Highpass, I can feel it!!'

Dyllin Starsine is located at +10, +55 in Highpass Hold.

You say, 'Hail, Dyllin Starsine'

Dyllin Starsine says 'Hey!! I don't have any spare change, okay?!'

You say, 'What Testament of Vanear?'

Dyllin Starsine says 'So you heard Guard Dyllin has page 30 of the Testament of Vanear, eh?! Well, get lost!! Over my dead body will you get page 30!'

Your faction standing with Corrupt Qeynos Guards has been adjusted by -100.
Your faction standing with Guards of Qeynos has been adjusted by 15.
Your faction standing with Kane Bayle has been adjusted by -15.
Your faction standing with Circle Of Unseen Hands has been adjusted by -10.
Your faction standing with Bloodsabers has been adjusted by -15.
[You gain party experience!!
Dyllin Starsine's corpse says 'Fool! I was sent by the Commander of the Qeynos Guard. You will surely be punished... unggh!'
You have slain Dyllin Starsine!
You have looted a Page 30 of a Book..

Return to Moodoro Finharn.

You say, 'I want page 34.'

Moodoro Finharn says 'So, you know I have page 34. Pretty smart of me to tear the most important page out before someone else tried, eh? If you really want it, then sit down and deal in. Ante is 4 gold. I will give you one card. If it is a jester, then I will give you the page. Let's do it.'

Give him 4 gold and receive a card. You can receive one of several, but eventually you will get the Jester.

Moodoro Finharn says 'Well, what do you have?!!'

Give Moodoro the Jester.

Moodoro Finharn says 'Lucky you. We were hoping to really clean you out. Here you go. Take the page. Even together, the book is nothing more than fiction.'

Combine Page 30 of a Book and Page 34 of a Book in the Testament of Vanear container to craft a different Testament of Vanear. Return to Rarnan and give this to him.

Rarnan Lapice says 'I sent you after that book ages ago! What took you so long? I have already completed my studies. Luckily I found the original manuscript under my bedroll. I forgot I had kept it there. Take this as a token of my apology. Maybe it will aid you in your next book hunt. I know how cunning those books can be.'

Your faction standing with Peace Keepers has been adjusted by 50.
Your faction standing with High Council of Erudin has been adjusted by 12.
Your faction standing with Heretics has been adjusted by -12.
You gain experience!!
You receive 20 gold from Rarnan Lapice.
You receive 3 platinum from Rarnan Lapice.

You receive a spell scroll.
Submitted by: Aadon
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Spawn time
# Aug 13 2000 at 5:27 AM Rating: Decent
The most effective way of camping this guy in HH is to wait until you get one of those annoying <system will shutdown in 15 minutes> messages. I run to HH and camp out right there. After the server comes back online (I was the 3rd operson back the time I got the book) he is right there waiting to be killed.
I got mine at lvl 22, he was easy to kill, with DOTs and a few blasts.

Truefoe
King of the MRA
Innoruuk server
Faction
# Aug 11 2000 at 2:38 PM Rating: Good
You really dont have to worry about the faction from Dyylin, just get the page from Moodoro first. Also even if Moodoro wont talk to you, you can still just hand him 2gp and get the book. Just give him 4gp untill you get a Jester card, then hand him back the card to get the page, he doesnt have to talk to you.
#Anonymous, Posted: May 11 2001 at 10:04 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Give Moodoro 2gp for the book (container)
RE: Faction
# May 11 2001 at 9:53 AM Rating: Excellent
Give Moodoro 2gp for the book (container)
Give Moodoro 4gp for a card {King, Queen, Beggar, Knight, Jester} until you recieve the Jester card
Give Moodoro the Jester for page 34
Kill Dyllin for page 30
Combine the pages in the book

Moodoro Finham, lvl 13 hp 330, loc: Qeynos North, Crows
- you don't have to talk to him
- you must have an open slot in your main inventory for the book
- if you feel the need to raise faction (Crimson Hands): kill Elial, 7th lvl Necro, in Toxx Forest (Kerra Isle), by the bridge, by a little hut and a dog, about 10 times

Dyllin Starsine, lvl 12-16 hp 300-350, loc: Highpass Hold, Secret Smuggler's Camp
- must go through underwater tunnel at loc +10, +325, +45
- spawns exactly 8 hours after last death
- spawns under the tarp near the kiln and forge
- there are smugglers GUARDING all over, but only TWO that WANDER by
- a Smuggler, lvl 16-18
- a Smuggler, lvl 45-50, pierces for quad 117, and backstabs for 369
- wait until he comes down from lookout point and wanders out of site toward the water
- he'll be gone for 2 minutes
- there are posts of people taking in lvl 50+ toons and having to run away from this guy
- There is a small passageway to the left of the tent where Dyllin stands which leads to an "escape" (if you have levitate, otherwise it's more of a lookout or suicide) cliff that faces Highhold Keep

Ancillary Notes
- there is a post claiming you can simply return whatever card Moodoro gives you, thereby saving you some cash (assuming you don't get the Jester on the first try). this did not work for me.
- do yourself, and others, a favor...hotkey a polite camping message (i.e.: camping Dyllin; msg me if you'd like a tell when i leave) when camping Dyllin. He's a popular camp. People will be dropping by all the time...all the time, :). Display your message often. If there are other people waiting after you...include the waiting list, :)
- when i arrived to camp Dyllin, there were two toons ahead of me. the first was killed by the lvl 50 smuggler and (unfortunately) was not bound in the camp. the second guy in line was worried that Dyllin would despawn after 10 minutes, and took the kill just before 10 minutes passed. it would be nice to get some first hand info on this.
- if some of the above notes look like a direct copy of another post...it probably is, :). ancillary notes asside, these are the notes i made for myself before starting the quest. good luck

Cassiusdreuyhd 31 druid rathe server
BOO YA
# Aug 11 2000 at 12:37 AM Rating: Default
BOO YA i did the quest in 20 minutes cause everyone in prexus is either to stupid to realize there ARE smugglers in HH or are so afraid of the faction hits that they will shave their dog so it looks good. no smugglers joined the fight, before i killed him they were all amiable to me... they still are...

Cyrux 20th season shammy (best class)
Moodoro Faction?
# Aug 10 2000 at 11:58 AM Rating: Decent
Moodoro refers to me as a "walking piece of refuse" and attacks me when I speak to him. What can I do to improve faction with him.

If you have any info, please email me at cdlampkin@hotmail.com
RE: Moodoro Faction?
# Oct 16 2000 at 11:14 AM Rating: Decent
46 posts
Moodooru Hails from Erudin, go there and buy a Innoruks Kiss of Death (a drink), from the tavern to the left of the Toxxulia exit. Take this to a chock with the last name of Highbrow in the library. She gives you An "Eruds Tonic", which is to be given to Moodooru. The only thing I'm sure of factionwise is giving the Kiss of Death bestowng + EruditeCitizen...Dunno if it'll affect Moo's faction or not but try it if you're desperate. He conned dubious to me and said "Is that your breath or did something die in here"(I plan on X'ing him for that after I have the book)
Took me about 80gp to get the jester card. Giving him 2gp will get you the Combine container. Cant say much about Starshine other than he looks just like a Qeynos guard and that he supposedly spawns in the large open area That has the pottery wheel in it.

Dalcais 15th lvl Druid
"TUNARE COUNT THE DEAD!"

RE: Moodoro Faction?
# Sep 21 2000 at 9:38 PM Rating: Default
i was "dubious" to him and luckly (thanks to this rockin' site) i knew exactly what to say, dont hail him, just say the things like "what testament of vanear" and give him gold, he prolly wont attack you. other than that i cant help.
My 2cp
# Aug 09 2000 at 1:13 PM Rating: Good
I did this quest a couple of weeks ago with my lvl 19 Druid. Being the Druid that I am I kited Dyllin, and amazingly enough none of the smugglers joined in. I don't know what their help radius is, but it didn't seem to be too high.
Now, When I headed to Queynos to get the book and other page, I conned the guards at the gate. Dubious, not great, but I ran on in. Got to Moodoro and Bam I was looking at my corpse. By killing Dyllin I had become KOS to CORRUPT Queynos Guards. Unfortunately there's a corrupt guard that stands in a corner near Moodoro when he's outside near the water. Quick fix: Superior Camo. You can stay in camo and trade. If your faction with the good part of Queynos is bad, head to the blackburrow entrance and zap gnolls. At 19 I could take them down with one Careless Lightning spell. Doesn't take long to kill enough to get your faction up.
BTW, I camped the full 7.5 gour spawn, and still think the quest was worth it

Well I just had to add my 2cp while the servers are down!

Lalene Chickenbane
Wood Elf Druid of the 25th Season
Solusek Ro
RE: My 2cp
# Sep 21 2000 at 9:40 PM Rating: Default
i did the modroo part BEFORE the Dylinn part, only been to Qeynos once--when i went to modroo--crappy town anyway. im a woodie and almost KOS there. killed too many Millers.....

Ryktor Scail the {Best} Druid of Rodcet Nife
Da book
# Aug 05 2000 at 6:41 AM Rating: Default
Look easy as this, find a time when hes gonna spawn and no one is gonne b there, kill him and finish it off. ( how i did it) i wsa a lvl 9 druid i found a time at 4 in the morning, i actually have 2 eq acccounts, ( well ones my dads) i camped my dads lvl 23 wiz at dyllins place to guard the place and ward off others, i knew when he was gonna pop, he popped, i rooted him ( with teh wiz) and force shocked him 3 time and eh was dead...EAsy then i brought in druid , joined group and looted teh crap
order of events
# Aug 04 2000 at 12:58 PM Rating: Default
I have not done this quest yet but a thought get the book and page from Quenos before going to HH and camping D. This way you don't worry about the faction hit imediately. I am going to try this quest and will state whether this works or not if it has not been posted by then.

Sumamdar
16th Rank cleric of Tunare
Morell Thule
Quest Rating
# Jul 31 2000 at 8:54 AM Rating: Decent
I think the rating that you give this quest is entirely dependent upon how long you have to wait for Dyllin. In a refreshing turn of events for me, I had to wait only some 30 minutes for him to show up...it actually took me longer to get the Jester than my wait on D.

Also, let me pose a question to all of you. Do you feel that it helps or hurts that the Testament is No Drop? I for one think it helps, because could you imagine the decrease in opportunity to camp D if all the farmers could come in to get the item to sell? Do you think that making more items thus would help reduce the camping/farming?
RE: Quest Rating
# Jan 20 2001 at 6:51 PM Rating: Default
Absolutely. I am a firm believer in NO DROP items, especially if they're good ones, for this very reason. How many people have had to wait forever for a group in LGuk, for example, because all the high-level farmers were in there? :-(
will i be kos?
# Jul 29 2000 at 8:50 PM Rating: Decent
i am a 25 shamman iksar and i have been working on faction with quenous for 3 weeks strait killing nothing btu gnolls if i kill this dyllin guy will my faction be kos AGIAN??????? any info will be nice i play on the rathe server name is kavice kardok
all no drop
# Jul 27 2000 at 4:38 AM Rating: Decent
everything is no drop, so you have to do it all on yer 17 gnome cleric, which, barring any smugglers joining in, you should be able to do if you fight well. i was 13 and had a 16 SK help me, and we got it.....i just happened to wander by and see him up with no one there, offered 20pp to anyone who would help. though i did have to pay 20pp to modoro for the jester card (or in my case, the cinder hornet pollen)....ah well, it was well worth it. 10wis! (and 10 mana, heh)
need to know
# Jul 23 2000 at 11:15 AM Rating: Decent
Couple of questions,#1 could a 17 gnome cleric take the guy in high pass?#2 Is the page that Moodoro gives you able to be traded. Have no idead how to get to Queynos from high pass and was starting a human character in Queynos to gt the page to Rumpy, would this work? Really need to know these, plz tell if you can.
I got lucky
# Jul 21 2000 at 8:47 AM Rating: Decent
Servers went down for an emergency patch and I was camped out at Dyllin's spawn spot. Servers came up 30 minutes earlier than planned and I was one of the first 100 to get onto the server. My heart raced when I got in and he was there with no one around. I quickly harmonied nearby smugglers and began with a Careless lightning. I tried to snare him as I heard he will run, but since he was blue to me at level 20, he stayed put. I meleed and CL'ed him with one smuggler jumping in at the end. I was able to loot and run around the corner and jump off the cliff (for only 55 dmg) and zoned to High Keep with around 2 bubbles of health. Counting time to travel to Qeynos, I probably spent no more than 2 and a half hours on this whole quest.

I went to Qeynos after killing Dyllin and was not KOS at the Crow bar or by any guards I ran into. I was dubious to apprehensive only. However, maybe I got lucky and no Corrupt Guards were around.

Kerik Rainbow
Wood Elf Druid of the 20th season
Rodcet Nife
crows bar
# Jul 20 2000 at 7:10 PM Rating: Decent
im think ing of doing this quest but im not too shure about the crows bar. I am a druid, and at lvl 10 i went into that bar and tried to talk and buy from its occupants. they did think to fondly of me and im wondering if they'll be KOS to me if i got back, and if i can still get the cards and book.
Exactly how I did this
# Jul 20 2000 at 6:12 PM Rating: Good
Ok here is how I did this quest : around 12:30 at night the camp finally opened up, I settled down and started to camp. Over the course of this time a lvl 50 pally, a 47 cleric, and 4-5 20ish druids came by looking to camp him, Most just wished me luck and left but some I had to fend off. I actually enjoyed these people showing up because if they didnt I would have gone nuts, I sat there through the ENTIRE night around 7ish he spawned, A personwho came in about an hour earlier to get on the camp list helped me harmony all the smugglars so I could conserve mana, The dylinn starshine guy conned risky blue to my lvl 19 druid, I dropped him easy. I opened up with root which didnt connect he ran over and nailed me for 32, I got off a 2nd root which stuck through 2 Careless lightnings I just meleeed him the rest of the way with SLS up with a careless lightning inbetween rounds, when he fell I was OOM and had only lost 1 bubble of health. After getting page 30 I ran over to qeynos , and found MOONDUU near the Crows bar, I payed him 2gp and got an empty testement and gave him around 6pp in gold until I got the JESTER card. Return the card for page 34, put both pages in the book combine and Voila! Testement, After killing dylinn the guards conned apprehensive and the luteniants dubious, though not kos. Boring camp but easy quest if you have the time for a GREAT Item, This item is almost dragon drop quality =)...we not really but after camping him 8 hours you like to feel its worth it =)
Dyllin away from camp
# Jul 19 2000 at 9:46 AM Rating: Decent
If you have trouble killing Dyllin and can gate, set your gate point to the area just by the zone to High Keep. Have Dyllin attack you, then gate. He will follow you. When he shows up, zone to get off his angry list, then zone back. He will be standing there waiting for you. Easy kill then with no smugglers.

I found this out quite by accident: While killing Dyllin I got attacked by a passing smuggler (had harmonied the two standing near by) and had to gate. To my surprise, both Dyllin and the smuggler chased me to my gate point, I guess since I was still in the zone. When they started beating on me again I zoned to High Keep, healed up and returned. To my surprise, Dyllin was there waiting for me but the smuggler had left. Sweet!
Just so you know
# Jul 18 2000 at 6:18 PM Rating: Decent
It took me 6 hours of camping Dyllin. I had to shoo away 3 people. Not bad considering he is quite camped most of the time. During that time, I got my divination skill up since I don't use it often but will need it later.

I killed Dyllin first. I then went to Qeynos. I was NOT KOS there. However, Moodoro would not talk to me when I hailed him. I did give him 2 gp for the book, and it took TEN pp to get the Jester. But I finally got it. It is worth the wait.

Unfortunately, most of the cleric quests are "waiting" spawns.
Beware
# Jul 17 2000 at 10:39 PM Rating: Decent
I camped him and he was ksed, if you do chose to camp him beware of ksing, as I have had it happen to me and hear it is common at his spawn. It is wise to always have a see invs on too. Good luck and don't let those kser's get him.
Testament of Vanear
# Jul 14 2000 at 3:05 PM Rating: Decent
This is a good quest if you have the time. I pressumed that Dyllin was killed shorty after the reset (9'oclock think) so I timed my tent pitching about two hour after that, and fired up the DVD player. after two and a half movies he poped. my 14th shaman wasnt about to kill Dyllin on his own. (Which I was after out camping four compediters.)I was also nervous about the sugglers walking about. So I offered 5pp a piece to anyone and everyone who would kill him for me. Three mericenarys showed up lvls 18-21. During the fight the smugglers left us alone, that was untill the end. For some reason they attacked the 21st cleric when he healed me. Everyone lived...er most everyone Dyllin went dowm hard. I got my book. Then I went to bed at 6'oclock in the morning unable to sleep due to either being excited to have such a fine book, or due to all the coffee that I drank.
Finally
# Jul 13 2000 at 10:22 AM Rating: Decent
After checking every day on his spawn times I finally found an uncamped one. But no one to help me, so I grabbed a nearby lvl 20 enchanter. First round, not so good...we took 'em down to a hair and both died. Second round it was just me, died again. Third round I was finally able to slay 'em and get the page and Bayle List III. I'm only lvl 14 so it was quite a rush :)
Quest
# Jul 13 2000 at 1:06 AM Rating: Decent
I loved this quest even though it took 4 and 1/2 hours for the guy to spawn he coned black to me at lvl 16 and did not get any help from smugglers, despite the fact they walked by many times in fight. Anyway it was fun but why turn it back in it is good to have.
Level
# Jul 12 2000 at 9:02 PM Rating: Decent
What lvl is the NPC in HH you have to kill?
Testament
# Jul 09 2000 at 7:41 PM Rating: Decent
Well i got the testament by givin cash to Modroo then i got the jester the first time i played with him, then i had to start a 3 hours camp. The problem in Morrell Thule server is that this place is not camped constenly so you never know when was the last spawn but now i m master in sense heading and forage :-)))) .Last thing i didn t see that pollen bug...

Extar Lvl 17 Druid
Testament
# Jul 07 2000 at 9:21 AM Rating: Decent
Got testament by giving Modroo cash (he is in the Crows pub in Queynos-beware he will move around). The gave him 4gp a popuntil I got JESTER card. Gave him JESTER card back and got first page. Camped the guy in HH for about 4 hours (COnned green to me at 27 Shaman), beat him down pretty quick.

The guy in HH spawns under a tent. He looks like a Qeynos guard (as prviosuly mentioned) NOT a smuggler.

Item fits in shield slot.

Faern Iron Will
27th season of the Wolf
Tarew Marr
bug in quest
# Jul 07 2000 at 8:57 AM Rating: Default
You can still combine the pollen with Dylan's page and get Testament. Trust me I did it. Be careful though you CAN eat the pollen

Bizzyl 19 tree hugger
#Anonymous, Posted: Sep 24 2000 at 8:14 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) What Pollen can anybody tell me more
DOH
# Jul 06 2000 at 3:01 PM Rating: Decent
Freaky, i just killed em today, was telling my friends was gonna camp em tomorrow or saturday so i wouldnt be available, an went to highkeep an took my usual short cut ( through smuggler camp, then fall out ) an low and behold there he was all shiny an stuff, being at 20 mana i sat and meddin, thankfully the greatest enchantress ever, Sellie, had breezed me, so while im busy meddin, my heart pounding cause i KNOW someone is gonna KS him, i get up, boom, 3 nukes an hes MINE!!! cant believe it. anyways, guess ill have to wait for the quest to be fixed.

Mackie Shadowleaf
Druid of the 29th Season
Soulsek Ro
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