(There 4 a skeletal excavator in room where you zoned in Befallen.
When you killed any a skeletal excavator, a skeletal foreman pop at front of glowing skull in the room at randomly.)

a skeletal foreman shouts 'Dig! Dig faster, you fools! Our masters say this ghost is all that stands in the way of the great one's return. Uncover his hiding place so that the forces of the Burning Dead might destroy him and recover its legacy!'

(When a skeletal foreman is killed, Sir Ariam Arcanum will pop as floating sword.)

You say, 'Hail, Sir Ariam Arcanum'

Sir Ariam Arcanum says 'My thanks for destroying these minions of Befallen's masters' Sir Ariam's form suddenly contorts in agony. 'This accursed place rends my soul trying to twist me to its purposes. My time here is short.''

You say, 'I sense a deep pain within you, ghost. Is there some way I might assist you so that you may find eternal rest?'

Sir Ariam Arcanum says 'Our time is short, hero, for the minions of the Burning Dead will soon sense something is amiss here. Will you perform a task so we might destroy the evil that dwells within Befallen?'

You say, 'I will perform any task that will cleanse this place'

Sir Ariam Arcanum says 'I have this parchment that must be delivered to either the Knights of Truth in freeport or to the Queen of Neriak. The contents of the note concern them both and I am desperate to have this matter addressed so ask that you take it to which ever of the cities will accept your presence. Will you take the note to the [Knights of Truth] or to [The Dead]?'

(You gain Scroll of the Burning Dead.)

You say, 'I will take the note to the Knights of Truth'

Sir Ariam Arcanum says 'It must be delivered to Sir Artanis in the city of Freeport. It details a terrible plan of the masters of this place to restore life to a foul necromancer named Marnek. The Burning Dead must not be allowed to achieve this goal. So that you may ride swiftly with news of this nefarious scheme, take this as well, the bridle to the noble steed that was entombed alive with me here. He has strength enough for one final ride.'

(You gain Ghostly Bridle and Sir Ariam Arcanum will de-pop. Sir Artanis is Paladin of the 'Knights of Truth' He roam around the inside of the building of Knights of Truth and the outside.
When he is not in the duties, You need wait and he will pop on bridge at out of the building.)

(You give Scroll of the Burning Dead to Artanis.)

Sir Artanis says 'By Marr, what is this? .. Burning Dead .. .. Marnek! By my blade this must be stopped! Where did you find this?'
Your faction standing with Knights of Truth got better.
Your faction standing with Dismal Rage got worse.
Your faction standing with The Freeport Militia got worse.
Your faction standing with Priests of Marr got better.
Your faction standing with Steel Warriors got better.
You gain experience!!
You receive 10 copper from Sir Artanis.
You receive 6 silver from Sir Artanis.

You say, 'I found this Befallen'

Sir Artanis says 'You did well to ride swiftly with this news. I must take this directly to Valeron Dushire. If you learn more about this plot that would unleash this monster upon Norrath or wish to someday soon aid the Knights of Truth in putting down this evil, then return to speak to me again at a later time.'

(You give Ghostly Bridle to Artanis.)

Sir Artanis says 'It was a fine and valiant steed to serve its master beyond the grave, but it looks to be near its end. But I have a fine eye for horses, and I dare say it will serve you one more time.'
Your faction standing with Knights of Truth got better.
Your faction standing with Dismal Rage got worse.
Your faction standing with The Freeport Militia got worse.
Your faction standing with Priests of Marr got better.
Your faction standing with Steel Warriors got better.
You gain experience!!

(You gain reward Bridle of Sir Ariam)

got both note and bridale saying everything posted in discription for quest no probs

Im searching this place top to bottom and having trouble finding them. I seen one by the entrance but never got a spawn from killing it.

i waisted hrs and hrs and no tricks worked so i think this is a waist of time.

Edited, Fri Apr 23 18:21:15 2004

No rent is not a prob, let a slot free in ur inventory, ask someone to duel you, get killed loot ur gear, let the no rent item on ur corpse, log out ( med or what ever you want to before log). Before a week, log on, loot up your no rent item, use it, redo the quest, before log, get killed and you go over, No Faction, no run , just a free jboot horse.
BTW, killing any excavator could pop Foreman, this all is pure random and only random...

what if u have bad faction with freeport and neriak i have bad faction with both so what would i do i wana ride a horse for once!!

01/16/04 - Tried the quest for fun....got him to spawn in a few minutes.....problem is that he will not respond to anything after the initial hail. Seems the notes are wrong or something like that.

Ran in there today (1/10/04) killed a excavator heard that he spawned the rest was magic.

Obadihya Jones ~ 49 rogue

This sucks. I have sat in befallen for 3 hours now and I have killed the excavators many diffrent ways, and I'm yet to see this guy pop. Gezz, this is bunk. YOu think maybe this quest is bugged?

Dont forget to turn your Luclin models on for your race and for horses. The first time in Befallen I killed the foreman and and the dude popped but I didnt know about the quest. Read about the quest and killed three spawns of excavators then got the bridle. Tried it out and *poof* no horse. Didnt have my Luclin models on and I didnt get a horse and I lost the bridle. Oh well... Trying the third time now.

As a level 21 untwinked rogue, I went in.. Killed 3 skeleton excavators, BAM.. He spawned.. Killed him, talked to the guy, got the girdle. Went back to the knights of truth, handed it in. Got around 2 gp from the paladin and the belt. Took about 10 minutes. :D

Oh, yes, I'd also like to mention, that you CANNOT continue to do the other quest that he gives. As soon as I got the girdle from him, he despawned. O_o

Edited, Tue Oct 14 21:34:00 2003

Even though it takes sometime and what not, this is an alright quest, if you just wanna see what you look like riding a horse

not worth the time spent trying to get foreman to spawn

The quest description above indicates:

"(At this point you can continue the conversation to trigger the optional Arrialla's Token quest.)"

I didn't find this to be true, the ghost despawned immediately upon handing me the bridle and note. Now maybe I just took too long remembering the key phrases, or maybe its been changed... either way, be prepared to be speedy (e.g. hotkey both lines so they come out with the press of one button) or pick your favorite quest.

I can confirm that killing off the 4 excavators is the way to spawn him. Took me about 3 spawns to make him pop.

Last but not least, I got two sets of identical faction adjustments for the Knights of Truth variation: 1 when I handed Sir Artanis the note, and 1 when I handed him the bridle. They were:

Knights of Truth       better 
Dismal Rage            worse 
The Freeport Militia   worse 
Priests of Marr        better 
Steel Warriors         better

-= Atelopus Zeteki
-= Paladin of Marr


Edited, Wed May 28 13:18:21 2003

okay this should be easy to spawn foremen there is an order you need to kill excavators this is how.
First kill the front right then kill front left.
Second go to the back almost where you zone into WC, (if you have LoY use the map and itll give an empty place) go into the little room and kill the skele closer to you then kill the one farther from you keep doing this till he gives a shout to the zone when he does that go into the main chamber and go to a lil room in the main chamber (its the skeleton room you probobly saw when you killed the first two skeles) kill foremen get ghost to spawn then if your takin it to the Knights of Truth say "I will take it to the Knights of Truth" he gives you the ghostly bridle you take it to Sir Artanis (he is in the Hall of Truth) wait for him to come on the bridge give him the bridle then you get Bridle of Sir Ariam witch is the true blue bridle thats how i did this quest.



Info from Brialamin 41st seasoned cleric
EMarr

kill the excavators and when the formans spawns by the fireplace kill him. then say to sir Arrias Arcanum,"I sense the burning dead." and you don't get a note but you do get the bridle.

i did tonight killed forman an when sir arian pops targeted him an said (i sense the burning dead) cha ching had briddel but it is no rent now so in my oppinon yeha it good for laughs but its waste of time

After spending a good 6-7 hours on this, I finally got the Foreman to pop. The excavators are on a 19 minute timer, and there are four of the all near the entrance. Looks like killing an excavator has a tiny chance of causing the Foreman to spawn. Once the Foreman is dead, Sir Ariam appears for a while 20 seconds or so, so you have to have what you want to say hot keyed.

Forget the note if you are trying for the non no-rent version. Just walk to North Freeport and give Sir Artanis (Who i found roaming in the Knights of Truth building) the Ghostly Bridle and get the real reward

Edited, Mon Feb 17 01:52:17 2003

First off you have to do the Token Quest first...just hotkey these two phrases

"I will travel to Felwithe"
"I will take the note to the Knights of Truth"

Say them in that order and BINGO! Take the Ghostly Bridle to Sir Artanis and you will get Sir Ariam's Bridle...not the totem that they speak of but I am to believe they both have the same effect ^ ^... Take the Token to Arrias Arcanum to get the nice Neck slot item ^ ^...I like to make things simple ><

Last night my husband and I got the Foreman to spawn and talked to Sir Ariam. He recieved the bridle, but the ghost then despawned, so it seems you can not do this quest and the token quest in the same spawn, or it might be timed and we took too long, he did say his time was short. Just figured the information might help someone.

I am on xev and I been trying to get the foreman to spawn...and I can't. It's been like 4 hours and no spawn, what am I doing wrong?

Here's my personal experience with this quest.

After killing a few skeletal excavators on the first floor of Befallen, a skeletal foreman spawned in the alcove where the skulls with glowing eyes are. He immediately said this:

a skeletal foreman shouts 'Dig! Dig faster, you fools! Our masters say this ghost is all that stands in the way of the great one's return. Uncover his hiding place so that the forces of the Burning Dead might destroy him and recover its legacy!'

I killed the skeletal foreman and immediately Sir Ariam Arcanum spawned in where the foreman had been. Sir Ariam was invisible. All you could see was his name and the two-handed sword he wielded.

I hailed him and he responded with this:

Sir Ariam Arcanum says 'My thanks for destroying these minions of Befallen's masters' Sir Ariam's form suddenly contorts in agony. 'This accursed place rends my soul trying to twist me to its purposes. My time here is short.''

Sadly, nothing is bracketed in his text, so I have no idea how the original trigger was found, as it's not exactly intuitive. Anyway, using the quest is it currently is in Allakhazam's database as a guide, I said to him "I sense a deep pain within you, ghost is there some way I might assist you so that you may find eternal rest?"

He resonded with this:

Sir Ariam Arcanum says 'Our time is short, hero, for the minions of the Burning Dead will soon sense something is amiss here. Will you perform a task so we might destroy the evil that dwells within Befallen?'

Once again, no bracketed text. I resonded according to what was already on the quest's page on this site. In other words, I said "I will perform any task that will cleanse this place".

Sir Ariam then gave me a note called "Scroll of the Burning Dead" (lore, no drop, weight of 0.1, and small sized).

He went on to say:

Sir Ariam Arcanum says 'I have this parchment that must be delivered to either the Knights of Truth in freeport or to the Queen of Neriak. The contents of the note concern them both and I am desperate to have this matter addressed so ask that you take it to which ever of the cities will accept your presence. Will you take the note to the [Knights of Truth] or to [The Dead]?'

I said, "I will take it to the Knights of Truth", to which he responded:

Sir Ariam Arcanum says 'It must be delivered to Sir Artanis in the city of Freeport. It details a terrible plan of the masters of this place to restore life to a foul necromancer named Marnek. The Burning Dead must not be allowed to achieve this goal. So that you may ride swiftly with news of this nefarious scheme, take this as well, the bridle to the noble steed that was entombed alive with me here. He has strength enough for one final ride.'

At this time he also gave me the Ghostly Bridle:

Ghostly Bridle
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP NO RENT
EXPENDABLE Charges: 1
Effect: Summon Horse (Casting Time: 2.0)
WT: 1.0 Size: MEDIUM
Class: ALL
Race: ALL

After giving me the bridle and speaking, he immediately despawned. I left Befallen, and when I got outside, I read the note he had give me. It wouldn't scroll for me, so perhaps it's bugged? Anyway, it said this:

... all our enemies will once again tremble. My friends, the pieces are nearly in place so that our great master, Marnek Jaull may rise up again and spread the cleansing fire of the Burning Prince. Oh, how little our enemies realize! There are some among them who believe they have the knowledge to properly assemble the masters wand. And they deem mere legend the threat of so many of the masters other great weapons and his repository of knowledge that we have carefully

As I said, it wouldn't scroll for me, so that's all I could see. After I read it, I proceeded to Freeport.

I found Sir Artanis outside the Hall of Truth in North Freeport. I gave him the note, to which he replied:

Sir Artanis says 'By Marr, what is this? .. Burning Dead .. .. Marnek! By my blade this must be stopped! Where did you find this?'
Your faction standing with Knights of Truth could not possibly get any better.
Your faction standing with Dismal Rage got worse.
Your faction standing with The Freeport Militia could not possibly get any worse.
Your faction standing with Priests of Marr could not possibly get any better.
Your faction standing with Steel Warriors got better.
You gain experience!!
You receive 4 copper from Sir Artanis.
You receive 6 silver from Sir Artanis.

The factions that show as maxed were already maxed for me. I said to Sir Artanis, "I was given it in Befallen", to which he replied:

Sir Artanis says 'You did well to ride swiftly with this news. I must take this directly to Valeron Dushire. If you learn more about this plot that would unleash this monster upon Norrath or wish to someday soon aid the Knights of Truth in putting down this evil, then return to speak to me again at a later time.'

I then gave him the Ghostly Bridle. He immediately gave me this:

Bridle of Sir Ariam
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
EXPENDABLE Charges: 1
Effect: Summon Horse (Casting Time: 2.0)
WT: 1.0 Size: MEDIUM
Class: ALL
Race: ALL

and said:

Sir Artanis says 'It was a fine and valiant steed to serve its master beyond the grave, but it looks to be near its end. But I have a fine eye for horses, and I dare say it will serve you one more time.'
Your faction standing with Knights of Truth could not possibly get any better.
Your faction standing with Dismal Rage got worse.
Your faction standing with The Freeport Militia could not possibly get any worse.
Your faction standing with Priests of Marr could not possibly get any better.
Your faction standing with Steel Warriors got better.
You gain experience!!

I then proceeded to Felwithe to speak with Ariam's father, Arrias Arcanum. When hailed, Arrias replied:

Arrias Arcanum says 'I am sorry, young one, but I am too burdened by my own troubles to help you now. Please seek another of the faith to ease your soul.'

I said to him, "What troubles?", to which he replied:

Arrias Arcanum says 'My son Ariam, a paladin of this fair city, has been missing for many years. Now, after remaining hopeful for so long, I have given up and it has broken my heart and soul. If I could but hear news to know of his fate, then I could find comfort again. Until then, I am no good to others. I am sorry.'

When I tried to give him the Bridle of Sir Ariam, he simply said:

Arrias Arcanum says 'I have no need for this item Tarwen, you can have it back.'

and returned it to me.

I tried saying all of the following things to him, all with no response from him:

I found your son.
Who is Ariam Arcanum?
What fate?
Your son rests.
Your son has found eternal rest.
Ariam has found eternal rest.
Your son is in Befallen.
I can ease your troubles.
I have found him.
Who is Marnek?
Your son is dead.
He is dead.
He is a ghost.
The Burning Dead seek him.
Who is Marnek?
Tell me about your son.
Tell me about Ariam.

Saying the word "his" in any phrase, or even just the word "his" alone produced this result:

Arrias Arcanum says 'I am sorry, young one, but I am too burdened by my own troubles to help you now. Please seek another of the faith to ease your soul.'

That's all I have found so far. Hopefully someone else will figure the rest out. As for me, I'm logging back on now to try some more things :)

Edited, Sat Oct 5 11:29:40 2002

Met Sir Ariam's father today in Felwithe...he is in the pally/cleric guild, down the stairs...anyone gotten anything from him so far, I tried, but had no luck...