Crusader's Test of Betrayal (#5)  

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Level:30
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Quest
Quest Goal:
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  • Faction
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  • Money
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    Era:Ruins of Kunark
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    Group Size:Solo
    Min. # of Players:1
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    Entered: Fri Aug 16 16:23:40 2002
    Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
    Lord Qyzar is standing on the parapet one level up in the SK guild, at +1005, -150. At the end of the previous quest, he mentioned a [matter of betrayal].

    You say, 'What matter of betrayal?'

    Lord Qyzar says 'One of our agents, a hero by the name of Goxnok, has found evidence that the book entitled 'Charasis' has been taken from this temple and is to be delivered to an unknown foe in the Outlands. Go at once to the lower levels of the temple and greet Goxnok. Hurry, before he departs!'

    Drop down to the bottom of the western tower to find an Iksar crusader at +1010, -100, -24.

    You say, 'Hail, an Iksar crusader'

    an Iksar crusader clicks his heels together at attention. 'Hail, follower of Pain.'

    You say, 'What about the Charasis Tome?'

    an Iksar crusader says 'The Charasis Tome, the tome of the old city of Charasis. It was taken from this temple and must be returned. The one sent to [apprehend the traitor] who stole the tome must be [ready to depart] with me at once.'

    You say, 'I have been sent to apprehend the traitor.'

    an Iksar crusader spies the khukri sheath at your side. 'This cannot be. I was told a duke would attend the matter. Still, if the Lords have sent you, then you must be able to complete the task. The [traitor] most certainly must be stopped from delivering the [Charasis Tome]. The [recipients] appear quite formidable and I cannot handle such a deed, not single-handed.'

    You say, 'Who is the traitor?'

    an Iksar crusader says 'I am afraid I do not know. The babble is that he is from Cabilis, but he could have been a disguised sarnak. Who knows? The tink is that at night within the Outland territory, near the old skinless outpost, they are to meet. We should depart at once. Go get outfitted and let me know when you are [ready to depart].'

    You say, 'Who are the recipients?'

    an Iksar crusader shows signs of fear and his face turns olive. 'I do not know. The [spider riders]!! I have only heard tales of them from dying lizards. Evil skinless stubs. From the wounds inflicted on the lizards, I can tell they are vicious opponents. Bloated and frayed flesh, disembowelment. Their steeds must have also joined the fray, for some of the victims were covered in webs.'

    You say, 'What are spider riders?'

    an Iksar crusader says 'As I have reported, the babble states they appear to be skinless stubs who ride giant spiders. Most encounters occur when the moon is high. Little is known about them and only in recent weeks have they begun to appear.'

    If you say you will "apprehend the traitor" it will circle back to the first response.

    You say, 'I am ready to depart.'

    an Iksar crusader slings his pack on his back and locks his sheath. 'Very well. I shall follow shortly. You must depart on your own. Go to the plains of the old skinless outpost. Beware, they have returned and patrol the hillside. Keep an eye on the gates of the outpost. I will be disguised within their ranks, I shall kneel as a sign. Give me this coin as your token.'

    You receive A Coin (identifies as "Token of Goxnok").

    Head to Firiona Vie to the "good" elf outpost and look for Tracker Azeal at +670, -2380, +173, who is secretly Crusader Goxnok in disguise. You need to be at least level 30 or he won't talk to you. Also you don't want to hail him there because he doesn't want to break cover, but if you do happen to hail him, you'll see:


    You say, 'Hail, Tracker Azeal'

    Tracker Azeal looks over at you and gives you an awkward smile, then quickly looks away. You notice he isn't like most of the elves you've seen. You can't quite put your finger on it, but for one thing he smells like he hasn't bathed in weeks.

    Shortly before 9 PM game time, he despawns and reappears in a form indifferent to everyone, then walks out of the outpost.

    Tracker Azeal says 'I'm going to start my patrol. I'll report back by morning.'

    This version appears to have an extra space at the end of his name.

    He takes off running toward a spot on the cliffs, then scoots east a short distance and ends up near a boulder at -2560, -1520, where he kneels (the sign he said to watch for). He still doesn't respond to hails. Give him the coin.


    Tracker Azeal begins to pull his face off.. it is a disguise!! 'Aha!! You have made it!! I cannot see well in this disguise, but I thought I smelled you. I have [news of the Charasis tome].'

    He respawns as Hero Goxnok.

    You say, 'What news of the Charasis tome?'

    Hero Goxnok says 'The Charasis Tome has been scribed and now another copy exists. The traitor obviously wants to keep a copy for himself. I am told you will deliver both copies to Lord Qyzar along with your zealot khukri and you shall be awarded that of a crusader. Let us rest for a minute and then I shall show you the meeting place.'

    After a moment, he leaves, saying:

    Hero Goxnok says 'Come along. If we get separated, look for the humanoid wolf camp and beyond the tunnel, you shall find the meeting place of the spider riders and the traitor.'

    After some running, he pauses at -375, -720, +67.

    Hero Goxnok stops abruptly and shudders with fear. 'Look!! There, past the wolf people. Near an ancient tunnel can be found the meeting place. I fear we may be too late. I thought I saw a shadow dash from the tunnels, but I did not see any spider riders. We'll see when we reach it'

    After another moment:

    Hero Goxnok looks over at you and sizes you up before continuing on. He says, 'We should continue, follow me.'

    He runs northeast, cutting across the edge of a drolvarg encampment, and approaches what used to be the drolvarg tunnel but is currently where the good elves hang out. When he reaches +625, -1785, +134, he meets up with a drachnid spy. (Both of them may be on Greenmist faction). Neither of them says anything, but they begin casting various spells: Goxnok casts Grim Aura and summons a pet; the spy casts Skin Like Wood on himself, Goxnok's pet, and Goxnok. You can, of course, attack before they do all this, which might make the fight easier.

    You say, 'Hail, a drachnid spy'

    a drachnid spy looks upon you with evil eyes and you hear a horrid chatter. Hairs rise from the spider's thorax. 'Greetings, creature. What a fine meal you would make!'

    It attacks.

    a drachnid spy says 'You shall not take the tome from me!! I shall snack upon your blood-drained corpse.'

    Kill the spy and loot a Charasis Tome, then hail Goxnok again.

    You say, 'Hail, Hero Goxnok'

    Hero Goxnok sighs slowly, seeing the confusion on your face. He says, 'Yes, ______, I am the traitor. What I can gain by giving up this tome outweighs any patriotic obligations I may have once had. That city is dead, it is now time for us to grasp at our own destinies. I now give you two choices, Iksar. You can walk away and never speak of this to anyone......or you can die. What will it be?'

    It's time to kill him. Beware his Harm Touch.

    Hero Goxnok says 'Die by the power of Greenmist!!'

    Once he's dead:

    Hero Goxnok's corpse says 'You shall now be a wanted man.. The Union of Vie shall punish you.'

    Loot a Charasis Tome Copy. Return to Lord Qyzar and give him both tomes and your Zealot's Khukri.

    Lord Qyzar says 'You disappoint me. I must have the Charasis Tome and its copy along with your zealot khukri.'
    Lord Qyzar says 'You disappoint me. I must have the Charasis Tome and its copy along with your zealot khukri.'
    Lord Qyzar says 'Congratulations! You are now a true crusader, but there is no time for celebration. We have lost two of our operatives. Crusaders Golin and Fodcod were dispatched to seek out an ancient artifact, the [visceral dagger]. Where they have gone, I do not know. They have been gone far too long. Find them and return the dagger to me with your crusader khukri and you shall be a hero.'
    Your faction standing with Crusaders Of Greenmist got better.
    Your faction standing with Legion of Cabilis got better.
    You gain experience!!
    You receive 1 platinum from Lord Qyzar.
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    Levels of Spy and Goxnox?
    # Jan 24 2001 at 1:29 PM Rating: Default
    This is the next quest on my to-do list, so I'm wondering what levels the spy and Goxnox are. It says level 30 to complete this quest, but is that mostly solo, or in a group? Could I complete this quest with a good mid-high 20s group?

    Thanks!

    -Sslanis Soulforge, Zealot of Greenmist, Vazaelle
    Grand lord Khukri
    # Jan 05 2001 at 6:44 AM Rating: Good
    First of all the first person you see is Arch Duke Xog and he says to find Argest who has been captured, killed or digested in Frontier Mountain. Many people have gone down to the jail in Droga and indicated they found either the guy for the Monk shackle quest or another Iksar in bluish armor who doesn't really respond to anything. There is also another Iksar there in yellow (crazed something) who attacks on sight. It turns out there are at least 4 different prisoners there and Argest doesn't spawn until late game night. About 8pm game time the mobs in the cell despawn and if you have killed the crazed when they respawn either you get the crazed and the shackle guy, the crazed and the no comment guy or Argest and one of the others. The way you can tell Argest is he has gold colored chain armor on. Asking him the usual questions gets some response.
    What he wants is the three keys to get out of jail. The two keys to the inner and outer doors spawn from the Penmaster outside the doors. He doesn't spawn until the afternoon game time and if you kill him and his place holder (a spider) you will get at least three and maybe 4 spawns between noon and when Argest spawns. The Penmaster alternatly drops a no drop bone key and a no drop bone neclace. The necklace is the key to the outer of the two doors and the bone key is the key to the inner of the two doors. Kill him and loot these keys.
    Now when Aregest talks to you he says that the reason he was here was to find the Stupendous Machine (it is in another cell and Verant renamed it Always Works, they SHOULD have redone the quest spam). He has a part to make the machine work and he will give it to you when you give him the three keys. He also tells you that you must find the scrolls of Vok Na Zov and combine them in the machine to make them readable before the quest for Greenmist can go forward. He says you should tell Arch Duke Xog about the scrolls.

    When you do tell the Arch Duke he says that if you bring him a readable set of the scrolls of Vok Na Zov and your Hero Kukhri he will give you the "grand Lord Khukri".

    Now for the scrolls of Vok Na Zov. Argest says they are in Kaesora. Well only one is. It is on the Failed Crypt Raider in the library. He drops an Illegible Scroll which when you cast ID on it is Scroll of Vok Na Zov I. There is also a note on his body which says that there are three scrolls on the Spectral Courier in a city of name with a T???? that I don't remember at the current time, but it is City of Mist anyway. The T???? is the original name for the city. When he dies he says something like "I will never feel the mist on my skin again." This is VERY obscure but will come into play later.

    The guy in CoM spawns in the stables (go left after the gate all the way to the side and then left again into the stables). When you go to CoM the Spectral Courier is in a room with a huge crowd of spawns, about half green and half blue to a level 50 SK. You will need a good party to kill him three times, if you are lucky and you get no duplicates. You don't need to identify them as they are no drop lore and you can not pick them up if you already have one. It took me four kills to get all three. I never figured out who his placeholder was so just kill all the stuff in the stables.

    So now where are the other two? Well they are in Mistmoore, and this is where the obscure comment came into play. So go to MM and go near the Princess room there is a short hallway and a door to two bedrooms. During the night time nothing spawns but undead, but during the day the Assistant Dark Librarian spawns in the left bedroom. I waited forever for the Dark Librarian to spawn in the other bedroom and she never did. She spawned in the library on the second floor near the back. They drop scrolls V and VI.

    Now you have everthing but the key to Pen #1 that Argest has to have to give you the part to make the machine work. I thought about this for some time and finally decided that it had to be dropped from the Goblin Coerced Penkeeper in Dalnir. It seems there are two different spawns in Dalnir of the Coerced Penkeeper. I camped both of them and so far only got a Nickel key to drop. When you cast ID on it it ID's as "Coppernickel key(..1)". This led me to believe it is the correct key for Pen #1 (name is close with the 1 in it). But when you try it on the door to the cell with Argest it doesn't work. Giving it to Argest doesn't get any response other than "we had a deal get me the right key" or words to that effect.

    I can not think of any other key it could be, this is the only one that makes sense. In my opinion it is broken, but then maybe there is another key or maybe the Coerced drops a different key if you camp him long enough.

    I apologize for the lack of posting the quest spam and the lack of a final conclusion, but there it is - after 6 months we can get moving a little bit and maybe we can get a response on the key being fixed. If it does spawn elsewhere there are no hints I have seen and no one has reported a Key to Pen #1 on any boards I have found. Good luck guys and let this poor little Iksar girl know if you find the right key someplace.


    Seku, 51st level Reaver and proud member of Celestial Tomb on Veeshan
    RE: Grand lord Khukri
    # Sep 24 2001 at 4:27 AM Rating: Decent
    The coppernickel key is definitely part of the Monk shackle quest... not this one.
    #REDACTED, Posted: Feb 14 2001 at 1:34 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Poor little Iksar girl...right. At 51, you're probably like Xena. Heh, if I make a char on Veeshan, would you like to have some eggs?
    #Anonymous, Posted: Dec 28 2000 at 6:11 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) THere are no drovlargs in lake of ill omen. Sorry *******, nice try.
    #Anonymous, Posted: Dec 29 2000 at 3:53 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) you ******...its says FROM LOIO how would u go SW from lake of ill omen if your already in LOIO???
    RE: there are no Drovlargs ...
    # Dec 29 2000 at 4:13 PM Rating: Default
    "how would u go SW from lake of ill omen if your already in LOIO???"

    It's that simple, your not in Ill Omen. You are in Firiona. It never says you are in the Lake...

    Antilles Darklighter
    55th Wood Elven Myrmidon
    Qenelar Darkligher
    34th Iksar Shadow Knight
    Erollisi Marr
    #Anonymous, Posted: Dec 29 2000 at 8:23 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) exactly...that was my point..some ****** mentioned there were no drovargs in LOIO..the description for the quest doesn't ever say LOIO
    #Anonymous, Posted: Jan 01 2001 at 5:03 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Yeah I read your post wrong, my bad.
    You are absolutely right, however...
    # Dec 28 2000 at 11:36 PM Rating: Default
    Although there may be no drolvargs in ill omen, there are quite a few in Firiona (where the majority of the quest takes place).

    Antilles Darklighter
    #Anonymous, Posted: Dec 27 2000 at 7:33 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) OK, I can accept that this quest may be solved. So, what are the stats of the new Khukri? Please you post a screenshot.
    #Anonymous, Posted: Dec 27 2000 at 9:48 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Please ignore this last. I failed to go back through the threads.
    visceral dagger
    # Dec 26 2000 at 9:17 PM Rating: Default
    wqe need this item for the next khurkri- i copied and pasterd here for referance:
    BTW this is VERY tough at 39 IMO..although it is a level 25ish quest:


    I decided to try the quest again for the Visceral Dagger, and after some effort was successful.

    I am Necromancer level 45. Currently I use a Gnoll Hide Tome and Stein of Moggok most of the time, so getting the dagger was not all-important. Nonetheless something that doesn't lower STR is handy to have (GHT lowers STR by 10).

    The three Kly Imprecators are uncommon. I believe it takes luck and patience to endure the camping. The Blacksmith is common.

    I arrived in the morning outside Dalnir, DMFed, and Invised. Went straight to the 2nd floor down to pool area and on to shackle room for first Imprecator. Summoned pet. After 3 placeholders he appeared, got the No Drop Hilt (looks like a tube). The placeholders were Goo, a Kly Follower, and a Nibbler (all green to level 45). No robe dropped, however the Imprecator did have FS and an Ancient Coin. In same room another mob spawns (for me was first a Kly and then a Coerced Erudite).

    Down I went to church area. Kly Imprecator or placeholder spawns directly behind table. I went into "safe room" next to church to summon pet. I began clearing room, working my way to back, pulling to safe room. A random 'wanderer' paths to between 'safe' room and church. Kill this to avoid problems.

    PET CONTROL IS ESSENTIAL! You must not allow pet to get pulled into or near church from "safe room", or it will die, followed by you. This happened to me three times due to lag, at which point I decided not to bother clearing room.

    I realized I could single pull the Imrecator or placeholder once I ensured remaining Kly were not Kly Evokers. I am guessing Evokers are a higher level than the rest (Follower, Believer, Cohort) as they would aggro on a pull. When pulling with Dooming Darkness I was able to not get aggroed on at all by casting from outside aggro radius.

    Here is where the pet control comes in: the casters being pulled will nuke or root you, and pet will barrel into church. Hot key "/pet back off" and be sure to use it to keep fight in the relatively "safe room". This means taking some spell damage, until target is in safe room and in melee range of pet. Of course lower than level 45 means that the single pull might not be possible.

    While there drops were FS, lots of coin, a Sarnak Pitchatka(unsure of spelling: a 1H Slash weapon, looks like claw), 2 pieces of the no drop Crescent armor, and when Imprecator finally popped the item for dagger quest.

    The church was longest camp for me. Did about 6 placeholders, then stopped for lunch. Went back a few hours later, did about 8 placeholders, stopped for dinner. Afterwards returned,and after about 10 placeholders the Imprecator finally appeared. About five of the kills were /con blue, and maybe four greenies gave exp.

    Off I went to the lab area. While invised I watched a few minutes to observe the pathing of the wanderers. Between the water and the 'doorway' to lab/beds area I summoned pet and cleared wanderers. Again, pet control was key to ensure it was single pulls.

    Once the wanderers were cleared I moved into lab room where Imprecator spawns (left side lab). There are two Kly in this room, and to break it I just rushed in and had pet on one and used Screaming Terror on the other.

    The spawn interval in the lab room seemed about 15 minutes. All mobs /conned in and around here were green to me, although two did give experience. After about seven placeholders the Imprecator finally appeared. Loot was some coin, some FS, and the item needed for quest when Imprecator finally spawned. He also had an Ancient Coin and a tube of somekind for a different quest.

    Months ago I had already gotten the Forged Hammer of Dalnir from the blacksmith, so I was able to skip that part. Once invised I went to the Always Works Forge and combined all four components. The Visceral Dagger was the result.

    Spell used: Dead Man Floating, Gather Shadows, Harmshield, Feign Death, Screaming Terror, Call of Bones, Cackling Bones, Dooming Darkness, Torbas Acid Blast, Drain Spirit, Vampiric Curse, Steelskin/Diamondskin.

    Hope that helps

    Tenelin V`Ryl
    (Lanys T`Vyl server)

    PS Thanks to Kenolyen for the company, good luck, and assistance during latter part of camp.





    next quest
    # Dec 26 2000 at 9:01 PM Rating: Default
    i got the crusader khurkri... but want to know about the next quest...what's the name of the next khukri? i know we need a visceral dagger,,,whiuch still at level 40 is IMPOSSIBLE to get solo (hehe espicially if ur weilding any khurkri instaed of a real weapon) please someone begina thread regardingf this next quest
    Quest Solution (Works)
    # Dec 24 2000 at 6:36 PM Rating: Default
    YO! the MoB quest is now working heres the spoiler if u guys don't know what to do yet...

    1-speak to Lord Qyzar ( 2nd floor SK guild on balcony ) ask him about a [matter of betrayal} he will mention the Hero Goxnox is investigatin the issue, and you shouild meet him at once.

    2-Dash down to the bottom of the tower closest to where you and the lord are speaking (westward) at the bottom you will see that "an iksar crusader" has spawned.

    3-greet him as follows: "hail Goxnox" he will explain about the [traitor] and the [charasis tome] follow the ladder of chat until you say "I am ready to depart"-he will then give u a SILVER COIN and want to meet you at the skinless outpost (which is in FV)

    4-GET A FEW SOW POTIONS AND BUFFS...even at level 41 i had trouble with this part of the quest. You begin by going SW from LOIO to you hit a cliff area and a few rocks (there should be others camping Drovargs a few steps away (good to get buffs from btw)) the loc is ABOUT -200, -200 i think... go invis... when u reach this point, at a larger rock, should be "tracker azreal"

    5-ONLY ATTEMPT the following at NIGHT (7ish game time) remove yur invis, and con the tracker from far away. if he cons "scowl" wait for the next one, if he cons "indifferent" than it's the Hero Goxnox in disquise. you gotta do the next part quick because pilgrims and drixies love to wander past this area. hand "tracker azreal" the SILVER COIN" and it'll say....
    Tracker Azreal beginsd to pull off his face... It is a disquise! AHA! You have made it! "I cannot see well in this disquise, but, i thought i smelled you. I have [news of the Charasis Tome]

    6- ask him "what news of the charasis tome" eh will then reply: "The Charasis Tome has been scribed and now another copy exists. The traitor obviously wants to keep a copy for himself. I am toldt you will deliver both copies to Lord Qyzar along with your Zealot Khukri and you shall be awarded that of a crusader. Let us rest for a minute, and then I shall show you the meeting place"

    7- here's where you MUST be sowed. you will follow Hero Goxnox straight through FV. I recommend using a far awat camera angle (F9) to avoid any suprising MoBs.

    8- Eventually, he will stop and say: "Look!! there past the wolf people, near an ancient tunnel can be found the meeting place. I fear we may be too late. I thought I saw a shodow dash from the tunnels, but, I did not see any of the spider riders. We will see when we reach it. (follow him once again)

    -9 OK. now u will confront the "drachnid spy" make sure when u are fighting it. you remain FAR way from the posted Drovargs near the tunnel's entrance. The Drachnid spy will say "You shall not take the tome from me!! I shall snack upon your blood drained corpse.

    -10 slay the drachnid spy. during the fight, you should take note that Hero Goxnox has been healing the drachnid spy. After you loot the CHARASIS TOME from the drachnid spy's corpse, Hero Goxnox will say : He sighs slowly, seeing the confusion on your face. He says "Yes (your name here), I am the traitor. What I can gain by giving up this tome outweighs and patriotic obligations, I may have once had. That city is dead, it is now time for you to choose Iksar. You can walk away and never speak of this to anyone.... or you can die...what will it be?

    -11 slay hero goxnox (be cautious of his harmtouch) He whoudl go down kinda quick. Finally loot his corpse. Grab the CHARASIS TOME COPY and the FS weapon (a few pp can never hurt) proceed back WEST to LOIO and back to the city of Cabilis, SHD guild, second floor (lord Qyzar)

    -12 hand in the 2 copies of the tome, and your Zealot Khukri, and finally...you will own a CRUSADER KHUKRI

    good luck
    RE: Quest Solution (Works)
    # Dec 26 2000 at 6:14 PM Rating: Default
    Has anybody tried killing Goxnox prior to fighting the drachnid spy? Will the copy be on his corpse, and would killing him then ***** up faction?
    RE: Quest Solution (Works)
    # Dec 26 2000 at 8:57 PM Rating: Decent
    DON't DO IT@!!!!
    i thought it might be a shortcut..but is now. even if uve tried the quest before..you HVE to actually see him healing the drachnid b4 u know he is the spy. i tried it and got a faction hit agaisnt the crusaders of greenmist and cabiilis also...plus no tome on the corpse...
    #Anonymous, Posted: Dec 24 2000 at 7:24 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Everything is supposedly working except for the part where you hand in everything. Apparently it is not recognized by the NPC and you are out a Zealot Khukri. This was as of a few days ago. Has this been fixed now?
    RE: Quest Solution (Works)
    # Dec 25 2000 at 8:08 PM Rating: Default
    This is all fixed. All works. Do NOT use any tome you got off of the Dorn spawn in Nro.
    #Anonymous, Posted: Dec 24 2000 at 6:11 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post)
    picture of greenmist
    # Dec 23 2000 at 1:54 AM Rating: Default
    http://facelink.com/Zanix_Knightshadow

    copy/paste this address-just a conceptual sketch of what I hope Greenmist will look like
    #Anonymous, Posted: Dec 22 2000 at 5:22 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Crusaders Khukri 8/26 +3 int +3sv magic +3 sv poison.
    RE: Crusaders Khukri=POS...don't bother
    # Dec 23 2000 at 1:01 PM Rating: Decent
    Wow, You're sure a bitter little camper. I can't believe you've gotten this far in the quest if all you are looking for is stats... we all know that we're better off getting some drop piece, this is for the story, and for being able to say that we did it.
    New Info
    # Dec 21 2000 at 3:56 PM Rating: Default
    GM_Aradiel has informed us that DornBdynn is NOT part of this quest so use his copy at your own risk. He also said to read carefully what tracker Azeal says, it will give us hints as to how to obtain the copy.

    41 Iksar Shadowknight Zraith
    Mithaniel Marr
    Twice Weilder of the Zealot
    Thrice Weilder of all others....
    RE: New Info
    # Dec 21 2000 at 9:07 PM Rating: Default
    yeah, there's also anothe post there that said some guy used Dorn's copy as an item, turned it in and got the partial EXP - if there's another tome - give us the info - i'm tired of wasting time on these BS broken quests
    HERE IT IS
    # Dec 21 2000 at 5:13 AM Rating: Default
    although the GMs said the quest was fixed - it is not
    -----WOOOHOO this is a fun quest,,,,,ive gotten all the components - here a simple rundown on how to get them - as far as getting the Khukri - it is still bugged as i write this post, but will be fixed by the end of the week -

    #1 talk to the lord guy at the 2nd level of the SK guild castle, mention " a matter of betrayal " he tells u about crusader Goxnox (SP?) -

    #2 run down the closer of the 2 towers (west) until u see "crusader NPC" give him a "hail Goxnox" and he talks and eventually gives u a silver coin -

    #3 go to firona vie along the coast is a spot to chill that most of the time u will not be aggro'ed by mobs...stay close to the edge and watch the rock in the middle...(loc is about negative 2550, negative 1550

    #4 con the tracker NPC, if he is indifferent, then he is the Hero camo'ed - go up to him, give him the coin -

    #5 he will tell u [news about the charasis tome] then will talk about a "meeting place" - and explains that he will show u the way there (use a sow potion and follow him a while - wait during pauses & watch out for mobs){i use the zoomed out camera angle to see the whole areas so i am never supprised by mobs on the side [F9]}-

    #6 he will eventually come to a "drachnid spy" ato a hill near a drovarg tunnel area [loc is about pos 650, neg 1500 ]- kill the drachnid spy (the hero will help BTW) and recover the "original charasis tome"

    #7 head to Nro - camp the derv camp (#1 on my server) until Dorn with the apostrophe in his name pops, dies spawns a "dark elf spy" dies, spawns a "drachnid spy" dies - finally, loot the "copy of the charasis tome"

    #8 WOOOT you got all the items (2 tomes and zealot khukri)

    #9 wait for the GMs to SAY : QUEST IS FIXED !

    #10 hand in your stuff to the lord Q NPC on the 2nd floor of guild

    #11 - crusaders khukri =) -

    #12 wait another 7 months for the next part of the quest to be fixed -LOL-

    Zanix KnightShadow
    Luclin Server

    RE: HERE IT IS
    # Dec 22 2000 at 6:09 PM Rating: Default
    hmmm...the copy comes from a drachnid spy now instead of the widow mite? And is it called "a copy of the charsis tome" or still "charsis tome"

    I don't want to have to do this part again if I don't have to :)

    Grystophnal Bonephoenix
    #Anonymous, Posted: Mar 12 2001 at 11:08 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) youre an idiot
    I Finally Found That SOB :)
    # Dec 21 2000 at 2:31 AM Rating: Decent
    This is what happened. I bought 4 invis potions from town, travel through Swamp of No Hope and zoned into FV. In FV I followed the wall to the shore and walked a little ways. At location neg 2545, neg 1540 I found 2 Tracker Azeals. After nightfall one walled away. The other stayed. When my invis wore off I conned him, indifferent : ). I walked over and gave him the coin and this is what happened.

    Tracker Azeal begins to pull his face off.....it is a disguise!! 'Aha!! You have made it!! I cannot see well in this disguise, but I thought I smelled you. I have [news of the Charsis tome.]

    I say,"what news of the Charasis tome."

    Hero Goxnok says 'The Charasis Tome has been scribed and now another copy exists. The traitor obviously wants to keep a copy for himself. I am told you will deliver both copies to Lord Qyzar along with your zealot khukri and you shall be rewarded that of a crusader. Let us rest for a minute and then I shall show you the meeting place.

    Hero Goxnok say, "Come along. If we get separated, look for the humanoid wolf camp and beyound the tunnel, you shall find the meeting place of the spider riders and the traitor.

    Here is where we started running. Sow potions will help alot. I had ran out of Invis potions by now and guess what....we ran by a pilgrim.
    It was yellow to me at 28 so I tried to kill him.... : ( no luck I died and Gox kept runn'n.

    So there you go.....good luck to finsihing this one out....I think 30 is the best time to try this because all the pilgrims I saw were yellow and white.
    Checked Eq....It Works...
    # Dec 21 2000 at 12:58 AM Rating: Decent
    On 12/10/00 under the bug catagory on the EQ forums GM_Aradiel started the Topic: Iksar SK quest updates....( check it out if you like ). He said that he was going to devote his time and that thread to fixing the broken quests. On 12/19/00 EsterTheTester from Verant said that he had tried the quest and that it is now working.....I'm staying possitive and goin to see what I can find out. Good luck to you brothers and post what you find out.
    #Anonymous, Posted: Dec 20 2000 at 10:21 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) SORRY TO DISAPOINT U GUYS,,BUT KEEP AN EYE ON THE STATIONS BUG SECTION - THERE ARE UPDATES ALL DAY, EVERY DAY ON THIS QUEST - AS OF 12/20/00 THE SUPPOSED "FIXED" QUEST IS STILL BUGGED ;( AS FAR AS THE CHARASIS TOME..THERE ARE SEVERAL AZREAL IN THAT ZONE, SOME ARE THE DIQUISED CRUSADER, AND SOME ARE THE REAL GUARD - SO CON FIRST TO BE SURE - IF IT'S RED AND TEARING THOUGH ALL THE MOBS IN THE ZONE - YOU PROLLY WANNA STAY AWAY...THE ONE WE'RE LOOKING FOR DOES HIS "KNEEL" THING AT ABOUT NEG 2500, NEG 1550 - BUT LOOK OUT FOR THE OTHER GUARD npc WITH THE SAME NAME. FOR HE WILL PROLLY BE RIGHT NEXT TO HIM AND KILL OYU BOTH - GOOD LUCK - AND CHECK OUT STATION'S THREAD ON THIS QUEST -
    Tracker Azeal is REAL
    # Dec 20 2000 at 4:23 PM Rating: Decent
    I went just now to FV and checked out the last post, a ranger in the zone told me the he was near the gates when he try to track another thing. I was unable to get to him because of all the pilgrims in the area....almost died twice. Im 28 now, im going to try again at 30 to see if invis will work. This looks very promising. Good luck to you all.
    RE: Tracker Azeal is REAL
    # Feb 15 2001 at 11:05 AM Rating: Default
    if u die by drachnid spy..
    how t got back silver coins ?
    anyone know ?
    #Anonymous, Posted: Dec 20 2000 at 10:20 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) SORRY TO DISAPOINT U GUYS,,BUT KEEP AN EYE ON THE STATIONS BUG SECTION - THERE ARE UPDATES ALL DAY, EVERY DAY ON THIS QUEST - AS OF 12/20/00 THE SUPPOSED "FIXED" QUEST IS STILL BUGGED ;( AS FAR AS THE CHARASIS TOME..THERE ARE SEVERAL AZREAL IN THAT ZONE, SOME ARE THE DIQUISED CRUSADER, AND SOME ARE THE REAL GUARD - SO CON FIRST TO BE SURE - IF IT'S RED AND TEARING THOUGH ALL THE MOBS IN THE ZONE - YOU PROLLY WANNA STAY AWAY...THE ONE WE'RE LOOKING FOR DOES HIS "KNEEL" THING AT ABOUT NEG 2500, NEG 1550 - BUT LOOK OUT FOR THE OTHER GUARD npc WITH THE SAME NAME. FOR HE WILL PROLLY BE RIGHT NEXT TO HIM AND KILL OYU BOTH - GOOD LUCK - AND CHECK OUT STATION'S THREAD ON THIS QUEST -
    Confirmed I found the guy!
    # Dec 20 2000 at 6:20 AM Rating: Decent
    He runs out of FV at night. Tracker A-something. He stops near the cliffs and kneels. Give him the coin and the Hero spawns and has you follow him to a little dog fort in FV...as far as I've gotten so far.

    Tonio Bandairus
    Iksar Shadow Night
    Has anyone tried the librarian?
    # Dec 18 2000 at 2:33 PM Rating: Default
    While it's most likely that this quest is broken, I recently noted something that might be related to it. If you charm the tortured librarian in Kasora and hail it, it asks you to return "that which is lost". I don't know if anyone has tried this, but how about getting the no-rent book from the spy in OT and giving it to the librarian? (you must charm the librarian first, but that shouldn't be hard if you bring along a necro). I'd follow up on this myself, but I don't know any Iksar Shadowknights, so it's not really worth me wasting time on it.

    Note, only the tortured librarian gives this message, the spectral one doesn't.
    Officaly Broken
    # Dec 13 2000 at 2:24 AM Rating: Default
    Time to just sit and wait
    I HAVE THE TOME OF CHARSIS
    # Dec 10 2000 at 7:16 AM Rating: Default
    I have a lvl 50 necromancer on the solusek ro server and while playing my rogue I currently twinked I killed a rare spawn on antonica, wont say where becuz I wanna finish the quest first =) I looted the tome of charsis it is 6 pages long of which my darkelf eyes cant decipher maybeonly iksar can read it or maybe I'm not supposed to read it at all just hand it in. My necro also has the visceral dagger if anyone finds out what to do with thios tome or visceral dagger please post it and I will tell where the tome dropped.
    RE: I HAVE THE TOME OF CHARSIS
    # Dec 10 2000 at 7:19 AM Rating: Default
    Sorry almost forgot to tell everyone the tome is no drop and lore I have no proof that I have it except a screenshot. Hope this doesn't discourage anyone into thinking I dont have it.
    RE: I HAVE THE TOME OF CHARSIS
    # Dec 10 2000 at 10:47 AM Rating: Default
    Blah, I can only assume that you killed Dorn B'Dynn in N. Ro =) and then he turned into a dark elf spy, that turned into a widow mite, and the widow mite dropped the tome you are talking about. Anyone who has been busting their a$$ on this quest knows about him. He is for a later part of the quest and that is NOT the tome of charsis, but the copy (which is also needed for the quest). Yes it is written in iksar, no it does not talk about anything but Venril Sathir and the city of Charsis. Charsis is also known as the Howling Stones. It requires a key to enter, has Venril Sathir faction with the mobs, and you get to the zone in the scorpik pit in OT.
    New NPC
    # Dec 07 2000 at 6:45 PM Rating: Decent
    On my way to Velious last night I saw a new npc. I dont remember his name but he was a gnome standing on the coast right outside of the dark elf post. Hes prob. for another quest but who knows. I would have tested him out but I was in a hurry to see the new lands.
    RE: New NPC
    # Dec 09 2000 at 1:48 AM Rating: Default
    I really doubt this is it.

    There *IS* however a new Iksar NPC in Firiona Vie name Vekis. He spawns near the Iksar statue and is apparently a necro, so I am going to check him even though it's a long shot.

    Skurrge <Blades of Law>
    lvl 41 SK
    Povar
    #Anonymous, Posted: Dec 02 2000 at 9:21 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post)
    #Anonymous, Posted: Dec 02 2000 at 9:30 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Ok...new idea. Goxnok DOES mention that for all they know, the thief could have been a disguised sarnak. Now...I believe we all took this as an exclaimation of his overall ignorance, which it obviously is, but maybe it's the clue we've been overlooking.
    Wrong zone (my opinion)
    # Nov 27 2000 at 4:11 PM Rating: Default
    When I was a lower lv iksar shadowknight I read up on the matter of betrayal quest, there was much debate over which zone the quest giver was talking about (either OT or FV). It seems lately everyone is working on the OT theory, which I now believe to be the wrong zone.... but I have not always been right =). The quest giver talks about spider riders, and people patrolling the hills. The patrol thing could be OT or FV guard patrols, but OT isnt really filled with hills other than the zone wall.

    The second thing that is pushing me to the FV theory is the fact that when you kill Dorn in NRo and get the widow mite with the tome you take faction hits with Agents of MM and Mayhong MM, these are the exact same faction hits you take when you kill a Drachnid in FV.

    I know that Dorn is a later part of the quest, and I am not suggesting that we give up on OT, just look into FV more. Lastly the quest giver mentions that it is an old outpost that the skinless ones have returned to... FV is an old elven outpost, but OT is ruins of an old iksar city.

    If I am just bringing up a previous post sorry, posting the same msg on several SK forums.
    Hmm
    # Nov 16 2000 at 6:34 AM Rating: Default
    I remember killing dorn b'dynn recently, and from him a dark elf spy spawned, I killed the spy and a spider spawned from that. I killed the spider and the spider dropped a book called 'the charasis tome' or 'the book of charasis' it's written in iksar (I think, as I couldn't read it and it mentions charasis)

    Y'all may want to take a look into that.
    RE: Hmm
    # Nov 17 2000 at 10:45 AM Rating: Decent
    21 posts
    Dorn B'Dynn drops the copy of the Charasis tome. This part of the quest has always worked. For those who do not know, Dorn can be found at a specific bandit camp in NRO.
    Point:
    # Nov 14 2000 at 4:57 PM Rating: Default
    Well, having done way to many quests that didn't work properly in the past I've found a few things to keep in mind...
    One: Spawns can be triggered, eg. Talk to qyzar, and the crusader appears.
    Two: Spawns can disappear by triggers as well.

    So, perhaps since the crusader mentions that you have to hurry etc. you actually have to start this out of Cab, haul *** to wherever he is supposed to appear, and get there in time to catch him before he disappears. Most of us have taken the camp mentality to this thing, and are sitting for days at a time looking for some clue, but if this is one that is a spawned trigger (would logically be since the crusader only goes there to get the book, he doesn't live there) then we'll have to take a different approach.

    Zzyth
    RE: Point:
    # Nov 15 2000 at 10:33 PM Rating: Default
    Point of Fact

    A spawn in one zone CANNOT trigger a spawn in another zone somewhere else
    sorry its impossible to code


    Dralx
    RE: Point:
    # Nov 27 2000 at 6:55 PM Rating: Default
    Actually, Spawning a different zone can happen. For example, there is a character in Qeynos catacombs name Varsoon, when killed, respawns in Qeynos Hills as Varsoon the Undying. So while it may seem impossible to code, apparently they have done it elsewhere.
    RE: Point:
    # Nov 28 2000 at 3:58 PM Rating: Default
    I pestered a GM recently about this quest, hoping to find out if it was broken or where I could look to find out if it was...stuff like that. He told me to /bug it, but I told him that I really wouldn't know what to /bug, seeing as how it COULD be working and just too ambiguous for the collective minds of the entire Iksar SK fanbase to complete. At that he said that he couldn't divulge any information to me, as it was against policy, so I asked him if an event in one zone could trigger an event in another zone. He responded with "Anything can happen." Well...not really the factual response I was looking for, but I'd have to say that it IS possible, and it would probably be a good idea to set the quest into motion at...say....12 noon and run to FV to see if anything happens at dark. The OT outpost as well...

    As soon as I hit 39 and get my new spells, I'll start working on this quest again.

    Grystophnal Bonephoenix
    #Anonymous, Posted: Dec 03 2000 at 2:56 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post)
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